For all I know, there's some constructor out there who got a puzzle accepted with HOW DARE YOU in it, and now they're gnashing their teeth about that!įinally, for various reasons, I usually hate it when people say "Gosh, why did so-and-so have to play the RACE CARD" in normal conversation. Still, I don't think solvers will mind having seen CALVIN AND HOBBES recently in the Times, and besides, other publications have used it as a marquee answer as well. It's just part of the business, and it's partly what motivated me to go independent with my own crossword website, where I can publish my work right away. But the long wait time between acceptance and publication means that sometimes other constructors can beat you to the punch on marquee answers or themes while you wait. Silk, who scooped me on ANYONE ELSE on August 2, 2013. That little hissy fit wasn't directed at Ian - he didn't do anything wrong, of course. My wife can confirm that I blurted out "Oh, son of a b****!" when I cracked that answer - he beat me to debuting CALVIN AND HOBBES in the Times (it's only the best comic strip of all time, and I won't hear any other suggestions otherwise). I enjoyed solving Ian Livengood's excellent puzzle from December 27 of last year, but look at 8-Down from that grid. I'm thrilled to get another Saturday slot, but due to a little bad luck, this puzzle's appearance in the Times is actually slightly bittersweet for me. Constructors, take note: I asked Will if he would accept SNES (the initialism for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System), which would take the place of SNIT and thus make A WAR unnecessary (as shown in this fill), but he said that SNES would be a "near puzzle-killer." Me, I like the Super Nintendo, though I can see why it might not fly well for the Times. A WAR is hardly the worst answer one can have in a puzzle, but I look at it now and I wish I could swap that out with something else. I'm glad with how relatively clean it turned out, though I've found that as I've built more puzzles in the last year, I've developed a pretty nasty aversion to partial phrases. What suffragist was the first woman depicted on a circulating U.S.I built this puzzle in June 2013.What was Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s newspaper named?.What does the W at the start of a radio station’s call sign indicate?.What was the first country to allow women to vote?.Which U S President was in office during most of the suffrage movement?.Which abolitionist was one of the few men at the Seneca Falls Convention?.Where was the first Women’s Rights Convention held in 1848?.state was the first to grant women the right to vote? Which amendment granted women the right to vote?.Who delivered the speech Ain’t I A Woman in Ohio in 1851?.If your device is approved by the FCC what organization authorized it?.The company nickname is Big Blue but what does IBM stand for?.PET on plastic bottles means it’s made of what?. What does the acronym for the sports organization PGA stand for?.Which acronym pronunciation was debated in a New York Times column?.What is the full name for your LCD TV screen?.
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