tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3459354531940181965..comments2024-03-28T18:12:10.683-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Actress married to Kurt Weill / MON 11-21-11 / 1970 hit by Sugarloaf / Older woman's plaything in slang / Old dagger / Funnywoman RudnerRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90713099467699722332020-06-29T03:49:43.911-04:002020-06-29T03:49:43.911-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Smith Jonshonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03421852567612300355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24574371655887340012011-12-27T00:41:35.595-05:002011-12-27T00:41:35.595-05:00Another voice from syndie-land.
I'm always pl...Another voice from syndie-land.<br /><br />I'm always pleased to find that Rex has rated a puzzle medium-challenging that I found a complete walkover. And for the record, I'm 31 years old and only have heard one song in the theme list: BROWN-EYED GIRL.<br /><br />I was pleased by the fact that I could get LOTTE LENYA without any crosses. I've long loved her collaborations with Kurt Weill, but I bet more people might remember her better as Rosa Klebb. For an example of her work, here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApN_V0B7lhA" rel="nofollow">"Surabaya Johnny"</a>.<br /><br />And for another musical clip, I bet that Jo was thinking of <i>The Mikado</i>, when Ko-Ko "gnashed [his] teeth | when from its sheath | [he] drew [his] snicker-SNEE!" This was <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfIwnehelT8" rel="nofollow">one of the songs filmed</a> for the brilliant biopic of Gilbert and Sullivan, <i>Topsy-Turvy</i>.<br /><br />I enjoyed the theme answer for its unexpectedness. Based on the completing half the crossword, I had thought that it was going to be "B-sides", which wouldn't be a bad theme for a crossword puzzle either. When I finally got the theme answer, I groaned at the pun but I was still amused by it.Nullifidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207390447020990907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34359798132209546542011-12-26T16:49:17.804-05:002011-12-26T16:49:17.804-05:00@diriginzo. Thanks for the hint, but hitting &quo...@diriginzo. Thanks for the hint, but hitting "newer post" most often still brings up yesterday's grid! I'll try searching <br />Rex's post.Delmariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23032705857824093172011-12-26T15:42:33.272-05:002011-12-26T15:42:33.272-05:00@Delmarian - if the syndicated button takes you to...@Delmarian - if the syndicated button takes you to the prior day's puzzle just scroll to the bottom and click on "newer post"; problem solved. Alternatively you can go to the blog archive on the right side of the blog and pull up any puzzle you want by date; also easy with no googling required.<br /><br />As to the puzzle, I thought it was a fun Monday, rules be damned. Nice to see NIT as something other than a minor problem to be picked at.<br /><br />Shout out to Canadian Rex-ites (Can-Rex-ites?) at 60d reminds me to wish them all a happy Boxing Day.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74173495862394874842011-12-26T14:57:23.660-05:002011-12-26T14:57:23.660-05:00Maybe it is just having solved a jillion puzzles, ...Maybe it is just having solved a jillion puzzles, but I walked through this one. I have never tuned into the music that most of today's puzzles cite. The answers come from just seeing what word could possibly fit, and the limits of the English language generally supply an answer. My problems come when the grid is what someone recently called a "cross name" puzzle. <br />Rex, lately when I hit the syndicated puzzle button, what comes up is most often yesterday's blog. I'm not an early morning type so it's usually 10am California time when I look to see what's being said. Is it an easy fix? Today, as often lately, I had to resort to Google and sort through various offerings to find you-more painful than just hitting the bookmark bar. Hope you can help, I don't get out much anymore, and this blog is one of the bright spots in my day!Delmariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89689686130221635112011-11-23T02:01:56.211-05:002011-11-23T02:01:56.211-05:00I thought Goldie Hawn was married to Kurt Someone,...I thought Goldie Hawn was married to Kurt Someone, and since she fit where Lotte Lenya was supposed to go...well, as you can imagine, it was a mess.pknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18327512548114739712011-11-22T17:02:41.344-05:002011-11-22T17:02:41.344-05:00Three ways you could know Lotte Lenya, other than ...Three ways you could know Lotte Lenya, other than as Kurt Weill's wife:<br />1) Bobby Darin's lyrics to Mack the Knife include "Miss Lotte Lenya and old Snooky Brown"<br />2) She was in one of the early James Bond films, and her character was reprised in one of the Mike Myers films<br />3) She was famous in her own rightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48374722783402772492011-11-22T04:09:45.018-05:002011-11-22T04:09:45.018-05:00@evil tree dweller, @two ponies
If you don't l...@evil tree dweller, @two ponies<br />If you don't like them it's harassment, if you do, it's romantic. I totally get Where @dk is coming from...hehheh<br />But thanks for looking out for me!Acmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78695578264182376322011-11-21T22:43:59.292-05:002011-11-21T22:43:59.292-05:00A painful puzzle, with a bizarre layout -- only on...A painful puzzle, with a bizarre layout -- only one way in or out of multiple corners, the key for one being ETALII. Really?<br /><br />Not at all enjoyable. Didn't know any songs, didn't find the rest of it too much fun, just. No.Evan K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09434732912558000563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12839573589365982772011-11-21T22:10:18.213-05:002011-11-21T22:10:18.213-05:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 8/1/2009 post 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 7:35, 6:51, 1.11, 90%, Challenging<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 4:15, 3:40, 1.16, 94%, Challenging (8th highest median solve time of 126 Mondays)<br /><br />@foodie ... check the Saturday blog comments. I didn't post until yesterday, but it's out there. I was surprised that it came in at Easy-Medium and Medium for the two groups of solvers. (I just noticed that I mistakenly called it an Easy-Medium for the Top 100, but 44% actually falls in the middle quintile and so should have been called a Medium.) I thought everything but the NE was Saturday Easy or Easy-Medium, but that section made it a DNF for me.sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42698159014140235332011-11-21T21:46:23.572-05:002011-11-21T21:46:23.572-05:00@sanfranman, do you have a rating for last Saturda...@sanfranman, do you have a rating for last Saturday, by any chance?foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35266730658526685582011-11-21T21:05:42.874-05:002011-11-21T21:05:42.874-05:00Tita - Thanx, will try.
This time, at preview, it...Tita - Thanx, will try.<br /><br />This time, at preview, it asked for a visual verification, whatever that is, and then said sorry doesn't match. <br /><br />Sometimes, I put in a single word and go to the preview to see if it's in a good mood.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44914122752880538212011-11-21T20:59:53.517-05:002011-11-21T20:59:53.517-05:00@r.alph...likewise - thanks very much.
@sanfranma...@r.alph...likewise - thanks very much.<br /><br />@sanfranman - thanks too for the Thursday links - I'm not a Thursday Child per se, but your comment of 8/1/09 was too irresistable!Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69034632765128506102011-11-21T20:33:34.061-05:002011-11-21T20:33:34.061-05:00VERY late to the puzzle today, but liked it a lot ...VERY late to the puzzle today, but liked it a lot - very much in my wheelhouse.<br /><br />@r.alphbunker: thanks for the program link; I sent you an email.<br /><br />@Clark: cute kitty!JenCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290169184354765840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42144441955316659082011-11-21T19:56:29.677-05:002011-11-21T19:56:29.677-05:00I'm sure if Beavis & Butthead were solving...I'm sure if Beavis & Butthead were solving this crossward puzzle -- then reading Rex, then wading thru the comments, then leaving their own -- they would giggle at: <br /><br />TEABAGS<br /><br />Even me and my wife laugh when someone mentions it on a TV cooking show.<br /><br />This puzzle definitely had an English bent.<br /><br />Boy, BATMAN has been popping up a lot. <br /><br />I would say for crosswords are a good way to learn your musical signatures (is that the proper term), presidents, and states. <br />Also, I like NEA as Nat'l Endowment for Arts.<br /><br />I was waiting/hoping for this tune to pop up:<br />[url=http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dy91lN7wkEmg&sa=U&ei=4vHKTrqZOcKmsALxr_iDDw&ved=0CBcQtwIwAA&usg=AFQjCNEI9851fPqrSZTAgvU16MF8dk2mPQ]Bullet - White Lies, Blue Eyes[/url]<br /><br />or "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" a popular country-pop music song by <br />Crystal Gayle (trivia Crystal's eye are blue)<br />capcha = hicin "A protest by the cast of Green Acres"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40715637513241073022011-11-21T19:50:33.732-05:002011-11-21T19:50:33.732-05:00Let's get this straight once and for all: apn...Let's get this straight once and for all: apnea is not a sleep problem, it is an awake problem. And let's be clear about some simple terms: a Toy Boy is a young man used by an older woman. A Boy Toy is a woman or girl who is the, well, toy of a boy.thoughtful in londonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30421729418087566442011-11-21T19:26:07.843-05:002011-11-21T19:26:07.843-05:00@ evil treedweller,
I see you "went blue"...@ evil treedweller,<br />I see you "went blue" and got a real name. After your comment to @ dk I clicked on your name thinking it would take me to your profile. Instead I was sent to a Herman Cain sexual harassment spoof.<br />Are you that upset by the puppy love?<br />Are you the original treedweller?Two Ponieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896743444873087885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1771763017923942052011-11-21T19:20:54.465-05:002011-11-21T19:20:54.465-05:00really easy if the rote is in your wheelhousereally easy if the rote is in your wheelhouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62662961829943651852011-11-21T18:14:59.743-05:002011-11-21T18:14:59.743-05:00Whoopee, it worked.Whoopee, it worked.Sparkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149915526159432838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74097873288414671602011-11-21T18:14:03.384-05:002011-11-21T18:14:03.384-05:00@Tita. Thanks, that was JohnV to me but I guess I...@Tita. Thanks, that was JohnV to me but I guess I didn't understand it. I'll try it now. Bye all.Sparkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149915526159432838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35070737880124868202011-11-21T17:54:40.325-05:002011-11-21T17:54:40.325-05:00@dk perhaps your interest in acme is neither bizar...@dk perhaps your interest in acme is neither bizarre nor creepy, but your endless lascivious remarks here, outside of any context, seem that way (to me, at least--and that goes back to pretty much the first one I saw, at least a couple of years ago). If you two worked together, she could take you to the cleaners with a harassment suit. I am willing to believe she actually likes you and wouldn't do that, but that's not generally apparent in these comment threads. just sayin.evil treedwellerhttp://tinyurl.com/89ppq7snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78815133156718742872011-11-21T17:01:23.953-05:002011-11-21T17:01:23.953-05:00Someone mentioned here a while ago a best practice...Someone mentioned here a while ago a best practice, which I try to remember to use (when my head isn't overfilled wtih winners of PGA Tours, that is...)<br /><br />After you've typed, while your cursor is still in the text window, press CTRL-A, then CTRL-C - this selects All text, then Copies to clipboard.<br />Then whatever happens next, you can always CTRL-V to paste that text back in.<br /><br />Today I also got a memcache error, and separately, the behavior you described, Sparky.<br /><br />I also try to always Preview - seems more stable when I do that first. Pretty crummy behavior for such a ubiquitous app...)<br /><br />@Sfingi - Vielen Danke fuer den Uebersetzung (umlaut-frei) (Probably declension-free too...)Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34336447344615698412011-11-21T16:54:02.736-05:002011-11-21T16:54:02.736-05:00Sometimes when I am making a comment and press Pre...Sometimes when I am making a comment and press Preview, the place where my name should be says When you publish your comment you will be asked to sign in. But when I hit Publish... it jumps to Create a Blog. I alreayd have a blog! So then when I try to get out of that the whole thing disappears including the comment. Anybody know what's going on?Sparkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37917823301418702112011-11-21T16:48:37.118-05:002011-11-21T16:48:37.118-05:00Easy for me, deefeecult for you. Harder to get thr...Easy for me, deefeecult for you. Harder to get through Blogger! What's a memcache?<br /><br />Brilliant puzzle.<br /><br />"Und der Haifisch, der hat Zahne,<br />Und die tragt er im Gesicht"<br /><br />(Lotte Lenya, Mack the Knife w/o umlauts. Too lazy this Monday.)<br /><br />Also, a mini-theme for Britain, here. ALso, lots of Y letters.<br /><br />@Lewis - I've been working on memorizing sports shorts for a while, now, with some success.Have found there's no need to learn on a deep level, shich is true for most crosswordese,Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45327286731482231382011-11-21T16:44:25.239-05:002011-11-21T16:44:25.239-05:00LOTTELENYA a gimme for me. I did not like the clu...LOTTELENYA a gimme for me. I did not like the clue. After a long and distinguished career needs better than wife of... Knew only one song BROWNEYEDGIRL. Heard it just the other day. Others easy though crosses particularly with colors in mind. One error, sTUNES/ETALIs. Pleasant puzzle. <br /><br />@Tita. Already posses a fair amount of trivia, including sports (@Tobias), which comes in handy. I don't seek to pick up more, but it comes in via osmosis anyway. Enjoy yourself. Thanks @Lewis for the analysis.Sparkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149915526159432838noreply@blogger.com