tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post5702904982433587592..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, Ed "He Means-a Just What He" SessaHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-41363023787779689192013-12-18T19:43:50.673-05:002013-12-18T19:43:50.673-05:009:39. I know I'm going to like a puzzle when I...9:39. I know I'm going to like a puzzle when I can put BUBBA down for 1A immediately and be right. Great to have the double B right above an answer with a double A. Unfortunate to have IRE crossed with IRAE, as they mean essentially the same thing. 42A: "Certain dupe" was clever. It wasn't until I had _EROX that I figured it out, and SHOEBOX struck a note as I have baseball cards in one in my basement. And a shout out to good old Charlie on the MTA! I definitely had fun with this one.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-20355914101461068422013-12-18T17:26:32.656-05:002013-12-18T17:26:32.656-05:0018 mins.
I was pleasantly surprised by SPEW, GASHE...18 mins.<br />I was pleasantly surprised by SPEW, GASHES and STALAG (I'm always happy with a Hogan's Heroes reminder). Also, I starred 35A Phrase before a future date (USEBY) as being clever, and 44A "Something is rotten in Denmark" (ISMELLARAT) both for its being clever and for it being a quote clue. 48D Keister (TUSH) had me for a second as I write in bUtt, but almost nothing worked with that, and I also enjoyed 41A Machine that "nothing runs like" (DEERE) because I hadn't heard that line in awhile. On a side note, I guess that Sue and I stayed in a BOATEL, although we didn't use the phrase at the time: the Samuel Slater river boat in Central Falls RI (http://www.visitrhodeisland.com/where-to-stay/bed-and-breakfasts/1602/samuel-slater-canal-boat-river-tours/).Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com