tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1513540195976729781..comments2024-03-28T12:32:09.251-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 1977 W.W. II film / THU 3-20-14 / Nickname for Anaheim's Angel Stadium / Prominent feminist blog / Young brothers' band / Where Maria Captain have their first kiss in Sound of MusicRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46916690797353974462020-06-08T07:06:26.449-04:002020-06-08T07:06:26.449-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Property Huntershttp://propertyhuntergroup.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45207367143386550702014-04-30T21:24:19.958-04:002014-04-30T21:24:19.958-04:00First time poster- Easiest, fastest Thursday for m...First time poster- Easiest, fastest Thursday for me in a long while, figured out the theme with "get back", I have kids who watched DORA and read Eric CARLE and I've operated on the ADRENAL so that NE helped. This just worked for me, maybe after a year of solving these puzzles I'm getting the hang of it.bltmdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83792794526976779712014-04-24T23:53:59.498-04:002014-04-24T23:53:59.498-04:00Assigned was SLOT, then aha it's SEAT. I reall...Assigned was SLOT, then aha it's SEAT. I really wanted ORATA to be a word. It took me a long time to figure out the theme since the backwards answer didn't fit the pattern of the up and the down but then I finally figured out it was a GET missing/lost. Clever. I liked it. I don't read JEZEBEL as much as Deadspin and former Gawker site Wonkette but they are all good.sdcheezhdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457420125517948430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65788374723430036252014-04-24T20:31:01.892-04:002014-04-24T20:31:01.892-04:00@strayling - a little googling reveals the Reveren...@strayling - a little googling reveals the Reverend John Graham and his cryptic crosswords to be interesting but perhaps just a little beyond my abilities (at least at this late hour). But how can you not love <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_araucana" rel="nofollow">the Monkey Puzzle Tree</a>?<br />Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48818864536183663032014-04-24T19:37:35.046-04:002014-04-24T19:37:35.046-04:00@Diri, this was a strange mutant cryptic, but if y...@Diri, this was a strange mutant cryptic, but if you enjoyed it I highly recommend trying the real deal. Search for Araucaria (even his nom de plume is a cryptic clue). <br /><br />\ two pair? This game is rigged.straylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61315245307057905872014-04-24T19:33:32.788-04:002014-04-24T19:33:32.788-04:00Good, good, good, good, good puzz, Thanks V.B. I ...Good, good, good, good, good puzz, Thanks V.B. I worked on it off and on all day as there were many other things going on. The aha came with "college towns." The rest was Easy/Medium.<br /><br />Ron Diego 4:30 PM PST 4/24<br /><br />P.S. The above comment ???????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44853581578241921142014-04-24T17:26:06.648-04:002014-04-24T17:26:06.648-04:00Just say to B.S. like this.Just say to B.S. like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58296068640786121692014-04-24T17:03:02.631-04:002014-04-24T17:03:02.631-04:00Looks like a three way split with @DMG. Lots of ni...Looks like a three way split with @DMG. Lots of nines and fives in this virtual deck.<br /><br />BTW, @Rainy, played Chambers Bay yesterday. You should get there before the U.S. Open.Solving in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249420848844874936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41668174036201198952014-04-24T16:59:57.842-04:002014-04-24T16:59:57.842-04:00gsuIT went into ORBIT. iRon to URGE. WRITLARGE wen...gsuIT went into ORBIT. iRon to URGE. WRITLARGE went in on crosses. That word should be TASERed. Assigned Victor a penalty stroke for DREAR. Ok thursday rebus.<br /><br />@Rainy and I split with Nines over fives.Solving in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249420848844874936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8053464639916330502014-04-24T15:17:18.683-04:002014-04-24T15:17:18.683-04:00@Diri - Years ago my son read probably all of Tom ...@Diri - Years ago my son read probably all of Tom Robinson's books, and last year he gave me "Skinny legs and all" to read. What a mind, and what a book. I'll read more, I think.<br /><br />@DMG I followed your advice and I also have 9's full of 5's!<br /><br />Split pot?rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21813393319684195632014-04-24T15:09:11.404-04:002014-04-24T15:09:11.404-04:00There was a day when cryptic instructions and blan...There was a day when cryptic instructions and blank clues would have doomed me to certain defeat, but either I've become a better solver or more stubborn because I stuck with this one until I got it all sorted out. Of course the presence of Orono helped URGE (I had iRon for too long)me on. I just today finished a book where JEZEBEL played a prominent role ("Skinny Legs and All" by Tom Robbins)so that helped with the unknown blog. It was written 25 years ago but remains relevant, I think.<br /><br />The puzzle left me with this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tBSDFwVyss" rel="nofollow">earworm</a>.<br /><br />I almost always draw a poker hand as my capcha, but they are seldom good enough to win with this crowd - today is no exception.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63231403989883549952014-04-24T14:35:02.629-04:002014-04-24T14:35:02.629-04:00Was truly puzzled until I realized the clues refe...Was truly puzzled until I realized the clues referred to the letters GET. Then it became a case of following directions. Sticking points along the way were GsuIT, not knowing who traveled with Boots, (but pretty sure Puss wore his), and an unknown blog. Happily, the crosses worked those out for me, along with the first words of a novel and a play. Who remembers such stuff?<br /><br />@rain forest. I always play with the Captcha thingy first, looking for something I can hope to read. Usually the second try is a "hand", but once in awhile it can stubbornly keep me staring at things I can't hope to decode. That's why I always "copy" my comment before trying to post.<br /><br />Full house, 9's over 5'sDMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84464243631835115602014-04-24T13:30:06.946-04:002014-04-24T13:30:06.946-04:00Liked it. What's new there? I actually found ...Liked it. What's new there? I actually found this a bit easy as I understood that GET was being played around with from the GETgo. <br /><br />AFORE I go, lemme say that there was little that was DREAR (what's wrong with that?) here. No flags from @Spacey, so it has that going for it!<br /><br />As someone up there said, a nice, professional job on this one with a different-looking theme, to boot. And EVITE, which is an actual thing unlike ezine, emag, enote ETAL. <br /><br />I can't play poker because even if I deliberately get the capcha wrong, and click on the circle, I still don't get numbers.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10864153189942405842014-04-24T12:22:09.504-04:002014-04-24T12:22:09.504-04:00I'm ba-ack. Great road trip, featuring a stop ...I'm ba-ack. Great road trip, featuring a stop for In'n'Out Burgers (yum!) and a win for the Fightin's. Interesting puzz today.<br /><br />You could write a whole nother book about whether ALEX was a pro- or ant-agonist--or maybe both, at different times. Cue "The Thieving Magpie."<br /><br />I had a little trouble GETting through this, but eventually I got with it. Yeah, medium to medium-challenging seems just about right. Too bad the concept had to result in such choppiness.<br /><br />8's full. Think I'll play some poker for real today.<br /><br />spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56822820864117127302014-03-21T09:17:57.355-04:002014-03-21T09:17:57.355-04:00Ellen S: Interesting. That Saturday puzzle was the...Ellen S: Interesting. That Saturday puzzle was the one and only Saturday puzzle I have ever been able to finish without looking up some proper name in a reference source to get me going in a section of the puzzle. Keep trying!pmdmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49873263816160739952014-03-21T09:17:08.019-04:002014-03-21T09:17:08.019-04:00The English have a catch phrase, He's so sharp...<br /> The English have a catch phrase, He's so sharp/clever he''ll cut himself. <br />Clever? The Emperor's new clothes is what it is.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09923213564117527485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82850898155919792042014-03-21T08:30:44.294-04:002014-03-21T08:30:44.294-04:00Jezebel has 12 million unique visitors from the US...Jezebel has 12 million unique visitors from the US each month. https://www.quantcast.com/jezebel.com?country=US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84995282215056548882014-03-21T06:14:38.237-04:002014-03-21T06:14:38.237-04:00manish sangal manish sangal google ebs inc
enterpr...manish sangal manish sangal google ebs inc<br />enterprise business solutions inc<br />xceltech inc<br />conceptsit<br />Concepts IT Inc<br /> <br />Manish Sangal works as a Vice President for Enterprise Business Solutions Inc at Burke, VA The company's webpage is http://www.ebs-us.com. For email, phone number and executive profiles for Vice President and other executives of Enterprise Business Solutions Inc at Burke, VA, check Enterprise Business Solutions Inc at Joesdata.com. Not the Manish Sangal you are looking for? Do a quick search in our website and find other people named Manish Sangal.<br /> About Enterprise Business Solutions Inc:<br /> <br /> Enterprise Business Solutions Inc is located at 5216 Lyngate Ct, Burke, VA 22015-1631. It has around 50 - 100 employees. Its revenue is within $2.5 - 5M.manish sangal conceptsithttp://conceptsit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35405015960726964802014-03-21T02:29:43.475-04:002014-03-21T02:29:43.475-04:00Well, having trouble launching @Rex's blog (ma...Well, having trouble launching @Rex's blog (maybe he's uploading his Friday post, or my browser is broken; either is equally likely). So: @pmdm, I found a book of NYT Tough Crossword puzzles with that NO IFS ANDS OR BUTS puzzle. I've been nibbling away at it for about six months now. <i>That puzzle</i>, not the book. That's even after getting the theme! I will never finish it. <br /><br />In other boring news, I got A Bell For Adano out of the library. Actually a good read, deserving of its Pulitzer, though I'm only halfway through and dreading the rest of it. The Allied occupation of Italy was repeated many times over the next half century and more: all the locals are the enemy and nothing good happens, especially to the women. And so it goes: Korea, Vietnam, what was Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan ... and so it went before WWII. Anyway, now I can spell the name of the town. (No, I don't care if I never get Motorhead references.)Ellen Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473445503706985149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58687732133715809112014-03-20T22:03:01.974-04:002014-03-20T22:03:01.974-04:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak I've made to my method. In a nutshell, the higher the ratio, the higher this week's median solve time is relative to the average for the corresponding day of the week.<br /><br />All solvers (this week's median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Mon 6:01, 6:15, 0.96, 30%, Easy-Medium<br />Tue 12:39, 8:20, 1.52, 100%, Challenging (2nd highest ratio of 223 Tuesdays)<br />Wed 10:17, 10:13, 1.01, 55%, Medium<br />Thu 16:47, 18:41, 0.90, 29%, Easy-Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:55, 3:59, 0.99, 36%, Easy-Medium<br />Tue 7:56, 5:11, 1.53, 100%, über-Challenging (highest ratio of 223 Tuesdays)<br />Wed 6:26, 6:14, 1.03, 59%, Medium<br />Thu 10:31, 10:44, 0.98, 44%, Mediumsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46546336102969544082014-03-20T21:30:41.349-04:002014-03-20T21:30:41.349-04:00Thanks for the correction, @AndyDevine. So what&#...Thanks for the correction, @AndyDevine. So what's your take on Froggy?Ludyjynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79365836373701703792014-03-20T21:23:49.522-04:002014-03-20T21:23:49.522-04:00Just found out that today is the 45th anniversary ...Just found out that today is the 45th anniversary of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar's" publication -- and, in fact, that March 20 is celebrated as The Very Hungry Caterpillar Day in schools, libraries and bookstores. Synchronicity.Albynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31135433129848260472014-03-20T20:50:34.755-04:002014-03-20T20:50:34.755-04:00Three things on catching up with all the comments:...Three things on catching up with all the comments:<br /><br />1. @Wa - There is not an exact translation of TAPAS into English, but starter/appetizer is reasonably close. Indeed, sharing starters at the bar instead of getting a meal is an activity at bars throughout the US right now as the NCAA tourney is going on. <br /><br />2. @Alias Z - G-E-T doesn't need to be checked by a separate clue because they are actually included in the clues. <br /><br />3. To whoever pointed out that they got JEZEBEL by inference - good point. That pretty much negates my complaint about it being a relatively unknown website. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55617045834695224592014-03-20T20:38:41.978-04:002014-03-20T20:38:41.978-04:00Today is Very Hungry Caterpillar Day!
Fun puzzle.Today is Very Hungry Caterpillar Day!<br />Fun puzzle.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025994484782527098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71846083301740914662014-03-20T20:34:34.013-04:002014-03-20T20:34:34.013-04:00Count me with those who liked the puzzle and didn&...Count me with those who liked the puzzle and didn't find it particularly hard (easy-medium).michaelnoreply@blogger.com