crossword z if it were not for sports and musicals, i'd be able to finish the nyt crossword every day. being that i have no interest in sports (the only thing i watch on espn is women's 9 ball) and musicals are zeke repellant, i have to fill in about 5 to 10 percent of any given puzzle, letter by letter, by brute force, inferred from overlapping answers (and even when i have the answer in place i'm never sure if it is correct until i fill in all of the connecting slots) i never know if i will be able to finish a given day's puzzle. opera reference's (like other forms of musical soap operas) are no different. i am completely lost. melodrama and melody do not make bad art good. pathos is not enough. i digress. 070507 what's it to you? who go blather from