http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/08/tuesday-3910/ The best crosswords in newspapers and online Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:05:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/08/tuesday-3910/#comment-5045 Jan (danjan) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:21:18 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4006#comment-5045 Me, too - the CS was my favorite today. Me, too – the CS was my favorite today.

]]> http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/08/tuesday-3910/#comment-5033 Diana Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:01:49 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4006#comment-5033 Totally loved Donna Levin's puzzle for it's thematic complexity, the way it works on more than one level. Totally loved Donna Levin’s puzzle for it’s thematic complexity, the way it works on more than one level.

]]> http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/08/tuesday-3910/#comment-5023 Zulema Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:51:59 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4006#comment-5023 As Amy said, or hinted at, I am also never fond of cross-references, but I ignored them until I had ....ERI and a T somewhere back, then it was just fill in. In my wheelhouse definitely, and the theme worth the minus of cross-referencing. SMIFF?? ... Well. As Amy said, or hinted at, I am also never fond of cross-references, but I ignored them until I had ….ERI and a T somewhere back, then it was just fill in. In my wheelhouse definitely, and the theme worth the minus of cross-referencing. SMIFF?? … Well.

]]> http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/08/tuesday-3910/#comment-5013 Ladel Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:38:59 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4006#comment-5013 Felt like Thurs, amazed I could finish since the topic is not in my wheel house, all praise to the constructor for a satisfying go. Felt like Thurs, amazed I could finish since the topic is not in my wheel house, all praise to the constructor for a satisfying go.

]]> http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/08/tuesday-3910/#comment-5012 Joe Burke Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:09:38 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4006#comment-5012 NYT was definitely tough for a Tuesday. Also, that was about the hardest theme I've ever seen in a CS. NYT was definitely tough for a Tuesday.
Also, that was about the hardest theme I’ve ever seen in a CS.

]]> http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/08/tuesday-3910/#comment-5010 Jon S. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:07:34 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4006#comment-5010 Tough Tuesday. I was amused to see 19A, as my younger son happened to bring home from the library "Mail on Sunday" by said artist, who I'm told pronounces this FLO RIDE UH. Tough Tuesday. I was amused to see 19A, as my younger son happened to bring home from the library “Mail on Sunday” by said artist, who I’m told pronounces this FLO RIDE UH.

]]> http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/08/tuesday-3910/#comment-5007 Howard B Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:25:04 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4006#comment-5007 Toughie, and cross-references are usually brutal, but I liked this one. Really. Except for SMIFF, which I can't help visualizing as a discount-store Smurf with perhaps a missing tail or poor paint job. Three for a dollar! Toughie, and cross-references are usually brutal, but I liked this one. Really. Except for SMIFF, which I can’t help visualizing as a discount-store Smurf with perhaps a missing tail or poor paint job. Three for a dollar!

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