tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post86638201096275308..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Wednesday, January 6, 2016, Jules P. MarkeyHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-71949644110367406242016-01-07T08:03:50.233-05:002016-01-07T08:03:50.233-05:005:03 (FWOE)
I would have been in at around 4:30 i...5:03 (FWOE)<br /><br />I would have been in at around 4:30 if I had remembered ORNETTE Coleman's name properly. I entered aRNETTE very quickly (I blame Will Arnett) and never noticed the clue for LERaI. Ah well... And you know, I would look it over if it were on paper, but when you complete the grid on a computer you're done and you've either got it or you don't. I suppose I should do what Frannie does and leave one square blank so I could check it over before committing. We'll see if that ever happens...<br /><br />Anywho, I was just wondering aloud to Frannie whether we ought to buy the OED to have in our reference section here at home. I think the consensus was that it would be nicer to have the multi-volume set rather than the one with the tiny print and the magnifier, but to house it I would really have to re-make my room into a library. Hopefully, that will happen someday, but not very soon, I fear.<br /><br />Overall, I enjoyed this one. SERAGLIO seems a little un-Wednesdayish, but I didn't even notice it until I was finished, so I guess the crosses were fair. Ha.<br /><br />Also, PEZ. Everybody loves PEZ. I was just in a store in Harvard Square where they were selling a giant Hello Kitty Pez dispenser that dispensed whole packages of them instead of just the candies one at a time. I actually considered buying it.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-81283696084606312882016-01-07T03:54:31.637-05:002016-01-07T03:54:31.637-05:0011:42 (FWTE)
DRYREDS on a weeknight? Scandalous. F...11:42 (FWTE)<br />DRYREDS on a weeknight? Scandalous. First, my errors: I put CHROm in instead of CHRON, and tAR instead of LAR; for some reason, I wasn't thinking of the cross properly, which, of course, could only be LINEN. Anyway, I knew BROCA off of the clue, a book which I've read several times ("Broca's Brain" by the great Carl Sagan). I knew PHOEBE off of two crosses and TRITON off of the clue. Also, JOEDON Baker starred in one of my favorite MST3K episodes, where Joel and the 'bots spoofed on "Mitchell," starring the aforementioned actor, and Linda Evans! Anyway, nice puzzle, and I agree with the good flow. Also, nice to have ECLIPSE in there, a solar event of which Sue and I will attempt to view almost exactly two months from right now.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.com