tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post86332499801799749..comments2024-03-28T10:16:38.830-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: The Past from Feminist Standpoint / MON 2-29-16 / Once ubiquitous red fixture seen along London streets Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69682358918360796812022-03-30T00:09:53.790-04:002022-03-30T00:09:53.790-04:00Watch and Download world's famous drama series...Watch and Download world's famous drama series Kurulus Osman in English on link below<br />š <br /><a href="https://bit.ly/3i5tivB" rel="nofollow">Kurulus Osman in English </a><br /><br />š¢Get free .com domain name and start your own website <br /><a href="https://cutt.ly/vDEimlx" rel="nofollow">Free .com domain name </a><br /><br />Crypto trading online course<br />Join on link below <br /><a href="https://cutt.ly/4YrATqC" rel="nofollow">Crypto quantum leap </a><br /><br />š Read Home doctor book online <br />Then you will be a doctor for your family <br /><a href="https://bit.ly/3iaBH0E" rel="nofollow">Home Doctor Book </a><br /><br />š°Create own NFTs and earn 1000$<br />Complete guide<br /><a href="https://cryptokitty10.blogspot.com/2022/03/nfts-cracked-review-2022.html" rel="nofollow">Create NFT</a> <br /><br />Join online YouTube course <br />And be a professional YouTuber<br /><a href="https://bit.ly/3mk3puq" rel="nofollow">Tube Mastery and Monetization by matt</a> <br /><br />š¦·Steel Bite Pro<br />Best product for <br />Teeth pain, cavities,teeth whitening and other oral health issues with money back guarantee<br /><a href="https://bit.ly/3oDGU5i" rel="nofollow">Steel Bite Pro </a><br />Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106000041169864702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28781777575098004302016-04-04T19:37:14.996-04:002016-04-04T19:37:14.996-04:00A small triumph for me today. I read the clues; hi...A small triumph for me today. I read the clues; hid the clues; filled out the grid and got it all right.<br /><br />The puzzle had a nice flow to it which helped, I'm sure.straylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4256405801531840292016-04-04T15:05:10.013-04:002016-04-04T15:05:10.013-04:00Very sharp eye, @Rondo! I never would have seen t...Very sharp eye, @Rondo! I never would have seen that, and I bet most commentators didn't either. Do you use a spyglass, like Holmes?<br /><br />Good Monday with a bit of crunch that the crosses filled in. <br /><br />I, too, was appalled to think of a destroyer at sea with a mattress covering a hole in its side. Mr. Waiting negotiated gov't contracts for many years at the Corps of Engineers, and he had many a tale of gov't spending gone mad. Like painting a new barracks and then having to repaint because they didn't like THAT particular shade of blue. Much shaking of head from Mr. W.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswordsdiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5186195938096518802016-04-04T12:19:12.084-04:002016-04-04T12:19:12.084-04:00Didnāt anyone else notice that the letters in the ...Didnāt anyone else notice that the letters in the four corner squares spell out DAYS???? A nice extra touch I thought. <br /><br />Lotsa BIGEGO āIā words in ISEE ICEAGE IMSET IMHOT IAMBIC IMPEI IBM IOTA IPAD ICON INGEAR IPO. Isnāt that EIN bit odd??<br /><br />Iāll give at least one of the AMYS a yeah baby, you can choose. And of course NIA Vardalos for another wedding.<br /><br />Must be family day on the blog, nobody WAXES IAMBIC about TEABAG. (YUKS ensue)<br /><br />For a Mon-puz, Iām LOVIN it.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35918550491546339112016-04-04T11:33:30.873-04:002016-04-04T11:33:30.873-04:00ISEE MENU RUE
HERSTORYās GOTTA be a BONMOT,
about...ISEE MENU RUE<br /><br />HERSTORYās GOTTA be a BONMOT,<br />about BIGEGO, ORE NAIVETE in women.<br />NIA said, āIMSET and ASAP IMHOT<br />for LOVINā a MANLIER SIMIAN.ā<br /><br />--- CAPāN TROY MANES<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85742472345105759052016-03-02T02:47:18.143-05:002016-03-02T02:47:18.143-05:00'... It would be a more elegant puzzle if the ...'... It would be a more elegant puzzle if the meaning changed in all 8.'<br /><br />@Z, entendu. My bad for assuming an avertable decrease in elegance would bother you. Does the consideration of restored elegance please you? <br /><br />Despite your many years of principality, I hadn't thought your equanimity was based on thickness of skin.<br /><br />Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85548554275774862342016-03-01T11:48:13.067-05:002016-03-01T11:48:13.067-05:00@Leapfinger - The BOX thing bothered me not one wh...@Leapfinger - The BOX thing bothered me not one whit, I was just explaining because a question was asked.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8690792182375200622016-03-01T11:10:46.214-05:002016-03-01T11:10:46.214-05:00@Z and @others who mourned the essential ineleganc...@Z and @others who mourned the essential inelegance of a BOX remaining a BOX<br /><br />It hasta be pointed out that, in Britspeak (another foreign language), a PHONEBOX is what would have been called a PHONEBOoth in the good old USA, back in the day when such were still commonly found in the wild. It could be argued that a PHONEBOoth is in actuality a PHONEBOX by virtue of its geometry and the fact that it houses a PHONE, but then we might be forced into rethinking some rooms as a livingBOX and calling a cowshed a cowBOX. I believe the translation of BOoth to BOX makes the case for altering the word's meaning as it leaps from Part A to Part B, and thus meets the designated requirement for that soi-disant elegance.<br /><br />@Chuck McG (and ff chimers-in): I thoroughly enjoyed the naughtical tales of ramming the big sheeps.<br />PS. Once again, ewe had me at 'rogue wave'.<br /><br />Couldn't just skip it, 'cause some of y'all's comments really MAde mY DAY.<br /><br />LEAPLeapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62576860086308802492016-03-01T08:07:41.221-05:002016-03-01T08:07:41.221-05:00Enjoyed it a lot, but Rex, I was a little surprise...Enjoyed it a lot, but Rex, I was a little surprised that you didn't comment on the stray MAYDAY, which neither "leaps" nor is matched in the opposite corner. No matter that it isn't clued for the holiday; it's clearly intended as a wink at the solver, and you're usually much less forgiving of that sort of theming irregularity!Tim Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08186514375951991677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73243064681910228452016-02-29T23:31:57.431-05:002016-02-29T23:31:57.431-05:00@Chuck McGregor I grew up when my dad was on admir...@Chuck McGregor I grew up when my dad was on admiral staff in the med on heavy cruisers so I thought your stories were about large boats not tin cans. Later when he was in the Atlantic fleet on a carrier he described the destroyers more or less bobbing like corks during storms. Must have been scary fun aloft during big waves.<br /><br />The last docking story impresses none the less.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15750294325601731012016-02-29T20:53:56.449-05:002016-02-29T20:53:56.449-05:00@Kimberly re@Mr. Benson - Not a theme, just a matt...@Kimberly re@Mr. Benson - Not a theme, just a matter of elegance. There are 8 circle letter groups. 4 are meaningless alone, two are words in English and two are words in another language. Of those 4, only BOX has the same meaning in the new formation (BOXING Day) as in the original word, PHONEBOX. It would be a more elegant puzzle if the meaning changed in all 8. It would be better still if none of the 8 were words in any language, and Angels would be singing on high if the 8 circled groups were all words whose meanings changed from the original to the new formation. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69049841149893711252016-02-29T15:25:13.678-05:002016-02-29T15:25:13.678-05:00@Bob Kerfuffle, CAPON CRUNCH, eh? Nice eggsample o...@Bob Kerfuffle, CAPON CRUNCH, eh? Nice eggsample of adding insult to injury.<br /><br />Not sure whether you're aware of the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/07/chicken-sexing_n_6822324.html" rel="nofollow">dedicated profession</a> that takes the first step in the production of Capon Crunch. I came across that nugget decades ago when I was in the stacks, presumably researching a paper on 'PhiChi-174'.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28097292183683216182016-02-29T15:15:22.210-05:002016-02-29T15:15:22.210-05:00I solved the puzzle without using the theme at all... I solved the puzzle without using the theme at all. If I had taken the time to think about it it would have just added to the solve time. <br /> When I was done the overall connection between the theme answers and the reveal became obvious. Until reading the blog I didn't get the leaping aspect.<br /> I read the 1D clue as farm too. The whole answer went in from the crosses which slowed that corner down a little. Everything else was going so easily I never reread the clue and forgot about it until reading @Chefwen's comment. This is another day at work so I'm solving late and didn't want to spend time on the theme once the puzzle was solved. It was fun while it lasted.<br /> puzzle hoardernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11123983245276312902016-02-29T14:54:34.675-05:002016-02-29T14:54:34.675-05:00A fine example of how you can pick at a lot of fla...A fine example of how you can pick at a lot of flaws in a puzzle, but if it delivers that's who cares?. So, I overlook IMHOT crossing IMSET and I'm ___ in a clue and MAYDAY being out of place, and the occasional odious ODIUM, when a puzzle gives me:<br /> - SIMIAN BONMOT SEXPISTOLS GROUNDZERO SHAGGY LASCALA ICEAGE HERSTORY NAIVETE<br /> - A coherent, wel-executed theme<br /> - A little more crunch than usual Monday, more halfway to a Tuesday, appropriate for a day that is an oddball in the calendar.<br />@Anonymous at 7:20 - are you sure it doesn't say LOVIN', rather than LOV'N? You may have gotten a cheap knockoff of the real McDonalds.<br />@Chuck McGregor - Plural of Convenience: Usually displayed as POC, though I prefer PoC.<br />As a last note, this building seems not to have recognized the change of season, so we are sweltering in an 80 degree sauna and thinking "Can we turn on the A/C in here?!"<br /><br />kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7816458129382195382016-02-29T14:25:24.916-05:002016-02-29T14:25:24.916-05:00Wasn't feeling a need to comment, but then rea...Wasn't feeling a need to comment, but then realized that I wanted to thank Rex for the Elvis Costello video. Your aim is true.Brett Hendricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07863301536804826854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34507810590076037432016-02-29T13:27:20.701-05:002016-02-29T13:27:20.701-05:00p.s.
Not at all so much a criticism, but some real...p.s.<br />Not at all so much a criticism, but some real common farm puz entries could maybe use a little goosin up, especially in a MonPuz with BOREDOM in itā¦<br /><br />* EWE = {Farm denizen that looks the same from either end, baasically}.<br />* RAM = {Naval warfare plan C, executed with a sinking feeling}.<br /><br />Also, maybe ...<br />* ASAP = [Express expectations, over at Fedex}.<br />* IPO = {Launch code, CEO-style}.<br />* NET = {A trapeze artist might miss one, in an emergency}.<br />* AIL = {Slowly morph into a giant fly, medically speaking}.<br /><br />Not how we add extra stuff on the end of each clue, to get em right back down to yer MonPuz-level.<br />No biggie, tho. Just adds a little punch. U did have SEXPISTOLS, there already, so probably U R good, anyhoo.<br /><br />M&A Help DeskMasked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027736429645378004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59159706413199429152016-02-29T13:16:57.199-05:002016-02-29T13:16:57.199-05:00I really didn't have much to say today so. I d...I really didn't have much to say today so. I didn't plan to post until I read your serial cereal installments today @ChuckMcGregor. They were most entertaining and/or horrifying for a taxpayer ultimately paying for the Crunch's repairs. Did you really mean to say you went to sea on a destroyer with a hole patched with wood and mattresses? Unfathomable!Hartley70https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557118655188472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10814551576196410472016-02-29T13:10:34.691-05:002016-02-29T13:10:34.691-05:00Agree with Rex here all the way - I was surprised ...Agree with Rex here all the way - I was surprised but hopeful from the first entry, and was not disappointed. I would like to celebrate both the puzzle and the incipient Spring with one of my favorites, Purcell's so-called Symphony SONG "Hark how the wild musicians sing". (The only video available is not the one I know, and I can't listen to it due to technical problems, so I hope it's good.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh41o50xDdE <br /><br />This first (and best) stanza expresses what perhaps in England is traditionally associated with MAYDAY:<br /><br />Hark how the wild musicians sing<br />A welcome to the new-born spring,<br />And in sweet strains, untaught by art,<br />Unto the wood their joys impart. <br /> <br />Since I don't know the quality of this version, here's a bonus Purcell - one which I don't know, but which presented itself, looks like fun, gets rave comments on YouTube, is along similar lines, and is from his masque 'Timon of Athens'(!). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNtmV8SLq88beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16162755764092888665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51115896395898880302016-02-29T13:04:16.937-05:002016-02-29T13:04:16.937-05:00Fun LEAP DAY theme, something that would sit in th...Fun LEAP DAY theme, something that would sit in the puzzle queue for a while, I'm guessing.<br /><br />My STEM for today, a la @Rex, was throwing in "winter" at 14A but it didn't take an ICE AGE for me to correct it. <br /><br />I noticed the two I'Ms while solving but now I see the bonus IM PEI. <br /><br />No ODIUM here toDAY. Thanks, JF.<br /><br />And @Nancy, fun basketball-related anecdotes!Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76548344689800614432016-02-29T13:03:19.198-05:002016-02-29T13:03:19.198-05:00@Anoymous 11:31 D**n you! I was drinking my coffee...@Anoymous 11:31 D**n you! I was drinking my coffee as I read your comment. What a mess!! :>)<br /><br />Have to relate one other story about that new captain. In times of āconflictā Navy ships are called upon to do, well, āyouāve got to be kidding meā things so you have to practice them. Docking on-the-fly is one. This means pulling alongside a dock or pier at far faster than one would normally to save time. The idea is you hit reverse at the right time while the shipās hands heave lines twixt ship and hands on the dock. These are tied off immediately at the right length to hold the ship from going too far, in this case directly into a very solid looking steep hillside at the shore end of not all that long a dock. <br /><br />I was with said captain commanding this operation from up on the signal bridge. At one point I asked him if he wasnāt going a bit fast for docking. When he explained I knew exactly what he meant. Now, Iāve done this lots of times, like with 150-lb, 16-foot boats, but had no idea until that moment anyone would be nuts enough to do it with 6 million pound, 400 foot-long ship!! I probably even said, āYouāve got to be kidding me!ā somewhat terrified he was actually going to try this. I was absolutely sure he WAS nuts and either those 5 or so inch diameter hawsers they were using to tie the ship to dock would snap and/or the dock would give way. Big Crunch, CAPāN!<br /><br />Well, it worked great!! We more or less (more so the more) stopped on a dime, comfortably short of that looming oh-so-solid hillside. Breathing again I looked at the captain (calm as a sea cucumber the whole time while giving the orders). He just looked back with a smile of āITāS A SNAPā written all over his face. Like I said, the guy was good.<br /><br />These hawsers got wet while being handled. However, there was no doubt in my mind, as I watched them go taut, that every single molecule of water was being squeezed out of them!<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PS If you want to see the ship: Wiki >> USS Gearing, launched the day before my 1st birthday. Thereās a 1967 picture of what it looked like when I served aboard. I was a radioman and had to climb to the top of the āmastā to service a couple of my antennas. Those few rogue waves I saw (re many posts ago) were nearly as tall as that mast when in the trough next to them. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124431793780560248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67000778129085560882016-02-29T12:33:27.850-05:002016-02-29T12:33:27.850-05:00Oh, man -- look at them MOTHERS jump!
Liked thi...Oh, man -- look at them MOTHERS jump! <br /><br />Liked this MonPuz, but was kinda surprised with @009's mostly wince-less review. Musta cheered him up, that Mad Max got so many awards.<br /><br />Desperation was indeed minimal, but Joel did leave a couple of chocolates in the phone box:<br /><br />* HERSTORY. Comes across as sorta green story painty. Now, YERSTORY ā¦ that woulda been neat.<br />* RANSOMS. Only plural themer. Non-plural RANSACK would work, but then U hafta kiss GROUNDZERO goodbye.<br />* PHONEBOX. Bygone Brit thing. OK, but JUICE/LUNCH/SNUFF/MUSIC-BOX would all be wonderfUl. But, of course, then no SEXPISTOLS.<br />* IMHOTSET. Primo quote from IMPEI.<br />* LEAPDAY/MAYDAY. Nice constructioneers' call for help.<br /><br />fave moo-cow MonPuz eazy-E clue: {Male sheep} or {Female sheep}. Flockin awesome.<br /><br />fave weeject: EDS. Plural names clued as plural abbrs. Versatility.<br /><br />Thanx, Mr. Fagliano. U do good work, with both runtz and regularz.<br /><br />Masked & Anonymo3Us<br /><br /><br />themeless<br /><a href="http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/UploadRunt/FetchPage?id=ODkwODQ5NjYzMDgxMzYyNA&title=Stumpy_1_Stumper_7__1_2000_1_Year_1_Old_1_Cinnamon_1_Roll_1_-_1_by_1_M_1_and_1_A" rel="nofollow">**gruntz**</a>Masked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027736429645378004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20837150687363572052016-02-29T12:24:15.100-05:002016-02-29T12:24:15.100-05:00Good theme in its simplicity. Chuckled at EVIAN cr...Good theme in its simplicity. Chuckled at EVIAN crossed NAIVETE, given that urban legend about EVIAN intentionally being NAIVE spelled backward.Albynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77882011044160414902016-02-29T12:17:17.134-05:002016-02-29T12:17:17.134-05:00I liked this. It does make me wonder a bit if Mr. ...I liked this. It does make me wonder a bit if Mr. F thought far enough in advance to realize that a leap day themed puzzle with Monday easiness would be published. Or has Mr. Shortz begun sending orders for certain puzzle days to the regular constructors?Andrew Heinegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18101651673327984167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21145954797528077232016-02-29T12:04:16.728-05:002016-02-29T12:04:16.728-05:00A puzzle of many pleasures. On the theme: after M...A puzzle of many pleasures. On the theme: after MOT HERS and LA BOR, I tried to figure out how a "split" theme would work, making the LEAP of the reveal a nice treat.<br /><br />I noticed the echo of ICEAGE and LEAKAGE. ICEAGE could be a good word for these days of February thaw: on a sunny day, the snow flanking our sidewalk melts onto the walkway and that thin layer of water then freezes once the sun is gone. Result: invisible and treacherous ICEAGE that needs to be carefully negotiated when you go out to get the paper in the morning.<br />Carolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971759975067250908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63493558830051185802016-02-29T11:35:08.929-05:002016-02-29T11:35:08.929-05:00Adding...
I do not understand this paragraph from...Adding...<br /><br />I do not understand this paragraph from @Mr.Benson: <br /><br />"<i>I thought we would see minor demerits given for a theme answer (PHONEBOX) that doesn't change the meaning of a word -- i.e., "BOX" means "BOX" in the phrase, in a way that's related to its use in the theme. ("MOT" is also a [foreign] word, but completely unrelated to the etymology of "MOTHER.")</i><br /><br />Is there a secondary theme I'm missing that would in any way involve phone boxes or changing the meaning of any of the words? Because I'm feeling stupid again.Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269065328203543183noreply@blogger.com