tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post8630554190411965784..comments2024-03-29T03:05:05.578-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Wednesday, January 28, 2015, Gary CeeHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-13691998881019870992015-01-29T22:27:38.494-05:002015-01-29T22:27:38.494-05:00And it's NITA, I presume.And it's NITA, I presume.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-18910806313017430602015-01-29T22:26:07.658-05:002015-01-29T22:26:07.658-05:009:43
My Wednesday time was faster, too. I thought...9:43<br /><br />My Wednesday time was faster, too. I thought this would take me forever, because I didn't even try when I saw that several answers spanned three different locations. After a while, of course, the answers became pretty obvious, and then filling in the letters I didn't have made many more things obvious. And there you have it - I have just described the act of doing a crossword puzzle. Again, I say, you're welcome.<br /><br />As you say, this is a mix of really good and really bad. AAU? ILO? ODAS? Yecch. And speaking of yecch, or anti-yecch, I enjoy Grape Nuts, too. I remember eating them when I was quite young, when my dad taught me to let them soak for a couple minutes before trying to eat them, to let them soften up. Mmmm…. mushy Grape Nuts…. <br /><br />Silent Screen vamps - what would the NYTX do without them?Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-84874884843255294112015-01-29T07:09:00.549-05:002015-01-29T07:09:00.549-05:0013:10
I don't generally use a HAIRCOMB; just m...13:10<br />I don't generally use a HAIRCOMB; just my fingers. I don't mind GRAPENUTS, especially with a nice soy milk (or vanilla soy). Anyway, yes, nice theme. The hardest theme answer for me was Sly's, but even that went relatively quickly. I've never heard of the ILO (25A "Promoting decent work for all" agcy.), but with the crosses it was not a big deal. I like how UNDERMYSKIN has "derm" and "skin" right in there...looks nice in the grid, somehow. 34A Knaves (ROGUES) was one of my favorites, and I thought that 36D Giving a pat on the back, say (CONSOLING) was clever. I also never heard of LINA Wertmuller (11D), nor have I heard of the movie cited. A good Wednesday puzzle, fun, with the proper level of difficulty. I assume that's NIDA Naldi (or Naldi NIDA), someone else with whom I'm not familiar.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com