MGWCC 185: Nine Down is like Five Across
Hi, back with more Gaffney. MGWCC 185 is here and my (21 minute) solve is after the cut.
With Mystery Hunt coming up I will be solving some old Hunt (or at least Hunt-like) puzzles in the next couple weeks, and blogging them here. Hold me to that.
Log:
- 0:00:00 :: Solving in .puz .... - 0:00:45 :: MATT,MEH,TLA,TAR,EXLAX in NW - 0:01:04 :: 17a HEARTLIGHT, which is now going through my head. Thanks. - 0:01:40 :: BUT/IMDB in N?, no EBAY and YET. then ASH and LOSE. 14d XTRA, 18d LAPS, 29a SHEEPLE? either way, can't get out ... roaming - 0:03:34 :: oh wait, 5d is ELIJAH. staring at 22a. feel like I should get it. - 0:04:26 :: 22d is APAWN, I think. then TAPE, YEN, CLASP, TCBY, REST - 0:05:39 :: POMADE 31d. - 0:06:16 :: 43a MALARIA - 0:07:03 :: 44d looks like ICINGS, 24d looks like REQUIRE - 0:08:00 :: just figured out 22a... ARA PARSEGHIAN (sp?) - 0:08:31 :: so 25d is SOUR and 29a is SHEOPLE? ok - 0:09:03 :: 21d UGLIER - 0:09:23 :: 36a looks like BOWTOYOUR-, so 37d is YULE, 38d ONAT - 0:09:59 :: 47a ends DETECTIVE. - 0:10:12 :: 21a UTTER, 12d YEARN, 9a SPAY, 9d SCATHE, COPE, APNEA, PONTI - 0:11:12 :: 39d NOTV, TURK, ISSUE, BEER (mmmm, BEER), MINK - 0:12:11 :: have to check spelling on 36a, and 26d, currently C crossing. but on to rest of puzzle - 0:12:32 :: 55d ROD, 65a ADDS, 54d GPA, 62a PONG, 56d AND - 0:13:27 :: 54a GRAND FORKS?... STY, KIT, RUN, ORC, no, not RUN RBI, to make ORBIT, CITY, INFO. - 0:15:09 :: 49d I should know, but 53a I definitely do, AS ROMA. 48d IPODS, 43d MCHALE? no... hmmm - 0:16:08 :: I think I'm stuck on bottom left. will have to google 49d, 47a or 43d. blah. - 0:17:49 :: aha, MLCARR, 51a APACE, GIRL DETECTIVE to finish it off? - 0:18:41 :: looks like it. - 0:18:58 :: bow to your sensei is from Napoleon Dynamite (from google). and of course Heart Light is Neil Diamond (from dark corners of my mind) - 0:19:31 :: and Nancy Drew, North Dakota, Notre Dame.... looks like we're looking for an 8 letter world capital related to ND... - 0:20:37 :: I would have gotten it eventually, but I googled and NEW DELHI is the capital of India. That should do.