Dale M
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Eugene, OR
I don't do passes. I solve by quadrant. I don't time myself. I turned off the timer. I don't need bells and whistles and a pat on then back from a computer program. The more daydreaming and fact chasing I can get out of a crossword puzzle is a win for me. I am not in a race to finish. -- The NYT does keep records of my solve times and I wonder if my deck sitting and bird watching has an effect on solve time averages for everyone. Anybody?
I am picturing a tornado at a tomato farm. SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT Onotomatopoeia!
I am kind of shocked at how well liked this puzzle seems to be. I just don't appreciate all the clever frou-frou, and the light show, as much as most seem to do. Go figure! I am a big fan of Earth Day, though. Go Planet!
@The X-Phile Thanks, X, for taking me down that interesting hole with you.
I swear there was a "search comments" option yesterday. I am not offered that function today. Anyone?
@Chin Did I happen to mention that I am an Ivy League Doctor?
@Karl M Now I feel nostalgic.
What am I missing? Doesn't the gerund "exploiting" in the clue for 1 across call for a similar form in the answer? And the double abbreviation means what? I'm not getting it. And how do I fill in the rebus? (just kidding)
My own career in electronic gaming consists of PONG (on the big console) but never-the-less I managed to piece the puzzle together. Oh, I'm forgetting pinball and "Operation." I prefer Virtuous Reality mindsets.
Just me but I don't really care for rebuses and I find that I like them even less when they are not in the circle.
@Valerie They might not get SAY IT/SPRAY IT because they are so rarely in the same room with each other any more.
Totally not pesky! + = o No Jive!
1 Across -- I have had a few copies of Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book" pass through my shelves. I never bought one nor did I begrudge the friends who "owned" them after me. Lifted is the verb I was looking for.
@Paul "The devil made me do it!" Also "Here comes the Judge!" and from Geraldine "What you see is what you get." Hah!
Has the Games editorial staff ever publicly commented on the "puzzles are demonstrably easier" phenomenon? I'm curious. Hmmm.
I do love to hate a contranym (aka Janus word).
@Bill The counselor was Troi I first thought. 68A
@Susan E It has to do with spoken English and the free flow of air through the lungs. Whoa!
@SBK I see an obvious need for a rebus (though I kindly offer to agree to differ).
@lucky13 It's a natural proclivity exacerbated by the automobile. The Tongva had a word for LA's San Gabriel valley, "yongna", often interpreted as "place of the hazes" or "valley of smokes".
@The X-Phile Please don't include me in "the rest of us." Thank you, I prefer to speak for myself.
@Lucia I came here to say just that! Now I'll start from the oldest comments and probably see it 30 times. I won't pull out my cockeyed locks.
@Anna Wilde You may have to click on "keep playing". But I'm no techie.
@Dale M Oops, found it behind the magnifying glass. Geeze folks!
@Andrew Huh! I usually say igpay atinlay. My grandmother and great aunt amazed me with their fluent pig Latin conversations way back in the 1960's. They learned as children in the nineteen-tens. Ankthay for the ucklechay!
@Times Rita For me, if writing I would include the "a" with the "an". While speaking, I wouldn't.
@Charles Nelson Reilly I think a retri. (P.S. Loved you in "The Music Man" outdoors at the San Diego Zoo circa 1972)
@SBK In regards to otro vs. otra, I've often thought that the noun in the clue should be a match in gender to the answer in the grid. Instead of Octavio's otra, perhaps use a feminine palabra.
@Mike "Tube or not tube ..."
@Jim A STOP sign means Slight Tap On Peddle.
@Kevin Steel tips are on the outside of boots not to protect your actual toes but to look purty. (Kind of like big belt buckles for boots.)
@Francis I think a driblet is the amount that rolls down my chin, a few droplets of after shot.
I think it is a great puzzle.
@Marek It's a valid nit you pick.
What a pleasant informative conversation. <&;-#
Taking a risk and hoping nobody proves me a rational optimist.
@Makynzie Hi. I didn't think it was "too" anything. I thought it kind of non-descript. Kind of meh. I don't time myself. I didn't look anything up before I knew the answer. I sometimes find the archives (15-20 years ago) easier for me, both because I know more names and argot and because I get the humor better. Thanks for asking.
@Andrzej George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, and Willie Shakespeare? I find Americans have a wide variety of things they find vulgar. It's hard to get 350,000,000 people to agree on anything.
@Dawn Thanks, Dawn, for my first out-loud chuckle of the day.
@Francis Check out the article on Saturn's rings seemingly disappearing this weekend, if you like.
@Andrzej Oh, I enjoy a twist or two (even the interesting ones). Like Asher, I'm not a fan of the rebus. I try not to be a snob about it.