publication date: Monday, December 16, 2019 (part of Winter 2020)

category: Music

clue: He ended a ten-year lull in his career by rising like a bird from the ashes.

explanation: Nick Rivera Caminero, known professionally as Nicky Jam, scored several hit songs with his comeback album Fénix. more…

intended difficulty: very hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Erik Bates

Springfield IRL: After two seasons of shorts, The Simpsons debuted as a series on December 17, 1989. Celebrate the show's thirtieth anniversary with this theme of seven people who could have walked out of the show into real life, and don't have a cow, man.


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