tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2741008604962705232..comments2024-03-28T12:07:05.624-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Diana 1969 Bond girl / WED 4-25-18 / Toffee candy bar / Christian inst in Tulsa / Office inappropriate briefly / Online aid for finding contractorRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58761708751440168742018-05-30T14:53:46.856-04:002018-05-30T14:53:46.856-04:00With @rainforest, I wasn't bothered by ALINED,...With @rainforest, I wasn't bothered by ALINED, either. Why all the fuss, anyway? It's a variant spelling of aligned, and we've seen use of such variants in many NYT puzzles.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67058677866685943192018-05-30T14:11:47.604-04:002018-05-30T14:11:47.604-04:00Any puzzle that has Diana Rigg as an answer is ace...Any puzzle that has Diana Rigg as an answer is aces with me. When I finished it, I looked over the grid and thought "not too bad", and anyway I liked it. What's new?<br /><br />Simple theme with an apt revealer, and decent fill throughout with maybe ALINED an exception. Doesn't bother me. Some good clues, too.<br /><br />On to Thursday. Please, no rebus.<br /><br />rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26872032291779226622018-05-30T14:05:05.556-04:002018-05-30T14:05:05.556-04:00Neat puzzle, loved the illustrated ANGLEs.
Would...Neat puzzle, loved the illustrated ANGLEs. <br /><br />Would have liked to have seen TRIG along side RIGG, maybe, but perfectly happy with it as it is.<br /><br />Some very good fill (clues and answers) as well: ORESTES, PIROGI, NATANT, SPONGES, I GET, and my favorite, MADE MAN. The two long downs were pretty good, too.<br /><br />Very fine Wednesday. Nice work WS and AGP.<br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45761959693537932532018-05-30T12:35:38.075-04:002018-05-30T12:35:38.075-04:00The theme actually helped me fill in some answers....The theme actually helped me fill in some answers. But I was OBTUSE, and had "let fee" (rent, thinking that was horrible, BTW) for flat rate. I can never remember SKOR - my Mom's favorite was Heath Bars, anyway. I never could like either - I want my caramel to be smooth and mouth-melty. <br /><br />So another game of horseshoes for me. Counts for something...<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CroswswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59200368827217520332018-05-30T11:43:40.375-04:002018-05-30T11:43:40.375-04:00All of the ANGLEs face *into* the puz, so they are...All of the ANGLEs face *into* the puz, so they are at least consistent that way. As a carry-over from yesterday, ANGLES are another of a surveyor’s units. Wasn’t paying any attention to the GIST of the puz, so my LEX was at first the MTA. ALIENEE is not ancient, it is legalese and still very much in use; I know through research and paperwork that I am one.<br /><br />In the former USSR, the ravioli relative is pelmeni, not PIROGI. I have some in my freezer. IGET them from a store named Minsk, where I have SPENT plenty on authentic Russian foods.<br /><br />Heath bars are better than SKOR.<br /><br />Any Bond girl or Avenger, like Diana RIGG, is automatically a yeah baby.<br /><br />ACUTE idea that became a bit OBTUSE, RIGHT? Meh is my REFLEX.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61657794900474149492018-05-30T11:13:11.447-04:002018-05-30T11:13:11.447-04:00Ignored the theme as Rex did, especially since in ...Ignored the theme as Rex did, especially since in my syndicated puzzle of a month after the original, the thematic angles were not circles but lightly shaded squares that were quite difficult to see. So was quickly turned off by them. But not a bad theme IMHO. Since I've been to a few natatoriums natant finally made sense to me although I've never seen it used until now, and neither has my spell checker. And a vegan would be likely to order neither ham nor eggs. Pirogi ? I guess I need to visit more Italian restaurants. Nice puzzle Mr. Perl and a bit challenging.<br /><br />Signed<br /><br />Anon living in a caveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31569256623753114032018-05-30T10:16:33.665-04:002018-05-30T10:16:33.665-04:00NOG ‘UNS
INSEASON BABS will EAT any MADEMAN’s BAN...NOG ‘UNS<br /><br />INSEASON BABS will EAT any MADEMAN’s BANANA,<br />the BUYIN’S a SETFEE TO_RE-OPEN BABS’ CABANA.<br /><br />--- MR.I ROBT. HOLST, CIO<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23276506166189518232018-05-30T10:09:14.305-04:002018-05-30T10:09:14.305-04:00It was ACUTE and clever puzzle. I raise ACUP to Ad...It was ACUTE and clever puzzle. I raise ACUP to Adam G Perl.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92215331590328198342018-05-30T09:50:14.774-04:002018-05-30T09:50:14.774-04:00The fill gets WOPBBLY?? In PLACES???? Seldom have ...The fill gets WOPBBLY?? In PLACES???? Seldom have I seen so much garbage gathered in a single 15x15 grid. It is apparent that this constructor just plain Does Not Care. By OFL's blog, it is also obvious that he is a close friend. He doesn't even spell PI[e]ROGI right! Awful. The amazing Diana RIGG is a stellar DOD lost in this dumpster. Double bogey.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69502705403465060602018-04-25T23:00:05.653-04:002018-04-25T23:00:05.653-04:00@Joe Dipinto — no problem! It’s hilarious either w...@Joe Dipinto — no problem! It’s hilarious either way.,thanks! QuasiMojonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2070452108182904532018-04-25T22:17:30.655-04:002018-04-25T22:17:30.655-04:00@ Joe DiPinto, Another one for the Netflix queue! ...@ Joe DiPinto, Another one for the Netflix queue! Thanks.Two Ponieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896743444873087885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5718630353994079562018-04-25T20:03:25.999-04:002018-04-25T20:03:25.999-04:00@QuasiMojo -- Oh, SORRY! I misattributed your post...@QuasiMojo -- Oh, SORRY! I misattributed your post to Mohair Sam. That's what happens when I keep scrolling up and down and all over the place, I guess. Apologies.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23926476343235846282018-04-25T18:53:03.680-04:002018-04-25T18:53:03.680-04:00@Mohair Sam -- found it!
Muriel Blandings: I want...@Mohair Sam -- found it!<br /><br />Muriel Blandings: I want it to be a soft green, not as blue-green as a robin's egg, but not as yellow-green as daffodil buds. Now, the only sample I could get is a little too yellow, but don't let whoever does it go to the other extreme and get it too blue. It should just be a sort of grayish-yellow-green. Now, the dining room. I'd like yellow. Not just yellow; a very gay yellow. Something bright and sunshine-y. I tell you, Mr. PeDelford, if you'll send one of your men to the grocer for a pound of their best butter, and match that exactly, you can't go wrong! Now, this is the paper we're going to use in the hall. It's flowered, but I don't want the ceiling to match any of the colors of the flowers. There's some little dots in the background, and it's these dots I want you to match. Not the little greenish dot near the hollyhock leaf, but the little bluish dot between the rosebud and the delphinium blossom. Is that clear? Now the kitchen is to be white. Not a cold, antiseptic hospital white. A little warmer, but still, not to suggest any other color but white. Now for the powder room - in here - I want you to match this thread, and don't lose it. It's the only spool I have and I had an awful time finding it! As you can see, it's practically an apple red. Somewhere between a healthy winesap and an unripened Jonathan. Oh, excuse me...<br /><br />Mr. PeDelford: You got that Charlie?<br /><br />Charlie: Red, green, blue, yellow, white.<br /><br />Mr. PeDelford: Check.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24119032553327215992018-04-25T18:29:52.022-04:002018-04-25T18:29:52.022-04:00Diana Rigg was also in the second series of Victor...Diana Rigg was also in the second series of Victoria on PBS’s Masterpiece. She played the Dutchess of Buccleuch. jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31087083640261818342018-04-25T18:27:06.620-04:002018-04-25T18:27:06.620-04:00I took the LEX to the 86th St. station every day t...I took the LEX to the 86th St. station every day to get to high school. The 1,2,3 were the 7th Avenue line, the ACE the 8th Avenue line, the N and R the Broadway line, and the 7 the Flushing line.<br /><br />It seems to me the NYT has routinely used the ALINE variant in the puzzle, so I don't know the big fuss is about.<br /><br />Re Streisand: I can't imagine anyone would dare call her "Babs" to her face, but the print media often uses it as shorthand.<br /><br />@Mohair Sam -- I remember the scene with Myrna Loy in that movie. As I recall, "Robin's Egg Blue" was one of the many colors that was just *not quite exactly* what she wanted.<br /><br />Now all I can hear is<br /><i>Copaaaa<br />Copacabaanaaa<br />Like in Havaanaaa<br />Have a banaanaaa<br />Music and passion<br />Always in fashion </i>(dance break...)Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41195633276437152632018-04-25T18:19:18.426-04:002018-04-25T18:19:18.426-04:00CorrectomundoCorrectomundoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29246863128932807252018-04-25T17:45:28.424-04:002018-04-25T17:45:28.424-04:00I stand corrected. I stand corrected. Fashionistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03001270143632142960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44285326016794539782018-04-25T17:41:53.226-04:002018-04-25T17:41:53.226-04:00Like many others, I quibble with ALINED (without a...Like many others, I quibble with ALINED (without a "Var." modifier) and ALIENEE (which in fact refers to anyone you're giving property to for any reason, it does not have anything specifically with heirs).t-dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13233425624188507092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36046460401720452232018-04-25T17:32:07.769-04:002018-04-25T17:32:07.769-04:00Really nice puzzle. If I'd been constructing i...Really nice puzzle. If I'd been constructing it, I'd never have used "NATANT" because I wouldn't have believed it's a word.Bob Millsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1743924990699554062018-04-25T17:09:55.866-04:002018-04-25T17:09:55.866-04:00@Nancy...Thank you for the concern, but when I loo...@Nancy...Thank you for the concern, but when I look back on it, some parts were kinda funny in a "that's what life deals you, so suck it up" sorta way. The clincher:<br />My divorce from my first husband FINALLY went through and here I was, free at last. I took my son with me to Sacramento, bought the brand NEW house and truly felt untethered for the first time in many moons. <br />After the smoked had disappeared into the nether's, the handsomest man I had seen (think Cary Grant) in years came up to me, took my arms, explained he was the Fire Chief, and showed me what he and his crew managed to save. He proudly brought out a box with an album In it and said..."I managed to save this album with all your wedding pictures." I asked if I could borrow his lighter.<br />@Whatsername....YES. Loved "The Money Pit." Remember Tom Hanks crying like a hyena? Didn't have that trouble - just surrounded by a lot of good looking straight men who happened to be single!<br />@RW...No! It was a huge RCA! GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78138752900684972972018-04-25T16:44:00.650-04:002018-04-25T16:44:00.650-04:00@Banana 2:35: You seem to use the term “commuter ...@Banana 2:35: You seem to use the term “commuter school” pejoratively. If Fordham is a commuter school then so are Columbia and NYU. A large majority of Fordham students live on campus or in off campus housing in the neighborhood. I’d bet that now as well in the late 60s it’s a higher percentage than NYU and maybe Columbia.Donnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38172314599835672492018-04-25T16:30:44.354-04:002018-04-25T16:30:44.354-04:00@GILL I, Hope your new TV is an HDTVSET
@SAM G, I...@GILL I, Hope your new TV is an HDTVSET<br /><br />@SAM G, I think "Kings' guards may be taken in it" is easily interpreted as the Kings' obtaining guards rather than guards being taken from themReasonablewomannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67768053129961914582018-04-25T14:50:40.950-04:002018-04-25T14:50:40.950-04:00Transfer students count. No sort of about it. Donn...Transfer students count. No sort of about it. Donnie is far from my favorite alumnus, but an alumnus he is.<br /><br />I never thought of Fordham as a commuter school but I suppose it is.<br />The really interesting thing about it is its current theology department. Oh my! It's poor form to toss out terms like heretics and heterodoxies but, um, I'm running out of words. Kinda like the football coach. turned the team around. If only cardinal Sarah--the world's best Robert-- could empanel a faculty in the Bronx....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34528717167569704432018-04-25T14:35:57.851-04:002018-04-25T14:35:57.851-04:00@anon/1:51
I think our prez did in fact earn his f...@anon/1:51<br />I think our prez did in fact earn his from Wharton.<br /><br />sort of. he spent his first two years at Fordham, that commuter school in NYC, then his drunk brother's frat friend snuck him in. BBA from Wharton (then, at least) is worth a brown paper bag.<br /><br />"1968 Wharton graduate Jon Hillsberg added that there was no indication on the 1968 Commencement Program that Trump graduated with any honors. A copy of the program acquired from the Penn Archives lists 20 Wharton award and prize recipients, 15 cum laude recipients, four magna cum laude recipients and two summa cum laude recipients for the Class of 1968. Trump’s name appears nowhere on those lists."<br />here: http://www.thedp.com/article/2017/02/trump-academics-at-wharton straight from the horse's mouth.Banana Diaquirinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49886087718016573622018-04-25T14:13:30.891-04:002018-04-25T14:13:30.891-04:00Thanks for that! Had no idea Robert could be abbre...Thanks for that! Had no idea Robert could be abbreviated that way. Glad to learn something new.<br /><br />I understand the LEX clue, I'm a New Yorker myself. A proper clue would have been "Big Apple Subway Line, colloquially" IMHO<br /><br />Eh... Yeah an author could ice in a character. Sure. It still don't like it. I prefer my Arendelle example. <br /><br />I think Classic work is a specific subcategory of literature under which the OED does not fall. This clue is really just another lame attempt at a play on words of sorts. Technically it is a work. It's certainly classic. It's not a Classic work. Or perhaps I'm totally misunderstanding it which is most likely. Mo Pariserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743536369548158176noreply@blogger.com