tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post1199354621927096647..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Wednesday, September 24, 2014, Andy KravisHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-9172029138217797092014-09-25T13:30:37.903-04:002014-09-25T13:30:37.903-04:00Sorry. I DID mean to mention that!Sorry. I DID mean to mention that!Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-90185950046415123222014-09-25T10:36:28.377-04:002014-09-25T10:36:28.377-04:0021:09
I did this one alone and it took some work. ...21:09<br />I did this one alone and it took some work. I didn't get the theme right away and that slowed things down a bit. But while I did have to hope around a little, there wasn't ever any long periods of being stalled. So the figuring ultimately paid off.<br /><br />I liked seeing the 3 diagonal "VVV" in the SE. Don't see that as often as the diagonal "TTT" is the South Central, and not nearly as much as the diagonal "AAA" in the SW, and clearly not as much as the diagonal "EEE" in the West Central. Icarusfobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312667388878598706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-35216060265004937842014-09-24T22:05:05.768-04:002014-09-24T22:05:05.768-04:009:10. I really liked this puzzle too. BETTEDAVIS! ...9:10. I really liked this puzzle too. BETTEDAVIS! What a great long answer. DALI was unexpected, YEARLY and AMSTEL are fine, and UNFEMININE is brilliant. 37D: Get off the ground? (LEVITATE) seems like it doesn't deserve a question mark, by which I mean that the answer is too clearly indicated by the clue. I thought the first three theme answers were very funny, while the third, while clever, doesn't hit the same spot. What, this dentist only eats in the morning before going to work?<br /><br />I did know that the statue of David outside the Palazzo Vecchio was a REPLICA, as our tour guide made sure to point it out. It's good to see there so you get a sense of what Michelangelo intended in terms of the statue's proportions, which are not anatomically correct when viewed from a more "eye-to-eye" level.<br /><br />I'm surprised that Huygens did not comment on PLAYBOY. And nice Photoshop work, Horace. It reminded me of Terry Gilliam's Monty Python animations to see Marx's head in there.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-67438928360534508692014-09-24T13:37:56.376-04:002014-09-24T13:37:56.376-04:00What, no comment on my amazing Photoshop work?! I ...What, no comment on my amazing Photoshop work?! I spent a good two or three minutes on that this morning before work!Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-13755188715498592014-09-24T09:29:26.190-04:002014-09-24T09:29:26.190-04:0038:47
I actually figured out the theme pretty quic...38:47<br />I actually figured out the theme pretty quickly, but I'd put SlAp in there instead of SWAP, and so had trouble with the two answers Horace mentions. I starred 34A It's usually between 3 and 5 (PAR) as particularly good, and 11D Like a bass voice or a hairy chest (UNFEMININE), which is grody. I didn't know that 39A The statue "David" on open-air display in Florence, e.g. is a REPLICA (now I do). Of the theme answers, I least liked EATXRAYLOVE (63A Film about a romantic dentist's daily routine? (2010)). The others were fine. I enjoy these more-challenging early week puzzles. Keep 'em coming!Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com