tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2144749640623920268..comments2024-03-29T10:35:45.726-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Drug trafficker informally / WED 1-27-21 / Servius Tullius e.g. in ancient Rome / Texas politico O'Rourke / Longtime actress co-starring in Netflix's Grace and Frankie Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47498580026856484402021-03-03T21:31:03.633-05:002021-03-03T21:31:03.633-05:00@lefty - good point, actually better.@lefty - good point, actually better.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22245807707901164002021-03-03T19:36:31.002-05:002021-03-03T19:36:31.002-05:00@rondo -- Inversely, BABE AGED into JANE FONDA (a ...@rondo -- Inversely, BABE AGED into JANE FONDA (a mature person). Good one either way.leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83353717152445074902021-03-03T18:16:13.891-05:002021-03-03T18:16:13.891-05:00Didn't this seem more like a Tuesday? (not th...Didn't this seem more like a Tuesday? (not that I know what the dif is)<br /><br />So yes, easyish - but I did truly enjoy the theme. Love those loooong answers.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29547357314728875562021-03-03T17:58:02.322-05:002021-03-03T17:58:02.322-05:00@BS -- Really need to join you on that one.
@BS -- Really need to join you on that one.<br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29037024614810369662021-03-03T17:44:18.217-05:002021-03-03T17:44:18.217-05:00The NW corner was the highlight where JANEFONDA AG...The NW corner was the highlight where JANEFONDA AGED into a BABE. The rest? Meh.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10465039016587181762021-03-03T15:26:29.715-05:002021-03-03T15:26:29.715-05:00Clever, interesting, medium mid-week solve.
In ...Clever, interesting, medium mid-week solve. <br /><br /> In the schoolyard, heard a commonly used two-word denial, ARE NOT, and a less commonly used three-word retort, I AM SO. That stuck me as unusual (?).<br /><br />Thought the SEA LANE instead of the FACET might extend BELOW THE SURFACE, despite messing with theme symmetry.<br /><br />Would not have wanted to suffer Shaw’s SCORN for that one.<br /><br /><br /><br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9224737892098642502021-03-03T12:41:02.472-05:002021-03-03T12:41:02.472-05:00SASH STRATA
JANEFONDA has really AGED SO well,
IN...SASH STRATA<br /><br />JANEFONDA has really AGED SO well,<br />INTUNE with what time INCURs,<br />BELOWTHESURFACE SHE'D never tell<br />THE title 'BABE' is ever HERS.<br /><br />--- MR. TROY HUMEBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72679799478206849922021-03-03T10:42:28.408-05:002021-03-03T10:42:28.408-05:00Rex's idea of "Easy" and mine genera...Rex's idea of "Easy" and mine generally tend to be vastly different concepts, but in this case, I did find this one fairly simple to complete with one exception.<br /><br />I'm not a huge fan of crossing two relatively obscure people as was done at 13D/16A with "Texas politoco O'Rourke"/"Philosopher David".<br /><br />Maybe if I had taken a philosophy course ever or followed Texas politics, this would have been a snap, but being an Engineer in Canada, I had no clue. Ruined a perfectly good start to my day ;-).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55464524511782290162021-03-03T10:30:43.175-05:002021-03-03T10:30:43.175-05:00I have to agree with OFC on this one. The theme is...I have to agree with OFC on this one. The theme is great, but wasted on a fill that shouts "I don't care!" Let those third-graders just quit yelling and start fighting. Then maybe they'll shut up in detention. EKE would be rejected anyway, but BY?? Too bad for WDS.<br /><br />JANE who seems so FONDA controversy is DOD. SurFACE/FACEt seems at least halfway cheating, don'tcha think? Same root word...<br /><br />I make it Theme: eagle; fill: double bogey. Result: par. spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34447928131204569162021-01-28T19:22:42.374-05:002021-01-28T19:22:42.374-05:00@LorenMuseSmith! Welcome back! We missed your comm...@LorenMuseSmith! Welcome back! We missed your comments and insight. We have to know: where did you go?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51360384114196888792021-01-28T06:01:34.015-05:002021-01-28T06:01:34.015-05:00good work and read itgood work and read itDavidhttps://allnewforindia.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65627089864490617342021-01-27T22:57:17.219-05:002021-01-27T22:57:17.219-05:00You are correct. You are correct. Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08088688660078341244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84711830606078493672021-01-27T22:55:31.319-05:002021-01-27T22:55:31.319-05:00@Nancy
I can't take credit for the "Back ...@Nancy<br />I can't take credit for the "Back to Methuselah" reference. That was @A (2:20 PM).Barbara S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17634754070567731006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26776317490255945472021-01-27T22:17:42.139-05:002021-01-27T22:17:42.139-05:00Catching up to the blog very late. Although Shaw ...Catching up to the blog very late. Although Shaw is one of my favorite playwrights, I'm not familiar with "Back to Methuselah". Thanks for including that scene, @Barbara S. It's terrific. But I found it most interesting because of the line "I dream of things that never were and ask why not?" That was RFK's signature line, and I never imagined that it was first uttered by the serpent in the Garden of Eden. Did Bobby know that??? I'm not sure that identifying oneself with the serpent was such a cool political move. Also, he was the most devout Catholic of anyone in the family other than Rose. So I have to believe he didn't know that. It made no difference, because no one else knew either. Certainly I didn't.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45499661202222558252021-01-27T21:43:24.012-05:002021-01-27T21:43:24.012-05:00Amen. Amen. Andrew Heinegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18101651673327984167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14434972078689441132021-01-27T21:12:59.947-05:002021-01-27T21:12:59.947-05:00It wasn’t just the picture of her on the ant-aircr...It wasn’t just the picture of her on the ant-aircraft gun we objected to, it was the radio broadcasts. She walked in the footsteps of Tokyo Rose. Bruce Fieggenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02676126412631174236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53454491912249503692021-01-27T20:05:02.861-05:002021-01-27T20:05:02.861-05:00I’m sure I’m right. Yesterday’s puzzle and today’s...I’m sure I’m right. Yesterday’s puzzle and today’s puzzle were in the wrong order. I take 7 minutes longer on a Tuesday (19) and 4 minutes faster on a Wednesday. See. Today’s puzzle, notwithstanding Rex’s glee, was easy while Tuesday gave me a huge challenge. Nigel Pottle https://www.blogger.com/profile/06349666331960966968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42189720790090559292021-01-27T20:01:01.193-05:002021-01-27T20:01:01.193-05:00If I had to choose between the people who stepped ...If I had to choose between the people who stepped over the line being against the war and people who stepped over the line being for the warn, put me on the Fonda side. Was then am now. Instead of calling anti-war people names, defend the war. And don't give me that spitting on soldiers crap. The pro-war side treated the far worse.albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50515236490915033162021-01-27T19:59:14.729-05:002021-01-27T19:59:14.729-05:00@Roomonster 9:00AM CHE sera sera?@Roomonster 9:00AM CHE sera sera?Enialehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15471368256290205583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21363072131957755262021-01-27T19:06:09.530-05:002021-01-27T19:06:09.530-05:00@JD 4:30 - Zing!
@Frantic Sloth - I was going to ...@JD 4:30 - Zing!<br /><br />@Frantic Sloth - I was going to mention that the ICE RICE NOOGIE ear worm had put me under pressure, but thought most people would miss the copyright infringement allusion. Clearly I was wrong. <br /><br />@Adam - Methinks saying “EKE BY is less ‘in the language’ than ‘EKE out’” is a more accurate way to put it. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50084412735975609462021-01-27T17:31:57.911-05:002021-01-27T17:31:57.911-05:00Despite the SCORN from PSALM people, I was quite F...Despite the SCORN from PSALM people, I was quite FONDA this. Pardon the puns; been in bad HUME or maybe more of a FUNK all day...M@chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07020696513796344186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48422787047891960512021-01-27T17:11:38.740-05:002021-01-27T17:11:38.740-05:00@LMS ... 'money' was the first word to com...@LMS ... 'money' was the first word to come to my mind with a multitude of synonyms ... cash, capital, funds, lucre, gelt, coin, change, dough, bread, loot, moolah, bucks, jack, kale, green, pelf, scratch, dinero, greenback, tender ... I know I'm missing a bunch here. Not at all surprising.sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12414629654960557562021-01-27T17:03:27.375-05:002021-01-27T17:03:27.375-05:00@TTrimble 331pm Isn't it "dethspicable&qu...<br />@TTrimble 331pm Isn't it "dethspicable"? 😉 Also, thank you for your 210pm post. Couldn't agree more. Frantic Slothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614296873700797321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73913607520731343002021-01-27T17:01:29.971-05:002021-01-27T17:01:29.971-05:00@JD...I'm with your husband. I don't like...@JD...I'm with your husband. I don't like getting into discussions like this but there are things you just don't forget. Fonda never really did ask for forgiveness - at least in any genuine way - other than to further her career. I watched Vietnam veterans being spit on in San Francisco. We all hated the war; her incitement didn't help. Give me Lily Tomlin and her genuineness any day. GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48688736953594401642021-01-27T16:45:36.197-05:002021-01-27T16:45:36.197-05:00@Anonymous 4:17 PM
I strongly disagree with you t...@Anonymous 4:17 PM <br />I strongly disagree with you that we don't disagree all that much! :-) <br /><br />However, I'm not going to debate this further. <br /><br />I did enjoy what you called a "factoid", though -- that's a nice story. <br /><br />@kitshef <br />Ah, thanks! TTrimblenoreply@blogger.com