tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post5431020577327777462..comments2024-03-29T03:05:05.578-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Tuesday, July 10, 2018, Alex Eaton-SalnersHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-86722888510919749082018-07-11T03:53:47.400-04:002018-07-11T03:53:47.400-04:006:20
Great theme today. I saw a pattern after GRAS...6:20<br />Great theme today. I saw a pattern after GRASSSEED and WELLLOOKYTHERE (I wanted "here," too), but still hadn't thought of the FULLHOUSE angle. And like Frannie points out, there are some great words for non-theme fill, too. No slowdowns today. I loved 9A Longtime members of the bar? (SOTS) for a nice change for that bit of crosswordese. And it was nice to see ARTUR Rubinstein represented. HAMSALAD is well-known to me, as my mother often made a large ham for dinner and then pulled out the meat grinder the next day to whip up some of the goop for sandwiches for the next couple of days.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-31421547256395786162018-07-10T23:56:55.131-04:002018-07-10T23:56:55.131-04:00I got WELLOOKY----- fairly early and sort of thoug...I got WELLOOKY----- fairly early and sort of thought WELLLOOKYTHERE but I guess I wasn't quite over "well looky here" (even though I knew that was the wrong number of letters).<br /><br />Thene was fun and ended up surprisingly natural given how odd the full houses lpok if you just hone in on that part of the grid in isolation.<br /><br />HAMSALAD isn't especially familiar to me, but then again I wouldn't necessarily jump on the HAMSAndo bandwagon... so I just hung back and waited for crosses.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-77290181248305742622018-07-10T20:50:53.100-04:002018-07-10T20:50:53.100-04:005:31
I liked this one a lot, too. I love the theme...5:31<br />I liked this one a lot, too. I love the theme. We saw a "triple letter" theme recently, didn't we? But this takes it a step farther, which I like. My favorite was WELLLOOKYTHERE. Hilarious.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-54066397242100715532018-07-10T20:02:50.119-04:002018-07-10T20:02:50.119-04:004:00
I suppose it would have been impossible to co...4:00<br />I suppose it would have been impossible to come up with answers that fit JJQQQ or other face card symbols...<br /><br />Great puzzle. I really enjoyed solving it, especially coming across EXCORIATED and OOLONG.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.com