Friday vs Saturday

For the second week in a row, I've found the Saturday New York Times crossword to be quite a bit easier than the Friday one.

On last Friday's puzzle, after spotting the clue (something like)

IT'S VERY ATTRACTIVE (9)

I thought of BLACKHOLE, and confirmed that plausible crossing entries were present for a couple of clues crossing the "O" and the final "E". So I inked it in. Wrong—the answer was LODESTONE; it caused me no end of grief. There was another mishap, similar to that, but I can't remember what it was. I had ink bleeding all over the puzzle. Not pretty.

Yesterday's Saturday puzzle was easy I think.

Sculpture in Rhyolite, NV, outside Death Valley

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Originally uploaded by thane.