tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1679479374233784569..comments2024-03-28T20:26:11.908-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: What the trio in this puzzle's clues is trying to promote / MON 7-26-21 / Companion of Frodo in The Lord of the Rings / Devers three-time Olympic track gold medalist / Lead-in to genderRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46987812688728117602021-08-30T17:52:48.962-04:002021-08-30T17:52:48.962-04:00@John X, way above. A Hemingway-esque narrative. ...@John X, way above. A Hemingway-esque narrative. (Except for the longer sentences.)<br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32627594859600672512021-08-30T15:53:29.432-04:002021-08-30T15:53:29.432-04:00Nice enough job.Nice enough job.leftcoaster.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51855799294923224892021-08-30T14:59:49.225-04:002021-08-30T14:59:49.225-04:00Not very CHEWY. Pretty thin gruel, even for a Mond...Not very CHEWY. Pretty thin gruel, even for a Monday. NICEJOB on the review Rex. You lay it BARE, tell it like it is, and all that JAZZ.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57293322191323609332021-08-30T13:25:39.924-04:002021-08-30T13:25:39.924-04:00Beginning 1-across with an unknowable was a toughe...Beginning 1-across with an unknowable was a tougher-than-usual start to a Monday puzzle. The themers, too, were not "Monday Easy." @Rex mentions this as well. <br /> <br /><br />I mention this not because the puzzle was hard (it wasn't) but because I have a strong belief that Mondays should lure in newbies with straightforwardness. Just sayin'<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords and<br />Protector of Monday Puzzles<br /><br />Diana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73944537983971636022021-08-30T11:53:19.430-04:002021-08-30T11:53:19.430-04:00NICEJOB, IT'S BUSINESS
GAIL would OBSESS, LAT...NICEJOB, IT'S BUSINESS<br /><br />GAIL would OBSESS, LATE NIGHT until morn,<br />to AMUSE him with ZEST, and TOOT MOSES' HORN.<br /><br />--- TESS ETHOSBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57019238006688894832021-07-26T19:45:13.084-04:002021-07-26T19:45:13.084-04:00@Anoa Bob:
ABYSS always puts a smile on my word-ne...@Anoa Bob:<br />ABYSS always puts a smile on my word-nerd face.<br /><br />Not to mention my dirty mind: "The Deep" had a better girl scene than "The ABYSS"! And, of course, I tend to conflate one with the other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36920866043965687402021-07-26T19:31:58.052-04:002021-07-26T19:31:58.052-04:00@ Anoa Bob 6:23PM
Your description of SEA LEGS wa...@ Anoa Bob 6:23PM<br /><br />Your description of SEA LEGS was so dead-on perfect.<br /><br />I so remember getting off the boat after a 40 day patrol and standing on the concrete wharf and it was still moving for like 30 minutes.JOHN Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11666390118546016530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50696671097314523442021-07-26T18:23:24.283-04:002021-07-26T18:23:24.283-04:00The first thing that struck me about the grid was ...The first thing that struck me about the grid was the high number of black squares, 40 of them. That gives the grid a sectioned, closed-off feel to me. So I know there's going to be lots of short stuff and it's hard to breathe much life into that. But it's Monday and the two 14s and a grid-spanning 15 might have been difficult "trio" to work into an acceptable black square pattern, especially for someone just starting out constructing. <br /><br />I don't think of 46D NOMADS as "wanderers", as clued. The latter suggests kind of a haphazard, semi-random traveling while the former usually has a SANE, predictable route they follow seasonally.<br /><br />NICE JOB on the clue for YACHTS as "Leisure boats" rather than trying to define this class of vessels by size or expense. I know from experience there's a lot of work before, during and after going sailing on YACHTS, so it's more "recreation" than "leisure", I would say.<br /><br />I first learned about SEA LEGS in the Navy aboard a guided missile destroyer. After a day or two at sea you can walk down a wildly rolling deck without even thinking about. If you want to see something funny, watch a bunch of sailors walking on a pier or dry land after four or five weeks at sea. They will stagger all over the place and appear to be comically drunk.<br /><br />ABYSS always puts a smile on my word-nerd face. It conjures up all kinds of vivid images and scenes. Plus it facilitates two crossing POCs (plural of convenience)!Anoa Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185183023273883700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19316765543014972952021-07-26T16:11:20.373-04:002021-07-26T16:11:20.373-04:00@JOHN X 4:36: Interesting comment today on your S...@JOHN X 4:36: Interesting comment today on your SEA LEGS story. Submarines scare me....but then so does eating pizza. I really can't ever imagine being in what looks like an over-sized bullet, crammed with a ton of people and being down in the depths of the dark sea. Maybe watching "Hunt For Red October" scared the pants off of me.<br />@Barbara S 1:12: I'd keep the kids off the roof as well; makes sense, no? Getting to your Carl Jung quote..it .brought back memories of an old flame I use to date. He was a civil rights lawyer at one time and then decided to become a therapist. He dabbled in Existential and Gestalt. He then decided I needed to read Yung so he gave me a copy of his "The Red Book." Why, I don't know, since he was the one that had the unresolved issues with just about everything. I, on the other hand, was happy as long as I had at least one bottle of good wine hanging around. Anyway....it brings me back to @Malsdemere and her dream. This ones for you from Carl: <br />Who looks outward, dreams<br />Who looks inside, awakes.<br />Now isn't that profound?GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10954878720506901022021-07-26T14:58:32.906-04:002021-07-26T14:58:32.906-04:00@Barbara S 1:12. Good luck. Also, it disturbs me t...@Barbara S 1:12. Good luck. Also, it disturbs me that "keep the kids off the roof" gets its own billing. I would think it would be covered under "don't do anything I wouldn't".kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29165586486053882932021-07-26T14:01:53.275-04:002021-07-26T14:01:53.275-04:00@Barbara S. (1:12 PM)
Praying for a harmonious r...@Barbara S. (1:12 PM) <br /><br />Praying for a harmonious resolution! 🙏<br />___<br /><br />pg 1<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DxNpW1kHQ" rel="nofollow">Peace ~</a> Empathy ~ Tolerance ~ Health ~ Kindness to all 🕊bocamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524629632075020985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35832949384381436302021-07-26T14:00:30.553-04:002021-07-26T14:00:30.553-04:00JOHN X for the win! (again) - I usually think of S...JOHN X for the win! (again) - I usually think of SEALEGS in the reverse scenario when you get back on land and your legs are still swaying, making the ground seem rubbery.<br /><br />I was hoping the last themer would be DRUMsUPsupport, since that would work metaphorically and literally like the other 2.<br /><br />burtonkdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02775521394938142484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42372328480630182852021-07-26T13:12:03.946-04:002021-07-26T13:12:03.946-04:00Just to let you know...
My leaking kitchen ceiling...Just to let you know...<br />My leaking kitchen ceiling of this past weekend has led to cavalcade of disasters which means that I have to sign off the blog for now. I leave you with these words of wisdom that a good friend of mine used to say whenever he was going out the door -- <br />Keep the kids off the roof, write if you get work and don't do anything I wouldn't!Barbara S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17634754070567731006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11767122292630742812021-07-26T12:57:36.988-04:002021-07-26T12:57:36.988-04:00@John X (4:36) That’s more information than I lear...@John X (4:36) That’s more information than I learned about nuclear submarines in my entire life. Thanks for sharing. I would not like the enclosed space but the sights of those falling stars and the rising plankton might almost be worth it.<br /><br />@mathgent (10:52) Dang! Now I’m jonesing for a Reuben. There went my lose-the-quarantine-junkfood-weight diet. 🤨 Again. 🙄Whatsernamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450876821189472213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60373666218311828492021-07-26T12:46:52.405-04:002021-07-26T12:46:52.405-04:004:45, which is pretty fast for me. Assumed it was ...4:45, which is pretty fast for me. Assumed it was a debut at EPEE ELAL ATE AT. <br /><br />@TJS - Care to share where Rex is inaccurate? JAZZ SHOW v JAZZ trio is a de gustibus and all that sort of thing. But the fill needs more than a little polishing (hence my 4:45 time - just a ton of short stuff that appears in puzzles all the time). As I said again last week, if you want compliments this is the wrong place. If you want to see how to make a puzzle better read Rex. I was expecting harsher, actually, because of Rex’s repeated disdain for puns. I like puns, but prefer more outrageousness. These all felt a little tame to me. Not bad, just not groan nor guffaw inducing. <br /><br />I have never once had an anxiety dream, certainly not about a test. I remember the girl in 9th grade algebra always fretting about how awful she was going to do and just not understanding how anyone could be anxious about a test (Lisa always got A’s, too). Either you know the stuff or you don’t. What is there to feel stress about?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69037033862801069312021-07-26T12:45:50.092-04:002021-07-26T12:45:50.092-04:00@Roo, well, pFFooey! No triple diagonal F’s in sig...@Roo, well, pFFooey! No triple diagonal F’s in sight! Your LMSplanation was what I was expressing admiration for, though. Sorry about the letter exchange with you and @M&A - you’re both must-reads every day for me. I have to say I am glad you each took just one of those two particular letters. I found out trying to spell phooey with both you can get in trouble fast!Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237000067564152763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34882274240761449692021-07-26T12:44:34.060-04:002021-07-26T12:44:34.060-04:00Whoops, Jung, not Freud. My bad.
Whoops, Jung, not Freud. My bad.<br />TJShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11090324093687912886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51339598513783529112021-07-26T12:36:08.003-04:002021-07-26T12:36:08.003-04:00@OFL:
P.S. Nice that they thought to make the thir...@OFL:<br />P.S. Nice that they thought to make the third member of the jazz trio a woman. I see you trying, NYTXW!<br /><br />fact is, women piano players are most of the women in JAZZ, and always have been. many, if not most, of the avant garde in JAZZ piano are they.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47472451197516903942021-07-26T12:34:29.677-04:002021-07-26T12:34:29.677-04:00Rex is forever missing a critical element, aspect ...Rex is forever missing a critical element, aspect or nuance to a puzzle's theme. Keith D naked when he said in haste to suck the joy out the puzzle he misses subtleties. ( I'd say he sometimes misses the whole boat. But that's a dick move, since Keith D has hit it out of the park viz Rex's joylessness and obsession with speed)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87333420744415249562021-07-26T12:33:36.045-04:002021-07-26T12:33:36.045-04:00nobody, but nobody, who plays JAZZ calls a perform...nobody, but nobody, who plays JAZZ calls a performance a SHOW. gig, date, or concert. which depends on the venue: if it's a club then gig or date, if it's a concert hall then... concert. also, for some, it depends on the number of performers: up to a quartet, mostly gig or date irregardless of venue; for Big Band, concert irregardless of venue, although anything bigger than a quartet won't fit in most JAZZ clubs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59430237854885837312021-07-26T12:21:50.434-04:002021-07-26T12:21:50.434-04:00Ah, yes -- that well-known OMG, I'm-taking-an-...Ah, yes -- that well-known <i>OMG, I'm-taking-an-exam-in-a-class-I-didn't-know-I-was-taking-and-never-attended-and-haven't-studied-for</i> anxiety dream. A dream we've all had more than once -- right?<br /><br />I used to have them frequently. When I stopped working in an office and became a free-lancer, I had them less frequently. And once I completely stopped working, I pretty much stopped having them at all. Back when I did have them, I'd long been out of the classroom, so I figured they must be related to job pressures and job worries. But it's odd that we all have those dreams about classes we haven't studied for. Why don't we have them about job deadlines we fear we won't meet or about bosses at work whose demands are unrealistic? Why do we all disguise them in the same way?<br /><br />Speaking of dreams, I've long since come to the conclusion that my unconscious mind is far, far more interesting than my conscious one. My conscious mind is logical, straightforward, and rather boringly predictable when all is said and done. My unconscious mind is fleeting and hard to pin down -- like lightning that can't be caught in a bottle. If you could only have lunch with one of my minds, you might well pick the unconscious one. (Although it wouldn't remember you afterwards.) And that's the problem with my dreams: they might have much to teach me...if only I could remember them.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62251771852473408832021-07-26T12:16:42.906-04:002021-07-26T12:16:42.906-04:00p.s.
Well, thanx, @Roo. And U are doin good work,...p.s.<br /><br />Well, thanx, @Roo. And U are doin good work, here at the RexRanch.<br /><br />M&Also<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/UploadRunt/FetchPage?id=NDEyNjA3NzI2ODM0NzQ5MA&title=Stumpy_1_Stumper_7__1_Wiener_1_Dog_1_Runt_1_11_1_-_1_by_1_M_1_and_1_A" rel="nofollow">**gruntz**</a><br /> Masked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346263641338670679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89624417755527716882021-07-26T12:10:17.736-04:002021-07-26T12:10:17.736-04:00I agree -- Rex missed the "Promotion" pa...I agree -- Rex missed the "Promotion" part of the theme, which makes "Show" essential, since a trio is an entity.<br /><br />Pulling strings, drumming up business, and tooting your horn -- all things you might do in the first year of starting ANY new business!<br /><br />This is the best Monday theme in months. Not the best Monday puzzle; not the best Monday fill, the best Monday THEME. Bravo!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683698880381428035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44541216651356439312021-07-26T12:08:13.288-04:002021-07-26T12:08:13.288-04:00JAZZ … SHOW … GIG … FEST. All ok by m&e.
Kind...JAZZ … SHOW … GIG … FEST. All ok by m&e.<br /><br />Kinda unusual puzgrid, in that none of the Down answers are over 6-long. Do have a coupla 7-long Across (non-themer) answers, at least. fave: NICEJOB. Sorta also like CHEWY and ABYSS.<br />Also cool how OBSESS and TESS cross at the ESS.<br /><br />Got the scrabble-twerkin off to a nice early start, with the 1-A JAZZ entry. <br /><br />fave moo-cow eazy-E MonPuz clue: {One of 16 in a chess set} = PAWN. Checkmate & QED.<br />staff weeject pick: FOO. Hard not to admire anyone who dares to fight FOO. Should probably be an Olympics event.<br /><br />Thanx for the not-too-easy MonPuz, and all that jazz, Mr. Pauly. And congratzz on yer debut puzz.<br /><br />Masked & Anonym007UsMasked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346263641338670679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67127294336493134802021-07-26T11:58:17.450-04:002021-07-26T11:58:17.450-04:00Oh yeah! Well, I grew up in the Bronx.Oh yeah! Well, I grew up in the Bronx.What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/15386323706336872298noreply@blogger.com