tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post4959984452098740736..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Thursday, October 19, 2017, Ned WhiteHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-75813666630636776612017-10-20T19:08:35.497-04:002017-10-20T19:08:35.497-04:007:12
I knew TOPOL from my youth of listening to cl...7:12<br />I knew TOPOL from my youth of listening to classic Broadway musicals. I did not know LUSAKA, so sighs of relief there. I really like the theme. At first I wondered why BIGWHEEL and DIRTYRAT were so separated, but then I read that the former was above ___HEELS and the latter below HEAD___ in the revealer, so pretty darned good there.<br /><br />I'm not convinced by a number of things in the fill. ELTRAIN? Is that how we say it in Mexico? The clue at 58D: Range unit: Abbr. (MTNS) is really rough, as is the answer. And the worst may be OTYPE. Huh? Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-5002960367433394352017-10-20T15:26:04.115-04:002017-10-20T15:26:04.115-04:0011:21 FWOE
Once again done in by obscure proper cr...11:21 FWOE<br />Once again done in by obscure proper crossers. This time TOPOL and LUSAKA. Glad to see our leader had the same issue that I did. I'm sure the elite New York Times readers are intimately familiar with Chaim Topol. I wanted it to be Chaim Potok, but apparently that is someone else.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-40837897063302073262017-10-20T12:49:21.367-04:002017-10-20T12:49:21.367-04:0014:03
It's a disturbing image you've left ...14:03<br />It's a disturbing image you've left us with, Huygens... NOTOK indeed.<br /><br />I guessed at the L, after briefly considering a V (but vUSAKA seemed too odd), so I lucked out of a FWOE. <br /><br />I, too, enjoyed this theme, and many of the answers. "It grows in the dark" for (PUPIL) was my favorite clue. I have yet to see SASHA's sister around the campus, but even if I do, I'll be leaving her alone so she can just have a normal college experience. Well, it's probably impossible, but at least I'm not going to contribute to the circus...Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-38900989188545940622017-10-20T04:38:44.947-04:002017-10-20T04:38:44.947-04:0020:38
I thought the same thing about TEL, which is...20:38<br />I thought the same thing about TEL, which is probably my least favorite, although OOH and TOD (34A Fox in "The Fox and the Hound"), which admittedly I don't like only because I didn't know it, ran close behind. I did know TOPOL (but not CHAIM), which helped me with LUSAKA, which I didn't know. PAGANS are always welcome here at the YBH, as are ALE and SAKES. My grandmother always wore TUBETOPs, which she crocheted herself, so NOTOK. But it was an OK Thursday.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com