tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4318123991004219949..comments2024-03-29T09:29:30.755-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: MONDAY, Oct. 22, 2007 - Lynn LempelRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29749254794710448302007-12-03T20:13:00.000-05:002007-12-03T20:13:00.000-05:00From 6 weeks on, I'm surprised how many bloggers s...From 6 weeks on, I'm surprised how many bloggers seemed not familiar with Robert Peary. I always thought he remained extremely famous for (allegedly) discovering the North Pole but I guess fame is indeed fleeting. Sponsored by National Geographic, Peary and his Afro-American colleague, Matthew Henson, seemingly spent much of their (down, er.., up) time in Greenland siring offspring (shades of 43D) with the cooperation of the local indigenous population, a fact that only emerged in the 1990's, much to the chagrin of especially the Peary family and National Geographic.<BR/><BR/>Peary's claim to have arrived at the North Pole first is much disputed now because he had no way of substantiating it but in his day he was treated as a great American hero (BTW, Henson wasn't, go figure!).Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31254657664958959642007-12-03T13:26:00.000-05:002007-12-03T13:26:00.000-05:00Breezy Monday for me. Hey, Rex - what, no Raquel W...Breezy Monday for me. Hey, Rex - what, no Raquel Welch picture?!<BR/><BR/>- - RobertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67206754900080694802007-10-23T08:37:00.000-04:002007-10-23T08:37:00.000-04:00Please, keep going - nothing tastes sweeter than t...Please, keep going - nothing tastes sweeter than the tears of Yankees fans.<BR/><BR/>And please continue to enjoy living in the 20th century, when the Yankees were good.<BR/><BR/>rp<BR/><BR/>PS I wouldn't expect a Yankees fan to know this, but "successful" - it's spelled with two "c"'s. You might need that info for future reference - you know, in case your team ever becomes "successful" again.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39997735903469308512007-10-23T04:35:00.000-04:002007-10-23T04:35:00.000-04:00Jus' Wonderin': Does the Beantown Globe not have a...Jus' Wonderin': Does the Beantown Globe not have a crossword for you to ponder? Maybe you would be more comfortable there. In the meantime how would you handle this clue? "MLB's most sucessful franchise" (7 letters)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62738528688072734982007-10-23T00:27:00.000-04:002007-10-23T00:27:00.000-04:00Better late than never. Spent most of the day dri...Better late than never. Spent most of the day driving from San Diego to Disneyland for the granddaughter's 9th birthday. Very smokey and dark and slow! <BR/><BR/>I actually liked this one but had the same problem as Rex and Profphil with the PEARY/RHYS crossing. I should have remembered PEARY but didn't and guessed wrong. <BR/><BR/>Rats Orange, you really had me hoping there was a bawdy version out there somewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64908426231810836062007-10-22T23:21:00.000-04:002007-10-22T23:21:00.000-04:00Great, now 60+ bloggers are going to read about my...Great, now 60+ bloggers are going to read about my X-file phase.<BR/><BR/>What's with OCHER? It's bad enough when it appears with its usual spelling, ochre, but ocher??? Seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54337833792488182062007-10-22T21:47:00.000-04:002007-10-22T21:47:00.000-04:00I am more with Rex on this one - the theme just di...I am more with Rex on this one - the theme just didn't do it for me. Three circled answers, asymmetrical to boot, and a fourth clue to tell us what to find in the circles? Nothing to write home about. Ho hum Monday.<BR/><BR/>How many solvers would rave if this were not an LL puzzle? One of the main reasons I love this blog is that it does not revere the well known constructors, even the BEQ's and the LL's. Rex calls it as he sees it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Rex!<BR/><BR/>npAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77685582050118453102007-10-22T20:15:00.000-04:002007-10-22T20:15:00.000-04:00P.S. Congratulations, all you Sox fans!P.S. Congratulations, all you Sox fans!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-482464451564993532007-10-22T20:14:00.000-04:002007-10-22T20:14:00.000-04:00Loved seeing three "z"s in a row in the south. An...Loved seeing three "z"s in a row in the south. And above the "x" in oxen, no less!<BR/><BR/>I find it interesting that an acre could be small parcel in one puzzle and a good-sized parcel in another.<BR/><BR/>The Bo Peep idea was kinda cute. On an unrelated note, does anyone here read the Vertigo comic book FABLES? It imagines a world in which all the fairy tale characters are alive. The ones who can pass for human live in New York, and the rest live in a farm in upstate New York State. It's fun stuff, but definitely for mature readers. They do and say things that would make the Grimms' original versions seem tame.<BR/><BR/>Not sure why I went on that tangent...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53827497558445921032007-10-22T19:36:00.000-04:002007-10-22T19:36:00.000-04:00I love Wikipedia, even if it's sometimes the bring...I love Wikipedia, even if it's sometimes the bringer of disappointment. To wit: <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Bo_Peep" REL="nofollow">Little Bo Peep dates only to Victorian times</A> and thus has no centuries-old, ribald, Chaucerian version. The folks in Sussex say it's about liquor smuggling, which is racier than a mere nursery rhyme but falls far short of, say, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miller%27s_Prologue_and_Tale" REL="nofollow">the Miller's Tale</A>.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74280276008724897782007-10-22T17:49:00.000-04:002007-10-22T17:49:00.000-04:00The original "Little Bo Peep" nursery rhyme?Great ...The original "Little Bo Peep" nursery rhyme?<BR/><BR/>Great stuff. I didn't read the whole thing in the original but I did see the movie. Monty Python. Two thumbs up. I never imagined that rams could ...<BR/><BR/>We'll save that for another time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57045388116293657732007-10-22T17:22:00.000-04:002007-10-22T17:22:00.000-04:00I enjoyed the theme too, and I flew through this p...I enjoyed the theme too, and I flew through this puzzle, thinking 'Rex will like this, it has lots of scrabble letters!' Goes to show I just don't know Rex. Only place that I stumbled was putting down SUFI instead of SHIA in the SW.<BR/><BR/>PS, Orange, I would have believed the x-rated version too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31796399998307963692007-10-22T16:24:00.000-04:002007-10-22T16:24:00.000-04:00I'm so bummed -- I was all ready to go looking for...I'm so bummed -- I was all ready to go looking for that obscure Bo Peep. I was with you on the humor equation, except that I was so hoping that the "completely fabricated" was actually just "somewhat exaggerated." Hey, the English were/are really dirty!Shaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07190062752190677715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42813975847770161522007-10-22T16:01:00.000-04:002007-10-22T16:01:00.000-04:00Congratulations from a Yankee fan, Rex. Whew (?), ...Congratulations from a Yankee fan, Rex. Whew (?), I said it. It was pretty easy today, did it in aqua ink. Maybe because I didn't have any celebrations going on last night?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33285044522596773672007-10-22T15:01:00.000-04:002007-10-22T15:01:00.000-04:00As an Ovine Psychologist I only wished there was a...As an Ovine Psychologist I only wished there was a clue to a meadow in this puzzle. <BR/><BR/>Ocher????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86651305017482279712007-10-22T14:41:00.000-04:002007-10-22T14:41:00.000-04:00Sandy, you're too sweet! Nobody's ever likened me ...Sandy, you're too sweet! Nobody's ever likened me to a T-rex before.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19666042071675501682007-10-22T14:20:00.000-04:002007-10-22T14:20:00.000-04:00I thought this puzzle easy and fun. Never had to ...I thought this puzzle easy and fun. Never had to put my pencil down. Maybe too much celebrating after the Bosox victory last night?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21351552888150920122007-10-22T13:16:00.000-04:002007-10-22T13:16:00.000-04:00I think Penny's exigesis makes this a well execute...I think Penny's exigesis makes this a well executed theme. I found it hard for a Monday.barrywephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04025848655112601237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56537614578033758192007-10-22T13:00:00.000-04:002007-10-22T13:00:00.000-04:00Too easy but interesting re-cluing re uvea w could...Too easy but interesting re-cluing re uvea w could have been almost anything in an earlier hard puzzle. I am on a roll but in no way comparable to those speed solvers in Stamford. May go in 2008 for fun only.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61852767259479058642007-10-22T12:13:00.000-04:002007-10-22T12:13:00.000-04:00Anon 8:42:I do. And don't be mean to Orange, its l...Anon 8:42:<BR/><BR/>I do. <BR/><BR/>And don't be mean to Orange, its like poking a T-rex with a stick, and I don't want to have to watch what might happen to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8091561748214168052007-10-22T11:48:00.000-04:002007-10-22T11:48:00.000-04:00Rex,I agree. This was one of the hardest Monday's ...Rex,<BR/><BR/>I agree. This was one of the hardest Monday's ever. While doing it, I thought I may not be able to complete it without Googling. Especially the SE: WPA, Peary and Rhys, none of which I knew. ALthough, I'm sure I've come across WPA in the puzzle, I can never recall it as it's confused with a medley of New deal inits. Nauru is fairly new for me from earlier crosswords and I could not remember it either. Although once I filled it in, it looked right unlike the first time in the puzzle where I was sure I made an error. I did finally complete it without Googling but I came so close to not being able to finish it. For a Monday, that's pretty tough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70957468898648621952007-10-22T11:17:00.000-04:002007-10-22T11:17:00.000-04:00I agree with rick's comments on all counts: easy ...I agree with rick's comments on all counts: easy plus DACCA. Solving bottom up gave me Bo Peep before any of the ovines. I thought "small field size" for ACRE was a bit iffy. It certainly wouldn't be a small field on a Persian rug.<BR/><BR/>Orange, thanks for the multi-versed Bo-peep idea. Reminds me of 1975 / basketball Warriors in Oakland. Incredibly powerful basso profundo Forrest Pritchard would sing the third verse of the star-spangled banner -- "...then conquer we must when our cause it is just." I had no idea there were multiple verses before that experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56182748873776460672007-10-22T10:32:00.000-04:002007-10-22T10:32:00.000-04:00Well, I have to say that I'm pretty pleased with t...Well, I have to say that I'm pretty pleased with this one. I usually find the puzzles harder than Rex, and to--for once--have had an easier time than him is probably going to be the highlight of the week. What with harder puzzles coming, that is.Dan Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372431524106834369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33292724693723862062007-10-22T10:24:00.000-04:002007-10-22T10:24:00.000-04:00Very easy Monday puzzle for me. Never heard of cla...Very easy Monday puzzle for me. <BR/><BR/>Never heard of clam bisque, only chowdah, didn't know Nauru, Peary or Jean Rhys, although I've seen the so-so film made from her book. All came quickly with the crosses.<BR/><BR/>Our red, gold, and orange, not ocher, leaves are just reaching peak, the sky is lucent blue, and all is right with the world in the Hub!MBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315707409179428435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11111431784231451752007-10-22T10:10:00.000-04:002007-10-22T10:10:00.000-04:00Good, Orange!Good, Orange!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com