tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post1418308611977668524..comments2024-03-29T03:05:05.578-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Friday, May 3, 2013, David KwongHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-6820995418551893332013-06-10T16:16:07.198-04:002013-06-10T16:16:07.198-04:00I finished this one in about 25 minutes (timed by ...I finished this one in about 25 minutes (timed by looking at my cell phone at the start and finish.) I guess I'm more in Christopher's camp in that I liked this effort just fine. HAL was indeed great. You didn't mention one of my favorites-- the somewhat edgy SWINGFORIT. TIGRE and its clue almost make the whole puzzle. RILE was cleverly clued, I thought. Also, it started out strong with "Singer's tongue." Very clever.englishteacher59https://www.blogger.com/profile/16790678319090827125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-91020748655318804192013-05-05T14:56:26.426-04:002013-05-05T14:56:26.426-04:00>2:00 (WELL over.)
But I finished nonetheless. ...>2:00 (WELL over.)<br />But I finished nonetheless. I started by filling in the bottom, having known ELECTRA, WINONA and ORESTES right off the bat. NEMESES filled right in as did TRIAXIAL, however it took a while to remember MIDNIGHTINPARIS. I liked TWITTERFOLLOWER and hadn't ever heard of the game "parliament," so I didn't know that the SEVENOFDIAMONDS led it off. I'd just read a review recently of Princess Leia's one-woman show about her alcoholism and recovery, so I'd heard of her book WISHFULDRINKING. Anyway, I liked this puzzle fine. It was a nice challenge for me, though I, too, didn't like "ISNT it?" and found a couple of the others (ILIED and RENTA) a bit dumb. BTW, I thought that 18D could have been MOCHA and didn't consider either LARGE or SMALL, which would have been lame, indeed. I will probably skip yesterday's (Sat.) and today's (Sun.) puzzle, though. We just returned from ME and I have a full Sunday paper to read.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com