I love these Tight-Fit Sudoku puzzles!
A very interesting Spelling Bee, with almost entirely Latin-based words in the list (muumuu is a distinct outlier here). Three three-pointers, I don't remember that happening before.
I had three also, but was not very confident about two of them. Mr Longo llists only one of them in the magazine (and I thought it was a proper noun).
Fun with Spelling Bee! SPOILERS...
Off to a very slow start, but for once I remembered MUUMUU. My vocabulary is better than my spelling -- I had two misspelled words, but since their correct spelling was still legit, I counted them. (Anull instead of ANNUL, and Tummult instead of TUMULT.)
I was sort of surprised that of the available letters, no words started with two of them.
Off to a very slow start, but for once I remembered MUUMUU. My vocabulary is better than my spelling -- I had two misspelled words, but since their correct spelling was still legit, I counted them. (Anull instead of ANNUL, and Tummult instead of TUMULT.)
I was sort of surprised that of the available letters, no words started with two of them.
Bee took a while for me this week, but was fun.
(To save people from having to ask: 8, 15, 22.)
(To save people from having to ask: 8, 15, 22.)
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"Projectors" is always a challenging "middle" puzzle.
[MAJOR SPOILER ALERT]
My gimmes were PENCE and SHREW.
I wound up feeling surprised at myself for not getting TRIBE
right away also.
I wonder if there was a mistake in the cluing for RAIMI.
I had to search for that one, but it turns out that he was the writer and also one of the producers, but not the director.
[MAJOR SPOILER ALERT]
My gimmes were PENCE and SHREW.
I wound up feeling surprised at myself for not getting TRIBE
right away also.
I wonder if there was a mistake in the cluing for RAIMI.
I had to search for that one, but it turns out that he was the writer and also one of the producers, but not the director.
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I had to look up the spelling of Sam's last name -- I had the "i" in the wrong place. And that was critical, since it involved the "given" letter!
I was torn between PENCE and OUNCE until the crosses filled in.
I was torn between PENCE and OUNCE until the crosses filled in.
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PB'S Projectors was fun, as usual.
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Listen up, NY Times: YOU DID NOT PRINT THE ANSWERS TO THE "SPELLING BEE" IN THE ACTUAL MAGAZINE SECTION. Are you going to give us the answers online so we can check ourselves???
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Hi L,
My secret agents tell me that the answers are on page 80.
My secret agents tell me that the answers are on page 80.
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Yup.
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Still only made it to 20.