tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3367244239555824195..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: South Indian pancakes / FRI 1-12-18 / Rhyming educational proverb / Pastries similar to long john doughnuts / Not halal in Arab cuisine / Attracted to all genders in modern lingo Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74261422330933620012018-03-16T03:39:14.740-04:002018-03-16T03:39:14.740-04:00Got it. Was surprised about diurnal. Other than th...Got it. Was surprised about diurnal. Other than that pretty easyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038002669098155804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90703322237720385222018-03-16T03:39:01.675-04:002018-03-16T03:39:01.675-04:00Got it. Was surprised about diurnal. Other than th...Got it. Was surprised about diurnal. Other than that pretty easyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038002669098155804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37655152903413998282018-02-16T19:36:09.615-05:002018-02-16T19:36:09.615-05:00Finished without it dragging into late Friday nigh...Finished without it dragging into late Friday night so it must have been easy for a Friday. So I suppose I'm on the liked it side. A few aha moments which are always fun and enlightening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84197186061777686052018-02-16T18:40:39.766-05:002018-02-16T18:40:39.766-05:00Moving from the bottom up was easy until having to...Moving from the bottom up was easy until having to MAKEAFRESHSTART with the stack of four. Had trouble with EACHONETEACHONE and the crossing HARAM, ATIEMPO and DOSAS, a combination that finally eluded me.<br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71407841095870932322018-02-16T17:16:48.071-05:002018-02-16T17:16:48.071-05:00Except for a slat for the LATH and a Phil lesh (co...Except for a slat for the LATH and a Phil lesh (couldn’t think of any other 4 letter Phil) for the OCHS, this went fairly smoothly, after gasping at the stacks. Recalled the Peter THIEL name only because there used to be a local radio producer of the same name. Don’t think it’s the same guy.<br /><br />Have been to MAINE only once. Bah Hah-bah, to be exact. Sea-kayaking in the bay and out around the islands and mountain biking in Acadia Nat’l Park. Highly recommended. Just after Labor Day.<br /><br />ISAO!! Where ya been for so long?<br /><br />Two MELs and SARAH Silverman got the yeah baby last week so this week it’s SARAH Hyland or MEL Harris.<br /><br />Been drinking Red Bull all day so I NEEDSTO go to the DIURNAL. HARAMph.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46957333818238971372018-02-16T15:44:33.739-05:002018-02-16T15:44:33.739-05:00For me, the bottom two thirds of the puzzle were(r...For me, the bottom two thirds of the puzzle were(relatively) easy, but the North took twice the time of the rest of it. LATH or slAt? ENURE or iNURE? MAKE or tAKE? LENS SPEED or film SPEED? All these things consumed me. By the way, when you make a DOSA, do you use DOSA dough? Anyway, a new term for me. Also held up by thinking the alternative to "a when" could be "a who", or "a why". Dumb.<br /><br />Nevertheless, I had enough coming up from the bottom, along with gimmes MEL, OMS, and TSE to finish. Thus challenging (North), and easy (the rest). Enjoyable throughout.<br /><br />CAMELID, eh?<br /><br />rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63525701479490793342018-02-16T14:49:04.683-05:002018-02-16T14:49:04.683-05:00Dang. Am allowed to say that?
After all that wo...Dang. Am allowed to say that?<br /><br />After all that work, I was killed by NACRE/RISES. Well, spelling IndependAnce incorrectly didn't help. I only grew up visiting the Liberty Bell at least thrice a year. sheesh<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords, but going for a walk nowDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37209579599359256542018-02-16T14:43:44.588-05:002018-02-16T14:43:44.588-05:00What Joe Camel carries in his wallet would have be...What Joe Camel carries in his wallet would have been a better clue for 34A. This one did not thrill me. Nothing terribly wrong with it. Not a DPLUS but maybe a cPLUS. I finished faster than usual for a Friday so I guess it's on the easy side like OFL rated it. Hopefully we will see better puzzles soon but THATSATALLORDER.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53169403177887829502018-02-16T12:33:28.475-05:002018-02-16T12:33:28.475-05:00CLAD INCLASS
SARAH’s TOP’S a DPLUS, I OTTER rewar...CLAD INCLASS<br /><br />SARAH’s TOP’S a DPLUS, I OTTER reward her.<br />What she NEEDSTO discuss? Now THAT’SATALLORDER.<br />TENROUNDS later she said, “RHETT, RELAX your defenses.”<br />We went to VICTORIA’SSECRET and SPAREDNOEXPENSEs.<br /><br />--- MEL DOSAS, RET.<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74635381639159529322018-02-16T11:58:37.835-05:002018-02-16T11:58:37.835-05:00Wow, who knew there were so many shutterbugs out t...Wow, who knew there were so many shutterbugs out there? I thought the entry a bit strange, not being an expert, but crosses quickly solidified it. I can buy it.<br /><br />What I can't buy is the clue for E(!)NURE. It should read "Accustom (var.)" The word is inure; no one ever uses ENURE. This is CLEARLY a variant, and as such NEEDSTO be clued as such. Foul, offside, foot fault, or a stroke-and-distance penalty; whatever. Icing.<br /><br />Another WOE is HARAM. Halal is listed in my Scrabble dictionary; why then is HARAM not? Inquiring minds want to know.<br /><br />Again, though, crosses came to the rescue. This wasn't actually hard, for a Friday; a fifteen-stuffed grid seldom is. But we pay a typically high price with some of the short stuff. ANIF, ABCDE (yeah, I can recite the alphabet too!), and the impossibly contrived RRN: "15 years before the Battle of Hastings?" Really?? Well, what else can you do, except tear it up?<br /><br />The rest of it is pretty good, actually. The spanners are all fine; no contrived entries. For DOD: ANY ONE of the VICTORIASSECRET models. Or, ALL of them. The grid does sort of look like a face; maybe a guy with a bushy brows and a goatee.<br /><br />Despite the out-of-bounds, Mr. Agard scores a birdie. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2009992653195483272018-02-16T11:52:14.045-05:002018-02-16T11:52:14.045-05:00Pretty sure the face is Secret Service guy with ea...Pretty sure the face is Secret Service guy with earpieces. That said, would sure like to see the Orange Dumpster Fire get hit with a 'green stunner'. That might even wake up a 'shitwit'.centralscrewtinizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404913280254786506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24919745011415978852018-02-16T08:14:42.069-05:002018-02-16T08:14:42.069-05:00This puzzle stinks. These are supposed to be fun, ...This puzzle stinks. These are supposed to be fun, this one wasn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37623920618669153262018-01-15T16:06:22.552-05:002018-01-15T16:06:22.552-05:00I'm a professional photographer and I barely g...I'm a professional photographer and I barely got LensSpeed as the answer. Yes, it's a thing, but only abstractly. One commonly refers to how "fast" a lens is which, I guess, leads tangentially to "lens speed" but nobody ever says it and it's not a 'stat' at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86090770682170258382018-01-14T05:39:18.534-05:002018-01-14T05:39:18.534-05:00Is it just me and my one track mind, or is there s...Is it just me and my one track mind, or is there something sexually suggestive with the grid layout?fgillishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236974834292953364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57081828160361831262018-01-13T12:48:14.372-05:002018-01-13T12:48:14.372-05:00Aleve is Naproxin Sodium whereas Motrin is Ibuprof...Aleve is Naproxin Sodium whereas Motrin is Ibuprofin, which are definitely not interchangeable. One could argue that it’s irresponsible for the NYT to equate the two, least someone treat the two brands as the same drug. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62684075451465444362018-01-13T10:32:11.207-05:002018-01-13T10:32:11.207-05:00For one-percenters, SPAR[ing] NO EXPENSE is not bl...For one-percenters, SPAR[ing] NO EXPENSE is <i>not</i> blowing the budget. If money is no object, you don't <i>have a budget</i>. The two terms are not synonymous. Conversely, you can have a budget that spares no expense. 26A is bad cluing. Otherwise, a fairly enjoyable and easy-ish solve. AWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84668713735792142132018-01-12T22:08:18.724-05:002018-01-12T22:08:18.724-05:00Got stuck on the tense of “blew the budget” and ha...Got stuck on the tense of “blew the budget” and had no idea who Esison would become. Bah!JMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375206989322660113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11049969462035701352018-01-12T22:06:00.752-05:002018-01-12T22:06:00.752-05:00@semioticus, hear hear and thanks.
We need a healt...@semioticus, hear hear and thanks.<br />We need a healthy homeostasis. As long as one of our branches of government isn’t functioning well, the other systems can’t work well either. Those who wish the executive branch to continue in its current mold and those who would like to see a 180-deg reversal should all want to, and work to, see that it resumes functioning smoothly. A healthy body needs all its parts. Ours is sick. We need to do better.Mattelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59911292187602358862018-01-12T22:05:26.859-05:002018-01-12T22:05:26.859-05:00I am in the smallest and most hated political mino...I am in the smallest and most hated political minority on the planet - I'm a conservative atheist. Who cares, and how is it relevant to enjoying crosswords? I hate how everything has to be political these days. I don't like it if, for instance, including mass murdering communist Che Guevara raises no eyebrows but referencing Peter Thiel is beyond the pale. But I love this blog and I come check it out after I do every Friday and Saturday NYT puzzle, and sometimes other days of the week. So while I wish we could leave out the politics, I was happy to donate to the cause, and I don't understand why a regular reader here would take pleasure in not donating. If you enjoy the blog, give if you can, and if you don't enjoy it: STOP READING!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491771194367384213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15429497130678401012018-01-12T21:06:45.284-05:002018-01-12T21:06:45.284-05:00Boko Haram's recording of "A Whiter Shade...Boko Haram's recording of "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" is a 1967 classic.<br /><br />(Okay, that was bad, I'll stop now.)Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81877597025378652292018-01-12T19:33:18.932-05:002018-01-12T19:33:18.932-05:00We might be on the exact opposite ends of the poli...We might be on the exact opposite ends of the political spectrum with someone -which is hard because I'm a centrist but frankly I don't know what's in the center any more- and I couldn't care less.<br /><br />However, let's get one thing straight. Making <i>everything</i> political started with Fox News, who simply went berserk when our 44th President was elected. That he wore a tan suit was presented as a big political crisis for frak's sake.<br /><br />So I guess what I'm saying is this: you (not anyone personally, the general you) reap what you sow. Today didn't happen in one day. So instead of blaming each other -and trolling anonymously- we really need to question what went wrong and work together to resolve it before some problems become unresolvable due to extreme polarization. And game theory suggests that it <i>will</i> get worse every passing day unless the rules of the game change.semioticus (shelbyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16204028248874222567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18938328174447221552018-01-12T19:25:20.738-05:002018-01-12T19:25:20.738-05:00Deep sympathies, @GHarris. Impersonating other pe...Deep sympathies, @GHarris. Impersonating other people on a blog is ID theft, pure and simple. Same thing was done here to a nice guy in NH a couple days ago. Destroying a person's name is at least as bad as destroying his home. If the perpetrator could be caught (possible, Rex?), he belongs in jail. It doesn't "border on criminality", it is criminal.<br /><br />All bloggers should have their names in blue and have an avatar that can't be duplicated to protect themselves. These people are so vile and so sick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67137947623226681022018-01-12T19:12:00.481-05:002018-01-12T19:12:00.481-05:00Michael,
I contributed to your blog last January;...Michael,<br /><br />I contributed to your blog last January; and while I suspect most of your Friday and Saturday solvers share your political views, I do not. I realize my unsent $5 won't put an end to RP(DNC)P, but enough already. Keep up the great work and MAGA.<br /><br />PerryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04612219173232469456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39075521012004639122018-01-12T19:05:00.251-05:002018-01-12T19:05:00.251-05:00Alternate clue for ANIF:
Opening scene in Sound of...Alternate clue for ANIF:<br />Opening scene in Sound of Music<br />('Tis the Castle of Anif, outside Salzburg. I was on bivouac in the woods next to the castle in '54.)Puzzled Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2127170329692470782018-01-12T19:03:45.794-05:002018-01-12T19:03:45.794-05:00i think the reason this puzzle is on a friday in l...i think the reason this puzzle is on a friday in light of its ease is that its the anniversary of lorraine hansberry's deathAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com