That...it...I...what the...STOP DOING IMPOSSIBLE THINGS.

[slipjig3]

Okay, look, I try to avoid crossword shop talk in this forum, but with regards to Friday morning's New York Times puzzle:

Sweet mother of holy f@*&ing God....

(Spoiler warning: link includes filled grid.) If you're looking at this and thinking that it looks like it was difficult to construct, allow me to correct you on that count: it's blue Saxon f@*&ing impossible. If I saw a photo of Elvis, Bruce Lee and Bigfoot sitting around a table at Starbuck's solving this puzzle over mocha lattes, I'd immediately start yelling that the puzzle had been Photoshopped.

On a related note, I need a crossword icon.

Comments

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

You able to send a fan letter to whomever did this? Maybe Will Shortz could collect some to send to that writer.

[tablesaw]

No, that's yesterday's puzzle. That is to say, Friday, not Saturday (when you posted) or Sunday (which was the most recent on the NYT website when you posted).

Please amend your post so that nobody else is spoiled for Friday's puzzle.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Fixed. Thanks for the heads-up; I lost a day in there somewhere.

[captain18.livejournal.com]

Huh. I'm a Don Williams fan, I've been to see him live about 7 times, and I'm not familiar with that song.

That is a hell of a puzzle.

[theloriest.livejournal.com]

I got it from my friend hahathor, but there was no official attribution as far as I can tell.

[ewin.livejournal.com]

Holy SHIT!