Solution: Transposition
Answer: CHOKE KNOBS
Written by Adam Gleitman
Five entries in the grid have two of their letters transposed:
Location | Gridded Answer | “Actual” Answer |
---|---|---|
17-Across | MARHC KING | MARCH KING |
23-Across | BRKOEN DOWN | BROKEN DOWN |
33-Across | THE WEKEND | THE WEEKND |
48-Across | PHOONGRAPH | PHONOGRAPH |
53-Across | SUSBCRIBE | SUBSCRIBE |
“Un-transposing” these letters into their correct positions yields the phrase CHOKE KNOBS.
1R | 2A | 3S | 4P | 5P | 6G | 7A | 8Y | 9M | 10C | 11A | ||||
12I | S | T | O | 13O | U | R | 14A | A | R | O | N | |||
15C | H | R | I | 16S | 17M | A | R | 18H | C | K | I | N | G | |
19A | I | S | H | 20A | 21P | O | O | L | 22S | A | L | |||
23B | R | K | O | E | N | 24D | O | W | N | 25A | C | I | E | |
26O | P | E | N | A | I | R | 27S | E | 28E | M | A | R | S | |
29T | S | R | 30T | S | A | 31R | 32N | I | N | E | ||||
33T | H | E | W | E | 34K | 35E | N | D | ||||||
36T | 37O | N | E | 38V | I | V | E | 39C | 40P | 41A | ||||
42P | O | S | T | D | 43O | 44C | 45R | E | A | 46C | H | E | S | |
47R | O | M | S | 48P | H | 49O | O | N | G | R | A | P | H | |
50E | C | O | 51D | E | A | R | 52T | O | O | L | S | |||
53S | U | S | 54B | C | R | I | B | 55E | 56N | O | L | I | 57E | |
58E | T | I | K | A | 59R | I | M | 60N | A | C | L | |||
61T | E | S | S | 62S | T | U | 63S | H | O | O |