I have low expectations for quote puzzles, and this one exceeded through its strong cluing, holding my attention. It's not a perfect grid - right off the bat, REMORA, IMARET, KVELLED are tough words, and to cross them is borderline unfair - but there was enough to enjoy: SUN DEVIL, BOATYARD, the curious FOGBOW. "The War of the Currents," what a title! Took me a while to determine it had to be TESLA vs.How does he come up with such great material? (Jon, not snot-nosed Otis.) One of my daughter's friends is named Otis, and I'm going to go tell him to sit on a potato pan. Jon AGEE, the palindromist, clued with such a fun title.How is it that this math nerd never knew this? Two-thirds of all Fibonacci numbers? Why should that be? I sat down and wrote them out - 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 - realizing that an even, odd, odd pattern emerged. Campbell's first soup was … TOMATO! Nice bit of trivia that I guessed with no letters in place.However, if you make the Down answers and their clues interesting, that makes up for a lot. Go Harry!Īs with all quote puzzles, I struggled for traction since you can effectively only solve using the Down answers.
And it was nice to get the throwback to "Sex and the City" - I shamelessly admit that I watched every single episode. He edited a weekly crossword for the Washington Post and has an online crossword at. Today's was too insidery for me, sort of the NYT patting itself on the back for being a pop culture reference, but I can see the amusement factor for others. Peter Gordon is the Editorial Director for Sterling Publishing's Puzzlewright Press, overseeing the puzzle and game books, and was the crossword editor of the New York Sun. Since the quote makes up all of the theme material, it has to generate a big smile or laugh - it's an all or nothing proposition.
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