tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post8146756034679103211..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Thursday, December 22, 2016, Marc MacLachlanHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-22525846552450357322016-12-23T05:41:38.344-05:002016-12-23T05:41:38.344-05:0023:09
I loved the theme, and definitely the middle...23:09<br />I loved the theme, and definitely the middle "19" was the best. [AL]OHASHIRTS is great, of course. Nice clue for MRED. Fun Thursday.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-33487762011346156522016-12-22T22:19:55.714-05:002016-12-22T22:19:55.714-05:00I loved the theme. It was pretty clear for a while...I loved the theme. It was pretty clear for a while that many of the answers I was thinking of weren't fitting (ALATEEN, which I am familiar with, anything for 19 A, whites/sperms/[AL]BINOS for the whales, etc). But it wasn't until I got to CASU[AL] that I tried hanging AL off the edge, and then quickly realized that AL worked for the lower right corner, then got most of the sides, and then got the revealer, quickish.<br /><br />The rest of the puzzle? Wish I could say YES to it, but almost NONE of the delight really lasted beyond finding the theme. ARNOLD? Had to Google. MULE crossing OLIN? Had to run the alphabet at the end. DOADE[AL]? Well, I guess, but pretty forced compared with make a deal or sign a deal or ink a deal or.... To a fair extent that's just my life on a Thursday. Positives? I liked CREPE (at least I wasn't solving on an empty stomach), ANTE was nicely clued, well and ERAT warms my mathematical cockles although I'm sure it is crosswordese to everyone else.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-81009839882553372352016-12-22T20:12:56.740-05:002016-12-22T20:12:56.740-05:0019:19
Nice! It took me a while, too ("berg&qu...19:19<br />Nice! It took me a while, too ("berg" didn't stand, but ERAT did!), but it was worth the wait, and I agree, the central 19 was outstanding. [AL]ESELLERS and DOADE[AL] however, were not two of the better ones. <br /><br />SNERT shows up again (!), and as you say, the theme is pretty much all today. But it's pretty good.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.com