tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1985004244552966692..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Penalty box in hockey lingo / SAT 6-15-19 / Rocky IV rival who makes reappearance in Creed II / Time-consuming environmental procedures / Tissue affliction common during the Civil War / Program on Billy Blanks DVD / Sweet treat since 1924 / City near Tesla Gigafactor 1 / Voice-activated smart speaker introduced in 2016 / Brain wave amplifying device in X Men Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61148917621838487002019-07-21T16:01:26.042-04:002019-07-21T16:01:26.042-04:00Only finished today (Sunday) after the CLARET Jug ...Only finished today (Sunday) after the CLARET Jug with which I assume Mr. Lowry will paint the town RED had been awarded. Both the puzzle and the Open were indeed a challenge, way over par.<br /><br />Of course started with SINBIN which was a gimme - thought a hockey theme was emerging with ASSISt but ASSISI it became. Not aware of GREENTAPE (which I trust will not be put in a pickle any time soon but an excellent descriptor for future use. Luckily was HOSTing my soon-to-be-TEEN grandson who was available to help with IVANDRAGO, TAEBO & CEREBRO. <br /><br />Required a BITOHONEY after the GANGRENE/SICKROOMS cross. UGG!Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76240327837808684162019-07-20T18:04:14.615-04:002019-07-20T18:04:14.615-04:00@Burma Shave --
Enjoyed your neat and clean littl...@Burma Shave -- <br />Enjoyed your neat and clean little ditty, including the CHITS.leftcoastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83844471883405993452019-07-20T17:17:04.840-04:002019-07-20T17:17:04.840-04:00Struggled with this one on and off all day, finall...Struggled with this one on and off all day, finally threw in the towel: DNF. NW and NE both defeated me. "Crack" - ADEPT? As in "a crack shot?" Man, that's a stretch that would make Plastic Man envious.<br /><br />@rondo: so sorry to hear of your mom's passing. Heartfelt condolences.<br /><br />Let us move on to tomorrow...spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49675560911828147852019-07-20T17:00:30.673-04:002019-07-20T17:00:30.673-04:00Blatant cheating gave me a toehold, and then I fin...Blatant cheating gave me a toehold, and then I finished.<br /><br />Just because you can make a good, male-oriented, trivia contest doesn't mean you have a crossword puzzle. <br /><br />And yes, I'm in a rotten mood. Not SMUG. And yet, I did manage to suss out quite a bit. Not a BITOHONEY.<br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22967840331109828662019-07-20T16:55:53.059-04:002019-07-20T16:55:53.059-04:00I approve of this puzzle. Third day in a row wher...I approve of this puzzle. Third day in a row where The Open (British Open to the unwashed) competed for time with my solving. Speaking of that, I started off with ALAS and SMUG, then had a rather large nanosecond desert until I went South and noodled around until I got all of it, CEREBRO being my last entry down there.<br /><br />The rest came over a rather longer period of time in the gorgeous centre section. Loved GREEN TAPE, something I regularly deal with in my condo, constantly hoping that other people would pay attention to it. Time-consuming, yes, but worth it.<br /><br />Having seen the first Rocky, I saw no need to see any of the sequels. SMUG, moi?<br />I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle once The Open telecast was over (looking forward to a Lowry - Fleetwood duel tomorrow), but I do wonder whether CLARET RED is a redundancy.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51417978458411868732019-07-20T16:19:24.838-04:002019-07-20T16:19:24.838-04:00Primed the pump (cheated) to get a good start and ...Primed the pump (cheated) to get a good start and save some time.<br /><br />Some notable clues/answers:<br /><br />LIVESET -- okay, but does it have to be at a concert? <br />SINBIN -- must be sardonic usage, eh?<br />RUNONESMOUTH -- a bit on the formal side, I'd say<br />TAOBO -- who's Billy Blanks, anyway?<br />FLOURBOMB -- hadn't heard of this one before<br />CEREBRO -- or this one, either<br /><br />A good start is a good thing to have.<br />leftcoastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16134234089392355742019-07-20T12:28:15.304-04:002019-07-20T12:28:15.304-04:00Found time for this puz, 4 Rexes and zero write-ov...Found time for this puz, 4 Rexes and zero write-overs. Satisfies me. Do they still make BITOHONEY?rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53406304237927309102019-07-20T11:41:17.569-04:002019-07-20T11:41:17.569-04:00Wheelhouse? Not even in the same hemisphere with t...Wheelhouse? Not even in the same hemisphere with this one...unknown after unknown.<br />Even given the answers it was a giant "Huh?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31725443349575022019-07-20T11:30:36.356-04:002019-07-20T11:30:36.356-04:00ARMBAR BANG
I'm ROOTINGFOR the IRONMAN
TOGO T...ARMBAR BANG<br /><br />I'm ROOTINGFOR the IRONMAN<br />TOGO TO CEREBRO for some wits -<br />ALAS, there's no HORMONE that can<br />make him ADEPT, ain't that the CHITS?<br /><br />--- MIMI ROTHBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26128365955086546352019-07-20T10:20:18.809-04:002019-07-20T10:20:18.809-04:00@Rex - SINBIN has been around for generations. Pay...@Rex - SINBIN has been around for generations. Pay attention.crabbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43433047740215218202019-06-21T21:25:41.548-04:002019-06-21T21:25:41.548-04:00Found it pretty hard, and would have had a much ha...Found it pretty hard, and would have had a much harder time if CEREBRO were not a gimme. Excellent themeless.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51519995520088945622019-06-17T10:01:36.841-04:002019-06-17T10:01:36.841-04:00Did anybody else feel that there was a missing com...Did anybody else feel that there was a missing comma in the clue for 22D? I thought "Go on disparagingly" should have been "Go on, disparagingly".GHerberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483904177095692366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11202616098343444472019-06-16T18:30:56.614-04:002019-06-16T18:30:56.614-04:00Found this puzzle rather difficult for a Sunday. H...Found this puzzle rather difficult for a Sunday. Had trouble seeing it through my ASSVEIL.klazzicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71388019187591074622019-06-15T19:46:24.961-04:002019-06-15T19:46:24.961-04:00@LMS
"And anyone who can make sense of the m...@LMS<br /><br />"And anyone who can make sense of the maelstrom that is wake, awake, woke, awoken, awaken, woke up, waked up, woken up please set us straight. I’ve went crazy worrying about it."<br /><br />They're interchangeable. It's verbimorphism in action and is a wonderful thing to experience, IMNSHO.<br /><br />Once we awoke. Now we wake. Were you waked? Woken? Awakened? Or is one just woke these days?<br /><br />It doesn't matter, they're all correct. <br /><br />Fun sidebar: When you "wake" the dead, you aren't awakening them to assume new lives. It's an ancient term dealing with funerary rites.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_(ceremony) <br /><br />Runs with Scissorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16280938333784679275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77740808268570932272019-06-15T19:35:01.323-04:002019-06-15T19:35:01.323-04:00With all due respect to Rex SIN BIN is a very comm...With all due respect to Rex SIN BIN is a very commonly used term in ice hockey. joebloggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07732998343339867059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90493956014575335312019-06-15T16:12:25.947-04:002019-06-15T16:12:25.947-04:00Not too tough for a Saturday, played just right. ...Not too tough for a Saturday, played just right. Gave me some push back, made me think, made me chuckle (20A crossing both 4D and 6D Hi! @Roo).<br /><br />I didn't look for a theme, and I don't care if there is one. This was a fun puzzle to plow through.<br /><br />FLOUR BOMB instantly reminded me of my Boy Scout days and our modified version of Capture the Flag. No only did we have to grab the flag off the opposition's hill, we used flour bombs and water balloons to make war on each other. Everyone knew when you were taken out - you looked like cookie mix ready to pop into the oven. Har!!<br /><br />Liked it!!<br /><br />GANGRENE HORMONE<br />Mark, in Mickey's North 40.Runs with Scissorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16280938333784679275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31732552290948602032019-06-15T15:05:24.185-04:002019-06-15T15:05:24.185-04:00@Nancy, I died laughing from your post. I fit into...@Nancy, I died laughing from your post. I fit into your TEEN male profile . I adore ARM BARs especially when I nail them down on big burly men.<br /><br />@Chefwen, I can make a good crust but it’s not worth the time it takes to clean up my FLOUR BOMBed kitchen so I have resorted to buying premade crusts. <br /><br />@Gill I, my mother repeatedly tried those homemade perms with similar results. <br /><br />@LMS, whenever I invite anyone over I’m always terrified that they will arrive early. I never have mastered the timing of all the preparation involved in having guests over. Even if they offer to help my heart sinks whenever someone arrives early. The worst is hosting the breastfeeding groups. I’m always afraid that a desperate mom will arrive way too early while I’m still cleaning. Some do arrive early and ask “AM I early?” and I have to muster the energy to be nice. So far none have arrived so early that half the living room furniture is still blocking the door while the Roomba roams free sucking up all the cat fuzz in the living room.<br /><br />My husband is always way too early for New York standards. I still remember the look on the couple’s faces when he insisted on arriving 30 minutes early to a dinner party one time. They were in that frantic last minute prep mode that I know so well. I made sure to help as much as I could in the kitchen to make up for it with one spouse, while the other spouse showed my husband around the apartment. He did get his comeuppance when I begged him not to knock on the door an hour early for the formal Masquerade Ball that our Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Master held for his students. I was trying to hide behind a lamp post on the street. The response was as negative as I predicted so he conceded to my original plan of hanging out at the bar down the street and fashionably late.Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88335097564994675962019-06-15T14:54:38.874-04:002019-06-15T14:54:38.874-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85963392160672931792019-06-15T14:31:56.413-04:002019-06-15T14:31:56.413-04:00@Sunnyvale Solver - Those are all pretty typical l...@Sunnyvale Solver - Those are all pretty typical late week clues:<br /><br />Possible poker payments could be chips or markers or CHITS because those are all words used to signify that in poker we don’t use actual cash. <br /><br />I’m ADEPT at solving puzzles, I’m a crack solver. <br /><br />When a dog growls they go GRR. If you aren’t careful the dog going GRR will bite you. The GRR precedes the bite. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.football-stadiums.co.uk/articles/football-club-kit-colours/" rel="nofollow">CLARET RED</a> is a common color for football jerseys in Great Britain. <br /><br />LIVE SET as opposed to a DJ SET. <br /><br />Besides winning the Palme d’Or, the LESBIAN sex scenes got lots of, uh, coverage. Granted, it was no Harry Potter or Star Wars mega-hit, but definitely Saturday crossworthy. <br /><br />BLUE MOON isn’t actually an “astronomical rarity,” it’s a calendar rarity. But “once in a BLUE MOON” is used to mean “very rare” and is as “astronomical” as Shakespeare’s <i>From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life.</i> In language not every word is used literally, something cluers, especially, remind us of on daily basis. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30143977801374432442019-06-15T14:03:47.237-04:002019-06-15T14:03:47.237-04:00A couple of commenters seem not to have noticed th...A couple of commenters seem not to have noticed that the clue specified "Range," not city (16A). Aren't there TWO Basilica San Francescos in Asssi, one on top of the other? @Americans: you forgot to include lepers and the poor and his renunciation of wealth. Not a bad record; we San Franciscans feel a little proud of whom our Bay and City are named after. The pope seems to like him, too.Fred Romagnolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994837736408182418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29798185690558650132019-06-15T14:01:46.405-04:002019-06-15T14:01:46.405-04:00Got off to a bumpy start, never having seen "...Got off to a bumpy start, never having seen "Rent", any of the "Rocky" movies or "Blue Is The Warmest Color" (I guess that's a movie). And I don't watch hockey. Plus I tried LastSET and then LateSET for what a band plays at a concert, so that NW opening corner was the last to finally fill in.<br /><br />I play a lot of poker and have never, ever seen CHITS (9A) used as "Possible poker payments". Don't even know how that would work. Tried CHIpS at first. But the only acceptable "poker payment" is, of course, cash. Anything else might result in an insurrection.<br /><br />I did a double-take on the clue for 25A BLUEMOON. That's not really an "Astronomical rarity" is it? Strikes me as more of a "calendar rarity", occurring because the calendar months and the lunar months don't match up exactly and the "rarity" is two full moons in a single calendar month.<br /><br />It did remind me of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0fy1HeJv80" rel="nofollow">The Marcels' Blue Moon rendition</a>. Who could forget the classic opening lines: <br /><br />Bom ba ba bom ba bom ba bom bom ba ba bom ba ba bom ba ba dang a dang dang<br />Ba ba ding a dong ding Blue moon moon blue moon dip di dip di dip<br />Moo Moo Moo Blue moon dip di dip di dip Moo Moo Moo Blue moon dip di dip di dip<br />Bom ba ba bom ba bom ba bom bom ba ba bom ba ba bom ba ba dang a dang dang<br />Ba ba ding a dong ding Blue Moon<br /><br />They don't write 'em like that anymore.<br /><br />I've discovered over the years that being obsessed about AM I LATE is something one encounters more often in higher latitudes, and as one goes further and further south, that becomes less and less of an issue. Took a while for this transplanted WASP norteño to adjust here in TexMex land, at about 26 degrees latitude, but now I like the more relaxed, casual pace. Being early down here is what will get you into the SIN BIN.Anoa Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185183023273883700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71107998046322434382019-06-15T13:31:16.821-04:002019-06-15T13:31:16.821-04:00GREEN TAPE like red tape, aaaaahhh. Had to Google ...GREEN TAPE like red tape, aaaaahhh. Had to Google that one.Alex Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13729213834627397452019-06-15T13:28:52.367-04:002019-06-15T13:28:52.367-04:00No - too many bad clues (esp. in NE) and obscure p...No - too many bad clues (esp. in NE) and obscure proper nouns (esp. in NW) ruined this. <br /><br />Bad clues such as:<br /><br />9A: CHITS are not payments. They are substitutes or markers for future payments.<br /><br />19A: "Crack" - terrible one-word clue with too many meanings, and the eventual answer ADEPT does not line up closely enough in meaning and usage<br /><br />21A: "What might precede a bite" - this is clued for a noun, not a vocalization<br /><br />9D: "Wine-colored" - I don't believe "CLARET RED" is an name of a color. It's a name of a wine paired with a color (RED). Somehow clue and answer don't match up.<br /><br />2D: Is a "LIVE SET" really a thing? Seems redundant. Does a band ever play a non-live set? I wanted "set list", then "song set".<br /><br />20A: constructor can't think of a better clue for LESBIAN than referencing an obscure foreign film?<br /><br />25A: a BLUE MOON isn't that rare. I was looking for something more like Halley's Comet, ever 75 years<br /><br />The center was ok, once I was able to break into it. I guess "BEE HIVE" crossing "BIT O HONEY" was a nice touch.<br /><br /><br /><br />Sunnyvale Solvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77394138750811673912019-06-15T13:26:56.876-04:002019-06-15T13:26:56.876-04:00Would someone explain GREEN TAPE?
Overall: clever...Would someone explain GREEN TAPE?<br /><br />Overall: clever, but too hard to get into. There wasn't enough help with the obscure ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85631923698580066992019-06-15T13:00:36.894-04:002019-06-15T13:00:36.894-04:00Had I known IVAN DRAGO or what "Blue is the W...Had I known IVAN DRAGO or what "Blue is the Warmest Color" was about this would have been much easier -- as it was, I had the rest of the puzzle, but no way to get back in there -- until I finally noticed that SHOEHORNS ruled out the possibility aht the terminal I in ASSISI was part of Ing going down, and finally saw STRAIGHTENER. It was fun working it all out, though.<br /><br />Only gripe, really, is that the color is wine is CLARET, tout court. <br /><br />Nice touches: aforementioned BIT O HONEY/BEEHIVE cross, and the ORC ORG HORMONE row.<br /><br />cASk before OAST, of course! Didn't anyone else do that?jberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.com