tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post8335817470999174274..comments2024-03-29T03:05:05.578-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Thursday, January 4, 2018, Daniel MauerHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-18755888926590334372018-01-04T18:42:50.245-05:002018-01-04T18:42:50.245-05:009:32
Horace, I was just thinking about this conver...9:32<br />Horace, I was just thinking about this conversation with you as I solved this one! It's just like I was hoping: numbers in one direction, the syllable in the other direction. I guess we're just a few months behind. Meanwhile, the revealer is perfect. I enjoyed much of this puzzle, but agree with the (presumably) necessary glue issues. My final letter was the Y in OXY / PRY.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-69343584345005842142018-01-04T16:52:07.462-05:002018-01-04T16:52:07.462-05:0017:57
Got the trick down in the bottom where SEACO...17:57<br />Got the trick down in the bottom where SEACOW crossed 48DOWN. It's funny, because Colum and I were just saying a couple days ago how you don't often see a numeral in a puzzle. And here are eight of them!<br /><br />I don't know what CREATINE is, and that A was my final entry, too. Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-13571932356953546032018-01-04T16:43:10.260-05:002018-01-04T16:43:10.260-05:0018:08 FWOE
This was fun to try to figure out, alth...18:08 FWOE<br />This was fun to try to figure out, although it felt more like a mind teaser than a crossword puzzle. I think the OSTINATO / VIEN cross took me two tries.<br /><br />I also did not like PRES (U.S. 1). I spent a few minutes trying to parse this and couldn't figure it out until lying in bed later in the evening when it hit me that maybe they were saying that the President is the #1 executive in the US. Perhaps the current state of affairs caused my mental block on this.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-33819746820095730332018-01-04T14:13:08.165-05:002018-01-04T14:13:08.165-05:0025:28
Even when I realized the trick, it took me a...25:28<br />Even when I realized the trick, it took me a while to solve this one. The "A" at CREATINE/ACC was a complete guess, and my final entry. I figured out the theme after around fifteen minutes with 70A's 48DOWN and its crosses VIED4 and INM8. OSTINATO is nice and went in without crosses, which was fortunate at WIEN, especially. Decent trick for a Thursday.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com