tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post3150936446608217171..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Thursday, March 22, 2018, Ross TrudeauHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-48572654960054343622018-03-23T12:39:14.196-04:002018-03-23T12:39:14.196-04:00Thanks, both of you! The entire HF&C team will...Thanks, both of you! The entire HF&C team will be there this year!<br /><br />ET59, I hope you solve online again this year, and Jim, I'm sorry we won't be able to meet you this year, but hopefully next year it will work out.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-60208276899988734392018-03-23T12:22:43.724-04:002018-03-23T12:22:43.724-04:00I was dimly aware of JOFFREY (as in, needed most o...I was dimly aware of JOFFREY (as in, needed most of the crosses but wasn't going to fall for JeFFREY) and very familiar with JAMA (not that far behind Nature and Science as media savvy scientific journals). EDM was a bit tougher but I had heard of Electronic Dance Music (although I wasn't necessarily quick to its acronym). There are so many names for music of roughly that sort, and they are just the kind of thing constructors put in crosswords.<br /><br />Good luck to everyone going to the tournament.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-10739652924683622272018-03-23T10:27:09.566-04:002018-03-23T10:27:09.566-04:00Good luck at the tournament, Horace.Good luck at the tournament, Horace.englishteacher59https://www.blogger.com/profile/16790678319090827125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-40126182418276788512018-03-22T20:24:43.111-04:002018-03-22T20:24:43.111-04:009:50
Not tricky enough for a Thursday in my book. ...9:50<br />Not tricky enough for a Thursday in my book. It's a fun idea for a theme. I really liked VALLEYGIRL, definitely the best. Slowed myself a good deal by guessing kiaS for GMCS, which made finding MAGOO a lot harder. Also I had the questionable choice of basKINROBIN for a hard second there. Amusing and very far off from being correct in any possible way.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-279583350885598532018-03-22T17:20:20.214-04:002018-03-22T17:20:20.214-04:0017:50
Now everyone will know your real identity, o...17:50<br />Now everyone will know your real identity, or will they? VALLEYGIRL was definitely my favorite of the theme answers, and I don't mind the dated-ness of ROCKINROBIN at all. I know of JAMA and EDM, but, like Horace, not JOFFREY. However, the latter's crosses were all fine, and thank goodness for the crosswordese ODE, otherwise I'd have guessed an "e" there at the JOFFREY cross. I agree that MOTHERDUCK and FENCEMENTER felt a little ADHOC, but all-in-all this was fine, if not slightly on the disappointing side for a Thursday. MAKELOVE is a bit risque, and BEER is very ordinary, if IMAY. Good clue for MOOLA (21A Cheddar). I always like thinking of PAM from "The Office," as well as her cross, NIMOY. I guess I'll take it.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com