tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post4082721737640286813..comments2024-03-18T14:12:24.033-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Thursday, January 7, 2016, Andrew J. RiesHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-32604327735312496612016-01-09T08:25:44.084-05:002016-01-09T08:25:44.084-05:00I guess I thought of "Passing remark" as...I guess I thought of "Passing remark" as what you might say as you were passing by someone, or leaving - "Tah!" <br /><br />Yeah... well... I didn't say it was perfect or anything...Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-74818067203776496452016-01-09T08:24:40.744-05:002016-01-09T08:24:40.744-05:00Very nice puzzle, but I don't really feel I ca...Very nice puzzle, but I don't really feel I can give a time to it. I filled it in, but didn't get the music, and then Frannie finished it and we talked it over. Turns out I had TWIt for TWIN (Tough!), and I didn't understand ALIBIS until reading this blog. Also, it was Frannie who figured out the doctors. I got all the letters, but I didn't put them together properly, because I was thinking "World Health Organization" for WHO. Derp.<br /><br />Anyway, I liked this one a lot. I thought it was a little odd that only two of the words in the North and South extended off the grid, but I guess the ones that didn't were set off by being extra-long. And it's elegant to say the least that every "real" answer on the board could have been clued in a normal way. That is, [D]ROVES could have had a clue for "roves" and [Z]EROS could have clued "Eros." That's pretty fancy!Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-44073023186618490982016-01-08T04:33:27.436-05:002016-01-08T04:33:27.436-05:0042:28
Agree overall, especially about this being t...42:28<br />Agree overall, especially about this being tough, but I figured out that something was going on with 50D TV host who inspired Neil deGrasse Tyson (SAGA[N]), which I knew off of the clue. Even the junk wasn't junk, like ETD instead of the usual ETA. Finally, an A+ for 1A, and well-deserved. WINSOME is excellent, as is POOLBOY. I never heard of ANDREGIDE, but all of the crosses were eventually gettable, so that's fine. I wanted Strik[e] instead of SWISH, but that didn't slow me down too much. Enjoyable Thursday.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com