tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6325425527660761669..comments2024-03-29T11:24:03.304-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Vocalist Flack / TUE 4-28-15 / Common gnocchi ingredient / North of border media inits / Demanding film role preparationsRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91450378741968829922015-06-03T00:44:12.275-04:002015-06-03T00:44:12.275-04:00
For pitcher, thought last name first and went wit...<br />For pitcher, thought last name first and went with Era. For tea thought chai, based on h from moth for spotlight seeker. And so it went, looking for math stuff and only getting word play. Dirtiest math joke I know is based on a square root, which is sorta already funny. What is the square root of 69? Do the math and use something for the decimal part.centralscrewtinizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404913280254786506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21117171904286622672015-06-02T16:28:14.222-04:002015-06-02T16:28:14.222-04:00Slow going in the SW. Wanted wedGIE instead of NOO...Slow going in the SW. Wanted wedGIE instead of NOOGIE. Anyone else?(See the cringe-worthy entry for Wedgie in Wikipedia.)leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50033378524356036222015-06-02T15:33:41.072-04:002015-06-02T15:33:41.072-04:00There weren't circles in my paper's versio...<br />There weren't circles in my paper's version, so I wasn't distracted by the theme, and solved it with no difficulty, although I've never heard of a noogie.<br /><br />With regard to women in baseball, I watched the Fort Wayne Daisies play in the All American Woman's Baseball League in the early '50's. One year they had Jimmy Foxx as manager, who was the basis for Tom Hanks' role in A League of Their Own. I was just a teenager, and developed a crush on a blond haired, pig-tailed shortstop.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />DPJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83667817861712543772015-06-02T13:32:25.809-04:002015-06-02T13:32:25.809-04:00Having been adrift in Desolation Sound for 6 days,...Having been adrift in Desolation Sound for 6 days, I'm back to puzzledom. Interesting how the solving muscles lose their memory after even a short respite, so this seemed more difficult than it probably actually is.<br /><br />As everyone knows, I don't do good scathe on puzzles. In the Northeast where the first theme squares (TOROs) resided along with TORERO, I thought that bullfighting might be the theme. Eventually, it was clear we had ROOTs afoot, verified by the revealer. Which was fine by me.<br /><br />Sure, a lot of short stuff, and some POO, but there was also the mighty CBC, and a shoutout to the OTTawa Senators--a clear effort to cater to we Canadians. Also fine by me. <br /><br />So, I liked it more than most. Perhaps I have a high dreck theshold. Somebody has to.<br /><br />27815 UGHrain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22702689205054380002015-06-02T13:22:07.965-04:002015-06-02T13:22:07.965-04:00I enjoy ROOTs music, and scenic routes, even ROOT ...I enjoy ROOTs music, and scenic routes, even ROOT vegetables. This puz and SQUAREROOTS, not so much. UGH.<br /><br />Does Popeye’s acquaintance Alice do the GOONTOUR?<br /><br />I’ve been known to do BOOBOOS, and aahs.<br /><br />ROBERTA Flack, a great songstress, so yeah baby. I SPITAT Katy Perry. ROAR. STOP.<br /><br />Perhaps unkind, but IMHO this puz was a cat ass STROPHE.<br /><br />1510 is OKrondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5777463831656068612015-06-02T13:02:23.513-04:002015-06-02T13:02:23.513-04:00Strange little puzzle-so many O's, so many fun...Strange little puzzle-so many O's, so many funny answers. ATOR anyone? Actually, if If it hadn't been for the ROOT thing I wouldn't have been able to finish this one. What's a NOOGIE? Or shouldn't I ask? <br /><br /><br />186 I think. DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30373884126377523742015-06-02T11:40:33.885-04:002015-06-02T11:40:33.885-04:00I am in full agreement with @Generic solver. That ...I am in full agreement with @Generic solver. That square--the G of PEG--gave me fits. The clue didn't simply say "pitcher," it said "baseball pitcher." To me that would point to a male name. As @G.S. said, lady baseball pitchers do exist, and there's no reason to exclude them from the category (well, there is, anatomically, but that's a problem for doctors to argue), but if you're going to specify baseball you darn well better be talking males. I finally let PEG in, but only after picking up the spacecraft flag.<br /><br />Said hankie had to be thrown into the washing machine today; it was used over and over in this excuse for a puzzle--including landing in POO. UGH! Amen to all those who said that fewer SQUARE ROOTS would have been better. A more contrived fill set I can't imagine. Once again I repeat the axiom: Just because you CAN do a thing, doesn't mean you SHOULD. Theme idea: fairly clever, even if not totally original. But execution: abysmal, and fill: equally abysmal, sucked, as it were, into that black hole of whirling roots. F. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31950612437473827582015-06-02T10:17:42.061-04:002015-06-02T10:17:42.061-04:00STOP FLAB
It STRUCK METOO, and one thing I’ll LET...STOP FLAB<br /><br />It STRUCK METOO, and one thing I’ll LETLOOSE is<br />My own EGOTRIP concerning DIVAS CABOOSES.<br />ORISIT that I’d like to DOGOOD for those lasses<br />and QUOTE an old STROPHE about women SASSES?<br /><br />--- KEN DEEDS<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36567669045614658342015-04-28T22:47:40.966-04:002015-04-28T22:47:40.966-04:00I haven't even read all of the comments as I&#...I haven't even read all of the comments as I'm late to this one. I can only say that Rex was right on and I was falling over laughing as I read his take on PEG. totally agree and am going with the sexual act between a pitcher and a catcher. Doesn't make sense any other way. <br /><br />As a weak solver, the theme actually helped as I was able to fill in lots of blanks with ROOT many times. I generally go too slow that I was hung up more on anything else.KevinFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10324555770057950940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45997418324630591752015-04-28T19:46:20.606-04:002015-04-28T19:46:20.606-04:00@Ludyjynn -- I was able to innocently enjoy this f...@Ludyjynn -- I was able to innocently enjoy this fabulous day in the park only because I didn't know that @Hartley 70 had generously -- perhaps TOO generously -- promised our beloved koi purse to you. Knowing that @Hartley and I only have until July 3rd to enjoy it will, I suppose, make it seem even more precious and special and worth every penny in the dwindling days ahead. That said, your birthday could have been on, say May 3. So glad it's not!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82921098443156483382015-04-28T19:44:18.798-04:002015-04-28T19:44:18.798-04:00Nothing wrong with 'liquidator'.
Anonymou...Nothing wrong with 'liquidator'.<br /><br />Anonymous - 8 Down is 'Or is it?"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921643057770924756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48488565517219003522015-04-28T19:22:54.164-04:002015-04-28T19:22:54.164-04:00Go on tour, not goon tour.Go on tour, not goon tour.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921643057770924756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25617165605182077432015-04-28T19:17:15.461-04:002015-04-28T19:17:15.461-04:00@mathguy yes they were still teaching square root ...@mathguy yes they were still teaching square root extraction in 7th or 8th grade in 1971 but not really expecting anyone to ever use it. I think a root canal is less painful than root extraction. Thank goodness for slide rules back then and calculators now. Thomaso808https://www.blogger.com/profile/11291834458149724570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35537461645677431342015-04-28T19:16:18.854-04:002015-04-28T19:16:18.854-04:00Ila Borders played professional baseball on a men&...Ila Borders played professional baseball on a men's team starting in 1997 for the St. Paul Saints (now in the Amer. Assoc. of Independent Professional Baseball league). I saw her pitch a game and thought she did well. She was traded soon after to a Duluth team and played for various teams until she retired in 2000. So maybe someday there'll be a Peg?<br /><br />Crazy Tuesday puzzle, Mr. Chardiet. I was glad to see @Rex call it challenging. The SW would not fall for me. TORT was the only entry for 48A that made sense but for some reason I resisted it and thus added about 1/3 of my time to that section. I was definitely barking out the wrong PET DOOR on this one! (thanks, @AliasZ).Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54349683026129398932015-04-28T18:23:43.412-04:002015-04-28T18:23:43.412-04:00We pick wild sage on hikes and make it into tea. Y...We pick wild sage on hikes and make it into tea. Yep. Have seen it in lots of places that serve herbal tea from real herbs and not herbal bags. There are different varieties of Sage. Not all are good as tea.aging sopranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085649464857246925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76903652215349746682015-04-28T18:17:10.219-04:002015-04-28T18:17:10.219-04:00We pick wild sage on hikes and make it into tea. Y...We pick wild sage on hikes and make it into tea. Yep. Have seen it in lots of places that serve herbal tea from real herbs and not herbal bags. There are different varieties of Sage. Not all are good as tea.aging sopranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085649464857246925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40491399762062511362015-04-28T18:06:54.921-04:002015-04-28T18:06:54.921-04:00@Hartley70, I nearly knocked Felix, the lapcat, of...@Hartley70, I nearly knocked Felix, the lapcat, off his perch by laughing so hard at your post. I'll be eagerly checking the mail on July 3rd for my gift. Seriously, you just made my day!Ludyjynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72009270764340740772015-04-28T17:22:25.045-04:002015-04-28T17:22:25.045-04:00Hey All !
Well, I happened to like this puz! Appar...Hey All !<br />Well, I happened to like this puz! Apparently the only one... Hard to fill with so much constraint, I think it came out well. Sure, some dreck and lots of threes, but ok by me!<br /><br />Boom! Drinking a Coors as my foot fell asleep. Poor me! The moon shone through the wood door as my food was cooled.<br /><br />I could go on, but for all your sakes, I'll stop. :-) <br /><br />SASSES<br />RooMonster <br />DarrinV RooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12376368436957163172015-04-28T17:10:22.043-04:002015-04-28T17:10:22.043-04:00Didn't hate it, though it took longer than an ...Didn't hate it, though it took longer than an average Tuesday. Sometimes it feels good to be able to complete a puzzle in spite of all the nonsensical fill. Bad answers were at least fairly crossed. And I don't require a raison d'etre for the square roots or the number thereof. Liked the pun, and that was enough. Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01366620471331747531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22032128252007307672015-04-28T16:49:00.983-04:002015-04-28T16:49:00.983-04:00I do.
Here is PEG.<br />I do.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BIuX7IsdE8" rel="nofollow">Here is PEG</a>.<br />AliasZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477396362209386037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43673581181870370952015-04-28T16:38:11.374-04:002015-04-28T16:38:11.374-04:00Anyone have any strongly felt opinions about PEG? ...Anyone have any strongly felt opinions about PEG? Ill formed examples would be preferable.Late to the partynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66492629013115981742015-04-28T16:25:13.842-04:002015-04-28T16:25:13.842-04:00"PEG" is the throw. The PEG might result..."PEG" is the throw. The PEG might result in an out, it might not. A PEG starts in the outfield, although an infielder might throw it if the infielder was the cut-off. Any throw that airmailed the cut-off is not a PEG, even if it results in an out. As a verb, a player PEGS the throw. If you PEG the runner the ball will never get to the intended target and the runner can't be tagged out (and the runner ends up with a nice bruise). Just me or is this how others have heard the word used? Good pitcher names include Catfish, The Bird, Old Hoss, Cy, Walter, Clayton, Justin, Madbum, and Mickey. <br /><br />As for women and baseball, there is no particular reason other than deep rooted sexism for the current relegation of most women to softball. The reaction time to hit a fast-pitch softball is roughly the same as hitting a major league fastball. Baseball relies as much on eye-hand coordination and reaction time as testosterone-enriched muscle mass. The fastest woman athlete may not ever be faster than the fastest male athlete, but they are faster than lots of baseball players. If we didn't systematically relegate women to a different sport we would already have seen women playing Major League Baseball. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60376623653564034122015-04-28T15:29:22.930-04:002015-04-28T15:29:22.930-04:00@LudyJynn, we know. We pooled our resources and bo...@LudyJynn, we know. We pooled our resources and bought the last one. When did you say your birthday is?Hartley70https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557118655188472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83057069856320442762015-04-28T14:40:35.604-04:002015-04-28T14:40:35.604-04:00This was a rough Tuesday, as many of you noted alr...This was a rough Tuesday, as many of you noted already. I had a few writeovers.<br /><br />money -> carDS -> DEEDS<br />lETLOOSE -> SETLOOSE<br />chaiTEA -> SAGETEA<br /><br />And the ever-perplexing, what-were-you-doing-brain writeover of<br /><br />elmers -> BORDEN<br /><br />This was hard to look at on the iPad app. The shading stops showing up whenever you're in an answer that actually has that shading.<br /><br />@Rhino - 264 is a good score! My high is 275!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756790255467411289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60789016896254860302015-04-28T14:32:39.180-04:002015-04-28T14:32:39.180-04:00🌕🌕 (2 mOOns)
POO, SASSES, SPITAT, TOOTS all sou...🌕🌕 (2 mOOns)<br /><br />POO, SASSES, SPITAT, TOOTS all sound like something BART may have to write on the black board.<br /><br />"I promise to DOGOOD and not SPITAT or POO on TOOTS when she SASSES"<br /><br />I did not find this puzzle as offensive as others. Perhaps becasue when I summer in Eastport Maine I often listen to CBC.<br /><br />TNT (and its derivatives) and DROOP are in the lead for the new fill of the month contest. Fabulous prizes await the selected fill.dkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317008233459295376noreply@blogger.com