tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1521330784535949354..comments2024-03-28T13:17:40.062-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Luftwaffe attack on British Midlands 1940-43 / WED 12-9-15 / Randomizing cube / Israeli PM before Ariel Sharon / Gutter blockage in winter / Woodwind descended from shawmRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23807626143292615622016-01-20T11:38:38.416-05:002016-01-20T11:38:38.416-05:00Has anyone noticed how intelligent, often diverse,...Has anyone noticed how intelligent, often diverse, comments has dramatically decreased since the absence of writers like lms? Where is she? Please come back, Loren. You were one of the main reasons I read this blog.Cocodognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89997275099757358992016-01-14T00:37:14.837-05:002016-01-14T00:37:14.837-05:00@Burma Shave, just caught up with the Syndi commen...@Burma Shave, just caught up with the Syndi comments since Monday - congrats on nearing your one year anniversary. Your use Monday of I ELECTORAL was classic.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86243234668667735022016-01-13T23:42:11.387-05:002016-01-13T23:42:11.387-05:00My brain was in a fog today, so DNF big time. Did...My brain was in a fog today, so DNF big time. Didn't know the name of the blitz. I'm so afraid of lightning, I'm amazed I didn't know that answer. But I'm not MADD. I can't always be a WHIZ.<br /><br />Diana, Lady In Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71583914177204487192016-01-13T21:59:08.367-05:002016-01-13T21:59:08.367-05:00I know it's late, but like to JAM in:) Never ...I know it's late, but like to JAM in:) Never heard of BIRMINGTON BLITZ. As a pen and paper gal, I had 38 down New Yorker cartoonist as Roy, thus blity. Blity? Like maybe blighty? Oy!<br /><br />@Rondo yesterday. Ha ha:) You so funny!!<br /><br />@leftcoastTAM. Hands up for UEYS. And it does matter to moi, later posts:)<br /><br />@Burma shave. You rock:) <br /><br />And to all syndies, I'm a with you! <br /><br />Have my Mom, who started me on crosswords, in a nursing home now (Alzheimers). Not easy.. But lights up when she can answer OBOE. And insists OTIS will be there.<br /><br />Yay for crosswordese! Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23913467125433880782016-01-13T19:15:07.177-05:002016-01-13T19:15:07.177-05:00It probably doesn't matter, but the post, @Ano...<br /><br />It probably doesn't matter, but the post, @Anonymous 3:59 was from me. I must have missed keying in my cyber name. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24649407264876834932016-01-13T15:59:17.731-05:002016-01-13T15:59:17.731-05:00Smooth and easy, like some music, preferably jazz....Smooth and easy, like some music, preferably jazz.<br /><br />Maybe too easy for a Wednesday, when the puzzle could help sharpen us up for the rest of the week.<br /><br />One writeover: ueys before UIES. Probably not the last time that one will occur.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20525110241236917752016-01-13T14:02:45.161-05:002016-01-13T14:02:45.161-05:00LIGHTNING fast Wednesday. Now I have to go find a ...LIGHTNING fast Wednesday. Now I have to go find a CHOCOLATE ECLAIR. Yum!eastsacgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10415878037289384112016-01-13T12:44:20.695-05:002016-01-13T12:44:20.695-05:00Not easy for me. More of a normal speed slog. I ...Not easy for me. More of a normal speed slog. I quickly entered zzz for the last word in the dictionary, which was recently the correct answer here or maybe LA Times. I guess today it is zed due to the Oxford English dictionary vs Merriam's Dictionary. What could be more trivial than last words in specific dictionaries? Must say something about all of us, but I'd rather not know what.Longbeachleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945278798020339134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75272999405338186832016-01-13T11:20:23.892-05:002016-01-13T11:20:23.892-05:00Certainly didn’t know the theme until the revealer...Certainly didn’t know the theme until the revealer. Knew the meaning of BLITZ, but not the others. No write-overs, so probably not difficult in the whole xword puz spectrum<br /><br />Another missed opportunity to clue HAHA as “Packer Clinton-Dix”, as the Pack goes deeper INTO the playoffs and the Vikes don’t.<br /><br />Anyone else find the humor in JAGS crossing DTS? Or are you MADD?<br /><br />This recent deficiency in yeah babies must ABATE. Maybe tomorrow’s puz will be INFUSEd with ‘em.<br /><br />A WHIZ through this puz with EASE, even if we’re USING PENS.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71866814485531033742016-01-13T10:37:47.282-05:002016-01-13T10:37:47.282-05:00Oh, forgot to grade. Memory-jogging: B. Theme: C+....Oh, forgot to grade. Memory-jogging: B. Theme: C+. Fill: D-. Overall: C-.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32857289417170785242016-01-13T10:35:03.430-05:002016-01-13T10:35:03.430-05:00I must beg @George Baranay's pardon, but has h...I must beg @George Baranay's pardon, but has he never heard of ROZ Kelly, who so spicily played Pinky Tuscadero on "Happy Days?" As her cousin Fonzie would say: "Aaaaay!"<br /><br />This was an interesting learning experience--though not with BLITZ, which I already knew. But when I turn to the fill, that's when my attitude does a, well, 180, if you get my drift.<br /><br />WOE'd me once with that ICEDAM; never again. ARAGON reminds me of Lawrence Welk--or rather, the Stan Freberg parody of same. His telecasts originated in the ARAGON Ballroom. I can still hear Stan:<br /><br />"Turn-a off-a the bubble-a machine-a! Gee Dad, it was a Wurlitzer-a!"<br /><br />Now don't get MADD. No offense meant. This was all pre-Age-of-Taking-Offense. I yearn for a retutn to those days.<br /><br />@rondo: the above-mentioned ROZ was a definite yeah-baby in her day. The y.b. of the current season is Katherine McPhee. When will Paige and Walter "interface?" Well, they've already done that, with breathless results. The question is: when will they "interbody?" Anybody's guess. I know my mother was hooked on "As the World Turns" for YEARS waiting for two lovestruck kids to get up the guts to admit it. Might be quite a while.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64969294154662382642016-01-13T10:19:54.068-05:002016-01-13T10:19:54.068-05:00APT SLIDING VIBE
ISUPPOSE USING LIGHTNING quick m...APT SLIDING VIBE<br /><br />ISUPPOSE USING LIGHTNING quick moves are ASPECTS to dread<br />when one NEEDS to EASE INTO the groove for a slow ROLLIN bed.<br /><br />--- MULAN LADIDA-NERUDA<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85702841345792367912015-12-09T21:21:57.108-05:002015-12-09T21:21:57.108-05:00I first came across BARAK as the biblical judge wh...I first came across BARAK as the biblical judge who, with Deborah, defeated the Canaanite armies of Sisera. Interestingly, the Wiki page on Barak says the name means 'black' in Hebrew, and 'LIGHTNING' in Arabic. In the very next paragraph, however, it says the name in Hebrew means to kneel or bless, so I'm left Wiki-mystified but willing to accept Google Translate which says: LIGHTNING, bolt, glitter, gloss, luster, sheen, shine and several others. Altogether, a very adaptable word, and the spark for a cute theme, so no static coming from this corner currently.<br /><br />Will more on infusion cause confusion? Besides steeping in liquids, infusions can also be made directly with solids. Vanilla-infused sugar just has the scrapings from the vanilla bean stirred directly into the sugar. Sweet!!<br /><br />Can't help enjoying a puzzle with TIE DIE and A DAM ICEDAM, and to top it off, until I got the reveal I thought we were working a tribute puzzle to ALIAS ZED. That's no SLI_DING, people, just a little TRASH talk.<br /><br />Nice one, thankyou @JacobS, and @Gill-fleur, keep a stiff upper chin!Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77408515447032466602015-12-09T20:45:50.602-05:002015-12-09T20:45:50.602-05:00We have so many cooks on this blog -- and not just...We have so many cooks on this blog -- and not just the 3 chefs (bea, wen and kit) either. So I thought you all might enjoy the lovely piece in today's Times Food Section by Jacques Pepin: "Memories by the Spoonful." (You'll have to Google it yourselves; I can send links on my email, but not on this blog.) It didn't make me want to cook -- nothing ever does THAT -- but it certainly made my mouth water. Especially the "amazing chicken liver flan."Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58954196103695068252015-12-09T19:51:28.990-05:002015-12-09T19:51:28.990-05:00@mac...yes...they are called pasteis de nata...cre...@mac...yes...they are called pasteis de nata...cream pastries.<br />And when they're good, they're very, very good.<br /><br />I think I was about 40 before I dared to try one. You see, nata also means that awful film that develops on top of hot chocolate...<br />You're there, cradling a warm mug of delectable chocolaty delight, when suddenly, that yucky film touches your lip... aaagh! blech!!<br /><br />So, as a kid, and persisting well into adulthood, I thought they were pastries filled with that...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40239248420690228592015-12-09T19:07:02.374-05:002015-12-09T19:07:02.374-05:00If it's not too late, can I just say how muchI...If it's not too late, can I just say how muchI *like* the regular posters here? I'm sure I don't have to say that ROZ Chast is the best New Yorker cartoonist of her generation. <br /><br />I've been to ARAGON, many years ago. It is incredibly beautiful, and, I concluded, the main reason to visit Andorra, on its northern border. <br /><br />And the only place I've ever been in South America is Chile -- a cousin and I went to Santiago and after a few days, drove to Puerto Montt, taking in most of the sights in between. Including a trip to Valpo (did you know that Valparaiso means "Valley of Paradise"? NOT!! But an interesting place all the same, and we ended up seeing all three of Pablo NERUDA's houses. Having not been to the far South, or the deserts of the far North in Chile, I tell anyone who cares to listen that the three places where Neruda lived are the three best reasons to visit central Chile. Though actually, the very best reason is the Isla Grande de Chiloe. If I lived in Chile, I would want to live there and fly up to the capital once or twice a year just for an urban experience.<br />old timernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7950064708524498312015-12-09T17:31:44.249-05:002015-12-09T17:31:44.249-05:00Come now, crossing UIES with UPTLIT gets no opprob...Come now, crossing UIES with UPTLIT gets no opprobrium at all? UPTILT? UIES???<br /><br />Don't like "It's possible" for "I suppose" - not quite the same thing. "I suppose so" would be more equivalent.<br /><br />rUbe before BUTT, UeyS before UeEs before UIES. ROUSe before ROUST. UIES?????? Can you tell I'm incensed about this?kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42678926414661986712015-12-09T16:50:29.066-05:002015-12-09T16:50:29.066-05:00@jberg - Food Lover's Companion "Infusion...@jberg - Food Lover's Companion "Infusion (ihn-FYOO-zhun) An infusion is the flavor that's extracted from an ingredient such as tea leaves, herbs or fruit by STEEPING them in a liquid (usually hot) such as water, for tea. In today's culinary parlance, sauces that have been variously flavored (as with herbs)are also called infusions.chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9272248627149032842015-12-09T13:44:42.273-05:002015-12-09T13:44:42.273-05:00The whole thing was worth it for "beam up.&qu...The whole thing was worth it for "beam up." What a nice way to start the day. Sarah in NYCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32612797828729319472015-12-09T13:40:33.671-05:002015-12-09T13:40:33.671-05:00@quilter 1 - I suspect you are aware that PBS just...@quilter 1 - I suspect you are aware that PBS just finished up broadcasting the first season of a ITV series based on Julie Summers's book about the Women's Institute during WWII.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56022347842014482292015-12-09T13:28:55.966-05:002015-12-09T13:28:55.966-05:00@fiddlleneck and
@ludyjynn
I just INFUSED my boil...@fiddlleneck and<br />@ludyjynn <br />I just INFUSED my boiling water with a winter CHOCOLATE tea blend to compensate for not eating the pain au chocolat for BREAKFAST or the ECLAIR au chocolat for lunch, but not sure that CHOCOLATE-INFUSED tea will ABATE that GNAWing mouth worm for chocolate that I've developed today. I may have to go for some Boston Cream Pie. Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90644120257880281512015-12-09T13:13:06.286-05:002015-12-09T13:13:06.286-05:00Where is there a bank where the pens are not stole...Where is there a bank where the pens are not stolen? Contrary to the clue, I've <i>never</i> seen a bank pen, just the little chains or cables hanging loosely from their little stands. Maybe it's just a California thing though.Cameron Swartzellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409662665841590640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86177995110262408012015-12-09T13:12:11.496-05:002015-12-09T13:12:11.496-05:00This was another one of the cognitive dissonance p...This was another one of the cognitive dissonance problems. i only have about 200 books about World War II in my library, and a quick look at the indices indicates not one reference to the Birmingham Blitz. So I put in Battle of Britain and was screaming at the puzzle. then when Birmingham slid in to place, I remembered that I had been to a Blitz game in Alabama, then I tried to find commons relationships between the theme answers and obscure sports teams and it didn't work. this is the third time that the NYT has had answers that are just plain wrong this week.<br /><br />Neruda never came here to Natick, but Ehud Barak sure did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82829123776340290942015-12-09T13:08:19.072-05:002015-12-09T13:08:19.072-05:00An easy Wednesday for me, though I had a few write...An easy Wednesday for me, though I had a few writeovers. EHUDBARAK was my first entry which led to WOK, but I put in cheW at 5A and esAu at 7D even though he's not on most "biblical patriarch" lists. Fixed that and backed into the NW, and at 3D, started to put in "coUld be(e?)" but too short. I misread the clue for 49A as "Wino's affection" and put in pTS but SLIDING became obvious after all the other crosses were filled in. <br /><br />So a fun exercise, and I learned BARAK means LIGHTNING. I liked seeing ROUST and watching the fog ROLL IN.<br /><br />Thanks, Mr. Stulberg.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23379359374623502602015-12-09T12:53:43.095-05:002015-12-09T12:53:43.095-05:00Lovely language course Jacob, thank you. I know BL...<br />Lovely language course Jacob, thank you. I know BLITZen, Dasher, Prancer and Vixen, and I love ECLAIRs, but didn't know what BARAK meant until today. I love to learn new things. Don't you?<br /><br />That dam ICEDAM again! We had its plural on Monday.<br /><br />A HAHA here, LADIDA there, and TIE DIE right next to each other made this a fun puzzle.<br /><br />Did you know that Francisco Goya was born in ARAGON, Spain? So was guitarist and composer Gaspar Sanz (1640–1710). Here is his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKKXlNV_350" rel="nofollow">"Canarios"</a> as played by Narciso Yepes. At the request of Andrés Segovia, composer Joaquín Rodrigo incorporated this lovely Sanz tune into his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqXoFhxBLaE" rel="nofollow">"Fantasía para un gentilhombre"</a>, played here by señor Segovia himself.<br /><br />Enjoy your Wednesday.<br />AliasZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477396362209386037noreply@blogger.com