tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1097797833573439196..comments2024-03-28T04:40:27.172-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Preceder of bravo in radio alphabet - THURSDAY Apr. 30 2009- G Kaiser/S Ginzburg (Food whose name comes from a language of West Africa)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9616783530201230492022-06-30T04:45:56.014-04:002022-06-30T04:45:56.014-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Lily Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00450066934275678193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29931047184950694552009-06-04T14:24:22.665-04:002009-06-04T14:24:22.665-04:00Difficulty: Easy ?????
Are you serious. This thin...Difficulty: Easy ?????<br /><br />Are you serious. This thing had me cussing for about 20 minutes. Pretty ridiculous when it comes to xwords.<br /><br />Kaiser and Ginzburg can eat me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66318988331348011032009-05-01T22:09:00.000-04:002009-05-01T22:09:00.000-04:00Thanks for the clarification on Capital vs. Capito...Thanks for the clarification on Capital vs. Capitol. I never knew that ... miles to go before *I'm* a crossword "Queen."PGubanchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308907785790336469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17795214213496688502009-05-01T05:31:00.000-04:002009-05-01T05:31:00.000-04:00Loved this puzzle!
Sat in a doctor's office wait...Loved this puzzle! <br /><br />Sat in a doctor's office waiting room, smiling while solving it.<br /><br />The clues and answers were so clever and fun to solve.<br /><br />Wish more puzzles could be like this one. It had so many good attributes.<br /><br />On the "w" being a vowel, then is "h" a vowel as in "aah," "ooh," "Pooh"?<br /><br />On the Atkins diet, a friend followed it religiously. He ate tons of meat, including bacon and ate a lot of butter. He barely ate vegetables or fruit.<br /><br />He argued his position in favor of this diet against everyone who had other views or worried about the Atkins diet.<br /><br />He had a terrible stroke when he reached 63 and is still disabled 2 1/2 years later.<br /><br />I don't know what the exact relationship was to his diet, but I am suspicious, so back to no red meat, and lots of vegetables and fruit.<br /><br />Kathy D.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80617667392410389882009-05-01T02:59:00.000-04:002009-05-01T02:59:00.000-04:00@Seth
PWN!!!!
But that's different, I think that's...@Seth<br />PWN!!!!<br />But that's different, I think that's dropping a letter.<br />W as a vowel is<br />sort of an open secret...<br />I mean it says it in the name: double-u.<br />They use it in Welsh that way all the time<br />(they wse it in UUelsh all the time?)<br /><br />It's such a weird letter...practically non-existent (I think) in French and other romance languages...swappable in German with V, etc.<br /><br />The good thing is THE "W" is gone.<br /><br />What was weird for me with this puzzle in the tournament was that the FIRST word I put in was DUBLIN and got that there was some sort of world capital pun thing happening, but then I simply forgot!<br />So I stared at _ _ _ HDAD and thought, what kind of last name is that??? How would I know who the inventor of the baggie was...<br />Like I totally forgot there was a theme happening!<br /><br />Competitions are strange for me that way, concentrating so hard that I go blank. Is that possible or just pre-menopausal?<br /><br />Like Rex, I had Ariana...and also thought about ALPHA, but it would be sloppy for the editor to use the word "alphabet" in the clue for "Alpha".<br /><br />Did not like the abbreviation-y NE corner with MTGE crossing MTN and EMT...so in that spirit, again like Rex, I had NTH for "_ degree".<br /><br />By the time I untangled T_A and unclear how to spell KHARTOUM I had to go through every letter of the Alfa-bet for that O.<br />Can you have a TEA Degree? DO airport workers get TSA Degrees?<br /><br />@foodie<br />Can't wait to take you to my favorite Lebanese/Armenian restaurant next week!andrea carla michaelshttp://acmenaming.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2606849433591734802009-04-30T23:10:00.000-04:002009-04-30T23:10:00.000-04:00I think the Middle East has such great food becaus...I think the Middle East has such great food because it is the cradle of civilization. They've been at it for a looong time, and have a lot of wonderful ingredients to work with. <br />Oh, and I liked this puzzle a lot, too, like pita and tahini.Lisa in Kingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15793732995251623365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74452593756223678562009-04-30T23:02:00.000-04:002009-04-30T23:02:00.000-04:00@ulrich, I was in Beirut when you visited back in ...@ulrich, I was in Beirut when you visited back in the 60's :) <br /><br />@archaeoprof, about wonderful food developing in an area where there is great strife... in a way, it's adaptive. A kind of cultural resilience. A tasty meal can heal all kinds of pain. <br /><br />@mac, less well known from that area are some really good fish-based dishes.<br /><br />Today's discussion made me realize how little I know about some of the other capitals mentioned, e.g. KHARTOUM. Let's see, capital of Sudan, name means "Elephant Trunk", it sits at the intersection of the White and the Blue Nile, and I bet it's hot. A few factoids is about it...foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14084426163087854682009-04-30T22:01:00.000-04:002009-04-30T22:01:00.000-04:00Fantastic puzzle, I'm beginning to thing Thursday ...Fantastic puzzle, I'm beginning to thing Thursday puzzles are my favorites.<br />I've been running around, spending time in lovely, sunny Manhattan, and am planning a Kentucky Derby cocktail party. Personally I'm afraid to watch these races, hate to see the poor animals crumble. <br />@Jeff in chicago: I am so with you. I had many aha and smiles moments with this puzzle.<br />Re: the cuisine of Lebanon: my all time favorite barbequed chicken is the Lebanese kind: marinated in olive oil, lots of lemon juice and garlic. Very crisp. Also like their marinated and stuffed vegetables. And we all know the hummus, tabouleh, eggplant dishes..... My kind of food.<br />P.S. all the lemon juise wreaks havoc on the teeth of the Lebanese.... Several friends have had to have their teeth re-enameled (toothdoc, I couldn't think of the proper expression).machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91744295091448792272009-04-30T20:09:00.000-04:002009-04-30T20:09:00.000-04:00Yup, solid A for this puzzle--very ingenious and f...Yup, solid A for this puzzle--very ingenious and full of life.deerfencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185773504451380520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46642779872465814422009-04-30T18:55:00.000-04:002009-04-30T18:55:00.000-04:00Six replays of "Furry, Happy Monsters!" It's a gre...Six replays of "Furry, Happy Monsters!" It's a great day!Shamikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635283729322415150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25993204329643807662009-04-30T18:24:00.000-04:002009-04-30T18:24:00.000-04:00Rex, where on earth is there a consonant sound in ...Rex, where on earth is there a consonant <I>sound</I> in AWW? Does it not sound like "au" wih nary a consonant to be found?<br /><br />I'm mad that this sometimes-a-vowel W business was not relayed to me before this week. Why the secrecy, W vowel people??Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15960680589110890672009-04-30T18:04:00.000-04:002009-04-30T18:04:00.000-04:00i've seen "aww shucks" written before. it's a bit...i've seen "aww shucks" written before. it's a bit awwkward but it works.<br /><br />"w" is a vowel in welsh, innit?<br /><br />i completed about 80% of the puzzle before i started googling--which is better than i typically do on thursdays. so "easy" seems a good fit.Jim Weedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692113554678373904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88241472893345862682009-04-30T17:05:00.000-04:002009-04-30T17:05:00.000-04:00@Doc: I interpreted the clue not as meaning "The c...@Doc: I interpreted the clue not as meaning "The credo of the Atkins diet, which is extreme", but rather "The credo of an extreme version of the Atkins diet".Kurisuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132568197501054206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47989013767138881592009-04-30T16:04:00.000-04:002009-04-30T16:04:00.000-04:00I've been to a recently opened sandwich shop.
Don...I've been to a <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyofseth/351929261/" REL="nofollow">recently opened sandwich shop</A>.<br /><br />Don't forget pwn.SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14582260868123455182009-04-30T15:26:00.000-04:002009-04-30T15:26:00.000-04:00To me aaaah is a sigh of relief or sound of comple...To me aaaah is a sigh of relief or sound of complete satisfaction. Awwwww is for cute babies and puppies.johohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708487230515532492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17726101321937073422009-04-30T15:02:00.000-04:002009-04-30T15:02:00.000-04:00@ Rex:
In this case, "carbs" refers to carbohydra...@ Rex: <br />In this case, "carbs" refers to carbohydrate-laden food such as bread, pasta, rice, etc. And especially sugary stuff such as sweets and sodas.<br />Even Dr. Atkins would say that his diet wasn't "no carb" but "low carb".<br />That said, the clue is incorrect.<br /><br />It is possible for the body can live on just fats and protein (and vitamins) alone, though. It's just easier to burn carbs.Doc Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12540112168511893896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74851629436322951192009-04-30T14:54:00.000-04:002009-04-30T14:54:00.000-04:00The issue with "vowel" and "consonant" is that the...The issue with "vowel" and "consonant" is that the linguistic definition of them involves sounds and mouth/lip/vocal chord/etc. movement, not written representations. Saying "This letter is a vowel" or "This letter is a consonant" is technically incorrect from a linguistic standpoint; letters can only represent vowels or consonants, they can't *be* vowels or consonants. There's been a little discussion on languagelog about this recently.Kurisuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132568197501054206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34321251950692771112009-04-30T14:40:00.000-04:002009-04-30T14:40:00.000-04:00@doc john,
"there's enough carbs in meat etc." Yo...@doc john,<br /><br />"there's enough carbs in meat etc." You make my point. If there are carbs in meat, and you eat meat, then you are not eating a NO CARBS diet. This is the idiocy of the concept of NO CARBS.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89736609449752017932009-04-30T14:35:00.000-04:002009-04-30T14:35:00.000-04:00What more can I say??? What an ingenious puzzle.I ...What more can I say??? What an ingenious puzzle.I had to google a bit but I agree with you all - the best puzzle in a while.<br /><br />My first thought was oreo also. and I had nth for the longest time.chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58018409873612849782009-04-30T14:10:00.000-04:002009-04-30T14:10:00.000-04:00@Michele: You got it backwards--this puzzle is ful...@Michele: You got it backwards--this puzzle is full of references meant to tell the liberals who rule this blog what real Americans have known all along: That Obama is an Arab and a terrorist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25828537390676834012009-04-30T13:52:00.000-04:002009-04-30T13:52:00.000-04:00As Anon 1:42: Huh?As Anon 1:42: Huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21456484977229751982009-04-30T13:47:00.000-04:002009-04-30T13:47:00.000-04:00Anon 1:42: I'm with you. And the American people r...Anon 1:42: I'm with you. And the American people really shouldn't have to stand for this kind of propaganda in the crossword puzzle. It's just another indication of how the liberal media is pushing its socialist agenda down the throats of us real Americans. Why, the last time these countries appeared in the puzzle it was the late 1970s and Jimmy Carter -- another Democrat -- was president. I'm not saying that Barack Obama is responsible for this, or that this only happens under Democratic presidents. I just think it's quite a coincidence.Michele Bachmannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54456792076535100102009-04-30T13:43:00.000-04:002009-04-30T13:43:00.000-04:00Definitely saying AAH doesn't do justice at all to...Definitely saying AAH doesn't do justice at all to the effect that's expected from its reading. To me at least, every time I see AWW written down, it immediately puts it in the right scenario. Right there with someone watching the happy furry monsters and going awww...! (granted, not everyone is expected to react this way).<br /><br />And, this puzzle was absolutely ingenious. Dublin and Baghdad my favorites of the day.mexgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3929891501185560182009-04-30T13:42:00.000-04:002009-04-30T13:42:00.000-04:00No one seems to have mentioned yet the connection ...No one seems to have mentioned yet the connection between the starred clues - each has had some terrorist activities. Add to that Ridge...interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91536100114991493082009-04-30T13:35:00.000-04:002009-04-30T13:35:00.000-04:00Is this the best Thursday of the year, so far?
@f...Is this the best Thursday of the year, so far?<br /><br />@foodie: me too. How did such a troubled region produce such wonderful cuisine?archaeoprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956231727789223463noreply@blogger.com