Contest and Videos

Today's crossword had no theme, but it does have a contest: "When this puzzle has been completed, put nine holes over the grid and arrange the letters shown to form an appropriate two-word phrase (4,5). Where these holes are is for you to discover."

It was interesting to me that Rex was apparently asked by the nytimes to ask his commenters not to reveal the answer to the contest ("I have been asked to ask you not to post the contest answer in the comments ... so I'm asking"), which he (so modestly) blogged that he had already sent in by 10:12 p.m. Thursday night. So although he is not (as far as I can tell) officially affiliated with the NY Times, they acknowledge that his blog could really disrupt their contest and be a huge spoiler to a lot of people.



One of the answers to today's puzzle is Nigella Lawson (pictured above), which elicited a lot of comments from both Rex and his readers.

He also had a couple videos posted from YouTube, not directly related to the puzzle. He posted this one: after appreciating the puzzle answer "Rock on" and

this one: which has to do with the "Anakin" answer.

Something cute from the blog today is little "P.S. Happy Birthday, Tyler Hinman." Generally Rex is writing to the anonymous masses. But the P.S. acknowledges that the mass is made of up individuals, that he knows some of them personally, and that today is one of their birthdays.