tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7890953659543353046..comments2024-03-29T11:56:42.957-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Charles Lamb collection first published in 1823 / THU 9-17-15 / One-named German singer / Novelist Santha Rama / Mexican rolled tortilla dish / City west of Provo Peak / Device-linking system for shortRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65015679728225700362015-10-22T23:35:47.330-04:002015-10-22T23:35:47.330-04:00It's late so I guess I'm writing this to m...It's late so I guess I'm writing this to myself, for myself and by myself. I caught on, somehow, at Jesse Owennnnnnnnnns. But......not a finish because I had DaaasofElia. I don't understand Atttmusic but I guessed correctly. <br /><br />I rate this Easy/Medium and really liked it. Thanks, Mr. Polin.<br /><br />Ron Diego, La Mesa, CA (Where, I can attest, the sun sets best in the West). Silly me. The older I get the more loonier I become.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78875221999021662932015-10-22T19:05:43.896-04:002015-10-22T19:05:43.896-04:00@BS1 and 2: deftly done with challenging material....@BS1 and 2: deftly done with challenging material. <br /><br />For me, this was fun and challenging. Saw the makings of the theme/gimmick at JESSEONNN and worked at it from there. Last to go was ESSSOFELIA with its confounding FLAUTA crossing. The last of them to realize I had right were ATTTMUSIC and THEMEEE.<br /><br />This was a delightful ttt.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13935613384752171222015-10-22T14:01:31.587-04:002015-10-22T14:01:31.587-04:00I liked a lot of the fill, but the THEME(EE)? I ca...I liked a lot of the fill, but the THEME(EE)? I can’t decide thumbs up or down. And some answers only came via guesses. I’ve got the A-E write-over on GREY and can’t honestly remember which was first/last. And the return of THETA. Huh. UNPIN was in the Harper’s puz which I knocked out yesterday.<br /><br />Had some trouble in the W and SW with tel for EXT and solE for ARSE, an Oxford is a shoe, right? And the solE is the bottom of a shoe. Seemed right at the time.<br /><br />Don’t TV shows sometimes have MCCC?<br /><br />Maybe my indifference to this puz is that I’m not AWARE of any yeah babies in there spicing it up. Does that make this puz HALF ARSE? I did not have a BAAL.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73900741161229460402015-10-22T12:27:03.013-04:002015-10-22T12:27:03.013-04:00ONES IDEAL ENVOY
It’s SOSAD you GAVEIN to RAVING ...ONES IDEAL ENVOY<br /><br />It’s SOSAD you GAVEIN to RAVING and howling at HALF moons,<br />save your TONSILs, DROP the needle on some ATTTMUSIC – FINETUNES!<br /><br />NENA VIVRE<br />BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-809930129407668182015-10-22T11:42:34.149-04:002015-10-22T11:42:34.149-04:00PSEUDO ATTTMUSIC PRAYER
To cure ORAL SOURNOTES th...PSEUDO ATTTMUSIC PRAYER<br /><br />To cure ORAL SOURNOTES they’ll throw a LEMONPEEL to ya,<br />But I’ll ASSURE you there’s NOEND to SAAAOFELIA.<br /><br />--- ARIOSO FRISBEE<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27211230337126618552015-10-22T11:08:25.879-04:002015-10-22T11:08:25.879-04:00I was TBONED by this puzzle, and totaled. Never go...I was TBONED by this puzzle, and totaled. Never got off the ground. Nor should I expect to, if you're going to use "letters as letters" as a THEME!! Never mind. Thursday never happened. On to Friday.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77869563589098830012015-09-18T16:16:16.448-04:002015-09-18T16:16:16.448-04:00@Leapfinger I'm assuming Aaron. There's al...@Leapfinger I'm assuming Aaron. There's also Abraham before Adam.Haysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27287088366230742882015-09-18T12:20:13.127-04:002015-09-18T12:20:13.127-04:00@Leapfinger: Possibly Aaron.@Leapfinger: Possibly Aaron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60011841055257093192015-09-18T09:12:09.143-04:002015-09-18T09:12:09.143-04:00boo.
glad today's (Friday) puzzle was easy......boo.<br /><br />glad today's (Friday) puzzle was easy...oldbizmarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6833898165631545432015-09-18T03:29:58.488-04:002015-09-18T03:29:58.488-04:00Very MUUUing, @Alias! Trust U to have a different ...Very MUUUing, @Alias! Trust U to have a different take, eh? However, can't agree that OTT to be reviled, given that OTTER almost always gets alot of love.<br /><br />Enjoyed the theme immensely, esp liked XIIITAX highlighting a RRN:<br />The TAX on a Baker's dozen?<br />The clock chiming wrong at one o'clock?<br />A reminder things can get rough when the kids hit their teens?<br /><br />Not to mention the nod to THE MEEE Generation...<br /><br />Definitely plan to keep an eye out for a FLAUTist next time I'm out eating Mexican, will see if they make FINETUNES or hit SOURNOTES (Hi, @!)<br /><br />Must say I'm surprised nobody got the DROP on the ALBINO ELF ANT (where's that ALEF when you need it?), or noticed the juxta of ARSE and NO_END.<br /><br />The one thing that confused me: Putting the major Biblical figures in alphabetical order, seems to me ABEL is first, Adam second. What am I not seeing?<br /><br />Good theme, good clues, but the best part has to be the constructor's notes. How can you not love a great TP riff? Great Scott, he's on a roll!Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41830178747466999262015-09-17T23:06:57.033-04:002015-09-17T23:06:57.033-04:00@M&A - best post ever. @ Nancy. Spent 10 days ...@M&A - best post ever. @ Nancy. Spent 10 days camping in the Puerto Rican rainforest a few years back. Tree frogs were (figuratively) deafening. But after the first night we got used to it, and by the end we loved them and didn't want to go back to frogless nights.<br />kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75934421855752904462015-09-17T21:29:11.958-04:002015-09-17T21:29:11.958-04:00@Mohair Sam - Yeah, I do keep my politics pretty c...@Mohair Sam - Yeah, I do keep my politics pretty close the vest. Of course, if I end up pulling the lever for Hillary I will be voting for someone who is ideologically a moderate Republican, right there with the likes of Gerald Ford and William Milliken. <br /><br />@Norm - hopefully your fajitas are arriving at the table on a sizzling hot plate, with some warm tortillas in a warmer. What you do next is up to you. A FLAUTA, on the other hand, should arrive at your table rolled, fried, and topped with guacamole and pico de gallo (<a href="http://www.mexicanvillagefood.com/menu.html" rel="nofollow">not sour cream, yuck</a>). If your restaurant is serving (and charging you for) fajitas that are already in a tortilla you need to find a better restaurant. Now, can we discuss whether or not a taco is a sandwich?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36485424398144485772015-09-17T20:39:48.535-04:002015-09-17T20:39:48.535-04:00@Sandy..it means emmys@Sandy..it means emmyschefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13322916709231795892015-09-17T19:45:14.574-04:002015-09-17T19:45:14.574-04:00@Gill.I, kudos on reading the SAAA OF ELIA. I have...@Gill.I, kudos on reading the SAAA OF ELIA. I have had a copy in my possession forever, and have flipped through it a few times but have yet to succumb to delving therein. But my copy is so cute, about the size of my palm, with violets on the cover. It has no publication date, and there is a very lengthy introduction that is unsigned, by someone referring to himself in the first person quite frequently, as if I should already know who it is. Since he refers to Lamb in the third person, I assume it is not Charles Lamb. Googling with the printing house name yielded no information regarding my edition (I didn't look too hard): Donohue Henneberry of Chicago.<br /><br />@M&A, I was also thinking Delirium Tremens upon seeing pink elephants (not literally seeing, that is) so ALBINO was quite a surprise, as I suppose pink elephants always are.<br /><br />@Diana LIW, a subscription to the NYTimes puzzles is only $40/year, a bargain IMO. I took the plunge about a year ago and left Syndiland, though I still go back for the updated comments.<br /><br />@Nancy, good to have you back. Don't go to Vieques, PR if tree frogs bother you - the constant rooster crowing and dogs barking had my husband complaining it was like sleeping in an insane asylum. Luckily we could close the windows and turn on the AC.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89683169096661205062015-09-17T19:19:16.514-04:002015-09-17T19:19:16.514-04:00Opera lovers here might be interested in the Notor...Opera lovers here might be interested in the Notorious RBG DJing a show on <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/09/17/justice_ruth_bader_ginsburg_is_going_to_dj_on_the_radio_next_week.html" rel="nofollow">opera and the law.</a><br /><br />@David G - I had the same thought, but found sources citing Land AHOY as a synonym for Land Ho.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22457727136266450302015-09-17T17:50:28.123-04:002015-09-17T17:50:28.123-04:00If NENA was a WOE, here is her one hit from the 80...If NENA was a WOE, here is her one hit from the 80's.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La4Dcd1aUcE" rel="nofollow">99 Luftballons</a><br /><br />BEQ uses her as an answer every now and then.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91611310971352212312015-09-17T17:44:38.630-04:002015-09-17T17:44:38.630-04:00Ah, what a great group you all are! Thank you. T...Ah, what a great group you all are! Thank you. To be more specific: <br /><br />@Carola: Thanks for giving me the clues directly. I now know that I WOULDN'T have gotten BOBBY RIGGS, other than with the help of a few crosses. I wasn't alive in 1939, I'm happy to say. I was wondering if the clue had anything to do with the Billie Jean King match, but I see that it didn't. And PERRY MASON was clued in such a way that I would have needed help from crosses. A very subtle clue. But I do remember Della Street.<br /><br />@Bob K: I haven't a clue how to "bookmark" anything, or where the bookmark would even appear on my computer. But your website is valuable to have. So here's what this low-tech Luddite's gonna do. I'll write down the website on an email that I'll send to myself under the title line "Finding old Times crossword clues." Then I'll "star" it in yellow. Then, maybe, I'll put a cross reference in my analog address book under "C" for crossword clue, and put the date: 9/17/15, so that I can find it two years from now. On second thought, maybe I'll just put it in my analog address book and skip the computer entirely. (Yes, yes, I know, I know. Please don't make fun of me.) BTW, Thanks also to @Diana LIW and @Informatics, Anon, though since I solve on paper, I probably don't have the "puzzle page" you allude to. <br /><br />@Gill I: I trust you, truly I do, on how "cute" tree frogs are. Not for a moment would I doubt the enormous extent of their cuteness. Unfortunately, I never got to see 'em; I only got to hear 'em. And for that reason, I suspect they will never be among my favorite critters. But, remembering that "he prayeth best who loveth best all things both great and small," I will certainly try to keep an open mind :)<br /><br />Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87691416951824261372015-09-17T17:33:29.594-04:002015-09-17T17:33:29.594-04:00@informatics - Nah, my gripe with AGETEN was more ...@informatics - Nah, my gripe with AGETEN was more of the green paint variety. But thanks for the update on the lowering of the age of puberty anyhow - I was going to make a bad joke about wishing I was a kid again, but I really don't.<br /><br />@David G (and others) - Land AHOY exists on wiktionary, but my Navy veteran brother-in-law has never heard it. Maybe it's used in the English Navy.<br /><br />@Z - Your post was a bit vague, were you implying that you may not be voting Republican next year?Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-440042639996995072015-09-17T17:30:20.354-04:002015-09-17T17:30:20.354-04:00Nancy, thinking "saze" does not mean you...Nancy, thinking "saze" does not mean you are stupid. It means that, like me, you are still processing the information and on the way to full understanding. <br /><br />Difficult start but, once I got it, a great finish. Satisfying Thursday. gifcanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12612467417938884430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54864487761263849702015-09-17T17:07:56.100-04:002015-09-17T17:07:56.100-04:00@ Rex- Last night could have been UBER-distressing...@ Rex- Last night could have been UBER-distressing if it weren't so entertaining. Or, vice versa. What's not to enjoy about 11 distinct pathologies on exhibit, proud and confident in their fact-free zone of dis and misinformation? The Sandbox Junkie is going to talk to Putin! It will all be O.K.! Of course, apparently they are all unaware of the amount of talking Kerry did to get Russia on board for the Iran deal. China too.<br />The most bizarre element was the candidates' inability to respect President Obama, the office and the Constitution. They used "Barack Obama" as an epithet.That's how deeply he's gotten into their psyches. <br />Going forward, after two "debates" you can be smarter and self-protect. I"m offering to send you a review of the next one, if I can summon the Zen to watch myself. Admittedly, it was provocative and hard to determine which side of the stage displayed more obtuse reasoning: the moderators, or the people on the dais. What was worse? Hearing CC use 9/11,twice,as a political ploy, or the fact that none of them seemed to know that we've got fighter pilots up at 10,000 feet over Syria and Iraq looking for targets everyday and have been for quite a while now. Ask them if the military isn't the best. <br /><br />@Tita- The candidates hardly need the NYT crossword to highlight their misadventures: they seem to do that quite well on their own. <br /><br />@ Alias Z: request that you reconsider your antipathy to OTT. We need Mel every once in a while, no? <br />Alias Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66474377932655615092015-09-17T16:18:42.859-04:002015-09-17T16:18:42.859-04:00The NE and SW most answers almost could have been ...The NE and SW most answers almost could have been themers. <br />10A Spanish getaway locale IBBBA<br />63A Oxford bottom RRRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40423332561025726722015-09-17T16:02:07.017-04:002015-09-17T16:02:07.017-04:00@Michael Collins: I prefer my fajitas in a folded...@Michael Collins: I prefer my fajitas in a folded tortilla, to be sure, but I'm not aware of any law against rolling it. I love it when people make silly absolute statements here.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032302346488486116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35469267271814904412015-09-17T15:10:11.473-04:002015-09-17T15:10:11.473-04:00WTF is themees supposed to be?????WTF is themees supposed to be?????Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047772804363984264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55836936876103138852015-09-17T13:58:44.736-04:002015-09-17T13:58:44.736-04:00This was fun. I usually start Thursday puzzles squ...This was fun. I usually start Thursday puzzles squinting in suspicion - where is the trick? and today was no exception. I saw three NNNs in 25A and knew something was up but was sure of the crosses so I left them. Got the trick at IVVV and was even able to use it to help solve 20A, 36A and 47A.<br /><br />Not that it was smooth sailing. Not knowing if 38D should be TeAMO or TIAMO, I left in the "e". And having mistook the clue for 43A's NENA as belonging to 40A, I was thinking TONSIL might be haNSel. Seeing the M__K of 60A, I plopped in MarK and had to work that out. SEDum for SEDGE made AGE TEN hard to see and I had NO END of trouble with "on END". In other words, a typical Thursday for me.<br /><br />Very nice clues for ROE, FRISBEE, HALF and SAFE. I didn't like the clues for ABEL or AHOY ( I always hear Land Ho) and I'm warming up to the clue for PRAYER but didn't like it initially.<br /><br />Nice puzzle, as usual, Mr. Polin - no need for the pre-publication jitters in my book!Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9352559674646614732015-09-17T13:45:08.473-04:002015-09-17T13:45:08.473-04:00Why get all lathered up and sweaty, tryin to solve...Why get all lathered up and sweaty, tryin to solve a day-um hard ThursPuz? Dare to BUUULESS.<br /><br />@009: Didn't think of FAJITA, but also misspelt the right answer as FLOUTAS. Then I was facing a 17-A themer answer that started with SAAIO… That, plus 24-A and 18-D jabberin in some sorta foreign lingo, really slowed M&A down, in the NW.<br /><br />Not to mention this whole "pink elephant" vs ALBINO controversy:<br /><br />"A white elephant (also albino elephant) is a rare kind of elephant, but not a distinct species. Although often depicted as snow white, their skin is normally a soft reddish-brown, turning a light pink when wet."<br />--Wikipedia.<br /><br />The only "pink elephant" I'm familiar with is a hallucination. Hallucination = ALBINO not.<br />I mean, even M&A turns a light pink, if U douse him with enough hot water, but he sure ain't no ALBINO.<br />Anyhoo, lost precious nanoseconds on NW corner + ALBINO.<br /><br />I get to hear buckets'o AT&TMUSIC, whenever I call up the phone company to complain about our DSL speed. Or about gettin charged for text messages sent to my cellphone from random unknown folks sayin "Whasup bro". But, I digress.<br /><br />fave weeject: RAU. fave mystery artist: NENA. fave opposite of a mystery word: VIVRE. fave clue = {Whipper snapper?} for LIONTAMER. It sounds kinda desperate to be slippery, somehow, even tho it had no need to go there. Different. Cool.<br /><br />Might make a good alternate universe puz theme:<br />* LIONTAMER = Whipper snapper?<br />* PASTRYPLATE = Roller coaster?<br />* PROCTOLOGY = Butter finger?<br />* GALEFORCEWIND = Wiper snapper? (…nah)<br />* SWORDDUEL = Counter offer?<br />* DEFENSIVESPREE = Fender bender?<br />etc.<br /><br />Masked & Anonymo5Us<br /><br />**gruntz -- new format!**Masked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027736429645378004noreply@blogger.com