tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post6897015843501145532..comments2023-12-22T06:42:08.261-05:00Comments on Sun Blocks - A Crossword Blog by Pete Mitchell: Monday, July 21, 2008Pete Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915253628212019131noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-89410972348331768332008-07-21T18:18:00.000-04:002008-07-21T18:18:00.000-04:00What ruy said.What ruy said.Cross-Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12609553622453527202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-69445929105187375932008-07-21T16:31:00.000-04:002008-07-21T16:31:00.000-04:00A somewhat pedestrian theme, so to speak, and CYCL...A somewhat pedestrian theme, so to speak, and CYCLER made me cringe a bit (though I guess at least that wasn't a pedestrian word). But a pretty clean puzzle, nice and light on the abbr.s, straightforward like a Monday should be.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if the composer has had some recent dental trauma; I couldn't help notice AGONY sitting right on top of ROOTCANAL in the NW corner, with MEDIC serving as the frosting on top.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-88332610331227068992008-07-21T12:09:00.000-04:002008-07-21T12:09:00.000-04:00i'm not a new yorker either, but i've been there e...i'm not a new yorker either, but i've been there enough to know of these streets. the only one that didn't ring a bell was SPRING; checking a map, it seems to be the street that meets up with CANAL at the holland tunnel. another nice thing tightening this theme is that all five are E-W streets south of houston. (of course, most of the streets north of houston aren't named anyway. but still.) it would have been an interesting editorial decision whether to include HOUSTON itself--there's a difference in pronunciation between the new york street and the texas city (or anything else named after sam houston).<BR/><BR/>overall it was a really nice monday puzzle. DHOTI seemed only vaguely familiar and i needed all the crosses. TENET and ROBB seemed not at all familiar. (i remember <I>bridge to tarabithia</I> the book, but apparently ms ROBB is a child actress from the 2007 movie, which escaped my attention.)<BR/><BR/>i loved EULER and guitar HERO. wasn't as big a fan of CYCLER, but it seems to be in the dictionary. (there's no difference with CYCLIST.) the clue for CANTOR seemed overly specific--many christian churches also have cantors, who sing in english or spanish or latin or whatever language the songs are in.Joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825085755390339668noreply@blogger.com