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Beartracks

(12,816 posts) Thu Jan 23, 2020, 02:28 AM Jan 2020

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Crossword confusion: "Two-in-a-row situation"

That was the clue.

The answer was: RHUBARB

Can someone explain??

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Crossword confusion: "Two-in-a-row situation" (Original Post) Beartracks Jan 2020 OP

Isn't one of the definitions an argument? Midnightwalk Jan 2020 #1

In baseball slang, from what I've just read. Beartracks Jan 2020 #2

As someone points out below: it's "row" as in "fight" or "argument." Beartracks Jan 2020 #10

I love clues like that Midnightwalk Jan 2020 #14

Newsday's "Saturday Stumper" from Jan 18. Beartracks Jan 2020 #15

all I could find was this... not sure how it applies to your clue lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #3

Wow. That's esoteric. fleabiscuit Jan 2020 #4

Obscure sorcrow Jan 2020 #5

Aah...! Ok. Beartracks Jan 2020 #13

Two People Fighting.... global1 Jan 2020 #6

Aaah! Beartracks Jan 2020 #11

Row is British slang for a fight. edbermac Jan 2020 #7

Oh man. Beartracks Jan 2020 #12

It's not that esoteric PennyK Jan 2020 #8

Yeah, I've see some clues a lot more opaque than that...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #9

I hope you're doing these in pencil. TeamPooka Jan 2020 #16

Ha ha! Actually doing them on a Kindle. Although... Beartracks Jan 2020 #17

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)

1. Isn't one of the definitions an argument?

Reply to Beartracks (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 02:33 AM

Jan 2020

Beartracks

(12,816 posts)

2. In baseball slang, from what I've just read.

Reply to Midnightwalk (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 02:37 AM

Jan 2020

I still don't see a connection...

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Beartracks

(12,816 posts)

10. As someone points out below: it's "row" as in "fight" or "argument."

Reply to Midnightwalk (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 24, 2020, 01:22 AM

Jan 2020

So NOW the clue makes sense. Thanks for your input!

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Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)

14. I love clues like that

Reply to Beartracks (Reply #10)

Fri Jan 24, 2020, 02:31 AM

Jan 2020

Once i get them. Notice i didn’t say which word had the alternative definition. I did get reminded how to pronounce row.

Two in was great misdirection. What crossword was this?

Beartracks

(12,816 posts)

15. Newsday's "Saturday Stumper" from Jan 18.

Reply to Midnightwalk (Reply #14)

Fri Jan 24, 2020, 10:14 PM

Jan 2020

I get it thru a crossword puzzle app on my Kindle.

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lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)

3. all I could find was this... not sure how it applies to your clue

Reply to Beartracks (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 02:39 AM

Jan 2020

"Rhubarb" as slang for a fight was popularized by broadcaster Red Barber, the voice of the Cincinatti Reds, the New York Yankees, and the Brooklyn Dodgers from the 1930s through the 1960s. Barber was famous for his colorful play-by-play, with catchphrases like "tearin' up the pea patch" (used to describe a team on a roll) and "tighter than a pair of new shoes on a rainy day" (meaning a close game). Another of his famously quaint colloquialisms was "rhubarb," which he first used in 1943 to describe a heated dispute on the field.

OTOH, Rhubarb does make a nice pie filling... or topping for a scoop of ice cream

fleabiscuit

(4,542 posts)

4. Wow. That's esoteric.

Reply to Beartracks (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 02:53 AM

Jan 2020

sorcrow

(418 posts)

5. Obscure

Reply to Beartracks (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 03:19 AM

Jan 2020

A rhubarb is slang for an altercation as others have said, and pronounce "row" to rhyme with how not hoe.

Regards,
Crow

Beartracks

(12,816 posts)

13. Aah...! Ok.

Reply to sorcrow (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 24, 2020, 01:24 AM

Jan 2020

Thx.

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global1

(25,253 posts)

6. Two People Fighting....

Reply to Beartracks (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 05:33 AM

Jan 2020

Two in a (row) or fight.

Beartracks

(12,816 posts)

11. Aaah!

Reply to global1 (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 24, 2020, 01:23 AM

Jan 2020

Thx.

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edbermac

(15,941 posts)

7. Row is British slang for a fight.

Reply to Beartracks (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 06:44 AM

Jan 2020

Rhymes with ‘wow’.

Beartracks

(12,816 posts)

12. Oh man.

Reply to edbermac (Reply #7)

Fri Jan 24, 2020, 01:24 AM

Jan 2020

Thx.

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PennyK

(2,302 posts)

8. It's not that esoteric

Reply to Beartracks (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 11:28 AM

Jan 2020

I admit, I'm a reader, and crossword solver. But I would think this definition is not that archaic.

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

9. Yeah, I've see some clues a lot more opaque than that...nt

Reply to PennyK (Reply #8)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 11:34 AM

Jan 2020

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)

16. I hope you're doing these in pencil.

Reply to Beartracks (Original post)

Sat Jan 25, 2020, 02:56 AM

Jan 2020

Beartracks

(12,816 posts)

17. Ha ha! Actually doing them on a Kindle. Although...

Reply to TeamPooka (Reply #16)

Sat Jan 25, 2020, 03:09 AM

Jan 2020

... somewhere I've got a book of NYT crossword puzzles, and those i ALWAYS did in pencil.

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