tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post3654678453165619506..comments2024-03-29T03:05:05.578-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Wednesday, April 19, 2017, Emanuel Ax and Brad WilberHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-7660111772250337092017-04-20T01:43:01.414-04:002017-04-20T01:43:01.414-04:00Hmm, I had alpacA before VICUNA, and required a bu...Hmm, I had alpacA before VICUNA, and required a bunch of trial and error for a lot of things like NORMARAE and ABERDEEN. Felt like that in a lot of the grid. Had to run the alphabet to get the JAKE/KERRI cross. FIrE before FILE. Ultra before UVRAY. That sort of thing. Somehow I did get everything in 22:13 without turning to Google, so based on that evidence it wasn't as hard as it felt.<br /><br />As for the theme, I noticed the asymetry pretty much immediately but it wasn't until I got the revealer and had a chance to think about it that I realized that the black in the middle looks like a note.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-50978578150120748482017-04-19T21:38:17.271-04:002017-04-19T21:38:17.271-04:0023:22
The center right played really tough for me ...23:22<br />The center right played really tough for me as I have no familiarity with QUAKERGUN, DAYMARE, MANGIA, LIENEE, RUNNERSHIGH, HASANIP, or the Thurber piece (FILE and Forget). I actually got a bit of "Crossword High" when I refused to give up and managed to get it all filled in correctly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-30512499734846941892017-04-19T17:12:41.541-04:002017-04-19T17:12:41.541-04:005:56 (FWOE) - I tried ARc and cATT, because I coul...5:56 (FWOE) - I tried ARc and cATT, because I couldn't believe that MATT Dillon would be clued by a reference to "Gunsmoke" rather than the somewhat more contemporary actor. I'd heard of QUAKERGUN, but tried shAKERGUN first. This all made the NE corner the hardest section. I love the eighth note in the center of the puzzle, and the lack of any symmetry.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-57647562132952841102017-04-19T17:12:38.773-04:002017-04-19T17:12:38.773-04:0017:53 (FWTE)
ARM/MATT cross, where I tried a "...17:53 (FWTE)<br />ARM/MATT cross, where I tried a "c" (ARc made sense to me somehow), and UNAS/VICUNA, where I tried an "l" for no good reason whatsoever. Anyway, the rest was easy enough, and I, too, enjoyed the theme. I saw Mr. Ax at Mechanics Hall in Worcester a while back. As I recall, he was billed to play some Debussy, but wasn't ready for it (or that was my guess as to the reason for the abrupt substitution), so he tried to toss of the Waldstein and was humbled by the Mighty Beethoven. As an American of Italian descent, I'm quite familiar with MANGIA. DAYMARE is good, as is RUNNERSHIGH (although I've not experienced one of those as yet). The JAKE/KERRI cross was rough, but I guessed correctly there. I've seen HALLO recently, but the RHODE Island Red hasn't made an appearance for a while. LIENEE is terrible.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com