tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1186796966208946580..comments2024-03-28T18:52:07.432-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Failure to sneeze / THU 4-21-16 / Brilliantly blue / Textbook market shorthand / Drunk's woe / Redheads book lovers maybe / Title figures in Gilbert Sullivan opera / Nevada county with part of Death Valley National MonumentRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89737747726394350982022-09-06T06:59:05.029-04:002022-09-06T06:59:05.029-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.dais isnafirlahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676050473044054018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2614441327173571272022-09-06T06:57:53.553-04:002022-09-06T06:57:53.553-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.dais isnafirlahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676050473044054018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49624570719241329442022-09-04T20:05:30.783-04:002022-09-04T20:05:30.783-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Deny Setiawanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17835511329911095310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62210574438863509242016-05-27T12:28:42.033-04:002016-05-27T12:28:42.033-04:00I'm feeling the need to add that SKYEY, when u...I'm feeling the need to add that SKYEY, when used to describe a color, rather than altitude or ethereality, usually does not imply "brilliant" blue. The blue of the sky, in most places at most times, is a relatively soft shade. A "brilliant blue" sky is the exception. There are many different interpretations of "sky blue" but most of them are not a shade that could be called brilliant. You could look it up (and both the constructor and editor should have).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30186741144642163882016-05-27T12:24:49.672-04:002016-05-27T12:24:49.672-04:00I think of ette as a diminutive suffix. Statuette...I think of ette as a diminutive suffix. Statuette is a small statue regardless of the gender of the recipient. I'll give you drum majorette, and admire you for pulling it out of thin air, but alone, it isn't convincing. As far as nose dud meaning a sneeze that doesn't happen, does that make a mirage an eye dud, etc? I don't mind clever or smart, but we're approaching claivoyant with this garbage.Longbeachleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945278798020339134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61033246284340984332016-05-26T23:06:04.864-04:002016-05-26T23:06:04.864-04:00@longbeachlee - they are both suffixes used to tur...@longbeachlee - they are both suffixes used to turn a masculine or neutral word into a feminine one, as in host/hostess, drum major/drum majorette.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2142161837475047232016-05-26T19:49:20.805-04:002016-05-26T19:49:20.805-04:00@Longbeach -
I could be wrong, but here's my ...@Longbeach -<br /><br />I could be wrong, but here's my take:<br /><br />ess and ette are suffixes, but IMO feminizing suffixes. "The actrESS won the statuETTE."<br /><br />NOSEDUD is a pun (within the context of the puxzzle theme of ST = D) on nose stud. A NOSEDUD is a sneeze you feel coming on, but then it just doesn't happen. It's a dud. Unlike a Milk Dud. Which, you must admit, would be another kind of dud if it ended up in your nose. <br /><br />Diana, Waiting to ah! ah! ahch... ratsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43624864352864331492016-05-26T18:43:21.042-04:002016-05-26T18:43:21.042-04:00Challenging head-scratcher, ultimately gettable, m...Challenging head-scratcher, ultimately gettable, meaning it took quite a bit of time, and worth it.<br /><br />Unrevealed revealer: DTS.<br /><br />Clever, hard to see themers: PLEASEDAY, FALSEDART<br /><br />Some tough fill: TYPE, TYR, GNC and especially SKYEY. GUNSHY tough because of its vaguest of clues.<br /><br />I liked it, I think.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23811614907438352902016-05-26T17:39:12.287-04:002016-05-26T17:39:12.287-04:00I'm in the minority, but I liked INSTORES. I s...I'm in the minority, but I liked INSTORES. I saw it as a mild jab at the countless TV ads with the come-on "not available in stores.<br /><br />I found this easy for a Thursday.D_Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59764609671557348272016-05-26T17:25:13.758-04:002016-05-26T17:25:13.758-04:00One more thing I forgot before. I also do a daily...One more thing I forgot before. I also do a daily puz in the local paper by a well-known constructor. I've mentioned before how odd it is when a seldom-used word shows up in the NYTP and a day or two later (or before) the same word is in puz#2. Do they get together? Does he do this for the sake of syndies, who have learned a new word? I now predict that we just might see a certain shade of blue in puz#2. Skies the limit, right? I'll let you know.<br /><br />Diana, Waiting for the Sky to OpenDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77429606368701577902016-05-26T17:20:29.007-04:002016-05-26T17:20:29.007-04:00How is ess related to ette except for being a suff...How is ess related to ette except for being a suffix? Does a person with a nose stud not sneeze? Help me.Longbeachleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945278798020339134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74030987996130839972016-05-26T15:59:49.590-04:002016-05-26T15:59:49.590-04:00When I sneeze, my cat, Lambo, makes a funny sound ...When I sneeze, my cat, Lambo, makes a funny sound - sounds like he's concerned about something. He makes the same sound if I almost sneeze - he knows what's coming. Now I have a word for that, a NOSEDUD. That one made me laugh, even before I know the theme.<br /><br />Upon consulting my OED, sadly, SKYEY is a word, with no less than 2 definitions. (Of the sky, and the colour (sic) of the sky.) I smiled as I put it in, knowing it would draw blood.<br /><br />Agree, MASSAGER sounds sleazy. <br /><br />Spacey - I've had a post or two vanish - I think more likely user error or, as a teacher once told me, shift happens. (The gerbils inside the computer powered off.)<br /><br />Enjoyed the ST = D, knew it would be "wackyed." <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39812122495565490622016-05-26T13:57:20.216-04:002016-05-26T13:57:20.216-04:00@spacecraft - I'd really like a hint about wha...@spacecraft - I'd really like a hint about what the taboo subject of your censored post was. I had one censored a couple of months ago, for what I think was a bogus reason.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56433264634916975622016-05-26T13:52:20.148-04:002016-05-26T13:52:20.148-04:00I laughed when I put in SKYEY. After I finished, ...I laughed when I put in SKYEY. After I finished, I found that it is a real word. Then I shrugged.<br /><br />I know the phrase back MASSAGER, and also foot MASSAGER. You can buy these things IN STORES, so I also shrug that one off.<br /><br />Regarding that last one, if you can't buy them on TV or online, where else are you going to get them?<br /><br />There's a WAFER thin line between good puns and bad ones, and this puzzle more or less walked that line, or was close to it. Puns. Didn't miss the rebus, or should I say "my" rebus, as some do.<br /><br />Today, here, the sky is cloudyey, ie, brilliantly cloudy.<br /><br />rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47778830938220874282016-05-26T12:16:25.587-04:002016-05-26T12:16:25.587-04:00Finished quickly but had to hold my nose throughou...Finished quickly but had to hold my nose throughout the entire puz. Frankly, lame. Oh well, they all can't be gems.Torbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01813931192681953872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36773650918732554462016-05-26T11:42:30.191-04:002016-05-26T11:42:30.191-04:00Now for today's offering. I found it tough in ...Now for today's offering. I found it tough in the extreme; nothing medium about it. Yes, 25-down is in fact a real word, but that doesn't mean I have to be happy about it. It is an abomination, and I'm with the solid majority who think it should have been handed back with a "Fix this" note. But even that doesn't draw the flag. MASSAGER does. Folks, you're either a masseur or a masseuse; you can never be a "MASSAGER." That's a real word too, but I don't care. Out-of-bounds penalty.<br /><br />Also, I've never "POWEREDON." I power up. You do too. Wow, look at that entire 15th column! DTS SKYEY SYSTS. Surely there's been some kind of mistake, and don't call me Shirley. Thus I could back-door into a DOD, via MacLaine or Jones, but there is one here because YEOMEN automatically makes me think of Janice Rand from the old STTOS. Kirk (or rather, his "bad" half) once said to her: "You're too beautiful to ignore. Too much woman." IAGREE wholeheartedly. Grace Lee Whitney, we miss you. RIP.<br /><br />The MASSAGER thing nearly caused a DNF, but many of the clues were off the wall. Theme is OK-ISH; fill is weird. Double-bogey.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26291606652952648602016-05-26T11:22:47.859-04:002016-05-26T11:22:47.859-04:00Two posts today; I'm sure one of them (the oth...Two posts today; I'm sure one of them (the other one) will make it to print. Why not this one? Observe.<br /><br />I know why my post yesterday never appeared. I broached a taboo subject (I will not name it here, for obvious reasons); I just thought, really, we're all intelligent people here, and so who wouldn't...well, I cannot go further. Sorry, censors, it won't happen again.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62512950779036615212016-05-26T10:12:08.489-04:002016-05-26T10:12:08.489-04:00More obtusity than I called out earlier this week....More obtusity than I called out earlier this week. Clue for STEAL? Clue/answer for TENTO? That makes me TENTO think this puz could have stood some brushing up. 25d ridiculous, but fell due to crosses. More trouble because of atALL in the NW, but that appears to be the only w/o.<br /><br />Having studied Swedish at the U of M, I know (and have forgot) more about Norse gods than one has a right to. Especially when it comes to naming weekdays. It’s Tisdag in Swedish, they just kinda swallowed that R.<br /><br />Severe lack of yeah babies unless we stretch it out to include Doris DAY. Milton Berle once said, “I knew Doris DAY before she was a virgin.” BORNE to BREED?<br /><br />Don’t ever mention the name HERScHEL Walker to a Vikes fan. We sold the farm to get him and after the first game here he PLAYED poorly. Meanwhile his former team, the Cowboys, became “America’s team” and the Vikes fell into obscurity for a long time.<br /><br />Despite all the good stuff the weak areas were obvious. “25d” may become a term like Natick. “I can’t believe the constructor 25ded that answer.” “A 25d like that should been caught by Will.” Maybe in his next effort there won’t be much to Bajcz about.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73594461535208426762016-05-26T08:23:13.963-04:002016-05-26T08:23:13.963-04:00PROTÉGÉ TAG
IAGREE my BLUEGRASSDATE was the SILEN...PROTÉGÉ TAG<br /><br />IAGREE my BLUEGRASSDATE was the SILENT TYPE. Oh goody!<br />While I’d MASSAGER I’d ANNOTATE that KAY PLAYED with my WOODY.<br /><br />--- T.BOONE “HERSHEL” SKYEY-REYES<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53509590910436846222016-04-22T21:25:20.173-04:002016-04-22T21:25:20.173-04:00My major gripe is Massager rather than the obvious...My major gripe is Massager rather than the obvious Masseuse. Massager?Where is that the professional title?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7689965777183396182016-04-22T00:12:15.893-04:002016-04-22T00:12:15.893-04:00I think MASSAGER is only ever used as a euphemism ... I think MASSAGER is only ever used as a euphemism for vibrator, right?<br /><br />I can't be the only one who desperately wanted 11D to be vomitedON? I know it ain't breakfast-worthy but...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79869882178716688642016-04-21T23:28:47.950-04:002016-04-21T23:28:47.950-04:00I object less to an obscure word than I do to need...I object less to an obscure word than I do to needlessly poor cluing. And as others have said, "SKYEY" really is a word! I can use it in Scrabble! I really disliked the clue for UTE. I have never heard an SUV called that. "I am going car shopping; I will be looking at utes." No. Utes are teenagers in Brooklyn. But better clues certainly exist. How about "Beehive athlete."? Utah is the Beehive state, right?<br /><br />And then the really bad clue for "Type" that so many others have mentioned. There are SO many ways to clue that word. For us seniors "What to do on a Royal or an Underwood." "he's not my ___" " most folks are A or B." But "redheads or book-lovers..." Why? Not clever, not funny, not leading to the answer...Just bad. <br /><br />OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17286779076697970352016-04-21T23:02:54.390-04:002016-04-21T23:02:54.390-04:00My vote for the two best SKYEY comments today: @An...My vote for the two best SKYEY comments today: @Anon 11:46 a.m. and @kitshef 9:58 p.m.<br /><br />@Aketi (4:41 p.m.) -- Six different choices???!!!<br /><br />Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58158831542382557872016-04-21T21:58:34.945-04:002016-04-21T21:58:34.945-04:00Re the Shakespeare defense of skyey, I don't w...Re the Shakespeare defense of skyey, I don't want runn'st in my puzzle, either. <br /><br />OTOH, I'm officially flip-flopping on MASSAGER, thanks to its use in e.g. 'foot massager,.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58741629939233016292016-04-21T19:43:59.740-04:002016-04-21T19:43:59.740-04:00Yes, SKYEY could have been easily eliminated. My ...Yes, SKYEY could have been easily eliminated. My solution: BRAND and STYES at 24/25D, crossed by GERT (Frobe), ONE and WINDS.<br /><br />But so what? SKYEY gives this otherwise boring puzzle some character. That few or none of us have ever heard it used is irrelevant.Sir Hillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984338030622316296noreply@blogger.com