tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post5212937590352546326..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Sunday, June 19, 2016, David WoolfHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-54860423337392432382016-06-26T21:21:19.331-04:002016-06-26T21:21:19.331-04:00Interestingly, this was not used for syndication. ...Interestingly, this was not used for syndication. A "best of" ran instead in today's Star Tribune. Maybe this was because of the inability to reproduce the color in Sunday print newspapers, I don't know. I vaguely remember seeing color on the circles before I printed the thing, but then I forgot about that when I started solving. Don't think the color was necessary as the theme becomes obvious pretty quickly. Enjoyable solve with a lot to like. Frannie, I too loved seeing MADLIB in the grid.englishteacher59https://www.blogger.com/profile/16790678319090827125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-8125317997972286832016-06-23T03:59:52.071-04:002016-06-23T03:59:52.071-04:00DNF
I stared at the middle west coast for a very l...DNF<br />I stared at the middle west coast for a very long time, got MADLIB, ETE and ONEL, but nothing else there, so.... But other than that, excellent puzzle, and great theme. I agree with Frannie that it's a marvel of puzzle engineering (except for the aforementioned BORSTAL). I worked on this for over 90 minutes, with the bulk of the puzzle filled in right in my preferred time zone, so I can't really complain.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-7491850259987205242016-06-20T07:53:43.550-04:002016-06-20T07:53:43.550-04:00I agree with the general dissatisfaction with SLEA...I agree with the general dissatisfaction with SLEAZO, and Jim - I had the same thoughts about TOMGIRL and TALON. And just how much of West Africa speaks French, anyway? I suppose I should look that up. <br /><br />OK, I just did, and it's a lot. Everything except Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and Nigeria, with a mix in Western Sahara and Gambia. And while that sounds like a lot of non-French-speaking countries, the French-speaking ones include Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Niger, Chad, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and many others.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-89481346180826736002016-06-20T00:19:53.921-04:002016-06-20T00:19:53.921-04:00Yeah, my eyebrows are raised too for SLEAZO instea...Yeah, my eyebrows are raised too for SLEAZO instead of SLEAZe. The theme was fun and I got it early with RUNNINGA(red)LIGHT (solved using the note, didn't bother with pdf or app). I had never heard of a TOMGIRL, but Wiktionary has all kinds of citations, so I guess it is legit (and fairly guessable if one has heard of a tomboy).<br /><br />Hard to really like BORSTAL especially since England abolished them (at least by that name) in 1982. On the plus side, I did learn something about the history of juvenile justice in England and to a certain extent the British Empire.<br /><br />57A was a nice way to clue a tired answer.<br /><br />Finally got 119A after looking for synonyms of tail, string, sticks, paper, etc.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-36490555616270642632016-06-19T21:45:16.080-04:002016-06-19T21:45:16.080-04:00Theme great, BORSTAL boo. I figured it out at the ...Theme great, BORSTAL boo. I figured it out at the last second, but unfortunately ran into trouble with SLEAZO (????). I had SLEAZe, a perfectly reasonable guess. When I also had BEaT for BEST, STEREO was ungettable. I finally figured it out. Still, the theme was great, especially the one that breaks the rules.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.com