tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4755219137794066397..comments2024-03-29T05:08:37.783-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Cross of mysteries / SAT 1-30-10 / Giocondo Angelico / Alternative to Beauvais / Late entertainer who was known for his laughRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64465232671940830992010-03-08T10:57:53.317-05:002010-03-08T10:57:53.317-05:00how could i not love this puzzle? i've seen l...how could i not love this puzzle? i've seen lenny or leonard in puzzles, but godel? a first!! who cares that i didn't come close to solving without help...hooray for my name!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3400035475894559512010-03-06T17:32:26.121-05:002010-03-06T17:32:26.121-05:00Grew up with STEVE CANYON (& TERRY AND THE PIR...Grew up with STEVE CANYON (& TERRY AND THE PIRATES) so CANIFF was a gimme as was TACOMA and CAV but not much else. Had THE EAGLES (right year, wrong album) too long for 19A which didn't help. Oh, and ELEPHANT TUSKS instead of DIAMOND FIELDS!Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75103021533914760332010-03-06T13:12:55.781-05:002010-03-06T13:12:55.781-05:00I was disappointed at the use of cathairs. Cathair...I was disappointed at the use of cathairs. Cathair is both singular and plural. Cathairs is incorrect usage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83912412867642249472010-03-06T12:35:25.197-05:002010-03-06T12:35:25.197-05:00Technically, it's Robin Hood, Earl of Huntingd...Technically, it's Robin Hood, Earl of Huntingdon with a d. Looks wrong but it's right. Or was it a NYT typo? As in four for for, for one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20505930266771592422010-01-31T00:01:29.102-05:002010-01-31T00:01:29.102-05:00Tired of MOCS as Comfy wear. Mac, I thought IRENI...Tired of MOCS as Comfy wear. Mac, I thought IRENIC, too, from seeing the play in an intimate Berkeley theatre. Dank? (Da's was iz weed to homies, no?) Though that's presumably a Dutch imprecation. <br /><br />I've been trying to steer a potential young gangtser away from his default pursuit, through chess and uplifting card games, and selected Xword puzzles. Today's, which he looked at for at least ten minutes was a loss, but also a gain.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65634565529707629322010-01-30T23:51:17.110-05:002010-01-30T23:51:17.110-05:00@edith b, much as I hope you didn't read my ea...@edith b, much as I hope you didn't read my early a.m. rant before I tossed it, you're dead on about the Cherry Orchard problem. That the play is satiric does not make it ironic. Good job sussing what the constructor wanted, despite the cluing.lit.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729199575329286046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52147287159064823112010-01-30T21:58:51.377-05:002010-01-30T21:58:51.377-05:00Despite having "straps on a feedbag," &q...Despite having "straps on a feedbag," "mocs," "a hero," "gets lost," and "onset," I couldn't finish the the SE. I did have a housewarming party (at my house) in between beginning and giving up on the SE, but I don't think I can attribute my ineptitude to imbibing.michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67580271839009941072010-01-30T21:56:19.373-05:002010-01-30T21:56:19.373-05:00Very very tough for me, my main excuse is that I d...Very very tough for me, my main excuse is that I did it on the train, interrupted many times by the little boy opposite kicking me when he was sparring with the back of his seat.<br /><br />I practically erased a hole in the SE, but it hindsight I erased a lot of good stuff. I think someone tried to fool us with the balmy word once before; well, it got me again. Dank. Also, irenic for ironic! How ironic is that. Bead for pelt, but also pelt for coat. I do know Amanda Cross, and Steely Dan I got from -an. Comfy wear is a slim clue for a shoe. <br /><br />Sorry, I didn't have a lot of fun today....<br /><br />Wait a second, this is rude: my WV is "imoldhog"machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49835125462720943492010-01-30T20:18:31.418-05:002010-01-30T20:18:31.418-05:00Gimmes were CANIFF, FRAS, TACOMA, and - and - er -...Gimmes were CANIFF, FRAS, TACOMA, and - and - er - not a dadburned thing. I got there, no Googles, but it took three separate sessions. There's a reason I'm posting after 8pm! Great puzzle - glad to have survived it.OldCarFuddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58207134964538639442010-01-30T20:02:52.098-05:002010-01-30T20:02:52.098-05:00I suppose the Pub pull could mean a slug off the p...I suppose the Pub pull could mean a slug off the pint glass, which just happened to be chilled. Or the chilled lager that draws one to a Pub. These sort of dampen the objection, though they do whet my thirst.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45199318367748295292010-01-30T18:59:40.863-05:002010-01-30T18:59:40.863-05:00Recusing myself due to complete failure. (The usua...Recusing myself due to complete failure. (The usual heartfelt congrats to those who finished!)<br /><br />AMANDA and STEELYDAN were gimmes.<br /><br />As an apprentice gardener, I knew ONION SET -- but always thought it was plural. Oops, cannot post this until I resolve the issue....<br /><br />Ah, resolved, and I was wrong: e.g., "An onion set is a small bulb...." Not necessarily a group of bulbs.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70132032580677270982010-01-30T18:22:22.188-05:002010-01-30T18:22:22.188-05:00This was really hard for me, I had to put it down ...This was really hard for me, I had to put it down and pick it up several times. NW was toughest, because I got sold on PATHOGEN for 1a.Dave in Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356510213038695488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13342135466309889062010-01-30T18:16:52.221-05:002010-01-30T18:16:52.221-05:00We got cold ale in a pub in GrBritain! The public...We got cold ale in a pub in GrBritain! The publican apologized all over the place, as the new barrel had just been brought up from the cellar. We thought we had died and gone to heaven.<br /><br />Never say never :0)Cold Alenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49121355341341230662010-01-30T17:52:54.969-05:002010-01-30T17:52:54.969-05:00I didn't study Russian literature although I d...I didn't study Russian literature although I did know there is some dispute as to whether <b><i>The Cherry Orchard</i></b> can be categorized as a comedy or tragedy, I was faced with an answer that took the form I**NI* and I was able to use my lack of knowledge about that play to enter IRONIC. Sometimes the less you know about a subject, the better as a I am sure you can get an argument among literature scholars about whether you can properly call <b><i>The Cherry Orchard</i></b> an IRONIC composition or not.<br /><br />@WES-<br /><br />You will find that one of the pleasures of Rex's blog is the playful way in which he uses images for effect. You can never assume anything as he is an inveterate punster among his other attributes.edith bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048817959846956992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50182291790693917252010-01-30T17:34:19.394-05:002010-01-30T17:34:19.394-05:00When in an English Pub, you pull a warm one. In th...When in an English Pub, you pull a warm one. In the States, you pull a cold one, Ale and Beer.<br /><br />May I recommend: Cold Ass Beer from Pennsylvania.Alemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32399343042806838032010-01-30T17:33:57.493-05:002010-01-30T17:33:57.493-05:00I agree with the objections to COLDONE. If you ask...I agree with the objections to COLDONE. If you asked for a cold one in an English pub you'd get a cold stare from the barmaid.R. McGeddonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87370607337285384792010-01-30T17:17:48.303-05:002010-01-30T17:17:48.303-05:00@Chuck - thanks! Much appreciated.
I intend to for...@Chuck - thanks! Much appreciated.<br />I intend to forget this piece of info immediately, as I do all sports-related data.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18341918438491342848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2071853631884349662010-01-30T16:57:44.191-05:002010-01-30T16:57:44.191-05:00The only thing left for me to say is that the grid...The only thing left for me to say is that the grid reminded me immediately of a dreidel, and that he puzzle spun me until I was dizzy--if a Saturday contains no, nada, zippo gimmies, you're in for a long haul, and some mistakes may remain undetected (I thought the Mavericks may be playing in Ohio, hence MAV at 9D)<br /><br />Of course nobody remembers Godel--who the hell was he? The eminent logician's name is Gödel, as NDE said right away...Ulrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086202853174403008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60332858398159929382010-01-30T16:43:50.919-05:002010-01-30T16:43:50.919-05:00I title my solve today, "Waiting For GODEL an...I title my solve today, "Waiting For GODEL and other impossible no shows." <br /><br />As I'm late here today I have loved reading all the comments and seeing how my mind tracked with others, wrongly, mind you, but it's nice to know I'm not alone in my inability to answer all questions. <br /><br />I so wanted DITZIER. <br /><br />Great Saturday, Mark Diehl. At times I hated you while solving but end up only with congratulations.johohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708487230515532492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89968513643591978382010-01-30T15:57:45.755-05:002010-01-30T15:57:45.755-05:00I had trouble letting go of NLWESTER for the diamo...I had trouble letting go of NLWESTER for the diamondback clue (figuring if NLER is acceptable, why not?), and had RBI crossing AIRBORNE, rather than DBL, which gave me the plausible WORMIER where DODGIER should have been. Took a while to dig myself out.<br /><br />No clever double entendres in the clues today, except for the ATONAL one. It didn't stop me from looking for them everywhere, though. I got beat by reverse psychology.Free Lunchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33570149944109080322010-01-30T15:30:20.421-05:002010-01-30T15:30:20.421-05:00@GK
Aw, c'mon! I myself can't remember wh...@GK<br />Aw, c'mon! I myself can't remember what I was coming upstairs to do before I got sidetracked by this blog ("I'll just see if there are any new comments...") Are you really gonna give Rex grief when he forgets something from two YEARS ago? Remember, he's Over Forty now!<br /><br />I myself did not know GODEL, and worse, I did not make anything of the NFL photo next to his bio sketch. "Good looking guy," I thought to myself. (I know, I know.)<br /><br />Three and out (shoveling snow)<br />ElaineElainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11814936229987405262010-01-30T15:14:23.088-05:002010-01-30T15:14:23.088-05:00Rex, when you say "I'd also never heard o...Rex, when you say "I'd also never heard of this GÖDEL guy..." you must be forgetting your rant from January 11, 2008, in which you made the same complaint about the same person, who happened to be one of the most important logicians of the 20th century. You even took some grief about it in the comments section that day.GKhttp://www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/faculty/gkennedy/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5562555411429152262010-01-30T14:43:28.706-05:002010-01-30T14:43:28.706-05:00Second the Pub pull objection. If you're pull...Second the Pub pull objection. If you're pulling a pint it's going to be an ale that's not supposed to be cold. The little spigots spew the cold ones. But I'm supposing there are some American pubs where there are some long levers to pull, which yield the aforesaid ... .<br /><br />So wanted the Small stand to be KIOSK, but couldn't think of any allergan that started with K. TEAL seemed a good Navy relative, WIND as good as a REED, and that makes NW become pretty wild.<br /><br />Then in the SE, clever first sign was ARIES (I think I can finally recite the Zodiac) and was fairly confident of PICO (de Gallo) as the salsa part. But I was on to the dance possibility, too. <br /><br />Who DONE IT? must always be spelled differently, I guess. Over an hour for me.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80463286140517499862010-01-30T14:29:41.256-05:002010-01-30T14:29:41.256-05:00"Overthrows" are AIRBORNE BLOOPERS which..."Overthrows" are AIRBORNE BLOOPERS which FLYPAST the intended receivers and, occasionally, strike people in the stands.Chuck Knoblauchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7625718911614625652010-01-30T14:18:22.956-05:002010-01-30T14:18:22.956-05:00My solving experience this morning was "a fai...My solving experience this morning was "a failure pile in a sadness bowl" (see Orange's write-up of the LAT puzzle).<br /><br />The brief version of my 1:55 a.m. post is that in half an hour, I'd gotten 21 answers and, in the following half hour of googling, the net result was still 21. :(lit.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729199575329286046noreply@blogger.com