SPOILER: Whirlpool has an error that is way too common and pervasive, and a pet peeve of mine. Sorry, Patrick. ROW 4 "sandwich with grill mark" should be PANINO, not PANINI. Or the clue should read "SandwichES with grill marks." Panini is PLURAL for Panino.
(cont'd, entered too soon). Of course, sandwichES is the only option, unless there is a Toni Tonolle.
I wonder if the almost universal misuse of PANINI in the US has made PANINI acceptable as a singular noun here. I seldom see menus that use the word panino. And it wouldn't be the first time that a foreign word got a little twisted when imported and Americanized.
Venture to New Milford, CT sometime for an awesome sandwich, fresh, delicious, and properly spelled: toniospanino.com
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Another apology. It is 14. Tartan is the other word.
Sorry. Make that 13. Gnarly was in the list of answers.
Has something happened to the Spelling Bee composer? Normally, I find only two or three words the puzzle answer missed, but today, October 2, I came up with 14: anally, angry, attar, gantry, glary, granary, gnarly, grant, granny, rangy, rattan, tatty, tartar and tangy.
You need to re-visit the instructions!
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What the 'L!!! (required in all words)
Every word must have an L.
A very gnarly Bee (and not at all glatt). An easy Whirl ('tho we have yet to settle the matter of the singular sandwich). One very diabolical TFS. All fun.
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If anyone has the answer key for the Spelling Bee -- which nytimes.com refuses to make available on the weekend (when the print Magazine does display them) -- please post it in a comment box, or post a photo of the answer list and tell us where to find it online. Thanks.
Short reason: The discussion here about Spelling Bee is typically restricted to individuals telling if it was hard for them, plus a listing of the minimum point totals needed for each pseudo-category of scores.
This being WORDplay, I believe readers would find fruitful fodder for commentary if the word list was actually available.
I know that having the solution to the Acrostic has often facilitated discussion of that puzzle.
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If anyone has the answer key for the Spelling Bee -- which nytimes.com refuses to make available on the weekend (when the print Magazine does display them) -- please post it in a comment box, or post a photo of the answer list and tell us where to find it online. Thanks.
Short reason: The discussion here about Spelling Bee is typically restricted to individuals telling if it was hard for them, plus a listing of the minimum point totals needed for each pseudo-category of scores.
This being WORDplay, I believe readers would find fruitful fodder for commentary if the word list was actually available.
I know that having the solution to the Acrostic has often facilitated discussion of that puzzle.
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In complete sympathy with you, MTF, but also in the hope that this does not get me black-listed from commenting, here's the Answer List as published, p 59 of the Magazine.
TOTAL ABSOLUTE SPOILER!!!!
Gallantry (3 points). Also: Algal, allay, alter, annal, gallant, gallantly, gangly, gnarl, gnarly, lallygag, lantana, natal, raglan, rally, rattly, tally, tangly, tartly. If you found other legitimate dictionary words in the beehive, feel free to include them in your score.
TOTAL ABSOLUTE SPOILER!!!!
Gallantry (3 points). Also: Algal, allay, alter, annal, gallant, gallantly, gangly, gnarl, gnarly, lallygag, lantana, natal, raglan, rally, rattly, tally, tangly, tartly. If you found other legitimate dictionary words in the beehive, feel free to include them in your score.
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THANK YOU for making that point. Having the Spelling Bee answers posted is so helpful; otherwise, how can we score it and know what we missed? Some of us have subscriptions to the paper but might not have the Magazine handy.
thank you for posting that! big help.
Agree! Very tough letters, but got one 3 pointer quickly!
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Today's Whirlpool was no Charybdis which is unusual.
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Found Bee hard, even though my one 3-pointer came instantly.
5, 11, 17.
5, 11, 17.
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