tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5102932799746508575..comments2024-03-28T16:50:50.953-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Sci-fi natives of planet Kashyyyk / SAT 3-11-17 / Genre akin to indie rock / Piece of glib journalism often written under tight deadline / Repeated lyric in Who's Tommy / Wave function denotre in quantum mechanicsRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18021092297593730652017-04-15T20:24:24.515-04:002017-04-15T20:24:24.515-04:00Came late, ended late.
Too much in the East, from...Came late, ended late.<br /><br />Too much in the East, from WOOKIEES through SEEME that I couldn't or didn't want to spend the time to piece together.<br /><br />I'M SORRY, for whom I couldn't tell ya.<br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48072629695891532612017-04-15T17:50:12.210-04:002017-04-15T17:50:12.210-04:00@rainy - VAS DEFERENS? Oh come now!@rainy - VAS DEFERENS? Oh come now!rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79604651465078993222017-04-15T16:03:17.257-04:002017-04-15T16:03:17.257-04:00Hardly "beyond easy" here, unless "...Hardly "beyond easy" here, unless "beyond" means nowhere near.<br /><br />I started off like gangbusters in the North with LOT I, TREE, PIPE, and PSI which pretty well caved in that entire section. I thought I was a SAVANT for a brief time, even remembering the spelling of WOOKIEES. <br /><br />After that blazing start, not so quick. Silly me, couldn't accept SAME for 26D because it was the SAME as ALIKE, and I thought we'd be looking for another def. of uniform. <br /><br />Red DYE = Green paint - something to remember for future puzzles.<br /><br />ADVENTURE TIME? To quote @Spacey, "nevah hoid of it", so had to get all the crosses there. There's a VAS DEFERENS between straightforward clues, and tricky ones, of which there were many in this puzzle.<br /><br />So, not easy, but very enjoyable and gratifying to finish.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42588139195691023272017-04-15T15:01:38.600-04:002017-04-15T15:01:38.600-04:00Kegstand is a handstand on the keg? Becoming more...Kegstand is a handstand on the keg? Becoming more challenging throughout the evening.Aphid Laruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041821842082372654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27405755347281721042017-04-15T13:46:41.919-04:002017-04-15T13:46:41.919-04:00Having "opinion" vs. HOTTAKE did me no f...Having "opinion" vs. HOTTAKE did me no favors. Never heard HOTTAKE. This gave me runFOR vs. VIEFOR. A nice mess that got me into. <br /><br />MOES and MANNA were my only "gimmes."<br /><br />Don't play much VIRTUALREALITY (did play Myst when it came out) and never heard of ADVENTURETIME. I don't even watch TV for grownups very much. <br /><br />A couple of fact checks helped me finish, but officially a dnf. "OLDFLAME" was my only smile - a good puzzle, but not a winsome one for me. <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87269623604775512612017-04-15T13:01:04.667-04:002017-04-15T13:01:04.667-04:00Syndication land chiming in here. Yesterday, &quo...Syndication land chiming in here. Yesterday, "ELI", which suited Good Friday. Today "MANNA" which suits Passover (<i>in media res</i>). Was Will Shortz looking ahead 6 weeks? Joe in Nfldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29983272105815825502017-04-15T12:05:26.766-04:002017-04-15T12:05:26.766-04:00Easy my @$$! Musta took up the better part of an h...Easy my @$$! Musta took up the better part of an hour. I had MOES and very little ELSE until I had THENERVE to commit to GLORIASTEINEM (yeah baby in the bunny outfit). If I'da done that right off I FIGURE I could VIEFOR the title of SAVANT. As it was,not at all on that wavelength OFL mentions. Was thinking EsE and not EME, thus leaving out said Ms. STEINEM.<br /><br />Have heard of ALT-country (e.g. Sturgill Simpson, Lucinda Williams, etc.) but not ALTPOP?!?<br /><br /><br />SAD, but most of my OLDFLAMEs now just seem to be OLD.<br /><br /><br />Had no DATA for ADVENTURETIME and some others. Kinda tough in places for some of us older human BEIN'S.<br /><br /><br /><br /> rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28391703842492872032017-04-15T11:53:11.272-04:002017-04-15T11:53:11.272-04:00Extremely daunting at first, yet here I sit with t...Extremely daunting at first, yet here I sit with the completed grid--not even a writeover--and not at all sure how I got here. So, "easy?" I wouldn't say that. Certainly not a "personal record," though I don't even keep solving-time records. Yeesh, who does that?<br /><br />Oh.<br /><br />Never heard of a KEGSTAND (I just assumed they plunked the thing down on the floor and tapped away), or a HOTTAKE, but they were inferable once a few letters were in. GHOST is a word game?? No, not easy. Today's triumph factor was huge.<br /><br />HADJ, or HAJJ, is the trip; HAJI, or HADJI, or HAJJI, is the person making such trip. Maybe we ALL better learn Arabic, the way things are going.<br /><br />In honor of GLORIASTEINEM, I'll do my part to deobjectify women by leaving the DOD title vacant for today. Least I can do.<br /><br />And now I have another name to add to my list of "questionames:"<br /><br />Do you think Natalie Wood? (probably)<br />Was Marvin Gaye? (signs point to yes)<br />Will Natan Last? (yeah, I think so)<br /><br />Eagle!spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69853026635242004912017-04-15T11:26:13.470-04:002017-04-15T11:26:13.470-04:00DYE SLIME
MY OLDFLAME had a FIGURE at which I LEE...DYE SLIME<br /><br />MY OLDFLAME had a FIGURE at which I LEERed,<br />not that IMSORRY, I had THENERVE to be JEERed.<br />You SEEME as an ITEM<br />with GLORIASTEINEM?<br />MANNA VIRUALREALITY like that is WEIRD!<br /><br />--- MARC SAVANTBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76377396437384637032017-03-11T22:43:29.463-05:002017-03-11T22:43:29.463-05:00Lots of Islam-themed fill lately. Lots of Islam-themed fill lately. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38696466258139615012017-03-11T22:32:44.145-05:002017-03-11T22:32:44.145-05:00@Dolgo 9:23PM
My I suggest you take up your dista...@Dolgo 9:23PM<br /><br />My I suggest you take up your distaste of political discourse on this blog with the origin of that discourse. Namely, He Who Shall Have The Last Word!<br /><br />Thus Spoke Zarathustra, alias Z.Friedrich Nietzschenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5121881055393074132017-03-11T21:11:06.382-05:002017-03-11T21:11:06.382-05:00I'm. . . I wasn't sure either. Didn't ...I'm. . . I wasn't sure either. Didn't the Ark of the Covenant have two angels on it? If that's the answer, it's as far out as my brain is at two am.Dolgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881395438982320077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68620041177029743682017-03-11T21:09:50.322-05:002017-03-11T21:09:50.322-05:00I'm. . . could we lay off politics somewhere, ...I'm. . . could we lay off politics somewhere, sometime?!!!Dolgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881395438982320077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-496477340775036622017-03-11T21:07:58.960-05:002017-03-11T21:07:58.960-05:00Even though I have lived in California for 45 year...Even though I have lived in California for 45 years and know better, I still say "woof" to be true to my Mizzurrah dialect!Dolgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881395438982320077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70724484080905724232017-03-11T21:05:44.906-05:002017-03-11T21:05:44.906-05:00Never heard "bolt down your food"? My mo...Never heard "bolt down your food"? My mother used to say that all the time.Dolgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881395438982320077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73858675618883732982017-03-11T21:03:15.161-05:002017-03-11T21:03:15.161-05:00Also 2 angels on top. That's what I first flas...Also 2 angels on top. That's what I first flashed on,but then thought, 'Dolgoruky, you are REALLY OUT THERE!! I guess I wasn't the only one, @old timer!Dolgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881395438982320077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7996148572311747732017-03-11T20:55:27.374-05:002017-03-11T20:55:27.374-05:00". . . always learn something." Man afte...". . . always learn something." Man after my own heart, @ mohair Sam!Dolgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881395438982320077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37854437140893188002017-03-11T20:53:13.594-05:002017-03-11T20:53:13.594-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dolgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881395438982320077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46438523011093781912017-03-11T20:46:33.941-05:002017-03-11T20:46:33.941-05:00couldnt do the puzzle cause it never would come on...couldnt do the puzzle cause it never would come on the website, so whatever!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13075481915174691182017-03-11T20:08:44.795-05:002017-03-11T20:08:44.795-05:00Thank Heaven Trump got elected so that the disastr...Thank Heaven Trump got elected so that the disastrous turn the economy took from 2009-2016 can be stopped. The sale of Ivanka Trump's accessories has single handedly turned the struggling clothing industry around. Just wait, all those chains closing stores by the hundreds will re-open them. Finally, Trump will stop lying about everything any day now. Hallelujah!!Andrew Heinegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18101651673327984167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84043682443637918372017-03-11T19:33:48.209-05:002017-03-11T19:33:48.209-05:00Just flying the deLorean in from the past to remin...Just flying the deLorean in from the past to remind all to fly one hour into the future tonight. You know...summer hours in____(fill in appropriate city)<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords and daylightDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48815212359032763642017-03-11T16:41:31.541-05:002017-03-11T16:41:31.541-05:00I am new to Tunis.
This is my first entry.
I found...I am new to Tunis.<br />This is my first entry.<br />I found this a tough day.<br />Friday was a breezes Jeffmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53292625820468052182017-03-11T16:28:35.788-05:002017-03-11T16:28:35.788-05:00@ Anonymous 4:05PM
Hilarious!
@ Anonymous 4:05PM<br /><br />Hilarious!<br />JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16641879574667015132017-03-11T16:25:42.945-05:002017-03-11T16:25:42.945-05:00Glad that you could do this in your beauty sleep, ...Glad that you could do this in your beauty sleep, Rex. As for me, I had to literally sleep on it in order to return to the SW, which nagged me until I recited the mental catalog of "Tommy" lyrics sufficiently to load See Me into the corner. That broke the jam, providing "vas" (as in vas deferens) and ultimately the starts of the long ones.turkeyneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00366267871042122793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55197269147545461342017-03-11T16:20:56.220-05:002017-03-11T16:20:56.220-05:00I'm way late, but here goes. I had to remind m...I'm way late, but here goes. I had to remind myself that Mel's was a diner and MOE'S is a tavern. I balked at the acceptability of Red DYE as fill, but close enough. <br /><br />For some reason, I could not see TREE linked to family and Christmas until the aha moment. I was also glad to see that the clue "What someone may be holding while waiting" had nothing to do with a bathroom. Whew! <br /><br />I can't help but wonder what was the stimulus for Mrs. Smith's missing anecdote; OLD FLAME, KEG STAND, or GYRATE. I guess we'll never know. THE NERVE!<br /><br />An early childhood memory involves being in a play about Moses leading the Israelites through the wilderness. Dressed in bathrobe, sporting a sooty beard, and carrying a staff, I played an Israelite. One kid's role was Burning Bush. I remember some proud moms hiding behind the piano throwing Quaker Puffed Rice at our heads representing MANNA, God's gift of sustenance. Larry Gilstraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493069947477383208noreply@blogger.com