tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post3596249756892320717..comments2024-03-07T21:45:59.348-07:00Comments on Madness...Crossword and Otherwise: Thursday, December 27 - Jim LeedsLinda Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-38167201458711323812008-03-01T14:59:00.000-07:002008-03-01T14:59:00.000-07:00I'd like to thank all of you for such edifying app...I'd like to thank all of you for such edifying appraisals of my 12/27 NYT crossword, C-PLUS.<BR/><BR/>All best wishes<BR/><BR/>Jim Leeds<BR/>goodoljimbo@yahoo.com<BR/>(I've lots of fun published puzzles for you to unravel, if you'd like)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095256620471661737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-46614015330238817972007-12-27T20:05:00.000-07:002007-12-27T20:05:00.000-07:00Yep...Art Fleming. Boy, do I feel old now!I guess...Yep...Art Fleming. Boy, do I feel old now!<BR/><BR/>I guess I'd better get back to Free Rice on a regular basis...and I still need to put a link in the sidebar.<BR/><BR/>Off to download the Friday puzzle.Linda Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-56042515223555855242007-12-27T19:23:00.000-07:002007-12-27T19:23:00.000-07:00I loved this rough, tough puzzle. It seems to me ...I loved this rough, tough puzzle. It seems to me that there were so many answers that were lurking in my subconscious, words I just barely know, waiting to be dug out by cross clues. Such reward when they emerged! My favorite clue: "'Starts with F' for a thousand _________"Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876710889006221749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-40710527238834363172007-12-27T11:08:00.000-07:002007-12-27T11:08:00.000-07:00Tough puzzle! It took me 30 minutes and some googl...Tough puzzle! It took me 30 minutes and some googling to finish. Loess and hebdomadally didn't give me any trouble because I've been doing the vocabulary test over at Free Rice every day and it's really paying off.<BR/><BR/>I had heard the phrase fobs off, but it took me forever to get it. It wasn't until I guessed at the oboe that it fell into place. <BR/><BR/>Also got hung up on who had won the Oscar for best actor three time. Tried so hard to make Jack Nicholson fit in some way because I knew he has three Oscars ... but it turns out that one of them is for best supporting actor. <BR/><BR/>Had never heard the term far point, or of Jess Willard, and OPA gave me a bit of trouble.<BR/><BR/>Linda, not only is Anya Seton's name lovely, but she was a very talented author as well. She wrote historical novels like <B> Green Darkness</B>, <B>The Winthrop Woman</B>, and my favorite, <B>Katherine</B>.MBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315707409179428435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-60730706663574254782007-12-27T09:50:00.000-07:002007-12-27T09:50:00.000-07:00Linda,I too had issues with "fobs" as I know it as...Linda,<BR/><BR/>I too had issues with "fobs" as I know it as the watch chain pocket. But checking Webster's reveals a second definition:<BR/><BR/>Main Entry: fob off<BR/>Function: transitive verb<BR/>1 : to put off with a trick, excuse, or inferior substitute <BR/>2 : to pass or offer (something spurious) as genuine <BR/>3 : to put aside now fob off what once they would have welcomed eagerly -- Walter Lippmann<BR/><BR/>NormanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-77273620096655073102007-12-27T09:20:00.000-07:002007-12-27T09:20:00.000-07:00My LORAN, which I use hebdomadally, sometimes gets...My LORAN, which I use hebdomadally, sometimes gets screwed up by loess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-52847073908762631252007-12-27T09:14:00.000-07:002007-12-27T09:14:00.000-07:00Linda, are you thinking of Art Fleming as the firs...Linda, are you thinking of Art Fleming as the first Jeopardy host?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-49839861472432793732007-12-27T09:06:00.000-07:002007-12-27T09:06:00.000-07:00Difficult puzzle. Must figure out a way to use heb...Difficult puzzle. Must figure out a way to use hebdomadally and loess in a sentence - never heard of these words, or LORAN for that matter. 7D I wanted figgy, but remembered the rhyme:<BR/><BR/>Pease pudding hot, pease pudding cold<BR/>Pease pudding in the pot nine days old.<BR/>Some like it hot, some like it cold.<BR/>Some like it in the pot nine days old.<BR/><BR/>Cheersbougeottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16492365757001191012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-33841239167633503562007-12-27T08:40:00.000-07:002007-12-27T08:40:00.000-07:00The RAKE is used to sweep the chips off of a Roule...The RAKE is used to sweep the chips off of a Roulette table.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com