tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post4423899104035180886..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Saturday, May 9, 2020, Erik Agard and Miriam EstrinHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-77866133494608802672020-05-09T11:55:00.106-04:002020-05-09T11:55:00.106-04:0034:57
Took me a little longer than others (combine...34:57<br />Took me a little longer than others (combined, as it turns out), but I was hung up in the SE with the BOS/RUMI/MINIBUSES crosses, so I stared for a long, long time until I had the "aha moment" for the MINIBUSES entry. I'd never heard of RUMI, nor the genus of cows (which seems like more of a "Webster Times" crossword clue...I mean, c'mon NYT!). TESTAMENT was great, and it's a good thing that I noticed the capitalization of both New and Old in the clue, otherwise it would've taken a long time for it. I agree that the clue for LAND is excellent. I've had an IMPOSSIBLEBURGER now, and can attest that it is far superior in taste and texture to the previous options for veggie burgers, but they're still really, really pricey in comparison. I just read a book that spoke of a HOLLER (hollow) in eastern Kentucky by Bobi Conn called "In the Shadow of the Valley." It's a different kind of HOLLER than the one clued today, to be sure, and it is quite disturbing to me that places like the one discussed in the book exist in relatively modern-day America (she grew up in the 80s). I didn't love NUHUH, and needed to correct my original entry of NoZ when I saw HoLENE and thought "Well that isn't a name" and changed it to NEZ, but other than that, it was a decent Saturday, which for me, ran a little more difficult than normal. Oh, I never heard of SETPIECE (14D Action film staple), where I originally entered carchasE.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-87105074972053349752020-05-09T11:20:35.907-04:002020-05-09T11:20:35.907-04:0010:01 (FWOE)
I put in RaMI instead of RUMI. MINIBa...10:01 (FWOE)<br />I put in RaMI instead of RUMI. MINIBaSES seemed odd, for sure. Fun grid, lots of great stuff here.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.com