tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3798275888645443094..comments2024-03-29T10:35:45.726-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Mythical hunter turned into stag / SUN 9-1-19 / Archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean / Oscar nominee for Gone Baby Gone 2007 / Program starting with the fifth year of college, informally / Bygone car model anagram GRANITE / Spanish phrase meaning enough is enough / Cleaning for military inspection / Foreign capital designed by two AmericansRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16018528250153640662019-09-22T12:54:12.328-04:002019-09-22T12:54:12.328-04:00Lol yes exactly thanks š Lol yes exactly thanks š Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04247399591287162626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30581163140633504292019-09-18T18:37:44.644-04:002019-09-18T18:37:44.644-04:00I did not finish this and had mistakes galore. It ...I did not finish this and had mistakes galore. It took me forever to figure out the āTallā aspect, but to little avail - just have never heard of a lot of the answers.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05964501472593587070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91513024466748035182019-09-15T21:09:47.634-04:002019-09-15T21:09:47.634-04:00No circles nor tall boxes, only a partial note not...No circles nor tall boxes, only a partial note not having anything to do with the solve.<br /><br />AMYRYAN, yeah baby.<br /><br />DNF. BASTA YA!rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62086883522728323532019-09-15T21:04:26.907-04:002019-09-15T21:04:26.907-04:00INTEGRA-BANG
SEXCOMEDIES are JAMPACKed
with SMUT,...INTEGRA-BANG<br /><br />SEXCOMEDIES are JAMPACKed<br />with SMUT, busy as a BEE,<br />THE AGELEVEL is EYEDUP, in fact,<br />SLIM chance they're RATEDG.<br /><br />SHEIK COMOROS BIN CANBERRABurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11827588675830439622019-09-15T17:33:26.376-04:002019-09-15T17:33:26.376-04:00Circles? Did you have circles? Just made a bad p...Circles? Did you have circles? Just made a bad puzzle experience worse (not having them in my paper, that is). <br /><br />Lady DiDiana,noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74175048963595404242019-09-15T17:23:59.255-04:002019-09-15T17:23:59.255-04:00I don't know if this is true for all syndicati...I don't know if this is true for all syndication solvers, but in my paper there was no note, no circles, no double height boxes. I couldn't for the life of me discern the theme till I came here.Elly Shevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10396738238123919700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72096389328158303502019-09-15T16:18:03.385-04:002019-09-15T16:18:03.385-04:00Ugh!
Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords by peo...Ugh!<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords by people who are smart enough to use actual wordsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27934902895535558262019-09-15T13:50:25.215-04:002019-09-15T13:50:25.215-04:00DNF: waay too much I didn't know. Was unable t...DNF: waay too much I didn't know. Was unable to do the west central (ENJAMBMENT, really?) or the SE. MELC?????? That name has got to be the MELC of human UN-kindness. Confusing but ultimately gettable theme, except for the one in SE; sorry, I'm not up on Mexican states. Geez! Fill is something else. Even if I'd gotten the rest down there, GIING would have stopped me. There are no words to describe how horrible that is. I am not embarrassed by the DNF (I live in a heavily Hispanic community, and I never heard of BASTAYA. Had all but the first letter and was still at a loss), nor would I be particularly proud of finishing. Let's just forget this day happened. See ya next week.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10463320948412003602019-09-15T12:34:56.356-04:002019-09-15T12:34:56.356-04:00Thought at first that "Tall Order" might...Thought at first that "Tall Order" might be a drink theme, with <a href="https://thefullpint.com/beer-reviews/reviewed-russian-river-pliny-the-elder/" rel="nofollow">PLINY THE ELDER</a> at 21 across. SIP came very early on (OK, that could be an Easter egg) and then--early...<a href="https://www.hoipolloibrewing.com/" rel="nofollow">HOI POLLOI</a>? A Bay Area craft beer theme? What are the odds?!<br /><br />SLLIM. <br /><br />Once I figured out they were dog commands the rest filled in in nicely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54084467540545892112019-09-15T11:26:03.043-04:002019-09-15T11:26:03.043-04:00Terrible, terrible, terrible. I do it in syndica...Terrible, terrible, terrible. I do it in syndication in the Detroit Free Press and sometimes things get messed up. This was the worst mess up yet. NOTHING to indicate any special squares and NO NOTE. Ben Eggenbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14879059430991841320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16696559208176779782019-09-15T02:23:08.874-04:002019-09-15T02:23:08.874-04:00Thanks to Brian for the iPhone app view. No way re...Thanks to Brian for the iPhone app view. No way really of discerning this in the printed version.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48026439635508503772019-09-15T02:13:18.416-04:002019-09-15T02:13:18.416-04:00Crosswords are supposed to be fun. I still can'...Crosswords are supposed to be fun. I still can't figure out how "That's A Tall Order!" suggests a doubling of a command to a dog. (Thought immediately of "make mine a triple")This led to stupid answers like 'BEEE' "ADHHD""BASSSO" "ATTE" etc. "Jane Roe" was a pseudonym. Since we know who she is (Norma McCorvey) she is obviously no longer anonymous. Too many obscure clues and forced fills (mow, wow, woo) Might as well have added as an extra clue for the whole puzzle, "it sucks"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46264856128191855682019-09-10T20:11:16.184-04:002019-09-10T20:11:16.184-04:00Pretty wide range of opinion on this one it seems....Pretty wide range of opinion on this one it seems. I'd put it as a time-killer: challenging enough to kill time on a long bus ride, but no fun or payoff for doing it. Emo and Goth are not only two different things, but deadly enemies -- didn't you watch the South Park episode satirizing them? Enjambment was a gimme for me as I majored in medieval poetry, but I can imagine that other people might find it obscure. What bothered me was the absence of any clues that put a smile on my face when I solve it. And way way way too many proper nouns. It killed time, mostly because the huge number of proper nouns made me have to work so much harder to get the words around them.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91286777819956038582019-09-03T20:35:44.786-04:002019-09-03T20:35:44.786-04:00It was actually pretty charming on paper.It was actually pretty charming on paper.JCohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11219444902124894111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59396997179278446362019-09-03T15:08:37.538-04:002019-09-03T15:08:37.538-04:00I read it as virility too. I get it now, but no - ...I read it as virility too. I get it now, but no - is vitality even a word? Isnāt it āvirulentā?Kevin O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284325050384648344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78797506016267516932019-09-02T22:56:56.855-04:002019-09-02T22:56:56.855-04:00This was the worst puzzle of the year. The fill i...This was the worst puzzle of the year. The fill in the space theme wasn't all that difficult to get, although it wasn't very interesting. I never figured out the commands to a dog. And the fill was uniformly awful. I generally expect enough straightforward answers in a crossword puzzle to serve as a backbone to help me get the more obscure ones. It seems like every clue was obscure and every answer to the clue was esoteric. Between three relatively bright people; myself, my wife, and my son, we couldn't finish the puzzle. I actually think it was more than hard, it was simply unfair. even after seeing some of the answers that I didn't get, I still never heard of them, and never would have gotten them! And it wore me out and I lost interest. I could rant on but I guess you all know how I feel!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00160185710977077013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55115143931932489762019-09-02T22:49:45.982-04:002019-09-02T22:49:45.982-04:00This was the worst puzzle of the year. The theme w...This was the worst puzzle of the year. The theme wasn't all that difficult to get, although it wasn't very interesting. But the fill was uniformly awful. I generally expect enough straightforward answers in a crossword puzzle to serve as a backbone to help me get the more obscure ones. It seems like every clue was obscure and every answer to the clue was esoteric. Between three relatively bright people; myself, my wife, and my son, we couldn't finish the puzzle. I actually think it was more than hard, it was simply unfair. even after seeing some of the answers that I didn't get, I still never heard of them, and never would have gotten them! And it wore me out and I lost interest. I could rant on but I guess you all know how I feel!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00160185710977077013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63051709795996522172019-09-02T21:12:10.675-04:002019-09-02T21:12:10.675-04:00Also got the tall thing but not the dog "orde...Also got the tall thing but not the dog "order" part. Wasn't necessary, so what was the point? There was never any reason to see the "tall" fill as words, let alone related words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90071186539691952682019-09-02T20:31:04.741-04:002019-09-02T20:31:04.741-04:00Mic, short for microphone. Not sure where Mike spe...Mic, short for microphone. Not sure where Mike spelling came fromburtonkdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02775521394938142484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79913900684453781982019-09-02T19:56:01.986-04:002019-09-02T19:56:01.986-04:00Argh - āopen spotā did me in as well!Argh - āopen spotā did me in as well!JillDNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16713718313440503346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11948676871951085742019-09-02T14:32:09.770-04:002019-09-02T14:32:09.770-04:00We really don't call it a post bac in the Stat...We really don't call it a post bac in the States. Had post doc, but that messed up larva (larvo, anyone?) and didn't know BEEB. Also didn't get the theme until just now. Still, enjoyable enough for me! Renee Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03989078224315550835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84639826548737968622019-09-02T11:57:34.336-04:002019-09-02T11:57:34.336-04:00Finished (somehow) without seeing the dog referenc...Finished (somehow) without seeing the dog reference....and without help.<br />Happy to see that Rex didn't call this one easy as he does to many which I finish without "cheating".Rug Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283894657220231200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91187784280100675882019-09-02T11:52:43.436-04:002019-09-02T11:52:43.436-04:00FYI people most certainly do call the BBC "Th...FYI people most certainly do call the BBC "The Beeb". As one example, Queen had a 1989 album "At the Beeb" which was recorded you-know-where. Google "the Beeb" and you'll find tons of other examples. (My Android autocorrect even already knows to capitalize it!)plumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978479216011643645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74091032932122124632019-09-02T11:03:11.291-04:002019-09-02T11:03:11.291-04:00From this old-timer - too, too many pop culture re...From this old-timer - too, too many pop culture references and if I see EMO, ENO, ELO any more, I'll puke for sure. Enuf already. I understand these words are the greatest boon to constructors ever, but Geez. Gimmick was easy to spot right away, some clues fine but a lot of crap as well. Oh well - Finn is a young guy, I'm old.pdplothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445279770600961565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29428646795804761442019-09-02T09:20:27.171-04:002019-09-02T09:20:27.171-04:00I understand that obscure words necessarily make u...I understand that obscure words necessarily make up crosswords and add to the challenge, but this puzzle really lost it for me with the sheer number of just "made up to fit the puzzle" answers and drecky fill. Can anyone out there link to the use of the word "giing" anywhere, ever, outside this puzzle? "LOTR" is just plain inaccurate, "book rec", as others have mentioned, is seriously on the bubble as well, and the overall feel of so many other misdirections and obscure clues seemed almost spiteful. If I knew I could make up any old thing just to complete a grid, I would have taken up professional crossword-writing a long time ago! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com