tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1237881629205311728..comments2024-03-28T14:27:07.588-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Abbr in Guiness logo / THU 3-24-16 / Washington Post March figure / Washington Post April figure / Author who wrote Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales againRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64167400592588456212016-05-20T20:22:32.445-04:002016-05-20T20:22:32.445-04:00The solution grid for this puzzle contains every l...The solution grid for this puzzle contains every letter of the alphabet.Salhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15163013896499797134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23916155268011189602016-04-28T21:48:19.025-04:002016-04-28T21:48:19.025-04:00@Rainy
See, nyah nyah, see. We do come back and ...@Rainy<br /><br />See, nyah nyah, see. We do come back and read you. I read over the end posts for the last 2 days, usually. So there! ;-) Many do that. Don't give up! NEVER give up! <br /><br />D,LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1979315620694341232016-04-28T20:55:34.528-04:002016-04-28T20:55:34.528-04:00@Anonymous 5:10 PM:
Thanks anyhow for including &...@Anonymous 5:10 PM:<br /><br />Thanks anyhow for including "semi" before "pedant." BTW, I meant to convey that my pedantry was "boring", but not the puzzle, which I thought was one of the most interesting I've done this year. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86067715365276622462016-04-28T18:26:22.343-04:002016-04-28T18:26:22.343-04:00@rain forest - I wish I had thought of that. Makes...@rain forest - I wish I had thought of that. Makes his inclusion a bonus.<br /><br />Regarding Moderation - It sure doesn't seem like Rex is apt to change anytime soon. I suspect (not that he's ever said, just by inference from things he has said) whatever discomfort it causes the Commentariat in no way outweighs the decrease in complaining emails he was getting. It has been harder to find a good spellcaster, though. <br /><br />As for shouting into the void - I know I get follow-up emails most days (at least 50% of the reason I make late comments is to check off "email follow-ups" so I get your comments). I am pretty sure others do, too. And, of course, you have a pretty vibrant Commentariat of your own and Burma Shave. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73625531311123209022016-04-28T17:32:13.776-04:002016-04-28T17:32:13.776-04:00Missed the "Around" clue entirely. "...Missed the "Around" clue entirely. "Nat" threw me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09340016892537606108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91224272776145945092016-04-28T17:10:54.298-04:002016-04-28T17:10:54.298-04:00A perfectly fine and entertaining Thursday puzzle,...A perfectly fine and entertaining Thursday puzzle, I thought, except for the various unfortunate glitches. My newsprint version had no shaded or circled square, but it did have the "28 around" clue, which made it perfectly solvable. Hats off to the appearance of Luis TIANT!<br /><br />It just seems odd that such an otherwise competent puzzle would contain the bizarre clue for 36A, which is absolutely one of the worst in recent memory. And the otherwise clever clue for CALC suffered from the lack of any indication that the answer would be a shortened form. An odd day. Gremlins, I suspect.<br /><br />Left Coast Semi-pedantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50994611491728292992016-04-28T17:07:04.316-04:002016-04-28T17:07:04.316-04:00I lost, because they won, because I lost, because ...I lost, because they won, because I lost, because they won. Had a DNF from the start as the "medium/CCUP?" question was posted in yesterday's comments. Fie!<br /><br />But had more DNF, so all's not lost. Had another Horse Shoes "almost" today. Very enjoyable Thurs gimmick. Oh yes, no circle in the paper, but the extra clue was there.<br /><br />@BS - per your poem yesterday - at last SOMEONE was able to complete an act of congress.<br /><br />@Rainy - saw your post in Futureland (I had posted to LMS and was looking to see if she got it, but she hasn't appeared in the last couple of days.) Don't let moderation get you down. As one of my prof's used to say, "Shift happens." <br /><br />I, too, am a hard core paper solver. With a pencil and well-worn eraser. <br /><br />My gym in Calif has only 8 parking spaces (on-street parking is pretty dicey, too). But here in Spokaloo we have three lots to choose from. So I'm off to there, and shan't have to rectangle the block. (Waah waah.) <br /><br />Diana, Not Waiting for a Parking Space<br /><br />Bloomsday is Sunday, so think of me as I walk a 12-K in lieu to a.m. puzzle solving. S'posed to be sunny and hi 60's. Diana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2304605600974485812016-04-28T16:16:54.008-04:002016-04-28T16:16:54.008-04:00Fortunately, I got a cleanly constructed and print...Fortunately, I got a cleanly constructed and printed puzzle, and I thought it was first-rate. Tricky, but not too tricky, and well-executed.<br /><br />The CIRCULAR (even if rectangular) REASONING theme actually does MAKE SENSE, supported by the top and bottom long entries as well as USAGES and DEFINE.<br /><br />The latter two fill entries also call to mind long debated questions about the correct usage of "beg the question" wherein corruptions (to evade, to literally beg) of the phrase as originally used (to assume) have become standard.<br /><br />Boring but interesting to me, as is the puzzle. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45065342239525586792016-04-28T14:37:51.433-04:002016-04-28T14:37:51.433-04:00
Thought it was Mom, baseball (which fit), and app...<br />Thought it was Mom, baseball (which fit), and apple pie...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66267614148448779722016-04-28T14:24:33.631-04:002016-04-28T14:24:33.631-04:00I'm elated and confused at the same time. Ela...I'm elated and confused at the same time. Elated, because this was a puzzle worth doing; confused because, here in Syndi-time, we (or at least, I) had no note or extra clue or circled letter (and no error), and the references to 67D seemed to indicate the word "sliding". In my paper, the term was "slacking off".<br /><br />@Rex, you get the sad trombone for your "joyless" comment and your unbelievable nit about the circle being a rectangle. Like, if I circle the block to try to find a parking spot, do I have to say, "I rectangled, or squared the block"? Come on, man!<br /><br />The joy in solving this puzzle came from using, ahem, LOGIC to determine that the key phrase was going in a circle, which resulted in an "aha" and a warm sense of satisfaction. Indeed, BEG THE QUESTION is universally misused, and I can't let it pass. I don't think that is pedantry.<br /><br />@Z - were you making a reference to Luis TIANT's practice of looking backwards before he released the ball? Actually, he was such a memorable character that I didn't find the clue dated in the least.<br /><br />@redanman - you don't seem to like any puzzle. Why do them?rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82808185805455071442016-04-28T11:47:19.746-04:002016-04-28T11:47:19.746-04:00I smirk every time a glitch in the electronics occ...I smirk every time a glitch in the electronics occurs. Give me paper every time. I have DAZE and ZIP and count myself right, because they fit the clues--which DAlE and lIP do not. I don't NEED any damn "happy pencil."<br /><br />Like it or not (I do), you have to admit this puzzle has a different gimmick. I agree that the west was toughest; I thought "...CAUSE" was the whole word there and wasn't sure how the "around" statement would finish. The BEACON shone the light on me as well. The Allen quote is a solid gimme: they don't call him Woody for nothing.<br /><br />Fooled for a bit in the NE with that school beginning with U. I started running through all the U(niversities) and it was just UTAH.<br /><br />And now tell me: where do YOU come from, constructors, where CCUP is considered "medium?" I WANNA MOVE THERE!<br /><br />Nary a Damsel to be seen; let us pluck one from the LPGA: how about Natalie Gulbis? I'd do her right on the first TEE. Fill not bad at all; the CRASSEST one is...well, there goes your circular reasoning! A-.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71038893802834823932016-04-28T11:19:32.581-04:002016-04-28T11:19:32.581-04:00I just love when folks get all crabby when having ...I just love when folks get all crabby when having trouble solving on their toys. But that shouldn’t have an effect on whether the puz was good, bad, or otherwise. As compared to the usual Thurs-puz nonsense, I liked this one. Got the top and bottom tiers and saw something backwards was happening after some midsection crosses. As soon as I got up the mountain on a TBAR instead of a TrAm I was done in no time; those two squares made a world of difference. And there was no additional note in my paper to help out.<br /><br />AGRee with someone above that a piccolo is not a REED. Woodwind, yes. REED, no. And the original poster tries to seem like an expert thereon? Har. Maybe on longwind.<br /><br />I knew an LPGA player one Friday night about 10 years ago. Have photos to prove it. When they miss the cut, they seem to be interested in two things. Booze and SEX, as long as both are free. As the old sports cliché goes, you just have to put yourself in position.<br /><br />A CCUP is a good SIZE for a yeah baby, but certainly not required. But DEFINEd as medium? Not in my experience. And where are said yeah babies lately? We have the SATIN CCUP for one today, but nobody to put in it. Volunteers?<br /><br />Well done by MN constructors, a nice DAZE work.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48286234969646112202016-04-28T08:37:29.539-04:002016-04-28T08:37:29.539-04:00CRASSEST USAGES
I’ll make her BEGTHEQUESTION as a...CRASSEST USAGES<br /><br />I’ll make her BEGTHEQUESTION as a LIVECHAT offense,<br />BECAUSECIRCULARREASONINGMAKESNOSENSE –<br />Is it SEX or the LOGICAL,FALLACY for gents?<br /><br />--- LARREA ESNESO, NYT<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67045644405081862252016-03-26T18:05:26.899-04:002016-03-26T18:05:26.899-04:00@Z: Thanks. I guess you're right but it see...@Z: Thanks. I guess you're right but it seems that they (unnecessarily) used a bit of slang that none of us have heard of. :Dpaulsfohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721639286466422944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43103761623430277892016-03-26T09:29:33.071-04:002016-03-26T09:29:33.071-04:00@paulsfo - I took "sliding" to be slang ...@paulsfo - I took "sliding" to be slang for not trying hard. Like "skating" or "slacking off."Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85129839299067897792016-03-26T03:20:54.665-04:002016-03-26T03:20:54.665-04:00I see all the "explanations" for 66D. H...I see all the "explanations" for 66D. How, it still doesn't make sense to me. If the clue clue they (their grades or their effort) "slipped" in the spring that would make sense but what is it that is "sliding" (unless we're supposed to insert "...downhill" into the clue)?paulsfohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721639286466422944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82215206734132273752016-03-25T16:26:08.801-04:002016-03-25T16:26:08.801-04:00Piccolo is not a reed instrument.
Piccolo is not a reed instrument. <br />RMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398002552776979133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24481682247377867562016-03-25T08:19:57.102-04:002016-03-25T08:19:57.102-04:00So here I am doing the puzzle a day late and the o...So here I am doing the puzzle a day late and the online cluing for 'dale/lip' is still wrong. I finally came here to find out WTF. Not fun at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2693559949400748442016-03-25T03:39:58.817-04:002016-03-25T03:39:58.817-04:00Srs is short for "seniors" (the high sch...Srs is short for "seniors" (the high school and college variety) who - if they planned correctly - are enjoying life more than concentrating on academics. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09399001444330348670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28780275931903027062016-03-25T00:41:32.523-04:002016-03-25T00:41:32.523-04:00Is Rex OK? I haven't seen any comments/moveme...Is Rex OK? I haven't seen any comments/movement for over 14 hours.<br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39760316223081778512016-03-24T23:57:44.421-04:002016-03-24T23:57:44.421-04:00I've gotta disagree on the joyless thing too -...I've gotta disagree on the joyless thing too - I liked this one. This is the sort of construction gimmick that I find fun. I liked figuring out the circle (or rectangle). Fill isn't amazing, but I thought it was fine given the constraints of the theme. LIVE CHAT is a nice current answer. <br /><br />Definitely agree on NAT. I just got it from the crosses. Is that really the explanation? That's awful - not worth the March/April thing. Rabi Abonourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650612051534860466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73687789045647638732016-03-24T23:35:58.753-04:002016-03-24T23:35:58.753-04:00Neither of you IS, Now, THAT's pedantry :)Neither of you IS, Now, THAT's pedantry :)Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90664245826727171272016-03-24T23:32:03.903-04:002016-03-24T23:32:03.903-04:00And don't get me started on "just deserts...And don't get me started on "just deserts," NOT "just desserts." ;)Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9825172930703253852016-03-24T23:29:01.584-04:002016-03-24T23:29:01.584-04:00You're referring to 67, not 66, D. The clue i...You're referring to 67, not 66, D. The clue is about a "grp" (group abbreviated) known for slacking in the spring. The answer is SRS (seniors, anbreviated) ... students on spring break.Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50244931079050150252016-03-24T22:22:02.615-04:002016-03-24T22:22:02.615-04:00I can't say I enjoyed this one either. It fel...I can't say I enjoyed this one either. It felt more like high school homework than an enjoyable diversion I do when coming home from a long day. I don't think it is the technical limitations of solving on my iPhone, I just didn't care for this theme. At least its already 10 here so Fridays is already online.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06956650480399527813noreply@blogger.com