tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post5558757954387600849..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Saturday, January 4, 2020, Adam AaronsonHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-24436334976543728382020-01-04T14:07:40.122-05:002020-01-04T14:07:40.122-05:0033:30
This was a great one, and not only did I not...33:30<br />This was a great one, and not only did I notice that telescOpe fit in where SWEARWORD belongs, I entered it. So that led to some problems. As Horace mentions, HAMBURGLAR was a gimme, and once I saw the reference to CPR and its sister clue at 3D leading to EMTS, I realized that I'd have to rethink my original guess at 1A. Now I know what the oft-heard SUZETTE means; always nice to learn something in a puzzle. I'd never heard the modern slang TURNT, but now I know that, too. Really, though, there was quite a bit that I was able to drop in from the clues, so TOADEGREE, this wasn't terribly difficult. RLSTINE is kind of a horror-lite author for kids, so I'm familiar with him as my own offspring had a couple of his books. And obvie, ABFAB went right in, as did things like RYDERCUP, OGRESS (off of telescOpe), LIKEBUTTON, GHENT, IGOR and several others. I tried whAM where BLAM belongs, but the crosses eventually fixed that up.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com