NYT puzzles

[rhu]

I still wish the NY Times wouldn't use up valuable op-ed space for the delightful compound puzzles from the fine folks at Puzzability. Nevertheless, I did today's puzzle and it was fun. It didn't look like a FURNACE to me, but hey, that's what backsolving's for. And I'm not sure if there's a hidden message in RAMBO LEAPT, UPSET FATAL NIECE, PARES. But hey, that's what it said.

Friday at work, I mused aloud that the NYT Friday and Saturday puzzles have given me more trouble than usual lately, and I was wondering if they were getting harder or if I was getting stupider. Then came Patrick Berry's puzzle in yesterday's Times, and I don't want to know anyone else's time because I broke 15 minutes on a Saturday and I don't want you to tell me that it was easy. :-)

And finally, a note on today's NYT diagramless. For those who were wondering what this post in XWP was about, now it can be told.

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[canadianpuzzler.livejournal.com]

Yes, I admit it, I used the otherwise now-seldom-used Crosswords Without Pity LiveJournal to facilitate a sketch-out of the grid on the puzzle that is today's NY Times diagramless. I did friends-lock it to mitigate the pre-spoiling effect, but I didn't remember to delete it after it was no longer needed, like I think I originally was planning to do.

I should poke Todd and ask him about possibly fleshing out and unlocking that post.

Oh, and nobody tell my mom that I forgot to clean up behind myself. :-X