tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post7711906207350741383..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Monday, May 19, 2014, Michael HawkinsHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-19735572194567766632014-05-20T10:15:00.603-04:002014-05-20T10:15:00.603-04:00Oh, right… nine-letters. Sorry, I was rushing to g...Oh, right… nine-letters. Sorry, I was rushing to get this one done. <br /><br />And yeah, I liked Gil, but I didn't think of it immediately. Poor ol' Gil.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-26635774469911482932014-05-20T07:27:23.817-04:002014-05-20T07:27:23.817-04:008:01
"Reared" is proper; RARED is pretty...8:01<br />"Reared" is proper; RARED is pretty obscure. I liked seeing Ken KESEY in there; he was pretty OFFTHEHOOK. I didn't star anything as particularly bad. I guess the best three-letter entry was 67A Hooey (ROT), though Horace probably liked GIL better (49A Gunderson on "The Simpsons."Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-87850934746172893962014-05-19T20:36:21.309-04:002014-05-19T20:36:21.309-04:005:17. Thank goodness, what a nice change from yest...5:17. Thank goodness, what a nice change from yesterday. I agree: this one has a very nice feel to it. A bit heavy on the black squares, but some beautiful long answers including SYMBIOSIS, ICEBRIDGE next to COLOSSEUM, TATERTOTS next to CHINASHOP (with a very nice clue). And those two parallel nine-letter answers cross two theme answers each. Well crafted. So I guess in this case I forgive the large number of 3-letter answers. I also had RITSY with TSU up until I didn't get the happy "finished" sign. The latter is acceptable, the former not so much...Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.com