tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post734678226131577615..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Destination of 1911 / SUN 5-1-11 / Naan cooker / Baroque painter Hals / Over three-quarters of bunsenite / Leonidas' kingdomRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55553400842842507642011-05-08T22:13:45.281-04:002011-05-08T22:13:45.281-04:00just finished the syndicated puzzle. Happy Mother...just finished the syndicated puzzle. Happy Mother's Day, finished the puzzle in one sitting while watching the Mavericks beat up on the Lakers. And I enjoyed the theme and "up" construction of the answers. Good fun.Del Taconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58374467583979685632011-05-08T13:46:53.189-04:002011-05-08T13:46:53.189-04:00A better than average Sunday puzzle. Made me smi...A better than average Sunday puzzle. Made me smile instead of groan. Northeast flummoxed me until I had a third cup of coffee. Then it just all fell into place. As for group puzzling, that's a tradition at the Daily Grind in Stillwater MN. Has been for a long time. Hope it never ends.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13037189806699901610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58036439125100710292011-05-08T12:20:47.225-04:002011-05-08T12:20:47.225-04:00Syndi-solved this with my non-EXOTICPETS. The app...Syndi-solved this with my non-EXOTICPETS. The appearance of two celebrity canines and their VET in the grid made my LITTERMATE Labs very happy. They are not much help solving the puzzle but they provide lots of moral support and always wag their tails when I have an audible "aha" moment. (If they hear me I'm not talking to myself, right?)Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61452368199234670572011-05-03T21:33:07.384-04:002011-05-03T21:33:07.384-04:00Do you really say, "I was all" and "...Do you really say, "I was all" and "He was all" or was that just for effect?donnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19602148167444698772011-05-02T12:09:47.338-04:002011-05-02T12:09:47.338-04:00@BigSteve - don't be so sure! I didn't ge...@BigSteve - don't be so sure! I didn't get into crosswords until I started a job where a lot of people had morning coffee/tea together and solved the NYT crossword puzzles around the break table. Now I can do the puzzles myself, but I miss the group puzzle solving (I'm in a new job again).Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669446469138050153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87980636064744157652011-05-02T10:41:13.396-04:002011-05-02T10:41:13.396-04:00Late to the party but had to say this was a wonder...Late to the party but had to say this was a wonderful puzzle, best Sunday in a long time. Did anyone see that ARCHRIVAL(S) would have fit the gimmick had it been clued slightly differently? It doesn't fit the theme though, unless you believe that McDonalds and BKing are the bottom of the barrel, foodwise!TimJimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3295179550074489802011-05-02T09:58:57.483-04:002011-05-02T09:58:57.483-04:00Lovely, lively puzzle today. I must confess that,...Lovely, lively puzzle today. I must confess that, like @chefbea and @jberg, I did not realize that the last letter of the phrase turned upward, and instead expected them to spell something. I had to come here to PG's delightful write-up in order to see the physical 'ups' as well as the conceptual 'ups.' Plus all those lovely UP pix. @BobK, I can't think how this would make you ask "is that all there is?" <br /><br />I read PG's comment about their family LOSER joke to my 13-year-old and she laughed as hard as I did. I admire that PG has any sense of humor at all left after moving all week, including having to move on her birthday. I love the colors in the grid to highlight the theme answers, too. <br /><br />Love the @Bard contribution.JaxInL.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13792405579998093081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51184641682407006832011-05-01T23:55:09.769-04:002011-05-01T23:55:09.769-04:00The world's a better place.The world's a better place.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38276220548221614172011-05-01T23:16:23.803-04:002011-05-01T23:16:23.803-04:00Just hearing reports that Bin Laden is dead. Seems...Just hearing reports that Bin Laden is dead. Seems to be true.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-937377438124030672011-05-01T21:37:41.386-04:002011-05-01T21:37:41.386-04:00@MO7S, I'm with @mac ... do the puzzle with us...@MO7S, I'm with @mac ... do the puzzle with us!johohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708487230515532492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39321210878009038702011-05-01T20:16:36.352-04:002011-05-01T20:16:36.352-04:00@MO7S: you have us now to do the puzzle with! We&#...@MO7S: you have us now to do the puzzle with! We're here every day.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2354557771120634942011-05-01T18:59:44.097-04:002011-05-01T18:59:44.097-04:00Finished at 2:30 p.m. after stopping and starting....Finished at 2:30 p.m. after stopping and starting. Went for brunch with friends. One Natick ESSe/KeABA best guess. Like @chefwen and others tried to make a word of "missing" letters. Hoped for a rebus. Got it with the hint. Did not see the deeper sense till Puzzle Girl explained. Good job PG. Belated birthday greetings. <br /><br />I wanted to put Passover in before Easter because the plural misled me. Passover is a week and Easter is a Sunday though it's also a season.<br /><br />Kept at it; happy to finish. Glad you got your blue name back @chefwen. Courage @BigStu46 you have us. And I have you all. Here's to a good week with fun tales of the L.A. Tournament.Sparkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53378572743972475802011-05-01T18:34:37.720-04:002011-05-01T18:34:37.720-04:00@bigsteve46: Nice nostalgia. When I began doing ...@bigsteve46: Nice nostalgia. When I began doing the Sunday it was with/against another guy who lived in the same house. We thought, as do a lot of people still, that the Sunday Times was the toughest puzzle around. When I would complete it in one DAY I was way ahead of the game. Question for the old-timers: was Friday/Saturday tougher than Sunday even in the Maleska days? I solved back then, but never paid attention.mitchsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53348167651028018572011-05-01T16:45:51.465-04:002011-05-01T16:45:51.465-04:00Great puzzle. Really stumped me at the start but u...Great puzzle. Really stumped me at the start but ultimately managed to solve it from the bottom up in my usual time of around 40 mins.<br /><br />Two miscrossonyms up til the last minute: AGLITTER instead of AGLIMMER and ACE LIMIT instead of AGE LIMIT, which made a lot more sense.<br /><br />Beauty parts of this puzzle were both the double-layered theme and the lack of tired fill except for perennial crossworld stars Orr and Apu.Cousin Octaviannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30170887142572364462011-05-01T16:05:16.363-04:002011-05-01T16:05:16.363-04:00@joho - I guessed that you were having similar pro...@joho - I guessed that you were having similar problems when you kept showing up without your dog, let's see if mine shows up now unless Adam took him for a walk.chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9091507358828360462011-05-01T15:45:38.290-04:002011-05-01T15:45:38.290-04:00Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first f...Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox - or so I've heard. It's a "moveable feast."CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3515081714014356672011-05-01T15:42:43.012-04:002011-05-01T15:42:43.012-04:00Puzzle Girl:
Early in the write-up you asked
if...Puzzle Girl:<br /><br /> Early in the write-up you asked<br />if you had listed the theme answers<br />yet, and proceded to list them. Actually you had done even better by coloring in the theme answers in the grid.ANON Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88504237304235909662011-05-01T15:22:48.633-04:002011-05-01T15:22:48.633-04:00I like the Sunday puzzles, especially when there i...I like the Sunday puzzles, especially when there is a fine theme like this one. A lot of good longer non-theme answers too: EXOTIC PETS, TIN EAR (I have one), FAWCETT, ANTEATER, and several others already mentioned. However, SEETHRU is kinda ugly. Enjoyed your write-up, PG.<br /><br />I did have a DNF: got ROAnS stuck in mind as horses running shoulder to shoulder at 91A, so could not see SLED at all. I should have stopped, and come back instead of clicking on Reveal.<br /><br />I was happy to hear ZZTOP at the TOY SHOP, instead of some contemporary SLOP; the PIXY doll I sought was AT THE TOP of the display.CoffeeLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16473192190412844538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86348333974832676102011-05-01T15:13:35.431-04:002011-05-01T15:13:35.431-04:00Xanq very much. The week has nowhere to go but dow...Xanq very much. The week has nowhere to go but down. 69D was my only head scratcher. Never having heard of those stix or the Old Wives' play, I guessed PIcY and kEELE and assumed that tamed tigers somehow gave us EcOTICkETS -- citations for taming tigers, mebbe? Lovely commentary puz girl. Come back soon.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883088018327082889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47619132733563916362011-05-01T15:09:49.428-04:002011-05-01T15:09:49.428-04:00I enjoyed this puzzle although it was relatively e...I enjoyed this puzzle although it was relatively easy. The Sunday puzzle is pretty much the ONLY one I do. I like the cleverness of the theme and it has a sentimental value as my mother, my sister, my wife and I used to work it together. But, as in BigSteve46's case, I now do it alone. My wife and sister have passed and my mother finds it too challenging at her advanced age.M07Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53232590101959182132011-05-01T15:07:57.715-04:002011-05-01T15:07:57.715-04:00Didn't realize until I got here that the conce...Didn't realize until I got here that the concepts had nowhere to go but up just like the words themselves. Once I saw that, this went from a very good puzzle to a great one. I share PuzzleGirl's distaste for Sunday's, and I'm starting to realize that although I like my 15x15 grids challenging, I like my 21x21 grids on the easier side. Lively theme entries and amusing fill, that's what I want on my Sundays. In other words, this puzzle.<br /><br />Bizarrely, my one error today was the inverse of yesterday, when I had an a Y instead of an I (STYES/ELYA instead of STIES/ELIA). Today my only mistake was an I instead of a Y (PIXI/BEI instead of PIXY/BEY). Weird.Matthew G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07957320012395569238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80570325509595357802011-05-01T14:50:42.861-04:002011-05-01T14:50:42.861-04:00Cheer up - nominal Christians like me (and, surely...Cheer up - nominal Christians like me (and, surely,many real ones) usually don't have the foggiest when Easter is.<br /><br />A fun puzzle. I got it all without recourse to 110A,by just assuming that the last letters of the theme answers were omitted for a reason I would find out later. And, of course, I did. Very minor quibble: shouldn't the clue for 110 A have an asterisk?<br /><br />Tried BESO for 41D, guessing the 2012 Olympics were in a Spanish speaking country. Then 34D appeared.....<br /><br />9D was SCAT - nope, not even close per Wikipedia. And putting in an S, assuming 8D was a simple plural, slowed me down in Minnesota. But all in all I found this one rather easy.<br /><br />Thanks, Xan.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45091437139191907032011-05-01T14:24:28.688-04:002011-05-01T14:24:28.688-04:00@PG - Oops ...her birthday with Easter:))@PG - Oops ...her birthday with Easter:))D_Blackwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65395337518810913492011-05-01T14:23:08.160-04:002011-05-01T14:23:08.160-04:00@PG - As jberg indicated, in part, the date of Eas...@PG - As jberg indicated, in part, the date of Easter is quite complex. I never know when Easter is; you know, like sometime in March or April right? But my mother's birthday is also 24 April and I have never associated her birthday with April.<br /><br />So I went to my Unabridged Internet and found that Easter can fall on something like 35 different days! This is the only year in her lifetime that Easter has or will fall on her birthday. It will next happen in 2095, and I believe that is by the Gregorian calendar, but it is mind numbingly complex.D_Blackwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85622992598691571072011-05-01T14:22:15.931-04:002011-05-01T14:22:15.931-04:00Absolutely loved the puzzle - great theme concept,...Absolutely loved the puzzle - great theme concept, well executed. More from 15 please (15 = XV).XWCnoreply@blogger.com