tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2030921680298501758..comments2024-03-29T05:08:37.783-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Seuss's star-bellied creatures / THU 4-19-18 / Word before Johnny Lucy / Disney movie set in Arendelle / Chocolaty breakfast cerealRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76228672488370194202018-05-25T01:35:26.165-04:002018-05-25T01:35:26.165-04:00Didn't finish in 5 minutes or even 11 minutes ...Didn't finish in 5 minutes or even 11 minutes but not too far behind. Clever theme that reinforces my amazement at the talent of the constructors of puzzles. A toast to Mr Gross and all his brethren.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62447134974240793762018-05-24T20:34:42.067-04:002018-05-24T20:34:42.067-04:00I think it comes from cooking. When something is &...I think it comes from cooking. When something is "done to a turn," that means just right, esp. with things that need turning, such as flapjacks. Too early for flapjacks?spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72021835275142018752018-05-24T16:48:50.733-04:002018-05-24T16:48:50.733-04:00SMELT out the theme/gimmick early, but wasn't ...SMELT out the theme/gimmick early, but wasn't very helpful in the solve.<br /><br />Real action was in the long downs in the NE and SW. Took a while to dig out AEHOUSMAN and SNEETCHES, the former only vaguely familiar and the latter lost to any memory at all, but minding the crosses in both cases helped. CROUPIER and ULULATES were pretty cool, too.<br /><br />Most vexing was the TOATURN__CUTUP row. "Exactlly right" is TOATURN? Coulda fooled me--and did. "Riot" as CUTUP? Again, coulda been fooled, but crosses forced it.<br /><br />So, didn't solve TOATURN today, but maybe tomorrow.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42021822397832032312018-05-24T14:41:24.997-04:002018-05-24T14:41:24.997-04:00I got TOATURN, but never heard it, either.
All...I got TOATURN, but never heard it, either.<br /><br />All's well for a Thursday, except for the far SW - where I dnf. <br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15315281964467292192018-05-24T14:23:12.669-04:002018-05-24T14:23:12.669-04:00Another easy puzzle this week, but I don't min...Another easy puzzle this week, but I don't mind easy puzzles if they are well-constructed and engaging, as this one was. I at first thought the clue number was the "number", and so Franz Liszt or Joseph Haydn first came to mind for the composer, but of course they didn't fit. BEETHOVEN was therefore a surprise, and stupid me, I really wondered if he actually composed 17 symphonies. The revealer was helpful there.<br /><br />Different sort of "theme", and good to see something different. I guess ALIF is an alternate spelling. No prob.<br /><br />I thought the fill was better than average. "Sneetches with stars on thar's". My grandson like that story. My mom used to use Rinso. And Vel.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70275221643723333522018-05-24T14:20:19.321-04:002018-05-24T14:20:19.321-04:00I had the concept after the first theme clue, but ...I had the concept after the first theme clue, but the only number of squares I knew for sure was for ARACHNID. <br /><br />I’ve seen the Alvin AILEY company dance, so gimme. FOSSE, gimme. No probs with the dance guys. A friend is a big DAVE Matthews fan; you can find him under the table and dreaming.<br /><br />ALE does not equal beer, which is what I would expect to order at Oktoberfest, which is actually in September.. Have a few PABSTS today and a few ALEs tomorrow. Not close. I’d probably quit drinking at all if there was nothing but ALE.<br /><br />A shout out to a real Lolita and yeah baby SUE Lyon.<br /><br />Better than most rebi, but no so much. Or maybe I’m getting SENILE.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12112015322444567892018-05-24T11:05:55.094-04:002018-05-24T11:05:55.094-04:00Easy for me. despite putting in Michigan off the M...Easy for me. despite putting in Michigan off the MI at first, and CHASe before CHAST. Yeah, CUTUP took a few "nanoseconds" to come UP with. (@M&A's favorite WOD, tied with ULULATES)<br /><br />While not dense or even very remarkable, the theme does take some weird noticing to generate. I think it must have started with ARACHNID, or maybe "a bit of the old Ludwig Van." I agree that the state-bordering thing is ("You ARE-") the weakest link ("-Goodbye!")<br /><br />Long fill good to great; short? We-e-lll… there's QEII, but because that's what the ship is actually called, I'll let it pass. DOD is actress SONIA Braga. Par.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70258377672371542892018-05-24T10:14:40.275-04:002018-05-24T10:14:40.275-04:00CACHE CAB
But she CHOSE to take CACHE, didn’t she...CACHE CAB<br /><br />But she CHOSE to take CACHE, didn’t she SONIA SUE?<br />SEAMs that nobody SNEETCHES on SUITORS they BLUE.<br /><br />--- LT.COL. DAVE FOSSE<br />BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36282506153360736342018-05-24T09:46:11.850-04:002018-05-24T09:46:11.850-04:00SUITOR’S SLIME
HERE’S a POKE and a NIPAT a CROUPI...SUITOR’S SLIME<br /><br />HERE’S a POKE and a NIPAT a CROUPIER gambler<br />(NOTE: he gave AHORA TURN in his NASH-Rambler):<br />ISEEIT as SENILE that he PESTERed and felt her,<br />and HAUGHTY and EVIL when that jester SMELT her.<br /><br />--- SONIA SUE SPITZ<br /><br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50126745194222039322018-05-24T09:36:21.853-04:002018-05-24T09:36:21.853-04:00PS - Rex, thanks a bunch for the Strangelove video...PS - Rex, thanks a bunch for the Strangelove video. Just terrific.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56965621370778226792018-05-24T09:27:38.133-04:002018-05-24T09:27:38.133-04:00PABSTS? Not sure about that one...
The NE corner g...PABSTS? Not sure about that one...<br />The NE corner gave me some misery. I finished with MISSOURY.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69783425998926005902018-04-20T10:59:26.065-04:002018-04-20T10:59:26.065-04:00@Mohair,
@z is quite wrong about a great many thi...@Mohair,<br /><br />@z is quite wrong about a great many things. But surely his appraisal of Scalia's body of work in jurisprudence is near the top his hare-brained blatherings. Taney was no lawyer to speak of. He was simply a political functionary. I believe he was one of the first men to ever be rejected for a cabinet position by the congress. Regardless, Scalia's mind was the envy of his colleagues. No one ever doubted his brain. colleagues sometimes opposed his decisions but his legal acumen was never questioned. It remains universally admired. As for his personality, he was gracious, charming, considerate and as @Mohair notes, great friends with his ideological opposite Bader Ginsburg. She mourns him still.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74584844636821417902018-04-20T00:23:46.392-04:002018-04-20T00:23:46.392-04:00Oh F off. This one was full of proper BS fill. The...Oh F off. This one was full of proper BS fill. Theme was easy for a Thursday, but still, lots of challenging noodle scratchers. I suppose i liked it. 6/10 SDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891657416931968318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5007350307008861962018-04-19T23:56:12.559-04:002018-04-19T23:56:12.559-04:00@Mohair Sam -- I've never been so insulted in ...@Mohair Sam -- I've never been so insulted in my life. Not by your comment, but because you spelled my name wrong (small p, please).Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80817889640089643112018-04-19T22:46:10.570-04:002018-04-19T22:46:10.570-04:00@Two Ponies - If you like CROUPIER the recommendat...@Two Ponies - If you like CROUPIER the recommendation was from me. If not, it was DiPinto.<br /><br />@Z - Nothing personal, but I'll take Ruth Bader Ginsberg's opinion of Scalia's wit over yours.Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33060156180967156272018-04-19T21:24:42.004-04:002018-04-19T21:24:42.004-04:00I enjoyed this puzzle because of ululates. To a t...I enjoyed this puzzle because of ululates. To a turn, rinso and oreoos slowed me down the most..<br /><br />@Bruce R: Thanks for that comment. I lived in Köln for a while and the beer there is an ale, unlike virtually everywhere else in Germany. At the real Oktoberfest, you drink from a Maas, the one litre glass, not a Stein. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29750601125237581522018-04-19T20:01:17.831-04:002018-04-19T20:01:17.831-04:00I'm adding Croupier to my Netflix queue. Once ...I'm adding Croupier to my Netflix queue. Once again this blog is a great source for all sorts of recommendations. Thanks all.Two Ponieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896743444873087885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6705320099911786932018-04-19T18:50:55.717-04:002018-04-19T18:50:55.717-04:00@Z - I was quite the world-atlas geek as a kid so ...@Z - I was quite the world-atlas geek as a kid so I would have *insisted* that your team change its answer to Greece. (Of course the maps have changed quite a bit since then. I still don't have all the Stans in central Asia straightened out, never mind the African countries that have been renamed umpteen times.)<br /><br />@Mohair Sam -- Yes, "Croupier" is a really good movie. That was the film that introduced Clive Owen to American audiences.<br /><br />This puzzle was in the "why bother?" category, imo. It was redeemed solely by the inclusion of RINSO in the grid.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67252371868757432932018-04-19T17:47:00.447-04:002018-04-19T17:47:00.447-04:00Ale at the Oktoberfest? No. I have lived in German...Ale at the Oktoberfest? No. I have lived in Germany. No one there orders a Stein of beer. They order a Krug. We get stein from Steinkrug, which means stone(ware) mug. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4907708587554315912018-04-19T17:08:14.776-04:002018-04-19T17:08:14.776-04:00@Z you base all your defenses and arguments on sil...@Z you base all your defenses and arguments on silly stuff found on the internet. Try learning something by studying rather than surfing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72702464022621099972018-04-19T16:49:23.396-04:002018-04-19T16:49:23.396-04:00Singer/songwriter Matthews is DAVE?
That clue is ...Singer/songwriter Matthews is DAVE?<br /><br />That clue is off. Puzzle otherwise too easyIain Matthewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82700846639682546342018-04-19T16:41:26.591-04:002018-04-19T16:41:26.591-04:00"ELENA", "TENNESEE" (spelled w..."ELENA", "TENNESEE" (spelled wrong), "COUNTTHELETTERS" all slowed me down. Bottom half went smoothly though. Bagelboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15843626779212077372018-04-19T16:34:38.965-04:002018-04-19T16:34:38.965-04:00@Z
Try Housman (no "e").@Z<br /><br />Try Housman (no "e").JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62894810642662366062018-04-19T16:31:37.635-04:002018-04-19T16:31:37.635-04:00Hi @Martha..."It's only half due" is...Hi @Martha..."It's only half due" is Italian. Due is two, and half of that is one, or UNO. Tricky but we get lots of them. <br />@Teedmn. I was actually going for that other lousy beer - SchlitZ. ;-)<br /><br />GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9481147378303184972018-04-19T16:29:38.071-04:002018-04-19T16:29:38.071-04:00You are making me feel psychic. Or is it psycho? N...You are making me feel psychic. Or is it psycho? No, definitely psychic. <br /><br />@Nancy - You <i>almost</i> had me convinced, but I don’t need to try every pilsener to know I won’t like the next one. What did Wikipedia say,... “the poems wistfully evoke the dooms and disappointments of youth in the English countryside. Their beauty, simplicity and distinctive imagery appealed strongly to late Victorian and Edwardian taste, ....” Yeah, no. Not my cuppa. I’ve no doubt they are beautifully executed works but I am quite confident that anything appealing to Victorian and Edwardian tastes won’t appeal to me. Try <i>Binti</i> by Nnedi Okorafor or <i>Ancillary Justice</i> by Anne Leckie (books I love) and then convince me otherwise.<br /><br />@jberg - Do you really think that if A.E. HOUSEMAN had been an South African Zulu woman writing about the “doom and disappointments of youth in Apartheid South Africa” there would have been a play and award? Maybe now, maybe even in 1977, but not in 1997.<br /><br />@anon11:24 - LOL. Uh, no. Maybe if it’s on a syllabus somewhere, and even then 75% of the class will just read the SparkNotes. Oh, wait, searching for “HOUSEMAN” on SparkNotes.com only gets <a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/search?q=houseman" rel="nofollow">Citizen Kane</a> hits. Apparently he’s not on enough syllabuses to make it worth SparkNotes time to publish a “study guide.” Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar is far more likely to be read in a hundred years than A.E. HOUSEMAN.<br /><br />Changing the subject - @mohair sam - Scalia is exhibit number one of “just because you are really smart doesn’t mean you are not dumb as a rock.” Even so, those who track such things say even he became more liberal during his service on the high court. Granted, he was very conservative to the end, just measurably more liberal than when he began.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.com