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“immix” seemed wrong even with clear crosses “shinned” seemed wrong with less clear crosses i thought “naked sun” and “raki” were right, but wasn’t sure didn’t know if it was “pia” or “pua” “gamma” didn’t seem right had no idea about “marta” “rash” had to be right but i don’t know how you can defend the clue “tara” seemed right but wasn’t sure didn’t know “arie” in the end, after going through again and again for an hour and a half, it turned out joy’s last name is spelled “behar” and not “bahar.” ok i could have/should have known these. but the sheer number of questionable entries made sifting through to find the one mistake a huge pain. it’s not fun or satisfying to me to finish a crossword like this. i would never finish it on paper.
@Ned S difficult in a way that i didn't find interesting, challenging, or entertaining. that's just my opinion. i don't think anything was indecent.
@Steve L why do you feel the need to respond to almost every person who says this was hard for them to rub in in their face? i truly don't get it. this was not a difficult puzzle, but it was definitely trickier than typical mondays.
stadium sales = gate? does that make sense somehow?
i don’t understand 42A. like “i have you now!”? but to have and to catch are not the same thing. like an outfielder? “williams has it for the third out.” that’s a big stretch. what am i missing?
@Pax Ahimsa Gethen but like with a criminal, to catch a cold is different than to have a cold. they do not mean the same thing. it's not a big deal but it seems wrong to me.
@HeathieJ i don't think that's quite right. they don't have to mean the exact same thing, but some version of it has to exactly match the usage. "she catches a cold" and "she has a cold" do not ever mean the same thing. if the answer were "gets," it would make sense. but "has" does not. again, it's nitpicky, but unless we're all missing something else, i have a problem with this clue.
@Barry Ancona i don’t usually disagree with you, but i do here. to catch is to acquire, to have is to possess. if she BUYS a car, she HAS a car. if he GROWS a beard, he HAS a beard. i don’t think you would accept those clue/answer pairs.
@Barry Ancona i don’t think there has to be perfect substitution. but here they are essentially clueing “gets” for “has,” and i maintain that is incorrect. though, again, nitpicky. can you point to another clue/answer that’s similarly disjointed, without a “?”?
@Laura Stratton this is a surprisingly controversial opinion here. personally i think people can play however they like, and all of us who play online have a bit of help (it tells us whether we solved it and we can fix mistakes if not). but i wouldn't feel very good about myself if i claimed to "solve" something i had to look up.
@Steve L maybe it's generational then because i have never heard or read it before. that and "hecka" were pretty big stretches imo.
@Barry Ancona you’re right, but that’s a different type of clue. same with 15A and others. i would argue when it’s a simple clue like “catches,” the answer does have to be able to substitute in some form. i can’t remember any other clue like 42A where the answer always means something different than the clue.
@Ian it's not possible to have a beard without growing it. it's not possible to have a wife without marrying her. it's not possible to have genes without inheriting them. etc etc. i get that i'm nitpicking, but i really do think this is a bad clue. to get and to have are not the same thing.
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