tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post2612933726446256252..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Saturday, November 1, 2014, Trip PayneHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-29881072955512815592014-11-02T07:41:21.841-05:002014-11-02T07:41:21.841-05:00I take it back. Apparently "Pert plus" i...I take it back. Apparently "Pert plus" is a brand of shampoo, so the clue is "PERT plus RIVAL." Much better.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-37128161342233902412014-11-02T07:38:54.136-05:002014-11-02T07:38:54.136-05:00BTW, Horace, the clue is "MANY times OVER&quo...BTW, Horace, the clue is "MANY times OVER" for REPEATEDLY, and "PLACE divided by WAR" for BATTLEFIELD. The other two are "NETSALES less COSTS" and "PERT RIVAL", the least interesting because the mathematical operation is not overtly part of the clue.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-26024702103020872702014-11-02T07:36:47.753-05:002014-11-02T07:36:47.753-05:001:19:57. Wow! A huge amount of effort required by ...1:19:57. Wow! A huge amount of effort required by multiple family members to get this one. I had entered NEUTROGENA without any clue what that had to do with 147 (61 + 86), until Hope pointed out that 61A was PERT, and that was a shampoo. Just from that, I was able to enter GROSSPROFIT and REPEATEDLY even with only one of the two hint answers entered for the former. Still took me 30 minutes to get the rest entered. Last letter entered was the E in ELATE (1A).<br /><br />I entered the puzzle with ASHE, then USAIN, then MEATBALLS immediately. Come on, guys! "It just doesn't matter!" The greatest pep talk of all time. I'm surprised Horace didn't give a shout-out to CICERO. INTER is very well clued, and I would never have gotten OPIE off that clue, as I never watched that show. I love, love, love the clue for BEANO. Don't love LARAM, but oh, well.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-17646055137220331812014-11-01T22:18:54.221-04:002014-11-01T22:18:54.221-04:001:13:58
Yes, a tough one. We did not figure out th...1:13:58<br />Yes, a tough one. We did not figure out the "theme" until reading this, although you'd think after getting the mega-revealer last week in, like, two minutes we would have been all over it. Still, I like it.<br /><br />And yeah, why did MEATBALLS take so long for us to get, too? Not that great a movie, perhaps. I did know CAIMAN, although I had it spelled with a Y for a little while. I didn't like TATA as a "Checkout line." I kept wanting to put in OBIT or something, but USAIN Bolt was the first thing entered and there is not doubting that one. I particularly liked EGOTISTS for "#1 fans."Icarusfobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312667388878598706noreply@blogger.com