tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1552248590836769469..comments2024-03-28T12:40:30.397-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Onetime name for China / SUN 4-18-21 / Google Photos precursor / Bridal adornment at Indian weddings / 1976 greatest hits album with palindromic title / Block where Sesame Street can be foundRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45374580101383628742021-09-01T18:08:12.916-04:002021-09-01T18:08:12.916-04:00Geez, Rex, just appreciate what it took to create ...Geez, Rex, just appreciate what it took to create this fun puzzle. I loved it!Crimmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14763620790205963253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-530435284859812092021-05-03T22:04:39.723-04:002021-05-03T22:04:39.723-04:00There was a lot of good here, undone by the needle...There was a lot of good here, undone by the needless shading/circles, YA HEAR ME, and the ELTON/ANSEL/ENOLA Lattice of Obscurity in the NE.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8338875974631848682021-05-03T14:24:55.190-04:002021-05-03T14:24:55.190-04:00Think tee with a tank is odd? Watch a basketball g...Think tee with a tank is odd? Watch a basketball game.Cross@wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15019764233504780610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16587089606824209642021-05-02T20:43:38.673-04:002021-05-02T20:43:38.673-04:00Wondering if editors added shading... Elton, Ansel...Wondering if editors added shading... Elton, Ansel, Enola, Lin with Henna thrown into the mix almost did me in up top!Jokr22https://www.blogger.com/profile/14418359048742286858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75362791475851492622021-05-02T17:41:00.060-04:002021-05-02T17:41:00.060-04:00I agree with @Rondo's assessment, though I pro...I agree with @Rondo's assessment, though I probably enjoyed it a tad more. I think I enjoy puzzles so much because I'm slow, and I stop a lot. And I have a cat to help me. <br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40282598029288430582021-05-02T13:09:32.012-04:002021-05-02T13:09:32.012-04:00HAY HAY HAY there, seemed like lotsa threes and PP...HAY HAY HAY there, seemed like lotsa threes and PPP. Maybe there was, or wasn't but there was no flow here. Slip into the corners to get EELY.<br /><br />@spacey - Must agree re: SELA WARD.<br /><br />Even a RON in the puz doesn't CANCELOUT tedium.<br /><br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15944639095582479642021-05-02T11:43:34.979-04:002021-05-02T11:43:34.979-04:00ANY DAY ATALL
PSST, SEE that BONNYLASS, Mac?
GOTT...ANY DAY ATALL<br /><br />PSST, SEE that BONNYLASS, Mac?<br />GOTTO say IT'SALOSTCAUSE:<br />try a TRYST INAHAYSTACK,<br />you'll END UP GRASPING ATSTRAWS.<br /><br />--- SHAYNE HAYLEYBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6976786098861458012021-05-02T09:51:27.175-04:002021-05-02T09:51:27.175-04:00I dared to guess Rex as the man's name meaning...I dared to guess Rex as the man's name meaning king; wrong there. And with ROY came instant recognition of the whole McGuffin. I agree though: this was too much. The fill took a severe beating to make everything come out, and it wasn't worth it. The constructor must have been GRASPING ATSTRAWS for some of it.<br /><br />Even my all-time DOD SELA WARD, fully named, can't save this from bogey.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38961305549048374692021-04-21T00:48:50.050-04:002021-04-21T00:48:50.050-04:00@MaharajaMack -- I read it for Nancy, like I said!...@MaharajaMack -- I read it for Nancy, like I said! But also for the LOL of his hysterical overreactions, which are clearly his shtick at this point. Like on the Comics Curmudgeon, we read it for Josh's overblown snark. That's his deal. His thing. Same with Rex. I enjoy reading it without having to agree with it.tkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04962795448097409201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3439473323199207342021-04-21T00:32:51.172-04:002021-04-21T00:32:51.172-04:00Why do you Rex-haters read this blog?!? Why do you Rex-haters read this blog?!? MaharajaMackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17586547065009442807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34525892659630437952021-04-21T00:32:37.960-04:002021-04-21T00:32:37.960-04:00Why do you Rex-haters read this blog?!? Why do you Rex-haters read this blog?!? MaharajaMackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17586547065009442807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68258569630069935852021-04-20T07:10:29.462-04:002021-04-20T07:10:29.462-04:00Yes, that’s what I typed in. Guess I was also tir...Yes, that’s what I typed in. Guess I was also tired of correcting auto-correct. Thanks, Johan!Liz1508https://www.blogger.com/profile/01734328775686801701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56623484532248419682021-04-19T17:05:01.794-04:002021-04-19T17:05:01.794-04:009:16 am Nancy:
Your comments are why I read this b...9:16 am Nancy:<br />Your comments are why I read this blog.tkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04962795448097409201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44047424148133253882021-04-19T12:17:41.607-04:002021-04-19T12:17:41.607-04:00Ansel. Not Anson.Ansel. Not Anson.Lake Ontario Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797784320693732347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77041109632755106642021-04-19T02:09:10.045-04:002021-04-19T02:09:10.045-04:00I guess "bygone" is a synonym for "...I guess "bygone" is a synonym for "my age group is not familiar with it". which was ok on the sat puzzle, but not here. go figure.........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66806463103907215452021-04-19T01:25:54.156-04:002021-04-19T01:25:54.156-04:00Thanks for the welcome A!Thanks for the welcome A!PhysGrafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04242100521508365116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56375665324324961252021-04-19T01:24:14.617-04:002021-04-19T01:24:14.617-04:00Puzzles is puzzles Nancy! I learned more trivia an...Puzzles is puzzles Nancy! I learned more trivia and am not worried. Time to put on my TEE and then put on my tank top and go be me.PhysGrafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04242100521508365116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28752003220963598082021-04-18T23:52:02.520-04:002021-04-18T23:52:02.520-04:00why you so angry, bro?why you so angry, bro?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30510213681015142292021-04-18T21:43:06.398-04:002021-04-18T21:43:06.398-04:00decent puzzle. I always feel sad though when I ca...decent puzzle. I always feel sad though when I can solve it without seeing the gimmick. That I blame on the editor. Once I saw needle under a haystack - actually written out (sad!) - I said "I guess there are other 'HAY's and sure enough found them. But hey! decent puzzle.tonyroma12000https://www.blogger.com/profile/15267008655119402098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64632437819655925712021-04-18T21:01:55.811-04:002021-04-18T21:01:55.811-04:00Yes, good puzzle!!!Yes, good puzzle!!!Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953451842275356416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27533664394516003172021-04-18T19:04:51.506-04:002021-04-18T19:04:51.506-04:00A better clue for HAYLEY would have been “Actress ...A better clue for HAYLEY would have been “Actress Mills.” Or better yet, “Craig’s daughter.” 😀TOCraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463432047347877589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59822057604201852492021-04-18T18:32:16.076-04:002021-04-18T18:32:16.076-04:00Happy Go Fly a Kite Day!
All of the PPP can go fl...Happy Go Fly a Kite Day!<br /><br />All of the PPP can go fly a kite, although most of it wasn’t too annoying, and I had fun for a majority of the solve. Just not fun at the end trying to find which PPPs were AMISS. I knew there might be A TON. Found all (including TeE/TIE) except LAIwA. I was at Six Flags on the Log Flume Ride and the Wet Slide. <br /><a href="https://youtu.be/Mx8kJYWXhzs" rel="nofollow">Now this is a wet ride.</a><br /><br />Welcome aboard, @PhysGraf! I made the same mistake for a good long time. Once I realized it wasn’t a TeE, I got a kick out of the mental image of a TIE with a tank top.<br /><br />Agree with Rex and others about the NEEDLE being TOO EASY to find, and the oddly shaped SHAYSTACK. It NEEDed something.<br /><br />I learned that BRA means ‘good’ in Swedish. And Wiki shays that the one-horse shay is an American version (Maine) of the French chaise.<br /><br />Interesting clues:<br />One may be sworn<br />It’s constantly breaking around the world<br />Second person in the Bible<br />Doctor’s order<br />Bar rooms?<br />Key used to get out but, not in<br /><br />This was a decidedly unmusical puzzle - just JAKE, SIA, and that NOISE ROCK. Fortunately, today is the birthday of soprano (and now opera director) Catherine Malfitano. <a href="https://youtu.be/htRLSo_ESNc" rel="nofollow">Vogliatemi bene (with Richard Leech) from Madame Butterly, The Met, 1994</a> (YouTube also has her doing a very revealing Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome, but, alas, no singing.)<br /><br />Thanks, Mr. Vass, and congrats on your debut.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237000067564152763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90419221457281339532021-04-18T18:08:09.740-04:002021-04-18T18:08:09.740-04:00@Sara Marie Claven - Yep. It seems to me there are...@Sara Marie Claven - Yep. It seems to me there are two reasons that 33% is pretty consistently the line. First, what you experienced is more likely to occur, a cluster of PPP making a section close to impossible for some solvers. The second is that at 33% and higher the likelihood that solvers just don’t an answer is much higher. Conversely, when you know a PPP answer, especially a long PPP answer, it can make a section especially easy. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63952766372445459052021-04-18T18:02:56.410-04:002021-04-18T18:02:56.410-04:00Amused that I wasn't the only one tripped up b...Amused that I wasn't the only one tripped up by BAyS vs BASS. I was so fixated on BASS that even the fill of OSSIFs didn't reorient me. <br />< Hanging head in shame yet one for more day ... >Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375953201255032682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8825623990058663872021-04-18T18:00:27.409-04:002021-04-18T18:00:27.409-04:00Big Scrabble News.
@Ken Freeland - Edina, Orem, ...<a href="https://7news.com.au/entertainment/games/scrabble-bans-long-list-of-words-players-are-no-longer-allowed-to-use--c-2593627" rel="nofollow">Big Scrabble News</a>. <br /><br />@Ken Freeland - Edina, Orem, Orono, Ocala... All huge tourist destinations in Crossworld. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.com