I'm thankful that Ross spoke up, because I completely missed the word ladder aspect! Could they have made that more noticeable? Incorporating WORD LADDER would have been intrusive — and kind of random — so probably not. What else could they have done with the "female name vowel-consonant...
There was a lot of flexibility for where each of the five answers (plus NUMBER) went, but it's still an impressive feat. Imagine the nightmare: start with FIBONACCI, get the numbers correct. Place SQUARE, get those tuned in — aargh, that messed up FIBONACCI's numbers! Rinse and repeat...
I had the first/last entry conceit in my notepad for several months before I thought up a way to flesh out the theme. Once I had that, other than the grid layout being somewhat constrained — WAIT FOR IT, which I really wanted, only worked smack dab in the middle with three black sq...
"Curiouser and curiouser" is not only a memorable "Alice in Wonderland" quote, but it's become a bit of a meme. I haven't heard ALL TATTED UP, but I'm not the target audience since I only have one tattoo. It's a self-explanatory phrase, though. The one place I bogged down ...
Let's start with the theme — so clever! Of course, Nicolas CAGE should have starred in ANIMAL HOUSE. Why didn't the casting folks consider Tom CRUISE to headline FANTASTIC VOYAGE? And my favorite, BEETLEJUICE. It took me a second to figure this one out, but of course, some VW ...