tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6615030561646782008..comments2024-03-29T07:11:36.386-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Today's LA Times Puzzle (Nov. 24, 2008)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14785022431678341892021-08-27T07:08:21.079-04:002021-08-27T07:08:21.079-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Amy Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115783573640556460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72880904816455562542008-11-25T11:26:00.000-05:002008-11-25T11:26:00.000-05:00oooooohhhhhh, @andrea: dk droned deliciously. Grea...oooooohhhhhh, @andrea: dk droned deliciously. <BR/><BR/>Great job. GIMMEAKISS you tease! :):)dkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317008233459295376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63654233030255321252008-11-25T09:56:00.000-05:002008-11-25T09:56:00.000-05:00@seth g & fikink-You guys are geniuses!@andrea...@seth g & fikink-<BR/><BR/>You guys are geniuses!<BR/><BR/>@andrea-<BR/><BR/>Great puzzle and you flatter we who Comment and He Who Created This Space.edith bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048817959846956992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58374527467851806322008-11-25T02:46:00.000-05:002008-11-25T02:46:00.000-05:00Hi everybody!!!!!!!Thanks for these lovely comment...Hi everybody!!!!!!!<BR/>Thanks for these lovely comments.<BR/><BR/>Sorry it took me so long to comment (I was traveling today, sort of saying goodbye to my 96 (and a half!) year old grandma...<BR/>but that's a story for another time :(<BR/><BR/>re: puzzle<BR/>@edith, seth:<BR/>Yes yes yes yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/>Aug 9th there was a clue "Someone seeking a kiss" and the answer was <BR/>FROGPRINCE.<BR/><BR/>Norm wrote in saying he had put in CHOCOHOLIC and Barry wrote that he had POOLPLAYER, so I wrote: "one more and we have a theme!"<BR/><BR/>Myles wrote and said "shall we?"<BR/><BR/>We tried dozens of ideas for a fourth ten letter theme answer.<BR/><BR/>We settled on LATINLOVER (but Will rejected the puzzle saying too close to the same kind of kiss as a FROGPRINCE<BR/>(I had told Myles same thing, but had hoped to slip it past Will and Rich...nope!)<BR/><BR/>SO we rewrote it with HEADBANGER<BR/>(as in someone seeking a KISS member like Gene Simmons)<BR/>Myles thought too many steps away and not everyone would get headbanger...<BR/>I convinced him no one would notice...<BR/><BR/>result: rejected a third time!<BR/><BR/>So we rewrote it with FMLISTENER<BR/>(someone seeking KISS) and Myles even did research to make sure KISSFM was all across the country...it was !<BR/><BR/>But Rich said no, but said maybe we could revamp it and put the concept of "one seeking a kiss" into the grid...<BR/>But that had to be ten letters...<BR/><BR/>So, I believe it was Rich who suggested GIMMEAKISS and we redid the puzzle like, a fifth time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, a puzzle appeared in the NY Times with CHOCOHOLIC in it and I thought it was obviously inspired that same day as ours! Drat! <BR/><BR/>But in the end, Rich took it, it's now published and we are awaiting our respective checks for $30!!!!!!! (note to self, ASK FOR A RAISE)<BR/>Seriously, it's shameful. SO, again thank god for all your praise!!!!!!!!<BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4550592395950916002008-11-24T22:03:00.000-05:002008-11-24T22:03:00.000-05:00I think Seth G is on the right track and my inspir...I think Seth G is on the right track and my inspired guess is this:<BR/><BR/>I think Andrea took three words from the Comments section on August 9 POOL PLAYER CHOCOHOLIC FROG PRINCE and connected them with the clue <B>Gimme a kiss</B> to create a theme.<BR/><BR/>Don't kick me around if I am wrong - this is only a guess.edith bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048817959846956992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73213294175302351762008-11-24T21:35:00.000-05:002008-11-24T21:35:00.000-05:00This was the first time I had ever done an LA Time...This was the first time I had ever done an LA Times puzzle. I also took a stab at Sunday's. I have to say the most remarkable thing is that their interface really stinks, whether you do it online or print it out. Printing out the Sunday puzzle is especially terrible -- the boxes and clues are so small it's making me dizzy (and I'm not even that old!). The lack of standardization from one paper to the next is surprising -- or maybe the NYT's technology is proprietary?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46305334354274425042008-11-24T20:21:00.000-05:002008-11-24T20:21:00.000-05:00@MichaelBlake: Friend, you should have joined the...@MichaelBlake: Friend, you should have joined the River City Boy's Band, for that game with the 15 numbered balls is the devil's tool. I couldn't make myself any clearer if I were a buttonhook in the well water.Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412634072650228847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20299454953471846492008-11-24T20:03:00.000-05:002008-11-24T20:03:00.000-05:00@MichaelBlake: your explanation is totally plausib...@MichaelBlake: your explanation is totally plausible.<BR/><BR/>@rex: you have to admit, well, you don't have to, but POOL PLAYER works. It's not just CEFM ... it's legit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51642018403363308902008-11-24T20:02:00.000-05:002008-11-24T20:02:00.000-05:00Ummm, I'm not sure one guy yelling "gimme a kiss!"...Ummm, I'm not sure one guy yelling "gimme a kiss!" while playing pool with another guy in the midwest is all that likely. SF maybe ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87909399617350575322008-11-24T19:29:00.000-05:002008-11-24T19:29:00.000-05:00Like Myles, I've spent no small amount of time in ...Like Myles, I've spent no small amount of time in pool halls. (I remember when the first one came to my Midwestern town. A man warned us, "Now either you're closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge, or you are unaware of the caliber of disaster indicated by the presence of a POOL HALL in your community." Alas, we didn't listen.) What I can attest to is that a pool player, worried that he'll be charged with a 'scratch' if the cue ball doesn't touch any others, will plead "KISS!" to the little white ball. For me, it's not a big stretch to think that such a player might get a bit poetic, and just as likely yell, "Gimme a kiss!"<BR/><BR/>MichaelMichaelBlakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584896874401557009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16175113071671452942008-11-24T19:23:00.000-05:002008-11-24T19:23:00.000-05:00Ah, Puzzle Girl. She understands. There's a reason...Ah, Puzzle Girl. She understands. There's a reason I trust her to run things when I'm on vacation / out cold / on the lam.<BR/><BR/>CEFM ... interesting ...<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17965577965049550452008-11-24T19:11:00.000-05:002008-11-24T19:11:00.000-05:00Very nice puzzle. I feel honored to have contribu...Very nice puzzle. I feel honored to have contributed my small bit. You can keep my millimicron of a penny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59132525033348256192008-11-24T16:11:00.000-05:002008-11-24T16:11:00.000-05:00Yes, it had its genesis here on Rex's blog, but I'...Yes, it had its genesis here on Rex's blog, but I'll let Andrea explain that part. I just wanted to add that as one who has spent more than a few hours in pool halls, Rex is right that you wouldn't hear it stated that way in those places. We're just talking about making kiss shots, where one ball "kisses" off another. But it was CEFM--Close Enough for Me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-623961374453043682008-11-24T16:04:00.000-05:002008-11-24T16:04:00.000-05:00Loved it! Would have recognized your style anywhe...Loved it! Would have recognized your style anywhere - well done!JannieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282015159638078416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81573060487503081772008-11-24T15:03:00.000-05:002008-11-24T15:03:00.000-05:00I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Rex u...I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Rex understands that "kiss" is a legitimate pool term.PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835502266781516627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61203829178068245192008-11-24T14:08:00.000-05:002008-11-24T14:08:00.000-05:00It's not the pool player that wants to be kissed. ...It's not the pool player that wants to be kissed. He wants the pool balls to connect -- a "kiss" is a legitimate pool term.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75468979731306449152008-11-24T14:07:00.000-05:002008-11-24T14:07:00.000-05:00A great puzzle Acme. I too am wondering the connec...A great puzzle Acme. I too am wondering the connection to the Rexites. Nary a beet in the puzzle.chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32955054216425355982008-11-24T13:14:00.000-05:002008-11-24T13:14:00.000-05:00The first theme entry might (or maybe might not) r...The first theme entry might (or maybe might not) refer to <A HREF="http://madonna.fanfire.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/fanfire.woa/wa/product?sourceCode=FANWEB&sku=KIS41746" REL="nofollow">this</A>.<BR/><BR/>I think fikink's right about the connection--seems to be the <A HREF="http://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2008/08/saturday-aug-9-2008-mark-diehl-sibyls.html" REL="nofollow">Aug 9 puzzle</A>. FROG PRINCE was the answer, Norm said POOL PLAYER, and someone named Barry originally put in CHOCOHOLIC.SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-999703986946132082008-11-24T13:05:00.000-05:002008-11-24T13:05:00.000-05:00@Andrea, cool puzzle and the LAT stickman pay-off ...@Andrea, cool puzzle and the LAT stickman pay-off when it was successfully completed is a nice touch. (I am trying to avoid doing more than one puzzle a day and that little man is not helping!)<BR/>I remember talk of pool shots and Hershey's kisses on this blog in the last few months. Were those exchanges some of your inspiration?fikinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324570637549775751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67142361927954543322008-11-24T12:49:00.000-05:002008-11-24T12:49:00.000-05:00I don't know the connection to my blog, either. We...I don't know the connection to my blog, either. We have to wait for Andrea to tell the story.<BR/><BR/>And mac, I imagined just what you said (before I wrote my comment) and it just doesn't work. It's not a plausibly common scenario. The fact that one can imagine such a scenario does not mean that said scenario is grid-worthy.<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22213810461294985042008-11-24T12:42:00.000-05:002008-11-24T12:42:00.000-05:00Yes, a beautiful Monday puzzle. But I'm hard-press...Yes, a beautiful Monday puzzle. But I'm hard-pressed to see the connections to Rex's blog. I wouldn't expect a reference to me, but my apartment usually is a STY.jeff in chicagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492964479021891094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29208713912225508372008-11-24T10:52:00.000-05:002008-11-24T10:52:00.000-05:00@Rex: imagine a poolplayer looking up and praying ...@Rex: imagine a poolplayer looking up and praying to the gods: "Give me a kiss"! <BR/><BR/>Which clues/answerd do you think refer to us? Gimme, I guess, but I hope not saggy.....machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49589289586385790532008-11-24T10:50:00.000-05:002008-11-24T10:50:00.000-05:00ULTRA-nice monday from acme and myles!;-)j.ULTRA-nice monday from acme and myles!<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>j.janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15129173620859824730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76782423717684924692008-11-24T10:45:00.000-05:002008-11-24T10:45:00.000-05:00So exciting to see acme's name at the top of the p...So exciting to see acme's name at the top of the puzzle!<BR/><BR/>Regarding Rex's comment about "easy" -- the parentheses meaning that constructing a smooth, cringe-free puzzle is anything but -- is a point well taken. <BR/><BR/>The more I've learned about the process of constructing, the more mindboggling it becomes and the dumber I feel.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations to Andrea Carla Michaels and Myles Callum!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75903422130680059672008-11-24T10:03:00.000-05:002008-11-24T10:03:00.000-05:00May I just say that when I had **COC* in the space...May I just say that when I had **COC* in the space at 25-Down, I almost entered DECOCT without reading the clue. (Andrea and Myles, of course, would not put a word like that in an easy puzzle, and gifted LA Times crossword editor Rich Norris wouldn't either.)Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.com