tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5887074430922296722..comments2024-03-28T13:10:54.019-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: THURSDAY, Sep. 13, 2007 - Joe Krozel & Victor FlemingRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1341431001570830842009-01-18T17:32:00.000-05:002009-01-18T17:32:00.000-05:00I, too, wasn't alive during WWII, but gees, I thou...I, too, wasn't alive during WWII, but gees, I thought the WAF was better known...women of the Air Force were integrated into the full USAF in 1974, but were WAF's beforehand. (Ok, I'm a former AF officer....)<BR/>Great site...I really appreciate knowing others are out there thinking through the same entertaining head-scratchers. (I found this one in a collection of NYT puzzles, so I'm a bit late to the party...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61150852614293476142007-10-25T13:26:00.000-04:002007-10-25T13:26:00.000-04:00Yeah, good puzzle. Vic Fleming is a judge in Litt...Yeah, good puzzle. Vic Fleming is a judge in Little Rock, which probably helped with the theme.<BR/><BR/>I got sidetracked thinking of Columbo line: "just one more thing..." for the Perry Mason clue. They live so close together in my brain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59740354129063084462007-09-14T09:31:00.000-04:002007-09-14T09:31:00.000-04:00Loved 'bean sprout' 'stu' and 'one night stand'. ...Loved 'bean sprout' 'stu' and 'one night stand'. <BR/><BR/>My favorite Perry Mason line is mid-way through the show when he barks at his client "What ELSE haven't you told me?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75955984875024589802007-09-14T08:05:00.000-04:002007-09-14T08:05:00.000-04:00kahlaala,Think about those little tag thingies tha...kahlaala,<BR/><BR/>Think about those little tag thingies that have string through a hole punched in them that _ _ _ _ _ to, say, an item of furniture at a yard sale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18661804141589842472007-09-14T02:41:00.000-04:002007-09-14T02:41:00.000-04:00I figured out Bean sprout after awhile, but still ...I figured out Bean sprout after awhile, but still can't get the connection in 49D "Fastenable, as labels" = "Tie-on"??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83894065815352754952007-09-13T22:35:00.000-04:002007-09-13T22:35:00.000-04:00ONE NIGHT STAND was the best for me.ONE NIGHT STAND was the best for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87625468530628804772007-09-13T21:26:00.000-04:002007-09-13T21:26:00.000-04:00BTW I hope the WAF info makes up for poo boy.BTW I hope the WAF info makes up for poo boy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6991086350454746112007-09-13T20:55:00.000-04:002007-09-13T20:55:00.000-04:00The WAF was a post WWII organization created aroun...The WAF was a post WWII organization created around 1948. The WWII women pilots were called WASPs (Womens Airforce Service Pilots) . The USAF actually wasn't a separate organization until after WWII. During the war it was part of the Army.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65070033438944420322007-09-13T20:02:00.000-04:002007-09-13T20:02:00.000-04:00I had LIT instead of ATE for [Showed enthusiasm fo...I had LIT instead of ATE for [Showed enthusiasm for, with "up"] <BR/><BR/>Just realized how funny my take was on this one considering my age and recent lack of sleep. I had SAT :-)<BR/><BR/>PennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8244170461260646242007-09-13T19:53:00.000-04:002007-09-13T19:53:00.000-04:00Ner Tamid is admittedly obscure, but it's a nice t...Ner Tamid is admittedly obscure, but it's a nice touch given that today is Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9494766648339608802007-09-13T19:50:00.000-04:002007-09-13T19:50:00.000-04:00Me like lawyer puzzle.Me like lawyer puzzle.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27987521547546708182007-09-13T19:25:00.000-04:002007-09-13T19:25:00.000-04:00I had LIT instead of ATE for [Showed enthusiasm fo...I had LIT instead of ATE for [Showed enthusiasm for, with "up"], which I still like better. Other than that, though, I was very pleased that this puzzle was at once specialized and accessible. I'd never heard of ADMISSION TO BAIL either, but I've never seen so many 15-stacks before, especially not all with the same theme, and that more than makes up for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-246120053700284472007-09-13T19:24:00.000-04:002007-09-13T19:24:00.000-04:00Thanks jlysnc for explaining "one night stand."The...Thanks jlysnc for explaining "one night stand."<BR/><BR/>The MAHRE/ORLE crossing was foul play in my book, but hey, we all got our own different books. Great puzzle notwithstanding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61572573414214300562007-09-13T18:57:00.000-04:002007-09-13T18:57:00.000-04:00I was all ready to put in escutcheon for 18A and, ...I was all ready to put in escutcheon for 18A and, darn it, there were only four spaces. I was initially daunted with today's puzzle; more like a Friday but I "gnawed" at it for awhile. Admission to bail still doesn't sound right and needed to know that a comma is needed to understand 8D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81080411534766758312007-09-13T18:32:00.000-04:002007-09-13T18:32:00.000-04:00mmpo said...Of course, Alex, you're entitled to no...<I> mmpo said...<BR/><BR/>Of course, Alex, you're entitled to not like having so many foreign words or bits of words in the puzzle, but with the possible exception of ner, these are all very much in the language for a broadly educated English speaker.</I><BR/><BR/>I just just don't like it stylistically. I except that it is valid fill but I'm a broadly read American who did all of his foreign language study in non-Romance languages (Russian, German, and Arabic, and Japanese) so having to keep straight the pronouns and conjugations of "to be" in French, Italian, Spanish, and Latin annoys me.<BR/><BR/>But these weren't all that hard, TIOS and NER were the only ones that posed a big problem (I still don't know which men in the family are tios). I just think 11 of them is excessive. <BR/><BR/>And we don't sing Auld Lang Syne, though I am certainly aware of the song. I have never actually been anywhere on New Year's Eve that it was sung. It is something I only see in movies and on TV.Alex S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07543077687426776863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60747658927346967782007-09-13T18:22:00.000-04:002007-09-13T18:22:00.000-04:00This was a very good puzzle, but somewhat intimida...This was a very good puzzle, but somewhat intimidating: 2 two-tiered stacks and one three-tiered stack of 15-letter word answers with a legal theme? Yet the puzzle was clued cleverly and fairly, so it fell for me. Maybe the BOOZE helped.Campesitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01852123189179333049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50870280788469982532007-09-13T18:20:00.000-04:002007-09-13T18:20:00.000-04:00Well, an apt puzzle for me today. Why? because I h...Well, an apt puzzle for me today. Why? because I had to go to court this morning (a minor disagreement about the speed limit on our local highway) and because my name is Stu!<BR/><BR/>This is one of the very rare times that I've seen my name clued in a puzzle, and I have to admit I'm not impressed with the clue. First, I thought stewardess and stew were no longer politically correct terms for flight attendants. Second, are there no great people in the world named Stu? How about Disco Stu on the Simpsons? Stu Phillips, composer for Battlestar Galactica? Stu Dodge the director of "Cheerleader Autopsy"?<BR/><BR/>-- StuC zarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12893340048068815126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83729167979583260692007-09-13T17:42:00.000-04:002007-09-13T17:42:00.000-04:00Simpson's fans will be reminded of the episode whe...Simpson's fans will be reminded of the episode where Grandpa makes it his mission to have a major thoroughfare be named the Matlock Freeway to honor the great man.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48181411295250941602007-09-13T17:29:00.000-04:002007-09-13T17:29:00.000-04:00don't think Will Shortz would go for [Plan's end] ...don't think Will Shortz would go for [Plan's end] for NER ...<BR/><BR/>Well nerts say I.<BR/><BR/>PennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81109215297873712902007-09-13T17:12:00.000-04:002007-09-13T17:12:00.000-04:00Loved the puzzle, though as usual I got some of th...Loved the puzzle, though as usual I got some of the ones Rex didn't know immediately, and missed many of his gimmes, at least on the first few passes.<BR/><BR/>Isn't REBAR a contraction of reinforcing (or reinforcement) bar? Or is it its own word at this point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90193534405000217502007-09-13T17:10:00.000-04:002007-09-13T17:10:00.000-04:00When I realized it was legal clues, my heart sank,...When I realized it was legal clues, my heart sank, since I don't watch L&O or Perry Mason or Matlock. However, after getting the bottom clues I perked up, and felt good at completing this different puzzle. Were many of the fill clues legal also? There was LANI (and boo crossing two obscure names), what about De bene ESSE? I thought there were one or two others also.<BR/><BR/>Anon 3:11, thanks for pointing out the symmetry of the clues, I missed that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67224228261690920642007-09-13T16:45:00.000-04:002007-09-13T16:45:00.000-04:00Hated REBAR. Rebar reinforces concrete, doesn't s...Hated REBAR. Rebar reinforces concrete, doesn't support it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88949720332596927752007-09-13T16:20:00.000-04:002007-09-13T16:20:00.000-04:00"one night stand"the b'way show avenue q is a fave..."one night stand"<BR/><BR/>the b'way show <I>avenue q</I> is a fave of mine. it follows the sesame street model, using puppets and humans to give little "life lessons."<BR/><BR/>this show includes puppet sex and nudity and is not fer kids. ;-)<BR/><BR/>the jumping off point for one of the little lessons involves casual sex. projected stage right and left are graphics depicting, first: 5 nightstands; then, 4 nightstands; then 3... down to...<BR/><BR/>so glad to re-visit the idea as a puzzle clue and fill!<BR/><BR/>cheers!<BR/><BR/>janieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41947714181240597762007-09-13T16:04:00.000-04:002007-09-13T16:04:00.000-04:00Rex,You left out 32A Admission to bail from your l...Rex,<BR/><BR/>You left out 32A Admission to bail from your list of theme answers.<BR/><BR/>I wasn't alive during WWII, but I still knew WAF (although I had WAC first).Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188052527454989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76839496935948329932007-09-13T16:00:00.000-04:002007-09-13T16:00:00.000-04:00Thanks for all the nice comments on the Thursday T...Thanks for all the nice comments on the Thursday Times puzzle. Rest assured that it was largely Joe's work. He sent me a filled grid that needed a bit of tweaking, which I did. I then sent it to Will with a set of clues that needed tweaking, which he did - and he did it well.<BR/><BR/>VicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com