A Box of Tissues and a Carton of Ice Cream

Comments

• Mike D 🤓3:26 · 2022-02-18T17:05:10.513Z

  Fun theme! Gotta get someone on the ISS to solve this and force you to change the clue for EARTH41AYou are here, presumably[-----]

  • Duncan Lyle constructor · 2022-02-18T18:12:06.634Z

    Hence the "presumably," haha!
• Sims 18:11 · 2022-02-18T17:36:15.037Z

  Really fun, had to give in eventually kept spelling 3D3DOld English letter (Var.)[---] as eth haha oh well

  • Duncan Lyle constructor · 2022-02-18T18:14:44.351Z

    Yeah, it was a bit of crosswordese that I wasn't really happy with, but I hoped the crosser would make it gettable. Do you think the clue would benefit from a quick addition of "(Var.)" to the end? I debated it when I was cluing it, but ended up not putting it because none of the suggested NYT clues had it, even though Wikipedia clearly shows it as ETH, with EDH3DOld English letter (Var.)[---] as an alternate spelling.

    • Sims 18:11 · 2022-02-18T19:51:45.576Z

      Yeah probably, tbh it took me a bit too long to get 9A9ABig dipper[-----] so if I had that I maybe would have understood it better. Crazy that NYT use EDH3DOld English letter (Var.)[---] too haha, doesn't come up very much in conversation haha
• Jerome 🤓4:28 · 2022-02-18T18:58:11.851Z

  Nice one! Thanks for sharing

  • Duncan Lyle constructor · 2022-02-19T00:13:11.416Z

    And thanks for solving! Glad you enjoyed it.
• Philip Chow 🤓3:55 · 2022-02-18T18:49:23.602Z

  so many broken hearts! the clue for EARTH41AYou are here, presumably[-----] was fun - nice puzzle

  • Duncan Lyle constructor · 2022-02-19T00:14:21.378Z

    I know... but I know they'll heal with time. Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it!
• Aaron 🤓2:48 · 2022-02-18T23:52:59.060Z

  Fun puzzle! The minute I saw the circled squares I knew what the theme was going to be. Loved the breezy, conversational tone of the clues in contrast with the event memorialized by the theme.

  • Duncan Lyle constructor · 2022-02-19T01:50:30.508Z

    Thanks, and I enjoyed being able to have that same reaction when I opened your puzzle! I appreciate your comment regarding the clues; I definitely made an effort to put more time and thought into writing them, since I'd felt it wasn't my strong suit in my January puzzle. Good cluing is definitely still more challenging than I thought it would be, but I'm glad to hear it paid off!
• quatrevingtneuf 🤓3:54 · 2022-02-20T04:02:57.618Z

  v nice

  • Duncan Lyle constructor · 2022-02-20T18:13:53.619Z

    Thanks!
• Ben Zoon 4:19 · 2022-02-20T05:57:16.482Z

  Love how you broke the heart in so many different ways. Now if only I could spell AITCH7DIt's between Gee and I[-----].

  • Duncan Lyle constructor · 2022-02-20T13:58:42.797Z

    Thanks! The side of me that loves patterns felt that it only made sense to use all four possible ways of breaking them. And trimming my amount of crosswordese like AITCH7DIt's between Gee and I[-----] (and TOR35DScience fiction and fantasy publisher named for a geological feature[---] and TOC38AEminem's "Ricky Ticky ___"[---] and ECH33DUtterance of disgust[---] and EDH3DOld English letter (Var.)[---] and... you get the idea, I used a lot, which I didn't really like!) is definitely something I really want to focus on next month, but I tried to at least have decent crossers to make them more gettable.
• M Forest 8:35 · 2022-02-22T12:20:31.247Z

  Great theme! Some of the fill was iffy, like AICH and TIOGA39ACounty name found in both New York and Pennsylvania[-----] and the numerous 3-letter abbreviations/acronyms.

  • Duncan Lyle constructor · 2022-02-22T19:03:40.323Z

    Thank you, I appreciate the feedback! I'm definitely still learning the ropes, but I don't disagree at all with your comments; cleaner fill and fewer three-letter answers is what I want to focus on improving next time around.