tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2759928143056877552..comments2024-03-29T09:48:31.305-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Dandy accessories / FRI 1-14-22 / DoorDash designation / Headwear for many a barbershop quartet singer / Sith superpower Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74958303787600417192022-10-14T01:25:41.860-04:002022-10-14T01:25:41.860-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Arslan Kulachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014913002516358040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30617945552559169122022-06-13T06:31:31.802-04:002022-06-13T06:31:31.802-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Ishan Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01231561505256144611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70374098339746090382022-04-04T19:35:17.181-04:002022-04-04T19:35:17.181-04:00Help me not to murmur in my tent
Help me not to fo...<br />Help me not to murmur in my tent<br />Help me not to foolishly blame God<br />Help me not to ask why<br />Help me to walk by faith and not by sight<br />Be it wrong or be it right<br />In the day and in the night<br />Fight the good fight<br /><br />† <b>†</b>†<br /><br />O ^.^<br /> |< ° ° ^.^<br />/\ ° ° ◦<o ◦<o<br /> O\ O\<br /><a href="http://matthewrevelation.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"><br />Matthew 18:[6] But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea..<br /><br />Revelation 18:[21] And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.<br /></a><br /> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><br /><a href="http://matthew-revelation.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> <b><br />Matthew 13:9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.<br /><br />Revelation 13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.<br /></b></a><br /><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<br /><br /><a href="http://billionairesonparade.blogspot.com/2018/10/2018.html" rel="nofollow"><i>your favorite <b>Billionaires !</b></i></a><br /><br /> <a href="mailto:scratchwiththechickens@gmail.com?subject=Thanks%20for%20commenting&body=dear%20%20Steve,%0D%0AHow%20dare%20you%20comment%20on%20my%20blog%3F%21%0D%0Ai_would_love_to_kknow_your_thoughts.%0D%0Aso_nice_of_you_to_stop_by%0D%0A" rel="nofollow">scratchwiththechickens@gmail.com <br>Don't touch that !<br> Seeking research funding <br /> <br /><br /> 🦩 🦩👀<br /> 🦩 🦩<br /> 🦩<br /> 🦩<br /> 🦩 🦩🦩<br /> 🦩 🦩🦩🦩🦩<br /> 🦩 🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩<br /> 🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩<br /> 🦩 🦩<br /> 🦩 🦩<br /> 🦩 🦩<br /> 🦩🦩<br /> 🦩<br /> 🦩<br /> 🦩🦩<br /> </a><br /><br /> !Round robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712590994955875670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12610146328508596552022-02-18T17:13:54.546-05:002022-02-18T17:13:54.546-05:00Thanks for this reminder, which I am old enough to...Thanks for this reminder, which I am old enough to know. I thought it meant 0 percent and had the o for 0 and wondered why no one was howling. Girl Detectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16348689834879722062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45929707603466117402022-02-18T13:16:44.854-05:002022-02-18T13:16:44.854-05:0021 answers to clues meant nothing to me in this on...21 answers to clues meant nothing to me in this one. Never so far from the wheel house as todayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33941541040173620362022-02-18T13:09:12.699-05:002022-02-18T13:09:12.699-05:00Oh yes - forgot to mention that OTTO Bonn was my f...Oh yes - forgot to mention that OTTO Bonn was my favorite answer that I did not know. I "knew" it was right as soon as I put it in.<br /><br />Lady DiDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23485605737787317902022-02-18T11:36:00.606-05:002022-02-18T11:36:00.606-05:00FORT NIGHT
“LOVE for SALE”, cried ELLA, “AREN’T I...FORT NIGHT<br /><br />“LOVE for SALE”, cried ELLA, “AREN’T I fun?”,<br />“IDAREYOU big fella, and AISLE TELLNOONE.”<br /><br />--- OTTO KHAN<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19229653838069779282022-02-18T10:52:15.494-05:002022-02-18T10:52:15.494-05:00Began this with a lot of blankness. Then some mor...Began this with a lot of blankness. Then some more.<br /><br />bit<br /><br />by<br /><br />bit<br /><br />Cannot believe I got it all with no help. Even had a last-minute potential Natick, but sussed that baby out! Hooray for me on a Friday!<br /><br />Diana, Lady in Waiting and SusserDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16468985578051257612022-01-15T05:10:23.817-05:002022-01-15T05:10:23.817-05:00Like some of the puzzle, not all of it. I thought ...Like some of the puzzle, not all of it. I thought "dandy" was an anti-gay male word. Couldn't it have said rich man's or actor's accessory? <br /><br />Wanted to say your daughter's artwork is lovely. I hope she keeps it up and it moved me to donate for your blog.<br /><br />Get the young folks involved.<br /><br />And I love your criticism of racist and sexist clues or answers. Keep it up, please.Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91664863469586587592022-01-14T22:49:25.388-05:002022-01-14T22:49:25.388-05:00For 50 years, until today, I thought the lyric was...For 50 years, until today, I thought the lyric was 'watched yourself go by' because that is what makes sense. Now, thanks to Rex, I see that it has to rhyme with 'walking onto a yacht' and about the only word that rhymes with yacht is gavotte. That explains why 'all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner' dancing the gavotte since that was the hip thing in the 70s!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470135884038853842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31324272067927751012022-01-14T19:12:26.455-05:002022-01-14T19:12:26.455-05:00This is another comment on duplications. Some of ...This is another comment on duplications. Some of yous may want to skip OVER. <br /><br /><br />I agree with the ambiguously Frantic (or should that be the ambiguously Slothful) one @2:56, avoiding duplications in a grid is "easily within their [the constructors] abilities". I recall reading in one of the publisher's specifications, albeit 10+ years ago, that they are to be avoided. The widely used Crossword Compiler (CC) has two categories on its Statistics page to detect that very thing, "Repeated words" and "Similar words". If there are any they will be highlight in red and show you where they are.<br /><br />Today's duplications are not free standing words but are in phrases so they would not have appeared in "Repeated words" but would have in "Similar words". There the two phrases would appear side by side, like TRADEWAR/WARCRAFT or MOUSEOVER/OBSESSOVER, with WAR or OVER in red in each phrase.<br /><br />But Crossword Compiler has been around for a while and standards change and I'm sure for many if not most solvers a dupe or two is no big deal. But the no duplication mantra has left its mark on me so that I'm mindful of dupes during the fill and I give a sigh of relief when CC shows that my grid is clean in that respect. Anoa Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185183023273883700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86435149786383247412022-01-14T19:10:09.545-05:002022-01-14T19:10:09.545-05:00Working from east to west everything was going eas...Working from east to west everything was going easy until the middle and started to get tight. Worked slowly from SE to NE until I got stuck on the CS/DT kealoa, RIMA/SAMELOVE cross, not having CRUX come to me, and not understanding how CHILIDOG is fair fare.<br /><br />Seeing the Wordle posts yesterday made me look it up. Got 4/6 today, but I don't know that I like Wordle chat in this forum, there should be plenty of more relevant forums fro that without cluttering the CW posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22809236715442240852022-01-14T17:58:32.488-05:002022-01-14T17:58:32.488-05:00@Z, Thank you. It is some (italicized) consolation...@Z, Thank you. It is some (italicized) consolation.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281717752118151421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25827898594763903362022-01-14T17:56:37.958-05:002022-01-14T17:56:37.958-05:00@Son Volt 11:39- Rex reminds me of Alvy Singer fr...@Son Volt 11:39- Rex reminds me of Alvy Singer from Annie Hall- “I'm a bigot, I know, but for the left.” At least Alvy had some self awareness. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17795659700567205882022-01-14T16:04:53.065-05:002022-01-14T16:04:53.065-05:00To add to Schuly explaining OPER today at 1:12, in...To add to Schuly explaining OPER today at 1:12, in case anyone hasn't seen it, this is a hilarious video of two teens of today trying to use a rotary phone. <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHNEzndgiFIShirley Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63789101161880465102022-01-14T16:03:42.130-05:002022-01-14T16:03:42.130-05:00@Z 11:46. Good thing you qualified that with “almo...@Z 11:46. Good thing you qualified that with “almost”, as I have never heard that in my life. I guess I should further clarify that I am at least ten years old.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12825091445623877362022-01-14T16:02:24.154-05:002022-01-14T16:02:24.154-05:00Since when are chili dogs fair fare? Chili is a co...Since when are chili dogs fair fare? Chili is a common topping for hot dogs that you can find at a lot of restaurants and hot dog stands. Corndogs or deep-fried oreos or funnel cake are fair fare.Doctor Workhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02000900461237918101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74196708342456806672022-01-14T15:55:51.651-05:002022-01-14T15:55:51.651-05:00@Nancy 8:53 - Purple, then technical.
A cerulean ...@Nancy 8:53 - Purple, then technical.<br /><br />A cerulean pouch, replete with sparkling crystals and glinting facets, adamantine, yet both melting and yielding to the tap of a tooth, imbued with the memory of the sea.<br /><br />200 g. 99.7% pure NaCl produced from sea water of 3.5% salinity in 250-acre condenser ponds subject to evaporation by wind and sun, thus concentrating the brine and creating a precipitate.<br /><br />Item: <a href="https://bonairesaltshop.com/page/products/" rel="nofollow">the bag in the middle of the top row.</a><br />Carolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971759975067250908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29025602602893563612022-01-14T15:33:57.390-05:002022-01-14T15:33:57.390-05:00I don't know how to politely break this to you...I don't know how to politely break this to you but people of every orientation have been doing that, the hole entire time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56530943477849514952022-01-14T15:22:52.680-05:002022-01-14T15:22:52.680-05:00This may have been mentioned in other comments (th...This may have been mentioned in other comments (there are too many for me to read them all!), but the "to go" option on sites like DoorDash means that you drive to the restaurant to pick up your food, as opposed to having it delivered to your residence. And re: patronizing guests, I interpreted that in a business sense (as in, guests patronize your business and may or may not be friendly while doing so).<br /><br />I had a hell of a time in the NW corner (I was also set on but confused by "bowties"), but was very pleased when I finished the puzzle, in part because I only recently got good enough at these puzzles to consistently solve Fridays!Jeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00947477751684610826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47653559247652553822022-01-14T15:19:14.994-05:002022-01-14T15:19:14.994-05:00A,
Toussaint was a gem. Do yourself a favor and li...A,<br />Toussaint was a gem. Do yourself a favor and listen to him do Southern Nights. He wrote and does it, imo, better than Glenn Campbell who of course scored the #1 hit with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5557341495931200182022-01-14T15:09:20.562-05:002022-01-14T15:09:20.562-05:00I think CST/CDT counts as a third kealoa for today...I think CST/CDT counts as a third kealoa for today. And like another commenter, I had a compound Natick between that S/D square and the Macklemore thing and the Italian verse. Ended up finishing the puzzle there by entering every letter of the alphabet in the RI_A blank until the app told me I was done. Tedious. <br />But I did enjoy the rest of the puzzle - challenging, but in a good way with a few enjoyable aha moments. I figured we were in for a treat when I saw it was from Matthew and Sid.JDogNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907297273879111065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11676270634843893822022-01-14T15:01:10.041-05:002022-01-14T15:01:10.041-05:00Ben,
Not just smarmy but silly. What does it even ...Ben,<br />Not just smarmy but silly. What does it even mean? Surely a mother's love for her child is not the same as the sodomy he's advocating. And even if you believe that sodomizing your buddy is just fine and dandy tha act is not ordered to the same end as sexual congress between a man and a woman. They are diffent in kind. Youdo't have judge the moral worthiess of either act to recognize they are not the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34141596791238683122022-01-14T14:56:10.042-05:002022-01-14T14:56:10.042-05:00I agree with @Lewis for the most part, including t...I agree with @Lewis for the most part, including the dupe defense by Sid. <br />To a point. <br />It's one thing to have the occasional dupe or maybe even 2, but this grid is practically riddled with them. UP, and OVER, and WAR x 2 (or even 3 in the case of UP) may save "fill quality", but isn't that all <i>part of the fill?</i> Is this supposed to be a meta thing? <br /><br />I like these constructors - a lot - and it seems to me that avoiding dupes at all, let alone multiple occurrences, is easily within their abilities. <br /><br />@Nancy 853am All I got was a fucking lump of carbonized matter for Christmas. You mean like that?<br /><br />@GILL 1106am I wanted Mrs Jones, too, but that's because I do a mean Billy Paul imitation of "Me and Mrs. Jones". It's always a hit at crappy parties.<br /><br />Always knew it was "gavotte"<br />cuz I'm a genius and you are not.<br />Furthermore, of course it's BOATER <br />Is all y'all stoopit?<br />Signed, the gloater <br /><br />This one gave me a tussle. Liked it heaps.<br /><br />🧠🧠🧠<br />🎉🎉🎉.5Frantic Slothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614296873700797321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23030606803482149082022-01-14T14:54:15.060-05:002022-01-14T14:54:15.060-05:00How do I LOVE thee….here’s a count:
SAgE LOVE
SAnE...How do I LOVE thee….here’s a count:<br />SAgE LOVE<br />SAnE LOVE<br />SAfE LOVE<br />SAkE LOVE<br />SAvE LOVE<br />dArE LOVE<br />dAME LOVE<br />dAzE LOVE<br />dAtE LOVE (eww)<br />(Great) dAnE LOVE<br /><br />No earthly idea what the song was, but after pondering some entertaining ideas, I went with SAME because of the lyric in the clue, and RIMA seemed reasonable.<br /><br />Fell for one of Rex’s kealoas, but having had to correct Tsk, I held back on seAR.<br /><br />Aha! DOW Jones! I was wondering who/what low Jones was. Doesn’t a CHILI log sound like “Hybrid fair fare?” Actually I started with CHeeselOG but ran out of room. At least it got me CHAR.<br /><br />Tried BOwlER before BOATER, as the Cars 2 meant nada. TEwTASTING didn’t pass the breakfast TEA test, though.<br /><br />Speaking of breakfast, does IHOP really use that spelling?<br /><br />Hand up for raising a brow at the 2 WARs, 2 OVERs and 3 UPs. I don’t mind the occasional exception to the “rule” but this many cheapens an otherwise fine puzzle. <br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/PC2uMiCtmDI" rel="nofollow">Am I Expecting Too Much?</a><br /><br />Got a little carried away sampling YouTube offerings by today’s birthday composer (actually that happens a lot). Allen Toussaint, b. January 14, 1938, was a composer, pianist, singer, producer and a tremendously influential figure in New Orleans. I only own one album of his so I was happy to find so many great examples of his musical imagination. A lot of his work was made popular by other artists such as Herb Alpert, Glen Campbell, the Rolling Stones, Boz Scaggs, Bonnie Raitt, the Pointer Sisters, and Three Dog Night. The NYT published <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/11/arts/music/allen-toussaint-dies.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow">this article</a> when he died in 2015.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237000067564152763noreply@blogger.com