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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on May 09, 2015, 08:55:40 AM
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THEME: none, 30 blocks
GOOD ONES:
Tight ends? TEES [not football; spelling]
Character in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" QUESTION MARK [not acting; punctuation]
Try to win WOO [not sports; romance]
M*A*S*H actor FARR [finally not Alda]
BTW:
18 for graduating high school, e.g. AGE NORM [this entry is unique in that both the clue and the answer are poor: the idiom is "graduate from" a school, and AGE NORM is created to fit the spaces in the grid.
Best in a restaurant OUT-EAT [never felt my overeating made me a winner --- thanks, Barry]
Richard BURTON also won the Tony for his Hamlet, the best of all portrayals on record (IMO).
RATING: ;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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Here are today's discussion topics:
From the Times crossword: "Grooming tool" is RAZORBLADE. Isn't the razor the "grooming tool"? Nobody shaves with just a blade and no razor.
From the Daily News crossword: "It doesn't have much music nowadays" is AMDIAL. A radio dial has never had any music. The music is played on the radio stations which can be tuned to by turning the dial.
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From the Times crossword: "Grooming tool" is RAZORBLADE. Isn't the razor the "grooming tool"? Nobody shaves with just a blade and no razor.
No. The tool is the razor blade.
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So you admit that you shave with a blade but no razor? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, that explains all the cuts on this man's face. He was not involved in a fight and you should all find him innocent. :)
The story of King Gillette is a fascinating one. He initially gave away his razors, knowing that the recipients would then have to buy blades from him. He became very wealthy. There is a similarity with the marketing of printers: They are sold for a low price because the manufacturers know we will then have to keep buying the ink...and the ink is expensive!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Camp_Gillette