CHECK OUT THE BIG BRAIN ON BILL!
Posted on 12/04/2004 9:39:10 AM PST by ken5050
Who knew?..The former president of the US has a new gig. He's a crossword puzzle tester for the New York Times. The Sunday puzzle of the NY Times has legions of fans, including myself. So, imagine my surprise, when I open the magazine this morning, to find the following....
Up from the Presidential Record Books
One might therefore deduce than many of the trick clues pertain to US presidents. Right?
Except right below the title, there's this little paragraph, which in itself is very unusual..
"Former President Bill Clinton, whose presidential library opened in Little Rock on Nov18, is a regular crossword solver. He pretested this puzzle for us, finishing it in "less than an hour." ( How does your time compare?) His completed solution grid will be shown next week.."
Now for the barf alert.. In addition, there are several squares in the puzzle that have circles inside them, which means a tick or hidden extra message inside the puzzler. To my "surprise",when completed, it spells out "William Jefferson Clinton" in a semi-circle in the middle of the puzzle block.
The Sunday Times puzzle is usually quite difficult. I usually manage to complete it over the course of the weekend, working a few minutes at a time..and I do it in pen. This one was a piece of cake, a gift, a laydown..it took me 34 minutes..
So even the puzzle editor of the NY Times is in the tank for Bubba..
BTW, there's one clue, and answer, which, inadvertently, is a hoot..
Clue: 22 Across: Theodore Roosevelt, who was never known as the modest type, is the only US president ever to give an inaugural address...
Answer: "without saying the word 'I' "
And before you even ask, there are NO clues, or answers, pertaining to "Lewinski", "stain" "dress" "impeachment" or "liar"
Note: If anyone is interested, I believe you can download the puzzle off the NY Times Website.. If someone wants to do that, they can post a link...
FYI..
he's soooo smart!
Riiiiiiiiight.
CHECK OUT THE BIG BRAIN ON BILL!
It depends on whether the meaning of the word is is one of the clues.
Bill finished it in under an hour? Oh, how precious!
Are there witnesses?
9 letter word for Clinton's legacy
bodycount
Do you know how all those "keywords" magically appeared on my thread?. I didn't put them them. Is there an automatic default setting on FR that pops them in whenever "Clinton" appears in the header?
Help Ms. Broaddrick find a 6-letter word for "Sexual assaulter"
R _ _ _ S T
Across
2 this animal says quack
5 cook in this
6 you have 5 of these on each hand
8 what you do with food
Down
1 this takes children to school
3 open this to go in a room
4 this grows on your head
7 this is part of your body that you use to see
No, people can add keywords, lots of people must have read your thread so far, and added the keywords.
I was thinking of doing so myself, but everybody beat me to it!
This does not surprise me. Be sure to let them know you beat the Icky One by solving it in 34 minutes since they did ask how your time compares (since they said "less than an hour" not "just over a half hour", you know you did indeed beat the "smart" creep).
Good grief, the reverence for that vile creature is unbelievable.
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I never knew that..how do you do that?
Yu can't have a "two letter" word for an answer..LOL
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Tag line bump.......Good on you...I love it...BTW..is that the final total..
I downloaded the puzzle and found the oddest thing. The upright columns were all bent to the left.
Now you went and ruined the puzzle for me - I don't get it until next week........my papers run the NYT puzzle a week late.
I thought you'd get a kick out of this..
It's not ruined..sorry, though...the normal Sunday puzzle, which is very challenging, as you know, is easily 20x harder that this..I was bummed..
I was wondering why you had so many keywords.
See new tag line.
We do not have a "local" Sunday paper here, so 2 of the 3 papers we pick up on Sunday are chosen for 2 reasons - They carry the NYT crossword and have coupons!! We get the Washington Times for News and Commentary, not the fluff.
Look up at the top of the thread, right after the article (well, now it's right after all the keywords) it says Click to add keyword.
Just click on that, and it lets you put in the keyword.
I had fun on the Kerry threads, my favorite keyword to add was DORK.
Silly me, too obvious, I guess...I shall now go practice tieing my shoes..
Yeah. That's the one.
ON?
Is there an automatic default setting on FR that pops them in whenever "Clinton" appears in the header?
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That would be a pretty nifty FeatuRe. ;-)
T'warn't me, btw.. I'll have to check 'em out.
Ya gotta love it!
I wondered why the cross word puzzles were now sized to solve in crayon.
I think they are now the standard-issue collective FReeper Wisdom on Sh$%head Clinton. IIRC, this collection is from the Lie-Bary opening thread a few weeks ago; I know because a couple of them are mine.
They need to appear in all Sh$%head threads.
Thank goodness you didn't put 'What people do with cigars' as a clue. :-)
Wow. Clinton and Limbaugh have something in common.
That's just funny, mother*%(^er.
5 down....The meaning of "IS"____ _____
;)
What kind of "Shortz" does Bubba now wear?
(4 letters)
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