tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post3833842498633285098..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Wednesday, April 11, 2018, Keiran KingHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-58872191555098322382018-04-12T09:55:06.462-04:002018-04-12T09:55:06.462-04:0011:42 (fast to typical for Wednesday).
Broadcast ...11:42 (fast to typical for Wednesday).<br /><br />Broadcast TV is something I haven't thought of in some time, but I'm told a lot of people watch channel TWO and the others. Don't remember POOH in a puzzle before but xwordinfo says it has been used moderately often.<br /><br />Nice puzzle, surprisingly free of dubious answers considering the theme density (obviously, letting the downs be anywhere helps, but even so...)Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-67238315519494187602018-04-12T04:06:16.589-04:002018-04-12T04:06:16.589-04:007:25
Any music-themed puzzle gets a thumbs-up from...7:25<br />Any music-themed puzzle gets a thumbs-up from this quarter. To add to the above, AORTA is nicely-clued despite the question mark (which may actually be needed in this case), and I always enjoy thinking of VINOS. I didn't know about the homophone representations of composer names in the grid until I read Horace's review, but that's pretty nice. It would have been better had the components crossed the song names/type, but we can't have it all, can we? For once, I wasn't MISLED for a second on PEE, and who doesn't love a VENN diagram? Rare Wednesday that I finished faster than the Tuesday offering. SURVEIL is a nice word, and who else thought that the clue for BOBA Fett was several words too long?Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-9461521679693208292018-04-11T23:40:55.488-04:002018-04-11T23:40:55.488-04:0044:30
I really wanted 23 across to be WATER, and t...44:30<br />I really wanted 23 across to be WATER, and then I was hoping that somehow it would be PEA. Alas, now I know. GAH! Tool for tilling and tool for telling were fun clues. CANONIND ... GAH again!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365867681557594076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-89190954667146669402018-04-11T16:51:05.696-04:002018-04-11T16:51:05.696-04:004:12
Love the theme. How patently absurd to sound ...4:12<br />Love the theme. How patently absurd to sound out the composers' names in homophones. My only complaint is that Rossini's work, Pachelbel's work, and Beethoven's work are all specific examples. While a NOCTURNE is often likely to be by Chopin, there are plenty of very famous nocturnes by other composers (I think of Debussy and Britten as quick examples). I guess that's a victim of symmetry.<br /><br />But it's a lovely grid and very smooth. Nice work, Mr. King!Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.com