tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1040252756788260271..comments2024-03-28T18:52:07.432-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Popular rapper with feline-sounding name / SUN 6-18-17 / Neutrogena dandruff shampoo / Asian plumlike fruit / Up for paradoxically / Onetime rap moniker / Intoxicating polynesian drinkRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41911224053104220292017-11-19T06:09:42.753-05:002017-11-19T06:09:42.753-05:00I’m from United States, My husband divorced me 3 y...I’m from United States, My husband divorced me 3 years ago for no reason, i did all i could to get him but didn't work, until i met Dr.Agbazara of AGBAZARA TEMPLE on the internet who helped me to cast a re-union spell and within 24hours my husband came back to me apologizing. Thanks to Dr.agbazara. Contact this great spell caster on your relationship or marriage problems on:<br />( agbazara@gmail.com ) OR WHATSAPP: +2348104102662.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044761857050267633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42729157109231008802017-10-06T18:14:11.124-04:002017-10-06T18:14:11.124-04:00What is So Very Different About Your VALENTINA Psy...What is So Very Different About Your VALENTINA Psychic Love Reading?<br /><br />As a Pro Tarot Reader and Psychic Empath - I am able to help you, right now, regarding the crucial happiness of your true heart. And the first words I wish to say to you are:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://tarot.syntaxlinks.com/r/VenusLoveReading" rel="nofollow">Love light & blessings to you!</a></b>Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44698974103191013882017-07-03T00:27:01.117-04:002017-07-03T00:27:01.117-04:00Thank you. Thats how any normal person would phras...Thank you. Thats how any normal person would phrase it. manitobahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03454436807423333527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33963316634387639482017-06-30T12:15:39.305-04:002017-06-30T12:15:39.305-04:00We had a loquat tree in Houston (1950's). It g...We had a loquat tree in Houston (1950's). It grew next to the garage & every summer all the neighborhood kids would climb up the tree to the garage roof, where we would sit & eat loquats til we couldn't hold any more. It was yum fun. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10358206036823441624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88110290412176470132017-06-29T09:15:13.454-04:002017-06-29T09:15:13.454-04:00What does "fuzzes" and "naps" ...What does "fuzzes" and "naps" mean?!<br />Not a fan of this puzzle. Towards the end I just wanted it to be over.Christopher Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09910387036050071980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52843764150495396722017-06-27T12:19:57.198-04:002017-06-27T12:19:57.198-04:00No one ever wins a debate over the Internet. (59d ...No one ever wins a debate over the Internet. (59d ... sorry couldn't resist.)lodsfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05345395843784742434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50977917113452180862017-06-27T02:14:33.455-04:002017-06-27T02:14:33.455-04:00I couldn't wade through all the comments, so i...I couldn't wade through all the comments, so if someone saw this before me I apologise. Someone mentioned Monty Python so my feeble brain saw that when the three silents are subtracted from"KNIGHTS", you get NIT. As in the lights that say not. Coincidence? Bill Thomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31329164871640068692017-06-26T23:35:44.499-04:002017-06-26T23:35:44.499-04:00If a person gets fouled in basketball while shooti...If a person gets fouled in basketball while shooting for a basket, she gets an "and one". It's a cute basketball phrase for commentators!Huskerchris62https://www.blogger.com/profile/18391470694091787036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36169275454736935832017-06-26T21:55:05.473-04:002017-06-26T21:55:05.473-04:00Delirium Tremens, wasn't clued as an abbreviat...Delirium Tremens, wasn't clued as an abbreviation however.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409446521309808608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36555173440930764112017-06-25T19:44:22.944-04:002017-06-25T19:44:22.944-04:00@Lady Di and @rondo yesterday: "chance glance...@Lady Di and @rondo yesterday: "chance glance" has a nice ring to it, an alert or alarm maybe?leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64532498739641975772017-06-25T17:03:08.882-04:002017-06-25T17:03:08.882-04:00BUT...BUT...BUT... is one word repeated, not "...BUT...BUT...BUT... is one word repeated, not "words".<br /><br />Also had trouble with the crossing SNOOPLION/ANTI combo.<br /><br />Got a chuckle out of GIVESADAMN. Thought the other themers would be fun, too, but they weren't.<br /><br />Have to place this one solidly in the Sunday slog category. <br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38826152920757269312017-06-25T16:53:53.143-04:002017-06-25T16:53:53.143-04:00rain forest has it correct - "Dr" Oz giv...rain forest has it correct - "Dr" Oz gives quacks a bad name, is there ANY diet fad he hasn't featured and endorsed? To give this....person....any kind of reference is a shame. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27002902595107600842017-06-25T16:34:20.863-04:002017-06-25T16:34:20.863-04:00I didn't know the Philippine drink either--but...I didn't know the Philippine drink either--but for some reason IFORGET completely about mOLE! Thought VOLE, put it in, and went about my, ahem, bus(I)ness. A stroke of luck...and I needed it. Man, did this play hard! Only one writeover: started to write REIGNINGDYNAST...before realizing that -Y was too short and -IES was too long. Then MEADE led me to MONARCHS--but that's some mighty green paint, no? I mean, by definition, that's what they do. Some well, others poorly, some even in absentia--but they all REIGN. That was a headscratcher.<br /><br />So too was the SE--practically all of it. Took me an extra hour just to GETOVERIT. GODEL, huh? If you SAYSO. I third the nomination of the super-hot Catherine as DOD: all in favor? The ayes have it. And so do the eyes!<br /><br />Liked it despite the challenge. The theme is amazing: the key letters silent in BOTH directions SPREAD it out to include an awful lot of squares. Constraints indeed! Sure there is some iffy fill; how could there not be? But kudos to Sam for a job well done. (I didn't even realize the extra layer of K-N-I-G-H-T; that only makes it more impressive. A birdie ATWORST. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15270571515451959932017-06-25T15:18:43.397-04:002017-06-25T15:18:43.397-04:00I quite liked this one, and thought I had a clean ...I quite liked this one, and thought I had a clean solve until I read one of the comments above revealing that I DNF at mOLE. The only reason that is wrong is because of KAVA which to me is the same thing as KAmA. OK, I'll stop pouting, but two DNFs in a row is a blow to my self-esteem.<br /><br />It had to be amazingly difficult to find the words with the silent letters, have them be silent in the crosses as well, put them in order, and construct phrases that made sense with and without those silent letters. I think some commenters were confused by all that.<br /><br />Maybe mOLEs don't actually ruin crops. I don't know, but I know they make a mess of the lawn.<br /><br />I don't usually care if some personality that some find repugnant appears in the puzzle, but calling DR OZ "professional" is flat wrong. He's a quack.<br /><br />Catherine ZETA-Jones is fine by me. Loved her in Chicago.<br /><br />Fill was fine, cluing was varied, and the theme stood up well in my opinion.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74596920357309714542017-06-25T15:11:21.521-04:002017-06-25T15:11:21.521-04:00No, @Mary, it is fare - as in something you eat. ...No, @Mary, it is fare - as in something you eat. Looks like a lot of posters misread clues/answers today. (ie, partner's, above) That includes OFL's nit about KNIGHT, IMHO.<br /><br />I enjoyed getting the silent-letter words once I got the theme. 'Course, I love puns and wordplay, so right up my alley. And I learned the DOGG used to be the LION. <br /><br />@Rondo from yesterday - a chance glance at a puzzle answer (poetry there) doesn't count as a "cheat" in my book - just as seeing a name in the newspaper that happens to be in the puzzle (as in on the same page). But it does still "dirty up" the solve. OTOH, what if you happened on an article earlier that day that mentioned an actor, singer, or the stray Greek god? Chance happens. On the third hand, if I pick up my map of the world to look up the name of an island - clear cheating and dnf.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10906035385513194592017-06-25T14:44:22.943-04:002017-06-25T14:44:22.943-04:00I enjoyed the LARA/LIPS cross for the nod to Angel...I enjoyed the LARA/LIPS cross for the nod to Angelina Jolie.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135570475059576415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87462718017065838292017-06-25T13:13:34.254-04:002017-06-25T13:13:34.254-04:00And that would be ABOVEPAR as in a financial sense...And that would be ABOVEPAR as in a financial sense, opposite meaning on the golf course.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47601483395894932502017-06-25T13:05:57.920-04:002017-06-25T13:05:57.920-04:00Probably meh, not BLEH. Biggest mess was SNOOPdogg...Probably meh, not BLEH. Biggest mess was SNOOPdogg or possibly the Ucla/UTah/UTES corner. And there's the AAA of PPP on the ALGREN - AGEE - ADU line; not a killer, but a potential hazard ATWORST.<br /><br />The LURE of yeah baby Catherine ZETA-Jones carries the day.<br /><br />Not sure if this puz was ABOVEPAR, but since it's rainy and cold and looks like a RESTDAY, IMOK with it.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53172967997536045842017-06-25T12:43:00.960-04:002017-06-25T12:43:00.960-04:00SOLEMN PRECAST MASS
The REIGNINGMONARCHS at the R...SOLEMN PRECAST MASS<br /><br />The REIGNINGMONARCHS at the RENAISSANCEFAIRE<br />and the KNAVE made a TAROTSPREAD AFTERHOURS with their MEADEs.<br />NOW DONTBECRUEL, NOONE GIVESADAMN nor cares<br />that THEIDEA OWEDTO DOUBLEKNOTS in their rosary BEADS.<br /><br />--- ETTA EDDA URBANABurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30069292006800474132017-06-23T09:46:47.195-04:002017-06-23T09:46:47.195-04:00Rex, it's Renaissance FAIR, not Renaissance FA...Rex, it's Renaissance FAIR, not Renaissance FARE.<br /><br />Liked your analysis...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10722809876446577653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12034026613451452802017-06-21T16:23:24.564-04:002017-06-21T16:23:24.564-04:00107 across...better than normal...answer is "...107 across...better than normal...answer is "above par"...not in golfDicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12758736868607036462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40401221195567554582017-06-19T15:11:21.111-04:002017-06-19T15:11:21.111-04:00Unless I'm confused ( quite possible! ), you&... Unless I'm confused ( quite possible! ), you're missing the point of the puzzle. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00715267229398753191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24735484959334348472017-06-19T14:54:19.435-04:002017-06-19T14:54:19.435-04:00My partner's kids. My kids. OUR kids.My partner's kids. My kids. OUR kids.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00715267229398753191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2241018087544512902017-06-19T09:43:30.775-04:002017-06-19T09:43:30.775-04:00This must be an old complaint, but it drives me nu...This must be an old complaint, but it drives me nuts to see GODEL instead of GOEDEL, given that the original German vowel carries an umlaut. Same in a semi-recent answer of KOLN instead of KOELN (aka the city of Cologne, Germany). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36843717228155226132017-06-19T08:15:02.344-04:002017-06-19T08:15:02.344-04:00Re: the Hawaiian clue. The solution is the wrong s...Re: the Hawaiian clue. The solution is the wrong spelling. <br /><br />Tarot is the card (used in fortune telling)<br /><br />Taro is the the root.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com