tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1639458685811698055..comments2024-03-29T04:46:57.646-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Form of Japanese syllabic writing / SAT 12-26-15 / Traveling show with number Trading Taps / Mathematician with a hypothesis unproven since 1859 / Dermatological drug withdrawn by Roche in 2009 / Beijing-born star of Kiss of Dragon / His name was lengthened by God at age 99 / Half of rhyming candy duo / Cartoon friend of Dumb Donald Weird Harold / NJ home of ultimate weapon monument / Masonry-supporting rod / Mesoamerican language with 400,000+ speakers / Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52864002964368845992016-02-01T18:39:44.523-05:002016-02-01T18:39:44.523-05:00Glad this site is still going strong. thanks.
Puzz...Glad this site is still going strong. thanks.<br />Puzzle appeared Jan 30th here and I slept on it 2 nights before coming here to dig my way out.<br />Had SEVERE for extremely, knew I switches parts of speech but couldn't come up with anything else. The S, V, E, and R were confirmed.<br />No idea who "The Perfect Day" novelist was or what exactly Ea-a-asy indicated in normal speech.<br />I even looked up the sovery I saw here and no Google hit, but a suggestion that maybe I wanted 'so very'. That SE corner needed to "get ripped"<br /><br />Thanks for your help.<br />RxdoxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80385729109620190502016-01-31T17:48:04.292-05:002016-01-31T17:48:04.292-05:00Tita - you think you're confused? Think what ...Tita - you think you're confused? Think what it's like to be me. Sometimes I wake in the night, walk into a door, and wonder where they moved the bathroom to. <br /><br />Actually, I wear many hats. In CrossWorld I mostly live in the past, but take the DeLorean for a spin to the future now and then. <br /><br />In the "real" world, I live in Spokane (civic motto, "Near Nature, Near Perfect") where flocks of wild turkeys roam the neighborhoods. In winter I follow the butterflies to Calif. central coast, where groups of deer roam the neighborhoods. <br /><br />Don't know if you'll see this - it's Sun. afternoon and I need to travel to Jan. 24, now that the newspaper dried out and the puz is completed. Maybe I'll see you there. Or Monday. Oh it's so confusing...<br /><br />Rainy - best of luck with the letter. I try to keep in mind that I don't know what kind of H*** Rex had to put up with pre-moderation. But who knows, maybe some day we'll have a few hall monitors...<br /><br />Lady,DDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20456564175074742192016-01-31T14:07:38.449-05:002016-01-31T14:07:38.449-05:00Isn't the opposite of CASUAL SEX loneliness?
...Isn't the opposite of CASUAL SEX loneliness?<br /><br />Raising hand for REDO/ZADOTEC.Bananafishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7337361726032547932016-01-31T09:11:15.615-05:002016-01-31T09:11:15.615-05:00@Tita - Dirigonzo was blogging about the Premier P...@Tita - <a href="http://dirigonzosolveslongo.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Dirigonzo</a> was blogging about the Premier Puzzle by Longo, but now all three of his blogs have been silent for months.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8702650156931880952016-01-31T00:28:44.343-05:002016-01-31T00:28:44.343-05:00@Lady Di - For the record I am a he (last time I l...@Lady Di - For the record I am a he (last time I looked), and am a bona fide Syndi. We've had a variety of such people over the years, but some have left (Dirigonzo, DMG, Solving in Seattle, and others whose names I'm ashamed to say I've forgotten). Ron Diego turns up from time to time, and it's nice to see @Waxy in Montreal here today. Moderation has taken away the occasional banter we would have back and forth, and I miss that. Also, frequently someone will say something that another syndi has already said, but one can't know because the comments aren't there for hours. I think I'll write @Rex a letter, but that will probably get moderated out of existence. Besides, He has said that this isn't going to change.<br /><br />Nice medium Saturday puzzle today. Odd that I knew it was ABRAM and MAXIM right off, and a few other gimmes up top helped speed the solve, though I am definitely not a speed solver. I finished it this morning, but had to leave right after, and so didn't comment until now. Kind of self-moderation. <br /><br />Anyway, a good puzzle.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67013857152838466392016-01-31T00:22:49.653-05:002016-01-31T00:22:49.653-05:00City famous for bad traffic? Knew it had to mean d...City famous for bad traffic? Knew it had to mean drug traffic. When CALI came through, was miffed there wasn't abbreviation. California right? Right? Compton? Oh crimmany, Cali Columbia. Never heard, doi.<br /><br />Googled Fat Albert. So didn't have the fun of FATAL BERT. Was happy no snipes on Donald:)<br /><br />And also never heard of ill um in a ti. ILLUMINATI. Back to second grade... <br /><br />Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7176108864527412692016-01-30T21:36:10.817-05:002016-01-30T21:36:10.817-05:00You wound me to the quick, @rondo!
I assure you th...You wound me to the quick, @rondo!<br />I assure you that were I see you folks in real time, that I would make mention. You must've visited during my hiatus, as I'm sure I would have noticed and said hey.<br /><br />I might also complain that on the even rarer occasions that I comment back here, I am rarely acknowledged. A sad commentary on the difficulty of maintaining contact across the divide?<br /><br />Let me say in my defense, and perhaps others, that it is hard enough to remember a puzzle that I did yesterday, much less one that I did 6 weeks ago. So reading comments that only reference 13D...well, hard for me to relate.<br /><br />Btw, I've asked here before...whatever happened to Dirigonzo, my sailing buddy? Haven't seen him in a dog's age.<br /><br />As to D,LiW, I must confess to being thoroughly confused as to where you hang your hat.<br /><br />Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55746132442312702622016-01-30T18:35:20.704-05:002016-01-30T18:35:20.704-05:00Anyone know the Zapotec word for "ancient Gre...Anyone know the Zapotec word for "ancient Greek garden MOLD?" Too many WOES (pretty much the same as @Nancy) so I threw in the towel. <br /><br />Knew what the clue for CALI was getting at (drug traffic) but didn't know the city. (Rome has the real kind of bad traffic!) Yes, Spacey, it's in Columbia. If you ever wonder about a clue/answer, Bill Butler also does a daily NYT and LAT puz blog. If Rex is the Lewis Black (ranter) of crosswords, BB is the Mr. Rogers. He carefully explains most of the clues and answers. "Can you say Katakana?" <br /><br />Rondo - "I've seen the future, and it's a bald-headed man from New York!" - Albert Brooks in "Lost in America." I sometimes buy a NYT so I can solve in Futureville, and have noticed a few posters visit now and then. Like Teedmn, who pointed out my "mythed" opportunity yesterday. <br /><br />Even tho I used to live near Ft. Dix, I never heard of the memorial. So I blithely wrote in Ft. Lee. That did not help. <br /><br />I get my "hometown" paper (The Spokesman Review) in e-version, and write out the puz on graph paper. But Sunday my winter paper (The Monterey Herald) actually has the NY and LA times puzzles. Such luxury to look forward to tomorrow.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90278231428585257882016-01-30T15:23:27.897-05:002016-01-30T15:23:27.897-05:00@space, unretired so don't have as much time t...@space, unretired so don't have as much time to comment these days - but always do the puz. Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65939460388725061482016-01-30T13:40:36.121-05:002016-01-30T13:40:36.121-05:00@longbeachlee - re: REBAR. Thank you for saying so...@longbeachlee - re: REBAR. Thank you for saying something. Support is definitely not correct. Another answer could have been post-tensioned cables - but that only fits on Sunday grids - if you want to always be stressed in compression. I prefer to not be stressed.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86888575607173111622016-01-30T13:20:27.928-05:002016-01-30T13:20:27.928-05:00Rebar supports masonry? Seems like stretch to me....Rebar supports masonry? Seems like stretch to me. It supplements masonry because concrete can't act in tension. Alex Scordelis, who taught Reinforced Concrete Theory at Berkeley way back when, is rolling in his grave.Longbeachleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945278798020339134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86769493694487543782016-01-30T12:28:11.267-05:002016-01-30T12:28:11.267-05:00Couldn’t have been too tough since there’s no hint...Couldn’t have been too tough since there’s no hint of a write-over. Started at CENTERICE, filled in the east half, then with CASUALSEX went from bottom to top in this AFFAIR in the west. How’s that for a roll in the HEYNOW? @Diana I WAVEAT you.<br /><br />MAXIM ANIMUS sounds like a really mad Roman.<br /><br />If this puz was as gender biased as OFL would have it, there would be a yeah baby or two OFNOTE.<br /><br />INEVER put the Sarasa Zebra 0.7 down and cruised right through this Sat-puz SOVERY cleanly. Maybe I’ll WAITABIT then break out one of those leftover CIGARS to celebrate.<br /><br />@Diana,LIW - I have on rare occasions invaded the future with seemingly little or no reaction. There are at least a few real-timers who regularly check back. I think most don't care or bother.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19372911596064864442016-01-30T12:06:43.877-05:002016-01-30T12:06:43.877-05:00WB @Waxy; where you been? This one, after some ini...WB @Waxy; where you been? This one, after some initial resistance, was easyish for a Saturday. Some stuff I didn't know: ZAPOTEC, KATAKANA, but crosses came to the rescue. That "City famous for bad traffic" CALI must be some kind of inside joke, one that I don't get. If CALI is actually a city I've never heard of it. Maybe it's in, say, Colombia or Mexico or somewhere, and the "traffic" is better left unmentioned. I liked SIRENS crossing CASUALSEX. 'Nuff said. A-. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20483157431148387272016-01-30T11:47:33.434-05:002016-01-30T11:47:33.434-05:00NEWS! RUDOLF FTDIX ELSA LEVIN – PATHOS, BATTLE, DI...NEWS! RUDOLF FTDIX ELSA LEVIN – PATHOS, BATTLE, DIVORCE<br /><br />INESSENCE, that PEON cowboy spoke in RHETORIC<br />of his AFFAIR, and SINEs of SOVERY CASUALSEX.<br />HEYNOW, I WISH INEVER heard him be SPECIFIC,<br />but OFNOTE was that DOLT’S TROJANWAR by TEX.<br /><br />--- “FAT”ALBERT RIEMANN<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2256457023749437602016-01-30T11:34:12.562-05:002016-01-30T11:34:12.562-05:00Will must have taken pity on prime-timers who'...Will must have taken pity on prime-timers who'd OD'ed on their Christmas dinners with this Boxing Day turkey. Wednesday-worthy at best. Only problem was a REDO/ZADOTIC Nattick.<br /><br />And wasn't it just earlier this week we had PUSSYGALORE for breakfast? This morning its CASUALSEX, TROJANwar, an AFFAIR and a DIVORCE! The Old Gray Lady's gone MAXIM - well, INEVER! (WAITABIT, ah, must be on the ILLUMINATI.) Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71724096194699660332016-01-29T23:43:58.677-05:002016-01-29T23:43:58.677-05:00Rain Forest
It's 8;41 pst, and I have not see...Rain Forest<br /><br />It's 8;41 pst, and I have not seen a post for over 8 hours. Just letting you know. You are not alone. Or maybe, you are. Har.<br /><br />D,LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83954911189621353232015-12-28T21:14:11.848-05:002015-12-28T21:14:11.848-05:00Wonderful puzzle - or it would have been for a Wed...Wonderful puzzle - or it would have been for a Wednesday. I'd like to see a higher level of difficulty on a Saturday. Perhaps Will is taking it easy on us day after Xmas.<br /><br />And just in case there are people on this blog who don't remember the '52 Olympics and don't understand @AliasZ's asterisk, that was Emil ZAtOpEk who won the medals.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89154633182418393072015-12-27T20:08:16.959-05:002015-12-27T20:08:16.959-05:00C'mon Rex, looks like you are taking your pers...C'mon Rex, looks like you are taking your personal opinion to some righteous zone. If there were a lot of female oriented clue/answers would you judge the same. The sub-themery of macho male flavor is just that. 'Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.'Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988007506745985696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41980240742874274202015-12-26T19:58:05.824-05:002015-12-26T19:58:05.824-05:00Oh, I forgot. @Tita -- wonderful story.Oh, I forgot. @Tita -- wonderful story.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61491810686872721722015-12-26T19:54:38.931-05:002015-12-26T19:54:38.931-05:00Like GILL, I had SEVERE instead of SO VERY. Never...Like GILL, I had SEVERE instead of SO VERY. Never corrected it, so DNF. Like Leapfinger, I wanted Jacob before ABRAM. I looked up RUDOLF in the NW, which enabled me to finish that section. Nothing about this puzzle was easy for me. Among the things I didn't know besides RUDOLF: KATAKANA, ACCUTANE, ZAPOTIC, JETLI, DOMO. Even FT DIX stumped me. I've heard of it, obviously, but I haven't heard of the Ultimate Weapon monument. I didn't enjoy this especially, and I'm quite surprised that OISK liked it. Or maybe I just need a good night's sleep and shouldn't have done this right after arriving home. Don't think I would have found it any easier, though.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61284470013565694542015-12-26T19:18:18.015-05:002015-12-26T19:18:18.015-05:00I believe the opposite of casual sex is committed ...I believe the opposite of casual sex is committed celibacy. ;)Mike Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194320891372037525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29729481827091920942015-12-26T19:16:21.347-05:002015-12-26T19:16:21.347-05:00Finished in 13:40, half my usual Saturday time and...Finished in 13:40, half my usual Saturday time and no Googles. Played like a Tuesday for me. Lots of the longer answers fell in place right away and turned out to be right the first time, so I was fortunate to be able to breeze through this in only half a dozen passes or so. <br /><br />I liked the clueing for THAI. Mostly because it was my first thought and I left it out thinking it was too easy an answer. Adds some spice (?) to the puzzle to throw in some gimmes with the hard clues. Mike Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194320891372037525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7852313988397789752015-12-26T16:35:49.053-05:002015-12-26T16:35:49.053-05:00@Leapy 9:32 - I looked it up. Irritable Bowel Synd...@Leapy 9:32 - I looked it up. Irritable Bowel Syndrome lawsuits caused ACCUTANE to be pulled from the US market. Not to be confused with Cranky Crossword Solver Rant Syndrome. <br /><br />@oldtimer - one of the principals I worked for was of Irish descent. Imagine, if you will, a tall Dutch-American and a short Palestinian-American backing up a more than a little inebriated, rotund, and bare-chested English teacher doing his best Michael Flatley imitation at her retirement party. Fortunately, the young ladies who had done a wonderful performance had left much earlier. <br /><br />@Jim - since the next time that happens will be the first time it happens we will just have to wait and see.<br /><br />@anon11:39 - I belief the rules for business CASUAL SEX apply. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67102493211454550332015-12-26T15:48:50.314-05:002015-12-26T15:48:50.314-05:00Great comments all!
This might have been my faste...Great comments all!<br /><br />This might have been my fastest Saturday ever, had my brain not turned to mush in the NW. I started there, but when my crossword synapses failed to fire immediately, I moved on to the NE. That quadrant fell quickly due to instant entries at 6D & 6A. Also at 18A & 9D. From there it was down to the SE where RIVERDANCE went in off the crosses from 30,35 and 37 Down. That broke the whole corner open for me in short order. Over to the SW, where I fired in TEX right away. With only the X in place, CASUALSEX was a "gimme" for this solver. Does that sentence sound slightly redundant? Anyway, closed out that section with alacrity by immediately entering 31D,33D,34D and then 50A.<br /><br />Then, back to the NW, where I had a huge brain fart that cost me an extra 5 minutes and most likely a "personal best" solving time. Drew a blank at 1A. Wanted the Person and not the Thing at 1D. Wanted SEES (Poker) not REFS at 26A. Didn't ponder the clue for 2D long enough and wanted some kind of abbreviation for "demilitarized." I couldn't remember the first name of 3D, nor could I remember a synonym for loathing that ended in S. MAXIM at 5D never entered my mind, although it should have. I've seen issues, but never bought one. That might be due to the fact that I own at least one copy of every Playboy published since May of 1960 to present. Probably over 1000 issues, since I have duplicates for many of those years. Most of the duplicate copies are in mint condition.<br /><br />Finally got MHP when I accepted the noun at 1A as a "thing" in lieu of a "person." Sheesh! What a bunch of rookie mistakes for someone who's been a cruciverbalist for 50 years! <br /><br />@Leapy: As usual, your post was absolutely "Coffee Through The Nose" hilarious lady! Loved the description of your personal minefield at FATALBERT! In the end, FETAL-BERT edged out FUTON-BERT as my favorite! <br /><br />Naturally, your "HEY NOW! If you're going to have an AFFAIR with CASUAL SEX, you had better a TROJAN WeAR. SINE of the Times, eh? Anyway, no going off half-cocked, today." comment was right in my patently puerile and prurient wheel house. I swear Leapy, in the last 10 years, no other crossword blog poster has ever elicited as many belly laughs from me as you have. You are a gem!<br /><br />Having said all that, my personal favorite for today's most humorous comment,actually goes to a poster at Wordplay. Its jocular nature is most likely due to a typo, (the omission of the word "In") but one could also opine that it was the perfect example of a Freudian slip, no?<br /><br />Johanna writes in her last paragraph at Wordplay:<br /><br />"It's also obvious to me that James Mulhern put a lot of thought and care into creating this lovely Saturday puzzle. Interestingly I filled this one in from the bottom up, getting CASUALSEX first ... that's when I knew I was for a good time." End quote.<br /><br />ROTFLMAO! So, did Johanna get CASUALSEX before she started the puzzle? Also, if one were to make an inference from her comment, it seems she may have achieved some sort of epiphany by realizing that her whole purpose in life was to "provide a good time!" One can only wonder, but as Dr. Frazier Crane used to say, "Johanna, I'm listening!"<br /><br />Now that I probably have OFL gnashing his teeth over my perceived lack of sensitivity toward the overarching issue of our time, i.e., misogyny, paternalism,and the woeful inequality between the sexes, I will finally STFU and bid you all a fond adieu! <br />Chaos344https://www.blogger.com/profile/08901221000538028472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44098473735356226772015-12-26T15:42:25.407-05:002015-12-26T15:42:25.407-05:00Don't get the angst over THAI.Thought it was a...Don't get the angst over THAI.Thought it was about the easiest clue. If you like spicy food and you're tired of Indian you eat Thai, or vice versa. Several proper names I have no idea about, but all gettable.<br /><br />Happy Boxing Day (can't believe how many people are out shopping...)thursdaysdhttp://mytimetotravel.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com