Yes, the category name or a hint of a category name is not a spoiler for the FJ! clue. I understand that not everyone would feel the same way about goatman's post.goatman wrote:
Sadly as I read ahead on NYT CoD this AM, I realized that my deplorably weak knowledge of Broadway on Tues game will break my longest-ever FJ winning streak.
The way I see it is the post was made in the 2/9 thread and no matter the information there should not be anything (not even a sniff of anything) about the 2/10 game's FJ! round in it.
Not how the clue played for me, but suppose I recalled seeing goatman's post and thought of The Jersey Boys. Oh wait, I tell myself, he already knows it's a miss. It must be something harder or obscure that I should guess.
All of you NYT readers are more than welcome to read the category and clue with your morning coffee if you so choose. There are viewers who do not want to know anything in advance and are content to wait until Alex does it at the regular time.
A throwaway line impossible to avoid seeing in a safe zone of a game already seen just seems unnecessary to me. The Tuesday game thread was up when the comment was made? That's the place for it.
econgator: I guess I have to throw a nickel to Lucy?