tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post6499887698130297999..comments2024-03-29T03:05:05.578-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Wednesday, June 9, 2021, Byron WaldenHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-67992443634660057732021-06-10T05:10:06.816-04:002021-06-10T05:10:06.816-04:00Wow, harsh review ET59. I don't like ITME at a...Wow, harsh review ET59. I don't like ITME at all, and am against both ECIGS and VAPEs (the latter not containing nicotine, I think, as one of my friends uses them). And Kelly, all boys of a certain age know all about BARBARELLA. Not much need for a LIONHUNTER, IMO, either. I enjoyed the solve, though, at 7:39.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-69044464011806888002021-06-09T21:38:17.627-04:002021-06-09T21:38:17.627-04:00Fun solve with Hope tonight. I like something more...Fun solve with Hope tonight. I like something more to tie the theme answers together, but in some opposition to ET59, I kind of like the craziness of the long answers.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-16126531653355852422021-06-09T15:53:59.034-04:002021-06-09T15:53:59.034-04:00Thank you, English...I guess it is an outlier afte...Thank you, English...I guess it is an outlier after all.<br /><br />Kelly <---not a youngster...immature, yes ;-)Kelly Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-56553059491639407082021-06-09T15:20:46.854-04:002021-06-09T15:20:46.854-04:00Anybody over 50 knows STOOLPIGEON. You must be a ...Anybody over 50 knows STOOLPIGEON. You must be a youngster:) Here's the best explanation as to its origin: https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sto2.htmenglishteacher59https://www.blogger.com/profile/16790678319090827125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-11991911089199598632021-06-09T15:03:02.232-04:002021-06-09T15:03:02.232-04:00Much easier for me than Tuesday's. STOOL PIGEO...Much easier for me than Tuesday's. STOOL PIGEON seemed like an outlier to me, but I just looked it up: ahem...the term evidently comes from a 19th century "use of a pigeon fixed to a stool as a decoy." (?)<br /><br />Jane Fonda was BARBARELLA??? Wow...didn't know that.Kelly Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-11942250096471647372021-06-09T13:36:09.076-04:002021-06-09T13:36:09.076-04:00IRIDESCES, I agree, is by far the highlight here. ...IRIDESCES, I agree, is by far the highlight here. Otherwise, the solve fell far short of glistening with shimmering colors. Unpleasantness abounds: the moronic VAPE-ing and ECIGS, GAMER, murder hornets, the insane savagery of the LIONHUNTER, Always PADS, ANAL, Low-CARB silliness, and the coup de grace (four syllables, please) ITME. OK, I enjoy the nice trivia of CURIE and SHEEP, and I always like to be reminded of my fav Disney princess and Flexible Flyers (three of which are in the garage of the house I'm writing from), but overall this was a flat, dull gray Wednesday.englishteacher59https://www.blogger.com/profile/16790678319090827125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-70106859767023347882021-06-09T12:34:04.959-04:002021-06-09T12:34:04.959-04:00Wondering about this one. Was it easier than the ...Wondering about this one. Was it easier than the usual Wednesday fare, or was I just in a receptive frame of mind? Aside from putting in ECIG instead of VAPE early on (I think they're different; the former being a subset of the latter) -and lo, there it was, elsewhere! - I just trucked through the grid top to bottom, mercifully typo-free this time, in 4:03. <br /><br />I like IRIDESCES. Such an evocative word.<br /><br />Philbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08043217968097552604noreply@blogger.com