tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8202826904076119887..comments2024-03-29T08:26:41.757-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Softly hit ball in tennis — MONDAY, Aug. 24 2009 — Medicine woman of 1990s TV / Pagoda instruments / Tilter at windmillsRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47277462022070486972009-09-30T14:22:02.409-04:002009-09-30T14:22:02.409-04:00@Crosscan and @Whitney, I second the nomination of...@Crosscan and @Whitney, I second the nomination of Portland for a regional!Singernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56999044125401910632009-09-29T03:32:54.036-04:002009-09-29T03:32:54.036-04:00Nice easy Monday here in syndicated land.Nice easy Monday here in syndicated land.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13165428775322336406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5531665527764874292009-09-28T22:57:06.175-04:002009-09-28T22:57:06.175-04:00@Crosscan the system works! Thanks for responding!...@Crosscan the system works! Thanks for responding! I'll keep my eyes and ears out for any new news. Fingers crossed :)Whitneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36484725855649699162009-09-28T21:58:25.486-04:002009-09-28T21:58:25.486-04:00@Whitney - nothing new to report. I've had a c...@Whitney - nothing new to report. I've had a couple of responses. There'll be news at Rex's if/when there is more to say.Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699404861773455504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30861945218233628292009-09-28T15:30:27.796-04:002009-09-28T15:30:27.796-04:00@Crosscan (or @rex please pass along to @crosscan....@Crosscan (or @rex please pass along to @crosscan...) YES PLEASE! I'd recommend Portland, of course, for a PNW puzzle tourney. Any progress on this (being from syndication, I realize I must miss a lot)? <br /><br />My only quibble (and it really is just a quibble) is the lack of a J. Now that I know what a pangram is, I really want to see one in real life. Like at the zoo, or in a puzzle.Whitneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67516831513703217292009-09-28T14:43:52.748-04:002009-09-28T14:43:52.748-04:00Completely ignored the theme, and forgot to look f...Completely ignored the theme, and forgot to look for one when done. This was a very easy puzzle. The only real write-over was cheers for CHANTS. I didn't fall into the acme/APEX trap - have done these puzzles long enough to check the crosses before filling in the answer. <br /><br />Enjoyed the comments more than the puzzle, which only ate up about 3 minutes of my day. If I hadn't had the Saturday puzzle to try to finish (which didn't happen - the NW was a complete disaster) I would have had to do some work this morning.Singernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12009798246905349082009-08-25T08:27:51.264-04:002009-08-25T08:27:51.264-04:00@HudsonHawk and @fikink: Thanks for showing me the...@HudsonHawk and @fikink: Thanks for showing me the light! Clearly, my mistake was a "condensation" (Psychology 101) of Parker Posey and the Chad Mitchell Trio.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47301304689651732672009-08-25T02:22:42.447-04:002009-08-25T02:22:42.447-04:00@ SethG -
"Is Don Quixote from Quix?"
...@ SethG - <br /><br />"Is Don Quixote from Quix?"<br /><br />It's 1 AM and I just got it! Good one!retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14688876733340737432009-08-25T01:35:58.529-04:002009-08-25T01:35:58.529-04:00On Saturday, MISPUTT still would have been better ...On Saturday, MISPUTT still would have been better than FOOZLE. Yes, I do hold minor grudges.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5038748603354627032009-08-25T00:30:56.006-04:002009-08-25T00:30:56.006-04:00Never considered parsing my name otherwise. For e...Never considered parsing my name otherwise. For explanation, read "Cavedweller" by Dorothy Allison.treedwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12634227778469664442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55481447650667610652009-08-25T00:30:27.405-04:002009-08-25T00:30:27.405-04:00I really liked this, tho I stupidly missed that th...I really liked this, tho I stupidly missed that they were all D Q's! I thought it was just lots of Qs which is super hard to do...so part of me thought it was like the 5 Q's Who, What, When, Where, Why, what, how...<br />(But I guess maybe those are called the 5 W's and an H? 4 weddings and an H?!)<br /><br />@retired_chemist<br />Ha! I didn't fall into the ACME/APEX trap bec I had one of the letters already.<br /><br />@joho<br />I loved all the Scrabble letters and am shocked it's not a pangram.<br /><br />I went from MINIBAR to WINEBAR to SIDEBAR, then thinking maybe it was SIDECAR! For minibar, tho, that clue would have been oddly vague, intriguing.<br /><br />@ZJ<br />again, I'm with you!<br />EXECRATE seems super hard for a Monday, but maybe I'm alone in not knowing it, except for knowing it enough to be able to put it in.<br />Is there a name for THAT? ;)<br /><br />The DQ reminded me of our dearly beloved DK...<br /><br />@fikink<br />also love DRAMAQUEEN and that might have been more fun than DAIRYQUEEN, esp for the "fun" DINKS out there.<br /><br />Interesting that folks are still caught in Saturday, either from the craziness of Karen Tracy's puzzle or the euphoria of Lollapuzzoola...that I like getting almost a contact high from!<br /><br />(Keep wanting to call it Puzzapalooza tho...and I'm going to try and help rename Crossword West, just to jazz that up a bit. So let's hope this puzzle party trend continues!)<br /><br />@Rex<br />Now, like, you can see, like, why I dream of constructing, like, with Patrick and, like, falling all over Tony O! <br />(No undervaluing here!)andrea apex michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73336788752030770632009-08-24T23:21:06.335-04:002009-08-24T23:21:06.335-04:00@Stan, but look at this from Wiki:
The 2003 mocku...@Stan, but look at this from Wiki:<br /><br />The 2003 mockumentary, A Mighty Wind, featured The Folksmen, a group described "as a more leftish variation on the Chad Mitchell Trio."<br /><br />Such synchronicity!fikinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324570637549775751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30901503442526449052009-08-24T22:49:47.534-04:002009-08-24T22:49:47.534-04:00Division Quotient?Division Quotient?Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51810093949758118562009-08-24T22:48:49.237-04:002009-08-24T22:48:49.237-04:00Irma Rombauer BECKER.
Not even close to Bombeck.....Irma Rombauer BECKER.<br /><br />Not even close to Bombeck...except Rom...Beck...<br /><br />Ah, a mind is a terrible thing to lose. How true that is....Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72039322734079963912009-08-24T22:43:58.313-04:002009-08-24T22:43:58.313-04:00@Stan, you're so close! It was Parker Posey, ...@Stan, you're so close! It was Parker Posey, and it was a Christopher Guest movie, but it was Waiting for Guffman.<br /><br />Libby Mae Brown: "I'll always have a place at the Dairy Queen."HudsonHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119485923243014649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26416092745761949842009-08-24T22:29:08.829-04:002009-08-24T22:29:08.829-04:00Drama Queen?Drama Queen?fikinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324570637549775751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86108551039069434672009-08-24T22:15:35.385-04:002009-08-24T22:15:35.385-04:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35115061&postID=3588389571383499624&isPopup=true" rel="nofollow">7/30/2009 post</a> for an explanation. In a nutshell, the higher the ratio, the higher this week's median solve time is relative to the average for the corresponding day of the week.<br /><br />All solvers (this week's median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Mon 6:18, 6:58, 0.90, 26%, Easy-Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:25, 3:42, 0.92, 30%, Easy-Mediumsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41154030356510295912009-08-24T22:03:43.267-04:002009-08-24T22:03:43.267-04:00Fun, fast puzzle.
Is it the Parker Posey characte...Fun, fast puzzle.<br /><br />Is it the Parker Posey character in "A Mighty Wind" who keeps talking about her job at "DQ"?<br /><br />DQ phrases are not easy to think of: "Drawn and Quartered"? "Diagnostic Questionnaire"?Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77136852580786808772009-08-24T20:27:07.918-04:002009-08-24T20:27:07.918-04:00The father of a student of mine reread DON QUIXOTE...The father of a student of mine reread DON QUIXOTE every year. This always impressed me, especially since he was an Army General.<br /><br />I'm also dreaming that one day we'll have a regional tournament Down South.bookmarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73342438645528232792009-08-24T18:14:05.258-04:002009-08-24T18:14:05.258-04:00Just read about Irma Rombauer on Wikie... She and ...Just read about Irma Rombauer on Wikie... She and her daughter both attended Mary Institute the school I attended for 12 years - I didn't know either of them as i was there a little later!!! I will have to tell my daughter (who is a foodie and also attended Mary I)chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10630541057693559262009-08-24T18:09:36.194-04:002009-08-24T18:09:36.194-04:00@anonymous 5:59 Why did I not know that??? I am fr...@anonymous 5:59 Why did I not know that??? I am from St. Louis and my mother had her cookbook.chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72401907558461481252009-08-24T17:59:26.113-04:002009-08-24T17:59:26.113-04:00Her name is Irma. She's from St Louis.
The ph...Her name is Irma. She's from St Louis.<br /><br />The phrasing on the MOVIE/Sophia LOREN reference was really awkward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79933243085112018632009-08-24T17:49:51.886-04:002009-08-24T17:49:51.886-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72402543826331863802009-08-24T17:49:44.151-04:002009-08-24T17:49:44.151-04:00@Elaine - it's Rombauer...I forget her first n...@Elaine - it's Rombauer...I forget her first name.chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23985872294903093502009-08-24T17:37:09.415-04:002009-08-24T17:37:09.415-04:00I don't think I have ever used the word execra...I don't think I have ever used the word execrate, and I may never have heard it pronounced, but it somehow came easily. That's what doing crosswords does for you. Just take a look at this puzzle: gratis, eureka, dink, unto, enola, all words I don't think I've used in an English-speaking country (gratis is much more common in Dutch).machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.com