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Rating: Easy-med...Before reading any of the above:<br /><br />Rating: Easy-medium.<br /><br />Word of the Day: PLOTZ.<br /><br />Lesser known theme name: BRAD STEVENS.<br /><br />Lesser known non-theme name: TITO<br /><br />Relatively crunchy: SE corner.<br /><br />Enough.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91828221459593053102017-02-01T14:06:50.403-05:002017-02-01T14:06:50.403-05:00A long-time TERKEL fan here, so getting a dnf by s...A long-time TERKEL fan here, so getting a dnf by spelling his name incorrectly was a double WHAMMO! And TITO was TIny - whatever.<br /><br />The rest was easy and BEQ friendly. <br /><br />Now - important stuff is at hand. Shall we have the annual open-house party for BS's 2-year poetic run? Maybe someone will bring MEAD. I can take the deLorean to Futureland and invite the early solvers. <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for the partyDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84233709237357570292017-02-01T13:58:04.006-05:002017-02-01T13:58:04.006-05:00Quickly filled in the puz. Greatly disappointed at...Quickly filled in the puz. Greatly disappointed at the lazy garbage fill. Hut, soo, hah, nah, howru, and the goofy plotz. Certainly, BEQ is capable of creating a puzzle w less jargon. Torbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01813931192681953872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9178353860047451352017-02-01T12:56:38.372-05:002017-02-01T12:56:38.372-05:00IVE got a run of non-write-over days going. Found ...IVE got a run of non-write-over days going. Found this one quite easy, finishing with (and without) a PLOTZ.<br /><br />THECARPENTERS could really sing, but a bit to MOR for me.<br /><br />Don’t know exactly where to go with that FEND off clue. With ERECT also in the puz? NAH. Just like when coach Denny Green left the VIKES, you’ll find me on the high road.<br /><br />About a dozen years ago I COYly snuck into a Martina MCBRIDE sound check, occurring hours before her concert was to go on, and found a place to SIT. Listened to a whole SET before security shooed me away. She looked even SLINKIER in casual wear than in stage clothes. Yeah baby.<br /><br />Hope to make more non-w/o ADDITIONS this week, but it could end tomorrow, WHAMMO! Or PLOTZ.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56566436265541250362017-02-01T12:44:57.902-05:002017-02-01T12:44:57.902-05:00If you SKIPped the blog of @I am not a robot, go b...If you SKIPped the blog of @I am not a robot, go back and read it; every line is hilarious! Hand up for not knowing the last word across; for me the PLOTZ thickened. I like BEQ puzzles because they dtrive to USE language that is...actually USED. People SAY UHS and "HAH!" and "HEY!" and "SO...O?" And they really text "HOWRU?" And often HADABITE. WHAMMO!<br /><br />DOD is Martina MCBRIDE--also a way to resolve a MCB bloc. Enough to--nope, I'm not gonna go there. Let's just say we couldn't find a SLINKIER candidate. Oh, it HERTZ when I laugh! Birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48167340538292871402017-02-01T12:03:58.419-05:002017-02-01T12:03:58.419-05:00Remember the DATE. A week from tomorrow will make ...Remember the DATE. A week from tomorrow will make two years.BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5432362011178946772017-02-01T11:30:29.247-05:002017-02-01T11:30:29.247-05:00SHED STIGMA
THECARPENTERS have SPECs they USE in ...SHED STIGMA<br /><br />THECARPENTERS have SPECs they USE in some conditions,<br />CAD drawings and SET PATTERNS to LIMIT indecision,<br />but if BRADSTEVENS could<br />give ELIJAHWOOD,<br />can MIKEHAMMER out those ERECT ADDITIONS?<br /><br />--- EMIL MCBRIDE<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80037885343440377992017-01-02T10:45:10.405-05:002017-01-02T10:45:10.405-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.CDilly52https://www.blogger.com/profile/07727001753847073030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86049639463210302072017-01-01T17:09:34.627-05:002017-01-01T17:09:34.627-05:00AgreeAgreeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09340016892537606108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90696379733538723022016-12-28T23:42:50.195-05:002016-12-28T23:42:50.195-05:00To the moron who didn't like my criticism of t...To the moron who didn't like my criticism of those who didn't know who Edmund Gwen was: So how about Studs Turkel and Mike Hammer? Icons, both real and fictional from the long ago past. Or did you begin your education online in e-school?Outside The Boxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07701774235535205077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46579135842774136642016-12-28T18:18:03.474-05:002016-12-28T18:18:03.474-05:00@Leapster. I came across as an anchovy snob, didn...@Leapster. I came across as an anchovy snob, didn't I?....Let me put it this way...Popeye probably eats them out of a can. The best anchovies in the world come from the Bay of Biscay in Spain. They do can them but the canned ones tend to have more little bones and they don't keep as well in the fridge and besides, those tend to be the icky ones used on pizzas. The best (Ortiz in my opinion) are packed in olive oil and a jar. You can look at them and they practically talk to you. Store any leftover for ever in the fridge.<br />Buy sardines in a can! and eat fruit!GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38073516173952656992016-12-28T17:29:29.682-05:002016-12-28T17:29:29.682-05:00I'm with Mr. Picky. While everybody calls them...I'm with Mr. Picky. While everybody calls them "The Carpenters", they really intended that their "band" be called simply "Carpenters": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carpenters#1969.E2.80.9383:_CarpentersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63214738235723938842016-12-28T17:14:12.127-05:002016-12-28T17:14:12.127-05:00@Evil Doug - I think we are mostly in agreement. I...@Evil Doug - I think we are mostly in agreement. I'm saying that a newish solver who is finally getting comfortable solving late week puzzles isn't going to be enticed by today's offering to get over to <a href="http://brendanemmettquigley.com/" rel="nofollow">http://brendanemmettquigley.com/</a>. I agree that BEQ has nothing to prove, but I bet he has bills to pay. So, if you are right and he's sending Will stuff that he doesn't think is good enough for his own site, I think his strategy is off. When an indie gets the NYT platform they want people saying "more like these please."Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30306795799962455992016-12-28T16:49:35.441-05:002016-12-28T16:49:35.441-05:00Z,
"If I'm an indie constructor I want ...Z, <br /><br />"If I'm an indie constructor I want top notch work to appear at the NYTX to attract more solvers to my independent puzzles."<br /><br />1.This isn't 'top-notch work', not by a constructor as brilliant as BEQ. <br /><br />2.Many constructors would sell out to get a NYTX byline--to lower their standards to reach that large base you mention and gain the rep of being published here. I don't think BEQ falls into that category. He's got nothing left to prove, and I don't think he needs any more NYT exposure to draw attention to his work elsewhere. <br /><br />3. Wednesday puzzles are a curious creature, nestled between basic-solver Tuesdays and challenging-trick Thursdays. This puzzle backslides, while I prefer Wednesday crosswords that prime me for a good test by leaning into Thursday toughness. If I'm as good as BEQ, I'd submit only Th-Fr-Sa puzzles to the Times. evil doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593231055589228837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15911432460559003112016-12-28T16:32:25.247-05:002016-12-28T16:32:25.247-05:00The absolute and wonderful high point of this puzz...The absolute and wonderful high point of this puzzle is the clue for SHOE. But beyond that, I have to agree with those who've said this is not BEQ's best effort. Lots of partials, abbreviations, and other ugly fill: IS INTO, IRE, SOO, UHS, HAH, IRA, NAH, IVE. Yuck! And I thought both HOWRU and VIKES were groan-worthy (although I admit to being the furthest thing from a football fan).<br /><br />I think a lot of this stuff would have been much more harshly called out by Rex if it came from another constructor. It would be really interesting if he started reviewing the puzzles blind (that is, without knowing who made them). I can't help feeling this puzzle would have been less warmly received if he'd had no idea who constructed it.Happy Pencilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06817423766936668495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46187599730256088872016-12-28T15:45:26.051-05:002016-12-28T15:45:26.051-05:00@Gill (from yesterblog): I care about your Caesar ...@Gill (from yesterblog): I care about your Caesar salad. I'm on my way over, so make plenty!! PS: This Neanderthaler thought anchovies are born, live and die in a can; please splain.<br /><br />@Phil Plait (ditto yesterblog), Thoroughly enjoyed your link, although as far as not being dicks is concerned, the best I can aim for is not being Dorothea Dicks. It's a fine concept to try and show people their mind's prison has an open door, but not easy if they've spent years installing bars. For sure, it doesn't pay to kick away someone's crutch and expect the person to walk. Give me a little time and I'll mix in a few more metaphors.<br /><br />Yup, hesitation word-ladder: ERS EHS UHS UMS. Did I miss any others?<br /><br />My stroll down memory lane started with YACHTSMAN today. My little Mum would say that with some genteel Teutonic throat-clearing worked into the middle... yACKHhhtsman. And PLOTZ is a bursting or explosion rather than a collapse, so you could say that the clue was subject to mis-direction. Gay AVEC Michiganer.<br /><br />Agree about the strong taste of Guy. Hard to stay SLINKIER around the holiday foodfests. Wondering if TEARAWAY and SLINKIER are in the male-oriented category. (Sorry, @MartinAb, I couldn't help helping myself to that)<br /><br />Why say VIKES? You've saved yourself one syllable or two letters, and traded a gentle final ZZZ sound for a hard hissy SSS. Not to mention the potential for "We VI KINGS of Orient R".<br /><br />@jberg, that Z in the corner was indeed a magnificent beast.<br /><br />Maybe I shouldn't have said anything about ofFENDing in the Middle East: the talking heads are busy PLOTZing all over TVland.<br /><br />@Numi, glad you liked. I just did your 1/16 cryptic and left a comment. For some reason, your email is resistant to blandishment.<br /><br />@Tita, Anjou yourself, it's later than you think.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.com