either tips or commiseration I guess
― symsymsym, Saturday, 9 July 2022 03:21 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
xps yeah it was a workout but managed not to irritate me, which is impressive
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 9 July 2022 05:44 (one year ago) link
today’s is fiendishly hard, can’t get into the NE at all for some reason
― donna rouge, Saturday, 9 July 2022 17:02 (one year ago) link
yeah this was a real struggle
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 July 2022 17:10 (one year ago) link
tough one for sure. boo to 12D of course and I've never heard of 6D
― symsymsym, Saturday, 9 July 2022 17:35 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
*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 (one year ago) link
same
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 July 2022 23:01 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
Well, how? I have tried several ways. Like I tried QUEEN HEART, QUEEN/HEART, and QUEEN OF HEARTS. I know my answers are right. Last time this happened it varied widely by what device, browser, app. I shouldn't care but it is frustrating
― your marshmallows may vary (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 17 July 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link
I had to look it up too but this worked for me on android:
For the Queen of Clubs, you can enter any of these options: "QUEEN", "QUEENOFCLUBS", "Q", "CLUB", "C", "QUEEN/CLUB", "CLUB/QUEEN", "Q/C", or "C/Q". The easiest would just be either Q or C, both of which work.
For the non face cards, I entered the numerical values eg 10 and it worked.
― Stone Cold Steve Ostinato (Leee), Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:03 (one year ago) link
I did it the second way YMP said and it worked first time (on the app). Are you sure your answers are right?
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:07 (one year ago) link
Well, I normally do Sunday on the website (old eyes), so now I'm trying it every which way in the app. And yes I am sure.
― your marshmallows may vary (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:15 (one year ago) link
...which worked, thanks, Streak intact at 450+
― your marshmallows may vary (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:29 (one year ago) link
Was there ultimately some kind of streak amnesty given?
― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 23:49 (one year ago) link
first puzzle I have quit out of boredom
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 18 July 2022 01:08 (one year ago) link
https://i.gifer.com/7PFN.gif
― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 July 2022 03:39 (one year ago) link
Was the diagramless question in reference to the recent AV Club puzzle? I ended up really enjoying that, even if at first I was despairing.
I used the hint about which column 1-across started in though, it would have been extremely hard to get going without that. And yeah, it's all about the symmetry. Early on I messed something up enough (in pen) that made me print out a new grid.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 18 July 2022 04:10 (one year ago) link
yes, that one and the aries puzzles one (https://www.ariespuzzles.com/2022/06/diagramless-3.html)
I was able to hack through the av club puzzle using the hint of course. still couldn't make out the shape without looking at the answer, my grid lacked artistry lol
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 20 July 2022 02:21 (one year ago) link
Can someone explain 39A today?
On another note, I've noticed that Rex will bitterly complain about a puzzle if it has facts and trivia that he doesn't know, and prefers stuff that he's already familiar with, which seems awfully close-minded and incurious to me.
― Judd Apatosaurus (Leee), Saturday, 23 July 2022 17:36 (one year ago) link
A “shampoo and set” is a process in which ladies of a certain age put their hair in curlers and emerge curly-haired for an extended period
― Josefa, Saturday, 23 July 2022 17:58 (one year ago) link
*hair rollers I meant
― Josefa, Saturday, 23 July 2022 18:00 (one year ago) link
easy easy easy then HARD
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 23 July 2022 20:50 (one year ago) link
Saturday’s puzzle by Lance Enfinger was really good.
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 31 July 2022 13:29 (one year ago) link
agreed
― symsymsym, Sunday, 31 July 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
can we really do no better than APT ANAGRAM OF ‘VILE’
ffs
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 05:50 (one year ago) link
Great revive
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 14:53 (one year ago) link
Clever theme today!
― God of Snore (2018) (Leee), Thursday, 11 August 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
Today's grid is really impressive.
― It's like there's a Republican party in my mouth and everyone's indicted (Leee), Sunday, 21 August 2022 17:16 (one year ago) link
Less than a week until Lollapuzzoola
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 August 2022 17:39 (one year ago) link
Think I will probably pass this year
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 August 2022 17:43 (one year ago) link
44A
https://www.brendanemmettquigley.com/2022/09/crossword-1502-themeless-monday.html
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 September 2022 18:20 (one year ago) link
immortality is hers
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 September 2022 18:41 (one year ago) link
I'm thinking of doing Boswords, but maybe signing up for Smooth instead of Choppy?
― we talkin bout praxis (Leee), Wednesday, 7 September 2022 18:58 (one year ago) link
Do it! I switched to choppy from the hardest level (stormy?) which made it a lot more fun, still plenty challenging under time pressure.
― symsymsym, Thursday, 8 September 2022 01:28 (one year ago) link
Really liked this last NYTimes Sunday, simple idea executed elegantly
― symsymsym, Thursday, 8 September 2022 01:29 (one year ago) link
Signed up for Boswords as a Smoothie, hopefully that'll ease my ego!
Today's NYT has a very cool grid.
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Friday, 9 September 2022 16:48 (one year ago) link
this was, for me, the most interesting sunday nyt in quite a while
― mookieproof, Sunday, 25 September 2022 12:48 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I enjoyed it, particularly after the Friday provided no resistance at all, a new (not globally impressive) record for me.
33D was the last in and I still don't really understand it? It wasn't helped by me blind-guessing ALLOW instead of ALL OF for 11D.
But I should have known that the answer to 39A is what the answer to any near-similar clue always is, a vast maw consuming everything.
8 themed clues though!
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 25 September 2022 12:57 (one year ago) link
I am such a compulsively linear solver that I completed the puzzle without getting the theme. That happens to me with fair frequency.
Hit me like three minutes later. OH!
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 25 September 2022 15:31 (one year ago) link
33D: I imagine it's play on beer keg and soda fountain.
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Sunday, 25 September 2022 16:01 (one year ago) link
I liked today's theme, hard as it was.
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Thursday, 29 September 2022 17:29 (one year ago) link
33D was the last in and I still don't really understand it?
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 29 September 2022 21:01 (one year ago) link
RIP to my NYT streak, not because of a Natick but because I somehow just forgot to do it, which I didn't even realize had happened two weeks ago.
― Kim Wipers - Youth in America (Leee), Monday, 3 October 2022 23:23 (one year ago) link
you're free now
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 3 October 2022 23:26 (one year ago) link
Welcome to the camp! One of us, one of us, we accept you, one of us!
― Misirlou Sunset (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 00:03 (one year ago) link