Comments on: Sunday, 3/7/10

By: Zulema

Zulema — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:14:52 +0000

Paula, maybe you’ll read this.

I am with you as far as disliking this puzzle, incredibly busy and not satisfying, but I did solve it, never looked anything up, but for personal reasons didn’t drop it, as I sometimes do Sunday puzzles.

By: LARRY

LARRY — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:22:48 +0000

Alex – Sorry Dan – I didn’t open the details link because I’ve found I rarely understand them.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:34:20 +0000

Larry – does Norton give you any details? I’d love to see specifically what it objects to.

By: John Haber

John Haber — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:11:01 +0000

I thought Sunday’s was very easy, except for VEIDT, NERO, and RONIN.

By: joon

joon — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:06:52 +0000

i can assure you it doesn’t do anything overly peculiar, as i’ve poked around under the hood. it does, of course, download stuff from the internet onto your hard drive… which is sort of the point. but i could certainly understand how many (most?) programs that exhibit such behavior are probably not things you want.

By: LARRY

LARRY — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:13:44 +0000

Joon – When I tried to download crosswordbutler, my Norton Internet Security interceded and recommended against completing the download because the program was trying to do “some peculiar things”. So I passed on the download.

By: Jan (danjan)

Jan (danjan) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:05:12 +0000

I loved the puzzle by Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer. I figured out the anagram thing, but then when I got to A TO Z, which explained that the anagrams were in alphabetical order, I was even more impressed.

Last night at a gathering of long-time friends, our host asked me how the tournament had gone, and another of his friends, upon hearing this, asked why he had never told her that I had been going to the ACPT! Apparently, she and her husband really enjoyed Wordplay, and wanted to hear all about what it’s like to participate. I told them that they should go next year, but they didn’t think they were proficient enough, not being able to do Fridays or Saturdays in the NYT. I encouraged them to go, not worrying about how they do, but to have the experience and meet all the wonderful people who are incredibly diverse, but united in this one passion. I’m relating this because readers here fall into two categories: the wonderful people I have met, and those of you who haven’t been yet. To all of you – see you next year!