tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post1818617417332769106..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Thursday, August 30, 2018, Grant ThackrayHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-82072826979384103272018-08-31T12:09:28.683-04:002018-08-31T12:09:28.683-04:00MANSPRE[AD], [AD]ULTING, and [AD]ORKABLE are conte...MANSPRE[AD], [AD]ULTING, and [AD]ORKABLE are contemporary without diving too deep into obscure knowledge ([AD]ORKABLE was new to me, but still gettable from the clue and some crosses, as opposed to, say, a name which could easily be KASEM or KASEy or probably a bunch of other things unless you'd heard of the dude or, well, we won't talk too much about information appliances that might be close at hand when solving especially towards the end of the week).<br /><br />My first themer was SAL[oh my gosh there should be an AD but where does it go?] and I wasn't easily seeing a rebus or geometry or other way out so I let it slide until I got to the revealer. Which I initially had as [ad]blocker but that caused a whole bunch of problems which did not LETUP until I was able to [AD]DRESS them with ADBLOCK. I too got a kick out of the dual theminess in [AD]OPTARO[AD].<br /><br />All in all, a TASTY puzzle.<br />Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-24027079297853703682018-08-30T22:42:59.776-04:002018-08-30T22:42:59.776-04:0023:19 (FWOE)
I fwoed on SLAy, which I thought a pl...23:19 (FWOE)<br />I fwoed on SLAy, which I thought a plausible synonym for Roast. And I'm still shocked by KASEM. Who knew!?<br /><br />[AD]OPTARO[AD] is really nice. But who's ever heard of TSTOPS? My initial fSTOPS made ADULTING hard to see! Also had ADIos briefly, and we generally call them "nerd ropes" so NERDSROPE took much longer than it should have...<br /><br />But those are my own problems. Overall, I really enjoyed this. Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.com