tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post207778844958570422..comments2024-03-28T15:13:08.509-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Garden pest / WED 7-25-18 / Letter before Omega / Vietnamese festival / Triple Crown of Surfing / Ancient Anatolian region / Disney villain Jeremy IronsRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15121730545064829922018-08-29T23:51:51.986-04:002018-08-29T23:51:51.986-04:00Like @Diana I too am a bit annoyed at the syndicat...Like @Diana I too am a bit annoyed at the syndicated button not working. The work around is a pain.<br /><br />Nice puzzle. Enjoyable and somewhat challenging for me, and like some others figured out the long answers without bothering with the theme. But a nice theme nonetheless IMHO. Good work Miss Emily. And thanks to Clare for the write-up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85038470871610894522018-08-29T21:12:19.961-04:002018-08-29T21:12:19.961-04:00I'm back! This one really had me sweating, bu...I'm back! This one really had me sweating, but then it fell together - so a very satisfied solve for moi. I've done most of the last week's puzzles by now, too. Mon and Tues were enjoyable in my book. Saturday was both tough and kinda boring for me (the one with a lot of grid spanners, remember?)<br /><br />Now, I must read others' comments. Good to be back in the saddle. But I should get in the DeLorean and remind @Rex to remind guest hosts to hit the syndie button - tis a pain!<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords, back at homeDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83852903268571242812018-08-29T15:27:32.998-04:002018-08-29T15:27:32.998-04:00Hey @Burma Shave! You okay?
I'm with you @Sp...Hey @Burma Shave! You okay?<br /><br />I'm with you @Spacey re the syndi-linker, if that's what he/she is called. Maybe needs a raise.<br /><br />Nice puzzle. I had POLTERGEISTS before I got the revealer, and it was only then I saw the embedded backwards bird, and that revealer was a help with the other two themers. So, a successful theme in my book.<br /><br />This was a very nice puzzle, a Wednesday that tickled me. rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48006781921412905942018-08-29T15:20:11.277-04:002018-08-29T15:20:11.277-04:00Two li’l inkfests having mwAh before CIAO and bIde...Two li’l inkfests having mwAh before CIAO and bIdeSTIME before KILLSTIME. So actually the revealer helped with the HERON which was FLIPPED in the PIANOREHEARSAL.<br /><br />Around these parts, ELLER is one thing and only one thing – U of MN All-American and former Viking and NFL Hall-of-Famer Carl ELLER. He of the Purple People Eaters defensive line of the 1970s, when the Vikes actually went to Super Bowls. <br />ELLER is also the Swedish word for “or”.<br /><br />GRETA Van Fleet is a young rock band that will make you believe they are the second coming of Led Zeppelin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJg4OJxp-co<br />GRETA Van Sustern is the only one of those talking heads who can physically talk out of both sides of her mouth. For merely being a part of Fox News she does not deserve a yeah baby. That goes to my grandmother’s cousin GRETA Garbo.<br /><br />WELLI thought this was a good puz even if I wasn’t ERRORFREE.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67065208233885636702018-08-29T15:12:15.714-04:002018-08-29T15:12:15.714-04:00@Lefty: I too wanted mwah before it became CIAO.
G...@Lefty: I too wanted mwah before it became CIAO.<br />Good puzzle. So a big mwah! goes out to Emily Carroll!thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86941905342237185182018-08-29T15:03:44.464-04:002018-08-29T15:03:44.464-04:00@fakt chukker and @rainforest, from yesterday: Oka...@fakt chukker and @rainforest, from yesterday: Okay, thanks. Give me 30 lashes.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53217318158472948202018-08-29T14:58:38.166-04:002018-08-29T14:58:38.166-04:00CIAO, POSEUR
It was a CHEAPSOT done in ANGUISH,
W...CIAO, POSEUR<br /><br />It was a CHEAPSOT done in ANGUISH,<br />WELL,I say it ISNOT preferred;<br />that COCKY URCHIN had been vanquished,<br />he cried an OATH and FLIPPEDTHEBIRD.<br /><br />--- DIXIE ARBORS<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36478412698508394422018-08-29T13:55:54.136-04:002018-08-29T13:55:54.136-04:00Clever and straightforward theme, but didn't g...Clever and straightforward theme, but didn't get it or see the three FLIPPED BIRDs until the end.<br /><br />Middle-north didn't go easy. Wanted mwah before CIAO, math before ARTS, and ahi before UNI. Caused some ANGUISH.<br /><br />Yes, SALUD comment after a sneeze makes sense, but have heard it said only before sharing a drink with someone.<br /><br />Nice work by Emily Carrol. <br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64538387588698637262018-08-29T10:36:22.456-04:002018-08-29T10:36:22.456-04:00First: @Laura, is it your job to link the syndicat...First: @Laura, is it your job to link the syndicated puzzle? Because if it is...YOU AIN'T DOING IT! We have been on Sunday for four days now, and there's an end-of-the-month coming up. PLEASE, I IMPLORE you, get it straightened out before then!!<br /><br />On to this one. Like @Aketi, I got the revealer before the others, which helped tremendously in a pretty tough, to start out with, solve. Didn't have much beyond OPES and YDS up top; imagine my surprise at finding REOPENS downstairs. I know OPE and OPEN are spelled differently--but the meaning is unchanged. This to me is a no-no.<br /><br />Another: calling "distress" ANGUISH. A significant difference of degree there, no? Bad clue. Or, LOW clue. Yeah, I had badSNAP in there and had to write over. WELLI corrected that. While @Dan from accounting thought of Sanford & Son, I thought of High Society:<br /><br />Well, did you ever? No, I never! What a swell party this is!<br /><br />Honorable DOD mention to the amazing Grace Kelly in that film. Not the winner only because it's a real stretch to include her in the puzzle off only a memory jogged in my mind. The winner? Any DIXIE Chick--or all of them!<br /><br />I'd say medium leaning toward challenging for me. Missed a great deal of it from just the clues, but once a few letters went in it was "Oh, that." I like doing a puzzle like that. Accordingly, birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63177978998414974672018-08-29T10:20:14.802-04:002018-08-29T10:20:14.802-04:00I finished ERRORFREE in about average time. Had ee...I finished ERRORFREE in about average time. Had eel before UNI and omAR before SCAR. This puzzle KILLSTIME in a delightful way.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81352623147607729122018-07-26T22:06:52.268-04:002018-07-26T22:06:52.268-04:00In going over their supply list for the upcoming y...In going over their supply list for the upcoming year, my grandsons said they need "hashtag 2" pencils and asked what those were.Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11476539322461020940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17145995565013391672018-07-26T18:38:38.799-04:002018-07-26T18:38:38.799-04:00@Anonymous, Two Ponies castigated all sorts of gro...@Anonymous, Two Ponies castigated all sorts of groups that she didn’t like so you’re being hypocritical. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73989628973532911522018-07-25T23:21:24.027-04:002018-07-25T23:21:24.027-04:00No one side should control anything. Everyone has ...No one side should control anything. Everyone has a right to his or her views without being attacked or castigated. Sadly, that is not the accepted norm on this blog or anywhere else in today's world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74642327197100055922018-07-25T22:05:23.926-04:002018-07-25T22:05:23.926-04:00Thats the sine qua non of the founder's politi...Thats the sine qua non of the founder's political theory: protection against tyranny of the majority.Besides, what control? She controlled nothing, and was hounded out simply because her views were unpopular. <br />Also, Wyoming is the mountain west, not the upper Midwest.<br />Finally, WTF?! Two Ponies was great. Simple courtesy and civility should rule. But not here, I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18504411041132040642018-07-25T21:29:37.480-04:002018-07-25T21:29:37.480-04:00yeah. but more folks live in Manhattan than the en...yeah. but more folks live in Manhattan than the entirety of the upper Midwest. why should the minority control things?Banana Diaquirinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89883996646552981412018-07-25T20:29:11.662-04:002018-07-25T20:29:11.662-04:00I dont think its fair to say Two Ponies quit. I th...I dont think its fair to say Two Ponies quit. I think she was tired of being castigated for expressing ber opinion. More's the pity. She was genuinely different. Liberal orthodoxy claims to value diversity, but thats a lie.<br />Two Ponies, from Wyoming, who thinks hip hop is nonsense, that cows are for eating, and Trigger warnings are ludicrous was a gem in a blog where so many women spout the same tired nonsense you hear a thousand times a week in Manhattan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54872813211831955322018-07-25T20:09:03.517-04:002018-07-25T20:09:03.517-04:00@Mohair Sam 1:27 I am sorry about my first postin...@Mohair Sam 1:27 I am sorry about my first posting on unagi where I didn't explain my reasoning, but many cultures including the ancient Romans have eaten eel. There are some differences between salt water and freshwater eels, but cooking them to negate the toxins in the blood is universal. Please don't think I was putting you down for not liking uncooked food. I myself won't eat uni, but love raw opihi, oysters, and many different fish and shellfish, including crab. It is all about where you grew up, and what everyone in your immediate environment ate. Don't let the trolls kick you out of this Blog.Harryphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03106355147482000679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21629971051220079942018-07-25T19:42:18.918-04:002018-07-25T19:42:18.918-04:00@Mohair-
It's already a bummer that Evil Doug ...@Mohair-<br />It's already a bummer that Evil Doug and Two Ponies quit posting. Please don't go!!!Joannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38163637400559107562018-07-25T19:33:07.584-04:002018-07-25T19:33:07.584-04:00@M&A
There's also a backwards pMALElBAT. H...@M&A<br />There's also a backwards pMALElBAT. Har. <br /><br />RooRooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50599061515607245602018-07-25T16:47:01.997-04:002018-07-25T16:47:01.997-04:00@Mohair Sam - Chill, dude. They may try to get yer...@Mohair Sam - Chill, dude. They may try to get yer goat, but we got yer back.<br /><br />M&A<br /><br />p.p.s.s.<br />After discoverin the INRE ERN bird, went lookin for an UME. Nope. Coulda been a contender. Much more likely than KUA, anyhoo.Masked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346263641338670679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5695081984554982462018-07-25T16:21:25.175-04:002018-07-25T16:21:25.175-04:00@Mohair...My fennel loving amigo....Thiking that y...@Mohair...My fennel loving amigo....Thiking that your knitting might be over (I'm thinking the cap is all in red, blanco and blue)....you better be kidding. Otherwise I'll come back to Glenside and whack you with a wet UNI noodle.<br />:-)GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32264814839598469442018-07-25T15:50:05.460-04:002018-07-25T15:50:05.460-04:00@T & T
I hope you're right.@T & T<br /><br />I hope you're right.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34317727274722811572018-07-25T15:29:37.578-04:002018-07-25T15:29:37.578-04:00Mohair was kidding, wethinksMohair was kidding, wethinksTeddi and Teddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00141694808773880586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55684520784559423622018-07-25T15:12:18.612-04:002018-07-25T15:12:18.612-04:00I fell into all the traps ahI instead of UNI, bOss...I fell into all the traps ahI instead of UNI, bOssY instead of COCKY. I probably would have written Dead, but I already had the N, so DANE was easy. I actually needed those birds for the solve. Took me slightly longer than average - 3x Laura.<br /><br />Loved 'Merican in Riyahd's story!<br /><br />I actually have heard SALUD in this context. My cleaning woman, from Guatamala BTW, who speaks very little English, said it to me after I had a sneezing fit (I average 12 in a row). We looked it up so I could tell her how to say it in English. I come from a gesundheit family as my grandfather was born in Germany.tea73https://www.blogger.com/profile/04949792626860120963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85692727211178098972018-07-25T14:24:38.771-04:002018-07-25T14:24:38.771-04:00mohair,
What JC66 says. All agree you're great...mohair,<br />What JC66 says. All agree you're great. My personal fave in fact.<br />don't let that knucklehead get you down. Our Phils are in first place fercryingoutloud. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com