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Today's Puzzles / Fri., 3/15 Jack McInturff
« Last post by magus on March 15, 2013, 08:41:40 AM »
THEME:   intrusive SP changing an ordinary phrase to a less ordinary one
   
GOOD ONES:     
"500" index {and theme}   SANDP [Standard and Poors]   
Cherub?   RELIGIOUSSPRITE   
Slogan for certain Lee fans?   ILIKESPIKE [Eisenhower]    
Living in a blue state   SAD [not a Democratic one, at least not with Obama]   
Biblical mount   ASS [I was thinking mountain  :-[ ]   
Buds on spuds   EYES [liked the rhyme]   
   
BTW:   
I see Google so often that I can't spell GOOGOL. ::)   [I think googolplex was the largest "whole" number one could write.]
   
UOMO, while it's great for constructors with its 3 vowels, is a nice word, but it's Italian.   

Just received this re: yesterday's puzzle:
   51 down: DDE's home state is not Texas but rather Kansas. A common mistake because of Abilene Texas.  But DDE's Library and his burial site are in Abilene, Kansas.  Nancy F

   
RATING:    ;D ;D ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun   
92
General Discussion / Theme/Publishers
« Last post by jrob on March 14, 2013, 08:30:38 PM »
I have 2 questions. I am a beginning/self taught constructor. It's good that I am used to rejection because I get a lot of NYT and LAT rejections. Since I have one NYT publication I know I can do it and hate to give up. What do you advise that I use as a 3rd/4th... option after rejections from these 2 ?
Question 2. Like many constructors, I very often get the line "Your theme does not excite me". Any recommendations on a book that might help me find my way to a more acceptable theme?
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General Discussion / Re: Updated Word Lists!
« Last post by worldofcrosswords on March 14, 2013, 09:57:09 AM »
I just tried again, and the word list is now different (and longer, as you stated). Thanks Kevin!

- Marya
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General Discussion / Re: Updated Word Lists!
« Last post by admin on March 14, 2013, 09:00:50 AM »
Oops, you're right. I forgot to overwrite the all.txt file with all_20130312.txt and nyt.txt with nyt_20130312.txt. Please try to download again.

The all.txt file has 7,272 new words and phrases.

-Kevin
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General Discussion / Re: Updated Word Lists!
« Last post by worldofcrosswords on March 14, 2013, 08:40:16 AM »
It looks like all.txt is the same as the all.txt that I have from 2011. I wonder if there are no new entries there?
96
Today's Puzzles / Thu., 3/14 Gagliardo & Burnikel
« Last post by magus on March 14, 2013, 08:34:03 AM »
THEME:   celebration of Pi Day
   
GOOD ONES:     
Subject of an annual March 14 celebration {and theme}   VALUEOFPI   
   
BTW:   
It's good to see a puzzle centered on a mathematical concept, though I never heard of Pi Day.   
   
That, south of the border   ESO [should have used "ESO Beso" which is used in our language]   
   
Farther out?   ODDER [normally it would be "further" since the distance is metaphoric, but as the expression being punned is far out, "Farther out" makes sense.]   
   
RATING:    ;D ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun   
97
General Discussion / Updated Word Lists!
« Last post by tgray on March 13, 2013, 09:01:35 AM »
I just want to extend a big THANK YOU to Kevin McCann for updating the word lists!
98
Today's Puzzles / Wed., 3/13 Gerry Wildenberg
« Last post by magus on March 13, 2013, 08:39:40 AM »
THEME:   definitions of GREEN
   
GOOD ONES:   
In a glass by itself   NEAT [not "class"]   
Mute sound?   LONGU [I always seem to have trouble with these kinds of entries, but I love forehead slappers]   
   
BTW:   
Doesn't the theme suggest that this was a St. Patrick's Day puzzle run 4 days early?

I knew VEDA Pinson, the very fast baseball player, before I did Sanskrit.  Kind of like knowing the Lone Ranger theme before the William Tell Overture.  I'm always reminded of what I knew first.   
   
   
RATING: ;D   
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun   
99
Today's Puzzles / Tue., 3/12 Venzke & Grabowski
« Last post by magus on March 12, 2013, 09:01:08 AM »
THEME:   synonyms for "high" starting four phrases                     
                        
GOOD ONES:                        
Dedicated lines?   ODE [not phone lines]                        
                        
                        
BTW:                        
Debussy's "slow"   LENTE [I had LENTO for the music direction, which would be correct, and appropriate in English, if the "slow" had been concerning music and not "slow" in the general sense; but as it refers to the French word for "slow," it does not belong in an English puzzle.  AND if the clue had Claude instead of Debussy, I would not had to write over my incorrect answer! >:(]                        
                        

RATING: ;D                        
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun                        
100
Today's Puzzles / Mon., 3/11 Jeff Chen
« Last post by magus on March 11, 2013, 08:55:54 AM »
THEME:   I-O-U phonemes at start of random phrases
   
GOOD ONES:   
Debtors' documents suggested by {theme}   PROMISSORYNOTE   
Her, subjectively   SHE [subject or nominative]   
Bellow in a library?   SAUL   
   
RATING:    ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun   
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