tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1112215263931205949..comments2024-03-29T09:37:45.612-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 2002 Denzel Washington drama / TUE 2-18-14 / Yiddish author Aleichem / Rule ending in 1947 / James Patterson sleuth Cross / Composer Novello / Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44493742403088410762017-04-23T10:49:14.086-04:002017-04-23T10:49:14.086-04:00I didn't think of figuring out the theme until...I didn't think of figuring out the theme until I finished so QUIN and JOHN Q were gotten by choosing the only letter that made sense.<br /><br /><br /><br />I came across while watching movies. .Thanks for sharing..^__^..I will tell my sister and friends about your blog...pls continue to <br /> write an article...I'm looking forward for the upcoming posts you will be posting<br /><br /> want to watch american and korean tv series and movies?<br /><br />Any Idea <a href="http://chengsentertainment.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Where to watch movies </a> online? <br /> In these days , you can <a href="http://chengsentertainment.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Watch movie online for free </a> without ads and payment needed. <br /><br />I know we love to <a href="https://moviecliff.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Watch movies online </a> even <br /><br /><a href="https://wheretomovies.blogspot.com/search?q=AMERICAN+TV+SERIES" rel="nofollow">American Tv Series </a>. I don't know if you are also fond of watching<br /><br /><a href="http://clintchingz.blogspot.com/search?q=korean+tv+series" rel="nofollow"> Korean Tv series </a>. My name is cielo I am a movie and tv series lover<br /><br /><a href="https://isnowtrendings.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">"is now Trending" </a><br />for more trending news try to visit "<br /><br />THank you ...<br /><br /> <a href="chengsentertainment.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">God Bless </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />jhon paolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16499905849129747759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55245815259288499842014-03-27T15:47:08.891-04:002014-03-27T15:47:08.891-04:00@Sharon AK - The SHOLOM/SHOLeM matter drew several...@Sharon AK - The SHOLOM/SHOLeM matter drew several comments; I liked this explanation from @Z best: "That I, too, had SHaLOM didn't help. For all the spelling critics, you can't win when it's a transliteration. Peking/Beijing and Bombay/Mumbai anyone?"<br />Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68946702286038951642014-03-27T11:57:11.335-04:002014-03-27T11:57:11.335-04:00I didn't read every comment but scanned most l...I didn't read every comment but scanned most looking for someone else complaining about 51 D. I knew Omni hotels and i'd heard of Sholem Aleichem, but I could not find a reference to Alechem that showed his name as Sholom.<br /><br />weird abbreviations seem to be standard Xword fare but mispelled names?Sharon AKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80456434487065927862014-03-26T14:12:17.470-04:002014-03-26T14:12:17.470-04:00Loved this puzzle!
One thing that often irritates...Loved this puzzle!<br /><br />One thing that often irritates me in puzzles is the use of letters that are non-standard in English, which are crossed with their standard English relations. For example, Spanish "ñ" crossed with English "n". Or any of the French accents on "e" crossed with plain old English "e". But here we have "ç" crossed with "ç"! AÇAI X IÇI! Yay! Small victories. <br /><br />Thank you Mr. Steinberg.Roxynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16954592205514124462014-03-25T19:33:22.894-04:002014-03-25T19:33:22.894-04:00Truly painful fill, excused by a truly fun theme. ...Truly painful fill, excused by a truly fun theme. Smells like Tuesday.<br /><br />\ full house: 5s in 3sstraylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17884559184617235102014-03-25T17:07:42.274-04:002014-03-25T17:07:42.274-04:00@DMG, I think you shoot the dealer.@DMG, I think you shoot the dealer.Solving in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249420848844874936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13230191487897738732014-03-25T16:33:04.240-04:002014-03-25T16:33:04.240-04:00Liked @Anoa Bob,s take on this puzzle, and agree w...Liked @Anoa Bob,s take on this puzzle, and agree with @Spacecraft's rant. DNF because of the '"Q" Natick, and, to quote @Ginger, DNC. Looking at the content makes me wonder if they teach spelling in school anymore? Or maybe it's the result of all that tweeting or twittering, or whatever, the youngsters are doing these days? <br /><br />Like @spacecraft, drew three 9's, two 8's. Do we split the pot or play fora showdown?DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84031366769907815922014-03-25T16:17:29.359-04:002014-03-25T16:17:29.359-04:00There are a few constructors whom I have come to a...There are a few constructors whom I have come to approach with extra enthusiasm for the challenge they present - David Steinberg is rapidly becoming one of them. Two things helped me greatly with this one: knowing the alphabet and seeing the theme fairly early. With those two pieces of critical knowledge in hand one could fill in the first and last letters for each italicized clue - that's 26 free letters, dudes! The hardest part for me was identifying the italicized clues as they didn't differ in appearance all that much from the regular font, but I managed to get it done.<br /><br />Harder than the usual Tuesday fare for sure, but that's not necessarily a bad thing in my book.<br /><br />666/55 - not good enough to top @spacey.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61290666751921772982014-03-25T15:29:35.838-04:002014-03-25T15:29:35.838-04:00I meant "...to the average...."I meant "...to the average...."west coast TAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16547482228529850052014-03-25T15:25:53.263-04:002014-03-25T15:25:53.263-04:00@sanfranman:
How about posting the number of "...@sanfranman:<br />How about posting the number of "all solvers" compared the the average number for the day of the week. This could make for a valid and useful statistic, I thinkwest coast TAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23138112142787800082014-03-25T15:07:16.870-04:002014-03-25T15:07:16.870-04:00ISITME, or is David Steinberg becoming one of the ...ISITME, or is David Steinberg becoming one of the elite CW constructors, or what?<br /><br />Rex's writeup takes more of the middle ground because of the iffy fill. An ICIER @Spacy gave it a KARATECHOP. <br /><br />I'm in the IDIG-this-puz Venn circle. Quite FONDU of it. Ya gotta put up with some bad fill to get the brilliance.<br /><br />@Z, I like your google guidance to @DaffyDill. Kinda whatever you're comfortable with.<br /><br />My boat is 2s over 3s. @Spacy takes my $$.Solving in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249420848844874936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54758827405400179292014-03-25T14:24:53.123-04:002014-03-25T14:24:53.123-04:00@DaffyDill - None of us will report you to the cro...@DaffyDill - None of us will report you to the crossword police, I promise. What you choose to live with is up to you. You will find the whole array of google use commented upon here; Never, Only Post-Solve, Only Once I've Given Up, When I Get Stuck, In Order to Get Started (usually only for Friday and Saturday puzzles). Personally, if I google I consider it a DNF, though I may not bother to mention it here when I do. I do try to google to verify "facts" before I embarrass myself by saying something wrong here.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59921091717448161812014-03-25T13:54:37.391-04:002014-03-25T13:54:37.391-04:00It's OK to google? I'm a novice and I tho...It's OK to google? I'm a novice and I thought that was cheating. If I don't get the whole puzzle on my own (OK, I do ask hubby the sports Q's) I consider it a failure. I did get most of this one but can't say I really liked it and since I didn't get the "ABC" thing, I most certainly failed :(. But there's always another one tomorrow :)!DaffyDill Wpghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009486724474073008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47091904583443444942014-03-25T13:40:11.038-04:002014-03-25T13:40:11.038-04:00PS - not only is ORONO clearly a shout-out to synd...PS - not only is ORONO clearly a shout-out to syndiland's own @Diri but it was the very first word (certainly not the last - eg. BBOY & XDIN today) I actually learnt from a crossword puzzle, many decades ago. Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50498970883324503602014-03-25T13:34:48.544-04:002014-03-25T13:34:48.544-04:00Luckily, my paper did print the note and italicize...Luckily, my paper did print the note and italicized clues which actually made this a much easier puzzle than it might have otherwise been. Also, with 1A as a rather obvious reveal, it became possible to mechanically enter the letters of the pangram as gimmes. So count me with the minority who really enjoyed this innovative Tuesday effort - like most of young Mr. Steinberg's submissions, it borders on the brilliant.Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89712371913481614362014-03-25T13:11:09.992-04:002014-03-25T13:11:09.992-04:00DNF, DNC (did not care). Struggled mightily, then...DNF, DNC (did not care). Struggled mightily, then resorted to Google for answers that wouldn't pass a Friday test. Just plain MEAN.Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156872089175084024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33895808825267106202014-03-25T10:54:45.830-04:002014-03-25T10:54:45.830-04:00No. Just...no. Will, how could you print this? Som...No. Just...no. Will, how could you print this? Somebody--maybe that New Yorker dude--smacked you in the head with a ping pong ball?<br /><br />In the first place, my paper had NO starred clues and NO puzzle note. I may say that even if it had, I most likely would never have found it. But the price for such a trick is not just HIGH--it's ridiculous. For one, the "GARMENTDISTRICT" of this grid is a wreck--no, a multi-car pileup. AMAN MTGE GENL XDIN...ohmigod XDIN???!!! that has to be the single worst entry in the history of crossword! Not just a flag, but a game ejection! Fergodsake, it doesn't even have the E!<br /><br />For another, the north is totally ungettable. BBOY? If you say so. Quite literally, any and all letters of the alphabet could go in there. A rap devotee I am NOT. And "Small storage unit" for BYTE? OK, but no way before Friday. It's just too much to expect a misdirect like that on Tuesday.<br /><br />When I saw I had no hope of getting the north, I just quit. A DNF is a DNF. Perhaps, if the puzzle note and clue stars had been printed, curiosity might have spurred me on, but I doubt it. I was a GONER from the word go. The headline for this one could be "Shortz GOESSOFT."<br /><br />Saving grace: 99988. Maybe I can win a pot for a change.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31465109809366247592014-02-26T12:31:15.718-05:002014-02-26T12:31:15.718-05:00Doing this a week late due to travel. Figured out ...Doing this a week late due to travel. Figured out teh "trick" very early, helped, but .....<br /><br />Absolutely horrendous fill.<br /><br />That is all.xyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32876764844729293652014-02-21T16:16:06.230-05:002014-02-21T16:16:06.230-05:00I can not get over how much I love this puzzle!!I can not get over how much I love this puzzle!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21073598699854485402014-02-21T16:14:30.593-05:002014-02-21T16:14:30.593-05:00many thanks! clairemany thanks! claireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50387775365188554862014-02-19T13:03:23.008-05:002014-02-19T13:03:23.008-05:00Terrible, terrible puzzle. XDIN? GENL? MTGE? Not o...Terrible, terrible puzzle. XDIN? GENL? MTGE? Not only were these in the same puzzle, they were all clustered together. Blech.Joseph Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11650918891246242232014-02-19T10:08:51.571-05:002014-02-19T10:08:51.571-05:00This was EASILY the worst puzzle in weeks and week...This was EASILY the worst puzzle in weeks and weeks. Just awful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90172430490408562742014-02-19T08:47:33.005-05:002014-02-19T08:47:33.005-05:00Oh, and @Bob - that means we change "quaker&q...Oh, and @Bob - that means we change "quaker" to "qualifier" to maintain the breathtaking symmetry.Loren Muse Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05308030011870397977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23529856160184762842014-02-19T07:52:30.747-05:002014-02-19T07:52:30.747-05:00Actually it's the French who put the E on fond...Actually it's the French who put the E on fondue, so when speaking of the dish, it's fondue, not fondu, although fondu is a perfectly good past participle in the French language. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35485907250546319892014-02-19T07:00:42.272-05:002014-02-19T07:00:42.272-05:00@Bob - I sure wish I had known that. Obviously &qu...@Bob - I sure wish I had known that. Obviously "in a maj" is, to quote A GREAT, desperate. Let's change it to Indian Raj. Thanks!!Loren Muse Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05308030011870397977noreply@blogger.com