tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4911737766407122477..comments2024-03-28T04:40:27.172-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Old baseball mascot with C on his cap / FRI 6-16-17 / French philosopher who wrote Reflections on Violence / Popular nail polish brand / School once headed by Mies van der rohe / Always one of kind sloganeer / Potent pot component for shortRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61523819309805255012017-07-21T14:38:49.062-04:002017-07-21T14:38:49.062-04:00Relatively easy Friday, welcome relief. Yesterday&...Relatively easy Friday, welcome relief. Yesterday's was tougher, IMO.<br /><br />Some slow-downs: Had satire before TRACTS, wanted scorn before BOOAT, thought YES I'm in would be better than YESICAN, and TUPAC/CHINET was a pause.<br /><br />SECRETSAUCE is a new one on me, and got a small chuckle out of the old Abbot and Costello routine, who's on FIRST.<br /><br />A solver-friendly puzzle by ZB.<br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40781111315366927642017-07-21T14:08:13.643-04:002017-07-21T14:08:13.643-04:00More or less "medium" for me. First ent...More or less "medium" for me. First entries were SCI and THEY which made TWISTS obvious and so it went. BATTED was a ? for awhile, and while true, ultimately, is a stretch. <br /><br />I had a little trouble in the midwest where the Emmy winner was looking to be either DON AHUE, or DONA HUE, both obviously unknown and I was thinking soap opera. Utter headslap there.<br /><br />I think if you're going for a run, you LEG IT. Also, I've learned to like sashimi, if prepared at a top-notch establishment. <br /><br />As always with CC, the grid reeks of competence. And, btw, it is a themeless, so of course the entries aren't related, unless you note CIA crossing SECRET.<br /><br />rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27769922283357609092017-07-21T12:42:11.325-04:002017-07-21T12:42:11.325-04:00Well, a badger is also related to a wolverine, esp...Well, a badger is also related to a wolverine, especially in Big Ten country, and it fit, before I could weasel out that ERMINE, and that was my only inkfest, but a big one. transGENDER woulda fit down there, but fortunately I held off, coulda been a real big mess. Don’t know what it says about me that the first correct answer in was THC.<br /><br />Had to horse around a while to get MRRED.<br /><br />AROMAS next to NAPALM is a sign of the impending apocalypse now.<br /><br />My father liked jam on toast. I’VE got a remembrance of when Pap SMEARS jam all OVERIT.<br /><br />ATTN: Gotta go with Bond girl yeah baby EVA Green. EVA was grandma’s name.<br /><br />Kinda noticed that CC likes to SLIPIN those little two or three word phrases. There’s only one in this puz to BOOAT. You like her puzzles? SODOI.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7188928393655657592017-07-21T12:39:09.610-04:002017-07-21T12:39:09.610-04:00Slid to the bottom to get my toehold, as is my won...Slid to the bottom to get my toehold, as is my wont. Had the whole SE corner filled pretty quickly, and bit by bit the south fell. Then the NW. <br /><br />But that darn NE had me in fits. Had written in "see here" for 14a (told ya) and thought it was an awful answer. Which it was. Because it was wrong. So I stared and stared and finally realized SOTHERE would be so much better, and everybody just jumped into place.<br /><br />Still had a dnf with oRPoPPER - thought it was some kind of popcorn. And I like DRPEPPER - SO THERE. (Mr. Reo anyone???)<br /><br />I loved the goofy clues and answers - who's there brought a smile. Had ANdeS before ANGUS for a tiny while. Don't we get beef from the Andes? <br /><br />And our ARTy friend is back today. <br /><br />There's a new movie about TUPAC that's been in the news lately, so even if you couldn't identify one song of his, his name is out there.<br /><br />@Spacey - there seems to be a crossword tradition that a volunteer says, "YES I CAN" when signing up for a task. Don't know why, but I know I, less than a crossword three-year-old (but in jr. hi), have seen it a few times. And thanks for the Ridgemont recipe! Add a TWIST and your set.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89023137199911222962017-07-21T12:01:12.134-04:002017-07-21T12:01:12.134-04:00THEY ALLGONE OVERIT
SODOI FIRST tell him it’s BIG...THEY ALLGONE OVERIT<br /><br />SODOI FIRST tell him it’s BIG?IF SO,THERE’s no TWISTS nor stray doubt.<br />YASIR, I want that MANN to SLIPIN after we have MADEOUT.<br /><br />--- SASHIMI “SASHA” SOREL<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1128393094565137902017-07-21T11:15:10.400-04:002017-07-21T11:15:10.400-04:00PS - This puzzle was a bit of a letdown. I craved ...PS - This puzzle was a bit of a letdown. I craved for a theme to emerge, but it was not to be. There's nothing really that bad about it but it lacked a certain zest. I guess we were spoiled by some of the better offerings earlier in the week.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5261286334974891972017-07-21T11:08:55.013-04:002017-07-21T11:08:55.013-04:00This puzzle had two sides - a certain challenge fl...This puzzle had two sides - a certain challenge fluidity to it.. The east side was easy and the west side, not so much. I found 7D weak. You can boo somebody but does anyone BOOAT somebody? Maybe when they clue a puzzle that way... I finished in the same time it normally takes to solve a Wednesday puzzle, so this was a very easy Friday.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75066122425888073322017-07-21T10:15:43.090-04:002017-07-21T10:15:43.090-04:00On the FIRST lookover, I thought, there's no w...On the FIRST lookover, I thought, there's no way I can do this; I know NOTHING. Yet here I sit before the finished grid; no help and only a couple of writeovers: YESICAN! But someone tell me please, how does "Sign me up!" get to that?? I do not understand that clue at all. That baby was 100% crossed, for sure.<br /><br />Finally found TEATAX/FAXED, and soon came up with my FIRST brutal clue: "Went for a run." BATTED, really? I had -TTED and ran the alphabet with every vowel...nothing. At length I saw what kind of "drill" was going on at 16-across, and that gave me ATTN. So, BOOAT, RAP that it is, at least makes sense, and the NE was done.<br /><br />The fight through obscurity went on and on. There was no easy section. The above mentioned ink messes came in the SE, where my Europe fuzziness made my Bulgarian a Serb instead of a SLAV, and I misspelled TUPAk. My hip-hop knowledge can fit--comfortably--in a 1/8-teaspoon. I was saved by realizing that CHINET makes more sense than Khinet.<br /><br />19-down recalls a scene from that wonderful movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High:"<br /><br />"What's your SECRETSAUCE?"<br />"Ketchup and mayonnaise. What's yours?"<br />"Ketchup and mustard."<br />"Yeah, that figures."<br /><br />A couple of really unfair clues, and plenty of TWISTS on the remainder, put this one in the full-bore challenging category. Triumph factor goes off the graph. There's no DOD contest: Rene RUSSO is simply too hot for the competition. But if we didn't have one, I'd be delighted to award it to our delightful constructress (constructrix?) Ms. Burnikel. Birdie. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43406401297416299122017-06-17T21:46:12.709-04:002017-06-17T21:46:12.709-04:00Didn't think I'd make it to the last perio...Didn't think I'd make it to the last period.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83846272265651455912017-06-17T11:06:21.984-04:002017-06-17T11:06:21.984-04:00Wonderful puzzle. For me very hard with lots of m...Wonderful puzzle. For me very hard with lots of misdirection.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335819552088777602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87891864586730767162017-06-17T00:09:47.059-04:002017-06-17T00:09:47.059-04:00What's in your brain? Nothing.What's in your brain? Nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38403723421156465742017-06-16T21:28:20.827-04:002017-06-16T21:28:20.827-04:00Didn't get to this until late today. After sat...Didn't get to this until late today. After satire was too long and essays didn't work I thought maybe it was Taylor not Jonathon and tried lyrics. Nope. I ended up getting TRACTS one cross at a time. I thought I'd see at least one other Taylor reference in the comments. Nope again. <br /><br />Fun puzzle.<br /><br />@LMS - I read that penultimate paragraph of yours picturing the whole thought happening in anime slo mo. You look good with big eyes. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68933148407378733332017-06-16T21:24:27.777-04:002017-06-16T21:24:27.777-04:00@ evil
I recall that the Viet Nam Era Republic 105...@ evil<br />I recall that the Viet Nam Era Republic 105 Thunderchief was nicknamed the Thud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59119167545292574652017-06-16T21:04:42.558-04:002017-06-16T21:04:42.558-04:00@Anonymous 8:38 pm, Crystal Griner, your bias is s...@Anonymous 8:38 pm, Crystal Griner, your bias is showing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2948349438163447452017-06-16T21:01:17.082-04:002017-06-16T21:01:17.082-04:00Aketi7:05 PM
As for HEAT SENSORS and toaster ovens...Aketi7:05 PM<br />As for HEAT SENSORS and toaster ovens, mine was epic. I wasn't wearing my glasses when I hit what I thought was the toast button and it was really the broil button. I wasn't so worried about the impressive fire that raged inside the toaster oven while I contemplated whether to waste a perfectly good fire extinguisher on toast or keep the glass door shut just let it burn, I was more worried about how much my brother the fire fighter would laugh. I chose watching it burn. <br /><br />I liked BOOTCAMP over YES I CAN. Since I got YA SIR from the downs I just thought it was a continuation of the same theme, <br /><br />I have a cat that doesn't meow, he MRRs. He MRRED tonight until I fed him.Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9840541904455993292017-06-16T20:38:14.494-04:002017-06-16T20:38:14.494-04:00Chelsey Gentry-TiptonChelsey Gentry-TiptonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90530445330143828982017-06-16T20:32:51.486-04:002017-06-16T20:32:51.486-04:00My drink used to be the Gibson So started with Oni...My drink used to be the Gibson So started with Onion also. But now almost always with a "Not too dry, with a Twist"Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981136214791751405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59067921770305008052017-06-16T19:50:14.682-04:002017-06-16T19:50:14.682-04:00Easiest Friday ever? Did the entire puzzle eating...Easiest Friday ever? Did the entire puzzle eating lunch at work, maybe 15-20 minutes. Good feeling. Space Is Deephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03799838582935195126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88879047835032687242017-06-16T19:05:30.755-04:002017-06-16T19:05:30.755-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55088993093991847072017-06-16T18:42:37.766-04:002017-06-16T18:42:37.766-04:00Why does everyone think the answer at 16d is BIG I...Why does everyone think the answer at 16d is BIG IF? It's clearly BI-GIF: a majorly uncertain, gender-fluid imaging format.Joe Dipintonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80439638955278152472017-06-16T18:06:51.330-04:002017-06-16T18:06:51.330-04:00@Evil, when I saw GENDER FLUID I thought of you an...<br />@Evil, when I saw GENDER FLUID I thought of you and knew exactly direction you would go with it. Sometimes, however, there is no either; sometimes there is just unisex. In NYC you are usually grateful if you can a bathroom of any kind when you are out and about. So I always keep track of the good ones and my favorite just happens to be a unisex bathroom, When I first walked in I thought I was merely in a communal room for hand washing. There was a bank square sinks in the center of the room with live plants framing them. I started looking fir an entrance to the WOMEN's room and finally noticed the individual peep proof stalls that initially just looked like walls. The hand dryers were so quiet you could barely hear THEM.. <br /><br />I have lots of relatives coming into NY City for my son's graduation, so I looked up a bunch bathrooms to select from when we take them on excursions during their stay, I could be wrong, but I think @Evil would like Raines Law Room in the weirdest category:<br /><br />* <a href="http://gothamist.com/2015/08/13/number_one_nyc_restroom_guide.php" rel="nofollow">best public</a><br />* <a href="https://gotham-magazine.com/coolest-bar-and-restaurant-bathrooms-in-new-york" rel="nofollow">ARTIEST bar and restaurant</a><br />* <a href="http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2013/04/best-restaurant-bathrooms-nyc-slideshow.html#" rel="nofollow">weirdest</a><br />Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32851958223413290782017-06-16T17:53:54.979-04:002017-06-16T17:53:54.979-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34923718563523971932017-06-16T16:40:31.066-04:002017-06-16T16:40:31.066-04:00"Hopefully" once was an adverb."Hopefully" once was an adverb. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84787556762663016452017-06-16T16:07:03.524-04:002017-06-16T16:07:03.524-04:00Dow up again today thank you very much DJT. What&...Dow up again today thank you very much DJT. What's in YOUR wallet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6750196400388303542017-06-16T15:43:05.806-04:002017-06-16T15:43:05.806-04:00Lots of struggles for me but oddly not in the NW c...Lots of struggles for me but oddly not in the NW corner. BATTED is still kind of making me mad. I struggled and finished in the right half of the center, holding on to GENDERBENDS then GENDERFLIED for far too long. I ended with the "I" in FIRST and just stared at it too for a while not getting the reference. In fact it was the very reason I came to read the blog; just to figure out the clue' s meaning (that and BATTED.. I assumed that To Bat was an archaic synonym for To Run)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com