May 10 - PHILIPPINES MENTIONED

by Paolo Pasco | edited by Alisya

Paolo Pasco is a games editor living in Brooklyn, New York who just scored Olivia Rodrigo tickets. Today is a combination of cool days for him, being his birthday and Mother's Day (hi mom!)

A note from Paolo: Thank you to Alisya and Terry for being cool with the later-than-expected submissions of this midi (and these notes), and to Franci for tolerating me gridding and cluing a mini in a graph-paper notebook by the pool during an otherwise work-free vacation (and for suggesting the 14A angle). To the two people to our left who noticed I was working on a crossword, then talked to Franci and me for a bit and got us a round of shots: rock on, wherever you are.