This post is kind of long for a crossword clue.
Maybe it's one of those watchamacallits, cryptic clues.
What she means is that I'm not going to be able to do my Sunday crossword puzzle in peace.
4: What always annoys me is when the other person keeps asking why you don't fill in the clue they gave you when it's in completely open space and none of the surrounding clues can confirm a letter.
I really love the NYT crossword though. I've thought about subscribing to the damn paper just to get that crossword each day. It's the main reason I love the IHT everytime I'm overseas.
Oh, come now. What's annoying is when the other person refuses to adhere to protocol by pencilling in only *lightly* any tentative answers or tests. How else are you going to later pencil in more boldly the definitive letters? You can't see what's going on if there are a bunch of written-over things.
7 down? Thanks, but I'm not working on that part of the puzzle. No, I don't think that's the theme of this one. I know it might fit, but I'd rather wait until I'm sure about these across clues. Yes, I'm sure that's how it's spelled. Please stop looking over my shoulder. Yeah, I was just about to fill that one in, thanks. Can't you go find a sudoku puzzle or something? Oh fine, TAKE THE FUCKING PAPER AND DO THE GODDAMN PUZZLE YOURSELF.
I hate sharing crossword puzzles.
I hate sharing crossword puzzles.
I just plain don't like crossword puzzles.
More people than you would think call public libraries to get answers to crossword puzzle questions, and are cross if the librarian can't definitively answer.
I've thought about subscribing to the damn paper just to get that crossword each day.
You can subscribe just to the puzzle online. Much cheaper than a regular subscription. They have a program for doing them on your computer that's ok, but they're formatted very nicely for printing.
I have that subscription. It also opens up the archive of puzzles, and (glee!) an archive of cryptics. I actually quite like doing the crossword on my computer, in AcrossLite, but not using the online applet.
7: What kind of wuss uses a pencil?
15: Ahem, what'd I say that suggested I use a pencil?
(I do though, because sometimes even I get a clue wrong.)
I think Jesus got the definitive comment in 9.
Oh, I love sharing crossword puzzles. My dad usually has a clue for me whenever I see him. I have many pleasant memories of long Saturday afternoons doing the Listener crossword when it moved to the Times.
Oops, sorry Po-Mo. That was to 8. In penance, I'll offer another suggestion: The books of NYT puzzles you can buy are relatively cheap per puzzle. I sometimes even find them at the half-price bookstore, in which case they're dirt cheap.
Godblessit. M/M/ often uses this computer, so we don't use the "remember personal info" box, but I'm officially over that. In the future, please remember that if something particularly impolitic shows up under my name, you should get mad at him, not me.
Gah. That should have read.
[insert obligatory, irritating "cryptic crosswords are better" comment here]
It's true, they really are.