tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2611403968509595429..comments2024-03-29T05:08:37.783-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Title carpenter of 1859 novel / FRI 10-24-14 / Flowering plant named for Greek god / Henchman first seen in Spy Who Loved Me / Richard March inventor rotary printing press / One with short hajjRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57500681996544909422014-11-29T01:44:50.290-05:002014-11-29T01:44:50.290-05:00"Spidey sense" is from Spiderman comics,..."Spidey sense" is from Spiderman comics, according to urbandicitonary.com, my go-to source for words I'm not young enough to ever hear.L. L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09379724959252057233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9564344701215022132014-11-28T19:43:20.441-05:002014-11-28T19:43:20.441-05:00Testy little grid today what with ATEST, APTEST, S...Testy little grid today what with ATEST, APTEST, SEDATEST not to mention ORALEXAMS. Meta-test tomorrow?<br /><br />Not knowing SPIDEY sense, HOE and SYFY together with CRUDE at 10A all conspired for a DNF in the NE. OTOH, thought the excellent construction of the NW & SE corners REDEEMed the puzzle. In particular, loved the GINJOINT/GANJA nexus.<br /><br />In English Quebec, we almost universally use the word organigram instead of ORGanization CHART, a clear bleedover from French.<br /><br />2385-->9. Red Carpet, Black Friday. <br /><br /> Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47993962462292498212014-11-28T17:14:34.970-05:002014-11-28T17:14:34.970-05:00The local paper doesn't publish on holidays so...The local paper doesn't publish on holidays so I was looking forward to seeing two puzzles today and I did, except they were both today's offering. I had a feeling something might go amiss but I was really hoping for them to get it right.<br /><br />As for the puzzle, I found it easy with only tsARS>CZARS and SErenEST>SEDATEST marring my grid. Now I have to figure out what to do about finding the missing puzzle so I can take a crack at the "meta-challenge".<br /><br />307 - Well doesn't that just figure?!Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26573370120177122942014-11-28T16:25:19.349-05:002014-11-28T16:25:19.349-05:00What the hell is
Spidey sense?? Liked the puzzl...What the hell is <br />Spidey sense?? Liked the puzzle but left the "e" out of spidey cause I didn't know Hoe, and never heard of spidey sense. Am I still on planet Earth? Anyway, I enjoyed the puzzle and thanks PB.<br /><br />Ron Diego (Very late, no nos.).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90978852574128394852014-11-28T15:00:21.105-05:002014-11-28T15:00:21.105-05:00About, yesterday's TIMES SQUARE, very nice puz...About, yesterday's TIMES SQUARE, very nice puzzle, Patrick. A formidable Thursday construct.<br /><br />Today's puzzle had me grinning at GANJA crossing GINJOINTS & ITSABLAST. Also, in the NE with CRASS on top of ZIPUP, over XRATED & HOE.<br /><br />Looking forward to the end of PB's mystery week tomorrow. Clever of him and Will to stage.<br /><br />@Spacy, yes there are SKISUITs, usually one piece, which come in most handy when powder skiing.<br /><br />The Seahawks vs. the Eagles next Sunday should be a great game. I have a feeling the Legion of Boom will CONK Philly.<br /><br />105: Probably won't hold up. Belated happy Thanksgiving to you Syndies.Solving in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249420848844874936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23945575889429122752014-11-28T13:53:15.789-05:002014-11-28T13:53:15.789-05:00Not my favorite puzzle. Too many names and strange...Not my favorite puzzle. Too many names and strange clues. For example, did get ORALEXAM, but to me that's more a time to display ones knowledge of a subject than for "speaking ones mind" which I take to mean pointing out something that people would rather not hear. However, I somehow stumbled through the likes of UZO and GANJA and HOE for a lot of the fill.<br /><br />Where I bombed was not seeing troUpeS, crossed as it was by two unknown brands and a role played by an actor who seems to make movies I prefer to avoid. Unfortunately, that left me without a much needed entry to the SE. Lots of ??? there. So I cheated and peeked at Rex's work, knowing I will probably need every square filled for any kind of a stab at tomorrow's conundrum. As small consolation, that one word was enough to let me solve the rest on my own. But still, a gigantic DNF!<br /><br />And Captcha isn't being kind either! 573DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22674978100541685652014-11-28T13:44:02.780-05:002014-11-28T13:44:02.780-05:00This one filled really easily. Only one write-over...This one filled really easily. Only one write-over at EgoTIST,but crosses cured that. So OFL had never heard of an ORGCHART?? Immediate gimme for me - maybe explains something about Rex? GANJA today and not long ago POT - let's go legal. <br /><br />Does the NYT have some sort of anniversary coming up where all of the Xs - as RRNs - add up to something? <br /> <br />"aargely alternativates" no play on that captcharondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74427423073887064982014-11-28T11:45:51.282-05:002014-11-28T11:45:51.282-05:00Nice smooth one, roughed up by yours truly with CR...Nice smooth one, roughed up by yours truly with CRude before CRASS, and SKImask before SKISUIT (is that a thing?).<br /><br />Kicked off (insert fan cheer here:<br /><br />Yay, Eagles! Way to ruin the Cowboys' Thanksgiving! 33-10--WOOHOO!)<br /><br />with JAWS/JULEPS and the SW in short order. Never heard of GANJA, but when GINmills came up a letter short, it had to be JOINTS (thanks, Rick!)<br /><br />The rest just kind of osmosed in. This is almost PB1 smooth! Gotta put a minus on the A for SEDATEST. Really, Pat? Crutch much?<br /><br />My SPIDEY sense is now telling me the meta is 90% about the X's.<br /><br />Hmm. Repeats of SELES and XRATED. Methinks our Patrick fantasizes about the star sans tennis whites.<br /><br />461. LETITGO.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16344187326872007172014-10-26T20:04:47.422-04:002014-10-26T20:04:47.422-04:00I'm very late to the party. No internet acces...I'm very late to the party. No internet access Thursday night to Sunday evening, so am playing catch-up. I found this puzzle easy/medium. I was able to finish with no googles or errors - rare for me on a Friday. ORGCHART was my 1st entry (total gimme), followed by REROUTES, REDCARPET & TSELIOT. The rest of the NW was finished quickly. ZIPUP and SPIDEY sense were my entries into the NE. MONIES was in and out a few times before it stuck.<br /><br />Hand up for wetSUIT before SKISUIT and EgoTIST before ELITIST (the L in ELITIST/ANDALE was my last letter in the grid). Other write-over was rangO before TONTO.<br /><br />Didn't know HOE or ELTON as clued, but they were fairly crossed for me. Had a hard time getting STERNS and SERTA from the clues.<br /><br />An enjoyable Friday puzzle. Thanks PB / WS!LHS 888https://www.blogger.com/profile/15004450465176210237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73644640846090921892014-10-25T20:16:52.866-04:002014-10-25T20:16:52.866-04:00FIRST TIME I ever did a Friday in ink with no mist...FIRST TIME I ever did a Friday in ink with no mistakes. Plus I did both ken Kens in ink with no notes or mistakes. Sorry I had to brag. I'm sure that the Meta was why this Fri was so easy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44418384857556859002014-10-24T21:44:04.155-04:002014-10-24T21:44:04.155-04:00Solved the meta. And it's great!Solved the meta. And it's great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85162520540279984022014-10-24T21:03:20.994-04:002014-10-24T21:03:20.994-04:00Started with ASSENTS then headed SW with JAWS. Goi...Started with ASSENTS then headed SW with JAWS. Going counterclockwise from there, it went pretty smoothly. I guessed 37D would be Spanish/Mexican from the encierro (thanks @Gill) so I wanted - - X - - ONA for my first expected X sighting especially since I had ANDeLE for a while. TROUPES got that sorted out.<br /><br />@Generic Solver, liked your naughty wanton soup.<br /><br />@AliasZ, you're on a roll today! <br /><br />Easy for a Friday hereTeedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89688382468440125102014-10-24T18:19:30.829-04:002014-10-24T18:19:30.829-04:00So there's this: I thought "blue" m...So there's this: I thought "blue" meant XRATED. Why the clue "more than blue" for XRATED? bluer than bluenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50895449379696014582014-10-24T17:45:39.549-04:002014-10-24T17:45:39.549-04:00I'm late to the game here. Missed a few answe...I'm late to the game here. Missed a few answers here and there - but loved getting the ORG CHART and RED CARPET and GIN JOINTS.<br /><br />And had to giggle at ZIP UP!<br /><br />On to Saturday - Arlenehttp://www.listeningclosely.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50654338825736427412014-10-24T17:23:30.573-04:002014-10-24T17:23:30.573-04:00Despite never having heard of SPIDEY in the contex...Despite never having heard of SPIDEY in the context of sense, I managed to get through all of this one save the NW corner where I failed because of the use of pieCHART rather than ORGCHART. Never thought to see "briefly" as indicating an abbreviation. . So even after filling EXAMS, CARPET and UATED together with the rest of the NW, I stupidly never could figure out ORAL, RED or GRAD. Thus not an unusual FRIDAY DNF.LaneBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76357420542672646982014-10-24T16:37:41.288-04:002014-10-24T16:37:41.288-04:00@Hartley70, too funny, but nope, I'm on a smal...@Hartley70, too funny, but nope, I'm on a small island in mid-NC. I once thought my real-world name was pretty unique, but LinkedIn cured me of that ms-conception.<br /><br />I think the world is still regulation-sized, but there sure are some small subsets, aren't there?!Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71458805171866986102014-10-24T16:29:04.077-04:002014-10-24T16:29:04.077-04:00Ba ba ba ba ba
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I wanna be sedatest Ba ba ba ba ba<br />Ba ba ba ba<br />I wanna be sedatest Joe Dipinto aka Joey Ramonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78015468366916051312014-10-24T16:03:45.992-04:002014-10-24T16:03:45.992-04:00@Leapfinger I have a relative named Penny Ennis. S...@Leapfinger I have a relative named Penny Ennis. Small world if you live in Hawaii!Hartley70noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92090952719617395062014-10-24T15:48:43.490-04:002014-10-24T15:48:43.490-04:00@Anon3:05, I don't find your posts legitimate ...@Anon3:05, I don't find your posts legitimate or constructive. But if it makes you feel any better, I do find them tedious. Arbiter of Nothingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35052258309516396082014-10-24T15:33:13.107-04:002014-10-24T15:33:13.107-04:00Anony 3:05 PM
Maybe Rex himself, since he's t...Anony 3:05 PM<br /><br />Maybe Rex himself, since he's the only one with such power?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18117860433829717902014-10-24T15:32:30.742-04:002014-10-24T15:32:30.742-04:00Anony 3:05 PM
Maybe Rex himself, since he's t...Anony 3:05 PM<br /><br />Maybe Rex himself, since he's the only one with such power?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61333425499876650812014-10-24T15:05:54.424-04:002014-10-24T15:05:54.424-04:00Hi, @BillM2:I too protested Barany's constant ...<br /><br />Hi, @BillM2:I too protested Barany's constant self promotion & suggested that as a friend of Rex he could probably post a link to his site with the others on the margin of the page.<br /><br />Soneone took umbrage and deleted my post. I wonder who objects to legitimate complaints and constructive suggestions here?..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56699246773490957692014-10-24T14:57:53.919-04:002014-10-24T14:57:53.919-04:00Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 8/1/2...Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation of my method and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak to my method):<br /><br />All solvers (median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Fri 16:02, 19:02, 0.84, 22%, Easy-Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Fri 11:13, 12:34, 0.89, 28%, Easy-Mediumsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56600383899764919772014-10-24T14:52:33.250-04:002014-10-24T14:52:33.250-04:00I seem to be just about the only negative voice. H...I seem to be just about the only negative voice. Haven't liked ANY of these puzzles - not Patrick's fault, just not my cup of gin. I found this one easier than yesterday's or especially Wednesdays, but still missed one square on carelessness, and pop culture ignorance. Spidey sense? Come ON! I never heard of Richard Hoe, nor of "SYFY", so I didn't fix "Spidee" to "Spidey." Brand names, (Xterra, Sanka, Atari, Serta, NEET) obscure (to me ) movie characters - Ennis , NBA - Elton. Sharknado??? Uzo Aduba?? Just a miserable week for me. <br />OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36775598747410772742014-10-24T14:51:32.231-04:002014-10-24T14:51:32.231-04:00I'm guessing that this puzzle was so easy beca...I'm guessing that this puzzle was so easy because of the constraints the constructor had to set up the meta. Not that I know what the constraints are.mathguynoreply@blogger.com