tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4188445438239035873..comments2024-03-28T04:40:27.172-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Japanese mat / THU 3-5-15 / CSA general Stuart / Funny Silverman / Jean-Claude Van Damme film set in 1994 2004 / Kona catch / Jose to friends / Great Wonder Woman cry / Session meeting after legislative dissolutionRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41851785043056727032015-04-10T11:09:32.260-04:002015-04-10T11:09:32.260-04:00one look in the "rear" view mirror shoul...one look in the "rear" view mirror should have revealed the revealer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21367852309239771292015-04-09T14:14:40.715-04:002015-04-09T14:14:40.715-04:00To quote Mad Magazine, "cute, pert, toot, squ...To quote Mad Magazine, "cute, pert, toot, squirt". Or words to that effect.<br /><br />I think that when a constructor is dealing with themers that have both an across and a down portion, it is difficult, in order to minimize clunky fill, to avoid a grid with "cheater" squares. But I know nothing about puzzle construction. Just conjecture. Also, I don't care how many black squares there are in a puzzle. It's a constructor thing.<br /><br />Anyway, fun puzzle with a tight theme that "works", and pretty darn good fill. Liked it.<br /><br />Got food pictures for the captcha. Aced the two soup photos. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90946767311118061122015-04-09T14:14:26.876-04:002015-04-09T14:14:26.876-04:00Fastest darn Thurs. I've done in many moons. D...Fastest darn Thurs. I've done in many moons. Definitely "Easy"-excuse me Mr. Parker. You're wrong, wrong, wrong.<br />Anyway, fun puzzle thanks to Mr. Paredo. Bottoms Up!<br /><br />Ron Diego, the world's #1 crossword solver on my street _cul-de-sac).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85333916020517605202015-04-09T11:53:49.377-04:002015-04-09T11:53:49.377-04:00IAMB TENET
Please LEARN form that RASCAL, he’s a ...IAMB TENET<br /><br />Please LEARN form that RASCAL, he’s a ONEARM man,<br />YETI isn’t a BUM, and he’ll do what he CAN.<br />WERELOST in his wisdom, GALACTIC or not,<br />So DROP what you’re doing and do as you’re TAUT:<br />When you’re EDGING on failure and FALLINGBEHIND<br />Start a NEWAGE, the TIMECOP won’t mind.<br /><br />--- SARAH SIERRA ALERO<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72891599717884725952015-04-09T11:43:16.618-04:002015-04-09T11:43:16.618-04:00Wow, no fewer than twelve "cheater" squa...Wow, no fewer than twelve "cheater" squares and not one peep from OFL. I guess some contributors are hands-off. I shall bring a more critical eye to the proceedings.<br /><br />Theme and execution are fine, especially since all the down fragments are tushies. This trekkie happened to start in the SE with that late great Scot DOOHAN, and before long I was staring at ...MERIC. Filling out the rest of the area left me with UNA- in front of that, so the downturn was easy to spot.<br /><br />I "fell behind" with hAgGLES instead of TANGLES, and GigAnTIC before GALACTIC. Another RMK (random musical key) caused a frown, but got that remedied.<br /><br />I agree, the clue for IAMB was pretty deep.<br /><br />Overall, the presence of all those border black squares was jarring, and OFL's silence on that is totally inexplicable. I'll give it a third straight B-.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28990453540951557692015-04-09T10:13:40.579-04:002015-04-09T10:13:40.579-04:00Well, my Oldsmobile looked good on the comment for...Well, my Oldsmobile looked good on the comment form . . .rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21338311939925864842015-04-09T10:11:51.324-04:002015-04-09T10:11:51.324-04:00Hey, let's go climb a mountain! Better than ca...Hey, let's go climb a mountain! Better than casting spells.<br /><br />Can't belive the number of folks above who didn't catch on to the BEHIND synonyms. I started in the NE and got it immediately from the Donald's RUMP, before I even looked for the revealer. It's a well done theme/gimmick, but not nearly so cute and clever as some people are marveling at.<br /><br />How about "ALERO preceder":<br />CUTL<br /> A<br /> S<br /> S<br /><br />Not sure that SARAH Silverman is that funny.<br /><br />Adequate Thursday puz though I generally dislike the gimmicks.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35282671381468350082015-03-06T11:26:04.913-05:002015-03-06T11:26:04.913-05:00How very Red Queen of you. What I see is that abso...How very Red Queen of you. What I see is that absolutely anything can be outed to be in an unwritten code. Seems that would be binding only on parties who agree to it of their own volition.<br /><br />I suppose you think you made a point with your last para; it maybe clear to you but looks like mud to me. Whatever you are intending to convey, I don't need it to understand the sequential nature of time -- in the part of the universe we are currently inhabiting.<br /><br />I reject categorically the tyranny of the many by the few, and would gladly give you back your five minutes. And my three.AnonyAnarchistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28603123504824491982015-03-06T10:53:06.523-05:002015-03-06T10:53:06.523-05:00@Anarchist...
How zen of you...
In the context of...@Anarchist...<br />How zen of you...<br /><br />In the context of this being Not A Big Deal, let me offer this...<br />As part of our unwritten code, like the 3-comment limit, there is an understanding that direct spoilers are to be avoided. Sideways references are fine. ("Hey, didn't we just see a poetic foot this week?")<br /><br />If you have a comment to make on a puzzle of yore, it's easy...go to that day's post and make it!<br />Most of us subscribe, so we will be alerted to your belated pearls of wisdom.<br />Lord knows, it would indeed be tragic if even one comment were missed. Heavens...think of all the spellcasters we we might miss!<br /><br />Anyhow, if you tell me which sports teams you follow, the next movie you are dying to see, series finale you have tivo'd, and I will happily illustrate the sequential passage of time to you!<br />Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64650646118593531282015-03-06T06:13:54.853-05:002015-03-06T06:13:54.853-05:00Fun and very clever. Key to the NE for me was HER...Fun and very clever. Key to the NE for me was HERA For some rEason I "got" this one and feel good about it despite IAMB and PTERO. Like many, did not see the complete theme until I read the blog.LaneBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58163876021770957852015-03-06T02:33:49.312-05:002015-03-06T02:33:49.312-05:00@Ms Tita, I enjoyed your WE BE LOST, but you lost ...@Ms Tita, I enjoyed your WE BE LOST, but you lost me in your alarm over quote unquote spoilage. The present does inexorably grow out of the past, and if something present relates to a past puzzle, may it not be remarked? Would you want to set a boundary, say, no reference to anything in the past two weeks? Yet, WShortz frequently does edit in both clues and fill that link in some way across consecutive puzzles. Sometimes, mentioning these connections is both perceptive and humorose. Methinks that if these are passing references and not glaringly intentional spoilers (shudder), the non-consecutive solver will just have to suck it up as the cost of doing non-chronological solving.AnonyAnarchistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1861570607004579322015-03-06T01:58:05.652-05:002015-03-06T01:58:05.652-05:00Jimmy DOOHAN' low
Doo he wobble to and fro
Doo...Jimmy DOOHAN' low<br />Doo he wobble to and fro<br />Doo he tie 'em in a knot<br />Doo he tie 'em in a bow<br />Doo he throw 'em over his shoulder<br />Like a regimental soldier<br />Jimmy DOOHAN' low<br />[Grade 3]<br /><br />@FredRom, DT RUMP has a good eye for good-looking women, but that's neither hair nor there.<br /><br />@Numi, I couldn't agree more about the 'whatever' response. During dinner tonight, the general topic came up of what might be expected from the night's icy precipitation. The 18-year-old present (of above average intelligence, if I say so myself) downplayed the likelihood, and when assured it was predicted, responded with "Says who?" and was truly dumbfounded and abashed that this earned a pretty warm reaction. In his mind, he was just asking the source of the information, and had no idea it could be construed as a challenge. So I'm thinking it's possible that, in some cases at least, young uns just don't conceive of the difference in connotation and reception that goes with choice in wording.<br /><br />Time for a nightcap. Bottoms up! Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67422336846468134932015-03-05T23:30:14.464-05:002015-03-05T23:30:14.464-05:00Does anyone know if UNAMERIC is really a third of ...Does anyone know if UNAMERIC is really a third of TURMERIC?Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78590377505100928782015-03-05T23:23:17.288-05:002015-03-05T23:23:17.288-05:00Here IAMB, a day late and a RIYAL short.
This was...Here IAMB, a day late and a RIYAL short.<br /><br />This was the best kind of puzzle, with ENORMOUS guesses, GIGANTIC reversals, and a series of GALACTIC AHI (plural of AHA, var.)<br />Although my first thought was for Kissinger, DONALD T. RUMP was a gift I will always treasure. IAMBless'd, indeed.<br /><br />To tell the truth, I thought the comments would have a lot more Cheeky put-downs. Too bad the spelling is off for Dick C<b>heinie</b>, but you can almost double-down with "ag<b>glut</b>i<b>nate</b>". Of course, there's always STRUMMIN<b>GLUTES</b>, especially with a FULL<b>MOON</b>, and for @M&A, CINNAMON<b>BUNS</b>.<br /><br />If anyone is still in a "Low" MOO'ed:<br />'The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes. <br />The little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes.'<br /><i> from "Away in a Manger</i><br /><br />This changing of direction got me into some random wandering around the grid, where I found:<br />I AM BY ALACTIC (an ocean very close to the Atlactic)<br />MANGLE'S ELF (2nd cousin to Wurzel's ELF)<br />Not far from Macon, GA LACTIC ALES<br /><br />Personally, I'm pleased to have anything slump where I don't have to watch it, but I can see that some could get SAD AT the thought of those droopy drawers, once so TAUT. On the bright side, there may be SAG, BUTT in the Sack the BUTT-SAG don't matter so much.<br /><br />Have a goodnight, all. Tomorrow I may get some skin art with non TAT AMI.<br /><br />Thanks,it was very nice to have Pere do, even if Mere don't, un PEU.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15427719401911060402015-03-05T22:36:24.538-05:002015-03-05T22:36:24.538-05:00Loved this one. And I finished it correctly, afte...Loved this one. And I finished it correctly, after two consecutive Thursday failures. Almost got beamed down on "Doohan." Didn't recall how to spell his name, and had Doohen and Pime, but changed it correctly. I had a lot of trouble remembering the "funny Silverman" because I don't find her particularly funny, and I have a much funnier friend named Steve Silverman.OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29326891767982778312015-03-05T20:35:51.331-05:002015-03-05T20:35:51.331-05:00@Fred....What??? You don't like his coif???@Fred....What??? You don't like his coif???GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34200988784038287572015-03-05T20:16:09.435-05:002015-03-05T20:16:09.435-05:00Polish - dupa; Russian zhawpa; in my multi-cultura...Polish - dupa; Russian zhawpa; in my multi-cultural family kids were threatened with being spanked on both (either?). Actually, I can't remember being spanked at all, even though I'm sure I deserved it. @Sir Hillary, I didn't think I'd get any kind of positive reply as to TRUMP; you can never tell.Fred Romagnolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994837736408182418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-568253055999603742015-03-05T19:36:23.447-05:002015-03-05T19:36:23.447-05:00A cow lows, or moos.
A cow lows, or moos.<br />machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75490323381869874332015-03-05T19:10:49.959-05:002015-03-05T19:10:49.959-05:00Still don't get MOO.Still don't get MOO. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75256654429975095152015-03-05T18:25:59.281-05:002015-03-05T18:25:59.281-05:00My hometown in southern MN had a fairly large perc...My hometown in southern MN had a fairly large percentage of inhabitants who were of Polish ethnicity, with the generation of my grandparents still speaking with an accent. Thus, it was not unusual to hear parents threaten to spank their child "on the dupa", even in my Irish-American home. Not very crossword-friendly, however. (And probably not heard anymore, we can hope).<br /><br />@Numinous, thanks for the advice. I will try to keep it in mind next time I'm tempted to toss out the "W" word :-).<br /><br />Thanks for the great Thursday puzzle, Mr. Peredo!Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43803897149519795712015-03-05T16:08:03.678-05:002015-03-05T16:08:03.678-05:00Donald T Rump is the quintissential "moderate...Donald T Rump is the quintissential "moderate Republican:" Old, white, cares only about (his own) money, completely out of touch with anyone but the 1 percent, not terribly familiar with the use of the English language. The one thing I'd give him credit for is not faking religiosity for the sake of hoodwinking poor christianists into voting against their own interests. And the golf course, of course. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78044293484470099582015-03-05T15:45:59.248-05:002015-03-05T15:45:59.248-05:00My biggest problem was trying to elongate TATAMI s...My biggest problem was trying to elongate TATAMI so it would fit into 65A. Me to Jon, does tatami have two t's, it just won't fit. Handed him the puzzle. Maybe if you put it in @66A things will work out a little better for you. I think he then called me a DOOFUS. Oops, damn eyes!<br /><br />Got it at DONALD's RUMP. <br /><br />Thanks for the fun and witty Thursday Mr. Peredo.chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11263674790990263252015-03-05T14:08:42.863-05:002015-03-05T14:08:42.863-05:00@FredR - The Donald bought the Doral resort near M...@FredR - The Donald bought the Doral resort near Miami, and one of the results was a major overhaul of its famed Blue Monster golf course, which was first unveiled to the masses at last year's Valero Championship, the PGA Tour stop at Doral. The changes Trump paid for made for a much more interesting TV golf viewing experience, in my opinion. As it happens, this year's Valero teed off just this morning.<br /><br />That's about all I can say positive about the man.Sir Hillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984338030622316296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89892264589377089042015-03-05T14:08:39.007-05:002015-03-05T14:08:39.007-05:00Hand up here for finishing the puzzle without gett...Hand up here for finishing the puzzle without getting the puns -- I was thinking, "So, the <i>behind end</i> of the answer is falling? That's kind of lame." But no, it's brilliant, as I discovered from @Rex's writeup. <br /><br />Thank you @Danp for the explanation of PEPE. I don't think "putative" father means "step" - or it didn't when I worked one summer 60 years ago (before DNA testing, and maybe it doesn't matter) in a welfare office. On forms there was a space for "mother" and one for "putative father." I asked and it was explained that the husband was assumed in law to be the father of the children. That meant the husband had financial responsibility for the children. But the form itself (as well as overheard conversations among the caseworkers) made it clear that the welfare department would not be surprised if "those women" were randomly getting impregnated by random men and most likely had no idea who the fathers of their children are. <br /><br />Good puzzle, Mr. Peredo. <br />Ellen Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473445503706985149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47711680783423985952015-03-05T13:39:43.043-05:002015-03-05T13:39:43.043-05:00@John Child, @Numinous, @Nancy: We agree. Much t...@John Child, @Numinous, @Nancy: We agree. Much too easy for a Thursday. The MGI (the number of squares covered by entries I didn't know minus the number of squares covered by gimmes) was negative 16. Thursday MGIs are seldom negative. The average is positive 13.<br /><br />C'mon, Will! We need more crunch on Thursday.mathguynoreply@blogger.com