tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2764199452193220193..comments2024-03-28T18:52:07.432-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 1958 Physics co-Nobelist Frank / THU 5-17-18 / Jagged mountain range / Friend of Sheldon on Big Bang Theory / Soft drink whose logo features red circle / Hester Prynne's mark / TV personality in bow tieRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62231114456058313152018-06-21T22:57:08.689-04:002018-06-21T22:57:08.689-04:00I really liked the comment that pointed out that t...I really liked the comment that pointed out that the sights were ones FEATURED on the cities' websites. Makes those clues totally reasonable. <br /><br />HOWEVER,<br />Those of us in syndiland seeing this for the first time on June 21 aren't thinking about what date it originally appeared, so the play-on-numbers May/17/18 is lost on us. I see it now above the puzzle, but that's usually only relevant for finding an old blog posting. I didn't know the law school beginners, and there was no centenary suggestion today, so I was guessing 8 or 9, was amazed to learn that these places were founded so early. Once again, I'm so appreciative of this blog and all your comments. wcutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615799228069705972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52884700046357959632018-06-21T19:35:47.794-04:002018-06-21T19:35:47.794-04:00*vermilion, in case you were wondering.*vermilion, in case you were wondering.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66929582482111725092018-06-21T16:43:36.323-04:002018-06-21T16:43:36.323-04:00Numbers that aren't Roman in a puzzle. What a...Numbers that aren't Roman in a puzzle. What a caper! Kind of interesting that two cities were founded in the same month 300 years ago. I agree that the ALAMO DOME is hardly a point of interest, but 9 letters, eh. Maybe Tim Duncan would've been a better choice.<br /><br />One write-over with IN shORt before IN A WORD. Took many nanoseconds to suss the date, but 7 and 8 gave a clue. Was I upset? NOT 1 BIT.<br /><br />Nice to be reminded of the famous TATTOO RIOT of 1718.<br />Different. Liked it.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58005443975629113522018-06-21T16:36:54.802-04:002018-06-21T16:36:54.802-04:00If 1LS and NOT1BIT were as good as 7UP and 8BALL I...If 1LS and NOT1BIT were as good as 7UP and 8BALL I'd have no problem with this puzzle. I too had NOThing for a long time and had an arghh instead of an aha! moment when I solved the numeric gimmick. Was I impressed? NOT1BIT !!!thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64706184652676386182018-06-21T16:33:12.981-04:002018-06-21T16:33:12.981-04:00Better: Give me a RED A for Asleep at the switch. ...Better: Give me a RED A for Asleep at the switch. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49257051688307261442018-06-21T16:10:23.600-04:002018-06-21T16:10:23.600-04:00The switch from numbers to letters in the middle g...The switch from numbers to letters in the middle got me, and I'm feeling a bit SORE. <br /><br />Had 1718, but then stopped cold. Was sure I needed more numbers to fill out the line. None came, not a 1,2,3, etc., that made any sense. Should have grasped that something else was up. But no.<br /><br />So was force-fed some history. Both cities founded in MAY, 1718. Okay, fine, good to know, I guess.<br /><br />No wake-up ALARM and no TIA or TOY, either.<br /><br /> Give me a RED A for Absence of mind.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21423769932583141212018-06-21T13:46:51.672-04:002018-06-21T13:46:51.672-04:00Well - of course I was wondering what "A 718&...Well - of course I was wondering what "A 718" was. But I was not correct in my complete answer. Not "one" bit. Phgggghhhh.<br /><br />And I even got the (&**( numbers thing. Even when I had determined that a rebus was not going to ruin my Thursday morning. <br /><br />What a lot of work for one vs. A. <br /><br />As I said, Phggghhh<br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-924516634371599572018-06-21T13:09:55.400-04:002018-06-21T13:09:55.400-04:00It took me forever to solve the centre but then th...It took me forever to solve the centre but then the light BULB finally switched on. I was stuck on Tab for awhile instead of 7UP and that put me behind the 8BALL. I don't like the use of numbers like this - especially in 1LS. Roman numerals in a xword are fair game because they are letters of the alphabet. DONTASK how long it took me, but I did finish - but only after performing a little VOODOO. The puzzle was ATAD too clever for me.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54958725029376217102018-06-21T11:58:42.063-04:002018-06-21T11:58:42.063-04:00I wondered when they'd start with the numbers ...I wondered when they'd start with the numbers game. I once saw a word search that was all like that; my favorite entry was "VER1000000.*" The date was cause for a single space writeover: I at first thought "Zero" was NOThing but held off until getting the end BIT--when of course I wrote in NOTaBIT. Still had no idea what was wanted for 37-across.<br /><br />Downs cleared that (7)up; 1LS being pretty desperate. A couple other spots raised ?s: Never saw MYNA without the H, and SORE sport?? Not in the language. I can never remember whether it's -DAZS or -DASZ. It's all Dutch to me. The grid started to stutter: NANA ISIS LILI.<br /><br />Overall, though, I enjoyed it. Number rebi can be fun. The toe has been dipped; let's wade in a little farther. The amazing TIA Carrere is DOD. Birdie. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54638496587626990372018-06-21T11:49:04.288-04:002018-06-21T11:49:04.288-04:00Well, NOThing was right in the middle until MAY171...Well, NOThing was right in the middle until MAY1718, then NOThing was NOT1BIT correct. Then the light BULB went on and the 8BALL got things rolling further down south and west through SANANTONIO and INAWORD or two, no more write-overs to be REDONE. Was looking at __LL_YE and was wondering if the MN state fish, the waLLeYE might appear, but no, it’s the science guy. Rather thin theme but a coupla nice factoids.<br /><br />I once had my computer wallpaper set as a Big Bad VOODOO Daddy album cover. Love that swinging big JAZZBAND stuff. <br /><br />ILYA has sddenly become popular.<br /><br />I’ll POSTIT: LILI Taylor for yeah baby.<br /><br />Is this a good puz? Depends on what the definition of ISIS.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5851509376450164402018-06-21T10:10:44.391-04:002018-06-21T10:10:44.391-04:00SENSE ALARM
SON, INAWORD, don’t be SNIDE,
when in...SENSE ALARM<br /><br />SON, INAWORD, don’t be SNIDE,<br />when in NEWORLEANS DON’TASK about VOODOO.<br />NOT1BIT of SASS they’ll abide,<br />then they get SORE and give you a RED_A TATTOO.<br /><br />--- TYLER BASSET<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62285095943016110332018-05-27T21:53:13.857-04:002018-05-27T21:53:13.857-04:00What a bullshit puzzle. When they have to be so fu...What a bullshit puzzle. When they have to be so fucking cute to throw numbers and not let you know beforehand. That's bullshit!!!!!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038002669098155804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20344478058281316972018-05-27T21:50:32.324-04:002018-05-27T21:50:32.324-04:00What a bullshit puzzle. When they have to be so fu...What a bullshit puzzle. When they have to be so fucking cute to throw numbers and not let you know beforehand. That's bullshit!!!!!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038002669098155804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38610536170252124672018-05-18T09:57:28.679-04:002018-05-18T09:57:28.679-04:00Thank you for your comments!Thank you for your comments!La Modahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05139525275877035673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55706006611645209822018-05-18T00:24:50.345-04:002018-05-18T00:24:50.345-04:00Plural of CHAD is CHAD.Plural of CHAD is CHAD.GPOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39950645859567525712018-05-17T23:06:29.459-04:002018-05-17T23:06:29.459-04:00Rex didn't like the puzzle because he had trou...Rex didn't like the puzzle because he had trouble with it.period Who drove Two ponies out? good job. most of the complaints about the puzzle were excruciatingly pedantic, mostly without merit.The puzzle was kind of clever and refreshing,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21734043603414804902018-05-17T19:32:03.276-04:002018-05-17T19:32:03.276-04:00Only been doing NYT puzzles for about a year, but ...Only been doing NYT puzzles for about a year, but this one is the worst I can remember. The POSTIT clue is awful. There's always tomorrow.Zillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15374351531370008033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69384930572496970752018-05-17T18:54:19.443-04:002018-05-17T18:54:19.443-04:00I'll pass.I'll pass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40397037720113691062018-05-17T17:56:44.573-04:002018-05-17T17:56:44.573-04:00Probably no one is reading this anymore but I was ...Probably no one is reading this anymore but I was thinking. Sierra is a mountain range so if one says "the Sierras" it is technically wrong (unless one is referring to multiple ranges}. But it sounds OK and makes sense to people. I'm mostly a stickler for proper language but sometimes I think it's OK to ease up a bit. Another example is the letter "O" and zero. We say the year 1907 nineteen "O" seven (technically wrong), not nineteen zero seven. It works and sounds more smooth. But, I'm also good with nineteen aught seven.OffTheGridnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17531861995279720532018-05-17T17:16:20.790-04:002018-05-17T17:16:20.790-04:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 1/2/2018 post for an explanation of my method. In a nutshell, the higher the ratio & percentage, the higher my solve time was relative to my norm for that day of the week. Your results may vary.<br /><br />(Day, Solve time, 26-wk Median, Ratio, %, Rating)<br /><br />Mon 3:46 4:24 0.86 10.3% Easy<br />Tue 5:24 5:26 1.00 48.1% Medium<br />Wed 7:49 6:07 1.28 84.6% Challenging<br />Thu 9:03 9:42 0.93 37.4% Easy-Medium<br /><br />I neglected to post my relative difficulty rating with my comments last night. Here it is, on the off chance that anyone is interested.sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61594628188922912832018-05-17T16:52:52.313-04:002018-05-17T16:52:52.313-04:00@Tim Aurthur:
Fun fact about John TYLER, who was b...@Tim Aurthur:<br />Fun fact about John TYLER, who was born in 1790: two of his grandchildren are still alive. <br /><br />which just proves that White People MAGA!! :)Banana Diaquirinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63573811092096670612018-05-17T16:11:30.650-04:002018-05-17T16:11:30.650-04:00The Michelin Guide would say Sierra. The Michelin Guide would say Sierra. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50149103929399619142018-05-17T15:31:31.245-04:002018-05-17T15:31:31.245-04:00I only got the theme because I've heard quite ...I only got the theme because I've heard quite a bot about SA's 300th anniversary the past few months. But I initially wanted to put SPURS GAME for 11d. I had the hardest time getting NEW ORLEANS to click.<br /><br />I did not like JAZZ BANDS coupled with ALAMODOME. The latter is actually a pretty iconic place in San Antonio, speaking as someone who has been there a half-dozen times over the years for various football and basketball games (somewhat related: it hosted a few Saints games after Katrina).<br /><br />Agree that MYNA/ILYA was dreadful.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11492024427285968101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75797879823832386262018-05-17T14:55:50.492-04:002018-05-17T14:55:50.492-04:00This puzzle had some of the worst cluing I've ...This puzzle had some of the worst cluing I've ever seen. The fill was also boring af. Sore sport? GTFAH. Expert spelling? No.semioticus (shelbyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16204028248874222567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12328674301417040222018-05-17T14:53:45.993-04:002018-05-17T14:53:45.993-04:00I'm pretty much where Rex is on this one. I d...I'm pretty much where Rex is on this one. I don't actually mind the two cities being the theme, and the fact they were both established in the same month/year is sort of cool, and I like the 5/17/18 play. But that's it? There needs to be more. And ALAMO DOME? I had ALAMO and 4 blank squares and I was.. huh? Then the eye roll.<br /><br />My favorite part of this puzzle was BILL NYE, because it reminded me of (and caused me to go back and re-watch) the Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye rap battle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yis7GzlXNMTomAznoreply@blogger.com