tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post454586156955678396..comments2024-03-28T13:17:40.062-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Givee / SUN 4-24-16 / Botnaical cover / Biscuits with no sharp edges / Cave deposits / Selfies around 2012-13 Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58782815786687906832018-12-20T12:46:07.308-05:002018-12-20T12:46:07.308-05:00Decent puzzle with some real problems beside cross...Decent puzzle with some real problems beside crossword chestnuts:<br />ICE TEA is a tea made from ice?<br />Was not aware that TAIPEI had been promoted to country from capital<br /><br />Slight problems included:<br />Selfies have been a FAD I guess since they appeared if that is a possible of fad<br />RAMP would seem like more than “help” for a motorcycle daredevil, more like a prop <br /><br />Yes we blazed through it and there were some decent clues but not a charmer<br /><br />Anonymous because I wasn’t charmedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73328531090689771102016-05-18T07:49:58.406-04:002016-05-18T07:49:58.406-04:00NYTimes Sunday xword is very difficult for me and ...NYTimes Sunday xword is very difficult for me and like the last responder very slow going. Only the relatively easy clueing made it possible. I start by trying to find one sure fill like CAM. Btw, OMAR Vizcuel would have clued or is that too obscure for the non-sports minded. <br />Apparently, college today give out PhDs for political correctness dissertations. PANTYHANDLER was exquisite. The best part of reading the blog is figuring out things like RESOLEing a Pump. Btw, ROLOs were Rollos when I ate them. <br /><br />The Great URWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75612806740102815862016-05-01T20:41:44.718-04:002016-05-01T20:41:44.718-04:00Well it wasn't so darn easy for me. After a g...Well it wasn't so darn easy for me. After a glance thru the puz, despair began to creep up on my shoulder. But bit by bit, I got two corners of toe holds. Then REALTYNUMBER gave me the theme. Let the fun begin. I love puns and wordplay! Thoroughly enjoyed!<br /><br />Agree with @kitshef's review. So y'all found it easy...neener, neener, neener. Yours isn't any cleaner.<br /><br />I cleanly finished it in about 2 hrs 15 mins. Which was just about my time in the Bloomsday Race today. Which I also finished. What can I say; I'm a finisher. Slow and steady. <br /><br />One of my favorite colleagues in the Communication Dept. gave me a grammar exercise (for my class) based on the base sentence, "The cat sat on the mat." I changed it, with other variations, to, "The turtle jumped over the hurtle." I have since collected many replicas of leaping turtles. Perhaps a premonition of my slow but steady philosophy.<br /><br />Worked at Bamberger's Dept. Store while in college - in the lingerie dept. Used to dream about refolding rows upon rows of panties. Women seem to have an insatiable need to rummage through a sale bin of panties, nicely put into rows by size, creating a mound of colorful underwear. So PANTYHANDLER was a familiar concept. <br /><br />And I loved PATTYDOWN. Did NOT think of Patty Duke! Imagined someone yelling out, as if in warning regarding a hamburger's dismal fate. <br /><br />And finally, to @longbeach - answered your Friday question - on the Fri. post.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting 'cause I'm just sloooooooooowDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5561054227385850322016-05-01T17:31:06.085-04:002016-05-01T17:31:06.085-04:00I found 44A icky.
I loved 56A. Can't even re...I found 44A icky. <br />I loved 56A. Can't even remember the rest of the nursery rhyme, right now, but "the farmer in the dell" is a line I never forget.<br /><br />SharonAKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2845851167583778622016-05-01T14:15:10.581-04:002016-05-01T14:15:10.581-04:00EZ puz except hand up for “stan” not land, and EXt...EZ puz except hand up for “stan” not land, and EXtraS in the SW.<br /><br />OSHA rednecks = SAFETYCRACKERS?<br /><br />REBA always gets a red dress yeah baby thumbs up from me, A SETI could like. @spacey found Tyra BANKS, JOSS shoulda been clued Stone, a really hot singing yeah baby, been around a dozen years and still not thirty, CD around here somewhere as is Alicia KEYS’. Honorable mention for LIZA.<br /><br />TAKER WAFERS, ORBITER HOVERS, SINKER SORTER LINER, HANDLER HALER REDEEMER TALKERS<br /><br />SANEST PANTYHANDLER? ANYONE EDGY? <br /><br />ADORED HYMN ORALLY? Maybe soon.<br /><br />CIAO ANYONE? Before too long.<br /><br />UNDO[sic] EXCESS? Perhaps.<br /><br />SOLO ROLO? AOK.<br /><br />JOIN? Indeed.<br /><br />USE CAM?<br /><br />NON<br /><br />Kinda OK puz, lotsa fun/funny words. HAIL and HALER together.<br />BESTS, bye.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66735785210816532942016-05-01T13:03:32.968-04:002016-05-01T13:03:32.968-04:00TAKER BIMONTHLY
ADORED as BUSTY,FARE and OVERRIPE...TAKER BIMONTHLY<br /><br />ADORED as BUSTY,FARE and OVERRIPE,<br />she was the FLASHIEST BABE in town.<br />To rate her ORALLY? The BEST’S my type,<br />then ATONCE SLID PATTYDOWN.<br /><br /><br />--- MESSR.S ARIL ALGARSTU & TSAR OMAR ALDA<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15652607825078358602016-05-01T11:21:22.799-04:002016-05-01T11:21:22.799-04:00I guess it's multiple piles of guano?I guess it's multiple piles of guano?Eric Seljehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281291974062721183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13994391728897633642016-05-01T11:17:09.827-04:002016-05-01T11:17:09.827-04:00Coulda been called "TEE-HEE TIME," with ...Coulda been called "TEE-HEE TIME," with your PANTYHANDLER and your BUSTYFARE. Looks like we all have our own pet peeves today; mine is the never-used DYAD. PATTYDOWN, in light of Ms. Duke's recent passing, is most unfortunate. Perhaps it had already gone to press.<br /><br />I had one writeover: in the NE I was thinking too East-Asia with the country names, and wrote STAN. Another fine mess. Not much else to get on about; it's certainly not the FLASHIEST puzzle ever, but does the job with a minimal groan factor. Love @LMS' fictional PUCE wedding.<br /><br />The Damsel search...wait, there she is, and a deserved encore: BANKS! Or, any of the employees of the chain mentioned in the clue for 104-across. Even if it is easy to fill out, thus EARNing a C (and BTW, "Acquire" does NOT mean EARN; one might acquire a Powerball jackpot, but it was hardly "earned"), the relatively clean fill bumps it up to a B.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53530224866223368052016-04-26T22:56:45.988-04:002016-04-26T22:56:45.988-04:00Love the Prince tributeLove the Prince tributeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047060465269735165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91065162041331538662016-04-25T21:16:54.743-04:002016-04-25T21:16:54.743-04:00YES!!! This made me think there was a rebus somewh...YES!!! This made me think there was a rebus somewhere. Inexcusably bad.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197440997007714735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6075324944125520022016-04-25T17:56:10.266-04:002016-04-25T17:56:10.266-04:00But isn't guano already plural??But isn't guano already plural??Darbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06067230075285888764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74650715931636128612016-04-25T17:05:50.286-04:002016-04-25T17:05:50.286-04:00'merican in Kyiv
It's always been Kyiv. K...'merican in Kyiv<br /><br />It's always been Kyiv. Kiev is the English spelling. Same as München and Munich. Köln and Cologne.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61846932854091791542016-04-25T11:29:31.205-04:002016-04-25T11:29:31.205-04:00Um ... Iced tea is made from leaves and chilled by...Um ... Iced tea is made from leaves and chilled by ice, whereas ice tea is made from ice? Please don't bring up the old wateredmelon controversy😊Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54461115481481847892016-04-25T11:21:54.182-04:002016-04-25T11:21:54.182-04:00Check the clue more closely: It's "Maneuv...Check the clue more closely: It's "ManeuverER," i.e., the aircraft part used in making the maneuver. Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2485302259294810792016-04-25T08:40:53.970-04:002016-04-25T08:40:53.970-04:00@Careful reader - scroll down and carefully read t...@Careful reader - scroll down and carefully read the 19th comment of the 65 posted.Puzzlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74486063947114373482016-04-25T07:51:42.732-04:002016-04-25T07:51:42.732-04:00Good morning, @Z. As always, you are So Right.
A ...Good morning, @Z. As always, you are So Right.<br /><br />A couple of scientists who live on my street are frequently outside mowing their meters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55521420625755020132016-04-25T00:06:11.315-04:002016-04-25T00:06:11.315-04:00To paraphrase some scientist I heard on the radio,...To paraphrase some scientist I heard on the radio, green paint is paint and a dwarf planet is a planet, so Pluto is a planet !jberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75956200127747291002016-04-24T22:34:17.078-04:002016-04-24T22:34:17.078-04:00There's no such thing as "ice tea." ...There's no such thing as "ice tea." It's iced tea. Sweet tea if you're Southern. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12662314478693575435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67092098376956776682016-04-24T21:32:33.066-04:002016-04-24T21:32:33.066-04:00We spent the weekend in Newport, RI, apparently a ...We spent the weekend in Newport, RI, apparently a NY Times-free zone. But the Sunday paper was delivered and waiting for us when we got home. I finished the puzzle about 9 PM, and came here to see that Rex has posted Monday already (managed not to see any answers in it).<br /><br />So I'll only post my two complaints: first, the combination of the never-used singular ALGA with the never-used plural GUANOS. And second, that a LINER goes inside something, whereas a protective covering goes outside of it. That said, I did like BATTY MOBILE.<br /><br />Not sure ICE TEA should have been in there either, even though I had an Arnold Palmer only yesterday. Make it part of the theme or leave it out, I'd say.<br /><br />Was Debussy a LAMER composer than Chopin?jberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24026360936777078472016-04-24T21:20:20.168-04:002016-04-24T21:20:20.168-04:00@Anonymous7:19 - What makes a planet a planet has ...@Anonymous7:19 - What makes a planet a planet has changed, so calling Pluto a planet would be wrong. A <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyne" rel="nofollow">DYNE</a> is still a DYNE even if scientists don't use it anymore. Or do you think a yard isn't a unit of length since scientists use meters?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3324419015131603672016-04-24T19:27:55.148-04:002016-04-24T19:27:55.148-04:00@jclaireb
Hank Aaron ( who until a few years ago w...@jclaireb<br />Hank Aaron ( who until a few years ago was the first entry in the Baseball Encyclopedia), Willie McCovey, Satchel Paige and Ozzie Smith. Aaron talks often about growing up in Mobile and having Jackie Robinson as his role model. RAD2626https://www.blogger.com/profile/18196568765752439378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24713911286300801832016-04-24T19:19:15.692-04:002016-04-24T19:19:15.692-04:00A pet peeve: The clue for 98 down is not valid. ...A pet peeve: The clue for 98 down is not valid. Dynes are not "physics units". They used to be physics units, but they were thrown out around 1980 with the introduction of the international system of units (SI). Same story for ergs. These could be clued as "former physics units". Calling these "physics units" today is equivalent to calling Pluto the 9th planet from the sun.<br /><br />Dynes and ergs were parts of a system of weights and measure called the CGS system which was mostly used by chemists. This was an alternative to the MKS system used by physicists, engineers, and others. Having two competing definitions of metric units caused a lot of problems. These problems were resolved around 1980 when the grand international committee for standardization of weights and measures chose the MKS system as the sole standard and killed the CGS system. This also required re-writing all chemistry textbooks at that time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15023328178396503032016-04-24T19:01:35.044-04:002016-04-24T19:01:35.044-04:00Seemed like a Monday/Tuesday difficulty level but ...Seemed like a Monday/Tuesday difficulty level but nothing annoyed me or made me groan. As Rex said, very straightforward and vanilla but had a little fun with it at least.<br /><br />A couple of good misdirects for me:<br /><br />3D-Fix as a pump - RESOLE<br />8A - as Rex said, Military band - SASH<br />40-Bridge - JOIN, like Rex, wanted SPAN<br /><br />Just one real mishap - spelled AVATAR incorrectly (had AVITAR) not having the fist A really caused a delay in the first themer falling for me (CASUALTY FRIDAY).<br /><br />Liked seeing Petty in a Sunday puzzle (hope 2016 bodes better for him than some of my other favorite rockers)<br /><br />While I usually like a bit more of a workout on Sundays but like this one just fine, albeit a bit ho hum.<br /><br />Have a great week all!Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534114117788875905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43534713175638336162016-04-24T17:58:46.333-04:002016-04-24T17:58:46.333-04:00Anonymous at 3:45pm - double-check your reading of...Anonymous at 3:45pm - double-check your reading of the clue.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16113681339089955962016-04-24T17:52:55.658-04:002016-04-24T17:52:55.658-04:00@Puzzler - according the the comment by @AliasZ, P...@Puzzler - according the the comment by @AliasZ, Puzzle Girl, not Rex, wrote the blog entry for the 4-11-2010 PB puzzle.<br /><br />@anon 3:45 - check the clue again, your "maneuver" is missing an er on the end. Careful readernoreply@blogger.com