tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2269773459052248839..comments2024-03-29T05:08:37.783-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Palindromist Jon of Sit on a potato pan Otis / WED 10-28-20 / Whispered name in The Raven / Frequent SNL role for Beck Bennett / US Navy builder / What members of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion claim to be descended from / Rare weather phenomenon that's white unlike its cousinRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56850743094697110672020-12-03T02:50:37.900-05:002020-12-03T02:50:37.900-05:00What was notable while solving this was how much o...What was notable while solving this was how much of what Rex complains about in a puzzle was in this puzzle - a quote for starters, obscure names crossing, obscure words crossing the quote, the tsar/czar thing, OREO, METOO. It's like it was designed to get him going.<br /><br />So much of the puzzle was this quote. But it was irrelevant who said the quote and whether or not you ever heard it. I used to do acrostics, never ever had heard the quote before, and often had not heard of the author either. The game is trying to make some syntactical thing of it.<br /><br />I had IMAmET - isn't there come COMPosite index?<br /><br />What I really liked were FOGBOW (I was thinking SUNDOG), and REMORA, which I was surprised I remembered from learning about in a Sherman's Lagoon cartoon strip one year. Wendy Cutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14147181997547258356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5498021652481916632020-12-02T20:25:47.547-05:002020-12-02T20:25:47.547-05:00 Will @Lewis ever become aware that he often comes... Will @Lewis ever become aware that he often comes across as condescending to solvers, or, as in this case, to constructors? leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87329237372641688952020-12-02T18:27:13.802-05:002020-12-02T18:27:13.802-05:00Carrie Bradshaw, why the long face? Aware of but n...Carrie Bradshaw, why the long face? Aware of but never saw nor cared about the TV show, didn't much care for the sentiment of the quip, didn't much care for the puzzle. I'll be on OFL's side today. Don't much care.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88572109072207596192020-12-02T18:18:39.896-05:002020-12-02T18:18:39.896-05:00Posted a comment a few hours ago, but no show. Any...Posted a comment a few hours ago, but no show. Anyhow, in short: only hang-up was in the TRICKY NW corner.leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3615074590280685702020-12-02T15:52:41.142-05:002020-12-02T15:52:41.142-05:00I thought this was an excellent puzzle. I don'...I thought this was an excellent puzzle. I don't know who the quoter is, but that doesn't matter. What one has to do is to get as many non-theme answers as possible, and then work out the quote section by section. Thus, words like KVELLED, POKE, DDAY, XRAY,GOLF, and LEVI just fall into place as the "easier" answers and parts of the quote appear. I found the puzzle built on itself as I made my way through.<br /><br />There wasn't a single answer I winced at, and severaL (RAN, XRAY, FOGBOW, TOPS to name a few) had clever clues. I *could* nitpick the use of "compass" rather than "pair of compasses" for 13D, but that would be pedantic.<br /><br />Really enjoyed this even though I don't think the quote applied to me when I was in my 40s. rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4701631112471515902020-12-02T14:50:42.057-05:002020-12-02T14:50:42.057-05:00DNF: totally hopeless. I didn't know a single ...DNF: totally hopeless. I didn't know a single thing in it. Half the clues made no sense at all to me. First time I've ever been stopped by a Wednesday. Way, WAY out of position. spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65612715024567829512020-12-02T14:31:49.614-05:002020-12-02T14:31:49.614-05:00From Syndication Land:
Love, love, love a quote p...From Syndication Land:<br /><br />Love, love, love a quote puzzle! So much wordplay involved here. You start out thinking, "That's a lot of unclued space out there!" Next you think, "Boy, I don't know any of these proper names. How unfair!"<br />Then you fill it in square by square until the quote starts to make sense. Then you run the alphabet to find the X in icea_ because you've never heard of a piolet. When it's done you marvel that Peter Gordon could have made such a difficult puzzle that turned out to be quite fair! Well done!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78479303399837776012020-12-02T12:15:29.566-05:002020-12-02T12:15:29.566-05:00The last time a REMORA attached itself to me, I wa...The last time a REMORA attached itself to me, I was staying at a IMARET with the YETIS. I was able to REMOVE it in a TRICE and I KVELLED with pride.<br /><br />Guess which corner had my giant Natick?<br /><br />The rest I got, which I did KVELL at. Yes, as others have said, this was a TOUGH THURSDAY or SATURDAY. C'mon! We're in a pandemic and nobody knows what day it is anyway.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71530992801912102052020-12-02T10:54:12.194-05:002020-12-02T10:54:12.194-05:00EDIT - Make that quote not qupte.EDIT - Make that <b>quote</b> not qupte.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27956338247163909482020-12-02T10:42:28.253-05:002020-12-02T10:42:28.253-05:00DEFINE EGO
He's a TRICKY FOOL to endure,
unCO...DEFINE EGO<br /><br />He's a TRICKY FOOL to endure,<br />unCOMPLICATEDAND THENCE,<br />YOU'RENEVER REALLYSURE<br />YOUGOTTHERIGHT MIKEPENCE.<br /><br />--- IRA HURTBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3503419783950692342020-12-02T10:25:22.494-05:002020-12-02T10:25:22.494-05:00I agree with Rex that this was a mis-filed puzzle ...I agree with Rex that this was a mis-filed puzzle that should have run on Saturday. The qupte perfectly describes the solve experience with clues like 32D e.g. Had plenty of Argh! moments but I enjoyed it anyways. And I enjoyed Sex In The City, so maybe that helped.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27594867686836711502020-10-29T19:48:39.995-04:002020-10-29T19:48:39.995-04:00i liked the puzzle. yes, sex and the city has lots...i liked the puzzle. yes, sex and the city has lots of problems with racism and classism and transphobia and whitewashing new york city, but it helped me grow into my identity as a careerist, nonmonogamous, bisexual woman in her thirties. anyway yetis are fun, trice is fun, kvelled is fun, fogbow is fun, and a self-referential quote about the nyt puzzle was fun, for me.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16108723367587077520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37829485003529843842020-10-29T09:51:57.512-04:002020-10-29T09:51:57.512-04:00Really challenging puzzle, lots of words I had nev...Really challenging puzzle, lots of words I had never heard of and had to cheat a lot to finish it. But I have to say that Rex's disdain for Sex and the City and not realizing that it's an important TV show for many young-ish women smacks of sexism. He's always railing against the puzzles being for old white men but then as soon as a clue doesn't fit that he gets really bent out of shape. There are a lot of fictional characters that aren't clued as such but because they've seeped in the cultural lexicon they can be assumed to be known. I'd say Carrie Bradshaw is such a character. She's as important as Tony Soprano in bringing forward our current anti-hero(ine) TV paradigm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16930217332348547342020-10-29T04:52:39.087-04:002020-10-29T04:52:39.087-04:00Amen!Amen!WinthorpeIIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730528038601386028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13139527398069746352020-10-29T02:23:40.115-04:002020-10-29T02:23:40.115-04:001. Yes, a messy puzzle, too many obscure names
2. ...1. Yes, a messy puzzle, too many obscure names<br />2. Annoying clueing<br />3. Saturday puzzle is the “tricky” one<br />4. Dumb quote (it’s here because it mentions NYT?)<br />5. “You got the right WORD” maybe more accurate?<br />6. All that said, I figured out the quote pretty quickly <br />7. And found it to be not that terrible. <br />8. But still, a lot to loathe in this!Mr. Alarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872240736558100541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82294658137678284532020-10-29T01:15:34.780-04:002020-10-29T01:15:34.780-04:00I'm not sure if this is relevant to the quote ...I'm not sure if this is relevant to the quote but in a fairly new book about crosswords (which Will is in of course) the author devotes quite a bit of space to the Sex/City quote. Something about crosswords in the media, etc. Good book otherwise. Adrienne Raphel–Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can’t Live Without Them (2020)Pauloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00549318136278069222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34744049705857774782020-10-28T23:09:45.560-04:002020-10-28T23:09:45.560-04:00Thanks!Thanks!algiardellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12612312129409364504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77651018632361944712020-10-28T22:32:23.789-04:002020-10-28T22:32:23.789-04:00Study for 5 down by listening to "Pretty Fly ...Study for 5 down by listening to "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" by Weird Al Yankovic. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60307087569041136182020-10-28T21:53:56.236-04:002020-10-28T21:53:56.236-04:00@Z 9:09 PM
Keep up the good work, Z 🇺🇸
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...@Z 9:09 PM <br /><br />Keep up the good work, Z 🇺🇸<br />___<br /><br /><br /><br />Signing off for the day at 0<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DxNpW1kHQ" rel="nofollow">Peace</a> Mir שלום Barış Pax Maluhia Paix Pace 🕊bocamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524629632075020985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61695565367767354632020-10-28T21:09:47.021-04:002020-10-28T21:09:47.021-04:00We processed 6,100 absentee ballots and 500 more m...We processed 6,100 absentee ballots and 500 more military and oversees absentee ballots. Busy week. The actual election service employees say this is their busiest few days other than election day. For comparison, what we processed this week i was more than what this county did in all of the 2016 election.<br /><br />As to all the puzzle haterade, one of my crossword apps offers whole collections of quote puzzles and I see them sitting there and ask, “Why??” and “Who??” But it is a little surprising how many share my deep loathing for the genre. Here’s the thing, there’s a perfectly acceptable puzzle for quotes and people who want to suss them out, Acrostics. Similarly, if you love anagrams google “jumble” and have at it. Neither of these puzzle types can incorporate a crossword the way a crossword can accommodate quotes and anagrams. BUT... Just because a crossword can accommodate an acrostic like puzzle or a jumble doesn’t mean it should. I want word play, not unscrambling letters or sussing out quotes, when I solve a crossword. Leave that other stuff to the puzzle forms designed for them. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22950977438392688742020-10-28T20:54:57.312-04:002020-10-28T20:54:57.312-04:00@GaryMac 8:05 PM 👍
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Peace Mir שלום Barış ...@GaryMac 8:05 PM 👍<br /><br /><br /><br />-1<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DxNpW1kHQ" rel="nofollow">Peace</a> Mir שלום Barış Pax Maluhia Paix Pace 🕊bocamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524629632075020985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67255355204752099822020-10-28T20:34:36.759-04:002020-10-28T20:34:36.759-04:00I know I’m just piling in, but this was possibly t...I know I’m just piling in, but this was possibly the most infuriating NYT puzzle I’ve ever done. Other than the occasional natick, I don’t think I’ve ever not finished a SATURDAY puzzle. I couldn’t finish this Wednesday puzzle because the NW was ungettable for me. Sooo much in this puzzle was unknown to me, and much of what was known was clued so bizarrely that it might as well have been KVELLED or FOGBOW. And then there’s the fact that it was a god-awful quote from a show I watched one time, which was one time too many. Wanderlusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00257309310234624771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36737156875770289312020-10-28T20:05:06.957-04:002020-10-28T20:05:06.957-04:00QBQBGaryMacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20393193292855785232020-10-28T20:00:48.294-04:002020-10-28T20:00:48.294-04:00@photomatte, exactly the proposal I’ve made recent...@photomatte, exactly the proposal I’ve made recently (though not here)! It’s a groundswell! And a darn good idea. I guess we’ll let the B-team have their stare decisus. Too complicated to unspool. Thoughts?<br /><br />I love acrostics. A quote puzzle where the quote takes up an appreciable fraction of the total white space is not at all like an acrostic. In an acrostic, each solved clue gives you a sprinkling of letters throughout the quote, not just one. And in an acrostic, the white space is divided by black squares where the words end, which helps in the grokking of patterns like —IGHT. In today’s puzzle, the unsolvable white space just chops the grid up into a bunch of isolated almost-minis. Didn’t love it. <br /><br />I did enjoy the little Parrothead reminder about REMORAs.BarbieBarbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75970255937331980712020-10-28T19:12:25.939-04:002020-10-28T19:12:25.939-04:00Not only could I not do the NW corner AT ALL -- bu...Not only could I not do the NW corner AT ALL -- but<br /><br /><br /><br />*SB*<br /><br />I only just got to Genius and there are still about 20 more words!!! Boo hiss.Enialehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15471368256290205583noreply@blogger.com