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City and United prove it with great regularity, so to speak.straylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77587390539108636542013-09-04T15:24:39.193-04:002013-09-04T15:24:39.193-04:00@spacecraft Thanks for the Audry Hepburn reference...@spacecraft Thanks for the Audry Hepburn reference at the race track. and thank you @Rex for the Blazing Saddles clip. <br /><br />Soooo much easier than yesterday. I was slow to get the reveal, and when I did it produced a prolonged groan. Don't have a problem with the DARER/ASPIRER duo, to me the meanings are quite different, however adding the 'er' to them is pretty lame.<br /><br />Back to the OPEN for this addicted tennis junkie.Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47083051692629183842013-09-04T15:16:49.550-04:002013-09-04T15:16:49.550-04:00First time I've seen ATHWART without the suffi...First time I've seen ATHWART without the suffix "ship." Cool all by itself. <br /><br />Like @space, wasn't able to figure out the theme until basically the last letter of 52A.<br /><br />DARER & ASPIRER are total groaners.<br /><br />Fun solve, David.<br /><br />capcha: ofullio. How would @LMS pronounce this? of ullio; awfull eeoh; offal eee oh...Solving in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249420848844874936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76226332636640677632013-09-04T14:59:12.106-04:002013-09-04T14:59:12.106-04:00Cute puzzle. Only pause was MASSIFS, but It seemed...Cute puzzle. Only pause was MASSIFS, but It seemed vaguely familiar, so I moved on. As for pigs in a blanket, I think it must be a regional ( national?) thing. My mother, using her English mother's recipe, rolled little (Farmer John style) pork sausages in pastry dough. They were sooooo good. A few years ago I was invited to a party at the home of a lady newly arrived from England, and she made them the same way. Brought back good memories! <br /><br />Think those "pigs" might have something to do with my Captcha : ingirthDMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68227788827093876752013-09-04T14:57:47.566-04:002013-09-04T14:57:47.566-04:00Shorta/SCHWAS, IRate/IRKED and hotdogS/WIenERS mad...Shorta/SCHWAS, IRate/IRKED and hotdogS/WIenERS made for a messy grid but didn't detract from the overall fun, and at least we got REUNITE instead of the often used but much reviled reune.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1134641211223565542013-09-04T13:27:59.557-04:002013-09-04T13:27:59.557-04:00@Spacecraft - especially an idiot insensitive/igno...@Spacecraft - especially an idiot insensitive/ignorant enough to name himself after the Nazi angel of death, Josef Mengele.<br /><br />Le Massif is also the name of a ski resort here in Quebec, northeast of Quebec City overlooking the St. Lawrence River. (Think I've noted that before which must mean MASSIFs has appeared in the NYT puzzle relatively recently.)<br /><br />ATHWART was my only real problem here despite not being familiar with SWEETWATERTEXAS and UNIONOHIO. Easy even for a Wed.<br /><br />captcha=SURVCHA which must be a var. of SCHWA.Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88151147017289966192013-09-04T13:11:16.742-04:002013-09-04T13:11:16.742-04:00I find it typical that the constructor assumed eve...I find it typical that the constructor assumed everyone would know the town/state entries are in the USA. I was desperately hoping there would be a Canadian example, but, alas, only Yukon is "one-handed", and I know of no towns there that fit the bill. <br /><br />Didn't like ASPIRER (marginal) and especially DARER. Otherwise, a reasonably smooth Wednesday.<br /><br />@Spacecraft - you seem to love quite a few celebrities: Sela Ward, Geena Davis, Audrey Hepburn -- what about Madeline Kahn? She's great.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28510168147550619252013-09-04T11:33:02.724-04:002013-09-04T11:33:02.724-04:00Aaargh! From spellcasters to escorts! Get out! I f...Aaargh! From spellcasters to escorts! Get out! I feel like Rod Taylor, trying like crazy to grab that %#*&@ shutter handle and pull it shut against The Birds! Captchas, wake up! Do your jobs!<br /><br />Anyway, as to today's entry, I experienced a refreshing change: the therme was NOT a gimme, not till all the letters in the reveal line were filled in on crosses. I had NO CLUE "WHATSGOINGON" as I started in the NW: with ATH_ART in place and forgetting about the little-used but perfectly okay ATHWART, I put an E in there, figuring that maybe "crosswise" was meant to convey that someone was crossing his heart, and so: AT HeART. Then I had SEEE...to start 20a, so thought the "longest" might be "...string of E's..."<br /><br />Yeah, I was dazed and confused, till I fleshed out the rest of the fifteener, and the AHA! of W became obvious. But what in the world was SWEETWATERTEXAS the longest in? or at? or of? (Now I know why they tell you you shouldn't use a preposition to end a sentence with.) The answer eluded me until the last few letters of 52a fell in.<br /><br />The grid itself was easy enough; I wouldn't be as hard on the construictor as OFL, but hey--if you please HIM, you're way ahead of the game. One other writeover, IRate for IRKED. The last entry will always evoke a great movie moment for me: Eliza, all dolled up for Royal Ascot, yelling "MOVE YER BLOOMIN' ARSE!" at a recalcitrant nag. God, I loved Audrey.<br /><br />This captcha is TOTALLY illegible. How in the HELL do these idiots make it through?spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30162060435334434172013-09-02T06:35:26.177-04:002013-09-02T06:35:26.177-04:00Friend I am Amit Rasthogi from Delhi. We needed Es...Friend I am Amit Rasthogi from Delhi. We needed Escorts service. Then I searched on Google. Then I found the <a href="http://www.mahi-arora.com" rel="nofollow"> Independent Escorts in Delhi </a> web site and I call him. Then he provided me best and hot young escort girl and I danced and enjoyed with them. 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...No one in Texas thinks it is in the Midwest, Rex <br />AnneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635923713953064652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47431106600467536742013-08-01T02:43:16.882-04:002013-08-01T02:43:16.882-04:00Just did this one on catch-up after breezing throu...Just did this one on catch-up after breezing through Thursday. Man, when you're a regimented quadrant solver and don't have any clue as to 1 or 2D, you're pretty much screwed right off the bat. MASSIF(S) was a "ya-learn-sumthin-new-every-day" for me. Ditto, ATHWART. And I know <i>everything!</i>, or not, I'm happy to say. Compounding my ignorance with the reasonably guessed, albeit wrong, ELEM at 14A made the NW nothing more than a blank white triangle to be stared at. Oh, and who knew Brits dont only throw unnecessary "U's" and "D's" into otherwise perfectly fine English words? <br /><br />The rest of the puzzle was no trouble. I went "around" it, clockwise from North Central all the way back to the bottom of that mocking NW abyss. Worked "up" the area, with FRISKED, STALE, I AM and SHAD finally coming to the forefront of my grey matter. SHAD begat MODE, which jettisoned ELEM for ATNO. The W" in SWEETWATER was my last entry, at nearly double my "Thursday" solving time. <br /><br />Pigs in a Blanket are li'l cocktail hodogs (wieners) wrapped in dough. Period. <br /><br />And there was only one <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Sweetwater_Saloon_in_Mill_Valley_2004.jpg" rel="nofollow">Sweetwater</a>.August Westnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48949755594744828792013-07-31T22:04:13.505-04:002013-07-31T22:04:13.505-04:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak I've made to my method. 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 6:01, 6:04, 0.99, 47%, Medium<br />Tue 8:49, 8:13, 1.07, 70%, Medium-Challenging<br />Wed 8:35, 9:43, 0.88, 24%, Easy-Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:46, 3:45, 1.00, 49%, Medium<br />Tue 5:29, 4:57, 1.11, 76%, Medium-Challenging<br />Wed 5:02, 5:35, 0.90, 26%, Easy-Mediumsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26806803595248457782013-07-31T21:27:03.370-04:002013-07-31T21:27:03.370-04:00@anon - tc? -- I tried the google route and found ...@anon - tc? -- I tried the google route and found explanations that seemed to be written by linguists for linguists. So, terms like "unstressed", "mid-central", and "unrounded" were not all that familiar to me. Loren's post was clearer and more informative than what I was reading on line. <br /><br />To put it another way, I could expound on assessment strategies vis a vis a task-content matrix derived from Bloom's and Gagne's taxonomies for quite a while (there is even a book), but you would need schooling in the technical jargon and underling theory/research to have a clue. jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89526159542539097182013-07-31T20:32:19.552-04:002013-07-31T20:32:19.552-04:00THEQUICKBROWNFOXJUMPSOVERTHELAZYDOG
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YUMMMM! (Another schwa?)...@Jim in Chicago, @mac...<br />YUMMMM! (Another schwa?)<br /><br />I think that recipe makes just the right amount, actually...Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90941643788877101862013-07-31T18:24:07.973-04:002013-07-31T18:24:07.973-04:00Medium. Decent, better than meh, but not outstandi...Medium. Decent, better than meh, but not outstanding. Seems I have seen the theme or something like it before. <br /><br />We have friends who live in SWEETWATER. If that is teh most interesting comment I can make, I should shut up. retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10838477923911325842013-07-31T17:42:39.442-04:002013-07-31T17:42:39.442-04:00@Mitzie - Thank you, I was feeling pretty foolish,...@Mitzie - Thank you, I was feeling pretty foolish, but that's exactly where my confused mind went last night.chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39928625592086330462013-07-31T17:41:57.653-04:002013-07-31T17:41:57.653-04:00You said "Feels like it was made on graph pap...You said "Feels like it was made on graph paper..."<br /><br />As opposed to what?<br /><br />I've been solving these things for a very long time, and I'm thinking I might<br />like to try constructing one.eepyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17801204796651851932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13574621774764099062013-07-31T17:28:45.351-04:002013-07-31T17:28:45.351-04:00Just because I am in a cranky mood, I am going to ...Just because I am in a cranky mood, I am going to make cranky comment.....<br /><br />I don't understand all of this discussion about Schwa....if people don't understand it, why don't they simply GOOGLE or BING, or whatever. <br />The internet is filled with explanations, definitions, etc. <br /><br />Sorry for cranky comment, especially coming from anonymous. <br /><br />tcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15794083157049713022013-07-31T16:58:36.981-04:002013-07-31T16:58:36.981-04:00Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 8/1/2...Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation of my method and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak to my method):<br /><br />All solvers (median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Wed 8:32, 9:43, 0.88, 23%, Easy-Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Wed 5:08, 5:35, 0.92, 29%, Easy-Mediumsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.com