tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1752361159594947983..comments2024-03-28T06:29:33.354-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Feet slangily / TUE 2-27-18 / Firebug felonies / Singer actress Gomez / Epitome of stupidityRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60174610727727702452018-04-03T23:27:34.661-04:002018-04-03T23:27:34.661-04:00Hey, @Rod Mickeburgh - I have a signed book from y...Hey, @Rod Mickeburgh - I have a signed book from you, and it's great to see you on this blog. Good ol' Hua, eh?<br />Anyway, don't be a stranger.<br />rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54605476443183957702018-04-03T22:27:10.584-04:002018-04-03T22:27:10.584-04:00@Rod Mickelburgh - Welcome, and feel free to comme...@Rod Mickelburgh - Welcome, and feel free to comment more. You are so correct! I have found several wrong or wrongish clues/answers over time, but you are right on the money. I'll sign up to be one of Will's "fact checkers" at a good salary only to be right like a weatherman. Let's have some outrage.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22394277964546412912018-04-03T20:22:30.802-04:002018-04-03T20:22:30.802-04:00Fun to get the EVERLY BROTHERS without anything el...Fun to get the EVERLY BROTHERS without anything else in the grid. I loves me some E Bros. That's enuf to say for this ole gal.<br /><br />Lady DiDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10501760469754405112018-04-03T19:27:58.536-04:002018-04-03T19:27:58.536-04:00This puzzle just appeared in my local newspaper so...This puzzle just appeared in my local newspaper so i am making my comment now. Agree with those who enjoyed a real live "young person" analyzing this easy crossword. Great fun, especially never having heard of the Everly Brothers ("Only trouble is. gee whiz….."….which we always replaced with "cheese whiz"….) Anyway, there is a mistake in this crossword, which is the real reason i'm making my first comment on Rex's site. Mao's successor was NOT Deng Xiaoping!….It was the long-forgotten Hua Guofeng, of whom Mao allegedly said on his death bed: "With Hua in charge, I am at ease." His greatest contribution as Mao's successor was having the courage to arrest the Gang of Four. But it was soon clear he didn't have the juice for the job, and the powerful Deng sidelined him in 1978. Just thought you'd all like to know. Not often there's an actual mistake. Rod Mickleburghnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26375224790863925712018-04-03T16:14:39.775-04:002018-04-03T16:14:39.775-04:00Where else can you go for all that esteemed compan...Where else can you go for all that esteemed company *and* JED Clampett? Must be a dream. I’m so glad that Ole will now be getting in touch with SVEN; a RED letter day when both are in one puz. I was gonna lead with “never heard of the EVERLYBROTERS?”, but it looks like that’s been done to death.<br /><br />Any one-L can recite PLESSY v. Ferguson. Required reading.<br /><br />Whaddya call 20 cents? PARADIGMs.<br /><br />Since @spacey has honored SELENA and Ms. HAMM, I’ll recognize yeah baby Carly RAE Jepsen. Call me maybe? (Ubiquitous 2012 pop song)<br /><br />Tues-puz quality may be getting better? AUTHOR! AUTHOR!<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9529067839497052972018-04-03T15:07:00.139-04:002018-04-03T15:07:00.139-04:00Well! Technically, I DNF, but I don't accept ...Well! Technically, I DNF, but I don't accept it. By solving the entire South with acrosses only I checked the crossing downs to see if they were real words and I saw HOSEa at 50A, and thought, "oh yeah, book of the Bible", cuz after all SOYa is the preferred answer for the bean. So, technically wrong, but correct in my heart, and in my dreams.<br /><br />Funny, isn't it, that IDI raises no ire, but in this blog DEVOS does (deservedly so, but still.<br /><br />Otherwise, a pretty good puzzle with nothing to get all upset about, unless one *really* dislikes gratuitous plurals.<br /><br />Like it.<br /><br />rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53553127913192969832018-04-03T14:18:09.404-04:002018-04-03T14:18:09.404-04:00OPIATE MOVERS
SIGMUNDFREUD changed PARADIGMs
wit...OPIATE MOVERS<br /><br />SIGMUNDFREUD changed PARADIGMs <br />with an AXIOM about HEMEN,<br />while SALVADORDALI USEDUP time <br />to RESHAPE ARTSY SPACE for we men.<br /><br />--- JED “RAY RAE” AMES<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70253565013406856872018-04-03T11:21:57.879-04:002018-04-03T11:21:57.879-04:00It wonders me how our guest blogger missed reading...It wonders me how our guest blogger missed reading "dream" in every one of the theme clues. This made things even easier than they already were. The puzzle landed on a Tuesday only because Monday's was already filled. Very heavy on the PPP scale--but what company! Talk about your dinners! Imagine having those four--and Aristotle!--for your dinner companions!<br /><br />@rondo finally gets his SVEN instead of OLE, I fill in another rapper on crosses, and we deal with REDALERTS and ARSONS and SOYS, oh my! I agree that no one bothers to include the [the] in ROFL any more--if they ever did. I suppose it could stand for "rolling on tile floor laughing," if you want to get all ARTSY about it.<br /><br />This is OK; it fills the SPACE. DOD is SELENA Gomez, of course. Honorable mention to Mia HAMM. Par. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90552134901690789042018-03-01T21:47:09.906-05:002018-03-01T21:47:09.906-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-854281162734447482018-02-28T12:50:04.839-05:002018-02-28T12:50:04.839-05:00@Molly Shu, I don't think "criminal"...@Molly Shu, I don't think "criminal" means what you think it does. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68290654577170311532018-02-28T06:57:19.577-05:002018-02-28T06:57:19.577-05:00Another Amien-in-training?? I'm out!Another Amien-in-training?? I'm out!Mr. Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09584363104291572844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31110156247373096322018-02-28T02:34:03.243-05:002018-02-28T02:34:03.243-05:00@jackie (anonymous 1:41)
Wow, thanks! So it was h...@jackie (anonymous 1:41)<br /><br />Wow, thanks! So it was hiding in plain sight all this time, Fables for Our Time and Further Fables for Our Time being staples of my childhood. Curfew shall not ring tonight!<br />phibetakittynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3149765501857519762018-02-28T00:26:55.568-05:002018-02-28T00:26:55.568-05:00Ivy League...please. Show up and get an "A&qu...Ivy League...please. Show up and get an "A" lest they lose their prestige. Major in 18th century French poetry and get a six figure job in anything because "Yale" or "Brown", or "Daddy's friend". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34098197668558882842018-02-28T00:03:34.243-05:002018-02-28T00:03:34.243-05:00Give it to him? Give it to her? Give it to it. Bes...Give it to him? Give it to her? Give it to it. Best to be safe. a.cornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03235810940721348751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77462262244497474002018-02-27T23:54:23.139-05:002018-02-27T23:54:23.139-05:00I polled my four Millenial kids. They all knew who...I polled my four Millenial kids. They all knew who the EVERLY BROTHERS were despite my never having owned a single Everlies record. But that’s okay, Clare. Treat yourself and give them a listen.Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351164734748713573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11819968889281730532018-02-27T22:21:10.371-05:002018-02-27T22:21:10.371-05:00@BarbieBarbie (5:35): The solution has to take in...@BarbieBarbie (5:35): The solution has to take into account the probability of Jones hitting as well as the probability of Brown hitting. If you'd like to see a solution, send me a message at jackabadsf@gmail.com. mathgentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66220155917172618822018-02-27T20:55:38.543-05:002018-02-27T20:55:38.543-05:00Once again, "axiom" was (mis)clued as &q...Once again, "axiom" was (mis)clued as "self-evident truth." Didn't we just see that error in a NYT crossword puzzle? Repeating an error doesn't make it right.<br /><br />"Axiom" refers to a statement whose truth is accepted or assumed, and from which theorems are derived. It needn't be a self-evident truth.retired guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12194488804819021233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56462795874910298382018-02-27T20:10:30.693-05:002018-02-27T20:10:30.693-05:00ROTFL at all the old people shocked that a 21 year...ROTFL at all the old people shocked that a 21 year old has never heard of the EVERLYBROTHERS. I just listened to them yesterday, but I’d bet my Spotify playlists are a little more dated than Ms. Eli’s. Lovely puzzle and lovely write up. Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4765419177513666682018-02-27T19:24:33.874-05:002018-02-27T19:24:33.874-05:00@jberg 4:10 Opiates are not the same as opioids. S...@jberg 4:10 Opiates are not the same as opioids. See my post at 7:48 am.Sioux Fallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13362390153457057699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64334218889701733882018-02-27T18:40:22.243-05:002018-02-27T18:40:22.243-05:00You may say I'm a DREAMer ...
I feel oddly t...You may say I'm a DREAMer ... <br /><br />I feel oddly traitorous for saying this, but for a Tues puz, the WSJ wins today, hands downJoe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9119936109459213002018-02-27T18:33:40.575-05:002018-02-27T18:33:40.575-05:00Mos Def is huge in the hip-hop world. Too bad he c...Mos Def is huge in the hip-hop world. Too bad he changed his name to Yasiin Bey a long time ago.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17121511886494853529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70531935742127208742018-02-27T18:30:43.532-05:002018-02-27T18:30:43.532-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17121511886494853529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40894938699941213012018-02-27T18:24:45.765-05:002018-02-27T18:24:45.765-05:00Har!
"I've been chastised
I've been B...Har!<br />"I've been chastised<br />I've been Baptized<br />When will I be saved?"<br />Tell me that was autocorrect, Lewis!Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44331779226807934442018-02-27T18:20:21.385-05:002018-02-27T18:20:21.385-05:00I'm surely not the only Everly Brothers admire...I'm surely not the only Everly Brothers admirer for whom "Dream Lover" causes Bobby Darin to spring instantly to mind😊.Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27264394939364480372018-02-27T17:35:57.651-05:002018-02-27T17:35:57.651-05:00Oops, anon @5:34 was meOops, anon @5:34 was meBarbieBarbienoreply@blogger.com