Comments on: Monday, 5/31/10 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/05/30/monday-53110/ 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: John Farmer http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/05/30/monday-53110/#comment-12917 John Farmer Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:41:15 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=6359#comment-12917 <i>A DON JUAN is a [Womanizer]. Why isn’t “manizer” a word?</i> Thanks to SC GOP candidate Nikki Haley, <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/06/somethin_in_the_water_down_there.php?ref=fpblg" rel="nofollow">maybe it is</a>: "Haley exposed as an inveterate ... what I guess you'd call, man-izer..." A DON JUAN is a [Womanizer]. Why isn’t “manizer” a word?

Thanks to SC GOP candidate Nikki Haley, maybe it is:

“Haley exposed as an inveterate … what I guess you’d call, man-izer…”

]]> By: ArtLvr http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/05/30/monday-53110/#comment-12713 ArtLvr Mon, 31 May 2010 20:36:59 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=6359#comment-12713 Gads, the Unique BEQ -- I often tell myself I won't go there, but sometimes I do. Got this one, though the initial message was clear from first glance... rather funny, going with BARE NECESSITIES through an ESCAPE MECHANISM to that final down answer ENEMAS. Gads, the Unique BEQ — I often tell myself I won’t go there, but sometimes I do. Got this one, though the initial message was clear from first glance… rather funny, going with BARE NECESSITIES through an ESCAPE MECHANISM to that final down answer ENEMAS.

]]> By: Tinbeni http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/05/30/monday-53110/#comment-12706 Tinbeni Mon, 31 May 2010 15:21:39 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=6359#comment-12706 LAT has SLACKER, NYT, FREELOADER ... great to see my current profession in the grid. DOW JONES and RUT on the same line brought a grin. LAT has SLACKER, NYT, FREELOADER … great to see my current profession in the grid.
DOW JONES and RUT on the same line brought a grin.

]]> By: Gareth http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/05/30/monday-53110/#comment-12691 Gareth Mon, 31 May 2010 07:36:36 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=6359#comment-12691 Really liked the clue for 17A... Great way to get your theme started! Had JOESOAP for JOEBLOW... subsequent googling tells me the former is not used in America. Ah. Really liked the clue for 17A… Great way to get your theme started! Had JOESOAP for JOEBLOW… subsequent googling tells me the former is not used in America. Ah.

]]> By: pezibc http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/05/30/monday-53110/#comment-12681 pezibc Mon, 31 May 2010 03:33:34 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=6359#comment-12681 Liked JOE BLOW and MOLTS. So that's how long the madness lasts. It always seems like muuuuuch longer. Without a bit of crosswordese, how many puzzles would we have left. Liked JOE BLOW and MOLTS.

So that’s how long the madness lasts. It always seems like muuuuuch longer.

Without a bit of crosswordese, how many puzzles would we have left.

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