tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post224765077737227773..comments2024-03-29T06:32:07.322-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Trigger to cylinder connection / SAT 1-27-18 / Title girl in 1961 Ricky Nelson hit / Pulpy refuse / Coconuts to maroon on island maybeRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31976147708779371502021-07-27T13:14:07.031-04:002021-07-27T13:14:07.031-04:00Am I the only one who dropped in HOGGED for “kept ...Am I the only one who dropped in HOGGED for “kept close to one’s chest?”, with BHOTANI seeming like a perfectly reasonable cross. Yeah, unwinding that one took a while.LenFuegonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11702454521153594272018-03-03T20:25:09.581-05:002018-03-03T20:25:09.581-05:00@rondo -- a vomit-worthy combo, cleverly concocted...@rondo -- a vomit-worthy combo, cleverly concocted.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80985052694554719792018-03-03T19:58:52.641-05:002018-03-03T19:58:52.641-05:00@leftcoast
Same here about solving without electr...@leftcoast<br /><br />Same here about solving without electronic assistance. It isn't quick, but that isn't important to me. Admittedly, the newspaper does sometimes end up a messy palimpsest by the time I'm finished.<br /><br />Hand up for MARiLOU/ZiNGA natick.straylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64860500974555664762018-03-03T19:29:41.172-05:002018-03-03T19:29:41.172-05:00Solved the NW and SE mostly but hung up on a lot o...Solved the NW and SE mostly but hung up on a lot of the remainder. But getting closer to a Saturday finish, just not this time. For what it's worth agree with Michael that it was a clean one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40691425477960845962018-03-03T19:09:10.730-05:002018-03-03T19:09:10.730-05:00Sustenance held me up as well!Sustenance held me up as well!Brendanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72639939704506392302018-03-03T16:00:57.828-05:002018-03-03T16:00:57.828-05:00IMO, solving one of these Saturday puzzles can be ...IMO, solving one of these Saturday puzzles can be helped a lot from electronic aids.<br /><br />I don't begrudge electronic solvers their finishes, but as a paper-and-pen solver feel somewhat at a disadvantage. (Yes, I know, could go electronic, but prefer solving without help.)<br /><br />And will pay the price, which wasn't really high today, but had a DNF mostly OWING TO difficulties in the NE instead of an unusually easy NW.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86739014361921856192018-03-03T15:28:08.050-05:002018-03-03T15:28:08.050-05:00I wouldn't say this was easy, but I managed to...I wouldn't say this was easy, but I managed to finish with nary a write-over, starting with gimmes MARY LOU, MARIE CURIE, DINGER AND MOZART, which gave up MIDMARCH. So the NW was more or less easy. The rest was somewhat more difficult.<br /><br />In Canada, we serve bloody Caesars, usually just called "Caesars,a concoction using Clamato juice, which I don't think is found in the US. Great summer drink.<br /><br />Never heard of ZYNGA or TEMPEH, and not a fan of tofu, although it is a useful ingredient in a stir fry. Adds body, but no flavour.<br /><br />Isn't the double dots above a letter just called an UMLAUT?<br /><br />Considered, but didn't write in pottyMOUTH and TEAMsporTS. Finally, SHANIA Twain is for sure the DOD/yeah baby. From Timmins, where my girlfriend was born. Sacred town.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27184787286256821102018-03-03T15:20:20.447-05:002018-03-03T15:20:20.447-05:00Like yesterday, no write-overs, but took a bit lon...Like yesterday, no write-overs, but took a bit longer with staring and guessing in places like ZYNGA and PAWL; their crosses MEGAN and JANEANE have so many possibilities these days with all the doodling done with first names.<br /><br />I am more open-minded than most YOUNG folks I know, so change that clue to THINKYOUNG and get off my lawn!<br /><br />A combo of ORANGESODA, YAMS, TEMPEH, CLAMJUICE, and ANJOU pears would make me HEAVE.<br /><br />Thank you yeah baby SHANIA Twain for adding a little glamor and sizzle to your genre.<br /><br />I wouldn't TRASHMOUTH this puz.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70679751048622177092018-03-03T14:29:05.579-05:002018-03-03T14:29:05.579-05:00Well...apparently not without errors...
Lady DiWell...apparently not without errors...<br /><br />Lady DiDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42208203168076226202018-03-03T14:27:48.305-05:002018-03-03T14:27:48.305-05:00Well fear not - I didn't find it so eas.
But....Well fear not - I didn't find it so eas.<br /><br />But...2 days in a row I wanted to cheat. So badly.<br /><br />2 days in a row I did not cheat. <br /><br />2 days in a row I finished anyway.<br /><br />Yea me.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3726200879117538432018-03-03T14:24:30.743-05:002018-03-03T14:24:30.743-05:00This was a good Diehl harder than easy for me. DN...This was a good Diehl harder than easy for me. DNF with dOB instead of JOB as Daneane looked like a name and never thought of JOB, which is of course more likely than date of birth on Linkedin. <br />Lucked out on ZYNGA x DINGER as I never heard of either. <br />Pretty good experience much as @Lewis described. centralscrewtinizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404913280254786506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47028224016674722662018-03-03T14:05:46.789-05:002018-03-03T14:05:46.789-05:00I must be developing early onset Alzheimer’s becau...I must be developing early onset Alzheimer’s because I couldn’t finish half of this which everyone else found so easy. Steven J. Wangsnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14846516529180802046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53097978832320000472018-03-03T13:08:27.979-05:002018-03-03T13:08:27.979-05:00I am brain dead
ANJOU BLOKES SITBY?
ALIENS SPURN...I am brain dead<br /><br />ANJOU BLOKES SITBY?<br /><br />ALIENS SPURN TEMPEH and CLAMJUICE and things<br />OWINGTO a STEADYDIET of YAMS and EARTHLNGS.<br /><br />--- MARYLOU ZYNGABS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13238146082031815752018-03-03T12:59:44.492-05:002018-03-03T12:59:44.492-05:00ANJOU BLOKES SITBY?
ALIENS SPURN TEMPEH and YAMS ...ANJOU BLOKES SITBY?<br /><br />ALIENS SPURN TEMPEH and YAMS and TREF things<br />OWINGTO a STEADYDIET of BEANPLANTS and EARTHLNGS.<br /><br />--- MARYLOU ZYNGABurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37549085814033719852018-03-03T12:58:39.500-05:002018-03-03T12:58:39.500-05:00NJOU BLOKES SITBY?
ALIENS SPURN TEMPEH and YAMS a...NJOU BLOKES SITBY?<br /><br />ALIENS SPURN TEMPEH and YAMS and TREF things<br />OWINGTO a STEADYDIET of BEANPLANTS and EARTHLNGS.<br /><br />--- MARYLOU ZYNGABurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60184990714036982512018-03-03T10:52:29.060-05:002018-03-03T10:52:29.060-05:00I seem to have done this one in less than half a m...I seem to have done this one in less than half a morning, so it does skew easy timewise, but it didn't feel that way while solving. Lots of WOEs, but the crosses were at least inferable: TEMPEH, POMACE, ZYNGA (struggled with 1-down thinking maybe something like "MOd ART?" before WAM hit. Gee, then we coulda had dYNGA crossing DINGER!) and finally, a non-word according to my Scrabble dictionary: ANJOU. Since OFL failed even to mention these, I assume he's familiar with them; an impressively WIDE vocabulary.<br /><br />Hand up for sporTS instead of EVENTS. For once, gimme MARYLOU led to MIDMARCH--what else could it be?--and the NW was the first to go. Maybe OFL has something there: as 1-across goes, so goes the solve. Fierce competition for today's Damsel tiara: we have MARYLOU Retton, a "10" in more ways than one, plus songbirds Sheryl CROW and SHANIA Twain. And let's not forget MARIECURIE or JANEANE! SHANIA wins by a...nevermind. The clue for 39-across is problematic; I've seen some YOUNG minds that were anything but open. No matter; this one is clearly a birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72723785083981788342018-01-29T10:13:47.837-05:002018-01-29T10:13:47.837-05:00@Gill - I'm two days late and a dollar short -...@Gill - I'm two days late and a dollar short - damn flu! But JANEANE has some very witty stuff in her dossier. I've been trying to find a reputable DVD of 'Dogma'. Great cast, and an ultimately sweet fable. Maruchkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30958457233889598312018-01-28T01:21:20.625-05:002018-01-28T01:21:20.625-05:00Sounds like Rex had a lovely morning and a lovely ...Sounds like Rex had a lovely morning and a lovely solve and that adds a little more joy to my day, too.<br /><br />It was a little easier for a Saturday for me than usual. I’d like to think I’m getting better, but next week will probably humble me again!Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269065328203543183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58408907684842365552018-01-27T23:46:22.437-05:002018-01-27T23:46:22.437-05:00I’m so sick of my genital warts.I’m so sick of my genital warts.Courtney Luvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39075993603695475982018-01-27T22:09:08.279-05:002018-01-27T22:09:08.279-05:00Sounds like the worst kind of STD.Sounds like the worst kind of STD.Albyhttp://alby.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11988050324317991762018-01-27T22:03:36.435-05:002018-01-27T22:03:36.435-05:00Did I miss something, or am I the only one who has...Did I miss something, or am I the only one who has a problem with ANJOU? Sheesh. Not only is it not a fruit (the fruit is a pear), but it's 'd'Anjou'. I thought I could name EVERY green fruit, but flunked at the one in Mr. Diehl's bowl. <br /><br />And not easy for me either, since I'm not in your (Royal You) league at all, but I was thrilled to get the vast majority of it within my pathetic (s-l-o-w) time.<br /><br />Keep up the good work!lindsaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10045980354303193072018-01-27T22:02:53.367-05:002018-01-27T22:02:53.367-05:00Seems typically New York-centric to me. I had TREx...Seems typically New York-centric to me. I had TREx crossing xMSTEREO. Seemed more plausible. (“That’s totally T-Rex, dude!” It could happen.)Albyhttp://alby.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5581681399291257972018-01-27T20:59:34.248-05:002018-01-27T20:59:34.248-05:00I was sure I would find someone throwing a tempeh ...I was sure I would find someone throwing a tempeh tantrum - too obvious for any punster to resist! I found this puzzle very difficult in the NE, but solved it. Liked it.OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37141215508673282662018-01-27T19:45:29.524-05:002018-01-27T19:45:29.524-05:00Damn my bowels are STILL loose but more niggardly ...Damn my bowels are STILL loose but more niggardly so than previously.Michael Corleonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56156116338052148252018-01-27T19:43:09.360-05:002018-01-27T19:43:09.360-05:00Liar liar! Pants on fire!Liar liar! Pants on fire!The Castawaysnoreply@blogger.com