tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397221.post580225587654837481..comments2024-02-04T20:32:57.541-05:00Comments on Green Genius: My 301st postNorrin2http://www.blogger.com/profile/08556797281238202366noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397221.post-49907225531190849442007-08-16T14:32:00.000-04:002007-08-16T14:32:00.000-04:00cf, thank you very much for the kind words. I app...cf, thank you very much for the kind words. I appreciate it, and I'm so glad you started doing the Sun puzzles because of this blog. Don't mind Rex. He is the King of Crossworld and sometimes his opinions sounds like edicts.Norrin2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08556797281238202366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397221.post-15141323367522292802007-08-15T21:43:00.000-04:002007-08-15T21:43:00.000-04:00Hey, Norrin, just got around to reading yesterday'...Hey, Norrin, just got around to reading yesterday's. Congratulations on your 300th, and please keep up the good work. Rex's points are all valid, but sheesh! Lighten up, Rex! I started doing the Sun because of your blog, and it's been a great find - the Sun puzzle and your blog. Thank you for the work and thought you put into it.<BR/>Yesterday's posting on nostalgia was lyrical. Thanks also for that wonderful insight.<BR/>cfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397221.post-53025178282465563512007-08-15T21:12:00.000-04:002007-08-15T21:12:00.000-04:00Good point, Orange. Thank you.Good point, Orange. Thank you.Norrin2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08556797281238202366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397221.post-21051986233533082812007-08-15T18:46:00.000-04:002007-08-15T18:46:00.000-04:00...And people who don't buy the Sun newspaper shou......And people who don't buy the Sun newspaper should also pay Peter Gordon via the PayPal link on the Puzzle Pointers page where many of us obtain the Sun crossword.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397221.post-31056401114644812952007-08-15T17:14:00.000-04:002007-08-15T17:14:00.000-04:00"The puzzle of record"? Did Rex Parker just make ..."The puzzle of record"? Did Rex Parker just make a pun? : 0<BR/><BR/>Look, there's no doubt in my mind that Will Shortz deserves the lion's share of the credit for revitalizing crossword puzzles. I hope nothing I said came across as denigrating either Shortz or the Times puzzles. He's one of my heroes and I love the Times puzzle, do it and enjoy it every day. But I enjoy the Sun puzzle every day too. And most days when I compare the two, I find the Sun to be the better of the two. I know they both use many of the same constructors but since such a high percentage of the clues are rewritten by the editors, a Patrick Berry Times puzzle is going to be noticeably different from a Patrick Berry Sun puzzle.<BR/><BR/>I guess I was just frustrated that the Sun puzzle is of such a consistently high level of quality and it gets very little attention. I don't think circulation of either paper has much to do with this issue. No, I don't read the Sun. But I don't read the New York Times every day either. You no longer have to buy a newspaper to do a daily crossword puzzle. And maybe the Times massive distribution works against it, because like you say they can't take chances on alienating that audience. They have to play it safe -- or safer than the Sun anyway. I seriously doubt you'd ever see anything like what Patrick Blindauer has been doing with his Sun puzzles in the NYT. Yesterday while the Times had a perfectly serviceable puzzle involving different names for "dumbass" Blindauer was blowing us away by combining the best of crosswords, word searches and acrostics in one puzzle, and I think he and Peter Gordon and the Sun should get more recognition from solvers.<BR/>That's all I'm saying.Norrin2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08556797281238202366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397221.post-34684331744360879022007-08-15T16:27:00.000-04:002007-08-15T16:27:00.000-04:00The Times vs The Sun question seems a bit lame to ...The Times vs The Sun question seems a bit lame to me since the best constructors write for both. If the Sun decides to sign an exclusive contract with Patrick Berry or David Quarfoot or whoever - if they develop a stable of writers that The Times can't touch - then we might start seeing substantial differences. I think the Sun is more fun for tournament-going types (like us) because they can be hipper and craftier (than The Times, where being too much of either could alienate a good chunk of a Massive Readership - can The Sun really lose readers? Who reads it?). That said, Shortz made the NYT puzzle more fun and hipper than it had ever been in its history, and The Sun puzzles - the general "new wave" trend in puzzledom in general - wouldn't have gotten the massive push it has were it not for Shortz's tenure at The Times. Until The Sun gets a more massive distribution, or its puzzles are better marketed in the secondary (book) market, The NYT will continue to be the Greatest Puzzle in the Country. The Puzzle of Record. That's just that.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397221.post-24631069936600184302007-08-15T16:09:00.000-04:002007-08-15T16:09:00.000-04:00Loved GNUBEES, seriously thought the HART in DEERH...Loved GNUBEES, seriously thought the HART in DEERHART had to be wrong, because I've never heard of it, but couldn't think of anything else that would fit so I left it.<BR/><BR/>Couldn't get the SE for the life of me. Had MEET for DUEL and STARKS for SLEEKS, so that threw me off. Plus I didn't know if the last theme entry was BOA or BOAR. Ah well, tomorrow will be worse, I'm sure.<BR/><BR/>lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com