tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post1972705207905747970..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Saturday, November 18, 2017, Sam TrabuccoHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-90467151133667599982017-11-19T18:28:28.497-05:002017-11-19T18:28:28.497-05:00Around an hour (on paper)
Typical for the last thr...Around an hour (on paper)<br />Typical for the last three Saturdays, which for me have seemed on the difficult side. But I don't mind that at all, since I want that in a Saturday puzzle. ADSALE was nicely clued, too (to add to the above comments), with the hidden capital (26A People might profit from it). Just lots of great stuff in here.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-50771908713443872392017-11-18T23:17:39.177-05:002017-11-18T23:17:39.177-05:0023:50 (FWOE)
Did you notice that "blankslAte&...23:50 (FWOE)<br />Did you notice that "blankslAte" fits in where TABULARASA belongs? I did. And when I told Frannie, she said she had "openminded." That's pretty cool.<br /><br />My error came at ELROPa, which I thought I had heard before. And it's funny (sort of), I had LA_ARPARTY for a long while, and I convinced myself that it must be a Hebrew word that I didn't know. I guess when I finally got BETATESTER (love the clue for this one "Bug catcher, often") I didn't go back to look at 28A. Ah well..<br /><br />I liked this. Not perfect, but certainly good. And boy, STRADS took me every cross and then some! I should have known better.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-28404619247370434772017-11-18T22:29:36.170-05:002017-11-18T22:29:36.170-05:00Yes, an overture can be its own opus (c.f. Brahms ...Yes, an overture can be its own opus (c.f. Brahms Academic Festival Overture, opus 80, and Tragic Overture, opus 81).Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-28579477893650415872017-11-18T19:51:45.126-05:002017-11-18T19:51:45.126-05:00DATATYPE is totally LEGIT, whereas I was not parti...DATATYPE is totally LEGIT, whereas I was not particularly convinced by OPUS for Overture, e.g. Is the overture alone ever considered an opus? I defer to you music nerds, but it seems sketchy to me. It took me forever to get PIED (Like slapstick comics, often), but when I did, I was amused. SCOREPAD was nice for Match book? Also, BURP. Ha!Frances Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474350868613802857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-33821289468857664632017-11-18T17:34:09.852-05:002017-11-18T17:34:09.852-05:0033:49
I had a rough time with that SE corner. Only...33:49<br />I had a rough time with that SE corner. Only had PETEACHER and couldn't break in with anything else. YEAHDUDE I guess I needed an MSDEGREE to be able to get those answers.<br /><br />So despite immediately filling in GOTTACATCHEMALL, CHASEUTLEY, and DATATYPE, this thing still took me over 30 minutes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com