tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3297453360106010970..comments2024-03-28T12:07:05.624-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: MONDAY, Jun. 30, 2008 - Lynn Lempel (KURDISTAN CITY ON THE TIGRIS / REASONS FOR SPECIAL ED)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34389360205674379802020-07-07T14:54:25.310-04:002020-07-07T14:54:25.310-04:00Voice of the Future (Year 2020) here aka The Fogma...Voice of the Future (Year 2020) here aka The Fogman. Antarctica has its own currency - the Antarctic dollar. How’s that for cold, hard cash? Where do you find it? In a snow bank of course! Teller you FOUNDMONEY. Love Lynn Lempel puzzles.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40609738525701077992008-08-05T11:23:00.000-04:002008-08-05T11:23:00.000-04:00Hi PuzzleGirl:well, call me PuzzledGuy today in sy...Hi PuzzleGirl:<BR/><BR/>well, call me PuzzledGuy today in syndicateland. I'm still being linked here from the July archives -<BR/>http://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html<BR/><BR/>Can't seem to access the Tuesday blog at all...Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54527496305108375882008-08-04T14:30:00.000-04:002008-08-04T14:30:00.000-04:006 weeks later...Link works fine in syndicationland...6 weeks later...<BR/>Link works fine in syndicationland. <BR/><BR/>Duran Duran was actually named after the villain in "Barbarella," Dr. Durand Durand, who was played by crossword favorite Milo O'Shea...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4806518223966264662008-07-01T07:21:00.000-04:002008-07-01T07:21:00.000-04:00Ronathan,In Poughkeepsie there are 2 drive ins (on...Ronathan,<BR/><BR/>In Poughkeepsie there are 2 drive ins (one is actually in Hyde Park but close enough). We usually go a few times a summer. Saw a double feature of Indiana Jones and Iron Man. I was in my glory!<BR/><BR/>Rex,<BR/><BR/>NCR used to have a big plant near you in Cortland. It closed down in the 90's. <BR/><BR/>I still have problems with foreign words and places. Usually I can work them from the crosses but french, german, and places in the middle east are not my forte.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77439375166485065622008-07-01T06:51:00.000-04:002008-07-01T06:51:00.000-04:00When I see RECTUM or ENEMA in an NYT puzzle, I wil...When I see RECTUM or ENEMA in an NYT puzzle, I will believe there is "no breakfast test."Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25599386859259441262008-07-01T00:51:00.000-04:002008-07-01T00:51:00.000-04:00@andrea carla michaelsyou guys are in a tough busi...@andrea carla michaels<BR/><BR/>you guys are in a tough business because everyone, including our group is in the habit of critiquing you. Sometimes I feel bad about saying I did not enjoy a puzzle, because it's important to remember that there is a real person behind it. While the comments in this forum can be pointed, the blog also reminds us of the constructors. Having your comments is especially helpful... for example what likely went into the thinking behind the IQ clue. We do also need to remember that half the clues come from Will... <BR/><BR/>We need to thank all of your more for providing such pleasure and wonderful brain exercise, and taking your lumps along the way. So thank you!foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-512080970977087912008-07-01T00:25:00.000-04:002008-07-01T00:25:00.000-04:00@Jeff in Chicago: I have discovered that when I co...@Jeff in Chicago: I have discovered that when I complete a puzzle in Across Lite, it tells me the puzzle is complete, but in order to see if all the letters are correct, I click on Check, Entire Puzzle. If it is correct, you get the cool little Success Pop-up. If not, the incorrect letters have Xes through them.<BR/><BR/>This of course does not apply to the current day's puzzle, which is still locked.Shanti11https://www.blogger.com/profile/03397942491057116387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19141388514743370182008-06-30T23:36:00.000-04:002008-06-30T23:36:00.000-04:00before this totally devolves into a soccer discuss...before this totally devolves into a soccer discussion, i'd like to say that it's my guess that the whole special ed clue was used to trigger that IQs was an abbrev, like special ED...<BR/>i totally would prefer the suggestion of 'those not in MENSA" clue someone suggested earlier...<BR/>it DID make me feel un-PC to write it in, bec i did not agree with the clue, etc. and i think that's a really interesting point about how you FEEL when you are solving and relating/not relating to the clues. <BR/>(I would have bummed out if that were in one of my puzzles...like i still am recovering from having had the word "Toilet" put into the one patrick and I did last monday...)<BR/>but Will insists that there IS no such thing as a breakfast test and that isn't one of his even unspoken rules...<BR/><BR/>and what about that patrick b? FIVE puzzles in 8 days? (Mon and sun in the nyt, thurs and mon in the sun plus thurs cross synergy!!!!!)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, that idea about being slightly queasy about putting in an answer you disagree with is<BR/>yet another level to think about the puzzle on...<BR/>so to me that's neat!<BR/>and another reason why it's so great there is this blog...<BR/>ok...back to your soccer chatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12749992052181770492008-06-30T22:19:00.000-04:002008-06-30T22:19:00.000-04:00@bill d: you are so right: Senna was great through...@bill d: you are so right: Senna was great throughout the tournament. Lehmann was ok, but even the Germans feel he should be replaced.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63477804375385268772008-06-30T22:12:00.000-04:002008-06-30T22:12:00.000-04:00@Philly - Poor Ulrich may be in mourning. Whateve...@Philly - Poor Ulrich may be in mourning. Whatever game plan the German squad had it was broken up by the Spanish midfield and Marco Senna, who was the player of the match for me. He was everywhere whenever the German attack tried to move through the middle, and his late near goal (on a play which he initiated) would have only been the icing on his cake. As a goaltender myself, I think Jens Lehmann creates some problems for himself. Iker Casillas, on the other hand, is as good as they come. He saved two of four penalty kicks in the shoot-out victory over Italy, and went the right way on the other two, nearly saving them. Outstanding showing!Bill Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741876820211768387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70214495855416042602008-06-30T21:06:00.000-04:002008-06-30T21:06:00.000-04:00Doing this from our car, as we're starting our tre...Doing this from our car, as we're starting our trek across country from California to Michigan. Driving through beautiful Tahoe, you can smell the acrid smoke from the fires and see signs of devastation... so sad. <BR/><BR/>As soon as I saw tea taster, I remembered my experience giving a scientific talk at Philip Morris many years ago. They told me they were interested in educating their research staff about the biology of drug abuse... I should have known better. To make a long story short, they not only had official smokers, they had roomfulls of people who slashed the competition's cigarettes so they could analyze everything about them, to determine why some were successful. Also, they were conducting systematic studies on why, when you cut the nicotine in half, people don't double the number of cigarettes they smoke! Science at work! I was never so disturbed by anything work related! Oh, and to cap it off, during dinner the big guy asked me if I ever smoked and I told him I had briefly, but I had quit a while back, now I had kids and would never consider it. He inquired what I used to smoke, and by the end of dinner presented me with a "Freshly Rolled" carton of one of their brands that resembles what I used to smoke "but tastes much better" (they should know!). And "freshly rolled is a unique experience". I needed to understand. Needless to say, I dumped it in the nearest trashcan and never communicated with them again. <BR/><BR/>Sorry, about the rant, but give me a tea taster any time!<BR/><BR/>@ Miriam B, many thanks for your kind words last night.I really appreciated them.foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78179015891041668352008-06-30T20:18:00.000-04:002008-06-30T20:18:00.000-04:00@kim: after reading your comment and some other on...@kim: after reading your comment and some other ones before, I have to agree, this was a bad clue, and it should have been caught.<BR/><BR/>@leon: So glad someone finally spells Sam's last name right! His daughter was in school with our son, himself lives in our building in NY and we saw his older son in a play at the Westport Playhouse about 6 weeks ago. How many degrees of separation?<BR/><BR/>I hate "iller", it's ugly.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64744352389720600972008-06-30T19:25:00.000-04:002008-06-30T19:25:00.000-04:00Neither a borrower nor a lender be;For loan oft lo...Neither a borrower nor a lender be;<BR/>For loan oft loses both itself and friend,<BR/>And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.<BR/>Polonius Act I Scene iii<BR/><BR/>Sam Waterston played Polonius in this summer's production of Hamlet in Central Park. He was wonderful and played him as an overworked, distracted bureaucrat. In Act II he milks the scene :<BR/>"what was I about to say? By the mass, I was about to say<BR/>something: where did I leave?"<BR/>Some people thought Waterston forgot his lines.<BR/><BR/>You expected to hear "doink doink" since just about everyone in the cast had appeared in Law and Order at some point.Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07466240197659721721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10491585113610947882008-06-30T18:37:00.000-04:002008-06-30T18:37:00.000-04:00Why you people hating on ILLER?"No one, no one's i...Why you people hating on ILLER?<BR/><BR/>"No one, <I>no one's</I> iller than me<BR/>It's Bizarre Kid straight from the 313"Peter S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13530133935681282124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75884941474844756982008-06-30T18:30:00.000-04:002008-06-30T18:30:00.000-04:00Ugh, it's awful seeing those old ladies get taken ...Ugh, it's awful seeing those old ladies get taken advantage of by the preacher man. Using people's need to believe in something meaningful and desire not to be in pain for his own profit...I took the liberty of calling ahead for a reservation in hell for that guy.green mantishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01823785147354157816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21403157862419922732008-06-30T18:26:00.000-04:002008-06-30T18:26:00.000-04:00The smaller dog you sometimes see with Nipper is n...The smaller dog you sometimes see with Nipper is named... drum roll... Little Nipper.<BR/><BR/>And they say there is no creativity in...<BR/><BR/>Now, back to work.dkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317008233459295376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13003414415895059772008-06-30T18:23:00.000-04:002008-06-30T18:23:00.000-04:00@jubjub, let us just pray for your eternal soul, n...@jubjub, let us just pray for your eternal soul, naughty bits for breakfast... my word.<BR/><BR/>@marnie, you sound so cute, Can I buy you the NYT? As owner you may get a free paper.<BR/><BR/>@kim, as someone who often has much to say about nothing. Your point of view is valid and true, but this is the puzzle part of the paper. I mean ECOLI is not limited to meat. Heck you could get it from an OREO.dkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317008233459295376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83199570760972295082008-06-30T18:03:00.000-04:002008-06-30T18:03:00.000-04:00Enjoyed today's puzzle. The theme didn't show its...Enjoyed today's puzzle. The theme didn't show itself for a while because I got DURANDURAN right away and the word RAND didn't show itself to be a unit of currency and I stumbled over 25A - it sure seemed clumsy to me - and it wasn't until GRAPESODA that I got the theme. I got HIGHWAYENTRANCE last and , of course, that cemented the theme.Bill from NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103923612595508277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24979320693629768752008-06-30T17:48:00.000-04:002008-06-30T17:48:00.000-04:00I belive the NYT crossword has a responsibility to...I belive the NYT crossword has a responsibility to be accurate in its cluing. For many of us the crossword is educational. It has added to my knowledge of politics, culture, literature, etc.<BR/><BR/>Therefore as an educator I strongly objects to LOW IQS as the answer to "reasons for special ed." This is misleading and simply not true and encourages stereotypes that many of my special ed students deal with on a daily basis. <BR/><BR/>Students with very low IQs are usually not mainstreamed into regular ed classes. Many students in special ed.(who are mainstreamed) have average to above average IQs but have LEARNING DISABILITIES (this would have been the more correct answer). Unfortunately their peers tend to tease them about being in special ed because they believe it means LOW IQ. I say shame on the NYT for perpetuating this fallacy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85339308577952245632008-06-30T17:32:00.000-04:002008-06-30T17:32:00.000-04:00On today's puzzle:RCA="Nipper the dog's company" w...On today's puzzle:<BR/>RCA="Nipper the dog's company" was pretty rough. I had no idea how to parse the clue. Thought at first the answer might be Rex, since Rex is a common dog name, and maybe this Nipper might hang out with him... Also struggled with WIZEN, as it was not in my lowly vocabulary. The whole southwest was kinda hard for me. I didn't know MIRO or SPITZ, and IAGREE and SGTMAJ took me forever. <BR/><BR/>On puzzles in general:<BR/>Maybe this has already been discussed on this blog, so feel free to ignore this comment if it is old hat. <BR/><BR/>Of any medium I can think of, it seems to me that crossword puzzles have the strictest decency expectations. I'm not saying it's unreasonable. I felt a little bit weird when entering LOWIQS today, but not at all weird the last time I watched Family Guy.<BR/><BR/>Why is that? Is it because the crossword has always been so clean? Because every clue+answer pair is represented as absolute truth? Because I am actively writing in LOWIQS, as if I agree with it? I prefer the slightly naughty, "Breakfast Test"-failing clues one finds in e.g. the AV club xword to the less than PC clues that one finds on rare occasions in the NYT xword. <BR/><BR/>My 2cents: I would like to see more "Breakfast Test"-iffy clues, cuz they make me giggle, while at the same time a more conservative sensitivity in the puzzle.jubjubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149213213886604843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63450022526371094602008-06-30T17:01:00.000-04:002008-06-30T17:01:00.000-04:00@ marneUse this link and you can get some basic in...@ marne<BR/>Use this link and you can get some basic info on the NYT online.<BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/pages/crosswords/index.html?8qa&scp=1-spot&sq=crossword&st=nyt<BR/><BR/>@ artlvr Well done.<BR/><BR/>Just back from Brooklyn here and can't add much to this discussion. I liked that it was an easy puzzle but a little different. I am hoping the string of interesting Tuesday puzzles continues. I recall writing some thing about wishing for a puzzle on Philadelphia and I got one (Thanks Will), so now I am wishing for one on The European Soccer Cup which was great fun. When is Ulrich back to explain the German game plan in the finals?PhillySolverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896753042626337920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56742702301031338632008-06-30T16:42:00.000-04:002008-06-30T16:42:00.000-04:00The Uri Geller clip cracked me up -- especially th...The Uri Geller clip cracked me up -- especially the pastor. I had never seen Uri before..nothing like I imagined him.<BR/><BR/>Here's my question. How do you access the puzzle on line? How do you do it? Would that mean I wouldn't have to get the TIMES.. home delivery just went up in price. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71928089154148818892008-06-30T16:40:00.000-04:002008-06-30T16:40:00.000-04:00Back in the Blue/Orange!Back in the Blue/Orange!ArtLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869528391374878601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34556654130642944762008-06-30T16:17:00.000-04:002008-06-30T16:17:00.000-04:00Thanks for the info, Ellen!I was going to say some...Thanks for the info, Ellen!<BR/><BR/>I was going to say something about the licensing of a brand name too -- but sethg did it To a Tee!<BR/><BR/>∑;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1206534312635912302008-06-30T16:11:00.000-04:002008-06-30T16:11:00.000-04:00ILLER!!ILLER!!John Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07357699268976237292noreply@blogger.com