The Puzzler #31:The Wall Street Journal: 1/28/20
1/28/20 Link to puzzle
Evan is mentioned in this article in The Guardian
” Here, we see some terms that setters consider familiar. Although, for “setters”, read “constructors” in the case of Evan Kalish’s US Universal crossword, where this clue …
54ac Convincing, algorithmically generated video … and a hint to the word concealed in 17-, 23-, 34- and 46-across
… alludes to the presence in entries CLOTHES HAMPER, SPANISH-AMERICAN and CHRISTMAS HAMS of the hidden word SHAM, thereby indicating Collins’ suggestion DEEP FAKES. And another Collins proposal appears in a recent quiptic – the Guardian’s stepping-stone for beginners and those in a hurry – in this clue from Matilda:
26ac Scruffy Uncle Fin, with hesitation, is a trendsetter (10)
[ wordplay: anagram (‘scruffy’) of UNCLEFIN, then (‘with’) utterance of hesitation ]
[ INFLUENC, then ER ]
[ definition: a trendsetter ]
INFLUENCER may not itself have been coined recently, but its newer sense is worth knowing about. Readers, what have I missed, misinterpreted or misunderstood?
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