tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4051174857036056064..comments2024-03-18T23:52:35.781-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Heavenly home of Norse gods / THU 11-24-11 / Ancient Egyptian talisman / Mrs Forsyte in Forsyte Saga / Gerard of Buck Rogers in 25th CenturyRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60420246563324607182021-07-07T00:48:25.286-04:002021-07-07T00:48:25.286-04:00@Bob Kerfuffle and
@Red Valerian:
As @r.ralphbunk...@Bob Kerfuffle and<br />@Red Valerian:<br /><br />As @r.ralphbunker already suggested, do a browser search on "go to considered harmful". Do the research; <i>then</i> comment.<br /><br />------<br /><br />The puzzle triggered one of my pet peeves: forming an English plural of a strictly foreign term. SRIS is at the top of that list for sheer overuse and utter lack of couth. Constructors who use such words are no longer accepted at gatherings of the illuminatuses.<br />Prunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00224476641730508311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74624283775003813192011-12-29T20:43:58.456-05:002011-12-29T20:43:58.456-05:00I liked this well enough--it just wasn't a Thu...I liked this well enough--it just wasn't a Thursday. NOT the constructor's fault. I thought it was a nice idea, well-executed. So, pphbbbt to all you cranky pants! It had some fun fill. Plus, it got the blog going!<br /><br />@Bob Kerfuffle: I believe that @r.alphbunker meant just "to GO considered harmful" I stared at that long and hard meself. What John V meant, I dunno.<br /><br />ITO PIECES: remnants of an emperor..., though that wouldn't really fit the theme, as the clue would have to be for the phrase WITH the "go." ah well. never mind.<br /><br />Thanks, all, especially RP of course, for the blog. And happy almost New Year here in syndi-land!Red Valerianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04638265039015470938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73816097406471270022011-12-29T20:34:05.817-05:002011-12-29T20:34:05.817-05:00Spacecraft here.
Mother ose: maternal sweetne...Spacecraft here.<br /> Mother ose: maternal sweetness<br /> Altender: SOMEbody has to watch that Sharpton dude!<br /> Ng Show: Evelyn's new poker tutorial.<br /> Flash rdon: Behave yourself, Rickles!<br /> Odlly Miss Molly: I don't know why she's not married, either.<br /><br /> Frustrated by yet another EKE, our solver "go"es OVERTHETOP, puts on his GSUIT and TPS the constructor's AREA. But it's a NOGO; this OUTLAW gets busted and sent to the HOOSEGOW (rode him outa town on a RAIL, they did!).<br /><br />pringleg: the weak gravity force that allows those chips to nestle perfectly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18579367501918564872011-12-29T15:41:19.267-05:002011-12-29T15:41:19.267-05:00(GO)BYTHEBOOK IS WHAT I did for my entire career. ...(GO)BYTHEBOOK IS WHAT I did for my entire career. (GO)WITHTHEFLOW is my plan to ensure a long, happy retirement although I still occasionally (GO)FORTHEGOLD when the objective seems worthwhile. And (GO)TOTHEDOGS pretty much sums up where I'm at, literally, since when it comes to taking in animals I'm inclined to (GO)OVERTHETOP. (That may be why my love-life has been a NOGO lately.)Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56761654764856997882011-12-29T14:04:57.146-05:002011-12-29T14:04:57.146-05:00Sorry , meant to say made my day nicer-tho the oth...Sorry , meant to say made my day nicer-tho the other wording has interesting overtones.Delmariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52481290719201842011-12-29T14:02:17.986-05:002011-12-29T14:02:17.986-05:00Rex, thanks for fixing the syndicated "button...Rex, thanks for fixing the syndicated "button"-makes my day iced. Amazing how little things matter!<br />Being in syndie land can be interesting, reading about everyone roasting turkey while I'm trying to use up the Christmas roast! We truly live in different times.<br />Enjoyed today's puzzle, but also fell into the "eureka" trap.Delmariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55446489028697172722011-11-24T22:18:06.795-05:002011-11-24T22:18:06.795-05:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation. In a nutshell, the higher the ratio, the higher this week's median solve time is relative to the average for the corresponding day of the week.<br /><br />All solvers (this week's median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Mon 7:35, 6:51, 1.11, 90%, Challenging<br />Tue 9:51, 8:52, 1.11, 81%, Challenging<br />Wed 9:43, 11:48, 0.82, 14%, Easy<br />Thu 13:23, 19:01, 0.70, 6%, Easy (8th lowest median solve time of 128 Thursdays)<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 4:15, 3:40, 1.16, 94%, Challenging (8th highest median solve time of 126 Mondays)<br />Tue 5:07, 4:34, 1.12, 83%, Challenging<br />Wed 5:13, 5:50, 0.89, 26%, Easy-Medium<br />Thu 6:55, 9:17, 0.74, 13%, Easysanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39145166931250240682011-11-24T21:58:54.794-05:002011-11-24T21:58:54.794-05:00Twas a good day, but long and tiring, with three h...Twas a good day, but long and tiring, with three hours on the road, too much to eat and drink, and four kids under the age of three, so please, proposers or anyone, how am I to understand -<br /><br />to considered harmful - infinitive banned? from r.alphbunker<br /><br />and, Olla from JOHN V?<br /><br />I.e., where does the GO go?Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40297429890810844962011-11-24T20:09:59.217-05:002011-11-24T20:09:59.217-05:00Hm, there's "asking out" → "a s...Hm, there's "asking out" → "a ski nut", which works nicely as far as the wordplay goes but is still a bit shorter than one would like for a theme entry.<br /><br />NDENoam D. Elkiesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67388703847931821072011-11-24T18:23:10.321-05:002011-11-24T18:23:10.321-05:00@retired_chemist. Grew up in Brooklyn. I'm s...@retired_chemist. Grew up in Brooklyn. I'm so old we didn't have middle school or junior high. Grade school, High School, College (if you were lucky). Fortunately, we did have toilet paper. For Halloween we used to chalk people's coats or smack each other with socks filled with flour. Primitive little beasties. <br /><br />I had a yummy Thanksgiving dinner with a friend at a restaurant named Bubby's Pie Company. Now I may take a little nap.Sparkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149915526159432838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41645445766709255162011-11-24T17:08:02.382-05:002011-11-24T17:08:02.382-05:00Pretty sure puzzles are easier on the major holida...Pretty sure puzzles are easier on the major holidays...it's no doubt part of whatever the master marketing plan is....<br />A really hard puzzle on a day when lots of newbies pick up the puzzle would just drive them away, which doesn't really help any of us... It also is sort of a "greatest good for the greatest number" thing, I'm guessing. Everyone likes a successful solve on a holiday.Zephyrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91680350935017580912011-11-24T17:05:11.362-05:002011-11-24T17:05:11.362-05:00Speaking of football, GO PACK!Speaking of football, GO PACK!chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84082299273695022772011-11-24T16:45:22.143-05:002011-11-24T16:45:22.143-05:00Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 8/1/2...Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation of my method):<br /><br />All solvers (median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Thu 13:21, 19:01, 0.70, 6%, Easy<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Thu 6:58, 9:17, 0.75, 13%, Easy<br /><br />Apparently, Will didn't want to distract us for long today from eating and watching parades and football.<br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving to all.sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43737355437140460422011-11-24T16:05:32.313-05:002011-11-24T16:05:32.313-05:00GREEN goBLIN? BINgo PARLOR? LEAKY SPIgoT?
In fa...GREEN goBLIN? BINgo PARLOR? LEAKY SPIgoT?<br /><br />In fairness to the constructor, I'd like to say I had a GOood time solving her puz today. People were just lookin' for an ornerier gimmick in their ThursPuz, I reckon. Something with some giblets in it, maybe.<br /><br />Fave fill: HOOSEGOW and SHANGHAI. ASGARD is cool, too, but I'da spelled it a bit different. (As in: what you need to wear, if you're gonna publish yer crosswords in the NYT.)<br /><br />Fave clues: "It may be assumed" and "Wasted". Clue for SORE mystified me a bit; was it just an arbitrary example of something that might make one feel "sore" at someone else?<br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving, all you Arlenes and Igors.Masked and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38007155948691091132011-11-24T15:55:59.296-05:002011-11-24T15:55:59.296-05:00@Juan: Sí, yo sé que en español ESTÁ significa &qu...@Juan: Sí, yo sé que en español ESTÁ significa "he [she, it, etc.] is" y no significa "this". But the entry 64A:ESTA <i>could</i> have been clued for ESTÁ, in keeping with the usual crossword convention of ignoring accents.<br /><br />I did, however, give the wrong direction for HOOSEGOW, which of course is at 10-<i>Down</i>, not Across.<br /><br />NDENoam D. Elkiesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45981990478306440592011-11-24T15:38:16.199-05:002011-11-24T15:38:16.199-05:00@NDE
ESTÁ means "He is." ESTA means &qu...@NDE <br />ESTÁ means "He is." ESTA means "This." I didn't know the mob used the accent, but, in this case, the cross does not work with the accent as clued.Juannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16286372249413601032011-11-24T14:55:42.590-05:002011-11-24T14:55:42.590-05:00At least the phrases were consistent: [go] <pre...At least the phrases were consistent: [go] <preposition> THE <noun>, with no preposition repeated. Still a rather pedestrian theme for Thanksgiving Thursday. Maybe Will is setting us up for a theme with entries like "against thaw" for Christmas Day?<br /><br />Which reminds me: any alternatives along the lines of "Mr. Mao" that drop the GO across a word boundary? The only example I can come up with is rather a DOWNER.<br /><br />Apropos the tilde-less 30A:ANO, the clue for 64A could have gone for ESTÁ, crossing 43D:OMERTÀ in an accented A but with a different accent!<br /><br />AÑO, ESTA, and 46D:TESORO make a trifecta of Spanish entries — four, in fact, if you know that 10A:HOOSEGOW comes from Spanish <i>juzgado</i>.<br /><br />Happy T-day,<br />—NDENoam D. Elkiesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50834135446582974512011-11-24T14:53:36.254-05:002011-11-24T14:53:36.254-05:00accidentally kill oneself with excess pills: OD AN...accidentally kill oneself with excess pills: OD AND PLENTY<br /><br />Oh, remembered some more ALs, which opens up other avenues to cluing AL TENDING. Still haven't come up with any clues that aren't mediocre.<br /><br />Gore treatment?<br />Green management?<br />Handling Sharpton?<br /><br />that's all I got.treedwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12634227778469664442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37609773328370483942011-11-24T13:53:41.581-05:002011-11-24T13:53:41.581-05:00@retired_chemist
JUST OGLE IT - Michelle Bachmann...@retired_chemist<br /><br />JUST OGLE IT - Michelle Bachmann's porn site warning.r.alphbunkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72232088493814534132011-11-24T12:48:46.795-05:002011-11-24T12:48:46.795-05:00E -- Identiy crisis.E -- Identiy crisis.John Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557037910799243636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10134344948290351572011-11-24T12:40:22.769-05:002011-11-24T12:40:22.769-05:00OK OK -
LAST TAN IN PARIS - Speaker Boehner'...OK OK - <br /><br />LAST TAN IN PARIS - Speaker Boehner's European objective<br /><br />JUST OGLE IT - how to locate internet pornretired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7618808924381572602011-11-24T12:40:18.022-05:002011-11-24T12:40:18.022-05:00Didn't mind the puzzle as much as others, alth...Didn't mind the puzzle as much as others, although it was very easy for a Thursday, and, like @mac, I was expecting more after getting the bird in the oven. Thought at first the theme was going to be "one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, etc." Now, one of you clever constructors, "GO! GO! GO!" Happy Thanksgiving all.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032302346488486116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34766785657989390712011-11-24T12:31:19.426-05:002011-11-24T12:31:19.426-05:00Olla. My
nogo contribution.
Probably, sans cold...Olla. My <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu6yV8Q0YHo" rel="nofollow">nogo</a> contribution.<br /><br />Probably, sans cold, I'd agree easy.<br /><br />Hope it is as beautiful and happy for all as it is in Southwestern CT this day.John Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557037910799243636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5047740042256915942011-11-24T12:20:16.168-05:002011-11-24T12:20:16.168-05:00I thought Irene from the Forsytes was the saving g...I thought Irene from the Forsytes was the saving grace of this puzzle. At least it brought to mind one of the best mini-series in television history and a massive novel that is hard to put down. I hadn't thought about The Forsyte Sage in a long time but I may did it out and re-read it now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-952041225115800052011-11-24T12:14:15.956-05:002011-11-24T12:14:15.956-05:00A very minor puzzle. And a very minor point - The...A very minor puzzle. And a very minor point - The Forsyte Saga was redone by the BBC with Damian Lewis, formerly of Band of Brothers, and who is currently in Homeland on Showtime. It was shown on Masterpiece Theater in 2003. <br /><br />Off to give thanks for a gorgeous day weatherwise, and for the fact that someone else is cooking!Arundelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171078182761035785noreply@blogger.com