tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post2167626799648594028..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Tuesday, November 17, 2015, Paula GamacheHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-27356863858240165252015-11-18T07:58:31.541-05:002015-11-18T07:58:31.541-05:006:27
Luckily for me, I was able to pull the jocke...6:27<br /><br />Luckily for me, I was able to pull the jockey's name out of the cluttered, crowded box of my mind. Never heard of ANGUILLA, on the other hand, but those crosses, with the possible exception of GUNK, were all fine. <br /><br />It strikes me that the line of ORB, RLS, ESE, SDS - running through the middle area - is one that Rex Parker probably did not like. Heh. <br /><br />AXON and DDAY are having a big week.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-9471530471821388292015-11-18T03:55:00.069-05:002015-11-18T03:55:00.069-05:0012:43 (FWOE)
No cross-check would have worked for ...12:43 (FWOE)<br />No cross-check would have worked for me, unfortunately, as I chose an "i" for the above-mentioned Natick cross. Regardless, I, too, found the theme somewhat lackluster, and agree that it certainly wouldn't be too hard to find phrases with the inner "EAR." It's nice that the across theme answers are all 11s, but it's not too terribly elegant that not all of them had the EAR appear exactly in the middle (well, three out of four isn't bad, I guess). The down theme answers are in symmetrical locations and both EARs appear in the same place, so they're OK. I starred 12D Certain druggie (ACIDHEAD), because I may have known a few of those.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com