tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7539255440007679934..comments2024-03-19T08:56:47.258-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Garfield waitress / SUN 7-28-13 / Business titan born July 30 1863 / Texas athletic site / Feeling Good chanteuse / NFL owner who moved Cleveland Browns to Baltimore in 1996 / He wrote I exits that is all I find it nauseatingRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16604044077668677262016-09-06T00:25:09.892-04:002016-09-06T00:25:09.892-04:00Hello Everybody,
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Purpose Of Loan………….<br />7. country…………………<br />8. phone…………………..<br />9. occupation………………<br />10.age/sex…………………<br />11.Monthly Income…………..<br />12.Email……………..<br /><br />Regards.<br />Managements<br />Email Kindly Contact: urgentloan22@gmail.comDr Purva Piushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05883980841903455890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78408258775087676152013-08-11T20:03:37.889-04:002013-08-11T20:03:37.889-04:00Well as I always get these puzzles weeks late when...Well as I always get these puzzles weeks late when my sister drops them off for me- did 7-21 and 28 in about an hour- 21 was iffy and 28 was just pain easy- but there were some different clever answers: spout , stilton, collard, there was the same clue in both puzzles: word or words to live by- messed of mass produced a lot of rewrites there because I first thought was amas or amat was for clue for latin 101 -and I did not get dwarvws even tho I had Dr No0 sinced when is blasted mean stewed- - now realizing it meant being drunk- wow - as always love this blog- bakergirl Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20651705929905832112013-08-09T09:21:14.796-04:002013-08-09T09:21:14.796-04:00Global Business Pages also offers a variety of ser...Global Business Pages also offers a variety of services to subscribers including access to and/or production of catalogues, video ads, pod casts, development of websites and more.<br />Global Business Pages provides detailed information on the business, its' products, services and contact information. <br />This cost effective index of over 75,000 products and services also reaches consumers wherever there is life on earth. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32655312837611429002013-08-05T02:01:04.435-04:002013-08-05T02:01:04.435-04:00Henry Ford, a business and mass production genius,...Henry Ford, a business and mass production genius, was not a nice man, in so many respects. Invented charcoal? Hardly. Bubble wrap? Maybe. But racism and bigotry, though he didn't invent them, of those he was a singular practitioner. <br /><br />However, I liked the puzzle. Perhaps it was "easy", but still, among those who yelped at how "easy" it is, most ran afoul of the odd clue or letter crossing. I found the puzzle entertaining in many ways, even if it was "easy". rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85528544533544431752013-08-04T23:32:37.956-04:002013-08-04T23:32:37.956-04:00Whole Foods is a grocery store chain.Whole Foods is a grocery store chain.Texas Syndy Solvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28411384118639170302013-08-04T17:25:57.365-04:002013-08-04T17:25:57.365-04:00And here I thought my Prius' ABS was an Air Ba...And here I thought my Prius' ABS was an Air Bag System...Connie in Seattlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67129665477474202642013-08-04T15:17:59.196-04:002013-08-04T15:17:59.196-04:00I figured out the PRODUCTIONLINE significance of t...I figured out the PRODUCTIONLINE significance of the shaded squares fairly early-on and filling in the parts of the MODELT helped with a few areas that might have otherwise been problematic Harvey KEITEL, I'm looking at you).<br /><br />@Cary - An OAST kiln used to dry Hops and an EFT is an immature newt, so those clues are literal. Hook's hand is, of course, a hook but since that's already in the clue it must be looking for another meaning, such as "hand" in the nautical sense e.g., deck-hand. So Captain Hook's hand is his first-mate, Mr. SMEE. TMI?Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30870206057096913302013-08-04T14:38:21.257-04:002013-08-04T14:38:21.257-04:00@spacecraft: Whole Foods is a grocery chain (also ...@spacecraft: Whole Foods is a grocery chain (also often known as "Whole Paycheck.") Thought they were ubiquitous but apparently not.<br /><br />Now, can some other syndication late-comer explain these to me. 104D: OAST; 50D: SMEE; 60A: EFT. I finished in spite of these head-scratchers, which means this was indeed an easy one. Didn't realize until I got here that SIMONE referred to the wonderful Nina, even though I do know the song. Just assume that any "chanteuse" is going to be some awful American Idol-ish diva that I've never heard of.Cary in Bouldernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80300755890463374462013-08-04T12:46:07.799-04:002013-08-04T12:46:07.799-04:00@Nickyboy and @RayJ: thanks for the continued furt...@Nickyboy and @RayJ: thanks for the continued furthering of my education. Gargoyles gargle...well, that makes sense. And backing up a hill? Never heard that before either. I continue to be enriched--not only by the puzzles, but by these comments on them. In my paper the "letter addition" portion of the theme was shaded, not circled. The resulting overall shape looked to me like a profile of the Transamerica Building, so at first I was keying on that for a theme.<br /><br />I agree that this one was pretty easy; still there were several sideways clues. ABS clued, for a blessed change, as something OTHER than those muscles I never had. And "Whole"_____= FOODS??? W.O.E. are "Whole FOODS?" Are they foods that are whole-SOME? Or are only SOME foods "whole" (some)? Have I been eating PARTIAL foods all this time? Is that why I don't have ABS? I guess I need yet more education, 'cause I have NO CLUE what "whole foods" are.<br /><br />Slight hiccup in the SE when I kept trying to parse 83d as some kind of ____LOT. The sideways clue made it seem more geographical than temporal. All was soon fixed, though, and the grid winds up being a fitting tribute to Mr. Ford. It's sad to learn that he was a bigot. Some icky fill--RNASE especially--but overall as smooth as one of his ASSEMBLYLINEs.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18336543569536053692013-08-04T11:25:36.443-04:002013-08-04T11:25:36.443-04:00I am 73 and though the Model T was way before my t...I am 73 and though the Model T was way before my time I had the opportunity to drive a lot of old vehicles including the T when I learned to drive at 12 around the roads of a big concrete pipe company.<br /><br />A lot of them had gas tanks under the seat and backing up steep hills was common but I thought the T had the tank in the cowl and remember the fuel cap in front of the windshield.<br /><br />I must be wrong. Maybe it was the Model A with the cowl tankBedfordBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348600333498878554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67321476556502629022013-07-31T12:16:55.427-04:002013-07-31T12:16:55.427-04:00Call me a Luddite, but I solve on paper, photocopi...Call me a Luddite, but I solve on paper, photocopied courtesy of my local public library (woot! support your library, you'll miss it when it's gone!), and generally a day or two late. On my copy - NO CIRCLES! (M-MO-MOD-MODE-MODEL-MODELT) I didn't see anyone else comment that theirs were missing - either you all do it online (thus my Luddite comment) or there was a very weird malfunction somewhere in my town only. I too thought the theme was a little weak and oddly / randomly placed. Had I had the circles, I might have seen a bit more creativity in the construction. Weird, this has never happened before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44025600265249584152013-07-28T23:32:17.328-04:002013-07-28T23:32:17.328-04:00I guess I'm the only one who put in "made...I guess I'm the only one who put in "made in the usa" instead of MASSPRODUCED? I (thought I) got it off the M, then dropped in ABLE and added Lenon for the Beatle. I then stumbled around aimlessly for what felt like forever until I managed to convince myself there were no 3-letter Tolkien creatures that ended with a U.<br /><br />I mean, it was accurate, it fit, the whole mass production thing was addressed in 57 down and I had three crosses. Bah!<br /><br />Is there a term for being so confident in your wrong fill that you refuse to change it even though it's messing up the rest of your puzzle? If not, can we call it a Henry Ford?Cassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37018949535429141012013-07-28T22:09:26.911-04:002013-07-28T22:09:26.911-04:00"Did you also know that Henry Ford was also r..."Did you also know that Henry Ford was also responsible for inventing charcoal.?"<br /><br />No way is that true. Charcoal was being produced and made for many centuries before Ford. <br /><br />For what it's worth, Ford popularized but did not invent the charcoal briquette. Joe The Jugglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08623445472297705053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32320077627491836432013-07-28T21:31:21.675-04:002013-07-28T21:31:21.675-04:00In these parts Henry and his heirs are revered. He...In these parts Henry and his heirs are revered. Henry's not even the most racist historical figure in this town. Mayor Orville Hubbard of "Shoot the n#%^~<s if they try to enter the city" infamy would be the leader in my book. <br /><br />@EllenS - go binary. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76490964551863428022013-07-28T20:53:02.459-04:002013-07-28T20:53:02.459-04:00PK and BD are right; the US Open is not a PGA even...PK and BD are right; the US Open is not a PGA event. And everyone else is right about dwarves unless you want to go to Middle Earth. Tolkien describes dwarves as a race, but....<br /><br />The puzzle's biggest sin is crediting Henry Ford with the invention of the assembly line. That's flat out wrong. It's been repeated so often it's taken for fact. But Ford, a fascist by the way, cadged the idea from Olds, who is criminally under appreciated.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12831398785108523422013-07-28T20:07:44.005-04:002013-07-28T20:07:44.005-04:00@Tita & Bob Kerfuffle:
Thanks! Never would ha...@Tita & Bob Kerfuffle:<br /><br />Thanks! Never would have thought to go to the FAQs but glad you sent me there. Rex pretty much ripped BEQ a new one that night. <br /><br />Btw, TIA is not my name, but business memo and net shorthand for "Thanks in Advance." August Westnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60918399000782113562013-07-28T18:00:10.058-04:002013-07-28T18:00:10.058-04:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak I've made to my method. In a nutshell, the higher the ratio, the higher this week's median solve time is relative to the average for the corresponding day of the week.<br /><br />All solvers (this week's median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Mon 5:21, 6:09, 0.87, 3%, Easy (6th lowest ratio of 188 Mondays)<br />Tue 9:05, 8:13, 1.10, 76%, Medium-Challenging<br />Wed 9:56, 9:43, 1.02, 60%, Medium<br />Thu 22:51, 16:29, 1.39, 94%, Challenging<br />Fri 17:41, 20:21, 0.87, 29%, Easy-Medium<br />Sat 19:58, 25:29, 0.78, 8%, Easy<br />Sun 22:41, 28:35, 0.79, 9%, Easy (9th lowest ratio of 96 Sundays)<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:18, 3:46, 0.88, 3%, Easy (5th lowest ratio of 188 Mondays)<br />Tue 5:25, 4:57, 1.09, 72%, Medium-Challenging<br />Wed 5:24, 5:36, 0.96, 41%, Medium<br />Thu 14:20, 9:30, 1.51, 94%, Challenging<br />Fri 9:44, 11:52, 0.82, 23%, Easy-Medium<br />Sat 12:00, 15:22, 0.78, 10%, Easy<br />Sun 15:26, 19:51, 0.78, 10%, Easy (10th lowest ratio of 96 Sundays)sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65796444743434554612013-07-28T17:05:25.129-04:002013-07-28T17:05:25.129-04:00Although Rex has Ford's birthday correct and W...Although Rex has Ford's birthday correct and Will published the puzzle close to that date, I do not think this is a tribute to Henry Ford. I think the theme is actually celebrating the 100th anniversary of producing the Model T on an assembly line basis, which occurred late in 1913. Also, the constructor indicates as much in his comments on Wordplay. The theme answers as well as the circles are consistent with that theme. <br /><br />JFCJFCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89665831101345702302013-07-28T16:49:16.573-04:002013-07-28T16:49:16.573-04:00The US Open is not a PGA event. The PGA Tour (not ...The US Open is not a PGA event. The PGA Tour (not the PGA) recognizes it as far as counting its results for PGA Tour players. The PGA is a separate organization from the PGA Tour and has nothing to do with the US Open.BDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25046317969750710262013-07-28T16:46:17.438-04:002013-07-28T16:46:17.438-04:00Did you also know that Henry Ford was also respons...Did you also know that Henry Ford was also responsible for inventing charcoal.? He didn't want to waste anything like leftover wood so he turned it into charcoal briquettes. He later sold his idea to Kingsford.chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57325859288435018272013-07-28T16:06:20.543-04:002013-07-28T16:06:20.543-04:00@PK: The PGA disagrees.
The US Open is on the PG...@PK: <a href="http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/schedule.html" rel="nofollow">The PGA disagrees</a>. <br /><br />The US Open is on the PGA Tour event schedule, and its results count toward season standings. The US Open is indeed organized by the USGA, but it is also a PGA Tour event.<br /><br />@OldCaFudd: Agreed on not judging people from the past strictly by the standards of the day - and in that era, a degree of antisemitism was the norm - but Ford was notoriously and virulently antisemitic even by the standards of his day, to the point that Hitler considered him a hero (Ford is the only American favorably cited in <i>Mein Kampf</i>, and he also willingly used slave labor in his European factories before the US entry into the war). I don't think we can give him a pass on his antisemitism, even accounting for the tone of the era. <br /><br />That said, he was more of a mixed bag than the characterization would indicate. From what I understand, his antisemitism didn't extend to refusing to hire Jewish workers or work with Jewish-owned suppliers, and Ford was also one of the few large companies of its era that was willing to hire African-Americans in considerable numbers. But his embracing various ideas of international Jewish conspiracy did a great deal to further the general antisemitic tone of the era. Steve Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185067739452052656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15004546911418921142013-07-28T16:05:11.083-04:002013-07-28T16:05:11.083-04:00this is one of the worst puzzles I've encounte...this is one of the worst puzzles I've encountered in many years. I rarely go to this web site but was curious to read other solvers' reactions. This Andrew Reynolds has a wierd sense of definition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7143610511087867472013-07-28T15:57:10.806-04:002013-07-28T15:57:10.806-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steve Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185067739452052656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10664769655700173652013-07-28T15:14:30.852-04:002013-07-28T15:14:30.852-04:00As easy as Sunday gets. Building the MODEL T gave ...As easy as Sunday gets. Building the MODEL T gave it a leg up on most tribute puzzles (although someone mentioned it had been done before, if that's the case, meh). Fill was good.<br /><br />@Quest and others who didn't like DWARVES - I'm not a "gamer", but I looked up DWARVES and they are a race in World of Warcraft and Dungeons & Dragons. So I think it was meant to be a modern twist on a clue, not insensitive or an insult.Rob Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35742561758857727222013-07-28T15:11:45.686-04:002013-07-28T15:11:45.686-04:00This one was decidedly in my wheelhouse, so no com...This one was decidedly in my wheelhouse, so no complaints.<br /><br />@joho - Yes, most 1910 Maxwells were little two-cylinder, two-seater runabouts with 10 or 12 horsepower. Most Model Ts were touring cars with a back seat, and they all had 20 (or, in the very early ones, 22) horsepower, so they were much more capable and comfortable machines.<br /><br />Yes, Ol' Henry was an antisemite. Lots of people were back then. I am loath to judge people who did great things by their less-than-great quirks, especially when standards have changed. Thomas Jefferson owned slaves. Franklin Roosevelt locked up thousands of Japanese-Americans. Great men all, but flawed.<br /><br />Yes, a Model T that's low on gas may need to be backed up a hill. But so did lots of other cars; it's just that there were so many Fords, and they were built long after manufacturers of more expensive cars had switched over to pressurized fuel systems. I have a 1912 Buick with the gas tank under the seat and gravity feed - it has the same foible. But fuel pumps, especially early and primitive ones, can break down; gravity always works. If I'm touring in hilly country, in either my Buick or my Model T Ford, I never let the tank get below one-third full. Then they'll climb pretty near anything. OldCaFuddnoreply@blogger.com