Sunday, January 10, 2010: Week Two

This morning we drew the 4 of diamonds: do a NYT Sunday Crossword every day for a week. We did most of our crossword for today this morning and are now seriously wondering what the hell we were thinking. (And what a 6-letter word for “some beachwear” is.) Given the demands of time, this is certainly going to be no-holds-barred cruciverbalism—we will not hesitate to look up Penn State locations (Altoona?), NFL trivia (Halas! Ditka!), obscure actors, and unheard-of units of measurement (did you know that a mho is the reciprocal of an ohm? I suppose you did if you knew about eta particles …). Forecast for this week: complaints about crosswordese and libations to Ooxteplernon the God of Bad Fill. (See Rex Parker’s crossword blog for explanation.)

Logistically, we'll be doing our crosswords using Across Lite software. We prefer typing to handwriting, and there is a certain appeal to having the answers available (though at least in the past we've hardly ever needed to fill in whole clues). The puzzles will be downloaded at random from the NYT puzzle archives, but will all be Sundays.

Later

Finished Crossword #1. Stum?!