tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post3178194842711402965..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Monday, April 6, 2020, Andrea Carla Michaels and Brian ThomasHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-81260590539520446632020-04-07T17:58:34.295-04:002020-04-07T17:58:34.295-04:003:39
Hilarious about "Mrs. Cr__ch" Jim,...3:39<br /><br />Hilarious about "Mrs. Cr__ch" Jim, and interesting about Colum's time, Huygens! And I love the "right jolly old demon" line.<br /><br />And I thought this was a pretty fast Monday, but then, I knew AEONFLUX with a cross or two, and KOLN went in off the clue. <br /><br />Me, I'm with Colum on LUCIFER being the best.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-7146600395294154532020-04-07T08:20:50.226-04:002020-04-07T08:20:50.226-04:005:27
On another note, Colum's time is half of ...5:27<br />On another note, Colum's time is half of the number of the beast, if we ignore the fact that part of it is base 60. I, too, until I saw the revealer, mis-parsed MRSCRATCH. I'm partial to BEELZEBUB, although there is something to be said for OLDNICK, a right jolly old demon. For me, this ran around normal for a Monday, with only VROOM as a somewhat-surprise answer. After all, "roar" is more common. Also, I tried jAlepinO where HABANERO belongs at first, which needed some crosses help. And yes, everyone loves a HOLODECK. I have to say, though, that I: 1) got AEONFLUX off of the clue, and 2) didn't mind the movie too much, but maybe I had lower expectations than Colum.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-16046196356541315962020-04-06T23:52:03.744-04:002020-04-06T23:52:03.744-04:00I might have thought this would be hard and in fac...I might have thought this would be hard and in fact I did need all the crosses for AEONFLUX. But I got DOONE and TIMOR easily and RHONE after I corrected it from RHiNE. I really should learn the difference between Rhine and Rhone. I mean, I don't know what it would do to my general ability to function in the world, or the world of knowledge, or any other world except the world of crosswords where I know it can come in handy.<br /><br />The theme answers went in easily (in the case of LUCIFER, just off the L), with the exception of poor old Mrs. Cratch (who also featured in my solve, as I didn't have the revealer yet, although she had to do with being Mrs. Cr--ch which I suppose is even worse).<br /><br />End result 5:48 which is normal to fast for me on a Monday.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.com