tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6613754839921090730..comments2024-03-29T06:32:07.322-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Old radio show set in Harlem / TUE 11-22-16 / Rehearsed piece from start to finish in theater lingo / Cousin of cobbler / Dark brown rodents with long tails large eyes / Carolers repertoire / Trick-taking game with 48-card deckRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1890605043616705962017-09-07T03:37:36.347-04:002017-09-07T03:37:36.347-04:00Nice Blog Post !Nice Blog Post !Used PC Distributorhttp://www.electrocw.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69039832389491006102016-12-27T21:08:48.426-05:002016-12-27T21:08:48.426-05:00Amos was the sensible cab driver
Andy was Kingfish...Amos was the sensible cab driver<br />Andy was Kingfish's stooge.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01407148691578800168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18393741887073018872016-12-27T20:02:31.086-05:002016-12-27T20:02:31.086-05:00What, no mention of "Sex, Lies and Videotape&...What, no mention of "Sex, Lies and Videotape"?Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75502854771356776162016-12-27T17:38:36.104-05:002016-12-27T17:38:36.104-05:00@rain forest - also Four Weddings and a Funeral wi...@rain forest - also Four Weddings and a Funeral with Hugh Grant.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1996537874365953852016-12-27T17:31:09.186-05:002016-12-27T17:31:09.186-05:00P.S. Thanks for the kind comments, @Rondo and @Rai...P.S. Thanks for the kind comments, @Rondo and @Rainy.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33572483704036320032016-12-27T17:29:18.269-05:002016-12-27T17:29:18.269-05:00@Rainy: McDowell co-starred with Bill Murray in th...@Rainy: McDowell co-starred with Bill Murray in the classic "Groundhog Day," also with John Travolta in "Michael." Beautiful in both.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76705679034573881842016-12-27T16:27:54.749-05:002016-12-27T16:27:54.749-05:00Wrote in CHOPS and CRISP right off, and so RAN IT ...Wrote in CHOPS and CRISP right off, and so RAN IT appeared 'en passant', but looked funny. Back in the day, when I played in neighbourhood pubs, I don't think my partner and I ever said that when we were rehearsing, and of course we would know.<br /><br />I think HALAL is a little more involved than KOSHER - something to do with the training and religion of whoever is slaughtering the animal, but again, what do I know.<br /><br />@Spacey - you're on a roll, man. Questio: does Andie McDowell do anything other than beauty/hair ads. DOD, though.<br /><br />Liked this one. Would have been nice to get 'tourtiere' in there though.<br /><br />@Sailor yesterday - loved you Trumpian faux tweet yesterday. Not sad.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80121305611703605832016-12-27T15:39:09.460-05:002016-12-27T15:39:09.460-05:00Speaking of SAM and bogey, Casablanca is on TCM to...Speaking of SAM and bogey, Casablanca is on TCM today. Just a general alert.<br /><br />Today MINNESOTA gets the shout out, along with little MIN. And my mom, IRENE. <br /><br />Fun - quick puzzle. Tuesday perfect.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29563064935440376782016-12-27T14:00:01.610-05:002016-12-27T14:00:01.610-05:00Seemed unremarkable until I read Rex's take on...Seemed unremarkable until I read Rex's take on it. There were some unusual entries, and crosses were helpful in several places, particularly for HALAL, but no real AHAMOMENT.<br /><br />Thought it was fine for Tuesday, maybe Wednesday too.<br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79748957261106174192016-12-27T11:50:51.572-05:002016-12-27T11:50:51.572-05:00
Very enjoyable, fun puzzle. On the same wave len...<br /><br />Very enjoyable, fun puzzle. On the same wave length - felt easy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10078444825756644142016-12-27T11:27:56.941-05:002016-12-27T11:27:56.941-05:00And Bogey! Too much! Rare form there!And Bogey! Too much! Rare form there!rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71704220060065830862016-12-27T11:26:21.738-05:002016-12-27T11:26:21.738-05:00@spacey - you're killin' me!! Co-DOD, stil...@spacey - you're killin' me!! Co-DOD, still laughing. A guy two cubes over wanted to know. He broke up to!rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39671514348965917212016-12-27T11:10:46.936-05:002016-12-27T11:10:46.936-05:00At last, OFL begins to see the vagaries of the NW....At last, OFL begins to see the vagaries of the NW. Bad news again, for me. To clue CHOPS that way is arbitrary, therefore obfuscating. Talent at ANYTHING is slangily called CHOPS. You see a poker player with a couple of WSOP bracelets, you say, he's got CHOPS. In an NBACONFERENCE, it might be amended to "hops," but even there hops refers to how high he can jump, versus all-around basketball skills, which are still called CHOPS. To pick out music to the exclusion of all other talents is grossly misleading. The hankie stirs...<br /><br />But it comes out on the clue for EMAIL. "Kind of client?" You've got to be kidding. On a TUESDAY?? TWEE! Oh wait--I'm mixing my sports. We're on golf. OK then, stroke and distance for out of bounds.<br /><br />Other than those weirdos the solve was fine, so, medium. Might need to call an exterminator for all those FIELDMICE and RATS running around there in the NE. Co-DOD's for today will be Tori AMOSNANDY Mcdowell (OK, I know she's "Andie," but I took poetic license. I'll take ANY kind of license with her.) <br /><br />What's the score? Why, the guy who told SAM to "play it." Bogey.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9951115090089221072016-12-27T10:33:58.502-05:002016-12-27T10:33:58.502-05:00I guess those Christmas ribs I grilled would fit r...I guess those Christmas ribs I grilled would fit right in. Charcoal, never gas. In December, in MINNESOTA, in between rain showers. The BEST. Now I’m hungry again.<br /><br />Almost tripped on the Phantom theater by not reading the whole (long) clue. I didn’t see it at the MAJESTIC, I saw it in London at Her MAJESTy’s Theatre where it has run even longer by POPULARDEMAND. Even remember the date – 07/07/07. Sat next to the Royal Box which was vacant that night. Insert Kate Middleton joke here.<br /><br />Fun fact in case you didn’t know: Take a look on your food labels, often on the back, those Us, Ks, Ms, or other symbols, often circled, will let you know if your item is KOSHER and/or HALAL.<br /><br />I guess the hurricane is more current than one-time frequent flyer and yeah baby IRENE Cara.<br /><br />Somewhere I have a CD with most, or all of the radio episodes of AMOSNANDY. Remember the TV show in syndication.<br /><br />Dad's nickname was HARPO. I had to include it in his obit as that's how people knew him. I suppose mine will include "Rondo".<br /><br />Didn’t need an AHAMOMENT, the puz was so easy I RANIT.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12004152408346717082016-12-27T09:17:01.782-05:002016-12-27T09:17:01.782-05:00MANO AMMAN OMAN AMEN (POPPA ONEUP)
IRENE HAS AFIR...MANO AMMAN OMAN AMEN (POPPA ONEUP)<br /><br />IRENE HAS AFIRST AHAMOMENT <br />while giving the OLDE BOYS her BEST hand – <br />all the MALES in the NBACONFERENCE <br />SEAM to EMAIL her by POPULARDEMAND.<br /><br />--- MR.ED “HARPO” CAPRA<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19939574886313719382016-11-23T09:06:20.861-05:002016-11-23T09:06:20.861-05:00@foxaroni, 'even the odd zero'... Pretty f...@foxaroni, 'even the odd zero'... Pretty foxy!<br /><br />Cheezits Genoese are esp good for them as gets malaise from Milanese.<br /><br />As noted above, a Happy Pre-Thanksgiving, and Happy Hogmanay Day.<br /><br />Ella FingerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33647023921825862712016-11-23T08:25:43.095-05:002016-11-23T08:25:43.095-05:00So the Eat Some Pig Today lobby is already eyeball...So the Eat Some Pig Today lobby is already eyeball-to-eyeball with the KOSHER and HALAL groups, and on bad terms with the Trichinella & Toxoplasma supporters. And what do those bright bulbs decide is the BEST catchy slogan?<i> PORK. The other white meat</i><br /><br />Great way to draw the AMOS 'N' ANDY crowd into the fray.<br /><br />Stick a SPORK in me. I'm done.Wm Sapphirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72884438279916533782016-11-22T23:06:16.445-05:002016-11-22T23:06:16.445-05:00Maybe getting CHOPS immediately was the difference...Maybe getting CHOPS immediately was the difference? Sailed through (as close as I get to sailing, anyway) and matched my Monday time. Theme was okay. No write-overs. No complaints. Remainder of the week will probably be doomworthy.Crane Poolenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37122652816933625152016-11-22T22:47:42.070-05:002016-11-22T22:47:42.070-05:00Sorry to be so late to the party. I solved @Andre...Sorry to be so late to the party. I solved @Andrew Zhou's puzzle late last night, was delighted to see the shoutout to MINNESOTA, but then was tied up with teaching chemistry all day so this is my first chance to catch up on @Rex's review and all of the comments.<br /><br />Regarding the redundancy of PIN: this is a well-known phenomenon that even has a name, i.e., PLEONASM, and has been the subject of several stand-alone puzzles. The earliest example I was able to find was due to @William Johnston (July 12, 2001) and gave these four examples: ABS_SYSTEM, PIN_NUMBER, LCD_DISPLAY, and ATM_MACHINE. Three of those overlap with the list given earlier today by @AliasZ.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704257485630281528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76261910486955939272016-11-22T21:45:18.120-05:002016-11-22T21:45:18.120-05:00Surprisingly, I solved this pretty quickly, and I ...Surprisingly, I solved this pretty quickly, and I am a real novice. But I couldn't get 19 down (MIdeast's Gulf of ________). I had OTA as the first three letters because instead of MALES on 22A (Cock and bull), I had TALES, as in a "cock-n-bull" story is a tall tale. But I eventually realized it would have been clued as a plural noun ("Cock and bull stories"). <br /><br />Got a giggle out of the "P.S. There's so many ways to clue BOYS, and you have to go with this stupid [turns on hair dryer so I can no longer hear her totally justifiable complaints]"—my wife". I couldn't help but wonder if Mrs. Rex's justifiable complaints are about poorly clued/constructed crossword puzzles. If so, then it seems that you have found a match made in heaven, Mr. Parker.<br />jedlevinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752147578898255211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15982904854691140402016-11-22T18:52:30.503-05:002016-11-22T18:52:30.503-05:00When I listened to Amos n Andy as a kid, Andy was ...When I listened to Amos n Andy as a kid, Andy was kind of a boring character. All the voices were pllayed by white people I believe but when they moved to TV black actors were hired. And Andy was the epitome of the "good Negro" wasn't he? Probably lots of white folk supported Civil Rights in te 1960's because they thought people like Andy deserved fair treatment. But let's face it, people listened because the black female characters were spot-on (they were, you know, as I found out in my days as a law student interviewing the wives and mothers of people arrested and in jail in 1967). And because of that lovable soundrel Calhoun.old timernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2127643315631223032016-11-22T15:14:12.351-05:002016-11-22T15:14:12.351-05:00@dramawritcomp - re:FIELD MICE clue. Agreed.
@Ano...@dramawritcomp - re:FIELD MICE clue. Agreed.<br /><br />@Anon9:14 - Kosher means, roughly, in keeping with God's law. Halal means, roughly, in keeping with God's law. Heck, both religions worship the God of Abraham. The two terms are almost literally the same thing.*<br /><br />In-laws are visiting us in NC this month. F.i.L. is the sort of 80 year-old that still loves dipping white bread in BACON grease (suggesting to me that genes are at least as important as diet when it comes to things like arteriosclerosis), so we of course had to try Lexington Avenue Brewery's BACON in a glass appetizer, served with a peanut butter dipping sauce, when we ate there Saturday. F.i.L. confessed to enjoying peanut butter and BACON sandwiches. And, yes, the appetizer was delicious.<br /><br />@Alias Z - Nice list.<br /><br />@Malsdrmare - I saw that. Whoever ordered it belongs in jail. The fools who followed the order should lose their jobs. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />*Almost. I said "almost."Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91086856018851175492016-11-22T14:51:59.059-05:002016-11-22T14:51:59.059-05:00Still, thou art blest, compar'd wi' me!
Th...Still, thou art blest, compar'd wi' me!<br />The present only toucheth thee:<br />But Och! I backward cast my e'e,<br /> On prospects drear!<br />An' forward tho' I canna see,<br /> I guess and fear!Bard of Ayrshirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37002954919184340982016-11-22T14:40:32.964-05:002016-11-22T14:40:32.964-05:00I pronounce this to be a tidy Tuesday effort compl...I pronounce this to be a tidy Tuesday effort complete with clever cluing and interesting fill. What OFL said about BACON.<br /><br />Boy, I really wanted to reminisce about the AMOS N' ANDY TV programs, but what could I possibly say? The radio program aired from 1928 until 1960 and was wildly popular for years. Comprehensive, nuanced discussions of the program's place in American culture, the history of entertainment, and racism are readily available in other venues, hopefully not this one.<br /><br />Young men do dumb things. Check your news feed for corroboration of that statement. I was a young man and attempted to avoid that kind of behavior, but I witnessed plenty of ill-advised actions taken in the spirit of mischief, some of it needlessly destructive, cruel, or abusive. BOYS will be BOYS! Look at those guys horsin' around in the locker room, snappin' towels, and belittling each other. I survived it, probably due to the guidance of my Momma and POPPA.<br /><br />Larry Gilstraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493069947477383208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77889668054983308482016-11-22T14:19:04.815-05:002016-11-22T14:19:04.815-05:00@Kitschef -- portmAnteau? ???
;-)@Kitschef -- portmAnteau? ???<br /><br />;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com