tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1731246029222362212..comments2024-03-18T22:08:40.448-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Open one-seated horse-drawn carriage / SAT 10-21-17 / Duke legend to fans / Mideast's city of jasmine / Toon who often congratulated himself with you've done it again / Dweller between zambezi limpopo rivers / Locale of Dostoyevsky's exileRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18248333192851928342017-11-27T14:02:00.816-05:002017-11-27T14:02:00.816-05:00The Shakespeareans among us have not done this yet...The Shakespeareans among us have not done this yet, so I guess I will:<br /><br />Lady MacBeth: To bed, to bed! there's knocking at the gate:<br />come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What's<br />done cannot be undone.--To bed, to bed, to bed!<br /><br /><br />This was a nice grid, with lots of crunchiness.Bananafishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51084339932276454702017-11-25T22:08:21.115-05:002017-11-25T22:08:21.115-05:00Thanks @Rondo.
Maybe just a Canadian newspaper th...Thanks @Rondo.<br /><br />Maybe just a Canadian newspaper thing then with the Wentz attribution. Both the Vancouver Sun and Montreal Gazette are part of the Postmedia chain up here.Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66867866265520351782017-11-25T22:07:06.894-05:002017-11-25T22:07:06.894-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14422680046627843702017-11-25T21:36:52.868-05:002017-11-25T21:36:52.868-05:00Spokane's Spokesman Review has the correct con...Spokane's Spokesman Review has the correct constructors, too.<br /><br />Lady DiDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46051117887210332812017-11-25T20:26:22.383-05:002017-11-25T20:26:22.383-05:00@Waxy - nice to see you check in.
The St. Paul Pio...@Waxy - nice to see you check in.<br />The St. Paul Pioneer Press credits Messrs. Donaldson and Wilber.<br />Forgot to mention THEMGS as a gimme. Booker T. has done more recent work with The Drive By Truckers. Google "Potato Hole" if interested. Good stuff.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27789944724648737442017-11-25T17:48:29.166-05:002017-11-25T17:48:29.166-05:00My local paper, the Montreal Gazette, also incorre...My local paper, the Montreal Gazette, also incorrectly attributes authorship of this puzzle to Peter Wentz who of course was actually yesterday's creator. Perhaps the entire syndicate was fed the wrong info by the NYT. <br /><br />Today's gimmes included THEMGS, MCESCHER and SCHNOZ but learned COACHK, SEGNO, IMARETS, STANHOPE and much more than hopefully I'll ever need to know about HOTPEPPEREMOJIS. <br /><br />And as the Catholic church in our neck of the woods is "St. Edmund of Canterbury", wrongly assumed he was 19A - second choice was Thomas à Becket, also a sainted Archbishop of Canterbury - correct answer ANSELM, ahem, was finally only an apparition from the cross(es).Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80358531554053749872017-11-25T17:46:06.198-05:002017-11-25T17:46:06.198-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50499676841338867322017-11-25T16:13:34.872-05:002017-11-25T16:13:34.872-05:00Needed help (i.e., cheats) to "finish" t...Needed help (i.e., cheats) to "finish" this one. Trouble at the top: DAMASCUS and THEMGS (a dook). More trouble at the bottom: MCESCHER and SUNNI (brain fog). And trouble in between: SEGNO (unknown).<br /><br />DNF.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24298402033105038642017-11-25T15:59:54.195-05:002017-11-25T15:59:54.195-05:00@Rainy - you got the picture. Just a "snarky...@Rainy - you got the picture. Just a "snarky" question with the ho-hum answer of a cut of beef - TBONE. You were probably expecting more, based on the clue. <br /><br />Lady Di<br /><br />Diana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10213440035493578832017-11-25T15:07:28.814-05:002017-11-25T15:07:28.814-05:00A real pisser-fest. Rejected.A real pisser-fest. Rejected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1072561386697775252017-11-25T14:54:52.620-05:002017-11-25T14:54:52.620-05:00I see that @thefogman's newspaper had Peter We...I see that @thefogman's newspaper had Peter Wentz as the constructor, as did mine. Maybe he gets the Vancouver Sun too.<br /><br />Aside from TBONE which I just don't get and nobody explained, I thought this was an excellent puzzle in all respects. Took me a long time, though, and three visits to finally finish. I think COACHK was the key.<br /><br />The toughest cross for me was the ROGUE ONE/HOT PEPPER one. Had EMOJIS already, but not having seen the movie, that cross was inscrutable. <br /><br />So, for 49D, would filet mignon, or rump roast be acceptable answers, disregarding the length? I want to know!<br />rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50985103391576404182017-11-25T14:11:17.905-05:002017-11-25T14:11:17.905-05:00EDIT - I see it was not Peter Wentz who was the co...EDIT - I see it was not Peter Wentz who was the constructor but rather Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber. My newspaper got it wrong somehow, or maybe OFL did? But that's impossible! In any event good work gentlemen.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41409612376261730082017-11-25T13:43:24.680-05:002017-11-25T13:43:24.680-05:00TOME, this was a mind bender. But I TINKERed away ...TOME, this was a mind bender. But I TINKERed away until I finally got it. The game changer was when I finally realized it was EMOJIS that followed HOTPEPPER. The SE corner was the last one I filled in but they were all pretty tough. Nice job Peter Wentz.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8916358540587942052017-11-25T12:02:34.933-05:002017-11-25T12:02:34.933-05:00UPS SETMENU?
TO_ME, I'MLIKE, let's CALL t...UPS SETMENU?<br /><br />TO_ME, I'MLIKE, let's CALL the BIJOU,<br />[SIGH], is ROGUEONE playing, or MR.MAGOO?<br />The COSMICJOKE is we'll miss MASSIF WEDO.<br /><br />--- SHEL CEE CHOOBS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2752931422858515852017-11-25T11:41:13.355-05:002017-11-25T11:41:13.355-05:00MAGNETIC NET
HILARY's text said, with HOTPEPP...MAGNETIC NET<br /><br />HILARY's text said, with HOTPEPPEREMOJIS,<br />"Just call me TOBED, you'll have your HOSTESS'TWINKIES."<br /><br />--- REI "TBONE" REIDBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57190815432678243592017-11-25T11:21:45.787-05:002017-11-25T11:21:45.787-05:00Actually this one went pretty fast for a Saturday....Actually this one went pretty fast for a Saturday. It had the feel that it ought to have been tougher than it was. Is that nuts? For a change, I nailed the NW out of the MAINGATE, and it just flowed from there. No, I didn't know which SHARP the RMN was, but a few crosses brought DAMASCUS to light. I've seen MASSIF before in crosswords; still don't know how my brain produced STANHOPE, but it did.<br /><br />Harder for me was committing to HOTPEPPEREMOJIS. I know nothing about sexting, but the concept seems logical...sorta. Strangely, for 47-down my head was on the highway when it should've been in the supermarket. It kept wanting to come up ITEMS...man, was that a DOH! moment!<br /><br />I concur: Tara REID is DOD. Though not a fan of letter-added stuff like the RMN at 1-down, 9-across (though that one was a gimme for this old-timer), 34 (both ways, though again gimmes) or the TBONE--well, wait a minute now. The TBONE has taste immunity!--I enjoyed doing this easy-medium puzzle. Birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53265337911664513672017-11-25T11:08:07.827-05:002017-11-25T11:08:07.827-05:00Yeah, I recognized SETMENU immediately. Got a foo...Yeah, I recognized SETMENU immediately. Got a foothold, but then the woes did me in. At least I "learned" a bunch of new stuff. STANHOPE? Nope. <br /><br />And I even figured out the EMOJIS. :-(<br /><br />Speaking of t-day dinner - I didn't mention the music. A few tables away from us was a beautiful grand piano with a pianist playing lovely music - old and contemporary classics. Yummy. Too bad nobody turned off the overhead speakers that were playing a completely different type of music - Mr. W called it whining children. Just the right atmosphere for ill-prepared food. <br /><br />Diana, Lad-in-Waiting for Crosswords Diana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12999369510207679202017-11-25T09:16:48.316-05:002017-11-25T09:16:48.316-05:00Almost glad I didn't get the SETMENU if it'...Almost glad I didn't get the SETMENU if it's like what D,LIW experienced.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43605945878584402682017-11-25T09:13:35.623-05:002017-11-25T09:13:35.623-05:00DNF due to the NW. Not enough above COACHK to fini...DNF due to the NW. Not enough above COACHK to finish. Couldn't figure which SHARP, had aCED not ICED, no hope on ANSLEM and STANHOPE, kinda became a COSMICJOKE with all those blank squares. I did have yeah baby Tara REID. I know SHEL Silverstein did kids' stuff, but I remember him more for his adult stuff and for songs for Johnny Cash and Dr. Hook.<br /><br />So, for as easy as I found yesterday, this puz seemed difficult TOME.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48686866280124938402017-10-24T02:04:19.140-04:002017-10-24T02:04:19.140-04:00i certainly considered it but couldn't cross-r...i certainly considered it but couldn't cross-reference it... everyone else seems to have taken it, literally 😬Girishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06905274808378712801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66485820129730268022017-10-23T14:31:37.949-04:002017-10-23T14:31:37.949-04:00I'll assume that the comments about LAPP being...I'll assume that the comments about LAPP being objectionable are correct, but it sounds like the history of the word is a little more complicated than stated above, with its relationship to "lapp", a piece of cloth. It sounds like "Lapp" and "Lapland" date back several hundred years. Andohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056779768985529290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87511544143088255202017-10-22T11:17:35.310-04:002017-10-22T11:17:35.310-04:00I, for one, threw PURPLEEGGPLANTS off the P from P...I, for one, threw PURPLEEGGPLANTS off the P from PGA across the bottom. Didn't help much. Davin Kuntzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06998728192140919288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91226166121563639212017-10-22T11:00:59.509-04:002017-10-22T11:00:59.509-04:00Took me two days and a running time of 2:09, but I...Took me two days and a running time of 2:09, but I finally slogged through it. I’m much more stubborn than clever. Somehow, I just couldn’t get on the right wavelength. But I’m patting myself on the back for persistence.Hungry Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465905817770134952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79863923893366764432017-10-22T01:31:17.541-04:002017-10-22T01:31:17.541-04:00@Sunnyvale Solver: Yup, me too. ("huck" ...<b>@Sunnyvale Solver:</b> Yup, me too. ("huck" before FINN.)'mericans in Parisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40839574817717032642017-10-21T22:39:46.033-04:002017-10-21T22:39:46.033-04:00Sharknado is as ridiculous as it sounds. You get t...Sharknado is as ridiculous as it sounds. You get to congratulate yourself for being in on how bad it is, thus making it good. i have to say I enjoyed it but haven’t ventured into any of the (yes) sequels.<br /><br />Watching playoffs with Burger King commercial featuring hot chili peppers splattering into a bowl of red powder - pretty sexy stuff.<br /><br />Yes, wrote in Huck for FINN<br /><br />Recliners keep me from having to strain neck looking up, can’t please everyone, I guess. Not sure how I feel about having to reserve seats at a movie theater.burtonkdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02775521394938142484noreply@blogger.com