Paul Stoddard
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I personally want to thank Bugs Bunny (and Yosemite Sam) for help with the hasenpfeffer clue.
As someone who has tried his hand a crossword construction (many submissions, no acceptances :-( alas) I am often awe-struck at the ability of successful constructions, especially on Thursdays. Today's is a perfect example. Not only working out the long answers (albeit broken by black squares) but to hide HORSES in them, and still maintain symmetry. Bravo!
FBOMB, ARTSY FARTSY, PITSTAIN. Anyone else find today's puzzle just a little on the crude side?
@Mean Old Lady Among we geologists, OUTCROP is the common way to refer to an outcropping, as in, "Stop the car! I have to take a close look at that outcrop along side the road!" Although, strickly speaking, among geologists at any rate, an outcrop is any rock feature that is not covered by all that green nonsense. And after the snub we get from Sam over at Spelling Bee, I'm thrilled whenever a geology term shows up in the crossword.
I thought there might be a lot of complaints about this one, but I really enjoyed it, once I figured out the trick. Thursday puzzles tend to be the most fun, imho, and this was right up there. A couple of somewhat obscure answers made it more difficult, especially with the circles complicating things, but in the end, a fun fill.
Overall, a fine Monday puzzle. My one nit (and honestly, would I chime in without a nit to pick?): Tsunamis have nothing to do with tides or tidal forces. Tsunami = tidal wave is a common misconception which shouldn't be reinforced by the New York Times, its puzzles, or its puzzle editors. Thank you for your attention in this matter. PRS
I'd love to see a scene where someone yells out "Phone call for Mr. Bean! Phone call for Mr. Bean!" and Sean Bean and Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) show up. Hilarity would be guaranteed to ensue.
@Vaer If you want to keep the food theme for the week, Wednesday is "Prince spaghetti day."
I've always thought of "movable feast" in spatial, not temporal, terms (perhaps because of the local catering company of that name). Thus sometimes Passover seder would be at Rachel's, other times at Moishe's. Likewise Easter dinner was usually at Aunt Grace's house, but occasionally at Florence and Ernest's. We always spent Christmas at home. Did anyone else have 39A and 67A highlighting each other? I'm assuming that was a glitch in the matrix...
@Jerry Right year, wrong school, wrong height, wrong build, wrong hair, correct temperment.
@Lpr A pool for the dead. All good mansions should have a pool.
Somewhat easy for a Wednesday, but cute, nevertheless. My one nit - and I realize this is a long lost cause - but SPIKE should refer to a sudden increase immediately followed by a sudden decrease. A sudden increase where things go back to the pre-existing trend, should be called a STEP. Think about how these would look on a graph...
@Paul Stoddard *whose, not who's. I am going away now and finishing my coffee. smh.
@Steve After not getting the happy music upon completion, I tried various ways of filling out the rebuses (rebi?), finishing with a slash between the states. Once I realized where the real mistake was (Kamal, not Komal) I got the happy music with the slashes still there.
@Erick Thanks. But the other two themed entries (PENPAL, SCHOOLMATE) make sense as valid entries without the theme. How does WARRENG do so? Clued as ____ Harding? Pretty weak, IMHO.
Not to change the subject, well actually YES, to change the subject: 26A is a new one to me. Where does it come from?
Cute puzzle today. Nice theme for a summer Tuesday. On a different note, was there a Midi today? Yesterday we were promised a week's worth with a phrase from letters from the week's puzzle. I can't find it anywhere.
@Jason Do people tend to be more clean-shaven there?
@Vicky Would that I could. I came here to ask exactly the same question!
@Paul Stoddard Never mind. I see the difference. Oh, and I guess I should have issued a spoiler alert for the previous answer. Sorry to anyone who's day's now been spoiled.
@SP Thanks for the encouragement!
@Dan Have you read LOTR? If so, you should remember that Legolas was a SYLVAN elf, of the WOODLAND realm.
@D. Allard Thank you. New definition (to me) for the first half of the phrase.
@Vaer There's a mistake. One of the answers doesn't fit the spangram.
@Barry Ancona That's only because of all the fine-trimmed lawns on the Gisland. (More, I dare say, than I ever saw from a taxi in 'Frisco no matter how hard it was raining there).
@Barry Ancona Atlas is there too. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(statue" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(statue</a>)
@Steve L Well that makes sense now, doesn't it? Thanks!
@Shari Coats, What JohnWM said.
@Ms. Billie M. Spaight Sorry, Lord Of The Rings, the Tolkien trilogy.
@SBK in TO So perhaps, until the future arrives (as it inevitably does), we could use STIKE or SPEP?
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