There was only one actual crossword puzzle, from Peter Gordon, on the easy side. The two hours of puzzles and fun were hosted by Tony Orbach, who brought along members of his family, who also played along just for fun. Rexville was extremely well represented, with Beth Newton, known to those who have been to the ACPT as sister, sweeping top prizes in all categories. (Sorry, I haven’t done today’s puzzle yet.)įor those eagerly awaiting a report of last night’s Puzzle Wright Press puzzle get-together at the Barnes and Noble in Clifton, NJ - You will only read about it here: I'm kind of hoping she gets burnt out on the series before she falls into the black hole of Trekdom. My daughter is going slowly but steadily plowing through the original "Star Trek" on Netflix, so I have been seeing SPOCK (19A: Pointy-eared TV character) on a regular basis lately. Everything else was something close to Monday-easy. Flat-out didn't know FLANGES (it's a word I've heard but could not have defined. Wrote in LAIRD for LIEGE (27A: Feudal lord). Wasn't sure if a was an AD MAN or an AD REP (38D: Seller of TV spots). I forgot that "South Pacific" was set in BALI (15D: "South Pacific" setting). Nothing very troubling today, difficulty-wise. oh, now, come on-is it TIN because TIN kind of sounds like "ten"? That is pretty weak. I personally can't wait for the NABISCO anniversary (what is that, 22?). Or the OLESTRA anniversary ( 2D: Faux fat). OFF-PEAK ( 3D: Like late-night commuter trains) and ILLEGIT ( 11D: Dishonest, informally) are nice, unusual answers, and " ONE LOVE" has a nice resonance with the theme, but the random placement of the theme answers, and the general dullness of those answers, has me playing a game in my head where I wonder anniversary is the STYRENE anniversary ( 12D: Compound in disposable coffee cups). I did, however, like the biggish corners, which I thought were going to make the puzzle a bit more difficult than usual, but didn't. Plus I just don't care much about this topic, so PFFT. I mean, there are a lot of anniversary gifts in there, and (after 1) they are all multiples of five, so they're roundish, but they are placed in the grid all harum-scarum, and even the revealer ends up being somewhat alop. The grid looks pretty good, but I don't think that much of this theme.
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