tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6613859150685123503..comments2024-03-29T10:57:51.387-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Famous feuder with Jay-Z / WED 5-9-18 / Cut of beef in newport steak / She threw apple of discord in Greek myth / Famed fountain name / Utah town near Arches Canyonlands National ParksRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40477280212700872812019-02-20T22:20:17.319-05:002019-02-20T22:20:17.319-05:00PENTAGON ILLUMINATI...!!!
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Lots to li...Tough, but fair. Like a good teacher.<br /><br />Lots to like in this puzzle: clever theme and revealer, no dreck, and nice cluing throughout. There were several aha moments for me as I slowly realized exactly what the trick was. Sometimes I'm very obtuse.<br /><br />I've had a VENTI LATTE, but it is a little too big for me, and anyway here in Vancouver I prefer JJ Bean and Cafe Artigiano to Starbucks. So far, no need for DE(E)PENDS, fingers crossed.<br /><br />Learned what a TRI-TIP is, but I've never seen one in the wild - well, not so's I'd notice.<br /><br />Very enjoyable Wednesday.rain foresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492836751283540015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19278410141344191902018-06-13T13:06:04.936-04:002018-06-13T13:06:04.936-04:00PS - 47D could have been clued: Creative guy (or f...PS - 47D could have been clued: Creative guy (or fellow).<br /><br />And...<br /><br />69A could have been clued: Bunker buster...<br /><br /><i>A GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb is one of the most powerful conventional weapons in existence. The bomb weighs more than 10,000 kilograms and contains 8,164 kilograms of explosive. Its explosion is equivalent to 11 tons of TNT and the blast radius is a mile wide.</i>thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3473613832483948982018-06-13T12:44:54.845-04:002018-06-13T12:44:54.845-04:00I was thrown early on after getting AMAZINGGRACE a...I was thrown early on after getting AMAZINGGRACE and OVERRICE. It looked like the double letter gimmick was the last letter of the first word and the first letter of the second word. But the pattern did not hold. Good puzzle anyways, in spite of 47D being a bit sexist.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15332097807960062212018-06-13T12:15:37.672-04:002018-06-13T12:15:37.672-04:00OMG, I didn't even use NOTIT.OMG, I didn't even use NOTIT.BS3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61849003948235065782018-06-13T12:09:34.190-04:002018-06-13T12:09:34.190-04:00POE PRIX STASH
Out on BAIL for a RUNON trouble,
s...POE PRIX STASH<br /><br />Out on BAIL for a RUNON trouble,<br />she FORGED a ‘SCRIP’ in old MOAB.<br />It’s AMAZINGGRACE was only SEEINGDOUBLE<br />while ONADIET of LSDTABS.<br /><br />--- PETE WEBER<br />BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53079328402498332292018-06-13T10:51:56.672-04:002018-06-13T10:51:56.672-04:00ISAY, RULEONE: J.C.'s Wednesday is like my Fri...ISAY, RULEONE: J.C.'s Wednesday is like my Friday. Couldn't get anything in the north. Noticed a series of clues referring to 59-across, so I jumped to the SW, where LOU and LASERS got me going. But even after SEEINGDOUBLE I still wasn't sure what the trick was. Then came VENTILATTE, and I thought: pure Chen, what an IDEAMAN!<br /><br />Okay, I just wanna know the rules here. The clue contains the answer: "Left slack-jAWED." Not a violation?? Or just more Chen PUNS?<br /><br />Enjoyed the solve, and as usual with this guy there was little fill slop. The AGEless LENA Horne takes DOD honors. Birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72134846648280250542018-06-13T10:20:14.731-04:002018-06-13T10:20:14.731-04:00IDOL BITS
A CHAMPION has AWL his MEDALS won,
and ...IDOL BITS<br /><br />A CHAMPION has AWL his MEDALS won,<br />and a PHENOM is THEFLASH in THE pan,<br />ISAY a RESERVE must follow RULEONE:<br />To ADVANCE you must get THE IDEA,MAN.<br /><br />--- LENA LOU ANGELOU<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25328920455816211872018-05-10T01:00:27.403-04:002018-05-10T01:00:27.403-04:00(late to reply, sorry)
@jberg -- I am very much i...(late to reply, sorry)<br /><br />@jberg -- I am very much in the error part of "trial and error" but your approach rings the truest to me. I just need to get better at it. <br /><br />@ various others: in my experience pill pockets can work well for dogs but not so much for cats, who have much smaller throats and hence need to chew a bit. <br /><br />@ Anonymous: my vet has told me it is too soon to give up the fight, and I have chosen to believe her. <br /><br />@a All: thank you for your suggestions. It may have seemed odd to ask the question on here, but this is one of the few thoughtful corners of the internet that I have found.TomAznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81282108665037453942018-05-09T23:37:01.373-04:002018-05-09T23:37:01.373-04:00I didn’t find it too hard. That being said I ende...I didn’t find it too hard. That being said I ended up convinced that a real alternative to legal tender is a McRibpmanteauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04441482896777724239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65753297621371981672018-05-09T17:36:08.977-04:002018-05-09T17:36:08.977-04:00@Quasimojo - Tee Hee.
Recognizing that this will...@Quasimojo - Tee Hee. <br /><br />Recognizing that this will make a whooshing sound for some, I just got back from coaching my HS ultimate team. I spent a lot of time complimenting my frosh while being really hard on my seniors even though the seniors’ execution was years better than my frosh. Allowing the seniors to be satisfied with being better than the ninth graders will not help them win at our upcoming tournament. <br /><br />Going back to Rex’s, “Why those letters?” It seems that many of you took this as some sort of nit or “over-thinking” the puzzle. That’s not how I read it. My take was that Rex was implying that the constructor missed an opportunity to take this theme to another level. Have the letters have a purpose and the solver gets an extra “aha” moment. As a lame example, have the doubled letters be T-W-I-N and now the puzzle has another layer. Perhaps the cost of different themers would be other double letters, losing a piece of elegance appreciated by @Lewis and others. To me, though, having the doubled letters have an extra layer of meaning would have been more widely appreciated than the absence of other doubled letters. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13354511071955715582018-05-09T15:58:21.779-04:002018-05-09T15:58:21.779-04:00Gill,
I think triptip is big in cali., but not ex...Gill,<br /><br />I think triptip is big in cali., but not exclusive to it. Wegmens supermarket--headquartered in NY state--sells it here in NJ. But Shoprite does not. Mak of that what you will. ( I still haven't tried it, despite being told of its many virtues)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74607596680181443772018-05-09T15:53:06.961-04:002018-05-09T15:53:06.961-04:00This puzzle was better, way way better, than Rex g...This puzzle was better, way way better, than Rex gave it credit for "THEME: SEEING DOUBLE (59A: Experiencing a vision problem) — clues refer to a common phrase, but it's supposed to be entered into the grid with one letter doubled, creating totally different phrases (that don't fit the clue at all). Remove the second of the doubled letters, and you get the actual answers to the clues:"<br /><br />Not only could you remove the second of the doubled letters to get the phrase, but you can actually remove the first of the doubled letters <b>and get the same phrase!"</b>. Is that genius or what? How could Jeff C have accomplished that!?<br /><br />Darrylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27193028405459984522018-05-09T15:29:02.413-04:002018-05-09T15:29:02.413-04:00@TomAz - Has anyone suggested your CAT might like ...@TomAz - Has anyone suggested your CAT might like the pill more with a bit of TRITIP OVER RICE?Lindsaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44698342910469882302018-05-09T15:25:27.650-04:002018-05-09T15:25:27.650-04:00@TomAz - Pill Pockets also get a nod from me, but ...@TomAz - Pill Pockets also get a nod from me, but be sure you pinch them closed or Kitty will be able to work the pill out of the 'treat'. We've had luck with crushing pills and stirring them into Gerber baby food, esp. the chicken or turkey, and also by wrapping the pill in a little piece of Kraft American 'cheese' (the wrapped slices). Theme = pick a food Kitty likes and make it the pill vehicle.Lindsaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33313231509902167762018-05-09T15:22:26.591-04:002018-05-09T15:22:26.591-04:00I always choose the cheapest shampo available in t...I always choose the cheapest shampo available in the supermarket, usually VO5, (which has a fliptop). My wife chooses a brand for 5 times as much money; I don’t know how it opens. In 2003 I saw a Starbucks in Madrid in which had long lines. I figured they were people curious about what bad coffee tasted like.Hungry Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465905817770134952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71040960928393698542018-05-09T15:21:53.776-04:002018-05-09T15:21:53.776-04:00Wow....So TRI TIP is a California thing only? It&...Wow....So TRI TIP is a California thing only? It's my husband's go to BBQ meat. I guess the closest thing would be a flank steak or maybe a sirloin. I've had the alternatives but NOTHING beats TRI TIP. Make some Romesco sauce at the same time. Drizzle over the meat that you've cut on the bias and you'll ask your butcher to cut you a 2lb piece of meat from heaven from now until the cows come home. GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73261458508656875352018-05-09T14:32:00.220-04:002018-05-09T14:32:00.220-04:00Tough, but crisp and clean. No dross. Had grasp ...Tough, but crisp and clean. No dross. Had grasp for clasp for the longest time, It all cell together when I changed a ton<br />to a to z— so often the little things! Suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850450565127503532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68434650896513112072018-05-09T13:34:28.043-04:002018-05-09T13:34:28.043-04:00The top half worked great for me with each of the ...The top half worked great for me with each of the familiar two-word phrases getting the <i>last</i> letter of the first word doubled which then becomes the <i>first</i> letter of the new, but also familiar two-word phrase, AMAZING RACE to AMAZIN<i>G G</i>RACE and OVER ICE to OVE<i>R R</i>ICE. Very tight, very elegant.<br /><br />That pattern, and the elegance, seemed to deteriorate for the next two themers. Each base, before any letters are doubled, is one word, VENTILATE & DEPEND, rather than two words as above. And there doesn't seem to be any rationale other than expedience for which letter it is that gets doubled. It's a letter late in the sequence for VENTILATE and early in the sequence for DEPEND. Plus, DEEP END is one letter short for its slot. <a href="http://anoabob.blogspot.com/2013/05/poc-doc.html" rel="nofollow">POC</a> to the rescue.<br /><br />So it was a tale of two puzzles for me. And maybe I had a more critical reaction to the second half of this one because I've never been into a Starbucks. I plan on keeping it that way.Anoa Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185183023273883700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23925203912915675062018-05-09T13:30:41.430-04:002018-05-09T13:30:41.430-04:00Puzzlehoarder.
You are correct about those toadie...Puzzlehoarder.<br /><br />You are correct about those toadies. As for tritip, I only learned of it recently. A co-worker was raving about it and I asked her "what's tritip"? She looked at me the way I look at post from Z? Absolutely gob smacked that anyone could be so dim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com