So I like this compromise, a puzzle with an interesting set of themers along with some meat to its fill. It's unrealistic to expect a weekly new trick or gimmick that's never been imagined before. Sometimes I feel like I'm too demanding out of what I want in a Thursday puzzle. I pity the fools that kept him out so long. I could have done without the oddball INKLESS and THEREAT, but they do help make for a smooth grid.Īnd BA BARACUS FINALLY MADE THE BIG TIME! I've been waiting for a long time for my childhood hero to get his crossword props. Generally nice usage of those seven-letter slots, with NEW DEAL, BAWL OUT, and RAIMENT standing out. Nice misdirect, masking the fact that bugs have ANTENNAe. I felt victorious when I finally figured out that a had nothing to do with computer bugs. With a fairly wide-open grid, it put up a Thursday fight for me. The median income in 2013 was 42, 953, down from an adjusted median income of 46,376 in 1990, according to a Los Angeles Times analysis of census. Very cool that Joon was able to find a symmetrical set! But in other areas, Compton continues to lag. I've highlighted the themers below all phrases that start with two consecutive letters of the alphabet, reversed. Joon gives us a nice "what do these things have in common" theme, one I haven't seen before. Still too soon.)Īlthough there's no "trick" per se, I enjoyed this change of pace Thursday puzzle. (Please, no wisecracks about last year's Super Bowl. McDaniels isn't gridworthy, but a MEMBER OF THE CHAMPION SEAHAWKS' LEGION OF BOOM FOR GOODNESS SAKE! I can just see all the non-sports fans rolling their eyes. Wright, outside linebacker on the SUPER BOWL XLVIII CHAMPION SEATTLE SEAHAWKS' "LEGION OF BOOM"! Carr of the Boston Celtics, who won two titles with them. Choi, who won the 2011 Players Championship. McDaniels of the NBA's Rockets, although he's not a star. I know I'll get alternate names today, so let me see if I can head you off at the pass: (note from jeff: down with capital letters such a waste of buttons and ink!) and if you were a fan of the variety puzzles i made for the now-defunct will shortz's wordplay magazine, i may have good news for you quite soon. I'm trying to get back into constructing more standard crosswords, so hopefully you'll be seeing my byline a little more often in the near future. i've seen both names before in crossword puzzles, but i didn't think either was quite famous enough to be a theme answer. perhaps sports fans will know them: one was a former boston celtics coach of the '90s (not their heyday, I must say), and one is a very successful korean golfer. In constructing this puzzle, i actually came up with two more theme answers of matching lengths that didn't make the cut. with no "reveal" answer for the theme, it slots in nicely here in the middle of the week, i think. i actually thought at first it might be an early-week puzzle, but i showed the theme to a few friends and they quickly disabused me of that notion. anyway, this puzzle is a bit of a curio, but i'm glad it's found a home. It's been a while since my last puzzle in the times-so long, in fact, that i don't remember doing constructor notes for it.
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