tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7861060598065138727..comments2024-03-29T01:11:26.960-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Website for customer reviews / MON 12-1-14 / Spoon-bending Geller / Mineral layer involved in tracking / Sleuth in old crime fictionRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83149268689945521082016-12-24T02:27:27.317-05:002016-12-24T02:27:27.317-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00143700642941915948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18758950526223107392015-01-05T17:31:48.745-05:002015-01-05T17:31:48.745-05:00I usually just go to the Blog Archives on the side...I usually just go to the Blog Archives on the sidebar if the syndi button leaves me short.<br /><br />126 = 9, second post, but first playrondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32504722864623184972015-01-05T15:47:15.162-05:002015-01-05T15:47:15.162-05:00From Syndication Land
When the "syndi" ...From Syndication Land<br /><br />When the "syndi" link doesn't work, just go to your browser (Safari) and type in "rex parker" and the date of the puzzle. The puzzle number at the top of the puzzle is the date it ran. For instance today's puzzle number 1201, ran on December 1 2014.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84942742189226102532015-01-05T15:01:55.875-05:002015-01-05T15:01:55.875-05:00Pretty good Monday puzzle except for the absence o...Pretty good Monday puzzle except for the absence of Annabelle. Wonder how her university applications have panned out. Wonder what sort of hat she is wearing today.<br /><br />Liked this, and almost was able to solve across-only, but I rarely have the discipline to do that from top to bottom. Today, though, I missed the STIRFRY clue, which I think is cute.<br /><br />One of the better Mondays.<br /><br />While scrolling past the spellcaster testimonies, I noticed that in one of them, a spellcaster helped a woman to get pregnant. Clearly this wasn't done online.<br /><br />Bloody check!rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60642941863207622862015-01-05T13:11:34.962-05:002015-01-05T13:11:34.962-05:00that was me above, duess Captcha just decided to u...that was me above, duess Captcha just decided to use my first name?DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47128261334577570812015-01-05T13:09:49.120-05:002015-01-05T13:09:49.120-05:00Welcome to the world of spell casters! probably s...Welcome to the world of spell casters! probably should read one of those someday to find out what they get out of posting here!??<br /><br />As for the puzzle. Fun for a Monday. Only one write-over for me CHeers to CHANTS, so a good start for my week<br /><br />@spacecraft. I have spells of seeing my post disappear after appearing, and then finding I couldn't repost Anything. I suspect there is something in the Captcha system that misfires as it started when this new little,square box thing appeared. Don't know if has to do with the fact that I have a prehistoric IPad?<br /><br />As for getting the new puzzle. I just save roday's blog and hit the "new puzzle" the next day. On Monday you have to,scroll past Suday's blog which is time-wise out of sync with my paper.<br /><br />Hoping this will,post! But not for the points...100Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34161092605821873232015-01-05T13:08:52.573-05:002015-01-05T13:08:52.573-05:00@spacey - ditto on those issues, think I've ha...@spacey - ditto on those issues, think I've had 'em all at least once.<br />Decent Monday puz, everything gettable.<br />Later in the week 20a would probably be clued with Gynt.<br />ACHY was recently clued with Breaky Heart.<br />How about some Jonses with my ZETAS?? And maybe Evans with my LINDA?<br /><br />How about a captcha:<br />check, I'm not a robotrondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35759316493737892332015-01-05T11:16:38.654-05:002015-01-05T11:16:38.654-05:00Well, the captcha system SEEMS to be working today...Well, the captcha system SEEMS to be working today, so here goes.<br /><br />I am having more and more trouble with this site. Two issues that have come up many times before:<br /><br />1. Syndidate not updated. Usually this presents minimal problems, but if it occurs on the cusp of a month (or, as today, a year: YIKES!), then I have to try to put a clue unique to that puzzle into the search bar and HOPE that works. It did today after only two tries, but it's still a hassle. As I age, I become less and less tolerant of hassle.<br /><br />2. These ubiquitous spellcasters. Today the length I had to scroll to get past them was ridiculous. I ask again, WHERE'S the FILTER???<br /><br />And a new wrinkle to an old hassle: the captcha. I blogged yesterday--oh yes I did!--but then miscopied a (dimly lit and VERY poorly photographed) number, was called wrong and asked to try again--and from then on was called wrong EVERY SINGLE TIME, even when (rarity!) the captcha was clearly legible. I simply could not post yesterday no matter what I did.<br /><br />These hassles are piling up on me, and I really am at the point where I'm ready to chuck the whole deal. It's just NOT WORTH the HASSLE!!<br /><br />Still, if this goes through, I'll try to address today's puzzle.<br /><br />Hello, puzzle!<br /><br />I had CAMPing before CAMPOUT; the former is a noun which agrees with the clue (activity).<br /><br />Is SUITMYFANCY a thing? Maybe it used to be. The rest of it seems good--Monday simple, but good. One or two awkward clues: ZZZ for ZETAS (duh) and the uber-cute "Go for a wok, say?" for STIRFRY. USE a wok, I'll buy. Just don't say that phrase if you have a dog in the house, or you'll be presented with a saliva-laden leash.<br /><br />B. Well, off to the captcha wars.<br /><br />Ta-da! 8666 = 8. Not bad.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27346061768633975502015-01-05T10:52:40.954-05:002015-01-05T10:52:40.954-05:00Testing 123...Testing 123...spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23622515625810466722015-01-01T15:02:32.415-05:002015-01-01T15:02:32.415-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76219769518570262142014-12-28T17:54:45.460-05:002014-12-28T17:54:45.460-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06552361513209920064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6556851235616274732014-12-28T12:16:04.651-05:002014-12-28T12:16:04.651-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12677957634852234072014-12-28T03:26:56.943-05:002014-12-28T03:26:56.943-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.mrs tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00543732612145987546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33009984584072915662014-12-28T03:26:55.614-05:002014-12-28T03:26:55.614-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.mrs tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00543732612145987546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74292453130755099692014-12-27T16:19:23.340-05:002014-12-27T16:19:23.340-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71162159023237414492014-12-26T05:03:09.503-05:002014-12-26T05:03:09.503-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5176478587970838212014-12-25T22:48:03.652-05:002014-12-25T22:48:03.652-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474296558525117051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6748854396123868592014-12-20T22:48:55.870-05:002014-12-20T22:48:55.870-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18392669941805772662014-12-17T18:05:35.815-05:002014-12-17T18:05:35.815-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474296558525117051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11765536249074262842014-12-06T02:49:19.955-05:002014-12-06T02:49:19.955-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56042024657091614162014-12-01T18:51:39.950-05:002014-12-01T18:51:39.950-05:00@Teedmn,
You CURL MY TOES!@Teedmn,<br /><br />You CURL MY TOES!Your Friendly Foot Fetishistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65009320053219535682014-12-01T18:29:44.005-05:002014-12-01T18:29:44.005-05:00CALL MY BLUFF (rock climber)
SELL MY SOUL ( musici...CALL MY BLUFF (rock climber)<br />SELL MY SOUL ( musician to agent)<br />COLOR MY WORLD (dyer)<br />COOK MY GOOSE ( chef)<br />MAKE MY DAY (to the sun)<br />BREAK MY BALLS ( pool player)<br /><br />These don't exactly fit the theme but they were fun to make up!<br /><br />Thanks for a fun Monday, Mr. Guzzeta.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88504881397595858902014-12-01T18:20:47.879-05:002014-12-01T18:20:47.879-05:00In the intro to one of Will Shortz’s 500+ puzzle b...In the intro to one of Will Shortz’s 500+ puzzle books (no I have no idea which one), he recounts the discovery he and another constructor made early in his career that whereas an “easy” puzzle (one with common words or phrases for answers) could be made into even a very difficult puzzle with arcane or vague cluing, the opposite was not necessarily true. Ie a difficult puzzle - one with esoteric or rarely used words and phrases - <br />could not be made easy no matter how easy they tried to clue it. <br /><br /><br />With respect to yesterday’s NYT Sunday puzzle, I found most of the answers to be common enough fodder, so it played more difficult than usual because of misleading clues, often with little relation to the answers. Compare this to one of Peter Gordon’s difficult Fireball themelesses, for example, where the puzzle is hard because both the clues and the answers are difficult. It leads to a much more enjoyable experience, IMO, for a challenging puzzle. Yesterday’s Times puzzle was hard for all the wrong reasons, and failed (again, IMO) because it tries to be too cute for it’s own good.William-Lambos-Neuropsychhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540941408818164824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45101323722931163812014-12-01T18:05:37.589-05:002014-12-01T18:05:37.589-05:00I had SUIT MY STYLE at first, which would have bee...I had SUIT MY STYLE at first, which would have been a double joke. Was hoping that was the direction of the puzzle, but even still, nice and clean, good Monday.Steven J. St. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05637269940859854578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47478453722764705522014-12-01T17:18:16.838-05:002014-12-01T17:18:16.838-05:00@Ralphbunker: Thank you for introducing me to th...@Ralphbunker: Thank you for introducing me to the concept of "wellerism". I used it on Amy's blog giving you full credit.Benkonoreply@blogger.com