tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6256626458345170918..comments2024-03-29T03:22:09.826-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Female hip-hop fan / FRII 12-9-16 / Sender of billet-doux / Song sung to Lilo in Lilo Stitch / Virginia Woolf's given name at birthRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38482898264368400552022-07-19T03:26:13.358-04:002022-07-19T03:26:13.358-04:00Nice article you had on your blog. I really liked ...Nice article you had on your blog. I really liked that you discussed the importance of a blog post. It's a really interesting article and I think it was a great post to have on your blog. <a href="https://pychedelichigh.com/13-buy-psychedelics-online" rel="nofollow">psychedelics for sale</a>Mredina Fradinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13198345298625863101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67216869567958980762017-10-17T17:10:27.723-04:002017-10-17T17:10:27.723-04:00There's shocking news in the sports betting wo...There's shocking news in the sports betting world.<br /><br />It's been said that every bettor must watch this,<br /><br />Watch this now or stop betting on sports...<br /><br /><b><a href="http://sports.syntaxlinks.com/r/SportsCashSystem" rel="nofollow">Sports Cash System</a></b> - Sports Betting ROBOTBloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42065040262865244172017-01-13T21:39:46.039-05:002017-01-13T21:39:46.039-05:00If you want to know what a dental pick is, why don...If you want to know what a dental pick is, why don't you just google it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79791173264966707042017-01-13T20:09:11.236-05:002017-01-13T20:09:11.236-05:00That was fascinating. Thanks.That was fascinating. Thanks.straylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54705414818994406552017-01-13T16:52:36.559-05:002017-01-13T16:52:36.559-05:00oops:
in ESSENCE he’s best in SCIENCE and INSECTS...oops:<br /><br />in ESSENCE he’s best in SCIENCE and INSECTS.<br />BS3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68617499514533461552017-01-13T16:46:43.530-05:002017-01-13T16:46:43.530-05:00RARE SCAMPS
The ALIEN’s a PEST as he PICKs and he...RARE SCAMPS<br /><br />The ALIEN’s a PEST as he PICKs and he PECKs,<br />in ESSENCE he’s best in SCIENCE and in INSECTS.<br /><br />--- MARISSA ADELINE ALPES<br />BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84706537739379792252017-01-13T16:41:50.320-05:002017-01-13T16:41:50.320-05:00I think I set a personal worst for write-overs tod...I think I set a personal worst for write-overs today. I'm shocked that so many people found this easy and fun. By my count, 83 of 191 squares were PPP, for 43%. I knew MARISSA Mayer and Ebert's newspaper, but had no clue about several of the others. <br /><br />Also, like @George Barany, I confidently wrote in NAoh where NACL was wanted. Tons of things will react with H2SO4, so if the answer isn't sodium hydroxide it could be damn near anything.<br /><br />I agree with @old timer and some others that there were several clues that seemed off. My particular gripes:<br /><br />A "kind of yield" would be interest or dividends. PERCENT is a <i>measurement</i> of yield. <br /><br />To DICTATE is to promulgate an edict, or to say out loud for recording. To "state for the record" is to testify (which fits!), be deposed, or aver.<br /><br />And others, too, but you get the idea. I just wasn't on the constructor's wavelength at all today. Finished, eventually, but found it sloppy, and neither interesting nor entertaining.<br /><br />Yesterday's puzzle was pretty weak for a Thursday, too, IMO. I'm hoping for a better Saturday.<br /><br />Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185068601066087185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87639800356408549162017-01-13T16:38:32.207-05:002017-01-13T16:38:32.207-05:00Mired in the NE corner for as long as it took to d...Mired in the NE corner for as long as it took to do the rest of the puzzle.<br /><br />Finally relented and asked for spouse's help to get GYRO, which was blocking an entrance to the corner, exposing ANTHRAX, PYREX, and the rest of it.<br /><br />Thought early on that the double SS, CC, UU, and OO might signal some kind of theme, but finding no symmetry, was quickly disabused of that misguided notion.<br /><br />BGIRL as a "hip-hop fan" was a new one on me, too, thinking the term was reserved to refer to a bar fly of dubious morals.<br /><br />So goes FRIDAY.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80329489124929009772017-01-13T16:35:43.979-05:002017-01-13T16:35:43.979-05:00BTW, I believe the lyrics to NACL (The Sodium Chlo...BTW, I believe the lyrics to NACL (The Sodium Chloride Song) above were written by Micheal Cooney. That's the only version of it I've ever heard.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6137113151844302482017-01-13T16:19:57.281-05:002017-01-13T16:19:57.281-05:00Pretty easy FRIDAY except for the short time I was...Pretty easy FRIDAY except for the short time I was INERROR and my “suckers” were ViCtiMS instead of VACUUMS which SPOILED a perfect grid.<br /><br />I believe it’s the CHICAGOSUNTIMES that I pick up to do the puz when I’m in that area on vacation.<br /><br />It’s been 30 plus years since NOONERS with Leah, but when ITSOVER, ITSOVER.<br /><br />MELISSAMCCARTHY, funny but nope. MARISSA Mayer, yeah baby. Let me re-ITERATE, yeah baby.<br /><br />No complaints LODGED by me either. Maybe just GOTAS.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31829366139412127272017-01-13T14:23:45.174-05:002017-01-13T14:23:45.174-05:00dnf 2 days in a row. Yesterday's puzzle still...dnf 2 days in a row. Yesterday's puzzle still puzzles me. Haven't read all comments to understand it.<br /><br />Big-time demo going on in the Waiting household. Total kitchen reno. Lost my computer place - lost my crossword solving space - lots of plastic and boom, boom, boom. Chaos is not helping my solving prowess. Did better with today's offering than yesterday's, but still, lack of pop culture wheelhouse does me in again.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20517341072301036072017-01-13T12:52:13.294-05:002017-01-13T12:52:13.294-05:00
Southeast was easy -very little else. Just not i...<br /><br />Southeast was easy -very little else. Just not in my wavelength - never got it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55762779313226812772017-01-13T12:08:25.590-05:002017-01-13T12:08:25.590-05:00MARISSA HADATIT
YESYES, NOONERS on FRIDAYs are LI...MARISSA HADATIT<br /><br />YESYES, NOONERS on FRIDAYs are LIAISONS I hate,<br />merely LICKS and some TEABAGS and, “How my DICTATE?”<br /><br />--- BEAU LACOSTE<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47021416762760590152017-01-13T11:19:38.841-05:002017-01-13T11:19:38.841-05:00I too noticed the ISSAs and the LIENs and the ENCE...I too noticed the ISSAs and the LIENs and the ENCEs and the P_CKs.This is a good puzzle that seems to have been put together in a hurry. At least those near repeats might have been REALIGNed so as not to FENCE (cross swords)! <br /><br />When I hit on VACUUMS (he GOTAS for that one!) and forced BEAU into 43-across, I thought I'd solved INERROR because there sat the G of Ebert's paper--a gimme--right under the B. Of course, I haven't the foggiest what a female hip-hop fan might be called, so I solved around it and it came out BGIRL. Now, I know what a B-GIRL is--and it has NOTHING to do with hip-hop. Geez, everything old IS new again, if you wait long enough.<br /><br />This puzzle has been brought to you by the number three: twice in the clue for RARE, plus TRIO--plus LEO3x3! What to do for the DOD? I know: Sigourney Weaver as she appeared in ALIEN. The woman exudes sexuality; fills me with YENS for NOONERS (if you've never taken part in one of those, you're missing something special).<br /><br />All in all, a pretty easy one for a FRIDAY. @ACMe, lol for your Man___ list, especially that parting shot! Who knew about Woolf, with a first name usually associated with an eponymous drinking song? Sorta fun, but as OFL says, inelegant. Par.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59205590348490469002016-12-09T21:05:03.843-05:002016-12-09T21:05:03.843-05:00I had DEATHAX before ANTHRAX and I think that must...I had DEATHAX before ANTHRAX and I think that must be because of my memory of the old Bloom County metal band Deathtöngue.Borschland Tourist Boardhttp://www.breakfastwithpandora.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75882859460928829172016-12-09T17:43:02.340-05:002016-12-09T17:43:02.340-05:00I'm late to the party, so I presume others hav...I'm late to the party, so I presume others have noted this, but a DENTAL PICK is a dentist's (or hygienist's) tool--perfectly fine answer for the given clue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1513740551534141432016-12-09T17:17:25.083-05:002016-12-09T17:17:25.083-05:00@thfenn - IN case you don't know why it's ...@thfenn - IN case you don't know why it's ALPES not alps, the clue was the French name (ergo the French spelling of alps) rather than The Matterhorn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11591189296304827862016-12-09T17:09:56.681-05:002016-12-09T17:09:56.681-05:00I remain a long way away from being able to call t...I remain a long way away from being able to call today's puzzle easy, but I finished, with a relatively modest amount of googling and checking, and that means it was fun and I'm celebrating. <br /><br />Enjoyed both the solving and the commentary regarding nooners, easesin, liaison, and hadatit. Surely that could be extended to YES! YES! and ITSOVER, not to mention YENS, BEAU, SOAR, LICKS, PECK...and I thought there was no theme on FRIDAY. <br /><br />WADESIN before EASESIN and TITLING before TERMING held me up forever, and I'm not good enough to know ALPES is just as OK as Alps, or to get ADELINE and MARISSA without looking them up, or to recognize that LEONINE is better that LIONISH but hey, I ultimately got this one done, in under 45 minutes, and that makes today great whether the puzzle was or wasn't. thfennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12184305198435406844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90329069696617917002016-12-09T16:19:07.417-05:002016-12-09T16:19:07.417-05:00Seemed Fridayish to me. I had more trouble with th...Seemed Fridayish to me. I had more trouble with the newspaper than the actress. Eventually, it all came together, but I wouldn't call it easy.Hungry Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465905817770134952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2109951925326468252016-12-09T16:04:16.473-05:002016-12-09T16:04:16.473-05:00Gilmore Girls before Bridesmaids!Gilmore Girls before Bridesmaids!teevozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12953869019295892467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53371006432234571262016-12-09T15:53:04.135-05:002016-12-09T15:53:04.135-05:00@Mitt, "Mitt," I take it your comment is...@Mitt, "Mitt," I take it your comment is satire under the pseudonym of the real guy, who as a politician would never be stupid enough to blast John Glenn. It would be like blasting John McCai, oh wait, it's acceptable to be a clueless ass in politics now.Ron Drumphnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26498440164233358452016-12-09T15:24:09.231-05:002016-12-09T15:24:09.231-05:00Wow, @Mitt Romney 2:36. Tsk, Tsk. Prepare to be @e...Wow, @Mitt Romney 2:36. Tsk, Tsk. Prepare to be @evil-ized.<br /><br />RooRooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62861220231423253072016-12-09T14:36:18.674-05:002016-12-09T14:36:18.674-05:00@Evil Doug - Sorry, I've got to go with Metzen...@Evil Doug - Sorry, I've got to go with Metzenbaum here. Glenn was one of the 47%, those who live their entire life at the teat of the Government. Government job after government job, then Social Security. He never produced a product, started a business, created a job in his entire career, just waited for the check from the government to come in at the end of the month. It's truly a shame that he fell into that habit, having met him I felt that he could actually have achieved something truly great with his life had he not been so reliant on government handouts.Mitt Romneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89730819811321411672016-12-09T14:34:26.036-05:002016-12-09T14:34:26.036-05:00Since I perceived crocodile to be an unflattering ...Since I perceived crocodile to be an unflattering nickname, I entered Nastase, which fit; finally realized the proper answer; speaking of proper, wasn't LACOSTE the last of the greats to wear full-length pants? By clueing it as "Mont" Cervin, ALPES is fair. I agree that the clue for DICTATE was a little careless. Did anyone mention "My sister Kate" in conjunction with SHIMMY?Fred Romagnolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994837736408182418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21152996743043415262016-12-09T14:11:58.640-05:002016-12-09T14:11:58.640-05:00Before someone carps that I'm commenting too m...Before someone carps that I'm commenting too much on here (as some troll did unfairly to my favorite poster here, @Nancy) let me say that I do have other things to do but I'm forced to add another line or two because I'm curious why this Rene Lacoste and Crocodile thing is getting so confused on here. He was called the Crocodile apparently because he won a bet in which someone promised him a crocodile bag or some such man-purse. The name stuck. In 1933, he founded the Lacoste shirt company and then used the creature as his logo. The original Lacoste shirts had a longer flap in back that made it easier for tennis players to reach up high for balls and go for spikes etc without baring their backsides. The newer models got rid of this extra fabric, alas. In the 70s they became quite popular with preppies and were erroneously called "Alligator shirts." I promise this is no "croc."QuasiMojonoreply@blogger.com