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Title: Sat., 3/7 Daniel Nierenberg
Post by: magus on March 07, 2015, 08:53:34 AM
THEME:   none, but few blocks
   
GOOD ONES:    
Rain may fall in them   SHEETS   
High school subject?   TEEN   
   
BTW:   
"Fooled ya"   I KID [tin earism:  I KID is not used to suggest the listener was fooled but that the speaker was in jest]   
   
   
RATING:    ;D ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun   
Title: Re: Sat., 3/7 Daniel Nierenberg
Post by: Thomps2525 on March 07, 2015, 03:58:21 PM
Only 27 black squares. One was all by its lil' self in the center and the others were connected in pairs diagonally. Today we have ENERO---again!---and four brand names which used to be taboo in crosswords: ATRA, CANON, DCON and POSTITNOTE. "Leveret's dad" was HARE. Okay, now I had to look in the dictionary and find out what the heck a "leveret" is. It's "a hare in its first year." Now I'm wondering why the word even exists. Why not just call a hare in its first year a "hare"?

"Reason for overtime" was NOSCORE. Technically, if a game goes into overtime because neither team scored during regulation play, there is a score: zero to zero. Every baseball season, I yell at the announcers when they say there's "no score." The score is zero to zero. Of course they can't hear me...but yelling makes me feel better.
Title: Re: Sat., 3/7 Daniel Nierenberg
Post by: magus on March 08, 2015, 10:01:48 AM
Oddly, no scoring yields a score.