A question for the hammer-heads on the list:

Quick version:
Is anyone familiar with the term "a Ball-TEEN hammer"?

A bit more detail:
My beloved was working on crossword this evening
and one of the clues was "Ball ____ Hammer".

The answer turned out to be "TEEN".  (We're sure of this.)

Now, I've seen various spellings of PEEN/PENE/PEAN/PEIN (even, in 
British circles PANE)
but I've never heard of a "Ball Teen Hammer".

Did puzzler writers screw up?   Or am I just showing my ignorance here?

Thanks,
Nichael

A ball teen hammer is for those difficult in-between jobs.

I think.

D'ing n' r'ing

Mick Dowling

Nick, et al,


Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 12, 2017, at 3:27 AM, Mick Dowling  wrote:
> 
> A ball teen hammer is for those difficult in between jobs

No, that's a Ball 'TWEEN hammer.

Methinks the puzzle writer was engaging in some sort of wordplay.  Did the
puzzle have a "theme," as some do?

John Ruth

Nichael Cramer wrote:
  > but I've never heard of a "Ball Teen Hammer".
>
> Did puzzler writers screw up?   Or am I just showing my ignorance here?

If it's ignorance, I'm equally ignorant.

  BugBear

I feel like such a fool. I thought I knew all there was to know about *een
hammers.

Pass the spiteen...

Mick Dowling

John Ruth wrote:
>[...]
>Methinks the puzzle writer was engaging in some sort of 
>wordplay.  Did the puzzle have a "theme," as some do?

If I could belabor the patience of the list-moms for one final moment.

In preparation for replying to John's note, I was looking
at the on-line version of the puzzle[*].  I double-checked the clue 
(which read "BALL ____ HAMMER")
and I checked the puzzle's solution, which read "TEEN".)

But in the few minutes before I could send my response I see
that  the site has changed the clue to "YOUNG ADULT".

So, it appears that the puzzle-folks might have realized that they messed up.

Oh well.  Thanks all.
N

[P.S. Any interested parties can find the puzzle at the following link
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/universal-daily-crossword
(the puzzle for 11 July, 2017; the clue in question is 12D). ]

I'm glad they fixed their clue.

This subject has taken a beating! (Ducking and running.)

Gary Katsanis
Albion New York, USA
---- Nichael Cramer  wrote: 

=============
John Ruth wrote:
>[...]
>Methinks the puzzle writer was engaging in some sort of 
>wordplay.  Did the puzzle have a "theme," as some do?

If I could belabor the patience of the list-moms for one final moment.

In preparation for replying to John's note, I was looking
at the on-line version of the puzzle[*].  I double-checked the clue 
(which read "BALL ____ HAMMER")
and I checked the puzzle's solution, which read "TEEN".)

But in the few minutes before I could send my response I see
that  the site has changed the clue to "YOUNG ADULT".

So, it appears that the puzzle-folks might have realized that they messed up.

Oh well.  Thanks all.
N

[P.S. Any interested parties can find the puzzle at the following link
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/universal-daily-crossword
(the puzzle for 11 July, 2017; the clue in question is 12D). ] 
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On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 1:35 PM -0400,  wrote:










I'm glad they fixed their clue.

This subject has taken a beating! (Ducking and running.)

Gary Katsanis
Albion New York, USA
---- Nichael Cramer  wrote: 

=============
John Ruth wrote:
>[...]
>Methinks the puzzle writer was engaging in some sort of 
>wordplay.  Did the puzzle have a "theme," as some do?

If I could belabor the patience of the list-moms for one final moment.

In preparation for replying to John's note, I was looking
at the on-line version of the puzzle[*].  I double-checked the clue 
(which read "BALL ____ HAMMER")
and I checked the puzzle's solution, which read "TEEN".)

But in the few minutes before I could send my response I see
that  the site has changed the clue to "YOUNG ADULT".

So, it appears that the puzzle-folks might have realized that they messed up.

Oh well.  Thanks all.
N

[P.S. Any interested parties can find the puzzle at the following link
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/universal-daily-crossword
(the puzzle for 11 July, 2017; the clue in question is 12D). ] 
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>> This subject has taken a beating! (Ducking and running.)
>    In the end they hammered out a solution...

That does it, you people have planished this horse.

On 2017-07-12 1:29 PM, curt seeliger wrote:
>>> This subject has taken a beating! (Ducking and running.)
>> >    In the end they hammered out a solution...
> That does it, you people have planished this horse.

OK. This is tacking my patience.

Don

-- 
On Jan. 26, 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) ruled that the
Government of Canada racially discriminates against 165,000 First Nations
children.

“Until all of us have made it, none of us have made it.” - Rosemary Brown, the
first Black woman elected to a Canadian legislature

Get a handle on yourselves! 


Kermit

I think you nailed it,Don!

Gary K
---- Don Schwartz  wrote: 

=============
On 2017-07-12 1:29 PM, curt seeliger wrote:
>>> This subject has taken a beating! (Ducking and running.)
>> >    In the end they hammered out a solution...
> That does it, you people have planished this horse.

OK. This is tacking my patience.

Don

-- 
On Jan. 26, 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) ruled that the
Government of Canada racially discriminates against 165,000 First Nations
children.

“Until all of us have made it, none of us have made it.” - Rosemary Brown, the
first Black woman elected to a Canadian legislature

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Tacky, tacky, tacky

Bruce Z.
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