ACROSS LITE PUZZLE: [ DROPPING TROU]
PROGRAM: [Across Lite]
PROGRAM: [Java]
PRINTOUT PUZZLE: [ DROPPING TROU]
PROGRAM: [Adobe Acrobat]
I think I’ve probably relied on this gimmick (not the specific theme, but the gimmick) a few too many times lately. But hey, in the best efforts of jumping on the immediacy, I kinda had to do this theme, and I couldn’t think of anything else other than using that gimmick. Makes sense?
And I’d like to say that’s a picture of me up above, but alas, I go commando.
Share the puzzle. New one on Wednesday.
Wow, Easy is right. Fastest BEQ of the year by 3 minutes (over my second-fastest, which was, oddly, rated “HARD”). Figured you’d get PANTS ON THE GROUND in the puzzle before anyone else. Kudos. Also, I think you set a record for clue timeliness with 63D (about 12 hours from fact to clue). You seem oddly obsessed w/ Brown. What gives? Ooh, and tell your Sarah Palin Facebook story!
You mean the story where I stumbled on her Facebook page this morning only to find a “Michael Sharp” as one of her 1.2M fans?
Great puzzle, though I had to hold back tears at 63-Down.
Also, I was stuck for the longest time trying to figure out what 8-letter name “Jem” could be short for.
This might be the only BEQ.com puzzle I’ve ever completed without the Check key. Definitely easy – probably helps that PANTSONTHEGROUND is a meme.
Waaaay TMI with the commando business.
I don’t think that this puzzle would be accepted by the NY Times. “eatme” is too close to “eatery”.
BTW, the Times puzzles seem to be getting a little more risque. Tuesday’s had “hellno” and todays has “jockstrap”.
Yeah, that’s the one.
LOL 🙂
HAHAHA but, like, sincerely. Geez, this one was fun. Only constructor I know who lets it all hang out. Thanks!
Senator Reid’s tone-deafness deserves no lesser tribute than going straight to CWs. And YouTube. Was hoping for SHORT ARM for 13D, given the acrosses I’d already seen. And a Wow! for the turn-around time on 63D.
I’m slowly acquiring solving reflexes, I guess, ‘cause AXILLA just fell on the page. Most time consuming elements here were 1) time spent—strike that—invested in laughing and 2) a raging hangover from staying up late enough last p.m. to do the LAT puzzle in CST (I think it was the Jameson’s, not the puzzle).
Would have had easium-level difficulty in SW if I hadn’t seen the pic with your write-up. Never watched Idol so knew nothing of Larry Platt, couldn’t put a face to CHRIS COOPER (postmortem google = “Oh, him”), and I’ve successfully avoided ever rereading or teaching Mockingbird.
the lips, bowie, dweezil zappa, beach boys, “eat me,” sabotage/infiltration, and two drug references…. nothin’ beats a quigley.
“…nothin’ beats a quigley.”
Tru dat.
This was seriously a lot of fun. Although my solve times always appear near the end of the list, I am still disappointed whenever I see an “Easy” puzzle is on the day’s agenda. As a Class “C” solver, I suppose I should prefer the easy ones but I always want to be challenged. It’s the masochism tango, I guess.
This one proved that it’s not the difficulty level that makes a puzzle a good one. BEQ always comes through for us.
Just thought everyone should know: Larry Platt is not a relative. Nice puzzle, though. I forgot to rate it, but I’d give it four stars.
“Masochism tango”. Freaking brilliant.
LOL. Glad you like it. I’m guessing the Lit Doc is also a Tom Lehrer fan. Want the video, too?
see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR3VpvkAd0E
Maybe we’ll see this one in a puzzle someday. Our host seems to enjoy torturing us with obscure music references.
Masochist: “Hurt me, hurt me.”
Sadist: “No.”
Wow! Yes re Lehrer, but had never seen that one. Also an amateur pianist = musical masochist, which increaseth the pain, or pleasure, or whatever. Thanks for sharing.
One day soon I’ll figure out how to embed stuff in my posts. Newer to blogging even than to CWs.
When I first saw the title I leapt to the obvious, TROU is dropped making wacky answers, then got to first long answer… no “?” Wrong! Dropping TROU would’ve taken quite some doing, but I’m never surprised at what you can pull off…
Embarrassed to say I actually saw the Idol show where the song came from, it was shown on Sunday in SA, was visiting my brother and my sister-in-law was watching the show… I do admit a guilty pleasure in laughing at the horrible singers in the auditions!
Finally got a slow(er) day in the ER to get some crosswords finished. Following the blog since deployed in Kuwait this time last year. Finally out and in civilian world, trying to bring the mullet back into the professional community.
Had to comment when I saw NINJA…
Facts:
1. Ninjas are mammals.
2. Ninjas fight ALL the time.
3. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people.
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