tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1871237207732245622..comments2024-03-28T15:13:08.509-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Aladdin character who's transformed into elephant / FRI 1-6-16 / Targets of snuffers / Synagogue holding / Hit Fox drama starting in 2015 / Weekly magazine publisher since 1896 / Venomous swimmerRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43322775768006859392022-05-26T12:46:30.163-04:002022-05-26T12:46:30.163-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.David Starkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483615087830518615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40547288966809490742017-10-16T01:50:31.341-04:002017-10-16T01:50:31.341-04:00Are you looking for free Instagram Followers and L...Are you looking for <b>free Instagram Followers and Likes</b>?<br />Did you know you can get them <b>ON AUTOPILOT AND ABSOLUTELY FOR FREE</b> by using <b><a href="http://socialexch.syntaxlinks.com/r/Like4Like" rel="nofollow">Like 4 Like</a></b>?Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72473646992674037082017-04-09T13:41:28.561-04:002017-04-09T13:41:28.561-04:00Hello Everybody,
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BOWLASTRIKE doesn't work for me. Throw doesn't either. Should be roll a strike. I liked the coordinated clues though. JOSE, CAV and ALUMNI were all gimmes so the NE was fine; NE today was much tougher for me.sdcheezhdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457420125517948430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48407191997238892742017-02-10T19:37:24.711-05:002017-02-10T19:37:24.711-05:00Ha, @rondo, "put ze kendle beck", made m...Ha, @rondo, "put ze kendle beck", made me laugh. Though I don't think I ever saw one of the altar boys knock over a candle. Not being able to get one lit, that was a common problem. Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30493831185901462442017-02-10T16:12:38.043-05:002017-02-10T16:12:38.043-05:00@BS2 - Son #2 is Keenan Z. so it looked like an im...@BS2 - Son #2 is Keenan Z. so it looked like an improvement to me.<br />Keep up the good work.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60037504182857609022017-02-10T15:40:07.016-05:002017-02-10T15:40:07.016-05:00Challenging here. I popped in JOSE, JULIAN, DEPLO...Challenging here. I popped in JOSE, JULIAN, DEPLOY, AEOLIAN (remembered aeolian harps), and jeanARP (damn). That Jean made the NW quite difficult, but I had a sort of momentum going, particularly in the SW. I liked the bowling clues/answers, and then UNDER THE SUN, made me twig to 1A where I had started to write in OVERWHELMED, which gave me HANS, and then was stuck again.<br /><br />Over to the NE which really put up a fight, and the answer which IMPEDEd me the most was WICKS, because I just couldn't get past 'snuffer' referring to someone who sniffs snuff. How much snuff can a snuffer sniff? Anyway, I chanced SEA SNAKE, and that was almost yer rodeo right there. <br /><br />No one needs more of the solve travelogue, but let's just say I plodded to the end, somewhat triumphantly. Got 'er.<br /><br />Tough but fair, I say. rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60227639052099975162017-02-10T15:10:05.320-05:002017-02-10T15:10:05.320-05:00Worked this one out mostly SW to NE. Two key write...Worked this one out mostly SW to NE. Two key write-overs with cPr at first for SPF and the LEEANN I knew best didn’t spell it like that, yet we did everything UNDERTHESUN, for which I almost wrote in “terrestrial” which would FIT. Couldn’t recall AEOLIAN for the longest time, but it finally registered and bang, done.<br /><br />Another puz with OLE and not his pal Sven.<br /><br />Yes, OFL, there are things called snuffers. As a former acolyte I have used them. That long tool used to light and extinguish candles has a wax WICK on one side to light the candle WICKS; flip it over and the other side is a snuffer to put the candles out. If you knocked one over, you would have to put ze kendle beck.<br /><br />Thanks @spacey, I will gladly take yeah baby LEEANN Womack since she reminds me of my former paramour Leanne (see above), an unfortunate victim of a drunk, speeding driver. MYPRETTY friend was taken from us FAR too early.<br /><br />Definitely a challenge. Anyone for another FLAGON?<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55318802406315305082017-02-10T15:05:13.760-05:002017-02-10T15:05:13.760-05:00Started at the top and ended at the top--not "...Started at the top and ended at the top--not "finished", not "completed", just ended. Too much cleverness, too much obscurity, too many elusive, irksome clues, not to speak of their answers.<br /><br />My list of WOEs is just too long.<br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74077221738758496382017-02-10T14:00:57.404-05:002017-02-10T14:00:57.404-05:00I don't think I had my "thinking cap"...I don't think I had my "thinking cap" on while I played with this puzzle. dnf in a couple of places, including the dreaded ODAMAE/AEOLIAN cross. Must have been all that bubbly at the open house.<br /><br />As I got bits of BOWLASTRIKE, I wasn't sussing out what it was spelling. (bow last ?ike????) Doing the puzzle last evening and this morning made it a disjointed affair. Didn't see the lovely OVERTHEMOON/UNDERTHESUN until I came here. Liked the puzzle much more after it was done than while playing it. <br /><br />Wouldn't it be fun to see a puzzle that relied solely on words instead of names? <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82928229169491760712017-02-10T13:52:10.684-05:002017-02-10T13:52:10.684-05:00Me too in the NE. The place looks like a war zone....Me too in the NE. The place looks like a war zone. My bugaboo was the only term I could think of for "windblown" that begins "AE:" AErated. But the aha! of JULIAN and JOSE set me to writing heavily over. Yeah, now that it's filled in, AEOLIAN is vaguely (vowelly?) familiar. Now if only people actually USED that word.<br /><br />The NW, though, had its own headaches. I would never clue RESOD as any form of "maintaining." You mow, you trim, you reseed, maybe. But RESOD? That's like, starting over from square one. Bad clue. OCTANT is another one of those Real Words that No One Ever Uses.<br /><br />But I did finish despite the MESSY NE. Oh, also misspelled KEENaN; soon remedied. So pretty tough overall, and not that rewarding except for two prime DOD candidates: LEEANN Womack and Elisabeth SHUE. I'll let @rondo have the former. I want SHUE; she oozes sex out of every pore. If you saw her in "Leaving Las Vegas" you'd agree. Par.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58095226834298423212017-02-10T13:47:28.256-05:002017-02-10T13:47:28.256-05:00It's KEENEN. I had to write over it in the puz...It's KEENEN. I had to write over it in the puzzle, too. BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76117856157608811292017-02-10T13:19:13.007-05:002017-02-10T13:19:13.007-05:00I hate being a syndicated solver - I don't get...I hate being a syndicated solver - I don't get to join the conversation.<br /><br />NCA President - Numero su un orologio is ITALIAN, not Spanish. Three in spanish is tres; in Italian, it's tre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33549355833150524692017-02-10T12:50:46.549-05:002017-02-10T12:50:46.549-05:00DIPSOS WICKS
ATFIRST ILL at EASE, MYPRETTY LEEANN...DIPSOS WICKS<br /><br />ATFIRST ILL at EASE, MYPRETTY LEEANN lost just her SHUEs,<br />but feeling VAINER than ANY PRO, she CASTOFF her jeans, too.<br />To AMPLIFY her FIT LOWEND, she stood LEWD and steady,<br />ERE I get OVERTHEMOON she’ll be CAMERAREADY.<br /><br />--- JULIAN KEENAN AMES<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41525983032165334802017-02-10T12:22:06.602-05:002017-02-10T12:22:06.602-05:00Nothing to like here. Not fun, not fair - nasty. R...Nothing to like here. Not fun, not fair - nasty. Rejected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73533392192332814282017-01-07T20:50:13.526-05:002017-01-07T20:50:13.526-05:00Glad somebody brought up the egregious number of a...Glad somebody brought up the egregious number of abbrevs in the NE. Three stacked on each other- too much for my liking.mhiggy05https://www.blogger.com/profile/15164141605268220541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72571674487107550732017-01-07T16:24:28.967-05:002017-01-07T16:24:28.967-05:00And great clue for CEO, too. What OFL calls 'v...And great clue for CEO, too. What OFL calls 'vague' I'd call 'nice': a dash of Friday misdirection to enliven an xword staple.ShortShriftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7479661967642463642017-01-07T13:37:02.281-05:002017-01-07T13:37:02.281-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61137961501434769222017-01-07T12:19:12.548-05:002017-01-07T12:19:12.548-05:00@Evan Jordan -- My guess is that "TERRIBLR&qu...@Evan Jordan -- My guess is that "TERRIBLR" wasn't Dolgo's worst typo, and that "Lot fur" was supposed to have been "Pot fur."Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48618750102544519812017-01-07T09:40:40.691-05:002017-01-07T09:40:40.691-05:00I have two SNUFFERS.
I had to come back here to ...I have two SNUFFERS. <br />I had to come back here to see what I missed. What a day to quit sniffing glue!<br /><br />Welcome @Jessica. What @Mohair said re: skin. <br />And... all of us need to be better at not feeding the anonymice. No, that is not a blanket term. Some Anons contribute great posts. You know who you are. Then there are the mice. You know who you are too. The pot-stirrers and grenade throwers. Trolling tactics turn people away, as opposed to reasoned dissention that thinking people read and may even be swayed by. <br />Oh damn...I just did what I said not to do. I'm so weak when it comes to the ignoring of trolls. Especially when they directly attack one of my clique friends. Or me!!<br /><br />And yes, you will get better and better at crosswords by reading, and by posting. The insight gained from the behind-the-curtain peek into construction is a big part of that. <br /><br />Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27357535451758960282017-01-07T04:09:05.999-05:002017-01-07T04:09:05.999-05:00Candle snuffer might be a class thing in that home...Candle snuffer might be a class thing in that homes where you dined in candlelight on China also had those wonderful little silver snuffers... <br />That said, my mind went to snuff films... <br />So I'm thrilled that @Mark Barrett's made the Survivor connection... Love that trivia!<br /><br />Just got to see "Wizard of Oz" at the Paramount Theater in Oakland for its 85th birthday, the last of these grand old theaters. Magnificent. I'd never seen it on a big screen!<br />As a child in the 60s, we didn't have a color TV so it was many years before I realized that the film went from Black and White in Kansas to full technicolor in Oz. <br />that's a big thing to be unaware of!!!<br /><br />Still missing major things. Like with this puzzl<br />I missed the parallel OVERTHEMOON/UNDERTHESUN and the perfect placement. <br /> I wanted HEREONEARTH... One more 11 and you have an early week puzzle but what is a fourth with MOON SUN EARTH? Mars? <br /><br />Working on an astropun puzzle as I write this so shocked I didn't notice that nifty piece of construction by Jacob Stulberg.<br />Those mini-themes in a tough puzzle is what makes a lovely Fridayandrea carla michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08091986128593034022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89245208228801290962017-01-07T01:59:50.474-05:002017-01-07T01:59:50.474-05:00I don't get it. Rex's blog is getting blog...I don't get it. Rex's blog is getting bloggy.+wordphanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05693465770426693314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14880814879877734692017-01-07T01:03:51.223-05:002017-01-07T01:03:51.223-05:00NE corner was brutal and I'm glad Rex had trou...NE corner was brutal and I'm glad Rex had trouble with it as well. Learned a new word today in AEOLIANJaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13572123660336704465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22754184594426310962017-01-07T00:15:33.485-05:002017-01-07T00:15:33.485-05:00You use a snuffer rather than blowing out the cand...You use a snuffer rather than blowing out the candle so you don't blow hot wax all over the place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8123788171188177022017-01-06T23:08:31.046-05:002017-01-06T23:08:31.046-05:00I don't get it.I don't get it. Chim chamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14072888196146711139noreply@blogger.com