tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3959801910666995075..comments2024-03-28T10:37:54.893-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Fashion designer behind fragrance Rock Me / SAT 7-20-13 / Famed kicker born with clubfoot / 1993 hit with lyric Keep plain that song all night / 1957 Dell Vikings hit / Audi model retired in 2005 / Orfeo composer Luigi / He hit more home runs than Barry Bonds / Successor to Gibson on ABC World NewsRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22856016976259282352016-09-06T00:23:50.582-04:002016-09-06T00:23:50.582-04:00Hello Everybody,
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Purpose Of Loan………….<br />7. country…………………<br />8. phone…………………..<br />9. occupation………………<br />10.age/sex…………………<br />11.Monthly Income…………..<br />12.Email……………..<br /><br />Regards.<br />Managements<br />Email Kindly Contact: urgentloan22@gmail.comDr Purva Piushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05883980841903455890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66116476383251397832013-08-28T06:18:24.250-04:002013-08-28T06:18:24.250-04:00Loved the puzzle. Too many easy puzzles lately, so...Loved the puzzle. Too many easy puzzles lately, so nice to finally get a real workout.Andrew Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693501907908377762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89163353645678563662013-08-25T06:03:34.563-04:002013-08-25T06:03:34.563-04:00Agree, completely. Succinctly said!Agree, completely. Succinctly said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72784918690927095022013-08-24T16:35:02.883-04:002013-08-24T16:35:02.883-04:00Mr. OH was a gimme, though spelling his first name...Mr. OH was a gimme, though spelling his first name proved a major league challenge. Had similar trouble with GARP's initials. Thought (Tom) DEMPSEY was also a gimme at 59A which slowed solving in the SW to a crawl. Eventually had to google HEYMRDJ to deCLOT the NW (had ICKYPOO but didn't expect it was right in a NYT puz). Overall found it a tough but very fair and fun Saturday slog. Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27166458931163786202013-08-24T15:46:52.165-04:002013-08-24T15:46:52.165-04:00This one was way out of my league. Got a scatterin...This one was way out of my league. Got a scattering of words, but not enough to build on. To quote @spacecraft, "some of this stuff was over the top", particularly for one not into sports and whatever era music memorabilia. Add to that the commented on "mis-clues" and I'm out of here!DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13702847796300373742013-08-24T12:06:30.582-04:002013-08-24T12:06:30.582-04:00DNF: the SE. That whole area is blank. TS...I must...DNF: the SE. That whole area is blank. TS...I must have tried fitting ELIOT into four squares at least five times. Was it a rebus? Some trick with a letter in the margin? Had NO IDEA of GARP's initials. TE_____ = infusion aid? Now seeing the answer, I ask: TEABALL? HUH??? WOE is that? Sounds like a combo of two upper-crust social events, first the afternoon tea, then the evening ball. And then there's ANNASUI. Well, I guess I must have been living under a rock (me?) all these years. Despite Wiki's insistence that she's world-renowned, I. Never. Heard. Of. Her.<br /><br />I suppose, if I had conitnued to stare at it for ANOTHER hour, I might have latched onto HEINZ, after which there might have been a faint chance. But I just got tired--and hey, I'd just gotten up!<br /><br />Worked out the rest of it, even though I had ______RU_H for 9d and couldn't get RUTH out of my head...GEORGERUTH fit, I supposed, but no one ever called him that without also the middle name Herman. When finally the dawn broke over my brain. I knew Mr. OH right away--but was convinced his first name was SAtAHARU. Had RedTIDE, but AtEdTAT was clearly wrong. Fixed that. Then there was SEETHES--which I actually had in first!--then changed to SEEsrEd, then back again when the JETSONS lightbulb came on. The great MIAHAMM born with a clubfoot: wow, what an amazing fact! From now on, all excuses seem feeble.<br /><br />INTERMSOF cluing, I agree that even for Saturday, some of this stuff was over the top. Oh dear.<br /><br />I have just made a feeble excuse.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3828260796295056012013-07-22T02:09:45.260-04:002013-07-22T02:09:45.260-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182915788292806152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65492410749066394522013-07-21T16:59:55.049-04:002013-07-21T16:59:55.049-04:00Chief Joseph was closer to a secretary of state fo...Chief Joseph was closer to a secretary of state for the Nez Perce than he was a war chief. And the tribe does not have an accent in English.Atlantasolvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83162590447579991972013-07-20T21:49:26.153-04:002013-07-20T21:49:26.153-04:00"Uncle!" When your best answer for "..."Uncle!" When your best answer for "Paris Hilton, e.g." is bralESS you can be pretty sure it's going to be a DNF, and it was. We got PETHAIR, though - that's a frequent topic of discussion around the household.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34597221557907357552013-07-20T20:32:04.069-04:002013-07-20T20:32:04.069-04:00I thought this one was much like that Boston AL te...I thought this one was much like that Boston AL team. Wound up getting all but the interface of the beak and the designer. Pfaugh!bayonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11726561958645450856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77424346132029808562013-07-20T19:39:02.555-04:002013-07-20T19:39:02.555-04:00@Susan McConnell:
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Frustrating...@Susan McConnell: <br /><br />Whoa, whoa, whoa! Frustrating and annoying maybe, but useless? The most home runs ever in the world? That's some high-quality knowledge!Sean Dobbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12421428959112309017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22276208394874331862013-07-20T19:28:07.561-04:002013-07-20T19:28:07.561-04:00@Susan McConnell: How would you like it if someon...@Susan McConnell: How would you like it if someone said that a member of your family "will never be more than just a jumble of letters to me. Useless, frustrating, annoying." The man may have been a professional athlete (and a damn good one), but that doesn't mean he doesn't have feelings. He was devastated by your comments, and I've had to spend the whole afternoon reassuring him that you didn't mean them, it was just the frustration talking. In the future, please be more considerate.Mrs. Sadaharu Ohnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87318617557442996452013-07-20T19:22:26.205-04:002013-07-20T19:22:26.205-04:00I think it is acceptable to have adrenal as a noun...I think it is acceptable to have adrenal as a noun. . .it is the adrenal gland that produces hydrocortisone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68725138762912353082013-07-20T19:07:37.310-04:002013-07-20T19:07:37.310-04:00At first I had for blue dress wearers "Monica...At first I had for blue dress wearers "Monicas"<br />Hee Hee Hee ...Elle54noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21124932985156718892013-07-20T18:01:32.333-04:002013-07-20T18:01:32.333-04:00Sadaharu Oh was a gimmee, but I wasn't sure ho...Sadaharu Oh was a gimmee, but I wasn't sure how to spell it. Finished correctly, and happy to see it called "challenging." I thought of "adrenal" immediately, but like others, hesitated because I had never seen it as a stand alone noun. When I first sat down with the puzzle, and saw as a first clue some completely unfamiliar lyrics, (HeyMRDJ???)I just wanted to throw the newspaper across the room. Fortunately I knew Chief Joseph, so I was able to work it out. The puzzle actually contains 3 pop songs I don't know, although I do recall hearing "Domby doo dom" in Junior High. I don't like "YKNOW" as an answer either. Interesting to me how some object to the inclusion of an extremely famous (in baseball) Japanese player, but are fine with "HeyMrDJ." Different strokes... <br /><br />Still, despite the pop songs, slang, and auto product, I enjoyed the challenge, and felt good about solving this one. I've pretty much liked the entire week's puzzles, including Thursday's. Well done, Mr. Croce.OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64999634584734714532013-07-20T17:27:39.780-04:002013-07-20T17:27:39.780-04:00Cluing is everything, of course, and this bunch wa...Cluing is everything, of course, and this bunch was particularly obtuse and IMO sometimes unfair, e.g. the use of noun clues for adjectives [see Rex] and a couple of non-words like AARGH and ONER. Also some pretty obscure names like SADAHARUOH, ANNASUI and GITANO. <br /><br />Did OK on the eastern half until I confidently used DEMPSEY for MIAHAMM and that pretty much did me in.<br />Lost my motivation and ceased caring. I surrender with high praise for those who completed the thing with or without Googleaid. LaneBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63263538143537090802013-07-20T16:38:26.699-04:002013-07-20T16:38:26.699-04:00Yes to everything Rex said.
I accept that I am go...Yes to everything Rex said.<br /><br />I accept that I am going to have to encounter a sports clue I don't know or like every now and then. But SADAHARUOH will never be more than just a jumble of letters to me. Useless, frustrating, annoying.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04551716499829677518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11736076547636186622013-07-20T16:32:14.086-04:002013-07-20T16:32:14.086-04:00Find myself disagreeing with @Rex and agreeing wit...Find myself disagreeing with @Rex and agreeing with @Evil today, almost completely. Whoa! <br /><br />Did the same DEMPSEY thing. Didn't know SADAHARU OH, but should have, and glad I do now. Perfect Saturday for me, except for the NEB/PRBLITZ crossing. Sean Dobbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12421428959112309017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28436761901372244812013-07-20T16:29:59.275-04:002013-07-20T16:29:59.275-04:00Too hot and too late in the day to write much. Y...Too hot and too late in the day to write much. Yes very difficult. Not much in the way of cute clues. Yes very good puzzle, but a few very generational clues that forced me to rely entirely on crosses and syntax. Worst was the first - 1A.<br /><br />Haven't read that many comments, but I'm sure someone has addressed dress blue wearers. Claiming expertise based on my military career, I say thay that blue dress wearers belong at the debutante ball. DRESS BLUE uniforms are worn by the marines, army and of course the navy. Blue dress uniforms are not in the mix.<br />Too old to carenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36094009263292644572013-07-20T16:11:16.219-04:002013-07-20T16:11:16.219-04:00I wonder how Tim Croce would do
on Jeopardy.I wonder how Tim Croce would do<br />on Jeopardy.ANON Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3788754701388513102013-07-20T16:10:51.154-04:002013-07-20T16:10:51.154-04:00The first clue I wrote in was Sadaharu Oh. Then I ...The first clue I wrote in was Sadaharu Oh. Then I equally confidently wrote in "Dempsey." One for two... Really hard puzzle. Had to google in nw and se. heymrdj, annasui, and neb were news to me. prblitz is great, but I couldn't see it. michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56778783810314103362013-07-20T16:05:32.564-04:002013-07-20T16:05:32.564-04:00Got nothing. That's it.Got nothing. That's it. John Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557037910799243636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11885560372495717842013-07-20T15:51:57.168-04:002013-07-20T15:51:57.168-04:00This puzzle was one big WTF for me. It took me for...This puzzle was one big WTF for me. It took me forever just to get a toe into the puzzle—many of my initial forays into the grid turned out to be wrong.<br /><br />Things I really didn't like: NEB (huh?), ANNA SUI (who?), SADAHARU OH (zero of those letters are inferrable), GRECO-ROMAN as a noun (bad entry without "wrestling" attached), ADRENAL as a noun (bad entry without "gland" attached), A-TWO (it's "A2", not A-TWO), ROSSI (who?).<br /><br />I would have forgiven those entries given that this is a Saturday, but the cluing was so obtuse as to make this one infuriating.Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15336260911834780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48834455903771126852013-07-20T15:46:15.624-04:002013-07-20T15:46:15.624-04:00Great puzzle! I had to use crosses to get Sadaharu...Great puzzle! I had to use crosses to get Sadaharu Oh, but so what.<br />@Dean, the French speak of Grand Écoles, which include the very most elite universities, so you're mistaken.<br />Agree with@Evil Doug. I certainly don't pay much attn to fashion, but got Anna Sui from the Sui part.<br />Have never seen the Jetsons, but easy to infer. Wanted Lord Byron for the club-footed, but was delighted when Mia Hamm showed up. <br />At first , puzzle seemed hopelessly hard, but stick-to-it-iveness eventually paid off which is just what I like.I Skip M-Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43965327988832329482013-07-20T15:32:32.255-04:002013-07-20T15:32:32.255-04:00@Bob Kerfuffle -- "Quit with gibberish" ...@Bob Kerfuffle -- "Quit with gibberish" -- exactly. I know how you feel. jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.com