tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post2899211027695129741..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Saturday, May 2, 2020, Paolo PascoHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-57558931469663291192020-05-02T11:59:16.451-04:002020-05-02T11:59:16.451-04:0012:41
This sure is a weird looking grid! And I did...12:41<br />This sure is a weird looking grid! And I didn't like TRILLS for Mary Poppins either. Unless there's some third or fourth definition entry for that word, it really doesn't work for her. <br /><br />Briefly considered "vine" for the fast-growing part of a forest... it could have worked for a rain forest, right? And it's far too soon for GETSFAT, because that's all I've been doing for the past seven weeks, what with all that extra flour use...Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-21673547785441231422020-05-02T11:48:01.869-04:002020-05-02T11:48:01.869-04:0011:32
I really blasted through this for what could...11:32<br />I really blasted through this for what could be my fastest Saturday time ever, and with no errors! Although I guess the no errors thing isn't too surprising because errors are arguably more likely when the puzzle is a struggle. That said, it was a really smooth feel, with great entries such as WONT, ATOMIC, VIVID and the much-used-around-here VEGETABLESTOCK, which I wrote in off of the clue. ONSETS was nicely clued and the stacks, as Colum mentions, are quite nice. I don't know this STACY person, never heard the term STAN and needed a few crosses for LEONORA, but everything else was pretty easy for me. However, I, too, was in the wrong forest at first regarding KELP.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com