tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2274162069324000913..comments2024-03-28T09:22:03.720-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Six-time MLB all-star Rusty / THU 9-20-18 / Opening between vocal cords / One from Land of Cakes / Fantasy creature spawned from mud / Longtime parent of Parlophone Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41629997971014329412019-01-07T14:51:42.884-05:002019-01-07T14:51:42.884-05:00How is IN THE CELLAR= LAST??How is IN THE CELLAR= LAST??ramroothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14316802282814191149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6074715440859754382018-10-25T17:17:48.591-04:002018-10-25T17:17:48.591-04:00Tough nut to crack but I did it. Harder than most ...Tough nut to crack but I did it. Harder than most Thursdays in my opinion. Everything was stuck in Stucksville until the aha! moment broke up the log jam. Challenging but enjoyable.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62236843515493210202018-10-25T15:43:31.015-04:002018-10-25T15:43:31.015-04:00Might be like 20-mule-team borax, a powder added t...Might be like 20-mule-team borax, a powder added to laundry detergent to freshen. Still works great on yoga tops and pants.Thursday googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106516072486712794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43681788363754539082018-10-25T14:51:49.946-04:002018-10-25T14:51:49.946-04:00Couldn't bust the code on this one. Theme (wha...Couldn't bust the code on this one. Theme (whatever it was) eluded me. After checking it out, concluded I should have bailed out much earlier than I did.<br /><br />Would like to give it credit for cleverness, but begrudgingly so.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61007254989052851572018-10-25T12:34:25.560-04:002018-10-25T12:34:25.560-04:00I took one look at this grid and moaned "Oh, ...I took one look at this grid and moaned "Oh, no: NASCAR!" What I saw was checkered flags. Well, it wasn't that, but it still gave me the fan-tods. {Twain}<br /><br />Finally glommed onto the "macguffin" with STRINGSECTION. But along the way there were many HUH?'s. Like BOARHUNT? Does such an event exist? C'mon, guys, it's time for the BOARHUNT. No sows, now, don't forget! Gimme a break. And SAL soda???? Hey Sal, what kind of soda do you want? You know: MY kind! Yeesh. <br /><br />But the worst is LINEA. Now THAT puppy just doesn't hunt--boar or anything else. Ridiculous. I forced it in on crosses, wincing all the way. Also, even an ABYSS has a bottom, however far down. The word even CONTAINS a bottom: A__SS. And while we're in said ABYSS, we shall award the DOD to Mary Louise Mastrantonio, who was searing hot in that movie.<br /><br />Points for being different--and for NOT being about NASCAR--but too much of the fill was just badly clued, or just plain bad. Like the GLOTTIS. That's not an opening; it's actually the flap that COVERS the opening. Get your anatomy straight, Sam. Bogey. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48167416352455848712018-10-25T12:14:12.776-04:002018-10-25T12:14:12.776-04:00Whatever this was, I wasn't.
Diana, Lady-in-w...Whatever this was, I wasn't.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-waiting and waiting and waiting for a crossword, remember them?Diana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51852693729738415352018-10-25T10:44:35.784-04:002018-10-25T10:44:35.784-04:00Took a while to see how those words were INTERLACE...Took a while to see how those words were INTERLACEDWITH one another, in large part to a hog-wild inkfest having pigRoasT before BOARHUNT.<br /><br />As a kid, I had Rusty STAUB’s baseball card when he was a member of the Houston Colt .45s. No, not the malt liquor, that’s what they were called before they were the Astros. Back when you could name teams for weapons and nobody cared.<br /><br />@rainy – re: Schmidt beer, which got bought out many years ago – The old Schmidt brewery has been turned into artist’s lofts and one of the buildings on-site has become a food hall with many booths, two restaurants, and a brew pub upstairs.<br /><br />IGETIDEAS about yeah baby KAY Lenz.<br /><br />Interesting puz, but not a fan of unchecked squares.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41055300416915407372018-10-25T10:07:37.312-04:002018-10-25T10:07:37.312-04:00IGETIDEAS, ETC.
ACCEPT the fact: she’ll INTERLACE...IGETIDEAS, ETC.<br /><br />ACCEPT the fact: she’ll INTERLACE if you let her,<br />so INONEACT, IMIN and IRIS MADEITBETTER.<br /><br />--- TONY “BEGONIA” GLOTTIS<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34502888214777433212018-10-04T15:23:58.951-04:002018-10-04T15:23:58.951-04:00"Amuck" doesn't exist, the spelling ..."Amuck" doesn't exist, the spelling is "amok". Orcs are only bred from mud in the movie, Peter Jackson's solution to be able to show them being born fully ready for battle. Expressly denied by Tolkien in numerous places, not just LOTR. Orcs reproduce like any other creature. So that's two false clues. The theme was just ridiculous. "Staub" always brings a smile to my face. Enormous, heavy man who hit for contact, not for power, contrary to the norm. Such a great contact hitter that he would've won the batting title every year if he could have run even a little little bit. But in a race with a tortoise, he would've lost!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81090343441471975232018-09-30T08:02:33.106-04:002018-09-30T08:02:33.106-04:00I know I'm very late to this comment thread b...I know I'm very late to this comment thread but I've been out of the country and this answer's been bugging me the whole time: an "ion beam" is a thing in real science, but I've never heard it in science fiction. "Twin Ion Engines," yes; beams, no.timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149897512395950733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3217102346756105892018-09-29T23:56:05.081-04:002018-09-29T23:56:05.081-04:00I reversed Rex's SW method. I put in leG and r...I reversed Rex's SW method. I put in leG and raM, and got GYM SOCK off of those. I agree with the overall mood that this was not enjoyable to solve - the AHA! was not big enough to justify the struggle. Also, LINE A was just terrible.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7490600757849740872018-09-24T20:58:13.742-04:002018-09-24T20:58:13.742-04:00Didn't have time to post a comment until now, ...Didn't have time to post a comment until now, but I loved this. Took me a while to get string section, and finally message thread, but that part of the fun. Love Sam's puzzles!Madelinxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19380323318856891022018-09-22T10:40:23.472-04:002018-09-22T10:40:23.472-04:00It's a good thing I'm three days late with...It's a good thing I'm three days late with the puzzles so so one will read my remarks. This was the worst puzzle I can remember (it's only the finitude of memory that makes me hedge in this way rather than say this was the worst crossword puzzle I've ever encountered). Full of gimmicks and metagimmicks (gimmicks spun off gimmicks), and FULL of errors too numerous to recount here. When an Xword editor elevates gimmicks over accuracy in the NYT it's time to go. Past time. Long past time. Blue Staternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3697316702358686722018-09-21T15:49:59.035-04:002018-09-21T15:49:59.035-04:00I finished without a lookup, a real accomplishment...I finished without a lookup, a real accomplishment for me for Thursday/Friday/Saturday. I liked it overall, but had a real slow start. Not much filled in until I GET IDEAS which I got without crosses. It's a wheel-house thing - easy for the older folks, harder for younger. We'll switch places tomorrow with recent music.<br /><br />I've said before, solving cryptograms helps me with crosswords. A few crosses and I can see words that might fit. That really helps with the clever misdirection clues.<br /><br />Overall? I liked it and enjoyed the ah-ha moment, although I had to finish the puzzle to get it.Monty Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924320449868956299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66838566425791683062018-09-21T12:26:36.920-04:002018-09-21T12:26:36.920-04:00Anything offensive in this puzzle to a dog? Not re...Anything offensive in this puzzle to a dog? Not reading comments yet because haven't completed. Fell asleep after just starting puzzle, newspaper fell to floor, dog did his business (#2) on paper. He never does this. Will now have to print from computer. Runbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25562360697323363112018-09-21T08:48:02.688-04:002018-09-21T08:48:02.688-04:00The song “I Get Ideas” was popular in late 1951; t...The song “I Get Ideas” was popular in late 1951; the highest charted version was by Tony Martin (#3, Billboard, Oct 1951). Two other versions charted around the same time: Louis Armstrong (#10), and Peggy Lee (#14).Music Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11018681369835878309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48544325852954579302018-09-21T00:50:39.743-04:002018-09-21T00:50:39.743-04:00(late to the party -- I solved last (Weds.) night ...(late to the party -- I solved last (Weds.) night but never got around to commenting)<br /><br />I muscled through this. I got the theme and plowed on, but it was more work than fun. <br /><br />And f@#$ AMUCK. TomAznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54480974955137520432018-09-20T22:38:06.512-04:002018-09-20T22:38:06.512-04:00I had "ebola" too which slowed me down. ...I had "ebola" too which slowed me down. Also had "seafoam" instead of seasick and it took me a while to give up on that one. SW corner was tough. Eventually got through it though. LOL to the Sal Tessio comment.<br />corscorpionishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127049743136780264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61987516872839799602018-09-20T22:14:31.858-04:002018-09-20T22:14:31.858-04:00Took me a while to understand the abbreviation STE...Took me a while to understand the abbreviation STE. And found this very difficult, but I felt good about finishing it. Clever, and challenging. OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73079582614304823242018-09-20T20:18:57.289-04:002018-09-20T20:18:57.289-04:00I didn’t get it, didn’t enjoy it, didn’t finish it...I didn’t get it, didn’t enjoy it, didn’t finish it.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08316379159031860155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49998588561168265472018-09-20T19:35:47.931-04:002018-09-20T19:35:47.931-04:00DNF. This puzzle was not fun for me, though I admi...DNF. This puzzle was not fun for me, though I admit it's quite clever. My daughter, who is cleverer than me at these tricky things, probably would have nailed it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00378778432197336830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32480504110130906812018-09-20T19:08:45.333-04:002018-09-20T19:08:45.333-04:00Medium. Got most of this with out getting the the...Medium. Got most of this with out getting the theme. INTERLACED WITH finally let me put it together. Tricky, liked it. <br /><br />I used the Standalone Crosswords app on my iPad which had a message about clue numbering that I didn’t bother to read. The 34a clue was - . I immediately put in ENDASH.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71806413855264577932018-09-20T19:06:30.815-04:002018-09-20T19:06:30.815-04:00Used the newspaper version. "Woven into"...Used the newspaper version. "Woven into" was clued at 34A (not 35A), and the [alleged?] clue for 53A ("Group that bows on state") was not there. For that matter, what the hell does "bows on state" mean in the first place? "Plays a stringed instrument on State Street"?jazzmanchgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02568707898871466512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35907443272978066962018-09-20T18:56:48.188-04:002018-09-20T18:56:48.188-04:00No note at all for us ink-on-paper people. No note at all for us ink-on-paper people. Barbara Bolsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06520568012674731813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89157540128173208392018-09-20T18:56:46.453-04:002018-09-20T18:56:46.453-04:00Poor clue. Got “amuck” only because the Downs wer...Poor clue. Got “amuck” only because the Downs were gimmes. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16628319622457029652noreply@blogger.com