tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post1375440510318136946..comments2024-03-29T07:26:22.640-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Tuesday, June 16, 2015, Peter A. CollinsHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-35889763644987789222015-06-17T04:53:21.641-04:002015-06-17T04:53:21.641-04:0011:01
I didn't mind AGITA or MRES, but I agree...11:01<br />I didn't mind AGITA or MRES, but I agree with the other mentions, especially SCAUP, a word which I'd not previously heard. DEFCON is great, as is the theme. VEGAS reminds me that that's one place that Sue and I have often spoken of visiting but have not as yet; we should start getting around more. Nice that GTO is atop REVUP. I liked the clues for the oft-seen POSSE (40A Entourage) and THROATS (21A Ruby parts of some hummingbirds). Even though the latter was a gimme, I thought that Sue would have enjoyed it.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-61860768941893366412015-06-16T22:18:39.012-04:002015-06-16T22:18:39.012-04:006:47
Played slow for a Tuesday. The theme is fine:...6:47<br />Played slow for a Tuesday. The theme is fine: cute idea, carried out reasonably well. The only little nitpick I have is that in two cases there's an extra word of the same number of letters above or below. So there's a LOGJAM of ONIONS on that HOTDOG? Or is there a CHEESE BURGER on the STAIRS?<br /><br />My favorite answer was ASTERISKS (3D: They're next to some records). Entered off the A of IPAD. There are some other nice bits (love the clue for SIMON), but there is a whole lot of meh. MOSE INLA REVUP SCAUP (?!). And bad duplication between 49D: It might accompany a wave in Waikiki (ALOHA, cute clue) and 39A: What a surfer catches (WAVE). I know they're different meanings, but really not so much.<br /><br />I guess overall I liked it okay; just above 50%.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.com