tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2510501079069462542..comments2024-03-29T07:17:55.045-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Eponymous Belgian tourist locale / WED 12-7-16 / High-end British sports car / Mexican tourist city known for its silver / Diminutive fashionwise / Obese Star Wars character / Bluff-busting wordsRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71722995956873149192017-10-18T00:10:33.646-04:002017-10-18T00:10:33.646-04:00QUANTUM BINARY SIGNALS
Get professional trading s...<b><a href="http://signals.syntaxlinks.com/r/QuantumBinarySignals" rel="nofollow">QUANTUM BINARY SIGNALS</a></b><br /><br />Get professional trading signals delivered to your cell phone daily.<br /><br />Start following our trades right now & <b>make up to 270% a day</b>.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82940854641668240632017-01-11T19:34:59.295-05:002017-01-11T19:34:59.295-05:00Wha? People didn't like this puzzle? I thoug...Wha? People didn't like this puzzle? I thought it was great.<br /><br />You got themers, which are not past tense verbs, made up of two, TWO, past tense verbs. Kind of neat, in my opinion. Thought Taxco would be a gimme for y'all. Loved many of the oblique clues. Also loved @Leapfinger's "The dev's in the deets". <br /><br />I used to be very interested in sports cars, but if were to try to drive a McLaren, I'd likely be dead in about 5 minutes. An MGB is more my style, not to mention in my price range, if they made them anymore.<br /><br />Good on 'ya David<br />rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71938493015552705412017-01-11T14:34:35.848-05:002017-01-11T14:34:35.848-05:00Pretty much with Rex on the theme. Usually expect ...Pretty much with Rex on the theme. Usually expect more from David S., and for the most part, he delivers, just as he did today, for the most part.<br /><br />Lots of clever and tough but fair and gettable stuff. LEFTHANDED was the best of the themers and the last to go.<br /><br />The toughest for me, in that I botched it, was the TAXCO/WHA cross, where I settled for WHo and ToXCO. Don't like "wha?" as a question, and never use it.<br /><br />So it goes.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57269713780887086852017-01-11T12:53:16.206-05:002017-01-11T12:53:16.206-05:00
Challenging, fun, fair and rewarding to accompli...<br /><br />Challenging, fun, fair and rewarding to accomplish. Seems a few were displeased by the theme - get over it. Great puzzle!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12292276327843915342017-01-11T12:49:55.070-05:002017-01-11T12:49:55.070-05:00I'm always stumped when it comes to answering ...I'm always stumped when it comes to answering "ancient Greek goddess of skin POREs" type of clues, but years of following Mr. W to car events made the MCLAREN a gimmee for me, if I do SAYSO. <br /><br />I was fine with the theme - noticed the verbal possibilities before I got to the revealer. Not a giant HOOT, but good fun.<br /><br />Didn't notice DS was the constructor until I was done. Didn't feel like a DS to me, but what do I know? <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29183391111756626132017-01-11T12:45:37.190-05:002017-01-11T12:45:37.190-05:00TOPIC: WILES
PETITE ELLE WAS AWFUL SHY, I hear,
P...TOPIC: WILES<br /><br />PETITE ELLE WAS AWFUL SHY, I hear,<br />PRONE to sit her RUMP on the FENCE,<br />not ABOUT to ACT RECKLESS for FEAR<br />she’d be JUDGEd a GAL way PASTTENSE.<br /><br />--- ARNE MCLAREN<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75138010756000789792017-01-11T11:50:31.344-05:002017-01-11T11:50:31.344-05:00Oops, first post went to yesterday.
I might not h...Oops, first post went to yesterday.<br /><br />I might not have figured the theme without the revealer. Did it like a themeless and then looked back. PASTTENSE? OK if you SAYSO. <br /><br />C’mon, many of you must’ve see A Mighty Wind about 15 years ago with the catchphrase “WHA Happened?”. Not new at all. Must not be many Formula 1 fans either, MCLAREN is huge in that AREA. I had an acquaintance who named his daughter MCLAREN.<br /><br />RUBIO goes over better in MN as T’Wolves point guard Ricky.<br /><br />Back in the Cheers era I had a big crush on SHELLEY Long as overqualified yeah baby waitress Diane Chambers.<br /><br />Maybe this puz didn’t pop, but not AWFUL at all if I were to JUDGE. <br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2437124739642938332017-01-11T11:17:49.300-05:002017-01-11T11:17:49.300-05:00Little time today. Liked it, did it before I saw t...Little time today. Liked it, did it before I saw the byline, then I knew why. Inkfest in the west: from RED to TEA at last to CUT. Kudos for successfully hiding the theme from me till the revealer. Only one entry ISBAD...<br /><br />No time to look for a DOD. Birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39947190074667735142016-12-17T14:37:44.794-05:002016-12-17T14:37:44.794-05:00FIXED COST isn't fixed because someone fixed i...FIXED COST isn't fixed because someone fixed it. It's a term from economics that means a cost that does not vary with production. If you increase production of something from 100 units to 500 units you need to pay more for labor, parts, etc. these are variable costs. But if your rent on your facility is $1,000 per month, then you will pay $1,000 weather you produce one million units or zero units, hence it is a fixed cost.<br /><br />It is an important term that any undergrad who has ever taken an introductory economics class will have learned at some point. Best clue in the puzzle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28084231250584243982016-12-11T10:24:57.544-05:002016-12-11T10:24:57.544-05:00You have become an overly picky, hypercritical kno...You have become an overly picky, hypercritical know-it-all. Lighten up, enjoy the puzzles. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74128146773267775652016-12-09T10:33:51.473-05:002016-12-09T10:33:51.473-05:00I'm not a regular here, but when I'm tickl...I'm not a regular here, but when I'm tickled by a theme -- as I was with this one -- I often drop by here to see how and why Rex disapproves. Glad I still have my beginner's mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76501780888397719492016-12-08T07:43:50.672-05:002016-12-08T07:43:50.672-05:00PORE
A dermatologist, I thought, could be concerne...PORE<br />A dermatologist, I thought, could be concerned with a SORE, a PONE, a wart, a rash, acne, a knot, bleb or bubo, but unlikely to be concerned with a pore old PORE unless aesthetically moonlighting under the name of ESTEE, cosmetologist.<br /><br />@AnoaBob, thought you'd be throwing your back out if you kept that up, and here I'm doing ditto. lol<br /><br />@HowieML, AP stands for "After PastorMunster", you know. ENNUI go, for sure... 'cept for those times when ON US goes.<br /><br />Cheers from PogoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88276399962957730352016-12-08T06:10:50.943-05:002016-12-08T06:10:50.943-05:00@M&A, loved yer ARTful rant.
Ditto @Tita, on ...@M&A, loved yer ARTful rant.<br /><br />Ditto @Tita, on your toothbrushing spittake. Impressed, as I usually can't multitask if I have something in my mouth. Recent visit to a perio, was recommended a Pro 5000 model of some electronic toothbrush. Looking it up to see why it cost so much, discovered it was Bluetooth-enabled. Decided I didn't want a toothbrush more computer-savvy than its user.<br /><br />Hey @CharlesF, I also enjoyed RUMP following RUMPLE; maybe Friday there'll be RUM. RUMPLE of The Bailey has a lovely collection of Christmas short stories.<br /><br />That MCLAREN 570GT is sure built for speed; too bad it doesn't come in red. I didn't know if it was Anne or ARNE either, @AliasZ, but that's no reason to slam edu. sec. Dunc.<br /><br />Have to stop or I'll never get to the Thurspuzz.<br />Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55040469823812680832016-12-08T00:12:51.192-05:002016-12-08T00:12:51.192-05:00UNO momento??? REALLY??!!??!!
This is a big low fo...UNO momento??? REALLY??!!??!!<br />This is a big low for Will Shortz.Mexican Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51735915529655906792016-12-07T19:38:24.414-05:002016-12-07T19:38:24.414-05:00If anyone's remotely interested, the car-maker...If anyone's remotely interested, the car-maker MCLAREN was in the news recently. Apple appeared to be talking to MCLAREN about buying the UK car company. MCLAREN has some very hi-tech "stuff", which interested Apple. As far as I know Apple decided against aquiring the company, but speculation was in "the news" on and off for a while. I think these talks were within the last 2 months, FYI.<br /><br />-MASAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32143031410287225032016-12-07T18:08:55.187-05:002016-12-07T18:08:55.187-05:00mehmehjaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90011314307929643792016-12-07T17:33:33.439-05:002016-12-07T17:33:33.439-05:00@Greater Fall River - I thought something had happ...@Greater Fall River - I thought something had happened there. Checking there FB page, they are still closed. What a shame - The Camarão Mozambicana, and that pork loin with homemade chips and rice and a fried egg... <br />Such a shame.<br /><br />I'll look for the Tabacaria when next in the area. Thanks for the update.<br /><br />@Hartley, @Mohair, @Gil, @NCA - lots of racing fans here.<br />@Nancy...no temptations here - though I wouldn't mind getting my hands on one for a quick spin. Hmm... I wonder if ZIPCAR has them available...Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65100392613004687412016-12-07T16:34:20.019-05:002016-12-07T16:34:20.019-05:00WHA - North American sports league from 1972-1979....WHA - North American sports league from 1972-1979. Bam. Ridiculous clue is fixed and now works nicely with the tattered cross of TAXCO. Mike Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194320891372037525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13089104493318572792016-12-07T16:19:25.008-05:002016-12-07T16:19:25.008-05:00Chronic dnfer, And ENNUI go to Thursday! LOL
Chronic dnfer, And ENNUI go to Thursday! LOL<br />Warren Howie Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5873766898373199432016-12-07T16:18:50.292-05:002016-12-07T16:18:50.292-05:00Even in Italian, uno should only be used before s ...Even in Italian, uno should only be used before s & a consonant, z y,gn or ps.Taffy-Kunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800008887286600563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77587281512403309922016-12-07T15:31:51.858-05:002016-12-07T15:31:51.858-05:00Haven't seen ennui for a while. I would say me...Haven't seen ennui for a while. I would say medium challenging for a Wednesday. Maybe harder. Chronic dnferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129538196003383400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44314233149279812372016-12-07T15:28:50.019-05:002016-12-07T15:28:50.019-05:00http://www.jamesedition.com/cars/mercedes/slr_mcla...http://www.jamesedition.com/cars/mercedes/slr_mclarenChronic dnferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129538196003383400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73275454767724998462016-12-07T15:28:22.403-05:002016-12-07T15:28:22.403-05:00Any car guy would know the McLaren F1 is one of th...Any car guy would know the McLaren F1 is one of the greatest production sports cars ever made, sir!Pdxrainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08226235855539945980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1338524420403331712016-12-07T15:26:02.295-05:002016-12-07T15:26:02.295-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chronic dnferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129538196003383400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5080082302377654982016-12-07T15:24:29.421-05:002016-12-07T15:24:29.421-05:00Had detes for too long. I still think that's t...Had detes for too long. I still think that's the word. Mercedes makes a mclaren version of their sports car. $600k. Good grief. Chronic dnferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129538196003383400noreply@blogger.com