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Strands #321 (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 4 days ago by FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee to c/dailygames@lemmy.zip

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Strands #321
“O ___! My ___!”
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I always try to hold the spanogram until last, was totally not expecting that word to be it xD

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[–] DerPlouk@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Strands #321 “O ___! My ___!”
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After finishing it, I still have no idea what this grid was about. If someone can explain it to a non-native English speaker who most likely completely missed the cultural reference(s)...

[–] GreenPlasticSushiGrass@moist.catsweat.com 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Explanation

Clue: O Captain! My Captain! A poem by Walt Whitman. Spangram: Captain. Answers Captain Planet: Cartoon character from the 90s. Captain Obvious: A sarcastic reply to someone stating the obvious used in the US, also a character in TV commercials. Captain Kangaroo: A children's TV show host in the US from the 50s - 80s. Captain Hook: A character from the novel Peter Pan. Captain Underpants: A character from a series of illustrated childrens' novels. Cap'n Crunch: The cartoon mascot of a breakfast cereal in the US.

[–] DerPlouk@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ohhhhhhh... 💡 This is a very welcome explanation. Thank you!

[–] GreenPlasticSushiGrass@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 4 days ago

You're welcome!