tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3047763518749927679..comments2024-03-19T04:46:24.598-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: MONDAY, May 7, 2007 - Janet BenderRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25813738312976424812007-05-08T15:56:00.000-04:002007-05-08T15:56:00.000-04:00Is May 7 a holiday? Indeed it is! But not E.E. Day...Is May 7 a holiday? Indeed it is! But not E.E. Day. In the U.K., the first Monday in May is the May Day bank holiday.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42819211964767513802007-05-07T21:08:00.000-04:002007-05-07T21:08:00.000-04:00I'm not well at speaking good, but but when all is...I'm not well at speaking good, but but when all is good,I speak well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39814957637412340992007-05-07T18:55:00.000-04:002007-05-07T18:55:00.000-04:00I feel goodsoI talk goodI feel good<BR/>so<BR/>I talk goodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7591054047101593942007-05-07T18:08:00.000-04:002007-05-07T18:08:00.000-04:00If they were going to go with an E.E. theme, I wou...If they were going to go with an E.E. theme, I would have preferred to see ee cummings (edward estlin) or ee "doc" smith (edward elmer) than emilio estevez. But maybe that's not Monday fare, I don't know. I still am not quite clear on when something seems out of place on Monday or Tuesday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21231346890660764842007-05-07T17:30:00.000-04:002007-05-07T17:30:00.000-04:00"My Mama done tol me" is also in an early Elvis Pr..."My Mama done tol me" is also in an early Elvis Presley hit, "That's Alright (Mama)." So for an Elvis fan (of which there are at least <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50,000,000_Elvis_Fans_Can't_Be_Wrong" REL="nofollow">50,000,000,</A>) not so out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75671045552507536692007-05-07T10:58:00.000-04:002007-05-07T10:58:00.000-04:00I went to a grade school that really drilled gramm...I went to a grade school that really drilled grammar into us, for better or worse, so I feel obligated to point out that "I feel well" means "I have a good sense of touch." "I feel good" is what people are generally going for when they say "I feel well." Obviously people know what you mean either way, but this is just one of those rules that I learned at a relatively young age, and it's stuck with me to the point that when I hear someone say that he feels well, something goes off in my brain and makes me feel mildly uncomfortable. Anyway, that's why I had "gut" for the Kissinger clue, even though I'm not really sure if gut means good.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02114366524150203714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40232098146043841482007-05-07T10:46:00.000-04:002007-05-07T10:46:00.000-04:00Boo:AnjouPampasXhosaTolUleesBoo:<BR/><BR/>Anjou<BR/>Pampas<BR/>Xhosa<BR/>Tol<BR/>UleesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5205999434561130612007-05-07T09:26:00.000-04:002007-05-07T09:26:00.000-04:00Thanks, Donald and Profphil. I found a single lett...Thanks, Donald and Profphil. I found a single letter difference, started to change my answer, then thought "wait a minute." <BR/>At the crossing of 54D and 75A, the C should be a D. I liked the Clintonesque commentary. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41659860123045818892007-05-07T04:50:00.000-04:002007-05-07T04:50:00.000-04:00http://donaldsweblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/is-is-is...http://donaldsweblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/is-is-is.html<BR/><BR/>Hope it's accurate! Fire away, if not!DONALDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398968047673788006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77600235620342949692007-05-07T02:25:00.000-04:002007-05-07T02:25:00.000-04:00MMPO,You can go to: THe New York Times in Gothic a...MMPO,<BR/><BR/>You can go to: THe New York Times in Gothic at: http// donaldsweblog.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87971346004695070612007-05-07T01:34:00.000-04:002007-05-07T01:34:00.000-04:00Blues in the Night. Well known to jazz fans. My ma...Blues in the Night. Well known to jazz fans. <BR/>My mama done tol' me<BR/>When I was in knee pants<BR/>My mama done tol' me, "Son...<BR/>A woman'll sweet-talk<BR/>And give ya the big eye, <BR/>But when that sweet-talkin's done<BR/>A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing<BR/>Who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night"...<BR/>When sung by a woman, knee-pants are replaced by pigtails! And a "*man is* a two-face" (and so on). This was one of Woody Herman's favorite songs to sing. Boy, was he an awful singer! He had some great bands, though. Mel Tormé did a version with (Rob McConnell and) the Boss Brass. Louis Armstrong did it probably before either one of them. <BR/>---<BR/>I never played Bridge, but I did play Whist, along with Belote and Tarot (in France). All good games with trumps. <BR/>---<BR/>I've taken to timing myself on Monday, just for kicks. Still nowhere near a Rex slow time, but almost would have made it under the 10-minute mark if I hadn't had to stop and go through the alphabet to come up with RIOT for "Brilliant display" (WTF!?). Also, I kinda wanted to spell PAINE with a Y, and I didn't know John ASTIN well enough to be sure his name would be spelled with an I. <BR/>---<BR/>Is there a way to check the Clinton puzzle without waiting? <BR/>I liked the clue for TUT too. <BR/>YOU'RE SO VEINY. Funny but...eew! Thought 120A was PAIN, as in "I feel your pain." Close enough. Right below 114A, which I first thought might be LETS GET CLONED. Got the Kissinger clue right away, but...vouln't VEL haf two Ls? <BR/>All in all, a bit odd but fun, even for a late late baby-boomer (born in 1959).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39422166830615745682007-05-07T00:27:00.000-04:002007-05-07T00:27:00.000-04:00I don't listen to music so I was pretty much dead ...I don't listen to music so I was pretty much dead in the water on the Clinton puzzle. I'm not a boomer and I hadn't even heard of half of the clued acts so I definitely couldn't begin to guess what song was involved (Otis Redding was the only one I even got a start on).<BR/><BR/>So, I was annoyed with "My mama done TOL me" but looking it up I see it is a song lyric. Can't tell you if it is a well known one but whenever one of those kicks my butt I just chalk it up to the rather massive hole in my education (music, whether technical or pop).<BR/><BR/>I knew XHOSA as a gimme, but unfortunately I was thinking it spelled XHUSA and that made TOL really hard to fix.<BR/><BR/>The word that I really wouldn't expect on a Monday was LICIT. I was literally staring at L-CIT for 15 seconds before I finally recognized that LICIT is a word.Alex S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07543077687426776863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65146790416741033292007-05-07T00:21:00.000-04:002007-05-07T00:21:00.000-04:00vi -- "My mama done tol' me?"it's the first line o...vi -- "My mama done tol' me?"<BR/><BR/>it's the first line of the johnny mercer/harold arlen oscar-nominated song "blues in the night" (from the '41 movie of the same name).<BR/><BR/>bender -- this was my idea of easy. over 5 may mean trouble for some on a monday...; under 6 means joy fer me!<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>janieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85901496066883503842007-05-07T00:01:00.000-04:002007-05-07T00:01:00.000-04:00Since Clinton did only the clues, I think we have ...Since Clinton did only the clues, I think we have to absolve him of the theme, which was really a struggle if you didn't know the songs, and I usually didn't. But some of the other clues were just so original! My favorite: "How Kissinger would say he feels?" [VEL]. I also loved "Disapproving king?" [TUT] and "It's just short of a clue" {ACLU].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61606788136691104412007-05-06T23:41:00.000-04:002007-05-06T23:41:00.000-04:00"My mama done tol' me?" If that's a line from a so..."My mama done tol' me?" If that's a line from a song, I've never heard it. If not, then it's pretty weird sitting there in the Monday puzzle.<BR/><BR/>Best thing about the Clinton puzzle seemed to be the clue for 4D: It's nice to be on the receiving end of one. Seven letters. And the editors let that one slip in??!!! <BR/><BR/>Kooky!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37206417709084170522007-05-06T23:16:00.000-04:002007-05-06T23:16:00.000-04:00I hereby change my earlier YAY to WAAAH!I hereby change my earlier YAY to WAAAH!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22995405163349628592007-05-06T23:07:00.000-04:002007-05-06T23:07:00.000-04:00You hate puns?Boy, you think you know somebody!Are...You hate puns?<BR/>Boy, you think you know somebody!<BR/>Aren't you the guy who said you liked the fact that that the first puzzle you blogged on your return from the Caribbean was by Sherry Blackard, the constructor whose name is most pirate-like?<BR/>Isn't that punny?Norrin2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08556797281238202366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27517566836067772862007-05-06T23:01:00.000-04:002007-05-06T23:01:00.000-04:00Rex,Most Bridge players would not know that Whist ...Rex,<BR/><BR/>Most Bridge players would not know that Whist was a precursor to Bridge. As a lover of Jane Austen, or at least her books, I've come across Whist frequently in her novels. If there was no ball or riding then to the card table and Whist. If you've ever played Spades it is a version of Whist where Spades are always the trump suit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com