tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3077078865396514365..comments2024-03-29T09:16:59.206-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Meringue-based dessert name for ballerina / SAT 12-23-17 / Bygone can opener / Drug sought by Roy Cohn in Angels in America / Discuss thickness with doctor Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82434626681172760062018-02-03T01:57:55.991-05:002018-02-03T01:57:55.991-05:00If AINU were new to you then you knew AINU like I ...If AINU were new to you then you knew AINU like I knew AINU.<br />If an AINU gnu knew a new AINU gnu I know does a new AINU gnu know I knew?<br /><br />Not much in this puzzle. I liked SPELMAN. I don't think I've seen that too often. Too easy! I want my Friday and Saturday workout.G.G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12689286832207015242018-01-27T17:22:32.507-05:002018-01-27T17:22:32.507-05:00@spacecraft- I had a x in a box for .45 across and...@spacecraft- I had a x in a box for .45 across and couldn't figure it out until I came here. <br /><br />Bravo to @Mohair!!<br />That@Z really bugs me.<br />JudyDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27962524359269060382018-01-27T15:13:42.381-05:002018-01-27T15:13:42.381-05:00I struggled with this. Hardly easy-medium pour mo...I struggled with this. Hardly easy-medium pour moi, despite slapping down THOREAU, getting MUSTACHE WAX (after a brief tussle with MoUSTACH_ not fitting) from ALTAR and AWED, and knowing the MT EVEREST name, by Tibetans. Nepalis call it Sagarmatha, btw, I learned these names from Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer, a riveting documentary of one year of climbing Everest.<br /><br />I also got SIMILES immediately. However most of the rest of the puzzle came very slowly. I almost gave up, but pride, you know.<br /><br />Nice slap-down of @Z by @MOHAIR SAM. 'Bout time.<br /><br />Re the SEXIEST MAN ALIVE. If you are the S.M.A one year, why not the next? Does he suddenly lose his sexiness? Do I care?<br /><br />CHANCE THE RAPPER could only be filled in via crosses. Is that a real name - I mean, the whole thing? Wasn't he once a gardener?rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54159186196173123512018-01-27T13:51:19.957-05:002018-01-27T13:51:19.957-05:00That .45 clue confused me, because ALL I could mak...That .45 clue confused me, because ALL I could make out was an X inside a box. But with _OLT and the dot, it was pretty obvious. CUTIT for get the job done is a bit of a stretch, but it passes.<br /><br />When I first looked at the clue list I despaired of even getting started, especially with a hiphop clue for a gridspanner. But the double "misters" (testosterone alert!) of MRES and MRI got me in. Soon I was filling in squares wholesale, and it turned out easier than I would have suspected.<br /><br />Hand up for EXwiVes. I agree that the SW needs some work, not only for DAR/AINU but for the AP CRIESTO. This entry CRIESTO be excised.<br /><br />Still there is some cool stuff here, including DOD Anna PAVLOVA. New factoid learned: MTEVEREST's real name. Who knew? Par.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36658529904082090722018-01-27T13:27:51.253-05:002018-01-27T13:27:51.253-05:00Whadda week for Lady Di! I just don't know ra...Whadda week for Lady Di! I just don't know rappers, even when I've heard their music. (Same could be said of most pop/current musicians - gone are the days when am radio told me such stuff.)<br /><br />I'm not really SEETHING, but, well, you get the idea.<br /><br />Lady Di, looking forward to Sunay for once<br /><br />Diana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62088539146017078102018-01-27T12:33:26.793-05:002018-01-27T12:33:26.793-05:00the long aswers were all gimmies and too easy so b...the long aswers were all gimmies and too easy so bad easy puzzleparadoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29317580770870706722018-01-27T12:20:44.744-05:002018-01-27T12:20:44.744-05:00Did you know the implied meaning of the brand name...Did you know the implied meaning of the brand name NOXZEMA is "No eczema"?thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34878751702995345272018-01-27T12:10:49.545-05:002018-01-27T12:10:49.545-05:00Tricky and clever. I finished in about average tim...Tricky and clever. I finished in about average time. Maybe a little over. I had pullTAB before RINGTAB. CHANCETHERAPPER was confirmed by Mrs. Foggy once I had enough crosses (i.e.--ANCETHERAPPER). One of the better puzzles of the week, but I wish there was a theme to top it off.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56068008491746360922018-01-27T11:36:08.331-05:002018-01-27T11:36:08.331-05:00Just went back to read comments. @Mohair had quite...Just went back to read comments. @Mohair had quite the rejoinder.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70046594084034178552018-01-27T11:11:34.708-05:002018-01-27T11:11:34.708-05:00I was at a conference the last few days trying to ...I was at a conference the last few days trying to post from the hotel's business center. You know, important stuff like how on weekends I always have @rainy's mini HEATH bar with morning tea, and how I couldn't believe @spacey didn't choose SEVEN of NINE for DOD. But the hotel computers apparently had some SORT of firewall and nothing got through to this blog. Last time I'll go to a Hilton, if I can help it.<br /><br />To the puz. +/- 20 minutes of goodness except for two AREAS up northish that held me up some, having fEaT for GEST and era for ALL, until repairs were made. CHANCETHERAPPER a gimme, for all the times I've switched the station or turned the radio off. Which are LOTS.<br /><br />Jimmy Buffet stepped on a poptop, not a RINGTAB.<br /><br />I'll need to go back in time for yeah baby Anna PAVLOVA. I see one of her solos was called Rondino. Close enough.<br /><br />THOREAUly liked it, but not that much of ATEST.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52254558496284903802018-01-27T10:37:26.699-05:002018-01-27T10:37:26.699-05:00EGO PROFILE
IHEARIT's no GEST that the SEXIES...EGO PROFILE<br /><br />IHEARIT's no GEST that the SEXIESTMANALIVE -<br />whether ASIATIC or ITALIAN/AMERICAN -<br />by ALL ACCOUNTS, so ONTRUST, he's twice five,<br />SINCE LOTS of AWED EXLOVERs say he's the SORT who'll HANGTEN.<br /><br />--- AINU PAVLOVABurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16273269123957952017-12-24T03:07:54.111-05:002017-12-24T03:07:54.111-05:00Yep! Yep! +wordphanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05693465770426693314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90631977932626000672017-12-24T03:06:54.215-05:002017-12-24T03:06:54.215-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.+wordphanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05693465770426693314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6136978157702438152017-12-24T01:23:24.840-05:002017-12-24T01:23:24.840-05:00Fine puzzle, except for the NW corner which was OH...Fine puzzle, except for the NW corner which was OH MY GOD WHYYYYYYY<br /><br /><i>Fill:</i> Whoever thought putting together MRES MRI RIM AZT NOXZEMA was a good idea should be prosecuted for crimes against crossword constructing.. Like, yeah, it's very hard to come up with a smooth fill when you have four long answers, and I get it. But c'mon man! I'm pretty sure that corner could have been fixed somehow, or at least improved just a little bit. Wow. Like, yeah, there is some more crossword clue and some questionable answers but I would be OK with it. Yet that horrid cluster in NW... My eyes still hurt.<br /><br /><i>Theme/long answers:</i> Very good. It felt like there was a theme, and it was patriarchy. ITALIANAMERICAN, MUSTACHEWAX, STUDIOEXECUTIVE, SEXIESTMANALIVE, CHANCETHERAPPER my God this puzzle was oozing testosterone of all sorts. I actually, non-sarcastically like this approach to a themeless Saturday.<br /><br /><i>Clues:</i> "Dish out of this world?" was my favorite. "Dear departed?" also fun. "Discuss thickness with a doctor?" I don't know what to feel about. But I'd say there were generally fine.<br /><br /><i>Pleasurability:</i> I think I enjoyed this more than yesterday's. Something felt off, possibly that it was heavy on 3-letter answers (26.5%) And I've talked enough about that NW corner. Decent effort though.<br /><br /><b>GRADE:</b> B, 3.55 stars.semioticus (shelbyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16204028248874222567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65831303274996638392017-12-24T00:20:28.063-05:002017-12-24T00:20:28.063-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gabe Tuerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10236825281931837293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41831115010236687232017-12-23T22:04:21.955-05:002017-12-23T22:04:21.955-05:00Ok. Did ANYone else put "Mayors of New York&q...Ok. Did ANYone else put "Mayors of New York" for the Giuliani//LaGuardia clue?? Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497211939480485791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26385803933918163192017-12-23T20:54:32.392-05:002017-12-23T20:54:32.392-05:00I have a better clue for “RST” but it’s probably t...I have a better clue for “RST” but it’s probably too esoteric. Only ham radio operators would get it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14456652321936446552017-12-23T19:38:49.147-05:002017-12-23T19:38:49.147-05:00Enjoyed most of it, but gave up on the SW. The na...Enjoyed most of it, but gave up on the SW. The name of a rapper can be any combination of letters, I thought. Put it down, and ate dinner. Picked it up, Got "On Trust", and finished it. I love when that happens. That's the idea Saturday puzzle, the one that resists, but ultimately falls. So despite Chance the Rapper (would I have heard of him/her? No Chance!) I think this was a fine Saturday. Also enjoyed someone knowing Pavlova from actually having eaten it. Never heard of the dish, but I DID know the ballerina. OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82748399489532434142017-12-23T17:53:42.325-05:002017-12-23T17:53:42.325-05:00Not uptodate on hip hop performers I filled for 34...Not uptodate on hip hop performers I filled for 34A chaNCE THE pAuPER instead of CHANCE THE RAPPER.<br />Thar messed me up in the SW corner.<br />If I can solve 90% of the puzzle without any help then it must be relatively easy.<br />I liked the long answers.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90584336210532897922017-12-23T17:52:17.883-05:002017-12-23T17:52:17.883-05:00"She's Like the Wind" was sung by Pa..."She's Like the Wind" was sung by Patrick Swayze, not Eric Carmen, making it an order of magnitude cooler. You're in the ballpark though in that it appeared with Eric Carmen's "Hungry Eyes" on the soundtrack to "Dirty Dancing."<br /><br />P.S. Which Patrick Swayze are you?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58168989597415204012017-12-23T17:49:53.041-05:002017-12-23T17:49:53.041-05:00If Nancy hooked up with Sean Connery, he might bit...If Nancy hooked up with Sean Connery, he might bitch-slap some sense into the whiny harridan.I wear wife beatersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65748639895361658542017-12-23T17:28:53.253-05:002017-12-23T17:28:53.253-05:00Ok. If 24 across must be read as Tom selleck,then ...Ok. If 24 across must be read as Tom selleck,then 22 across must be read as mister S. Len<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27165948092150131332017-12-23T16:50:12.338-05:002017-12-23T16:50:12.338-05:00You know, I saw that dot before 45, but in the pri...You know, I saw that dot before 45, but in the printed paper I just figured it was a misplaced drop of ink -- something that happens all the time.<br /><br />@Mohair, your comment about the Tudors drove me to 10 minutes of Internet research; I guess you're counting Jane Grey, and I guess you could make a case for it, so I learned something.<br /><br />I'm getting here very late, as I had to finish writing a conference paper. Thank God that's out of the way! I'll try to get here early tomorrow in celebration.<br /><br />I kind of liked 'flat figures," too.jberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55347280192489502992017-12-23T15:05:29.433-05:002017-12-23T15:05:29.433-05:00Saliva is not what that swab in the mouth is seeki...Saliva is not what that swab in the mouth is seeking (27A) is seeking. It is gathering epithelial cells from the inside of your cheek for DNA analysis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48710233842976005892017-12-23T14:38:45.432-05:002017-12-23T14:38:45.432-05:00Sorry, identity misfire. Anon @2:37 was me.Sorry, identity misfire. Anon @2:37 was me.BarbieBarbienoreply@blogger.com