tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2745142513930498823..comments2024-03-29T04:46:57.646-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Stuffed sole stuffing / 8-9-10 / Actress Mimieux of "The Time Machine" / "Delta of Venus" authorRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22506936947957237802010-09-13T15:56:00.827-04:002010-09-13T15:56:00.827-04:00Not much to add from 5 weeks later (but that won&#...Not much to add from 5 weeks later (but that won't stop me.) Made the same mistake as @PG and others with Alti, which produced a very legitimate looking lOckup for "hoosegow" and that just totally pooched the northeast until BITETHEBULLET produced COOLER and all was well with the world. Oh, except for the toss-up between caNS and TINS where I guessed wrong (as usual - if I have a 50-50 shot an something you could get rich betting against me.) Favorite clue: Site of many Chicago touchdowns = Ohare; football season is underway here in syndication-land so the misdirection was maybe a little more persuasive than when this puzzle was originally published in the pre-season.<br /><br />Solid puzzle with a tasty theme - nothing wrong with that.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46788205951057692722010-09-13T13:26:28.283-04:002010-09-13T13:26:28.283-04:00Churchill on Attlee: "A modest man, but then ...Churchill on Attlee: "A modest man, but then he has so much to be modest about"!Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9668877397436536062010-08-10T20:31:19.510-04:002010-08-10T20:31:19.510-04:00Puzzlegirl,
Love your posts. Keep 'em coming...Puzzlegirl,<br /><br />Love your posts. Keep 'em coming!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37064112346045865502010-08-10T13:30:29.915-04:002010-08-10T13:30:29.915-04:00Myself i like a Quiness or even a black and tan or...Myself i like a Quiness or even a black and tan or a good dark german i'm just saying in crosswordese all english drink ale-From Alfred the great to the neighborhood pub Ale drinkers all;was not denying americans constitutional right to drink whatever they can get down,thank yousyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16814698406887041710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30345416445094367312010-08-10T11:56:28.691-04:002010-08-10T11:56:28.691-04:00@sanfranman59, Out of curiosity, I looked at my tr...@sanfranman59, Out of curiosity, I looked at my trashed email from yesterday, and your midday post was there at 3:25 PM, between mac and Anonymous. But obviously it is not in the comment string here. I hope you can figure this one out -- we missed you while you were on vacation and have enjoyed having your reports again.Late Nightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35481464479168147142010-08-09T22:39:55.163-04:002010-08-09T22:39:55.163-04:00OK, this is strange. The following comment appear...OK, this is strange. The following comment appeared in my gmail inbox, but it doesn't seem to have made it to Rex's comments!:<br /><br />sanfranman59 has left a new comment on the post "Stuffed sole stuffing / 8-9-10 / Actress Mimieux o...":<br /><br />This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 7/30/2009 post for an explanation. In a nutshell, the higher the ratio, the higher this week's median solve time is relative to the average for the corresponding day of the week.<br /><br />All solvers (this week's median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Mon 6:56, 6:58, 1.00, 54%, Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:39, 3:43, 0.98, 42%, Medium<br /><br />Hmmm ... my midday post disappeared ... anyone else have this problem today/Late Nightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65849245903257137732010-08-09T22:26:57.080-04:002010-08-09T22:26:57.080-04:00Pinch the Loaf ...Pinch the Loaf ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50150149349427638742010-08-09T21:29:52.760-04:002010-08-09T21:29:52.760-04:00@Sfingi, Don't you think it is #2 entries the ...@Sfingi, Don't you think it is #2 entries the Times is avoiding? ;)<br /><br />(OOH, did I say "voiding"?)In The Languagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13447754545904954822010-08-09T21:02:33.856-04:002010-08-09T21:02:33.856-04:00@Anonymous1224 - and duz you allus spell bad on-li...@Anonymous1224 - and duz you allus spell bad on-line?<br /><br />@Clark - I do hope to get to Hawaii, birthplace of President Obama, before I die. And I knew someone would find the active case for STREW in S. Almost made me cry.<br />(Also @RetChem)<br /><br />@Ulrich - like yours am besten. I wonder if Mr. Poole knew we'd all be so adolescent, and is chortling in his rum. We suspect there will be no NYT puzzle devoted to a theme of all #5 entries. Or is Poole testing the waters and/or looking for suggestions?<br /><br />I know nothing about booze(s), but are we all aware the Cutty Sark means short skirt? Check out Burns' Tam O Shanter. <br /><br />My captcha is stuph. Sometimes a drop of that (sans H) can help the DIGESTion.<br /><br />@Jim - it's always a point of interest to me how some find a puzzle easy or hard. Some of it is age and some of it is topics (sports and French can still throw me). Much is experience. I used to find themes difficult to detect, but no longer. My motto, again, "One sees what one brings."Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60765397772528126712010-08-09T20:59:15.745-04:002010-08-09T20:59:15.745-04:00@chefbea
Just go to the site (same place) earlier...@chefbea<br /><br />Just go to the site (same place) earlier.<br /><br />When I checked this evening (6pm Monday), Tuesday's was already available, and judging from the comments, had been there for a while.<br /><br />In general, the puzzle is suppposed to be available at 10pm, but for some reason, has been posted earlier the last couple of days.<br /><br />Being a dead-tree-over-morning-coffee solver I don't usually pay attention to the site, except as a backup or when traveling.<br /><br />.../GlitchGlitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20553880969978142132010-08-09T20:44:06.648-04:002010-08-09T20:44:06.648-04:00Possibility for the final clue --
What the king d...Possibility for the final clue --<br /><br />What the king does : SITS ON THE THRONE.<br />(euphamism for commode)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4009657413064717292010-08-09T20:09:17.493-04:002010-08-09T20:09:17.493-04:00So how can I get the next day's puzzle early??...So how can I get the next day's puzzle early???<br />I just go to NYTimes every morning and print out the puzzle.chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13153743514949893832010-08-09T20:07:50.325-04:002010-08-09T20:07:50.325-04:00I thought this was a weirdly challenging Monday, b...I thought this was a weirdly challenging Monday, but then I have had very little sleep in the last three days. Getting from Ha’ena, Kaua’i, to Chicago takes a long time -- especially if you have to make an unscheduled landing in Minneapolis because of weather, as we did. I confess to having never heard of the Right Honerable ATTLEE (or maybe to not paying attention when I was hearing of him).<br /><br />On Kaua’i there are secret beaches and secret surfing spots -- places you don’t want anyone to know about because you don’t want them overrun by crowds. Well, Rexites, keep @Chefwen’s place under wraps. We had dinner with her and her husband on our last night: tender, delicious osso bucco. Yum! Two dogs and a cat, lying about, being sweet and beautiful and making the place feel so much like a home. Warm breezes coming off the Pacific. A few rounds of Apples to Apples. Wonderful company. Get yourselves to Kaua’i.<br /> <br />Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I STREW,— O woe! thy canopy is dust and stones;— Which with sweet water nightly I will dew, Or, wanting that, with tears distill'd by moans. The obsequies that I for thee will keep Nightly shall be to STREW thy grave and weep.<br />(Paris. Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, scene 3.)Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24137200845249229062010-08-09T19:05:45.034-04:002010-08-09T19:05:45.034-04:00@dk
When I venture down to Jamaica I enjoy their a...@dk<br />When I venture down to Jamaica I enjoy their aged dark rums a lot.<br />And I drink it NEAT!<br />(Trying to remember what it is I drink on the rocks.)<br /><br />Hope the crab boil was a blast.<br />Waiting to see your 9yo niece's sign for "dk's bar."Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13930785919503083462010-08-09T18:22:40.406-04:002010-08-09T18:22:40.406-04:00@tinbenni, what is even funnier in these days of p...@tinbenni, what is even funnier in these days of premium rhums, is that coke and lime were intended to disguise the rank taste of the rum. Thank god they were never needed that with scotch ;)<br /><br />PG and Rex, My LOL moment this morning was coming to this site and seeing no Monday write-up. My first thought was: Heck if I knew I could do nothing I would have volunteered... course Rex wouldn't have picked me.<br /><br />d(Old Sheep Dip)Kdkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317008233459295376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69568492151868344082010-08-09T18:19:10.397-04:002010-08-09T18:19:10.397-04:00a final thought on the attlee clue: its position ...a final thought on the attlee clue: its position in the puzzle, 10 Down might be for 10 Downing Street, the prime minister's official residence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80480854673845138802010-08-09T18:13:10.946-04:002010-08-09T18:13:10.946-04:00I LOVE that the Tuesday puzzle just became availab...I LOVE that the Tuesday puzzle just became available to me. I thought I had to wait to 10. What can possibly be the problem with an earlier release of something I've paid for and want to have access to before 10 PM? <br /><br />PuzzleGirl ... I learned again today to never assume. Your SON is adorable.johohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708487230515532492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65373563684175325102010-08-09T18:03:18.023-04:002010-08-09T18:03:18.023-04:00I'm no fan of lines. Being first is nice, but...I'm no fan of lines. Being first is nice, but otherwise I'm happy to kick back and be last. The middle of the pack is way too much hassle for my tastes.<br /><br />I don't like haphazard. I especially don't like it with people and organizations capable of better. (I actually have considerably more tolerance of mediocre from people that can't do better or choose not to; it's not worth caring about, so I run up the white flag quick.)D_Blackwellhttp://www.dbwebdesign.com/crossword-puzzles/index.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84340761773732029302010-08-09T17:49:54.566-04:002010-08-09T17:49:54.566-04:00@Artlvr: If it's any consolation: I have to go...@Artlvr: If it's any consolation: I have to go through this every year--love that all-clean-inside feeling!<br /><br />@SteveJ: Agreed!<br /><br />@foodie: In didn't know that meaning of FATTEN...Ulrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086202853174403008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50861470625573878362010-08-09T17:37:42.684-04:002010-08-09T17:37:42.684-04:00@D_Blackwell
If you go to the site at the *usual*...@D_Blackwell<br /><br />If you go to the site at the *usual* time and the puzzle is there, what's wrong?<br /><br />I agree, the puzzles have been showing up early, (Tuesday's has been up a while), but I fail to find that a problem demanding an explaination.<br /><br />Unless of course, you're the type that stands in line for days to be first to get the latest "whatever" being released at midnight.<br /><br />P>G>Problem or Featurenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6699036375280034952010-08-09T16:48:04.211-04:002010-08-09T16:48:04.211-04:00Anonymous @3:54 prompts me to ask WTF is going on ...Anonymous @3:54 prompts me to ask WTF is going on over there? Answer codes have been posted quite early for the last several days, and the next day's link has been available early for at least the last three, and varying as to when. I've already done the Tuesday puzzle.<br /><br />They aren't very communicative at the best of times, so really oughtn't get away from being consistent to whatever the S&P is supposed to be.D_Blackwellhttp://www.dbwebdesign.com/crossword-puzzles/index.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81557361099962961812010-08-09T16:33:01.871-04:002010-08-09T16:33:01.871-04:00Masked if you LOVE U's check out the LATMasked if you LOVE U's check out the LATU're friendnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45263011842660745632010-08-09T16:22:59.933-04:002010-08-09T16:22:59.933-04:00Almost forgot... I give the puz a mild thumbs up. ...Almost forgot... I give the puz a mild thumbs up. If for no other reason than it didn't have one more theme entry after the DIGEST one.Masked and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26597989994474135822010-08-09T16:08:21.115-04:002010-08-09T16:08:21.115-04:00To all:
The next meeting of "Will's Mini...To all:<br /><br />The next meeting of "Will's Minions" will be under the full moon on the grassy knoll in Dallas.<br /><br />PS: Don't tell JimMeeting Noticenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12677704363810051082010-08-09T15:58:16.032-04:002010-08-09T15:58:16.032-04:00Always thought the phrase was "CHEW up THE SC...Always thought the phrase was "CHEW up THE SCENERY", but phrase without UP got more Google hits. So as usual, I don't know nothin'. Well, I DO know it's good to be back. And the puz has 5 U's!Masked and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com