tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post2802824673029701016..comments2024-03-29T03:05:05.578-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Thursday, April 5, 2018, David J. KahnHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-3985027955178675182018-04-10T21:55:47.906-04:002018-04-10T21:55:47.906-04:00Did not finish.Did not finish.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365867681557594076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-68717383174994210602018-04-07T08:20:35.308-04:002018-04-07T08:20:35.308-04:0018:16
Like Mr. Kingdon, This is a typical time for...18:16<br />Like Mr. Kingdon, This is a typical time for a Thursday for me. MEH theme, which I figured out from BOTTOMOFTHENINTH (also my favorite of the bunch). I was happy with the clue for EWOK, and look forward to seeing that movie again in the near future; maybe I can convince Sue to view "Empire" tonight, which will get us one step closer to that goal. I never heard of LOU Brock, unsurprisingly.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-12834763203182945072018-04-06T10:44:32.936-04:002018-04-06T10:44:32.936-04:00Well, I liked ANO and perhaps more to the point, I...Well, I liked ANO and perhaps more to the point, I totally fell for it. Had LYE for a while, was trying to wrack my brain about soap making, all that sort of thing. Eventually got it from crosses and was like "oh, I see what they did there. Pretty clever".<br /><br />My time was 26:27 which is typical to fast for a Thursday and would have been faster if I had noticed the spelling of Parlement sooner.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-56465409725655483152018-04-06T07:53:54.858-04:002018-04-06T07:53:54.858-04:008:54
Agree about the difficulty level, but as we&#...8:54<br />Agree about the difficulty level, but as we've read and said in the past, all Will Shortz is aiming for is that Thursday be slightly harder than Wednesday and slightly easier than Friday, and that was the case for me this week. <br />Cute (but not too tricky) clue for SANANDREAS (It's California's fault), and I really liked "Yarn that stretches" for SAGA. Heh.<br /><br />And LOU should be added to the bonus material, too (Brock in Cooperstown). He was always the easiest one to identify when my brothers and I would play "name that batter" as we mimicked at-bat antics. And me, I enjoyed the clue for ANO. :)Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.com