tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3093632232814457103..comments2024-03-29T07:24:43.847-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Old you're going to like us sloganeer / WED 1-13-16 / Equine nibble / Frost mixed with pebbles / Pond admired from back porch / Poison used on TV's Breaking Bad / Type of laptop to printer connectionRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92182123604866142502016-02-18T01:31:38.713-05:002016-02-18T01:31:38.713-05:00@leftcoast - He say, "One and one, and one is...@leftcoast - He say, "One and one, and one is three."<br />Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see<br /><br />BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79993062961780785612016-02-17T20:03:10.439-05:002016-02-17T20:03:10.439-05:00@BS1 and BS2: Yes, they 48D clue. @BS1 and BS2: Yes, they 48D clue. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31210958851303496352016-02-17T19:33:01.188-05:002016-02-17T19:33:01.188-05:00I guess I've had an off-day, but this is one o...I guess I've had an off-day, but this is one of the worst Wednesday puzzles I've ever seen. <br /><br />ADOLF? Please. Even if clued as "First name in infamy", he's beyond the pale. Is there a second or third name that even comes close?<br /><br />CLERICALHEIR? A "Priest getting what's coming to him?" Given the depravity and corruption in the Church connoted here?<br /><br />There's much else I could criticize about the clues and answers, but nothing like what I've just objected to. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74528753440780399542016-02-17T19:28:18.064-05:002016-02-17T19:28:18.064-05:00When I read the theme clues in Roy Blount Jr's...When I read the theme clues in Roy Blount Jr's voice it all became easy.<br /><br />Memories of Grasmere helped too.straylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82863722183652092682016-02-17T15:55:49.869-05:002016-02-17T15:55:49.869-05:00Challenging? I did a little happy (baffled) skip. ...Challenging? I did a little happy (baffled) skip. Easy for myself. I caught the theme right away with ROCKY HOAR. (Oh horrors, there's no picture show following)<br /><br />REARVIEW MERE? Looked in my dictionary, yep, MERE- pond. What's the big deal? (Oh, my mere self looked in a dictionary on Wednesday)<br /><br />PX patron. Like I've never seen NCO before. <br /><br />OD ON. How many times have we seen ODED? @Bobbie, yeah, took me a while to parse ODON:)<br /><br />No question mark for ZIT clue. Bad spot for taking prom pictures. Really? Really? <br /><br />Oil spot? Museum. Awesome!<br /><br />I don't mean to sound smug, just baffled at all the negative comments.<br /><br />Thanks Jeremy Newton/Will Shortz for a fun puzzle.<br /><br />Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34004017124542663822016-02-17T15:46:36.317-05:002016-02-17T15:46:36.317-05:00Actually found this one relatively easy perhaps ha...Actually found this one relatively easy perhaps having visited Windermere in the English Lake District a while back. Only real challenge was BUMASMOKE, an expression I haven't heard in about 30 years, made more difficult because POM as a juice (POMegranite? POMme?) was an unknown - in these parts, POM is a baker.<br /><br />And with apologies to OGDEN Nash - "Candy makes RANDY but liquor is quicker".Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10295404106636056592016-02-17T15:04:18.607-05:002016-02-17T15:04:18.607-05:00Definitely harder than your average Wednesday (spe...Definitely harder than your average Wednesday (speaking of pronunciation, or enunciation, how do YOU say "Wednesday"?), but I very much enjoyed solving it.<br /><br />At first I thought CHINA SHOP might be a themer, but ROCKY HOAR enabled me to see the "pun". However, I kept looking for a pun on "Picture Show" for a while. There were so many deceptive clues that it was slow going until I hit SHEER TEAR, and then it all clicked. George W always says "tear" and "tearists". Maybe he misunderpronounces those other themers too. Maybe it's a Texas thing. At any rate, it was fun figuring out. MERE, I knew from Lord of the Rings, btw.<br /><br />@Lady Di - if 'nova' means 'no go' in Spanish, does that mean one will become constipated from eating lox?rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29257702757864681542016-02-17T14:16:11.378-05:002016-02-17T14:16:11.378-05:00And the gimmicks just keep rolling in. I didn’t fi...And the gimmicks just keep rolling in. I didn’t find this puz particularly challenging, but some of the clue/answer combos seemed a bit obtuse rather than clever. I’m glad there wasn’t much gnashing of teeth over ADOLF, other than OFL spelling it out a handful of times.<br /><br />@D,LIW – in my neck of the woods we seek out lutefisk feeds at the local churches, etc. during Advent, or thereabouts. One will see many of the same faces in venues 30 and 40 miles apart. Those with the acquired taste, that is.<br /><br />If EMMA is the yeah baby in this puz, that SAYSALOT about something.<br /><br />If I didn’t know my ballfields and make the 4 square rapper ICET (who else?) that NE would have been more trouble than it was. Didn’t much like the gimmick, just find me some ROCKYHOAR.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17702549465281129642016-02-17T13:11:14.093-05:002016-02-17T13:11:14.093-05:00Bobbi Baird - OverDose ON
Wednesday's child - ...Bobbi Baird - OverDose ON<br />Wednesday's child - Me too on the NE, although I saw Gucci and Abate, and probably could have sussed out zit, and then IceT, but by then I no longer cared, a tribute to the crumminess of this slog.Longbeachleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945278798020339134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83634526859844573612016-02-17T13:05:03.070-05:002016-02-17T13:05:03.070-05:00@Bobbie - If I use heroin in excess I may very wel...@Bobbie - If I use heroin in excess I may very well O.D. ON it.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4683192628938595612016-02-17T12:57:34.047-05:002016-02-17T12:57:34.047-05:00I had a terrible time with "odon" as wel...I had a terrible time with "odon" as well. Finally, it dawned on me that the "od" part was a slangy, shortened form of "overdose." It does seem that the clue didn't help much. After I was fairly certain that I had all of the across answers in that corner filled in correctly, I was still left wondering, "what the heck is an 'odon'?" I must admit that I weakened and Googled it at that point, but even by engaging in that shameful bit of cheating I got absolutely nowhere.<br /><br />I thoroughly agree with the earlier poster who commented that this puzzle was "absurdly difficult" and "absolutely joyless."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92071116852716265222016-02-17T12:54:55.798-05:002016-02-17T12:54:55.798-05:00SURLY CUE
SHE took a SHOWER with OUTCLASS nor SHA...SURLY CUE<br /><br />SHE took a SHOWER with OUTCLASS nor SHAME, the NOSY crowd SAW SHE looked great.<br />The REARVIEWMEREly fanned the flame, but SHE couldn’t make the mass ABATE.<br /><br />--- ELI O’NAIR<br />BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68836263725057643342016-02-17T11:45:14.649-05:002016-02-17T11:45:14.649-05:00ICU HYDE
ISUREWILL BUMASMOKE,
don’t SNEER it’s no...ICU HYDE<br /><br />ISUREWILL BUMASMOKE,<br />don’t SNEER it’s not TABOO.<br />ITSAYSALOT to take a CRAZYEYED toke,<br />and then get RANDY on your SIDETWO.<br /><br />--- OGDEN OSRIC GUCCI<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49293380998872306162016-02-17T11:17:40.587-05:002016-02-17T11:17:40.587-05:00@Bobbie Baird - O.D. ON, Over-Dose On. You'll ...@Bobbie Baird - O.D. ON, Over-Dose On. You'll see ODED, past tense, a lot in puzzles, too.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91031597481209199362016-02-17T10:53:09.535-05:002016-02-17T10:53:09.535-05:00@Bobbie Baird - To "O. D. ON" is to over...@Bobbie Baird - To "O. D. ON" is to overdose on.Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57995304014967841272016-02-17T10:32:05.354-05:002016-02-17T10:32:05.354-05:00Can someone please enlighten me as to what ODON me...Can someone please enlighten me as to what ODON means. I am clueless!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10576826270024121738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51212782740463696592016-02-17T09:44:07.645-05:002016-02-17T09:44:07.645-05:00The sensitivity over ADOLF is understandable from ...The sensitivity over ADOLF is understandable from a certain point of view, but on the other hand, maybe it's a good thing to set the name before the public now and then, as a reminder of what must never be allowed to happen again. It is a "HOAR." Let's not forget what a "TEAR" it is in the fabric of human history. I won't take Mr. Newton to task for it. After all, it's not like he's being honored or anything--it's just an entry in a grid.<br /><br />Though the down centerpiece is what we consider "weak fill," it reminds me of a moment in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" when Mike tells Rat to put on "SIDETWO of Led Zeppelin 4," which supposedly guarantees a lay. (Bulletin: it doesn't work!) Riotous movie, just pass on the censored version.<br /><br />I agree that the clue for ZIT should have had a ? at the end. That NE corner was tough enough, what with the rapper and all. Although ICET and LLCoolJ are SO mainstream it seems an insult to call them rappers. They're both fine actors. Still, overall it wasn't much more than a medium for me, advanced cluing notwithstanding. Theme was kinda fun; the fill not too bad. Lot of initials, especially my last entry, which gave me a mini-fit for a couple minutes: ODON. Tough parsing that one (didn't know POM). CRAZYEYED is not that familiar a phrase to me, seems forced. C+. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7733121106264580242016-02-17T07:24:23.260-05:002016-02-17T07:24:23.260-05:00Clues were definitely Friday/Saturday. "Side...Clues were definitely Friday/Saturday. "Side Two" - in the days of records Side A was the side of a single/45 intended to be the hit. Side B was just filler. Albums were Side One/Side Two as the whole of the second side was not intended as filler.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50783323288752554412016-01-17T07:36:36.122-05:002016-01-17T07:36:36.122-05:00Always loved her books as a kid. It's been my...Always loved her books as a kid. It's been my surname since 1973. People are always trying to put an "L" or two in it. When I have to spell it out aloud, I alternate between "A, U as in Uncle, C, O, TT" and "AU as in AUnt, C, O, double T" just for fun. Thanks for the welcome! Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08075041336030366874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21442261503965635102016-01-14T10:20:49.201-05:002016-01-14T10:20:49.201-05:00Nashville Opera at the Tennessee Performing Arts C...Nashville Opera at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center has a "Tier".Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080027831092093115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61735846414269233282016-01-14T06:57:32.470-05:002016-01-14T06:57:32.470-05:00I'll bet @AnoaBob is still chortling over his ...I'll bet @AnoaBob is still chortling over his 'waiting with baited breath'. Put a lox on it, @A-bob!<br /><br />Hoardy, hoard hoared!No. 1 Windermere Fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70501972572230676722016-01-14T02:58:47.724-05:002016-01-14T02:58:47.724-05:00'Too abstract even for Joan'
REARVIEWMIRO'Too abstract even for Joan'<br />REARVIEWMIROPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988007506745985696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64414498583135884612016-01-14T00:35:04.488-05:002016-01-14T00:35:04.488-05:00Y = Yale, so an Eli (Yalie) wears itY = Yale, so an Eli (Yalie) wears itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19276119042221043392016-01-14T00:07:51.728-05:002016-01-14T00:07:51.728-05:00Aw, but @Diana LIW, the trick is to bury the fishy...Aw, but @Diana LIW, the trick is to bury the fishy jello-like substance in the mashed potatoes and smother it all with the all-spice flavored roux. That's what the Swedes I know do to their "delicacy". It hides the texture at least. And you are supposed to be drinking copious amounts of punsch (schnapps) with it also.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67989873699561282882016-01-13T23:37:20.569-05:002016-01-13T23:37:20.569-05:00@Diana LIW -- But I DON'T come from the NJ/Phi...@Diana LIW -- But I DON'T come from the NJ/Philly area. I'm a born and bred Manhattanite, and other than my time at college, have always lived here. I have a friend from college, born and raised in Summit NJ and she doesn't talk the way you describe. I have another friend from Philly originally, came to NY around age 9 or 10, I think. She doesn't talk the way you describe either. I'm not sure I've EVER heard anyone talk the way you describe, to tell the truth. Maybe in a TV sitcom?Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.com