tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post3210803131395111242..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Wednesday, April 22, 2020, Jules MarkeyHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-70961788502184230412020-04-23T21:13:20.176-04:002020-04-23T21:13:20.176-04:00Well if I was going to have some MEAT in honor of ...Well if I was going to have some MEAT in honor of today's puzzle, I'd go directly for LEVERET. That answer and a few of its crosses aside, the Northwest was the toughest for me. Although it was a satisfying kind of tough in the sense that once I got it, the answers made sense, seemed guessable, even clever. Well, with the possible exception of BITEME which I'm not sure would pass my breakfast test if I were a constructor. But since I did not conatruct this puzzle, I'll just appreciate that it was constructed by someone evidently in their PRIME.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-66769526370490967192020-04-23T16:00:46.936-04:002020-04-23T16:00:46.936-04:0012:52
It seems that I took a little longer than us...12:52<br />It seems that I took a little longer than usual for a Wednesday, also, even though the theme was right up my alley. I tried pEAs for a pot pie ingredient, mostly because I don't take a MEAT, and I needed a few crosses for CORALRED, but really, I'm not sure what the ACTUAL reason for my relative slowness was. I guess that NETTLE isn't all that well known a term to me, so that may have slowed me a bit in the SE, and I, like Frannie, thought BITEME was a bit harsh, so I hesitated with that one, too. Maybe I'll go OPEN a PABST and consider the causes more deeply.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-49963883332857033122020-04-22T18:16:12.210-04:002020-04-22T18:16:12.210-04:006:29
I think Tom's BABE was in the ACTUAL sho...6:29<br /><br />I think Tom's BABE was in the ACTUAL shot, but that was before the EDITS. Apparently the RATIO was off...Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-73207185549834837462020-04-22T18:00:09.374-04:002020-04-22T18:00:09.374-04:006:48
Fun theme! I had the most trouble with the mi...6:48<br />Fun theme! I had the most trouble with the middle north section. I also fell for the "sign of" clue, even though we'd just had it the other day with "Pisces." And PBR was not apparent to me at all, until I ran the alphabet for _ABE. Excellent photo by this so-called Tom Lingner.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.com