Geller credit for dropping the bogus psychic trappings. His Wikipedia page is way too long to read, but I like this line from the opening paragraph: “Geller used to call his abilities ‘psychic’ but now prefers to refer to himself as a ‘mystifier’ and entertainer.” Magician = cool.
I do like seeing it in a crossword clue though. You’re supposed to “pin” things you like. I still have no idea what Pinterest is all about. I can’t be the only person to have learned this phrase from “Peanuts.” (I might be a little biased.) I’ve never solved a “crucigrama,” so I don’t know how they handle tildes and accents in Spanish-language crosswords. As long as the results are figure-out-able. These are English-language puzzles, and I think it’s OK for constructors to tweak foreign words. Occasionally SENORES shows up in puzzle grids as SENORS, and it really ticks some people off. Oh well, I’ll just stay inside as much as possible. Actually I do have a few items of winterwear: long-sleeve shirts. And I realized that I have no winter clothes. I’m leaving for Montana soon, and I’ve still got about 37 things to do. Tracey’s Washington Post solution 12/23/12, “The Post Puzzler No. Tracey’s Washington Post crossword, “The Post Puzzler No. Once I got that, the rest seemed to unfold quickly.įavorite entry = LAMONT, the that was my opening into the grid. The northwest was the last section to fall, as I thought maybe the was NO SIREE. I also like how PATRON rests atop CLIENT, both the clue. The corners have some nice pieces too, like RACISM atop PIRANHA (not saying racism is nice, just that RACISM is a nice crossword entry), A OR B, SCOT-FREE, RALIEGH, and CONTEXTS. At the risk of redundancy, look at that wide-open midsection! In the Across slots we have SALAMANDERS, SENT TO THE PRESS, and INHERITANCE (with the fun clue, ) in the Downs we have PERIOD PIECE, RIP-SNORTERS, and SENATE SEATS, the latter of which would make for a very easy bonus round puzzle on Wheel of Fortune. The grid features six 11-letter entries that all meet up on the middle, making for a (very) wide open middle swath. And I concede AM THE isn’t exactly the prettiest. (I’m willing to accept EPI as a solid entry, but some might balk. At least 64 of the 66 entries are solid to great. Once the number of entries dips below 68, you usually see a few compromises to make it happen. Updated Sunday morning: Martin Ashwood-Smith’s CrosSynergy/Washington Post crossword, “Sunday Challenge”- Sam Donaldson’s reviewĪbout the best compliment I can pay this puzzle is this: it didn’t feel like a 66-answer freestyle. Partials TOOK A, SPACE IS, OF ONE, OFF A, I HATE: I hate one of a space, is a took off.TIMMYS + OMARS = too many plural names.
You want to loathe a 6-letter partial, but this is kinda neat. What? Aku-Aku, the Secret of Easter Island. This … is not a song I know, I don’t think. Nothing much thrilled me in the punfest or in the fill. , YOUR PLACE OR MAYAN? (Your place or mine?) The Mayan calendar cycle completed itself without incident and now Merl is unleashing a spate of MAYA(N) puns: Merl Reagle’s crossword solution, 12 23 12, “Never Mind!” Merl Reagle’s syndicated crossword, “Never Mind!”
The clues were pretty good overall, leading me to a rating of 3.75 stars. The fill isn’t all peaches and cream, but with 18 answers taking part in the theme play, it certainly could have been a lot uglier in less expert hands. I went with SHINE and had some trouble in that spot as a result. Oh! Remember Bela Karolyi exhorting, “You cahn do eet!” at Kerri? And then when interviewed later, he said that he told her it was totally up to her whether she wanted to try that second vault, and you’re all, like, “Dude, you shouted ‘You cahn do eet!’ at her! We all saw it on the TV).īiggest mystery item: 42a:, SHILO. Neat treats include the RED GUARD, the RENT MONEY, and KERRI STRUG. The longer container answers are mostly crisp: NEW YORK NEW YORK, STRAINED PEAS, and DAYS OF OUR LIVES are great. 15d/16d had WIN by A NOSE, again with an extra word. 64d/88d slips an extra word into the mix with PLAY IT by EAR. 11d/12d features DO by HAND, which feels awkward without a direct object “do it by hand” sounds better to my ear. 87d/80d yields FINE by ME (which I like-idiomatic English). Each pair with one word running down right beside another word should be read as “X by Y.” Thus, from left to right: 3d/33d has KNEW by HEART. The theme entries here are really just the embedded words in the circled squares. NY Times crossword solution, 12 23 12 “Bywords”
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