tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7671207581454804932..comments2024-03-29T06:46:32.237-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Sexologist Shere / THU 10-10-19 / Old cars with wings in their logo / Bana 2004 Indonesian tsunami site / Parent company of Athleta Old Navy / Blue-bottled vodka brand / Certain leathercrafterRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55139556824126874062022-11-28T23:08:16.194-05:002022-11-28T23:08:16.194-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Sarkari Job 756https://www.blogger.com/profile/01419970104055115272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59677813263832502882019-11-15T23:04:59.245-05:002019-11-15T23:04:59.245-05:00Kudos on the Zevon take; thought of it too!Kudos on the Zevon take; thought of it too!Mondegreennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17017737534996071212019-11-14T16:04:37.066-05:002019-11-14T16:04:37.066-05:00Found today's a little easier than yesterday&#...Found today's a little easier than yesterday's, but both of them clever, fun, and interesting to do.<br /><br />First "aha" moment at NOC[HOLE]STEROL and then found the DITCH, GAP, and PIT by WATCHing my STEPs down. (I'm old enough to be conscious of that potential peril.)<br /><br /> Last in was the NW corner with the PDFS/PHONICS crossing, which provided a second "aha" moment. DEMOCREW helped, though hadn't heard that shortened term for "demolition" before.<br /><br />Another new one was SYOSSET, mislocated in the SE, required by its friendly crosses.<br /><br />Thank you, Tracy Gray.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35319680268199067062019-11-14T15:55:34.988-05:002019-11-14T15:55:34.988-05:00One letter dnf - didn't know the SNL guy.
d...One letter dnf - didn't know the SNL guy. <br /><br />did anyone else mention the difference in the "ditch" answer? Gotta have that "E" for the chEck. <br /><br />Di the Eye, LIWDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14338391914233399702019-11-14T13:58:24.474-05:002019-11-14T13:58:24.474-05:00@AnnieM - probably a software glitch at the newspa...@AnnieM - probably a software glitch at the newspaper, especially as the E in Elysee has a diacritical above it. Special characters can make funny things happen. In the St. Paul paper an ellipsis ( . . .) shows up as an ampersand (&) every time, so I'm guessing software interpretation.<br />Please feel free to comment frequently.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70888470506358749502019-11-14T13:39:23.601-05:002019-11-14T13:39:23.601-05:00I got this puzzle a month late in the L.A. Times. ...I got this puzzle a month late in the L.A. Times. If anyone still around on this puzzle, please explain the here on the Champs ...lysee"<br />obviously got the Here in french, but the clue with the dots and missing e is inferring they want the e which of course didn't fit the 3 letter answer. If they wanted here in french they didn't need to miss the e.AnnieMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08744510777754542907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26053658099273407582019-11-14T11:41:46.554-05:002019-11-14T11:41:46.554-05:00I second @rondo's confusion re OFC's attit...I second @rondo's confusion re OFC's attitude toward "all things PC." You have to be joking, Fearless One. You can't usurp MY attitude!<br /><br />The "Acrobat" misleader in clue 1-a forestalled a start there, so I went gimme-hunting, finding CSIMIAMI. Yeah, pretty bad. DC would invariably have some punny remark to make over a dead body. How the series lasted as long as it did is still a wonder. Anyway, there I was in the SW and got the PIT-fall right away--and thought that, specifically, was the theme: a series of PITFALLS. (Do you remember the old game, with the dude swinging on vines from one panel to the next? Frustrating but fun.) But the next one I came to was TOGARTY. That BEERBONGS should cross it is hilarious. Cool theme.<br /> A<br /> P<br /><br />The fill gets wonky in places, but nothing terribly serious. Shere HITE is ALONE on the DOD stage, so she wins. Birdie.<br />spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77269847748920565782019-11-14T11:31:10.291-05:002019-11-14T11:31:10.291-05:00O,NO HASSLES
Just WATCHYOURSTEP, and mind YOUR CR...O,NO HASSLES<br /><br />Just WATCHYOURSTEP, and mind YOUR CREDIT GAP,<br />if FANNIEMAE says, “YEP”, you’ve no REAL BADRAP.<br /><br />--- PROF. IKE AGEE<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11838442196231973122019-11-14T10:19:07.096-05:002019-11-14T10:19:07.096-05:00I bought a “Mind the GAP” baseball cap while in Lo...I bought a “Mind the GAP” baseball cap while in London, for the obvious reasons stated above. Apparently OFL hasn’t visited the UK. Also OFL has an issue with the ‘concept of PC’? I thought he was pretty much the poster boy for it.<br /><br />I finished the LSAT at the 65th percentile, which will just get you into the second tier law schools. That and a boatload of cash.<br /><br />Isao AOKI, where ya been?<br /><br />I wasn’t a huge fan of CSIMIAMI, but each episode invariably started with coroner Khandi Alexander kneeling over a corpse. Of course she was always wearing an extremely low-cut blouse to reveal ample cleavage. Then you might not see her for the remainder of the show.<br /><br />The HITE of sexologists deserves a yeah baby.<br /><br />Better than a rebus, BEERBONGS and all.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23427579373999541822019-10-11T17:43:39.688-04:002019-10-11T17:43:39.688-04:00You would not think GAP is an outlier if you rode ...You would not think GAP is an outlier if you rode my daily commuter train. Where I get on, there is a gap large enough for an average adult to fall into. I always take a pause before stepping over it. <br /><br />@Anonymous (sorry, there are several of you) it is generally NOT “high tea” - contrary to what most Americans think, “High tea” is sort of a hearty ploughman’s lunch served to hungry workers at the end of their shifts (traditionally on high tables). The fancy tea with scones and finger sandwiches is “afternoon tea.” <br /><br />I did it in the app, no hints. But I “fell into” many of the same PITfalls as many others.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149293628922534757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70028623791115432952019-10-10T23:03:49.723-04:002019-10-10T23:03:49.723-04:00even though it didn't fit I really wanted &quo...even though it didn't fit I really wanted "berth place" to be ship.<br /><br />berth: a fixed bed or bunk on a ship, train, or other means of transport.<br /><br />berth: moor (a ship) in its allotted place.<br /><br />berth: (of a passenger ship) provide a sleeping place for (someone).corscorpionishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127049743136780264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4727319694524820192019-10-10T22:10:53.611-04:002019-10-10T22:10:53.611-04:00in the 50s and 60s, Chrysler made a true hemi-head...in the 50s and 60s, Chrysler made a true hemi-head 426. they ended up in fuel dragsters for decades later. today's 'hemi' Dodge et al are just penti-heads. more efficient than traditional wedge heads, but not true hemis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77933647888925335472019-10-10T20:51:54.512-04:002019-10-10T20:51:54.512-04:00I so much wanted 2D to be “Democrats”.....I so much wanted 2D to be “Democrats”.....Escalatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198556867970888045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35077220106046689812019-10-10T20:45:28.152-04:002019-10-10T20:45:28.152-04:00@TJS - I was just catching up on the 9/28 puzzle a...@TJS - I was just catching up on the 9/28 puzzle and nobody seemed to answer your question. I don’t know about searching the archive, but at the end of each Rex post, right below the time stamp, are usually two labels, the day of the week and the constructor. Click on the constructor name and all the Rex blogs about puzzles by that constructor appear. You’ll have to take care not to peak at the solutions, but that will give you the dates of McCoy’s puzzles. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63282159148235465642019-10-10T20:16:05.139-04:002019-10-10T20:16:05.139-04:00I mean I thought that “Demi Moore” would have been...I mean I thought that “Demi Moore” would have been a tip off but @anon7:35pm manages to miss the joke AND be wrong all at the same time. Hint: Why isn’t it a “spherical combustion chamber?” Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80922164321131688422019-10-10T20:13:17.471-04:002019-10-10T20:13:17.471-04:00Dunno about about Apatow name dropping home town. ...Dunno about about Apatow name dropping home town. Do know Winona Rider's (Ryder's?)character in Mr.Deeds, the remake of Mr. Deeds goes <br />to Town, claimed to have been from Syosset. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10249093073314005992019-10-10T19:35:08.490-04:002019-10-10T19:35:08.490-04:00Z,
Hemi in engine nomenclature doesn't mean ha...Z,<br />Hemi in engine nomenclature doesn't mean half per se, it means hemispherical (combustion chamber). It relates to the head shape which is cone shaped. There's absolutely zero relationship,etymologically speaking, <br />to half. Are you sure you're from Detroit? <br /><br /><br /> Ps. We've been through this before, viz powerful engine clues.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39861702418776669522019-10-10T19:23:40.530-04:002019-10-10T19:23:40.530-04:00ACEH was also referred to in articles related to M...ACEH was also referred to in articles related to MH 370 - the plane almost certainly flew in an arc to avoid Indonesian radar on the Aceh peninsula.<br /><br />All aspects of the NY MTA (subways, LIRR, Metro North) now refer to the GAP as a hazard on one occasion or another. Given that this is the NY Times, that makes it totally legit as an answer.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6096649988082388532019-10-10T19:10:34.362-04:002019-10-10T19:10:34.362-04:00@anonymous 7:41 a.m. -- Hah!@anonymous 7:41 a.m. -- Hah!Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47618769667321977402019-10-10T19:06:25.327-04:002019-10-10T19:06:25.327-04:00ACEH felt unfair. SYOSSET felt like a Natick, bu...ACEH felt unfair. SYOSSET felt like a Natick, but I grew up on the Island. Thought the construction was so clever, but relatively easy for a Thursday. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10844225131692863282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41597540534244886712019-10-10T18:31:03.862-04:002019-10-10T18:31:03.862-04:00Mind the "gap"?Mind the "gap"?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16574960783428842256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8098949627209532012019-10-10T17:09:47.504-04:002019-10-10T17:09:47.504-04:00People who have kicked around the world some clear...People who have kicked around the world some clearly remember the horrors of Banda AcehJayhalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127081962315436863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52410947696192322492019-10-10T17:09:45.586-04:002019-10-10T17:09:45.586-04:00People who have kicked around the world some clear...People who have kicked around the world some clearly remember the horrors of Banda AcehJayhalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127081962315436863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16775471289930151362019-10-10T16:56:38.344-04:002019-10-10T16:56:38.344-04:00well, the real reason for a SEMI-trailer truck has...well, the real reason for a SEMI-trailer truck has nothing to do with load balance (most trailers have moveable rear truck to aid this), but with the simple fact that a 65' straight job (50' of cargo hold and 15' of engine/cab) can't turn any corner on any street. might not even be able to 'stay in lane' on an interstate curve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69190333306052268022019-10-10T16:34:04.001-04:002019-10-10T16:34:04.001-04:00Looks like this puzzle ...
[puts on sunglasses]
...Looks like this puzzle ...<br /><br />[puts on sunglasses]<br /><br />... tripped a few people up.Horatio Cainenoreply@blogger.com