tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5662024241909350048..comments2024-03-29T06:31:37.869-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Gen follower / WED 2-17-16 / One alternative of sentry's challenge / Twister Sister frontman Snider / Dwight D Ice in Shower / Old hairdo for Diana Ross / Toggery / Realm of King MidasRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56916993425914451592017-09-07T07:07:29.510-04:002017-09-07T07:07:29.510-04:00Nice Blog Post !Nice Blog Post !Used PC Distributorhttp://www.electrocw.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50217623312602902982016-03-23T15:46:08.388-04:002016-03-23T15:46:08.388-04:00Hooray! A perfectly clean and perfect solve! At ...Hooray! A perfectly clean and perfect solve! At last! <br /><br />Then I come here only to learn that Radwords are not censored. Well, BL*&^P!<br /><br />But that didn't ruin my day, nor did this puzzle, which amused me no end. I love puns and kiddy jokes - I'm easily amused. Much more fun than a bunch of off-brand names or Arabic letters. Not that I'm STILLL BITTER! (You know who you are, Monday puzzle.)<br /><br />The groanier the punnier, I say. Think Marx Brothers, folks. I laugh like ELMO.<br /><br />Even as I filled in gen exer I noted to myself that "xer" is the spelling, and what was that little period doing in the clue? But if we can have TeeVee two days this week, I guess exer is next. Then got to Mary TODD Lincoln, and thought exed? Nah. A, E, I, OH! Bible books. Thought that was a brilliant misdirect. Made me smile. And Exod. is a valid abr. for the 2nd Biblical book in many bible versions and commentaries. So, upon instant replay, I'm taking back that foul flag, @Spacey!<br /><br />Then there was Todi sitting there at 26 across. Todie Fields - some version thereof? (Tom was Huck's friend.) Got JODIE from the FROSTER. <br /><br />I'm guessing Rex added that bit explaining the clue for COLDWATER after several commentators cried foul. At least I hope so. Clues must be read carefully, so a SPY can admire their secrets.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45578558652018496362016-03-23T15:38:01.435-04:002016-03-23T15:38:01.435-04:00Appreciation of puns (no, that's not an oxymor...Appreciation of puns (no, that's not an oxymoron) depends on the eye (mind) of the beholder, or more usually, the beerholder. The ones I most enjoy are those that don't depend on an elaborate build-up, and come snappily in conversation. <br /><br />The themers here are pretty good, given that they are answers to clues within a theme, and are quite mild, as puns go. The first one was great and got me in the mood to suss out the others. It's kind of neat to see a constructor have some fun. <br /><br />I don't know if EXOD is awful or not, but it did give me an 'aha' moment since I had been trying to do something with Gen X, and then it dawned. I think @Spacey missed an opportunity--he could have said 2/3 of a word as an abbreviation is absu. <br /><br />Brilliant first poem, @BS.<br /><br />I liked this puzzle. It had PEP and was BOUNCY, and PHRYGIA is new to me, and the crosses were needed. THE REAL ME.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58495755124696019822016-03-23T12:26:08.048-04:002016-03-23T12:26:08.048-04:00ISLE AIDE IDOLS
With EDWARDSNOWEDIN and CURTCHILL...ISLE AIDE IDOLS<br /><br />With EDWARDSNOWEDIN and CURTCHILLING out<br />will JODIEFROSTER gin, but give BARRYCOLDWATER without?<br /><br />--- MRS.C ETHOS<br />BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25893343928570871472016-03-23T11:49:15.265-04:002016-03-23T11:49:15.265-04:00POEM FOE GALL (TVROOM BOLO POLO)
ROXY was NEWINTO...POEM FOE GALL (TVROOM BOLO POLO)<br /><br />ROXY was NEWINTOWN, have you HEARDOF the preacher’s daughter?<br />SHE SAYSHI, and SHE’s so BOUNCY, I can’t say a BADWORD about her.<br />ONAWHIM SHE PEALS off her DUDS, and NAKED is how I caught her,<br />I’m INAWE, now THEREALME needs a shower in BARRYCOLDWATER.<br /><br />--- ERIC PHRYGIA<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78756395019970117302016-03-23T11:04:47.740-04:002016-03-23T11:04:47.740-04:00I'm trying to justify EXOD (.) and I can't...I'm trying to justify EXOD (.) and I can't. That BADWORD receives the old spacecraft hankie. 2/3 of a word as its abbreviation? Absurd.<br /><br />Didn't have mush trouble with this; got the oh-no-you-ditten puns (we could've done without the extraneous one in the clue for 52-across, though it does remind me of poor Phil Connors trying to shower on--horrors!--a Tuesday). Fill is mixed; good long, not so much short. Had some trouble parsing SAYSHI with the -SHI part in. All I could think of was sushi.<br /><br />I will let MRSC pass because anything Fonzie-related gets an automatic pass. A-a-a-a-y. Nothing I haven't HEARDOF today except PHRYGIA; that unusual combination of letters should have appeared before in crosswords. I guess I did know it at one point, back when I was reading Bulfinch's Mythology as a fascinated preteen.<br /><br />Not wanting to give this the cold shoulder, ONAWHIM I'll give it a C.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46779599199238275532016-02-21T11:04:24.913-05:002016-02-21T11:04:24.913-05:00I'd still be puzzling about exod if not for th...I'd still be puzzling about exod if not for the explanation, thanks as always!Ron Beasleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749659331653748949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59308263766148858142016-02-17T22:58:06.521-05:002016-02-17T22:58:06.521-05:00It's a little late in the day to be a Nixon su...It's a little late in the day to be a Nixon supporter, but if there are any lost souls who still think they found an error in the COLDWATER/Goldwater clue, do go back and read @Rex on that point.(Hint: check the Theme bullets section.)<br /><br />For your penance, count how many commentors claimed the correct answer was Nixon, and how many explained why it was Goldwater. <br /><br />Y'r welcome.Heffalump Kiddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70224677174100140592016-02-17T22:18:10.394-05:002016-02-17T22:18:10.394-05:00Hey people, please at least read the blog before p...Hey people, please at least read the blog before posting questions or claiming errors! (re. dear B. Coldwater)<br />Agree with thumbs down on EXOD, but was more put-off thinking it was EXER, since it is Generation X not Generation EX!<br />Still don't see SPY - they may seek out secrets, they may rejoice at discovering them, but they don't "admire" them.<br /><br />I don't think CAST is right either - wouldn't it have to be plural? Or do they really cast an entire skeleton? My impression (from too many decades ago at the Nat. HIst in NYC) was they cast the individual bones and then assembled them into the skeleton. David in CAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64689155284681229412016-02-17T20:54:45.196-05:002016-02-17T20:54:45.196-05:00Being on the west coast I have been reluctant to c...Being on the west coast I have been reluctant to comment on the puzzles because my comments appear long after prime time. So I decided to open my window and say, 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' I am going to comment and if only Rex sees it, so what.<br /><br />Duh, I've heard of puzzles like this and they give me the twix. This was DNF for me because once I got to 52a I knew the answer had to be Dick Under Water (from Rex's clever reasoning I realize Barry was the next nominee). But I did not care. I could see the rest of the answers did not cohere with my 'Dick Under Water' but I did not GAS. Sometimes your own answer is so wonderfully correct that it is greater than the puzzle itself and all crosses are sucked into the black hole of your rightness. A "Dick Under Water' outweighs ice, wind and fire at least by a tad.JTHUrstnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23879719547782417462016-02-17T20:22:55.258-05:002016-02-17T20:22:55.258-05:00Breezed through the top 2/3. Feeling sort of smug....Breezed through the top 2/3. Feeling sort of smug. Then I ran into a lot of difficulty in the bottom of the puzzle. It took me a while. I quickly entered "norms" when "ethos" was required, which did NOT help. And I needed the crosses for Phrygia. <br />I thought that Rex was going to complain about the very dated "Mrs. C." I don't know how many solvers under (?) 50 know that. Or 45 to be generous. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581264930569305915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48499692304768024042016-02-17T19:33:52.512-05:002016-02-17T19:33:52.512-05:00As an avid tennis player who has served her share ...As an avid tennis player who has served her share of aces, I have never, EVER, heard anyone heard anyone use the term ACER. Pfft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44261379531286988682016-02-17T19:25:58.670-05:002016-02-17T19:25:58.670-05:00We used to waste time at work coming up with Laffy...We used to waste time at work coming up with Laffy Taffy-style jokes on an assigned theme (e.g. for Hawaii: What do you call the Quiz Bowl audience on OAHU? Academia nuts. Why did Barbara Walters go to Hawaii? To get maui'ed). This puzzle reminded me of those days, and so was enjoyable.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16115198053013900932016-02-17T19:25:46.308-05:002016-02-17T19:25:46.308-05:00I wish there was a "hot" puzzle.
ANTONI...I wish there was a "hot" puzzle.<br /><br />ANTONIN SCALDLIA!<br /><br />Too soon?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4867685347942063042016-02-17T17:51:06.520-05:002016-02-17T17:51:06.520-05:00@Mighty Masked One - I can't swear to it, but ...@Mighty Masked One - I can't swear to it, but I don't recall the Nixon note being there when I read the blog this morning I suspect OFL amended the post once the confusion appeared repeatedly in the comments.<b> @chronic dnfer - </b>Are you just howling at the moon? The clue trickiness has been explained multiple times, now. <br /><br />@Anon10:57 - Seems like you're a little defensive. Any reason? At least 8:02 acknowledges sensitivity. I have to agree with @anon8:02's "lazy cluing" assertion. Maybe if "<a href="http://www.vanillaafro.com/art-garfunkel.html" rel="nofollow">Art Garfunkel's </a>hair style" was ever used the plaint would ring less true. To be clear, it's not the appearance of the word, it's the lazy cluing that's a little problematic. Now, can we discuss <a href="http://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2010/06/curly-ethnic-hairstyle-colloquially-mon.html" rel="nofollow">JEWFRO</a>?<br /><br /><i>@Sub two minute doubters - If I ever show up with a sub 2:00 time you can rest assured I cheated. Likewise if I run a sub 4:00 mile, dunk a basketball, or type 150 wpm. Just because I can't do any of these things doesn't mean that no one can, though. </i>Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59030872815353448292016-02-17T16:11:47.286-05:002016-02-17T16:11:47.286-05:00Total foul on Barry Goldwater. He was the nominee ...Total foul on Barry Goldwater. He was the nominee in '64! It was Nixon in '60! AGAIN WTF!!!!Chronic dnferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129538196003383400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21858895485461337052016-02-17T16:08:36.434-05:002016-02-17T16:08:36.434-05:00I thought this was a sort of “typical” crossword....I thought this was a sort of “typical” crossword. No MOTIF(S) apPEAL that SAY(S) HI to the REAL ME. I have HEARD OF all the proper names (except PHRYGIA) so that was a help. In all I didn’t find any BAD WORDS,. i.e. none that ERODEd my solve.<br /><br />However, there was this hidden theme from REAL-life, <br /><br />The storm here last night was a full-on gale with gusts over 60 mph. No FROSTER, with just COLD WATER in the END, so didn’t leave us SNOWED IN. However the wind was headED toWARD one wall of the house where the paint (part of its EXODermis, so to speak) has been PEALling more than A TAD, no longer BINDing well.<br /><br />ON A WHIM, I put on a HI HAT and went out into the YARD early this morning. There I did SPY a whole MESSY bunch of white chips sitting NAKED like ISLEs in the grass; a CHILLING sight.<br /><br />Yup, the wind direction was such the rain was driven TWIXT paint and siding everywhere it was PEALing <br /><br /><i>So how was that wind down your way? By gosh, SHE was bad enough to blow AWAY the paint right off one side the house! Good thing though. Won’t have to strip as much this summer.</i><br /><br />If you are a home owner you learn, sooner or later, that your #! FOE is WATER – by far<br /><br />Cheers<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124431793780560248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13361574435229038542016-02-17T16:08:33.330-05:002016-02-17T16:08:33.330-05:00Agree exod was really bad. Just left it there wond...Agree exod was really bad. Just left it there wondering wtf. Chronic dnferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129538196003383400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33165167311926673322016-02-17T16:05:20.079-05:002016-02-17T16:05:20.079-05:00Scar before scab. I was sure the apse/Phrygia was ...Scar before scab. I was sure the apse/Phrygia was going to be my snf. Instead I spelled gall Gaul never heard of an olla. Lucked out with hi hat. Could have been a lot worse. I chalk this one up as a victory. Chronic dnferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129538196003383400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39640909765757055312016-02-17T15:58:48.136-05:002016-02-17T15:58:48.136-05:00Puke on my shirt awful. Hated the puns, the clue...Puke on my shirt awful. Hated the puns, the clues, the crosswordese forcibly inserted. Ugh. I really lost interest. xyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68298923313174652642016-02-17T15:30:14.129-05:002016-02-17T15:30:14.129-05:00I'm not a themed puzzle fan. Any time the NYT ... I'm not a themed puzzle fan. Any time the NYT wants to stop printing them I won't write in to complain. The puzzle had some interesting and even new entries but the fill made them obvious. The more difficult parts were sacrificed for the sake of some very corny puns. Like I said I'm not a theme fan.<br /> It took a little work to remember that Richies' name was Cunningham. I never watched a single episode.<br /> If there were word for old white people's hair(bald?) I'm sure you'd see it over and over. The bar is set pretty low. If you think seeing AFRO in the NYPT is racist you should see the illustration for it in my 89' Webster's, now that's racist! Ironically most of the illustrations are little works of art. This one just looks like a cartoon.puzzle hoardernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20499543349277405482016-02-17T14:50:37.778-05:002016-02-17T14:50:37.778-05:00@Brett Hendrickson: You print out the puzzle and s...@Brett Hendrickson: You print out the puzzle and solve it. Then you go to the web site and you simply type in the answers as fast as you can. But then your "best time" results are forever skewed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6106492569654128672016-02-17T13:52:59.685-05:002016-02-17T13:52:59.685-05:00All the themers were groanworthy, but Snowed In wa...All the themers were groanworthy, but Snowed In was also incongruous with the rest of them... it kept the exact sound of the real name, while the others didn't.MattGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83295893921847995342016-02-17T13:47:45.758-05:002016-02-17T13:47:45.758-05:00p.p.s.s.
@Nixon - And next time, pay more attentio...p.p.s.s.<br />@Nixon - And next time, pay more attention, so I don't have to repeat what @009 already said, in his themed remarks. Tape the proceedins, or some such.<br /><br />While I'm here again, I should add that I really enjoyed the themers. <br />@009: FRIGID Bardot?!! -- I don't think that there gal got the memo.<br /><br />How To Fix EXOD:<br /><br />Plan A: Make it EPOS. This makes OXEN OPEN. But it also gets us TODS(?), so change TODS to RIDS. That gives U FIE, but then we also get ERHEL. Change it to EMAIL. But then we have either MIDS or MODS, so make it MUDS, cuz then y'all get that extra "U". Okay, great … except for CAE and APSI, of course. Change that CAE to CAN. And, and, OOooh… change APSI to APRI (April Fool's Day!) Except now U got CRI, because of the C in CAN, so make CRI the real crossword-popular URI. Another U! I'm telling yah, stick with M&A … Only thing is now we have UAN, where CAN was. No problemo, dude… Change UAN to UAR! huar! FUN becomes FUR. QED. Clue 'er up.<br /><br />Plan B: Clue EXOD as {Too much time in divorce court??}<br /><br />M&A Help DeskMasked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027736429645378004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68146706215223873502016-02-17T13:46:16.152-05:002016-02-17T13:46:16.152-05:00Well this one was murdering me until Mrs. Mohair f...Well this one was murdering me until Mrs. Mohair finally got herself out of bed and said, "Midas is PHRYGIA and stew jar is OLLA so the skeleton is CAST. And it's EXOD not EXeD, and SCAR not SCAb. And he's JIM, not tIM. Idiot." DUH.<br /><br />Disagree with the multitude of NEIGH sayers here, liked this one quite a bit. Disappointed that CHE wasn't clued with Guevera so we could have a complaint or two. I miss bolo ties, they were kinda cool.<br /><br />@lms - Having read "Winterdance" your sentence "OLLA was the name of the wheel dog on a dog sled I drove for a year one week." made perfect sense to me. Your remark on her flatulence reminded of a humorist's (Thurber?) imaginary headline: Dog Fart Fells Family of Four.<br /><br />@Hartley70 - on Shilling - Wasn't shocked to see a guy like him bilked by tech hustlers, happens too often. But for State of Rhode Island to put tax payers money at risk on a video game idea was outrageous. Governments are there to be swindled by Wall Street and Wall Street only.Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.com