Also liked today's NYT: triple stacked fifteens top and bottom, but all six were recognizable phrases. Needless to say, Rex P hated it.
― ratso piazzolla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 June 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
i don't hate triple stacked fifteens like a lot of people. my least favorite "type" is probably the running quotation
― radical ferry (donna rouge), Saturday, 30 June 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, me too! I find those quip puzzles torture to solve because the theme is really giving me no information for a long time and I am not at that level where I can just ignore it and fill in the crosses. They all seem to be more or less the same sentence: "Whenever I am asked blah blah blah, I always say it isn't the blah blah blah, but the blah blah blah" It's like an overlong, poorly done Match Game question without Brett Somers or Charles Nelson Reilly to turn it into something funny.
― ratso piazzolla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 June 2012 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
Early this week I peeked at the solution to a puzzle I didn't do, and the first entry was "MTWTF," and I was like, "Mount WTF? What could that possibly refer to?"
― Tom Crucifictorious (Leee), Friday, 6 July 2012 04:48 (eleven years ago) link
trying to see if i can get the muller music meta from the expert version...finished the puzzle but haven't found the secret clue yet
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
Um, Joe...
― Zing Can Really Hang You Up the Most (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
I can say no more
! ? !
i gave up and tried the easy version and still can't figure it out!
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
not seeing it either
― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 06:42 (eleven years ago) link
DO U SEE?
― He Wasn't Even The Best Drummer In The Rutles (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 August 2012 03:55 (eleven years ago) link
i still don't!
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Monday, 13 August 2012 04:38 (eleven years ago) link
nope gave up
and i just tried like 20 gaffney puzzles and i think i'm just terrible at metas
― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Monday, 13 August 2012 06:23 (eleven years ago) link
Usually no good at those either but got this one. Some clues have two answers, one of which sticks out over margin
― He Wasn't Even The Best Drummer In The Rutles (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 August 2012 12:26 (eleven years ago) link
i had a feeling it was something like that, and i see what it is now
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Monday, 13 August 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
I managed to get the meta with only the right half.
― He Wasn't Even The Best Drummer In The Rutles (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 August 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://aframegames.com/puzzles/Teleportland.pdf
― Safe European Momus (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:19 (eleven years ago) link
Did you guys do the music meta puzzle last week? Hint: the answer was not Create a Super-ILXer!
― Cosmic Fopp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 October 2012 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
did the puzzle, couldn't get the meta
― these wilburys taste like wilburys (donna rouge), Monday, 8 October 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
i got the band and three of the albums but i couldn't figure out the last one so i guessed. also assumed that all four were in succession, which might be wrong.
― zachylon (zachlyon), Monday, 8 October 2012 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
Hmmm, my first time doing his puzzles. I solved it, but I don't see any album titles. I see ebony and black in opposite positions. Dark Side of the Moon, maybe?
― obamana (abanana), Monday, 8 October 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, that was it. There is some controversy over non-parallelism of theme answers.
― Cosmic Fopp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
oh good that was my guess. the three other albums are in the answers. the puzzle's title makes it easy.
― zachylon (zachlyon), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
does it? i had no idea wtf it meant but tbh i don't like pink floyd
― these wilburys taste like wilburys (donna rouge), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
it doesn't require any familiarity with the music!
― zachylon (zachlyon), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.feelnumb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/503c5_johnny-rotten-pink-floyd.jpgYeah, I'm not the biggest fan either, apart from the Syd days, but I was able to get it. Most people were annoyed that for the other three albums the theme album described what was on the cover, but in the fourth case it was a description of the title.
― Cosmic Fopp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
oh ffs it's a cover thing
― these wilburys taste like wilburys (donna rouge), Monday, 8 October 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
do u see?
― Cosmic Fopp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 October 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
i wish i still had the puzzle up to see it, i spent a good 10 minutes looking for any mention of rainbows or prisms or triangles or space
― zachylon (zachlyon), Monday, 8 October 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
i do now
and now feel vaguely annoyed about it
i guess these are all supposed to be iconic covers or whatever but if you'd asked me before five minutes ago what the 'wish you were here' cover looks like i wouldn't have been able to tell you
― these wilburys taste like wilburys (donna rouge), Monday, 8 October 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
they were painted on the backs of naked poolside women as seen in every dorm room, shd be common knowledge
― zachylon (zachlyon), Monday, 8 October 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
Onion AV Club eliminates its crossword:https://twitter.com/datageneral/status/265821646705811456
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
Just came to post that.
― 50 Skidillion Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
:(
― these wilburys taste like wilburys (donna rouge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
so bummed
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
first i spilled coffee all over my shirt and then i saw this. hopefully these events are not portentous.
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
lame, that's a fun crossword
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
i sent an angry email about it. subject line - "angry email re: crossword cancellation".
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
new muller music meta today at least?
― these wilburys taste like wilburys (donna rouge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
dammit. that's the only crossword that doesn't make me feel stupid. :(
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
So now it's the AVCX and it will be pay to play.
― Do You Like POLL Music? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
is anyone doing this diagram-free puzzle via twitter by robin stears? i'm gonna try the most recent one out
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Friday, 9 November 2012 03:16 (eleven years ago) link
update: this is fun and hard! but i'm cheating as much as possible.
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Friday, 9 November 2012 05:42 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not usually much for non-american standard crossword puzzles but i think i should maybe start giving diagramless a shot
― GAY HIPSTER BATMAN ON HIS WAY TO A CIRCUIT PARTY (donna rouge), Friday, 9 November 2012 05:45 (eleven years ago) link
Handy link to Matt Gaffney's new site: xwordcontest.com
― Do You Like POLL Music? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 9 November 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
Which I guess has been out there for two months, but I often end up going to the old one first.
― Do You Like POLL Music? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 9 November 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
― 45 DOWN: "NYPD Blue" actor ____ Morales (R Baez), Thursday, November 8, 2012 7:00 PM (3 days ago)
― What Kind Of EOY POLL Do You Look Like Now? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 11 November 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
So kickstarter now for ACVX/Onion puzzle: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/403421588/the-american-values-club-crossword
Did you guys get the pmx meta?
― What Kind Of EOY POLL Do You Look Like Now? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 November 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
i haven't :(
― GAY HIPSTER BATMAN ON HIS WAY TO A CIRCUIT PARTY (donna rouge), Monday, 12 November 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
pmx meta isn't too hard
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 03:30 (eleven years ago) link
ugh, JUST got it and the deadline passed
― GAY HIPSTER BATMAN ON HIS WAY TO A CIRCUIT PARTY (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 08:22 (eleven years ago) link