tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5030625304426570761..comments2024-03-29T03:22:09.826-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Jewish parchment scrolls put on doorposts - FRIDAY, Jun. 19 2009 — Mythical Aegean Sea dweller / What "you can't hide" per a 1975 Eagles hitRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66481311627881737432009-07-24T16:58:15.525-04:002009-07-24T16:58:15.525-04:00Challenging for me, but fun.Challenging for me, but fun.kashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261217811960817000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1093574875993621862009-06-20T10:23:09.389-04:002009-06-20T10:23:09.389-04:00@Andrea:
ROTFL@Andrea:<br /><br />ROTFLShabbas Goynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7434754466858194612009-06-20T09:30:23.271-04:002009-06-20T09:30:23.271-04:00Mezuzah is very important mizvah!Mezuzah is very important mizvah!Mezuzahhttp://www.yourholylandstore.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16265643102257773192009-06-19T23:58:19.406-04:002009-06-19T23:58:19.406-04:00MEZUZAHS was my second answer, tho I tried about 8...MEZUZAHS was my second answer, tho I tried about 89 different spellings first.<br /><br />When I lived in LA, the Hasidic family next door used to mistake me for a Shabbas goy/shiksa (and I wasn't even blonde in those days!) and send one of their 18 children to get me to turn on their lights!<br /><br />I would point to my Mezzuzzuzzahim and insist I was Jewish. Didn't get rid of them tho...instead, I was bombarded with Friday night dinner invitations and had to dodge a few shittachs (sp?)<br /><br />Hasta luego, babies...I'll be back!andrea X Michaelshttp://acmenaming.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66517070388373443372009-06-19T23:53:56.414-04:002009-06-19T23:53:56.414-04:00ok, I'm going to try three and IN instead of t...ok, I'm going to try three and IN instead of three and out!<br />I've lost two VERY long posts with blogger down, and of course, in my occasional fits of paranoia, I thought Rex had finally figured out a way to block my endless stories!<br />;)<br /><br />But here's one anyway...<br />Of course, I got ANDREAS as my first fill...as he was also in power when I lived in Greece.<br /><br />We share the same name bec in Greek you drop the S when speaking directly to someone (ie Georgo, Yianni, Niko) but add it when speaking about them in third person. (Georgos, Nikos...)<br /><br />And since Andreas MEANS "man", they laughed every time I said my name. SO I had to become Adrianna for my year in Crete/Thessaloniki.<br /><br />@poc<br />You got punished for being TOO literate! It's fascinating that KARENBLIXEN and ISAKDINESEN have the same amount of letters.<br />I wonder how she came up with her pen name, as it's not an anagram AND she gave up an X in her name!!!<br /><br />(I would kill for an X! I was originally to be named Alexandria, but when I made a fist, my mom made paper :(<br /><br />I'll bet had I been a boy, I would have won when the Mohel made scissors!)<br /><br />Anyway, I think this puzzle must have been much easier for the older crowd...really older crowd. <br />ALLABOUTEVE, Hedy LAMARR, JAMESDEAN, EVA MARIE Saint all in one puzzle?<br />ELLEN defined as 100 year ago presidential wife, not as a married lesbian?<br />oldy-not-modly-but-oldy for sure.<br /><br />Even cluing JASON mythically instead of Friday the 13thly or Halloweenly, whatever it was he was in...<br />Seemed the freshest clue was LYINEYES circa mid-seventies, so I'm guessing so is the constructor.<br /><br />So that's why the young 'uns might have struggled more today...hah!<br /><br />(I say that as someone who is miffed to have just received a "Cougar" birthday party invitation from two 26 yr old gals who are throwing it jointly and thought that would be funny bec now they are SO old!<br />I oughtta show up as a legitimate cougar and claw them to death!)andrea cougar michaelshttp://acmenaming.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23533472824589546022009-06-19T23:40:40.822-04:002009-06-19T23:40:40.822-04:00@Doug: If you happen to intercept this, Mad is the...@Doug: If you happen to intercept this, Mad is the abbreviation cum jargon used by messenger services in NYC for Madison Avenue and has been as far back as I remember (1961, when I first worked for a mess. serv). And, there is no Avenue of the Americas. In NY talk that is still Sixth Ave.slypetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537129206516720012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42490100229209936172009-06-19T23:31:57.161-04:002009-06-19T23:31:57.161-04:00This week's numbers ... the number in parenthe...This week's numbers ... the number in parentheses is the number of solvers. I'm also including last week's numbers for comparison.<br /><br />Mon (all) 7:02 (960) last week: 6:55 (856)<br />Mon (Top 100) 3:44 last week: 3:43<br /><br />Tues (all) 8:17 (877) last week: 8:09 (878)<br />Tues (Top 100) 4:19 last week: 4:06<br /><br />Wed (all) 12:03 (723) last week: 14:33 (626)<br />Wed (Top 100) 5:35 last week: 7:26<br /><br />Thu (all) 15:13 (649) last week: 14:08 (613)<br />Thu (Top 100) 7:01 last week: 6:45<br /><br />Fri (all) 29:20 (403) last week: 17:30 (547)<br />Fri (Top 100) 14:34 last week: 7:52<br /><br />A much more challenging Friday puzzle than a week ago, judging both by the average solve times and the number of solvers. However, today's solve times were a little faster than the Friday puzzle two weeks ago when the median solve time was 33:08 among 428 solvers.sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3862612743853453462009-06-19T22:49:09.998-04:002009-06-19T22:49:09.998-04:00Very strange. Sometimes I'll come to this blo...Very strange. Sometimes I'll come to this blog totally stumped by a Fri or Sat puzzle to find people posting how easy it was. Today I had the opposite experience, I thought today's puzzle would be rated easy/medium. Surprisingly, I found many people struggled. Yet again, it seems that sometimes you are just on the same wavelength as the constructor. Plenty of things I didn't know, but the crosses saved me. Marl, Mezuzahs, Nereus, Mineta.Nebraska Dougnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8346407090060079852009-06-19T22:31:47.892-04:002009-06-19T22:31:47.892-04:00I got this entirely right, but it took me forever....I got this entirely right, but it took me forever. All I can say is that is a good thing that I know Spanish and wrote in hasta manana and que tal early. Like another poster, the first time through the only thing I wrote in was roys. (Interestingly, this was the last part of the puzzle I finished).<br /><br />But really a good late-week puzzle -- gettable with a whole lot of thought. For me more of Saturday than a Friday.michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77770882849012507512009-06-19T22:06:31.690-04:002009-06-19T22:06:31.690-04:00I simply loved this puzzle. It took me a fair amou...I simply loved this puzzle. It took me a fair amount of time, but I got it done with no googles and no mistakes. Plenty of aha-moments and smiles, so good for your Mr. Wilk!<br /><br />Of course there were false starts, like gains, silt for marl, Mad/Lex (in hindsight, Lex is the only one that gets abbreviated in local lingo). With New Yorker cartoons, which I've been reading for many years, I just thought of after-work bars, but how do you fit that in? With 15A, not having seen the film but I will, I asked my son: "Do you remember who wrote the Babar books?"...... All those things gradually straightened themselves out.<br /><br />We have a friend who is still constantly listening to the Eagles (and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young et al.), so I sort of sounded that one out.<br /><br />@Doug: cloggies? I guess you haven't been there.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54852339648153712862009-06-19T17:26:04.459-04:002009-06-19T17:26:04.459-04:00I understand the complaint with ERR, but I think i...I understand the complaint with ERR, but I think it works. If you cause an interception by, for example, tripping your own team's receiver, that would be an error.<br /><br />@ZJ I tried "crassest," as well, after giving up on "brashest." <br /><br />I guess I'm the only one who thought JASON might be Janus at first. No reason for that, except it was 5 letters and started with J.treedwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12634227778469664442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11737618475458034452009-06-19T17:19:46.440-04:002009-06-19T17:19:46.440-04:00This was tough.
I had many of the same snags and...This was tough. <br /><br />I had many of the same snags and delights as @rex wrote. I also fell into the CPD/PINETA trap.<br /><br />I had OLDSOCKS ways too long. Once I got OLDJEANS, I also got JAMESDEAN. Cool that he crosses with jeans. <br /><br />Like others until LOAM became MARL there was trouble there. I had GAINS for GLUTS, too. <br />In fact,@Z.J.Mugildny ... I had GAIN, DATE, CRASSEST AND LEA, too! <br /><br />I really enjoyed this puzzle. It was the challenge I was looking for all week. <br /><br />Thank you Mr. Wilk!johohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708487230515532492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84986344042529638292009-06-19T17:06:08.353-04:002009-06-19T17:06:08.353-04:00I can't believe I guessed right on all the int...I can't believe I guessed right on all the intersecting proper names in this puzzle-just in the NW alone it has an obscure river crossing two obscure names, one of which also crosses 3 other names! What a mess of required proper knowledge!<br /><br />Agree totally about ERR being really poorly clued. All kinds of things can allow an interception, but nothing causes one except the defender's hands grasping hold of the ball.David from CAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81814144845663631812009-06-19T15:35:32.161-04:002009-06-19T15:35:32.161-04:00@Shamik said...
I ran into two wrong letters.
On...@Shamik said...<br /><br />I ran into two wrong letters.<br /><br />One is the MINETA/PINETA area. The other one was the NEI/NEL area which left me with EVAMARLE...thinking this theater saint was one of those obscure post-Celtic saints. It could happen. But it didn't, of course.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Living near the Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC for historical reasons; San José City is my guess), I had no problem with MINETA; nor, I think, would many Californians.<br /><br />But I alo fell for the NEI/NEL and Saint EVAMARLE error. I guessed wrong between "giardino" (singular; NEL) and "giardini" (plural; NEI). The Google hits are 5110 for "NEI ..." and 1790 for "NEL ..." so I've got some company for this mistake. I think Verdi owes us an apostrophe for the elided end of "giardin"! How do we collect that? :-)<br /><br />Larry the LurkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-737429473800990222009-06-19T15:15:31.931-04:002009-06-19T15:15:31.931-04:00A fine Fri.! Medium-Challenging for me also. Ala...A fine Fri.! Medium-Challenging for me also. Ala Campesite the west side went pretty smoothly. I got hung up in SE like RC and some others with SHORE and LAMOUR which I held onto far too long. I also did the PINETA thing but the military clue fixed it. I'm with the majority on ERR and LOS and I just now got the LAP clue. I was initially looking for ISP or LAN, or ??? Never thought of PCs as laptops.<br /><br />BTW the CA SANTEE is here in San Diego.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36650315285318006012009-06-19T15:11:26.364-04:002009-06-19T15:11:26.364-04:00@Puzzle Girl, Rock On!@Puzzle Girl, Rock On!David Essexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3081720913417745692009-06-19T15:00:24.808-04:002009-06-19T15:00:24.808-04:00Thanks, PG. On The Border may be my favorite Eagl...Thanks, PG. On The Border may be my favorite Eagles album...HudsonHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119485923243014649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18247740518312856162009-06-19T14:57:23.914-04:002009-06-19T14:57:23.914-04:00I don't know anything about the James Dean quo...I don't know anything about the James Dean quote, but I do know <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lhj7JmhDCA" rel="nofollow">"James Dean" the Eagles song.</a>PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835502266781516627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17175943862595205742009-06-19T14:50:53.205-04:002009-06-19T14:50:53.205-04:00Tough but splendid puzzle - There seems to be some...Tough but splendid puzzle - There seems to be some consternation though on the source of the James Dean quote(i.e., When/where did he actually say that???)---The help of any researchers or James Dean aficionados would be most appreciated.Daniel Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424828583029410424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60530005522800212712009-06-19T14:50:35.120-04:002009-06-19T14:50:35.120-04:00@Bob Kerfuffle: "¿Qué tal?" es perfectly...@Bob Kerfuffle: "¿Qué tal?" es perfectly orthodox Spanish, meaning roughly "What's up?" and used as a salutation. It can also mean "how about that?" as a rhetorical comment.<br /><br />"¿Qué pasa?" is literally "what's going on?" and is much more interrogatory than a salutation.pochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08861361305246858918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3626372340726116792009-06-19T14:46:55.551-04:002009-06-19T14:46:55.551-04:00@ Bob K - "¿Qué tal?" roughly translates...@ Bob K - "¿Qué tal?" roughly translates as "Wassup?" Or did when I took Spanish a LOOOONG time ago. Long before "Wassup, dude?" became part of the vernacular. In Argentina "¿Qué tal, che?" means exactly "Wassup, dude?"retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14816609542993795042009-06-19T14:09:06.591-04:002009-06-19T14:09:06.591-04:00Man, this felt like two puzzles to me: I ripped th...Man, this felt like two puzzles to me: I ripped through the NW and SW diagonal, but the other half of the puzzle absolutely worked me. Oddly though, despite how difficult I found this puzzle, as I look over the finished grid nothing looks that unfair to me (save MEZUSAHS).Campesitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01852123189179333049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70935970492815434122009-06-19T14:07:22.508-04:002009-06-19T14:07:22.508-04:00Duh, I had to come here to understand "Saint&...Duh, I had to come here to understand "Saint" of acting being the person, EVA MARIE. I managed to get everything else without a google, but I wanted Nel rather than NEI in the title of Verdi's aria. I see Shamik went that route too! My only error, glad I wasn't alone.<br /><br />Like Rex I fished up the ANDREAS as well as NEREUS out of practically nowhere. MEZUZAHS wasn't a problem either, but it took extra thought to get forward or backward SLASHES!<br /><br />@ poc -- Tey's thesis in Daughter of Time was TENABLE, unless you read the rebuttal by another author I used to have shelved right beside it. Can't find it at the moment, unfortunately...<br /><br />I really loved this puzzle, even with pure guesses like the ELLENs. Who knew? <br /><br />∑;)ArtLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869528391374878601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-675081468621660072009-06-19T14:04:52.095-04:002009-06-19T14:04:52.095-04:00I got slammed, and am pleased to be in good compan...I got slammed, and am pleased to be in good company. Doing this was kind of like listening to Dutch. I feel like I understand what the cloggies are saying, but the words just aren't connecting with my language. <br /><br />Got about 75% and didn't have the opportunity to Google the arcana. But, was able to watch "300" for the first time on TV while scratching on my paper and that made me feel it was a worthwhile experience.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389790318218161090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31852224094183247242009-06-19T14:00:10.921-04:002009-06-19T14:00:10.921-04:00Rating a puzzle is tough. Which is more important,...Rating a puzzle is tough. Which is more important, correct solution vs. time when you can't have both? Googling vs. guessing? Since tracking my times, my time comes in solidly in medium for me...it's medium. But I ran into two wrong letters.<br /><br />One is the MINETA/PINETA area. The other one was the NEI/NEL area which left me with EVAMARLE...thinking this theater saint was one of those obscure post-Celtic saints. It could happen. But it didn't, of course.<br /><br />OFF TOPIC:<br /><br />Am still looking for help solving an audio clip puzzle featuring different sound effects from arcade video games. Please e-mail me off blog at shamik1954@yahoo.comShamikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635283729322415150noreply@blogger.com