tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8653636812873226403..comments2024-03-29T07:34:38.633-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Eldest of Pleiades / SAT 6-2-17 / Palmlike tropical plant / Smallest infinite cardinal number / Cousin of polecat / Assigned as to do charity work in modern lingoRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32741456470904245882017-07-07T19:08:41.906-04:002017-07-07T19:08:41.906-04:00Rainey - oh Rainey - where are you???
Lady DiRainey - oh Rainey - where are you???<br /><br />Lady DiDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26618690036504815302017-07-07T17:27:51.633-04:002017-07-07T17:27:51.633-04:00Rex took the words right out of my mouth. Differen...Rex took the words right out of my mouth. Difference is that I came up with a big, fat DNF.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45449694584131299692017-07-07T14:56:50.067-04:002017-07-07T14:56:50.067-04:00@rondo, your CLAP and AUNTMAY jokes got a laugh fr...@rondo, your CLAP and AUNTMAY jokes got a laugh from me. The latter reminds me of one of my husband's favorite "farm" jokes: Pa didn't know her but manure. Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78845129399043447572017-07-07T14:34:52.499-04:002017-07-07T14:34:52.499-04:00Wasn’t getting much at all in the top third until ...Wasn’t getting much at all in the top third until I landed on the CAY from where I came down with the CLAP and AWAY it went, the puz, that is. One rather queer write-over at hOe/MOW. Gimme JIMI. ALEPHNULL and CYCAD only by crosses.<br /><br />My uncle doesn’t chew tobacco, but my AUNTMAY.<br /><br />WOEISME with no answer as a yeah baby, so I’ll agree with @spacey on Cher via clue. I gotta line ONYOU BABES.<br /><br />Kinda liked the easy/hard back and forth moments of discovery. Didn’t think this puz was entirely ASEASYASPIE.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21928095522971129922017-07-07T13:48:32.489-04:002017-07-07T13:48:32.489-04:00From Syndication Land:
I think this puzzle (with ...From Syndication Land:<br /><br />I think this puzzle (with two constructors) felt like it was made by two constructors. The resulting dichotomy can be seen in Rex's red circles. The right side was my entry point, then I solved clockwise until I hit the NW again. Had to Google for the first time in ages! I tried to think of all the vacuum companies and still came up empty. I was thinking Aunt May was Ellie May or Ida May or something May! Anyway, congratulations to all those that solved this without help. For those that did google an answer, and then called it medium...I say you DNF.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9313374407784910192017-07-07T13:45:42.347-04:002017-07-07T13:45:42.347-04:00It was all over for this stinker with five immedia...It was all over for this stinker with five immediate pissers in the NW. Rejected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52990550653715624922017-07-07T13:22:58.516-04:002017-07-07T13:22:58.516-04:00Got most of the bottom half before getting some he...Got most of the bottom half before getting some help with the top - then finished it off with the sOW finale knife in the dnf. <br /><br />But lots of fun sussing on the way. Mr. W, math genius, didn't know ALEPHNULL. <br /><br />Many answers were not VIVID to me. I blame the HEAT.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37984839997925123662017-07-07T12:14:38.704-04:002017-07-07T12:14:38.704-04:00WIDEN ENACT
That BABE’S DEADSETON what I IMPLY,
I...WIDEN ENACT<br /><br />That BABE’S DEADSETON what I IMPLY,<br />I’m so SQUEAMISH ICAN’TWAIT.<br />To get her PRONE is ASEASYASPIE,<br />her INSATIATE STATE will not ABATE.<br /><br />--- JIMI “POPS” L’ETAT<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76203429111466013832017-07-07T12:05:08.622-04:002017-07-07T12:05:08.622-04:00This one had a quirky, herky-jerky feel. Many real...This one had a quirky, herky-jerky feel. Many really tough clues on the fill--but far too many long gimmes to mount a real challenge. For example, I had STARE filled in all on crosses before I even read the clue! That sure saved me from trying to figure out what "Vacancy sign?" meant.<br /><br />In the NW--which, for a change, I did in order--I just had to take 3-down on faith. There are probably even some botanists who wouldn't get CYCAD. But, crosses to the rescue. First out-and-out gimme: AUNTMAY. I've never even seen TASM, but come on, who else could an aging Field play? It was like that all through.<br /><br />Re sOW vs. MOW: look at the name--even if you don't recognize it. What are you going to name a villain, SAUL--a Biblical character who became the greatest Apostle, or MAUL, synonymous with "maim" (as in "I maim nine men in MIAMI," another flat gimme)?<br /><br />Hand up for INSATIATE: nah, it's -able by a MILE(r). Gotta give POINTS off for that. Finally, I loved the crossing antonyms IMATALOSS with ASEASYASPIE. Today? More the latter. Easy-medium. No BABES in the grid, so I have to take my DOD from the clue bank: Cher.<br />Give this a par, 'cause I expect a little more resistance that I found here, for a Friday.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82413151860600960462017-07-07T11:08:23.044-04:002017-07-07T11:08:23.044-04:00I need one hint to finish the puzzle but made two ...I need one hint to finish the puzzle but made two mistakes on my own. Asked if someone if they knew a Boston that stared with PO. They give me POPS. Two letters there. Of what I finished alone there were two mistakes. Had BLOP instead of CLAP and ATS where it should have been HAS. Counting both you have 6 letters off for the whole puzzle. 183 out 189 letters. So about 97-98 percent. <br /><br />VOLUNTOLD,INSATIATE,and MOBILE took the longest to figure it out but got them all. <br /><br />MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47168103063419377532017-06-04T11:43:43.584-04:002017-06-04T11:43:43.584-04:00At last,math grad school pays off! High giving ...At last,math grad school pays off! High giving myself! I feel aleph null miles high right nowKath's Yarnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09437100758203582935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50479053336000409592017-06-03T16:50:54.220-04:002017-06-03T16:50:54.220-04:00Z,
Around here it was SOHIO. Made SOCONY a little...Z,<br /><br />Around here it was SOHIO. Made SOCONY a little more intuitive. evil doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593231055589228837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11564271903424515232017-06-03T15:39:04.007-04:002017-06-03T15:39:04.007-04:00Rough one for me, but managed to squeak under 30. ...Rough one for me, but managed to squeak under 30. Also, it really must've felt like a Saturday for Rex because the post title contains "SAT 6-2-17"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06152540845636854961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51477310496119403042017-06-03T14:35:24.311-04:002017-06-03T14:35:24.311-04:00Still catching up.
@Evil Doug - Maybe if I'd ...Still catching up.<br /><br />@Evil Doug - Maybe if I'd been older than three in 1963 or ever lived in New York the "Socony" in the clue might have helped. As it is, a four square DNF at -E-CA/-BIL-/-YCA-/-T-<br /><br />I wouldn't mind so much except for one thing, <b>the MOBIL clue is the first line from the fucking Wikipedia article.</b>* Seriously? I do hope whoever wrote that clue at least donates to the Wikipedia Foundation. <br /><br />Not a math nerd, still got ALEPH NULL. Do I dare look it up on Wikipedia?<br /><br /><br /><br />*I had other adjectives available but the one I used seemed most apt. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42206796227021211042017-06-03T08:04:14.872-04:002017-06-03T08:04:14.872-04:00@Loren Muse S, just reread your comment and have t...@Loren Muse S, just reread your comment and have to say that the closing of your INSATIATE paragraph sounds absolutely David Sedaris. But totally. So, you go, gurrul!<br /><br />otoh, for some reason, entering CUL reminded me of learning (on an OB-Gyn rotation long long ago) that there's a pelvic <i>CUL de sac</i> somewhere in the general Utah Rhine area. So, I'm sorry you were kicked in yours.<br /><br />Hah! When it comes to HEIR lines, I CAN TWA IT.<br />TGIF no more.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12135118031829259482017-06-03T04:05:29.641-04:002017-06-03T04:05:29.641-04:00S_IMPLY grand, with the best fill in the NE. Had t...S_IMPLY grand, with the best fill in the NE. Had to laugh there, having been well & truly VOLUNTOLD countless times. Also, as undergrads, a nerdy group of us took to saying <i>I'm saysht</i> when we were IN (or near) SATIATEd; I still think it that way. (We also drank Mateus Rose, but I've stopped doing that.) Wonder whether DEAD SETON refers to author Anya.<br /><br />I guess with a schpritz of WD-40 I can slip DARTH_MAUL_SANTA into my Horatio Alger Hiss folder. A local MALL hired a MALL SANTA who hailed from Saudi Arabia, regularly made Hadj and everything. He was a bit unusual for the job, granted, but everyone Said he made a great MECCA Nick.<br /><br />Thought 54A was going to be Obama for a SEC, and didn't mind a bit to see his faithful Veep JOT WIDEN nearby.<br /><br />Especially liked the clues for BABES and the Marian devotee, and noticed <br />Guzzetta & Hawkins seemed to IMPLY/ Was St. Francis of ASEASY ASPIE? <br />[Mole power to them all, if so.]<br /><br />Enjoyed all 39 minutes, but still don't know what PARCH meant.<br /><br /><i>I have no mouth and I must SQUEAM</i><br />Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88069736348080798872017-06-03T03:41:32.392-04:002017-06-03T03:41:32.392-04:00Voluntold is a thing, and I've used it, and I ...Voluntold is a thing, and I've used it, and I cackled at its use.konberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616226121996611123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31137918734603984552017-06-03T02:38:56.278-04:002017-06-03T02:38:56.278-04:00Rough one for me, but managed to squeak under 30. ...Rough one for me, but managed to squeak under 30. Also, it really must've felt like a Saturday for Rex because the post title contains "SAT 6-2-17"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06152540845636854961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65275635002736476042017-06-03T01:11:34.370-04:002017-06-03T01:11:34.370-04:00"Go ahead and high-five yourselves, math nerd..."Go ahead and high-five yourselves, math nerds"<br /><br />why thank you I think I DON'T MIND IF I DO after having been told eleventy-five times that any character who appears in Paradise Lost is a gimme, YES I AM GOING TO CLAIM ALEPH NULL AS A GIMME AND I AM GOING TO BE GODDAMN RIGHT<br /><br />I can't actually remember for sure where I first encountered aleph-null -- I want to say it was a Martin Gardner book, like "aha! Gotcha", but might it have been "Gödel Escher Bach"? Both are possible. It's definitely "aleph null" in my mind, too.<br /><br />VOLUNTOLD? Awesome.<br />BACONATOR? Awesome.<br />MALL SANTA? Awesome.<br />IM AT A LOSS, DEAD SET ON, DARTH MAUL? Awesome, awesome, awesome.<br /><br />My only solid complaint about this one is the LTD/CYCAD cross: LTD there deserved a more plain clue, especially crossed with "Company once named Socony-Vacuum" and "Palmlike tropical plant" at the same time.Tim Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08186514375951991677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57221482049268084902017-06-03T00:04:33.439-04:002017-06-03T00:04:33.439-04:00I got cycad, Mobil , aleph null, and state right ...I got cycad, Mobil , aleph null, and state right away. Much easier than some dumb pop song from the eighties. Rex seems to be in his worst crybaby mode today. I never saw "phantom menace,." but just general scuttlebutt recall. led pretty quickly to Darth Maul and, hence, mow. Maybe one day there'll be a movie about Georg Cantor and the fact he sadly ended up in an asylum. Since "A Beautiful Mind " has already been taken , how about "an Uncountable Infinity"? Enjoyable puzzle. I skip M-Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21146559890705587032017-06-02T20:13:55.542-04:002017-06-02T20:13:55.542-04:00Solved this in about half my usual Friday time, ma...Solved this in about half my usual Friday time, mainly because of lucky guesses on almost all the longer clues. I'm not sure I've heard it called ALEPH NULL but I got NULL first, and ALEPH was a gimme. Definitely something you either know or you don't, though.<br /><br />I like how much ASEASYASPIE looks like nonsense when you take away the spaces.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66727146637942665612017-06-02T20:12:17.069-04:002017-06-02T20:12:17.069-04:00You know it's bad when Stuart Smalley bails on...You know it's bad when Stuart Smalley bails on you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3804851368421646342017-06-02T20:06:27.464-04:002017-06-02T20:06:27.464-04:00Liberals are always victims. Poor snowflakes.Liberals are always victims. Poor snowflakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81637528464234757052017-06-02T20:04:00.283-04:002017-06-02T20:04:00.283-04:00Sounds like a line from a Mel Brooks movie.Sounds like a line from a Mel Brooks movie.Phipps44https://www.blogger.com/profile/00014845544705156571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59605190016215291212017-06-02T18:59:49.362-04:002017-06-02T18:59:49.362-04:00As a liberal I have a major problem with Kathy Gri...As a liberal I have a major problem with Kathy Griffin culturally appropriating ISIS with the depiction of a decapitated Trrump. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com