Comments on: Monday, 1/11/10 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/10/monday-11110/ The best crosswords in newspapers and online Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:05:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: ArtLvr http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/10/monday-11110/#comment-1291 ArtLvr Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:45:00 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3033#comment-1291 In the BEQ offering I had only one letter wrong, guessing Chan and Noula for CHAD and DOULA... At least a bunch of Charlie Chans detecting something made sense, whereas Chad would have meant nothing even if I'd thought of it. Thank goodness I knew MAMET, since Mirman was similarly a blank to me. Big waste of time all in all -- Sorry, Brendan. In the BEQ offering I had only one letter wrong, guessing Chan and Noula for CHAD and DOULA… At least a bunch of Charlie Chans detecting something made sense, whereas Chad would have meant nothing even if I’d thought of it. Thank goodness I knew MAMET, since Mirman was similarly a blank to me. Big waste of time all in all — Sorry, Brendan.

]]> By: janie http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/10/monday-11110/#comment-1290 janie Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:32:31 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3033#comment-1290 mike -- it's an acronym for "American Standard Code for Information Interchange," and this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII" rel="nofollow">wiki article on ascii</a> will do a far better job of explaining this character coding-system than i ever could! it's a start anyway -- ;-) mike — it’s an acronym for “American Standard Code for Information Interchange,” and this wiki article on ascii will do a far better job of explaining this character coding-system than i ever could!

it’s a start anyway –

;-)

]]> By: mike http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/10/monday-11110/#comment-1288 mike Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:46:53 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3033#comment-1288 what is ASCII - "PC character representation" in the Wash Post? what is ASCII – “PC character representation” in the Wash Post?

]]> By: crosscan http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/10/monday-11110/#comment-1284 crosscan Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:20:23 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3033#comment-1284 If you are at a party with 5 Crosscans better check what you are drinking. If you are at a party with 5 Crosscans better check what you are drinking.

]]> By: *David* http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/10/monday-11110/#comment-1280 *David* Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:03:59 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3033#comment-1280 I have no friends named Chad, now if there were five Davids at the party, then you're hanging with the in-crowd and should definitely stay. I have no friends named Chad, now if there were five Davids at the party, then you’re hanging with the in-crowd and should definitely stay.

]]> By: Snake http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/10/monday-11110/#comment-1278 Snake Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:17:43 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3033#comment-1278 Boring bunch of puzzles today. I know it's Monday but still they were all way to easy. BEQ was a tad harder than the others but the fill was not up to his usual standards. Boring bunch of puzzles today. I know it’s Monday but still they were all way to easy. BEQ was a tad harder than the others but the fill was not up to his usual standards.

]]> By: Amy Reynaldo http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/10/monday-11110/#comment-1277 Amy Reynaldo Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:16:24 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3033#comment-1277 Whoops, TimM. Let me correct that. The Harold in the puzzle is GOULD. My theory is that Eugene, whose name is even less common than Harold in his generation, has always envied the Chads of the world for having a more popular name. Whoops, TimM. Let me correct that. The Harold in the puzzle is GOULD. My theory is that Eugene, whose name is even less common than Harold in his generation, has always envied the Chads of the world for having a more popular name.

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