http://www.haloscan.com/ Latest comments for orangexw. Syndicated by HaloScan http://www.haloscan.com/ http://www.haloscan.com/halolink.gif http://www.haloscan.com/ 88 31 Commenting Powered by HaloScan.com http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/7520278616274938387/?src=hsr#302656 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:20:33 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/7520278616274938387/?src=hsrs#302656 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/7520278616274938387/?src=hsrs#302656 first answer in the grid: MENES. founder of the first dynasty! UNITER of the upper and lower kingdoms! he's a big deal. quizbowl history knowledge also chimed in with WALPOLE (robert, father of gothic novelist horace). woot. ["Abyssinia"] less so. i thought the answer was going to be ETHIOPE or something along those lines. the MINOR clue is one of my favorites this year. big smile there. JUICE, http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/7118591997298039791/?src=hsr#302655 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:13 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/7118591997298039791/?src=hsrs#302655 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/7118591997298039791/?src=hsrs#302655 Still a nice puzzle, but that EXENE/ELLE crossing was a complete coin-flip, I agree. ELATE/REL/ELLA/WASIT would have even worked for me there in a pinch, but that was just nasty. Heck, even UNIONIST/SELIG (sacrificing the Z) with TBONE/REB/ELLO would have been painful but gettable. Of course, as my name isn't on any puzzles, I have exactly zero credibility on this one - Matt can likely write b... http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsr#302645 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:28:33 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302645 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302645 Yes, that was me. I updated my browser and the default name went away. I see that cruciverb links to my server, so the "vv" prefix may affect Kevn's perception. If we change it now we'll break lots of links, most of which I don't even know about. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsr#302641 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:24:32 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302641 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302641 Martin (that's you posing as Anonymous, no?), on Fridays, Cruciverb posts a link to "Village Voice." I don't know how many people use Cruciverb vs. Puzzle Pointers—I switched to mostly using Cruciverb after a few years of religious Puzzle Pointing—but I suspect the Cruciverb puzzle-downloaders are inclined to call it the Voice puzzle. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsr#302639 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:22:20 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302639 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302639 Orange, I post the Ink Well puzzles in a way that Will Johnston's calendar page can find it. We've never changed the prefix that enables that synch from "vv." Is that what's causing you all the angst? The page is titled Ink Well (Chicago Reader), so if I swear the prefix really stands for "very, very fun puzzle" are we done? Or is there another centroid of reactionary puzzle reference tha http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsr#302628 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:38:44 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302628 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302628 Spork, please be advised that there is no such thing as the Village Voice crossword by Ben Tausig. I have grumbled and cavilled numerous times about this misnomer, but nobody listens. Ink Well was the Voice puzzle for a while, but the Voice axed the puzzle ages ago in a cost-cutting move (but various crossword sites still call it the Village Voice puzzle). Before the Voice, it was the Chicago Read... http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsr#302627 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:26:14 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302627 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302627 Nevermind. I just did the previous Tausig at Ind Weekly and they're apparently one week ahead of the Village Voice. In other words, I just did next week's Ink Well. Oh well. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsr#302626 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:22:42 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302626 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302626 Also, the San Fran Guardian link goes to a blank white page. I went to their website but can't find a crossword puzzle, and they don't seem to have a search feature anywhere on their site. Strange. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsr#302625 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:10:58 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302625 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302625 Alex, The Tausig puzzle you linked to at the Independent Weekly is not the Ink Well/Village Voice puzzle. Not this week's anyway. I just did it and I'm 99% sure I've never done that one before. Hmm. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsr#302619 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:20:58 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302619 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/orangexw/4170291391428994520/?src=hsrs#302619 SPOILER ALERT - Merl Reagle's Sunday puzzle contains a most interesting set of coincidences.