tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post201708300889434608..comments2024-03-29T03:22:09.826-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Word spoken before after James / TUE 9-4-18 / Pair of skivvies / Sporty Pontiacs of oldRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32516222048846220982018-10-09T20:07:05.163-04:002018-10-09T20:07:05.163-04:00I have nothing new to add - you can put a tick for...I have nothing new to add - you can put a tick for me under the liked-the-puzzle column and the yes for ANCHORTENANT column. <br /><br />I really came to ask about @Dawn Urban's 3:43 PM comment:<br />"It is even easier than identifying the bridges or taxi cabs in the CAPTCHA Test, to prove that I'm not a robot." I hope it didn't just change, but I have just been getting a box to tick to say I am not a robot, and I see that's still there below. I've seen those bridges and taxi cabs, pages of them when I was transferring people to a new mailing list and could only do 10 at a time. It never occurred to me that the experience could be different for different users. Is that browser-related?<br /><br />I also note that @Dawn Urban's fairly newbie time is pretty close to my 11 minutes and I've been doing these puzzles for years. If I achieve 3 Rexes, I think I'm doing well. Maybe the difference is solving on paper, but I don't think so - words just don't come as fast to me. <br />wcutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615799228069705972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89649885969059887982018-10-09T16:32:52.326-04:002018-10-09T16:32:52.326-04:00Cheers Spacecraft - and the Lady!Cheers Spacecraft - and the Lady!thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44872413994341999472018-10-09T15:41:20.022-04:002018-10-09T15:41:20.022-04:00Isn't it fun to see the constructor's name...Isn't it fun to see the constructor's name and just *know* that @Rex would have a cow? He didn't disappoint, but it is sort of sad that he is so predictable. ANCHOR TENANT was my first thought, btw. <br /><br />Got the theme after the first two themers, but it took others to point out how broad the theme is: 8 t's and 8 e's. All Time revealer.<br /><br />Big laugh when TAR appeared. I think @Rondo should resort to a Peter Cook-type response in some skit when he said "Well, I was against WWII". Interviewer, "I think we all were sir", PK, "Yes, but I wrote a letter".<br /><br />PSST, I liked the puzzle.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90552245674688085972018-10-09T15:33:44.514-04:002018-10-09T15:33:44.514-04:00FWIW, STAT is in today's WSJ puz. So is RONDO....FWIW, STAT is in today's WSJ puz. So is RONDO.RONDOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42343990994190461812018-10-09T12:44:52.299-04:002018-10-09T12:44:52.299-04:00I worked (briefly) on a locked psych unit in a hos...I worked (briefly) on a locked psych unit in a hospital long, long ago, and learned immediately that "STAT" meant "now, damn it!!" Didn't know the Latin - thanks @Spacey!<br /><br />Lady DiDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10924110715839833532018-10-09T12:40:05.665-04:002018-10-09T12:40:05.665-04:00Paid no never mind to the theme - didn't need ...Paid no never mind to the theme - didn't need to, of course. Didn't notice BH was the constructor, either. I'm getting into his wheelhouse over the years, I guess. <br /><br />Saw @Rondo's street substance early on. Said "well TARnation."<br /><br />8 t's ain't phonetic in my book. Just sayin'<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42324355044280936462018-10-09T12:39:47.744-04:002018-10-09T12:39:47.744-04:00Thought THE EIGHTIES was weak as a theme until not...Thought THE EIGHTIES was weak as a theme until noting that Rondo counted the T's (and once again denounced the TAR).<br /><br />Have to respect Haight's eights. Clever twist, not necessarily WORLD CLASS, but, yes, clever enough to brighten things up.<br /><br />No problem with ANCHOR TENANT. Sounded familiar enough to me.<br /><br />"James" BOND clue and answer was another familiar, fun-to-see bit, along with the "Pair of skivvies" VEES.<br /><br />ALLTOGETHER, a very fine Tuesday. Enjoyed it.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44888669085289182852018-10-09T11:48:26.778-04:002018-10-09T11:48:26.778-04:00UGH. That was "law firm."
STAT is medic...UGH. That was "law firm."<br /><br />STAT is medicalese for immediately, from the Latin "statim."spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35951020348668045922018-10-09T11:32:04.218-04:002018-10-09T11:32:04.218-04:00OFL is annoyed by anything that costs precious nan...OFL is annoyed by anything that costs precious nanoseconds--but I agree about ANCHORTENANT. 47 down reminds me of the old W.C. Fields lam firm: Dewey, Cheatem ANDHOWe. The rest of the stuff in that "mall" was FAIRLY straightforward, so I don't really get what the big holdup was there. Sure, I wanted "store" too, for a SEC.<br /><br />At least as jarring was ATOMICTHEORY. Well, maybe at one time in the really distant past it was that, but now it's FACT, not THEORY. The answer felt off. Old vowelless friends TSK and PSST are back; with friends like that...<br /><br />So the fill is less than WORLDCLASS, 29d notwithstanding, but it does contain DOD Mia HAMM. UMA has so many sashes I'm sure she won't mind. OK for a Tuesday; par.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76968655146423065482018-10-09T10:32:19.367-04:002018-10-09T10:32:19.367-04:00ALLTOGETHER now: That’s not TAR!!! I give up.
Did...ALLTOGETHER now: That’s not TAR!!! I give up.<br /><br />Didn’t think that much of THEEIGHTIES as a theme, until I came here and found out about the 8 Ts and the 8 Es in the themers. ISAY that’s more impressive, dang near WORLDCLASS. For a Tuesday, or any of the WREST of the days. Saw the AT thing after the first two, so no complaint here about ANCHORTENANT. There’s yer example of where speed kills the enjoyment.<br /><br />Ahh THEEIGHTIES . . . changed jobs, bought a house, got married, became a dad, built a new house, changed jobs, got divorced . . . all between August 1980 and April 1983. Why do I remember THEEIGHTIES so fondly? May ’83 started the best 25 years of my life.<br /><br />I see we’re back to the *real* clue for HAMM, Team USA’s yeah baby Mia. And what’s a puz without UMA?<br /><br />No hate for Mr. Haight today. ACUTE puz.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15393854692890110962018-10-09T09:47:45.897-04:002018-10-09T09:47:45.897-04:00MAIL SNOB STAT
In THEEIGHTIES I had it MOOR ALLTO...MAIL SNOB STAT<br /><br />In THEEIGHTIES I had it MOOR ALLTOGETHER,<br />EAU, I was ALWAYS UPFOR ACUTE REAR,<br />ANDHOW I GOTBY as WORLDCLASS or better:<br />They MITE REACT with a FAIRLY astute TEAR.<br /><br />--- KNUTE BOND-OATES, MVP<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49487126746936069852018-10-09T09:41:15.333-04:002018-10-09T09:41:15.333-04:00PS - Can somebody explain STAT?PS - Can somebody explain STAT?thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5355251702495636302018-10-09T09:28:01.271-04:002018-10-09T09:28:01.271-04:00I liked 11D but the rest was pretty meh. No writeo...I liked 11D but the rest was pretty meh. No writeovers. Next!thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18898139876519850132018-09-05T09:26:48.990-04:002018-09-05T09:26:48.990-04:00Put me also on team ANCHOR TENANT. I got ANCHOR a...Put me also on team ANCHOR TENANT. I got ANCHOR and just dropped the rest right in. "Store" never crossed my mind until I read Rex.<br /><br />I also do not understand Rex's objections to NOISE or BOND (each as clued). Maybe I'm misreading his description of his solving journey as a complaint? I can't quite tell.<br /><br />UBUNTU did me in. Never heard of Jordan Peele or the "movie" (?) GET OUT, so I was Naticked.<br /><br />This theme was fine, cute even. I approve.<br /><br />TomAznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65113386547600395132018-09-05T01:19:51.423-04:002018-09-05T01:19:51.423-04:00"I think it's so groovy now /
That people..."I think it's so groovy now /<br />That people are finally getting together /<br />I think it's wonderful, and how /<br />That people are finally getting together..."<br /><br />-- from <i> Reach Out Of The Norman Rockwell Painting" (1968)</i>, by Friend & Lover <br />Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63574411795425878542018-09-04T21:00:00.841-04:002018-09-04T21:00:00.841-04:00P AND z,
Pleazze. Youre as dim as Rex. Try to kee...P AND z,<br /> Pleazze. Youre as dim as Rex. Try to keep up.<br />You too Rex. Oh wait, youre tweeting hate. Carry on then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26293558320119951232018-09-04T20:05:32.668-04:002018-09-04T20:05:32.668-04:00HooBOY! I had to come here to get the “A-Ts” thing...HooBOY! I had to come here to get the “A-Ts” thing (or 8-Ts) - one of those wavelength things. Puzzle was easy except for “before and after James (a big “DOH” when I got that one from the crosses). Didn’t hate it.CDilly52https://www.blogger.com/profile/07727001753847073030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30004794257659581152018-09-04T19:57:05.829-04:002018-09-04T19:57:05.829-04:00TENANT only here as well. And thankfully a no-brai...TENANT only here as well. And thankfully a no-brainer since I have been negotiating contracts with ANCHOR TENANANTs for the last month. CDilly52https://www.blogger.com/profile/07727001753847073030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16058622988801886662018-09-04T19:38:43.162-04:002018-09-04T19:38:43.162-04:00@ P&Z
The theme is threefold: A/T plus 8 T&#...@ P&Z <br /><br />The theme is threefold: A/T plus 8 T's plus 8 E's.<br /><br />Alex Trebek only fits the first part.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7686086504375953472018-09-04T19:09:30.304-04:002018-09-04T19:09:30.304-04:00@Calman Alex Trebek follow's the A-T's the...@Calman Alex Trebek follow's the A-T's theme.P&Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06575151872301062074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24371394282558251232018-09-04T16:48:00.950-04:002018-09-04T16:48:00.950-04:00Agree that the rant on ‘anchor tenant’ was way off...Agree that the rant on ‘anchor tenant’ was way off base. It’s the most common usage regarding malls or commercial real estate. For me, it was the easiest of the themes. Oh well.Jeff B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12816420049080180079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40150127468536173232018-09-04T15:59:40.899-04:002018-09-04T15:59:40.899-04:00I'm kind of wondering if anybody else thinks t...I'm kind of wondering if anybody else thinks that "and how!" belongs more to Dennis the Menace than to Mayberry or Norman Rockwell?<br />"Sorry, Mr. Wilson!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73392915820633262352018-09-04T15:43:13.732-04:002018-09-04T15:43:13.732-04:00(@Patrick O'Connor: too funny. I will think of...(@Patrick O'Connor: too funny. I will think of Auntie Em everytime we make a withdrawal.)<br /><br />As a somewhat newer solver, 13:12 today gives me much encoragement! <br /><br />Alas, it is only an illusion, because today's puzzle is a very easy Tuesday. <br /><br />It is even easier than identifying the bridges or taxi cabs in the CAPTCHA Test, to prove that I'm not a robot.<br /><br /><br /><br />Dawn Urbannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11709300273198052682018-09-04T15:39:51.125-04:002018-09-04T15:39:51.125-04:00Ah, I see. I really dislike the spelling out of t...Ah, I see. I really dislike the spelling out of the names of letters :-(BDL in PShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352528726325005965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39081254666793171522018-09-04T15:19:17.282-04:002018-09-04T15:19:17.282-04:00@ Anoa Bob, Thanks! Glad to see somebody's awa...@ Anoa Bob, Thanks! Glad to see somebody's awake:) My little nod to Sean Connery.Suzie Qnoreply@blogger.com