You could just leave it as ABC though?
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 3 October 2020 23:35 (three years ago) link
Iirc it accepted 2, and then once the puzzle was complete it displayed as ABC.
― May you live in interesting Times New Roman (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 3 October 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link
didn't try that!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 4 October 2020 00:10 (three years ago) link
It was In 2. The conceit of the puzzle was that in one direction the answers were a number and in the other direction they were the 3 letter sequence paired with the number on a touchtone phone.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Saturday, October 3, 2020 4:28 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Omg... mind blown
completed my first Saturday today :)
― flopson, Sunday, 4 October 2020 04:26 (three years ago) link
The most recent Saturday was another tough one, especially the SE. Nearly a DNF.
Did pretty well for Bosword's week 1!
― Fisherman's Worf (Leee), Monday, 12 October 2020 22:44 (three years ago) link
Boswords week 1 wrecked me, but I did much better on week 2
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 06:28 (three years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/crosswords/do-you-play-spelling-bee-lets-talk.html
― Fisherman's Worf (Leee), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
Made a boneheaded error in week 2. :(
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
Did the puzzle today for the first time since, well, whenever I last posted here. Seemed super easy for a Friday.
― Here Comes a Slightly Irregular (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 October 2020 20:38 (three years ago) link
Same re: Boswords. 'loci' for 'foci' and another error took my score to the crapper.
― america's favorite (remy bean), Friday, 16 October 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
oh that was my week 1 mistake too!
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Saturday, 17 October 2020 01:17 (three years ago) link
434 monday is my new top speed. I think i am approaching apex there for me.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 19 October 2020 04:34 (three years ago) link
some nice chewy answers on saturday. loved it.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 19 October 2020 06:49 (three years ago) link
Saturday was really challenging! But well-constructed enough that I didn't get naticked.
I see the Bosword standings for week 2, and they did not dock me for my incorrect answers (unless I had a major brain fart and actually answered correctly).
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Monday, 19 October 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
I don’t seem to have shown up in the week 2 bosword standings?
― rb (soda), Monday, 19 October 2020 18:10 (three years ago) link
boswords week 3 was tough, got in under 12 minutes clean
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 17:03 (three years ago) link
Tricky Thursday!
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Thursday, 22 October 2020 21:37 (three years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/crosswords/spellingbee-puzzles.html
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 22:19 (three years ago) link
i finally went back to that thursday y'all were tripping on... it's a pain!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 22:24 (three years ago) link
if you want a thursday trip, try 15 september 2016
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
will peek
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 22:51 (three years ago) link
just looked at that one again, brutal. probably my worst thursday time ever
― donna rouge, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 00:53 (three years ago) link
Oh yeah i remember that one too
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 13:09 (three years ago) link
odd wednesday
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 23:50 (three years ago) link
I had to cheat today. :\
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Thursday, 29 October 2020 00:18 (three years ago) link
yeah this was real tough for a Wednesday, also I think I said this upthread but I really hate running quote puzzles - they’re never really worth it
― donna rouge, Thursday, 29 October 2020 01:44 (three years ago) link
I forgot who carrie bradshaw was but somehow didn’t have any trouble today. am incredibly close to Queen Bee as well today (I think) but feel like I’m at the limit of my vocabulary.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Thursday, 29 October 2020 02:20 (three years ago) link
man i got SO close on spelling bee today
― donna rouge, Thursday, 29 October 2020 03:03 (three years ago) link
i realize that rex parker only actually likes about one puzzle per week, but sometimes it's funny to do one you know he's gonna absolutely loathe
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 October 2020 03:06 (three years ago) link
I think writing a crossword review every day for however many years has driven him mad
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Thursday, 29 October 2020 03:20 (three years ago) link
I never remember to check how many clues I've gotten wrong when I submit in Boswords, does anyone know of any way to check after I've completed (besides waiting for the final standings to post)?
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Friday, 30 October 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
it shows you when you submit your answers, but if you miss that you might have to just wait for the results or for the solution to post
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Friday, 30 October 2020 23:02 (three years ago) link
Oof, Boswords this week is tough, needed almost 20 minutes to solve, though it came out clean at least.
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 22:45 (three years ago) link
yeah killed me too
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 22:50 (three years ago) link
Dammit I forgot to do Boswords this week before the cutoff and so I'm saddled with a 0.
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Friday, 20 November 2020 22:27 (three years ago) link
https://www.twitch.tv/nytgames
― wasdnuos (abanana), Thursday, 26 November 2020 10:53 (three years ago) link
I need to forget I saw that.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 26 November 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
Same probably
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Thursday, 26 November 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
Do any of you guys do the Stumper? Can't remember if I asked.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 November 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link
I do it, but check answers a lot
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Sunday, 29 November 2020 00:40 (three years ago) link
Finished 137 in Boswords, that's about as high as I could have expected
the newsday stumper? haven’t done one in awhile. i love a challenging xword but the stumpers are such a slog
― donna rouge, Sunday, 29 November 2020 01:24 (three years ago) link
came across ‘org. that tracks baby name popularity’ but JAYMC didn’t fit
― mookieproof, Sunday, 27 December 2020 11:45 (three years ago) link
Naticked today.
― Sammy Agar-Agar (Leee), Saturday, 16 January 2021 18:56 (three years ago) link
50A / 43D?
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 16 January 2021 19:44 (three years ago) link
That and 34D.
― Sammy Agar-Agar (Leee), Saturday, 16 January 2021 19:57 (three years ago) link
OK I solved it after looking up 56A -- as I was deciding between CORNISH PASTA and CORNISH PASTE. (I wish I weren't so beholden to maintaining THE STREAK.)
― Sammy Agar-Agar (Leee), Sunday, 17 January 2021 02:32 (three years ago) link
The last Evan Birnholtz wapo crossword of 2020, "5x5", is a meta around three layers deep, something you don't see very often.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 18 January 2021 06:11 (three years ago) link
Here's the solution if you don't like doing metas: https://crosswordfiend.com/2020/12/26/sunday-december-27-2020/#wp
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 18 January 2021 06:17 (three years ago) link
Big fan of the WSJ's monthly cryptic, but it seems to have ceased - nothing since October: https://blogs.wsj.com/puzzle/category/cryptic/
― mahb, Monday, 18 January 2021 09:51 (three years ago) link