tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post6056109099879379087..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Saturday, October 31, 2015, Peter WentzHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-57877783559861719632015-11-05T03:59:53.080-05:002015-11-05T03:59:53.080-05:00I had EASYASpie at first, too, and FLAPJACKS took ...I had EASYASpie at first, too, and FLAPJACKS took me quite awhile for some reason, but the puzzle took under 40 minutes for me to finish, which is good for me for a Saturday. My only other write-over was the EUROZONE/OLSON cross, where I'd filled in OLSeN prior to filling in EUROZONE. SWARMINTO wasn't great, and I'd never heard the term RAGEQUIT (although I like it), so that corner was the final one to fall for me. I thought that 28A Progressive business: Abbr. (INS) was a nice hidden capital.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-47858361172882106352015-10-31T12:52:59.208-04:002015-10-31T12:52:59.208-04:0014:31 (FWOE)
I had ELCAsINO and EsTS (estimates?!)...14:31 (FWOE)<br />I had ELCAsINO and EsTS (estimates?!).<br /><br />My first entry was TEEN at 5D, and HADIN at 19A, but the rest was opaque in that corner. NOTRUMP was a gimme - would have been a funny commentary for sure: "Liberal's a propos bid in 2016" or some such. I got FESSEDUP before FLAPJACKS, and then died in that corner when I put in EASYASpie. I had to work my way all the way through the SW and SE and then back up before I took it out.<br /><br />I very much enjoyed this Saturday. Looking forward to tomorrow!Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.com