March 26 QoD -- "NellyLunatic1980's Crosswords"

[mrkelley23]

2. 43-Down: Unit of currency, perhaps - A-M-P-E-R-E (as in electrical current)

Sometime next week, I'll show you what my entire crossword puzzle looks like.

I'm not trying to appeal the scoring, but if you're preparing this crossword for submission somewhere, I've never heard of "current" being called "currency".

I think you must not work the same crosswords that I do, Marley. This kind of bending of the meanings and spellings of words in the clue has become very popular. The trick is to look for those "perhaps"es and "maybe"s that point to the fact that the author has played fast and loose with something.

[MarleysGh0st]

2. 43-Down: Unit of currency, perhaps - A-M-P-E-R-E (as in electrical current)

Sometime next week, I'll show you what my entire crossword puzzle looks like.

I'm not trying to appeal the scoring, but if you're preparing this crossword for submission somewhere, I've never heard of "current" being called "currency".

I think you must not work the same crosswords that I do, Marley. This kind of bending of the meanings and spellings of words in the clue has become very popular. The trick is to look for those "perhaps"es and "maybe"s that point to the fact that the author has played fast and loose with something.

I rarely play crosswords, at all. If that's a generally accepted trick of the genre, I withdraw my objection. I was just trying to blow some dust off that Electrical Engineering degree I earned, oh so many years ago.

[fantine33]

fannie, mrkelley, and gsabc got perfect scores. They don't get an Xbox, $5,000, or a tropical vacation though.

aj didn't respond, so that allowed the three immediately below him to move up. Actual "Crosswords" champion plasticene is now within 10 points of claiming a Top 5 slot.

Sometime next week, I'll show you what my entire crossword puzzle looks like.

I got a Nuggets win yesterday and that's good enough for me.

Yay, on the whole crossword! When I was doing it, I was trying to figure out if the letters would actually work for the ones that weren't given clues.

[fantine33]

2. 43-Down: Unit of currency, perhaps - A-M-P-E-R-E (as in electrical current)

Sometime next week, I'll show you what my entire crossword puzzle looks like.

I'm not trying to appeal the scoring, but if you're preparing this crossword for submission somewhere, I've never heard of "current" being called "currency".

I think you must not work the same crosswords that I do, Marley. This kind of bending of the meanings and spellings of words in the clue has become very popular. The trick is to look for those "perhaps"es and "maybe"s that point to the fact that the author has played fast and loose with something.

They'll also stick a question mark on it and make the clue a rhetorical question. Who is that crossword guy who used to make the themed puzzles where every clue meant something different than what your first thought would be? Eugene T. Maleska? Funny, I haven't been a crossword hound for years and I still remember the dude's middle initial. Ha!

[peacock2121]

I'm not trying to appeal the scoring, but if you're preparing this crossword for submission somewhere, I've never heard of "current" being called "currency".

I think you must not work the same crosswords that I do, Marley. This kind of bending of the meanings and spellings of words in the clue has become very popular. The trick is to look for those "perhaps"es and "maybe"s that point to the fact that the author has played fast and loose with something.

I rarely play crosswords, at all. If that's a generally accepted trick of the genre, I withdraw my objection. I was just trying to blow some dust off that Electrical Engineering degree I earned, oh so many years ago.

I didn't know you had one - I wouldn't have if you didn't blow the dust off.

Now, I'll go sneeze to clear the dust from my nose.

[peacock2121]

fannie, mrkelley, and gsabc got perfect scores. They don't get an Xbox, $5,000, or a tropical vacation though.

aj didn't respond, so that allowed the three immediately below him to move up. Actual "Crosswords" champion plasticene is now within 10 points of claiming a Top 5 slot.

Sometime next week, I'll show you what my entire crossword puzzle looks like.

I got a Nuggets win yesterday and that's good enough for me.

Yay, on the whole crossword! When I was doing it, I was trying to figure out if the letters would actually work for the ones that weren't given clues.

someone may start accusing you of having OCD.

[fantine33]

fannie, mrkelley, and gsabc got perfect scores. They don't get an Xbox, $5,000, or a tropical vacation though.

aj didn't respond, so that allowed the three immediately below him to move up. Actual "Crosswords" champion plasticene is now within 10 points of claiming a Top 5 slot.

Sometime next week, I'll show you what my entire crossword puzzle looks like.

I got a Nuggets win yesterday and that's good enough for me.

Yay, on the whole crossword! When I was doing it, I was trying to figure out if the letters would actually work for the ones that weren't given clues.

someone may start accusing you of having OCD.

Ha! That's one of the reasons I stopped doing them. I had a whole ritual built around puzzles and it became all about the ritual and nothing about having fun doing the puzzle.

[peacock2121]

I got a Nuggets win yesterday and that's good enough for me.

Yay, on the whole crossword! When I was doing it, I was trying to figure out if the letters would actually work for the ones that weren't given clues.

someone may start accusing you of having OCD.

Ha! That's one of the reasons I stopped doing them. I had a whole ritual built around puzzles and it became all about the ritual and nothing about having fun doing the puzzle.

Which is a demonstration that your OCD had not kicked in around those puzzles!

[AnnieCamaro]

CROSSWORD EXTRA
49-Across: Soulja Boy’s hip-hop dance - S-U-P-E-R-M-A-N (Annie was thinking CRANK DAT, but that was the name of the song, not the dance.)

Thank you for explaining that, Mr. Nelly. I didn't know there was a difference between the name of the dance and the name of the song. Maybe I wasn't paying close attention when I saw it on tv, because I personally do not dance so much any more.

Now I'm wondering about the real name for the dance that two-footers do to that song "Macarena."

/:P\

[gsabc]

Now I'm wondering about the real name for the dance that two-footers do to that song "Macarena."

/:P\

D-R-U-N-K-E-N-F-O-O-L