NYT (p) 3:50 ... LAT (p) 3:12 ... CS (p) 2:33
Fun rebus in the NYT. The grid doesn't hint at a rebus, but I discovered it pretty quickly, going from CELEB -> QBS -> QUIXOTE and filling the middle section first. Had to guess C or D for the MCCI/CRUSES cross. Checking my solution, I found I'd accidentally written a D instead of an N in square 50 - a careless error in a tournament setting, but I'm giving myself full credit.
Here are the answers to the ACPT/Hollywood trivia question. Like Amy always says, you gotta read Entertainment Weekly! (Not that these guys are likely to show up in many crosswords.)Director One and Director Two.
Thanks for the answers, Dan. I probably should start reading Entertainment Weekly. I'm OK with some pop culture, but a lot of my TV & movie knowledge comes directly from crosswords. For example, I've never seen an episode of "The Sopranos," but I know Robert ILER and EDIE Falco are in it. And I think I know the name of every UMA Thurman movie ever made.
ReplyDeletei don't know... i'm not willing to go that far. doing a few thousand puzzles a year, sure. reading EW? not worth it, i say. any gain in useful pop culture knowledge would be offset by the loss of IQ points from reading vapid features on people whose lives i couldn't care less about.
ReplyDeletehmm, i don't think i've seen VAPID in a crossword. i like that word--it's a good example of a "non-self-describing" adjective.
I read EW, Star, Us and People because I love celebrity gossip. It does come in handy for crosswords, but I'd read them anyway. Wait, did I really just admit that? ;0
ReplyDeleteellen, sorry if i came across as making a value judgment. obviously millions of people are interested in celebrity gossip (else there wouldn't be all these magazines, would there?); i'm just not one of them. i'm sure other people find it equally baffling why i read baseball prospectus cover-to-cover each year... or for that matter, why i do crosswords.
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