tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post4121545245214409232..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Tuesday, August 21, 2018, John Lieb and Andrea YañesHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-81588876532430015152018-08-22T10:57:21.668-04:002018-08-22T10:57:21.668-04:00Good points about the fill. TAUR would be high on ...Good points about the fill. TAUR would be high on my list of pushing it. I'll give OME a pass for the literary clue. I too wanted "chopper". Sorta the way the whole puzzle went. You see the answer and you say, "oh, OK, I guess that's fair".<br /><br />On the plus side was PERUSAL. Just a fun word.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-50260735385488718572018-08-22T07:20:08.977-04:002018-08-22T07:20:08.977-04:007:09
Interesting about the theme being independen...7:09<br /><br />Interesting about the theme being independent in each answer. I didn't even parse DA/ALI/G/SHOW properly until now. So thank you.<br /><br />But I agree with you, Colum, that NMI is nsfp (not safe for puzzles). Why not just make up any acronym you want? <br /><br />And Frannie, maybe the constructors were thinking only of zippered or buttoned vests, which, when open, would only have arm holes? But waidt? (Why am I defending them?)Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-33189378073970511182018-08-21T20:41:56.331-04:002018-08-21T20:41:56.331-04:004:36
Yeah, the theme is actually pretty tight, in ...4:36<br />Yeah, the theme is actually pretty tight, in that each rung of the ladder is its own word in its phrase (TENACIOUS/D, DA/ALIGSHOW, etc.). But boy is there a ton of unpleasant glue here. NMI (no middle initial) is simply a non-starter. Resorting to ETD and ETA in the same puzzle is another one.<br /><br />OME.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.com