#Awkward radio silence nyt crossword free#

How does 'Foam figures' translate to latte art? The clue was one step too far removed, in my opinion. Second Saturday in a row that I felt the need to flip the puzzle off. Making the foundational answer in French is, well, un-English. Why not just make the whole damned puzzle in French? I'm sure with words like mer, and atoi, and amoi, and champagne someone could cobble together a puzzle with nothing but French crosswordese. I completely agree with Lena that the French (probably seed) answer was just too frigging much French. Here are some I acted now to get, and yes, I'm kidding

#Awkward radio silence nyt crossword free#

I don't want to brag, but a couple of times I actually called fast enough to qualify for the free shipping and handling. Man oh man how many times have I obediently scrambled for my wallet to ACT NOW while supplies last and get not one, but two! of that Osaka Huac Sac. Either he fell asleep or was closing his eyes, reliving it, but the silence was at once deafening and hysterical. RADIO SILENCE – a while back on an NPR Performance Today bloopers and pranks special, there was an interview with Itzhak Perlman, and the experience of performing at Carnegie Hall came up. I resisted USAGES forever because of USERS. We could say that the now-exiled guy jerks here are asses and the female ones are assesses.

Commode-hugging HUAC, man.Įnjoyed your thoughts on ESSES. Watch out though, hangover from hell is what I'm saying. I just don't get the HalfCaffNonFatSoyThreePumpCaramelDrizzleVenti people, and my daughter is one. I drink my coffee black, and yes, I'm a Black Coffee Snob. Hey – aren't there nekkid models in photography studios? Bring in the unclad now, Lars. As always with themel esses (hi, Lena), I had missteps, but today they are truly indefensible: When I finally saw RADIO SILENCE, the APRES MOI LE DELUGE jumped out, and I dispatched the rest forthwith. Signed, Lena Webb, Court Jester of CrossWorldĪt last a Saturday I could finish, but it was dicey. (Selfie stick in Wikipedia is described as a MONOPOD omg)

52A: Photographer's support ( UNIPOD) - Selfie stick or the pics didn't happen.

20A: Out-of-this-world settlement ( MOON BASE) - Is there a moon base? Not yet.

27A: Travel mag advertiser ( B AND B) - My boyfriend and I know this as the cocktail 'Bénédictine and Brandy,' rather than that B&B on the Cape (point is, 'and' seems weird with the already abbreviated 'B').

I like that this grid flips the NYTimes' 15x15 table, and I know what it's like to have dynamite seed entries demand some compromises, so please join me in thanking David for constructing a grid for us to solve and discuss. C'est dommage!ĭespite what I've said, NO FUN is too harsh. Was he huge? I just figured this would have been a phrase that is used in modern political shenanigans. I got Seven Years' War-shamed on this one. Perhaps it is my own naivet é that had me thinking this would be something we might hear tossed around, say, the Republican debates but no. I gleefully pencil in all those French crossword answers you probably hate. I will admit to feeling constrained by the single black square blocking my entry to the 'mini-puzzles' in the NW and SE- but back to France. The whole time I was thinking 'jeez, everything is so vertical! Am I a boring, horizontal kind of lady?' Maybe. LATTE ART and CILANTRO were very nice, PALTRIEST got some side-eye from me, and I didn't like THE MOB or AS A MAN (there is some unspoken crossrule that makes 'the' best implied and not seen, and ASAMAN is just another arbitrary source of 'gentle letters,' as I like to call them).Īnd was the marquee- an appropriately French word- worthy of the additional life-giving square that makes this puzzle 15x16? I'm sorry, but no. 'Oh, Villainess! Can you grab me a can of whoop-ass from the fridg-' POW! or being a normal villain- let alone pluralizing them in a crossword. Personally, I've moved beyond the tacking on of '-ess' to women who are just doing a normal job. What, ESNES wasn't good enough? Camera LENSES, even! Why not throw in ESSES ( ?D: What this puzzle does not need more of). Yes, RADIO SILENCE and PUT A RING ON IT are lively, crisp, sparkling, dripping in DOPENESS, etc., but I felt pretty meh about CAMERA LENSES despite the 'heroin chic' clue ( 38A: Shooter's bagful) and then VILLAINESSES. I've solved some puzzles lately that make good use of staggerstacks, and the first couple steps down this puzzle's stairway are solid but the ground floor collapsed under the multiple awkwardnesses of VILLAINESSES.