tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post800344092943015966..comments2024-03-29T07:26:22.640-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Tuesday, March 26, 2019, Zhouqin BurnikelHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-44532805567225097232019-03-27T04:37:20.898-04:002019-03-27T04:37:20.898-04:005:10
Just a few seconds longer to solve than Monda...5:10<br />Just a few seconds longer to solve than Monday's, for me. I thought that the Moon STARER thing may have been apt in the 1600s for an astronomer, but that's picking nits. Nice use of Uma THURMAN and FRIARTUCK, and it's great that the two weekend days start and end the puzzle with 4s. Excellent puzzle.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-90028871813643811472019-03-26T23:51:28.533-04:002019-03-26T23:51:28.533-04:00I did notice the theme once I got the revealer, bu...I did notice the theme once I got the revealer, but that was towards the end of my solve. But I didn't notice, until I got here, that it includes the weekend.<br /><br />And the fill doesn't suffer. Nothing UNEVEN about this one. Almost could be considered an agricultural mini-theme, with PLANT, ROOTS, ANISES, and PECK.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-68881824568644294672019-03-26T21:15:32.651-04:002019-03-26T21:15:32.651-04:00Wait, I mean... it is bonus material in that it hi...Wait, I mean... it is bonus material in that it hides WED, but we also won the so-called World Series, so that's even more baseball... I suppose, though, that if you have to go to this effort to explain yourself, that it kind of loses a little something...Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-74922584222605397052019-03-26T21:13:53.517-04:002019-03-26T21:13:53.517-04:006:06 (paper)
I, too, had to look hard at the puzz...6:06 (paper)<br /><br />I, too, had to look hard at the puzzle after I finished it to figure out the theme, and I, too, loved it when I did. As we discussed earlier on the phone, the abbreviations run to four letters for TUES and THUR. Nice. I should have known something was up when I dropped in TUESBELLE. You don't usually see an entire French sentence! <br /><br />Lastly, WEDIDIT could be bonus material too... at least here in Boston. :PHorace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.com