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Bill Clinton has a new job: He's a Crossword puzzle tester for the New York Times
New York Times Magagine | De 5, 2004 | one man's opinion

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....


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: adultery; bentone; bethcoulson; bloodtrails; bobbieannwilliams; bodycount; cheating; chiefgrifter; christinezercher; clinton; clintonlegacy; clintonlibrary; corruption; coward; criminal; debraschiff; degenerate; disbarred; dollykylebrowning; eileenwellstone; elizabethwardgracen; felony; firstblackpresident; genniferflowers; grifter; impeached; impeachedx42; juanitabroaddrick; kathleenwilley; lecher; legacy; lewd; liar; lust; marilynjojenkins; marshascott; monicalewinsky; morallybankrupt; nancyhernreich; oral; oraloffice; paulajones; perjury; pervert; pollingco; pornography; predator; rape; rapist; sallyperdue; sandraallenjames; scandal; scumbag; sexualharassment; shame; sherriedensuk; singlewidetrailer; sleaze; slickwillie; spankthemonkey; stainedbluedress; susanmcdougal; tastycigar; thegreatprevaricator; traitor; whitetrash; x42; xxxrated
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To: ken5050

I downloaded the puzzle and found the oddest thing. The upright columns were all bent to the left.


21 posted on 12/04/2004 10:03:14 AM PST by 101st-Eagle
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To: ken5050

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.


22 posted on 12/04/2004 10:03:55 AM PST by Gabz
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To: doug from upland

I thought you'd get a kick out of this..


23 posted on 12/04/2004 10:04:19 AM PST by ken5050
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To: Gabz

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..


24 posted on 12/04/2004 10:06:12 AM PST by ken5050
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To: ken5050

I was wondering why you had so many keywords.


25 posted on 12/04/2004 10:09:43 AM PST by Mears
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To: ken5050
Re: .is that the final total..

I looked it up.

See new tag line.

26 posted on 12/04/2004 10:09:55 AM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZ 61,683,787 Bush fans.)
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To: ken5050

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.


27 posted on 12/04/2004 10:10:40 AM PST by Gabz
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To: ken5050

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.


28 posted on 12/04/2004 10:12:06 AM PST by texasbluebell
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To: texasbluebell

Silly me, too obvious, I guess...I shall now go practice tieing my shoes..


29 posted on 12/04/2004 10:17:16 AM PST by ken5050
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To: Texas Eagle

Yeah. That's the one.


30 posted on 12/04/2004 10:18:56 AM PST by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Charles Henrickson

ON?


31 posted on 12/04/2004 10:41:57 AM PST by kitkat
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To: samadams2000
37 Across MONICA
18 Down CIGAR
3 Across WAG THE DOG
5 Down KOSOVO
45 Across FELLATIO
38 Down OVAL OFFICE
32 posted on 12/04/2004 10:54:49 AM PST by attiladhun2
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To: ken5050

Is there an automatic default setting on FR that pops them in whenever "Clinton" appears in the header?

----

That would be a pretty nifty FeatuRe. ;-)

T'warn't me, btw.. I'll have to check 'em out.


33 posted on 12/04/2004 11:18:56 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
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To: ken5050
PORNOGRAPHY; PREDATOR; RAPE; RAPIST; SALLYPERDUE; SANDRAALLENJAMES; SCANDAL; SCUMBAG; SEXUALHARASSMENT; SHAME; SHERRIEDENSUK; SINGLEWIDETRAILER; SLEAZE; SLICKWILLIE; STAINEDBLUEDRESS;

Ya gotta love it!

34 posted on 12/04/2004 11:19:30 AM PST by JOE6PAK (...still crazy after all these BEERS!)
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To: ken5050
No 2 letter words.. Is that so? ;-P
35 posted on 12/04/2004 11:21:02 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
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To: ken5050

I wondered why the cross word puzzles were now sized to solve in crayon.


36 posted on 12/04/2004 11:23:02 AM PST by Cvengr (;^))
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To: ken5050
Do you know how all those "keywords" magically appeared on my thread?

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.

37 posted on 12/04/2004 11:38:28 AM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: Texas Eagle

Thank goodness you didn't put 'What people do with cigars' as a clue. :-)


38 posted on 12/04/2004 11:51:20 AM PST by Michael_S
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To: ken5050
Answer: "without saying the word 'I' "

Wow. Clinton and Limbaugh have something in common.

39 posted on 12/04/2004 12:00:57 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: My Favorite Headache

That's just funny, mother*%(^er.


40 posted on 12/04/2004 12:10:57 PM PST by Xenalyte (Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
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