![]() ![]() I just like the phrase, all on its own, and as these pasta puns go, it's the one that feels most on-the-money. The theme answers I haven't yet mentioned all work just fine, I think. And while I appreciate the ultra-long, two-part BUTTERFLIES / IN YOUR STOMACH, I think that if you asked most people what "farfalle" are, they'd say "bow-tie pasta," not "butterfly pasta." The wikipedia page lists both, so this version is definitely defensible, just not the term I know. The difference is that adding the "S" to SPIRALS still feels natural, whereas adding a whole "GET" to the beginning of BETWEEN THE SHEETS. Made up in this case, obviously, for the purposes of symmetry, just as SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL is "SPIRALS" and not "SPIRAL"-gotta get those answers to match in length. Had GET BETWEEN THE and absolutely no idea what expression was involved. And the "GET" in GET BETWEEN THE SHEETS threw me off completely. Like, if you're eating rotelle, the "wheels" are *part* of the meal, so I don't exactly get MEALS ON WHEELS as a plausible cookbook title (even at the Wackytown Bookstore) ( 22A: Cookbook for rotelle lovers?). I like the idea, but somehow in the execution either the clue or the answer seemed to clank a bit too often. Some work, some don't, pretty standard Sunday-theme stuff. In the nineteenth century, the game was introduced to Britain where it was known as Go Bang, said to be a corruption of the Japanese word goban, which was itself adapted from the Chinese k'i pan (qí pán) "go-board." (wikipedia) The game is also popular in Korea, where it is called omok (오목 ) which has the same structure and origin as the Japanese name. Wu (五 wǔ) means five, zi (子 zǐ) means piece, and qi ( 棋 qí) refers to a board game category in Chinese. The game is popular in China, where it is called Wuziqi (五子棋). Go means five, moku is a counter word for pieces and narabe means line-up. ![]() The name "gomoku" is from the Japanese language, in which it is referred to as gomokunarabe ( 五目並べ ). The game is known in several countries under different names. Because pieces are typically not moved or removed from the board, gomoku may also be played as a paper-and-pencil game. It is played using a 15×15 board while in the past a 19×19 board was standard. It is traditionally played with Go pieces (black and white stones) on a Go board. Gomoku, also called Five in a Row, is an abstract strategy board game. ![]()
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