Comments on: Sunday, 3/14/10 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/13/sunday-31410/ 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: SethG http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/13/sunday-31410/#comment-5369 SethG Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:19:59 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4102#comment-5369 EDDA. EDDA.

]]> By: joon http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/13/sunday-31410/#comment-5367 joon Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:57:55 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4102#comment-5367 difficult, i'd wager. i don't think you could have any proper names in there, for one thing. i mean, i suppose technically you could clue YMA as {___ Sumac}, which is one word. but i don't think i've ever seen a name clued that way. also, that puzzle would be no fun to solve. and i bet it would have one of those lame themes where all the theme clues are the same word, and non-crossworthy phrases go in the grid as answers. SNORRI! difficult, i’d wager. i don’t think you could have any proper names in there, for one thing. i mean, i suppose technically you could clue YMA as {___ Sumac}, which is one word. but i don’t think i’ve ever seen a name clued that way.

also, that puzzle would be no fun to solve. and i bet it would have one of those lame themes where all the theme clues are the same word, and non-crossworthy phrases go in the grid as answers.

SNORRI!

]]> By: karen http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/13/sunday-31410/#comment-5364 karen Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:32:11 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4102#comment-5364 The Art of War was written by Sun Tzu. The Art of War was written by Sun Tzu.

]]> By: Amy Reynaldo http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/13/sunday-31410/#comment-5353 Amy Reynaldo Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:24:52 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4102#comment-5353 Henry, your editor at the Globe is not much into crosswords, is he/she? I like long clues (the apotheosis of short clues is the Newsday Saturday Stumper), but until bifocals join my family I want to steer clear of Across Lite printouts of Sunday puzzles with long clue. How difficult would it be to construct a puzzle in which every clue could have only one word? Henry, your editor at the Globe is not much into crosswords, is he/she? I like long clues (the apotheosis of short clues is the Newsday Saturday Stumper), but until bifocals join my family I want to steer clear of Across Lite printouts of Sunday puzzles with long clue.

How difficult would it be to construct a puzzle in which every clue could have only one word?

]]> By: Matt M. http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/13/sunday-31410/#comment-5347 Matt M. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:52:23 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4102#comment-5347 D'oh! Was feeling good about my time but then realized I did exactly what Joon and Jeffrey did... a great puzzle, though, with a fun theme and JOSS WHEDON plus SALT N PEPA... D’oh! Was feeling good about my time but then realized I did exactly what Joon and Jeffrey did… a great puzzle, though, with a fun theme and JOSS WHEDON plus SALT N PEPA…

]]> By: HH http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/13/sunday-31410/#comment-5345 HH Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:46:41 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4102#comment-5345 "One thing I learned in my Adventures in Paper Solving today: Emily and Henry write much shorter clues than Merl does,..." Not by choice -- BG affords us only so many lines of text. If you only knew how many times the editor has asked me to shorten clues. “One thing I learned in my Adventures in Paper Solving today: Emily and Henry write much shorter clues than Merl does,…”

Not by choice — BG affords us only so many lines of text. If you only knew how many times the editor has asked me to shorten clues.

]]> By: Zulema http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/13/sunday-31410/#comment-5335 Zulema Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:52:56 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4102#comment-5335 Neither Story of O nor Art of War had introductory articles in the original. The first 23x23 puzzle I enjoyed, perhaps ever if memory serves. Didn't even notice til mentioned here. JSBach was my last entry because I didn't know any Jonas brothers and, like Steve, the little SW corner took me the longest to parse. And considering what was raging outside, definitely a worthwhile pastime. Neither Story of O nor Art of War had introductory articles in the original. The first 23×23 puzzle I enjoyed, perhaps ever if memory serves. Didn’t even notice til mentioned here. JSBach was my last entry because I didn’t know any Jonas brothers and, like Steve, the little SW corner took me the longest to parse. And considering what was raging outside, definitely a worthwhile pastime.

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