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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on July 03, 2015, 08:48:18 AM
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THEME: Letter T substituted for by C in phrases
GOOD ONES:
Result of a London tea cart mishap? ROLLING SCONES
Downtime for Mars? PAX [PAX=peace, for the Latin god of war]
Domestic tearjerker ONION [I thought soaps, etc.]
One taking coats, perhaps HOST [I thought coats of paint on walls]
Green workers TRAINEES [I thought eco]
Copy cats? MEW [Copy is a verb]
BTW:
Defensive question AM I [needs "perhaps" since the question is often not defensive]
Uma's "Pulp Fiction" role MIA [like yesterday, why select a forgettable supporting character's name of an overrated {IMO} flick? What's wrong with "Mama ___" or Mia Farrow or "Missing in Action" or "Flag letters" or ...]
RATING: ;D ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun
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Here is today's debate topic. The New York Times crossword included NOONE as the answer to "Very sad turnout." By definition, doesn't a "turnout" have to involve at least one person? If no one shows up, then there is no turnout at all, let alone a sad one.
Crossword creator Patrick Berry could have used "Herman's last name," a reference to Herman's Hermits lead singer Peter Noone. The group was together from 1962 to 1971 and had eleven top-ten hits in the US and ten in the UK, including I'm Into Something Good, There's A Kind Of Hush, I'm Henry VIII I Am and Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter. Noone is 67 and still performing with a new group of "Hermits."