tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post119170261794309754..comments2024-03-28T17:19:36.949-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Muse invoked in Paradise Lose / THU 5-18-17 / StarKist competitor / Subject of Chekhov's Cherry Orchard / Island capital named for European royal houseRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58171536030914093562017-06-22T20:28:30.300-04:002017-06-22T20:28:30.300-04:00I lived in/near Philly for many years, and a good ...I lived in/near Philly for many years, and a good friend worked for SEPTA. However, there is a BART-style subway to Camden, NJ, and I couldn't remember its name. But the S gave the answer away.<br /><br />Question of the day. Why did the chicken cross the road twice? Answer: She was a double crosser.<br /><br />Short post today - just had another 8-hour dental dentathon. Yow.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords and 8 more crownsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90059135224469043402017-06-22T19:30:45.481-04:002017-06-22T19:30:45.481-04:00This was a hugely fun slog for me. Got the theme e...This was a hugely fun slog for me. Got the theme early on, but struggled with the bulk of the fill. The thing is, each time I saw the correct answer it was an "aha--ok that's fair" moment.<br /><br />Nice one, Mr Stulberg.straylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81731666388611008222017-06-22T19:29:53.856-04:002017-06-22T19:29:53.856-04:00@rain forest--Yeah, I see. Sometimes I can be too ...@rain forest--Yeah, I see. Sometimes I can be too thin-skinned. Yesterday may be one of those times.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42858396555037919872017-06-22T16:28:59.392-04:002017-06-22T16:28:59.392-04:00@leftcoastTAM - My comment yesterday wasn't in...@leftcoastTAM - My comment yesterday wasn't intended to be a jab. I was trying to be humourous, as is my wont once in a while. You win some...rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41126073791176761522017-06-22T16:21:10.930-04:002017-06-22T16:21:10.930-04:00Lots of love for this puzzle, and I concur. Some ...Lots of love for this puzzle, and I concur. Some found it easy, but with that I don't agree. Took me a long time, not in getting the very clever them, once I ditched the idea that the rebus was ROAD or an anagram thereof. I had to get it at PLAY*, and *RUNNER, because here in Canada, I don't think we have either Starkist or CHICKEN OF THE SEA. <br /><br />The cluing in this gem was exquisite. You could see the care that went into the construction. The clue I had the most trouble with was "Most nuts". I couldn't get off a "shell" or "tree" idea for the longest time. <br /><br />No dreck. Much wittiness and wordplay. Sneaky theme and a great revealer with maybe Le Coq D'OR as a bonus. Wonderful puzzle.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63546115812181067282017-06-22T14:42:44.136-04:002017-06-22T14:42:44.136-04:00Easy rebus, amusing theme.
The tough parts were e...Easy rebus, amusing theme.<br /><br />The tough parts were elsewhere: RENT, URANIA, RENEGADE, NOVAE, ATKINS, ESTATE, USDA. Yeah, they looked a lot easier after getting them.<br /><br />Have to question the "Most nuts" clue for INSANEST. Shouldn't it have been "most nutty"? It really needed the superlative form, I think.<br /><br />Took more time to finish than I like, but it was a good Thursday workout.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86278641103401926842017-06-22T14:04:51.663-04:002017-06-22T14:04:51.663-04:00If we’re gonna have a rebus it might as well be un...If we’re gonna have a rebus it might as well be unique. And the CHICKEN crossing the ROAD is just that. Got the riddle right away along with the whole NW area, but in the NE my ROAD was bypass/ergESS/ACCESS and sAt for LAY. Elsewhere BEAUs and NOVAs.<br /><br />Never made it to the BAREXAM, gotta finish law school first. No matter how I look at that answer I keep seeing BARE EXAM or BARE XAM, which I’m all FORE. Gotta check FORE deer ticks.<br /><br />Maybe one OPTS FORE Sara SIDLE as portrayed by yeah baby Jorja Fox?<br /><br />Nice idea, well executed, all-time INSANEST rebus.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58711060066930726782017-06-22T13:50:13.640-04:002017-06-22T13:50:13.640-04:00Had chicken and road right away. I worked the puzz...Had chicken and road right away. I worked the puzzle, and ignored the theme. Blend of easy and tricky parts. Good one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73292046300953706352017-06-22T10:45:18.820-04:002017-06-22T10:45:18.820-04:00I loved this puzzle, but I HATE, HATE, HATE it whe...I loved this puzzle, but I HATE, HATE, HATE it when OFL is so damn SMUG as to call it easy-medium. There was NOTHING easy about it. I almost didn't even get started! Finally recalled SEPTA, having been to the City of Brotherly Love several times. I was hung up for too long thinking that the adverb of 12-down was "merrily," forgetting all about GENTLY till much later. I thought I was dealing with some 2-letter rebus there, instead of the 2-WORD one--which I latched onto at sq. 19 after some skullwork.<br /><br />Look at these clues. HOW in the world can you call this easy? "y=2x" is, true enough, an equation that can be represented by a LINE on a graph--but as a CLUE for "LINE?" Strictly Saturday. I wound up finishing this--and amazingly without even a writeover--but easy? Ridiculous. WHY indeed do you do that to me, Fearless One?<br /><br />With no apparent DOD, I have to stretch a point and go with a spouse: the lovely Sibi BALE. Now there's some good taste, Charlie! Triumph factor off the charts: eagle.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44887857566736275362017-06-22T10:29:38.433-04:002017-06-22T10:29:38.433-04:00ACCESSROAD MANNERS
That SMUG RENEGADE’s the INSAN...ACCESSROAD MANNERS<br /><br />That SMUG RENEGADE’s the INSANEST. To be AWARE WHY is no wonder – <br />he OPTS to PLAYCHICKEN in ANGER with MOE who’s outmanned him.<br />COUNT on that SAP to lose in his USED, UNTUNED Plymouth ROADRUNNER,<br />when MOE STEPs on it NOW in his OFFROAD HUMmer TANDEM.<br /><br />--- CONAN NEHRU<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7724593875129577912017-05-19T21:56:34.574-04:002017-05-19T21:56:34.574-04:00To oldlab: The clue is correct. You've confuse...To oldlab: The clue is correct. You've confused 14A with 6D.TedPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07851548255277626557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77585673210894756052017-05-19T15:18:37.051-04:002017-05-19T15:18:37.051-04:00I stand corrected. Having just under 400 residents...I stand corrected. Having just under 400 residents, Alta, Utah is an incorporated town. However, the Alta ski area receives over a half million visitors a year, of which I am glad to be in their number. Eh. Foamfollowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11091642781949920488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11995572020067783322017-05-19T15:12:42.127-04:002017-05-19T15:12:42.127-04:00Ditto.
Our printed online version never gives the...Ditto. <br />Our printed online version never gives the theme, which in this case would have given a big boost to sussing-out the rebus. <br />Other complaints include Alta not being a ski town but a ski area, the actual kind of store that carries a skein, Atlanta not being a "river city", etc. Don't give me wrong, I'm not being a sore DNFer. I finished in a good time, but would've finished much quicker knowing the theme. Foamfollowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11091642781949920488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62326281231480212312017-05-19T12:40:49.129-04:002017-05-19T12:40:49.129-04:00yesyesJackienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-421615000390556492017-05-19T09:34:23.890-04:002017-05-19T09:34:23.890-04:00So a CypRiot, a PatRiot, and a RegulaRiot walked i...So a CypRiot, a PatRiot, and a RegulaRiot walked into a bar. Which one ordered the Old Fashioned? Then a lounge lizard comes up with the old LINE <i>What's your sign?</i> and the RegulaRiot says <i>Caution -- CHICKEN Crossing</i><br /><br />SuperGood Thursday rebupodes, thought the perfect symmetry elegant. As for that existential WHY, it's pretty obvious: no ALERO, no XKE, no VTEN, i.e. no Traffic. No seriously, the chicken crossed the road because it saw a zebra crossing. No, really seriously, it crosses the roads just before it beginS A NEST.<br /><br />Great memories of Bjarke's BALing pants, which he bequeathed to me at the end of the climb. Best pants ever.<br /><br />Anyone else have PAIUTE before PAWNEE?Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8115487086879002292017-05-19T00:04:19.382-04:002017-05-19T00:04:19.382-04:00Whoa! I had no idea...I just put in C or R and the...Whoa! I had no idea...I just put in C or R and the puzzle read it as correct. But being able to enter a rebus...pure joy! Thanks.Punctuated equilibriumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68186432292045053842017-05-18T18:17:33.214-04:002017-05-18T18:17:33.214-04:00My brain was just not happening today, and I ended...My brain was just not happening today, and I ended up with a DNF in the top middle. First problem: I saw the "chicken" part of the rebuses quickly but kept thinking the other part must be "egg", as in, which one should come first in the box? That went on for quite awhile with no comprehension, even though I was getting the rest of the fill quite nicely. <br /><br />Then, at some point I realized the other rebus word was "road", but still could not figure out what connection "chicken" and "road" possibly had to each other. I started wondering if the "why?" in the middle actually meant "why would anyone construct a puzzle with chicken and road in the same box, four times?" -- perhaps as a little dig at RP's complaints about puzzle quality of late.<br /><br />Eventually my brain returned from outer space to provide the a-ha! Even with all that and the DNF, I must say I immensely enjoyed this puzzle. Very imaginative work, Jacob Stulberg.Joe Dipintonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12083468488575691092017-05-18T17:15:02.978-04:002017-05-18T17:15:02.978-04:00Really displeased with BEAUX. That is a good-and-e...Really displeased with BEAUX. That is a good-and-established loanword, and I maintain that a clue should indicate a non-English nature of the answer, ESPECIALLY when the word is well-established enough in English that it's normally pluralized with the S. I know not everyone agrees with me, but that's my position and I'm sticking to it.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92214651108630370652017-05-18T17:05:06.940-04:002017-05-18T17:05:06.940-04:00Add me to the list of those who had "Nod"...Add me to the list of those who had "Nod" and DHY for the longest time. I was VERY slow today, and very late to see the theme. Once I saw the peripatetic poultry, I was on the road to success. I love a puzzle that works that way. The reverse was yesterday's which I did not like, where I finished the entire puzzle correctly without getting the theme. And then I got it...."Oh" Whereas today it was "Aah." OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21518505308656901162017-05-18T16:39:58.453-04:002017-05-18T16:39:58.453-04:00This took me forever.. a good 50% above my normal ...This took me forever.. a good 50% above my normal Thursday solve time. The chicken/road thing wasn't that hard. LINE didn't throw me one bit. but man lots of the other stuff just wasn't there for me. oh well.<br /><br />And yes extra time to figure out how it wanted the rebus entered.TomAznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85447571586558183132017-05-18T16:12:02.809-04:002017-05-18T16:12:02.809-04:00@Anonymous 2:26PM. Grazie for the spiegazione!@Anonymous 2:26PM. Grazie for the spiegazione!QuasiMojonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11869815937769511082017-05-18T16:09:51.366-04:002017-05-18T16:09:51.366-04:00I solve on an Ipad. When more than one word or le...I solve on an Ipad. When more than one word or letter needs to go into a space, I just type the first letter. For this puzzle, I typed c. It has worked well for me so far. <br />As to the puzzle, I loved loved loved it. Why does the chicken cross the road. What a great idea. Just so clever!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71709054746069819112017-05-18T16:01:10.856-04:002017-05-18T16:01:10.856-04:00An additonal three minutes to figure out what to p...An additonal three minutes to figure out what to put in the stupid rebus. CR worked.Amagerikanerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344284680933366222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5037765859874514192017-05-18T15:45:35.801-04:002017-05-18T15:45:35.801-04:00Thoughtful rendition @ MDP957.Thoughtful rendition @ MDP957.gifcanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12612467417938884430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84921923220067252052017-05-18T15:17:23.896-04:002017-05-18T15:17:23.896-04:00I like it, but I thought the rebus squares were &q...I like it, but I thought the rebus squares were "Y" -- as in "why," and a chicken scratch, and a fork in a road.MDP957https://www.blogger.com/profile/05516312558081235033noreply@blogger.com