Tuesday: What Are Those Squares? - 24 December 2024 New York Times Crossword

[@dictyop7era]

It took me and my brother quite a while to figure out the theme, but once we had filled in "alm/ond" and "pe/can" and the fairly obvious "the nutcracker" I figured it out. My brother thinks its silly. It took a little while of discussion before we figured out that they were meant to be nutcracker teeth. And no worries about a late video tomorrow - enjoy the holidays and try to relax on your travels.

[@leslieherring381]

I have always contended that the Canadian two dollar coin, which they call a "twoonie" (as in two loonies), should instead be called a "doubloonie"

[@timegentleman]

In Back To The Future, Huey Lewis plays the teacher who tells Marty that his band's audition for the school dance (a heavy rock instrumental cover of Lewis' "The Power Of Love"!) is "just too darn loud".

[@johnphilpit6999]

The actress Deborah Kerr pronounced her last name as a homophone of the word "car."

[@ipuzzled]

Deborah Kerr is well-known as the "I" in the "King and..." but if you haven't seen her early film, "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" (1943) in which she brilliantly takes on three roles, check it out. From the directorial partners Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.. (Fun fact: Winston Churchill wanted this wartime film banned, but was dissuaded from going there, on the principle of free-speech.)

[@TheJameslehr]

to answer your question: people's mouths.