tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5337056468671841942..comments2024-03-28T17:39:41.086-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: FRIDAY, Jul. 13, 2007 - Manny NosowskyRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58727354626948019212007-08-25T13:52:00.000-04:002007-08-25T13:52:00.000-04:00Linda G = Madness ... Crossword and Otherwise -- p...Linda G = Madness ... Crossword and Otherwise -- pointer under CROSSWORD BLOGS on the sidebar.<BR/><BR/>If you have way too much time on your hands you should sample all four of Rex's recommendations. Be careful, though--they are habit forming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76326624517837163052007-08-25T12:44:00.000-04:002007-08-25T12:44:00.000-04:00I agree with the above comments but will confess I...I agree with the above comments but will confess I don't know who lindag is or where her website is. For what it's worth, I liked yesterday's puzzle and am old enough to remember Xenia, Ohio b/c of its terrible tornado. It hit Ohio while I was attending college there. If only as many clues popped out for the Saturday puzzle!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38703860839034555502007-08-24T19:59:00.000-04:002007-08-24T19:59:00.000-04:00When I had looked over this puzzle, and before I f...When I had looked over this puzzle, and before I filled anything in, I wrote, "This is gonna be fun!" in the white space above the puzzle. TEXTILES was my first entry, then I crossed it with OMNIMAX. Of course, this made Washington/Oregon untenable, so I moved to the center, with the TEXTILE crosses, and breezed through it, and the other three corners. My momentum carried me through the N/W, and I finished halfway through my second cup. <BR/><BR/>Bluestater, Wade, Green Mantis, Linda et all are right, this was a good puzzle, if a trifle easy for a Friday.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, above, anticipated my only quibble. We must have listened to the same radio programs at the beginning of the Cold War.<BR/><BR/>Joest, I once mused about wasting time writing something no-one would ever read, and Rex assured me that he, at least, always comes back to check. We time travelers should get together and fill the bottom of Rex's blog with such witty comments that the real-time regulars would make a point of returning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3792019269441862342007-08-24T19:55:00.000-04:002007-08-24T19:55:00.000-04:00joest- not so much. like time traveler says, it's ...joest- not so much. like time traveler says, it's kinda frustrating.<BR/>i like the idea of starting a new conversation if you're interested. but to do it here seems kinda lame. meet me at my place? or yours?<BR/><BR/>(re: this puzzle: easy, but elegant.)cornbread hellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044619147561532271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16183412164060780922007-08-24T14:09:00.000-04:002007-08-24T14:09:00.000-04:006WL :::::Very easy for Friday. Stumbled on XENIA ...6WL :::::<BR/><BR/>Very easy for Friday. Stumbled on XENIA "X" and the X + Y clue.<BR/><BR/>Re. 8a, "Quaint cry from a caught crook, with 'the'" (JIGISUP), my radio days say that the catcher (cop) says that, not the crook.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I'll do Saturday in the park.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24795991778687519322007-08-24T11:36:00.000-04:002007-08-24T11:36:00.000-04:00JoestOccasionally someone from the time warp has s...Joest<BR/>Occasionally someone from the time warp has something to say. Frustrating to miss out on the conversation, but why not start a new conversation with the whole rest of the world that does the syndicated puzz?<BR/>It would be user-friendly if Rex would A) have a pointer to the syndicated puzz, like Linda G does, and B) echo the date posted as well as the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70790025109851164682007-08-24T10:49:00.000-04:002007-08-24T10:49:00.000-04:00Does anyone comment to this blog from the group of...Does anyone comment to this blog from the group of puzzlers who solve six weeks after the fact?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5180475445964362482007-07-14T10:37:00.000-04:002007-07-14T10:37:00.000-04:00Flailer (a good name),Relax. You have to learn to ...Flailer (a good name),<BR/><BR/>Relax. You have to learn to ignore those inexplicably nasty guys. They are few and far between and they are generally too obtuse and insensitive for a proper reprimand to have any effect. Sadly, a small segment of the puzzling population is composed of cranky a$$holes who can't abide the different ways of other people. Your critic is probably just sad that he/she doesn't have friendly old-timers to discuss the puzzle with. Only a die-hard ignoramus would persist in not knowing something rather than seek the answer out. The whole reason this blog exists is to create CONVERSATION about the puzzle (a sort of virtual diner-with-friendly-old-people).<BR/><BR/>So, in conclusion, just let it go. And don't let it keep you from future commenting.<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49071897960360538622007-07-14T10:06:00.000-04:002007-07-14T10:06:00.000-04:00I'm the one who posted about getting "flailer" fro...I'm the one who posted about getting "flailer" from solving with the oldtimers. wow, anonymous at 12:28, that was mean. Doing puzzles with other people can be FUN. We were working on it as a group, I didn't just hit them up for answers. Wow, what a cranky, bitchy post to chastise a stranger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59370940252347017962007-07-14T02:40:00.000-04:002007-07-14T02:40:00.000-04:00linda g -- your TRIPLE X interpretation was very f...linda g -- your TRIPLE X interpretation was very funny when I looked over the posted commentsfergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71333281143430224972007-07-14T00:50:00.000-04:002007-07-14T00:50:00.000-04:00Yeah, I gotta chime in with my vote for "cusp" bei...Yeah, I gotta chime in with my vote for "cusp" being the edge of something, in which event "eve" makes sense. And orange, I'm getting that to essay is to try, but that fact just doesn't reside in my wee insect brain. Ya learn something new everyday. I'm going to go essay to win some money at poker now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38847939593446257452007-07-13T23:42:00.000-04:002007-07-13T23:42:00.000-04:00Jim, once you get to the second half of the week, ...Jim, once you get to the second half of the week, direct synonyms tend to fall by the wayside because they're too easy. If there's at least one example sentence in which the clue and answer could be interchanged, it's fair game. For example, in <A HREF="http://www.astrology.com/allaboutyou/cusps/index.html" REL="nofollow">astrology</A>, when the sun is about to move into the next sign, that's the cusp, essentially the eve of a new zodiac sign.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32709656677673947822007-07-13T23:00:00.000-04:002007-07-13T23:00:00.000-04:00No one disputes that it's XY. Crossword license--...No one disputes that it's XY. Crossword license--like poetic license--makes this not only an acceptable clue but an exceptional clue.Linda Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67298925552770633512007-07-13T22:52:00.000-04:002007-07-13T22:52:00.000-04:00Off the top, without checking any sources, I say:I...Off the top, without checking any sources, I say:<BR/><BR/>It's not "X+Y", it's XY.<BR/><BR/>A "cusp" is a critical point or time, it's not an "eve," the day or evening before something else.<BR/><BR/>"Slog" and "slave" are both "work hard" but that doesn't make them synonyms.<BR/><BR/>'night all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4960133939615374062007-07-13T19:19:00.000-04:002007-07-13T19:19:00.000-04:00Bluestater didn't just say it once...he said it tw...Bluestater didn't just say it once...he said it twice! And then, for good measure, said that it should be stated twice.<BR/><BR/>And I agree with him. I loved it, as I've said elsewhere.Linda Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91560748001650512232007-07-13T18:49:00.000-04:002007-07-13T18:49:00.000-04:00Oops, re DogFLOP, I didn't mean to plough tilled g...Oops, re DogFLOP, I didn't mean to plough tilled ground, but I must have glanced past that comment. That does finally make sense to me, I note sheepishly.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8944832949158867532007-07-13T18:28:00.000-04:002007-07-13T18:28:00.000-04:00Green mantis, in this puzzle, ESSAYER means "one w...Green mantis, in this puzzle, ESSAYER means "one who essays, or tries." I'm pretty sure I've seen ESSAYED in crosswords, too.<BR/><BR/>Fergus, dog and FLOP are nouns here, as Gary said above at 12:28. Was the latest action-movie sequel or failed sitcom pilot a dog? If so, it was a flop?<BR/><BR/>Baby Jesus is giggling through the tears because blue stater enjoyed a crossword and said so publicly.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41946248158408940362007-07-13T18:03:00.000-04:002007-07-13T18:03:00.000-04:00Essayer is the infinitive form of the French verb...Essayer is the infinitive form of the French verb 'to try' so I reckon that's what got brought into English, even if that sounds a bit like trying too hard.<BR/><BR/>And thanks to jlsync. Babbitt seemed so real that I couldn't believe he lived in a fictional place.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83863355596485118662007-07-13T18:02:00.000-04:002007-07-13T18:02:00.000-04:00I would rather have wacky place names than wacky p...I would rather have wacky place names than wacky people names. I know Xenia from driving through it from Columbus to Cincinnati, also the tornados. <BR/><BR/>I think that's the first time I've seen GUAT in the puzzle. I liked how the announcers for the Concacaf soccer cup enunciated the 't' for Guatemala.Karen from the Capehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11476512301997985060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43818312223478974492007-07-13T17:42:00.000-04:002007-07-13T17:42:00.000-04:00natural gas is predominately methane (CH4) but con...natural gas is predominately methane (CH4) but contains some ethane and other alkanes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9225297528478820052007-07-13T17:04:00.000-04:002007-07-13T17:04:00.000-04:00I liked this puzzle because it seemed to inhabit t...I liked this puzzle because it seemed to inhabit that sweet spot between challenging and too-much-for-the-mantis. It fell in a nice domino-y way, and that just feels...right.<BR/><BR/>I never figured out why an essayist tries, however, and rex's comment about crossing obscure occupational "ers" made me laugh out loud. I am a big proponent of alerting people when their behavior is making the baby Jesus cry.<BR/><BR/>Comment section seems a little acrimonious today. I hear a sniffle or two from on high.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20023278981224653912007-07-13T16:18:00.000-04:002007-07-13T16:18:00.000-04:00C2H6 -- that's the only ETHANE I know. Are there o...C2H6 -- that's the only ETHANE I know. Are there others that eluded my chemistry classes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25831034822305755182007-07-13T16:17:00.000-04:002007-07-13T16:17:00.000-04:00Love Manny's puzzles, although in this case I agre...Love Manny's puzzles, although in this case I agree it must have been easy for a Friday since I finished it (though not without a lot of pondering.) FLOP<>DOG was great, for a Friday, nice pairing of obscure usages. And I don't understand an objection to "Be At Rest" for "Lie Idle". Took me forever (wanted Lie down, but it didn't ring quite right) but really lit the light bulb when I got it. <BR/><BR/>wups gotta run! Back to work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57133522239849832582007-07-13T16:03:00.000-04:002007-07-13T16:03:00.000-04:00fergus -- that'd be zenith...;-)j.fergus -- that'd be zenith...<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>j.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27305656466698504822007-07-13T15:54:00.000-04:002007-07-13T15:54:00.000-04:00I guess being a Fri. puzzle, they couldn't use the...I guess being a Fri. puzzle, they couldn't use the clue "___ Gay" for ENOLA. But that wasn't waht screwed me up. I got everything but the TENIA section, and I can't even blame the unknown Ohio city for that one. It was my own two mistakes:<BR/><BR/>1) I'm so embarrassed that I didn't know REBECCA -- esp. since I thought "Having learned a lesson" was WISED instead of WISER, so I started the clue with a D. <BR/><BR/>2) Thought a 40s fashion was a PANTSUIT, not a ZOOTSUIT. Pantsuit, zootsuit, leisure suit, what do I know. I'm waiting for the '80s unstructured jackets to make a comeback.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655319942904634388noreply@blogger.com