jaymc vote in my movie poll. *throws subpoena at you, runs out*
― ('_') (omar little), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
OK, I will. I need to think about it carefully, though. Probably this weekend.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link
I hope they ask about "Live Free Or Die Hard" director Wiseman. I think I've got that one down.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
In the book I've been going through, that's clued as "Author Deighton" (or similar) in no fewer than three puzzles.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Haha, yeah that's the older version of that clue.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
In your own puzzles I would advise you to clue it "Sweeney Todd's Cariou."
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
"Steal My Sunshine" band
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
"1-2-3"'s Barry
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:29 (fourteen years ago) link
You know something, I think BEQ did it recently with the "Steal My Sunshine" clue.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.brendanemmettquigley.com/2009/12/crossword-155.html
34 Across.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Name of my dad
― don't call my name, don't call my name, don pardo (donna rouge), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Ha, reminds me of Tausig's clue for DOOM: "Game my dad refused to install on our computer in 1993 because it took up 40 megabytes."
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
i love that clue and it was totally gettable
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Saturday Times was tough this week.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 31 January 2010 00:48 (fourteen years ago) link
But I loved Merl Reagle's Kindergarten Crime Spree.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 31 January 2010 02:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe it's just paranoia, but it always seems to me like Times puzzles get harder in the weeks before the tournament.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 February 2010 22:25 (fourteen years ago) link
OK, I'm in.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 05:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Grid today was frightening but the actual puzzle wasn't so bad.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 5 February 2010 14:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh hey nice! The three of us should make plans to meet up and say hi.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Friday, 5 February 2010 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Sure.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 5 February 2010 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
third = me? (i'm actually kind of regretting signing up for ACPT now but i don't think they do refunds?)
― don't call my name, don't call my name, don pardo (donna rouge), Friday, 5 February 2010 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I think they do actually.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 5 February 2010 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
So, Swedish puzzles on Friday night.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 February 2010 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf matt gafney in the av club, loki is not a goddess afaik
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
One week and counting.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 13 February 2010 00:56 (fourteen years ago) link
OK, today I did last year's puzzles and based on my score came in someplace between Ryan and Brian. So, not too great, but not last place.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 February 2010 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Where did you find last year's puzzles?
― Lusty Mo Frazier (jaymc), Monday, 15 February 2010 22:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Friend did it the past two years and he had them. I think they mail you a copy after the tournament.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 February 2010 23:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Jordan, an old screenname of yours was in the Times puzzle today.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 February 2010 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
what was it? i did the puzzle but didn't notice.
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Friday, 19 February 2010 16:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Something about "The Wire"'s Little.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 February 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Today's puzzle is impossible. As is to be expected on the Friday before the tournament.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 February 2010 16:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Just got seven emails from Peter Gordon with the beginning of the year puzzles. The man takes care of business.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 February 2010 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:39 AM (1 week ago)
Maybe an easily confused comics fan -- Loki was in a female body for a few months recently in Marvel continuity.
― blow it out your bad-taste hole (WmC), Sunday, 21 February 2010 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
jaymc, here is the True Story of the Great Crossword Puzzle Battle between solver and constructor: http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/ring/
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 February 2010 01:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Ha, you know what, I think I read that at the time but totally forgot about it. Good to see you again, Ken.
Also: you did pretty well! Or better than me, at any rate.
― Lusty Mo Frazier (jaymc), Monday, 22 February 2010 04:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah, I was at the bottom of C and you will probably win the D division next year. And you were only a few spots behind me as far as Rookies.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 02:09 (fourteen years ago) link
All these years I thought it was "alouette, chantez alouette"
― The Great Rick Roll Swindle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:51 (fourteen years ago) link
What do you do when you have a whole puzzle finished except for 2-3 intersecting answers that are all proper names of people/places that you don't know? I feel like this is where I end up like 25% of the time and it's frustrating because there's no way to "figure out" those answers if you don't know the names of the tennis player or Olympic athlete or Wisconsin lake that they're looking for.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 18:50 (fourteen years ago) link
you bitch about the writer/editor on the internet
― max, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I just learned this weekend that there's a name for such an occurrence: it's a violation of the Natick Principle, a term coined by blogger Rex Parker in his review of a Brendan Emmett Quigley puzzle.
― Lusty Mo Frazier (jaymc), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
But does n/a constitute 1/4 of the solving public by himself? Maybe he caught a bad break because two out of three of those guys are xword favorites.
― The Great Rick Roll Swindle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
It was the one from the Onion this past week, which was pretty easy but the three I'm missing are: "Wimbledon winner in 1988 and 1990" (I've got ***erg), "Body of water by the University of Wisconsin" (lakemen*ota), and "Family name of twin Olympic skiers Phil and Steve" (mahr*). I just don't know tennis players, skiers, or lakes, I guess.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't feel like any of those are super obscure or hard, probably, it's just frustrating to get that close to being done and then get stuck and have to quit because there's no way to work those out.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 19:23 (fourteen years ago) link
the lake was a gimme (since i drive past it every day and all), and i guessed on the other vowels. but in general i hate those kinds of crossings.
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
esteemed tennis player johan phlerg
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i hate this kind of shit, there was something in Sunday's NYT like that
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Once you are stuck like that you might as well look them up.
― The Great Rick Roll Swindle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Only one I know for sure is the tennis player. I have a guess on the skiers, but that's only because I think I've seen the name in a crossword before. Don't know the lake.
― Lusty Mo Frazier (jaymc), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 19:40 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.oneacross.com/
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 19:40 (fourteen years ago) link