tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post7946379975422563866..comments2024-03-29T07:26:22.640-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Saturday, November 21, 2020, Sam EzerskyHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-32385650083884180462020-11-22T14:33:24.023-05:002020-11-22T14:33:24.023-05:00DNF in 43:18
When I didn't get the Happy Penci...DNF in 43:18<br />When I didn't get the Happy Pencil congratulating me, I assumed that I'd made a single error somewhere. I, like Frannie, had INAseT, but unlike Frannie, left it in, not knowing Ms. RESNIK or this GIBBS character. But for some reason, I decided that e-coli was a modern health risk even though they've been around for a while now, and that we could shorten it to ECol (instead of ECIG), so that left a 2x2 block of mess there giving me leBBS and RESNos for crosses, both of which seemed reasonable. But that's not all. Instead of TMAN (crossing WANT), I entered gMAN and never went back to the down. I certainly would have known, had I looked, that "in WANg of" is probably not a phrase. Finally, I entered ASTROBOt at 38D, having never seen the titular android of early anime cartoons, and didn't consider that the resulting cross, ANDtET, didn't look right or make any sense. A hot mess, as they say.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com