tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1566368060350203982..comments2024-03-29T09:57:04.522-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Greek city mentioned in Acts of Apostles / SUN 2-19-17 / Bloblike Star Wars character / Nickname for Miami 12-time NBA All-Star / Number of French kings named Charles / Backs anatomically / Theme for annual city-magazine issueRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42208685786179177512023-11-03T22:45:35.677-04:002023-11-03T22:45:35.677-04:00What a pill.What a pill.Paul Pennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675804395438758118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69600960380474340832017-03-04T17:08:32.963-05:002017-03-04T17:08:32.963-05:00I think it needs http://I think it needs http://Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963555623164876680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78202490831600781062017-03-03T22:32:15.818-05:002017-03-03T22:32:15.818-05:00Agree!Agree!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03798405094757992213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64127333174908708382017-02-26T20:01:25.844-05:002017-02-26T20:01:25.844-05:00@straying: Apt idea.@straying: Apt idea.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67804599101208660092017-02-26T19:42:35.503-05:002017-02-26T19:42:35.503-05:00I so wanted DIXIE COUPS to be right.I so wanted DIXIE COUPS to be right.straylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4898598213502309382017-02-26T19:24:03.386-05:002017-02-26T19:24:03.386-05:00@lefty - Thanks. At one time I sort of DEPENDED on...@lefty - Thanks. At one time I sort of DEPENDED on it. Great for a short time. Unsustainable. And at the time, couldn't have just LANEONE.BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83605310381897541922017-02-26T18:52:53.502-05:002017-02-26T18:52:53.502-05:00@Burma Shave: Very clever and amusing short story....@Burma Shave: Very clever and amusing short story. Thanks for the chuckle, again.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74816204792558817262017-02-26T17:34:39.968-05:002017-02-26T17:34:39.968-05:00Took all day to get to it, finished but left me ki...Took all day to get to it, finished but left me kind of "meh". Not a fan of the gimmick puzzle and this was kind of weak tea. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65840351114279336882017-02-26T17:32:16.812-05:002017-02-26T17:32:16.812-05:00Okay, Rex is right about the irregularities in the...Okay, Rex is right about the irregularities in the theme answers, but I was impressed by how they all worked out with a little tolerance for the sounds of U's substituted for O's .<br /><br />And, contra Rex, HO[U}MINGBIRD FEEDER does not use one category of FEEDERs. The first refers to a person who feeds pigeons, the second to a thing, a feeding station you'd probably hang out on the deck or porch.<br /><br />NOGO[U}ATS NO GLORY was the toughest and the last to decipher successfully.<br /><br />JANKY? NEOPET? UNU? Okay.<br /><br />It took a while (I mean a lot of time), but it was worth it. A gratifying finish.<br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14162298732647933722017-02-26T15:32:07.136-05:002017-02-26T15:32:07.136-05:00I found the puzzle very entertaining, and I smiled...I found the puzzle very entertaining, and I smiled/laughed at most of the themers. This may be a much-used theme type, but it still works just fine. "Sire, is this your dressing gown"? "Aye, there's the robe". Good one, @rex.<br /><br />Yes, I read OFL's post, and wished I didn't. Takes away from my fun, er phone, if I had read it on my mobile.<br /><br />Anyway, the puzzle was pretty tight, I thought, with enough resistance to make me want to finish, but not so much that I would quit. Plus the light humour.<br /><br />@Spacey - Olvia de Havoline! Right on. She coulda done Texaco commercials.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6031840208760039512017-02-26T15:13:50.762-05:002017-02-26T15:13:50.762-05:00Well, you know I liked the puns.
The rest of the ...Well, you know I liked the puns.<br /><br />The rest of the "solve" had its moments - highs (STONEDSILENCE) and lows (ARTILY). Finally caved in the middle after a couple of hours. Having AXers for AXMEN didn't help. At all. Neither did NiNoS. <br /><br />My favorite moment was getting LANEONE off the L. I'm not often on BH's wavelength - not sure why.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44061250372607013242017-02-26T12:17:45.595-05:002017-02-26T12:17:45.595-05:00@spacey - Olivia De HAVOLINE - Tree.Mend.Us!
And i...@spacey - Olivia De HAVOLINE - Tree.Mend.Us!<br />And if you thought Aly Raison was perfect at the Olympics last summer, well, the SI swimsuit edition proves it.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85412153324544041302017-02-26T12:11:27.861-05:002017-02-26T12:11:27.861-05:00A few sticking points in the E and SE, especially ...A few sticking points in the E and SE, especially entering “lag” where OWE belonged. That g in lag made a nice “graph” where it was actually poly ESTER. Inkfest ensued. NOGOATSNOGLORY made me SMILE. And maybe STONEDSILENCE. The others, meh.<br /><br />JABBA’s from Star Wars, PIZZA’S from Spaceballs.<br /><br />STEVIE Ray Vaughn crashed and died on my birthday. Heard the news while at the MN State Fair. A great loss. Immediately had a BREW in remembrance.<br /><br />Looking AROUND the grid, butnot coming up with a yeah baby. Maybe UNU that. OHWAIT, anyone who dares sport a pair of Daisy DUKES?<br /><br />Kinda JANKY Sun-puz, IMHO. Nose back to the grindstone even though IMIN the office ALONE today.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8676237761572434272017-02-26T12:02:42.121-05:002017-02-26T12:02:42.121-05:00Well, I finished with no errors and only the write...Well, I finished with no errors and only the writeover of fish for DADS like a lot of others. AWHECK. I kind of agree with OFL on this one; a few of the wacks were funny but most were not. The overall experience was...meh. An amusing duo, DWAYNE DWADE, kept it from being an insufferable slog. Also liked the meeting of PIZZAS, GIZMOS and BOOZE. Sounds like every bit as much fun as 86-across.<br /><br />The NW and SE corners are severely pinched off, creating problems for the solver. It took a while to come up with what the theme was going for; STONEDSILENCE didn't seem to fit the U-->O change at first. But when I got the hilarious NOGOATSNOGLORY the die was cast. Then I reread 33-across and finally--"OHWAIT-it's supposed to be stunned!" So it was only then I went back and worked out that great office ballet at 23-across. So, there's a BATES College? Um, I wouldn't recommend the dorm! JANKY?? If you say so. Guess there's no such thing as a "uLARM." Sorry, @M&A. And the SE was even worse! Didn't know LETO, and "Draw" could be anything. Finally remembered my French...DUDED up? Wow, "Y'all git DUDED UP fer the barn dance now!"<br /><br />DOD? You're gonna love this: Olivia De HAVOLINE! Well, ya hadda be there. When your leadoff pitch is JABBA, you can't do worse than: par.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77033730537732608792017-02-26T11:12:49.755-05:002017-02-26T11:12:49.755-05:00OPENCASE ATAPRICE
I’MIN STONEDSILENCE ALONE RAPT ...OPENCASE ATAPRICE<br /><br />I’MIN STONEDSILENCE ALONE RAPT with my PHONEANDGAMES,<br />OHWAIT, IRENE’s WAKINGUP as DIXIECOPES with her EPIC shame,<br />as DWAYNE and I drink BOOZE TOTHEMAX with an OPIATE fix, <br />AWHECK, after these BREWs there’s nothing ELSE DOING with DIX.<br /><br />--- STEVIE JANKY<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29893278432376666712017-02-25T19:41:44.241-05:002017-02-25T19:41:44.241-05:00We Canadians get this 6 days late. One thing I wi...We Canadians get this 6 days late. One thing I will say is these puzzles are so America First. TV, movies, food, brands, baseball, etc.<br />You all need to get out more.<br />Try the North of Sixty in the Toronto Star.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9662206928196981782017-02-21T21:01:24.526-05:002017-02-21T21:01:24.526-05:00HI'sHI's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84027022275579058862017-02-20T01:23:37.413-05:002017-02-20T01:23:37.413-05:00@Anonymous 11:16, how bout I shove my black NOI Jo...@Anonymous 11:16, how bout I shove my black NOI Johnson up your white alt-right rectum?Slappy Whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54039566953888862602017-02-20T00:37:14.993-05:002017-02-20T00:37:14.993-05:00Uncle Joseph!? I heard you got religion after you ...Uncle Joseph!? I heard you got religion after you got caught with ... well, no point in going into all that. But ARCHBISHOP? Wow. Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92121841206797418052017-02-19T23:16:45.408-05:002017-02-19T23:16:45.408-05:00@bswein99:
That case of white guilt you're e...@bswein99:<br /><br /> That case of white guilt you're experiencing might be terminal? I suggest you have a conscience scan as soon as possible before your condition metastasizes into a uncontrollable urge to join the Nation Of Islam. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32219149342834366202017-02-19T22:57:00.321-05:002017-02-19T22:57:00.321-05:00Not only was the answer "Dixie Copes" cl...Not only was the answer "Dixie Copes" clunky, but it's also offensive. After the first few years of Radical Reconstruction ended, southern whites rapidly whittled away the gains made by the former slaves and re-instated a system of white supremacy and terror. Who would describe that as "coping'?bswein99https://www.blogger.com/profile/17695650849084225055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82789377215294071882017-02-19T21:47:32.799-05:002017-02-19T21:47:32.799-05:00@LMS
Regarding the avatar, why no Barry with a &#...@LMS<br /><br />Regarding the avatar, why no Barry with a 'fro over the last 8 years? Just asking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1925228281492442292017-02-19T20:23:45.141-05:002017-02-19T20:23:45.141-05:00@Lili - You're not doing outrage right.@Lili - You're not doing outrage right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53960814120747936612017-02-19T20:18:56.481-05:002017-02-19T20:18:56.481-05:00Yeah, don't dwell on the fact of being dweebs,...Yeah, don't dwell on the fact of being dweebs, it might dwarf your sense of being, and dwindle you in your dwelling. <br />Just sayin ...<br /><br />RooMonster RooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72945025118409742062017-02-19T20:00:54.501-05:002017-02-19T20:00:54.501-05:00@Z and @jberg: Stop being such dweebs. :)@Z and @jberg: Stop being such dweebs. :)Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032302346488486116noreply@blogger.com