tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8955557305520669686..comments2024-03-28T15:13:08.509-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Sneaky shelters / TUE 1-19-16 / Criticized niggingly / Nearest target for bowler / Bubmling detective of film / Eye layer whose name derives from Latin for grape / Eyed caddishlyRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32908733197716199932016-02-23T17:23:17.126-05:002016-02-23T17:23:17.126-05:00Well, I'm late, as usual on Tuesday, but I tho...Well, I'm late, as usual on Tuesday, but I thought "What the hake. Let's do it".<br /><br />Another really good puzzle with a theme I was double-crossed on, thinking that it would have to do with the second words of the themers. Wrong, tuna breath.<br />The red herring was that the first words of the themers held the key. Good one. My sole area of slowdown was at the ECO/CONK cross, which was silly, as @Z so kindly pointed out, but for a while zONK sounded pretty good to me. <br /><br />@Spacey - I really like that song by America (the whole album, really), but I have never understood the last two lines of the verse you quoted.<br /><br />rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50405082594426858352016-02-23T17:08:32.113-05:002016-02-23T17:08:32.113-05:00So please believe in me
When I say I'm spinnin...So please believe in me<br />When I say I'm spinning round, round, round, round (thx @ spacecraft)<br /><br />About the 35D clue/answer SNEAKY SHELTERS- TAX DODGES. A tax dodger is someone who dodges taxes. So shouldn't it be SNEAKily SHELTERS? I dunno. I may need some GASX for my brain.<br /><br />CANOEISTS, SKYING? Other than that a fine puzzle:)<br /><br /><br /><br />Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64990920858458299982016-02-23T16:26:16.274-05:002016-02-23T16:26:16.274-05:00All the fish stories have been told, even about th...All the fish stories have been told, even about the one that got away. Had lucky guesses with Emo pop and Cera/Icee. <br /><br />Did anyone else notice that Anne Klein is back again today? She just can's get enough of the puzzles. Maybe she'll start posting on the blog.<br /><br />Diana, LIW for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42526814334066601202016-02-23T13:52:12.483-05:002016-02-23T13:52:12.483-05:00This was a really good Tues-puz and pretty much a ...This was a really good Tues-puz and pretty much a cakewalk. Especially after catching CARP and PERCH right off (which I actually have done). Didn’t notice it was oversized as I SPED right through it.<br /><br />GINO Toretta was a gimme as he was drafted by my very own MN Vikings back in the day. Lotsa Heisman guys don’t do much in the pros.<br /><br />They certainly do TAXDODGES in MN. I just got the license tab renewal form for the Stratus in the mail yesterday.<br /><br />Furious EVA Mendes is a high fast yeah baby, although ANDREA Mitchell is probably more my speed. Wouldn’t mind being PERCHEDATOP either. ETC.ETC.<br /><br />One construction season when I was a construction inspector the contractor’s guys called me CLOUSEAU the whole time. Except the superintendent.<br /><br />I SKATEDALONG through this puz and quite enjoyed it. You BETCHA!.<br />ronodonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59979294392972592722016-02-23T13:15:47.271-05:002016-02-23T13:15:47.271-05:00SKATED ALONG pretty smoothly from NW to SE, on a v...SKATED ALONG pretty smoothly from NW to SE, on a very smooth ICEE surface.<br /><br />Paused in an upper channel to hook a couple of themers and the rest was like shooting fish in a barrel.<br /><br />OROMEO completed the enjoyable outing. Thanks, BW.<br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79968043381798795172016-02-23T11:45:29.122-05:002016-02-23T11:45:29.122-05:00But Oz never did give the tin man
What he didn'...But Oz never did give the tin man<br />What he didn't--didn't already have<br />And Cause never was the reason for the evening<br />Or the Tropic of SIRGALAHAD<br /><br />Well, thanks for that earworm, Byron. I liked this one. Weirdly, I laid down BADPR as if a gimme--not quite sure how. Maybe it was a recently-viewed episode of "Family Feud" in which a question involved Lindsay Lohan's to-do list. Anyway it played easy-medium for me. Had a "Wha-?" moment when the sneaky shelter started TAX...and I'm staring at the word I want to write--in the clue! Thought "heDGES" for a while.<br /><br />Some of the answers are a bit wobbly: RESCANS (could be clued "Dorm bathrooms"), OLDMONEY. It's possible to be of aristocratic lineage and broke. Ask some titled Brits, for example. Didn't know SALTDOMES, yet when it filled in something about it rang familiar. ANNE crossing ENNE is a tad dodgy. As Boss Hadley said, "Some contraband here, but nothing to get in a twist about."<br /><br />@anon 3:33, I sincerely hope you can find someone you trust to talk out your grief to. I hate guns too, but like ADOLF, it's only an entry in a grid. Please don't take it to heart. KEEPITREAL. I choose to think of it as just another PIECE of the puzzle.<br /><br />Inspector CLOUSEAU FLOUNDEREDAROUND. You BETCHA. B+.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36066361288994706852016-02-23T10:18:03.611-05:002016-02-23T10:18:03.611-05:00Interesting. I've never heard the mouse trick ...Interesting. I've never heard the mouse trick for prepositions. I was taught - anything you can do to a cloud. Thanks for sharing! Jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195081426025364118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52153062894236757382016-02-23T08:48:09.766-05:002016-02-23T08:48:09.766-05:00USING BADPR MANUAL
I was PERCHEDATOP him craving...USING BADPR MANUAL <br /><br />I was PERCHEDATOP him craving a PIECE, though I KEPTITREAL.<br />After an HOUR in the RACK SPED by, I finally cried, “OROMEO!”<br />Then we FLOUNDEREDAROUND and SKATEDALONG with zeal<br />before I exclaimed, “SIRGALAHAD, this ain’t my first RODEO!”<br /><br />--- ANDREA EVA CLOUSEAU<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76048048426014745872016-01-20T14:39:49.328-05:002016-01-20T14:39:49.328-05:00Hey Anon@11:15 - to badly misquote a line from The...Hey Anon@11:15 - to badly misquote a line from The Godfather, "Take the bait. Leave the pun."<br /><br />Anoa Bob even referred to having a "debait" for those who didn't get the pun the first time. <br /><br />;-) means wink, wink, as Z points out.<br /><br />D,LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31104217397137767722016-01-20T11:20:34.440-05:002016-01-20T11:20:34.440-05:00Yes I did, and said so. See above.Yes I did, and said so. See above.Wileyfexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06991271369178308176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71377457626312453422016-01-20T05:57:48.598-05:002016-01-20T05:57:48.598-05:00Nice non-theme extra:
The nod to Pyotr Tchaikovsk...Nice non-theme extra:<br /><br />The nod to Pyotr Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene ONEPIN, based on the novel inverse by Alexander Pushpin.Maria Rothschildnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45033049646889841462016-01-20T05:47:02.648-05:002016-01-20T05:47:02.648-05:00Dear Anony@11:15pm,
I'd like to plaice abet y...Dear Anony@11:15pm,<br /><br />I'd like to plaice abet you've never Gone Fishing.Piscesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17231017012389490302016-01-20T05:41:45.279-05:002016-01-20T05:41:45.279-05:00@Anon11:15 - I dunno, seems sorta fishy to me. {wi...@Anon11:15 - I dunno, seems sorta fishy to me. {wink, wink}Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65663354435418129682016-01-19T23:15:34.329-05:002016-01-19T23:15:34.329-05:00This is twice in about a week I see "baited b...This is twice in about a week I see "baited breath". It is "bated breath".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25152969854391976752016-01-19T22:13:28.721-05:002016-01-19T22:13:28.721-05:00Wednesday difficulty level. Liked the themers but ...Wednesday difficulty level. Liked the themers but not the puzzle. I'm with @Little Brown Bear that RICESEEDS are not a real thing, and with many of you that SKYING is off. Throw in ETCETC and BADPR and the atrocious UTNE and APER and ICEE and you've lost me.<br /><br />MR. Burns's yacht on the Simpsons is called GONE FISsIon.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59320416245280725142016-01-19T20:35:31.547-05:002016-01-19T20:35:31.547-05:00@Tita - thank you, thank you, thank you for the Jo...@Tita - thank you, thank you, thank you for the John Oliver "head's up" regarding his stadiums rant from 5 weeks ago. Too funny and spot on. <br /><br />@Anoa Bob - This puz - what? Ou est monsieur Nova? (Waited with baited breath for that one?) ;-)<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62276531261100922362016-01-19T20:09:50.867-05:002016-01-19T20:09:50.867-05:00And, oh yes, the it is FOUNDER, not FLOUNDER, add ...And, oh yes, the it is FOUNDER, not FLOUNDER, add in, ships FOUNDER. Tilt. John Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557037910799243636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69591602014704722282016-01-19T20:05:21.253-05:002016-01-19T20:05:21.253-05:00I think you need to boycott your boycott and seek ...I think you need to boycott your boycott and seek therapy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1801292581643593242016-01-19T20:04:17.929-05:002016-01-19T20:04:17.929-05:00It seems to me that the Times cluing has ratcheted...It seems to me that the Times cluing has ratcheted up, overall. John Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557037910799243636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40503169886098460722016-01-19T18:55:46.196-05:002016-01-19T18:55:46.196-05:00Tita 1:59 PM Things I could have looked up but di...Tita 1:59 PM Things I could have looked up but didn't. There is lots of stuff "buried" in Windows I don't know (a lot I do), in spite of being quite PC savvy and using Windows since its first incarnation. I did not know that Ctrl + [accent] tip. Great! Thanks!<br /><br />A favorite I use a lot in the Office suite is the F4 key to repeat the last operation. Say you highlight and "bold" a word or letter. Immediately highlight something else, hit F4, and it too will be bolded. A good tool for going back and applying most any kind of formatting or style in multiple places after you type things in.<br /><br />Cheers Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124431793780560248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63006380557420668882016-01-19T18:23:08.668-05:002016-01-19T18:23:08.668-05:00Thank you, everyone, for taking the time and troub...Thank you, everyone, for taking the time and trouble to deal with my technophobia and technoignorance. @Tita -- your suggestions actually sound as though they might be do-able, with a minimum of effort. Although I do take exception to your characterization of me as lazy. MOI???? I can't imagine what possessed you to think so. Nonetheless, that notwithstanding, I plan to take you up on your kind offblog offer of help over the phone and call you. Thanks so much. I really appreciate it. I'm hoping that your technique will work for italics, too, though you don't mention it in your comment. That would prove MUCH more important than diacritics in my online life, as you can plainly see. :)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37005983913926593772016-01-19T18:09:43.027-05:002016-01-19T18:09:43.027-05:00@puzzle hoarder - welcome.
@Martha - ETD = Estima...@puzzle hoarder - welcome.<br /><br />@Martha - ETD = <b>E</b>stimated <b>T</b>ime of <b>D</b>eparture. ETA = <b>E</b>stimated <b>T</b>ime of <b>A</b>rrival. Early in the week there'll be a hint as to whether you are coming or going. Later in the week you have to wait before you put in an A or D.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74721979989640125582016-01-19T18:08:24.990-05:002016-01-19T18:08:24.990-05:00OK-- Searched further. "Aper" is in the ...OK-- Searched further. "Aper" is in the ODE -- an aper is one who apes, or mimics. So, the word goes with the clue. Live and learn.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381872404054459617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52089734160400650212016-01-19T17:49:35.038-05:002016-01-19T17:49:35.038-05:00Hey, Loren, I saw the snapper, too ... fun!Hey, Loren, I saw the snapper, too ... fun!johohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708487230515532492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76434905197123266372016-01-19T17:48:14.154-05:002016-01-19T17:48:14.154-05:00Enjoyed the theme -- though it took me a while to ...Enjoyed the theme -- though it took me a while to see it. But I have a question about 26D ("Mimic"). The answer works out to be "aper," but having never heard of that word -- surely the answer should be "apes" -- I looked it up, and found no such word. Is this an actual error, or do I just need to look in a larger dictionary?Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381872404054459617noreply@blogger.com