Our themelesses are getting smoother and smoother, it feels like. I'm not surprised that Mr. Ezersky has produced such a lovely puzzle.
I broke in with that old standby, HYDROXYL. Ah, for the easy days of organic chemistry. It's great that it's crossed with 20A: An "A" in physics? (AMPERE). Humor only an UBERGEEK would love!
I disagree that a tuning fork has a YSHAPE. I don't know exactly how to describe what a tuning fork looks like. How about a picture?
It's great that the opposite corner has COACHK in it, another single letter in an odd place. I also keep on misparsing MADEGREE. "I made gree, Ma!" Hmmm.
The NW was the last section to go for me. I had refused to enter THREE at 2D: [This clue] + 1, which would have made things easier for me, I imagine. Instead I finally saw through 1D: Feature of Algeria and Egypt (SOFTG). How many times? HOW MANY TIMES??!
In any case, there are some great entries here with FREEMIUM, BROHUG, SPRINKLE, and GOODDOGGY.
- Colum
35:35 FW2E
ReplyDeleteJust had to chime in a bit late and say the I had the same experience with that 2d entry - THREE just seemed too easy! I was waiting for a trick that never came! ha
I managed to dredge up "Hydroxyl" - well, mostly...I had "oL" in the grid for too long!
"A" in physics sure couldn't be angstrom....oh, aha!
Thanks,
~MLou
17:07
ReplyDeleteThis was a great puzzle. Yes, SOFTG took too long. I'd never heard of FREEMIUM, and the tuning fork is YSHAPEd enough for me, but I can see Colum's point. STOOGE, ALSORAN and SKEET were all quite nicely-clued, and BROADSIDE is an excellent word.