Comments on: Saturday, 5/1/10 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/04/30/saturday-5110/ 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: Martin http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/04/30/saturday-5110/#comment-9634 Martin Sun, 02 May 2010 14:46:28 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4951#comment-9634 BONER has been flying under the radar for <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/magazine/08PUZZLE.html" rel="nofollow">some time</a>. Some of us have been sniggering at <i>"Making a boner may or may not be cause for slapping one's forehead"</i> for almost a decade. Is it a boast or merely reliving that awful recitation in front of the class? BONER has been flying under the radar for some time.

Some of us have been sniggering at “Making a boner may or may not be cause for slapping one’s forehead” for almost a decade. Is it a boast or merely reliving that awful recitation in front of the class?

]]> By: Deb Amlen http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/04/30/saturday-5110/#comment-9630 Deb Amlen Sun, 02 May 2010 13:54:39 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4951#comment-9630 "BEQ’s diagramless in the NYT this weekend includes both ANAL and BONER. What is this world coming to?" We would like to take this opportunity to announce that the NYT puzzle has been commandeered by the Onion/A.V. Crossword gang. Apparently, all your souls are now belong to us. “BEQ’s diagramless in the NYT this weekend includes both ANAL and BONER. What is this world coming to?”

We would like to take this opportunity to announce that the NYT puzzle has been commandeered by the Onion/A.V. Crossword gang. Apparently, all your souls are now belong to us.

]]> By: LARRY http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/04/30/saturday-5110/#comment-9601 LARRY Sun, 02 May 2010 07:13:11 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4951#comment-9601 Who knew HENRY KISSINGER'S birth name was HEINZ? Ms. Stiga do. Who knew HENRY KISSINGER’S birth name was HEINZ? Ms. Stiga do.

]]> By: don http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/04/30/saturday-5110/#comment-9581 don Sun, 02 May 2010 03:03:23 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4951#comment-9581 Amy, as a Clevelander I say ich to Chief Wahoo too. I thought our mascot was a big green furry thing named Slider. Amy, as a Clevelander I say ich to Chief Wahoo too. I thought our mascot was a big green furry thing named Slider.

]]> By: John Haber http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/04/30/saturday-5110/#comment-9577 John Haber Sun, 02 May 2010 01:55:24 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4951#comment-9577 I had "egos" for EGGS too for a while, and that and not knowing SANDE made that a tough corner, although I eventually I got it. The confluence of a baseball mascot and a fish did defeat me, though, in a way that annoyed me. It might have helped if I'd spelled ALBEN right (I had Alban), from a distant memory of a VP I'll look up right now. Heck, given a baseball mascot, it could have been anything outlandish. I had “egos” for EGGS too for a while, and that and not knowing SANDE made that a tough corner, although I eventually I got it. The confluence of a baseball mascot and a fish did defeat me, though, in a way that annoyed me. It might have helped if I’d spelled ALBEN right (I had Alban), from a distant memory of a VP I’ll look up right now. Heck, given a baseball mascot, it could have been anything outlandish.

]]> By: Amy Reynaldo http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/04/30/saturday-5110/#comment-9573 Amy Reynaldo Sun, 02 May 2010 00:38:07 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4951#comment-9573 Martin, my mom was just saying the other day that celery tastes salty to her. I don't eat the stuff myself but didn't think any produce was very high in sodium. I meant to Google that this morning but forgot. One large stalk has <a href="http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/cgi-bin/list_nut_edit.pl" rel="nofollow">51 mg of Na</a>, which doesn't sound like a ton but it's a lot more than apples have. I semi-randomly looked up broccoli, which is about the same as celery. Where are the shakers of broccoli salt? And the [Salt source] crossword clue for BROCCOLI? That said, celery salt <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celery_salt" rel="nofollow">is made from</a> celery or lovage seeds AND salt. The salt source in celery salt is clearly salt. Martin, my mom was just saying the other day that celery tastes salty to her. I don’t eat the stuff myself but didn’t think any produce was very high in sodium. I meant to Google that this morning but forgot. One large stalk has 51 mg of Na, which doesn’t sound like a ton but it’s a lot more than apples have. I semi-randomly looked up broccoli, which is about the same as celery. Where are the shakers of broccoli salt? And the [Salt source] crossword clue for BROCCOLI?

That said, celery salt is made from celery or lovage seeds AND salt. The salt source in celery salt is clearly salt.

]]> By: LARRY http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/04/30/saturday-5110/#comment-9551 LARRY Sat, 01 May 2010 19:03:02 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4951#comment-9551 Had no idea Wimbledon was in the Borough of Merton. Had no idea Wimbledon was in the Borough of Merton.

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