tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4042537123145798839..comments2024-03-28T10:24:47.650-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: FRIDAY, Jun. 26 2009 — Lower Slobbovia creator / Walled-off enclave in Iraq / Techies affiliated with major electronics chain / Kangaroo carrierRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79321436777772654992009-07-31T18:03:44.314-04:002009-07-31T18:03:44.314-04:00Seems like most of you had the greatest trouble wi...Seems like most of you had the greatest trouble with the center. Other than having PRODS instead of GOADS, the center was really easy for me, but the NW was really nasty. I had LIANA, TEMPERED and CAMDEN quickly, but had ALSOP instead of ALBEE and ALL IN instead of FLAIL. I knew that the one calling a tower had to have something to do with car trouble, but LA_M_MSER wasn't doing it for me. Getting ALBEE helped, because now I had MEMBER, but still didn't see how LA_ MEMBER should be AAA MEMBER, event though I am one.<br />It was a fun puzzle though.<br /><br />How about YELLOWKNIFE and BLACKLAGOON?Singernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26809352641567161972009-06-26T22:55:08.128-04:002009-06-26T22:55:08.128-04:00This week's numbers ... the number in parenthe...This week's numbers ... the number in parentheses is the number of solvers.<br /><br />Mon (all) 6:16 (905) prev 2 week avg: 6:58 (908)<br />Mon (Top 100) 3:25 prev 2 week avg: 3:43<br /><br />Tue (all) 9:03 (694) prev 2 week avg: 8:13 (877)<br />Tue (Top 100) 4:35 prev 2 week avg: 4:12<br /><br />Wed (all) 17:19 (574) prev 2 week avg: 13:18 (674)<br />Wed (Top 100) 7:54 prev 2 week avg: 6:30<br /><br />Thu (all) 15:16 (657) prev 2 week avg: 14:40 (631)<br />Thu (Top 100) 7:02 prev 2 week avg: 6:53<br /><br />Fri (all) 24:44 (444) prev 3 week avg: 26:39 (459)<br />Fri (Top 100) 11:39 prev 2 week avg: 11:13sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3088853438344072772009-06-26T22:35:18.431-04:002009-06-26T22:35:18.431-04:00Gee, I haven't had time to read the blog or th...Gee, I haven't had time to read the blog or the comments (srsly), but I must say thank you to Lynn Lempel for a puzzle I could not complete before noon. Good one.<br />Maybe I'll finally get it done sometime tomorrow if my bees don't swarm. Happy summer, everyone!Lisa in Kingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15793732995251623365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56830281648758249492009-06-26T22:08:50.634-04:002009-06-26T22:08:50.634-04:00@andrea pink elephant michaels: that was fun! Give...@andrea pink elephant michaels: that was fun! Give us some more tasks, please!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49009590811393401242009-06-26T20:45:59.285-04:002009-06-26T20:45:59.285-04:00I saw the name Lynn Lempel and thought "isn&#...I saw the name Lynn Lempel and thought "isn't she a Monday constructor? Maybe this will be easy." And it was easy for me -- more like a Wednesday than a Friday. But I see that for once I found a puzzle easier than others.<br /><br /> Does Charles Goren still have a byline for his bridge columns? Like Ann Landers (or is it Dear Abby?)....michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15313413906778984182009-06-26T18:52:11.336-04:002009-06-26T18:52:11.336-04:00Liked it - not to rave about, but a solid themeles...Liked it - not to rave about, but a solid themeless. GEEK SQUAD was nice. ENVIOUSLY even nicer. FUMIER - not.<br /><br />Easy gets: QANTAS, CAPP, COLLOQUY, STEN, YOKE, GOREN (still dead AFAIK), GREEN ZONE. Faied to see until LOTS of crosses: COLLOQUY, GANG WAR (was GO TO WAR), SATEENS, AAA MEMBER. Have recently used my AAA membership for a FLAT. <br /><br />Fun. Medium is right on.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61282898868454996902009-06-26T18:27:34.766-04:002009-06-26T18:27:34.766-04:00Looking forward to whatever you come up with, Andr...Looking forward to whatever you come up with, Andrea. I was also thinking about the IVORY COAST, but alas, it's too short.HudsonHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119485923243014649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34185894828591014572009-06-26T18:21:12.608-04:002009-06-26T18:21:12.608-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43260859023207115852009-06-26T18:21:01.915-04:002009-06-26T18:21:01.915-04:00One of the rare times I sat down and did the puzzl...One of the rare times I sat down and did the puzzle uninterrupted, pen to paper. Took 16 minutes, a little longer than it should?<br /><br />Just one write-over: Had 29A as PRODS before GOADS.Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53404245664202260852009-06-26T18:07:41.184-04:002009-06-26T18:07:41.184-04:00Thanks Daniel -- I will check that outThanks Daniel -- I will check that outStanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72805694903104929362009-06-26T17:59:07.417-04:002009-06-26T17:59:07.417-04:00Oops! 42AOops! 42ADaniel Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424828583029410424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30900603587302224062009-06-26T17:55:37.056-04:002009-06-26T17:55:37.056-04:00@Stan---Remember my speculation as to the possible...@Stan---Remember my speculation as to the possible appearance of my fave musician, Robyn Hitchcock, in a crossword? Well, back in 2003, a Friday...Check it out!<br /><br />http://www.xwordinfo.com/ShowPuzzle.aspx?date=11/21/2003<br /><br />46ADaniel Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424828583029410424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6100919719457041762009-06-26T17:49:27.230-04:002009-06-26T17:49:27.230-04:00@Crosscan
Actually I have come up with two 11s and...@Crosscan<br />Actually I have come up with two 11s and am gonna go...so folks can take off their thinking caps if they want...Let's hope it's not a FLOPandrea purplecow michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6575331193719552822009-06-26T17:47:50.780-04:002009-06-26T17:47:50.780-04:00Really liked this puzzle (once I got through the d...Really liked this puzzle (once I got through the difficulties already pointed out). Somehow it seemed fresher, different and less crosswordy than most.<br /><br />I've had numerous Dopp kits (without ever having heard that word) back in the Orlons period. Like tie clips and cufflinks they were considered appropriate Holiday Gifts for thirteen-year-old boys.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61320483903193905982009-06-26T17:39:17.689-04:002009-06-26T17:39:17.689-04:00I'm having dinner tonight at PURPLE GARDEN (ho...I'm having dinner tonight at PURPLE GARDEN (honest) but that may be too obscure.Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699404861773455504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58327833213065434672009-06-26T17:36:47.549-04:002009-06-26T17:36:47.549-04:00I liked this one a lot. Lynn Lempel is so smooth! ...I liked this one a lot. Lynn Lempel is so smooth! When I put BANNED in I said to myself "Now, you need to remember when you get down there to really work on that corner that it could be BARRED." Why do I think those kind of mental notes will work? It finally clicked though. I loved so many of the answers today: SIT BY, AAA MEMBER, LATE FEE, FOR SHAME, DNA SAMPLE, ENVIOUSLY ... good stuff all around. (Well, except for FUMIER.)<br /><br />@XMAN: That's funny that you were thinking ALL IN for 1D (Beat). I actually thought of it for 43D (Famous last words).PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835502266781516627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90539591871744315242009-06-26T17:30:00.527-04:002009-06-26T17:30:00.527-04:00@Hudson Hawk! Yes! and one more 12, place name to...@Hudson Hawk! Yes! and one more 12, place name to go with ZONE, SQUARE, COUNTY... (now preferably not a primary color)<br />(I'm starting to feel like Tom Sawyer)andrea enviously michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10588581967583726802009-06-26T16:59:03.195-04:002009-06-26T16:59:03.195-04:00ORANGE COUNTY?ORANGE COUNTY?HudsonHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119485923243014649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47389178242707500262009-06-26T16:39:48.906-04:002009-06-26T16:39:48.906-04:00@ulrich
Thanks, it's a bit trickier than that....@ulrich<br />Thanks, it's a bit trickier than that...you see, they sort of all need to be place names and the same amount of letters (which yours were), but perferably more than 10...so, eg YELLOWRIVER (11) and BLUEHAWAII (10! Damn)<br />See what I mean? It needs to be a color, plus something else consistent (in this case place) and a bit longer...so no YELLOWDOG.<br /><br />Close but no CIGAR.andrea flail michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72454987084180840172009-06-26T16:33:02.288-04:002009-06-26T16:33:02.288-04:00I like this one too, even though I couldn't re...I like this one too, even though I couldn't really get going in the NW. <br /><br />The ORLONs were a pretty successful group back in the early 60s. The first record I ever owned was their "Don't Hang Up."<br /><br />Don't remember my first dopp kit...archaeoprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956231727789223463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78094374664790491342009-06-26T16:16:23.765-04:002009-06-26T16:16:23.765-04:00Very smooth puzzle. Tough, but no stumbling block...Very smooth puzzle. Tough, but no stumbling blocks. Seeing Toe-Er right off the bat got me off to a lucky start.<br /><br />COLLOQUY is very much in use as a scripted back and forth on the record in a congressional hearing that is supposed to convince a court in future litigation that Congress intended this or that. <br /><br />Senator: Do you mean, Madam Chairman, that this bill to declare August 'National Raspberry Month' is intended to provide a lower income tax rate to anyone who is a regular commenter on the Rex Parker blog?<br /><br />Chair: Yes, Senator, that is the intention of the bill.<br /><br />Senator: Thank you Madam Chairman.Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46749495107846074202009-06-26T15:55:48.812-04:002009-06-26T15:55:48.812-04:00@Andrea (fill in the blank) Michaels: Add "b...@Andrea (fill in the blank) Michaels: Add "blue movie" and "yellow dog", and the two of you are in business!Ulrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086202853174403008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43824252155815593432009-06-26T14:56:20.073-04:002009-06-26T14:56:20.073-04:00Love Lynn Lempel!
REDSQUARE and GREENZONE since t...Love Lynn Lempel!<br /><br />REDSQUARE and GREENZONE since they are the same amount of letters seem like a Monday dying to happen.<br />Lynn? SHall we?<br /><br />Easy breezy, fast...till I came here and realized, as usual, two mistakes!<br />I left LI_BY/GA_ES which I couldn't parse. Why I thought LATEEN not SATEEN I will leave to my therapist to work out.<br /><br />(I also initially had GREENACRE, thinking the boys over there had some weird, CAMPY 70's thing going on.)<br /><br />@Geometricus<br />Thrilled to hear the Minneapolis lore! <br /><br />and @Rex<br />"COLLOQUY feels familiar, but in a twenty-years-ago kind of way: "Hey, didn't we go to high school together? COLLOQUY, right?"<br /><br />hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee :)andrea sitby michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84266140073756787752009-06-26T14:23:40.251-04:002009-06-26T14:23:40.251-04:00Excellent puzzle! I liked COLLOQUY and thought it ...Excellent puzzle! I liked COLLOQUY and thought it might be the Word of the Day? All went fairly smoothly until I got to the last corner...<br /><br />Big trouble in the SW, where I was chagrined not to get Bridge guru GOREN right away or the MGM lion (groan) -- I wanted Heal for MEND. I even briefly contemplated Buggy for family WAGON and Et Tus for famous last words. Gulp, FOR SHAME! I finally tried BARRED for Banned, and it all unwound with the BUN for the dog's place, plus MARRIAGES and AMENS. Definitely a toughie for me today!<br /><br />∑;)ArtLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869528391374878601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59186129441107215192009-06-26T14:23:29.914-04:002009-06-26T14:23:29.914-04:00@Crosscan said...
Charles Goren died in 1991, but...@Crosscan said...<br /><br />Charles Goren died in 1991, but his column goes on. Written by grid friendly Omar Sharif at one point (still?) I believe.<br /><br />---<br /><br />For the record, written by not-grid-friendly Tannah Hirsch (an Israeli resident in the USA). Sharif (an Egyptian resident everywhere) has his name still on it on some syndications, but has more recently focused on his acting career, according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Sharif#Pastimes" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.poststar.com/media/pdfs/3-wednesday/goren.pdf" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a current example of this rather spooky single-ghost authorship ("Goren Bridge with Tannah Hirsch"). "With" indeed! I guess "by" would lose some of the cachet of the Goren name.<br /><br />Presented by me as a personal friend in the past of Tannah (who is much the better bridge player than Sharif, IMO), and an acquaintance through tournament competition of Goren and Sharif.<br /><br />Larry the erstwhile-bridge-expert LurkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com