tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post7914199488492651613..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Saturday, November 25, 2017, Kevin G. DerHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-18779851379760943402017-11-27T04:35:26.593-05:002017-11-27T04:35:26.593-05:00DNF in 68:22
The NW was a complete disaster. The r...DNF in 68:22<br />The NW was a complete disaster. The rest was easy enough. Nice clue for BMOVIE.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-59131332075528701202017-11-26T23:10:11.197-05:002017-11-26T23:10:11.197-05:00After quite a long time each working on our own, F...After quite a long time each working on our own, Frannie and I teamed up to finish this one together. We used to do this more frequently, and it was fun to be doing it again, sitting side-by-side and working through it together. (Which is, by the way, how we competed in our first ACPT - doing the online version!)<br /><br />Funny that "ALpeRT" fits where ALHIRT goes. And I had beAtPOETS for a long while. Some very tough gets, but as I said, finishing it together ended up being pretty fun. Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-5456202283918649482017-11-26T19:30:48.874-05:002017-11-26T19:30:48.874-05:00DNF
Hats off to Mr. Amory for this impressive ach...DNF<br /><br />Hats off to Mr. Amory for this impressive achievement.<br /><br />This puzzle was my first DNF (that I can recall) since I've been doing the daily puzzle (about a year and a half).<br /><br />I had probably a good 10-20% left and decided I was done with it. After Googling about a half dozen of the obscure entries (Laredo, Maine, Anse, Alfio, Peale, and maybe one other), I "finished" it in about 55 minutes. One thing that hurt me was I had SANDTRAPS for 1A for a while (with several down clues that seemed to work with it).<br /><br />Another friend of mine, who frequents the tournament circuit, finished this in 42 minutes (after looking up one item). So at least I was not the only one to struggle with it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com