tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post8663699300904995114..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Thursday, March 26, 2015, Byron WaldenHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-56502657618463252972015-03-27T06:54:15.756-04:002015-03-27T06:54:15.756-04:0025:50
The NE was the mire for me today. BIONDI is ...25:50<br />The NE was the mire for me today. BIONDI is unknown to me, and I'm not enough of a Simpsons expert to know ARTIE Ziff. The crosses NINEIRON and TOILETTE came slowly, too, though I really enjoyed the latter once I figured it out. Colum, I noted the pairing of MALENUDE and PHONESEX, too, but had the same icky feeling with SANTAHAT being right below them. I also thought that 15A Rear (PARENT) was nice misdirection, as was 37D Fair (EXPO), even though it's seen somewhat regularly. Of course I knew 54D Dwarf planet orbited by NASA's Dawn in 2015 (CERES) with no crosses.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-43685499712078189382015-03-26T22:04:33.769-04:002015-03-26T22:04:33.769-04:0019:46
Agree. This was a fun one. And conversely, ...19:46<br /><br />Agree. This was a fun one. And conversely, SLYTHERINS was almost the last thing entered for me. I think I give up when I see the "Harry Potter" clues, because I didn't read them. Sure, I saw the movie, and I recognize the house name, but at one point I was thinking to myself "Was there a Blythe somebodyorother in there somewhere?" <br /><br />ARTIE went in without crosses, of course, and ANYHOO also gets used a lot in The Simpsons, so that was a nice pair. SCOOT is a good word, and the clueing was good throughout, I thought. Except maybe for "The animal of an animal cracker, e.g." Whaaa?<br />Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.com