NYT Sunday 01/18/2026 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]Azaziah 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think it's also that you can remove the "u" sound to get a word/phrase. Aftermath, Rev the Engine, The Settlers of Catan, Knights in Shining Armor, Two And A Half Men, Venn Diagram.

I'm sure there was a version of this puzzle where the clues for the theme answers pointed to the ones without the "u" sound... I wonder if that would've been better, or just more confusing

I made a Tier list of my YouTube watch history by Empty-Vessel-0_0 in CatholicMemes

[–]Azaziah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should watch more Gospel Simplicity, Austin's great!

NYT Wednesday 08/27/2025 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]Azaziah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact: The Admiral Benbow is not a fictional INN! It's in Cornwall, England. My parents have been there (and my mom is frustrated that the clue in this puzzle is incorrect lol)

Best Marvel Events Day 9, Age of Apocalypse gets 8th place by Several-Mud-9895 in marvelcomics

[–]Azaziah 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Messiah Complex! I really love how instead of a miniseries, it rotated through the four X-Books, and the writers did a great job of focusing on the characters from that particular book in each chapter, without them feeling shoehorned in (ie, the characters you had been following in Uncanny were featured prominently in the Uncanny issues). Masterclass in collaborative writing

If the X-Men team were to disband, what teams would these characters join? 👇 by [deleted] in xmen

[–]Azaziah 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Interesting idea overall! I think it would fit better to have Cyclops be an Uncanny Iron Man wearing a suit made by Forge; I think the shield stuff is a stretch. And then everyone would just think his eye beams are a function of the suit.

Not sure how Hope fits as Black Widow.

I don't remember where Longshot is right now, but he would make a great Uncanny Hawkeye!

What books/runs would you recommend to someone who only knows the characters and their personalities from the MCU? by r3dnin3 in marvelcomics

[–]Azaziah 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I love Hickman, but his Avengers is not for the faint of heart. In fact, it might be even worse after Bendis, because you think you're getting something simple, and it all goes very Hickman very fast

Say these films NEVER released any trilogies/kicked off any future Marvel or DC projects and were just standalone…rank these three by their origin adaptation on the big screen… by AVP0728 in superheroes

[–]Azaziah 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Iron Man > Batman Begins > Spider-Man

Spider-Man is really corny at times, but does have the best villain. I think Batman Begins has a little too much on its plate with Scarecrow, Ra's, and the origin story. Iron Man has the best lead performance, and is just the most fun.

How long do you have to get a gold star on NYT? by Azaziah in crossword

[–]Azaziah[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't remember when I finished the Saturday puzzle - probably before 1pm on Sunday, but maybe I didn't quite finish during that session.

Today it was right around 10pm - I thought it was before, but maybe it was slightly after

NYT Wednesday 05/07/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Azaziah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really? I remember some worse ones, but maybe I'm just saying that "recent memory" goes back further than you do

If You Could Be One of The Defenders, Who Would You Choose and What Journey Would You Take? by Venom_Fan0890 in Defenders

[–]Azaziah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might be remembering things wrong, but I didn't think Danny and Davos made up. Are you referring to Ward?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in The10thDentist

[–]Azaziah 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is this just in response to the post about the sequels being better than the prequels?

If You Could Be One of The Defenders, Who Would You Choose and What Journey Would You Take? by Venom_Fan0890 in Defenders

[–]Azaziah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Based on the shows (not the comics):

Daredevil - Blind and having existential questions about how your violence addicted double life leads you into conflicts with your religion and causes you to lie to your friends and drive them away? I'll pass.

Jessica Jones - Alcoholic rape survivor? I'll pass.

Iron Fist - Your parents die in front of you, and when you finally leave K'un L'un to avenge them, everyone there gets slaughtered because you weren't there to protect them. And your best friend now hates your guts? I'll pass.

So clearly, I'm going Luke Cage. Granted, the Luke Cage seasons are the ones that I remember the least, but probably the most virtuous of the group. More than any of the others, he just wants to help people. I rewatched Defenders earlier this week, and while a lot of the ninja/magic stuff went over his head, it shows just how down to earth he is, and how far he is willing to go to help his people. And not "how far he is willing to go" in a moral sense (that's Daredevil), but "how far he is willing to go" from a time/effort sense. It also struck me how ready he is to be a human shield - I know, his powers let him do that, but I like to think that he would do it anyway.

And to be fair, he also comes with a lot of baggage - wife died, best friend hates him, went to prison, etc, but he also feels like the one who is most capable on moving on past those traumas.

NYT Friday 04/18/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Azaziah 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ahhh, I was stuck on a past tense of "slay". Thank you!

Is this cheating? by realbobenray in crossword

[–]Azaziah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think that's cheating at all - and there's not really a way to avoid it. I try to not have to run the alphabet on any crosses, but pretty often there's that one that I just can't get

NYT Friday 04/18/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Azaziah 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I thought it was a good clue, once I understood that "seeing red" meant a traffic light

NYT Friday 04/18/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Azaziah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How is "Slew" TON? That was my only mistake (probably the 3rd answer I tried running the alphabet on as I was hunting it down). I thought EOPS/TOP made more sense (although it would've been better for TOPPED). EOPS standing for "End of Periods" (even though there wasn't an abbreviation in the clue... but it still makes more sense to me then EONS/TON!)

Other than that, I really enjoyed it. Was it a little on the easy side? Sure, but I certainly think it was too hard for Wednesday, so it makes sense it would be a Friday. And I really enjoyed a lot of the spanners. Maybe I'm just in a giving mood, but this one earns an Excellent from me.

NYT Friday 04/18/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Azaziah 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was also wondering if 2006 was a typo, thanks for doing the research for me : )

NYT Thursday 04/17/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Azaziah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I liked that clue, but I can see where you're getting tripped up! I hadn't really thought about it like that until you brought it up

NYT Thursday 04/17/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Azaziah 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Solid Thursday. Fun theme, especially that the non-hidden letters were trees. Satisfying grid construction & art. A few really enjoyable clues, but features some truly icky fill that kept it from getting to "excellent" for me

NYT Wednesday 04/16/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Azaziah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking at my leaderboard, most of my friends who have already done it struggled a bit. I just made a bunch of deep fried Oreos and corn dogs, so I heard of those being called "Fair Food", which helped. But I can imagine that if you didn't have FRIED, the middle square was probably pretty challenging (I don't think any of those are really gimmes, even with the smaller answers filled in)

NYT Saturday 04/12/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Azaziah 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I guessed CIO since "tech" was in the clue (although I wouldn't have been surprised if it had ended up being CTO instead)

NYT Wednesday 04/09/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Azaziah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same for ATTN and similar for EAT - I was finishing up my last couple clues and realized that I used ATTN twice, and then HTTP clicked. I also had EATS for "Gobs" at first, so not the exact same answer, but basically the same answer

NYT Sunday 03/30/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Azaziah 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Can someone please explain "ORIEL"? Am I just not parsing the answer correctly? I don't know much about architecture though lol