I passed Ben ταυσίγ this morning and mentioned that but he hadn’t done it yet.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:35 (three years ago)
feel like several of today’s clues were slightly off
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 June 2022 18:13 (three years ago)
Yeah
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 June 2022 19:40 (three years ago)
It feels as if there are more factually or grammatically incorrect clues in the NYT nowadays than ever before, perhaps a side effect of the obsessive pursuit of counterintuitiveness and misdirection.
― Josefa, Saturday, 11 June 2022 19:53 (three years ago)
Yes. This kind of thing in general is why I have mostly preferred cryptics for a long while.
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 June 2022 20:09 (three years ago)
23D where I had PINE instead of PITY nearly had me with a DNF.
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Saturday, 11 June 2022 20:14 (three years ago)
I wish I could do cryptics. Some day I’ll get around to it.
― Josefa, Saturday, 11 June 2022 20:19 (three years ago)
@Leee haha same
― KPH, Saturday, 11 June 2022 20:38 (three years ago)
I had something else wrong there
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 June 2022 21:23 (three years ago)
Okay, Sunday’s is fun.
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 June 2022 00:07 (three years ago)
loved today’s, from 1A on. :)
― Roz, Thursday, 16 June 2022 12:21 (three years ago)
otm
― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 June 2022 14:00 (three years ago)
love to see 62D in the grid but let’s show some respect to the cornet
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 June 2022 05:22 (three years ago)
Yes
― Ride into the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 June 2022 11:57 (three years ago)
stumbled a bit on today’s mostly because I first filled in 60A with LETSTAKEOURTIME, which still has some shared letters with the right answer, and so led to some confusion on my part
― donna rouge, Saturday, 18 June 2022 18:35 (three years ago)
I thought today was going to break my streak because I know nothing about comic books & never saw 12 Years a Slave and this stuff was all jammed in the top corner
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 18 June 2022 18:45 (three years ago)
yeah today’s was pretty name-heavy, also not a comics person and think i only vaguely knew about 1A from twitter
― donna rouge, Saturday, 18 June 2022 18:48 (three years ago)
Sunday puzzle fine I guess.
― Ride into the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 June 2022 23:23 (three years ago)
liked friday's a lot
― symsymsym, Sunday, 19 June 2022 18:29 (three years ago)
couple funny clues along with good fill
― flopson, Sunday, 19 June 2022 21:38 (three years ago)
The conceit of the traffic lights was pretty cool. Very hard in places for a non North American, NW corner particularly
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 19 June 2022 21:42 (three years ago)
i liked it fine enough but 43D is bad
― mookieproof, Sunday, 19 June 2022 21:59 (three years ago)
― Ride into the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 June 2022 22:05 (three years ago)
Enjoyed today’s.
― Ride into the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 11:05 (three years ago)
How did people feel about today’s puzzle?
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 July 2022 00:34 (three years ago)
nice concept once i got it but found some of the other fill kind of tricky/annoying
― donna rouge, Friday, 1 July 2022 00:35 (three years ago)
I liked it after I figured out the gimmick, but yeah, my initial run through the grid also made me feel like I was wearing a helmet of needles.
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Friday, 1 July 2022 00:39 (three years ago)
^thirdedwas that a reference to an episode of Married With Children?
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 July 2022 00:53 (three years ago)
solid premise imo
33A is bullshit tho; hazards/traps are explicitly not on greens
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 July 2022 00:58 (three years ago)
Tea kettles let off steam not teapots or am I crazy
― Josefa, Saturday, 2 July 2022 01:36 (three years ago)
I did it too late at night and didn't understand the revealer correctly, drove me insane until I stared and it clicked. Clever tho. I'd no idea that word referred to a firework, either.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 2 July 2022 07:02 (three years ago)
I like Sunday 65D
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 July 2022 01:40 (three years ago)
Oof, today's is hard.
― Lionel Chutzpah (Leee), Friday, 8 July 2022 16:58 (three years ago)
I did OK on it. Faster than the time on crossword fiend, anyway
― symsymsym, Saturday, 9 July 2022 02:48 (three years ago)
can anyone here do diagramless crosswords? I think I lack the spatial intelligence to get anywhere
― symsymsym, Saturday, 9 July 2022 02:49 (three years ago)
I used to do them, but didn't feel strongly about them either way. Are you looking for tips or something? I can't remember but they didn't seem particularly difficult, just potentially tedious.
― Mr. Art-I-Ficial (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 July 2022 03:19 (three years ago)
either tips or commiseration I guess
― symsymsym, Saturday, 9 July 2022 03:21 (three years ago)
I was just able to use the numbering and the symmetry along with the clues to fill in the grid I guess, don't remember any specifics unfortunately.
― Mr. Art-I-Ficial (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 July 2022 03:26 (three years ago)
xps yeah it was a workout but managed not to irritate me, which is impressive
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 9 July 2022 05:44 (three years ago)
today’s is fiendishly hard, can’t get into the NE at all for some reason
― donna rouge, Saturday, 9 July 2022 17:02 (three years ago)
yeah this was a real struggle
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 July 2022 17:10 (three years ago)
tough one for sure. boo to 12D of course and I've never heard of 6D
― symsymsym, Saturday, 9 July 2022 17:35 (three years ago)
I managed to finish clearly and without cheating but yeah, pretty brutal. As for that NE, I'll give 18A some side eye (as well as echoing the sentiments for 6D and 12D).
― Lionel Chutzpah (Leee), Saturday, 9 July 2022 18:04 (three years ago)
*Cleanly
Yeah I originally had CLAMBAKE and TEATRADE, and both took a while to set right. Like, wtaf is BONEATH?
― Nutellanor Roosevelt (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 9 July 2022 22:32 (three years ago)
same
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 July 2022 23:01 (three years ago)
I didn't like doing today's but, after solving it, I can admire its cleverness.
― Lionel Chutzpah (Leee), Thursday, 14 July 2022 20:46 (three years ago)
bleh - the gimmick was fun but the fill was fckn awful I thought. Stupid non-phrases, obscure proper names, even one abbrev I felt was misspelled altho Google tells me the two spellings are close in usage.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 15 July 2022 00:47 (three years ago)
cute gimmick today even if I did spend ages trying to figure out how to fill in the rebus solutions
― Roz, Sunday, 17 July 2022 15:47 (three years ago)