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Ahem, ahem, is this thing on??? Frannie here, commenting on New York Times Crossword Puzzle 20130325. At first, the acrosses in this puzzle nearly KILT me. But, after I met up with a few CLUES that were real RUMS, I became unBLOCked. ATNO time, did I think I wouldn't finish, but, at first, I failed to meet my personal QUOTA of easy answers for a Monday puzzle. But, once I got to KANGAROOCOURT, I said to myself, IMONAROLL and I sank the rest of them like HOOKSHOTS into a five foot basket. The theme neither helped nor hindered me, but I did need to review the OCEAN of themed answers to get 37A: Title that can precede the starts of 17-, 23-, 49-, and 59-Across. COOKBOOKS didn't do it for me, but THEN I looked at MORGANFREEMAN, and "KABOOM," I was CAPTAIN of that ship.* Now, I'm going to get some ALES and GUACAMOLE. Peace out.
*The above review was constrained by my wish to use a bunch of the answers from the puzzle in the review itself. It in no way reflects my real thoughts about the puzzle. - F.
Great review, Frances. My own time was 10:27 for this one. It helped that I figured out the theme immediately after KANGAROOCOURT so I was able to quickly get the other long clues. Now...YoHoHo and on to Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteA little more difficult (7:13) and a little more fun than your average Monday. Somewhat surprised to see SCREWIT in a NYT crossword. I like it, though. I don't like ASLAN. Didn't I just comment on that sad bit of crosswordese? Also, I know this is a Monday, but couldn't they come up with a better clue for OCEAN than "Atlantic or Pacific"?? How about "'Caribbean Queen' vocalist," or something. And what about "May honoree"? Gee, I wonder what that could be? Still, as I said, I did like this puzzle. Any effort with Captain Kangaroo, Big Mac, and Ernie is all right with me.
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