tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post360029333277048534..comments2023-12-22T06:42:08.261-05:00Comments on Sun Blocks - A Crossword Blog by Pete Mitchell: Friday, October 24, 2008Pete Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915253628212019131noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-27599015474725616682008-10-24T16:49:00.000-04:002008-10-24T16:49:00.000-04:00i liked it, too, but it felt easy for a friday sun...i liked it, too, but it felt easy for a friday sun. i think it's my best ever friday sun solving time, even faster than back in july or whenever when "ogden porter" and his <I>playbill</I> puzzles ran on a friday.<BR/><BR/>fwiw, S()M and C()R both floated my boat. EC()SS is kind of an ugly word in a vacuum, but the way (hole) fits into it across an etymologic boundary is cool.<BR/><BR/>some teams change their names when they move. we don't have the minnesota senators, or the texas senators. and at least we're not going to be subjected to the oklahoma city supersonics.Joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825085755390339668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-46759620756192233632008-10-24T15:33:00.000-04:002008-10-24T15:33:00.000-04:00perhaps i'm too easily pleased, but this one was v...perhaps i'm too easily pleased, but this one was very much a smile-inducing puzzle for me -- because of the theme, the specific (progressive) way it was placed in the grid and because of the theme fill. found THREEHOLEPUNCH to be very vivid -- and thought not so much of the physical desk object, but more of a fanciful kind of boxing maneuver.<BR/><BR/>so -- i just had fun with this one.<BR/><BR/>also enjoyed the mini nautical theme with TAR and then the crossing of AYE and HIGHSEAS.<BR/><BR/>RAHRAH!!<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>janiejaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15129173620859824730noreply@blogger.com