tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4116296694832054620..comments2024-03-29T08:53:09.581-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Bit of exercise in Britain / SUN 4-19-15 / Rebellion event of 1676 / Candle in wind dedicatee / Aid to Zen meditation / Atari 7800 competitor briefly / Bass role in Gilbert & Sullivan opera / Asian stew often eaten with dipping sauce / Gershwin portrayer in Rhapsody in Blue / Largest coastal city between San Francisco PortlandRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35903386051506406042016-10-02T23:40:02.264-04:002016-10-02T23:40:02.264-04:00Am I the only one that jumped straight to LADYDI f...Am I the only one that jumped straight to LADYDI for MONROE? Never knew til now about the earlier version or rededicagion!fliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422811412271644157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66295830789523753092015-05-07T19:40:16.689-04:002015-05-07T19:40:16.689-04:00A THIGH is revealed by a woman wearing a mini skir...A THIGH is revealed by a woman wearing a mini skirt.<br /> BTW, this explanation is (now) in the comments three times. :)paulsfohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721639286466422944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37194274610165661052015-05-07T13:29:09.997-04:002015-05-07T13:29:09.997-04:00THIGH I still puzzle over: how I'd that a &quo...THIGH I still puzzle over: how I'd that a "mini revelation"?<br /><br />As you did, I liked this construction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22215140513187737532015-04-28T04:03:52.889-04:002015-04-28T04:03:52.889-04:00@Gloria Fontayne: A THIGH is revealed by a woman ...@Gloria Fontayne: A THIGH is revealed by a woman wearing a mini skirt.<br /> For the definition of Natick, and much else, see the FAQ button at the very top of the page, in the center.<br /> I believe that all (or almost all) all papers carry the NYT puzzles a week late. I assume it's a money thing but I don't know. BTW you can pay a yearly fee (still less than $50, i think) and have online access to every NYT puzzle, one day *before* it's published, plus all the puzzles from the previous ten years in case you get bored. :)<br />paulsfohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721639286466422944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27925914067172297442015-04-28T03:33:08.210-04:002015-04-28T03:33:08.210-04:00Also, I just realized, apparently, for years, my l...Also, I just realized, apparently, for years, my local paper (Philadelphia Inquirer) has been giving me the NYT Sunday puzzles a week late. This puzzle is dated 4-19. Do most papers that print the NYT puzzle do it a week behind schedule? I notice a good amount of people who just recently left comments, so either most national carriers do it that way, or a lot of people take their time commenting. If it's the former, anyone know why that is? I'd have thought newspapers could strike some kind of deal so they could get the new puzzle when it is printed. I understand if a paper wanted to publish the NYT puzzle every day, that would not be okay as it'd probably cause people to not bother buying the NYT. But would they really lose a significant amount of readers just by letting the puzzle be syndicated on Sundays, on time? Maybe so, and I'm just dumb.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18337081462360620264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23550442658274985792015-04-28T03:21:37.591-04:002015-04-28T03:21:37.591-04:00Rondo, I agree. Apparently, Den Haag is the Hague ...Rondo, I agree. Apparently, Den Haag is the Hague in Dutch, tho. (Had to Google after I wrote it in because I was aftaid I was screwing up.) This puzzle was ridiculous. I majored in French, so those words didn't bother me, but I did think, for the usual English-speaking crossword fan, more than one French clue was unreasonable.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18337081462360620264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91762670186819113202015-04-28T03:14:35.798-04:002015-04-28T03:14:35.798-04:00Can anyone explain to me how THIGH is a mini revel...Can anyone explain to me how THIGH is a mini revelation? <br /><br />Also, I am new here. What is the source and meaning of Natick?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18337081462360620264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25109627800080286152015-04-26T13:51:54.331-04:002015-04-26T13:51:54.331-04:00INSINUATION INSIN (TETE)
It’s HEARTWARMING, so le...INSINUATION INSIN (TETE)<br /><br />It’s HEARTWARMING, so let’s have no quarrels,<br />IMREADY to SAYIDO ORALS.<br /><br />--- TITI BAABAA<br />BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60257578834426194052015-04-26T13:41:09.713-04:002015-04-26T13:41:09.713-04:00FINALNOTICE
The HOMOERECTUS was RUNNINGATAB
at t...FINALNOTICE<br /><br /><br />The HOMOERECTUS was RUNNINGATAB<br />at the LAUNCHPARTY for this EVENINGSTAR.<br />Then, WHAMO! That GOODNATURED NITWIT needed a cab,<br />but he got the ROYAL STATIONWAGON for a car.<br /><br />--- ALONSO TANTARA<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55980736105528673002015-04-26T13:30:15.927-04:002015-04-26T13:30:15.927-04:00Almost forgot, Elke SOMMER, yeah baby.Almost forgot, Elke SOMMER, yeah baby.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15993945198493870882015-04-26T13:22:13.588-04:002015-04-26T13:22:13.588-04:00I write this not having seen one other comment. I ...I write this not having seen one other comment. I hated this puzzle. <br />Examples: we had TATA, TETE, and TITI. Why not just go for broke and find room for the ever more popular TOTO and TUTU? HIAG, HAAG, HAGS, where’s the Hague? On just one line there is ROTI, TITI ESSA. All over is IBE, ASTO, ASWE, etc., etc., etc. And more effin’ French than should be allowed all week.<br /><br />Got invited into EARL Scruggs’ tour bus one day long ago near downtown Minneapolis. Turns out they needed directions to the Cabooze nightclub where they were pickin’ and grinnin’ that night. Offered me free tix and backstage access and drinks. Cool folks.<br /><br />Other than that trip down memory lane, this was a waste of time.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76366420775717796352015-04-26T12:33:24.630-04:002015-04-26T12:33:24.630-04:00Bad weekend. Another DNF, or more accurately, DNBT...Bad weekend. Another DNF, or more accurately, DNBTF. I got the trick early with PAYPAL, and branched out from the NW, to get in AJAM with The biggest fakeout I've ever seen. Come on, EU_E__: a city between SF and Portland, and it's NOT Eugene??? Oh no, my friends. EUREKA. I don't even want to tell you how much time THAT one cost. (Admittedly, I'm not up on my west-coast geography, which might have helped.)<br /><br />So, things were already getting miry, and I was getting hungry for breakfast. Then I work down to 85d, "Go" preceder, which is SET. You hear the starter all the time" "SET...[bang, which is gunspeak for "Go!"] He doesn't say "GET SET." But that left me with not enough spaces for EVENINGSTAR, the popular but scientifically inaccurate name for Venus. It wasn't one of my rebi, because ALL the previous ones were at the end of the word. Oh, but wait. If I DID put the double in there, it would work. So now, I not only have to look for them at random locations, I have to look for both beginning AND ending rebi. That was groan #2, and NBAER was #3.<br /><br />And now I'm faced with a whole string of obscurities. So I just said (mentally, I don't actually talk out loud to my puzzles--but the day is coming fast, I fear): Take your Iranian pilgrimage cities and your aids to Zen meditation Indian breads and your stupid long-tailed monkeys and shove them all where the EVENINGSTAR don't shine.<br /><br />Oh yeah. EFS, for the second day in a row--and earning the same grade! See you fight week.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91828495793676408002015-04-26T09:40:51.632-04:002015-04-26T09:40:51.632-04:00We don't mind some agony in puzzles, but this ...We don't mind some agony in puzzles, but this was too much Agony without much Ecstasy. Not enough of those fabulous "Ah-ha's" like the "good old days." Just "OMG, we're done!"<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01087478464078045517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38718571492323967392015-04-26T02:22:11.555-04:002015-04-26T02:22:11.555-04:00First post, as I am in syndication. Until a couple...First post, as I am in syndication. Until a couple of months ago we were two weeks later, now just one. I noticed at pi day. Why the change? No idea.<br /><br />Usually no matter what I am wondering/thinking someone else has asked/expressed it. This is a banner day! I had a terrible time with the south-west: 109, 110 and 111 were all mystifying to me. Even after google I have to ask:<br /><br />Does KAYO mean K.O. as in boxing? Is this a thing?<br /><br />I did love ROYAL for "Kind of pain"Nettiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071069472676467803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31397527564030701192015-04-22T20:56:06.692-04:002015-04-22T20:56:06.692-04:00Finally finished. What a great puzzle.
Definite...Finally finished. What a great puzzle. <br /><br />Definitely a two-brainer here. The NE was tough; even after getting the theme answer, the section would not fall. ISIS turned out to be the critical answer. Also had THROB before THROE and WIG before HAG to slow down the solving.<br />Will look forward to more puzzles from these authors.<br /><br />Love,<br />D and AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17543070148778707702015-04-22T17:08:42.928-04:002015-04-22T17:08:42.928-04:00I had chit chat! I thought that fit the theme and...I had chit chat! I thought that fit the theme and was pretty proud of myself!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27035008520179771002015-04-20T20:22:52.146-04:002015-04-20T20:22:52.146-04:00Had ALBEE tentatively in place, but the rest of th...Had ALBEE tentatively in place, but the rest of the region wasn't coming together, so I took it out. <br />Eventually got to THROb, then could not come up with anything for the cross of AR- and AL-BE, so a narrow DNF today.<br /><br />I absolutely recognize that THROE is a better answer than THROb for the given clue.<br /><br />Came here yesterday really hoping to find No. 2 of 43 explained, as for me that came entirely from crosses. Not until now, more than a day later, has the penny dropped.<br /><br />Fun puzzle for me, though I don't like how NYT is 'trying to make "fetch" happen' with NBAER.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35011973276788614522015-04-20T15:59:12.625-04:002015-04-20T15:59:12.625-04:00@rose - puzzled out? worked out? realized? deduced...@rose - puzzled out? worked out? realized? deduced? I don't know... "suss" seems the most accurate and least tired or over-used of the verb choices. Do you have any better suggestions? Granted, you'll see "suss" here more than just about anywhere else (twice today), but that's because it fits well with puzzle-related writing.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-147969680522869072015-04-20T15:47:53.826-04:002015-04-20T15:47:53.826-04:00I have suss fatigue from these comments. Please tr...I have suss fatigue from these comments. Please try to be more original with your verb choice.rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381168929563049694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71327077151581421872015-04-20T10:17:41.506-04:002015-04-20T10:17:41.506-04:00I hated it! Clues were odd, perhaps a note to say ...I hated it! Clues were odd, perhaps a note to say you may have to read some downs twice to get it would have been a good hint. Seasons for tv units, could they have added the word schedule or episodes, maybe? I have been doing these puzzles for years and did not enjoy this one, eventhough, I knew it had to be pay pal early on, but there was no ? or * at any other spots with 2 letterss and they weren't placed in any design through the puzzle.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02789582082718915451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76019324679638994112015-04-20T09:01:28.596-04:002015-04-20T09:01:28.596-04:00I'm surprised anyone had difficulty with this ...I'm surprised anyone had difficulty with this one. Like most people here, I got the theme from Paypal, and it was within a minute of starting the puzzle. From that point it was easy to see whether the other rebus squares were. Surprised Rex didn't blow through it, must have been one of his off-days. Nothing serious to complain about here, and bravo for the absence of pop culture and paucity of proper nouns! Agreed with most that "chin" and "thigh" are a bit of a stretch, but they aren't all that objectionable. Basically a puzzle with no flaws except for being too easy to get its theme and the clueing not being terribly interesting. But at least it's a genuine crossword puzzle and not a pop culture trivia contest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77221642479278206232015-04-19T23:02:12.605-04:002015-04-19T23:02:12.605-04:00Once again, Hayley Gold sets the gold standard.Once again, Hayley Gold sets the gold standard.RnRGhost57https://www.blogger.com/profile/05350085528594221641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91337104974240452352015-04-19T22:25:06.355-04:002015-04-19T22:25:06.355-04:00Ugly tuffUgly tuffSteve Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905645038228675933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18867989245812884432015-04-19T22:12:52.239-04:002015-04-19T22:12:52.239-04:00I'm happiest with puzzles that use language cl...I'm happiest with puzzles that use language cleverly. I don't want even to be tempted to Google. Proper names seem like a crutch to me because the cluing doesn't take much imagination for the constructor. Compare "Bridge writer Goren" with "mini revelation." I suppose all the cluing can't be great, but too many proper names diminishes my pleasure in solving (even though I knew Goren). <br /><br />I'm relatively new to this so if anyone has a reason why proper words are good fill (besides learning something newm which was mentioned), I'd appreciate hearing it.Blackeyedsusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443212420619254312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46327378435793496132015-04-19T22:02:35.772-04:002015-04-19T22:02:35.772-04:00@OISK -- Glad I came back to the blog. I'd lo...@OISK -- Glad I came back to the blog. I'd love to see The Gondoliers and to meet you and Mrs. OISK on May 16th. Is the NYGASP theater at 302 W. 91st? That's what their website says. Anyway I also got their phone # off the web and I'll call them tomorrow. If it is on W 91st, that's very convenient for me! I'll let you know on this site tomorrow or Tuesday. Thanks for letting me know.<br /><br />@Carola -- Location envy is an interesting thing. Yes, of course I love NYC, but I've spent the last few months envying @Whirred Whacks, as he blogged about sitting at the top of a California hill with his dog watching the sun come up at a point when it was about 39 degrees in NY. Then this a.m., when @Ludyjynn was talking about her very own pond and garden and frogs, I felt a twinge, because I have to walk to Central Park to get my Nature fix and then share it with thousands and thousands of other people. So the grass is always greener...right? Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.com