tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2344298147962955536..comments2024-03-28T10:16:38.830-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Actress Headey of Game of Thrones / FRI 12-23-16 / Rama's wife in Hinduism / Francis II dissolved it in 1806 / DeVos noted school choice advocate / Remaind stationary while facing wind in nautical lingo Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33680306731558381892023-10-20T00:26:26.838-04:002023-10-20T00:26:26.838-04:00Yes, exactly! I thought the exact same thing. She ...Yes, exactly! I thought the exact same thing. She is not awesome, that is for sure, but it doesn't bother me near as much as Rex. I'm solving this in 2023 and thank goodness I was more plugged into (i.e. hate watching) the news during the dumpster fire that was Trump's term.<br /><br />But, already that clue feels super dated. It's something that worries me when they add "currency." You really have to be careful that you are picking things that are already or are likely to become iconic if you want your puzzle to last. Betsy DeVos is *most certainly not* in that category.<br /><br />Maybe they'll have backup clues for the archives, but that seems like a lot to manage. 🤷‍♂️maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140742773507184371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47860351827419242102017-09-20T05:59:41.494-04:002017-09-20T05:59:41.494-04:00There is SHOCKING news in the sports betting world...There is SHOCKING news in the sports betting world.<br /><br />It's been said that every bettor needs to look at this,<br /><br />Watch this now or stop placing bets on sports...<br /><br /><b><a href="http://sports.syntaxlinks.com/r/SportsCashSystem" rel="nofollow">Sports Cash System</a></b> - Advanced Sports Betting Software.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21948985396114969172017-06-26T02:34:51.389-04:002017-06-26T02:34:51.389-04:00YAY!!! SO EXCITED!!! I just LOVED watching Jon thr...YAY!!! SO EXCITED!!! I just LOVED watching Jon throw Littlefinger against the wall! HATE THAT GUY! Hahahaha!!! And, holy cow but Drogon truly is massive now!! CAN'T WAIT!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://gameofthronesforum.com/game-of-thrones-season-7-quotes/" rel="nofollow">Funny Game Of Thrones Season 7 Quotes Images</a><br /><a href="http://gameofthronescast.com/game-of-thrones-season-7-wallpapers-posters/" rel="nofollow">Game of Thrones Poster Season 7</a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41394752388178592762017-02-03T04:22:10.695-05:002017-02-03T04:22:10.695-05:00Betsy DeVos......UGH...
Her husband inherited a fo...Betsy DeVos......UGH...<br />Her husband inherited a fortune from a pyramid scheme called Amway. She's from the Blackwater clan.<br />“There’s nothing in life that’s truly free” she told Bernie Sanders during her Senate hearing. It takes a lot of gall to inherit billions and then spout fiscal bromides!<br />She wants tax dollars to support her theocratic, creationist, claptrap. Stop her confirmation. Contact every Republican Senator (Especially the younger ones like Marco Rubio,) they all think that they'll run for president someday. Let them know that their vote will be "noted."<br /><br />The NW corner took about 1/3 of my time. Good puzzle. Liked the GREENSCREEN clue.Bears Beset by Betsynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-559102687241654442017-01-27T20:10:49.884-05:002017-01-27T20:10:49.884-05:00Came here from syndiland to see Rex's reaction...Came here from syndiland to see Rex's reaction to Betsy DeVos and was not disappointed. Interesting to see that of 10-12 mentions she has only 2 fans, and one of those doesn't even know her name. This was definitely a bottom up solve.sdcheezhdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457420125517948430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2434092282013810442017-01-27T20:10:27.609-05:002017-01-27T20:10:27.609-05:00Oh no. HIPSTERS are back, or in a different incarn...Oh no. HIPSTERS are back, or in a different incarnation. With a vengeance. Some are those who were "yuppies" in the 80s deem themselves HIPSTERS by virtue of lifestyle or fashion or music preference, etc., and others are the millennials who don't know which end is up but try to be too, too cool in their sustainable urban lifestyle. You know them when you see them. First word that comes to mind - shallow. Pretending to be deep.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72438349854666435102017-01-27T19:31:19.656-05:002017-01-27T19:31:19.656-05:00I thought hipsters went out with the 50sI thought hipsters went out with the 50sLongbeachleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945278798020339134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47795412598503512102017-01-27T17:20:26.556-05:002017-01-27T17:20:26.556-05:00Er, "for awhile" I thought this was goin...Er, "for awhile" I thought this was going to be DNF, but the gimmes ODE,LADY, BAT CAVE,and the whole section around ARAL/ARDEN gave me hope. I can't remember the order, but I think the South/SE came next and it was great. From there HARSHER and ORLY let me move into the NE which actually was sort of easy.<br /><br />The SW and the NW were hardest for me. Write-overs LeE TO, and either EEG or EKG took some time to sort out. NIGH could have been Near and IMPRESS ME took longer than any other answer. <br /><br />Man, that was some great, great cluing. Bigly. Really hated to have to enter BETSY, I a former educator, and even a Canadian. What is going on there?<br /><br />You've probably all seen this, but the Youtube video "Netherlands Second" has to be viewed. Brilliant.<br /><br />Loved this puzzle.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91761057174650283732017-01-27T16:04:38.190-05:002017-01-27T16:04:38.190-05:00A lotta stuff across the north gave me problems, l...A lotta stuff across the north gave me problems, like data for ACTA and dos for FAD, but it all worked out in the end. No write-overs south of the ARAL Sea, so the north was definitely HARSHER and an inkfest, to boot.<br /><br />They have ninety-some percent the same DNA as humans, but do you know why gorillas have such big NOSTRILS? Bigger fingers.<br /><br />I won’t LIETO you, I’d like to MEET TOPTEN yeah baby LENA Headey in a SKILODGE somewhere. ORLY. And Mary TYLER Moore was classic.<br /><br />It was hard to get my TRACTORBEAM focused in the north, but all in all this is the type of puz that will IMPRESSME.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88216062251950039922017-01-27T16:03:03.283-05:002017-01-27T16:03:03.283-05:00Worked from the SE to the NW, where the ship sank....Worked from the SE to the NW, where the ship sank. Did get the nautical-ese LIETO and the BEAM but not the TRACTOR to go with it, which led to a cluster of bad guesses and errors in the corner. Among them was mts (mountains) as "national park sights" instead of RVS.<br /><br />Not a happy camper.<br /><br /> <br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13592772583644298872017-01-27T15:04:52.218-05:002017-01-27T15:04:52.218-05:00LIETO ENABLE, RESIZE, GETEVEN
The HIPSTERS got DE...LIETO ENABLE, RESIZE, GETEVEN<br /><br />The HIPSTERS got DEFENSIVE INRE: the CSAHADVANCE TALLY again.<br />They CRAVE to IMPRESSME, not INTHEMIDDLE, but in the TOPTEN.<br /><br />--- LADY LENA TYLER<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54119422338064272972017-01-27T13:35:18.014-05:002017-01-27T13:35:18.014-05:00From Syndication Land:
I liked this puzzle because...From Syndication Land:<br />I liked this puzzle because at first pass, I couldn't get much, then got a toehold at "bat cave" and completed it in a counter-clockwise direction. Sometimes it is easier to solve from the bottom up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2093513682262527282017-01-27T13:26:10.535-05:002017-01-27T13:26:10.535-05:00This one brought the phonies out who rave over eve...This one brought the phonies out who rave over every incomprehensible and thoroughly unfair puzzle, shouting to all how easy it was and how they did it in <br />slightly under their usual 26 seconds....<br /><br />Not fun, not fair, rejected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72274146172299525582017-01-27T13:23:56.975-05:002017-01-27T13:23:56.975-05:00So, guessing a VOPTEN is not a creature that has l...So, guessing a VOPTEN is not a creature that has listicles instead of nostrils.<br />Forgot Siva was male and in my pure joy of finishing never noticed the obVious error.centralscrewtinizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404913280254786506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24066783895676876392017-01-27T13:05:30.323-05:002017-01-27T13:05:30.323-05:00Greek lower case letter eta is written like a lowe...Greek lower case letter eta is written like a lower case n with the last stroke finishing below the line and turning in a little [like an elephant trunk]Thursday googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106516072486712794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53827982797006727072017-01-27T12:52:11.528-05:002017-01-27T12:52:11.528-05:00Agree with the challenging rating - too so for me....Agree with the challenging rating - too so for me. I had to look a couple up before I could proceed with the solve. Another one of those puzzles where I was happy to get some of the obscure stuff I got. Once I got going, I enjoyed it. <br /><br />Don't know TRACTORBEAMs. Started with COL, but MST made sense, too. Knew RAMIE - didn't know that about ASPEN trees. <br /><br />TYLER in the puzzle reminded me of MTM's passing. <br /><br />demo/reno at a 2-week standstill. Sad.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for a kitchenDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48476566047704837982017-01-27T12:47:52.414-05:002017-01-27T12:47:52.414-05:00A challenge of the first water, this one did indee...A challenge of the first water, this one did indeed IMPRESSME. Bendy clues abound; on first glance I didn't know where my way in might be. Finally I resorted to something I seldom do: check for plurals, comparatives and superlatives. If I can even get an S or ER or EST somewhere...and then I found it. "Contact, say" wants an S at the end, so: LENS--then BASAL metabolism and the convoluted journey was under way.<br /><br />There's one item I need explained; I think maybe it's a cultural gap in my KEN: why is a "Circle of friends at a party, perhaps" HORA?? Is that, like, some kind of dance where they get in a circle? If so, unless friends routinely do this at parties, it's a WEIRD clue.<br /><br />(SECRET)SANTA baby, if you just bring me DOD LENA Horne I won't ask for anything else. Amazingly only one writeover: I had daTA for ACTA, soon corrected. For a change it was the SE that proved to be the puzzle's most DEFENSIVE section. Broke into it with a double guess just on the Y intersection with TYLER/HYDRA. Triumph factor sky-high. Those triple-threes in the NE/SW get a little wifty, but still a solid birdie. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8528553130070017952017-01-27T09:06:03.039-05:002017-01-27T09:06:03.039-05:00What does 16 across mean ? Do not understand What does 16 across mean ? Do not understand ncarterettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251075833621709096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83654667292594949172016-12-24T16:25:03.845-05:002016-12-24T16:25:03.845-05:00MaybellENE apparently was a bigaMST; she had a dou...MaybellENE apparently was a bigaMST; she had a double bond.S.T.Laudernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90332163419889235212016-12-24T15:13:57.042-05:002016-12-24T15:13:57.042-05:00What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, just as a genera...<i>What's Eating Gilbert Grape?</i>, just as a general Deppian recommendation. Strange as any of his movies though it was, my little mum also found it a most beguiling movie, for reasons best known to none.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61505927977852492332016-12-24T10:31:01.030-05:002016-12-24T10:31:01.030-05:00Hi, @Bill Weeden. If nobody else has done so, let...Hi, @Bill Weeden. If nobody else has done so, let me try to explain.<br /><br />Here is a lower-case ETA, η, do you see how it looks like an "n"?<br /><br />A double bond is a chemistry concept. Compounds such as ethylENE, CH2=CH2, propENE, CH3-CH=CH2, etc., etc. have double bonds. The capitalization I have used to illustrate shows that ENE is the suffix.<br /><br />Best wishes for the holidays, and feel free to contact me off-Rex.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704257485630281528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27999784501067152642016-12-24T09:37:09.527-05:002016-12-24T09:37:09.527-05:00Please explain to me (no one else appears to be co...Please explain to me (no one else appears to be confused) the following clues and answers: "resembles an n when lowercase"? WHY? And "double bond"? HOW? (I thought of the Roman numerals "III" which indicate two more people with the same name, but that's not a suffix.) . PLEASE explain!Bill Weedenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177663618566822081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21191304998001222432016-12-23T22:56:03.785-05:002016-12-23T22:56:03.785-05:00Mr. mal nixed Die Hard; we watched 'The Thin M...Mr. mal nixed Die Hard; we watched 'The Thin Man," which was fine. I do think I need to see Die Hard again, if only for Alan Rickman. Thanks all, for the recommendations. Malsdemarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05375476737540476148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11586226730127737992016-12-23T21:55:39.238-05:002016-12-23T21:55:39.238-05:00@Moly Shu + Malsdemare - Yes, absolutely to Die Ha...@Moly Shu + Malsdemare - Yes, absolutely to Die Hard.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21263896062040930452016-12-23T21:52:20.612-05:002016-12-23T21:52:20.612-05:00i got like four answers, so, yeah. i got like four answers, so, yeah. wghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778987934545479420noreply@blogger.com