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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on October 12, 2012, 09:43:48 AM
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Possible Title: Writers Unmanned
Theme: MAN removed from writers’ first names [I once did a 21x21 with first names of greats changed to nicknames, e.g., Lenny DaVinci]
Good Ones:
H.G. Wells classic {and theme} THEINVISIBLEMAN
Kiss offerer HERSHEY
It didn’t get its number until 1939 WWI [I thought atomic numbers]
Lines at the hosp. EEGS
Mobile home?: Abbr. ALA
Hard part of mathematics CEE [the C in the word]
Actually, the cluing throughout was fun.
By the Way:
Cowboy Tony ROMO [I’m so old I thought cowboy + Tony = Tom Mix’s horse]
I had hoped we might get a Columbus Day theme today, but I don't think it's a holiday politically acceptable to the media and academia.
Who knew?:
There was a book called The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven, never mind who wrote it.
Some Nits to Pick:
ESA
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