tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1732812323269640413..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 1925 Percy Marmont film / SUN 2-23-14 / 1932 Clark Gable Jean Harlow film / Sitcom with 1974 wedding / Snow queen in Disney's Frozen / 1980s-90s series based on fictional firm mckenzie brackman chaney Kuzak / New Haven reunerRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50366647110283596132014-03-24T12:39:36.142-04:002014-03-24T12:39:36.142-04:00@anonymous11:54 - profane and ignorant, why not go...@anonymous11:54 - profane and ignorant, why not go for the trifecta? Your post <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2014/02/internet_troll_personality_study_machiavellianism_narcissism_psychopathy.html" rel="nofollow">says 2 much about u</a>.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68500422353695358462014-03-24T11:54:06.751-04:002014-03-24T11:54:06.751-04:00Easy?
Another arrogant snob.
If u are so smart R...Easy?<br /><br />Another arrogant snob.<br /><br />If u are so smart Rex, why not created your own crossword puzzles, DIPSHIT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34018500974602724432014-03-02T23:42:08.169-05:002014-03-02T23:42:08.169-05:00Could not recall the Bush brother for the life of ...Could not recall the Bush brother for the life of me (not my favorite family). I ran the alphabet with the EI in place and stopped two letters too soon, naming him LEIF. Yes...Leif Bush. I mean, come on. Are there, or have there ever been, anywhere on the planet, a pair of brothers named Jeb and Leif? Let alone a movie called FORD JIM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28972250952888780242014-03-02T17:19:30.940-05:002014-03-02T17:19:30.940-05:00As a movie aficionado brought up in Hollywood, I k...As a movie aficionado brought up in Hollywood, I knew Victor Fleming personally and was well aware of the films he directed. So this crossword was a cinch for me.tobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17035685314955450305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69659605631441758292014-03-02T17:01:11.307-05:002014-03-02T17:01:11.307-05:00Shall puzzles from now on be judged by how many li...Shall puzzles from now on be judged by how many limericks they inspire? If so, the bar has been set very high, it seems. <br />With the two Bush appointees duly noted by @spacey and the unheralded Bush brother lurking in the grid, is that enough for a mini-theme?<br />Today must be Proper Name Day for crosswords - Frank Longo's puzzle featured the names of 10 redheads to go along with the eight movies listed here. I generally don't do well with proper names but I managed to finish both puzzles (I'm not sure what that says about me).<br /><br />@SiS - Aloha! Have a wonderful trip to the Land of DONHO.<br /><br />Two (lousy) pairs.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33956817301256619922014-03-02T15:53:48.409-05:002014-03-02T15:53:48.409-05:00I forgot to thank Ron Diego and @Diri for their ki...I forgot to thank Ron Diego and @Diri for their kind comments yesterday, to which I'll now add thanks to @Red Valerian and @SIS for today's. Warmly appreciated.<br /><br />Numbers this time: 99922.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79241841009605271252014-03-02T14:22:33.770-05:002014-03-02T14:22:33.770-05:00Fleming dude sure had a great directing career - W...Fleming dude sure had a great directing career - Wow! I, too, wasn't aware.<br /><br />14D clue should have had an acronym alert. Had SNArls/volcano before SNAFU/FISSURE.<br /><br />Agree with OFL that puz wuz easy - maybe my fastest Sunday.<br /><br />Not sure how the limerick thing started but @Spacy wins the Oscar.<br /><br />See you guys in a couple of weeks. Aloha.<br /><br />Three fives. Solving in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249420848844874936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31634448804784331122014-03-02T13:44:26.429-05:002014-03-02T13:44:26.429-05:00Nice limerick, @spacecraft! And others. I'm ...Nice limerick, @spacecraft! And others. I'm not up to it (you might be happy to hear).<br /><br />Don't really have much to add, except that I had ___OTS for 45D ("fortune-telling aids") and briefly considered idiOTS.<br /><br /><br />Red Valerianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04638265039015470938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28905702088059024922014-03-02T11:52:21.511-05:002014-03-02T11:52:21.511-05:00Bravo to @Limerick Bill! "A bunch of movies??...Bravo to @Limerick Bill! "A bunch of movies??" TWOO and GWTW?? And is the Faberge collection "a bunch of eggs?" Methinks somebody's brain is, uh, scrambled.<br /><br />Our leader is OFT in high dudgeon.<br />He loves to take out his bludgeon<br />And WREAK havoc on grids--<br />Even those by just kids!--<br />Criminey! What a curmudgeon!<br /><br />And yes, that word did WREAK much trouble for me, having tried WRought, then WRacKED, then WREcKED. With my flight board info being ET_S (A or D to be decided later), and my having forgotten that we did indeed bomb poor LAOS back then, plus running the alphabet to get LASE (haven't seen "Frozen" yet), the SW was a mess for a while.<br /><br />Another tough spot for me was the middle east (go figure!)--not the IRANIAN kind, the grid kind. I had forgotten that great word SOLIPSIST and always, ALWAYS have a headache with NTESTS. I WISH they'd cut that out!<br /><br />The rest of it was easy, but for those two areas, I have to even it out to about a medium. The fill is pretty damn good, featuring the double Bush appointees in the top corners...why didn't OFL give props for that? Not only was the theme dense, it featured two Z's and three J's--all "wrought" in very nicely. This dude has built a puzzle or sixty before.<br /><br />And no, I never actually realized that those two 1939 masterpieces were directed by the same guy. Now that's what I call a banner year!<br /><br />Real-word captcha is sunset: how apropos!spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23849683975229180952014-03-02T01:29:50.161-05:002014-03-02T01:29:50.161-05:00Here, finally, is a Sunday puzzle that is tight, p...Here, finally, is a Sunday puzzle that is tight, professional, and pleasing to solve, and then we have to read what Rex says. Well, I guess we don't have to read it, if truth be told. When was the last Sunday published that had no dreck, no crap, no sigh-inducing fill? And, to take the cake, how could so many people not know who Victor Fleming (the director) was. It says something about the crowd here that they are more familiar with VF, the very fine crossword constructor, than they are with the director. Rex probably thinks that this is just old stuff, therefore not important, like The Simpsons or P. Diddy. Death, where is thy sting? Yeah, that's Shakespeare, as is the following:<br /><br />A crossword blogmeister named Sharp,<br />Likes puzzles 'bout which he can harp,<br />On what is bad fill<br />And how he might kill<br />Future grids upon which he might carp.<br /><br />'Cuz it's clear he's a hard-on for Shortz,<br />An Ed he no longer supports,<br />Nor the puz in the Times.<br />He's seen too many "crimes"<br />And to vehemence he now resorts.Limerick Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70221385061639974932014-02-26T13:13:21.257-05:002014-02-26T13:13:21.257-05:00Haven't made a Sunday puzzle in a while (they&...Haven't made a Sunday puzzle in a while (they're too big and usually end up boring me), but I enjoyed this one mainly because it dealt with classic movies. Of course I knew Fleming, most of his movie are well-known to movie lovers. Fleming actually had a break down during the filming of GWTW, and was replaced for a while by Sam Wood, Hearing that Wood was doing a fine job, Fleming quickly came back to finish the movie. <br /><br />Enjoy the fill, easy and comfortable (for me), no goggle! My only dislike was LUXE for ELEGANCE, it's really not synonymous. Bye all!<br />Pierre.<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722370190640237803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90478515530510386922014-02-25T00:01:18.306-05:002014-02-25T00:01:18.306-05:00Enjoyed this puzzle immensely. This one was virtua...Enjoyed this puzzle immensely. This one was virtually Google proof - to keep the challenge alive I dared not do Internet searches on either Fleming himself or any of the themed movie answers.so, although the fill may have been somewhat easier than your average Sunday NY Times puzzle, it worked like the old puzzles I used to help my mother with when I was a kid, long before there WAS an internet.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367192187098830794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19233719184691325022014-02-24T12:24:00.951-05:002014-02-24T12:24:00.951-05:00@grina: They are German numbers. 4 + 4 = 8@grina: They are German numbers. 4 + 4 = 8Badirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79544151179740667842014-02-24T12:15:11.896-05:002014-02-24T12:15:11.896-05:00Help! What does 9D mean.??? Vier + vier = ACHT?....Help! What does 9D mean.??? Vier + vier = ACHT?..gringahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917379814760525264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55862922013849410292014-02-24T00:12:59.446-05:002014-02-24T00:12:59.446-05:00@OISK
Well played!!!@OISK<br />Well played!!!wreckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797908615185213756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31685849471803746412014-02-23T23:42:07.686-05:002014-02-23T23:42:07.686-05:00@ OISK - best of the day IMO.@ OISK - best of the day IMO.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69951307629733806172014-02-23T22:30:35.474-05:002014-02-23T22:30:35.474-05:00Very nicely done, OISK!Very nicely done, OISK!Numinoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263999193499725814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86959473773408288312014-02-23T21:02:40.789-05:002014-02-23T21:02:40.789-05:00Writing verse, as I've always agreed, it
Takes...Writing verse, as I've always agreed, it<br />Takes talent. Alas how I need it<br />So I'm not posting mine<br />Until just after nine<br />When there's nobody likely to read it!OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42194315963137871602014-02-23T20:35:08.910-05:002014-02-23T20:35:08.910-05:00@Gorelick - Be sure to follow up, even it takes a ...@Gorelick - Be sure to follow up, even it takes a few days. It would be neat to hear her response. Thanks.Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40257379542746633292014-02-23T19:20:53.915-05:002014-02-23T19:20:53.915-05:00Thanks for all the nice comments.
VicThanks for all the nice comments.<br /><br />VicUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447399856953037322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24858972367054142052014-02-23T18:38:14.972-05:002014-02-23T18:38:14.972-05:00I've heard that those stories about the Singer...I've heard that those stories about the Singer Midgets being crazed animals-- like hotel-wrecking rock stars-- is vastly exaggerated. And Judy Garland may be most responsible for spreading those stories.art mugalianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959336249873654598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50225381156978862412014-02-23T18:10:34.131-05:002014-02-23T18:10:34.131-05:00I told my former colleague and Victor Fleming biog...I told my former colleague and Victor Fleming biographer Michael Sragow about the puzzle. He told me that he called Victor Fleming's daughter to let her know about it. If I learn what her response was I'll let you know. Gorelickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303187504509509635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85013990241699441862014-02-23T18:10:21.651-05:002014-02-23T18:10:21.651-05:00There was a constructor in Natick,
Who, to please ...There was a constructor in Natick,<br />Who, to please Rex, left out words like pewit.<br />Nonetheless Rex, not pleased,<br />Saying "OY VEY" and "GGGGG,"<br />Wrote that Natick was naught but a dimwit.FearlessKimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26262253339381355162014-02-23T17:44:04.533-05:002014-02-23T17:44:04.533-05:00Well. When I saw this an old movie theme, from the...Well. When I saw this an old movie theme, from the by-line, I took a pass, as I know essentially about movies, with Coen and Mamet excepted. <br /><br />Alas. <br /><br />Glad to see it was fun for so many. Happy to read of His Honor's tutelage and its great results!John Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557037910799243636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32786478765727191202014-02-23T17:23:32.580-05:002014-02-23T17:23:32.580-05:00@chefbea
Well.. That was certainly cleaner than m...@chefbea<br /><br />Well.. That was certainly cleaner than mine!!wreckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797908615185213756noreply@blogger.com