tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post6685898364251575644..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Wednesday, February 5, 2014, Tracy GrayHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-29423912321110476332014-02-05T17:58:01.017-05:002014-02-05T17:58:01.017-05:008 min (unofficially timed). Hi, Frannie! Lovely to...8 min (unofficially timed). Hi, Frannie! Lovely to see you on here. Some chestnuts in here I could have done without (ALAE, OLIO, EON). But otherwise I like an anagrammatic theme, and the revealer is, as you say, a pretty way of cluing us in. I suppose all it takes is a computerized scrambler to show all possible concatenations of the five letters, but still, finding the five long answers that will fit the grid takes some work. Yesterday was J, today is W, leading to the very nice WHEEZE. I liked it.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-11220858472728594722014-02-05T12:45:11.422-05:002014-02-05T12:45:11.422-05:00I forgot to mention that END (31A PC key below Hom...I forgot to mention that END (31A PC key below Home) took me quite a while to get because I never use it, mostly because I don't know its purpose.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-39174327218015785722014-02-05T12:44:13.572-05:002014-02-05T12:44:13.572-05:0014 mins.
What? You're in a relationship with a...14 mins.<br />What? You're in a relationship with a TRUETO you WEEDY and WILD (but LAZY) OCELOT? ANYHOW, I didn't think that this puzzle was HELLONHIGHWATER. SOWHATELSEISNEW? I don't mean to PRATE, but didn't everyone enjoy seeing SNEE in there (lacking, alas, its "snicker")? THEWALTONS...meh, but ALF? There was an excellent half-hour.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com