tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post4198287965605495620..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Thursday, January 11, 2018, Sam TrabuccoHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-57024991274258909842018-01-13T00:30:33.082-05:002018-01-13T00:30:33.082-05:00Yes, the theme was definitely fresh. I only meant ...Yes, the theme was definitely fresh. I only meant annoying in the sense of "it's going to take me a fair investment of time to try to suss it out, which will have me annoyed that I didn't wait to try to figure it out until I had more of the fill to work with". A more thoughtful choice of words may have been "challenging themes".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-30590357623461970112018-01-12T18:47:58.679-05:002018-01-12T18:47:58.679-05:00OK, folks, it looks like it's going to be a bl...OK, folks, it looks like it's going to be a blog post that we continually update. We'll have a link to it over on the sidebar. Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-87211378362567654212018-01-12T18:30:19.721-05:002018-01-12T18:30:19.721-05:0012:36
"Annoying" themes? Whatever do you...12:36<br />"Annoying" themes? Whatever do you mean, Mr. Berman? <br /><br />I had CALtech and intro, but like Huygens, I had something in already that prevented me from entering avast. The toughest entry for me was MRISCAN (Body shot?) (nice clue!). I didn't know the Vermont senator (if only they had referenced the runner-up from the only American Idol season I ever knew anything about!), and NO-NO had not yet become clear to me. So MRISC__ looked very bad. Hah!<br /><br />I found the theme quite fresh and enjoyable, but I do agree with Mr. Berman on BAA.<br /><br />And now I'm going to go see if I can somehow make a page where we can rack up favorite clues for the year...Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-34487961485620842302018-01-12T17:07:32.773-05:002018-01-12T17:07:32.773-05:0013:20
I could tell pretty early on that this was g...13:20<br />I could tell pretty early on that this was going to be one of those annoying themes, so I tried to ignore it as long as possible and just fill in what I could. Overall that seemed to work in my favor.<br /><br />I agree that the second themer was weaker than the others; but I'm sure this was pretty tough to pull off so I'll let it slide.<br /><br />I also had AVAST initially for 5D.<br /><br />I think "Ewe can do it!" is a stretch for BAA (33A).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-60101111918714360882018-01-12T05:21:59.761-05:002018-01-12T05:21:59.761-05:0019:13 (half on paper)
I started this at home with ...19:13 (half on paper)<br />I started this at home with Across Lite, printed it out with 6:17 on the timer, then finished it later on in the morning at work (during a break, of course). All of my "-" entries are in pen, indicating correctly that I didn't figure the trick out until I was solving on paper. I thought it was all excellent, even the DOILOOKLIKEIMD-/ONE, just because it's as if the person were interrupted again saying that. I also originally wanted avast at 5D, but I'd already entered CLASH at 20A, so the "A" in the fourth place didn't work. I like BELAY better, because it reminds me of Star Trek. (Is anyone else watching the fantastic "Discovery" on CBS All Access?) I'm with Colum on the "intro" thing where BASIC goes, and with the terrible ABRA. Anyway, overall excellent Thursday.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com