![]() Try solving the puzzle online and you should see what I mean." Since you have recently written a lot about the difficulties of the online version of the Times, I thought you might want to look into this problem. The problem is this: the note does not appear in the version of the crossword that is accessible to online solvers. They are have the same clue, which (presumably to save space) is included as a note preceding the clues. Four clues are missing from the clue list. Refer to today's puzzle (April 14, 2011). There is a problem with the online version of the crossword puzzle. "When a person subscribes to the online edition, that person should have complete access to the paper edition. I just sent a note to the Public Editor (or Advocate) of the Times asking him to find out why the Times lets this happen. ![]() This problem with notes missing from the online puzzle has been going on for too long a time. RADO / RADON intersection is at least mildly unfortunate (intersecting identical four-letter strings not being ideal). Weird that I though TRAVELER'S LOGO was related to a halo and then got HALOS at 14D: Nickname for the Anaheim Angels. good enough (yes, my real name is UHARP). ![]() well, she attended my alma mater, and her last name is one letter (one step in the alphabet) off from my own (real) name, so. Sounds like an OTC medicine: "For Serious Constipation: GRAVLAX." Twyla THARP is my homegirl ( 25D: "Movin' Out" choreographer). Whu knu? ILLE Pu! ( 43A: Langauge from which "gumbo" comes) I know what a snow leopard is, but chamois? Isn't that what you use to clean your car? ( 66A: Where chamois and snow leopards live: Abbr.=> MTNS) Don't remember what gravlax is at all. I know ARIEL as a servant of Prospero and as a book of poetry by Sylvia Plath, not as a Durant ( 20A: One of the Durants who wrote "The Story of Civilization"). Started out with clues about docks and pirates, and answers that had nothing to do with the ocean. Turns out it's Shirley Temple, and actual answers is TAPDANCE. My favorite moment of the solve-wondering what the hell kind of temple features LAPDANCEs ( 40D: Temple performance). That "U" should be where the second "E" in ELOPED is. What the hell? The distance between "U" and "M" is comical. The UMBRELLA shape (created by the circles) doesn't look Terrible, except for the handle. But I got it, and mostly enjoyed the struggle. and then there's APISH! ( 10A: Imitative) Took me about 50% longer than my average Thursdays of late. Never heard of RADO ( 33A: Pricey Swiss watch brand), did not know ORECK was associated with infomercials ( 29D: David of infomercials), forgot about ILION despite teaching Trojan War literature all the time (had ILIUM, which is also right) ( 12D: Classical name of Troy), never Ever heard of whatever TELEdyne is ( 40A: Commercial prefix with dyne), blanked on the Hebrew month NISAN ( 49D: Passover month), can't believe I had to deal with RANDR twice in one week ( 38D: Service break), and. cane? Only with the HIT FOR RIHANNA did I realize what the puzzle was getting at. Could think only of the haloed Good Samaritan guy you see on stickers on RVs, or else the bear from TRAVELODGE. Wasn't sure if TRAVELERSLOGO was TRAVELER'S LOGO or TRAVELERS LOGO, and in both cases the logos that were presenting themselves to my brain were wrong. The empty-set clues for the theme answers made the experience frustrating, which I guess was the point. Creative and memorable, though, I'll give it that. ![]() This took a while, and was not entirely pleasant. Models that include pave dials of diamonds and baguette diamonds can cost approximately US $30,000 to $250,000. RADO watches vary in pricing according to model, age and materials but the core collection of RADO pieces will range from about US$700 to about US$28,000. Today the company produces about half a million watches a year with a staff of about 470 in total. It is noted for its use of scratch-proof materials, a field in which it is considered a pioneer. Word of the Day: RADO ( 33A: Pricey Swiss watch brand) - Rado is a Swiss manufacturer of watches, with headquarters in Lengnau, Switzerland. When the puzzle is done, connect the circled letters in order with a line, and you will get an outline of the object the word names." Puzzle note: (not visible unless hunted down under one of the toolbar menus in my software program): "Four answers in this puzzle are missing the same eight-letter clue - a single word that can be spelled from the eight circled letters. All theme answers are clued only by empty brackets. ![]() THEME: UMBRELLA - " UMBRELLA" is the clue for four theme answers, only it's found not in the clues, but inside circled squares, which, when connected form an approximation of the shape of an UMBRELLA. ![]()
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