tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6039135770660259424..comments2024-03-29T05:08:37.783-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: SUNDAY, Feb. 15, 2009 — Jim Leeds (Poetry movement by Ezra Pound / One treating disorders of the ear / Competed in a velodrome)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50051319399982048052009-02-23T13:10:00.000-05:002009-02-23T13:10:00.000-05:00Dear Puzzle Girl,re: 48D: Moisten (hydrate) — Puzz...Dear Puzzle Girl,<BR/><BR/>re: 48D: Moisten (hydrate) — Puzzle Husband used to say that nobody ever died from drinking too much water.<BR/><BR/>Also refer to poor Jennifer Strange:<BR/>AP Jan. 13, 2007<BR/>SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A woman who competed in a radio station’s contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication, the coroner’s office said Saturday.<BR/><BR/>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16614865/Old Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305991496125087088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24986079148308724862009-02-23T01:32:00.000-05:002009-02-23T01:32:00.000-05:00good puzzle.got all the oos before the rest.suspec...good puzzle.got all the oos before the rest.suspect=shady?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41140615789627795432009-02-22T15:50:00.000-05:002009-02-22T15:50:00.000-05:00When I finally got "Boobs for apples" the yeomen f...When I finally got "Boobs for apples" the yeomen for seamen, the rest came easykashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261217811960817000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3450404041474139952009-02-22T13:48:00.000-05:002009-02-22T13:48:00.000-05:00Ice fog is a common occurrence in Alaska. It's pre...Ice fog is a common occurrence in Alaska. It's pretty, but makes the roads very slickery. <BR/><BR/>I thought this puzzle was a nice mix of hard and easy. Didn't make the seamen/yeoman mistake only because we've had yeo recently in several puzzles in a similar context.<BR/><BR/>10 degrees and sun this morning. Good day to walk the dog on the lake.Jan Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709096924012665773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81919780494165982982009-02-21T14:41:00.000-05:002009-02-21T14:41:00.000-05:00I'm from British Columbia, where salmon, sturgeon,...I'm from British Columbia, where salmon, sturgeon, and grizzly bears frequently get "tagged" [micro-chipped, ID'd].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21135950397172411542009-02-19T12:50:00.000-05:002009-02-19T12:50:00.000-05:00I must be the only one who couldn't get the Virgin...I must be the only one who couldn't get the Virginia part of the puzzle. ROUTS for No contstss (45D)? AUNTIE for Mame, for one (60A)? ETOILES for Leading lights in a ballet (53D)? Must be because I had BERLE instead of BERRA in 43A until the very last second. This despite knowing that ENNOTATES is not a word. Awesome puzzle!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26051937311814844902009-02-17T10:21:00.000-05:002009-02-17T10:21:00.000-05:00Kind of a 1950s theme emerging:People sitting on t...Kind of a 1950s theme emerging:<BR/><BR/>People sitting on their stoops, listening to Tennessee Ernie Ford's 'Sixteen Tons,' Yogi Berra in the World Series, 'Auntie Mame' in the theaters, Eisenhower in the White House, worried about Castro and the USSR....Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32647857283909783782009-02-16T23:36:00.000-05:002009-02-16T23:36:00.000-05:00Jim Finder already addressed stoop, but I want to ...Jim Finder already addressed stoop, but I want to add my own recollections of growing up in Queens, NY and stoop-sitting up and down the block at various neighbors' houses. On hot summer evenings in the 50s, everyone sat out on their stoops!nurturinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02035395856164817422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48922143534743311772009-02-16T23:06:00.000-05:002009-02-16T23:06:00.000-05:00You just don't know much of anything at all, do yo...You just don't know much of anything at all, do you girl? How old are you anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3910876283207205112009-02-16T18:07:00.000-05:002009-02-16T18:07:00.000-05:00Joe is right, but also, STOOP is the set of stairs...Joe is right, but also, STOOP is the set of stairs stairs that go to the sidewalk from the first floor of an apartment building, and people customarily sit on them. So, it's something distinct from STOP and it's sittable.Jim Finderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08484757199667048774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88626515040524478572009-02-16T18:00:00.000-05:002009-02-16T18:00:00.000-05:00not bad. I didn't like ROADSIDESTOOP for 'place t...not bad. I didn't like ROADSIDESTOOP for 'place to sit by the highway' - isn't that already a roadside stop? so where's the pun? And 'to stoop' is not the same as 'to sit'. Perhaps if it said 'place to bend over by the highway'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23645288055603120712009-02-16T12:23:00.001-05:002009-02-16T12:23:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00646951478236562073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27896051772040060412009-02-16T12:23:00.000-05:002009-02-16T12:23:00.000-05:00Other possiblities for IDs: 1) As in "dog tags"...Other possiblities for IDs:<BR/> 1) As in "dog tags"<BR/> 2) As in tags on blogs to ID keywords?<BR/><BR/>Other than that, pretty enjoyable. I kept trying for Modernism for Ezra Pound even when imagism was all filled in...Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00646951478236562073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45546998916411146572009-02-16T11:54:00.000-05:002009-02-16T11:54:00.000-05:00How bad does AURIST suck?I just monster.com(med) A...How bad does AURIST suck?<BR/><BR/>I just monster.com(med) AURIST and got zero, nil, nada, zilch, null, OMEGA results!<BR/><BR/>Q.E.D.xyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39603913905669194842009-02-16T11:52:00.000-05:002009-02-16T11:52:00.000-05:00Sundays take me a long time ... one or two of thes...Sundays take me a long time ... one or two of these Thursday clues ain't too bad but a whole plethora of them - ick for me<BR/><BR/>AURIST badly forced medical-ese yes a word, but never used. Honest. Trust me I'm a doctor. :-)<BR/><BR/>LIED is singular for the more proper LEIDER (plural for songs) in Deutschland und Herr Schubert did the best ones. Go to Amazon and try LIEDER then LIED. Big diff. Bonehead clue I got, doubt it was easy for many.<BR/><BR/>TAGS = IDs "I tagged him as the thief" - awkward<BR/><BR/>A THROW for EACH is a stretch: That buccaneer corn is a dollar a throw| YECH!<BR/><BR/>STRIA those are always (wide) stretch marks to a doc hard to get past that one. Even a Geological stria is large related to human terms even if small earth-sized <BR/><BR/>Hang around here enough and some of these start to seem logical. Scary.<BR/><BR/>Well, I sure am completing much more of my Sunday puzzles compared with pre December. Friday and Saturday are not sinking in yetxyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43344329699410501062009-02-16T10:11:00.000-05:002009-02-16T10:11:00.000-05:00As someone who has spent most of my life living ne...As someone who has spent most of my life living near or around Philadelphia, the 1993 World Series winner was actually a gimme for this sports ignoramus. Guess who lost to TORONTO that year? On the likely chance that that bit of trivia had escaped my sports hazy memory, it was referred to repeatedly during the most recent World Series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61153174473349682252009-02-16T10:06:00.000-05:002009-02-16T10:06:00.000-05:00Perhaps the OO7 theme helped me get ANOMIE instant...Perhaps the OO7 theme helped me get ANOMIE instantly. I always associate that word with Ian Fleming <I>Live and Let Die</I>, where I first learned it twentysome years ago. At one point, Mr Big confesses to Bond that he suffers from it. Of course, it did not end up in the film version.<BR/><BR/>I've heard the phrase "sixteen tons" to refer to a crushing burden, but just thought it was one of these mysteries of English, like "the whole nine yards". Googling reveals it's the title of a famous song from at least the 40s, about the misery of coal mining. Possibly the phrase is older.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7008360905565125892009-02-16T07:00:00.000-05:002009-02-16T07:00:00.000-05:00Im suprised nobody thought of Goldfinger as the au...Im suprised nobody thought of Goldfinger as the aurist, given the 007 theme!raidodazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03556192721877992928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7296003849174757072009-02-16T01:45:00.000-05:002009-02-16T01:45:00.000-05:00Generally a decent puzzle. NW was horrible for me....Generally a decent puzzle. NW was horrible for me. I had SEAMEN as well, and I agree with anon at 10.59pm that YEOMEN are enlistees not officers. It also made me wonder who wore LASERS in winter, which I first blithely chalked up to "some skiing term that people in the tropics don't ever encounter".<BR/><BR/>Also hate abbrevs for merchandise. And TAGS / IDs as a verb is how I interpreted it.<BR/><BR/>HONOUR is great to see. Next up, ANALYSE. And finally, 'twas puzzled too by LADs that wear knickers, although I'll grudgingly accept the "old-fashioned American word" explanation. "Marge, you being a cop makes you the man - which makes me the woman; and I have no interest in that, besides occasionally wearing the underwear, which (as we discussed) is strictly a comfort thing."Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496381028501467886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35067503300599291942009-02-16T00:42:00.000-05:002009-02-16T00:42:00.000-05:00Even after I put in ROOTS, I was staring at the an...Even after I put in ROOTS, I was staring at the answer, thinking trees weren't really gray, and the roots were probably white. Finally the penny dropped on the hair. <BR/><BR/>The NW was my last area too. I had ANEMIA and SEN, and wanted to put in PARKAS. I don't know where my ANOMIE came from either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58579214830069491502009-02-15T23:21:00.000-05:002009-02-15T23:21:00.000-05:00Tag is a VERB meaning to identify. "I tagged him a...Tag is a VERB meaning to identify. "I tagged him as a poseur." <BR/>LIED is German for "song." Schubert was famous for his romantic lieder (German, plural for "song.")Paige Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01649284297054600554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7622334376971858252009-02-15T22:59:00.000-05:002009-02-15T22:59:00.000-05:00I had the same seamen/yeomen problem, but even the...I had the same seamen/yeomen problem, but even then after accepting a wrong definition. Seamen and yeomen are enlisted (petty officers), not officers. JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27803277049444238322009-02-15T21:41:00.000-05:002009-02-15T21:41:00.000-05:00Yo, Sartre, you realize nobody is forcing you to d...Yo, Sartre, you realize nobody is forcing you to debase yourself with Shortz-era puzzles. You can still find books of Maleska puzzles, like <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Sunday-Crossword-Tribute-Eugene-Maleska/dp/0812933842" REL="nofollow">this one</A>. Knock yourself out!Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72491237442853966692009-02-15T19:19:00.000-05:002009-02-15T19:19:00.000-05:00Well, yes, I know knickers was originally a contra...Well, yes, I know knickers was originally a contraction of knickerbockers, but it seemed to me that the clue was trying to hint at 'british word for boy,' and in that sense would be wrong.<BR/>Though maybe 'lad' is, per Chip, just an old-fashioned word for boy in the US, to go with an old-fashioned word for pants (trousers)?<BR/>And I'm sure you all know this, but 'pants' is underwear for boys where I come from.<BR/>So confusing. But it was nice to see honour spelt correctly!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17815406623533665510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57419300440437041642009-02-15T18:54:00.000-05:002009-02-15T18:54:00.000-05:00@Adrian, in "Trouble" from The Music Man, a very A...@Adrian, in "Trouble" from The Music Man, a very American musical (Iowa, actually), Professor Harold Hill asks, "Ladies, the minute your son leaves the house, does he rebuckle his knickerbockers BELOW the knees?"fikinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324570637549775751noreply@blogger.com