wednesday, november 28, 2007
ray fontenot / will shortz
ny times online premium crossword puzzle
difficulty factor: whether it was because i was tired, hungry, or vastly under-prepared, this was a real bear for me in several places
theme:
22A what you might do while driving to an unfamiliar place
GET LOST
39A what you might do next?
FIND A GAS STATION
55A what you might do next?
BUY A MAP
1 diagonally
TAKE THE SHORT CUT
and finally - and this part was left out of the puzzle, but it is the fifth stage of the process - arrive at your destination, late, hungry, in a foul nood, and in complete denial that any part of the last six hours was ever remotely your own fault at any point along the way!
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in the "notes of record" category:
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i always get a bit nervous when that pesky notepad icon is visible! so, before i'd even gotten outta the startin' blocks this one was treadin' on my nerves. after readin' it, all i could think was... "what in the cornbread hell does that hafta do with anything?" the "doh! moment" came soon enough...
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in the "not necessarily explained just by the answer" category
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first, why don'tcha settle in for some 24A TORTE...
ray fontenot / will shortz
ny times online premium crossword puzzle
difficulty factor: whether it was because i was tired, hungry, or vastly under-prepared, this was a real bear for me in several placestheme:
22A what you might do while driving to an unfamiliar place
GET LOST
39A what you might do next?
FIND A GAS STATION
55A what you might do next?
BUY A MAP
1 diagonally
TAKE THE SHORT CUT
and finally - and this part was left out of the puzzle, but it is the fifth stage of the process - arrive at your destination, late, hungry, in a foul nood, and in complete denial that any part of the last six hours was ever remotely your own fault at any point along the way!
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in the "notes of record" category:
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i always get a bit nervous when that pesky notepad icon is visible! so, before i'd even gotten outta the startin' blocks this one was treadin' on my nerves. after readin' it, all i could think was... "what in the cornbread hell does that hafta do with anything?" the "doh! moment" came soon enough...
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in the "not necessarily explained just by the answer" category
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first, why don'tcha settle in for some 24A TORTE...
there's so much that could/should be expounded upon, but so little time over the next few days...
maybe i can get t' some more later...
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in the "your mileage may vary" category:
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best clue of the day: 12D publican's stock... just let it be what it is
best answer of the day: 45A OLD PRO... i love the way it looks, sounds, and feels!
worst clue of the day: 15A is sporting... (c'mon... having a tv on is 'sporting'?!)...
worst answer of the day: 26A OH, ME! yuck! woe is me! ... dear me! ... oh, my! ... oh, no! ... oh, sh*t! ... yeah that's it, it's just plain...
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
1A "jabberwocky" start 5A emale w.w. ll-era enlistees 10A sorento and sedona 14A brewery fixture 15A is sporting 16A just sitting 17A zuiderzee sight 18A midway alternative 19A legal basis of a repo 20A bone-related 22A what you might do while driving to an unfamiliar place 24A rich dessert 25A jumbo and colossal 26A words of woe 28A f equivalent 32A ancient theaters 36A vintner's prefix 38A "i _ parade" 39A what you might do next? 42A water nymph 43A garland's "cowardly" co-star 44A manuscript encl. 45A seasoned vet 47A southwest art center 49A hardly garrulous 51A ph.d. hurdles 55A what you might do next? 58A local lingo 60A melville mariner 61A leader of the mel-tones 64A sierra club concern: abbr. 65A game turn, maybe 66A quilt stuffing 67A gull-like predator 68A south korea's first president 69A some side dishes 70A communicate with modern-style 1D list heading 2D tailor's measurement 3D request one's presence at 4D be in control 5D all out 6D sighed word 7D fat-pig filler? 8D welsh breed 9D cause for a blessing? 10D volleyball spikes, say 11D peculiar: prefix 12D publican's stock 13D made rhapsodic 21D _z 23D _ coil (1891 invention) 25D able to feel 27D prix fixe offering 29D adidas alternative 30D model t contemporaries 31D frame filler 32D _ consequence 33D old-fashioned phone feature 34D sooner city 35D not fixed 37D arm of the dept. of labor 40D relevant, in law 41D smokeys 46D emulates daniel webster 48D malaga mrs. 50D be too good to 52D bikini event, once 53D john who wrote "wherever law ends, tyranny begins" 54D victors at little bighorn 55D roseanne, again 56D "here comes trouble!" 57D where the clintons met 59D blind part 62D nutritional abbr. 63D catty remark?
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in the "your mileage may vary" category:
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best clue of the day: 12D publican's stock... just let it be what it is
best answer of the day: 45A OLD PRO... i love the way it looks, sounds, and feels!
worst clue of the day: 15A is sporting... (c'mon... having a tv on is 'sporting'?!)...
worst answer of the day: 26A OH, ME! yuck! woe is me! ... dear me! ... oh, my! ... oh, no! ... oh, sh*t! ... yeah that's it, it's just plain...
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
1A "jabberwocky" start 5A emale w.w. ll-era enlistees 10A sorento and sedona 14A brewery fixture 15A is sporting 16A just sitting 17A zuiderzee sight 18A midway alternative 19A legal basis of a repo 20A bone-related 22A what you might do while driving to an unfamiliar place 24A rich dessert 25A jumbo and colossal 26A words of woe 28A f equivalent 32A ancient theaters 36A vintner's prefix 38A "i _ parade" 39A what you might do next? 42A water nymph 43A garland's "cowardly" co-star 44A manuscript encl. 45A seasoned vet 47A southwest art center 49A hardly garrulous 51A ph.d. hurdles 55A what you might do next? 58A local lingo 60A melville mariner 61A leader of the mel-tones 64A sierra club concern: abbr. 65A game turn, maybe 66A quilt stuffing 67A gull-like predator 68A south korea's first president 69A some side dishes 70A communicate with modern-style 1D list heading 2D tailor's measurement 3D request one's presence at 4D be in control 5D all out 6D sighed word 7D fat-pig filler? 8D welsh breed 9D cause for a blessing? 10D volleyball spikes, say 11D peculiar: prefix 12D publican's stock 13D made rhapsodic 21D _z 23D _ coil (1891 invention) 25D able to feel 27D prix fixe offering 29D adidas alternative 30D model t contemporaries 31D frame filler 32D _ consequence 33D old-fashioned phone feature 34D sooner city 35D not fixed 37D arm of the dept. of labor 40D relevant, in law 41D smokeys 46D emulates daniel webster 48D malaga mrs. 50D be too good to 52D bikini event, once 53D john who wrote "wherever law ends, tyranny begins" 54D victors at little bighorn 55D roseanne, again 56D "here comes trouble!" 57D where the clintons met 59D blind part 62D nutritional abbr. 63D catty remark?
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