tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post8824477771029875937..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Saturday, January 3, 2015, Sam EzerskyHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-35023245685967309782015-01-05T10:32:00.358-05:002015-01-05T10:32:00.358-05:0063:14
Almost 20 full minutes longer than Horace/Fr...63:14<br />Almost 20 full minutes longer than Horace/Frannie, but as Colum mentions, the SW is a bear! Oddly, ATHEISTIC was the last to go in for me. I was confident with HUP, and had enouth of the MOBILE to fill that in, although I, too, had not previously heard of this machine. In the NW, TONYDANZA went right in, but OHIFORGOT elicited a groan. Finally, not having parsed the words correctly, I thought that mayby a "TOLET" is what one calls the flat sign! No real complaints, though, as I successfully completed the puzzle.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-91459383158339686382015-01-03T19:18:18.509-05:002015-01-03T19:18:18.509-05:00I'm fine with OBS, which is what we in the bus...I'm fine with OBS, which is what we in the business would call those physicians in the process of aiding in a birth. BRAINGAME may be a stretch, but I didn't mind it. I put SEVENIRON in off of the S, so there.Colum Amoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026647589873845732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-6657746114347507852015-01-03T18:46:37.767-05:002015-01-03T18:46:37.767-05:0043:15
Yeah, that SW was hellish. TOI (56D: "...43:15<br /><br />Yeah, that SW was hellish. TOI (56D: "Vous," informally) didn't seem just right. Sure, it can be the equivalent of "vous," in expressions like "a toi," and I suppose that's all they need, but when you're crossing languages it doesn't seem quite fair to use anything that isn't straightforward. The easy equivalent would be "tu," but that's never going to be acceptable in the NYTX. Oh well... And OBS seems like it really ought to be OBGYNS. But I suppose some people just call them OBS. What do I know from OB-GYNS? <br /><br />I remembered BOTHA, mercifully, but HUPMOBILE was not known by either of us. Nor, really, was HELI. Or TRASK, but that's in the SE...<br /><br />And since we're over there, Frannie didn't love MARTS (50D: Trading places). And while we're grousing, is BRAINGAME (1D: Crossword, e.g.) a thing? Does anyone say that? <br /><br />I had "Sandwedge" for SEVENIRON (6A: Rough selection?) for a time, which I liked better.<br /><br />I got AGNES without crosses, as Frannie would have if she had seen it first, but she got BOOTY. Hah!<br /><br />I've done a lot of complaining, but it was a decently hard Saturday with some good to balance the bad. Much has been mentioned already. I also enjoyed ATHEISTIC, FULLTIMER, and ECOLOGIST. <br /><br />- HoraceHorace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.com