Sep.05
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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Marshall Fields

Last week's puzzle was a little different. Our first hint was: "the correct answer is golden—or, at least it was last year" and the second was: "Being 'dead from Los Angeles' won't help you at all. On the other hand..."

And now the solution, courtesy of reader J.N. in Zionsville, IA:

List 1 is missing Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all
List 2 is missing The Miller, from the first section/fragment of The Canterbury Tales
List 3 is missing Salmon P. Chase, from President Lincoln's original cabinet
List 4 is missing Hall, a room in the game Clue
List 5 is missing Kobe Bryant, among Lakers whose numbers have been retired by the team
List 6 is missing Morgan Earp, Wyatt Earp's only other brother
List 7 is missing Rock, of the game Ro Sham Bo
List 8 is missing Charles Duke, of the Apollo astronauts who walked on the moon

Together, these appear to be Saturday Night Live cast members:

Maya Rudolph
Dennis Miller
Chevy Chase
Brad Hall/Anthony Michael Hall/Rich Hall
Aidy Bryant
Tracy Morgan
Chris Rock
Robin Duke

And Saturday Night Live is about to start its 51st season, hence being golden last year.

Yep! Ben Marshall, from this headline, has just been added to the cast. And the counterpart to "dead from Los Angeles" is "live from New York."

Here are the first 50 readers to get it right:

  1. T.K. in Half Moon Bay, St. Kitts
  2. M.J. in Oakdale, MN
  3. M.Y. in San Jose, CA
  4. D.E. in High Springs, FL
  5. S.G. in Durham, NC
  6. G.W. in Avon, CT
  7. J.M. in St. Lawrence County, NY
  8. W.M.H.B. in London, England, UK
  9. J.N. in Zionsville
  10. D.D. in Carversville, PA
  11. M.M. in Charlottesville, VA
  12. A.C. in Kingston, MA
  13. D.O'N. in Tucson, AZ
  14. J.L. in Sterling, MA
  15. T.K. in Manchester, MO
  16. E.B. in Avon, IN
  17. E.S. in Providence, RI
  18. R.P.E.H. in London, UK
  19. P.A. in Redwood City, CA
  20. S.K. in Ardmore, PA
  21. H.B. in Croydon, England, UK
  22. H.B. in Toronto, ON, Canada
  23. I.H. in Occupied Washington, D.C.
  24. D.B. in Pittsboro, NC
  25. K.L. in Sterling, VA
  1. J.D. in Pasadena, CA
  2. K.J. in Paw Paw, MI
  3. M.C. in Nashville, TN
  4. W.M. in Istanbul, Turkey
  5. M.B. in Albany, NY
  6. D.H. in Clancy, MT
  7. W.V.D.B. in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  8. G.K. in Blue Island, IL
  9. J.H. in El Segundo, CA
  10. T.K. in Salem, MA
  11. M.M. in Dunellen, NJ
  12. D.K. and M.G. in Marseille, France
  13. D.C. in Chicago, IL
  14. B.N. in San Rafael, CA
  15. J.S. in New York City, NY
  16. B.F. in Nashville, TN
  17. J.R. in Orlando, FL
  18. P.W. in Tulalip, WA
  19. D.B. in Glendale, CA
  20. B.M. in Chico, CA
  21. M.S. in Canton, NY
  22. B.D. in Hood River, OR
  23. B.F. in Madison, WI
  24. M.T. in Wheat Ridge, CO
  25. P.H. in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

The 50th correct response was received at 6:51 a.m. PT on Saturday.

For this week's theme, it relies on one word per headline, it's in the category Sports, and we decided not to include the abortion item (so "Doubling Down, Part I: Abortion in the Crosshairs, Again" is NOT part of the game). For a hint, we'll say that this is one of those themes inspired by the day's events (specifically, what was on TV while we were putting the theme together yesterday). Hopefully, readers who don't get it won't spit in our face.

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line September 5 Headlines. (Z)


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