tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5695953942203421193..comments2024-03-29T05:08:37.783-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Wilt Chamberneezy more familiarly - SATURDAY, Jun. 13 2009 — Neighbor of Kaliningrad / Papuan port in W.W. II fighting / Dogpatch possessiveRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87056695005973614222009-07-19T20:53:58.887-04:002009-07-19T20:53:58.887-04:00Finished, no googling, one mistake at EilLen and s...Finished, no googling, one mistake at EilLen and sLam. Natick for me as slam seemed a fashionable place to meet and the name wasn't so off-putting as to cause consternation. Oh well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85025917122571115282009-07-19T13:04:30.040-04:002009-07-19T13:04:30.040-04:00After a syndicationland week in which I failed to ...After a syndicationland week in which I failed to finish a Thursday (Kilauea) and even a WEDNESDAY (playing fields of Eton area), it sure was nice to redeem myself by finish this toughie unaided over three sessions (afternoon, bedtime, and following morning). Redeems my faith in the puzzlers credo: no matter how blocked you appear, give it time and eventually the answers will come. No other word for it: satisfying.Andersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21514291608964997132009-07-18T23:07:18.146-04:002009-07-18T23:07:18.146-04:00If I had taken four days to work on this one, I pr...If I had taken four days to work on this one, I probably wouldn't have made the stupid mistakes I did!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69184534252170080142009-06-17T10:12:28.762-04:002009-06-17T10:12:28.762-04:00@XMAN - Thanks! Someone read my post!@XMAN - Thanks! Someone read my post!Nebraska Dougnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62614794690358331952009-06-17T00:18:05.544-04:002009-06-17T00:18:05.544-04:00Hey, Nebraska! Well done!Hey, Nebraska! Well done!slypetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537129206516720012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62901539967640729152009-06-16T23:25:42.022-04:002009-06-16T23:25:42.022-04:00No one will see this, but I have to post it anyway...No one will see this, but I have to post it anyway. It took me four days to finish this puzzle, but I did it without a mistake or cheating(googling). After Saturday morning I thought it would be yet another to join the pile of unfinished Friday/Saturday puzzles that I occasionally come back to. But I kept chipping away word by word and eventually I finished it. Feels good.Nebraska Dougnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38101049154116315932009-06-14T12:23:58.202-04:002009-06-14T12:23:58.202-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Doughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138119220722179517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32516454644513940902009-06-14T01:25:01.187-04:002009-06-14T01:25:01.187-04:00I had to comment on this puzzle. I thought it was ...I had to comment on this puzzle. I thought it was great! I spent about an hour just looking at it; getting very few answers and even fewer that turned out to be correct. Then, strictly because I had entered ZEN instead of TAO at 56A, I flashed on WIENERSCHNITZEL for 8D, realized my mistake at 56A and immediately also got EZIO PINZA for 59A. After that I was off and, maybe not running, but steadily strolling. The whole rest of the puzzle took less time to finish than I spent staring in the beginning.Kellyghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336095615002049088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26621669519922740242009-06-13T22:54:27.996-04:002009-06-13T22:54:27.996-04:00Good to hear from Wade again and in midseason form...Good to hear from Wade again and in midseason form to boot.<br /><br />I started the same way ArtLvr did thru EZIOPINZA but I had a number of partials *****BOWL, ********EQUATOR and *****SQUARE that I filled in at this point. I went with KHMER that produced KNEESLAPPER and took me into SE which fell almost at once (SERER?).<br /><br />This left just the NW left and CHEM helped me KO it. I kept trying to fit MICHAEL in the astronaut slot but my granddaughter Tatiana helped he here, reminding me that women were astronauts too and gave me EILEEN which pretty much wrapped this one up, much to my chagrin for not knowing the astronaut clue.<br /><br />I always find Barry Silk puzzles to be difficult but doable if you keep at them. I found this one to be easier than most of his puzzles simply because I knew a lot of what he wanted in the puzzle. As both a Law and Order person and a Civil War buff and getting the BRAZOS river from just the Z, I had a jump on this one.edith bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048817959846956992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67808367308471115752009-06-13T22:14:49.573-04:002009-06-13T22:14:49.573-04:00I got this, but it took a looong time. The northwe...I got this, but it took a looong time. The northwest was the last of fall.<br /><br /> A comment on "profs" As a prof, I've never heard another professor refer to others with the same job as "profs" even though I know that all sorts of other people use this term. Vaguely like "Frisco" for San Francisco -- just about never used by someone from there.michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85672413969161063772009-06-13T21:30:15.508-04:002009-06-13T21:30:15.508-04:00That's foie gras....That's foie gras....machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52048026869577245382009-06-13T20:13:08.658-04:002009-06-13T20:13:08.658-04:00I wasn't sure if this puzzle was really diffic...I wasn't sure if this puzzle was really difficult or if I just had a raging hangover. I think it was probably both.<br /><br />The clue for Shaq refers to one of his many nicknames. He's given most of them to himself (the Big Aristotle, MDE (Most Dominant Ever)), but I think Kobe gave him this one.chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25511386040391962222009-06-13T20:01:55.573-04:002009-06-13T20:01:55.573-04:00@PhillySolver - Let me complicate your argument. ...@PhillySolver - Let me complicate your argument. When ordering Wienerschnitzel in Austria, I have often found the choice of "Schnitzel vom Kalb" (veal schnitzel) oder "Schnitzel vom Schwein" (pork schnitzel). So you may not be comparing veal to veal. (For various reasons, I prefer the pork schnitzel.)Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44124145520622077962009-06-13T20:00:45.769-04:002009-06-13T20:00:45.769-04:00Yes, Philly, I will bite in ChefBea's name. Th...Yes, Philly, I will bite in ChefBea's name. The Austrians would never put a pile of tomatoes, onions and basil, sometimes even arugula, on top of a fine piece of veal! They might add a fried egg, or a sliver of fois gras, but that's it. <br />A Schnitzel in Germany more often than not is thinly pounded pork, but it is delicious as well.<br /><br />On the other hand.... I have to be careful. The Dutch don't eat a lot of veal, but apparently they supply the Italians with their prized milk-fed veal.<br />Still, on a hot summer night, I don't mind the Milanese version on a terrace in Manhattan...machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75356414353151178792009-06-13T19:51:25.083-04:002009-06-13T19:51:25.083-04:00I didn't finish this puzzle due to a crazy sch...I didn't finish this puzzle due to a crazy schedule...well, really because I had about twenty minutes last night and got less than a quarter finished. I am just back and decided to read the comments and Wade's post added to Rex finding it Challenging made up for my sluggishness. <br /><br />Let me start an argument. I find that veal in Vienna is better than veal from Milan.PhillySolverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896753042626337920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74344942138262600382009-06-13T19:25:03.341-04:002009-06-13T19:25:03.341-04:00Here are this weeks's numbers. The number in p...Here are this weeks's numbers. The number in parentheses is the number of solvers.<br /><br />Mon (all) 6:55 (856)<br />Mon (Top 100) 3:43<br /><br />Tue (all) 8:09 (878)<br />Tue (Top 100) 4:06<br /><br />Wed (all) 14:33 (626)<br />Wed (Top 100) 7:26<br /><br />Thu (all) 14:08 (613)<br />Thu (Top 100) 6:45<br /><br />Fri (all) 17:30 (547) last week: 33:08 (428)<br />Fri (Top 100) 7:52<br /><br />Sat (all) 31:30 (321) last week: 25:13 (343)<br />Sat (Top 100) 17:19<br /><br />A tougher Saturday puzzle this week than last. It certainly gave me fits. I was unable to solve it without getting some help from Google and Wikipedia. This week's Saturday to Monday ratio was about 4.6 to 1 (4.7 for the top 100). The Friday to Monday ratio was about 2.5 to 1 (2.1 for the top 100 solvers).sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18297469027164964842009-06-13T19:05:05.830-04:002009-06-13T19:05:05.830-04:00I'm feeling especially parochial today, as I k...I'm feeling especially parochial today, as I kept trying to make it alAmoBOWL. I have no idea when the first one was, but it seemed reasonable that a Louisiana school might have won it. That, plus the unknown astronaut, plus inexplicable blindness to PLASMA, plus the HURs (who?), plus trying to come up with some abbrev for either spies or film critics (you know, the other Bond), kept me from finishing this one (even WITH google). But I had a good time going from "No way I'm getting anything" to almost finishing.<br /><br />And I've seen it a thousand times, but I still had to watch Bugs Bunny, and it still made me laugh.treedwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12634227778469664442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34783730114686466132009-06-13T18:51:10.153-04:002009-06-13T18:51:10.153-04:00Yep, a fine puzzle. Semi-tough but doable. Found...Yep, a fine puzzle. Semi-tough but doable. Found the southern half easier than the north with NE being the toughest for me. Thanks to all who provided the SHAQ background, got the answer but had no idea.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7514499448511661602009-06-13T18:26:00.133-04:002009-06-13T18:26:00.133-04:00Hey, cool site! How do you get the pictures and w...Hey, cool site! How do you get the pictures and words and stuff on it?<br /><br />I bought the paper today--me and the boy rode our bikes down to Starbuck's. I didn't finish the puzzle but probably would have, so I'm surprised by the Challenging rating, too. (I didn't get all the NW but had cracked _ _ _ _ _ BOWL and WEINERSCHNIZEL, so I'd have finally got there--I know that about myself--but we had to go to Lowe's so I could bitch about them selling me a ceiling fan they don't make light bulbs for anymore.)<br /><br />I grew up on the Brazos river, right above the first dam at Possum Kingdom, where John Graves put in his canoe in 1957 at the beginning of the lovely book "Goodbye to a River." I love that river. We're going back up there the 4th. The full name is Brazos de Dios, "the arms of God," though nobody knows why. It's pronounced like "has us," by the way. It's muddy as hell. All my underwear was red when I was kid from swimming in that river. At least that's what I told the school nurse.<br /><br />It never occurred to me that Splinter was the name of Woody Woodpecker's neice. I just assumed that "splinter" was some specialized term for that relationship among woodpeckers, like how a gosling is a baby goose, etc. I guess you don't usually see different terms for the neices of animals. Most animals probably don't even recognize that relationship and probably couldn't give a crap about their brothers' or sisters' kids. Man, crosswords can make you stupid and gullible.Wadehttp://www.nutcrackerbuck.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14356750770485060522009-06-13T18:04:06.888-04:002009-06-13T18:04:06.888-04:00@Rex
So here I am 12 hours later, practically firs...@Rex<br />So here I am 12 hours later, practically first getting up and I blame you!<br />I stayed up WAAAAY too late and became mesmerized by the "Come on Eileen" video... I knew the song, I thought, but then it was like, "Wha?" is he singing in English? Is he on drugs? What ARE they wearing?"<br />Then I had to google the lyrics and caught up in the lead singer's bio...<br />I just love it!!!!!!! Esp the whispering part...very sexy in a very dissolute way! DK take note!<br /><br />@Norm, Steve Manion<br />(and @Denise LOL re: husband)<br />Thanks for the edification on Shaq, tho a little sorry I asked!<br />I should have quit while I was ahead for getting PEACHBOWL without help!andrea toora loora toora loo-rye-aye michaelshttp://acmenaming.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52997418884633757962009-06-13T17:27:55.270-04:002009-06-13T17:27:55.270-04:00I can make a killer Wiener Schnitzel - I could not...I can make a killer Wiener Schnitzel - I could not finish this puzzle. Sigh!chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73769685220631127782009-06-13T17:27:15.785-04:002009-06-13T17:27:15.785-04:00Anonymouse 5.19: I reported earlier I had "sn...Anonymouse 5.19: I reported earlier I had "snack" too.....machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86056620949498279202009-06-13T17:25:33.329-04:002009-06-13T17:25:33.329-04:00@miriam b: Much better title!
I think The Hague ...@miriam b: Much better title! <br /><br />I think The Hague and La Haye are just phonetic versions of the Dutch name. Den Haag ends in a guttural g, and the a sounds almost like an exaggerated "wow!".<br />No effort was made to translate the actual meaning of the word, which is hedge or hedged in land or woods.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41416506012221044212009-06-13T17:19:03.841-04:002009-06-13T17:19:03.841-04:00Magic square is a mathematic puzzle in which all t...Magic square is a mathematic puzzle in which all the horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines add to the same number <br /> 195<br /> 843<br /> 627 Not quite but close <br /><br /> First thing I put in was Snack how many guessed that I put it in for splinter to Woody Woodpecker, Eventually got the magic square and undid that errorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77873576181649273542009-06-13T16:55:12.882-04:002009-06-13T16:55:12.882-04:00Another fine puzzle from Barry Silk!
I did this a...Another fine puzzle from Barry Silk!<br /><br />I did this at the beach in about 50 minutes, but that includes a lot of time not looking at the paper. By thinking before entering answers, I was able to keep my write-overs down to those two three-letter words that were too obvious to ponder: I had ZEN before TAO and CAT before MEW. <br /><br />@Leslie - A magic square is a square array of numbers {1,2,3...} that has the same sum horizontally, vertically, and diagonally.Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.com