James Curran
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So, after the thread I started on Sunday about what counts as cheating, I'd like to note that I've now done two (granted, a Monday and a Tuesday) without any outside help...
@Alan Parker I think you're missing the trick of the puzzle. It is spelled right, if you follow the theme.
Take me forever (about 20 minutes to figure out it wasn't SOMETHINGGOLD/DRAG.
This marks the second time, given the clue "Bon ___", that I penciled in MOT, only to discover it's AMI. One day I'll learn.
I'm just happy that I spelled QUASIMODO right on the first try...
@Rachel For that, I had "KNOX" which makes wooden train sets, i.e., perfect "for a budding enginneer". Fixing that was my last box filled...
@Steven M. For that last one, I tried some combination involving Margot Robbie and broccoli rabe.
My first thought for Ra's tears was SEAS, which, oddly turned up elsewhere in the grid. But the really odd thing is that's not the first time that's happened -- this week.
@Strudel Dad "SINKS LIKE A STONE" over "DROPS..." had me stuck for a while.
I want to ask the collective mind here.... What do you consider "cheating" on a crossword puzzle? Personally, I consider any resource other than the actual solution fair game, so I'm regularly using Google,IMDB, Bing Translate etc. (I note that there are a large number of websites that will give you any single clue, which is still cheating, but not as bad as looking at a full filled-in grid)
@RI guy I felt the same way about a puzzle referencing Alice Cooper *and* Adam ANT.
I've seen several references here noting it's a "Thursday puzzle". Is there anything special about Thursday puzzles in particular? (Beyond harder-than-Wednesday/easier-than-Friday?)
@Lin MYST isn't one of the starred clues.
@Stefan Lorenzo's Mom I use "curly braces" { } (soft Ses represent soft curves), "square brackets" [ ] (hard Cs represent hard edges), and "angle brackets" < >. (Computer programmer, who does a bit of teaching)
@Bruno ok, basic rules of Pig Latin. Move the first letter (or letter cluster) to the end Add "ay" So my name become Amesjay Urrancay. However, the clue is a special case, since to only times I've hear people use "nix" to mean "no" is when it's translated into Pig Latin.
Ok, I'm lost. Could someone explain what a HEAD DANCER has to do with powwows?
I'm not a music expert, but isn't [One step down from F] actually F FLAT (or E SHARP)?
@Steve L As I understand it, Germans don't distinguish between "a" and "one". The difference is among gender and case (Masc, Nominative: ein, Genitive:eines: Feminine, Nom: eine, Gen: einer)
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