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Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 1:09 pm
by Bob cruise director
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:00 pm
Well crap in a bucket. I completely forgot to do the puzzle this week!! I got up from my sick bed and did the grid, but went back to bed where I spent the next three days. Aw man, that ends a 78 puzzle streak (since the PAGEANT one in Dec 2017). Looks like I missed a fun one too.
I was wondering where you were. Hopefully all that resulted from being sick was showing the rest of us that you are mortal.
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 1:51 pm
by Al Sisti
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 1:09 pm
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:00 pm
Well crap in a bucket. I completely forgot to do the puzzle this week!! I got up from my sick bed and did the grid, but went back to bed where I spent the next three days. Aw man, that ends a 78 puzzle streak (since the PAGEANT one in Dec 2017). Looks like I missed a fun one too.
I was wondering where you were. Hopefully all that resulted from being sick was showing the rest of us that you are mortal.
Oh I sure am that!
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:15 pm
by Bird Lives
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:00 pm
Aw man, that ends a 78 puzzle streak (since the PAGEANT one in Dec 2017).
This one was pretty much a gimme. Any reasonable judge would rule that the streak still continues.
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:22 pm
by Richard
I thought this was a very good puzzle and one Al would have gotten easily.
For me Jelly Donuts and Salinger got me started and the rest came quickly.
It was probably too easy to be called great but I did marvel at the construction.
Richard
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:40 pm
by CandyB
Any word on who won the mug???
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 3:41 pm
by Al Sisti
Bird Lives wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:15 pm
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:00 pm
Aw man, that ends a 78 puzzle streak (since the PAGEANT one in Dec 2017).
This one was pretty much a gimme. Any reasonable judge would rule that the streak still continues.
Hey, I've been through two divorces. I'm predisposed to believing that there is no such thing as a reasonable judge. But thanks...
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 4:07 pm
by Joe Ross
I was happy to solve this one quickly-ish, while still in a travel stupor, Thursday night. Spent some time in a rabbit hole with Ann Landers & Abagail Van Buren (TWINSISTERS), but the initials of JD & TS in mind soon gave me the aha moment. I admit having to look too long for the last "L" (Lewis), but it confirmed everything 100%.
After reading Al's post, just now, I felt that ugly feeling. Sure enough, I checked & verified that I hadn't emailed my answer, despite having an alarm set at 11:30 PM, Sundays, to serve as a reminder.
Kudos to those seeing the author initials in the two-word answers. That is a standard deviation or two beyond my ken. Then, so is submitting an answer.
Lost At Sea
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 5:13 pm
by Janet
Joe Ross wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 4:07 pm
I was happy to solve this one quickly-ish, while still in a travel stupor, Thursday night. Spent some time in a rabbit hole with Ann Landers & Abagail Van Buren (TWINSISTERS), but the initials of JD & TS in mind soon gave me the aha moment. I admit having to look too long for the last "L" (Lewis), but it confirmed everything 100%.
After reading Al's post, just now, I felt that ugly feeling. Sure enough, I checked & verified that I hadn't emailed my answer, despite having an alarm set at 11:30 PM, Sundays, to serve as a reminder.
Kudos to those seeing the author initials in the two-word answers. That is a standard deviation or two beyond my ken. Then, so is submitting an answer.
Lost At Sea
That cocktail should be one of Isaac's standards! Looks pretty, too.
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 5:52 pm
by MikeMillerwsj
Greetings--we had quite a big turnout for this elegant contest: 1456 entries, about 85% correct. 20 of you submitted A.A. Milne (no doubt inspired by AIR ACE, the answer to 3 down). All the 5 theme authors showed up among the wrong answer, for some reason weighted towards LEWIS (23), SALINGER (20) and ELIOT (19). WHITE had 4 and poor LAWRENCE had only 3.
Congrats to this week's winner: Christina Jarrett of Grove City, Ohio!
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 9:34 pm
by ImOnToo
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 3:41 pm
Bird Lives wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:15 pm
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:00 pm
Aw man, that ends a 78 puzzle streak (since the PAGEANT one in Dec 2017).
This one was pretty much a gimme. Any reasonable judge would rule that the streak still continues.
Hey, I've been through two divorces. I'm predisposed to believing that there is no such thing as a reasonable judge. But thanks...
I agree with Bird Lives.
An illness is a “pass”.
Your streak still lives! You’re 100% for 78 that you attempted in the past 79 weeks. I’m counting it!
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:00 pm
by LesY
ImOnToo wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 9:34 pm
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 3:41 pm
Bird Lives wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:15 pm
This one was pretty much a gimme. Any reasonable judge would rule that the streak still continues.
Hey, I've been through two divorces. I'm predisposed to believing that there is no such thing as a reasonable judge. But thanks...
I agree with Bird Lives.
An illness is a “pass”.
Your streak still lives! You’re 100% for 78 that you attempted in the past 79 weeks. I’m counting it!
Completely agree. Al deserves a free pass, as would anyone else in his shoes. It’s like a walk - no at bat. Or maybe a “sacrifice” would be more appropriate.
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:28 pm
by MaineMarge
Before latching onto the authors’s initials method, my most unproductive rabbit hole involved the triple “s” smack dab in the middle of the grid. Almost had me going for Dr. Seuss...E. B. White is my guy! Every word a gem. And he was a partial Mainiac too, like our illustrious cruise director. One of our garden beds is actually named the E B White bed ( toward the east). Kudos to Commodore for the Stuart Little summertime reprint. Great meta with great writers.
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:39 pm
by ImOnToo
MaineMarge wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:28 pm
Before latching onto the authors’s initials method, my most unproductive rabbit hole involved the triple “s” smack dab in the middle of the grid. Almost had me going for Dr. Seuss...E. B. White is my guy! Every word a gem. And he was a partial Mainiac too, like our illustrious cruise director. One of our garden beds is actually named the E B White bed ( toward the east). Kudos to Commodore for the Stuart Little summertime reprint. Great meta with great writers.
I explored that same rabbit hole for a bit!
Oh, The Places You’ll Go when you try to find the meta!
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:10 pm
by BarbaraK
Just heard that Pete Muller, of MMMM, wrote the WSJ contest for this week, along with co-author Milo Beckman (who I don’t know anything about.)
Those of you who don’t do MMMM are in for a treat!
Is it Thursday afternoon yet?!
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:05 am
by Inca
BarbaraK wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:10 pm
Just heard that Pete Muller, of MMMM, wrote the WSJ contest for this week, along with co-author Milo Beckman (who I don’t know anything about.)
Those of you who don’t do MMMM are in for a treat!
Is it Thursday afternoon yet?!
hope it's not about music..........
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 11:02 am
by Jacksull
BarbaraK wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:10 pm
Just heard that Pete Muller, of MMMM, wrote the WSJ contest for this week, along with co-author Milo Beckman (who I don’t know anything about.)
Those of you who don’t do MMMM are in for a treat!
Is it Thursday afternoon yet?!
Milo Beckman has published nine crosswords in the NYT over the last eight years. Some of them are meta-like, although the Times doesn’t do metas. He and Pete are likely to come up with something very creative.
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 11:04 am
by FrankieHeck
BarbaraK wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:10 pm
Just heard that Pete Muller, of MMMM, wrote the WSJ contest for this week, along with co-author Milo Beckman (who I don’t know anything about.)
Those of you who don’t do MMMM are in for a treat!
Is it Thursday afternoon yet?!
Can't wait! Even though Pete DID ruin my 4th of July weekend
Also, when is someone going to put out a weekly meta on a Wednesday? Anyone?
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:08 pm
by Cindy
Fireball is a meta today I think. But it’s only a meta a few times a year.
Re: "He's Good" - July 5, 2019
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:03 am
by Al Sisti
Cindy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:08 pm
Fireball is a meta today I think. But it’s only a meta a few times a year.
That was a fun one...