tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post8581855249901030209..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Sunday, July 2, 2017, Patrick BlindauerHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-87088389525512628782017-07-04T13:57:50.976-04:002017-07-04T13:57:50.976-04:00Yeah, tough one, but completed in about an hour (m...Yeah, tough one, but completed in about an hour (much longer than a normal Sunday). I knew something was up with Harrison's successor, realizing that, even though it was a Beatles-themed puzzle, the clue wasn't referencing George. Nice that YOGI is in there, and Andre PREVIN. Sue probably would have known RICO (21A Wealthy: Sp.).Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-53070542706418833282017-07-03T18:54:37.881-04:002017-07-03T18:54:37.881-04:00I never got my iPad to congratulate me, but I did ...I never got my iPad to congratulate me, but I did complete the puzzle and I got the extra theme answer. I'm writing in anyway to give a shout out to one of the clues I loved: 80D. Higest form of flattery? (PLATEAU). Excellent. I also really liked Kitchen shortening (TSP). That's some clever cluing.Frances Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474350868613802857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-14860663934683317352017-07-03T18:19:37.114-04:002017-07-03T18:19:37.114-04:00This was an amazing puzzle. Very difficult. I got ...This was an amazing puzzle. Very difficult. I got stuck in the ALI/LIST/SKIS section for quite some time. I was able to figure out DRIVEMYCAR despite working on the iPad, but it was a lot more difficult that way.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-32824855755682687232017-07-02T19:55:59.726-04:002017-07-02T19:55:59.726-04:00Yeah, you've gotta love the Beatles theme, eve...Yeah, you've gotta love the Beatles theme, even though we spent more than a half a hour with the rest of the grid completed and only a few scattered letters in the "road." And we were sure of all of them (CLE(V)ELAND, ALE(R)TEST, NEWS(R)EEL, etc.) and figured we somehow had to fill in all the rest. I even had "leAdstoyourdooR" at the end there for a while. The trouble we had, given that urge to try and fill in more road squares, was the uncertainty about some letters that might have been there, like the Y in CHARL(Y), or CHARLie.<br /><br />But the real reason we were stumped for so long is because we had EXILEd (59A: Edgar in "King Lear," e.g.) Someone tell me why my syntax isn't more appropriate to the clue! Sure, an EXILE, but that's two words. Anyway, that extra D sure caused trouble. It was only after reading the hint for the, well, many times, that I finally parsed it as "just read the letters that are there and don't add extra ones." That D immediately shown as the mistake and deleting it begot the music.<br /><br />But year, Beatles trivia. Fab.Icarusfobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312667388878598706noreply@blogger.com