tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6010473409490317728..comments2024-03-29T08:45:20.722-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Popular game with sequel Riven / THU 8-18-16 / zero in sports slang / Car modified into Monkeemobile / Smokes once touted by Willie penguin / Sarge's sell my bonds telegramRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56647972415212442632017-05-25T02:51:34.365-04:002017-05-25T02:51:34.365-04:00Thanks for share every nice comments. Please visit...Thanks for share every nice comments. Please visit my website. <br /><a href="https://goldenslot.gclub-casino.com/" rel="nofollow">โกลเด้นสล็อต</a> <br /><a href="https://www.gclub-casino.com/" rel="nofollow">จีคลับ</a> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08343617733558643026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51321500936217306572016-10-19T05:08:27.258-04:002016-10-19T05:08:27.258-04:00Are you paying more than $5 / pack of cigarettes? ...Are you paying <b>more than $5 / pack of cigarettes?</b> I buy all my cigarettes over at <b><a href="http://cigarettes.syntaxlinks.com/r/DutyFreeDepot" rel="nofollow">Duty Free Depot</a></b> and I save over <b>60%</b> from cigarettes.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53504385458476848662016-09-25T21:12:56.446-04:002016-09-25T21:12:56.446-04:00What @Steve Reed said! This is the exact order in ...What @Steve Reed said! This is the exact order in which I do the crossword. Thank you, and thank @LMS!Jentapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06454427112814312006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72566460835963970302016-09-22T23:51:14.133-04:002016-09-22T23:51:14.133-04:00OK I'm with the hate Lovin You like Midnight a...OK I'm with the hate Lovin You like Midnight at the Oasis 70s people crowd. ANTON for ARTUR Rubenstein set me back. Agree that the theme is pretty lame.sdcheezhdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457420125517948430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29541375845389001282016-09-22T20:01:47.583-04:002016-09-22T20:01:47.583-04:00@Ellen S. 10:42 a.m., way back up there. Thanks fo...@Ellen S. 10:42 a.m., way back up there. Thanks for link to the fascinating Sinatra profile in Esquire way back when. (Might interest some syndilanders, too.)leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34657328987754833132016-09-22T16:14:49.868-04:002016-09-22T16:14:49.868-04:00I had NONCOMMUNICAtes, and couldn't finish tha...I had NONCOMMUNICAtes, and couldn't finish that corner. However, I had already looked up IDRIS, so a dnf was well on its way.<br /><br />Mr. W and I bought MYST the year it came out, and spent the better part of Christmas week "playing" and solving it. <br /><br />There's this thing called Google, and I looked up ROSHAMBO - oh dear. Kick someone in the b***s over something. Er, not this lady.<br /><br />When Mr. W takes on his Clark Kent persona, I have often accompanied him as Lois Lane - I even have a DAILY PLANET press pass. <br /><br />OPEDS started in 1970? Really? I thought they were, like, forever. <br /><br />Maybe Rex didn't get a piece of the babka, or maybe his MARTINI was too WET, but I don't see why he sooooo disliked this pretty little puzzle. I would not give it a BAGEL. Pretty KOOL, actually.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Nova on that BAGELDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78968136373294561302016-09-22T15:45:40.676-04:002016-09-22T15:45:40.676-04:00From Syndication Land:
I loved this puzzle! Thoug...From Syndication Land:<br />I loved this puzzle! Thought for sure it would get an A+. The fill is so clean and the theme is so fun, with the added bonus of great down answers in blind alleys and wet martinis. What's not to love?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69766904635465903182016-09-22T14:47:45.340-04:002016-09-22T14:47:45.340-04:00I don't mind an easy Thursday puzzle, especial...I don't mind an easy Thursday puzzle, especially when it is entertaining like today's. I don't think you can say that the 15s are a theme, per se, but they were fun to work out. The whole puzzle is delightful, in fact.<br /><br />I had never heard the term "wet martini", but I laughed when I wrote it in, thinking it made sense. As a side note, I like 'em both dry and wet, but prefer the former 'cuz I'm sophisticated. Hah.<br /><br />There are hundreds of songs worse than the ones discussed here, but you have to admit, whether or not you like Midnight at the Oasis (fantastic guitar solo in there), Maria Muldaur looks pretty good performing it.<br /><br />And of course, welcome back @Acme, if that indeed is you who commented up there. Nice to see @Evil Doug, too.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62800777180098836312016-09-22T14:44:47.345-04:002016-09-22T14:44:47.345-04:00More or less agree with Rex on this one, but I'...More or less agree with Rex on this one, but I'd give it B, instead of a C, because it required some mental agility and I didn't at all find it easy.<br /><br />Themers were not easy to see and make sense of, and had to come here<br />to clearly see the last of them, NONCOMMUNICABLE. (Had wanted it to end with municipal.)<br /><br />ONBASE in my baseball world isn't necessarily being in scoring position. Second and third bases, yes, first base, no. ONBASE just doesn't do it.<br /><br />ROSHAMBO?! OKIE-dokie.<br /><br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58323355589356527722016-09-22T14:02:51.487-04:002016-09-22T14:02:51.487-04:00One ink blot today where HYPED was HoPED for a mil...One ink blot today where HYPED was HoPED for a millisecond. Didn’t know ROSHAMBO, looks like the feminine counterpart to Rambo. DAILYPLANET a gimme, what else could it be? Same with WETMARTINIS (I’m a grad of the MN School of Bartending). And the Coen brothers are from the Twin Cities, so, gimme.<br /><br />It’s not BAGEL in MN, it’s “donut”, as in the 41-donut loss to the NY Giants in the 2000 NFC championship game. LOOKITUP! Still infamous here. The use of donut is attributed to Randy Moss. NYers probably call it 41-BAGEL.<br /><br />How do you TEMPER A MENTALLY superior rival? Have him snort ALINE or two.<br /><br />Again we have OLE with no accompanying Sven NOR Lena.<br /><br />Decent puz, and better than a rebus. The END.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5988116865288718222016-09-22T12:44:07.888-04:002016-09-22T12:44:07.888-04:00LOOKITUP
INSOLE RECONSIDERATION of MONEY she TEMP...LOOKITUP<br /><br />INSOLE RECONSIDERATION of MONEY she TEMPERAMENTALLY lampooned,<br />though her SPRAYTAN was a MESS, for the RATE of a COIN, HONEYMOONED.<br /><br />--- ROSHAMBO LANAI & JOEL CAMEL<br /><br />this stream of unconsciousness brought to you by KOOLSBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23994557992680818192016-09-22T10:56:35.487-04:002016-09-22T10:56:35.487-04:00First and most important of all: welcome back DOD ...First and most important of all: welcome back DOD Andrea!! (If you had not seen this before, it's Damsel of the Day.) It's as if somebody turned the lights on around here.<br /><br />And we need all the light we can get, because so often the lead blog is so dark. I'm in agreement with @Paul Rippey: if the fifteens had been clued straight this would probably have gotten a better grade. It's way too easy for a late-week themeless, but still.<br /><br />I got DAILYPLANET right away. SPRAYTAN was less obvious, though acquired soon enough. I dunno...maybe I'm getting better at this, but no way does today's belong on a Thursday. A very nice, well-filled grid. DOD was to have been the incomparable ELLA, but when I saw @Acme that idea went out the window, shattering glass a la Memorex. (Take a MEMO, REX: lighten up!) I know one thing: Jeff IS getting better at this--and he wasn't too shabby to begin with. Birdie. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11276334144198192102016-08-19T18:17:16.102-04:002016-08-19T18:17:16.102-04:00two of the best clues in a while: the double enten...two of the best clues in a while: the double entendre in "like best buds" -- folks in CO, WA, and Amsterdam know about that. <br />Also, love the contradictory tension in "be on the level" -- so nice to pick up on the intersection of meanings. You may be on the level when you're lying down, but certainly not when you're lying to me... <br />These little plays are gleeful. mark anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22878901486033037632016-08-18T23:45:15.704-04:002016-08-18T23:45:15.704-04:00In super late today, it's been a busy day. I l...In super late today, it's been a busy day. I liked this, mostly. Some fun cluing, no real groaners. I also really like long words, so sussing out the themers was enjoyable. Struggled with the "cable" part of the last themer like Rex did.<br /><br />Hopefully I'll get an earlier start of Friday's puzzle, but not going there tonight. Good night all!Token Millenialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20886213510504228842016-08-18T22:55:02.639-04:002016-08-18T22:55:02.639-04:00@Ellen S. (10:42 a.m.) -- Thanks for the link to t...@Ellen S. (10:42 a.m.) -- Thanks for the link to that very interesting Esquire piece by Gay TALESE on Frank Sinatra. I'd never read it back when it was published -- although I won't take a back seat to anyone in the depth of my youthful passion for Sinatra throughout the 1950s and into the '60s. I also loved the way he sang. There was so much that I, we, all of us didn't know about him back then. And it was probably better that way.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14263528832800323152016-08-18T20:11:13.407-04:002016-08-18T20:11:13.407-04:00This was a pretty decent puzzle. Most posters als...This was a pretty decent puzzle. Most posters also left with a positive impression. Rex must have been in a bad mood.Colbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01689267070985508341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90737522384857556632016-08-18T20:00:05.238-04:002016-08-18T20:00:05.238-04:00Thanks for setting the record straight on Minnie. ...Thanks for setting the record straight on Minnie. It don't have the focus at this point in the day to do it without rambling and sounding too preachy. She'd surely have a deeper reputation if she could have continued broadening her discography. Lovin You is understably reviled by many but she was so much more than that one song. Chim chamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14072888196146711139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7332947688986675532016-08-18T19:05:58.387-04:002016-08-18T19:05:58.387-04:00@mathgent - huh. It works on all my devices. Today...@mathgent - huh. It works on all my devices. Today's is at the top and I just have to scroll down for earlier blogs. With frequent constructors like Chen there are multiple pages. Computer, iPad, iPhone, it always works for me, although the iPhone doesn't load the whole page so it is more tedious to look at old blogs. Anyone else try this and not get the older posts?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15415837886883151942016-08-18T18:46:54.211-04:002016-08-18T18:46:54.211-04:00I really liked this one. I smiled several times wh...I really liked this one. I smiled several times while solving, took six minutes longer than usual, and felt great satisfaction upon completion. Can't really ask for much more than that. Alysiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05852273461889866415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41072618231908429262016-08-18T18:36:29.793-04:002016-08-18T18:36:29.793-04:00@pmdm -- thanks for the reminder about Rotary Conn...@pmdm -- thanks for the reminder about Rotary Connection. Love "Black Gold of the Sun."Passing Shotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77020690076702763682016-08-18T17:58:23.941-04:002016-08-18T17:58:23.941-04:00@Z: Thanks, I'll have to take your word for ...@Z: Thanks, I'll have to take your word for it. When I asked for all Jeff Chens, all I got is today's.mathgentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21097819350206190962016-08-18T17:50:17.088-04:002016-08-18T17:50:17.088-04:00@Steve Reed...what about all the food comments????...@Steve Reed...what about all the food comments?????chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80587900977612604882016-08-18T17:27:12.166-04:002016-08-18T17:27:12.166-04:00@Chip Hilton - Sounds like a silent E to me, but t...@Chip Hilton - <a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/temperament" rel="nofollow">Sounds</a> like a silent E to me, but the phonetic spelling looks like a quickly elided schwa. The correct spelling looks wrong to me, too.<br /><br />@mathgent - <a href="http://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/search/label/Jeff%20Chen" rel="nofollow">In March and February of this year</a>, then I stopped going backward. Free hint to people who wonder how I found all the Chen puzzles: At the end of each post are "Labels." Click on the label (in this case "Jeff Chen") and all the blogs with the same label will appear.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18783773552431923842016-08-18T17:15:03.807-04:002016-08-18T17:15:03.807-04:00Does anyone remember Rex saying anything positive ...Does anyone remember Rex saying anything positive about Jeff Chen's work?mathgentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89083943211773198292016-08-18T17:11:31.299-04:002016-08-18T17:11:31.299-04:00Okay, am I the only person here who's been mis...Okay, am I the only person here who's been misspelling temperament, temperamental, and TEMPERAMENTALLY his whole life. Where the heck did that silent A come from?!?Chip Hiltonnoreply@blogger.com