tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post7047819298327628891..comments2024-03-29T03:05:05.578-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Friday, February 20, 2015, David WoolfHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-20024667111223225062015-03-27T20:48:21.408-04:002015-03-27T20:48:21.408-04:00Watching every over-the-air Twins game this season...Watching every over-the-air Twins game this season would get you nowhere. I don't think there are any. I suppose the Sox have a couple Fox "game of the week" telecasts.englishteacher59https://www.blogger.com/profile/16790678319090827125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-68822226716066219702015-02-21T14:50:00.171-05:002015-02-21T14:50:00.171-05:0021:32
CLAYTON Kershaw plays for the Dodgers, a Nat...21:32<br />CLAYTON Kershaw plays for the Dodgers, a National League team, so even watching every Red Sox game probably wouldn't get you a chance to see him pitch. Still, he's been such a dominant pitcher over the last few years that his name would almost certainly come up from time to time in news from around the league.<br /><br />I'm a little surprised that neither Horace nor Huygens hasn't seen the term PELOTA. It is, simply, the Spanish word for "ball," particularly a ball with which to play a game. That might not help much if one hasn't taken any Spanish, but as the particular word for the ball used in a nauseating-used, crosswordese sport, I'm surprised you haven't gone through a clue including PELOTA to get to either JAI or ALAI in some past grid. I know I have.<br /><br />It took me way too long to get to ISHOULDHAVEKNOWNBETTER.Icarusfobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312667388878598706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-40545572166911135222015-02-21T13:51:09.423-05:002015-02-21T13:51:09.423-05:0052:05
Well, making no judgments, I typically enjoy...52:05<br />Well, making no judgments, I typically enjoy the 1A-type of clue/answer; it sits quite well with me, as would, probably, either of the two mentioned by Anon. Objectify, or not, away. I didn't know that Beatles song right off the bat from the clue, but was able to get it relatively quickly. I did know EGGMAN, but it took a bit too long for me to fill it in from E______N. The trouble was that I originally entered eMAIL instead of GMAIL for 37D, which threw me off a bit. Interesting trivia about W and Sly (SAMEAGE). Speaking of penis, there's ZIPS in there, and you've already mentioned SHRINKAGE. And speaking of Frannie, TRAVELS also occurs, along with ROOMKEY. I didn't know PELOTA, LEHR or LEILA, nor am I familiar with CLAYTON Kershaw with three Cy Young Awards (25A). I thought that I'd try a project of watching every Red Sox game available on regular over-the-air TV this season. Maybe that would make me more of a guy's guy.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-71245582103770455732015-02-21T12:41:21.403-05:002015-02-21T12:41:21.403-05:00The cluing of 1 across was changed from LIKE INDUS...The cluing of 1 across was changed from LIKE INDUSTRIAL BROILERS? to BUXOM by Will Shortz (http://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=2/20/2015&g=4&d=D) But in Will's defense, BIG PENIS is not aligned with BIG BREASTED. A penis is a sexual organ...a breast is not. If the puzzle had BIG VAGINA, I could see your beef. But really? I don't see why this is objectifying a woman. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com