RPS
Austin, TX
I made today's puzzle -- thanks for all your entertaining commentary! It's always a joy reading through folks' post-solve thoughts. I've been leaving lots of replies below (and will continue to do so); hopefully they actually stick and I don't break the system, haha. I thought when I submitted this that it might be a Saturday, but the eds removed some of my nastiest clues, including: [It encapsulates the present] for GIFT BOX [S as in Seine?] for MEANDER [Software for non-Slackers, in brief] for MS TEAMS [Opts out of a mating ritual?] for RESIGNS [Noteworthy people?] for MUSICIANS I get it, though; I suppose it's more of a Friday-style grid. And the team did add some spice to the lower right with the SNEAKER clue. :)
@B Constructor here! It sounds like my puzzle today just didn't really land for you; sorry to hear. Nonetheless, thought I'd take a stab at addressing your points. :) 1. I thought it would be fun to include a personal pet peeve for the ERRING clue. 2. I'd say this clue's vague but not inaccurate. My original was [S as in Seine?] (an S shape in a river is called a MEANDER), but the eds found that too hard. 3. "The assailant buried/lodged the knife in the victim's chest." Not stretchy! 4. Some dictionaries give pretense as a synonym for hypocrisy, so I don't think INSINCERITY is far off the mark. 5. The commenters here seem largely familiar with it, but I'm sorry it didn't click for you. It was actually my seed entry! 6. Main = open sea (as noted by others), course = route
@SteveG_VA Constructor here! That sounds like the infamous scene from Luis Buñuel's "Un Chien Andalou" -- but there could be a similar bit in the original "Nosferatu" too, I don't recall. :)
@Bruce Horowitz Constructor here! I'm definitely seeing flan recipes calling for double boilers and even specifically labeled "flan double boilers" for sale online. And Wikipedia's page for bain-marie gives double boiler as a synonym. (Can't say I make much flan myself, though! Do you?)
@Bill Constructor here! I'm definitely of the wrong generation to have watched this, but your comment was a trip to read, haha. Color me intrigued (and slightly scared).
@Santiago Constructor here! This misdirect was added by the eds (I'd originally just done a cross ref with TOE CAPS) fwiw -- which I found interesting, since they dialed down the difficulty of some of my clues elsewhere. I suppose they were going for better balance in diff across the grid. :) This clue's a little loose to me, but I still like it.
@dutchiris Constructor here! Reading through this comment was delightful, cheers. :)
@john ezra Thanks for the kind words, John!
@Katie Constructor here. So glad you enjoyed it! :)
@Barry Ancona You're very welcome!
@Steve L Thanks for solving, Steve! Fwiw, I originally clued the two crossing songs as "Amorous Martin Gaye hit of 1973" and "Dolorous Gilbert O'Sullivan hit of 1972," as I liked the parallelism. :)
@Shari A silver lining, I suppose haha
@Suzanne Constructor here! Thanks for sharing this -- hadn't heard it before. Amusing :)
@Katie In the sentence "Bob called Alice and thanked her," the word "her" only has meaning due to the presence of the antecedent, "Alice," the "explicit subject" the clue is talking about.
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