tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post9076516724633197096..comments2024-03-28T15:13:08.509-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: John of pro wrestling / FRI 3-31-17 / Alphabetically rhyming river name / Mammasl using echolocation / 1980s big city mayor / Ff Sumter battler / Good practice for show it's academic Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26461734625147972062022-08-06T07:00:09.561-04:002022-08-06T07:00:09.561-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Be coolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16993070164674075817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16473758441198266242022-06-02T03:28:56.258-04:002022-06-02T03:28:56.258-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Prospace 360https://www.blogger.com/profile/16343248407529537955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8800228838787380292022-06-01T03:07:09.571-04:002022-06-01T03:07:09.571-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Google-officialshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073325427169240885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54069904725294079732022-06-01T03:05:38.446-04:002022-06-01T03:05:38.446-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Google-officialshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073325427169240885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24666087427811955602021-09-27T07:23:11.605-04:002021-09-27T07:23:11.605-04:00John cena is completely master the blaster of wwe....John cena is completely master the blaster of wwe.. 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I looked up the writer'...Rondo,here is it is. 1. I looked up the writer's name. 2. Knew it was Bac or bsc. 3. There is a April instead of Aorta and Skol instead of skor. So with those two it is still 3 letters off. Have done better on Friday puzzles.<br /><br />MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55131764126835507122017-05-05T21:02:37.418-04:002017-05-05T21:02:37.418-04:00In the truest sense of a correct finish (unassiste...In the truest sense of a correct finish (unassisted) a one-square Natick counts as DNF, so I think a one-square hint is a full hint. And a DNF unassisted,<br />But still pretty good. 99%+ on a Friday puts you up there.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57002464352154900062017-05-05T20:13:16.024-04:002017-05-05T20:13:16.024-04:00I would like other solvers thought on this. One an...I would like other solvers thought on this. One answer was looked up. Another I knew had to be Bac or BSc and I checked. Does that count as half a hint? Or a full hint?<br /><br />MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15898970846548621542017-05-05T17:14:40.835-04:002017-05-05T17:14:40.835-04:00Bailed out of this one early after getting the mid...Bailed out of this one early after getting the middle filled in, but then started to struggle in the corners.<br /><br />Might have finished if I had KEPTATIT, but, then again, I might not have. Really not my day.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22740503607490141272017-05-05T16:29:44.892-04:002017-05-05T16:29:44.892-04:00WELLINTO solving this puzzle, the middle was compl...WELLINTO solving this puzzle, the middle was complete but all four corners remained a mystery. KEPTATIT though and eventually all was revealed including both my undergrad degree (B.Sc.) and local paper (GAZETTE) which coincidentally(?) carries the NYT Crossword - may need an ENQUIRY. When I was a young lad in Worcestershire, "tuppence ha'penny" (two and a half pennies) was the standard slang for a trivial amount.Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62428399288196865152017-05-05T14:45:56.636-04:002017-05-05T14:45:56.636-04:00Oh man...Rex has been pulling out some of the chee...Oh man...Rex has been pulling out some of the cheesiest videos ever lately. Talk about EPIC.<br /><br />Agreed with reviews by @Nancy and @Lewis, except for the solving part. Enjoyed the journey, the parts that I got, and the great word play. Lots of "ahas" and "oh of course" moments. But got Naticked by my outhouse today. Funny - the other day my gimmes were others' unknowns...and so it goes.<br /><br />Also had Schmer before SMEARY, and "before" before BYGONE. <br /><br />Thanks, @Rainy, for the Canadian take on BSc. I, too, have worked in academia for a long, long time and haven't seen anything but BS for our science degrees. Although I know I've seen it elsewhere - just not at colleges or universities. <br /><br />Happy Cinque de Mayo. (And yesterday, may the Fourth be with you.) <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords Diana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40449936844975698272017-05-05T13:54:20.850-04:002017-05-05T13:54:20.850-04:00I found this to be lovely, and remarkably easy, sa...I found this to be lovely, and remarkably easy, save the SW where I had to wait to grudgingly accept SMEARY, but not a deal breaker. All the Zs and Qs, etc, were fun, in my opinion. I don't impute intent, other than to provide entertainment. <br /><br />Amazingly, my first two entries were EPIC POEM and ED KOCH! That'll give you huge traction right off the bat. From there I guess the operative word is "wheelhouse", whatever that really means.<br /><br />There were a lot of very nice clues here: for OAT, JACUZZI, WELL INTO, SWIM MEET, BOOZE, among others. <br /><br />Just my TWO PENCE. Oh, by the way, I have a BSc (and a MSc), as does every Canadian graduate in Science. I would be affronted if it were called a BS.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29230153690112345482017-05-05T12:43:14.977-04:002017-05-05T12:43:14.977-04:00Hand up for BefOrE before BYGONE and wHaleS for SH...Hand up for BefOrE before BYGONE and wHaleS for SHREWS. That NE quad was empty (or wrong, as in wHaleS) except for yeah baby SALMA until I finally had that ESCAPADE with her to finish off the puz. Did not finish in PEEDEE cue time, but KEPTATIT and got there eventually. <br /><br />I always thought Brown Betty was like an apple crisp, which I donโt consider as a PUDDING. Seems a bit FUZZY there. Figured baked earth terra COTTA made more sense than COTTo as in salami. Pro wrestler? Okay then. Hmmm.<br /><br />I guess if you could mind your Zs and Qs with some Fing also going on, you could navigate the central areas. Kinda had fun with the whole AFFAIRE.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78680295844319390182017-05-05T11:14:50.483-04:002017-05-05T11:14:50.483-04:00This grid contains an astounding 428 Scrabble poin...This grid contains an astounding 428 Scrabble points. I'm offering that as a record (15x15). Can anybody beat it?<br /><br />Easier than yesterday; perhaps easy-medium. It helped to know a name that for many might be obscure: ALONZO--and what a fabulous name for a crossword! There were a couple of hiccups. ENQUIRe because I read "probe" as a verb, and TupPENCE, which is how they say it over there. TWOPENCE might be "proper," but it is never spoken.<br /><br />I liked a lot of the entries, though all the 10-pointers just seemed to say, "Oh, look at me: I can Scrabble-f***!" GUIDE crossing GUIDO is unlovely. I didn't know the Nancy song: if her last name wasn't Sinatra, no one would ever have heard of this zero-talent "singer."<br /><br />Unchallenged DOD is SALMA--that's a gimme. Hey, I actually did the NW first!! I'd give this one a birdie, except I don't want to encourage the SF thing. Sure, we want a bit of crunch in our grid, but this guy went overboard. Par.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75099855843405713372017-05-05T10:43:52.589-04:002017-05-05T10:43:52.589-04:00EPISODE_I: EPICPOEM BEGONE
I was WELLINTO FUZZY, ...EPISODE_I: EPICPOEM BEGONE<br /><br />I was WELLINTO FUZZY, getting a BUZZOFF of some BOOZE,<br />ALAKAZAM, I KEPTATIT, and had AFFAIRES with some SHREWS.<br />My METHODS were CYCLIC, like the COVERAGE of an UZI,<br />with girls of all SIZES, like a SWIMMEET in a JACUZZI.<br />Like QUIXOTE Iโd GUIDE them to SKOR, Iโd suppose<br />an ESCAPADE in the water with TWOPENCE TOMATOES.<br /><br />--- CAPT. GUIDO ALONZO<br /><br />this stream of unconsciousness first published in the OZARKS GAZETTE<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9840409448685031422017-04-03T12:32:08.984-04:002017-04-03T12:32:08.984-04:00I call bullshit on that M16 "fact". The ...I call bullshit on that M16 "fact". The Emile Zola thing sounds pretty suspect as well...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597840542051186447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85275038115654101332017-04-01T18:31:59.407-04:002017-04-01T18:31:59.407-04:00I cannot figure out how to do two letters per squa...I cannot figure out how to do two letters per square with the digital puzzle. Is it even possible?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467134014871739082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69756155834216417602017-04-01T17:57:37.671-04:002017-04-01T17:57:37.671-04:00And so, at the end of the day (to coin a phrase ๐...And so, at the end of the day (to coin a phrase ๐), I still don't know whether QUIZ BOWL is a thing. Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20350678942430532582017-04-01T09:20:26.829-04:002017-04-01T09:20:26.829-04:00That was the worst. As I filled in the crosses (I ...That was the worst. As I filled in the crosses (I first had SPREAD), I was also filling with dread. No... please no... OH GOD THEY ACTUALLY DID IT.Devonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02594009783919795305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42892867024767768662017-04-01T00:14:38.613-04:002017-04-01T00:14:38.613-04:00Forget "cotta/cotto" which means cooked,...Forget "cotta/cotto" which means cooked, not baked.<br />Baked is "al forno"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87676540945826165522017-03-31T22:51:55.856-04:002017-03-31T22:51:55.856-04:00"Twopence" doesn't even exist. When ..."Twopence" doesn't even exist. When you're talking about 2/100ths of a British pound, the phrase Brits use is "tuppence." In other words, a lousy clue with an even lousier answer, one that doesn't even exist in spoken or written British English. The rest of the fill was mostly just as annoying. And what's the deal, as Rex points out, with filling a Friday themeless with so many Z's and Q's? More trying to be clever for clever's sake (see: John Cena). Awful puzzle.ghostoflectricityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353943236869084993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21600934874974905562017-03-31T21:21:18.000-04:002017-03-31T21:21:18.000-04:00As others have noted, COTTA and COTTO are equally ...As others have noted, COTTA and COTTO are equally valid, and the answer is crossed with the name of a pro wrestler whose existence has somehow evaded me, though I'm sure that what he does matters to someone, somewhere. Overall, this puzzle was SMEARY.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485410374923842372noreply@blogger.com