tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post662393395747372642..comments2024-03-29T10:12:38.569-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: SATURDAY, Mar. 10, 2007 - Patrick BerryRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46450016008489096252007-04-22T19:48:00.000-04:002007-04-22T19:48:00.000-04:00Oh yeah, the biggest red herring for me was BRONCO...Oh yeah, the biggest red herring for me was BRONCO for "Unbroken mount" which convinced me it was a rebus puzzle. Ah well......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53211843536862450542007-04-22T14:34:00.000-04:002007-04-22T14:34:00.000-04:00Sunday noon and the smugness quotient is well belo...Sunday noon and the smugness quotient is well below zero. Too many cups of both tea in the mornings, and coffee in the afternoon to count. <BR/><BR/>Too many trips to Google too. (then I arrive here only to find that Googling is a synonym for cheating) Cruel, Rex, very cruel. <BR/><BR/>The straw that broke the camel's back was that I had spelled LINEN with 2 "I"s giving me FLIES instead of FLEAS aaarrrgghhhh!<BR/><BR/>If you had a party for the denizens of Greek Mythology, would OREADS, NEREIDS and DRIADS become MAENADS if they drank too much wine?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69268096588449082462007-04-22T01:23:00.000-04:002007-04-22T01:23:00.000-04:00Thanks Rex, nice to know. BTW the epitome of the ...Thanks Rex, nice to know. BTW the epitome of the MADDOCTOR for me is Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein. Also, I did not like souses. Take a noun, put an "s" on it and make it a verb only found in crosswords. But, it is a Saturday puzzle!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44154597428122524422007-04-21T21:34:00.000-04:002007-04-21T21:34:00.000-04:00LOTS of searches for the "Female bacchanalian" clu...LOTS of searches for the "Female bacchanalian" clue today, so you weren't alone, clearly.<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77036527506533811942007-04-21T20:22:00.000-04:002007-04-21T20:22:00.000-04:00SWL here. This puzzle moved along OK for me until...SWL here. This puzzle moved along OK for me until SE. There I hit the dreaded cross of two absolute unknowns, female baccah and the Wilbury's. I knew about Petty and Dylan but did not know Lynne. I had obsess and table linen but couldn't get anything else. I too thought of Give Me a Break or ER's John Carter but nothing fit. You have to go back aways to get to Sgt. Carter and Gomer. Any way after much staring I googled Wilburys (second time I've done it since I swore off) and SE fell into place. I vaguely remeber Laurel and Hardy getting killed at the end of Sons?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78191019911082068412007-03-10T19:37:00.000-05:002007-03-10T19:37:00.000-05:00Thanks for the explanation, Amy.I plead ignorance ...Thanks for the explanation, Amy.<BR/><BR/>I plead ignorance due to never having worked in an office, though I suppose the phrase could just as well be uttered at an orchestra rehearsal...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48318014774405298832007-03-10T17:41:00.000-05:002007-03-10T17:41:00.000-05:00Let's say you walk into a meeting at work or meet ...Let's say you walk into a meeting at work or meet up with friends and discover that almost everyone's wearing the same color top, or they've got some other similarity in their choice of DUDS. One person—let's call her Olivia—sticks out because she doesn't match. "We're all wearing turtleneck sweaters today, Olivia. Didn't you get the memo?"Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31598989299660785492007-03-10T17:23:00.000-05:002007-03-10T17:23:00.000-05:00i wanna be sedated after doing this puzzle. I'm gl...i wanna be sedated after doing this puzzle. I'm glad Rex reminded me of the ELO/Jeff Lynne connection, for I was thinking on the Wilbury's clue: Patrick, you've got bob DYLAN or tom PETTY as possibilities and you go with jeff LYNNE?! But now I'm ok with it.Campesitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01852123189179333049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45287104232727874982007-03-10T16:09:00.001-05:002007-03-10T16:09:00.001-05:00Souse is another name for head cheese, a recipe fo...Souse is another name for head cheese, a recipe for which can be found at:<BR/><BR/>http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/cure_smoke/head_cheese.html<BR/><BR/>It is made with vinegar so pickles and souses seemed somewhat synonymous to me. Then I read ultra Vi's comment about martinis and realized what kind of souses and pickles the constructor had in mind. Sometimes I think I am too naive to keep up.<BR/><BR/>Fan OnymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34692316709908089932007-03-10T16:09:00.000-05:002007-03-10T16:09:00.000-05:00I got duds for outfit instead of dude which fits s...I got duds for outfit instead of dude which fits since the down clue is for narrow bladed weapons which I put down as poniards, not poniarde.Geographreakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492286487128853732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21277672767849352952007-03-10T15:45:00.000-05:002007-03-10T15:45:00.000-05:00Ultra- MEMO was a gimme for me, so someone, somewh...Ultra- MEMO was a gimme for me, so someone, somewhere, must have said it. It DID sound a bit off somehow, or awkward, but I knew it, so ... so I don't know what.<BR/><BR/>Lots and lots of people seem to have fallen into BRINES, but my wrong ARIEL kept me from ever making that mistake. I thought [Pickles] was going to be a plural noun meaning "jams" or "sticky situations." <BR/><BR/>RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5933319221386519472007-03-10T15:39:00.000-05:002007-03-10T15:39:00.000-05:00Laurel and Hardy fans would recommend Sons of the ...Laurel and Hardy fans would recommend Sons of the Desert, A Chump at Oxford and Saps at Sea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14865551669613518642007-03-10T15:30:00.000-05:002007-03-10T15:30:00.000-05:00The fun in this puzzle was not so much in the solv...The fun in this puzzle was not so much in the solving but in the funny (well, to me, anyway) ways I found myself going astray. For 1D: Pickles, I thought BRINES, then MESSES, and didn't agree to SOUSES until absolutely everything else in that corner was unarguable. Sady, this taught me that I should be drinking more martinis. :)<BR/><BR/>TABLELINEN was a good one - could have been TABLECLOTH or some kind of chef's wear beginning with the letter "t" like...TACO APRONS!!<BR/><BR/>Has anyone ever heard anyone say, "I must have missed the MEMO"? I have not. I have missed the BOAT, certainly, and I have missed the EXIT, but I have never really heard of missing the MEMO. (Missing the POINT is common, too, but I couldn't make it fit...)<BR/><BR/>I loved the RAMONES reference, and more so, the EDIE Sedgewick one. Velvet Underground is totally delicious. The song you quoted, Rex, is one of my favorites.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and one more funny mistake I wanted to make - TIFF for PUFF. I kept TIFF even when TANTRIES and ITAHANS clearly made no sense at all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53802560700312991112007-03-10T13:01:00.000-05:002007-03-10T13:01:00.000-05:00isabella, it's good to have you back, if only for ...isabella, it's good to have you back, if only for your dependable All-Things-Italian perspective.<BR/><BR/>c zar, MAD DOCTOR is a weird phrase to me. MAD SCIENTIST seems far, far more commmon. EVIL GENIUS is nice, too, though doesn't quite fit the crazy hair requirement of the clue. <BR/><BR/>Wendy: Based on nothing, I recommend "Putting Pants on Philip." And god bless you for referencing "Gimme a Break," unprompted.<BR/><BR/>RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68642364083889981512007-03-10T11:45:00.000-05:002007-03-10T11:45:00.000-05:00Well, I'm in sync with the group... Wendy, I alway...Well, I'm in sync with the group... Wendy, I always thought the RAMONES were real brothers as well. And don't know why, like Rex, I thought PONIARD was POIGNARD or POINARD or something along those lines, I wonder if there's not a foreign version of this word I've seen somewhere? Maybe I remember some actor mispronouncing it, like when doing Much Ado About Nothing:<BR/><BR/>"She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star." (II,i) <BR/><BR/>By chance, I was watching "The Prestige" while doing the puzzle, and was working the Tesla clue just as the character was introduced. My wife said, "Oh my, is that David Bowie?" he was actually quite good. I suppose MAD DOCTOR fits this as well.C zarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12893340048068815126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74220108596434472212007-03-10T10:58:00.000-05:002007-03-10T10:58:00.000-05:00I cannot believe I didn't know the Ramones weren't...I cannot believe I didn't know the Ramones weren't actually brothers - very embarrassing. And I will admit here that I was trying to make JOEY fit as the answer to "one of Carter's charges, on TV," that Carter being Nell and Joey being the orphan character played by Joey (now Joseph) Lawrence on Gimme A Break. Gah. <BR/><BR/>Don't know much about Laurel and Hardy either, I realize. Looking at their filmography, there are many colorful titles I'd have preferred to see clued. Saps at Sea sounds intriguing, as do Bacon Grabbers, A Chump at Oxford, Should Married Men Go Home?, Putting Pants on Philip and Air Raid Wardens. Recommendations, anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24440284476863060862007-03-10T10:43:00.000-05:002007-03-10T10:43:00.000-05:00I thought pickles was brines.I knew the Gene Saraz...I thought pickles was brines.<BR/><BR/>I knew the Gene Sarazen clue (who was actually an Italian and real name was EUGENIO SARACENI).<BR/><BR/>I initially wrote Mad Hatter for 53 across, but once I got sweet potato pie, I knew it had to be wrong.<BR/><BR/>BTW: sweet potato pie is delish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com