tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3161235490065272787..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Loosely woven fabric with rough texture / SUN 8-27-17 / Gangnam style hitmaker / Candy that fizzes in mouth / Facial feature of Bond villain Ernst Blofeld / Old Russian ruler known as moneybag / Antiparticle first observed in 1929 / Backflow preventer in drainRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5536114642679616912017-11-23T03:06:28.433-05:002017-11-23T03:06:28.433-05:00We Offer Loan At A Very Low Rate Of 3%. If Interes...We Offer Loan At A Very Low Rate Of 3%. If Interested, Kindly Contact Us Today.via email:(urgentloan22@gmail.com)Dr Purva Piushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05883980841903455890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61434155125838033272017-11-23T03:05:22.475-05:002017-11-23T03:05:22.475-05:00We Offer Loan At A Very Low Rate Of 3%. If Interes...We Offer Loan At A Very Low Rate Of 3%. If Interested, Kindly Contact Us Today.via email:(urgentloan22@gmail.com)Dr Purva Piushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05883980841903455890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89417590762210894602017-10-03T15:15:02.425-04:002017-10-03T15:15:02.425-04:00Do you need free Facebook Likes?
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And also Reach him on WhatsApp Number: +2349057915709 Thanks Dr. Iyaryi (driayaryi2012@hotmail.com)Juanita Melanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10175206697326504762017-09-03T19:51:10.463-04:002017-09-03T19:51:10.463-04:00INANDOUT on this one for much of the day. After fi...INANDOUT on this one for much of the day. After finally unpacking the theme, had a hard time with quite a bit of the fill.<br /><br />Not worth recounting the problems, but ended up with scattered errors and a complete breakdown in the middle North.<br /><br />Wanted pEED off instead of TEED off, because that's how I felt at the end. The best I can say about this puzzle, with Rex, is that it was "not unfair".<br /><br />P.S. The brander of UTZ had to be a pUTZ. <br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62885275376040844412017-09-03T17:36:22.214-04:002017-09-03T17:36:22.214-04:00I thought this rather tough, and the construction ...I thought this rather tough, and the construction made it that much more difficult. You kind of have to admire the construction - maybe - but it sure made the solve a lot tougher. <br /><br />Mr. Chen specializes in the misleading clue, and that's fair, but on top of everything else it might be too much. <br /><br />When I filled in the last blank I felt...relief, but no joy. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27574235310687399452017-09-03T14:53:16.454-04:002017-09-03T14:53:16.454-04:00FUNFACT - many people only play the Sunday puzzles...FUNFACT - many people only play the Sunday puzzles - this one makes one wonder why? <br /><br />FUNFACT - my only smiles came from the same ? clues that @Lewis mentioned, especially SANTA and ANAGRAM. We all have our prefs.<br /><br />FUNFACT - several of my errors led me to fill in "HUNFART" at 95-down, giving me a bonus smile whilst knowing it certainly was wrong, wrong, wrong. By then I CARED NOT. <br /><br />FUNFACT - Missed the misdirect at "heat" for PRELIM, and couldn't resist PRELIt. Thus began the error of my ways. As mentioned, I no longer CARED.<br /><br />FUNFACT - IHOP took the place of GUAM for a while - I'd rather start my day at IHOP. <br /><br />Usually I enjoy any puzzle, but these themers just didn't do it for me. Maybe it's because Mr. W has surgery this week and I'm a worried mess. And we've had smoky air in the 90s for weeks now. Keep reminding myself that I'm not in Houston or Nepal or...you get it. <br /><br />OK - one other fun thing was the HOAGIE, reminding me of my hometown and Philly cheesesteaks. Home of great comfort food.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Thursday or FridayDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76542606072731550682017-09-03T14:39:58.571-04:002017-09-03T14:39:58.571-04:00Oh joy. The grim reaper returneth. The first sen...Oh joy. The grim reaper returneth. The first sentence of his post was a dead give-away. A shroud settling over the blog.<br /><br />Me? I found the puzzle to be mediumish with some tricky cluing and a theme that I thought was well done, once I shelved the idea that LA STORY wasn't actually part of it. <br /><br />I think my admiration of the construction was matched by my enjoyment of the solve. I didn't notice that Jeff Chen was the constructor until I had finished, but his work is always top-notch.<br /><br />Oh, I finally solved yesterday's puzzle this AM, and found that one to be a bear, but I eventually finished. Not as enjoyable as today's, but I give a grudging thumbs up. I won't give any details because spoiler alert.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23623538091906535962017-09-03T13:29:04.232-04:002017-09-03T13:29:04.232-04:00shout out for Philly: sub=hoagie. Early 60's i...shout out for Philly: sub=hoagie. Early 60's in s.w.philadelphia, we called them "Hoggies" from whence the Italian workers from south phila. brought their lunch to "Hog Island" to assist in the war effort.mtbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030706343955766334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24915816468336177952017-09-03T11:58:36.177-04:002017-09-03T11:58:36.177-04:00Debbie Downer is back. Weirdly, I read the clue fo...Debbie Downer is back. Weirdly, I read the clue for 42-down and immediately filled in MADEADIFFERENCE. What was the problem there? The mirror entry, THEGRANITESTATE, was a twin gimme, and those two eased my solving burden greatly. I put it at easy=medium. Maybe OFL is a bit rusty from the layoff?<br /><br />Wanted DEAD ZONE somewhere, but it turned out to be DEADSPOT and CANALZONE. I got the trick in the NE/E, and after that there were only a few pockets of trouble--all soon resolved VIA crosses. Not a fan of single-letter stuff; TSTRAP is OK, but PTRAP? I can't even visualize that. The P was forced in for POPROCKS, but...I guess I'd make a poor plumber. Not a DIY guy; I call somebody.<br /><br />Then there's "Asked for a desk, say:" ANAGRAM. I hate that. That was the toughest point of the whole thing. Besides paying tribute to my favorite FORENSICANALYST Abby, the grid contains DOD Tina FEY. Hot AND funny; a rare combo. Birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67862118712283881712017-09-03T09:08:20.009-04:002017-09-03T09:08:20.009-04:00POPROCKS EROTICA
The LASTPLACE PETER GOESDEEP, wi...POPROCKS EROTICA<br /><br />The LASTPLACE PETER GOESDEEP, without doubt,<br />is to STRADDLE ABUT for, "HONEYDEW INANDOUT."<br /><br />--- LILI ANNI FEYBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82979027300036313112017-09-03T00:30:02.269-04:002017-09-03T00:30:02.269-04:00Did anyone else enjoy the fact that the dead spot ...Did anyone else enjoy the fact that the dead spot in the puzzle turned out to be DEADSPOT? I do the puzzle on paper and i really enjoyed this one. I solved it with the exception of 59D and 65A. I also got SCANDIUM wrong but i thought JEFF Chen did a great job. ��LDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59329204217360058942017-08-28T23:41:20.964-04:002017-08-28T23:41:20.964-04:00Whenever I see the 'Ora pro nobis' clue I&...Whenever I see the 'Ora pro nobis' clue I'm reminded of the Mayday Mystery. An apt puzzle for curious types. http://maydaymystery.org/mayday/texts/88-nov30.htmlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073684636724450820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24405871672163028372017-08-28T15:05:36.468-04:002017-08-28T15:05:36.468-04:00Can someone explain the cluing for Lens caps? =LID...Can someone explain the cluing for Lens caps? =LIDS. The question mark in this clue is throwing me off...what am I missing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83599566658449771952017-08-28T09:37:27.667-04:002017-08-28T09:37:27.667-04:00What totally threw me was that on my computer each...What totally threw me was that on my computer each of the four theme clues when selected, also selected 1A (tube) so I never noticed the number reference and kept thinking that the answers had something to do with plays on the word tube.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89332867167653372982017-08-28T09:03:46.199-04:002017-08-28T09:03:46.199-04:00I got that when o solved the puzzle. It's stil...I got that when o solved the puzzle. It's still not "literally" the case for any of those clues. The clues are nonsensical. G. Weissmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483493342708991292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23290376714979693782017-08-28T01:23:30.513-04:002017-08-28T01:23:30.513-04:00@G. Weissman -- as @Dan Steele 9:26 explains, the ...@G. Weissman -- as @Dan Steele 9:26 explains, the canal "zone" is merely the five squares starting at 118 going across that contain the letters CANAL. (If you read the other comments you'll see that a number of us initially thought that there was more to the theme than that.)Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48933405216102903032017-08-27T21:32:27.684-04:002017-08-27T21:32:27.684-04:00I'm another one who can't complete with mo...I'm another one who can't complete with most of you, typically. But got this theme quickly and flew thru the puzzle easily. I'm happy whenever it's a theme I haven't seen before, which was certainly the case here. My only disappointment was that there were only four theme answers...but damn, I'm sure it was hard enough building four of those things. Very impressive!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00715267229398753191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1370535602524611002017-08-27T21:26:26.938-04:002017-08-27T21:26:26.938-04:00It doesn't say that "forensic analyst&quo...It doesn't say that "forensic analyst" is a Canal Zone. It says that 118 Across is. Which is where the word "canal" begins.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00715267229398753191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24416189736000289352017-08-27T21:18:08.298-04:002017-08-27T21:18:08.298-04:00This is one of the few times where I disagree with...This is one of the few times where I disagree with Rex and am less favorable than him. I really disliked this one. I think it's because I look for fun in puzzles, along with reasonable craftsmanship. With the exception of the definitions for oil slick and maybe one or two others, there was no fun; just a bunch of literal cluing and a theme that almost functioned as a theme less. And I found the puzzle pretty easy too. I just didn't get whatever it was I was supposed to grt out of it. Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607149800179219478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75648690221798551112017-08-27T19:54:04.421-04:002017-08-27T19:54:04.421-04:00Recurring thoughts as I did this puzzle: Yes, it I...Recurring thoughts as I did this puzzle: Yes, it IS a Sunday. No, it's NOT the LAT. Yes, it IS by Jeff Chen. No, you CAN'T put an exclamation point after "meh." Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20548577594093609142017-08-27T19:40:08.242-04:002017-08-27T19:40:08.242-04:00Damn you, @kitshef...DOOKed again.Damn you, @kitshef...DOOKed again.GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5178261564829914992017-08-27T19:30:25.938-04:002017-08-27T19:30:25.938-04:00In no universe is FORENSIC ANALYST "literally...In no universe is FORENSIC ANALYST "literally" a CANAL ZONE, regardless of whatever logical is applied to justify this misguided thinking. The cluing for the "literally" clues should have been rethought. This is really ill-conceived. G. Weissmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483493342708991292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43949577451870076892017-08-27T19:10:25.363-04:002017-08-27T19:10:25.363-04:00Richard Losey.Richard Losey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com