tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1689282961690189842..comments2024-03-29T08:20:27.450-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Nickname for Cleveland Browns fans / THU 3-28-19 / Subject of Hemingway's Death in Afternoon / Carla 1960s R&B duoRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45099806822487864402019-05-02T19:10:08.441-04:002019-05-02T19:10:08.441-04:00Rex is awfully critical Rex is awfully critical Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83450097907505542332019-05-02T18:49:16.702-04:002019-05-02T18:49:16.702-04:00@rondo, regarding @LMS and the decimate issue: Are...@rondo, regarding @LMS and the decimate issue: Are you serious? or are you just playing around with us? (Inclined to think the latter.)leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10927699387260557182019-05-02T18:29:47.051-04:002019-05-02T18:29:47.051-04:00Inre: RP's critique -- Me think he doth protes...Inre: RP's critique -- Me think he doth protest too much. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38844741490072575892019-05-02T15:41:19.126-04:002019-05-02T15:41:19.126-04:00DOOKed it out with this puzzle, and got it! Hoora...DOOKed it out with this puzzle, and got it! Hooray! Even with many unknown (to me, who never remembers names) names, I got it. And no rebus. Did I mention, hooray?!!<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords like this one on a Thursday!Diana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17311857477201460392019-05-02T15:27:19.476-04:002019-05-02T15:27:19.476-04:00This is a first-rate puzzle IMO.
Gimmick showed ...This is a first-rate puzzle IMO. <br /><br />Gimmick showed up early with "Tome" clue for WHERE I STAND". The other theme clues and answers were more elusive, but PERSISTence paid off. The revealer is great.<br /><br />Main hang-ups were in the middle South: LIZ LEMON and the SKOAL/TOASTS combo, the latter in particular. The "Says 56-Across" clue with "See 51-Down" was a brain twister that was fun(?) to untangle.<br /><br />Enjoyed it.<br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57631544900317091652019-05-02T14:50:35.680-04:002019-05-02T14:50:35.680-04:00Fun puzzle! Medium for the top half, medium-chall...Fun puzzle! Medium for the top half, medium-challenging in the South.<br /><br />Got the first themer square by square, and the trick was discovered. I immediately looked for what would be possible other themers and found OFTEN, GOON, and NOTABLE. Still, uncovering the answers wasn't straightforward except for DECIMAL. I knew the revealer would have something to do with SPACE, and so it did. Took awhile to get the actual wording. <br /><br />I initially thought the answer to 41 A was "Stiff", and so until I got HEROINE, I almost came to a halt there. PERSIST opened up that section. It took PIPS to complete the SE, and then I was done. Very clever theme, great revealer, and I had no problem with the fill. <br /><br />Enjoyable solve.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70830785116856460662019-05-02T14:43:06.141-04:002019-05-02T14:43:06.141-04:00Got it right off from the tome clue/answer. Looked...Got it right off from the tome clue/answer. Looked for DOOKs after that.<br /><br />@LMS – Sorry, but we are neither lunatics nor fools. Some words, like DECIMAL (hence decimate - 10% goes away, i.e. as a tithe) were meant to be precise. Literally. And I mean literally, not to what Gen X has changed it. Sure, we ‘lunatics’ and ‘fools’ understand what is meant, but incorrect usage, no matter how common it becomes, is still wrong. Pretty soon you’ll be telling me that ‘penultimate’ means last. If one fourth of my troops were killed, or money given, it amounts to quadrimus, not decimus, yet you say my finances (or troops) would be decimated? Devastated maybe. Not decimated. Some of us (like engineers, doctors, etc.) need our language to mean what it says. Literally.<br /><br />Only the one circle today, gimme Lorena OCHOA. Si bebé niña. <br /><br />I enjoyed this puz, now GIVEMESOMESPACE.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57887399518940831982019-05-02T11:55:59.885-04:002019-05-02T11:55:59.885-04:00Funny, I latched onto the theme pretty quickly. I ...Funny, I latched onto the theme pretty quickly. I could see right off that "tome" was not going to be fifteen squares long. If I break it into "To me," there are a lot more choices. Checking out the reveal clue confirmed that; it was sure to be something like WHEREISTHESPACE. Finding the others was sorta fun; theme and execution get a thumbs-up.<br /><br />The fill? That's another story. Right out of the NW gate we have an RTZ and the awful NOMSG. WHOA! EKE makes yet another appearance, as does a complete clue/answer set straight from the Maleska ERA: "Withered" (SERE). Then BSIDE almost caused a meltdown.<br /><br />So: theme +, fill - ; par. Tina Fey as LIZLEMON--or as anybody, including herself!--wins DOD.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72802828348727575552019-05-02T09:48:45.501-04:002019-05-02T09:48:45.501-04:00ALOHA INFIDEL
ISEE FROMWHEREISTAND, she’s GONEBAD...ALOHA INFIDEL<br /><br />ISEE FROMWHEREISTAND, she’s GONEBAD, ICAN pass,<br />a SADTALE, WHAT I planned: to get some RADICAL LASS.<br /><br />--- THOR SKOALSTET<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48069195910045949912019-04-26T04:27:50.740-04:002019-04-26T04:27:50.740-04:00interesting.. i like the photograph so much :)interesting.. i like the photograph so much :)Personal Fanhttps://bookmyreviews.com/best-portable-fans/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69805013397484066652019-04-01T12:13:09.055-04:002019-04-01T12:13:09.055-04:00I haven't read all the comments here, but from...I haven't read all the comments here, but from what I saw no one seems bothered by the fact that From Where I Stand is the title of a book. I didn't even think it was a theme answer. Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376950071884031494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33974854371176671402019-03-29T11:53:48.145-04:002019-03-29T11:53:48.145-04:00 I enjoyed this puzzle. One of the few that, after... I enjoyed this puzzle. One of the few that, after finishing the grid, had to go back and study the clues. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40693114129787159322019-03-29T10:30:38.304-04:002019-03-29T10:30:38.304-04:00Missed you ❤️Missed you ❤️Knitwithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01398200634979957147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59168385471652840172019-03-29T02:18:23.174-04:002019-03-29T02:18:23.174-04:00@LMS I’m not as regular here as most, but I can do...@LMS I’m not as regular here as most, but I can do the Vulcan mind meld. I lost my mom just before Thanksgiving and things still feel wrong. On we must go, down this new path. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258490572969237544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70266236510507711572019-03-29T02:13:35.086-04:002019-03-29T02:13:35.086-04:00I don’t know if this is amusing or not, but when I...I don’t know if this is amusing or not, but when I realized “often” was associated with the answer DECIMAL, I wondered if there was an actual mistake in the app version. It wasn’t until I got the long theme that I realized there was a trick. My trouble spot was that I thought “goon” was I INSIST instead of PERSIST, and I couldn’t get the SW to fall for ages. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258490572969237544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58176533529804134012019-03-28T21:59:04.520-04:002019-03-28T21:59:04.520-04:00@Carola. ALOHA, safe travels. See you, kind of, n...@Carola. ALOHA, safe travels. See you, kind of, next year.<br />@TomAz, go blue and you’ll never have to prove anything again.chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65215849186033885682019-03-28T21:45:09.445-04:002019-03-28T21:45:09.445-04:00Check out 'Inner Space' by Park Ji YoonCheck out 'Inner Space' by Park Ji YoonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733316316849740027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76715769596515899812019-03-28T21:33:04.452-04:002019-03-28T21:33:04.452-04:00@DJG, your blog post on the ACPT was fun to read. ...@DJG, your blog post on the ACPT was fun to read. Thanks for sharing the link!<br /><br />@LMS, Sorry is inadequate, but it is so heartfelt.<br /><br />The theme and it’s dook realization moment were a delight. I love a Thursday surprise.<br />Hartley70https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557118655188472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5759780036637748942019-03-28T21:14:06.430-04:002019-03-28T21:14:06.430-04:00CORRISA and EST instead of CORRIDA and EDT. It’s ...CORRISA and EST instead of CORRIDA and EDT. It’s been a long time since I’ve read any Hemingway and didn’t know this offhand. As I solve on paper, I had no unhappy pencil to clue me in. Oh, well. Otherwise I liked it - fun theme, which I got on POWERLESS. Fun - I liked it a lot more than @rexAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12174830953402611450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77638272067135676412019-03-28T21:11:56.002-04:002019-03-28T21:11:56.002-04:00Clue 70 across makes no sense: "It may have a...Clue 70 across makes no sense: "It may have a big mouth".<br />According to Websters DELTA means "the alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river",<br />hence the river has a mouth, and the river can have a delta, but the deposit (the<br />delta) obviously has no mouth.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081376071943387618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34293490265525968462019-03-28T20:32:34.083-04:002019-03-28T20:32:34.083-04:00Equal rights for robots!Equal rights for robots!albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84866450912321340392019-03-28T19:21:46.895-04:002019-03-28T19:21:46.895-04:00@LMS: Your dad sounds like a cool dude. Tip o&#...@LMS: Your dad sounds like a cool dude. Tip o' the cap to you both.<br /><br />And yes, this puzzle was cool, sneaky cool. I figured out the trick pretty quickly at "Tome".. but man it did a nice job hiding itself. I got POWERLESS and PERSIST, but man DECIMAL... I mean I was literally completely done, I had DECIMAL filled in, I had the themer, I had everything.. and I <i>still</i> couldn't figure out in what context DECIMAL could be construed to mean "often". DOH! This is the kind of puzzle stumper moment I really enjoy, as opposed to trivia.<br /><br /><br />PS: So for a very long time .. months and months, well over a year I think .. I didn't have to do the "click on the street sign" thing to post in here. I just had to verify I wasn't a robot, and it believed me. But now.. now it's started again. I feel like I've been demoted or something.<br />TomAznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18173218569462361802019-03-28T18:49:25.141-04:002019-03-28T18:49:25.141-04:00I also thought that a goose egg was a bump on the ...I also thought that a goose egg was a bump on the head, though eventually figured out that it means zero.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63476728675867096552019-03-28T18:21:30.663-04:002019-03-28T18:21:30.663-04:00Thank you for the song Z .Thank you for the song Z .Another friend of LMS.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09232678217285818969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89211659094350653362019-03-28T18:12:00.120-04:002019-03-28T18:12:00.120-04:00Nice sign-off!
But hey, don't go fishing for s...Nice sign-off!<br />But hey, don't go fishing for striped compliments.. You seem like a nice guy and I very decimal agree with your posts, so there you go.<br />Skoal!Karl Grouchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273769058714750742noreply@blogger.com