tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3145524452536200825..comments2024-03-19T04:46:24.598-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: THURSDAY, Oct. 18, 2007 - Lucy Gardner AndersonRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40505509245014314242007-11-29T17:53:00.000-05:002007-11-29T17:53:00.000-05:00This one was super fast for me too; I finished in ...This one was super fast for me too; I finished in just over 7 minutes, my second fastest Thursday ever. I liked the Tex/OKIE clue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81049354113117913722007-11-29T14:10:00.000-05:002007-11-29T14:10:00.000-05:00Kim, Oh, a chemist gotta jump in here, 6 weeks lat...Kim, Oh, a chemist gotta jump in here, 6 weeks late. Water is a hydroxide, hydrogen hydroxide; also an oxide, dihydrogen oxide. Water is neutral because it is both and acid and a base and exists in equilibrium with egual amounts of protons and hydroxide ions from its ionization.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14330930555097802152007-11-29T08:19:00.000-05:002007-11-29T08:19:00.000-05:00You wrote 26A One of a series of joint Soviet/ U.S...You wrote 26A One of a series of joint Soviet/ U.S. space satellites. <BR/><BR/>Didn't you mean 26 D?<BR/><BR/>64 A Bob Dylan's first wife and the title of the song about her .<BR/><BR/>Made me think of "Sara" by Fleetwood Mac. Which if the clue makes a return in the future I will know it right away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91205529736930845402007-10-19T01:28:00.000-04:002007-10-19T01:28:00.000-04:00Axes is the plural of axis. X, Y, and Z are the ax...Axes is the plural of axis. X, Y, and Z are the axes of three-dimensional space.<BR/><BR/>To Richard:<BR/><BR/>Water is not a hydroxide. A hydroxide is OH- which are found in bases or alkalis like sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Water (H2O) is of course neutral(neither acidic or basic)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62080068580340338162007-10-19T01:24:00.000-04:002007-10-19T01:24:00.000-04:00A question: Have you ever heard "revelers" or "rev...A question: Have you ever heard "revelers" or "revelries" abbreviated as REVS? The crossword editor generally won't allow an abbreviation that isn't already listed in a dictionary. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, <I>Rev.</I> is <A HREF="http://www.answers.com/topic/rev-abbreviation-1" REL="nofollow">short for the book of Revelations or for Reverend</A>. Lowercase <I>rev.</I> is <A HREF="http://www.answers.com/topic/rev-abbreviation" REL="nofollow">short for revenue, reverse, revolution, revision, and review.</A> Just something to keep in mind while solving.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81410917273934679232007-10-18T23:49:00.002-04:002007-10-18T23:49:00.002-04:00I thought REVS was short for revelers as in weddin...I thought REVS was short for revelers as in wedding partiers so didn't seem that odd to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2181843601505509262007-10-18T23:49:00.001-04:002007-10-18T23:49:00.001-04:00I think I heard somewhere that there was a program...I think I heard somewhere that there was a program called "The Beatles on the Beeb." Yes, "Beeb" is an affectionate (?) nickname for the BBC.<BR/><BR/>Was never that crazy about the song "Sara" (found on Dylan's album DESIRE). Knowing that, despite the vows of eternal love in the song, Bob and Sara divorced later didn't help. I'm pretty sure Sara is the mother of Jakob Dylan, lead singer of the Wallflowers.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations ot all the Sox fans. Boston is wrapping up handing the Indians their heads tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68550759639091612712007-10-18T23:49:00.000-04:002007-10-18T23:49:00.000-04:00I think I heard somewhere that there was a program...I think I heard somewhere that there was a program called "The Beatles on the Beeb." Yes, "Beeb" is an affectionate (?) nickname for the BBC.<BR/><BR/>Was never that crazy about the song "Sara" (found on Dylan's album DESIRE). Knowing that, despite the vows of eternal love in the song, Bob and Sara divorced later didn't help. I'm pretty sure Sara is the mother of Jakob Dylan, lead singer of the Wallflowers.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations ot all the Sox fans. Boston is wrapping up handing the Indians their heads tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36865639392044909412007-10-18T23:27:00.000-04:002007-10-18T23:27:00.000-04:00I, too, thought this was an easy Thursday. In fac...I, too, thought this was an easy Thursday. In fact, I did it in about 17 minutes, a couple of minutes under my previous record, even though I spent a minute or two at the end staring at APS/ARI, before I noticed that the school was East Coast, so couldn't be some weird shortening of Arizona (and then UPS hit me).<BR/><BR/>Nobody else guessed which element Rex thought was funniest, so I'm going with c--instead of some obscure _#1_ hit, we'll go with something that didn't quite make it. Which reminds me of one of my favorite music trivia questions. Which artist/act had the most American #2 singles without ever getting a #1?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46644279911994319172007-10-18T23:18:00.000-04:002007-10-18T23:18:00.000-04:00I was thinking REVelries.I was thinking REVelries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63173955089585954092007-10-18T21:50:00.000-04:002007-10-18T21:50:00.000-04:00I liked this alright, but it was indeed a very eas...I liked this alright, but it was indeed a very easy Thursday (around 10-15 minutes for me -- I'm a slowpoke compared to all of you).<BR/><BR/>BLUESTATER - you aren't, by any chance, somehow associated with the recently-opened Blue State Cafe at the top of Thayer, are you??<BR/>I was also thrown by the Brown thing, but only for a minute. In other Lil' Rhody-related news, URI showed up in the grid, right there crossing the Brown UPS.<BR/><BR/>I was very happy (or even possibly as Rex might write, Very Happy,) to see GET LOW, and got it instantly. It's been a party staple ever since it came out, at least in some circles...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345623954861334689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5873791835747744132007-10-18T21:47:00.000-04:002007-10-18T21:47:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345623954861334689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49406177331854232002007-10-18T21:29:00.000-04:002007-10-18T21:29:00.000-04:00Am I the only one who is more accustomed to seeing...Am I the only one who is more accustomed to seeing caftan with a C than kaftan with a K? Must be because I see it only in crosswords—have never, ever shopped for a caftan! (Google hits for kaftan vs. caftan run about 374,000 vs. 276,000—not a huge difference.)<BR/><BR/>Rick, that must be why I dreamt that my ears were burning in the wee hours today...Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38403658423294692622007-10-18T21:01:00.000-04:002007-10-18T21:01:00.000-04:00dk -- think of axes as the plural of axis and not ...dk -- think of axes as the plural of axis and not the plural of ax...<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>janieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40503053055810250312007-10-18T19:48:00.000-04:002007-10-18T19:48:00.000-04:00Sara would probably be happy in a caftan (usually ...Sara would probably be happy in a caftan (usually spelled kaftan in my book), given the era, but the two of them are in the wrong corner.<BR/><BR/>Bion/tenable were the last links to fall for me. <BR/><BR/>Definitely not Thursdayish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41577692434045341702007-10-18T19:43:00.000-04:002007-10-18T19:43:00.000-04:00A Monday or Tuesday puzzle on a Thursday...A Monday or Tuesday puzzle on a Thursday...Michael Chibnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700426644898924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71732111761613356422007-10-18T16:38:00.000-04:002007-10-18T16:38:00.000-04:00What a chat filed day!Thought side splitting was s...What a chat filed day!<BR/><BR/>Thought side splitting was side split dish. And, given that I had no idea what The Beeb is, being on a delly made... me realize dragged out was long and then the others feel into place.<BR/><BR/>I am not sure why x,y and z are axes, but I did get Sara.<BR/><BR/>This was a fast Thurs. for me, but I chalked it up to the insights gained from this group.<BR/><BR/>Sitting in Newark Airport waiting for a delayed (meal free) flight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57785594466432790152007-10-18T16:26:00.000-04:002007-10-18T16:26:00.000-04:00Even if it is REVerendS it's still a shoddy piece ...Even if it is REVerendS it's still a shoddy piece of work. <BR/><BR/>I'm griping about TENABLE masquerading as Well-founded. Holds water (or some other Oxide)maybe, but not all that substantial. No mention in Webster's of any degree close to being well-founded. <BR/><BR/>KITEs aren't toys, but that's because I take a KITE too seriously. (I had POTATO SALAD on the plate with my Steak for a while, but that was a bad combination.)<BR/><BR/>White-knuckle seems odd as an adjective ... and sort of peculiar for INTENSE?fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53534643300497494172007-10-18T14:51:00.000-04:002007-10-18T14:51:00.000-04:00Ah... re: wedding parties... I read the word weddi...Ah... re: wedding parties... I read the word wedding as a verb form not a noun and was bugged by the idea of reverends wedding people. Of course, with wedding as a noun, it makes sense that revs are parties at a wedding. The answer was obvious and fit right in with avower, but I just needed to shift my interpretation a bit for it to make sense. Thanks Rex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43183781358741043122007-10-18T14:21:00.000-04:002007-10-18T14:21:00.000-04:00Orange,Saw your curtsey about 4:30 AM today.Orange,<BR/><BR/>Saw your curtsey about 4:30 AM today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15124737779803690492007-10-18T13:33:00.000-04:002007-10-18T13:33:00.000-04:00Puzzle today a bit fetid.Airline meals were fun ow...Puzzle today a bit fetid.<BR/>Airline meals were fun owing to all the compartments in the dishes. No matter that food was insipid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46096256533396333112007-10-18T13:22:00.000-04:002007-10-18T13:22:00.000-04:00[Wedding performers: Abbr.] could be REVS. No idea...[Wedding performers: Abbr.] could be REVS. No idea why this clue should be any different. The clue for REVS has a "?" appended, so of course the answer is unexpected. Further, ALOWER is not a word. AVOWER, however, ungainly, seemed quite easy with just s few crosses in place.<BR/><BR/>And it's certainly REVerends, not REVels.<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66684451707003239782007-10-18T13:04:00.000-04:002007-10-18T13:04:00.000-04:00I think the NW should be rels and alower, since in...I think the NW should be rels and alower, since in the clue it's plural (parties). Only one reverend is needed at a wedding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42483273591475173422007-10-18T13:00:00.000-04:002007-10-18T13:00:00.000-04:00Hmm. Once again I find myself going against the ti...Hmm. Once again I find myself going against the tide. I found today's very difficult indeed, though in the end I got everything. Lots of obscurity (BION), curveballs (UPS; I went to Brown, so the clue seriously misled me), popcult junk. Got the theme easily, but the rest was a lengthy and unrewarding slog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34859897453461772712007-10-18T12:58:00.000-04:002007-10-18T12:58:00.000-04:00Enjoyable puzzle, I thought - then again, not bein...Enjoyable puzzle, I thought - then again, not being a native speaker, every Thursday I can complete without googling is enjoyable. :-) KAFTAN for CAFTAN and ATTAR for ESTER did throw me off for a while though.<BR/><BR/>Love that the Beeb made an appearance, although I would have liked it even more if they had clued TELLY with 'Auntie is seen on it'. You've got to love the BBC's nicknames.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com