tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3434992124718081182..comments2024-03-28T06:29:33.354-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Cartoonist Bushmiller who created Nancy / THU 6-11-15 / Classic 1944 Otto Preminger film noir / Model of Blues Brothers Bluesmobile Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68170467413511121822015-07-16T17:23:30.315-04:002015-07-16T17:23:30.315-04:00@DMG - something worked. @DMG - something worked. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91311276404914972602015-07-16T17:10:58.771-04:002015-07-16T17:10:58.771-04:00Anyone else having robot problems. The last couple...Anyone else having robot problems. The last couple of days the robot has offered me no chance to post. Late last night there was a chance, but it seemed silly to post a comment when most have already done the new puzzle. On the other hand, there is no opportunity to post again today, so will save this and see if things open up,again at some time. I feel lonely out here. <br /><br />Meantime, enjoyed today's puzzle. Getting GEM did help with a couple of the answers. Nice to know that our Factoid guy does such nice work.DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5575703147046787412015-07-16T14:13:26.492-04:002015-07-16T14:13:26.492-04:00This was one of the very few times I completed a T...This was one of the very few times I completed a Thursday without having to look something up. All fell in place and, I hate to do it, but I have to agree with Pex Rarker that this was an Easy one. Five minutes seems "stretching it a little."<br /><br />Will the auto industry ever run out names? Monte Carlo, Dodge Dart, HenryJ, Bel Air, Chrysler Royale, Zephyr, Packard Clipper, etc., etc.<br /><br />Ron Diego = Pen name. (I wouldn't want anyone to know who the real world-famous and humble person that I am). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79476422818695491832015-07-16T12:42:15.103-04:002015-07-16T12:42:15.103-04:00@ spacey – on the take/ANGLE thing. It’s something...@ spacey – on the take/ANGLE thing. It’s something like “What’s your opinion, or point of view (take/ANGLE) on that subject.” That might be a little clunky, but my best off the cuff.<br /><br />Had the same misspelling in DARReN, but also gameI as the series starter. Guess that’s the ballplayer in me. So there’s a little mess on the grid for me.<br /><br />Queen of Sheba, a biblical yeah baby. Quite the DALI.<br /><br />Would’ve preferred Tug or Tim MCGRAW, but the sports and musician GRIPErs would have their BAHs and WAHS over that.<br /><br />Any Thursday puz that doesn’t have 3 to 5 letters jammed into one square is OK by me.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51768332968563239812015-07-16T12:05:45.491-04:002015-07-16T12:05:45.491-04:00SIN: PARTI
My HIDDENGEM is no Queen of SHEBA, AND...SIN: PARTI<br /><br />My HIDDENGEM is no Queen of SHEBA, AND I just ASKER to ALLEVIATE<br />high ball pressure, so INDULGEME while I LAYTOREST my LARGEMOUTH BEDMATE.<br /><br />--- DARRIN MCGRAW<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45322104091214507962015-07-16T11:39:06.299-04:002015-07-16T11:39:06.299-04:00"It's got a cop engine, cop brakes and co..."It's got a cop engine, cop brakes and cop shocks. Is it the Bluesmobile, or what?" I'll trade ya four fried chickens and a Coke.<br /><br />Other than misspelling DARReN, I got everything pretty smoothly, sort of. The grid pinches off the NW and SE with only convoluted entry, and so for a while I despaired of a foothold in the former. I missed entirely the fact that 1-down was starred (!) and actually never realized it was a theme answer till I read the lead blog. What -DEN City in NJ...the GARDEN state? Hmmm. OK, let's try GARDEN. Duh! That LAY the NW TO REST. Getting into the SE was easier, with the obvious BARRISTER.<br /><br />OFL mentions confusion with take = ANGLE--then he lets it drop with no explanation! Somebody 'splain take = ANGLE. I mean, it had to be ANTS or ARTS, and ARGLE makes no sense. ANGLE doesn't either, but at least it's a word.<br /><br />I call it medium; I think the clues are tougher than OFL does. I look forward to @BS's use of BEDMATE. B+.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30102746853930209562015-06-16T12:55:57.285-04:002015-06-16T12:55:57.285-04:00I am here to give testimony of how i got back my h...I am here to give testimony of how i got back my husband, we got married for over 9 years and we had two kids. thing were going well with us and we where always happy. until one day my husband started to behave in a way i could not understand, i was very confused by the way he treated me and the kids. later that month he did not come back home again and he called me that he want a divorce, i asked him what have i done wrong to deserve this from him, all he was saying is that he want a divorce that he hate me and do not want to see me again in his life, i was mad and also frustrated do not know what to do,i was sick for more than 2 weeks because of the divorce. i love him so much he was everything to me without him my life is incomplete. i told my sister and she told me to contact a spell caster, i never believe in all this spell casting of a thing. i just want to try if something will come out of it. i contacted traditional spell hospital for the return of my husband to me, they told me that my husband have been taken by another woman, that she cast a spell on him that is why he hate me and also want us to divorce. then they told me that they have to cast a spell on him that will make him return to me and the kids, they casted the spell and after 1 week my husband called me and he told me that i should forgive him, he started to apologize on phone and said that he still live me that he did not know what happen to him that he left me. it was the spell that he casted on him that make him come back to me. my family and i are now happy again. Thank you Dr. Aluta for what you have done for me i would have been nothing today if not for your great spell. i want you my friends who are passing through all this kind of love problem of getting back their husband, wife , or ex boyfriend and girlfriend to contact traditionalspellhospital@gmail.com and you will see that your problem will be solved without any delay. He cast spells for different purposes like<br />(1) If you want your ex back.<br />(2) if you always have bad dreams.<br />(3) You want to be promoted in your office.<br />(4) You want women/men to run after you.<br />(5) If you want a child.<br />(6) You want to be rich.<br />(7) You want to tie your husband/wife to be yours forever.<br />(8) If you need financial assistance.<br />(9) Herbal care<br />(10) is the only answer to that your problem of winning the lottery<br />Contact him today on: traditionalspellhospital@gmail.com<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289534177301155692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38862776879911022592015-06-12T08:39:50.466-04:002015-06-12T08:39:50.466-04:00I am not an expert here. So my persoective is from...I am not an expert here. So my persoective is from that angle. I rarely attempt friday. Recently though, with perseverance, i have been able to solve Thursday if i walk away and come back to it later. This one was impossible. I looked up fact answers (Bushmiller) and still couldnt completely fill. NW finally beat me and i came here for answers.<br />That said, i enjoyed the theme.Proud Mammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04147445552811284327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88387910483951250112015-06-12T00:18:25.855-04:002015-06-12T00:18:25.855-04:00Nice puzzle, congratulations @lewis.
I can't ...Nice puzzle, congratulations @lewis.<br /><br />I can't remember which one, but I used to belong to a book club where the books were shipped from GARDEN CITY, so that one was easier for me than for most.<br /><br />@dmw, maybe that's a little TMI about you and your wife.jberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19734169280083585502015-06-11T23:04:31.617-04:002015-06-11T23:04:31.617-04:00Wrats!
It's that Gentile poseur Beuller again...Wrats!<br /><br />It's that Gentile poseur Beuller again.From Pharoah to Ferrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8252103340865731222015-06-11T22:35:25.335-04:002015-06-11T22:35:25.335-04:00@Mary Wideau - Wanton Wonton criticisms are welcom...@Mary Wideau - Wanton Wonton criticisms are welcome here, if not at your local Chinese cuisine specialist. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8914954939701204032015-06-11T22:23:53.732-04:002015-06-11T22:23:53.732-04:00I must say I'VE reaped great enjoyment from to...I must say I'VE reaped great enjoyment from today's exchanges between @Grammar N and @Billy C, although I, personally, limit my wanton criticisms to Chinese restaurants. I may be turning into a linguistic worrywart: while I have no trouble with a punch being gratuitous, I'm in a quandary trying to imagine how I would punch gratuitously. If it's anything like pay-per-view shadow-boxing, 'spar for the course.<br /> <br />Good timing to bring back the genteel Gentile thingy on the day of the GEM theme. Funny, but from my vantage point, @Billy C sure doesn't look Jewelish.<br /><br />Mary Wideaunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1561345476939620522015-06-11T21:34:46.404-04:002015-06-11T21:34:46.404-04:00@Nancy,
Because of what you said about "no b...@Nancy, <br />Because of what you said about "no bloody idea" ( I could relate to that big time ) I read Jeff Chen's comment and I figured out what he meant (kinda maybe) because....it applied to ME! The deal is that the placement of the black squares totally isolated portions of the puzzle. In my case, I was able to easily get all of the puzzle EXCEPT pretty much all of the NW portion...no real gimmes for me (I resisted NEAP) even with N and P) and Garden City an unknown. So moving the black square or squares would have allowed an opening for a word or words from below in SW to come up into NW which would aid the solver. At least I THINK that is his point. <br />Congrats @Lewis! I still think this was a great puzzle even though the NW "territory" gave me fits.Indypuzzlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60951794548458418442015-06-11T21:10:07.593-04:002015-06-11T21:10:07.593-04:00@Loren-- Your own hidden GEMS were so well hidden ...@Loren-- Your own hidden GEMS were so well hidden that just about everyone here failed to see them. Even after the stunt had been pointed out -- and I went back for a second look -- I missed picking up all but two of them. So, evidently, did @mathguy and @Billy C. (Did anyone else even look?) Only @Leapfinger seems to have had the required eagle eye. Anyway, a very smooth, subtle job.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56932177709967972322015-06-11T20:50:39.676-04:002015-06-11T20:50:39.676-04:00This whole day was a huGE Mistake.This whole day was a huGE Mistake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63342325763405522522015-06-11T19:51:43.004-04:002015-06-11T19:51:43.004-04:00ASIDE from mentions of @Lewis' entries:
BrinG ...ASIDE from mentions of @Lewis' entries:<br />BrinG 'EM on<br />TeenaGE Monsters<br />a big challenGE Making<br />never a crinGE Moment<br />arguments about languaGE Make my day<br />colleGE Mascots<br />USAGE Makes me think<br /><br />And don't forget the shape-shifting avatar:<br />StaGE Mom<br /><br />As you can see, the GEMs are scattered all about, in no particular arrangement. And all this, mind you, before 0730. Yowza, Ms Muse!<br /><br />ps. I always like seeing LEO,because I am. EVEN ODDS that @Lewis is a GEMini?<br />Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44428494952743832792015-06-11T19:04:55.981-04:002015-06-11T19:04:55.981-04:00To the not-as-young-as-he-used-to-be @dk:
Ha! The ...To the not-as-young-as-he-used-to-be @dk:<br />Ha! The Myrmecoproctologist won't get rid of the ANTS in your pANTS; he'll just finger them. 'Minds me of this one Homo sapient proctologist I knew: a Big fellow with hands to match. His patients lovingly called him "Old Banana-fingers". <br />Aunt GEMimanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90194098194169493172015-06-11T18:56:31.515-04:002015-06-11T18:56:31.515-04:00@Elwood 5:45, aw, fiddlesticks! You are right, of ...@Elwood 5:45, aw, fiddlesticks! You are right, of course, since you are on a mission from God! Bad blunder on my part. <br /><br />RooRooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40239348929091974312015-06-11T18:15:28.608-04:002015-06-11T18:15:28.608-04:00When I printed the puzzle out this morning and saw...When I printed the puzzle out this morning and saw the byline, I wondered if it was 'our' Lewis. Glad to see it was; congrats on the debut. And if I counted them correctly, there were 7 double letters for our resident alphadoppeltotter. I would have expected more - that is a rather low count!<br /><br />I got I'VE and EST first and had to skip around to get started. Accidentally put in EhHNO and wondered what kind of quarters CAPH (caliphates?) had but I saw my error in time.<br /><br />But the NW turned it into a GRUDGE MATCH as I missed the star on 1D so happily put in HERE LET ME, with a HALL pass (missed the quotes on that one), Moab for MESA and "lab" for DNA. Got ticked and started solving in AcrossLite to use the check button. Wasn't I surprised to see all that wrongness?<br /><br />So Thursday hard for me but lots of fun and I feel smug that ANGLE for "take" didn't faze me in the slightest.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11859797020877395932015-06-11T17:45:13.455-04:002015-06-11T17:45:13.455-04:00@Roo - There must have been a typo on the placard ...@Roo - There must have been a typo on the placard on the Dodge Monaco you saw in Vegas because The Blues Brothers movie came out in 1980. It was based on a long running SNL skit. SNL, BTW premiered in Oct. 1975.Elwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75518999731337814532015-06-11T16:46:41.382-04:002015-06-11T16:46:41.382-04:00@GN --
Splitting one's infinitives a question...@GN --<br /><br />Splitting one's infinitives a question of style? OK, let's go to the Oxford Dictionaries, which " ... on balance consider it a weak style and advise against its use..."<br /><br /><br />But OK, you aren't a "Style Nazi" poseur. ;-)<br /><br />Back to you ...Your Pal Billynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21621368315287939282015-06-11T16:32:54.686-04:002015-06-11T16:32:54.686-04:00@ Billy C: There is no ambiguity. Everyone with ...@ Billy C: There is no ambiguity. Everyone with any expertise, including the authority you cite, agrees that splitting infinitives is a question of style, not a question of grammar. grammar nazinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27012766477541979182015-06-11T16:24:59.061-04:002015-06-11T16:24:59.061-04:00Played tough for me - esp NW...
Was wondering how ...<br />Played tough for me - esp NW...<br />Was wondering how to make I'LL fit at 1A, cdS or LPS, fall or NEAP, and how do I pout 9to5 in the grid...<br />Plenty of vague clues had me going - pearlS before ADAGES, fAKER/modEl/actoR before ASKER...<br /><br />But the real killer was 2D...I was thinking some kind of pAgES... Tortuously wound my way round to TEAL EAVES... huh????<br /><br />I definitely needed the reveal to finish this puzzle. It was a really fun workout.<br /><br />@AliasZ - I had the same thought - in a Sunday puzzle, would be fun to search for actual GEMS. That's me - I can think of great ideas once someone plops a great one right in front of me. Come up with it on my own><br />Well, you haven't seen my byline on any puzzles lately...<br /><br />That scene from Blues Brothers when they come screaming up to the sidewalk, slam on the brakes, jump out of the DODGEMONACO, and slam the doors is one of my favorite all time movie scenes.<br />I have felt like that after many road trips...and so has my car.<br /><br />All-in-all, @Lewis - a great debut - heartfelt congratulations and envy are being sent your way.<br />Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41674604194919400222015-06-11T16:06:06.523-04:002015-06-11T16:06:06.523-04:00er-r-r, darned spell checker. That was "spl...er-r-r, darned spell checker. That was "splitting," obviously ..BCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4626106736860489512015-06-11T16:00:03.383-04:002015-06-11T16:00:03.383-04:00@GN --
True, there is some ambiguity on the issue...<br /><br />@GN --<br /><br />True, there is some ambiguity on the issue of whether splinting an infinitive is ungrammatical.<br /><br />However, the Columbia [University] Guide to Standard American English, generally regarded as the preeminent authority on these issues, advises a policy " ... of avoiding the path of split infinitives when they are not necessary, especially when you are uncertain of your readers' expectations and sensitivities..."<br /><br />Now as THE self-proclaimed GN, I'm certain that you would not want to harm your admiring readers' expectations and sensitivities in the matter of correct usage, would you?<br /><br />By the way, The Free Dictionary defines "poseur" as "One who affects a particular attribute, attitude, or identity to impress or influence others." Hm-m-mmm, now I wonder who on this board comes most readily to mind when we think of this definition? Beuller? Beuller?<br /><br />;-)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Billy Cnoreply@blogger.com