tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4881330640844358139..comments2024-03-28T04:40:27.172-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: FRIDAY, Nov. 24, 2006 - Dave MackeyRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87109170573492786792007-01-05T14:27:00.000-05:002007-01-05T14:27:00.000-05:00Unrisen splendour of the brightest sun
To rise upo...Unrisen splendour of the brightest sun<br />To rise upon our darkness, if the star<br />Now beckoning thee out of thy misty throne<br />Could thaw the clouds which wage an obscure war<br />With thy young brightness!<br />-P. Shelley, 1856, or so some website tells me...<br /><br />RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40439340517688759342007-01-05T14:17:00.000-05:002007-01-05T14:17:00.000-05:00How about 56 across?
"unrisen" for "still below th...How about 56 across?<br />"unrisen" for "still below the horizon"???<br />Are we into inventing new words?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11536663476054320732006-11-24T15:53:00.000-05:002006-11-24T15:53:00.000-05:00Hmmm, anachronism, eh? Is that legal? I had a simi...Hmmm, anachronism, eh? Is that legal? I had a similar question about the Coca-Cola "Refresh Yourself" slogan a few puzzles back, where the clue suggested that the slogan was used to sell COKES, when in fact Coca-Cola explicitly refused (then, in the 20's) to refer to its product as anything but Coca-Cola. So the slogan was never used to sell COKES, per se. The Mae West way of cluing ROOSEVELT ISLAND is indeed sneaky, but my guess is that no matter how you clued that, people would be floundering and having to get it from the crosses ... which seems a fine thing to happen in a Friday puzzle. Thanks for the Friday Fun, Dave.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64721473326818811062006-11-24T15:04:00.000-05:002006-11-24T15:04:00.000-05:00I did a little research into the ROOSEVELT ISLAND ...I did a little research into the ROOSEVELT ISLAND clue (not having written that one myself) and it turns out that Mae West was incarcerated there for ten days in 1927 on obscenity charges over her play "Sex". But here's the kicker: at the time, it wasn't called Roosevelt Island - it was then called Welfare Island! (Pretty sneaky, Will!)Dave Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454782108761662940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25070332734958224762006-11-24T13:49:00.000-05:002006-11-24T13:49:00.000-05:00Yes. Brian Eno should go on the Pantheon, no quest...Yes. Brian Eno should go on the Pantheon, no questions asked. A shoo-in, if you will. That's just overuse abuse. I practically screamed out "Pantheon" when I saw it. Also I'll have no more of "asea." Who *says* that? No one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55806690632359115372006-11-24T13:20:00.000-05:002006-11-24T13:20:00.000-05:00Yes, Italian food - I've seen your website.
I wo...Yes, Italian food - I've seen your website. <br /><br />I worked RICE-A-RONI backwards ... WAY easier than coming at it from the other end, as PEPPERONI is the only other word I know of that is 9 and ends in -RONI. <br /><br />BRIAN ENO - meant to mention him, not sure what happened. He is on the Pantheon short list, and this probably put him over the top. His Whole Name; don't see that often. I had never heard of that album, and wanted YOKO ONO (I had only the terminal -NO to begin with), which is officially the only time I have wanted Yoko Ono, though I do like the John Lennon song "Oh Yoko" (on the <i>Rushmore</i> soundtrack and elsewhere).Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55023255098467490402006-11-24T13:06:00.000-05:002006-11-24T13:06:00.000-05:00Pastina was easy. I'm first generation Italian an...Pastina was easy. I'm first generation Italian and cut my teeth on pastina, butter and parmesean cheese. Still go for it when I need comfort food.<br /><br /><br />olivine/peridot. I got this because peridot is my sister's birthstone--August. It's a light green stone.<br /><br />Had an easy time in the upper left and right, then got hung up on lower left and right sections. Kept Brian Eno in but kept thinking "rice cakes" instead of "aroni" even though I knew it was missort, and I had to have that "i" ending. Finally gave up the cakes and figured out the "roni."<br /><br />Got lento,leans and isley but Albertville and Roosevelt Island had to be filled in, as I just didn't know.<br /><br />Glad I use Nivea cream. <br /><br />Overall, a fun puzzle.Isabella di Pestohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05465529528347735926noreply@blogger.com