tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3848299778867796007..comments2024-03-28T13:17:40.062-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Stefan influential Austrian writer of 1920s-30s / MON 10-3-16 / Alcohol per its effect at party / Server overseen informally / Little folk tale character with lazy friends / Twisted as wet towelRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81000581073250013422017-10-21T02:35:42.594-04:002017-10-21T02:35:42.594-04:00There is SHOCKING news in the sports betting world...There is SHOCKING news in the sports betting world.<br /><br />It's been said that any bettor needs to look at this,<br /><br />Watch this now or quit placing bets on sports...<br /><br /><b><a href="http://sports.syntaxlinks.com/r/SportsCashSystem" rel="nofollow">Sports Cash System</a></b> - Robotic Sports Betting SoftwareBloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16472421102859965242016-11-07T14:16:01.906-05:002016-11-07T14:16:01.906-05:00I don’t think there’s any question that it was tou...I don’t think there’s any question that it was tougher than most Mondays, though I didn’t have the Natick that many did, SUZI a gimme due to Happy Days appearances.<br /><br />@spacey – I saw the NY dupe right away, even wrote NY above the clues and circled it to remember for the comments. Maybe since it’s the NYT puz it gets a pass? Shouldn’t though. <br />I think Will bunches up the occasional repetitive stuff. Probably no coincidence ALA the recent “etoiles” and now the XKEs.<br /> Can’t deny JODIE is a FOX, but rockin’ SUZI in her leather duds – yeah baby. And ALSO Carly RAE of more recent note gets an AWARD.<br /><br />Maybe not a Showcase puz or an AWARD winner, but an EASYA.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10300376936483767892016-11-07T14:00:30.059-05:002016-11-07T14:00:30.059-05:00I guessed Z. For some reason, ZWEIG was hanging a...I guessed Z. For some reason, ZWEIG was hanging around my memory banks. Definitely put this in the Wednesday camp. <br /><br />DIPSY Doodles and ROLOS, pie ALA mode, FANTA, and quite a lot of alcohol - this puzzle has a bad diet.<br /><br />Too bad some "dread" Mondays 'cause they are "too easy." This was a breather after some of the tough stuff last week. <br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81122788151153916412016-11-07T12:00:40.152-05:002016-11-07T12:00:40.152-05:00
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DIPSY SUZI was PLOWED and FALLINGDOWN...<br />RVPARK DWI<br /><br />DIPSY SUZI was PLOWED and FALLINGDOWN sloshed,<br />ACTINGOUT ALA a SHOWCASE, LONGSTEMMED FOX,<br />with SOCIALLUBRICANT she WENTOVERTHEEDGE as she walks,<br />she ALSO gets the AWARD for OGLES, GLAREs, and GAWKS.<br /><br />--- CAPT. TED ZWEIG, CSI<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82750473465319910662016-11-07T11:44:12.005-05:002016-11-07T11:44:12.005-05:00Wow, no one noticed NYU/NYGIANTS? Has the dupe tab...Wow, no one noticed NYU/NYGIANTS? Has the dupe taboo been repealed? Bad enough that I, diehard Eagles fan, was forced as if by DESADE to write out the team that beat us yesterday.<br /><br />I have no plans for LONGSTEMMED DOD JODIE Foster to be OFFED. As a certain doctor who WENTOVERTHEEDGE once said, "The world is more interesting with you in it."<br /><br />There is a lot to like in this one--paid for with some pretty brutal short fill: INTR, DHS and the very un-Monday ZWEIG. I notice, as I have often done but not till now mentioned, that a wide variety of entries get bled over to the next day (viz. XKE), making me think that these constructors solve a puzzle, get an idea, and then dash one off using that idea in one day. I suspect that's not how it goes down, but the effect is there. <br /><br />I was going to give this one a par, with the bad and the good cancelling each other out, but on a second lookover, decided there wasn't that much bad. Birdie.<br /><br />And now I must go; I'm having a friend for dinner. F-F-F-F......spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88772476565086636832016-10-04T12:58:55.326-04:002016-10-04T12:58:55.326-04:00A little-known fact: In his circle, Stefan ZWEIG w...A little-known fact: In his circle, Stefan ZWEIG was known to his closest friends as MM. On account of his name, you know, being ZWEI-G and all...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Just wanted to find out whether there was any love out there for multi-lingual RRN jokes.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87285762249518560972016-10-03T20:16:43.641-04:002016-10-03T20:16:43.641-04:00Late to comment, but have some unsaid things to sa...Late to comment, but have some unsaid things to say re the hot topic du jour, SUZI/ZWEIG. I actually knew Zweig, having read a couple his short stories in translation a few years ago at the suggestion of a friend who is much better read than I. No idea re Suzi. But--anyone the least bit familiar with German should recognize ZW as a common consonant combination (eins, zwei, drei?), which SW is not. And in my experience (with many many Susans including an ex-wife, and Suzannes) it's usually Susie with an s (oh, oh, oh what a girl!) and Suzy (or Suzi) with a z. So given 4 letters odds strongly favor z. webwingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089901257371442298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71909631346183116442016-10-03T20:10:57.953-04:002016-10-03T20:10:57.953-04:00Much tougher than the usual monday! On Monday, I g...Much tougher than the usual monday! On Monday, I generally only do the downs, to make it a little more interesting. This was much more difficult! That is not a complaint. An observation.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581264930569305915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6510426089775641182016-10-03T19:55:01.934-04:002016-10-03T19:55:01.934-04:00@Mohair Sam - Compared to Buffalo, Holland is a la...@Mohair Sam - Compared to Buffalo, Holland is a lake effect slacker, but it starts snowing sometime in November and ends sometime in March or April. It's also a few degrees milder most days than points inland, so things balance. Still, if you're not a fan of snow and cold you might want to visit in May for the tulips.<br /><br />As for <i>Stumblin' In</i>, I'm not overly fond of the song but my biggest complaint is that it isn't prototypical SUZI Quatro. Sure, it was her biggest hit, but it doesn't even rate a link on her <a href="http://www.suziquatro.com" rel="nofollow">web page.</a> It's like choosing <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ojsVB7idTLw" rel="nofollow">Love Hurts</a> as your example of an Elvis Costello song.<br /><br />@Charles Tracy - Pretty sure that's Stefan ZWEIG.* <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />*Or maybe JEAN Simmons. Maybe. Or JEAN Arthur - @Mohair Sam is probably correct. I'm sure it's not JEAN Harlow, though. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13204865098664756452016-10-03T19:51:50.940-04:002016-10-03T19:51:50.940-04:00@Charles Tracy - That's Jean Arthur, see my 5:...@Charles Tracy - That's Jean Arthur, see my 5:55 post. JEAN is the answer to 33 Across.Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48948879641966549852016-10-03T19:15:36.758-04:002016-10-03T19:15:36.758-04:00What a pleasure to have a more challenging Monday ...What a pleasure to have a more challenging Monday puzzle!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48659995688122791622016-10-03T19:14:29.771-04:002016-10-03T19:14:29.771-04:00I didn't know Suzi or Zweig, but since I guess...I didn't know Suzi or Zweig, but since I guessed the "z", I suppose it is not technically a Natick.Stephen Mineharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395849299050188474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34921246721574623902016-10-03T18:32:25.386-04:002016-10-03T18:32:25.386-04:00Sorry- stupid me.
I can't figure out identity...Sorry- stupid me.<br /><br />I can't figure out identity or relationship of the pictured femme fatale on the left in Rex' solution<br /><br />thanks CTAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403136908633202618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82796089806139952852016-10-03T17:55:31.942-04:002016-10-03T17:55:31.942-04:00@Z - Our youngest is 30. But who can forget Zwieb...@Z - Our youngest is 30. But who can forget Zwieback? Bite into it once and you wonder why giving to teething kids isn't called child abuse. Holland looks downright idyllic - I'll bet the words "lake effect" have some meaning there.<br /><br />@Rex - Good choice on the happy, silly "Stumblin' In" video, don't listen to Z - looking forward to the run of Sam Cooke videos. Professional help is available for the Jean Arthur fixation, btw.Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79567275550370927792016-10-03T13:51:32.975-04:002016-10-03T13:51:32.975-04:00What's the point of crossing two obscure names...What's the point of crossing two obscure names in a puzzle? Took me four guesses to get the Z. I enjoy crossword puzzles that have interesting wordplay and challenges to be figured out. I'd rather spend my time scrubbing toilets than taking wild stabs.Hungry Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465905817770134952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72196110898725645582016-10-03T13:31:03.997-04:002016-10-03T13:31:03.997-04:00I ALSO thought this was a SHOWCASE Monday puzzle.....I ALSO thought this was a SHOWCASE Monday puzzle....except for the SUZI-ZWEIG cross, where it was all too EASY to go wrong. I'd left the Z space blank, not having heard of the singer, and worked my way back up from the bottom. When I had ?WEIG in place, before looking at the Down clue, I thought, "No way is that going to be Stefan ZWEIG."<br /><br />SOCIAL LUBRICANT-->PLOWED-->FALLING DOWN.<br /><br />Speaking of...the PODIA - lecturn discussion reminded me of my teaching days (come into classroom and move the lecturn off to the side out of my way) when we could actually use alcohol (beer) as a SOCIAL LUBRICANT, at least on the last day of the semester. Man, their German got so much more fluent, just releasing that little bit of inhibition. But then the administration cracked down....Carolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971759975067250908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65451820788142668832016-10-03T13:14:10.947-04:002016-10-03T13:14:10.947-04:00@RP: The M&A Foundation's Corner Rework De...@RP: The M&A Foundation's Corner Rework Dept. has responded to yer urgent request, re: MonPuz SE corner. One of the staff chimpanzees (named Sweig, go figure) in our room full of typewriters has come up with a mighty "interesting" fill alternative. [Clues by another chimp named Detecto, go figure.]<br /><br />ACROSS.<br />55. Letters after Sen. Hillary Clinton's name, once<br />59. One dropping a bag full of toys down your chimney, sooner than you think<br />63. "Hello Dolly!" broadway director and choreographer Champion<br />66. Old lab devices, named after an active volcano in Sicily<br />DOWN.<br />51. IX prefIX, so to speak<br />52. Creatures producing red, white, and blue striped eggs?<br />60. Fridge biomass problem<br /><br /><br />M&A Help Desk.<br /><br />p.s.<br />Thanx, Mr. Stulberg. I thought yer original SE corner was pleasingly desperate, btw. Only so much U can do, with those two looong themers fallin into the SE, like a buncha bridge debris.Masked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346263641338670679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28467043596048618002016-10-03T13:06:10.645-04:002016-10-03T13:06:10.645-04:00EENSY IOTAS. OFFED by a GAT. M&A gets a giant ...EENSY IOTAS. OFFED by a GAT. M&A gets a giant YEW. I was seeing ORION this morning as I rode my bicycle to work pre-dawn, which is always a fun constellation to see.<br /><br />Squinting, I can imagine a bridge that is beginning to DROOP and SAG in the middle. Nice Monday with a little ZWEIG to it, thanks JS.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75175914357590001602016-10-03T12:59:24.023-04:002016-10-03T12:59:24.023-04:00SUZI/ZWEIG on a Monday. No.SUZI/ZWEIG on a Monday. No.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080027831092093115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65497411214061030512016-10-03T12:59:18.018-04:002016-10-03T12:59:18.018-04:00Just seeing if Orion shows up here....Just seeing if Orion shows up here....Greater Fall River Committee for Peace & Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11005733734000219070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82704386140440877852016-10-03T12:44:05.060-04:002016-10-03T12:44:05.060-04:00"So, put another dime in the juke box, baby, ..."So, put another dime in the juke box, baby, come on take your time and dance with me!" Cute, funny, short, really short chick who plays bass, Suzi Quatro. I used to edit film on a show in Australia called GTK. It was a contemporary culture show that featured music videos interviews with people of interest to the young people of the '70s. We made two or three videos a week to accompany songs the producers liked (yeah, I was making music videos in 1970). Suzi Quatro came to Australia and we followed her around for a couple days. She was a treat. She thought the Sydney Opera House looked like a scrum of nuns.<br /><br />I saw LON and DON and, after the revealer just knew the remaining six circles were going to be BRI and DGE. Didn't bother to fill them in until I got down there and did the Across clues. There has been some grumbling that the long downs might be too hard for a Monday-level solver. I thought they were very easy to get with the crosses. I didn't give them a whole lot of thought as I worked with the Across clues though I was keeping their clues in mind. I thought they were EASY As. ZWEIG was also very fair considering the crosses. <br /><br />I was never too hot on Pontiac GTOs but back in the day, as a sports car nut, I had an absolute passion for XKEs. I even managed to get a car dealer to let me drive one once. For a while, I even owned a Jaguar XK 150, the car that won the 1957 Le Mans. The only straight panels on it were the doors, the bonnet and the boot. <br /><br />As Mondays go, I thought this was fair and not too difficult. A new solver might need determination and persistence to solve this but it is doable. It took me a little bit longer than my average, only seconds, but it didn't seem at all difficult. Numinoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263999193499725814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41881823590546546702016-10-03T12:39:12.961-04:002016-10-03T12:39:12.961-04:00A FANTAstic Monday puzzle by Jacob Stulberg. I enj...<br />A FANTAstic Monday puzzle by Jacob Stulberg. I enjoyed it a little more than the usual Monday precisely because of Stefan ZWEIG, Marquis DE SADE, OGLES and GAWKS, COMBO and DUOS, and the snow CAPT CRAG. The FALLING DOWN (DROOPing) LON DON BRI DGE was beyond cute, as was the EENSY ROO, the EWOKS and DIPSY Doodles. <br /><br />Of all the JEANs in music from JEAN-Baptiste Lully through JEAN Sibelius and beyond, let me offer two very different composers, the only similarities being their first names and that they were both French.<br /><br />JEAN (Jehan) Titelouze (1562/3-1633) is regarded as the first composer of the French organ school. His somber <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6QfxlThurY" rel="nofollow">Veni, Creator</a> is a set of variations on the old Latin hymn.<br /><br />JEAN Françaix (1912-1997) on the other hand was an urbane composer of much delightful and lighthearted music: symphonies, concertos, ballets, film scores, solo and chamber works, etc. His <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8bd2fn_TDw" rel="nofollow">Concertino for Piano and Orchestra</a> (1932) is a prime example of his <i>joie de vivre</i> and sense of humor.<br /><br />TGIM.<br />AliasZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477396362209386037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58695614756678329732016-10-03T11:53:38.868-04:002016-10-03T11:53:38.868-04:00I am still trying to figure out whether Gfrcpj had...I am still trying to figure out whether Gfrcpj had a spell check auto correct making blasé blaze. But, it is another example of how technology can be amusing.<br /><br />I am in agreement with the not feeling so well OFL that this was generally a very good production for a Monday. I got the tester in Suzi/Zweig because I have never seen Suzi spelled with the s after the u and, although I never heard of him, I would presume that a German language name is more likely to be Zweig rather than Sweig.<br /><br />I do have one idle question? Was this puzzle published today because the N.Y. Giants are on Monday Night Football?<br /><br />Get well both Rex and Annabel.Andrew Heinegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18101651673327984167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21356550659202815072016-10-03T11:50:43.679-04:002016-10-03T11:50:43.679-04:00Good one for Mondays, which are usually so easy a ...Good one for Mondays, which are usually so easy a fifth-grader can do them. Knew SUZI was a Z—for some reason it was hidden deep in the recesses, and it helped that ZWEIG ist eine gute österreichische Name, not sWEIG. Had the same trouble as Rex with REDHEN, but crosses easy enough to finally remember the story. Don't remember what she was going to make, though. Pie? Bread? DIPSY Doodles?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157062187130604062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36543998648559086282016-10-03T11:50:24.698-04:002016-10-03T11:50:24.698-04:00LOL!!!LOL!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com