tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2590279974190583871..comments2024-03-28T05:59:44.758-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Rap song of 1966 / MON 5-26-14 / Hip-hop song of 1967 / Suffix with pay or schnozz / Easily tamed tropical birds / Metal song of 1950Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61480039715961901842014-06-30T19:32:23.857-04:002014-06-30T19:32:23.857-04:00@DMG: Our new "game" is baccarat, or for...@DMG: Our new "game" is baccarat, or for us old purists, chemin de fer. In it, "player" and "banker" eack receive two cards. Adding their pips gives a single-digit total, ignoring the tens; faces and tens are thus both worth 0. Optimum total is 9; 8 or 9 is a "natural" and precludes the draw of an extra card by either. Player either requests a card (012345) or not (6789). After the (non-)request, banker shows hand; if a natural, no card is given and banker wins. Otherwise a third card is dealt to player, face up, and banker may draw or not, depending on the card dealt and/or his own hand. Closest to 9 wins. Gajillions of dollars have been gambled on this.<br /><br />@rondo: thanks for picking up on the genre thing. Back in the day, we can look to Bob's Country Bunker, site of the Blues Bros.' first gig, for clarification;<br /><br />"Oh, we have BOTH kinds here. We have country AND western!"<br /><br />323 = 8, a mini-natural.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22422573734409620982014-06-30T17:09:42.635-04:002014-06-30T17:09:42.635-04:00I knew NANCE, I know not why.
540 = 9 which, I be...I knew NANCE, I know not why.<br /><br />540 = 9 which, I believe, puts me in the cat bird seat?Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85410920183492340482014-06-30T15:25:07.283-04:002014-06-30T15:25:07.283-04:00yes, yes ! it is ICED tea. along those same lines,...yes, yes ! it is ICED tea. along those same lines, it's " I COULDN'T care less." ironlacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25439673463324603192014-06-30T14:58:08.108-04:002014-06-30T14:58:08.108-04:00Thought I'd have no chance at the dated theme ...Thought I'd have no chance at the dated theme songs, but this was actually a smooth solve. Still, ever the literalist, I assumed the clues were accurate, wondered why there was no theme, and never caught the joke, even as I wondered why a heavy metal group would mess with SILVERBELLS. I miss a lot that way!! <br /><br />Today's 1328 add to 14 and leave me with 5. Does one fold in this game, or what?<br />DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40086016505136587462014-06-30T13:30:20.015-04:002014-06-30T13:30:20.015-04:00except for "country" , I think it was co...except for "country" , I think it was country and western back thenrondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31025536391523468962014-06-30T13:28:42.754-04:002014-06-30T13:28:42.754-04:00@spacecraft I think you were the closest comment t...@spacecraft I think you were the closest comment to realizing that the genres represented were not in existence when the song was originally done. Can't believe the rest of tthe brain-wizards here did not pick up on it.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37645352950490117182014-06-30T12:05:49.804-04:002014-06-30T12:05:49.804-04:00Not the smoothest Monday for me; never heard of IL...Not the smoothest Monday for me; never heard of ILER or SNO caps candy (the latter must be a regional thing), and as to timelines? AAUGH! I'm the world's worst, so the published years of these songs were no help.<br /><br />Well, maybe a little with WHITERABBIT (you never heard of it? Go ask Alice; I think she'll know), when Jefferson was still piloting a plain old Airplane. That was smack in the middle of the era when pills made you tall or small.<br /><br />The criticism that all this material comes from too far in the past is refuted by the genres quoted in the clues. There'd be no cutesy point to it if we weren't familiar (oh, how I wish I weren't!) with rap and hiphop.<br /><br />An OK theme with unEVENED fill. Call it a C-.<br /><br />3385 = 19 = 0; card please.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12058238779921835622014-05-27T08:33:23.451-04:002014-05-27T08:33:23.451-04:00Mordo - Crosswords Solutions.
Answers, Clues and ... <a href="http://mordo-crosswords-solution.blogspot.co.il/2014/05/pilots-announcement-briefly.html" rel="nofollow">Mordo - Crosswords Solutions. <br />Answers, Clues and Solutions for all the Puzzles<br />We think that knowledge should pass freely</a><br />This time, we got the following crossword puzzle clue: Pilot's announcement, briefly that also known as Pilot's announcement, briefly dictionary. First, we gonna look for more hints to the Pilot's announcement, briefly crossword puzzle. Then we will collect all the required information and for solving Pilot's announcement, briefly crossword . In the final, we get all the possible answers for the this crossword puzzle definition.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15227070946787178557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8632044070858394232014-05-26T20:29:37.671-04:002014-05-26T20:29:37.671-04:00@Leapfinger - I see no one tried to explain. Just ...@Leapfinger - I see no one tried to explain. Just as well. Don't fear the reaper and don't overthink the silly.<br /><br />Re: apostrophes. Unless my meaning was changed, I don't bother to fix my typos. This is an erudite enough crowd, that, unless the issue is the past participle of to lay or a certain someone's issue with led/lead, it was a typo. If you want a grammar site, this ain't it.<br /><br />@M&A - If you ain't pissing someone off you ain't doing your job. More cowbell. <br /><br />I see that Lord Google is only giving a picture to trick me into slavery. Not today! The answer, as always, is 42. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18746707827557926302014-05-26T19:42:38.245-04:002014-05-26T19:42:38.245-04:00@M&A part III: thanks ;FYI his son is my great...@M&A part III: thanks ;FYI his son is my great great grand nephew.Fred Romagnolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994837736408182418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67671520560362396572014-05-26T19:28:00.299-04:002014-05-26T19:28:00.299-04:00@Steve J: I envy you your calm; being a lot older ...@Steve J: I envy you your calm; being a lot older than you, I find it a lot harder to be as accepting as you are; but I think you're probably a lot better adjusted than I ever was, I want the world to be more accepting of your attitude than mine.Fred Romagnolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994837736408182418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82126434427614546782014-05-26T17:51:16.591-04:002014-05-26T17:51:16.591-04:00My earlier post on the subject of APOSTROPHES stat...My earlier post on the subject of APOSTROPHES stated MISUSE, which is rampant in the media and real world applications. I was not referring to TYPOS, which occur by accident to all of us occasionally.<br /><br />Put a fork in me; I'm done.Ludyjynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14167767246192818512014-05-26T17:44:26.813-04:002014-05-26T17:44:26.813-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20709463443029823182014-05-26T17:40:32.165-04:002014-05-26T17:40:32.165-04:00Found this on Xword info
Broken nytimes.com links
...Found this on Xword info<br />Broken nytimes.com links<br /><br />The NYT is changing how they organize their Across Lite and PDF files so until we figure out their new system, some NYT links on this site may not work.<br />We believe most of our links are working now but things are apparently still in flux. We'll keep up as best we can.<br /><br />So @Z can you send me the puzzle until it's fixed? Thankschefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47996928549154091512014-05-26T17:23:49.251-04:002014-05-26T17:23:49.251-04:00Easy. Nothing to add to previous comments.
Thanks...Easy. Nothing to add to previous comments.<br /><br />Thanks, Mr, Margolis.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20246863075053814002014-05-26T17:22:42.471-04:002014-05-26T17:22:42.471-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55130771284551999852014-05-26T17:14:13.069-04:002014-05-26T17:14:13.069-04:00@M&A - Don't go changin - I for one apprec...@M&A - Don't go changin - I for one appreciate the effort and the almost daily chuckle. *<br /><br />*Only one apostrophe was potentially misused in this post.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81096500624554179122014-05-26T17:01:30.489-04:002014-05-26T17:01:30.489-04:00Rather liked. Not a lot of junk in it.
May is ro...Rather liked. Not a lot of junk in it. <br /><br />May is road kill month, and I just missed a black rooster on the road a couple days ago. Of course, roosters are a dime a dozen. you only need one for acres.<br /><br />Thought the apostrophe just a typo. Hope people don't go gaga over every typo I make.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78346288939360988992014-05-26T15:49:26.366-04:002014-05-26T15:49:26.366-04:00And Holy Cow! Pop culture agreement with @rex her...And Holy Cow! Pop culture agreement with @rex here two days in a row - totally hooked on Orphan Black.Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75150564495895394172014-05-26T15:36:27.643-04:002014-05-26T15:36:27.643-04:00@M&A: Good to see you back in fine form. 3 ...@M&A: Good to see you back in fine form. 3 minutes, about, on the latest runt puzz. Great double ?? clue on 10 across.<br />As someone who also drops his "g's" (grew up in North Carolina), I tend not to notice it as much in other people.Benkonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20477131881843986092014-05-26T15:07:51.355-04:002014-05-26T15:07:51.355-04:00This is an excellent post but i have a question ,...This is an excellent post but i have a question , I get multiple solutions to a specific crossword puzzle definition .But I appreciate you and I would like to read your next post. Thanks for sharing this useful information.This was an excellent post and was very insightful.<br /><br />start a fundraiser on <a href="http://mordo-crosswords-solution.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://mordo-crosswords-solution.blogspot.com</a><br /><br /><a href="http://mordo-crosswords-solution.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Pilot's announcement, brieflycomment</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841991024866080268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46653474302079982072014-05-26T15:04:36.444-04:002014-05-26T15:04:36.444-04:00@Fred Romagnolo: Oh, I agree that "deep sea&q...@Fred Romagnolo: Oh, I agree that "deep sea" wasn't a good descriptor for the clue, and while it's technically correct in that SCUBA can be used for deep diving, the clue is essentially off the mark. But for better or worse, the NYT takes the angle that if you can find some - actually, any, no matter how rare - of a term in a sense that fits the clue, it's justified. I don't agree with that appraoch, but it's the way it is. And once I accepted that, I found it easier to get those clues (and found myself just ever so slightly calmer through no longer being bothered by them). Steve Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185067739452052656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62974295074274388392014-05-26T15:04:22.679-04:002014-05-26T15:04:22.679-04:00Very nice puzzle for a busy Holiday Monday. Enjoy...Very nice puzzle for a busy Holiday Monday. Enjoyed. And yes, the theme would make a fine Sunday.<br /><br />So Rex mentions 'We Built This City" yesterday and we get WHITERABBIT today. We're on a Gracie Slick run, but something tells me there is no collusion between Parker and Shortz.<br /><br />@steve j is right, no apology needed for an apostrophical error on a blog. But has anyone else noticed that the rules for apostrophes seem almost out the window? Correct usage seems random sometimes. I had thought at one point that maybe there'd been a rule change (kinda like "and" now being allowed to start a sentence).<br /><br />I hate "their/they're" errors but found I made that very mistake in an old text message. Texting and Twitter will leave grammarians drowning in their wake. Like, ya know. <br /><br />Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60434946691944810862014-05-26T14:40:57.987-04:002014-05-26T14:40:57.987-04:00@FredR at 2:29pm -- Big Amen, to that. M&A@FredR at 2:29pm -- Big Amen, to that. M&AM and A Part IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52150767713289138542014-05-26T14:29:01.978-04:002014-05-26T14:29:01.978-04:00@Fred: like you I read the newspaper version, and ...@Fred: like you I read the newspaper version, and had the same reaction on the apostrophe until I read the apology. @Anon 8:19: the clue indicated a blank to be inserted into; didn't say John Garner. @Steve J: I appreciate your broad-mindedness, but @Anon7:27, @JBerg, & @JTHurst are right, the clue should have avoided "deep." My niece's husband was a deep-sea diver in the USN. Their grandson (my great great grand nephew) has just completed his 2nd tour in Afghanistan as a helicopter pilot, he saw buddies being killed; today is for them.Fred Romagnolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994837736408182418noreply@blogger.com