tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4658764881171681423..comments2024-03-29T11:11:22.167-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Commemorative Yevtushenko poem / SUN 2-14-16 / Kirk Douglas Robert Wagner Gregory Peck for Frank Sinatra / Renders harmless as bull / Spectacularly disordered sort / Soldier from down under / Hit song title for Bob Marley Whitesnake Survivor / 1951 #1 Mario lanza hit / Foreign currency unit worth about third of dollarRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3658966020502736792016-03-01T13:25:18.981-05:002016-03-01T13:25:18.981-05:00Double take when I had P_OP for "make a splas...Double take when I had P_OP for "make a splash"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86778285100056008672016-02-29T20:41:12.982-05:002016-02-29T20:41:12.982-05:00Oops, to finish there were those orphan boxes??? ...Oops, to finish there were those orphan boxes??? But I slogged thru except when I went thru every letter to fill BABI_AR I skipped thru after W. And I knew Sammy the lyricist but blew up on DST thinking it should be E/C/M/P D!Time. How can one complete a nyt xword and be soooo stupidWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-629806671296058262016-02-29T20:34:44.516-05:002016-02-29T20:34:44.516-05:00On the26th I started this xword and completely mis...On the26th I started this xword and completely missed the big 0214 staring at me. What 5letter Beatles song? Iba and ici got me started. Then thWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29042909409842830682016-02-22T18:11:23.041-05:002016-02-22T18:11:23.041-05:00I found this puzzle great fun. Loved the heart an...I found this puzzle great fun. Loved the heart and the many hearts in the theme answers.<br />Loved that there were so many theme answers (agree the downs count as well as the acrosses) and that there were other theme related answers.<br />Did not see the off center heart as being placed where the human heart is, but enjoyed the realization after some commenters pointed it out.<br />I think this was terrific Valentines day puzzle.<br />Thanks, Mary Lou Guizzo.SharonAKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12421545760077095962016-02-22T10:48:59.628-05:002016-02-22T10:48:59.628-05:00Re the PHS clue: It would be flattering to think ...Re the PHS clue: It would be flattering to think that my comment, which was made only to Rex's blog and never directed to the NY Times, somehow caused the change in cluing. But since my complaint should have been obvious to anyone who took high school chemistry, it is much more likely that someone within the Times organization caught the mistake and made the correction, and having the exact same wording as I suggested was just due to science and simplicity.Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51267672744770132412016-02-21T19:19:25.459-05:002016-02-21T19:19:25.459-05:00Welcome to the club @Ray o' sunshine!
Yesterd...Welcome to the club @Ray o' sunshine! <br />Yesterday's puzzle in Vegas paper was 5 weeks behind. Better late than never. And there's always syndiland:)<br /><br />It's kind of like the island of misfit toys. A winged lion named King Rex makes sure we're not forgotten. Now if Rudolph can talk to the owners of our newspapers... Wait..why am I talking Christmas? It's Valentine's Day!!<br /><br />Was a bit of time filling. Kind of like @DianaLIW description after a good meal. (Still makes me laugh) I agree UNAPT is inept. <br /><br />Count me in on one who doesn't care if the theme has been done before. ACTUALLY one who doesn't remember, but if/when I do, my brain jogs a bit in the right direction. <br /><br />All fun and games:)<br /><br />@spacecraft- 28 years here, feel the same way. <br /><br />@Rondo- happy you still have your heart on!<br /><br /><br />Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6085664881231175982016-02-21T19:19:17.590-05:002016-02-21T19:19:17.590-05:00@Bob Kerfuffle in my paper today (syndicated) 81A ...@Bob Kerfuffle in my paper today (syndicated) 81A was written<br /><br />Basic ones are above 7"<br /><br />which is very different than "Basic ones are above 7"<br /><br />although I could not come up with a 3-letter answer to something basic above 7 inches........<br /><br />Otherwise, I hate rebus puzzles, although this one was obvious, but DNF because of issues in W and E sections.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86480453479671863872016-02-21T19:00:13.049-05:002016-02-21T19:00:13.049-05:00@ArtO 12:56 PM RT(real time):
I quite agree with ...@ArtO 12:56 PM RT(real time):<br /><br />I quite agree with your post. I would add one more factor to what affects the degree of criticism of a puzzle: What RP says about it. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17619134694938810972016-02-21T17:36:46.159-05:002016-02-21T17:36:46.159-05:00The LA Times also had a heart crossword on 2/14. ...The LA Times also had a heart crossword on 2/14. Thought was seeing a Deja Vu.<br /><br />Got most of it, but enuf was a WOE that I had a dnf. <br /><br />Rex has me thinking of awful love songs. How about "My Boy Lollipop?" <br /><br />Off to the gym, or I'll have LOVE handles from last night's wonderful dinner with friends.<br /><br />Rainy from yesterday - those moths sound like no fun at all. Hope your vacuum cleaner doesn't become their new home. <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords.Diana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83852828596536232112016-02-21T16:37:28.060-05:002016-02-21T16:37:28.060-05:00@Roy O' Sunshine - All of us down here in synd...@Roy O' Sunshine - All of us down here in syndicated country get the Sunday puzzle a week later than subscribers, and the Mon.-Sat. ones are 5 weeks later. Stick around. We'll read and sometimes comment on your comments, unless they are UNAPT (sounds ugly, but it is acceptable usage in some circles).rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90455766259627136362016-02-21T16:06:04.369-05:002016-02-21T16:06:04.369-05:00Sweet Sunday.
Find LOVE and all is well.
The OMI...Sweet Sunday.<br /><br />Find LOVE and all is well.<br /><br />The OMICRON/CREAM crossing was last to succumb.<br /><br />An easy kind of love today.<br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40068800443996062612016-02-21T14:07:06.394-05:002016-02-21T14:07:06.394-05:00I liked this puzzle because of the immediate visua...I liked this puzzle because of the immediate visual, the several rebi, and the fact that it was easy enough to not be a slog. <br /><br />If you haven't heard of a certain entry, or if you happen to dislike a song, for Pete's sake, that is part of the game. <br /><br />That this approach to a VALENTINE'S DAY puzzle has been done before is completely irrelevant.<br /><br />In a big Sunday puzzle there will be some fill that many won't like, even when PB1 does one. Big deal.<br /><br />I too hate the saccharine central spanner, but I defend to the death it's right to be there.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55294256320884762162016-02-21T12:53:02.475-05:002016-02-21T12:53:02.475-05:00Signs are not the same as symptoms. Signs are not the same as symptoms. Steve Z.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71289880743823365872016-02-21T12:25:22.791-05:002016-02-21T12:25:22.791-05:00BASIC RETURNS
In BRIEF, he OGLES and STARESAT her...BASIC RETURNS<br /><br />In BRIEF, he OGLES and STARESAT her <br />and DARED say, “HOR. LOVEMEDO.” <br />GEE he didn’t get, “NIX.” For a rare answer <br />he got, “LOVEACTUALLY costs ONELIRA for you.”<br /><br />--- ROALD NAVARRE<br />BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25979695703257012512016-02-21T12:06:13.259-05:002016-02-21T12:06:13.259-05:00ISTHISLOVE? TEASER SAIDNO
She’ll NEEDTO have LOVE...ISTHISLOVE? TEASER SAIDNO<br /><br />She’ll NEEDTO have LOVENESTS because she GETSAROUND,<br />then she can DEALWITHIT when the LOVEBUG bites.<br />Otherwise, LOVETAKESTIME should a new LOVELETTER down<br />by not asking, “CANYOUFEELTHELOVETONIGHT?”<br /><br />--- ENOCH DEHORNS<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43049435392015625942016-02-21T11:58:56.013-05:002016-02-21T11:58:56.013-05:00Realizing that a Valentine theme surfacing today 2...Realizing that a Valentine theme surfacing today 2/21/16 just adds one more complaint about our local newspaper. Our Sunday puzzles are printed a week later than the rest of the universe. I techinically did not finish because I refused to write in "unapt"! Any way no one will read this because they are alreading commenting on what will be for me next week's puzzle.<br /><br /><br /><br />Ray o' sunshinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70244087145445316832016-02-21T11:45:47.643-05:002016-02-21T11:45:47.643-05:00So we get to celebrate VALENTINESDAY all over agai...So we get to celebrate VALENTINESDAY all over again. I guess LOVETAKESTIME to get to syndie-land. Lotsa LOVESONGS in those across themers.<br /><br />@spacey, did you LOVE the RD, the SILENTU, and another Greek letter (not the LOVELETTER)? I thought not.<br /><br />Seems like recent yeah baby AMY Poehler also wins the award on VALENTINESDAY.<br /><br />Always thought it would be a blast to go to NAVARRE and run with those Pamplonian bulls. Might still do it someday.<br /><br />For a belated VALENTINESDAY sentiment for all you lady solvers in syndie-land, and like the middle of this puz, I still have a heart on for you. ISTHISLOVE or what?<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1199935395321782092016-02-21T11:41:30.146-05:002016-02-21T11:41:30.146-05:00@Bob Kerfuffle re the PHS clue: in my paper the cl...@Bob Kerfuffle re the PHS clue: in my paper the clue was precisely what you suggest: "Basic ones are above 7"." Did somebody read your post and EDIT?<br /><br />Is a female TATTOOER a "Tattooine?" Yikes, the force is not with me! Nor, evidently, was it with our esteemed constructor today. Methinks Will should've exercised some TOUGH LOVE and sent this back for fill clean-up. All mentioned by OFL--and notice how long-winded his post is!<br /><br />Where are the "yeah babies" in all this LOVE? Well, there's LEILA Ali, or we can go to a clue for luscious Mariah Carey. To her I would sing by far the best song in this grid: the incomparable BE MY LOVE. You go, Mario.<br /><br />One of the many fill uglies almost derailed me. I started to write ARABIAN but stopped short: nothing starts RR. But as I kept filling in that corner, it became clear that ARABIAN was indeed correct. Then it hit me: RRATED. I'm gonna flag that one; the expression is "rated R." The letter comes AFTER the word "rated," NOT before. As the pirate taking the eye test said (Before the letters got TINIER): "RRR!"<br /><br />I've never been into this holiday. To set aside one day in the year to reaffirm one's love, NATURALLY accompanied by EXPENSIVE PRESENTS, begs the question of what goes on during the other 364. Personally, our love is reaffirmed daily--and we've been married for 44 years. No box of fattening candy or bunch of flowers that die in less than a week can mean any more.<br /><br />That is all. C-. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78061478115775043142016-02-16T02:17:05.497-05:002016-02-16T02:17:05.497-05:00REUNE? yikes.REUNE? yikes.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080027831092093115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56225863232203270802016-02-15T09:41:25.422-05:002016-02-15T09:41:25.422-05:00Had voodooers before tattooers. Had voodooers before tattooers. Chronic dnferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129538196003383400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81004764676693679842016-02-15T00:01:53.616-05:002016-02-15T00:01:53.616-05:00Well it's a week before I get this puzz since ...Well it's a week before I get this puzz since I live in syndicated land. Just wanted to jump in here and ask if there's any way that comments can show date as well as time stamp so when I read them next week I can track how many days after Rex's remarks have passed that ppl are still weighing in. Thank you! <br /><br />BTW, still reading through the comments to last week's awful slog. Yeah, it was pretty bad. TimGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353017185714231736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68738745281340461782016-02-14T22:34:26.059-05:002016-02-14T22:34:26.059-05:00Not much to add to Rex's review -trite is no a...Not much to add to Rex's review -trite is no an UNAPT (this made me groan) description, though that does not make it unenjoyable for me. <br /><br />Yes, it's been done before and today's was not very inventive or fresh, but I had some fun despite some fill that I really did not like - REUNE, ONELIRA, TATTOOERS? (and UNAPT)???? Those likely annoyed me as much as they did Rex.<br /><br />DNF as I simply could not get the lower central right under the valentine - totally blank there for me other than the last letters as I did get HOTMESS, which I liked.<br /><br />A couple of interesting write overs - COMMON before I got CAREER for 38A and tried to fit STALLION before ARABIAN (??) for 103A.<br /><br />Did not get much of a kick out of the Themers - just songs or other things with "love" in them, ho hum...<br /><br />Still though, a bit of fun for a 9 degree sunday in New Jersey. <br /><br />Have a great week all!<br />Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534114117788875905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52184173010036370202016-02-14T22:06:47.733-05:002016-02-14T22:06:47.733-05:00Babi Yar--town near Kiev. German storm troopers mu...Babi Yar--town near Kiev. German storm troopers murdered 34,000 Jews in one week in 1941. An answer which truly does not belong in a love themed puzzle.Airymomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31876701078388682092016-02-14T19:18:23.798-05:002016-02-14T19:18:23.798-05:00We loved it, too!
And we even like the EJ song!
Ca...We loved it, too!<br />And we even like the EJ song!<br />Can u feel the love today?<br />❤️Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39481340691667054242016-02-14T18:41:06.615-05:002016-02-14T18:41:06.615-05:00I agree! Those of us who try to keep up on most of...I agree! Those of us who try to keep up on most of the interesting things going on in this multifaceted world culture of ours get our (too often snobbish, I admit) nosrs bent out of shape over the over reliance on pop culture. Can't we occasionally have references to the culture of the world besides football and rap music?Dolgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881395438982320077noreply@blogger.com