Ryan expertly solves the NYT, Fri 3-28-08
Still in LA. Dad is still doing better. Which is awesomely wonderful.
On the downside, I’m still on this awful computer with the mouse on the wrong side so this will be another brief entry. We’re coming back to town Saturday night so this will probably be my last entry from the Left Coast.
I did pretty well on this one. After about 15 minutes I had everything but the top left and a few boxes in the bottom left. First clue I got was 18A. Setting for TV’s “Matlock” (ATLANTA). Not sure how I knew that as I haven’t watched an episode of Matlock since I was in junior high. Then answers just started to fall for me in a more or less clockwise direction. I loved lots of the fill including SOFTPRETZEL, SWAPMEET, WATERBORNE, SOUTHPHILLY and QUONSETHUT (which I, unfortunately spelled with a “C” which screwed me later on).
For some reason ADHERE took me a long time. And I put STGS instead of the correct STRS which gave me GOSALIA (not ROSALIA) as the patron saint of Palermo.
And, much like Brian, I had SPORTSGEAR and not the correct SPORTSWEAR standing between me and the “Thank you for playing” message.Alright, much better entries on a much better computer coming this weekend.
