Dick Yates
Salem, OR
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Salem, OR
The groundskeeper should have been 'Moe'
@Skeptical1 "untold riches" implies a lot of.
Clever enough, I suppose, but more impressive would any puzzle that does not use 'eke'.
I seem to have a knack for quickly finding possible answers for spanners - not they are often right, however. Anyone start with "youandwhosearmy" for 63 across?
Very satisfying puzzle. Initial passes yielded very little, then a couple key words triggered an avalanche of answers with no pesky last squares.
The clue for 63 across should be "short cut" not ("cut short") since the answer is "snip"
My objection to rebuses is that even when I know the trick and the answer, it is not always clear what to enter in the square. I put in "HOLE", "O/HOLE", "HOLE/O" none of which worked and I had to reveal the puzzle even though I had solved it completely.
iodine is not a mineral
@Times Rita That character is just a dash. N-dash is a bit longer; M-dash longer still.
@IvanaVindalotto I dislike themed puzzles that, however clever in construction, have little or no actual role as clues due to their obscurity. The "hooks" in this case were meaningless to me. I completed the puzzle then read the commentary to see what they were about.
@Steve P My experience exactly - best Thursday and the Z in 'sizingup' was my last letter. I find it an unsatisfying flaw when the trick is not necessary for me to solve it all.
@Doug "laminated" (put under)
@Lewis I thought it was a typo for 'Pain in the butt'. What am I missing?
The "check square" feature is buggy. It approves of a single letter when a rebus would be required. I had tentative single letters in a few squares but could not correct them to a rebus after checking them. My "approved" solution shows PTRIOTS and PULA. Those Ps should be the rebus PA.
@HeathieJ the column often mentions first-time answers, but can anyone produce a list of the most often-used ones? and then set the challenge for constructors not to use those?
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