tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post5455601447838055484..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Wednesday, August 17, 2016, Mark McClainHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-13502102664919898292016-08-20T01:09:11.745-04:002016-08-20T01:09:11.745-04:00The theme was a good one, in the sense that the th...The theme was a good one, in the sense that the theme answers were pretty much unclued until you figured out the theme, but not hard once you did.<br /><br />SEMIARID might win the prize for "not likely to get without some crosses", but I think my favorite might be SIKH. Just because it is a common(ish) word that makes perfect sense once you see the answer, buy where the clue hardly gives it away.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-14474754565219804482016-08-18T07:16:31.655-04:002016-08-18T07:16:31.655-04:0014:14
Yeah, GLADRAGS is good. I enjoyed the theme,...14:14<br />Yeah, GLADRAGS is good. I enjoyed the theme, and thought it well done. I thought MOVIEROLES a bit specific for P#### (that's how it showed up in Across Lite), but I agree with Colum that the oddball is W####. Nice mention of LEVAR Burton, and even I knew STAN Musial! Of course, EMIL Gilels is well known to me; I have an album of him performing a couple of Bach French Suites, most notably #5.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-78985450806581508302016-08-18T07:10:27.566-04:002016-08-18T07:10:27.566-04:008:55
I have got to find a way to work GLADRAGS in...8:55<br /><br />I have got to find a way to work GLADRAGS into my speech more often. And I'm guessing there are those who pronounce W---- in the same way as T---- and M----, but neither am I one of them. I did, however, also mis-guess at the revealer, wanting blAcKARTS, but just putting in ----ARTS, which was enough to give me the theme. Heh. Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.com