tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2434012450102925432..comments2024-03-28T18:52:07.432-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Country singer Williams / MON 11-2-15 / Finnish tech giant / Auto pioneer Ransom E / Prefix with patheticRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3027082581843039792015-12-08T14:51:04.339-05:002015-12-08T14:51:04.339-05:00@Chamorga - A unit of stock, like those traded on ...@Chamorga - A unit of stock, like those traded on the stock market, is a SHARE, as a share in a company's ownership.Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60916151042798401242015-12-07T18:27:30.686-05:002015-12-07T18:27:30.686-05:00anyone else have a problem with SHARE instead of S...anyone else have a problem with SHARE instead of SPARE?<br />I've never heard of a stock item referred to as a share.Chamorgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416295185189661005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79383309492484718672015-12-07T17:15:43.023-05:002015-12-07T17:15:43.023-05:00Nina Simone uses the term boobies in this great so...Nina Simone uses the term boobies in this great song. <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUcXI2BIUOQcentralscrewtinizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404913280254786506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58344577084318127272015-12-07T14:51:05.475-05:002015-12-07T14:51:05.475-05:00YOKED UNDER
OLAY me down and I’ll LEND a NEAR
ab...YOKED UNDER<br /><br />OLAY me down and I’ll LEND a NEAR <br />about how AWFUL HENRY’s been to ya.<br />Then FRESHEN up and SHARE this SMEAR,<br />tell him, “HENRY, I’m just not INDIA.”<br /><br />--- ORLY ANTSY MYST<br />BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86445407886930665122015-12-07T14:48:02.369-05:002015-12-07T14:48:02.369-05:00Liked the cutesy risqué theme and answers.
I'...<br />Liked the cutesy risqué theme and answers.<br /><br />I'm not a speed solver; I like to amble through puzzles rather than try to tear 'em up. Without really trying, I can't write in answers any faster than I did today. Must have been inspired by surge of testosterone. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4484946971321394712015-12-07T12:30:24.343-05:002015-12-07T12:30:24.343-05:00That’s a long way to go to get to second base in a...That’s a long way to go to get to second base in a puz by the nice pair of Loren and Andrea. I changed the PADDywagon twice, first to PADDEDroom , then to the CELL. So I’ve got unexpected Mon-puz write-over.<br /><br />And it’s teeming with yeah babies like favorite tennis star MARIA, acting cutie KATIE, and alt-country great LUCINDA (I have several of her CDs).<br /><br />Took a while to “get” the TRAP, like that it was BOOBY.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5808138091627038452015-12-07T12:20:13.625-05:002015-12-07T12:20:13.625-05:00A fine, perky Monday complete with an unexpected a...A fine, perky Monday complete with an unexpected and funny revealer. Caused me to hoot. I hope ACME and LMS continue to collaborate, and maybe get Lynne Lempel in on it as well. Nice to start off the week with a sparkling Monday puzzle.<br /><br />Thanks for the mammaries, gals.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67753138741151667332015-12-07T12:08:38.038-05:002015-12-07T12:08:38.038-05:00AIRBUS SLYLY ASKS
The MIRACLEWORKER spy was locke...AIRBUS SLYLY ASKS<br /><br />The MIRACLEWORKER spy was locked inside a PADDEDCELL,<br />he’ll PUSHUPDAISIES if he talked about the BOOBYTRAPS INTEL.<br /><br />--- SHUL MOEN<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59021847509949982522015-12-07T11:29:06.378-05:002015-12-07T11:29:06.378-05:00Synchronicity for Syndiland: this puzzle appears t...Synchronicity for Syndiland: this puzzle appears to coincide with the (now thankfully annual!) Victoria's Secret TV special. The inconsistency of the theme answers is a tad troubling: MIRACLE is a brand name while the others are descriptive.<br /><br />Besides IKE, I like the tie-in with HAL and DAISIES; his deteriorating song as he was being unplugged made him a SYM-(really? a prefix?? I don't think so)-pathetic villain.<br /><br />Best all-time racehorse name ever: HOOF Hearted.<br /><br />I had an aunt Lucinda, but I've never heard of Ms. Williams. Made more sense than LUbINDA/bONKING.<br /><br />Interesting that NRCESSARY as a noun ("She just packed necessaries in an overnight bag") would include the subject of this little exercise, though bra-burners of yesteryear would disagree.<br /><br />A smile-bringing romp when I was already in a great mood: my Eagles beat the Pats yesterday, confounding the ODDSMAKERs! Always nice to see contributors to this blog (present and/or former) get a puzzle byline. What the heck, I'm euphoric: A!spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65704531354024020262015-11-02T22:22:19.918-05:002015-11-02T22:22:19.918-05:00I wonder if @rex could just open the comments up w...I wonder if @rex could just open the comments up without moderation and see if this time, the backbiting does not become poisonous. I could always live with the weird promoters of psychic knowledge. If it doesn't work we could always return to "moderated" as it is now. But I find it quite frustrating to post my observations and have to wait 7 or 8 hours to see them and to see any responses. Yet, OFL has a life beyond the blog, and I can understand that some days it is hard to update the comments as much as we (and he, I'm sure) would like.old timernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53735091354914842832015-11-02T21:10:34.488-05:002015-11-02T21:10:34.488-05:00Guess u didn't get it: (.Y.). They're B...Guess u didn't get it: (.Y.). They're Boobs. AZPETEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011706117458656055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58545533824654565582015-11-02T21:02:39.467-05:002015-11-02T21:02:39.467-05:00I loved this. Puzzled over the revealer, read ov...I loved this. Puzzled over the revealer, read over the theme answers a few time — then it hit me. Hilarious. Andrea and Loren, I hope to see more from you guys. Thanks!Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17459992224851404501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48771408890699787452015-11-02T20:50:06.354-05:002015-11-02T20:50:06.354-05:00@AliasZ and @Leapster...You two are related, no? ...@AliasZ and @Leapster...You two are related, no? <br />Boy I need a good laugh at the end of the day....;-)GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36544517035802836912015-11-02T20:36:30.679-05:002015-11-02T20:36:30.679-05:00@Leapfinger, your milking comment put me in a funn...@Leapfinger, your milking comment put me in a funny mooed!<br /><br />And to all the rest of you with variations on the theme (@AliasZ, @Numinous), I won't make the obvious play on "thanks for the memories", you can do that yourselves :-).Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38834891945811058012015-11-02T20:06:08.968-05:002015-11-02T20:06:08.968-05:00A little on the hard side for me -- maybe because ...A little on the hard side for me -- maybe because of all those BOOBies on display? Nah, forget I said that. I'm far too old and dignified to say anything like that.<br /><br />But anyway, I couldn't work right through the puzzle -- kept being taken for big leaps by long downs that I couldn't cross right away. <br /><br />Knowing that it's three years old explains the NOKIA reference, I guess. I hear they're still around, but not so much. <br /><br />Like several others, I read the revealer, looked at the theme answers again, said "huh?" looked some more -- and then saw the theme about 5 minutes later. That was after thinking maybe there was some 'ADDled' person hidden in that cell, etc. Nicely done!<br /><br />@Loren, thanks for coming back here, if only briefly. Wish @ACME would do the same, but I hope you're both reading this to get all the accolades.<br /><br />There must be something you can make out of a racehorse being in MAIDEN FORM, but if so, I can't figure out what it is!<br /><br />Annabel, hope you feel better soon!jberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54372094426426748582015-11-02T19:48:46.570-05:002015-11-02T19:48:46.570-05:00Loved it. Mondays are so oftern dull affairs. THIS...Loved it. Mondays are so oftern dull affairs. THIS was a puzzle worthy of the Times, and of the times.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-198673018789091842015-11-02T18:50:36.566-05:002015-11-02T18:50:36.566-05:00Hmmmm. I sent my comment at 10:44 AM. It's now...Hmmmm. I sent my comment at 10:44 AM. It's now 6:43 PM and only 3 more comments have been posted at this time. (I would guess some must be in the hopper but haven't been approved yet.<br /><br />This new procedure really doesn't work well. Really.pmdm79noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39814442519384080462015-11-02T18:31:48.563-05:002015-11-02T18:31:48.563-05:00@GracieH, you think the clue for CONKING is awkwar...@GracieH, you think the clue for CONKING is awkward? Given yesterday's blog-ferall, what say you to 'Treatment for straightening kinky hair"? Be grateful for relatively minuscule awkwardnesses.A Friendnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25205532285969640862015-11-02T17:26:27.565-05:002015-11-02T17:26:27.565-05:00This would have been a good time for some grid-art...This would have been a good time for some grid-art.<br /><br />@Rex has a thing about moist and damp words, and I'm about the same about most things glandular. Heck, I'll even say Duck tape instead of Duct tape. That makes it a bit hard for me to milk this theme for all that it's worth. <br /><br />Mainly, it's nice to see a constructor at the acme of her game collaborate with one still "kind of" in training, and together (at 17A) they run the gamut from A to DD. No suggestion about running optional, and only a woman's perspective would know it's know NECESSARY at 34D.<br /><br />Enjoyed all the bouncy bits, and appreciate the absence of owlets. I think "The Girls" did a swell job.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64718159613287498532015-11-02T16:55:30.172-05:002015-11-02T16:55:30.172-05:00Just a Boo boo, instead of a BOOBY. Thanks for set...Just a Boo boo, instead of a BOOBY. Thanks for setting me straight.aging sopranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085649464857246925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88550181884980336232015-11-02T16:53:37.847-05:002015-11-02T16:53:37.847-05:00Thank you. I knew I had it wrong but was too occup...Thank you. I knew I had it wrong but was too occupied to look it up. Yup yup yup, Anne Sullivan was the Miracle Worker.<br /><br /><br />aging sopranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085649464857246925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2402058770701738312015-11-02T14:33:43.968-05:002015-11-02T14:33:43.968-05:00This was a great Monday puzzle, thanks. That we h...This was a great Monday puzzle, thanks. That we have a puzzle noting that PADDED, MIRACLE, and PUSHUP are hints to BOOBYTRAPS is just plain fun. Thought the fill was fun too (don't make a fuss dear, I'll have your SPAM, I love it!). ADEN NEAR AWFUL AREA and NEAR AWFUL AREA ORLY also pretty good. SPAM and SPORK good. Enjoyed OUTER, UNDER, INNIE, YOKED, CONKING, FRESHEN, SHARE, INTEL, and TOTE in theme related ways that just don't bear elaboration. And hey, am going to add Car Wheels on a Gravel Road to my music library right now. Lots of fun, thanks. thfennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12184305198435406844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54086446743716941952015-11-02T14:02:30.612-05:002015-11-02T14:02:30.612-05:00Let me make this clear: Rex is clearly a boob, no...Let me make this clear: Rex is clearly a boob, not a booby. Wm Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42679685783303488472015-11-02T13:53:23.547-05:002015-11-02T13:53:23.547-05:00Rex,
May I suggest it may be time to go back to t...Rex,<br /><br />May I suggest it may be time to go back to the unmoderated format and see how it goes? I agree that the moderated format eliminates the "conversation" aspect of the comments and, for me, makes them less interesting.John Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557037910799243636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71223711505616024872015-11-02T13:50:33.185-05:002015-11-02T13:50:33.185-05:00Heidi Klum (an adult woman) refers to boobies all ...Heidi Klum (an adult woman) refers to boobies all the time on Project Runway <br />Tigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749269826575800585noreply@blogger.com