tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post1300098808686898761..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Friday, September 8, 2017, Sam TrabuccoHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-2471672171327234842017-09-10T12:55:19.210-04:002017-09-10T12:55:19.210-04:0011:36
So much scrabbly goodness. Interesting that ...11:36<br />So much scrabbly goodness. Interesting that it misses being a pangram by the space of one V. Which is better, IMAMORON or YOUREAJERK? Both outstanding.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-91609008099290588712017-09-09T17:53:57.700-04:002017-09-09T17:53:57.700-04:0010:47
Close to my best time for a Friday.
Due to ...10:47<br />Close to my best time for a Friday.<br /><br />Due to unfortunate recent events, I've been listening to Aja for most of the past three days. So that one went in pretty easy.<br /><br />Only struggle was the NW corner for me. In general, it was nice to see lots of Q, Z, X, J, and K in a puzzle that still played quite smoothly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-61369725077843059492017-09-09T09:31:12.368-04:002017-09-09T09:31:12.368-04:0024:42
I love a nice, palindromic time. This seemed...24:42<br />I love a nice, palindromic time. This seemed pretty easy save for the SE, where SAYONARA and FAKENAME took quite a while. The fact that I entered Stan (instead of SARA) off of the "S" in HASPS didn't help too much. There was also a slight slowdown in the NE where I'd entered SQft off of the "Q" in QUEEQUEG (which went right in), but as Horace mentions, the crosses sorted everything out just fine. We seem to only be missing a "v" for a pangram. And yes, I enjoyed this one.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-60809405621723777822017-09-08T18:45:52.697-04:002017-09-08T18:45:52.697-04:00Happy to see my favorite band represented with AJA...Happy to see my favorite band represented with AJA. Yes, I enjoyed this one too. The tougher the better on Fridays and Saturdays, and this one was tough for me. I too had mineCRAFT filled in for the longest time and that made the northwest very hard, even though I was pretty sure TAFT was right (I didn't put it in right away.) Finally I got FIREAXES and BOX, and the rest of that corner fell. As usual, when I look at that area now, I think it should have been so much easier. I like seeing BAZOOKAJOE in the grid. CYBERCAFES are stale already?? Not sure I've even been to one. Life moves too fast nowadays. Aren't TAPASBARS passe too then?englishteacher59https://www.blogger.com/profile/16790678319090827125noreply@blogger.com