tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post1131400436103917990..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Saturday, September 26, 2015, David WoolfHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-67088443228789732172015-09-29T20:43:29.323-04:002015-09-29T20:43:29.323-04:00I knew you'd get the reference!I knew you'd get the reference!Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-61992243704108939922015-09-29T07:38:57.970-04:002015-09-29T07:38:57.970-04:0054:01
I started this one off with ELISE (6D: Noted...54:01<br />I started this one off with ELISE (6D: Noted 19th-century bagatelle dedicatee), and got various little things here and there, filled in the NE, KARENO, and CILANTRO, and other things, then gave it over to Frannie, who got all the fun stuff (APRESMOILEDELUGE, ASAMAN, DOPENESS...) and, basically, almost the entire thing. Together we finished the little bits remaining, including the excellent VACUUMS (39D: They have nothing). We loved it, too. Very nice Saturday.<br /><br />And what, no mention of the reference? We all know that there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about!Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-31849902028438221672015-09-29T07:06:01.282-04:002015-09-29T07:06:01.282-04:00DNF
I had eerIeSILENCE and didn't know the mid...DNF<br />I had eerIeSILENCE and didn't know the middle of APRES______DELUGE, so I couldn't fill in the middle bits at all. The rest of the puzzle was finished in 47:31, but so what? MOONBASE was good, and I, too, enjoyed the "Wet blanket" pair. Oddly, I got ESAU with only one cross (SALES). Loved ONES.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-83356980180837399502015-09-27T21:36:52.809-04:002015-09-27T21:36:52.809-04:00Very nice, thorough review. This was indeed a beau...Very nice, thorough review. This was indeed a beauty. I was particularly interested in reading about your struggles on the remarkable 16-letter down answer. I too battled mightily with that one, but I was stuck on _PRES_ "Press" something? Pressure of some kind? It never occurred to me that the answer could be specific rather than generic. Big smile and sigh when it finally came around. What a great centerpiece to the puzzle. I liked all of the clues and answers you spotlighted. A couple I'll add are "Washington's capital" for ONES and "Spelling bee requests" for USAGES. Two pretty nifty clues for rather ordinary words. And how about that wonderfully erudite clue for the crosswordese ESAU?? "One of a reconciling pair painted by Rubens"! Wow. I give this an A.englishteacher59https://www.blogger.com/profile/16790678319090827125noreply@blogger.com