tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8628200883007689783..comments2024-03-19T08:32:59.615-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Bygone sportscaster Hodges / FRI 4-15-16 / Styles lead character in Boyz N Hood / Plant seen on Sistine Chapel ceiling / Color whose name is French for mole / Gotham building-climbing tool / California's so-called island city / Yankee opposerRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63165494274405397532017-08-29T06:13:34.143-04:002017-08-29T06:13:34.143-04:00Ever wanted to get free Instagram Followers?
Did y...Ever wanted to get <b>free Instagram Followers</b>?<br />Did you know you can get these <b>ON AUTO-PILOT & ABSOLUTELY FREE</b> by getting an account on <b><a href="http://socialexch.syntaxlinks.com/r/Like4Like" rel="nofollow">Like 4 Like</a></b>?Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25881725293880636652016-05-21T01:34:48.776-04:002016-05-21T01:34:48.776-04:00Way late today. Spent several hours with some fri...Way late today. Spent several hours with some friends discussing the GUYCODE.<br /><br />Hard to believe 009's (really 059's) rant about something that wasn't even there. Want to talk leering? Just read his diatribe. Good God.<br /><br />Toughest puzzle of a tough week, so far. I think you could tell this was an early Steinberg because it didn't have the smoothness I've become accustomed to with his recent efforts. <br /><br />SO EVER is unknown to me, but it was a gift of the crosses. Other than that, this was was a puzzle where I had to fight for many entries, which I actually appreciate. Perhaps not a memorable puzzle, but a worthy one.<br /><br />@Lady Di - I too thought of Coronado, but I don't think it is a city.<br /><br />@ Rondo - you said it all for me.<br /><br />rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58970975700315524572016-05-20T15:44:45.073-04:002016-05-20T15:44:45.073-04:00The quote "Odi et __" had me stumped unt...The quote "Odi et __" had me stumped until I read (Catullus poem) - you too? Not.<br /><br />I read an article about Eric Clapton yesterday that said he's becoming a BELIEBER so I dumped that right in, right? Not<br /><br />Zymurgy was a gimmee. Not (was DS going for a pangram in the clues?)<br /><br />That's how the East side went for me today. The West didn't give me much trouble. <br /><br />Learned bagel is a term for 6-0, 6-0, 6-0 in tennis. Guessed the NIL first. <br /><br />Enjoyed the watch, dog, and angel clues/answers. Sure we have FALSIES, but we also get HALOS. BS will now juxtapose them in a poem. <br /><br />Was proud I guessed BATROPE off the r, and was thrilled to find it correct. Total guess. ENDOR too. Guessed ALAMEDA, but then didn't put it in. Coronado, Catalina - those are islands. <br /><br />Agree that the answer to "capisce" should be in Italian. <br /><br />An enjoyable Friday. Happy weekend, all.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81265145453791392512016-05-20T15:38:01.405-04:002016-05-20T15:38:01.405-04:00@Nancy. Count me in. In Berkeley at a friend'...@Nancy. Count me in. In Berkeley at a friend's fraternity house. He's gone now, but whenever we got tigether it came up.LongBeachLeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61237828741544106852016-05-20T15:14:52.161-04:002016-05-20T15:14:52.161-04:00David Steinberg is a master constructor. He's ...David Steinberg is a master constructor. He's also favors contemporary pop, and today I got almost all of it. Good stuff, like CHILLAX and DUBSTEP.<br /><br />But cheated to get most of the NE corner east of BELIEBER, west of SNORTED, and north of LOVEINS and ORR. And the cheating was for answers that were non-pop and gettable. LOSESTO, though, seems pretty weak as an answer for the "Gets crushed by" clue.<br /><br /><br />This has been a week of good puzzles with bite and crunch. Today's was one of them, and not feeling crushed by it, just smarting a little.<br /> leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21795569906490265592016-05-20T14:54:16.489-04:002016-05-20T14:54:16.489-04:00I don't care what anybody says. There's so...I don't care what anybody says. There's something musty about a lot of David Steinberg puzzles. It's like stepping into your great-aunt's house for the first time when you're nine years old. The air just isn't quite right.5wksltrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18032174959046056722016-05-20T13:20:31.789-04:002016-05-20T13:20:31.789-04:00DNF. Fatal errors with BASSoon and REopen made the...DNF. Fatal errors with BASSoon and REopen made the SE undoable, and no way could I get XRAY from "Look through?" Didn't know DUBSTEP or ALAMEDA either. Hopeless. Rest of it was OK, very Steinbergian. The golf grade? Match play; lost two and one. Never got to play the last hole. FALSIES and a DERRIERE, but no DOD today. :(spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3752687005019054602016-05-20T12:48:06.577-04:002016-05-20T12:48:06.577-04:00But however insufferable OFL can be sometimes, I s...But however insufferable OFL can be sometimes, I still appreciate Rex for hosting this forum.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46619980948250788302016-05-20T12:32:35.414-04:002016-05-20T12:32:35.414-04:00Sometimes OFL just needs to CHILLAX. If an imagine...Sometimes OFL just needs to CHILLAX. If an imagined tone of a xword puz can put him off, then his skin is far too thin. The word self-righteous comes to mind. And I am very good at solving (probably >95% M-Sa), just not for speed, and I often read the clues in order. And I consider myself to be a “decent normal person with decent normal thoughts” and put in BASS before looking ahead for the n or the X at the end in order to avoid an inkfest; going ahead and filling the –OON would have been rash, not decent. So BASSSAX is indeed a thing. And SOEVER is too; it’s in all the dictionaries. And “bygone” means past or former, so no prob there for any rational thinker. Too highbrow for friend CHANDLER? And even though Will sits on puzzles for years, you just must be the freshest and hippest person on earth because everything “new” seems dated; get over it. Rex, come out of your ivory tower and live with the plebes for a while; there’s a great big world out here. You’re missing it. And you must have the time to see the world, since you solve every puz in nanoseconds.<br /><br />There’s an old joke where Ms. Crabapple asks Buckwheat to use the word “dictate” in a sentence. Buckwheat recounts his date with DARLA.<br /><br />@teedMN – a variant of “bagel” for NIL can often be heard locally. Dan Barreiro on KFAN refers to that Vikings’ 41 – 0 loss to the Giants (back at the turn of the century) as “Forty-one Donut”.<br /><br />It can be hard to find a yeah baby in a DS puz. Gotta believe that DARLA Hood grew into a charming woman.<br /><br />So I don’t agree with OFL on anything today, and I find that I still appreciate a DS puz ASUSUAL, no matter the content. <br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55552133347345798862016-05-20T12:16:53.298-04:002016-05-20T12:16:53.298-04:00Haters gonna hate, Rex. I bow to your ability to n...Haters gonna hate, Rex. I bow to your ability to not only solve a puzzle every freaking day, but to come up with an editorial about said puzzle every day is an impressive skill and accomplishment. Kudos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82456593856888872072016-05-20T10:46:00.112-04:002016-05-20T10:46:00.112-04:00ABSOLUT END,OR ONEOVER?
“CHILLAX, ISAIDNO”, ASUSU...ABSOLUT END,OR ONEOVER?<br /><br />“CHILLAX, ISAIDNO”, ASUSUAL DARLA insisted.<br />“YESISEE’, SNORTED CHANDLER, as he DESISTED,<br />“but I HAVENOT EYED your FALSIES, nor DERRIERE.”<br />“OK, I’ll LAYOPEN my dress, HOLDEM with no time TOSPARE.”<br /><br />--- RUSS “HAMBONE” DUBSTEP <br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19821653782125325142016-04-24T02:05:21.849-04:002016-04-24T02:05:21.849-04:00when you run a tab at a bar, the bartender keeps a...when you run a tab at a bar, the bartender keeps a tally of how many rounds you have had. as a bartender i was irritated by how long it took me to figure this one out, but at the same time pretty amused when i did. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091831080171020916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41103477097024497412016-04-21T04:07:59.134-04:002016-04-21T04:07:59.134-04:00I mentioned to my wife, which I rarely do, how muc...I mentioned to my wife, which I rarely do, how much I enjoyed doing last Friday's puzzle. Lots of fun, I said, tricky, clever, satisfying, a bit hipper than the usual. I wondered if David Steinberg was the same as the comedian I used to see on TV all the time in the 70s. So I'm surprised, Rex, you found it too "male," the usage off and lowbrow. Bit pedantic and fussy, I'd say.Eric Webernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90326704535555057102016-04-18T11:28:34.131-04:002016-04-18T11:28:34.131-04:00@Z
and yet there is a planet called Endor!
http:...@Z<br /><br />and yet there is a planet called Endor!<br /><br />http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Endor_(planet)<br /><br />Weirddbudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13200447313232236597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7802702408999694182016-04-17T12:42:48.799-04:002016-04-17T12:42:48.799-04:00@Chronic dnfer -- It must have been a while sinc...@Chronic dnfer -- It must have been a while since I posted this last, but the best reference for straightforward answers to the meaning of any NYT crossword entry is Bill Butler's blog: <br /><br />http://www.nytcrossword.com/<br /><br />Try it; you'll like it.<br /><br />(In this case, the answer is T. S. Eliot, but look at Bill's blog anyway.)Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-994515361904201672016-04-17T10:33:45.931-04:002016-04-17T10:33:45.931-04:00Can someone explain TSE?Can someone explain TSE?Chronic dnferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129538196003383400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76099944242056676582016-04-16T10:58:56.078-04:002016-04-16T10:58:56.078-04:00Revoici Venir du Printemps
The American/British p...Revoici Venir du Printemps<br /><br />The American/British phonetic misspelling is ubiquitous but it drives me batty.Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269065328203543183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13619610586918009012016-04-16T08:05:49.621-04:002016-04-16T08:05:49.621-04:00BELIEBER
Ach, du Lieber!
The CHILLAX,
DisBELIEBER....BELIEBER<br />Ach, du Lieber!<br />The CHILLAX,<br />DisBELIEBER.<br />And BASSSAX<br />(AX_ON AX),<br />Belaboured.<br />Thisssolver,<br />Beleaguered.<br /><br />DUBSTEPid.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71328656657938109902016-04-15T21:51:39.592-04:002016-04-15T21:51:39.592-04:00But the clue in fact did not refer to tits, so I a...But the clue in fact did not refer to tits, so I am still mystified by what Rex is complaining about. It gets pretty bad when you have to complain about what they might have done or might have meant to get all riled up and sound so self-righteous and politically correct. It just has no place in something as mundane and otherwise meaningless as the NYT crosswords. They are not setting social thought, nor are they barometers of it. I mean even if he is right that a boy who was 17 when he made the puzzle meant padded bras, so freakin' what? Are you so much of a man that you are going to unleash your feminist anger on a hormonal boy? AND IT WAS CHANGED TO A MORE REGULAR CLUE. So who are you yelling at? Why bring it up at all?<br /><br />My whole point, although I am sure Rex will never take it, is that when people go this overboard and make every little thing into a cause celebre, it actually hurts the real issues. Save it for your lit classes or whatever it is you teach at Binghamton. This is not the place to insert your delusional attributions into people's casual enjoyment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00120158617143744209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8452279947506930702016-04-15T21:01:56.088-04:002016-04-15T21:01:56.088-04:00Too much of this was, for me," absolut" ...Too much of this was, for me," absolut" garbage. Easy for you, difficult for me! This reminded me of the early Steinberg puzzles I hated, loaded with hip-hop pop slop. <br />I saw chillax once before in a puzzle. I STILL don't think it's a word. Dubstep??? Guy code? Xbox, Endor, soever, made the NW and SE very tough. The answer to capisce? is capisco. Who answers Italian with "I see"? <br /><br />And Russ Hodges. Most depressing of all, as @ Nancy knows. I was just a month short of six years old, and I cried all afternoon. I still hate to even see a replay. You want a clue for Russ? Brooklyn pitcher Meyer. <br /><br />But I finished it. OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1870650105142351492016-04-15T20:21:01.697-04:002016-04-15T20:21:01.697-04:00@MetroGnome: 'Fun' is the name of a band.@MetroGnome: 'Fun' is the name of a band. <br /> kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77218521925794582182016-04-15T19:06:16.318-04:002016-04-15T19:06:16.318-04:00Clearly rypto-racist of Rex to get his panties wad...Clearly rypto-racist of Rex to get his panties wadded up about Buckwheat's and Darla's friendship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54913423495165777462016-04-15T18:56:44.141-04:002016-04-15T18:56:44.141-04:00@dbud - An honest mistake, but The Forest Moon of ...@dbud - An honest mistake, but <a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Endor" rel="nofollow">The Forest Moon of Endor</a> and ENDOR are the same place. <br /><br />@beatrice - Thanks for the research. <br /><br />@mohair Sam - That's how it is done. The Biebs strikes me as the epitome of "broness," but BIELEBERS are not. TS Eliot seems little better than the Biebs, except his brohood was more the cultural norm so seems little highlighted today. <i>Cats</i>, of course, is a different story. <br /><br />@Calman Snoffelevich - BAR TABS would include a listing of the rounds of drinks you ordered.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43572476256220727682016-04-15T18:48:23.184-04:002016-04-15T18:48:23.184-04:00@Hartley (10:29) -- Loved your last sentence! To ...@Hartley (10:29) -- Loved your last sentence! To which I say: Amen! And also: Right on, girl!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34650473175391412402016-04-15T18:46:35.422-04:002016-04-15T18:46:35.422-04:00The composer Giaches de Wert (or de Vuert) (1535-1...The composer Giaches de Wert (or de Vuert) (1535-1596), was a direct link between two of my favorites, his teacher de Rore and his student Monteverdi. His life was rather...interesting, and anyone here who is fond of this kind of music - or of Renaissance Italy, for that matter - might like to check out the Wiki article. His impressive number of madrigals were published in sixteen books; 'O primavera gioventu' is from Book ELEVEN: https:/ du printemps/www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1wCPoI6ohw<br /><br />'Primavera' reminds me of a piece I tried to post back at the beginning of Spring, Le Jeune's popular 'Revecy venir du printans'. Perhaps some of you here not living in the southern South are enjoying an early Spring day today!<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1wCPoI6ohw<br /><br /><br /><br />beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16162755764092888665noreply@blogger.com