Thursday, March 17, 2022 Julie Bérubé
Julie Bérubé last visited us on September 4, 2019 . She is a native of Qu é bec (hello CanadianEh! ) but currently lives in the U.S. She has had puzzles published in the NYT and the Wall Street Journal, and she was one of the constructors for the 2017 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament . Today Julie has dropped by to drop the ON s from four idiomatic expressions consisting of pairs of themers split across non-consecutive fill. NO circles ( CSO to AnonymousDNLC ), NO asterisks, and NO reveal. But mercifully she parenthesizes the ( beginning ) and the ( end ) for each pair. If there's more to it than that then I've dropped it: 14A. Act cautiously (beginning): WALK . [ON] 17A. (End): EGGSHELLS . 25A. Require formality (beginning): STAND [ON] 27A...