tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3626247899440998369..comments2024-03-29T03:22:09.826-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Danish tourist attraction since 1968 / SUN 3-29-20 / Title for many a W.H. aspirant / Nintendo character with green cap / Whistle-blower in 2013 news / Mount much hiked peak in Yosemite / Golden Flashes of Mid-American ConferenceRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45397901653608050302020-07-23T13:32:34.763-04:002020-07-23T13:32:34.763-04:00"this site might be dangerous" warnings ..."this site might be dangerous" warnings from browsers is usually caused by an image file you uploaded that doesn't have an "s" at the end of http. Log onto whynopadlock.com to find it (or them),then add an s to the http. - Matt Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06494960027898779268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67360990519621877682020-04-18T21:11:00.730-04:002020-04-18T21:11:00.730-04:00@Ricky 4:17 AM
There were no circles in my syndi ...@Ricky 4:17 AM <br />There were no circles in my syndi version of the puzzle, as someone else mentioned. But there were the two clues that referred to the circles. So I thought that my newspaper had got it wrong, how was I supposed to solve this thing, let's see what I can do, and then I felt SO clever when I figured it out. And I even figured it out soon enough to use the sidebar black and white to fill in where the circles were supposed to be, so that was extra fun and I thought I was getting a special only-for-me workout and treat. <br /><br />I know this is a little late, but I like Sunday puzzles that take me all week, and I do them in bed until I realize I've fallen asleep, which comes more quickly some nights than others. wcutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615799228069705972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79824913396308832672020-04-12T21:37:36.172-04:002020-04-12T21:37:36.172-04:00So why spend so much time on Sunday slogs? There ...So why spend so much time on Sunday slogs? There must be better ways to have more fun with them. Must they be super-sized?leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37503164914239741552020-04-12T19:32:00.345-04:002020-04-12T19:32:00.345-04:00@Z - Uber is such a failure that Lyft copied them...@Z - Uber is such a failure that Lyft copied them and is also doing quite well. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And regulation is the tyrant's dream. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16003532765735257512020-04-12T19:12:52.398-04:002020-04-12T19:12:52.398-04:00@David - Nothing monarchist about gig economy. No ...@David - Nothing monarchist about gig economy. No ruler dictates that you have to work. You choose to work or not. But you must pay taxes to support the Feds, and State, and local government or you will end up in the slammer. And your income is less because of that. And you will obey the Feds, or you end up like SNOWDEN (good to see him in the puzzle), or worse, like Assange. At least the gig workers are able to avoid taxes when they can, like others in the cash economy. <br /><br />Agree mostly with OFL's comments, but must give Mr. Cruz some slack as he appears to have been hijacked by the nyt. Especially liked the fill.<br />It looks like he has an excellent career ahead of him. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64369217311908613702020-04-12T15:12:39.430-04:002020-04-12T15:12:39.430-04:00Low fun factor, quite a construct. OFL is right to...Low fun factor, quite a construct. OFL is right to ask "Why?"<br />Lazy SUSAN? NO. DANA Delaney? YES! NAKEDLY.<br />I guess it'll do for a stay-at-home Easter.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27878019490175300592020-04-12T15:02:08.639-04:002020-04-12T15:02:08.639-04:00I'm of two minds on this puzzle, maybe not BLA...I'm of two minds on this puzzle, maybe not BLACK and WHITE; more like shades of grey.<br />First of all, there was no note, nor any circles in my copy, so I was kind of lost regarding the two set-off side sections. Before I got the bottom revealer, I was trying to see something - anything - significant within the two shaded sections. But when I read 110A, I started to try to see *differences* between the two sections, trying to see which letters that might have been circled. Nothing.<br /><br />After I completed the solve (yay, triumph) I went back to the shaded sections and then actually had an "AHA" moment when I discerned B,W, and then L,H etc. So, BLACK and WHITE went into the side sections.<br /><br />So, there were two aspects to the puzzle: one, simply solving it from the clues. This was easy/medium from that point of view. Having an AHA was uplifting, but really had nothing to do with the solve, except for filling the squares of the side sections. Two, that effort was more like what @LMS described: find the differences, and the result was not crossword solving - rather, kind of a word search.<br /><br />Did I like it? Yes, once I recognized that there were two components to the solve. Filling the grid was satisfying, fun in places - SPONGE BOB, REAL DEAL, IDITAROD, DOOZIES, and sorting out DISTURBIA, CEDRIC, DO AWAY, and DOBBY. Getting the mcguffin, a la @M&A, was sort of icing on the cake.<br /><br />rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33680667311631850902020-04-12T14:46:20.791-04:002020-04-12T14:46:20.791-04:00Yeah, the whole thing seemed ungainly. Two totally...Yeah, the whole thing seemed ungainly. Two totally walled-off words, normally a no-no, and two shaded blocks with several single BLACK squares--which make for choppy seas indeed. The long themers didn't exactly hit the mark either. YET for some reason this didn't play as that much of a slog. Maybe it's because of some quite lively fill. The constructor did GETOFFASHOT or TWO[HANDED]. There were some DOOZIES. In fact, find a less awkward theme and you could be the REALDEAL, Ricky.<br /><br />Since they're cordoned off, I'll award twin DOD's to Karen BLACK and Vanna WHITE. Failing to SPOTTHEDIFFERENCE between OPIateS and OPIOIDS cost me some extra ink from my SAC. Also...FLIP book???? I get the phone, though even this dinosaur hasn't had one of those in decades, but WTF is a "FLIP book??" Never heard of it. Unless...was that one of those old things where you rapidly flipped the pages and created a primitive "motion picture?" Did they call those flip books? Man, now you're going WAAAAAY back! Par.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43386809242551880462020-04-12T14:21:25.936-04:002020-04-12T14:21:25.936-04:00EMISSION TIP
I URGE you usin' this FOR FUTURE...EMISSION TIP<br /><br />I URGE you usin' this FOR FUTURE reference<br />when you CAN'TTELLRIGHTFROMLEFT 'cuz IT'SHOT<br />ONTOPOF SUSAN try to SPOTTHEDIFFERENCE,<br />if it don't DISTURBIA just GETOFFASHOT.<br /><br />--- DANA GRANADABurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78096216584892432252020-04-07T19:07:05.055-04:002020-04-07T19:07:05.055-04:00My paper didn't show the circles. Ugh.My paper didn't show the circles. Ugh.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14005589991786483252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88022055688858535832020-04-02T23:33:11.720-04:002020-04-02T23:33:11.720-04:00I thought this was pretty easy for a NYT Sunday pu...I thought this was pretty easy for a NYT Sunday puzzle. I enjoyed much of the fill, but agree with Rex that the theme was lacking.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05964501472593587070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-783436230259025132020-03-30T12:08:00.925-04:002020-03-30T12:08:00.925-04:00@Roadkill - We’ve all been there. See me in the Sa...@Roadkill - We’ve all been there. See me in the Saturday comments if you need proof. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13874480448767600952020-03-30T10:37:09.857-04:002020-03-30T10:37:09.857-04:00That is what happens from my years with motorcycle...That is what happens from my years with motorcycles. Mentally I never got past kick starting the bike. Feeling stupid now!Roadkillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09632972053786531544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9491868114390330332020-03-30T09:20:35.338-04:002020-03-30T09:20:35.338-04:00Funny. I had the b and the l and said to myself, &...Funny. I had the b and the l and said to myself, "Oh, it'll be black and white." because, you know, KODAK. <br /><br />Got my Brownie Super 7 before I was 10 years old and have been an avid photographer ever since.<br /><br />Railing against the "gig economy" isn't "anti-capitalist," it's anti monarchist. Uber et al are fiefdoms of wage slavery with the serfs paying the crown for the honor of using their apps to eke out a meager living. They're also all huge tax frauds which, 20 years ago, would have been prosecuted by the Feds before going very far. If you don't get that, it's quite simple; they have employees they call "independent contractors," but the actuality is they're EMPLOYEES. Many a company that used actual independent contractors were investigated by the IRS back in the day to make sure they weren't employees in fact. Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-260757319223519712020-03-30T09:14:54.582-04:002020-03-30T09:14:54.582-04:00@Roadkill - “Kick” starts with the letter K, spelt...@Roadkill - “Kick” starts with the letter K, spelt KAY the same way S is spelt ESS or N is spelt EN. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90864623829592942372020-03-30T09:13:16.614-04:002020-03-30T09:13:16.614-04:00Kick start? Kay? Sorry, but I’m just not seeing th...Kick start? Kay? Sorry, but I’m just not seeing that one at all.Roadkillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09632972053786531544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72030793388034272822020-03-29T23:56:10.746-04:002020-03-29T23:56:10.746-04:00The clue for SOLARDAY is wrong. It is the time bet...The clue for SOLARDAY is wrong. It is the time between when the sun is due south, and the next time it is due south. It has nothing to with noon, which is our civil time and is not when sun is due south.Stan Wagonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338145155957021481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24572235498220883902020-03-29T23:05:17.411-04:002020-03-29T23:05:17.411-04:00In reply to the Mt. Dana as a Yosemite peak that i...In reply to the Mt. Dana as a Yosemite peak that is "much hiked." It stumped me too at first, even though I've climbed Mt. Dana. But it's a legit (or licit) answer, as Dana is among the few 13,000+ ft. peaks that is easily accessible (from a parking lot on Rte 120, the spine of Yosemite), and doable in a long day. Meanwhile, my wife and I whizzed through this puzzle (on paper, in a few hours of work), and while the theme was terribly fun, we thought it was beautifully constructed. Cyrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940040795009839761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72583587153892982052020-03-29T20:32:08.958-04:002020-03-29T20:32:08.958-04:00easy
meheasy<br /><br />mehxyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42079028258248776682020-03-29T20:23:09.395-04:002020-03-29T20:23:09.395-04:00@Nancy, lol. It's 65 where I live for movies a...@Nancy, lol. It's 65 where I live for movies and buses. Now you know how young I am. Sort of. :)QuasiMojonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38105494055379136672020-03-29T19:29:10.952-04:002020-03-29T19:29:10.952-04:00I have mentioned this before, but it bears repeati...I have mentioned this before, but it bears repeating. We raised pigs for several years, usually three at a time.<br /><br />Now, if you have pigs, and you have homemade clay tennis courts, always remember that if your pigs somehow escape their (not squalid) sty, they may think it a good idea to go and root in your exceptionally high-maintenance tennis courts, causing damage that is just short of irreparable. This will lower your opinion of pigs considerably. pabloinnhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967477079504866917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89585918303596668522020-03-29T18:55:55.755-04:002020-03-29T18:55:55.755-04:00@Quasi (6:14) -- I don't quite know how to bre...@Quasi (6:14) -- I don't quite know how to break this to you, but you <i>are</i> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=how+old+to+get+senior+movie+tickets&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS884US884&oq=h&aqs=chrome.0.69i59l3j69i57j35i39j0l3.17574j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" rel="nofollow">old enough.</a>Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48206002216577001782020-03-29T18:22:38.728-04:002020-03-29T18:22:38.728-04:00Sunday usually takes me in the 20-25 minute range,...Sunday usually takes me in the 20-25 minute range, so my 13 minute time today felt like a total blitz. I found it super easy, with only LEXEMES causing a problem, and even there all the crosses were fair. Gotta admit, I love a puzzle that makes me feel smart, so this was just fine by me. That said, I didn't notice the theme whatsoever, neither for better or for worse, and had to stop and take a second to *actually* see what was going on on the sides of the grid. I'm not so sure it stands up as a theme, but I don't really care as long as the rest of the puzzle is enjoyable, which it was here. Petrinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20454131043262390512020-03-29T18:14:30.684-04:002020-03-29T18:14:30.684-04:00@Lewis, plop plop fizz fizz oh what a relief it is...@Lewis, plop plop fizz fizz oh what a relief it is! And how. I've been enjoying the blossoms (non-cherry) here in Florida. @Nancy, I'm not old enough for geezer passes but they give them to me anyway without asking for ID. @Gill (Gadot?) you are Wonder Woman. I love Swedish meatballs! Had some Italian ones last night. No comparison. @Barbara S. I enjoy your elegantly phrased comments. Keep em coming. QuasiMojonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51395202394171715962020-03-29T18:12:19.036-04:002020-03-29T18:12:19.036-04:00@Lewis - Thanks for book recommendation, I read Th...@Lewis - Thanks for book recommendation, I read The Echo Maker a while back and enjoyed it. I did not know Powers had new one out.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.com