Introduction
People who solve crosswords regularly show improvements in short-term memory and brain health in general. This is especially important as you age. Crosswords can enhance your vocabulary and lead to better problem-solving skills.
This clue Phenomenon nicknamed "Karl" in San Francisco appeared in the NYT Crossword on February 15, 2024. Starting with easier clues is advisable, but if you're still at a loss, we have the answer below.
Answer
Clue: Phenomenon nicknamed "Karl" in San Francisco
Answer: FOG (3 letters)
Hints and Explanation
This clue may be tricky to solve unless to are a US native. This is because in San Francisco, locals refer to the fog as "Karl". The city experiences a unique type of fog called advection fog which often persists throughout the day.
In 2010 someone started a Twitter account, @KarlTheFog, which now has around 360,000 followers. So paired with other solutions in the grid, the answer turns out to be FOG.
Crossword Clues on Feb. 15, 2024
Here are the other crossword clues that appeared on Feb. 15, 2024 in the NYT Crossword.
- Existential unease
- N.F.C. South pro
- Hundos
- Word with bank or base
- CD component
- Impressive showbiz quartet
- Stylish dresser
- Essence
- Test for a future Ph.D.
- Meaning of the Italian "lui" or German "ihn"
- Speaker of the line "I follow him to serve my turn upon him"
- Aware of
- "Windowpane"
- Part of yourself that you can't see without two mirrors
- Landlord-pays-broker, in rental lingo
- "I meant that sarcastically"
- Degree in math?
- Plastic ___ Band
- Not written
- Life of ___
- Degenerate
- Blue
- Sleek ocean swimmers
- Careened across snow, maybe
- Broke one's silence
- Title of respect
- Approved on PolitiFact, say
- Jamaican tangelo
- Throw in
- In the past
- Philanthropy
- Olympic champion who said he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River
- Kind of acid
- It makes you "dance down the street with a cloud at your feet," in a 1953 hit
- So-called "missing links"
- Dizzy
- State in debate
- Disinclined
- Controvert
- Flower
- Group whose full name translates as "Bulletproof Boy Scouts"
- Chignon, for one
- "The pause that refreshes" sloganeer, once
- Told where to go, say
- Response to "Merci"
- Powered down, in a way
- Second of five?
- Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares
- Sat on a clothesline, say
- Permit
- Make love?
- Part of a pen name?
- People also known as the Cat Nation
- Results of some dating app matches
- This too shall pass
- Not fixable, as an error
- Was up
- Graceful
- Characteristic of video poker, lottos and casinos
- Cleans up
- Spider web, effectively
- Bill supporting public television
- Fat substitute
- Totally pumped
- Disturb, in a way
- Italian apology
- Use X-ray vision on
- Doctor for kids
- Biblical site of a burning bush
- Garden party annoyance, colloquially
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- Hoodwink
- Nation with a four-century "Viking Age"
- "I want to go with you!"
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- Hit or miss, perhaps
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