tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post3740748177149950447..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Monday, December 23, 2019, Timothy PolinHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-44498540149667393872019-12-25T11:42:27.558-05:002019-12-25T11:42:27.558-05:00I was overthinking this (after getting the reveale...I was overthinking this (after getting the revealer, but before finishing the puzzle) by thinking the circled squares were names of the four sides of a dreidel. But it was even simpler. As I figured out after finishing the solve.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-57260671637512943982019-12-24T07:51:53.930-05:002019-12-24T07:51:53.930-05:003:22 (FWOE)
So here's a question for you, Colu...3:22 (FWOE)<br />So here's a question for you, Colum: The very last letter I put in was - or should have been - the second S in SESTET, but when I scanned the clue, I saw "Six-line" and hit an x. I realized immediately that the down couldn't end with that, so I immediately canceled out of the "Almost" screen and corrected it, but the damage was done, at least in the digital world.<br /><br />I've often thought that a nice option would be to have a button that said "Finished" that you had to click when you were satisfied that you had done it correctly. It would more accurately replicate the experience of raising your hand at a crossword puzzle tournament. Short of that, the only option is to leave one square un-filled, but then that makes it impossible to tab through the puzzle clue by clue.<br /><br />Ah well. <br /><br />Anyway, I liked the theme, which I only thought about after all of that FWOE/notFWOE drama. I believe I've spun dreidels (I grew up with many friends who had them), but I never got any chocolate coins for it! <br />Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-22921411920005374482019-12-24T04:45:50.859-05:002019-12-24T04:45:50.859-05:005:33
I've never used a dreidel, but sussed the...5:33<br />I've never used a dreidel, but sussed the trick quickly (one needs to be ready for such things at this time of the year). The circled squares helped. I enjoyed the clue for CFOS (38A Bu$ine$$ execs); I hadn't seen that type of thing previously. Kind of a long clue for EUROPA, though. I couldn't have come up with ELROND without the crosses.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com