Comments on: Tuesday, 1/11/10 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/11/tuesday-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: Cordell Johnsey http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/11/tuesday-11110/#comment-6933 Cordell Johnsey Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:23:15 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3049#comment-6933 Hi! Your post rocks and is a thought-provoker! :) Hi! Your post rocks and is a thought-provoker! :)

]]> By: ray http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/11/tuesday-11110/#comment-1690 ray Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:14:22 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3049#comment-1690 Very helpful. Thanks. I'm curious though, is there any significance in coloring some lines and letters in the puzzles with the answers? Very helpful. Thanks. I’m curious though, is there any significance in coloring some lines and letters in the puzzles with the answers?

]]> By: Aaron http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/11/tuesday-11110/#comment-1346 Aaron Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:50:57 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3049#comment-1346 Matt's puzzle is my favorite themeless in a long while. Nice degree of difficulty, excellent crossings for the most exotic or specific names, and what seemed to me to be a very Fresh fill; things I'd never seen before. Matt’s puzzle is my favorite themeless in a long while. Nice degree of difficulty, excellent crossings for the most exotic or specific names, and what seemed to me to be a very Fresh fill; things I’d never seen before.

]]> By: joon http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/11/tuesday-11110/#comment-1336 joon Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:09:09 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3049#comment-1336 that is fantastic news. i can't wait! that is fantastic news. i can’t wait!

]]> By: Mike Miller http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/11/tuesday-11110/#comment-1332 Mike Miller Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:56:33 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3049#comment-1332 Hi--I'm an editor at the WSJ and wanted to answer your question about our new Saturday puzzles. They will be online at wsj.com/puzzles. (in the free part of the site that doesn't require a subscription). The first one is fantastic--don't miss it. Hi–I’m an editor at the WSJ and wanted to answer your question about our new Saturday puzzles. They will be online at wsj.com/puzzles. (in the free part of the site that doesn’t require a subscription). The first one is fantastic–don’t miss it.

]]> By: Jon S. http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/11/tuesday-11110/#comment-1321 Jon S. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:35:28 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3049#comment-1321 If the puzzles lean towards sports clues, I'm all set. I got that "Hick from French Lick" clue right away. I found the puzzle to be pretty straightforward. Which leads me to believe Wednesday's will be some tortuous thing, maybe even a particularly tricky rebus - but wouldn't that be four weeks in a row, if that is the case? If the puzzles lean towards sports clues, I’m all set. I got that “Hick from French Lick” clue right away. I found the puzzle to be pretty straightforward. Which leads me to believe Wednesday’s will be some tortuous thing, maybe even a particularly tricky rebus – but wouldn’t that be four weeks in a row, if that is the case?

]]> By: joon http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/01/11/tuesday-11110/#comment-1318 joon Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:27:46 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3049#comment-1318 wasn't expecting to have to work out a wordplay theme this early in the week, but it was pretty sweet. and the jonesin' is my early favorite for freestyle of the year. chock full of jonesy goodness, and none of the "creative" short fill that he sometimes uses as a facilitator. plus, how rare is it that {Fencing sword} is something other than ÉPÉE? tyler's puzzle isn't my favorite genre of theme, but in the few CS puzzles he's published so far, he's already shown a real felicity for elegant cluing. it's almost klahn-lite. so kudos to tyler for that. i wonder if he'd be a good solver, too? wasn’t expecting to have to work out a wordplay theme this early in the week, but it was pretty sweet. and the jonesin’ is my early favorite for freestyle of the year. chock full of jonesy goodness, and none of the “creative” short fill that he sometimes uses as a facilitator. plus, how rare is it that {Fencing sword} is something other than ÉPÉE?

tyler’s puzzle isn’t my favorite genre of theme, but in the few CS puzzles he’s published so far, he’s already shown a real felicity for elegant cluing. it’s almost klahn-lite. so kudos to tyler for that. i wonder if he’d be a good solver, too?

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