tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post4772885342952016258..comments2024-03-29T03:05:05.578-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Wednesday, March 29, 2017, Jules P. MarkeyHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-3797488834866462872017-03-30T12:30:12.066-04:002017-03-30T12:30:12.066-04:0016:00 (with two errors)
After fussing over the AR...16:00 (with two errors)<br /><br />After fussing over the ARA/GNAR cross and IREFUL/RELEE (both pretty awful in my opinion), I hit the reveal button and found my problem was carelessness, namely Eel for ESS. That I wasn't clearly remembering my Shakespeare was one thing (although once I saw it LAERTES was familiar and LAERTEl seemed less likely even just on sounds). But DENIALe instead of DENIALS is what I'm calling carelessness.<br /><br />The theme is fine, I mean I like having those ages, but I kept looking for something more "middle" about them. The circled answers don't go between two copies of "age", or live in the middle of their theme answer.<br /><br />Lots of things I didn't love here - OPTI, KANS, IMIT (you're it, yes, "I'm it" well possible but....). The consolation prizes were ODORANT, BISECTS and a few others.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-19664054426647719052017-03-30T11:30:37.939-04:002017-03-30T11:30:37.939-04:00FWIW, I loved 'Rudy' when it was released,...FWIW, I loved 'Rudy' when it was released, cliché as the whole underdog concept may be.Howard Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766792795622192271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-67274561101913198912017-03-30T07:43:03.336-04:002017-03-30T07:43:03.336-04:0011:44 (FWOE)
I ended up with the same error as Co...11:44 (FWOE)<br /><br />I ended up with the same error as Colum - that pesky B. And I knew we had just seen it recently, but that didn't help. Stupid memory... stupid MIDDLEAGE! Heh. Oh well.<br />Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-53424628079760274982017-03-30T03:43:32.975-04:002017-03-30T03:43:32.975-04:0013:39 (DNF, though)
I had four errors once I punch...13:39 (DNF, though)<br />I had four errors once I punched in my final entry, so that's a DNF IMO. That SW did me in with the ODORANT/SHEB/ANTE/NTSB crossings. I tried NhSi (which is actually the IIHS, so that was my problem entirely), and I really just didn't understand 60A Prelude to a deal (ANTE) because I wasn't thinking of cards. As they say, derp. But the rest went quite smoothly, in fact, under ten minutes. Oh well, that's the way it goes sometimes. IREFUL wasn't great, for sure, but nice to have LAERTES, MACABRE and BISECTS in there, to name a few. Too bad that ROPERS didn't reference "Three's Company," and that APEMAN didn't reference The Kinks.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-82101194649805748862017-03-29T22:59:15.485-04:002017-03-29T22:59:15.485-04:00DNF
I had to run the whole alphabet to get NTSB c...DNF<br /><br />I had to run the whole alphabet to get NTSB crossing SHEB. I knew we'd seen that song referenced recently, but I couldn't recall his name. Too much else in the puzzle was of poor quality for me to call this a win. Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-87405398310440019992017-03-29T21:08:13.621-04:002017-03-29T21:08:13.621-04:0011:09
LOSTONESMARBLES was my favorite themer too,...11:09<br /><br />LOSTONESMARBLES was my favorite themer too, which I almost really did since it was taking me so long to figure out IREFUL.<br /><br />I also liked that I was able to fill in MCML without hesitation, knowing nothing about the Korean War, since it was the only reasonable year that seemed to work as 4 letters.<br /><br />I hope you watch that movie and it gets you over the hump so we can root for you up there next year against Tyler and Dan. After you win, they'll need to make another movie about an underdog overcoming obstacles to be a champion. It'll be an endless loop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com