Newsday 1:10:56
New York Times 41:56
Los Angeles Times 20:08
Premier 17:10
TEMPO 16:02
Universal 10:37
Naples News 7:21
CrosSynergy 5:33
Boatload 3:12
New York Times 36:42
Wall Street Journal 29:12
Chronical of Higher Education 24:31
New York Sun 23:25
Village Voice 20:16
Los Angeles Times 20:02
Newsday 15:41
I SWEAR 8:28
USA Today 8:18
Naples News 8:02
CrosSynergy 7:05
TEMPO 5:43
Universal 5:42
Boatload 2:52
New York Times 25:32
New York Sun 20:08
TEMPO 14:33
Universal 12:33
Jonesin' 9:40
Los Angeles Times 9:16
CrosSynergy 7:14
Naples News 6:12
USA Today 5:47
Newsday 5:44
Boatload 2:58
Onion 20:32
Los Angeles Times 14:58
New York Sun 13:01
CrosSynergy 12:55
New York Times 12:04
Universal 7:51
TEMPO 7:36
Naples News 7:27
USA Today 7:10
Newsday 6:47
Boatload 2:34
Beekeeper Labs 13:10
USA Today 12:44
Universal 12:06
New York Sun 10:03
CrosSynergy 8:52
New York Times 7:48
TEMPO 7:12
Naples News 6:02
Los Angeles Times 4:54
Newsday 4:05
Boatload 2:51
TEMPO 9:38
Universal 8:23
CrosSynergy 6:54
Naples News 6:50
Fred Piscop 6:16
USA Today 5:36
New York Times 5:04
Newsday 4:53
Los Angeles Times 4:33
Boatload 3:09
NYT classic (Sa) 27:10
Los Angeles Times 32:02
New York Times 23:27
CrosSynergy 22:22
Merl Reagle 21:36
Boston Globe 17:46
Newsday 16:36
Naples News 11:51
Universal 6:04
Boatload 2:42
New York Times 55:23
Newsday 35:06
Los Angeles Times 27:11
Premier 15:46
TEMPO 11:31
Naples News 8:29
Universal 8:14
CrosSynergy 5:44
Boatload 2:35
Clue of the day, from Newsday's Saturday Stumper:
[Chasers served at saloons]
Answer:
POSSES
It was one of the last words I filled in and finally allowed me to finish the southeast corner and the puzzle.
Wall Street Journal 45:33
Los Angeles Times 23:23
Village Voice 22:03
New York Times 20:23
New York Sun 18:08
Newsday 17:56
Chronical of Higher Education 14:53
I SWEAR 10:34
USA Today 8:57
Universal 7:47
TEMPO 7:46
CrosSynergy 6:45
NaplesNews (FCP) 6:40
Boatload 3:13
New York Sun 33:08
USA Today 13:51
Los Angeles Times 12:24
Jonesin' 11:28
New York Times 10:39
Naples News (FCP) 10:37
CrosSynergy 7:46
Universal 6:34
TEMPO 6:20
Newsday 5:15
Boatload 3:09
USA Today 14:24
Onion 13:04
Universal 12:30
New York Sun 12:17
Naples News (FCP) 12:17
New York Times 10:23
Los Angeles Times 8:22
CrosSynergy 7:05
Newsday 6:02
TEMPO 5:37
Boatload 3:39
Beekeeper Labs 15:02
New York Sun 13:10
Universal 12:17
New York Times 10:12
Naples News 9:25
CrosSynergy 9:03
TEMPO 8:07
USA Today 7:17
Los Angeles Times 5:40
Newsday 4:58
USA Today 9:07
New York Sun 6:46
Universal 6:42
New York Times 5:55
CrosSynergy 5:39
Fred Piscop 5:34
TEMPO 5:29
Los Angeles Times 4:47
Newsday 4:41
NYT classic (Th) 14:49
New York Times 44:38
Merl Reagle 30:37
Los Angeles Times 25:08
Boston Globe 20:28
CrosSynergy 13:32
Newsday 13:25
Universal 7:17
New York Times 31:41
Newsday 25:33
Los Angeles Times 18:13
Premier 15:02
CrosSynergy 13:08
TEMPO 8:28
Universal 6:13
What a fun bunch of crosswords! The Universal puzzle was pretty typical but, other than that, I highly recommend this entire batch.
New York Times 32:09
Wall Street Journal 26:56
New York Sun 18:50
Los Angeles Times 14:47
Village Voice 12:17
Chronical of Higher Education 11:53
Newsday 9:21
TEMPO 8:58
USA Today 8:57
CrosSynergy 7:26
Universal 5:30
I SWEAR 5:16
New York Times 25:13
New York Sun 19:58
Los Angeles Times 9:13
Jonesin' 9:10
Newsday 7:37
CrosSynergy 7:35
USA Today 7:32
TEMPO 7:11
Universal 6:31
Onion 25:01
USA Today 15:26
New York Sun 12:38
New York Times 11:37
Los Angeles Times 9:09
TEMPO 7:19
Universal 7:10
Newsday 5:33
CrosSynergy 5:31
New York Sun 13:56
Universal 12:54
Beekeeper Labs 12:05
TEMPO 8:58
USA Today 8:21
CrosSynergy 7:43
Los Angeles Times 7:28
New York Times 6:45
Newsday 5:16
USA Today 11:57
Universal 8:28
New York Sun 7:26
TEMPO 6:49
CrosSynergy 6:26
Los Angeles Times 6:06
Fred Piscop 5:21
New York Times 4:51
Newsday 4:24
NYT Classic (Th) 14:42
Boston Globe 45:44
New York Times 45:04
Los Angeles Times 41:48
Merl Reagle 18:31
Newsday 17:23
CrosSynergy 14:08
Universal 12:57
New York Times 39:08
Newsday 23:01
Los Angeles Times 18:46
Premier 16:56
CrosSynergy 10:09
TEMPO 9:18
Universal 7:23
My time on the NYT puzzle suffered greatly because of the southwest corner. The clue for 40-D is [It's just north of Nauru]. I had to google for it and came up with MAKATEA, which fit with two of the three crossing answers I had. (I erased SINEX).
I must have stared at that corner for 15 to 20 minutes without any progress. Then I thought of SEAQUAKE for 43-A and realized I'd misspelled YAHTZEE as YAHTZIE. Then the answer for 40-D was obviously, ta-duh, EQUATOR.
I put SINEX back in and finshed the remainder of the grid in about 90 seconds. Yay for me. :)
Wall Street Journal 39:41
New York Times 32:22
New York Sun 24:11
Chronical of Higher Education 23:34
Los Angeles Times 20:24
USA Today 13:15
Universal 11:48
Village Voice 11:30
Newsday 9:58
TEMPO 9:22
I SWEAR 8:03
CrosSynergy 7:37
New York Sun 26:01
Los Angeles Times 14:25
TEMPO 11:47
Jonesin' 11:18
CrosSynergy 9:46
New York Times 8:40
Newsday 7:44
USA Today 7:31
Universal 6:24
Onion 19:38
New York Sun 16:47
New York Times 9:13
USA Today 8:43
Universal 7:29
CrosSynergy 6:53
Newsday 6:34
Los Angeles Times 6:11
TEMPO 5:55
Los Angeles Times 13:34
USA Today 12:28
New York Times 11:23
Beekeeper Labs 7:59
CrosSynergy 7:54
Universal 7:29
New York Sun 6:23
Newsday 5:32
TEMPO 5:28
I don't just do crossword puzzles. I promise. :)
I say that only because a commenter some time ago said that my "world was too small". I just to clarify that I do these while at work. I mainly babysit machines that run themselves, but that need attention every now and then.
Anywho, since I haven't blogged anything meaningful in a while, I thought I'd continue that trend by posting a video.
As you know, as siren is a ghost of sorts. She sings a sweet and tempting song that sailors hear and follow, but that only leads to their destruction on a reef.
So here is Song to the Siren. It was originally performed by Tim Buckley many many moons ago, but made "famous" by This Mortal Coil. (This Mortal Coil, by the way, also recorded the definative version of another Tim Buckley song; Morning Glory.
Anywhy, here's This Mortal Coil's version of Song to the Siren. And, just because I affectionately called the singer (Elisabeth Fraser) "Mumbles", the lyric is in the extended entry.
On the floating, shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
until your singing eyes and fingers
drew me loving to your isle.
And you sang, "Sail to me,
sail to me, let me enfold you.
Here I am,
here I am waiting to hold you."
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you hare when I was fox?
Now my foolish boat is leaning
broken, lovelorn on your rocks
for you sang, "Touch me not,
Touch me not, come back tomorrow."
Oh, my heart,
oh, my heart shies from the sorrow.
Well, I'm as puzzled as a newborn child.
I'm as riddled as the tide.
Should I stand amid the breakers
or should I lie with Death my bride?
Hear me sing.
Swim to me, swim to me,
let me enfold you.
Here I am,
here I am waiting to hold you.
USA Today 7:39
TEMPO 6:48
New York Sun 6:09
Fred Piscop 5:56
Universal 5:36
New York Times 5:29
CrosSynergy 5:16
Los Angeles Times 5:13
Newsday 4:37
NTY Classic (F) 29:20
New York Times 41:21
Merl Reagle 24:26
Boston Globe 20:19
Los Angeles Times 19:54
Newsday 19:36
CrosSynergy 17:55
Universal 10:47
Newsday 1:42:05
New York Times 26:27
Los Angeles Times 21:09
Premier 19:11
TEMPO 13:09
Universal 8:43
CrosSynergy 7:28
Monthly puzzles:
American Way 32:50
Hemispheres 17:44
Spirit 13:32
New York Times 9:51
New York Sun 44:20
Wall Street Journal 24:42
Los Angeles Times 20:58
New York Times 19:02
Village Voice 13:05
Universal 11:43
Chronical of Higher Education 11:05
TEMPO 9:26
USA Today 9:09
I SWEAR 9:00
Newsday 7:11
CrosSynergy 5:52
