tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3541088848205606034..comments2024-03-28T09:47:11.647-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Something ancient Egyptians used for keeping time / WED 10-7-20 / queen fabulous / Jackson Jr Straight Outta Compton star / 1995 gangster comedy with John Travolta Rene RussoRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83661001210708119852021-06-25T16:04:04.849-04:002021-06-25T16:04:04.849-04:00AFFORDABLE/COMFORTABLE LOAN OFFER WITHOUT COST/STR...AFFORDABLE/COMFORTABLE LOAN OFFER WITHOUT COST/STRESS CONTACT US VIA Call/Text +1(646)820-1981 WhatsApp: +19292227023 Email drbenjaminfinance@gmail.com<br />Loan Company Website: https://capitalmanage-inc.com/<br /><br />Do you find yourself in a bit of trouble with unpaid bills and don’t know which way to go or where to turn? 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It’s a pretty good chess-themed drama.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39595881966995566562020-11-11T20:29:32.564-05:002020-11-11T20:29:32.564-05:00Well, @Spacey - thanks for getting that off your c...Well, @Spacey - thanks for getting that off your chess-t.<br /><br />Lady DiDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29416792128110493102020-11-11T18:08:51.518-05:002020-11-11T18:08:51.518-05:00I learned the term from a chess magazine. They'...I learned the term from a chess magazine. They'd present a problem, and then say "Can you administer the sockdolager?" Chess people are weird, me included.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63428667672807323272020-11-11T17:33:57.455-05:002020-11-11T17:33:57.455-05:00I think it's something like a humdinger or a r...I think it's something like a humdinger or a ripsnorter or a lollapalooza or crackerjack.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35668301175400610952020-11-11T15:32:05.845-05:002020-11-11T15:32:05.845-05:00Something for everyone - from Miss PIGGY to a GHOS...Something for everyone - from Miss PIGGY to a GHOSTSHIP. <br /><br />But now, we have from @Spacey, a<br /><br />SOCKDOLAGER<br /><br />What, pray tell, is this strange apparition? <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for DefinitionsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54412321173820945302020-11-11T14:40:57.890-05:002020-11-11T14:40:57.890-05:00Completed the puzzle before assembling the theme, ...Completed the puzzle before assembling the theme, with the familiar revealer entry helping to tip it off earlier. <br /><br />Liked the general execution and the bonus long downs. Stubbed my toe on the BLaH / IRENa cross. Ouch!<br /><br />An interesting, relatively easy Wednesday.<br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55981784262471280322020-11-11T13:44:34.565-05:002020-11-11T13:44:34.565-05:00I thought it was SOSO until the revealer. Hard to ...I thought it was SOSO until the revealer. Hard to get a handle on it with answers the same length as the themers. But in the end it MERITED thumbs up.<br /><br />I had a '97 TBIRD. Still miss that car.<br /><br />Mrs. Lenny Kravitz, Lisa BONET is deserving of a yeah baby.<br /><br />Except figuring the conceit, did this with EASE.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34188936251282321872020-11-11T12:58:39.608-05:002020-11-11T12:58:39.608-05:00A cool themeless if I've ever seen one--and ye...A cool themeless if I've ever seen one--and yet...when I saw a revealer-type clue I was really flummoxed. Then as I filled in crosses and the answer came to light, I was blown away! This aha! moment takes over first place among all such moments. A real sockdolager!<br /><br />Companion downs and general fill were first-rate, too. DOD DEBRA Messing--or Winger--further beautifies the grid. A very rare double-eagle!spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55794011153937992712020-11-11T12:10:38.909-05:002020-11-11T12:10:38.909-05:00NINNIES' PERIL
DRAT, TOUGH NEWS about "P...NINNIES' PERIL<br /><br />DRAT, TOUGH NEWS about "POP" O'SHEA,<br />'TWAS SAD, but RINGS ALLTOOTRUE,<br />IT MERITs no LAUGH to say,<br />"LOOKMANOHANDS!" while in the LOO.<br /><br />--- LES MUIR<br /><br />NANA RETORTS<br /><br />"Hold your WATER, POP, I AGREE, you ASS, you're proud,<br />but with EASE IT'LL stop, and LOOK, you've drawn a CROWD."<br /><br />--- IRENE ADLERBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31396030899301722082020-11-11T10:18:39.512-05:002020-11-11T10:18:39.512-05:00Thank god Mr. Abdullah Ibrahim commented here ↑......Thank god Mr. Abdullah Ibrahim commented here ↑... I was just looking for a “Hard Money Loan”...thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62922355520493027932020-10-16T18:11:33.289-04:002020-10-16T18:11:33.289-04:00Need a Debt Loan To Pay Off Bills?
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Tore thro...I'm sorry I'm late to the party.<br />Tore through the top half. Then hit a roadblock at the bottom half. Way too many names. 20 proper nouns, or abbreviations.<br />Oshea<br />Piggy<br />Eros<br />ACG<br />Gehry <br />Dre<br />Acura<br />Enews!<br />T-bird<br />Muir<br />Get Shorty <br />Irene Adler <br />RBG<br />Malek<br />Debra<br />Tahoes<br />Bonet<br />Luis<br />Nero<br />MMA. <br /><br />I think that's the lot. OkiPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672967062244704410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38712224941986532492020-10-08T09:38:02.861-04:002020-10-08T09:38:02.861-04:00**** SB ALERT ****
Congrats to @jae 🐝 and, of...**** <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee" rel="nofollow">SB</a> <a href="https://nytbee.com/" rel="nofollow">ALERT</a> ****<br /><br /><br /><br />Congrats to @jae 🐝 and, of course the previously mentioned @TTrimble 🐝, @RooMonster 🐝, @Barbara S.🐝<br /><br />**** SPOILER BELOW ****<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Would that have been the "t" word? If so, it was my "tsk tsk", too! LOL<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DxNpW1kHQ" rel="nofollow">Peace</a> Paz Salam Pace 平和 Paix 🕊<br />bocamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524629632075020985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13634665975152210182020-10-08T01:38:26.398-04:002020-10-08T01:38:26.398-04:00****SB ALERT****
It’s late (I like @Bocamp am on ...****SB ALERT****<br /><br />It’s late (I like @Bocamp am on the west coast) but I hope its not too late to join those who got to QB today. @Roo - I’m pretty sure I know the nonsensical word that got you there.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62370786499232584972020-10-07T22:28:20.884-04:002020-10-07T22:28:20.884-04:00**** SB ALERT ****
Congrats to @Barbara S. 🐝 a...**** <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee" rel="nofollow">SB</a> <a href="https://nytbee.com/" rel="nofollow">ALERT</a> ****<br /><br /><br /><br />Congrats to @Barbara S. 🐝 and, of course the previously mentioned @TTrimble 🐝 & @RooMonster 🐝<br /><br />Yours truly (and at least for today) 🐝 😊<br /><br />Bonne chance to all those still in the hunt. 🤞<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DxNpW1kHQ" rel="nofollow">Peace</a> Paz Salam Pace 平和 Paix 🕊<br />bocamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524629632075020985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8041866092300050482020-10-07T21:31:50.481-04:002020-10-07T21:31:50.481-04:00**** SB ALERT ****
Congrats to @TTrimble 🐝 &...**** <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee" rel="nofollow">SB</a> <a href="https://nytbee.com/" rel="nofollow">ALERT</a> ****<br /><br /><br />Congrats to @TTrimble 🐝 & @RooMonster 🐝<br /><br />I've been stuck on -1 it seems forever; another hour and a half to go. 🙏<br /><br />Bonne chance to all those still in the hunt. 🤞<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DxNpW1kHQ" rel="nofollow">Peace</a> Paz Salam Pace 平和 Paix 🕊<br />bocamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524629632075020985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74894531719626448612020-10-07T20:30:06.677-04:002020-10-07T20:30:06.677-04:00***ANOTHER SB BOASTING ALERT***
YAY US, @Roo!
***ANOTHER SB BOASTING ALERT***<br /><br />YAY US, @Roo!<br />Barbara S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26724979441374625512020-10-07T18:53:31.963-04:002020-10-07T18:53:31.963-04:00(Dumb mistake: I hit the submit button before decl...(Dumb mistake: I hit the submit button before declaring that I'm not a robot. The congrats to @Roo are undoubtedly from me.) TTrimblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57748786037190352812020-10-07T18:27:44.409-04:002020-10-07T18:27:44.409-04:00Roo@ 8:25, I think four 10-letter theme entries pl...Roo@ 8:25, I think four 10-letter theme entries plus a 13-letter reveal would have been overload and would have exacted too high a price on the rest of the grid. We might have seen an OREO-ALOE type fill fest. Plus now at least one of the themers would have been downgraded to a POC.<br /><br />A standard grid with rotational symmetry would not accommodate two 10's, one 9 and one 13 letter entries, however, so some creative grid layout design was needed and it came in the form of a mirror image symmetry grid. There's also some nice long downs to up the puzzle's interest value for me. I think the grid design MERITED praise for those efforts. <br /><br />Also of special interest to me was a generous sprinkling of <a href="https://anoabob.blogspot.com/2013/06/poc-levels.html" rel="nofollow">two-for-one-POCs</a>, where a Down and an Across share a single POCifying S. 13 D ASP and 23A RING is one. There are at least three others and, arguably, a fourth. Yeah, I'm looking at you YA<b>S</b>. YA, that looks like a thinly disguised POC to me. That would make five two-for-one variety POCs, something I don't recall seeing before. Maybe October is POC month!Anoa Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185183023273883700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35952583016148824232020-10-07T18:11:05.169-04:002020-10-07T18:11:05.169-04:00Amen.Amen.Crimson Devilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665174292516725433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20184026471909189822020-10-07T17:28:34.376-04:002020-10-07T17:28:34.376-04:00**SB Boasting Alert**
Got it! QB! Yes!!
Was stuck ...**SB Boasting Alert**<br />Got it! QB! Yes!!<br />Was stuck on one word Forevvvver, typing in various nonsensical words, finally accepted an attempt, and the Queen popped up!<br /><br />Two days in a row. Wow. I might be hallucinating.<br /><br />RooMonster Q-Squared GuyRooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26256532320860644672020-10-07T17:27:19.633-04:002020-10-07T17:27:19.633-04:00---[SB Alert]---
@Barbara S.
You don't say!?...---[SB Alert]---<br /><br />@Barbara S. <br />You don't say!? IGLOO was my last as well. (And thanks; your congratulations were very sweet.) <br /><br />Keep the faith! You can get today's! <br /><br />Good luck to all the SB-ers! I'd love some company. TTrimblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70653124857359534002020-10-07T17:09:56.877-04:002020-10-07T17:09:56.877-04:00****SB YESTERDAY SPOILER ALERT****
@Pamela
I saw t...****SB YESTERDAY SPOILER ALERT****<br />@Pamela<br />I saw that you got QB yesterday and I was glad for the company.<br /><br />@bocamp<br />Thanks for the kudos yesterday. I'm not sure I'm going to earn them today. I'm only one word away, but I seem fatally mired. The word I almost missed yesterday was igloo, a miss that arguably would have been embarrassing for a Canadian!<br /><br />@TTrimble<br />🎵 Oh, bring us some figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer. 🎵<br /><br />And furthermore,<br /><br />🎵 We won't go until we get some, so bring it right here! 🎵<br /><br />Congrats for today *and* yesterday. Go, TTiger!<br /><br />Oh and thanks to @TTrimble and @Pamela for weighing in on the multiple pangram question. I don't think there's a single, consistent answer as to whether several pangrams in a puzzle make it more difficult. I agree that the particular selection of letters matters. After the first few minutes I don't tend to look for the pangram specifically. I usually just find it as a matter of course. But if I don't, then I have to do a concerted search at the end. A late search for more than one P would obviously raise the difficulty level.<br /><br />Good luck to all SB word-hunters!<br />Barbara S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55099447039758806792020-10-07T16:55:52.273-04:002020-10-07T16:55:52.273-04:00😊😊JHM IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698606463277748297noreply@blogger.com