tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1706943779405743031..comments2024-03-28T07:24:00.582-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Prehistoric Southwest culture / MON 12-11-17 / Service organization with wheel logoRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41936170399743328792018-01-16T01:00:24.750-05:002018-01-16T01:00:24.750-05:00Fairly easy, even for, you know when.
Then there&...Fairly easy, even for, you know when.<br /><br />Then there's the puzzle in a riddle in a conundrum of @Rondo@BS. Huh?????????<br /><br />Diana, Lady in Waiting for Answers!Diana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85786364923859539092018-01-15T19:26:39.839-05:002018-01-15T19:26:39.839-05:00A concentrate is something which has been concentr...A concentrate is something which has been concentrated.<br /><br />Diffuse light is light which has been diffused.<br /><br />Does that help?<br />straylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82975071913317695702018-01-15T14:48:43.157-05:002018-01-15T14:48:43.157-05:00Huh? After three years are we discovering that @R...Huh? After three years are we discovering that @Rondo and @Burma Shave are one and the same? Seems likely because @Rondo likes to incorporate puzzle words into his comments, but I wouldn't have predicted it. Probably some other explanation, maybe.<br /><br />I also couldn't have predicted the Vikings unbelievable win with 10 seconds left. As a former huge rooter of Joe Kapp and Bud Grant, I was overjoyed, or at least joyed. Now we get to see castoffs Keenum and Foles go at it next week. Might be a classic.<br /><br />Oh, the puzzle, ahem. I thought it to be an excellent Monday effort. Clean theme with a perfect revealer (didn't get the connection until then), and a fine grid. Learned of the ANASAZI when I read a bpok on ancient civilizations and their demise. Studied BOOLEAN algebra. Like my Veuve Cliquot ON ICE.<br /><br />So @Burma Shave/@Rondo, what's the deal?rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76083196292559525542018-01-15T13:09:38.353-05:002018-01-15T13:09:38.353-05:00RESELL PLUM LOVES
ONCE AMISS URNS MONEY, AURA gif...RESELL PLUM LOVES<br /><br />ONCE AMISS URNS MONEY, AURA gift like GARISH FIRS,<br />and is TRULY ABLE to MAKE you get ARISE with new IDEAS,<br />give HERA big tip INN that MOBILEHOME CRIB of hers<br />even if the ROTARYCLUB HEADPHONES in a PAYFREEZE.<br /><br />--- CELLBLOCK SMARTALECK ABNER ANASAZI rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48910310935158911572018-01-15T12:15:54.930-05:002018-01-15T12:15:54.930-05:00@spacey - yes, that was TRULY a finish for the age...@spacey - yes, that was TRULY a finish for the ages. We are AMAZED. It almost ERASES a lot of bad memories. Including the original "Hail Mary" to Drew Pearson 42 years ago. There is still a chance for much ANGER here if the Vikes don't beat your beloved Eagles next week (a game between the two highest NFC CEDES, er, SEEDs) and MAKE it to the Super Bowl on our HOME field. I SEENO reason why the Vikes can't win. That's just me being a SMARTALECK. Agree that Ms. EDEN is a yeah baby.<br /><br />As to the puz, yeah I got the PHONE thing ONCE I filled in MOBILEHOME. This is what a Mon-puz should be, and nothing AMISS. <br /><br /><br /><br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49266047349703614922018-01-15T11:24:51.300-05:002018-01-15T11:24:51.300-05:00Concentrated is past tense is what I meant.Concentrated is past tense is what I meant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16860671380478748522018-01-15T11:23:23.268-05:002018-01-15T11:23:23.268-05:00I don't understand "diffuse" not bei...I don't understand "diffuse" not being "diffused" since "concentrated" is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55870681948138148012018-01-15T11:20:23.272-05:002018-01-15T11:20:23.272-05:00I enjoyed this one. Trying like heck to connect th...I enjoyed this one. Trying like heck to connect the long acrosses with some kind of theme...I couldn't do it. Had to wait for the reveal: oh yeah, now I see. That to me is how a themed puzzle should work.<br /><br />The puzzle is rife with really dumbed-down clues, and with the exception of a couple of entries (ANASAZI, I'm looking at you, and maybe some of us might not know BOOLEAN), very simple fill. Monday-easy for sure. Time? I do not time. I'm retired; I don't have a thousand things to do today. Same goes for yesterday and tomorrow. I love it.<br /><br />It's not perfect: SEENO is an AP, RESELL is a RE-verb--so is REHAB, I guess, but it carries heavy-usage immunity. ODA? Well, here, we have themers overlapping in five squares, with just one row in between. LAUDING seems weak as a centerpiece word, but come on. How would YOU fix it any better? I think it's fine. Barbara EDEN is a DOD frosting on the cake: birdie.<br /><br />To fellow syndilanders in the Land of 1,000 Lakes: Wow, what a roller-coaster ride your Vikings gave you yesterday! That was an all-time classic, for sure. Congrats.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24915119287496167292018-01-15T11:15:34.775-05:002018-01-15T11:15:34.775-05:00I finished yesterday's (Sunday) OTP (too late ...I finished yesterday's (Sunday) OTP (too late to post). All those little squares and trying to fit extra letters into the little squares!!! Finally finished...on to Monday!<br /><br />Lady Di, Waiting for MONDAYDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35298813317878842202018-01-15T11:12:27.104-05:002018-01-15T11:12:27.104-05:00While it's not a classic, there's no need ...While it's not a classic, there's no need for any ANGER. It's fine for a Monday puzzle. Why does Rex have to PEON everything?thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19821010983124947662017-12-13T17:41:38.278-05:002017-12-13T17:41:38.278-05:00Seriously, personal best for me at 6:05. I have no...Seriously, personal best for me at 6:05. I have no idea how someone can even write that fast. Eric Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00945153135518419982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59249341215941053462017-12-12T04:17:14.712-05:002017-12-12T04:17:14.712-05:00Did the exact same!Did the exact same!Radhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147914863551434487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4787826638735324932017-12-12T03:58:54.470-05:002017-12-12T03:58:54.470-05:00As far as Anasazi being a derogatory term: Geez, d...As far as Anasazi being a derogatory term: Geez, doesn t anyone know how to Google? <br /><br />https://archive.archaeology.org/0607/news/insider.html<br /><br />Today, Anasazi are disappearing from sites like Mesa Verde all over again, replaced by "Ancestral Puebloans" or "Ancestral Pueblo People" at the request of modern Native American tribes who claim the word Anasazi is an offensive Navajo term originally meaning "enemy ancestors."andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16047351931439313996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38513050499926558852017-12-11T23:59:56.717-05:002017-12-11T23:59:56.717-05:00Love the phone head comment earlierLove the phone head comment earlierJJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57364642669529819492017-12-11T21:05:06.168-05:002017-12-11T21:05:06.168-05:00I’m part Hopi and part Pueblo and ANASAZI doesn’t ...I’m part Hopi and part Pueblo and ANASAZI doesn’t offend me.Churlish Nabobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46110339994597515512017-12-11T19:34:08.811-05:002017-12-11T19:34:08.811-05:00Not at all challenging but as a New Mexican I knew...Not at all challenging but as a New Mexican I knew AnasaziGo Democratshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921729627957540312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50399380829588842172017-12-11T18:38:22.926-05:002017-12-11T18:38:22.926-05:00Woohoo! Fastest Monday ever. And time was less th...Woohoo! Fastest Monday ever. And time was less than 2X of Rex'! Double woot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67469588858757000492017-12-11T17:40:22.013-05:002017-12-11T17:40:22.013-05:00Back in the day the phones were made by the Wester...Back in the day the phones were made by the Western Electric Co. which was the manufacturing and installation arm of At&T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40533151206919688002017-12-11T16:28:20.976-05:002017-12-11T16:28:20.976-05:00I think I have all of those phones except PAY in a...I think I have all of those phones except PAY in a box at the back of a closet. The big old black ROTARY came with us when we left our NYC apartment. I seem to remember the phone company wanted you to take your phone with you when to moved to another domicile in town. You don't live in the wooded burbs without several corded landline phones in strategically chosen drawers for when the power goes out. I dug the theme as a walk down memory lane.<br /><br />This puzzle was a well chosen Monday solve. It flew by, but then again shouldn't all Monday morning activities do that?Hartley70https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557118655188472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32869608743146717362017-12-11T15:49:55.956-05:002017-12-11T15:49:55.956-05:00@Mohair Sam: You are correct. I most certainly was...@Mohair Sam: You are correct. I most certainly was not referencing @Malsdemare. I like his stories, too. Robert A. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04227512466375280592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46088608851202737602017-12-11T15:38:34.118-05:002017-12-11T15:38:34.118-05:00I thought the puzzle was fun and I come to Rex bec...I thought the puzzle was fun and I come to Rex because I enjoy his responses and I generally do not get the theme, which he clarifies it for me. <br /><br />I guess I agree with Tom S. (1:10 PM) substantively and what I categorically disagree with are the responders (not the anonyminions who populate the internet and who wants to read their opinions anyway since per definition they are lacking in individuality, unique character, or distinction), who chronically call the Monday and Tuesday puzzle for beginners.<br /><br />If it is for beginners as you state and you are not a beginner then don't solve them and don't comment upon them.<br /><br />I find enjoyment in solving the early week puzzles and often find a plum in them worth relishing and while the later-in-the-week puzzles are more time consuming the only difficulties arise in having a word in one cell of the puzzle or having stacks of multiple word answers or having a plethora of entendres and dual meanings characterized by question marks. These are just constructor's tricks. They don't make the puzzle better or worse.<br /><br />E. B. White always said if you can use one word rather than two, your writing will excel. So if you can make a puzzle simple, understandable and yet fun to solve you have mastered your trade and I commend you for it.JTHurstnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23281630351253774662017-12-11T15:14:10.685-05:002017-12-11T15:14:10.685-05:00My first theme answer was ROTARY CLUB, with a whee...My first theme answer was ROTARY CLUB, with a wheelin its logo, and my second wasMOBILE HOME, a house with wheels. So naturally I was looking for a wheel theme, and needed the revealer to see different. After that it was kind of fun -- especially that prize-winning SE corner, with TONY crossing ESPY.<br /><br />@Tom S., if you're a doofus, I want more of those.jberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39092885560639722392017-12-11T14:50:45.689-05:002017-12-11T14:50:45.689-05:00@Malsdemare - Ignore Robert A. Simon, I doubt it w...@Malsdemare - Ignore Robert A. Simon, I doubt it was you he was talking about - and so what if he was. I enjoy your stories.Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90351214228256349242017-12-11T14:14:08.941-05:002017-12-11T14:14:08.941-05:00Love thisLove thisAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08042367632627237080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46537950708451543232017-12-11T14:06:17.477-05:002017-12-11T14:06:17.477-05:00@Robert A. Simon (10:45): Bingo! A good examinat...@Robert A. Simon (10:45): Bingo! A good examination of conscience. I'm embarrassed to say that I'm guilty of many of those sins.mathgentnoreply@blogger.com