In a feat of crossword construction that is certainly impressive, Patrick Berry outdid himself. I myself attempted a feat of construction--unable to resist a possible reader-participation project:
Substitution of a pdf file for the usual Across-Lite puzzles on one day of the week meant that I had to correct for the disproportion (top of die); and frugal re-use of the back of some 'neon colors' pages meant that I had one lime-green face. All of this just adds to the character, right?
The meta-puzzle referred to a 'famous crossing'--JULIUS CAESAR: THE DIE IS CAST.
A lot of fun!
Oh, no it just ate my post!
ReplyDeleteHi, MOL, it's me, spenyc from the NYT XWD site. Dang! I had a whole post and then it told me to select a profile and took me over to create a blog I don't want. Don't you love technology?
ANYhow, as I said, I admire your Quilter on Fire. I'd love to see your storm at sea bigger, too -- is that possible? And are there others on your site...oh, I saw the Grandmother's Flower Garden on the bed in your hosue -- is that yours, or vintage? Lovely, whichever.
And thqt XWD cube is a hoot!
You can see some of my quilts at
https://sites.google.com/site/xxxxxxx/home/craft-resume
except were there are x's please put suzieelliott2011.
There's also a link to the one puzzle I had published in the Times, back in the '90s when I was an editor at GAMES. If you think that was a dream job...you're right! But when they moved it to Pennsylvania, I wasn't ready to follow.
Well, gotta get ready for a seminar tonight, but at least I've touched base. I'll "see" you soon over at the NYT site.
Ciao,
Suzie