tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4482858031299118015..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 1968 Heineken acquisition / THU 2-11-16 / Fair-hiring watchdog for short / Secret identity of Dick Grayson / Reddit Q&A session briefly / Dweller on upper Mississippi / Gifting someone with clock in China / Perfect Elements maker Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81819721015219008772021-02-21T18:23:50.665-05:002021-02-21T18:23:50.665-05:00What complete crap! Tamale = Tom Arnold? Well, it&...What complete crap! Tamale = Tom Arnold? Well, it's okay. Because I put a question mark at the end. If Zhouqin Bunikel is still getting crosswords published in the NY Times, there is no justice in this world. Lazy cheater.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64571758054935624032017-06-28T14:51:59.548-04:002017-06-28T14:51:59.548-04:00Thanks for explaining the theme. I got it filled i...Thanks for explaining the theme. I got it filled in by cheating, but was baffled.crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395699046056304298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73144678783494406022016-03-18T12:59:42.870-04:002016-03-18T12:59:42.870-04:00Third Thursday in a row that I didn't get the ...Third Thursday in a row that I didn't get the theme, andonce again, I'm amazed that people are saying it's Tuesday or Wednesday level. But it's getting better. I was only missing the top third of the puzzle. I won't have time to do Friday's to prove that I should be able to do a Thursday.<br /><br />Lola is NOT a POPULAR girl's name. I only know it from one person and one song. And I never heard of the perfume. Favourite clue was 10A Works at the Guggenheim (Oils). wcutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615799228069705972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22949327104170508762016-03-17T18:44:03.223-04:002016-03-17T18:44:03.223-04:00Late to the party but I'll post anyhow because...Late to the party but I'll post anyhow because I had to work to get this one, and I want to complete the exercise.<br /><br />Took more time to see the gimmick than it should have, even after filling in a couple of names.<br /><br />Some fill slowed me down further: SPITTAKE, PRONG, the M in the AMA/ATMINSIDE crossing, and what should have been a more easily recognized SILENT E.<br /><br />Can't brag, but at least I finished it without cheats.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26959313303954778332016-03-17T18:26:11.269-04:002016-03-17T18:26:11.269-04:00Flew right through but had no idea what the theme ...Flew right through but had no idea what the theme was. I'm not sure if I would have got it even with the hint. I started parsing the answers TOM ARN OLD. ROY OR BISON. But I was so excited to finish with such a clean grid, ran here to find out. OMIGOSH. Pretty SWEE!<br />I've got KINKs in my head but for good reasons today:)Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5788102763866168492016-03-17T16:00:55.607-04:002016-03-17T16:00:55.607-04:00I agree that the number of "?" clues obs...I agree that the number of "?" clues obscured the theme for some time. Then, when I noticed the proper names, I didn't suss out their relationship to the clues. And I dnf cause it wasn't enough fun to continue, even tho I was close to a solve. <br /><br />OHMyGOSH made a misspelling of ROY's name. I do have a cell phone, but use it rarly. (Like maybe 25 times in the last 5 years. True fact.) So I don't text, and a lot of techy words I only get from advertising. The theme was clever, but the puzzle didn't engage me. Maybe because I'm already married? <br /><br />Wonder if the TIMESINK regarding mathematical definitions will continue for the rest of the week? <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for the ThemeDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40639804324764535342016-03-17T13:55:26.555-04:002016-03-17T13:55:26.555-04:00As Mr. Horse would say, “No sir. Don’t like it.” T...As Mr. Horse would say, “No sir. Don’t like it.” This felt like a TIMESucK, and was because that’s what I entered down there. Even the appearance is off with that ENO AMA EMO DEN line just below the equator.<br /><br />And ATMINSIDE and the SILENTE as clued? C’mon.<br /><br />A coupla things were bright spots. Two yeah babies going down, as in sultry Sophia LOREN and statuesque LINDAEVANS. What a pair! And SERENA crossing them both. Wouldn’t mind working out some KINKs there. <br /><br />I guess this is one puz you like or don’t. I’ll ADMIT to the latter.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54565259994632126492016-03-17T13:04:32.974-04:002016-03-17T13:04:32.974-04:00LOCAL BARS
I ADMIT ANDEAN I DRANK with LINDAEVANS...LOCAL BARS<br /><br />I ADMIT ANDEAN I DRANK with LINDAEVANS a LOTT,<br />we had AMSTEL and ALE, and Jim BEAM - for the HORA big shot.<br />I KNOW when she WAS on the SAUCE she got KINKy hot,<br />and sometimes EASES MANE ORGANS INTO that TABOO spot,<br />when she slurs, “PSST, SWEE gonna get PRONE and LAYETTE or not?”<br />“OKEYDOKE, but OMIGOSH let’s not TRIPUP and get caught.”<br /><br />--- TOMARNOLD, IOWAN<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3963892455915858352016-03-17T12:53:45.204-04:002016-03-17T12:53:45.204-04:00Misses "medium" by a mile. Full-OUT chal...Misses "medium" by a mile. Full-OUT challenging. I thought for sure I'd made a mistake, working the NE to a gridspanner ending of -TOINETTE. But there's no Chuck LOLL, it's NOLL for certain. Then I thought, y'KNOW, MARIEANTOINETTE would fit. But Malady??? Oh--and here comes the SPITTAKE (ugh, that's a modern term I never got in tune with. I come from the "double-take" era, and I'm too old to change now. I find the term gross.) TIMESINKS is another new saying that had to go in 100% on crosses.<br /><br />Hey, what about EMO and EMOTE in the same grid? Is that OKEYDOKE? Never mind, the flag comes out anyway, for that #$%*(& SILENTE. Also PSST. <br /><br />Hand up for having to move the LOCAL two stops west.<br /><br />This puzzle tries to TRIPUP the solver, but there are just enough gimmes (LOTT, TRAC, NOLL, ROBIN) to make it doable. Gotta go with LINDAEVANS as the Y.B. of the day. B-. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28169444026681617252016-02-15T13:34:21.029-05:002016-02-15T13:34:21.029-05:00I'm fine with time sink...I've heard it ma...I'm fine with time sink...I've heard it many times before and really like the phrase. Like a "heat sink" in a machine or electronic device dissipates a lot of heat...cooling fins on motorcycle engines for example. A time sink sucks up a lot of time.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05482933412048509115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73954076953665091472016-02-12T11:18:06.643-05:002016-02-12T11:18:06.643-05:00Time sinks was incorrect. Clue should've been ...Time sinks was incorrect. Clue should've been different. Time sucks are the apps themselves, time sinks are elements of specific gameplay within a game that waste your time. Also called fetch quests which, come to think of it, would be a great puzzle answer.Jacobhttp://jacobreed.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12151194682441419082016-02-12T10:35:41.536-05:002016-02-12T10:35:41.536-05:00I loved the "LOLA" crossed "KINK.&q...I loved the "LOLA" crossed "KINK." Would have been better, of course, if KINK had been plural, but loved it none-the-less.Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269065328203543183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59992237855690562632016-02-11T23:47:39.656-05:002016-02-11T23:47:39.656-05:00So far, we've had LEBON and LEBRON; I think we...So far, we've had LEBON and LEBRON; I think we're moving toward LE BRONTOSAURIEN. Personally, I'd rather aim for Le Corbusier.<br /><br />@Z, I don't think Mathematics operates like all other human languages, despite the fact that it evolves. There is evidence that the 'mathematical brain' is a different character than the 'verbal brain'. Btw, I think Einstein predated Vonnegut in saying there isn't anything that can't be explained in language a first-grader can understand.<br /><br />Gravity waves GoodbyeElephant's Childnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39128847634765987692016-02-11T23:31:26.688-05:002016-02-11T23:31:26.688-05:00@Chaos, surely you're aware of the distinction...@Chaos, surely you're aware of the distinction between CrossWorld and the external realities? The distance is easily covered (by such as i*), even w/o THC on board.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78760449110375002632016-02-11T22:46:29.896-05:002016-02-11T22:46:29.896-05:00@Fred Romagnolo - C.C. and Zhouquin are one in the...@Fred Romagnolo - C.C. and Zhouquin are one in the same. Most other xword publishers cite her by C.C. Burnikel, but the NYTX insists on Zhouquin. I'm reminded of a college buddy who we all knew as Deju (pronounced DeeJew or perhaps DeeZhou is closer) but whose full name was Wladyslaw (excuse my poor Polish spelling). Upon learning his full name I asked, "How the heck do you get Deju from Wladyslaw?" To which he replied, "The same way you get Dick from Richard."<br /><br />@LMS - When I think EMO I picture a high school production of Hamlet with the lead dressed like Kylo Ren and carrying a light saber guitar instead of a sword. So yes, they do EMOTE. I guess this makes me Polonius...? Or Han...?<br /><br />@Pete - A better description of the prescriptivist viewpoint would be hard to find. I do wonder, though, how an area based on absolute unwavering definitions ever came up with non-Euclidean geometry. Or <i>i</i> for that matter. OHhhh - I know why... Definitions and usages change over time. Who woulda thunk that Mathematics operates like all other human languages? Other than descriptivists, I mean. Now where did I leave my <a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscience/100184652/if-someone-tells-you-singular-they-is-wrong-please-do-tell-them-to-get-stuffed/" rel="nofollow">Tweed Jacket?</a>*<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />*The link is just a reminder of why I keep mentioning Tweed whenever I detect a precriptivist/descriptivist schism. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24607354685865379632016-02-11T22:31:31.728-05:002016-02-11T22:31:31.728-05:00@Norm,
WOman = William Osler
FEmale = Friedrich ...@Norm, <br /><br />WOman = William Osler<br />FEmale = Friedrich Engels, Frank Esposito, Ferdinand Esterhazy<br /><br />Of course, that's used a pair of feminines to engender a couple of masculines, so a pretty poor ROR overall. Can't say exactly whom is the winner.Geo. Bernard Pshawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36882505961418809322016-02-11T20:20:41.201-05:002016-02-11T20:20:41.201-05:00I was flummoxed. Had 80% of the puzzle easy, but c...I was flummoxed. Had 80% of the puzzle easy, but could not see the theme. Oh well, another day.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08316379159031860155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28047577079371898262016-02-11T19:29:02.966-05:002016-02-11T19:29:02.966-05:00I think that's ENO sighting #2 for 2016. Not b...I think that's ENO sighting #2 for 2016. Not bad.G. Weissmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483493342708991292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20418250931339053412016-02-11T19:21:41.158-05:002016-02-11T19:21:41.158-05:00@Norm RE: F.E.Male and W.O.Man Ooh! I like this id...@Norm RE: F.E.Male and W.O.Man Ooh! I like this idea! Tricky!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292806089549341991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86013768510328481742016-02-11T18:26:42.648-05:002016-02-11T18:26:42.648-05:00Equestrians actually grab the mane? Doesn't th...Equestrians actually grab the mane? Doesn't that hurt the horse? Much too much garbage fill to please me. brand names, Lola,Amstel, UNOs, nanos, Odyssey, Trac, what is a Reddit session? serta, just far too much of this. Never heard of Jimmy eat world either, I finished, but didn't enjoy, despite clever theme.<br />OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50822376709050286152016-02-11T17:50:07.007-05:002016-02-11T17:50:07.007-05:00C.C. is always an M&A fave Crossword Construct...C.C. is always an M&A fave Crossword Constructioneer.<br /><br />Different & clever theme. @009: Tried to come up with more themers, and came up pretty dry. Best I could do was:<br />* {Dobro} (10 long)<br />* {Basis} (15 long)<br />Answers at bottom *.<br /><br />TIMESINKS was new territory, to this Solve Questor, so … learned somethin new about sinks.<br /><br />fave TOM ARNOLD quotes …<br />1. Ok, I've got two words for that: IN. SANE.<br />2. Yeah, I remember the first time I got shot out of a cannon.<br />3. She'd left me, and the house was completely empty. She even took the cube trays out of the freezer.<br /><br />Masked & Anonymo2Us<br /><br />* David Ortiz. Betty Applewhite.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/UploadRunt/FetchPage?id=Njg3MTgxNTE2NDU1NjQ4NQ&title=Appeal_1_to_1_the_1_Base_1__1_by_1_M_1_and_1_A" rel="nofollow">**gruntz**</a><br />Masked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027736429645378004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41992207026193856562016-02-11T17:16:00.161-05:002016-02-11T17:16:00.161-05:00Dnfed (shocker) at okay sure which left me with ri...Dnfed (shocker) at okay sure which left me with rink Lula and Tim Arnols. Could have been worse. Trying to watch golf simultaneously and because it's a t pebble beach tough to concentrate on the puzzle. Chronic dnferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129538196003383400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48087542470643707542016-02-11T17:11:52.102-05:002016-02-11T17:11:52.102-05:00@Leapy: OMG Lady! RUFKM? You wouldn't by any c...@Leapy: OMG Lady! RUFKM? You wouldn't by any chance be pilfering a wee bit o medical cannabis from your employer now, wouldja?Chaos344https://www.blogger.com/profile/08901221000538028472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68770488632813534082016-02-11T16:53:27.671-05:002016-02-11T16:53:27.671-05:00'It is better to be a has-been than a never-wa...'It is better to be a has-been than a never-was' - C. Northcote Parkinson. I first heard this quote from an old stage actor, who attributed it to John Barrymore. Which made sense, he may well have uttered it.<br /><br />How does someone who has lived in the U.S. for barely 15 years have the grasp of American English to create the clues that Ms. Burnikel comes up with? I am in awe.<br /><br />For those who may be REAPing what they have sown - Penitential PSALM no. 7, by Orlandus Lassus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vmfn9ZraBs<br /><br /><br /><br />beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16162755764092888665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69416872481961477552016-02-11T16:34:06.107-05:002016-02-11T16:34:06.107-05:00This was super easy. The (NY) TIMES, INK. should ...This was super easy. The (NY) TIMES, INK. should make more of an effort. Mike Dnoreply@blogger.com