tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post5353496445520263457..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Sunday, September 7, 2014, Tracy Gray and Jeff ChenHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-37411867081021752882014-09-09T11:00:20.146-04:002014-09-09T11:00:20.146-04:0091:08
I didn't completely figure out the theme...91:08<br />I didn't completely figure out the theme until I was around 70 minutes in, then it all fell quickly. I had some sticking points, but I should have figured it all out faster since I got the U[NS]ER/IS[WE]AR cross pretty close to the start. I'm a fan of ZENO's and have studied a bit of his stuff. REARENDED could be more Huygens Fill, even with the provided clue of 59A Hit from behind. SOAPED is a bit more of a stretch, as is MISTLETOE. BOLL[WE]EVILS was nice to see, as were the aforementioned BEFUDDLES and ORSON[WE]LLES. I've never seen GIRLS, but I hear it's funny, and I'm a fan of BETSY (118A Actress Brandt of "Breaking Bad"). I agree that this was more enjoyable than a typical Sunday, I think due to the rebus.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-69446708933113105302014-09-07T23:06:48.826-04:002014-09-07T23:06:48.826-04:0047:28
I put in NS/WE and it took that just fine. I...47:28<br />I put in NS/WE and it took that just fine. I tend to think there would have to be some flexibility in the programming there because otherwise there'd be too many people ticked off that they didn't get a happy message.<br /><br />I loved the map theme. I got it with UNSER and the ORSONWELLES/ACORNSQUASH cross, although not immediately, I'll admit, but with just those two. None could be anything else.<br /><br />I liked seeing BEFUDDLES in the grid. And I did see the compass rose in the middle using my Chrome browser on a PC. Icarusfobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312667388878598706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-36493992937634925092014-09-07T20:06:31.186-04:002014-09-07T20:06:31.186-04:00The iPad App only had black squares in the center....The iPad App only had black squares in the center. Yes about Zeno. Also said that a faster runner could never catch a slower one who had been given a head start for a similar reason. And the quetion was not written, but was just how to order the ordinal points so that they would be accepted by the App as correct. WENS worked. The others didn't. The (gross) comment referred to the word wens, because they are icky.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-19504022021412852712014-09-07T19:39:00.141-04:002014-09-07T19:39:00.141-04:00Untimed, but went pretty quickly. Did the iPad ver...Untimed, but went pretty quickly. Did the iPad version not have the compass rose in the middle of the puzzle? Seeing that in the print version led me to put the IN[N]ER, TH[E]IR, and the W and S of the other two words, which I didn't fill in until much later, in first off. I figured out the rebus in the SW corner. I love that the rebus squares are in all the right places. I too enjoyed the Monty Python reference. "Some call me... Tim?" 54A: Game with falling popularity? was excellent on two fronts. WHICHEVER was a better answer than the one I first chose: WHosoEVER. Very nice overall.<br /><br />Isn't Zeno the one who suggested that you could never get to where you were trying to get to, because you always have to cover half the distance first, and there's always another distance you have to cover half of, and so on?<br /><br />You also referred to some question you didn't get at first, the answer to which was WENS. I do not have any such question in the print version. Where was it in the grid?Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.com