tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8167589249285159360..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Defrocked villain on Buffy Vampire Slayer / SUN 7-21-13 / Tatooine race in Star Wars saga / Atlantean Superhero of DC Comics / River that sweats oil tar T.S. Eliot / Capone's top henchman / J Carrol Oscar nominee Sahara / Dairy consumer's enzymeRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18128245727906829182016-09-06T00:25:37.737-04:002016-09-06T00:25:37.737-04:00Hello Everybody,
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What a h...Anyone make it here from summer of 2016?<br /><br />What a hoot this was! Just right for a summer Sunday: easy but entertaining.<br /><br />I'm very impressed to read through the comments and learn that this was the constructor's NYT debut. <br /><br />I raised an eyebrow at COED, but I also note that Ms. Bennett repented, so all is forgiven.Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185068601066087185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4062104892572853112016-06-26T17:02:24.690-04:002016-06-26T17:02:24.690-04:00I found it more fun with the off-beat pronunciatio...I found it more fun with the off-beat pronunciations, like KAHLOS, of the artists' names.<br /><br />Last to geau was WATTEAU. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8112932334854341592016-06-25T23:38:41.321-04:002016-06-25T23:38:41.321-04:00"nerts" never heard of it, "boodle&..."nerts" never heard of it, "boodle" was a word my parents in Cape Breton would use for money inherited like from a rich aunt pronounced "ant" not "ont" Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074164407066958266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53312077855504375872013-08-07T00:09:28.916-04:002013-08-07T00:09:28.916-04:00I was almost too nerdy for JAWA. In the new trilo...I was almost too nerdy for JAWA. In the new trilogy they hold a Pod Race, as in a sport, on Tatooine.<br /><br />Please deposit POLANSKI, exiled child rapist, into the dust bin along with COED. Ick! b0tiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245196060423365790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76236746021484861942013-08-04T21:52:51.188-04:002013-08-04T21:52:51.188-04:00As much as I struggled with certain sections of th...As much as I struggled with certain sections of this, and as many educated guesses as I took, I am appalled with myself that my only miss was the river. A river I have seen in person. THAyES? Well, it had to be, you see, because everyone knows you buy <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFvzfNtXnVU" rel="nofollow">HAy</a> for Easter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5665225305434497712013-08-03T15:49:09.470-04:002013-08-03T15:49:09.470-04:00Thanks, Tracy - good puzzle and I loved the challe...Thanks, Tracy - good puzzle and I loved the challenge of puns. For me, the groanier the better. and I never have to worry about pronunciation anyway, as I pronounce most everything different from most folk I meet.<br /><br />DNF as I also purchased a ham for Easter, 113 D, thereby creating a new river Thates. Did not know the poem. Still, 'twas a lot of fun.J.aussiegirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59137767251162398822013-07-28T20:47:06.670-04:002013-07-28T20:47:06.670-04:00@spacecraft - sometimes I just make things up to f...@spacecraft - sometimes I just make things up to fit the narrative, but in my own defense if you are going to purchase DYE surely you will also buy an egg to color? That's my story and I'm sticking to it! Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70942460901868340062013-07-28T20:25:02.868-04:002013-07-28T20:25:02.868-04:00@Diri: You are quite right: 11d is clued "Top...@Diri: You are quite right: 11d is clued "Topper." In my mind, it COULD have been clued "Easter purchase--" as was 92a DYE. But EGG? I searched and searched, but my Easter egg hunt came up empty.<br /><br />Forgot to mention my vote for Bleedover of the Year: PENGUIN!spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24164521565944665102013-07-28T19:39:38.745-04:002013-07-28T19:39:38.745-04:00That should've been KEAN-SEURAT. See? I did it...That should've been KEAN-SEURAT. See? I did it again!Cary in Bouldernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23509411996039398152013-07-28T19:37:07.955-04:002013-07-28T19:37:07.955-04:00It wasn't until I got here that I realized I h...It wasn't until I got here that I realized I had a DNF on the KEEN-SEURAT cross. I had the fine master as SEURET.<br /><br />Had a lot of mark-overs, but enjoyed sharing the art groaners with my wife, who mostly rolled her eyes.<br /><br />Surprised that no fans of the old TV show "The Untouchables" chimed in, as Frank NITTI was one of the main bad guys that Eliot Ness chased after.Cary in Bouldernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80935318384285582312013-07-28T17:29:53.483-04:002013-07-28T17:29:53.483-04:00This would've been much easier for me if I wer...This would've been much easier for me if I were familiar with more than a couple of the artists, but I eventually managed to name them all correctly. My errors were in the short fill where SeLnA Hayek seemed plausible and J. Carrol NAISe was as likely as anything.<br /><br />USERFEE appeared in today's Premier Crossword by Frank A. Longo, with the two words appearing separately with cross-referential clues.<br /><br />My take on the great HOP/CATCH debate is that you have to arrive at the stop on time to catch a bus and you can hop a cab waiting at the airport. I'm glad that's settled.<br /><br />@spacecraft - in my paper HAT was clued as "Topper"; only HAM and EGG shared the "Easter purchase" clue. The latter two were, by the way, the main ingredients in the OMELETTE that I made for lunch. <br /><br />Climate change is apparent with SLEET in the NE and a NOR' easter in the south. Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10928932552873708342013-07-28T15:14:10.957-04:002013-07-28T15:14:10.957-04:00Pretty good Sunday, as these biggies go, and I smi...Pretty good Sunday, as these biggies go, and I smiled at a couple of the theme answers: HEREWEGAUGUIN, and, ONETOOMANET, even if the phrase itself is non-sensical. Didn't know WATTEAU (that could be a catchphrase for ignorance), or KAHLOS, or is it KAHLO? <br /><br />I thought the fill was quite free of dreck, but agree that HOPACAB is confused. <br /><br />Overall, medium, and fun to do. rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41704144714707996762013-07-28T11:54:52.323-04:002013-07-28T11:54:52.323-04:00@Bob kerfuffle: 113d coudn't possibly have bee...@Bob kerfuffle: 113d coudn't possibly have been HAT, which already appears at 11d--and with the same clue! I like twin clues, but today we get a rare triple! HAM/HAT/DYE; WTG!<br /><br />@Leon: I believe all your citations, but for this non-NYCer "HOPACAB still doesn't sound right. You hop a bus, dude. You CATCH a cab.<br /><br />WATTEAU? Never heard of (him? her?). Is this supposed to be one of the masters? I needed every cross, and some of those were very difficult. I make the top half cahllenging, the bottom medium, for a combined m-c.<br /><br />One entry brought back a funny memory; the British used to have this little WWII ditty, sung to the tune of Colonel Bogey March (think: Bridge on the River Kwai):<br /><br />Hitler... has only got one ball<br />Goering...has two but they are small<br />Himmler...has something sim'lar--<br />But poor old Goebbels has NOBALLS at all!<br /><br />I'm not so hard on the theme as some; this stuff is hard to do. Got confused in the NE trying to make HEREWEGOGH...work; I just had the wrong guy. Starting out in the NW I thought, uh-oh, we must be shooting for a Scrabble-count record here...but it all worked. For a debut, this was fairly impressive. On a pass-fail: pass. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75860463679209988592013-07-27T05:26:57.122-04:002013-07-27T05:26:57.122-04:00i liked the artist answers a lot except for "...i liked the artist answers a lot except for "Hello, Dali", which is at least 40 years old.<br /> Would have liked some less-straightforward cluing, elsewhere, but an enjoyable puzzle.paulsfohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721639286466422944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35739898980138528742013-07-22T10:49:53.409-04:002013-07-22T10:49:53.409-04:00Puzzle rolled right along for me, but the artist n...Puzzle rolled right along for me, but the artist names proved challenging for me personally. I'm currently teaching in Jizan Saudi Arabia and my students joke about chewing 'khat' all the time especially in relation to Yemen (which I'm about 70km from)<br /><br />Cool puzzle though overall I liked itTedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17778469310433980030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66922011785682073402013-07-22T00:29:06.337-04:002013-07-22T00:29:06.337-04:00Regarding 3D, bottle deposits were instituted to d...Regarding 3D, bottle deposits were instituted to deter littering. They had nothing to do with recycling. And the "old bottles" were glass, which is certainly recyclable.<br /><br />Regarding 115D, just yesterday I was telling myself you guys are wasting your lives fussing with the new experimental technology, but today it's me: the clue for 115D didn't print out from the Times website.Jim Finderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08484757199667048774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69861408655898960962013-07-21T21:32:21.348-04:002013-07-21T21:32:21.348-04:00@jae 10:57 AM - Thanks for pointing out that HAT ...@jae 10:57 AM - Thanks for pointing out that HAT appeared at 11 D. That's what I get for starting the puzzle early in the morning and finishing in the evening (not all one sitting!) (And when I reviewed my answers (on paper, of course) I only looked at the acrosses, and quickly at that.)Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8621388634348665442013-07-21T21:11:55.357-04:002013-07-21T21:11:55.357-04:00jazzmanchgo said...
What the hell is a "DET&q...jazzmanchgo said...<br />What the hell is a "DET" (53 across)???<br /><br />3:12 PM<br /><br />No need to get so testy just because you don't know that DET is an abbreviation for "detective".nurturinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02035395856164817422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40908209250919062872013-07-21T20:12:45.516-04:002013-07-21T20:12:45.516-04:00265 mbstaigA pleasant afternoon with the painters ...265 mbstaigA pleasant afternoon with the painters and puns. Severalwrite-overs but who' s watching? As expected lms came up with some good stuff with Donatello and Monet. Once going down that path, one gets a little crazy thinking about painters and trying to fit them into puns. There is some low-hanging fruit like: How fast can your VAN GOGH? Fast when I step on DEGAS. Don' t ask me WYETH., But I can GOYA one better. Because I have nothing TOULOUSE. That's enough!!! Give me DE HOOCH (hard ch, really!)LaneBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75459219345210298832013-07-21T19:21:41.934-04:002013-07-21T19:21:41.934-04:00this is a real issue for crossword puzzle experts ...this is a real issue for crossword puzzle experts who are "kids" - Rex must never have been able to watch J. Carrol Naish as Charley Chan in the New Adventures of Charley Chan in 1957-8Ron Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16230271132118191383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32655932804514910772013-07-21T19:11:13.998-04:002013-07-21T19:11:13.998-04:00@Carola- 26D dOKIE!@Carola- 26D dOKIE!Sandy Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58488334430916366062013-07-21T18:20:03.296-04:002013-07-21T18:20:03.296-04:00It's often been said that puns are the lowest ...It's often been said that puns are the lowest form of humor. Note: "humor". And they work best as humor when they are groaners, not intellectually perfect constructions. The puns in this puzzle were off-the-wall enough to fill the bill and provide this solver with pleausre.<br /><br />Charles in AustinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80096936287926499972013-07-21T18:19:43.841-04:002013-07-21T18:19:43.841-04:00@Sandy K - I 12D you'll be back to "26D...@Sandy K - I 12D you'll be back to "26D" 8A! Was just going to check out the WSJ puzzle to see what was in store there. Will report. Carolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971759975067250908noreply@blogger.com