tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post9079950660776349110..comments2024-03-29T04:46:57.646-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: West Coast evergreens / SUN 7-3-11 / 1950s NBC icon / Island visited Captain Cook 1778 / DKNY competitor / Stake metaphorically / Private eye PeterRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17507454412989145042023-01-26T19:47:20.405-05:002023-01-26T19:47:20.405-05:0043 down is incorrect. Should be singular. "...43 down is incorrect. Should be singular. "state" is NDAK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20027737723350949582020-07-05T15:39:37.602-04:002020-07-05T15:39:37.602-04:00I quite agree with Rex: not even yawn-worthy. I t...I quite agree with Rex: not even yawn-worthy. I take it that "coke float" is a common "thing" in some places; I've run into it in *one* deli only, which has "New York style" in its sub-title.<br /><br />The clues for "riata", "nerds", and "gills" are wrong. Several of the fill-in-the-blank clues show a distinct lack of effort.<br /><br />Yes, the existence of the puzzle demonstrates some non-trivial construction capability. However, this is more what I expect from King Syndicate, not NYT.<br />Prunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00224476641730508311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33844835065392600442011-09-03T00:15:06.374-04:002011-09-03T00:15:06.374-04:00Not that anyone will see this, but the Spanish for...Not that anyone will see this, but the Spanish for "rope" is "cuerda." A reata is a lariat or lasso.Chick in Eastonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78567657921855936962011-07-19T15:43:13.849-04:002011-07-19T15:43:13.849-04:00Would be interesting some time to publish the comm...Would be interesting some time to publish the comments before reading Rex's writeup to see if all the sheep still baa the same line. It's a puzzle, not a blueprint for life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74369468728791803142011-07-10T16:40:16.050-04:002011-07-10T16:40:16.050-04:00Hardest part of this puzzle? The instructions on h...Hardest part of this puzzle? The instructions on how to connect the letters to form a simple closed shape. Simple? Maybe for you.Ruthienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61834679853439160782011-07-10T14:50:03.970-04:002011-07-10T14:50:03.970-04:00Hand up for ESOTERa/aSL as the only blemish.
Ot...Hand up for ESOTERa/aSL as the only blemish. <br /><br />Other hand up for never having heard of a COKE FLOAT, though I don't doubt they exist.<br /><br />Red Dog 3:15 PM<br />"Only strangeness was the tush-centricity"<br />Yes. This grid has two DR's in it. I'm sayin' they're both proctologists. (by the way, REAMS appears correctly spelled in the main theme answer).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51996195303850388942011-07-10T12:16:19.081-04:002011-07-10T12:16:19.081-04:00Here in sundicationland* the publication of this p...Here in sundicationland* the publication of this puzzle coincided with the Moxie Festival, an annual celebration in Lisbon Falls, Maine (really!) so I feel it is my civic duty to protest @jackj's use of that beverage as an example of how bad he thought the puzzle to be.<br /><br />My attempt at connecting the letters to complete the drawing resulted in a complete train-wreck so I'm glad my paper's solved grid had the lines drawn in - I guess that could be a COKEFLOAT with only a little imagination.<br /><br />*Yes, I saw that typo, too, but I decided to leave it in because it is so appropriate to the weather here today. And now I am going back out to enjoy it.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37291067531442859242011-07-10T12:08:15.455-04:002011-07-10T12:08:15.455-04:00Wow, so much disdain for a light-hearted romp of a...Wow, so much disdain for a light-hearted romp of a puzzle?! My first theme entries were "chocolate" and "seltzer," so I was just so sure 117 across would be an egg cream, but alas, that didn't fit, even though I tried to force it. <br /><br />This was a VERY rare DNF Sunday for me. I absolutely could NOT puzzle my way through the extreme SW. RULE ONE? MRI SCAN? And I had CAKE FLOAT before the more obvious answer finally came to me. <br /><br />Agree with Armin that YSL and DKNY have not nor ever will be competitors as well as with Matt re DPI being a print measurement (dots per inch). Screen resolution is more correctly PPI (pixels per inch). However, Wiki tells me that DPI is, indeed, also sometimes used to describe video resolution.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675331024091722316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65287806983354277532011-07-10T11:20:30.969-04:002011-07-10T11:20:30.969-04:00Finished with no help, but for two single letter e...Finished with no help, but for two single letter errors: did not know what 31d was, so I guessed at 35a, "Reversal of sorts," and came up with HURL, a reversal of peristalsis. Seemed OK to me. And the other was a pure Natick at 75a/61d. I know neither of those foreign comestibles, so I guessed to put A instead of O in there.<br /> Couple of points: I understand why RP finishes even the puzzles he doesn't like. Relative to this site, it's his "job." I mean, that's the title of the page: "Rex Parker Solves the New York Times Crossword Puzzle." So...he solves it. This one, for me, could've done without all the circled letters and dot-to-dots. There was one a while back with a die cube, with all O's where the pips should be; that was pure genius. But mostly, we should leave the rebuses to the rebus page.<br /> A line from one of my favorite films, The Shawshank Redemption, validates the 32a entry: [Red describing his feeling of being "institutionalized" when he has to ask permission to go to the bathroom] "I couldn't squeeze a drop without SAYSO."<br /> There is much to like here, starting with the incomparable GEENA Davis, whom I dig to the nth degree. SINATRA the "artisan" is a nugget, and so are RULEONE, NEWBIES and ARSENAL--though their more heated rivalry is with Liverpool. I attended a match between those two; we all survived it, but some not by much. For these GEMS we have to pay our dues (lest we be in ARREARS). AIL crossing ASSAIL scrapes the blackboard for me. And now this ramble has "come to" ANEND. SEEYA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87296787960912459402011-07-07T04:28:06.758-04:002011-07-07T04:28:06.758-04:00Coke floats are common in the South and especially...Coke floats are common in the South and especially within a five-hour radius of Atlanta. Surprised others have not heard of them--had them all the time growing up but middle aged waistline is putting the kibosh on that.Cathelouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11546948747589294162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73589125724083957022011-07-06T23:01:39.708-04:002011-07-06T23:01:39.708-04:008 Down clue is: It's crunched. Answer: Data. ...8 Down clue is: It's crunched. Answer: Data. Oh boy. Data is plural! So it should be "They're crunched."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2987498704797984272011-07-06T08:45:29.400-04:002011-07-06T08:45:29.400-04:00Clue: 7/3/11's Crossword Puzzle.
Answer: B-O-...Clue: 7/3/11's Crossword Puzzle. <br />Answer: B-O-R-I-N-G. <br /><br />C'mon Will, you can do a better job at picking something halfway interesting...or send it back for some tweaking. when I roll my eyes more than twice in a puzzle I know it's a dud.Annienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28720157917409990842011-07-05T13:19:03.339-04:002011-07-05T13:19:03.339-04:00I forgot to mention the equally awkward SW corner ...I forgot to mention the equally awkward SW corner phrase RULEONE (I've heard "rule number one" or "number one rule", but not "rule one"). That's four awkward phrases in that tiny corner.<br /><br />Word verification: blemeter, as in "this puzzle gets a 10 on my ble meter".ahechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04829062560611567654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39537763231623831292011-07-05T13:02:54.670-04:002011-07-05T13:02:54.670-04:00SW was a horrible mess of awkward phrases, with CO...SW was a horrible mess of awkward phrases, with COKEFLOAT (never heard that phrase, it's always a rootbeer float or just a "float"), SEATRIP (again, who would ever use that phrase), and MRISCAN (people talk about "CAT scans" and "PET scans", but just call an MRI an MRI). Add to that the obscure ILEX and the incorrect RFDS (technically, the routing code is the RR or "rural route", not the RFD) and even the clever cluing on RUNES couldn't make that part of the puzzle fun.ahechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04829062560611567654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49659528754287434222011-07-04T18:08:38.096-04:002011-07-04T18:08:38.096-04:00Not only was this an uninspired puzzle, but 31 dow...Not only was this an uninspired puzzle, but 31 down "Meas. of screen resolution" is DPI, which is a false answer. DPI applies to printed resolution, not screen resolution. Screen resolution is measured in pixels.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58038939676144516482011-07-04T17:26:58.946-04:002011-07-04T17:26:58.946-04:00I can not believe the whining & complaining!! ...I can not believe the whining & complaining!! This was a cute, fun puzzle. Also, Baseball Tonight is my favorite show & the Web Gems segment is the best part. Any puzzle with an ESPN clue is fine by me. Sometimes I think that Rex is like that guy in high school who criticizes everything because it's not cool to like something. Then others follow suit. He reminds me of the one kid in my calculus class who always criticized Pearl Jam & their "meaningless lyrics".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85088575334248601152011-07-04T09:56:53.632-04:002011-07-04T09:56:53.632-04:0039D - Anal. There, you've got the NYT in a nu...39D - Anal. There, you've got the NYT in a nutshell -- now even the puzzle!Palamedesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52041523155797261942011-07-03T22:32:09.961-04:002011-07-03T22:32:09.961-04:00Oh, way too late to point this out, but an EMBRYO ...Oh, way too late to point this out, but an EMBRYO is not a baby baby, or any other kind of baby. It becomes a baby when it is born.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9454958000083425872011-07-03T22:04:21.554-04:002011-07-03T22:04:21.554-04:00@Red Dog: LOL on the subtheme.
Finished with no ...@Red Dog: LOL on the subtheme.<br /><br />Finished with no errors, but agree that lots of the fill was pretty poor.<br /><br />Liked: PURL, UMBER, LETS, EMBRYO.<br /><br />Never heard of SIDERITE.JenCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290169184354765840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37112517625099749882011-07-03T20:34:15.334-04:002011-07-03T20:34:15.334-04:00@sparky 10:12 My recollection of the one who had D...@sparky 10:12 My recollection of the one who had Dagmar on his show was JERRY LESTER. <br /><br />@Armin 2:39 No one would SAY SOS on a radio message. It's sent in Morse code as ... --- ... which is easy to remember and transmit.ksquarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181873595483296089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46773678123271059492011-07-03T19:10:15.567-04:002011-07-03T19:10:15.567-04:00@jberg- DAMN straight-- varieties of okra I can bu...@jberg- DAMN straight-- varieties of okra I can buy in plural. Also, thanks for the okra/curry idea. I have already been looking at recipes on the web.<br /><br />We are getting a smidgeonette of rain here in the Santa Fe/Los Alamos area this afternoon--so verrry welcome!santafefrannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41928094958045434272011-07-03T18:05:22.823-04:002011-07-03T18:05:22.823-04:00Enjoyable: thinking about ice cream sodas and all ...Enjoyable: thinking about ice cream sodas and all the nice trivia about them.<br /><br />Less enjoyable: the fill, especially OKRAS. DNF, never thought of MEAT at 1A,so tried GIST, GERM, and GEST as a possible variant of the first, making it impossible (for me) to see MOB at 1D, even when, after about two hours trying to fit PEACOCK in at 23A, I finally thought of Milton BERLE.<br /><br />I agree that you can't deep-fry OKRAS, only okra, but you can use it in a sentence, as someone already pointed out: Seed dealer: "Most of your okras really need a long hot summer, but we have a new variety that will produce in zone 5." Wish it were true, as I love the vegetable - not so much deep-fried but sliced thin and sauteed quickly with curry spices. Try it! I had it in a Chinese restaurant once (Phoenix Cafe in London) and was able to reproduce it more-or-less at home.<br /><br />I couldn't even attempt the drawing, as all my writeovers made it impossible to see where the circles were.jberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53177440134661512792011-07-03T17:14:46.869-04:002011-07-03T17:14:46.869-04:00@JaxinLA: oops, guess I don't have you e-mail ...@JaxinLA: oops, guess I don't have you e-mail address. Thought I did. I just checked your profile--we have lots in common. I'll call.quilter1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09569747169212018177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44563321129451433102011-07-03T17:09:06.813-04:002011-07-03T17:09:06.813-04:00@JaxinLA: you didn't miss me. I'm e-mailin...@JaxinLA: you didn't miss me. I'm e-mailing you and I save your number.<br /><br />Forgot to say in my printout from the website I got neither a puzzle note or circles. But I didn't care. I don't draw on puzzles either.quilter1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09569747169212018177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78651875357084405092011-07-03T16:47:38.282-04:002011-07-03T16:47:38.282-04:00@jackj, I know, but if I had said so it wouldn'...@jackj, I know, but if I had said so it wouldn't have sounded like much of a rant!Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.com