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There’s been some requests for an easy one, so here you go. Enjoy. And no, it’s not about football. Don’t let that picture fool you.
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I got suckered into joining a fantasy football league again. It’s been, what, like six years since I last did something like that. Utterly hated it. Ended up watching the games all wrong. Instead of rooting against teams and/or appreciating the games, I ended up yelling things like “throw the fucking ball to Marvin motherfucking Harrison.” Also, the dreaded moment when your fantasy kicker is lining up to kick the winning goal in the game against your real-life team is guaranteed good times. So this year I get to pretend I care about Frank Gore, Matt Ryan and Joseph Addai. Yay, football,
Since I’m a fool and like to make absurd predictions, here’s your 12 playoff teams (in no particular order). AFC: Dolphins, Ravens, Colts, Chargers with the wild cards going to the Titans and Patriots. NFC: Redskins, Packers, Falcons and 49ers with the wild cards going to Giants and Eagles. People will ask, no Jets? Absolutely not. Besides, pride goeth before a fall and everybody who’s been that “Hard Knocks” show ought to be embarrassed. I didn’t pick the Saints because of the Madden Curse. Everybody forgets how lethal that is. Favre’s washed up, so no Vikings. The Cowboys schedule is too tough. I don’t think the Steelers recover from the rapist’s suspension. And that’s that. Let me have it in the comments section.
Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.
MESABI? THE…USOFA? EKISTIC for fuck’s sake? Easy? I think not. Admittedly, being heavy on sports clues also made it harder for me. But seriously, EKISTIC? I’d call it a Medium. However once I got over being butt-hurt about not being able to solve this in under 5 minutes I enjoyed it. Good theme answers. I had 3 out of 4 before I figured out how it all fit together. My only quibble is that I’d spell it JOKEY.
ROONEY before and now O’SHEA? Me thinks UTD doth show up too much…
Definitely needed the crosses to get “ekistic”. (Even the spellchecker on this site doesn’t recognize it as a word.)
Also, there’s a typo in the 38-down clue…
didn’t finish entirely because of the 30-down 40-across; didn’t know if it was IWON or IWIN, and ITSA SON or ITSA SIN, and guessed ‘son’ and ‘won’. but other than that and EKISTIC, it was nice. good theme answers, even though the clues are a little easy.
Yeah, I’m going to go ahead and call you out on both the Vikings and the Saints. I completely agree that Favre has outlived his usefulness, but the team has most of their other ducks in a row, and a pretty soft schedule to boot. Minimum 6 wins without even breaking a sweat (2x Lions, Bills, 1/2 Bears, Cardinals, Redskins). At least a wild card.
The Saints are in a similar boat. Not winning the Super Bowl: Probable. You gotta expect some regression to the mean. Not making the playoffs? Unlikely. Brees, Bush, Thomas, Colston, it’s an offensive bonanza over there. The only credible threat is the Falcons, but again, you have to think they’ll nab at worst a wild card over the Giants or the Eagles.
I’ve avoided fantasy until this year for the same reason. But being a Steelers fan, I figure this could be the only way to enjoy this season. I’m assuming you’re a Pats fan?
I just retired after 45 years in City Planning and as a charter member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and I never heard the word EKISTIC. On Googling for the definition after finishing the puzzle, it rang a bell that back in school in the 60s, we read an article or two from a periodical called “Ekistics,” but c’mon!
38 down should read see 42 down, not across, but other than that this was good times. I love the clue at 10 down. Hilarious.