tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1449284473799032945..comments2024-03-28T17:46:15.668-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: FRIDAY, Mar. 23, 2007 - Manny NosowskyRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88975598721285045602007-05-04T21:53:00.000-04:002007-05-04T21:53:00.000-04:00The Oregonian also credited Karen M Tracy with tod...The Oregonian also credited Karen M Tracy with today's puzzle. I didn't know it was really a Manny Nosowsky until now. That explains why I flew through it ("flew" in my sense of the word, which is nothing like Rex's and some of the others'). I love Manny's wide open grids. I remember the first one I ever did. It had a clue "Hungry person's hyperbole". My eyes hit that clue first and I gleefully filled in ICOULDEATAHORSE -- and I was off! Speaking of which, Happy Derby Day tomorrow.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813891327770266573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58263787857727884452007-05-04T20:51:00.000-04:002007-05-04T20:51:00.000-04:00Either I'm getting better or this puzzle was easie...Either I'm getting better or this puzzle was easier than the last few Friday ones. Shaun, Thanks for the background on hoyden (I remembered it from a past puzzle) and thanks Rex for the tat explanation. I also thought it had something to do with tatting. Tatoo is much more satisfying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75479541576705380392007-05-04T16:52:00.000-04:002007-05-04T16:52:00.000-04:00Oh....cool... or "kewl" I suppose. :)Rex, you have...Oh....cool... or "kewl" I suppose. :)<BR/><BR/>Rex, you have made my day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85604421549679153382007-05-04T15:25:00.000-04:002007-05-04T15:25:00.000-04:00wwwwwwwwwpierre,Your comments are always read, at ...wwwwwwwwwpierre,<BR/><BR/>Your comments are always read, at least by me, and probably by many others, as my statcounter says many many people are checking my site for 6-wks-ago answers on a regular basis ...<BR/><BR/>RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65785789956252978692007-05-04T14:50:00.000-04:002007-05-04T14:50:00.000-04:00Checking in from tardy syndication land. This puzz...Checking in from tardy syndication land. This puzzle so engrossed me that I forgot to pour the first cup of tea. (drinking it now). I ended up with one mistake; Like Rex, I have avoided "The DaVinci Code" like the plague, so I had BUMPZ and ZION. Made sense to me, assuming that snowboarders talk like skateboarders. <BR/><BR/>For some reason, the Vancouver Sun credited this puzzle to Karen M. Tracey. Long answers always daunt me; When, very early on, I got STRETCHES ACROSS, I thought, "Karen M. Tracey, I love you!" then, just when the panic was rising, (God, I'll never finish this one!) there she was, chiding me with WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?. But it wasn't her at all! <BR/><BR/>I got the MUSCATEL right away, and MOSELLE with just a few crosses, but "Stoker of literature" had me wondering, "who was the guy who was feeding the boilers on the Mary Deare?"<BR/><BR/>I fell into the NFL trap, as well, so CAN THE COMEDY was the last long answer I got, allowing me to learn that "Hoydens" are TOMBOYS. Then Shaun elaborates, making me wish I had met more hoydens in my youth.<BR/><BR/>GOOSE was a gimme, we generally have it at Christmas, Hanne, my wife of 35 years being Danish.<BR/><BR/>Drinking second cup of tea now, wondering why I spend so much time writing stuff that will possibly never be read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70886456852098228462007-05-04T12:58:00.001-04:002007-05-04T12:58:00.001-04:00Looks like our paper's puzzle is a week behind.Looks like our paper's puzzle is a week behind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56022828055991125212007-05-04T12:58:00.000-04:002007-05-04T12:58:00.000-04:00BTW - I just bookmarked your blog. Got to it when ...BTW - I just bookmarked your blog. Got to it when I was freaking out over "retronym," so I googled "Acoustic guitar" and "Push lawn mower" and found your site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44356879350211786372007-05-04T12:56:00.000-04:002007-05-04T12:56:00.000-04:00I think that "Tat" is a word referring to lace. To...I think that "Tat" is a word referring to lace. To tat is to make lace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73520136150264771232007-03-25T17:36:00.000-04:002007-03-25T17:36:00.000-04:00PS I didn't even see your comment at first, Shaun....PS I didn't even see your comment at first, Shaun. Maybe HOYDENS have gotten more into sports in recent ... centuries.<BR/><BR/>PPS - GOT IT ON made me laugh quite hard. As did mmpo's reference to Lovely Lady Lumps (check it out!). And thanks to whose of you who wrote in (two of you) with other "Stokers of literature." Both good answers.<BR/><BR/>RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68913195338302777282007-03-25T17:24:00.000-04:002007-03-25T17:24:00.000-04:00Just catching up on comments from while I was away...Just catching up on comments from while I was away, and I have to say: I missed you guys. Reading your various random, often insightful, often ridiculous comments makes me very happy. I didn't get a chance to digest this Friday puzzle fully because of hitting the road for CT. Speaking of which, I can't waste my writing energy on Comments right now...<BR/><BR/>RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25034440734446119872007-03-24T01:04:00.000-04:002007-03-24T01:04:00.000-04:00Good luck in Stamford, Rex. I think that is (or i...Good luck in Stamford, Rex. I think that is (or is near) Mo Vaughn's hometown. See you when you get back to Confluence.<BR/><BR/>MBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34855263508337658082007-03-23T15:45:00.000-04:002007-03-23T15:45:00.000-04:00OK, I must call foul on tomboy/hoyden. Even MW.com...OK, I must call foul on tomboy/hoyden. Even MW.com defines it as "a girl of saucy, boisterous, or carefree behavior." "Saucy" comes first for a reason -- Hoyden is a character in a Restoration comedy called The Relapse, and a "Hoyden character" is by implication a lusty flirt -- rambunctious, sure, but boyish?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15190744852347321532007-03-23T13:33:00.000-04:002007-03-23T13:33:00.000-04:00Pi, pie, Pei!Pi, pie, Pei!DONALDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398968047673788006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40820146856849026472007-03-23T13:09:00.000-04:002007-03-23T13:09:00.000-04:00The main character in "Fahrenheit 451" was quite a...The main character in "Fahrenheit 451" was quite a "stoker" of literature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65256399896879357472007-03-23T13:01:00.000-04:002007-03-23T13:01:00.000-04:00"Too long," as in 22minutes instead of 16?...(I al..."Too long," as in 22minutes instead of 16?...(I always marvel at how you can tear your hair out over a puzzle, Rex, then post a time that is two-to-three times faster than mine--when I found the puzzle fairly easy! I don't actually bother timing myself dilligently, as I evidently inhabit another dimension...maybe this is why I can't keep up with the mail that comes to my house either. And by the way, thank you, Ultra Vi, for your words of welcome. I was glad to hear from another slow solver...maybe that will encourage me to consider attending a tournament in another year, as I'm sure I would meet some very interesting people who share this quirky interest with me... <BR/>Anyhoo...well, there are two words that I learned from this puzzle in one fell swoop: gimcrack and whim-wham (not to mention gewgaw, the listed synonym for gimcrack at m-w.com...and gimcrackery, which would make a great title for a book about crosswords!) <BR/><BR/>I got sidetracked momentarily with CUT the comedy.<BR/><BR/>Even this French-to-English translator was unfamiliar with lèse-humanité. Turns out that lèse-majesté is an actual entry in Le Petit Robert (standard French dictionary), whereas lèse-humanité is only an example illustrating the entry lèse-...which is a legalese term.<BR/><BR/>Pitcher Don...Drysdale springs to mind. Wrong team, though.<BR/><BR/>I found the "the" in HAVE THE SAYSO a bit odd and thought it must be something else for quite some time...<BR/><BR/>Not hear a single word --> LIPREAD<BR/>I got this fairly quickly, but it still strikes me as wrong. If you don't hear someone, it doesn't mean you can necessarily read their lips, and if you read someone's lips, it doesn't necessarily mean you can't hear a single word! <BR/><BR/>Military Command--> A TEASE? Huh?...Oh.<BR/><BR/>BUMPS-->well, at least the clue didn't refer to Fergie and the song that prompted me to remark, "that's just bad writing." Oh right, that's lumps and humps...there must be some bumps in there, too, though...no? <BR/><BR/>All right, then, back to work...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83581632269366584202007-03-23T12:00:00.000-04:002007-03-23T12:00:00.000-04:00Were more than friendly - GOT IT ONWere more than friendly - GOT IT ONAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55995647751434413362007-03-23T10:51:00.000-04:002007-03-23T10:51:00.000-04:00"Stoker of literature" would be a funny clue for S..."Stoker of literature" would be a funny clue for Savonarola, the book burning priest of Renaissance Florence.<BR/><BR/>For more Christmas goose literary action, see Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle." <BR/><BR/>-J.S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com