tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5031456374875275755..comments2024-03-29T03:22:09.826-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Handed-down wisdom / WED 7-22-15 / Airer of the "Not Top Ten" plays / ___ Air (Taiwanese carrier)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2870426239260053012015-08-26T20:22:09.141-04:002015-08-26T20:22:09.141-04:00INHUMAN terms ASITIS easy to OVERDO some things, I...INHUMAN terms ASITIS easy to OVERDO some things, INTOTO to SOLELY ELEVATE the AWE of one’s bling, in NOBEL EXAMPLES to RETAG one’s availability to SHAG, only a SUPERVILLAIN would GRIPE about NAVELRINGs. LIVENUP LAHORE LORE by EVA SPITZ. Don’t GRIPE or FRET, be yes will never LET himself be called CHOPPEDLIVERAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9383810374537711662015-08-26T20:21:12.951-04:002015-08-26T20:21:12.951-04:00neVER LIked it anyway, so ho-hum.
Have been thro...neVER LIked it anyway, so ho-hum.<br /><br />Have been through SAVILEROW, nicer stuff than I’ll ever need to wear.<br /><br />I remember a time when ZIG-ZAGs were wrapped around my substance of choice, today the themers seem to ZIG-ZAG through the grid. How times have changed.<br /><br />I suppose REX would have liked to be Mardi Gras king.<br /><br />Suppose Asta wanted to get INTOTO?<br /><br />Longoria is a better clue for EVA, yeah baby. And there’s EVE also.<br /><br />Tomorrow’s my bday, factorial 2,2,3,5 for you math whizzes. Guess I won’t GRIPE ASITIS liable to do no good. <br /><br />OK puz, IMO.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34898192422439937102015-08-26T19:46:06.500-04:002015-08-26T19:46:06.500-04:00Easy-medium Wednesday, with the SE slowing me down...Easy-medium Wednesday, with the SE slowing me down. Again, solved as a themeless until seeing how it fit together at the end. On the average so far this week, it's been easy-medium. I expect something more challenging tomorrow.<br /><br />Nothing to GRIPE about here. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60475719923824542262015-08-26T11:29:10.757-04:002015-08-26T11:29:10.757-04:00This one was extremely Easy for a Wednesday and as...This one was extremely Easy for a Wednesday and as such was just OK. I usually expect a little more zip from Mr. Collins. He is a dam good constructor.<br /><br />Anyway, no complaints and will probably struggle tomorrow.<br /><br />Ron Diego, La Mesa, CA <br />(Where "the hills are alive with the sound of music"......but it scares the rattle snakes.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11351184121859332552015-08-26T11:05:34.688-04:002015-08-26T11:05:34.688-04:00I disagree with OFSL (our fearless substitute lead...I disagree with OFSL (our fearless substitute leader): this is about right for a Monday. Okay, maybe the slightest of hesitations around the SE corner, with the off-center clue for ELEVATE and the unknown airline, but quickly cured by crosses. The rest of it went down as fast as I could write--which is not very.<br /><br />The theme was a tad murky to figure out, but of course the revealing line (I'm so tired of seeing a red line under "revealer") cleared it up in an instant. I therefore enjoyed the theme, especially the fact that the NAVELRING was right where it was supposed to be: smack dab in the belly of the grid! Doubtless, it's made of an ALLOY.<br /><br />A mostly fun do; though the word "ONE" appears--AS the nubmer ONE--twice. Apropos of that, I object (as always) to mixed shorthand and longhand in a grid. ONED: no. ONE-DIMENSIONAL or 1D. Abbreviate it or don't. I have railed against this since the YEARONE. Also not a huge fan of the semi-abbrev.: IDENT. If this had appeared on a Monday, I'd probably have gone with a B-. ASITIS, I expect more teeth in a midweek puzzle, so C. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37999722595523126382015-07-22T22:06:21.842-04:002015-07-22T22:06:21.842-04:00@1248, @1253
Halfway down, there is no wrong side...@1248, @1253<br /><br />Halfway down, there is no wrong side.I know this for a factnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18629049444590893862015-07-22T21:38:17.991-04:002015-07-22T21:38:17.991-04:00@ aging soprano: I'd so want to hear you sing...@ aging soprano: I'd so want to hear you sing!! Enjoy your trip.Questiniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225633428852696530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69815564993268181462015-07-22T20:44:40.933-04:002015-07-22T20:44:40.933-04:00@indypuzzler, your very long link was no problem t...@indypuzzler, your very long link was no problem to copy and paste on the iPad. Just as easy as googling your shorter link. <br /><br />@Music man, I think of it more like deviled eggs, a little more mashed than merely scrambled. Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20868755936933172972015-07-22T20:34:42.693-04:002015-07-22T20:34:42.693-04:00I call bogus on the theme, I would say LIVER is mo...I call bogus on the theme, I would say LIVER is more scrambled here than chopped...I hope I didn't just invent a dish there.Music manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461992972280438819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91305080384136573522015-07-22T19:45:50.368-04:002015-07-22T19:45:50.368-04:00I had Ooh for la la which didn't help much.I had Ooh for la la which didn't help much. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13685839531982801492015-07-22T19:44:40.088-04:002015-07-22T19:44:40.088-04:00@Questina, is at right? I have to admit I never kn...@Questina, is at right? I have to admit I never knowingly put chERVIL in anything.<br /> <br />@aging soprano, a wonderful closing of the circle. Have the best of all possible times!!<br /><br />If today had been Tuesday, we would have had a Mardi Foie Gras <br /><br />Did anyone else enjoy their chopped liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti?Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40186105198911252682015-07-22T19:38:27.187-04:002015-07-22T19:38:27.187-04:00And baby, it's you, sha la la la la la la.
@N...And baby, it's you, sha la la la la la la.<br /><br />@Nancy, I think I've seen on the reality show CHOPPED that the organ meats are often soaked in milk first to get rid of some natural bitterness, so that probably affects the sweetness.<br /><br />I would like the clue for EVA to refer to walking about in space (ExtraVehicular Activity).<br /><br />And no one that I saw here mentioned the constructor's own quote in Wordplay today: "ZIG and ZAG landed in opposite corners — for no particular reason. And I assure you that INHUMAN leading directly into REX is not a reference to anyone in particular. Honest." <br /><br />Made me snort!<br /><br />Thanks, Peter A Collins.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29528695610227528172015-07-22T18:30:43.069-04:002015-07-22T18:30:43.069-04:00One two three four! Sha la la la la la liver for t...One two three four! Sha la la la la la liver for today-ay!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339432172410182520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36704449565542559392015-07-22T18:13:05.698-04:002015-07-22T18:13:05.698-04:00Pork based or chicken based?Pork based or chicken based?aging sopranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085649464857246925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23267985248635770562015-07-22T18:11:57.222-04:002015-07-22T18:11:57.222-04:00Pork based or chicken based?Pork based or chicken based?aging sopranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085649464857246925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84003250605114515942015-07-22T18:06:27.243-04:002015-07-22T18:06:27.243-04:00My first Figaro was 29 yr. old Rodney Gilfry just ...My first Figaro was 29 yr. old Rodney Gilfry just starting out. He has also made a major since back then, when my daughter was so taken with him that she asked if she could change daddies. Never sang with Jerry but knew him from UofI in Urbana, where I grew up and studied. What small town are you referring to?aging sopranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085649464857246925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69017733448238588152015-07-22T14:52:11.169-04:002015-07-22T14:52:11.169-04:00Easy Wednesday, but I did need the reveal.
Hand u...Easy Wednesday, but I did need the reveal.<br /><br />Hand up for "roi", even though I came upon it recently in a book set in New Orleans.<br /><br />No one else thought of ESP at "nonverbal communication"?<br /><br />@Nancy, if it wasn't the port and brandy, it may have been sauteed onions and/or butter.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33294274896728138252015-07-22T14:30:10.454-04:002015-07-22T14:30:10.454-04:00Factoid: Robert Lucas, winner of the 1995 NOBEL Pr...Factoid: Robert Lucas, winner of the 1995 NOBEL Prize in Economics for his work on the theory of "rational expectations," split his $1 million prize with his ex-wife, due to a clause in their divorce settlement from seven years earlier: "Wife shall received 50 percent of any Nobel Prize". But the clause expired on October 31, 1995. Had Lucas won any year after, he would have kept the whole million.<br /><br />Quotoid: "There is an EAGLE in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud." -- Carl SandburgLewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49963507013118107142015-07-22T14:26:55.190-04:002015-07-22T14:26:55.190-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3784994087459355532015-07-22T13:58:01.155-04:002015-07-22T13:58:01.155-04:00@alias -- Great post! Bravo!
@thomas -- A medium ...@alias -- Great post! Bravo!<br />@thomas -- A medium high number of doubles (12), but not unusually high (above 20), providing me some excited breaths, but no collapse.<br />@mrbenson -- Good point.<br /><br />And to add another level to the puzzle, Peter entered a backward element. There is a backward ESOP crossing LORE, a backward ART crossing HENRI, and a backward PORC crossing CHOPPEDLIVER (yes, Jewish chopped liver is not made with pork, but there are pork-liver based chopped livers). And finally, getting very subtle, symmetrical to SHAG is a backward ONAN, which I won't expound on (spill) any further. I'm sure Peter meant to do all of this. I'm really sure of it!<br /><br />I do like RISE on top and SEAT on the bottom, and words I especially liked are SHRILL, BELIE, and SALVO. The puzzle was on the easy side of Wednesday, if not a hard Tuesday, and some tougher and/or more clever cluing could have set it just right. My grandma made the best CHOPPEDLIVER in the world, and for the memories alone, a hearty thanks to you, Peter!Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70449183541237019102015-07-22T13:34:50.515-04:002015-07-22T13:34:50.515-04:00If you drink the bottle of brandy while you're...If you drink the bottle of brandy while you're making it, chopped liver tastes great! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5086366079250467592015-07-22T13:20:02.726-04:002015-07-22T13:20:02.726-04:00@Nancy ..Just got out my recipe..It has both port ...@Nancy ..Just got out my recipe..It has both port and brandy in it...maybe that makes it sweet. chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25829555510735958642015-07-22T12:57:02.159-04:002015-07-22T12:57:02.159-04:00Ok, one more shtup thing: Why doesn't it surp...Ok, one more shtup thing: Why doesn't it surprise me that a constructor named Anna Schechtman would use such a word? Jamie Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17825616605714813632015-07-22T12:55:00.798-04:002015-07-22T12:55:00.798-04:00I just got out of a meeting with someone who happe...I just got out of a meeting with someone who happens to live in Natick. I resisted the urge to ask her if she was aware of her town's crossword-related infamy. <br /><br />Liked today's puzzle quite a bit. I couldn't Susa what was going on with the themers until I got the reveal, and the reveal took a few crosses to, um, reveal itself. Just the right amount or resistance. <br /><br />And, from at least one solver's perspective, this was superior to the Walden puzzle Gaffney offered by way of comparison. The Walden puzzle may have been a more impressive construction, but it was a dull solve. This had some nice fill and lively theme answers to keep things interesting. Quite enjoyable. Steve Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185067739452052656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9464080937044568932015-07-22T12:53:51.841-04:002015-07-22T12:53:51.841-04:00@Whirred: If one is going to shtup, it might as we...@Whirred: If one is going to shtup, it might as well be halfway down on the right side. <br /><br />Now I think we've shtupped this dead horse as much as equinely possible. Jamie Cnoreply@blogger.com