tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1996102594910948303..comments2024-03-29T07:55:40.047-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Provincial governor in the Byzantine Empire / THU 10-7-21 / Harmless rattler / Frozen asteroid or planet / Dispensable young beau / First soft drink sold in all-aluminum cans / West Coast burger chain with a not-so-secret menuRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15120521579990933992022-03-05T07:54:04.561-05:002022-03-05T07:54:04.561-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Abrar ul haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02445154634483733749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55741361455203471032021-12-13T19:19:00.101-05:002021-12-13T19:19:00.101-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140499195767964308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47475436957091856302021-11-12T13:59:43.195-05:002021-11-12T13:59:43.195-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82381113375197485212021-11-11T19:15:02.200-05:002021-11-11T19:15:02.200-05:00Flanders and Swann were the tip top. At the drop o...Flanders and Swann were the tip top. At the drop of a hat played in New York as I recall. WHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16249748755181459179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73884336261352447272021-11-11T19:08:14.727-05:002021-11-11T19:08:14.727-05:00@Kirk, probably was totally coincidental but could...@Kirk, probably was totally coincidental but couldn't be more pleased than to find the reference to Montreal doctor and WARPOET John McCrae appearing in the NYT crossword (syndiversion) on Canada's Remembrance Day.<br /><br />That the poppy has become the iconic symbol of Remembrance Day in Canada (and Britain) is almost entirely due to the haunting beauty and terror of "In Flanders Fields", the moving poem almost all Canadians learn in school. Lest We Forget.<br /><br />And since 1952 in the dressing room of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens have been posted the words "To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high" which apparently helped spur the Habs on to 17 Stanley Cup victories between 1953 and 1993 but unfortunately none since.<br /><br />Really enjoyed today's puzzle - left no stone unturned making sure it wasn't a DNF but at times it felt like getting blood out of a stone.Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55774405232910705342021-11-11T18:15:33.718-05:002021-11-11T18:15:33.718-05:00“In Flanders Field....”.
AMEN“In Flanders Field....”.<br />AMENleftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4778133124083107332021-11-11T17:56:11.768-05:002021-11-11T17:56:11.768-05:00The SKIPPING seemed annoying at first but turned o...The SKIPPING seemed annoying at first but turned out to be a neat deal. So this is why there was a rebus yesterday?<br />Never been to an IN'N'OUT. Maybe in April when I'm scheduled to be in L.A.?<br />Was afraid the criss-cross part would be as unsatisfying as Swedish puzzles but this turned out pretty good.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81167501750312947432021-11-11T14:23:56.867-05:002021-11-11T14:23:56.867-05:00IN'N'OUT INTEL
I ASK ROSETTA EACHTIME, &q...IN'N'OUT INTEL<br /><br />I ASK ROSETTA EACHTIME, "Is ANYONE ELLS so EMPLOYED?"<br />"I OWE MEN not A dime, for a BALL you're my BOYTOY."<br /><br />--- TITO COSTANZA, POETBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87008581320594407872021-11-11T14:13:36.312-05:002021-11-11T14:13:36.312-05:00Nancy 11:53 a.m. and Rudyard:
Well ...Nancy 11:53 a.m. and Rudyard:<br /><br /><br /> Well said. Well said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1995926117925965042021-11-11T13:02:01.820-05:002021-11-11T13:02:01.820-05:00I don't know if it was accidental or not, but ...I don't know if it was accidental or not, but this puzzle with the reference to "In Flander's Fields" is printed in syndication on Remembrance Day in Canada. Nice touch!Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09312712345689520156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16779419332782213492021-11-11T10:23:31.928-05:002021-11-11T10:23:31.928-05:00Great stuff! And pretty hard, too. Seeing nothing ...Great stuff! And pretty hard, too. Seeing nothing upstairs (thought "DEWARS" but there are SO many Scotches I needed confirmation), I went off to EUROPE, which I knew was one side of the Ryder Cup, and worked from there. As soon as I got TANK, SKIPPING STONES just fell into place, and having B L A R already, I knew that the skipped words were STONES of some ilk. I jumped the gun on the middle one; with a R O start I put in R O L L I N G. Just had to be in there, right?<br /><br />*Aside: They just did a concert at Allegiant Stadium. Dude is, like, EIGHTY, man! How does he do it?<br /><br />Well, that didn't work. I eventually worked out R O S E T T A and was about to cuss Mr. Polin out--when here they come in row 5!! All is forgiven, m'man.<br /><br />This was a fun puzzle to do, the theme was original and spot on, with a perfect sockdolager for the reveal. In the DOD department there's just IDA, The Girl Who Got AWAY, from my awkward youth. Bittersweet memory...<br /><br />When the worst of the fill is ATAT and SISI, that's not enough to stop an eagle. spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54838370003820951522021-10-08T14:32:47.218-04:002021-10-08T14:32:47.218-04:00Oh, and also -- a TIGON is not a mythical creature...Oh, and also -- a TIGON is not a mythical creature, but the very real offspring of a male tiger and a female lion. A female tiger and a male lion will produce a liger, which more people are probably familiar with due to Napoleon Dynamite.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07900941940851961345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57218799202761934252021-10-08T08:57:50.415-04:002021-10-08T08:57:50.415-04:00Thank you. Your brief nutshell description words t...Thank you. Your brief nutshell description words touched me deeply, and although I plan to read more on this subject that I never knew much about, I already know from your account all I really need to know - the horrors of war and all violence and of Man’s inhumanity to Man (and to beast , planet, atmosphere, as well). cindylkaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02766013195697985370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80413116643358523712021-10-08T08:47:05.412-04:002021-10-08T08:47:05.412-04:00Nice observation 👍 Nice observation 👍 cindylkaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02766013195697985370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68766331584287696742021-10-08T00:23:41.840-04:002021-10-08T00:23:41.840-04:00Can anyone tell me what dbyd means in this blog?Can anyone tell me what dbyd means in this blog?Eldrethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10263392140029344800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30569093163002364712021-10-08T00:22:47.267-04:002021-10-08T00:22:47.267-04:00Can anyone tell me what dbyd means in this blog?Can anyone tell me what dbyd means in this blog?Eldrethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10263392140029344800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50999295158368310552021-10-08T00:04:30.714-04:002021-10-08T00:04:30.714-04:00@albatross shell they're referred to as SIM ca...@albatross shell they're referred to as SIM cards. a memory card would be in like, a digital camera for example. still, and although they look different, they certainly have overlapping functions. <br /><br />from wiki:<br />"A SIM card, also known as subscriber identity module or subscriber identification module (SIM), is an integrated circuit running a card operating system (COS) that is intended to securely store the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and its related key, which are used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephony devices (such as mobile phones and computers). It is also possible to store contact information on many SIM cards. SIM cards are always used on GSM phones; for CDMA phones, they are needed only for LTE-capable handsets. SIM cards can also be used in satellite phones, smart watches, computers, or cameras."<br /><br />smartphones these days store stuff like photos, apps, etc in the cloud, which is great because i remember back when you'd have to manually re-enter your entire contacts list upon getting a new phone. now i can just sync to the cloud and everything from my contacts to my photos to my apps and the way i have them organized, to even the lockscreen/homescreen pix and volume levels and notifications, is taken care of automatically. stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14309261340110993880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80664724012117896322021-10-07T23:54:24.457-04:002021-10-07T23:54:24.457-04:00@anon 8:42pm i had GPA early on, but then the long...@anon 8:42pm i had GPA early on, but then the longer the puzzle went on, the more the voice in the back of my brain said "it's gonna be VER. you're gonna have to change it...come on...version 2.0 is way better...change it...do it!" thankfully i resisted but it easily could have gone the other way and really gummed up the works. as an honors kid, a 2.0 GPA definitely wouldn't have been acceptable or even possible in my world. stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14309261340110993880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79320211912615006532021-10-07T23:51:37.727-04:002021-10-07T23:51:37.727-04:00i really liked this one. a classic thought-i-was-d...i really liked this one. a classic thought-i-was-doomed-but-i-worked-hard-and-it-paid-off experience which i always enjoy. the theme was good too. as usual, i got SKIPPING STONES first and then worked backwards on that front. saw BLARNEY right away, but then looking at what i had left i thought, there's no way ROSETTA isn't one of the answers. so i had to give up some of my fills. had FENCE before LASSO, and HATER before BOOER. also had LEAS before SEAS, CRUDITES before BEAN PATE, and DENTED before DINGED...but actually i "realized" it "must be" DINTED and thought "ugh, that's stupid." didn't know GOTHS in this context so TOTHS seemed plausible enough. also misspelled DEWERS and again thought, ERAL? sure. <br /><br />so, a DNF with those two little squares but i don't care, i really worked the ol' brain and it was satisfying. googled my good guesses after i filled them in: TOPE, MARE, EXARCH, TITO. didn't care to learn about today: DEANE, SHAY. stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14309261340110993880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12580163534000319452021-10-07T23:43:42.708-04:002021-10-07T23:43:42.708-04:00I finally figured out ALISTER - it's A-lister,...I finally figured out ALISTER - it's A-lister, which is barely a word, but at least is a somewhat sensible answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39367967508801464302021-10-07T22:26:00.500-04:002021-10-07T22:26:00.500-04:00Among the war poets of World War I, Wilfred Owen s...Among the war poets of World War I, Wilfred Owen stands out for his bitter appraisal in "Dulce et Decorum." Tragic then and tragic now.<br />Noreennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62790864184849522692021-10-07T22:08:37.656-04:002021-10-07T22:08:37.656-04:00❤️❤️❤️ this 🧩
Two aces in a row this week
❤️❤️❤️ this 🧩<br />Two aces in a row this week<br /><br />sixtyni yoginihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09584627242347419624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16166589287084265852021-10-07T21:38:29.279-04:002021-10-07T21:38:29.279-04:00The sheer brilliance of this puzzle survived TOPE ...The sheer brilliance of this puzzle survived TOPE . . . .Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410198809183164965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59896834264776729872021-10-07T21:04:37.454-04:002021-10-07T21:04:37.454-04:00Boy did I have fun in the Northwest corner.
At v...Boy did I have fun in the Northwest corner. <br /><br />At various times, I had DEWARS, ARAL, EXARCH and SHAY, but never all at the same time - until the end.<br /><br />Before that, I had STAN (completing kazakh-- and uzbeki-- (don't ask)), URAL and ELAL (really? ELAL?), STAY and SWAY (because I had no idea what an informal light carriage could possibly be). <br /><br />And my favorite mistake: DEWeRS... which I stayed with for a really long time until ARAL finally gave me DEWARS. I drink Scotch but not DEWARS (or even Dewers).<br /><br />Oh yeah, also BLEMISH occupied 1-down until I could not come up with a 6 letter Scotch, and then I went back to DEWeRS and thought of DEMERIT.<br /><br />I even suspected that TEST might be the proctored event for some time.<br /><br />Phew ! ...but victory at last, and a good mental workout today.Chris P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31289596174454013902021-10-07T20:42:39.150-04:002021-10-07T20:42:39.150-04:00How embarrassing that I got stuck on GPA. I guess...How embarrassing that I got stuck on GPA. I guess that’s because if someone had ever said 2.0 to me in the same sentence as GPA back when I was in school, I probably would have had a heart attack. I guess if you tope too much, you might get a 2.0.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com