tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6406889753910846328..comments2024-03-28T22:34:29.905-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 1997 role for Will Smith / SAT 4-3-14 / Sociologist Mannheim / Organized crime enforcers of 1930s-'40s / Film featuring Peter Sellers as matador / Moderator of tribal councils on TV / 1971 song that was CSI NY theme / Watson big name in deli meat / Bygone publication subtitled America's Only Rock 'n' Roll MagazineRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9360321228760512532022-09-25T01:55:44.642-04:002022-09-25T01:55:44.642-04:00- You do *not* need a GED to attend college. My s...- You do *not* need a GED to attend college. My son got into a good private college five years before this puzzle was constructed, with his test scores and course work. I don't know where this "many homeschoolers" comes from; here on the Upper Left Coast, most homeschoolers simply head to college just as my son did.<br /><br />- Heelers alone seems very weak to me. If someone has a reference to the term, I'd love to see its usage. Perhaps its meaningful to folks in locked-up cities, but it's not a term used here.<br /><br />- I got a DNF due to the Natick block in the SE. 47-48-49S are all genre proper nouns; 47A is an abbreviation clued in arcane Saturday style; 53-56-62D are again niche proper nouns. I knew the TEAPOT DOME scandale, but left with an ungettable 3x3 bloc under the upper 40s.Prunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00224476641730508311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86743063595772747832014-06-09T23:14:11.847-04:002014-06-09T23:14:11.847-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steve Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185067739452052656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69887703170692722592014-06-08T11:22:32.822-04:002014-06-08T11:22:32.822-04:00My dad always checks in with me for the music clue...My dad always checks in with me for the music clues. He got Creem himself (he remembers I subscribed to it as a teenager) and asked me to approve Slamdanced. I gave him Baba O'Riley and explained why people always get the name of the song wrong. We took a break to sing the gunfighter ballads he taught me as a little girl. I twitted him for not getting the Sultan of Swat follower--he is in charge of all sports questions--and then let him down by guaranteeing Chicago Boston Kansas would have a music answer. Like the person above, I sought hard for a 70s rock adjective.<br /><br />What fun! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37652822545120366382014-06-07T23:35:27.706-04:002014-06-07T23:35:27.706-04:00I can only reply as anonymous, and have had commen...I can only reply as anonymous, and have had comment freeze on iPhone tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58064832274326668432014-06-07T23:32:42.300-04:002014-06-07T23:32:42.300-04:00Eeeewwwww : pEeeewwwww : pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57392275069446749922014-06-07T20:33:25.788-04:002014-06-07T20:33:25.788-04:00Fun puzzle very appropriate for a beautiful Saturd...Fun puzzle very appropriate for a beautiful Saturday's solving. Ended up googling BABAORILEY and AGENTJ but otherwise found this X-word relatively KIND to me. And speaking of X-words, my first inclination for 1D was to enter EXXON cuz ON THE RUN is affiliated with ESSO up here. Would have made for amazing 15A and 17A X-words, maybe XYLOPHONES at 15A...<br /><br />Loved the SULTANOFSWAT clue for SAYHEYKID, a gimme along with TEAPOTDOME. Never heard the term WIIMOTE but it makes sense in context. Hoped the BOSTON, CHICAGO, KANSAS clue was misdirection referencing the rock bands of those names but sadly twas the more prosaic PLACENAME.<br /><br />No longer getting poker-friendly captchas so TOPHONORS will elude me - in fact, sure I'll COMELAST. <br /><br />Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53967622430373577412014-06-07T15:30:03.492-04:002014-06-07T15:30:03.492-04:00Way beyond me. Got the NW, but the rest is a few w...Way beyond me. Got the NW, but the rest is a few words, some right, some wrong, scattered here and there. Threre's obscure and there's obscure. Someone's fraternity!! Spotted it was two cities and a state but by that time I was too rattled to figure out what they had in common! 'Nuff said .<br /><br />I note the captchas are back to addresses which obviously don't deter the long-winded! Someday I suppose I should look to see what the aliens are selling!DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27869443982163354682014-06-07T15:26:13.184-04:002014-06-07T15:26:13.184-04:00Funny how some solves go...my first two entries we...Funny how some solves go...my first two entries were LED and ISEE, so Id could only be MOBIL, and that pretty well made the NW fall down. I took off down the W side, got 35a right off and the SW corner was no sweat. I noticed that the clue for 32d said "the Sultan of Swat", so SAYHEYKID, without a "the" was perfect.<br /><br />Most of the entire E side was a roadblock, so I took a break and came back after about an hour, and things loosened up.<br /><br />Last to go down was that SE corner. I almost gave up but put in KARL on a hunch, CREEM was dredged up from who know where, and finally finished. <br /><br />Definitely challenging, and I must go and look up TEAPOTDOME, because I have no idea. None, even though it revealed itself from the crosses.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-717542653904826092014-06-07T13:31:16.914-04:002014-06-07T13:31:16.914-04:00Amahl and the Night Visitors by Giancarlo MenottiAmahl and the Night Visitors by Giancarlo MenottiAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208355403393785104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34406944181831367782014-06-07T13:20:42.831-04:002014-06-07T13:20:42.831-04:00Thanks but no thanks on this one. Too much for me ...Thanks but no thanks on this one. Too much for me and too little time. <br />A mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in obfuscation.<br /><br />Ron Diego 10:20 AM PSTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40931755243016069642014-06-07T12:01:51.673-04:002014-06-07T12:01:51.673-04:00DNF in the SE, mainly due to the fatal error of mI...DNF in the SE, mainly due to the fatal error of mIlD for "Clement." Stormy weather is inclement, so...couldn't make sense of 60a; don't know what "SLAMDANCED" is. Who "performs" this, the performer or the audience? I have no clue. When I went to concerts, most of us were zoned out (already, or at any rate soon after getting there) and just sat back and enjoyed. In fact, at one James Gang gig, we were all so unresponsive (overtly, but inwardly we were tripping) that the drummer, Jimmie Foxx, threw his sticks down and stomped off the stage, ending the concert. But I don't know from SLAMDANCE.<br /><br />CREEM? Now that I see it in the answer, it seems to jog a memory cell or two, but just couldn't come up with it. And Mannheim--yeah, right. Mr. Obscurity of the Week. KARL, eh? If you say so.<br /><br />I'm familiar with the Who hit, but the title is something I never knew. I have no clue what "Out here in the field" could possibly have to do with BABAORILEY; maybe the guys were tripping then, too.<br /><br />The rest of the grid I got, though the SW looks like a dog's breakfast after inking in the OBVIOUS gimme for Boston, Chicago and Kansas: ROCKGROUP. Talk about your classic misdirect! A goof like that really MAKESAMESS. Also had ATAD of untidiness in the NW with OrganMUSIC (y'know, the boys' choir?) instead of OPERA.<br /><br />That is all. On to next week. Again, no hand.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82230663120287057072014-05-07T05:08:33.564-04:002014-05-07T05:08:33.564-04:00My name is loveth anetor I live
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I'm late getting ...@NCA President at 9:33 a.m.<br /><br />I'm late getting to this, but as I can't see that any of the other classical music geeks here responded to your question: the only one I know of -- but it is an important one -- is that of the Trio (Terzetto) of boy singers in The Magic Flute (of course, properly a Singspiel, but generally referred to as an opera, I think). Per Wiki, the ranges of the voices are 'treble, alto and mezzo-soprano'. Were I a computer geek as well, I would embed something from YouTube. But worth checking out, if one is of a mind to do so, as is, of course the entire thing.<br /><br />As to puzzle, had to enlist puzzle aids, so a great big DNF and a great big DNE.<br /><br />BeatriceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91777920529580474262014-05-04T09:18:40.918-04:002014-05-04T09:18:40.918-04:00Can't believe I flashed on THE SAY HEY KID, my...Can't believe I flashed on THE SAY HEY KID, my favorite player of all time (and probably most everybody else's)...a problem of knowing too much, Sultan of Swat, homers, looked up list to find a name, and not the nickname. But hit me like a ton of bricks and glad for that moment!<br /><br />Luscious ALASKAN KING CRAB,pretty weird clue. Had to look up spelling on BABA ORILEY, but here again a favorite song of mine and brothers & sisters - 1st 8 track tape I ever got, along w/ keys to family car on bday. great thing here was classic Sunday morning wakeup to new thinking on TOPHONORS, FCC and luckily watching MIB II w/ my daughter yesterday to get AGENTJkmsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67314912114953457612014-05-03T21:19:42.819-04:002014-05-03T21:19:42.819-04:00I think what made this one medium instead of tough...I think what made this one medium instead of tough for me was knowing BABA O'RILEY.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11801442330589650942014-05-03T20:14:34.576-04:002014-05-03T20:14:34.576-04:00The only way I could ever get the babaoriley/probs...The only way I could ever get the babaoriley/probst cross was by googling....<br />michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12158161308590908272014-05-03T19:47:46.490-04:002014-05-03T19:47:46.490-04:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak I've made to my method. In a nutshell, the higher the ratio, the higher this week's median solve time is relative to the average for the corresponding day of the week.<br /><br />All solvers (this week's median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Mon 5:47, 6:04, 0.95, 29%, Easy-Medium<br />Tue 9:20, 8:32, 1.09, 72%, Medium-Challenging<br />Wed 8:41, 9:54, 0.88, 23%, Easy-Medium<br />Thu 22:19, 18:08, 1.23, 85%, Challenging<br />Fri 20:33, 21:06, 0.97, 45%, Medium<br />Sat 30:01, 26:36, 1.13, 83%, Challenging<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:41, 3:55, 0.94, 18%, Easy<br />Tue 5:52, 5:11, 1.13, 82%, Challenging<br />Wed 5:35, 6:11, 0.90, 25%, Easy-Medium<br />Thu 16:41, 10:44, 1.58, 95%, Challenging<br />Fri 11:58, 12:15, 0.98, 44%, Medium<br />Sat 22:34, 16:39, 1.36, 94%, Challenging (14th highest ratio of 214 Saturdays)sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1666271529597400152014-05-03T18:21:53.185-04:002014-05-03T18:21:53.185-04:00I will consider myself corrected about blue jack. ...I will consider myself corrected about blue jack. I was going from memory, you're one up with the free dictionary.<br /><br />I was never really a fisherman anyway. I only listened under the table when my daddy spoke.Melodious Funknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39332484984685542272014-05-03T18:06:09.054-04:002014-05-03T18:06:09.054-04:00Well, I'm always happy when I come here and fi...Well, I'm always happy when I come here and find that Rex has rated the puzzle as harder than I thought it was. I managed to make it through the whole thing in one sitting- rare for me on a Saturday- so I'll give it a medium rating. I guess I just got lucky on some of the clues. ALASKAN KING CRAB, for one.<br />I had a malaplop early on when I put in "amped" instead of KEYED, only to find that AMP really went in three spaces later.<br />When I was a kid, I caught the very end of "The Bobo" on the Late Movie but they called it "The Singing Blue Matador." All I really saw was Mr. Sellers being forced to take a bath in blue dye and then we were supposed to believe that it permanently dyed him blue. Next, he sang as a bull charged him and it ran away. The End. Very strange movie, to say the least!Doc Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12540112168511893896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88458690003670890032014-05-03T17:12:20.511-04:002014-05-03T17:12:20.511-04:00If you are home schooled, you need a GED to stand ...If you are home schooled, you need a GED to stand in for the high school diploma that can't be awarded. Nothing to do necessarily with remedialness.<br />DigitalDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620300502981292088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26854772435813916252014-05-03T17:07:26.897-04:002014-05-03T17:07:26.897-04:00Threw in the towel, naturally. Threw in the towel, naturally. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107804787389636647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40236903932811529602014-05-03T17:00:36.896-04:002014-05-03T17:00:36.896-04:00@Lewis
emails have Timestamps, which indicate tim...@Lewis<br /><br />emails have Timestamps, which indicate time and date e-mail was sent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55202295684961381752014-05-03T16:45:25.855-04:002014-05-03T16:45:25.855-04:00hAnkArron, who followed Ruth as the HR leader, fit...hAnkArron, who followed Ruth as the HR leader, fits. <br />spiders hang on threads and fit. Brides wear Trains, which fits. WIIgrip is the name of the hand held gaming device, and it fits. I was ampED up for strike threE. And rockgroup, etc. <br /><br />2:10 until I through in the towel. A dozen googles, including one that reveal the Peter Sellers movie to be Waltz of the Torreadors, and another that defined the blue jack as a fish known as the Jack Dempsey. <br /><br />Worst clue in my year of daily solving goes to [Big magnets?] MECCAS <br /><br />I learned in the post mortem: ward heelers. The are called ward captains where I'm from. <br /><br />Meanwhile, I'm back in my place in Rex's kindergarten class. Rumors of my promotability were exaggerated. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107804787389636647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65388382433770199392014-05-03T16:42:10.153-04:002014-05-03T16:42:10.153-04:00Oh, I know I'm late here, but can someone expl...Oh, I know I'm late here, but can someone explain TIMESTAMP? Thanks!Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.com