tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post2544529053176805297..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Saturday, February 21, 2015, Doug Peterson and Brad WilberHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-76112241384595628712015-05-11T19:59:52.694-04:002015-05-11T19:59:52.694-04:00Well, in my defense, she won the contest more than...Well, in my defense, she won the contest more than twenty years before I was born. Still… interesting. Also, when she won she was the tallest Miss America, and when she died, she was still the only Jewish Miss America. Thanks for commenting!Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-13211264245476901332015-05-08T15:35:47.209-04:002015-05-08T15:35:47.209-04:00Can't believe you have never HEARD of Bess Mye...Can't believe you have never HEARD of Bess Myerson!! First Jewish Miss America, 1945.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065363384380796561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-46854309643300857682015-02-22T18:00:04.731-05:002015-02-22T18:00:04.731-05:0058:33
I was happy to finish in under an hour. On m...58:33<br />I was happy to finish in under an hour. On my first pass, I entered almost nothing.The four nine-stacks (is that what they're called?) were top-notch, especially IMTOOSEXY, CLASSTRIP and the aforementioned SATELLITE and HYPERTEXT. I never heard of Ms. MYERSON either, and didn't know the HELLOKITTY reference, but when I mentioned it to Sue later, she knew it right away. Interesting (to me) trivia on the EMMY (20A It depicts a winged woman holding an atom), and the word KEMPT looks great in the grid.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com