tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7557457186865385393..comments2024-03-29T03:22:09.826-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Sleuth Lupin / SUN 8-7-11 / Broken Arrow co-star Michael / Lacking surrounding colonnade as temple / Add-on meaning galoreRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8774796716292514422012-02-02T00:31:44.027-05:002012-02-02T00:31:44.027-05:00...DETERGED I got,egad, but really? REALLY?
...ARS......DETERGED I got,egad, but really? REALLY?<br />...ARSENE? EWER?<br /><br />...I didn't finishZbigniew Boyfrendtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24280462520405627742011-08-21T22:42:22.570-04:002011-08-21T22:42:22.570-04:00@Emma - If its any consolation, next Sundays' ...@Emma - If its any consolation, next Sundays' puzzle (for you, this Sunday for most syndicated solvers like me and last Sunday for the prime-time crowd) was constructed by s woman, Paula Gamache - I think you'll like it.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54625003967506497682011-08-21T21:51:59.792-04:002011-08-21T21:51:59.792-04:00A final word, my husband says the puzzle comes by ...A final word, my husband says the puzzle comes by stage coach. So, there ya go.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418992215864061218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91039429937525004642011-08-21T21:41:19.377-04:002011-08-21T21:41:19.377-04:00Ok its August 21, and this is just appearing in NM...Ok its August 21, and this is just appearing in NM. That annoys me. But anyway. I really enjoyed doing this puzzle. The thing I liked the most was that while doing it, I could TELL that it was done by a WOMAN. If I'm not mistaken, these puzzles are mostly done by MEN, which sex thinks differently than half the population of the world. I say, have a man and A WOMAN construct the puzzle for Sunday. Come on peeps, its the 21st Century now! Let's get women in there. It's like McSorely's in the 70's. Sheesh! <br /><br />It occurred to me that most puzzles are full of sports stuff and stuff men think about. But THIS ONE had feminine thoughts. Eggs, fashion, seduction, washing things (deterged, ha!), DNA, these are things women can relate to. And I learned a lot about yin/yang trying to figure out FEM. FEM! Yes! And things women notice like beer going to the torso. Yes! Bring it! The only thing that bugged me was ELHI which, c'mon, that's not a word.<br /><br />The rest was great and I enjoyed being allowed to exercise my feminine brain cells!!! Thanks Janie!Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418992215864061218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13540266616856172052011-08-19T19:45:38.703-04:002011-08-19T19:45:38.703-04:00@Hil - DNF = Did Not Finish
For Natick, see Rex&#...@Hil - DNF = Did Not Finish<br /><br />For Natick, see Rex's FAQs.Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28865367012975974542011-08-19T18:23:13.706-04:002011-08-19T18:23:13.706-04:00Would someone please explain "DNF" and &...Would someone please explain "DNF" and "Natick"?Hilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57861764631043236902011-08-16T10:31:53.773-04:002011-08-16T10:31:53.773-04:00Honey, would you like me to ship that lollipop by ...Honey, would you like me to ship that lollipop by USPS, FedEx, or special courier?Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33610300234730637082011-08-16T10:22:48.749-04:002011-08-16T10:22:48.749-04:00Syndication here, and obviously the least smart pe...Syndication here, and obviously the least smart person in the room...but I don't get "ship lollipop". "Good ship lollipop", yes. But I do not understand a kid at camp asking for candy by saying "ship lollipop"? Help, anyone????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79609696302645712172011-08-15T20:10:49.245-04:002011-08-15T20:10:49.245-04:00Went for a long, tiring bike ride yesterday, so I&...Went for a long, tiring bike ride yesterday, so I'm late even by syndicated standards.<br /><br />"Airline amenities" ... airlines give amenities? In this universe?<br /><br />I thought Hercule Poirot was the the French Sherlock Holmes. No, wait, he's Belgian. Never mind.<br /><br />I enjoyed this, got the themes fairly easily. A relief after last Sunday's bruise-fest (for me, at least).<br /><br />FAEROE/LEHAR was a natick of naticks, but I guessed correctly. Opera singers/composers mean nothing to me unless their first name is Otis or Lightnin'. <br /><br />I lost interest in the franchise after Rocky I, so had to run the alpha(and omega)bet to get the MRT/MNEM cross. Couldn't imagine that ART Garfunkel played opposite Sly in that one.<br /><br />Can never remember the difference between TRIVET and privet.<br /><br />captcha "acking": Bill the Cat breaks into a computer networkCary in Bouldernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35604273263847701342011-08-14T19:41:55.883-04:002011-08-14T19:41:55.883-04:00Finished with one error - FAEREE. DULLEA and ANSA...Finished with one error - FAEREE. DULLEA and ANSARA were both gimmes (due to my advanced age, no doubt). Had some trouble in the NE as I confidently wrote in ARBOR instead of BOWER, but still managed to finish the puzzle in my usual Sunday time of 30 minutes. <br /><br />I'm pretty sure I've seen DETERGE(D) in at least one other NYT puzzle before, so I'm kind of surprised at the outcry over it. <br /><br />Now I'm off to listen to some Jethro Tull to try to wipe that dreaded 70's tune "Feelings" out of my brain. Ack.<br /><br />captcha=deafthar: Sylvester, describing Marlee MatlinDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675331024091722316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72434674607394022992011-08-14T16:48:17.424-04:002011-08-14T16:48:17.424-04:00Weak theme, from my perspective, but a nice challe...Weak theme, from my perspective, but a nice challenge.<br /><br />Hand up for proper noun natick and for the Denmark/wherever-the-heck-Heloise-lives natick.<br /><br />And I haven't flown in quite a while but I have never seen LEG RESTS on an airplane. Foot rests yes, but not leg rests. Must be a first class thing.<br /><br />@THEMUTMAN 4:05 PM<br /><i>Am I the only one who noticed the irony in the Ensler/Erect intersection?!?!</i><br />Not only that but when you follow ERECT straight across, you go right between I'M INTO SOMETHING and INSERT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2573458502767914362011-08-14T16:47:38.687-04:002011-08-14T16:47:38.687-04:00Weak theme, from my perspective, but a nice challe...Weak theme, from my perspective, but a nice challenge.<br /><br />Hand up for proper noun natick and for the Denmark/wherever-the-heck-Heloise-lives natick.<br /><br />And I haven't flown in quite a while but I have never seen LEG RESTS on an airplane. Foot rests yes, but not leg rests. Must be a first class thing.<br /><br />@THEMUTMAN 4:05 PM<br /><i>Am I the only one who noticed the irony in the Ensler/Erect intersection?!?!</i><br />Not only that but when you follow ERECT straight across, you go right between I'M INTO SOMETHING and INSERT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74584603327093554502011-08-14T16:46:17.521-04:002011-08-14T16:46:17.521-04:00I drove right into the pileup that derailed Rex an...I drove right into the pileup that derailed Rex and so many others last week, but by the time I arrived in syndicated time they had all picked themselves up and left the area.<br /> <br />Too bad IMONTOSOMETHING(good) didn't elicit a Herman's Hermit music video - you don't hear much about them these days (I guess some would say, with good reason). Yes, I know the song was "I'm into Something Good", but it's still close enough, I think.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10758694049053012182011-08-14T16:33:27.521-04:002011-08-14T16:33:27.521-04:00Well, I guessed DUndEe for Keir's last name, s...Well, I guessed DUndEe for Keir's last name, so DNF. But enjoyed it well enough, despite the Naticks. Didn't think "the era of good feelings" qualified as a phrase until I googled it later! (And apparently, just who "won" the War of 1812 is a matter of some dispute. Ah, things seemed so simple in grade four...)<br /><br />captcha: endeol... and beolRed Valerianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04638265039015470938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36837111145789221732011-08-14T12:50:12.411-04:002011-08-14T12:50:12.411-04:00@slypett: lie to me and tell me you have ever said...@slypett: lie to me and tell me you have ever said the word DETERGED in your life before you saw this puzzle. Same goes for DESCRY. Yes, these are words, our dictionaries tell us so, but we have much more familiar words that mean the same thing. Don't our poor brains have enough to juggle?<br /> OK, same old rant is over. To the rest: I finished it! And with no help, thank you. I watch 2001 every chance I get, so DULLEA was a gimme. SE was the most trouble; had RENDITION--which even fit with the cross at IMINTOSOMETHING. But there's no islands that start FAET-so I had to regroup and come up with the more awkward RENDERING. Not that a participle can never be used as a noun, it's just more natural to use rendition in that spot. And you already know what I think of DETERGED.<br /> I have never heard the expression AGOGO used to mean "galore." Pussy Agogo? Nah. But aside from that and a few ugly fills (EMIN, ULA and poor, overworked MRT--can't we give him a month off?), I enjoyed this puzzle. Got a shoehorn in at the North, and quickly saw ROLL at the end of the first long entry. "Let the good times roll," I thought--and there it was! Just "good to go!" Down in the SW I too first thought of TRIPOD, but when TORSO occurred to me I saw right away it must be TRIVET. ENSLER I had to get from crosses, no clue who that is. Also liked the double ___egg clues. A very "good" debut!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50643378896701374092011-08-08T22:39:35.710-04:002011-08-08T22:39:35.710-04:00'Dullea' and 'Lehar' were slam-dun...'Dullea' and 'Lehar' were slam-dunks for me. "David and Lisa", "The Merry Widow"? Both beautiful, Dullea's face and Lehar's music.<br /><br />I echo everyone's frustration with 'deterged', though!<br /><br />Theme answers flowed in easily and were a big help.<br /><br />Enjoyed the puzzle very much! No googling necessary makes it a good one in my book!nurturinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02035395856164817422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18980989257863133402011-08-08T19:34:32.909-04:002011-08-08T19:34:32.909-04:00Finished this pretty quick (under 1 hr), for me. ...Finished this pretty quick (under 1 hr), for me. <br />Audibly groaned for DETERGE and HETERO. <br />2001 ASO is a fav movie of mine, so DULLEA made things easier. <br />Crossed my fingers on the E in Lehar, though.Modesty Blaséhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621468534160684845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9873894041406679732011-08-08T00:36:12.249-04:002011-08-08T00:36:12.249-04:00DETERGED?!? I left that block unfilled until the v...DETERGED?!? I left that block unfilled until the very end because I could not believe that word existed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89720279896728081282011-08-07T23:52:40.645-04:002011-08-07T23:52:40.645-04:00@Noam
That ABA joke you love was Patrick's add...@Noam<br />That ABA joke you love was Patrick's addition to my dry clue "Lawyer's org" so I can't take any credit!!!!<br /><br />My highlight of Lollapuzzoola 4 besides giving IMSDave a hug, and meeting JenCT and riding up with Vega-my-new-best-friend laughing our heads off with Puzzle Girl and Mala, was meeting Noam!!!<br />AND he was me in a game we were playing, so odd!!!!!!!!<br /><br />LOVED LOVED LOVED this puzzle and no sandwich bribes were involved! COngrats Janie and huzzahs to Tony!<br /><br />THE ERA OF FEELINGS!!!!!!!! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...<br />I loved all the theme answers and thought the puzzle was fabulous from beginning till end...well, almost the end, that DETERGED was like good to the last drop. Actually TOTHELASTDROP.<br /><br />Anyway, Great clues, () job!!!<br /><br />Since so many of you have mentioned personally knowing Keir DULLEA, I feel I get to mention that Annette Benning was sitting alone at the breakfast table next to us this morning at E.A.T. on the upper East Side. One of the few actresses I have ever seen that looks younger, taller, and prettier in real life!andrea ulla michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43880706284275333342011-08-07T22:14:56.582-04:002011-08-07T22:14:56.582-04:00Huckleberry Finn, in the last sentence of the nove...Huckleberry Finn, in the last sentence of the novel, says "But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory..."Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1079258204208048562011-08-07T21:53:35.804-04:002011-08-07T21:53:35.804-04:00Hi Everyone,
I'm sure this is obvious to many ...Hi Everyone,<br />I'm sure this is obvious to many (all?), but could someone please explain 102 Down? "LIT OUT" answer I only got by crosses, but don't understand at all. Thanks very much! I appreciate the help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70304925848451280532011-08-07T21:08:25.542-04:002011-08-07T21:08:25.542-04:00@pauer: Thanks! It's the song clued at 40A in...@pauer: Thanks! It's the song clued at 40A in Andrew Carla Michaels' round-1 puzzle, "40A:With 42-Across, Frank Sinatra signature song". 40A and 42A constitute the central pair of theme entries; each is 7 letters long, and 42A is clued "With 40-Across, location of Lollapuzzoola 4". The other theme pairs work similarly, and the solver is advised "Before you turn in your completed puzzle, be certain to double-check your work" :-) :-)<br /><br />NDE<br /><br />P.S. captcha = reste, one of the bits of French crosswordese that didn't appear here, nor indeed in any NYTimes puzzle since 2003 per xwordinfo.<br /><br />P.P.S. From the same puzzle, many solvers' favorite clue of the entire tournament (23A, three letters): "Lawyers' org. with 410,000 members that is headquartered in — why are you still reading this clue?"Noam D. Elkiesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5553682904604131122011-08-07T20:36:57.834-04:002011-08-07T20:36:57.834-04:00Hooray to Janie on a mahvelous debut! Huzzah to To...Hooray to Janie on a mahvelous debut! Huzzah to Tony for another job well done! Congrats to you both.<br /><br />No, that's the great Charles Gersch behind Janie. <br /><br />@Noam: what was that you played on the piano at the end of the tourney? I really liked it.pauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459037089749874180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53375371646839988402011-08-07T20:24:50.682-04:002011-08-07T20:24:50.682-04:00I can't help thinking that if Michael hadn'...I can't help thinking that if Michael hadn't been busy making friends with Tony and Jane, Rex would have torn this puzzle apart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65059340444160276912011-08-07T18:14:40.932-04:002011-08-07T18:14:40.932-04:00Did this yesterday and got theme early with LET TH...Did this yesterday and got theme early with LET THE TIMES ROLL. Only now noticed I did't finish with 98A/89, 90, 91D incomplete. Found the wacky answers amusing. Thanks Tony and congrats Janie.<br /><br />Felling sooo sorry for myself that I missed you all at Lolla. Wait'll next year. <br /><br />@Rex: ULLA pretty funny, actually, as her name kind of echos her persona in THE PRODUCERS as a sexpot. Also who remembers when that hysterical Anne Bancroft skit appeared where she introduced all the two syllable names at the cocktail party?<br /><br />@syndy: John Phillip Law played the angel in BARBARELLA. "Decrucify that Malmoth," is the line I remember.<br /><br />Well, off to another week. Have fun.Sparkynoreply@blogger.com