tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post9173577990110569805..comments2024-03-29T06:46:32.237-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Native of central Caucasus / SAT 7-23-11 / Big mystery during summer of 1980 / Ancient rival of Assyria / Friendly things in old adsRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39271279451041038342022-02-15T03:26:12.593-05:002022-02-15T03:26:12.593-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.firoz mahmudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343530801426686530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32823573986931969592012-07-23T11:48:28.296-04:002012-07-23T11:48:28.296-04:00This puzzle came up as today's puzzle which se...This puzzle came up as today's puzzle which seemed rather difficult for a Monday (<i>still finished it though</i>) on the Times Reader electronic edition. Trying to keep the paper glut down around the house didn't pay off today. SMHGrayfarer https://www.blogger.com/profile/09501388626262922795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23631934765347698132011-08-28T17:50:01.941-04:002011-08-28T17:50:01.941-04:00"Oh God" should not be tossed around lig..."Oh God" should not be tossed around lightly (10A) Ever heard of the 2nd Commandment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62575163360072676292011-08-28T07:03:51.756-04:002011-08-28T07:03:51.756-04:00This one would have been hard with straightforward...This one would have been hard with straightforward clues. But THESE clues? They were provided by the same character who cuts the cups at Augusta on Sunday: an out-and-out sadist! Alexander's need? String shortener? Courier alternative? Yikes. Mysteries wrapped in riddles inside enigmas.<br /> It's a shame, too, because of all the wonderful words. You've already gone through the whole list. Oh, I got it, with lots of painful Googling, but it seemed more like work than recreation. I don't mean, just a fill-in-the-squares grid like we get two of in the other paper, but something to exercise the brain a little without sending it to the Brain Olympics!<br /><br />dersesse: Informally, the German version of Sesame Street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85850107413086890852011-08-27T15:11:43.538-04:002011-08-27T15:11:43.538-04:00@anonymous I miss the great WZ@anonymous I miss the great WZrolandgunnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35837974608309916762011-08-27T12:22:00.688-04:002011-08-27T12:22:00.688-04:00"Ran the alphabet at -IN, hit GIN"
I sh...<i> "Ran the alphabet at -IN, hit GIN" </i><br />I should have considered doing this once I got THE WIRE. But I already had mAdE NO PEACE in place and felt confident enough that was correct. So I finish with two errors and resolve to remember REEVE. Ironically I did consider hAVE NO PEACE because I <i>wanted</i> REEVE at 30a, but blew it off because of the wrong tense. Never thought of GAVE. Should have run the alphabet!<br /><br />"pec pic, perhaps"... I was ready for SEXT this time, but alas, not enough letters.<br /><br />Regardless of whether the clue is accurate, should WIFI really be crossed with WIRE?<br /><br />@Vega 12:45 PM - Don't be silly. Why would a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSc8qVMjKM" rel="nofollow">werewolf</a> be drinking a pina colada at a grocery store?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72364225196618418072011-08-27T08:41:25.566-04:002011-08-27T08:41:25.566-04:00Sorry to be adding so late as i am a syndicated so...Sorry to be adding so late as i am a syndicated solver. I was well on my way to my fastest ever Saturday (right after my fastest Friday) and couldn't get "tax return.". Nobody else had a gripe with "Silver ---, Md.". How about "Sil. ---" to indicate an abbreviation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57311481135587563192011-07-24T11:48:24.173-04:002011-07-24T11:48:24.173-04:00Thanks, @+wordphan! Here's a link to the wikip...Thanks, @+wordphan! Here's a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_(cocktail)" rel="nofollow">link</a> to the wikipedia page for the Alexander. It's an older cocktail that the Brandy Alexander is based on. (Let's be serious, though. When the variation in created in the Roaring 20s and the original is even older, you know you're into Saturday-land.) <br /><br />And I've definitely started down the path of thinking like Rex. It's a good thing.Christynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88991326142020252082011-07-24T03:01:57.490-04:002011-07-24T03:01:57.490-04:00Mazel Tov, @Christy. I've been with Rex, so to...Mazel Tov, @Christy. I've been with Rex, so to speak, for YEARS and I think one starts to think like he does. Weird. BTW, I STILL don't get the Alexander thing; gin doesn't work for me. Stay cool, my friends.+wordphanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05693465770426693314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73529179736915870572011-07-24T02:43:29.353-04:002011-07-24T02:43:29.353-04:00I've been working on NYTimes puzzles for a sol...I've been working on NYTimes puzzles for a solid year now, and this is the first Saturday that I've ever finished! It took a team of library students (and one math student), but we solved it. I just wanted to share my utter elation. I'm seriously considering framing the puzzle, and I'm definitely hanging it up in my cubicle. Thanks, Rex and others, for being such a delightful and consistent part of my crossword experience.Christynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69404030658627810532011-07-24T02:14:15.495-04:002011-07-24T02:14:15.495-04:00Fun!
So late to this party, I can only comment on...Fun!<br /><br />So late to this party, I can only comment on what others have said!<br /><br />Two-dayer for me as I went to bed with the NE not filled in.<br />(@Jax, you should have tried again...once I got CAPO and HOCKEY the rest slowly and painfully came, tho I doubted NORsE/OsSET and, as a paper solver, don't have a Mr. Happy Pencil to confirm...<br /><br />Uncannily like @Rex straight down the line!<br />AHA about Brandy Alexander, last fill was first S in OSSET, am disconcerted that old things are well within my purview and on and on...all is right in the world!<br /><br />I also thought J for JETE was more likely as the first letter, but it was weird as JETSTREAM was the first answer in the Acrostic last Sunday.<br />I accidentally saw in Deb Amlen's write up when I was trying to download the puzzle. I was SO bummed to have that as a spoiler and kept trying to solve the puzzle as tho I didn't know that was in there to see how I would have done.<br /><br />@Sheena is a Punk Rocker 10:04am,<br />WHA??? Well, thank you if that is supposed to be a compliment!<br />Clearly we have not met, or have we?<br /><br />@Smitty<br />I too loved the REVENGE/GAZPACHO same clue...and, like @Nancy "WHereswaldo" went thru my head.<br /><br />@MatthewG<br />I'm with you about the whole WIFI/Hotspot thing...<br /><br />@Two Ponies, Chip Hilton<br />HORSEHOCKEY = M*A*S*H, that's right!!! THAT's where I had heard it...from Col Potter!!!!!!atria capo michaels or maybe that chick in the Friendly Skies commercialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27134683831028471422011-07-23T20:33:07.534-04:002011-07-23T20:33:07.534-04:00a grass "stain" is something from the ya...a grass "stain" is something from the yard that "sticks" to you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5198475076842457542011-07-23T19:59:37.708-04:002011-07-23T19:59:37.708-04:00Re:3 down -Never considered ""cell compo...Re:3 down -Never considered ""cell composition in terms of a cell phone. I thought it referred to Micosoft exel in that each cell contains text.jburgsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9223884036407220222011-07-23T18:51:42.194-04:002011-07-23T18:51:42.194-04:00Snaps to @600 for best posts of the day. And, @jb...Snaps to @600 for best posts of the day. And, @jberg, the Third District Court of Appeal in California still uses Courier (maybe Couruier New, not that there's really any difference) for its opinions for some reason, so you don't have to be over 50 -- but it helps. How many other people remember using different balls (or whatever the heck they were called) for different typefaces on an IBM Selectric? Just call me Geezer Norm.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032302346488486116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8874062861924732172011-07-23T18:38:40.299-04:002011-07-23T18:38:40.299-04:00Easier-than-usual Saturday for me. Liked this one ...Easier-than-usual Saturday for me. Liked this one a lot except for osset. Unusually good clues and fill.michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55031559104789189962011-07-23T17:55:02.360-04:002011-07-23T17:55:02.360-04:00@DocJohn, VERY cool piece of word trivia on shire ...@DocJohn, VERY cool piece of word trivia on shire REEVE. Thanks! I may actually remember Reeve now. <br /><br />That must mean that Christopher Reeve had some town leaders in his family tree. I really miss him. Great guy, talented actor, and interesting writer even after the riding accident that put him in a wheelchair. Slightly off topic, but what the heck...JaxInL.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13792405579998093081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57159298342075969232011-07-23T16:41:01.476-04:002011-07-23T16:41:01.476-04:00@Glimmerglass thanks - I missed that!@Glimmerglass thanks - I missed that!Smittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939710008630124836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53747886576565174342011-07-23T15:16:47.930-04:002011-07-23T15:16:47.930-04:00Overall, an enjoyable puzzle.
Did you know that th...Overall, an enjoyable puzzle.<br />Did you know that the word "sheriff" comes from the words "shire REEVE?"<br />Colonel Potter used to say HORSE HOCKEY all the time.Doc Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12540112168511893896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13788789881383866102011-07-23T15:05:50.207-04:002011-07-23T15:05:50.207-04:00Perfect Saturday puzzle. Hard to think of a puzzl...Perfect Saturday puzzle. Hard to think of a puzzle with more great fill. <br /><br />CAPO gave me the cold sweats as I thought back to the divot I put in my one-day-old Guild 12-string when I mishandled one back in 1969. <br /><br />Col. Sherman T. Potter would've summed it up thusly, "HORSEHOCKEY!"Chip Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944056030047563287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22599834170591207932011-07-23T14:23:34.926-04:002011-07-23T14:23:34.926-04:00@Anon B--TEXTs are composed on one's cell phon...@Anon B--TEXTs are composed on one's cell phone.<br /><br />Hurrah! I knew one! While I'm at it, thanks to all of you for the help with ATRIA. <br /><br />Three and out . . .600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41090420815901736742011-07-23T14:07:08.937-04:002011-07-23T14:07:08.937-04:00I may have missed it. Why is TEXT
the answer to &q...I may have missed it. Why is TEXT<br />the answer to "cell composition"?ANON Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90770337299341195582011-07-23T13:51:42.398-04:002011-07-23T13:51:42.398-04:00@Nancy: Courier and Arial are both fonts. So ARI...@Nancy: Courier and Arial are both fonts. So ARIAL is a {Courier alternative}.Matthew G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07957320012395569238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10040906086772111952011-07-23T13:18:41.421-04:002011-07-23T13:18:41.421-04:00My Kentucky father always used hockey when referri...My Kentucky father always used hockey when referring to the good old "s"word...so horsehockey seemed quite right to me! I managed to finish without too much trouble today...no googling...Sydneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43979656599167242932011-07-23T13:06:47.698-04:002011-07-23T13:06:47.698-04:00Alexander Recipe<a href="http://www.drinknation.com/drinks/Alexander" rel="nofollow">Alexander Recipe</a>Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87823991604403896882011-07-23T13:02:11.884-04:002011-07-23T13:02:11.884-04:00Trader Joe's is the store Vega. Trader Vic'...Trader Joe's is the store Vega. Trader Vic's is where wise guys hang out with their goomahs.Bassetwranglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443084803287278490noreply@blogger.com