tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3824470686917654943..comments2024-03-28T20:49:13.267-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Football franchise since 1899 / SAT 2-2-19 / Magnetic intensity unit named after Danish physicist / Island formed by two shield volcanoes / Main ingredient in lechazo / Longtime TV curmudgeonRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7769932270356729632019-05-18T09:02:36.038-04:002019-05-18T09:02:36.038-04:00Lighten uo rex! ICE Is a perfectly acceptable ans...Lighten uo rex! ICE Is a perfectly acceptable answer and a legitimate organization. You don't need to go on and on and on about what you think about it. although it's your blog so say what you want and perhaps ameliorate half your audienceCatrochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06633098985345505823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8947168023070494462019-03-11T13:48:04.773-04:002019-03-11T13:48:04.773-04:00Schmuck is a prick or obnoxious person.Schmuck is a prick or obnoxious person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91403904565474703042019-03-11T11:48:32.391-04:002019-03-11T11:48:32.391-04:00America, to be truly great, needs a wall. A wall a...America, to be truly great, needs a wall. A wall around Trump and all his racist followers.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73450131975133181572019-03-10T21:26:47.752-04:002019-03-10T21:26:47.752-04:00The ire and calls to fire/retire WS sounds like ag...The ire and calls to fire/retire WS sounds like ageism. Maybe this issue should be considered as strongly as Mr Sharps other concerns/biases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33317226935509444502019-03-10T19:23:53.132-04:002019-03-10T19:23:53.132-04:00ICE does a great job of removing law breakers who ...ICE does a great job of removing law breakers who are felons, drug dealers and human traffickers. BP apprehends and detains illegal aliens at the border per Congressional mandates, not on a whim. Both organizations are very appreciated by those of us who despise drugs and are weary of this mass invasion. The border crisis is real and Americans, Hispanics, White and Native Americans, want a wall. Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04069605893448628889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10700345202668116642019-03-10T01:46:03.262-05:002019-03-10T01:46:03.262-05:00Brilliant comment, @Spacey. I live for these days...Brilliant comment, @Spacey. I live for these days.<br /><br />I finished the puzzle this morning, and then made the galactic mistake of reading @Rex. My God, he must have an agenda when he checks out the puzzle. What a way to live a life. I mean, you have to really *try* to take umbrage. As a Canadian, I don't really don't know much about ICE, or their raiding activities - I just know I hate Trump (maybe the same thing; I wouldn't know). It was an acronym I'd heard of and so in it went. <br /><br />I could tell you a joke about our First Nations people and Jesus Christ but it wouldn't pass moderation and would possibly alienate many of you. So, an untold "joke". That's the way it goes here. I caution you to never watch Bill Maher.<br /><br />Anyway, late as I am, I loved this puzzle and found it "medium" and entertaining. Proved to myself I couldn't spell NOcZEMA, and had some trouble with BIZARRE (weird), but otherwise a good puzzle that stands up well upon finishing.<br /><br />Must not read @Rex anymore (yes, I know I've said that before, but it's like saying "I will not ever drink SAMBUCA again).rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33152024415909446452019-03-09T19:24:37.289-05:002019-03-09T19:24:37.289-05:00Schmuck does not mean dummy. There are many intell...Schmuck does not mean dummy. There are many intelligent schmucks in the world. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01664366696099381147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42935418957955477502019-03-09T18:16:44.722-05:002019-03-09T18:16:44.722-05:00Put away the RPGS. I'm not in the MOOD for MOC...Put away the RPGS. I'm not in the MOOD for MOC outrage or an ERUDITE discussion. So LETSNOT go APE over ICE. Sure, DS isn't NEWAT this and I'm usually in AWE of his work. But he's no SCHMUCK, even if some BIZARRE cluing raised a few eye BROWS. I got SNAGGED in a few spots. My PENS many writeovers SMUDGED the grid, but I did it AGAIN. Time for a COLDONE. TATA for now.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58801748627738920382019-03-09T17:36:35.371-05:002019-03-09T17:36:35.371-05:00Plenty of over-written squares in the NW - gimme N...Plenty of over-written squares in the NW - gimme NOXZEMA gave me wrongly crossing netfliX which gave me atf where the ICE should be; also had NEWto at first. So plenty of repair work was done there. For the second football clue I was guarding my goal, not SHIN. LETSNOT talk about how ERUDITE I felt today.<br /><br />Per usual in a DS puz, no sight of a yeah baby, or as @spacey would say, DOD.<br /><br />'Twas a challenge for me, maybe what I KNEADED.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78188992238288717142019-03-09T17:00:38.457-05:002019-03-09T17:00:38.457-05:00@Unknown 4:50 RPG is Role Playing Game, I guess so...@Unknown 4:50 RPG is Role Playing Game, I guess something like Dungeons & Dragons. I'm here late, so I thought I'd help out.Wooody2004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32565366932053923232019-03-09T16:50:26.290-05:002019-03-09T16:50:26.290-05:00Doing this Saturday 3/9: Looked all through the bl...Doing this Saturday 3/9: Looked all through the blog for explanation of RPG in 60D. Since nothing, must presume it's something everyone knows. But I don't. firemarshaldickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251198746100435897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55497499931501314602019-03-09T16:24:19.844-05:002019-03-09T16:24:19.844-05:00Easily got COLDONE but had to google SAMBUCA and M...Easily got COLDONE but had to google SAMBUCA and MOSCATO. That last one must be where we got Muskatel. <br /><br />Learned from Crossword: OERSTED, one of the MEN making history, per Truman. <br /><br />Learned from Blog: A SCHMUCK is the same thing as a SCHLONG. Also liked PA(i)RAB(a)L(l)Es under SCHMUCK. Wooody2004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91693222878845288522019-03-09T16:04:58.369-05:002019-03-09T16:04:58.369-05:00Wrote a nice, snarky piece about donning our gay A...Wrote a nice, snarky piece about donning our gay American APPAREL (not), but the cyberlice got it.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6774043722023711322019-03-09T15:05:23.418-05:002019-03-09T15:05:23.418-05:00Steinberg knocked me out in the first round. Give...Steinberg knocked me out in the first round. Give him a medal.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57965916492710757312019-03-09T13:59:36.731-05:002019-03-09T13:59:36.731-05:00Well call me Schmuck Tracy. I always thought a sc...Well call me Schmuck Tracy. I always thought a schmuck was just an unfortunate person, not a dick with ears. Oh well, gonna put it on ice.<br />Got deeply held up by 'taLl ONE' and 'NEW to' until COLD ONE and NEW AT came into view.<br />Otherwise a clean if laborious solve and some new learning. Never heard of Dr. House as I don't watch the telly, nor did I know cat pose.<br />As far as ICE goes, I hope those goons get PTSD from their work.centralscrewtinizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404913280254786506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48867079070948658972019-03-09T13:26:53.901-05:002019-03-09T13:26:53.901-05:00ERUDITE SCHMUCK
LET'SNOT BEARHUG, please, we&...ERUDITE SCHMUCK<br /><br />LET'SNOT BEARHUG, please, we're NOT APE MEN,<br />don't MOC THEABCS of 'BORNE AGAIN'.<br /><br />--- STIEG OERSTEDBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24644699377306330152019-03-09T13:10:09.077-05:002019-03-09T13:10:09.077-05:00We choose to go to the moon, and do Steinberg puzz...We choose to go to the moon, and do Steinberg puzzles, not because they're easy, but because they are HAHD!<br /><br />I almost fell afoul of this one, thanx to Netflix. Did no one else try that in 17-across? Which fit perfectly with ATF at the infamous 4-down?? Wow, I had the taxes p[aid on that one, I was so sure. But 20 was looking more and more like BIZARRE (or -O, after a comic strip), which created a double-I at 6-down. Couldn't resolve the problem; went down to SIS/STIEG/SEASALT and, despite the awful "THEABCS," got going down there.<br /><br />Eventually, I worked up into the NW along the western border, and suddenly remembered that CHICAGO was the real birthplace of jazz. I knew that, but had forgotten. Not enough of a SCHMUCK to think only of American football, I waited for crosses till ACMILAN showed itself. (BTW: American APPAREL?? Such a thing? Never heard of it)<br /><br />So, with the CINEMAX/ICE inkblot in place, I finished (insert appropriate number of !'s here). A Friday-Saturday DUAD of uncountable triumph points!<br /><br />The ICE thing; well, there goes OFL--not AGAIN!--on another rant about what the word represents. It's filler in a puzzle. That ink is not gonna raid you! It's just ink!! I would agree, though, in this case, there are dozens of ways around it. Why it was clued that way--or why Will didn't edit it--who knows? They could have clued it "Our next age," because the ICE caps are fast losing their grip.<br /><br />No DOD today without a super-stretch: say, Halle Berry in a CATPOSE as Catwoman. Sold. Birdie: one too many weird wines--and THEABCS--kept eagle off the card.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33687962832819726382019-03-09T11:28:22.858-05:002019-03-09T11:28:22.858-05:00ICE FOREVER!!!ICE FOREVER!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9599542922201705512019-02-18T22:45:00.303-05:002019-02-18T22:45:00.303-05:00Excellent, challenging puzzle that I thought would...Excellent, challenging puzzle that I thought would do me in as I figured there had to be an error in OERSTED. Happy to have a successful solve. <br /><br />I completely agree with those who have said that LET'S NOT is not polite - it's snarky and rude.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43453884244528111872019-02-04T14:30:45.944-05:002019-02-04T14:30:45.944-05:00To anyone offended by the I.C.E. clue ... "Ge...To anyone offended by the I.C.E. clue ... "Get over it"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20788477043227988482019-02-04T11:44:04.670-05:002019-02-04T11:44:04.670-05:00in re 8A: I'm amazed nobody mentioned the 2010...in re 8A: I'm amazed nobody mentioned the 2010 film w Steve Carell and Paul Rudd. Perhaps a more palatable definition might have been "One at dinner in a 2010 movie"Dan Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13115500926541343162019-02-03T08:29:18.471-05:002019-02-03T08:29:18.471-05:00I dread seeing David Steinberg's name and do n...I dread seeing David Steinberg's name and do not enjoy his puzzles at all. I'm glad to see others find his cluing to be off. To say that AC Milan is a 'football franchise' the day before the Super Bowl is idiotic. Associazione Calcio Milan was founded as the Milan Football and Cricket Club when there was no Serie A to sell a franchise. How is 'let's not' polite? The fact that it's a hortatory subjunctive? Please. Steinberg's clues need better editing and to be more fair. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29325152359486493932019-02-03T04:05:42.720-05:002019-02-03T04:05:42.720-05:00This one had me scratching my head until just now ...This one had me scratching my head until just now as I was catching up on the rest of yesterday’s posts. First off, I couldn’t figure out why NYT would allow a typo in the puzzle. I saw APPLieD at 37A instead of APPLE ID, and couldn’t figure out “applied what?!?!” Then, at 25A For the life of me I couldn’t figure out what NEWAT (pronounced noo’-aht) meant!! Chalk it up to the fact that I was hospitalized with bronchitis/pneumonia (depending on which doc was opining) last week and my brain is not functioning (you think?). CDilly52https://www.blogger.com/profile/07727001753847073030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52401195161695420412019-02-03T04:05:41.677-05:002019-02-03T04:05:41.677-05:00I find it so frustrating that challenging the gove...I find it so frustrating that challenging the government for things like unnecessary family separation and deplorable detention conditions gets you accused by some as not caring about border security. <br /><br />It is possible to have secure borders while also having workable immigration laws and policies, and humane treatment of people seeking to enter for various reasons, including asylum.<br /><br />Even if you wanted 4D to stand for Immigration and Customs Enforcement you could have chosen a clue that wasn’t about raids, especially given recent stories about legal immigrants being harassed. <br /><br />I don’t come here to make political rants, but this clue and answer really irked me. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258490572969237544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58112515749220086612019-02-03T03:01:05.539-05:002019-02-03T03:01:05.539-05:00And there are those who would call my “WTF” as sno...And there are those who would call my “WTF” as snowflakey. Middle finger! You go, Rex!+wordphanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05693465770426693314noreply@blogger.com