I either have a horrible memory or I just missed the ones that have already done this, butĪ) I found it quite hard to suss out on most of the themersī) I got a kick out of trying to figure them outīut this was really tough for me, and I didn't finish owing to the northwest and mid-Atlantic areas. Sorry you couldn't keep the Big Mac down, that single most delicious thing on this planet! CARNAP alone would have guaranteed that, but there was a lot more wrong with this one.Ĩ:42 I.P. Well, OK I agree BIG IN JAPAN is pretty good fill. GRAPH for algebra? Calculus would have been a better choice. And how does the color YELLOW really relate to being a painter? Both of those are so unspecific as to qualify as pathetic. The weight unit of GRAM isn't really all that associated with chemistry. While I did chuckle a bit on JEANOTYPING snd PATTYOFURNITURE, that was about it for this puzzle. I haven't been that disappointed in a clue/answer since sometime in the early or mid 2000's when Will let the clue LOUISVILLE LANDMARK get by him for the answer RUPP ARENA (Rupp Arena is in Lexington, 60 miles away). But in this case I have to agree that this puzzle falls far short of the usual standards. They aren't supposed to be great works of art, they are entertainment that come out every single day. I often think Rex is too picky about these puzzles. It's a wonderful theme with snazzy fill to boot. But the honors this week go to a truly clever, multi-layered theme puzzle by Ben Tausig called " Click Language." Won't give away the gimmick so you can solve it yourself (get it here) (or click here for. Friday's WSJ puzzle (by Pancho Harrison) was as good as it's been in a good long while-it featured a nifty little "Schrödinger"-type gimmick with PRO and CON occupying the same square (PROs for the Acrosses, CONs for the Downs) (read about it here). They are probably my favorite themeless constructors at the moment, so having two of their puzzles come out on the same day was like Cruciverbial Christmas for me. Puzzle of the Week contenders included dueling gorgeous themelesses from sometime collaborators Brad Wilber (yesterday's NYT) and Doug Peterson (yesterday's Newsday Stumper). My favorite answer in the grid was BIG IN JAPAN, but only because it reminded me of college. I just learned that Rudolf CARNAP was a person who lived once. CARNAP!? I'm literally laughing at that answer. Pith Helmet ( TOPEE, which can also be spelled TOPI, or perhaps you want the full SOLA TOPEE I hear pith helmets are making a comeback, so all these answers may prove useful). spellings of a word that's Already crosswordese ( SAREEEEEE), and then apparently discovering vast new stores of crosswordese under Mt.
Actually, I've probably seen worse, but not much worse. It was supercalifragilisticexpial-atrocious. I'm just making up facts to entertain myself now. Did you know Chou EN-LAI played Jai ALAI professionally? He didn't. I'd say "glaring editorial error," but I'm reserving that phrase for when I point out that ALAI is in the grid *and* (head-shakingly, dumbfoundingly) in the clue for CESTA (19D: Jai alai basket). Patrick's Day" more than this one, and while I doubt the Irish would've been "honored" by this rather clunky offering, at least it would've made Some kind of sense. Further further, this is airing 2 months and 1 day late why? Why? No, seriously, why? Few puzzles scream "St. WILL O'TREES, MAE O'CLINIC, JUNE O'ALASKA, PATTY O'FURNITURE-none of their clues yank you away from the milieu of the base answer, whereas the clues on answers like ANGIE O'GRAM and NATE O'SUMMIT at least try (however awkwardly). Further, the theme was remarkably inconsistent, with about half of the clues/answers reorienting the meaning away from the base answer, and half not bothering to do this at all. There was never any great word play, any great revelation. It's one-note, in a way that made me dread each next answer. The theme is corny and feels like it has been done a million times. Gonna keep this short because my reaction to this puzzle is wholly negative and I don't really want to dwell on it that much.
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