tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post8054487909517384452..comments2023-12-22T06:42:08.261-05:00Comments on Sun Blocks - A Crossword Blog by Pete Mitchell: Wednesday, May 28, 2008Pete Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915253628212019131noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-37831486452989841012008-05-28T13:15:00.000-04:002008-05-28T13:15:00.000-04:00Re: 48d: Jacqueline du Pré's instrument (CELLO). A...Re: <B>48d: Jacqueline du Pré's instrument</B> (CELLO). Also Yo-yo Ma's.<BR/><BR/>Did you know that Yo-Yo Ma actually plays Jacqueline du Pré's instrument, the Davidov Stradivarius?<BR/><BR/>Re: <B>24d: Between the sheets</B> (IN BED). I've heard both of these as the phrase you're supposed to add after reading a fortune cookie fortune. "Big things will be coming your way..."<BR/><BR/>I've found the fortune cookie thing is even more hilarious if you add the phrase "but not in bed".<BR/><BR/>TedTedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07628266055589274308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-38326559561982080612008-05-28T12:40:00.000-04:002008-05-28T12:40:00.000-04:00@Steve: I agree. Though I've submitted clues using...@Steve: I agree. Though I've submitted clues using degrees and had them changed by the editor, so perhaps they're considered too technical or something.Pete Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00915253628212019131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-80452701598412673692008-05-28T12:17:00.000-04:002008-05-28T12:17:00.000-04:00nobody loves cheater squares, but yes, this grid m...nobody loves cheater squares, but yes, this grid must have been tough to fill. five very long theme entries, and lots of Xs to boot. plus, look at that NW corner. not too many words fit __T_F, which is immediately a significant constraint. in fact, if you don't count partial phrases where the second word is OF, then MOTIF is literally the only one in the cruciverb database. i suppose you could argue that OUTOF and LOTOF are cluable as stand-alone phrases, but still.<BR/><BR/>i actually found this puzzle very enjoyable in both theme and fill. and yes, the clues were great. also liked the DOGGONEIT/MOLEHILLS mini-theme.<BR/><BR/>as somebody who bikes by the stata center at MIT every tuesday, i can tell you this: it is a funny-looking building. pretty cool, if you ask me. i heard MIT is suing gehry because of some sort of alleged design flaws in the building, though.Joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825085755390339668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-63193567869939146262008-05-28T10:23:00.000-04:002008-05-28T10:23:00.000-04:00If you want to see an even odder-looking Gehry bui...If you want to see an even odder-looking Gehry building than the one you included in your images, do a Google image search for Gehry + MIT + Stata. The building is real cutting edge... but so's a broken bottle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797119770533435005.post-47813780890475181582008-05-28T09:23:00.000-04:002008-05-28T09:23:00.000-04:009d: Perhaps a different (not necessarily better) c...9d: Perhaps a different (not necessarily better) clue for ENE might be 67.5 degrees, the direction of east-northeast from true north (if I got the math right).Deciminyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564328932408891465noreply@blogger.com