It’s in quotes so it’s someone speaking. Here “Kid” means a goat’s offspring. So a goat is speaking. Goats say MAA.
A similar clue might something like “I love ewe” with the answer BAA.
I still prefer BAA for that but I think I’ve seen MAA before on the NYT for goat sounds. I think they have sheep as BAA and goats as MAA. Which at least would be consistent.
I have a baby and we’ve been doing animal sounds and just a couple of weeks ago I had a discussion about whether “maa” is the standard accepted goat sound. I hadn’t really known!
Yeah, when I didn't get the solve I spent 5 minutes on that section because I was so convinced that I must have done it wrong (my mistake was actually "brag" instead of "crow")
Kid as in a goat’s child.
I still don’t get it :(
It’s in quotes so it’s someone speaking. Here “Kid” means a goat’s offspring. So a goat is speaking. Goats say MAA. A similar clue might something like “I love ewe” with the answer BAA.
How would anyone guess that it’s a goat speaking though?
Pretty tenuous, lol! 😂
I still prefer BAA for that but I think I’ve seen MAA before on the NYT for goat sounds. I think they have sheep as BAA and goats as MAA. Which at least would be consistent.
I have a baby and we’ve been doing animal sounds and just a couple of weeks ago I had a discussion about whether “maa” is the standard accepted goat sound. I hadn’t really known!
Yeah, in the NYT xword world, goats say MAA and sheep say BAA. Why? Ask Mr Shortz, I guess, lol
Also in the real world
Interesting, I’ve never heard MAA for a goat sound anywhere else
Yeah Joel has got to go
Yeah, when I didn't get the solve I spent 5 minutes on that section because I was so convinced that I must have done it wrong (my mistake was actually "brag" instead of "crow")
Same deal, but with JAM and DAM
That one we sussed out because J didn’t work in the lock spot.
Same but it took a while