tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1812427577545821945..comments2024-03-29T08:57:48.742-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Actress Suvari of "American Beauty" / SUN 7-25-15 / Mark's replacement / Scenic drapery fabric / Panama partRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64075465023740483312015-08-02T18:04:37.535-04:002015-08-02T18:04:37.535-04:00Hey@Spacecraft and @Rondo!!
As a newbie poster in ...Hey@Spacecraft and @Rondo!!<br />As a newbie poster in syndiland, I wish to help hold up the fort! <br />I have always looked forward to reading your comments along with Burma Shave, Ron Diego, and all :)<br />It's so funny how I use to wonder why Spacecraft always came up after the spellcasters! I actually signed up for the free week trial of NYT to point this out, but, alas, I got cold feet. Man, would I have looked dumb!<br />,<br />After realizing (syndiland, doi!) y'all helped me with comments/name posting. Thank you so much:)<br /><br />As I had in the past, when the weirdos came out, meant you all were coming in. Which I had, and still do, look forward too. It looks like maybe editing will link us closer. Though I don't understand why @Spacecraft would be censored? I didn't understand that in your post a few days ago. <br /><br />Anyhow, whom ever reads this, I appreciate all your comments. A very fun part of my day.<br /><br />Sorry, too the puzzle.....<br /><br />Hidey hole? HIDEY HOLE!! Whaaa! What a disappointment to an otherwise cool puzz. <br /><br />@Aketi, is your sons name Copay? <br /><br />She had posted her sons name was in the answers. I read everything:)<br /><br />Rhoda for 31 across. Maude was cool too. <br /><br />@Rondo- Mary or Edith? Ha ha<br /><br />Later gators<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54478721530991605582015-08-02T16:04:23.252-04:002015-08-02T16:04:23.252-04:00@spacey...parent of us read you and the others. I...@spacey...parent of us read you and the others. In fact, I meaner to take umbrage when one of you dissed done of the realtimers a couple of days ago...I resembled that remark...<br />Though I want part of that particular discussion, rambling is one of the things I do best here...<br /><br />Speaking for myself,I rarely comment again because all that time travel is betty taxing...plus,I no longer have any clue what the fill - or clue - references are anymore.<br /><br />Enjoy the family visit!<br /><br />(Anyone know what happened to @Dirigonzo?)Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88442776257358507962015-08-02T12:33:27.135-04:002015-08-02T12:33:27.135-04:00I was planning to solve later, but it’s still over...I was planning to solve later, but it’s still overcast, so what else to do? Help @ spacey hold down the fort I guess. For how long I don’t know. The BLACKHOLE concept was alright, I’ll take a few backwards words over multiples in a square. And the long answers surrounding, really cool. <br /><br />In posts earlier this week I mentioned a nearly FATALATTRACTION I once had and also offered a hint yesterday on how to pick up an LPGA golfer. Strange that they both come back in a Sun-puz.<br /><br />MENA Suvari, definite yeah baby. LEEANNRIMES, countrified yeah baby. Madeline KAHN? Maybe in a certain light. Darkness, perhaps. Renee Zellweger as ROXY (Chicago), yeah baby. <br /><br />SACRE and NACRE in the same area, odd. And pay homage to OHMAGE. Newish clue for OTT. Any issue with MEATPIE and PIEHOLE in the same puz?<br /><br />Since when have horses become SHOED instead of “shod”? This is a disturbing trend of late, IMHO.<br /><br />Well, the sun’s coming out, so I’m going to play. DARNIT, I hope this post and those of others will get through today.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57703593868054838272015-08-02T10:51:29.402-04:002015-08-02T10:51:29.402-04:00Well, it appears that since the censor has gone in...Well, it appears that since the censor has gone into effect, only @rondo and I are left to hold down the syndi-fort. Not sure I'm up to all that. It's depressing that only half a dozen or so people have EVER seen my posts; I think if I continue at all here it might be in real time. If I can find an online copy of the puzzle. Even without these concerns, I am tired of hunting around for the correct date because the DARN link-person refuses to keep it up to date. [Cleaned up considerably for benefit of the Censor]<br /><br />On a lighter note, I greatly enjoyed today's offering. Chen is a very clever fellow, this we know--and this one's no exception. I call it easy-medium, because two long themers were outright gimmes: HEARTOFDARKNESS and FATALATTRACTION. Coming around to the bottom and right sides, it was a little trickier, till LAPDOGS forced PIE to go in backwards; then I saw the pattern.<br /><br />Couple of writeovers: I pluralized IAMB in the usual way at first, and my Fed. health org. was the fDa before morphing into the CDC (which is near GSU). Fill was pretty clean, though I don't like UNARM--never have. It's a word, okay? I just plain don't like it. A-.<br /><br />Son is coming for a week's visit; I may be off this board for the duration. Coming back...we'll see.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45620084724377995742015-07-30T08:58:43.248-04:002015-07-30T08:58:43.248-04:00I liked the whole thing, but then, I'm admitte...I liked the whole thing, but then, I'm admittedly not at the high end of the xword solving crowd. But ... where's the video for Blackhole Sun by Soundgarden in the writeup? I even thought that once I got the trick in the middle while solving, "I bet Rex Parker puts up the black hole sun video" ... oh wellMerlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12624014959283081481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18942860237867384392015-07-28T14:06:58.761-04:002015-07-28T14:06:58.761-04:00Hidey-hole was a phrase I heard often growing up. ...Hidey-hole was a phrase I heard often growing up. Could be a geographical thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58758152496211230002015-07-27T08:58:22.672-04:002015-07-27T08:58:22.672-04:00@Caleb the I.S.
Hey, I remembered you from my kid...@Caleb the I.S.<br /><br />Hey, I remembered you from my kiddie-book with the nice line-drawn illustrations when that clue came up. You're Joshua's boy, aren't you?<br /><br />Cool cryptic you assembled there: There <i>is</i> <b>IS</b> in Baal<b>is</b>m in baalmy Gilead.... Depending on...uh, nemmind<br /><br />LFAnony M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19786294446163773062015-07-27T08:43:45.397-04:002015-07-27T08:43:45.397-04:00Sheesh, @Joe d'Pin. The box symbolizes a HOLE,...Sheesh, @Joe d'Pin. The box <i>symbolizes</i> a HOLE, and it <i>is</i> BLACK. Si?<br /><br />Wherein lies the injunction against putting that together?? Seems you enjoy wandering around in "I see a fallacy" country.Wrong end of the telescopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88436923869891608272015-07-26T23:39:06.776-04:002015-07-26T23:39:06.776-04:00Writing from somewhere above the great plains. Fun...Writing from somewhere above the great plains. Fun puzzle to solve while flying through some weather.<br /><br />Been in Colorado playing some disc (<a href="http://www.ultiphotos.com/usau/mgm/2015/sun/highlights/h508e7b0d#h508e7b0d" rel="nofollow">can you guess which one is me?</a>) and ran into old time commentarian @Seth G. He looks good.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46667347624859302592015-07-26T22:10:43.605-04:002015-07-26T22:10:43.605-04:00Rethinking my previous comment: The clue for 77d...Rethinking my previous comment: The clue for 77d does work, if you think of the square as a hole that's literally colored black in this puzzle, with respect to the adjoining answers. I.e., two different meanings of the term "black hole." Likely that was the intent. So, never mind... :-)J Dipintonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49732731641563081132015-07-26T21:48:30.730-04:002015-07-26T21:48:30.730-04:00Found this puzzle easy and mostly enjoyable, but t...Found this puzzle easy and mostly enjoyable, but the theme doesn't quite work, imo.<br /><br />The box at the center of the grid symbolizes a "hole" with respect to every one of its adjoining answers. It doesn't symbolize a "black hole", just a "hole." That includes with respect to 77D answer "black". But the 77D clue confuses things by making the box also symbolize a "black hole", which it needs to be as the puzzle piece that ties into the longer theme clues. In effect, the box is both HALF the answer to 77D, and the ENTIRE answer to 77D.J Dipintonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81122434842354572362015-07-26T21:42:39.198-04:002015-07-26T21:42:39.198-04:00@Aketi...what @MamaK said...while you don't ha...@Aketi...what @MamaK said...while you don't have the splendor of live, you've spent $25 instead of $400.<br /><br />Plus, you get to eat popcorn...what's not to love?!Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44834750792037414022015-07-26T21:28:23.801-04:002015-07-26T21:28:23.801-04:00Some anagrams:
forsaken hatreds
a practised aping
...Some anagrams:<br />forsaken hatreds<br />a practised aping<br />recovering fatty / crying after vote<br />total art fanatic / atonal tacit fart<br />MDMAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49681067184120265152015-07-26T21:19:40.980-04:002015-07-26T21:19:40.980-04:00Is there no Baalism in Gilead?Is there no Baalism in Gilead?Caleb the Israelite Spynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8864029183466805512015-07-26T21:14:27.057-04:002015-07-26T21:14:27.057-04:00Offa my turf, faux Billy C!Offa my turf, faux Billy C!Billy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87429419442691342712015-07-26T20:36:25.955-04:002015-07-26T20:36:25.955-04:00@Aketi and maybe others, a great way to see opera...@Aketi and maybe others, a great way to see opera beautifully and cheaply is to go to performances of the Met live in HD at your local movie theater. Much less expensive, and some would argue, even better than on stage, because you get closeups, special shots, and a real "in house, up close and personal" view. Movie theaters all over the country show these during the Met season.<br /><br /><br />MamaKarmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8253813732156612842015-07-26T20:01:10.754-04:002015-07-26T20:01:10.754-04:00Offa my turf, faux Billy C!Offa my turf, faux Billy C!Billy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49685263689610309022015-07-26T20:00:52.546-04:002015-07-26T20:00:52.546-04:00
Offa my turf, faux Billy C!
<br />Offa my turf, faux Billy C!<br /><br />Billy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28377495964820356342015-07-26T18:38:18.277-04:002015-07-26T18:38:18.277-04:00Liked this one. Had to make an informed guess at ...Liked this one. Had to make an informed guess at Rimes with Raimi. Don't know who Leann Rimes is, but perhaps I have heard of Sam Raimi. ( Or was mixing him up with baritone Sam Ramey) so I got it. Otherwise, no complaints from me. Nice puzzle.<br />OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84803362869828612112015-07-26T17:54:20.075-04:002015-07-26T17:54:20.075-04:00Wasn't trying to hide behind anonymity in my c...Wasn't trying to hide behind anonymity in my complaint about SHOED. . . hit the wrong button when posting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46420071905576306282015-07-26T17:50:31.912-04:002015-07-26T17:50:31.912-04:00Hey All !
Late to the party. Cool puz. The backwar...Hey All !<br />Late to the party. Cool puz. The backward "hole" answers lots of fun. Knew the 4 long answers were part of the theme, but the NE one did me in. Actually a big ole DNF on tnat whole NE. Guess my brain shut down up there!<br /><br />GROUPIE BOSOM :-P <br />RooMonster <br />DarrinV RooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71772719183440427222015-07-26T17:50:09.628-04:002015-07-26T17:50:09.628-04:00@Anonymous 2:33 To quote you, "Donors give s...@Anonymous 2:33 To quote you, "Donors give something. An angel is never a donor. Donors don't get something in return, dummies." <br /><br />Check out "Karma" and reconsider.<br /><br />@Fred Romagnolo 3:45 PM You remarked, "Can never remember if it's Effie, Essie, or EPPIE...."<br /><br />For the longest time I was stuck on Pearl. Not sure why I connected "The Scarlet Letter" with "Silas Marner," but maybe I read both in the same grade.F.O.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14324805402319056492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35933268874166557522015-07-26T17:48:21.425-04:002015-07-26T17:48:21.425-04:00Caught on to the theme easily enough, found the re...Caught on to the theme easily enough, found the rest of the puzzle difficult enough to be satisfying, except the SW, which remained frustratingly out of reach. (Didn't help that I'm hopeless at the pop culture clues, and my dearest, my go-to for those questions, couldn't come up with an answer to, "Was there a singer in 1997 with maybe the first name Leah?") <br /><br />But I have to stand up in righteous indignation at SHOED, even though I see it's accepted in Webster's as a variant of SHOD. What self-respecting horse would admit to being SHOED??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52207035902434086432015-07-26T17:35:06.115-04:002015-07-26T17:35:06.115-04:00Didn't have time this a.m. to read all the com...Didn't have time this a.m. to read all the comments and just caught up now. What I realize belatedly, from JC66, Joseph Michael, jberg and Leapfinger is that, in addition to not finishing 4 squares, I also completely missed the long answer tie-ins to the theme: DISAPPEARING ACT, FATAL ATTRACTION, HEART OF DARKNESS and CENTER OF GRAVITY My apologies to the constructors. You create a puzzle with even more intricate and beautiful complexities than the black hole answers at the center and I miss the whole thing! You deserve better from your solvers!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83433939421005373772015-07-26T17:04:14.777-04:002015-07-26T17:04:14.777-04:00@artful dodger, JFC and billy c, yes the proper te...@artful dodger, JFC and billy c, yes the proper term for using loopholes is tax avoidance or a tax avoider. Totally agree with y'all and the clue should have had a question mark at the end at the very least with the term "dodger".Indypuzzlernoreply@blogger.com