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PUZ, August 2020
Badir:
Thanks, Glenn!
Alas, I don't remember how to get this to work correctly. I'm using a Mac and made a file using TextEdit, which saves as RTF. I made sure that there was a <return> at the end of the last line, and I changed the .rtf suffix to .puz, but AcrossLite still thinks it's a corrupted file. Can anyone remind me what I have to do to get it to work?
Thanks!
David
Glenn9999:
--- Quote from: Badir on August 13, 2020, 09:17:48 PM ---Thanks, Glenn!
Alas, I don't remember how to get this to work correctly. I'm using a Mac and made a file using TextEdit, which saves as RTF. I made sure that there was a <return> at the end of the last line, and I changed the .rtf suffix to .puz, but AcrossLite still thinks it's a corrupted file. Can anyone remind me what I have to do to get it to work?
Thanks!
David
--- End quote ---
I'm not sure how it works on a Mac. But basically on the PC Side:
1) Copy the script contents of post to a text editor (Notepad on Windows).
2) Save as regular ASCII Text file (*.TXT). Like with the one I'm likely going to be posting in a couple of hours you can use LAT200814.TXT.
3) Load the regular TXT file up in Across Lite. If everything was copied right and saved in the right format it'll work. You can use Across Lite from there if you want to save a PUZ version like what you would normally download off of this site.
Glenn9999:
<ACROSS PUZZLE V2>
<TITLE>
LA Times, Fri, Aug 14, 2020
<AUTHOR>
Jerry Edelstein / Ed. Rich Norris
<COPYRIGHT>
© 2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
<SIZE>
15x15
<GRID>
FUJI.BOOTED.DAD
OMEN.LAMONT.EWE
PASSEDTENTS.BAS
..TONG.GAR.CASK
GUILT.MALEBACHS
AMNESIA...ELLIE
MPG..GIVE.EVENT
...PLANESITE...
DOBIE.SEPT..LAP
ENOLA...YESMAAM
FOWLPOLLS.OATHS
ARTS.PEA.INGE..
CDI.BRAKINGGNUS
TEE.TAVERN.ICKY
ORS.WHERES.EYED
<ACROSS>
Peak on the 1,000-yen note
Kicked
__ bod
Sign not always recognized
"Sanford and Son" son
Wool coat wearer
Drove by the campsite?
Hist. majors' degrees
Half a cocktail hour pair
Needlefish
Winery sight
It may be proven in court
Johann Sebastian and Johann Christian?
Soap opera plot staple
Kemper who plays Kimmy Schmidt
Car stat
Buckle
Big game, say
Carpenter's work station?
Scotch-Brite cleaning product
9, at times: Abbr.
Race unit
First name on a 1945 bomber
Polite response
Bird popularity surveys?
Presidents take them
Song and dance
Pod resident?
"Picnic" dramatist
Fifth-century date
Wildebeests coming to a screeching halt?
Get ready to drive, with "up"
Place for a shot
Distasteful
Surg. facilities
Location query opener
Viewed warily
<DOWN>
Dandy
Thurman of the 2005 film "Prime"
Having fun
Shoe part
Apt. house
__ grass
Breitling competitor
Relating to pitches
Between, in Brest
Drying-out hurdle
Total disaster
Loaded with
It might contain an inbox
Tolkien creatures
Have a cow
School of whales
Foul line watcher, at times
Water conduits
Red-rooted plant, usually
Food chain letters
Flying formation
Athletic awards
Some tablets
It may be quantum
Resident's suffix
In reality
Awaiting shipment
Donald Duck and Winston Churchill wear them
Bulbs' pre-bloom condition
Sound of delight
U.K. leaders
Musical number
Smith who played Violet on "Downton Abbey"
Part of OWN
Go
James, since 2018
1,000+ Holidays
Texter's "just so you know"
Wrath
Hawaiian strings
Barrett of Pink Floyd
Glenn9999:
<ACROSS PUZZLE V2>
<TITLE>
LA Times, Sat, Aug 15, 2020
<AUTHOR>
Christopher Adams / Ed. Rich Norris
<COPYRIGHT>
© 2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
<SIZE>
15x15
<GRID>
..BETACAM.ALBUM
.SOMBRERO.BOOTY
CHOOSINGUPSIDES
RATT..TONE.NERO
AMOEBAS.TTS.RUN
SEURAT.WEENIES.
HST.YACHTROCK..
...NONBINARY...
..TONYSTARK.DPS
.IMMERSE.NEWERA
HMO.TAP.SOLITON
ABBA.TOSH..LEND
TRIGGERWARNINGS
EULER.TAKEBETS.
REESE.SPYWARE..
<ACROSS>
Sony videocassette brand developed in 1982
Wedding memento
Wide-brimmed hat
Plunder
Making teams, in a way
"Out of the Cellar" rock band
Hit the gym, with "up"
Last ruler of the Julio-Claudian dynasty
Organisms that move via pseudopodia
Sporty Audis
A show may have a long one
French pointillist
Cookout options
Honolulu setting: Abbr.
Genre originally called the West Coast Sound
Gender identity spectrum
"I am Iron Man" speaker
MLB "twin killings"
Involve deeply
Exclusive MLB cap supplier
Med. insurance plan
["Is this thing on?"]
Wave that maintains its shape and speed through collisions
Swedish pop band
Peter of reggae
Advance
Alerts about potentially disturbing content
"Elements of Algebra" author
Emulate a bookie
Dodger Pee Wee
Sneaky programs
<DOWN>
Eject
Glowing star, say?
"Full Frontal" network
NL West team, on scoreboards
Pair in a view?
2012 Affleck thriller
Hephaestus' workshop was said to be under it
Pilates targets
Butcher buy
"10" co-star
Development site
Last words of Kipling's "If—"
Disgraces
Computer problem
Longtime New Yorker cartoonist
Sharp weapon
"Regardless ... "
Diving device
Wintry, in a way
Wintry, in a way
Longtime Masters TV venue
Snarfing sound
It acquired the naming rights for the former Safeco Field
Cold War warm-up
Fine points
Smooths, in a way
Saturate
More cunning
Twitter malcontent
Unstable
Rusts or grays
Quid pro quo
Its General Test consists of six sections: Abbr.
Fire TV button: Abbr.
Kawhi Leonard's org.
Badir:
Thanks!
The two keys were
1) Save as .txt, not .puz.
2) Use something like Emacs to save without all the extra formatting characters.
I'm not sure how it works on a Mac. But basically on the PC Side:
1) Copy the script contents of post to a text editor (Notepad on Windows).
2) Save as regular ASCII Text file (*.TXT). Like with the one I'm likely going to be posting in a couple of hours you can use LAT200814.TXT.
3) Load the regular TXT file up in Across Lite. If everything was copied right and saved in the right format it'll work. You can use Across Lite from there if you want to save a PUZ version like what you would normally download off of this site.
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