


It's a real thing alright, and not a bygone one either. This is not a knock on the validity of ERHU. that kind of difficulty is less thrilling. Difficulty that comes from a two-string instrument I don't know and have no hope in hell of spelling. When difficulty ends with a revelation like *that*, I'm thrilled. Just a great repurposing of a familiar phrase. I sincerely thought "damn, that's good," in the moment, as I was solving. Scratch that "had to admit" sounds like I was grudging, and I wasn't. But then I worked some crosses and finally got it, and after being so mad at that clue. I had the ARM part and still no bleeping idea. Let me talk about toughness I loved, first: that clue on ARM HAIR (22D: Tricep curls?). Weirdly, ended up being mostly overshadowed by other, tougher parts of the puzzle-by toughness in general, and a toughness that was achieved. I discovered the gimmick early (not hard) and. Well the theme is really clever and I admire it a whole bunch. As a very versatile instrument, the erhu is used in both traditional and contemporary music arrangements, such as pop, rock and jazz. It is the most popular of the huqin family of traditional bowed string instruments used by various ethnic groups of China. It is used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles and large orchestras. The erhu ( Chinese: 二胡 pinyin: èrhú ) is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a Southern Fiddle, and is sometimes known in the Western world as the Chinese violin or a Chinese two-stringed fiddle. Word of the Day: ERHU ( 28D: Two-stringed Chinese instrument). THEME: Double duty - familiar compound words & two-word phrases are clued "_ / _," with the blank being a potential synonym for both parts of the words / phrases:
