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When I saw that Vic and Bruce made today's NYT, I knew we were in for a treat. With those two on the case, even a straightforward theme like this one becomes a puzzle full of wide-open wonders. Well done, guys! |
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A lot of the NYT entries were in the "I'd know it if I had a few letters" category (NEWMAN, SALCHOW, DELRAY, MURIATIC, etc.), so it was a slow start and a fast finish. And also had DIT for DAH for a while... |
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I enjoyed it too - thanks Amy for setting right my one vexation: in spite of my years of solving experience, I've apparently managed to not learn DAH (Matt, I see maybe I'm not alone!). I was convinced it was DOT (dots and dashes is what I've always heard) didn't bother to notice that DETACTMENT makes no sense, was left with WHATINTARNOTION - and was then convinced there would be an uproar here over a huge gaffe in the gray lady's puzz! Proofreading is probably a good idea. Otherwise, my two main hang-ups were with OPERATE, for which I had OVERSEE, and (just below my favorite DOT/TARNoTION crossing..) I had LETMETRY for PERMITME, which led to OTHER vs. the correct ORNOT - In short, I had a cruciverbal adventure! |
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Patrick, actually, that movie was supposed to be pretty good. I read about it when the title was Baadasssss!. IMDB describes it as "Mario Van Peebles's half documentary/half homage to his father Melvin's 1971 film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." |
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I know you haven't written about it yet, but I just finished the LAT puzzle and the theme blew me away! |
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Matt or anyone else, if you can e-mail me the LAT puzzle in Across Lite, I'll do it later today. My address is included in my Blogger profile (link atop the sidebar). Thanks in advance! |
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Here's to the YSER |
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I'm blown away by today's Fleming/Venzke with 25 black squares and 56 interlocking theme squares, and a tight theme. First thing I do with a puzzle is count the black squares, and 25 is on the low side for a themeless. Jeesh! |
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FYI, I don't know if someone else beat me to the punch, but I just e-mailed Amy today's LAT puzzle. |
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Amy, |
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I hope somebody clicked on my link for huitlacoche. But only someone with a twisted sense of humor and a strong stomach... |
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Oh, my sweet Jebus - I just clicked on the huitlacoche link and have been simultaneously repulsed and convulsing with laughter for the last 5 minutes. That's a-MAIZE-ing! |
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Patrick, check out the New Oxford American Dictionary sometime. It's almost as big as the jumbo RHUD, newer, and perhaps hipper. Try it, and you just might love it. Is there not room in your heart (if not the bookshelf) for another reference book? And check out the rest of the "Steve, Don't Eat It" archives if you liked what he had to say about huitlacoche. |
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I do drool over Francis's copy of the NOAD, but the great thing about the Random House Unabridged Dictionary (2nd Edition) is that it came with a CD-ROM. Unfortunately, the only huit* word that it has is |
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