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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on January 18, 2015, 10:20:43 AM
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THEME: Intrusive CL
GOOD ONES:
Assure satisfaction CLAIM TO PLEASE
How some defensive boxing matches proceed? CLINCH BY CLINCH [here we get two CL's for the price of one]
Mouse user's consideration? CLICK FACTOR ["ick factor" has been around awhile]
Pen in Patna? INDIA CLINK
Brain matter IDEA
Knight in a sitcom TED
When to start driving? TEE TIME
Lab regulation? LEASH LAW
BTW:
ELHI should be suspended or at least put in Remedial English.
OTHO is not Otto, the usual Xword denizen.
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
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Merl Reagle came up with several horrible puns for today's Los Angeles Times crossword titled "Sounds Like Fun." One of the worst is CONNICKSECTIONS ("Parts played and sung by Harry?"). Another answer, BROWNIEINMOTION ("Girl heading out to sell cookies?"), likely will make no sense to anyone who is not a physicist. But one of the puns was pretty clever: "'Hey, longshoremen, keep it down,' for example" was PORTNOISECOMPLAINT.