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Postby Feech La Manna » Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:01 pm

Well today was the longest a Thursday has taken me probably ever
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Postby Feech La Manna » Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:03 pm

The reactions from Rex and his commenters are predictably hilarious
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Postby mancubz » Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:07 pm

Ugh I didn't have much time this morning and this puzzle is murder
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Postby Feech La Manna » Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:04 pm

Yeah I woke up late today and it was the first day I didn't finish the puzzle before work in a looooooong time
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Postby coop » Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:20 pm

today's puzzle could go straight to hell! Hated the gimmick :x
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Postby coop » Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:45 am

solid Friday offering today
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Postby mancubz » Sat Dec 17, 2016 3:56 pm

so i dunno if any of you are into rex parker but i really like reading his reviews of grids. anyways, after yesterday's he posted this:
The NYT has to stop this gratuitous use of the near-future President's family, and the ALT-right in general, in its puzzles. OBAMA (and MALIA) appeared a lot because his letter pattern is so grid-friendly. 60% vowels, terminal A—both useful features. And you can clue OBAMA only one way. Nowhere else to go. ERIC, however, has a near-infinity of other clues ... and yet you go to this smug fascist halfwit ... twice in one week!? I'm in no way saying the puzzle has a rightward tilt (that's absurd, just as absurd as the opposite claim). I'm saying the incoming administration is repugnant on every level and casual references to them (and their Nazi, sorry, ALT-right supporters) in crossword puzzles normalizes them. It's the most normalizing thing ever, actually. The banal neutrality of a crossword clue. Fuck all that. All of it. Also, I happen to know that in this case, the ERIC clue was an editorial decision, and one that did Not sit well with at least one of the constructors. I'd be furious too if someone rubbed that shit on my puzzle. Even if you're trying to draw some vague connection to Mussolini's right-hand man there at 45D: ___ Balbo, right-hand man to Mussolini (ITALO) ... no.
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Postby wintergreen » Sat Dec 17, 2016 7:41 pm

damn.
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Postby delgriffith » Sat Dec 17, 2016 7:50 pm

Whenever I spend time with my grandad he tries walking me through his cryptic crosswords and it doesn't matter that he's been trying for nearly 20 years, I still get absolutely destroyed by them.
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Postby black mamba » Sun Dec 18, 2016 4:25 pm

did anyone get the sunday paper?

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Postby delgriffith » Tue Jan 16, 2018 6:51 pm

I just started doing these in the new year. It's fun.
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Postby inspectorhound » Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:53 pm

tried to cancel this the other week but they roped me back in with a year for $12.99
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Postby Feech La Manna » Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:10 pm

It's sad but I probably get as excited for the Saturday puzzle as much as anything else these days
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Postby delgriffith » Fri Jan 19, 2018 2:52 pm

I'm not a fan of today's one.
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Postby black mamba » Fri Jan 19, 2018 3:01 pm

perhaps check out the crossword i made for our community in honour of 2018 then? user mancubz is the current champion viewtopic.php?f=1&t=115738
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Postby delgriffith » Fri Jan 19, 2018 3:02 pm

I will! I'm a certified crossword fan!
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Postby coop » Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:38 pm

delgriffith wrote:I'm not a fan of today's one.


don't think i've ever enjoyed a david kahn joint :|

I've missed seeing Barry Silk's name, he is a master constructor. Patrick Berry another legend. David Steinberg is a young up and comer

Saturday January 20 was a very satisfying cookie to crack. 1 across and 29 across were insane trivia
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Postby delgriffith » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:32 am

Something like MAMMOTH CAVEATToggle Spoiler is why I get a kick out of doing these and wish I'd done them sooner. I'm still a slowpoke but it's a fun time.
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Postby Feech La Manna » Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:49 am

Today's was a dang bloodbath
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Postby Durham » Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:51 am

Feech La Manna wrote:Today's was a dang bloodbath
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Postby Feech La Manna » Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:56 am

I didn't have that bad of a time on it outside of MG MIDGET/DRAWMENToggle Spoiler which probably added a solid minute on my time. Pretty ridiculous cross.
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Postby pantsoclock » Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:43 pm

I was doing old puzzles and came across one I really liked from this woman: http://m.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/4653697/ who seems cool.
3/30/94 if you're interested. Really liked the long word choices.
I pay tax to help pay for things like police..fire..parks..but it goes to Ferguson like people and foreigners who are scamming our stupid government that is full of pasta thieves like this guy
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Postby KPH » Sat Mar 09, 2019 4:10 pm

Feech La Manna wrote:I didn't have that bad of a time on it outside of MG MIDGET/DRAWMENToggle Spoiler which probably added a solid minute on my time. Pretty ridiculous cross.


Exactly the same
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Postby Feech La Manna » Tue Apr 09, 2019 7:45 pm

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Postby pablito » Tue Apr 09, 2019 7:56 pm

lol
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Postby deadbass » Tue May 14, 2019 12:06 pm

TEHEE wtf
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Postby Feech La Manna » Tue May 14, 2019 12:11 pm

TELIC on Sunday was some truly wretched shit
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Postby deadbass » Tue May 14, 2019 12:15 pm

I can't get past thursdays usually.
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Postby Prof. Horatio Hufnagel » Tue May 14, 2019 12:21 pm

never done a saturday or sunday :(

had a couple of five day streaks recently tho which rules for me. slowly getting better (despite struggling with some US specific stuff) is like the only truly positive thing in my life, i legit go to bed looking forward to morning because there'l be a fresh crossword lol
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Postby Feech La Manna » Tue May 14, 2019 12:22 pm

Sundays are just oversized Thursdays
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