tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5524350901795834590..comments2024-03-28T22:09:11.213-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: SATURDAY, Jan. 13, 2007 - Patrick BerryRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20638257988112477792007-03-10T18:53:00.000-05:002007-03-10T18:53:00.000-05:00The puzzle in question with kerosene, conclave, AA...The puzzle in question with kerosene, conclave, AAMilne and other answers appeared in my St. Louis paper just last week.<BR/><BR/>Patrick Berry goofed when he clued "Just So Stories" author's first name since the author in question in JOSEPH Rudyard Kipling.<BR/><BR/>Did anybody else spot this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56898475216299214392007-02-25T19:45:00.000-05:002007-02-25T19:45:00.000-05:00I was adament about GIMMES on 1D and it clogged me...I was adament about GIMMES on 1D and it clogged me up for far too long. I don't know why I was so convinced, since no one who has ever played with me, would grant me one. <BR/><BR/>Paul from St. PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32268960316036776182007-02-24T23:15:00.000-05:002007-02-24T23:15:00.000-05:00Just got this puzzle in today's Oregonian, found y...Just got this puzzle in today's Oregonian, found your swell blog looking for the "baby monitor" clue. I was having a tough time and decided to Google a middle SE clue and pick it up from there. Took me about the same amount of time, but there's that no-good cheater's penalty, of course. <BR/><BR/>I really wanted "teen affliction" to be BACNE, a word I haven't heard since high school (meaning, naturally, acne on one's back). I liked MOMENTS for "ticks." I thought at first this one might be easy, with the top half going so quickly (except the dogsbody one, a word I'd heard before but couldn't place for the life of me).<BR/><BR/>Anyway, great blog--I'll check back!(Oh, and Nestle chocolate isn't great, but still better than the dirt-like Hershey's...)psaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06069356514761069391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33529628080139890572007-02-24T10:42:00.000-05:002007-02-24T10:42:00.000-05:00Got very few of these without the help of Dogpile ...Got very few of these without the help of Dogpile and Rex. Thanks again for having a life-saving blog. And this damn well better help stave off Alzheimer's.<BR/><BR/>Agree with you wholeheartedly, Rex. Nestle's is NOT chocolate, although in a pinch, a handful of semisweet chips will do.<BR/><BR/>Ticks = MOMENTS? Yes, it's odd, but moments are what tick away the years.Linda Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49576931256209261282007-01-13T21:42:00.000-05:002007-01-13T21:42:00.000-05:00I really wanted teen angst to be acne. Jean-Antoi...I really wanted teen angst to be acne. Jean-Antoine lost part of his first name. How many things can be blue "blank"? I believe he clue for baby monitor is deliberately cruel. I have those criminal cowbirds in my back yard bird sanctuary -- must find out how to limit their activities. Oh, and how is ticks "moments"? My life having been saved by a nurse's aid by the name of Todd, I refuse to refer to him as a dogsbody and continue for the last two years to remember him in my prayers. Doesn't Patrick Berry just love third or fourth definitions? He's not in my prayers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78491317742430922402007-01-13T18:27:00.000-05:002007-01-13T18:27:00.000-05:00I got COALOIL and FARADS immediately - I knew them...I got COALOIL and FARADS immediately - I knew them from other, recent NYT puzzles. <br /><br />Now, I would <i>love</i> to believe solving crosswords helps prevent the onset of Alzheimer's, but if there's evidence to the contrary ...Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16163475051283615894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64690947991705131762007-01-13T17:22:00.000-05:002007-01-13T17:22:00.000-05:00You're right, dogsbody is a great word. Whenever ...You're right, dogsbody is a great word. Whenever I hear it, I think of the line from the Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the UK" -- <br /><br />"I wanna be anarchy! / No dogsbody!"<br /><br />I never really knew what it meant before now though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72172645865551944932007-01-13T15:08:00.000-05:002007-01-13T15:08:00.000-05:00OK, let me rephrase:
CONCLAVE is my best wrong an...OK, let me rephrase:<br /><br />CONCLAVE is my best wrong answer <i>that is actually a word in the English language</i>. Thank you.<br /><br />RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5671179719461011462007-01-13T14:49:00.000-05:002007-01-13T14:49:00.000-05:00I'm not sure that conclave is better than measo.I'm not sure that conclave is better than measo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4846255460769782852007-01-13T14:19:00.000-05:002007-01-13T14:19:00.000-05:00OK that's officially the sweetest comment that thi...OK that's officially the sweetest comment that this blog has ever received. Thank you very much. The whole endeavor is my sincere pleasure.<br /><br />RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78249642576846903472007-01-13T14:16:00.000-05:002007-01-13T14:16:00.000-05:00I love to read your comments after I have suffered...I love to read your comments after I have suffered over the daily crossword puzzle. Your writing makes me think of you as a dear friend. dvlott@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12735586222039527892007-01-13T13:57:00.000-05:002007-01-13T13:57:00.000-05:00Wendy-
Thanks so much for the "dogsbody" research...Wendy-<br /><br />Thanks so much for the "dogsbody" research. That is an awesome term / etymology. NEVER heard of it. Clearly, amidst all my other puzzle trouble today, I forgot to note it. Maybe it's because my answer was a complete guess based on crosses that turned out to be right. When I'm right (and when other answers are so so wrong), I tend to overlook any oddness. Kind of a cruel way to refer to a NURSE'S AIDE, though, I have to say. "Dogsbody" (which easily typos to GODSBODY and DOGBOY, among other things) goes into my (rapidly growing) list of fabulous words I have learned since starting this blog. Makes yesterday's DOGLEG seem like everyday speech.<br /><br />RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44901089869348492672007-01-13T13:16:00.000-05:002007-01-13T13:16:00.000-05:00LOL...thank you for the most entertaining blog I'v...LOL...thank you for the most entertaining blog I've read in a long time. I'm going crazy with the puzzle on most days because for whatever reason, when I press "done," my answers aren't acceptable. The next day, I go back and cut and paste my answers from the day before, and all of a sudden, it's all hunky-dory! Mr. Happy Pencil looks happier than ever. Go figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66959284167794706892007-01-13T12:38:00.000-05:002007-01-13T12:38:00.000-05:00Doing the puzzle every day now vs. only on Sunday,...Doing the puzzle every day now vs. only on Sunday, I realize just how much I do not know. The most interesting fact of the day pertained to "dogsbody" which I couldn't divine for the life of me (although it sounded bad) and had to refer to google which sent me to wikipedia. Which says: The Royal Navy used dried peas boiled in a bag as one of their staple foods ca. the early 1800s. Sailors nicknamed this vile substance "dog's body." In the early 20th century, junior officers and midshipmen who performed jobs more senior officers did not want to do began to be called "dogsbodys," and the term became more common in non-naval usage ca. 1930 to come to refer to people who were stuck with rough work. Were others aware?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51359884262338043272007-01-13T12:18:00.000-05:002007-01-13T12:18:00.000-05:00Yeah, the pimp guy's comment is gone now. Maybe I ...Yeah, the pimp guy's comment is gone now. Maybe I should have left it up.<br /><br />PPS I have reverted to my old template for now, though by hacking my way through Blogger Help Groups with a machete, I think I have solved my line spacing and my stat counter issues if I do indeed return to the New Template. I have to say that some computer geeks are really, really nasty (much of the time) to folks who are ignorant. Antisocial folks who would Never speak so nastily to someone's face. I didn't post my complaint, because I managed to find out that my issues are Known Issues, but it wasn't easy, and I felt bad for the Lost Blogger folk (like me) who would post a question and then get Badgered for taking up space.<br /><br />RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88001263458673556472007-01-13T11:42:00.000-05:002007-01-13T11:42:00.000-05:00re: Iaw*qlp post: Wow, even pimps are reading the...re: Iaw*qlp post: Wow, even pimps are reading the blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com