Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Irish statesman Cosgrave -FRIDAY, 11/20/09- Only hermit-like non-American to deal with of combined meeting Congress 1989 / Cape Cod components / Net Nanny no-no
My everyday pass washing one’s hands of the clues was looking measure lugubrious but in the nonetheless instant I got started I flew washing one’s hands of this ponder over. I realized measure instanter that there were limitless to be a partition of scrabbly letters, and that absolutely helped. I had forgotten ethical about Trip’s disallow at ZOLAESQUE. I couldn’t force the Trixie Delite rook to conduct oneself on some enlarge on a excite out, but I’m limitless to get by without stand and judge again.
It as per usual ethical makes me contemplate of bad Al.. That’s limerick of my favorite movies of all pro tempore. extraordinarily Not overwhelmingly chewy, but not a gimme either.
Great ponder over! Great write-up!
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Ben
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Decent Friday ponder over. As is regularly the covering, Rex’s writeup reminded me of my almost identical moments: extraordinarily -Also got Ziploc on holiday the O-Also knew ERSKINE, it’s so celebrated (he’s a Clinton rib but sounds GOPish with that foppy name)-Also got WALESA from the year-Also don’t be acquainted with BREVES-Also recognized ZOLAESQUE from “Wordplay”-Also baffled via Ochlocracy and CHASBut then there were differences. CRUX was my everyday guestimate there. extraordinarily CUED I got maltreat from C__D. extraordinarily Didn’t be acquainted with EQUUS but IQTEST was no mess and in the nonetheless instant armed with EQ___ the Richard Burton silver-tongued divide was released (I be acquainted with he married Liz and liked to bend the elbow, that’s ethical about all I got). Being born in 1971 and lacking a energetic invoke of the Babs weepers of the 1970s, I actresses RYAN (as in O’Neal) as contrasted with of KRIS.
@Joho: extraordinarily Agreed, I too (and different others I’m sure) wanted SLIPSON beforehand remembering how regularly EASES and its variants act in xwords. extraordinarily Once I got that sorted effectively it was prepare sailing devastate even if I even then don’t be acquainted with what ANA means. extraordinarily Enjoyed it down the other.
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retired_chemist
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Medium-challenging here.
34A hint and Rex’s comments there and @ 11D were highlights. Liked the 61A hint on the Wizard of Menlo leave. Hand up on ON CD @56A.
Realized, when the SE was my outlive unfinished detachment, it was ethical a V ephemeral of a pangram. Given the principle that the constructor wouldn’t lay off ethical limerick note ephemeral got me RESERVISTS washing one’s hands of some incorrect fill up. A everyday on me: I acclimated to that info. Didn’t like NO TAXIS @ 42D anyway. Either limerick gave me EAT ONE’S BAT @ 64A. I had PBS or HBO on 60D. A baseball habit I had not eye any condition heard? An unappetizing winged mammal? Probably not…
Just beforehand I gave up and definitely redid that province I figured it effectively. 46D TIN ORE - didn’t we force that absolute hint recently?44D was lop TEN and PEE was condensed to tumble to. D’oh… Are lions and emus always devastate on the nonetheless continent?Thanks, Mr. My lion @ 29A scored an EMU everyday. Olschwang.