tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3354930130233780304..comments2024-03-28T14:27:07.588-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 1970 Santana hit — WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23 2009 — Fail Irish coronation stone / Extinct cousin of kiwi / Frequent Canadian interjectionsRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27541625988774554962011-04-28T10:16:07.933-04:002011-04-28T10:16:07.933-04:00I enjoyed this puzzle with its lengthy answers and...I enjoyed this puzzle with its lengthy answers and fun theme.Lane Ends Dental Practicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136141641564726075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11631637421996341632010-10-15T16:43:33.554-04:002010-10-15T16:43:33.554-04:00Really good puzzle, too difficult for me thoughReally good puzzle, too difficult for me thoughJohn Thttp://profiles.tigweb.org/JohnTreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78544152823034758932010-01-27T21:47:21.449-05:002010-01-27T21:47:21.449-05:00In from syndication-land:
Like you, I noted the c...In from syndication-land:<br /><br />Like you, I noted the clumsy fill of ABT, SAE, and HRH right next to each other. 28A had me for a few seconds, since 30D was clearly QUADS, so that suggested some variant of BBQ.<br /><br />ANAHEIM, CA was one of my gimmes (at least after I had TRAMP and YEAR in place), so I can't claim to be too bothered by it, even if it does have a strong autofill feel.<br /><br />All in all, I'd have to agree that this puzzle was cleverer in its concept than its execution. Still, a decent solving experience, so I'd rate it a 7/10.Nullifidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207390447020990907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18982950618808783682010-01-27T15:24:49.458-05:002010-01-27T15:24:49.458-05:00From syn-city: Great mid-week puzzle, EH?
Had SW...From syn-city: Great mid-week puzzle, EH? <br /><br />Had SWALE instead of SWARD for far too long which complicated matters. Also, IMHO to define the HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (33D) as a realm is a vast over-simplification. At best, the HRE was a federation of hundreds of quasi-independent duchies, principalities, free cities and the like, never a true realm. (Yes, I know - it's just a crossword puzzle clue.)Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58371097433026339782010-01-04T03:18:08.145-05:002010-01-04T03:18:08.145-05:00With TramadolBargain.com there are no appointments...With TramadolBargain.com there are no appointments or waiting rooms. Your cheap tramadol online will be sent Via FedEx directly to your home or office.cheap tramadol onlinehttp://www.tramadolbargain.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3611337280453172492009-12-31T04:53:24.964-05:002009-12-31T04:53:24.964-05:00Dental Implant CambridgeDental Implant CambridgeDental Implant Cambridgehttp://www.dentastique.co.uk/dental-implants.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1138181967290528152009-12-24T14:09:42.388-05:002009-12-24T14:09:42.388-05:00Although no one is probably still reading this thr...Although no one is probably still reading this thread, I'd like like to make it clear that @Elaine is correct when she says she thinks I am NOT Rex's wife.<br /><br />Although I'm sure she's lovely in every way, she belongs to another, and to take her away would break one of the 10 commandments. Now, lusting after her in my heart? That's apparently OK.Jim in Chicagonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89764482346576372862009-12-24T03:03:38.353-05:002009-12-24T03:03:38.353-05:00SWARD-- when you focus on a word, THERE it IS!
Pa...SWARD-- when you focus on a word, THERE it IS!<br /><br />Patrick O'Brien's "The Ionian Mission", pg. 312--having to slightly paraphrase to spare a trip downstairs:<br />"The smooth path led over the mountain, up and down and down at last to a fine, springy sward..."<br /><br />Utter sympathy to all travelers, users of eensy keyboards, and snow shovelers: be safe! and see you on the flip side!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62533381784046370962009-12-24T00:38:06.994-05:002009-12-24T00:38:06.994-05:00Had to get my order in before the kitchen closes -...Had to get my order in before the kitchen closes - GREAT debut! I totally enjoyed it, even though I had to Google for the first time on Wednesday in eons (the SW beat me up like 'Bama did to the Gators). Keep up the excellent work, and I look forward to your next!CoolPapaDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11542059534657415505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32969413656875228872009-12-24T00:20:54.031-05:002009-12-24T00:20:54.031-05:00another answer to the riddle is "a zebra with...another answer to the riddle is "a zebra with diaper rash"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46844227549325407322009-12-23T23:54:55.927-05:002009-12-23T23:54:55.927-05:00@ Elaine & SWARD-
When I was in middle school...@ Elaine & SWARD-<br /><br />When I was in middle school, I read "The Open Window" by H H Munro (Saki) and became aware of the luster that was part of my native tongue. Good books, like those by Pyle and Saki, do present you with an interesting slant on the language.<br /><br /><b><i>totally cool, if archaic, vocabulary</i></b>. I like that.edith bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048817959846956992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63454046780012572072009-12-23T23:40:09.674-05:002009-12-23T23:40:09.674-05:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35115061&postID=3588389571383499624&isPopup=true" rel="nofollow">7/30/2009 post</a> 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 6:38, 6:56, 0.96, 42%, Medium<br />Tue 11:00, 8:44, 1.26, 94%, Challenging<br />Wed 13:46, 11:58, 1.15, 86%, Challenging<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:35, 3:41, 0.97, 50%, Medium<br />Tue 5:31, 4:28, 1.23, 92%, Challenging<br />Wed 6:46, 5:52, 1.15, 85%, Challenging<br /><br />I'm typing this sitting on a cot in O'Hare Airport where I'm stranded for the night. I've been trying to get from here to NE Ohio since about 4:30 this afternoon and kept watching various flights' status go from "Delayed" to "Cancelled". With each cancellation, I got to wait in a mile long line to try to book my next flight while 3, yes 3, United "customer service" agents were on hand to "help" hundreds of frazzled customers. I'm now hoping for an 8am departure. Unfortunately, the weather report is calling for more of the same tomorrow ... rain/freezing rain/sleet 32 degrees. Woe is me!sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14603616109104469742009-12-23T23:23:07.118-05:002009-12-23T23:23:07.118-05:00Agree w @mac, @johninct, @deerfencer: great theme;...Agree w @mac, @johninct, @deerfencer: great theme; awful, stupid fill...btw, have never heard it referred to as anything other than STJOE'S. IT'D stinks; so does JUSTTRYME esp as opening answer. Pps am reading a wonderful anthology of "Pulp Fiction," ie great stories and novellas by the likes Raymond Chandler, Cain, Hammett et al. Not once are any of the detectives referred to as TECSCharles Boglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667976595355657752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86108166187221217802009-12-23T22:27:00.858-05:002009-12-23T22:27:00.858-05:00@ anon 6:06 - you are correct. My typo. Sorry.@ anon 6:06 - you are correct. My typo. Sorry.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63720096466693968182009-12-23T21:55:17.286-05:002009-12-23T21:55:17.286-05:00make that deflection [grumble, typo, small screen ...make that deflection [grumble, typo, small screen on travel unit]Glitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35910826590365256882009-12-23T21:52:39.219-05:002009-12-23T21:52:39.219-05:00Have been traveling all day so just a couple of co...Have been traveling all day so just a couple of comments:<br /><br />@Elaine --- kudos on a succesful diflection, won't toss another barb until I have enough time to check for typos ;)<br />___<br /><br />In electronics, when you ZAP a component, the circuit is [suddenly] fried. Usually accompanied by sparks and smoke.<br />_____<br /><br />No problem with A DASH as an amount/measure/instruction. "Add DASH of salt" is somehow incomplete, "add A DASH ..." sounds more better ;)<br /><br />.../GlitchGlitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13500132016654673152009-12-23T21:50:17.905-05:002009-12-23T21:50:17.905-05:00The theme was easy, but I found
the puzzle diffic...The theme was easy, but I found <br />the puzzle difficult. Did not know STJOE (sports), toi (French), MAGE (thought the singular was "Magus"), LIA, had "dodo" for BOZO, "swale" for SWARD. Did not like ADASH. Also, do not like it when puzzlemakers make up any old abbreviation.<br /><br />The MOA is no longer thought to have been related to the kiwi.<br /><br />Nor do I believe frying takes place in a microwave oven.<br /><br />That little section, 23-25 down, was dreadful. Thank you, Rex, for explaining why. And thanx for the Great White North.<br /><br />My mother never could get a BBQ like the ones she had in FL in the '20s. Wasn't BarBQ originally a steer branding iron with a bar across the top of the letters BQ?<br /><br />@Noam - Palindrome! Thanks. But let's hope Sara Palin doesn't "come back again."<br /><br />@David - it's wonderful to have one's Medicare card! Got mine this month.Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40579571726361297452009-12-23T21:48:08.998-05:002009-12-23T21:48:08.998-05:00Agree with John in CT: "clunky, awkward, diff...Agree with John in CT: "clunky, awkward, difficult, but not pleasingly so. I did NOT like this puzzle." <br /><br />This one made me feel stupid, especially since it was a Wed.deerfencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185773504451380520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18520993231472349752009-12-23T21:26:25.997-05:002009-12-23T21:26:25.997-05:00@ OldCarFudd, BBQ is acceptable to me in all of it...@ OldCarFudd, BBQ is acceptable to me in all of it's myriad forms but your explanation is cool whether it's true or not. However the beard part makes the most sense if you are roasting a goat.Two Ponieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896743444873087885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47001276310556697242009-12-23T21:21:56.361-05:002009-12-23T21:21:56.361-05:00Mage? What is that? Don't remember that from a...Mage? What is that? Don't remember that from any of the Tolkien books.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12246334840916340609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63831202030742903362009-12-23T19:27:23.242-05:002009-12-23T19:27:23.242-05:00babslesley: I repeat my post of this morning. In &...babslesley: I repeat my post of this morning. In 'counting games', when you are landed on you are 'counted out'. Those are the literal words used by us kids in the Bronx in '50s.slypetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537129206516720012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31724687584539435312009-12-23T18:09:18.600-05:002009-12-23T18:09:18.600-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61888998273056539942009-12-23T18:06:52.606-05:002009-12-23T18:06:52.606-05:00@r_c the link is bad. for others, to view it, rig...@r_c the link is bad. for others, to view it, right-click the link, copy the address, paste it, and remove the quotation mark at the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83209457768589907722009-12-23T17:32:51.083-05:002009-12-23T17:32:51.083-05:00You want barbecue? GOOD barbecue? No, GREAT barbec...You want barbecue? GOOD barbecue? No, GREAT barbecue? Come to Huntsville TX and try the "Church of the Holy Barbecue," AKA the <a href="http://www.bbqfilm.com/public_html/tour.html%22" rel="nofollow">New Zion Missionary Church.</a> You have to scroll down to see the squib. They do not have a real web site. No need - without ads they sell all they want to to locals and to people who hear about it - like you are right now.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46216728568896477322009-12-23T17:02:42.961-05:002009-12-23T17:02:42.961-05:00@babslesley
unless you count Stubbs, Rudy's, G...@babslesley<br />unless you count <a href="http://www.stubbsaustin.com/rest_home.html" rel="nofollow">Stubbs</a>, <a href="http://www.rudys.com/" rel="nofollow">Rudy's</a>, <a href="http://www.great-texas-barbeque.com/" rel="nofollow">Great Texas</a>, <a href="http://www.billmillerbbq.com/" rel="nofollow">Bill Miller</a>, <a href="http://mikeska.com/" rel="nofollow">Mikeska's</a>, <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/luling-bar-b-q-luling" rel="nofollow">Luling</a> . . . well, you get the point.Guy Who Likes Barbecuehttp://www.texasbbqtrail.com/noreply@blogger.com