tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post1483954496702006425..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Thursday, August 29, 2013, Timothy PolinHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-77576502715776907982013-09-16T18:07:57.858-04:002013-09-16T18:07:57.858-04:00DNF
For obvious reasons. This is the first Thursda...DNF<br />For obvious reasons. This is the first Thursday in quite a while that I haven't finished. I'd have never guessed that the words swirl around the center. It is quite brilliant. While I can figure out many of the rebuses now, this wasn't one of them.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-52017086183187012412013-08-29T14:25:15.133-04:002013-08-29T14:25:15.133-04:00Yes, the THESAURI clue was outstanding. And Franni...Yes, the THESAURI clue was outstanding. And Frannie and I both liked "Ile," which was just one of the many things that didn't work out at first up top. So many great things in here! Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-37868201810886352792013-08-29T12:00:44.070-04:002013-08-29T12:00:44.070-04:00Wow. Yes, this was an amazing puzzle. Maybe the ...Wow. Yes, this was an amazing puzzle. Maybe the best overall daily that I've ever seen. You're right, the concept is mind-blowing, but the fill is exceptional too. Almost no slop, and many, many terrifically clued answers. You didn't even mention "Terre in the eau zone." Interesting to read you'r esolving evolution. Mine was quite different. I looked at the NW first as always, and I saw several things I thought I knew or that I thought seemed promising. But none of them worked completely with enough crosses. The only thing I actually wrote in was ANDRE (which, of course, turned out to be wrong). Same story in most other parts of the grid. Eventually I drifted down to the SW and I started to get a lot of traction. Finally filled in that whole corner. I filled in NUNCIO--kind of an educated guess on a word I had heard and sort of knew had something to do with the church--then wrote in TSYRT and CES. It was at that point that I noticed that those two spelled "tryst" and "sec" backwards. That's when the whole thing hit me. Ahhh, the words must rotate around the eye! I reached that revelation late last night (I had printed the puzzle), and at that point I went to bed. I finished f-a-i-r-l-y easily this morning. Man, how good is that THESAURI clue?! That alone would make this a very strong puzzle. I'm heading out for a bike ride now before it gets too hot. Will tackle the syndicated this afternoon.englishteacher59https://www.blogger.com/profile/16790678319090827125noreply@blogger.com