Joe Horton
Alabama
I'm willing to be the first one to say that this was a show off for the constructors. But ultimately so arcane as not to be fun. But the late Eugene Maleska, asked whether it was fair to look up answers in a dictionary, replied that he thought it was since, after all, the constructors do.
Reminds me of one m y mother taught me: how do you pronounce ghoti ? It's fish. GH as in enough; o as in women; and ti as in inattention. Piece of cake. Attributed to no less than Andrew Jackson: "It's a damn poor m ind that can only think of one way to spell a word."
Anybody wanna help me understand 29A? I got from the crossing clues, but I have no idea what it means.
Tough, but interesting. Using multiple letters in only one of the answers, though, is dirty pool.
"I assumed the black squares held the extra letters...." You're not the only one.
Glad I'm not the only one who thought this was better suited to a Wednesday or even a Thursday.
@Jacqueline Cute one, boss! But like SP above, I don't get the second and third italicized references....
@Lewis For the Santa Tracker...there's a subscription app called ForeFlight--it's an aviation app. Has dozens of features that make flying easier and therefore safer. On Christmas Eve, they get very clever with the weather part of the app. They write in reindeer sightings, Santa being around north of the airfield, and the like. Jingle Bell noise abatement procedures, etc. Fun. But that's not why I came to this part. Is it just me, or the connection between the theme and the fill sorta loosely-goosey? Or did I miss something deeper?
Not about the crossword, but the Vertex puzzle. Anyone have any idea what it is? I'm totally clueless. I suspect it's going to be generational. ;-)
Great puzzle. Fun to do, and almost tricky. BUT...wait until you try the May monthly bonus puzzle. Arguably the worst I've seen in a few years.
Touches and Shuffles??? Anyone care to tell me what that has to do with the answer on the grid? I'm lost.
Hinny? ~HINNY~ ???? Gimme a break.
@gilliang Yep. Which made this an annoying rather than satisfying puzzle. To me, at least. Kind of inane.
regarding g 63, I bet they could if they oiled the string....
Is there a place to check out the grids on the monthly puzzles? I don't recall seeing that.
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