I already knew that crossword construction was finely calibrated, with 138 words for a 21x21 puzzle wildly different from 140 words, etc. I was stunned by just how out of balance I was for the remainder of the construction. I was too busy lamenting that the 15-letter entry HEARTS OF ROMAINE wouldn't work!)īut I don't think I'll take the non-square route very often. Wow - my first non-square puzzle ever! (Here's the part where I confess that I would never have thought of that. Getting deeper into the weeds, the elimination of WESTERN BOW TIES left me with a 14-letter entry (HEART OF ROMAINE) that had no counterpart, leaving me temporarily flummoxed until the editors suggested that I make the puzzle 21 x 22.
Just have a seat in your family room and listen to Linda Ronstadt's Someone to Lay Down Beside Me.) although I wonder whether I'll hear from solvers who think she should have been! (Note to those solvers: You're wrong. (Having just visited my parents this past week, I would say "both.")īut I was thrilled that KARLA BONOFF was not relegated to the discard pile. I guess the first two were considered a bit forced, while PAJAMA PANTS led to the philosophical question of whether MA and PA are opposites or merely counterparts.
One clue crossword light Pc#
In this case, my search for opposites led me to places from which I would have to recede as gracefully as possible - so the cutting-room floor included such entries as WESTERN BOW TIES ("Neckwear for Wyatt Earp"), CLOSE WINDOWS ("End a PC session") and PAJAMA PANTS ("Bottoms at bedtime").
Although crossword solvers only see the finished product, most puzzles leave behind a cutting-room floor, sometimes one of substantial proportions.
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