tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2183564361287955854..comments2024-03-28T10:29:52.378-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Dadaist artist Jean / MON 9-22-14 / Appurtenance for Santa Sherlock Holmes / Coastal land south of Congo / Sweet rum component / Bank heist group / Company downsizingsRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56454121556159703832014-10-27T19:33:19.119-04:002014-10-27T19:33:19.119-04:00As the parent of two sons I've had a few late ...As the parent of two sons I've had a few late night calls of the "I'm stranded and need a ride" variety, so COMEGETME came easily. I was always glad they called and I always went to get them. A YESNO questions has only one of two "possible" answers, not "only two answers" as clued - yes? no? what?!<br /><br />1411 - even with an extra digit I can't beat rainy.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21513780430833177322014-10-27T13:52:04.624-04:002014-10-27T13:52:04.624-04:00Had to finish my notes on rum-making before I coul...Had to finish my notes on rum-making before I could comment on the puzzle...<br /><br />Pretty easy with a trivial theme today, but the fill was good even though I've never heard of the verb "to worst". I was thinking of the phrase "give 'em your worst" which of course means the same as "give 'em your best". <br /><br />Possibly rhetorical question: how come, in the 23rd Psalm, "he" and "his" change to "thou" and "thy" halfway through? Smacks of a second author.<br /><br />I got numbers.<br />107 Even better than DMGrain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64293293277077814972014-10-27T13:05:25.082-04:002014-10-27T13:05:25.082-04:00A good start for the week! As usual, never saw a t...A good start for the week! As usual, never saw a theme, but that's not unusual for me. fortunately had POLEC.. In place before I got, to 37A, otherwise would have written PaceCAR. But then, as so,often obvious, sports is (are?) clearly something with which I have no familiarity. Look, avoided ending with a preposition! <br /><br />@Spacecraft: sorry you missed the deal, maybe my 186 has a chance of holding up! (Oops, prepositional ending!)<br />Hey, as I write, it just jumped to 2905, even better!DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58325046566388059452014-10-27T12:40:25.259-04:002014-10-27T12:40:25.259-04:00This theme reminds me of an Uptown Puzzle Club off...This theme reminds me of an Uptown Puzzle Club offering by Harvey Estes more than a decade ago titled "Support Group." Theme entries were<br />STICK TO YOUR GUNS<br />BAR MITZVAH<br />POLE STAR<br />ROD LAVER<br />BEAM OF HOPE<br />SHAFT OF SUNLIGHT<br />POST OFFICE BOX<br />STAFF SERGEANTWest Coast Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12112324074925433192014-10-27T12:12:23.336-04:002014-10-27T12:12:23.336-04:00Just sightly confusing was the dress code thing; I...Just sightly confusing was the dress code thing; I was thinking suit, tie, etc. but had to work out the "NECK" part. We so seldom use it; a tie is a tie.<br /><br />Otherwise I found little resistance. OK, AVILA--and not (!) clued as baseball's Bobby--is AWEEBIT un-Mondayish, but fell readily on crosses. For a Monday, I'd CALL it no worse than medium.<br /><br />OFL didn't like the twin OLEs; I did. Was it deliberate? Only the builder knows for sure.<br /><br />Captchas seem to have returned to the old "easily legible real word plus weirdly illegible nonsense word" format. Guess our numbers game will have to be PUTASIDE.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61216532959587298112014-09-24T17:19:56.919-04:002014-09-24T17:19:56.919-04:00Thanks! I had no idea you could "worst" ...Thanks! I had no idea you could "worst" someone. Thanks for the tip :-)stevensengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427702310879878257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76238730320832762822014-09-22T22:35:32.965-04:002014-09-22T22:35:32.965-04:00@bwalker: Thanks. Don't know how I missed that...@bwalker: Thanks. Don't know how I missed that the "sweet" adjective applied to the component, not the rum. Duh. <br /><br />@NCA President: The source materials for rum vary. For whatever reason, the areas that were primarily under English influence use molasses as the base, while the French- and Spanish-influenced areas use primarily cane juice. The cane-based rums can have the same delicate flavor you noted with cachaça. Steve Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185067739452052656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37510281590533254092014-09-22T22:04:04.227-04:002014-09-22T22:04:04.227-04:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak I've made to my method. In a nutshell, the higher the ratio, the higher this week's median solve time is relative to the average for the corresponding day of the week.<br /><br />All solvers (this week's median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Mon 5:57, 6:03, 0.98, 42%, Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:56, 3:57, 1.00, 43%, Mediumsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30266084813025598132014-09-22T21:26:37.986-04:002014-09-22T21:26:37.986-04:00Remember me, Rex? As Telly would say, Who loves y...Remember me, Rex? As Telly would say, Who loves you, baby? Well, I went to Matt Gaffney's meta puzzle of the week contest. I didn't have a aha moment. I didn't even feel I had accomplished anything. But I did it. All I felt was relief that I did it. <br /><br />JFCJFCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8355460395317833092014-09-22T19:05:48.712-04:002014-09-22T19:05:48.712-04:00Almost solved it- couldn't for sure figure out...Almost solved it- couldn't for sure figure out the A in agAte or Astor. Agute Agete, Agote, Agite Istor, Ustor, Estor all seemed somewhat possible to meTronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40508677707714954382014-09-22T19:03:28.250-04:002014-09-22T19:03:28.250-04:00@bookmark:
Day-um... What a coincidence! (See bel...@bookmark:<br />Day-um... What a coincidence! (See below)<br /><br />M&A<br /><br />**gruntz**Outlaw M and Anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85196760525072428222014-09-22T17:54:16.820-04:002014-09-22T17:54:16.820-04:00@stevensenger. Nope. Synonym. Think "to wo...@stevensenger. Nope. Synonym. Think "to worst" as a verb. Means the same thing as "to best."Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032302346488486116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23214210385168137932014-09-22T17:51:07.387-04:002014-09-22T17:51:07.387-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032302346488486116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30064578370517393762014-09-22T16:54:55.263-04:002014-09-22T16:54:55.263-04:00I'm confused by 1-down. Do they mean 'anto...I'm confused by 1-down. Do they mean 'antonym' here?stevensengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427702310879878257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84290060942728832752014-09-22T16:41:22.809-04:002014-09-22T16:41:22.809-04:00It boggles the ole brain how many people don't...It boggles the ole brain how many people don't know there is a theme. Solve the puzzle any way you choose, but for anyone who has done at least one week of nyt puzzles, should know monday-thursday are ALWAYS themed!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61483503089589239682014-09-22T16:27:43.246-04:002014-09-22T16:27:43.246-04:00@63: List of Best Features of a $14 Target globe:
...@63: List of Best Features of a $14 Target globe:<br />1. You get the shaft, free of charge.<br />2. Has yer nostalgic single Pangaean continent.<br />3. Deflates for easy storage.<br />4. All 1,916 Target locations are shown, using cute little red bullseye dealies. (World appears to have a sorta rash.)<br />5. Coated with trademarked "simulated pollution".<br />6. Each Target Globe has been previously shot at by a Kardashian.<br />7. Draw yer own equator!<br />8. Batteries are optional.<br />9. For two bucks extra, Customer Service staff will give yah the Moon.<br />10. Green Paint.<br /><br />M&A<br />"No Thanx Are Necessary"M and A Goes Globalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80180839356733848472014-09-22T16:17:05.683-04:002014-09-22T16:17:05.683-04:00Cane sugar is a sweet component of rum. Cane sugar is a sweet component of rum. bwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11171297580941770571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40480627232853182472014-09-22T16:12:18.263-04:002014-09-22T16:12:18.263-04:00Medium. Enjoyable.
AGATE only after eliTE. ANGOL...Medium. Enjoyable. <br /><br />AGATE only after eliTE. ANGOLA - lucky first guess. No problems elsewhere. <br /><br />Thanks, Mr. Livengood.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68673787786945963462014-09-22T16:02:13.850-04:002014-09-22T16:02:13.850-04:00@M&A: Discovered a new word for your runtpuzs ...@M&A: Discovered a new word for your runtpuzs in The Bone Clocks, p. 335... quokka.bookmarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36674466401261172122014-09-22T14:10:01.983-04:002014-09-22T14:10:01.983-04:00@Steve J: Not to put too fine of a point on it, bu...@Steve J: Not to put too fine of a point on it, but <i>most</i> rum is made from molasses, and while it is a byproduct of sugar, it has a flavor which is then imparted to the rum. You might be able to substitute cachaça for rum, but it doesn't usually work the other way around. Rum not made from molasses (I've never come across it) probably will taste like cachaça.<br /><br />Cachaça is light and delicate, maybe even slightly sweeter than rum. <br /><br />Source: too many liquor tastings in my past.<br />Dorothy Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06148036083217174024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81863408091514502202014-09-22T13:59:33.016-04:002014-09-22T13:59:33.016-04:00Yo, King D.
Well, hey, @Maurice -- Now I've re...Yo, King D.<br />Well, hey, @Maurice -- Now I've read it all, evidently. Always kinda thought all those Big "He"-words got capitalized in the scriptures, tho. <br />Comforts m&e, that verse 4 didn't get the shaft, either.<br /><br />fave moo-cow hard MonPuz clue:<br />"The S in 36-Across" = __ __ __ __ __.<br />Was hopin this was a trick question, with answer "ENDER", or "TWINS", or some such. (Cuz A-C-R-O-S-S ends with an S or two). <br /><br />fave moo-cow easy MonPuz clue:<br />"Animal foot" = __ __ __.<br /><br />fave U-usage:<br />SUDOKU.<br /><br />M&A<br />"She Got the Gold Mine, and I Got the Shaft"M and Alsonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49482702386259541232014-09-22T13:24:10.225-04:002014-09-22T13:24:10.225-04:00Psalm 23
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not w...Psalm 23 <br />1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. <br />2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. <br />3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. <br />4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy ROD and thy STAFF they comfort me. <br />5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. <br />6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.King Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60045967760355254852014-09-22T13:06:02.862-04:002014-09-22T13:06:02.862-04:00"I will fear no Evil"?"I will fear no Evil"?<br /><br />Psalm 23noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34514712281459806552014-09-22T13:02:04.722-04:002014-09-22T13:02:04.722-04:00Thanks, @Steve J.
@mac, I agree, @dk: hilarious!~...Thanks, @Steve J.<br /><br />@mac, I agree, @dk: hilarious!~<br /><br />@optionsgeek, I can't wait to try it but last time I tried to load the app it wouldn't ... I need the upgrade to 8.1.johohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708487230515532492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5138750645684753232014-09-22T13:01:49.232-04:002014-09-22T13:01:49.232-04:00Liked it - a perfect Monday in my book, easy and i...Liked it - a perfect Monday in my book, easy and interesting. Like @chefwen, I saw the theme after STICK and CANE, which helped me with ROD STEWART.<br /><br />CUES could also be a member of the STICK family.<br /><br />Random grid connection: ERICA Jong's <i>Fear of Flying</i> and the RIGGS-King tennis match both DATE from 1973.Carolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971759975067250908noreply@blogger.com