tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2687511783508747636..comments2024-03-28T18:12:10.683-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Small pellets of noodle dough in Jewish cuisine / SUN 7-27-14 / Pathet old revolutionary group / Longtime baseball union exec Donald / European capital to natives / Exemplar of indecision / Names featured in Al Hirschfeld drawingsRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43020708026659894142014-08-04T17:53:06.543-04:002014-08-04T17:53:06.543-04:00Something of a relief to see that I was not the on...Something of a relief to see that I was not the only one who struggled with this!Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87705801987719093062014-08-04T10:27:07.512-04:002014-08-04T10:27:07.512-04:00Just posted and should have said "the old stu...Just posted and should have said "the old stuff, too."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1679794228935297002014-08-04T10:25:51.518-04:002014-08-04T10:25:51.518-04:00just posted, and should have said "the old st...just posted, and should have said "the old stuff, too."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29131460160096862422014-08-04T10:20:30.155-04:002014-08-04T10:20:30.155-04:00Dear Rex, Shame on you for alienating, and worse,...Dear Rex, Shame on you for alienating, and worse, minimalizing a group of people who not only know the new stuff but the stuff, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84254727646584177092014-08-04T09:38:33.296-04:002014-08-04T09:38:33.296-04:00Tough puzzle for this old guy. While I generally d...Tough puzzle for this old guy. While I generally don't try to analyze puzzles, and just try to solve them,I have to agree with Rex about this one. Not fun at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83317590349808932242014-08-03T19:49:35.065-04:002014-08-03T19:49:35.065-04:00A good Sunday, perfectly ruined!
Not even a 4th cu...A good Sunday, perfectly ruined!<br />Not even a 4th cup of brew could save me! Had to give up, and am now suffering word rage, dammit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63997404473027515522014-08-03T17:43:53.962-04:002014-08-03T17:43:53.962-04:00Bleh! agree, very dated and very specific. gave ...Bleh! agree, very dated and very specific. gave up about half way thru...... and I'm 60.<br /><br />16 proper names/geographic locations across in 121 clues; better on the down with only 6. but if you need those crosses, as someone said here a few weeks ago, you either know the person or you don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25010854945744087862014-08-03T16:49:21.399-04:002014-08-03T16:49:21.399-04:00I wrestled it into submission after what seemed li...I wrestled it into submission after what seemed like a little longer than usual time. Yes, there were a lot of old-timey names I didn't know but as usually happens the xwords came to the rescue. Looking back over my completed grid (the parts I can read, anyway) I don't see any squares that required a flat-out guess, although a couple were somewhat "shaky" in terms of certainty. <br /><br />Today's Premier Crossword by Frank Longo had the clue "Convertible carriage used to transport popes?" with the answer THE HOLY LANDAU.<br /><br />17360 - looks like spacy is going to take home the prize again.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71419576507604751682014-08-03T16:06:56.399-04:002014-08-03T16:06:56.399-04:00I attacked this one in between two trips to the ai...I attacked this one in between two trips to the airport taking first, girlfriend, and then son. Thus, I decided to stay the course, and I did, finishing with a DNF in the CARATS/RACE/TROCHE section, which I see now I should have got. <br /><br />I liked this better than some solvers, and thought the theme was well-executed. I don't mind the older stuff, nor pop culture, though rap artists sometimes defeat me. I gather this guy Maleska was a previous editor of the NYT crossword. Since I never experienced his work, I can't comment. I think Shortz does a good job, though. <br /><br />Didn't enjoy OFL's rant. But, @Rex, it's not you, it's me.<br /><br />9265. Junk, I believe, but if I was dealt this hand one card at a time, I would've stopped after the first one.rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78634821626109305732014-08-03T15:36:32.423-04:002014-08-03T15:36:32.423-04:00DNF. Worked on it all morning and simply am not wi...DNF. Worked on it all morning and simply am not willing to devote any more time to it. Got about the bottom half done, and was stalled in no fewer than six different places trying to go north. I'm not saying I couldn't eventually get it, but it just became too time-intensive. I have stuff to do today!<br /><br />I guess I can't grade it today; I'd have to give myself an incomplete on this one.<br /><br />5391 works out to 9; it's an ill wind, etc.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69927163589547214712014-08-03T13:53:54.487-04:002014-08-03T13:53:54.487-04:00weeks behind as usual from the hinterlands, but I ...weeks behind as usual from the hinterlands, but I gotta agree w/Rex. Miserable Sunday, despite having read extensively on WWII, Thurber, & things 30s & 40s. <br />Al Hirschfeld; who he (to quote Harold Ross). Born 1903, sez Wikipedia, almost the century before last. I recall seeing his caricatures in old stories about older New Yorkers, but dunno nothin' bout no NINAS.<br /><br />Well, gotta go put on my corset & draw a line up the backs of my legs, hop the trolley down to the canteen for a soda pop rickey, maybe dance with some fellows in spats and zoot suits, or something. ecanarensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13952085753371764437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68686441599438282442014-08-03T13:39:01.192-04:002014-08-03T13:39:01.192-04:00I consider myself avery good crossword puzzle solv...I consider myself avery good crossword puzzle solver, usually getting the Sunday NYT in 50 min. or so. I couldn't find an inroads into this for over a half hour. I guessed at "take my wife..." and got a good start I thought, but then I had to go to the internet. About two hrs. doing it that way. Not exactly a fun time.Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3013399294125511912014-08-02T14:52:39.198-04:002014-08-02T14:52:39.198-04:00@uncle john
I fell into the same trap thinking tha...@uncle john<br />I fell into the same trap thinking that Arizona is a southern state (and I hail from Texas). The true south would just be Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, etc. (states in the southeast). Even though Arizona is in the south, I think it would more appropriately be considered as in the southwest. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79594914888193039482014-07-30T23:33:38.038-04:002014-07-30T23:33:38.038-04:00still don't understand point of &apostroph...still don't understand point of &apostrophe; stuff--if it had nothing to do with the puzzle, what WAS the pointAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23765079154948311492014-07-30T23:33:14.555-04:002014-07-30T23:33:14.555-04:00still don't understand point of &apostroph...still don't understand point of &apostrophe; stuff--if it had nothing to do with the puzzle, what WAS the pointAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15577409057299982792014-07-30T18:33:34.618-04:002014-07-30T18:33:34.618-04:00One more thing; I didn't see any comments re 2...One more thing; I didn't see any comments re 29D. Isn't Arizona a southern state?uncle johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39321633511269279572014-07-30T18:26:43.020-04:002014-07-30T18:26:43.020-04:00OK, I'm late again but I feel a need to commen...OK, I'm late again but I feel a need to comment. I liked this puzzle and you can guess my age. Maleska would not allow abbr. when not clued as such either.<br />BLT had me stumped for quite a while until I decided to save half of my lunchtime sandwich (cold cuts w/ lettuce & tomato. It was falling apart while trying to put it in a plastic bag. Aha it needed a toothpick! That's the truth.uncle johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12059374310517497422014-07-28T22:26:52.011-04:002014-07-28T22:26:52.011-04:00I agree with everything except your comments about...I agree with everything except your comments about Samuel Eto'o. I'm not in any way a soccer fan, but even despite that I've heard enough about him that I think he'd be a gimme. <br /><br />Otherwise I couldn't agree more. This was unquestionably the worst Sunday since November. ghkozenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630734753350903920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53290406629839170362014-07-28T17:57:40.068-04:002014-07-28T17:57:40.068-04:00I agree completely with Rex's comments: if, li...I agree completely with Rex's comments: if, like Rex, you think a crossword puzzle is a pop culture trivia contest, then this puzzle was not for you. If you want to exercise your brain with lateral thinking and deceptive clues, it was for you. I loved it! No Googling required, even the proper nouns that I didn't know just filled themselves in. Lots of clues that when I got the answer, I admired the clue that threw me off at first. No complaints at all. A true crossword puzzle! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65975709545990732422014-07-28T11:39:14.253-04:002014-07-28T11:39:14.253-04:00And speaking of GWTW, Rhett Butler never lived at ...And speaking of GWTW, Rhett Butler never lived at Tara. That was Scarlett's family's place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55097177601616984062014-07-28T00:00:05.732-04:002014-07-28T00:00:05.732-04:00Rex, the etymology of the word Rex is early 1600&#...Rex, the etymology of the word Rex is early 1600's just when Maleska was hitting his prime.<br /><br />And he would have never allowed Aleve or any brand name. <br /><br />What's the problem with throwing the old dogs a bone? Arf. Arf. Yelp. Yap.WAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66577551906248456042014-07-27T22:41:57.163-04:002014-07-27T22:41:57.163-04:00@jae: "Were not today's classics at one t...@jae: "Were not today's classics at one time pop culture?"<br /><br />Exactly. Every era has its new things that previous generations dismiss as fleeting, superficial and low. Most of it, in fact, is. But some of it hangs on and later becomes classics. It'll happen to things from today, too, no matter how much people dismiss them. Just as it happened with artists who were dismissed as crude, offensive, scandalous and/or unimportant, like Sinatra, Stravnisky, Picasso, Manet and countless others. Steve Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185067739452052656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6454741092873595612014-07-27T21:49:34.522-04:002014-07-27T21:49:34.522-04:00Late to the party today, but Rex's review of t...Late to the party today, but Rex's review of this puzzle sums up <i>exactly</i> what I feel about David Steinberg puzzles. Exactly. <br /><br />This puzzle didn't feel Steinbergian to me, and I certainly didn't anticipate this review to cover so much of what I've been screaming about with DS puzzles. Trivia. So much Trivia.<br /><br />I had to Google a few names here to keep on track, but it wasn't an impossible puzzle. <br /><br />Sorry to randomly drag DS into this, but @Rex's review might have been a review of one those puzzles.Dorothy Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06148036083217174024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54921382932330690542014-07-27T20:49:33.317-04:002014-07-27T20:49:33.317-04:00@Steve J - Well said.
Were not today's clas...@Steve J - Well said. <br /><br />Were not today's classics at one time pop culture?jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28293099405904293622014-07-27T20:30:00.897-04:002014-07-27T20:30:00.897-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07357699268976237292noreply@blogger.com