tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post8545272657371551543..comments2024-03-18T14:12:24.033-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Friday, September 9, 2016, Kristian HouseHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-59744423948133294252016-09-10T15:13:34.727-04:002016-09-10T15:13:34.727-04:00If I had known it was J.Lawr I certainly would hav...If I had known it was J.Lawr I certainly would have had a difficult decision…<br /><br />And thanks about the name. I've corrected it.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-39588350870835407062016-09-10T14:40:48.037-04:002016-09-10T14:40:48.037-04:00Kristian.Kristian.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-62559470039612869232016-09-10T14:39:52.472-04:002016-09-10T14:39:52.472-04:0036:36
I've never heard of a POPPET, but the cr...36:36<br />I've never heard of a POPPET, but the crosses were fine. BIGWHOOP is excellent, by itself and more so because of the clue. PELISSE is also unknown to me, and I don't own one. Nice clue for USPOSTAGE, and I even know TROMPE with no crosses! Mmmmm...REE Dolly. I'm sure Horace labored mightily over the decision to picture Ms. Lawrence or SUPERFLY; I may have decided differently.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-70509932326659557492016-09-09T19:53:40.365-04:002016-09-09T19:53:40.365-04:0014:04 (FWTE)
I too had difficulty in the SE corne...14:04 (FWTE)<br /><br />I too had difficulty in the SE corner. I had put in GASes at 47A: Get one's fill? (GASUP), which is in retrospect clearly the wrong verb number, so I should have known. But I convinced myself (so easy to do!) that eNRIGS would be possible, and sOPPET looked just as reasonable as anything else. Alas.<br /><br />I haven't looked around the blogosphere yet, but I predict the usual yelping about HOMIES. I love the long answers in this grid though. I especially liked 13D: Mustard and others (COLONELS) which I entered with only the L in place. My first confident answer was GOURDS, the G of which had been suggested in my mind by the incorrect attempt at Googol or Googolplex at 1A.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.com