tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post4611392595823484603..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Saturday, August 1, 2020, Adam Aaronson and Paolo PascoHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-39652369737940581992020-08-02T17:38:48.384-04:002020-08-02T17:38:48.384-04:0026:43
I thought this was a pretty fun puzzle, too....26:43<br />I thought this was a pretty fun puzzle, too. Monopoly reference, Shakespeare reference, sushi reference, Mahler (I thought of that, Icarus, but NINTH went right in regardless), HAYDN, METEOR; lots of great stuff in here.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-85807307543824117392020-08-01T19:17:14.625-04:002020-08-01T19:17:14.625-04:00Aww, that's nice of you to say - and even on a...Aww, that's nice of you to say - and even on a day when the reviewer is just being an old crank! Thanks. :)Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-15284617744611651982020-08-01T15:57:39.645-04:002020-08-01T15:57:39.645-04:00Gee, I hate to pile it on, Horace, but, yeah...wha...Gee, I hate to pile it on, Horace, but, yeah...what Colum and Icarusfob said. :-) This puzzle was a pleasure to solve! And the clue for RAIN DELAY is spectacular -- it was "apt" because o' the Cubs' century+ long "drought," LOLOL!<br /><br />Really, really, love this blog!Kelly Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-63081027682987296482020-08-01T09:52:57.101-04:002020-08-01T09:52:57.101-04:0015:43
Yeah, lighten up, Horace. I actually thought...15:43<br />Yeah, lighten up, Horace. I actually thought that sussing out the spelling of KRZYZEWSKI was a surprisingly appropriate twist for a Saturday. Heck, it's a name that most culturally aware people would know and probably few could spell right off. But like Colum says, all the crosses were accessible. So, you put in the K and the I at the end and hold a bunch of Zs and Ys in your head as you're looking at the downs.<br /><br />Matter of fact, I agree with Colum on many things here: NINTH was a gimme (although, Colum, did you also overthink and note that teNTH would fit if you called "Der Lied Von Erde" a symphonic work - didn't want to write a "Ninth" because of the Beethoven superstition thing?? - thus making his Ninth really his Tenth and the unfinished the Eleventh?). And SCUSEME was indeed a visual oddity in the grid. And yeah, Horace, no love for Shakespeare? <br /><br />The RAINDELAY would be "apt" because it'd been such a long wait anyway...<br /><br />And, yeah, Colum: Sporcle. Me too.Icarusfobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312667388878598706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-69127649216369746732020-08-01T09:03:17.157-04:002020-08-01T09:03:17.157-04:008:34
Okay, Mr. Crankypants. I loved this puzzle so...8:34<br />Okay, Mr. Crankypants. I loved this puzzle so much. Sure, KRZYZEWSKI is an insane thing to spell, but the crosses were all completely fair, and you get such ZANY words as REDUX, KNIFE, and WACKOS. How about the non-QMC "Facial joint" for SPA? Hah!<br /><br />Great reference to Mahler's NINTH. SCUSEME is fun. I loved NECROMANCY, and then to find KYRGYZSTAN (which I do know how to spell off the top of my head, thanks to Sporcle geography quizzes) was such a delight.<br /><br />I love PLAYWITHINAPLAY, and 31D: Spit take? (DNASAMPLE) and RAINDELAY are excellent answers.<br /><br />I found very little to dislike in this one. Which just goes to show. A good night's sleep goes a long way to a good review.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.com