tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post136407745470416012..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Tuesday, May 23, 2017, Zhouqin BurnikelHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-65747196735573323592017-05-24T03:45:53.711-04:002017-05-24T03:45:53.711-04:0011:08 (FWOE)
OHOK/KAL. KAL? Whatever. Other than t...11:08 (FWOE)<br />OHOK/KAL. KAL? Whatever. Other than that, this was a fine grid and a nice enough theme for a Tuesday. I didn't love the DASANI/DOO cross. BREWSKI and IBEENHAD are definitely the best of the bunch. I, too, had never heard of the phrase HASKITTENS, but I like it, and will try working it into a conversation.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-28102251658715697522017-05-23T21:57:36.260-04:002017-05-23T21:57:36.260-04:00Figuring out the theme was fun. First, that circle...Figuring out the theme was fun. First, that circled words cross another copy of the same word. Second, the revealer which confirms that. And then third, that they are things which come in pairs.<br /><br />Couldn't remember which electronics brands were past vs present, but got AIWA from crosses. Now Wikipedia tells me a new owner is trying to revive the Aiwa brand, just to complicate things further. Such are the trials of being a crossword constructor, editor, or solver.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-21899416078760098062017-05-23T21:37:15.701-04:002017-05-23T21:37:15.701-04:0015:50 (FWOE)
Wow. I was not expecting this one, an...15:50 (FWOE)<br />Wow. I was not expecting this one, and as Mr. Berman put it, the NW was a slog. A slog and a half!<br /><br />"... dupe the been." That's my new catchphrase. Also, I don't remember seeing Vernazza in the grid, but wouldn't that be a coup. <br /><br />A lot of my time (I'd like to say half of it, but it was probably more like 2 minutes) was spent looking for my error, and now I can't remember exactly where it was. It was in PANTOMIMES, which I loved, and it was either the A I left in from OTRaS, or the N I left in from EnE. Funny how I leapt to morphene instead of morpheme. And I a linguist. Of sorts.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-15377315920776789692017-05-23T19:50:48.605-04:002017-05-23T19:50:48.605-04:007:45
I'm not familiar with the phrase HASKITT...7:45<br /><br />I'm not familiar with the phrase HASKITTENS (or KAL, for that matter). This one played tough for me. Not enough sports and French, I guess. Northwest was a slog.<br /><br />I knew there was a good CORNER joke in there, and you nailed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com