saturday, october 27, 2007
brendan emmett quigley / will shortz
difficulty factor: three outta five band-aids; not nearly as bloody as i expected upon first perusaltheme: none
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well, mr. quigley... that makes three appearances in three weeks: today, last sunday, and the preceding saturday in tandem with mr. quarfoot... all very good puzzles!
there are a few things that are subject to my whimsy today.from "the sneetches and other stories" a collection of shorter works, comes 25A dr. suess' "too many daves"...
also on the children’s literature front, in 37D AESOP's "the mischievous dog", a man's dog used to stealthily work his way near folks and bite them without warning. the man hung a collar with a bell around his neck to thwart the dog’s secrecy. the dog only saw that folks noticed him more, and became prideful. eventually he came across another dog who chastised his arrogance and stupidity. "don't you see that it marks you as being a dog people need to be warned about!? the moral (my favorite part of aesop's tales) being that infamy doesn't equal respect... or admiration... or some such thang.legendary italian-american film director frank 43D CAPRA (born francesco rosario capra) was at the helm of a cary grant classic 'arsenic and old lace', and two of my jimmy stewart favorites 'mr. smith goes to washington' and 'it's a wonderful life', among many, many others.
46D EL ORO is the southernmost COASTAL province in ecuador, but there are two more that are further south than it: LOJA and ZAMORA-CHINCHIPE!
my dad was an 34D AQUA VELVA man. (i am not.)
65A TOMATO RED... how descriptive!
====================================in the "your mileage may vary" category:
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best clue of the day: 12D "about -faces"
best answer of the day: 58A DON'T I KNOW!
worst clue of the day: 19A "real-estate ad statisitc"
worst answer of the day: 18A ROILY
lotsa other things i really liked... and didn't... but so little time!
keep on keepin' on...
dann
all elements of the puzzle (grid layout, clues, and answers), NYT, NY Times, and The New York Times logo are ©2007 The New York Times
5 comments:
MMmmmm! Them tomatoes 'n aqua velva look mighty tastee!
Look for the life of me, never registered the "coastal" -- thought maybe the map was tilted!
this is the grooviest x-word blog around. it's just so dang purty! and informative, too. you need more readers, dann man.
i also like quigley. a lot. he's funny. or is that shortz with the wry cluing?
thanks again for fixing up the family portrait. if i can get my act together i'll include it in a blog today and credit you.
donald,
it was only when i was about to award an "edltor oops!" that i looked at the clue again and there it was!" (i swear it just appeared at that moment - it was not there when i was filling in the puzzle - kinda spooky!)
dann
corn,
as i understand it - read "man the life boats, the bs i gettin' serious-deep" - brother will rides roughshod over a small gang of (four?) editors who do a lot of preliminary cluing... an' i hear he's pretty quick t' "lucky la rue" 'em back int' submission when they get all above their learnin' an' setch."
dann
ps. i was only gettin' started with that photo for ya... there's still minor tonal issues... blems... noise... and cracks t' fix.
are saying i'm full o' s**t? hmph.
i got your cleaned up versions. thanks. i just came here now to get your url. i'm doin' the blog post right now. i hope blogger does your work justice.
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