tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post7570391626281851719..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Thursday, October 8, 2015, Stu OckmanHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-938192141249670612015-10-12T21:18:28.122-04:002015-10-12T21:18:28.122-04:00Wasn't it QUEUEING that was in the puzzle? I&...Wasn't it QUEUEING that was in the puzzle? I'm with Colum; I couldn't help thinking that there is no proof of any of these claims. DESSERTS/STRESSED is really as long as it gets? Also, did it bother anyone else that letters are repeated in SPOONFEED? My favorite part of this puzzle was writing in OiLED and then eventually realizing it was OGLED.englishteacher59https://www.blogger.com/profile/16790678319090827125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-66958243684878792712015-10-09T14:39:01.511-04:002015-10-09T14:39:01.511-04:0033:08
Wow, tough crowd. Of course, Reaganomics is ...33:08<br />Wow, tough crowd. Of course, Reaganomics is an economics theory, not a social policy. I immediately thought GLASNOST, but you'd never know I got that quickly from my overall time. I thought that TINSEL was nice for 20A Fir coat?, but all in all, the puzzle was not great for a Thursday. I agree with Horace that I want (and expect) more out of Thursday. I also agree with Colum that QUEUING was the best of the theme answers. IMHOT could have been clued more interestingly, but I suppose no one says that, even when it's true.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-88770133519858979542015-10-08T19:47:48.968-04:002015-10-08T19:47:48.968-04:0010:53
Are we supposed to just take this all on fai...10:53<br />Are we supposed to just take this all on faith? Where's the proof of this? And since the answers have no real clue, you had to get enough crosses to figure the rest out by pattern recognition. Not interesting to me either, although I knew DESSERTS/stressed from any number of GAMES magazine puzzles. I will also say I misunderstood the clue for 39A (UNCOPYRIGHTABLE) - it's not that there are no double letters, but that each letter is represented once and only once. It would be much more interesting if the word were in any way elegant.<br /><br />Best was QUEUING in that it was the only one I cared about.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.com