tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5058011194472432318..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Plantation owner in Cat on Hot Tin Roof / FRI 10-2-15 / Sun King's infamous declaration / Cattle drive destination in Lonesome Dove / Senor seen on Ed Sullivan Show / 1930s film canine / Typical bulldogs fan / Promiscuous guy in slang / Dogpatch yellRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49299211505682551072015-11-06T20:24:18.829-05:002015-11-06T20:24:18.829-05:00I thought this puzzle was clever, fun and pretty e...I thought this puzzle was clever, fun and pretty easy for a Friday. <br /><br />But for the record: The Hebrew "nā·zîḏ" is ALWAYS translated "pottage" (in the Elizabethan style) or "stew" (in modern English). There is not a single English translation of the Bible that I know of, whether Roman Catholic, Protestant, or Jewish, that says Jacob gave Esau soup. Either "red pottage" (Gen. 25:30) or "lentil stew" (Gen. 25:34) would fit at 28 D, and would have had the great advantage of being accurate. It seems unfair to alter the quotation simply to suit the constructor's purposes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86451998944830990452015-11-06T16:19:40.862-05:002015-11-06T16:19:40.862-05:00Way late today, and a no-show yesterday. My syndi...Way late today, and a no-show yesterday. My syndi license might be revoked...<br /><br />DNF yesterday, for those who care. Didn't know MODS, or DREDD. Shoulda.<br /><br />Today's was much easier and I guess smoother because that's what everyone says about a Patrick Berry puzzle. Regarding ROAD RAGE, a "hard" drive in this context would be a long winding narrow road. Dealing with perceived idiots in traffic is not a hard drive. Frustrating maybe, but not hard. To me, "cadaverous" implies unhealthily thin, deathly, etc. PASTY doesn't really do the job. Also, ASTA/APSES? Tsk, tsk.<br /><br />OK, OK, I never nitpick, but someone had to do it. I liked this puzzle a lot, as did everyone else, and I don't care that it seemed easy for a Friday.<br /><br />rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28846822414448983762015-11-06T15:39:30.273-05:002015-11-06T15:39:30.273-05:00I agree with most of what Rex says about this fine...I agree with most of what Rex says about this fine puzzle, including hang-ups in the NW. My downfall was BUrLERS (?} and vED (??) crossing STArvATION (???)<br /><br />Otherwise, I enjoyed the play.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30493121582899948392015-11-06T10:56:12.707-05:002015-11-06T10:56:12.707-05:00Not far into this, I didn't even have to look ...Not far into this, I didn't even have to look at the byline. It just flowed. Constructors, it is Patrick Berry's world (LETATCESTMOI) and you're just living in it. This grid is so clean you could eat off it.<br /><br />It does make for an easier-than-usual Friday, but loads of fun anyway. I recall with a smile Senor WENCES ("'S all right?" "'S ALL RIGHT!"), and that's where I started. Plunked down IWISH and IRONCLADS and hit the ground running. 36-across was giving me parsing fits--as it would if you're trying to read English. I somehow placed the Sun King in China...<br /><br />Wanted (Continental) DRIFT, but couldn't come up with any T__GICIDES. Every time I see crop dusting I think of old George Caplan--er, I mean Roger Thornhill, hiding amongst the cornstalks. What a convoluted way to carry out an assassination--and how grossly incompetent to have missed ALL those shots--and then stupidly flying into an oil tanker. I mean, I love Hitchcock and all, but really. Terribly weak plot there.<br /><br />Digression over. I guess I'm contracting curmudgeon-itis; I have to be bitching about something, and there's NOTHING IN TODAY'S PUZZLE to enable that! Sort of a fragment theme: -RCE (BIERCE, FARCE, GFORCE). Working back and forth with PANAMA HAT helped in both areas. Not sure what happened in the NW, but I just "saw" ROADRAGE and GASMETER right off; the rest soon after. The final aha! was for "Base players." Oh, THAT kind of base. Both ears and the tail today, Mr. B. A+.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88169756898825553482015-11-06T10:09:13.632-05:002015-11-06T10:09:13.632-05:00I’m hungry! For (gimme) EGGSBENEDICT and LENTILSOU...I’m hungry! For (gimme) EGGSBENEDICT and LENTILSOUP, both of which I can CREATE. I have no write-overs, so maybe it was easy, for a Fri-puz, but it didn’t come all that quickly. Had to ponder some of those answers a bit.<br /><br />During H.S. I was chosen to be one of the BUGLERS for “Taps” (usually the echo) at local military funerals. Got me out of school for an hour at a time, but what sad situations. Took a shot of whiskey with the gravedigger once.<br /><br />Happy Birthday @Ron Diego. IWISH you to be around much LONGER!<br /><br />Again no yeah babies, so I’ll just mention that Sally Field is 69 today, heh heh.<br /><br />LANCOME is no stranger to me, due to the wife’s propensity to visit the cosmetics counters at Macy’s and Herberger’s.<br /><br />Lotsa fun long answers today. Berry good.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11223138457176669652015-11-06T09:52:30.632-05:002015-11-06T09:52:30.632-05:00ALTEREGO BONEMEAL MEDLEY
ASTA when this world was...ALTEREGO BONEMEAL MEDLEY<br /><br />ASTA when this world was CREATEd and Adam ORIGINATED,<br />there was no one HERE to INTRUDE on his LOVECRAFT situation.<br />Then it all was EVERTED when Eve EMANATED,<br />PITY, it was no LONGER a mere STAGNATION.<br /><br />--- NED “BIGDADDY” BIERCE<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5162670565319439892015-10-03T12:05:18.013-04:002015-10-03T12:05:18.013-04:00"Black winds" is my favorite clue ever."Black winds" is my favorite clue ever. Cheeriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919455386774076690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10425684592686788962015-10-02T20:59:51.582-04:002015-10-02T20:59:51.582-04:00So ... is it Tuesday? Sure felt like it flying thr...So ... is it Tuesday? Sure felt like it flying through the SW-NE corridor. Only real hiccup was my irrational guess of bANAnAHAT for the 44A/6D combo.<br /><br />Lovely puzzle of course.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27352811833760198442015-10-02T19:25:25.401-04:002015-10-02T19:25:25.401-04:00@LMS, good catch on the EGGS over ROE except it sh...@LMS, good catch on the EGGS over ROE except it should be inVERTED. In Sweden, they love Kalle's Kaviar on eggs for breakfast. I always joke, "Oh, eggs on your eggs, hmm?" (I don't actually partake - it's mostly a salty addition though there is the inevitable fishiness also.)<br /><br />So I was quite tickled when I saw the article in the NY Times this summer chronicling Kalle's new ads. The link takes you to the NYT article, which in turn has links to the hilarious ads where a mild-mannered Swede gives samples of the product to people from Japan to Eastern Europe.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/18/business/international/a-swedish-ad-campaign-for-kalles-kaviar-tests-the-worlds-gag-reflex.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">Eggs on Eggs</a><br /><br />@Hartley70, congrats and best of luck.<br /><br />@Leapfinger, what you said. Let's hope that boy made good in the end, he sounds pretty enterprising, but such roadblocks to success are criminal. I'd take LENTIL SOUP over the mess we have any day.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43355549284129202292015-10-02T17:48:40.460-04:002015-10-02T17:48:40.460-04:00@Elephant's Child: Is PANAMA HAT clued differ...@Elephant's Child: Is PANAMA HAT clued differently in the paper version? Because on line, there is nothing sexist about the clue. Billy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18620241295436061642015-10-02T17:36:55.690-04:002015-10-02T17:36:55.690-04:00I also plugged in "NOD" right away. Howe...I also plugged in "NOD" right away. However, the nursery rhyme near the end declares that Wynken and Blyken are a child's two small eyes and Nod is his little head. I always mix up Wynken and Blynken with the Owl and the Pussycat, who went to sea in abeautiful pea-green boat. Off to Nod, no doubt.<br /><br /><br />I recently watched 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Kirk Douglas's song, "A Whale of aTail (Tale) was omitted. Anyone know the story on that?<br />Thought "you again?" Was PLEASE GO. Seemed logical...<br /><br />Great puzzle...thanks, PB.foxaronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085435659928443459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28908927601455644792015-10-02T16:31:05.383-04:002015-10-02T16:31:05.383-04:00I descry the implicit sexism in PANAMA HAT as clue...I descry the implicit sexism in PANAMA HAT as clued.Elephant's Childnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74030807772330939582015-10-02T16:11:18.137-04:002015-10-02T16:11:18.137-04:00The ease of EGGS BENEDICT on a Friday, from Berry,...The ease of EGGS BENEDICT on a Friday, from Berry, is stunning. Jamie C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87634734950875265702015-10-02T16:04:22.114-04:002015-10-02T16:04:22.114-04:00Elicited by @Loren's closing vignette:
A few ...Elicited by @Loren's closing vignette:<br /><br />A few years ago, I saw a program on network TV, joined it midway, so I don't recall the broader topic it was dealing with. What I do remember is the case of a high-school student in NJ, I believe it was Trenton that they described as having the highest prevalence of poverty of any city in the country. This boy was a very good student, and was doing well enough to qualify for a full college aid program if he only attended some regular after-school program throughout his senior year. His home situation, however, was fairly grim: the mother had taken a powder, leaving only the father to care for a number of children, which included two infants. The father was disabled, and the whole family was living on his monthly disability check of $600. <br /><br />In any event, the boy decided to forgo the college program, and instead took an after-school job at a fast-food place in a nearby town. It meant a one-hour bus-ride every day he worked, but earned the family an extra $45 weekly. As an extra benefit, he would bring back a small bag of coffee-creamer cups every time, to supplement the babies' formula.<br /><br />Seems to me that if we sell this country's children down the river in this way, we're selling the nation's birthright, with not even a mess of pottage to show for it.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9146820856351676752015-10-02T15:30:09.903-04:002015-10-02T15:30:09.903-04:00Like M&A and Rex, had real trouble in NW becau...Like M&A and Rex, had real trouble in NW because the clues were just too good. Great aha moments with almost every "?" clue: ROAD RAGE, CLARINETS, ALTER EGO. Just great, great clues. Had LENTIL Stew before SOUP so that slowed me down and I am certain I am the only dope who had HAL tertop before PANAMA HAT. No constructor would ever do that, let alone Mr. Berry. But I did sort of like the look of it. Terrific puzzle. RAD2626https://www.blogger.com/profile/18196568765752439378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15028459637445823512015-10-02T15:13:40.020-04:002015-10-02T15:13:40.020-04:00@Nancy - I actually do the from scratch thing on L...@Nancy - I actually do the from scratch thing on LENTILSOUP, and like @chefbea I do the thick and creamy thing, don't puree the lentils - I add carrots, celery, onions, garlic, oregano, basil, crushed tomatoes, spinach, pepper,a little vegetable broth . . . Mrs. Mohair loves it. I still think FUNGICIDE.<br /><br />@LMS - Agreed on EGGSBENEDICT, totally.<br /><br />Speaking of recently coined E-cig. I discovered the term Ejuice here two days ago as part of @rex's public apology to Finn Vigeland. So today I go to the Philadelphia Outlet Mall to buy a couple of shirts (winter is moving in fast, real fast) and a cell phone kiosk there is suddenly an E-cig kiosk complete with signs advertising the hitherto unknown Ejuice and also Eliquid. Learn/do/teach I guess, pretty soon I'll be smoking the things.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38714988347952725922015-10-02T15:01:27.964-04:002015-10-02T15:01:27.964-04:00Fine puzzle, although not easy for me. Would have ...Fine puzzle, although not easy for me. Would have been lost without eggs Benedict, l'etat c'est moi, Asta, and those ubiquitous Alou brothers. Thanks Patrick Berry. Bronxdocnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91142800877614423902015-10-02T14:55:06.087-04:002015-10-02T14:55:06.087-04:00@Hartley, by your description, I'm guessing SC...@Hartley, by your description, I'm guessing SC? My daughter just drove to Charleston for the Fresh-boy's first Parents' Weekend, and found that all events are now cancelled. Never you mind; have a drink, float through whatever happens, and you'll have great stories to tell for years to come.<br /><br />I LOVE CRAFT that borders on Art, andgot it here in SPAYeds. Only grump was the chokehold on the two corners (hi, @Alias!) that made the NW particularly difficult for metoo. Shot myself in a couple of feet with the Continental Fault, and, like others, gave the NOD to Samoa, herbertCIDE, etc, but all eventually fixed, or MENDed. Started with LENTIL SOUP, reduced it to a STEW, then had to add more water. (I just let itsimmer till itpurees on its own.) The cluing, of course, was <i>non-pareil</i>; apologies to all who loathed the second dose of French. BTW, wasn't it Anne Rice who wrote LESTAT, C'EST MOI? <br /><br />Admit it, that took some SANG froid.<br /><br />Thought G-FORCE was a bit G-ARBitrary, and wasn't familiar with ORIGINATED being used in that active/ transitive way, instead of saying that <i>something</i> had originated <i>somewhere</i>, but those are mere nitlets. No aversion to eversion: amoebae EVERT their vacuolar contents <i>all the time</i>.<br /><br />Now I need to find out whether Elks are permitted to join the STAG_NATION.<br /><br />Skip to m'ALOU.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17149371619223573862015-10-02T14:34:51.563-04:002015-10-02T14:34:51.563-04:00@Hartley, All the best and pray for rain. I WiSH t...@Hartley, All the best and pray for rain. I WiSH the very best for the happy couple.<br /><br />@Appalachian Trails and LMS: when I was at The London School of Film Technique (No the London Film School), the French made movie based on<a href="https://vimeo.com/15147706" rel="nofollow"> <i>An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge</i></a> was one of the films we studied extensively. I must have watched that film twenty times. There is a cleaner version on <a href="http://youtu.be/EHqnSX4SJ_A" rel="nofollow">YouTube</a> but it has newer music. This film won Best Short Subject at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. and won the 1963 Academy Award for Live Action Short Subject. We learned many details about the film, for instance, when the rope dropped, the actor broke his leg in the shallow creek. The underwater shots were done in the Medeterranian with his cast painted black to resemble a boot. The camera operator had to stop shooting to help the actor with his ropes so he wouldn't drown. We analyzed that film to death. Still, It's terrific to watch, even if I do know a bit too much about it. Thanks for the memoriesNuminoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263999193499725814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59461027342584315072015-10-02T14:26:32.152-04:002015-10-02T14:26:32.152-04:00Berry's puzzles are almost always right in my ...Berry's puzzles are almost always right in my wheelhouse. Thought I would finish in under 10 minutes, but ran into trouble at "NED." Had "SPOT" for fix (as in a tight spot), and "Nod" for land. Thought fits on a hard drive was "ROID RAGE." That many errors will slow you up. Also - advancing age. I knew exactly what Patrick was going for with "Mixed numbers," and could not come up with "Medley," ( I kept thinking "melange." Too many French clues...)<br /><br />Eventually, as it always does in Berry puzzles, it all worked out. Thanks Mr. Berry. Always a pleasure.OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12878286397407584482015-10-02T14:18:38.957-04:002015-10-02T14:18:38.957-04:00Northwest was clued wonderfully--horizontals and v...Northwest was clued wonderfully--horizontals and verticals. Whole puzzle was terrific (except the way too easy Eggs Benedict). TonySaratogahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376937457486757599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27368856366795301912015-10-02T14:18:29.709-04:002015-10-02T14:18:29.709-04:00Loved this. No googling needed, but it made me t...Loved this. No googling needed, but it made me think ... And laugh ( with joy when I "got" the misdirecting). Happy!!! NW was last to fall for me as well.Sallie (FullTime-Life)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15442598857394838271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67618936756058694692015-10-02T13:53:15.486-04:002015-10-02T13:53:15.486-04:00Hah, LOVECRAFT, EGGSBENEDICT and MEDLEY dropped ri...Hah, LOVECRAFT, EGGSBENEDICT and MEDLEY dropped right in with no crosses. If you ever attend a SciFi-Fantasy convention (and I was at several in the '80s) someone is bound to tell a Cthulhu joke. It looks like a perfect "runtz" answer for M&A and now maybe has Patrick Berry immunity?<br /><br />Three writeovers, flaw before TEAR,StAY before SPAY and a misspelling of EMiNATED (where did that come from?) I liked seeing the French phrase bookending last Saturday's phrase (which in my opinion,could as easily have been said by XIV as XV's mistress). A TSUNAMI and Pacific Island pairing, great clues for 2,3 and 4D and like many, was expecting something harsher than a zephyr at 38A. <br /><br />Thanks, PB, I liked this puzzle from STEM to stern.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25430098006872032352015-10-02T13:16:09.761-04:002015-10-02T13:16:09.761-04:00my very brief p.s., continued…
I had meant to tha...my very brief p.s., continued…<br /><br />I had meant to thank @old-timer in advance of his doing it, for explaining the NED = {Land in a nautical adventure} answer. But then, I stopped, just in the nick of future time, when I realized that @009 had already done that, in his WOTD. <br /><br />But, I regress.<br /><br />While I'm here in future-past space/time … fave OID of the Day: IRONCLADS (Boat rares). fave weeject: GIT. fave EVERT-ED answer: LONGER (it's like LONG, only LONG-ER!) fave intersectin rhyme: PALAU/LAO. fave blogmeister: @009. fave editor: The Shortzmeister. fave movie: tie between "The Fifth Element" and "Joe vs. the Volcano". [now I will stop, before I become a faving lunatic]...<br /><br />Masked & Anonymo5Us<br /><br />no p.s.Masked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027736429645378004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38660939017015440842015-10-02T13:08:17.883-04:002015-10-02T13:08:17.883-04:00@Tita...You're on chiquita. If not for the Ir...@Tita...You're on chiquita. If not for the Irish bacon alone.!<br />I made EGGS BENEDICT for my daughter (husband is allergic to eggs) and we spent about an hour in the kitchen following Ann Burrell's very complicated recipe for the hollandaise sauce. It was one of the most delicious things I ever tasted (can you see me reaching over my back and patting it to death?) I've ordered them in restaurants for brunch and I swear they make the sauce a month in advance plus they probably poach the EGGS the night before. So...Ugh (lest I show up at your home and dip my fingers in the Irish chefs sauce!)<br />@Hartley....I'm praying for that rain to come our way...but @Tita is right - rain brings a ton of good luck as long as you always carry an umbrella. Sending best wishes your way.GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.com