Even the WSJ, with its abysmal record of publishing women constructors, got in on the game-there was a very nice meta crossword on Friday by Joanne Sullivan (I can't remember *ever* seeing a woman's name on the byline of their Friday meta).
TOUGH DAY FOR NYT CROSSWORDS FULL
David Steinberg at Universal Crosswords was the one editor who went all in with a full month's worth of puzzles by women, but credit to Rebecca for getting a week out of the NYTXW. How could you not?įirst, I don't know if the NYTXW formally gave her credit, but this whole "Woman's Week" event (meant to honor Women's History Month) was the brainchild of constructor and crossword culturista Rebecca Falcon, who contacted all the major daily crossword editors some time ago and asked them if they were willing to do some kind of showcase of women constructors this month (March, Women's History Month). Anyway, I would totally watch a sitcom called "The Importance of Being Ernst" if it were about a senator who talked to paintings and spent her public life executing the cruel and inscrutable will of undead Max Ernst. Maybe she is Max Ernst's final, terrible piece of work. 92D: Senator Joni and Dadaist Max ( ERNSTS) - Hear me out: What if Joni Ernst is dada? I mean, she's not exactly plausible as a sincere human being.with 50+ alums who went on to become astronauts ( USNA) - got the "U" and went straight to UCLA. Oh, and the clue is a play on the title of this tenacious earworm (do not play you have been warned): 118A: Moved like Jagr? ( DEKED) - this is a valiant attempt at a visual pun (his name is pronounced "YOG-ger") Jaromir Jagr is a star ice hockey player, and to "deke" is to fake someone out on the ice.I would avoid the answer LAME entirely if it were at all in my power.
An "É" is a different letter from an "E," so getting this was a groaner. Found RAVE IMAX and SEXT all less-than-easy, but the big problem was this stupid fabric. 61D: Fabric with sheen ( LAMÉ) - this whole section, this seemingly easy little section in the east, was a real pest.but then it was THREAT, which is accurate. 36D: Climate change, notably ( THREAT) - had "TH" and thought for sure it was going to be THEORY, and I was prepared to be So Mad.(I'm sorry, Orlando again, the comparison is unfair you were a good player)
Miguel CABRERA scoffs at your two Gold Gloves. But still, objectively, the only puzzle-worthy CABRERA is Miguel CABRERA. Miguel CABRERA) is a Tiger, and OK yes I do own a Miguel CABRERA jersey, so, fine, bias, whatever.
Yes, yes, I am a Tigers fan, and Miggy (i.e. First player since 1967 to win the dang Triple Crown (batting title, HR leader, RBI leader) (2012). Probably gonna go over 500 career homers this year. I mean, where do I begin? One of the two or three greatest right-handed hitters of this century. OK, yes, he had a nice career, and I mean no disrespect, but if you're going to put a baseball CABRERA in your grid, Orlando ain't it. My biggest struggle in the NW was also my biggest beef. I kept wanting the to be CODA (I had the "O") but codas aren't repetitions and anyway they belong to classical music, not pop. Started out poorly, wanting BRAGS for CROWS (1A: Boasts), and then wanting DAN for OBI (3D: Martial artist's belt). So perhaps this puzzle is actually closer to Easy than Easy-Medium, but the distinction doesn't really matter. Even easy rebuses tend to hold me up a little bit as I fuss not only with locating the involved squares, but with entering them correctly. I was legitimately surprised to see that I came in under 10. This was certainly smoother and more enjoyable than your average Sunday NYTXW puzzle (low bar, yes, but baby steps, as they say).ĭespite having to slow down to enter the theme squares properly, and repeatedly entering wrong answers or otherwise feeling stuck, I finished this in very good time. The "SALT" answers were ho-hum, but the "NACL" ones were occasionally very inventive. And there are only five theme squares in the end, so there's not really a hell of a lot going on, themewise, but it's enough. finding those squares, which, again, because they are all inside long theme answers that contain the word "SALT," are very easy to see. The rest of the solving experience is just. As rebuses go, this one was very easy to uncover, as the missing "SALT" shouts at you pretty early on (at least it did to me), and after that the "NACL" bit is not tough to suss out. You've got a stray OHTO or DEUT here and there, but for the most part, the solving experience was cringe-free. This is a one-note puzzle, but it's a pretty good note, and the grid is very well built.
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