tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5413706513827844971..comments2024-03-29T08:45:20.722-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Edward VII familiarly / THU 7-20-17 / Shorthand system inventor Pitman / Fictional swordsman / Screenplay directive / Massey of old moviesRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52025278855910827222017-08-25T12:50:29.109-04:002017-08-25T12:50:29.109-04:00Guess what Jimmy Wood? I'm 87, and it fell in...Guess what Jimmy Wood? I'm 87, and it fell in my lap too. Solved on the LA Blue Line between Long Beach and Compton. Wheelhouse, wheelhouseLongbeachleenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21702307788060247682017-08-24T23:37:26.554-04:002017-08-24T23:37:26.554-04:00A fine Thursday puzzle. I'm with those who enj...A fine Thursday puzzle. I'm with those who enjoyed it. I can also understand others who don't care for it. But Rex's crucifixion of constructor Ross's effort is astounding. Now 86, I well remember being what seems to be the King of CrossWorld's age, mature yet far from old age, how my era was the apex of all eternity before and after, everything should relate to my time. I've tried to construct crosswords, forget it! I'm convinced those who do one after another must have the kind of brain that bends spoons or detects flaws in Stephen Hawking's theoretical reasoning. But if I ever succeeded, I think I'd avoid Rex's highly entertaining but often crushing critique.Jimmy Woodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47591828158580254332017-08-24T22:07:28.577-04:002017-08-24T22:07:28.577-04:00Hey @Foggy - that would be a toothsome cleanup.
L...Hey @Foggy - that would be a toothsome cleanup.<br /><br />Lady DiDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26371685642868044272017-08-24T21:14:24.354-04:002017-08-24T21:14:24.354-04:00@Diana,LIW When the clues get really tough, I reco...@Diana,LIW When the clues get really tough, I recommend mental floss.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59466794780159277722017-08-24T19:52:36.952-04:002017-08-24T19:52:36.952-04:00Good for you, @Mark! I can see you're getting...Good for you, @Mark! I can see you're getting better and better. Ain't it a good feeling?<br /><br />Unless the only movies you go to are about rap or Harry Potter or sci fi, BERTIE's 2011 movie makes his name current. C'mon @Rex - get with it! Just 'cause you were slow(er) today doesn't justify TEARS. <br /><br />Must admit I didn't get everything, so I shan't INFLATE my experience by putting my PUGNOSE into the air. Not that it's really PUG...<br /><br />Haven't read the Futureland comments, as I still have 8 days to catch up on so I hope to not repeat others' comments. Instead - a funny story. Yesterday, as I was winging my way back home, I was filling out crosswords in a book of "mid-level" (whatever that means) puzzles. One had me scratching my head, as I "got" the answer thru crosses, but it didn't make sense. Clue - call or email, Answer - TACT. Huh? I said. Then, today, I had another glorious three hours in the dentist's chair. With my Daffy Duck inflated lips and nitrous-addled brain, I suddenly figured it out - add a "con" prior to that, and all the other, theme answers. Was more like a Thursday than today's puz in my book. The dental folks were all telling me how brave I was, while I was truly in lalaland solving yesterday's traveling puzzle. Ha! <br /><br />So there. Enjoyed it more than @Trump. Or @Rex.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords<br /><br />Diana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40571733813613291062017-08-24T16:59:34.921-04:002017-08-24T16:59:34.921-04:00Some of these clues were certainly obscure. Howeve...Some of these clues were certainly obscure. However I kept at it and did the entire puzzle without any hints. Four Thursdays in a row now. <br /><br />Mark Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29087598545838838672017-08-24T15:30:09.685-04:002017-08-24T15:30:09.685-04:00DNF for me. The SW was a beast but I slayed it aft...DNF for me. The SW was a beast but I slayed it after I went with the awful OLEOOIL. I met my Waterloo in the NE corner when I wrote down aduLATE instead of INFLATE and stubbornly stuck to apPS when it was ISPS. I did solve the dubious LOBAR but in total five letter squares were bad guesses and just plain wrong. For a while, I had high hopes and thought victory was at hand (just as Napoleon surely believed before he invaded Russia) but I fell on my sword and alas it was not to be.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-577136777275404772017-08-24T15:06:23.827-04:002017-08-24T15:06:23.827-04:00REBECCA HOWE is a fictional character of the Ameri...REBECCA HOWE is a fictional character of the American television sitcom Cheers, portrayed by Kirstie Alley and created by Glen and Les Charles. REBECCA appeared in 147 episodes of Cheers between 1987 and 1993.fakt chekkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24720239891200250482017-08-24T14:46:31.499-04:002017-08-24T14:46:31.499-04:00I'll get it right yet: THURSDAY!I'll get it right yet: THURSDAY!leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50873496042967488522017-08-24T14:43:14.570-04:002017-08-24T14:43:14.570-04:00Friday, I mean.Friday, I mean.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52038346227337278742017-08-24T14:41:16.319-04:002017-08-24T14:41:16.319-04:00Rex had a cow with this one, almost in TEARS, it a...Rex had a cow with this one, almost in TEARS, it appears.<br /><br />Yes, the theme was pretty simple, and some of the fill was a bit obscure, but it was also quite gettable with crosses. <br /><br />Thought COSA was Italian, not Spanish. Maybe both? Have to look it up, I guess.<br /><br />OLEOOIL looked strange, and it's crossing with EHLE didn't help much, but there it was.<br /><br />I liked it well enough, but was expecting more on WATT is usually a trickier and more entertaining Friday.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32492817069736179822017-08-24T14:34:56.924-04:002017-08-24T14:34:56.924-04:00A little thin on the theme, but better than a rebu...A little thin on the theme, but better than a rebus. Two w/os with ABLe and the ever popular BElTIE, both easily fixed. After figuring themer #1 the other two were a piece of cake. There was a thing on the interlinks a long while back with Dubya doing a take-off of “HU’s on first”. Funny at the time.<br /><br />Dual entries of O and OUT TIEON ONONELEG, EXEDOUT . . . DOGSOUT. Might have been yesterday I did a WSJ puz with the same “Brest friend” clue/answer. Been doing a few extra puzzles lately.<br /><br />TEETIMES tonight for golf playoffs. First place regular season, we’ll see what happens in playdowns.<br /><br />@spacey hit it with yeah baby MARLA. I’m sure she wasn’t blinded by the $$$.<br /><br />I’ll take OLEOOIL over a rebus any day. Maybe I set a LOBAR.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73989828056854840712017-08-24T14:01:29.781-04:002017-08-24T14:01:29.781-04:00Not that you'll see this, since I am a syndica...Not that you'll see this, since I am a syndicated solver, but Hilo, with a population leas than 44000, is not a major citybillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04551056870698007537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60326860320506174372017-08-24T14:01:03.892-04:002017-08-24T14:01:03.892-04:00Not that you'll see this, since I am a syndica...Not that you'll see this, since I am a syndicated solver, but Hilo, with a population leas than 44000, is not a major citybillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04551056870698007537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17245913207843078242017-08-24T12:45:24.498-04:002017-08-24T12:45:24.498-04:00I'm in syndication land, so I hope you see thi...I'm in syndication land, so I hope you see this.<br /><br />I've been reading this blog for eight years, and your comment is the best one I've ever seen. Amen brother (or sister as the case may be).Lurking ,just behind you!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43433561339524183492017-08-24T12:40:44.455-04:002017-08-24T12:40:44.455-04:00I was waiting. If the word "easy" appear...I was waiting. If the word "easy" appeared in OFL's blog I was prepared to leave home with a deadly weapon. It's bad enough he put "medium-" in there. This is strictly a Saturday puzzle, so I've confirmed: I've lost two days somewhere. I have to get my computer fixed, 'cause it too says it's Thursday.<br /><br />Clues were not just hard; they were brutal. The search for a way in took me to KLEIN in the SW. Even so...but then I remembered going to the Flamingo with son and grandson, and taking pictures of the birds standing ONONELEG. I inferred rather than knew that Sean might have ONO for a middle name, and that was enough to get me SOCKHOP. The southernmost city was obviously not Miami; Galveston wouldn't fit... Holy Moley, are the Islands that far south? I guess they must be: HONOLULU.<br /><br />It went on like this, line by line--sometimes square by square. No area went faster than 23-down. I didn't like the fill any better than OFL did, but the triumph factor was huge. Yuge, even. Oh no, he's got me talking like him! Help! If you ever see me in a blond wig, please: shoot to kill.<br /><br />The theme puns were...puns. Whatever. But the first one I uncovered was the bottom one, and the aha! moment was yu--big. Had HULE_____ and thought something was wrong. Then I reread the clue, and it landed with a thud. That, I admit, was a chuckle. So there was a Chinese leader named HU: HU knew?<br /><br />DOD is--or was, anyway--the luscious MARLA Maples. She was what Huxley would call "pneumatic." Or...LOBAR. I agree this was really, really old stuff, with ILONA Massey and a super-early Hitchcock. Hey, I'm a fan, but I sorta start with "Strangers on a Train" and go from there. I didn't much like doing it, but I sure appreciated FINISHING it. I live in fear of tomorrow and Saturday: after this, what horrors might be in the pipeline? How to score all this? The fill was just too junky. Bogey.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51803289106334968912017-08-24T10:32:38.917-04:002017-08-24T10:32:38.917-04:00BASIN TEARS
WATTSTHEPROBLEM with the TREE where y...BASIN TEARS<br /><br />WATTSTHEPROBLEM with the TREE where your four-FOOTED friend goes?<br />BETTER find HULETTHEDOGSOUT, ‘cuz only the PUGNOSE.<br /><br />--- BERTIE LOBAR<br />BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42847194373841572512017-08-24T10:15:12.410-04:002017-08-24T10:15:12.410-04:00CONTAC ACT
You SAPS CUTTO the chase – Sam knows w...CONTAC ACT<br /><br />You SAPS CUTTO the chase – Sam knows what a TRYST is,<br />he’s MAD for a TASTE of REBECCA HOWESBUSINESS.<br /><br />--- MARLA MESA<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29115145509727707812017-08-23T01:42:45.033-04:002017-08-23T01:42:45.033-04:00I have been going through divorce since my husband...I have been going through divorce since my husband of about 4 years left me for another woman, during the process he left me, everything went from better to worse. I suffered serious heart break during this process i was trying to get him back to my life, because he was my soulmate. I came accross Dr Eddy when i was surfing the internet and reading some reviews on how to restore a good relationship and how to maintain your marriage, and i decided to email him and share all my worries to him. And he did promised me that after 2 days that my husband will come back to me not only to come back to me but to stay with me and love and cherish me only, i was so surprised because i never beleived that he can do it. Shockingly he words came through just as he promised me, and my husband came back to me with lots of love, and we both now love and cherish each other and i beleived our love is going to last forever. contact Dr Eddy when you are in the same problem and i guarantee that he will help you. Email: dreddyspiritualtemple@gmail.com Tel: +23408160830324. Pauline SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62037901922624808052017-08-09T19:58:38.758-04:002017-08-09T19:58:38.758-04:00Good day,
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