tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1009849680363036209..comments2024-03-28T04:40:27.172-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Virginia willow's genus / SAT 2-11-17 / 1973 Tony nominee for Little Night Music / Deliciously different sloganeerRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43543902444990771102017-03-20T17:27:02.596-04:002017-03-20T17:27:02.596-04:00I always like puzzles where Tino shows up. I I wen...I always like puzzles where Tino shows up. I I went to college with him. Tim Woltmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192143833437346284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83999013993362884342017-03-18T17:26:58.239-04:002017-03-18T17:26:58.239-04:00Okay, here's the deal. My first thought for &...Okay, here's the deal. My first thought for "netted" was SEINED. When RTE appeared, LASER TAG went right in. Sometimes it just happens. So the North west was toast right there, dayum (@M&A). Next came the Southeast. I actually zipped through that, too. Then the Southwest, which took a little more time, especially since Corn State had to be Nebraska, because "cornhuskers", and so "Omahan" or "Omahawn" just *had* to work, but no. However, since I had considered cornhuskers, HAWKEYE came to me,<br /><br />That middle section was the most challenging, and like others, the I for LEHI was a semi-intelligent guess, assuming it is pronounced like Lehigh.<br /><br />Rarely can I slap down SEINED, SKY, ONE LAP, SHEET, ALTHO, EAN, and maybe something else, and it works. So, on the basis that I finished this one relatively quickly, I liked it, but admit there some iffy answers.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31456431157303427252017-03-18T14:29:28.974-04:002017-03-18T14:29:28.974-04:00Wouldn't this qualify as a rare (if ever) Satu...Wouldn't this qualify as a rare (if ever) Saturday theme puzzle?<br /><br />Theme: "unSTOIC SPASMS of exclamatory". Don't like it? Well, don't HAVE A COW!<br /><br />The LEHI/ITEA/SHEET cluster got me. Reluctantly stayed with LElo/oTEA/SlEET. SHEET of ice is okay as a "unit"; SHEET of rain is okay, too, but doesn't strike me as a "unit". LEHI/ITEA were simply out of reach.<br /><br />DARN!leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3334322461311099662017-03-18T14:24:10.645-04:002017-03-18T14:24:10.645-04:00Nowhere near finishing. Too many PPP not in my wh...Nowhere near finishing. Too many PPP not in my wheelhouse. <br /><br />Liked the sub clue. <br /><br />This Saturday SUNDAE was a treat eaten with a primitive instrument. I'm just not GEEKCHIC.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21946538289698876042017-03-18T11:12:00.797-04:002017-03-18T11:12:00.797-04:00Well, IDECLARE this PUP should have been rejected ...Well, IDECLARE this PUP should have been rejected on the strength--er, weakness of that 100% Natick alone. City (CITY!?!) on Utah Lake, and it's NOT Orem????? And Provo's out: 5 letters. There is no way, unless you're a...Lehite?, you are going to get this, crossing--my God, a plant genus! Okay, throw in a couple of botanists. And our intrepid own @rondo, who happened to do a drive-thru. Me? I took three Scrabble tiles, A, I, O, threw 'em into a hat and picked one out. It was the I, lucky me. Sure, anything where I can't win money. Story of my life.<br /><br />So, I finished, but am not proud. Way too many exclamations, for one thing. My only comment there is to recall the late Gig Young's oft-repeated line in his Oscar performance in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" "YOWZAH YOWZAH YOWZAH!",,,etc.<br /><br />No, with all respect to Ms. Barrymore, she's just not DOD material; neither is the Wendy of WENDYS. But how about Wendy Williams? Works for me. There are some good moments here, but overall this is unacceptable IMO. Mr. Shortz must have been desperate this time. Double bogey.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84770998972373061442017-03-18T10:01:49.593-04:002017-03-18T10:01:49.593-04:00WEASEL HOLD
IDECLARE it USEDTOBE BADKARMA to expe...WEASEL HOLD<br /><br />IDECLARE it USEDTOBE BADKARMA to expect<br />the DREWS and WENDYS to ASPIRE to or condone<br />giving your DARN SALAMI ABEAT while ERECT<br />and SOOTHE that ACHE if you could ACTALONE.<br /><br />--- KEN CARIOU<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60845144100879486022017-03-18T09:04:23.712-04:002017-03-18T09:04:23.712-04:00About a half hour today with the same food issues ...About a half hour today with the same food issues in the middle as OFL - SALAds and RAWEelS with a Ilu and a YOWZer tossed in as well. So all inkfesty there. Might not have made it through if I hadn’t driven through LEHI a few years back. That four letter spot was an Orem trap waiting to happen.<br /><br />I really only know Len CARIOU from Blue Bloods where he plays Tom Selleck’s dad. Turns out in real life Mr. CARIOU is only 6 years older than Mr. Selleck. GEEWHIZ!<br /><br />SEINED didn’t bother me at all. If you’ve ever been up to the shores of Lake Superior in the spring, you’ve probably SEINED smelt during their annual run, like I have.<br /><br />Never really thought DREW Barrymore could be RATEDA yeah baby, ALTHO since that’s all there is, she gets it today.<br /><br />Whole lotta exclaimin’ goin’ on in this puz and it felt kinda clunky for me TODO.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35343008903616944802017-02-14T12:24:26.192-05:002017-02-14T12:24:26.192-05:00Best research suggests that Cesarean doesn't d...Best research suggests that Cesarean doesn't derive from the nature of Caesar's birth. Caesar's mother lived for many years, while the first recorded maternal survival of C-section was in the 1580's. Likelier etymology is Latin cognate for "cutting", as also with scissors or scythe, and corrupted into cesarean. Thus "section" - here meaning "cutting", as dissection, resection,vivisection - is redundant. It would be better to refer to "birth by cesarean" or "birth by uterine section". <br /><br />The spelling of "Caesar" in the clue is an eponymous reference and thus very likely an error attributable to folk etymology. Harveydocnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69250973061049264402017-02-14T10:28:35.499-05:002017-02-14T10:28:35.499-05:00I stand corrected. http://blog.dictionary.com/just...I stand corrected. http://blog.dictionary.com/just-deserts/<br />"The particular sense of desert that appears in just deserts ultimately derives from the Old French verb deservir meaning “to deserve,” and has been around in English since the late 1200s. Dictionary.com defines desert as “reward or punishment that is deserved.” The idiom get/receive one’s just deserts means “to be punished or rewarded in a manner appropriate to one’s actions or behavior.”serabluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135254081718748322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78665639213022861452017-02-14T10:11:16.451-05:002017-02-14T10:11:16.451-05:00I noticed this too, thought it was a typo in the c...I noticed this too, thought it was a typo in the clue, which disappointed meserabluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135254081718748322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33054239259843758922017-02-14T09:41:17.864-05:002017-02-14T09:41:17.864-05:00As a collector, I believe there is a cluing error ...As a collector, I believe there is a cluing error in this puzzle. 29 down is clued as "Hot Wheels Product." Hot Wheels is a brand owned by Mattel. Toy car is a Hot Wheels product line. More properly, this would have been, "Mattel product."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02318982722760211092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85217177173315183592017-02-13T14:08:36.061-05:002017-02-13T14:08:36.061-05:00I often think that Rex is too much of a grump but ...I often think that Rex is too much of a grump but this was awful. I had "wowzer" forever, not knowing hoot about any actor in "Rent."<br /><br />No animosity that I couldn't finish the middle--this was just a terrible puzzle. Gee Whiz, Yahoo, Yowzah, Doh and Darn it all to hell.Ray Yuenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06936297211245261885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89469152045742014292017-02-12T09:59:24.345-05:002017-02-12T09:59:24.345-05:00http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/1/153378/-
...http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/1/153378/-<br /><br />FEMA notoriously delivered immense quantities of ice in response to hurricane Katrina at immense expense. It was of no use to the victims of that disaster - "JUST ICE FOR ALL"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146302947676707178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46859764442584216072017-02-12T09:33:42.360-05:002017-02-12T09:33:42.360-05:00@Sallie... the rice with raw egg was quite good. E...@Sallie... the rice with raw egg was quite good. Especially those first couple of yolky forkfuls after breaking the yolk. I was over it, though, by the end. Maybe more soy sauce would have jazzed it up. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286444400106651559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77749627373253601292017-02-12T04:32:47.200-05:002017-02-12T04:32:47.200-05:00@Dick Swart
Thank you! Of course, THAT's how ...@Dick Swart<br />Thank you! Of course, THAT's how I knew Len CARIOU! My highschool was next door to the Guthrie and I saw him in half a dozen productions while growing up in Mpls in the 70s!!!<br /><br />Cariou + b = Caribou for you cryptic constructors out there!Acmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57285595997711454192017-02-12T00:16:57.022-05:002017-02-12T00:16:57.022-05:00It was only in the London production. When it move...It was only in the London production. When it moved to Broadway it was rewritten and retitled "Now That I've Seen Her" and "Her Ir Me" has never been used again. Not a great clue.suetoniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089844773327546842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8928581232790523732017-02-11T21:07:18.422-05:002017-02-11T21:07:18.422-05:00Played tough for me, but enjoyably tough, sussing ...Played tough for me, but enjoyably tough, sussing out the misdirection on COHOST, LAWS, PUPS, SPASMS. CARIOU was the first thing I filled in since I saw the musical when it was new and later met the actor when he directed a show at a theater where I served as communications director and TINO Martinez saved me from DNF because who ever heard of SEINED? You can put that in trash bin with ITEA and LEHI as far as I'm concerned. And, where would you (well probably not all of you) be on a Saturday without what Rex calls "junk fill" to help you get a fingernail hold in some sectors. Let's hear it for Saturday junk fill! @LindaPRmavennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3887455606470299482017-02-11T20:36:15.579-05:002017-02-11T20:36:15.579-05:00I am proud that I got this in 61 minutes when I w...I am proud that I got this in 61 minutes when I was pretty sure about 40 minutes in it was going to be a DNF. I had absolutely no chance with CARIOU. For a while it was CARUSO, then CARINA, then CARERE (SALAME could work, I thought), then CARERA. It was only when I realized that PUPS are possibly weighed in (dog) pounds that I figured the last three letters of that were vowels. <br /><br />Wife said that WENDYS couldn't work because their slogan was "Quality is our recipe." How long ago did that change?Sherm Reinhardthttp://www.breakfastwithpandora.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30418277408621282432017-02-11T19:47:10.700-05:002017-02-11T19:47:10.700-05:00Coming here very late, so I won't say much. Fo...Coming here very late, so I won't say much. Fortunately, salix wouldn't fit at 58D; I guess maybe the Virginia willow isn't a true willow.<br /><br />Anyway, I had the E already when I got to 57A, so OREM didn't stand a chance; instead, I thought maybe Utah Lake was on the Nevada border, and tried RENO. That really held me up.<br /><br />Seems like tamago kaka rohan is just the Korean dish Bibimbap with a lot of the ingredients left out. Delicious, I bet.<br /><br />jberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80469487084946866282017-02-11T19:15:41.254-05:002017-02-11T19:15:41.254-05:00This one was schizophrenia for me. Blew through th...This one was schizophrenia for me. Blew through the left side in a hurry, then got hung up on the right for what seemed like forever.<br /><br />In the SW it didn't help that SOLID, STAID and STOIC all seemed possibles for Not easily moved, and all had two letters in the same place. Also kept trying to fit in GEEKWARE and STAY_COOL but neither of those was working.Robinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49025452061732882392017-02-11T19:01:24.706-05:002017-02-11T19:01:24.706-05:00Len Cariou is not just a Tony nominee but a Tony w...Len Cariou is not just a Tony nominee but a Tony winner for Sweeney Todd. Moreover, he's currently a regular on Blue Bloods, a long running network hit series. Rex, try to realize that answers that may seem impossible to you are easier for others and, more importantly, vice versa. addisondewitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048396060472053931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73597412613769795882017-02-11T18:55:35.887-05:002017-02-11T18:55:35.887-05:00Exactly. Wanted Rohaytn or Carey. Loved Koch but ...Exactly. Wanted Rohaytn or Carey. Loved Koch but the pieces were all lined up by 1978. Great cheerleader though. dm3000https://www.blogger.com/profile/12053238727094376741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27024281724213892692017-02-11T17:50:38.047-05:002017-02-11T17:50:38.047-05:00Kinda what OFL said, but I would have said it more...Kinda what OFL said, but I would have said it more nicely. I certainly would rate this Saturday effort on the hard side of medium. Lots of missteps as a result of those devious misdirections as already mentioned. Solving progressed trudgingly, then lumbered into the area around the Gulf of Mexico and seized up. Sit and stare. Clock spins on the wall like in a film on TCM. Patience is a virtue and virtue is its own reward. <br /><br />I, too, wondered about that city that I'd never heard of, but my phone tells me that some refer to it as LEHI City, so there's that. <br /><br />I don't understand the whole anti-science movement and am glad that billionaires support philanthropy, but some folks make too much money. Then again, I was but a lowly school teacher on the public dole. <br /><br />I wouldn't touch that whole zebra discussion with a ten foot pole. Off to take a shower with not one, but multiples DREWS.<br /><br /> Larry Gilstraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493069947477383208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80314511594549138182017-02-11T16:54:32.087-05:002017-02-11T16:54:32.087-05:00Somehow got it all. The last letter in was the LE...Somehow got it all. The last letter in was the LEHI/ITEA crossing. Nothing but a guess. GEEKwear first, as mentioned by several others.<br /><br />I rather enjoyed the struggle. And that's exactly what it was.Chip Hiltonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16175817566849919982017-02-11T16:48:11.780-05:002017-02-11T16:48:11.780-05:00For all our sakes, here's hoping Esmé Patterso...For all our sakes, here's hoping <a href="http://www.npr.org/event/music/514314206/esm-patterson-tiny-desk-concert" rel="nofollow">Esmé Patterson</a> makes it big.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.com