tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3960312432803770299..comments2024-03-28T10:29:52.378-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Stadium divertissement / SAT 5-18-19 / Classic opera set in Cyprus / Conflict that saw sieges of Ladysmith Kimberley / Like lion slain in Herclues' first laborRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91001409367322649642019-06-22T22:10:05.060-04:002019-06-22T22:10:05.060-04:00Also, "Loving" was a 2016 movie about th...Also, "Loving" was a 2016 movie about the 1958 story.<br /><br />DLIW againDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88918516244767844522019-06-22T22:05:23.511-04:002019-06-22T22:05:23.511-04:00@Spacey - I knew the LOVING name 'cause it is ...@Spacey - I knew the LOVING name 'cause it is so ironic. 'Twas a state litigation against a bi-racial marriage - their last name was Loving. <br /><br />The Syndiecat Lady DiDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26459359864209976692019-06-22T17:23:07.854-04:002019-06-22T17:23:07.854-04:00I guess it was easy for SOME PEOPLE. I'm with...I guess it was easy for SOME PEOPLE. I'm with Anon - more fun cheating than solving. Well...maybe 50/50 fun/fun.<br /><br />Now - to go listen to the E STREET band - he's out with a new album.<br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63977404064102776002019-06-22T15:45:40.899-04:002019-06-22T15:45:40.899-04:00Good and ACCESSible, but only RELATIVELY easy for ...Good and ACCESSible, but only RELATIVELY easy for Saturday. <br /><br />TIGER PROOFING is good, but really thought TIGER gROOmING would be slyer way of joshing him. (I assume he has a sense of humor, but not sure.) Also liked HANGMAN and SOME PEOPLE! <br /><br />Is an ATV a "bike"? Never thought of it as that. <br /><br />Wanted TAN before MIN as calculus calculation, and pOuNd before TONNE.<br /><br />Would have like to have finished cleanly, but alas....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />leftcoastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84753513253877370882019-06-22T15:43:42.708-04:002019-06-22T15:43:42.708-04:00This was *not* easy, despite a decent start with A...This was *not* easy, despite a decent start with ATV, VR---,TIGERPROOFING, and TELECOMS. After that it was slow going and getting just plain stuck in several places.<br /><br />That NESTEA clue was impossible for me until I got the crosses, and I still doubted the answer. I liked the homespun aura of SOME PEOPLE and HERE'S HOW. That latter answer had me write over Pie with POX, to get TEXA_ (I think TEXAS works better there, but....)<br /><br />The NW came last and a bit of a struggle with FLASHY and E STREET ensued, and eventually success. Tough but fair puzzle.<br />rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16317418945635100592019-06-22T14:09:53.917-04:002019-06-22T14:09:53.917-04:00Numerous pissers but forgivable because of the fun...Numerous pissers but forgivable because of the fun in reading the answers to the clues. More fun cheating than solving on this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36942731513418587342019-06-22T14:08:05.486-04:002019-06-22T14:08:05.486-04:00FLASHY LOT
ALLALONG she was ENTICING, and HERE...FLASHY LOT<br /><br />ALLALONG she was ENTICING, and HERE'SHOW it was, SON:<br />GCHORDS with no G string, on LAPSE of SOMEPEOPLE done.<br /><br />--- AGENT MAT CASTOR, NSABurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41194641157028091132019-06-22T12:52:41.922-04:002019-06-22T12:52:41.922-04:00Yeah, it was easy, but I don't do any puzzle i...Yeah, it was easy, but I don't do any puzzle in 5 MIN, especially a Sat-puz. The Jets can be found in either the NFL (NY) or NHL (Winnipeg) So N_L sat at 1a for too long just waiting for AFC to come ALONG. And that was it for write-overs.<br /><br />TIGERPROOFING a gimme with no crosses needed. Most helpful.<br /><br />NOUSE is a DOOK. The _CHORDS and _STREET (shouldn't that be The Boss' band) had to wait for their leading letter.<br /><br />No yeah baby in sight, so the Swede from CASABLANCA.<br /><br />This puz is what I needed today.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28623891332619997172019-06-22T12:44:37.182-04:002019-06-22T12:44:37.182-04:00There you go again. I struggle with this for upwar...There you go again. I struggle with this for upwards of an hour, toiling away after finding my only gimme: EIN, which led to nothing--and OFC comes along and says "Easy." Easy my left foot! Although there may have been a printing error in my paper that added to the confusion. Here's the clue for HANGMAN as it appeared:<br /><br />36 Bad choices in<br /> it might cost<br /> you an arm<br /> and a<br /> leg<br /><br />Oh, okay...only just now I see: the "it" belongs with "Bad choices in" and not with "might cost." A much kinder clue would be <br /><br />36 Bad choices in it<br /> might cost you an<br /> arm and a leg<br /><br />Yeesh. Anyway, it wasn't fun guessing at the letters for the STREET and the CHORDS. Hand up for stoNE before TONNE, and prime RIB before SHORT--though I should have realized that prime rib don't need no damn braising. Another hand up for UNe. I too went for the "overseas" bit; there's no sea between US and Mexico. And I too went at TIGERPROOFING from the back end: had "-PReeFING", including some kind of STeP for the 8-down station. NOUSE. Finally changed the E's to O's but still was left wondering...wha? What -PROOFING? (This from a golf enthusiast.) When I at last got a couple more letters--who besides a law student will know those cases?--the lamp lit, and it was one of the biggest aha! moments in recent memory.<br /><br />Cluing Arizona as a tea brand instead of a university is just one example of how mean a Saturday can be. No sir, there was nothing easy about this. I had trouble ALLALONG. The fact that in the end I finished correctly scores a TONNE of triumph points, and with DOD Kate MOSS to top it off, I award this one an eagle.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-495254663284715122019-05-24T11:03:02.991-04:002019-05-24T11:03:02.991-04:00Damn I'm in too late to catch anon 2:17, guess...Damn I'm in too late to catch anon 2:17, guess it was removed. Missed all the fun. Tigerproofing widely used, I think first by Nicklaus. Beagle Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21151609714038224892019-05-20T08:46:59.698-04:002019-05-20T08:46:59.698-04:00Just awful. A horrible combination of trivia and i...Just awful. A horrible combination of trivia and idiotic "in quotes" clues, and an awful clue for citation, to boot. <br /><br />Took less than half as long as yesterday's and with none of the fun.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10177955701454671022019-05-19T13:50:07.381-04:002019-05-19T13:50:07.381-04:00Texas BBQ is Texan. I had Texas in as well but I d...Texas BBQ is Texan. I had Texas in as well but I don’t see why people don’t get that Texan is actually the correct answer for the clue. Texas BBQ can’t be described as “Texas” as it’s type. It’s “Texan”. <br /><br />Sense make no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35330803767295603992019-05-19T00:31:21.446-04:002019-05-19T00:31:21.446-04:00@Shocked - You do realize that @anon2:17 was being...@Shocked - You do realize that @anon2:17 was being sarcastic, don’t you?<br /><br />@anon2:48 - I take Merriam -Webster is wrong too... and Collins and Cambridge and <a href="https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/alma_mater" rel="nofollow">the Oxford English Dictionary.</a> Seriously, how hard is it to look something up before looking a fool?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25387515912879212982019-05-19T00:13:40.711-04:002019-05-19T00:13:40.711-04:00@Anonymous 2:17
Shame on you, and shame on Rex fo...@Anonymous 2:17 <br />Shame on you, and shame on Rex for allowing that comment to be printed.Shockednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90265388636726651652019-05-18T21:35:18.344-04:002019-05-18T21:35:18.344-04:00Add me to the "this was easy for an Erik puzz...Add me to the "this was easy for an Erik puzzle" list. As Alex Trebek noted when Erik was on Jeopardy, his puzzles are often fiendishly difficult. Today I finished much faster than average, but well above PR, for a Saturday.Northwest Runnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393323369312291931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30785330919049803322019-05-18T21:28:31.273-04:002019-05-18T21:28:31.273-04:00VR Goggles was in last Saturday's LAT. Stumble...VR Goggles was in last Saturday's LAT. Stumbled all over that one, but it helped me get today's clue right away.Northwest Runnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393323369312291931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21404814291221806892019-05-18T21:01:02.108-04:002019-05-18T21:01:02.108-04:0034 entries for TEXAN but i have to put in my 2 PES...34 entries for TEXAN but i have to put in my 2 PESOS worth.<br />So the idea is if it is LIKE texas bbq then its TEXAN. But that is incorrect in any part of the world. It can not be bastardized in any way to have that condition exist on this planet. <br /><br />Here's the supposed example of the word. Bubba’s cooking ribs, texas style. Bubba’s Martian friend arrives in his personal-ufo vehicle and comments. “Wow Bubba nice looking bbq you got going. I see you’re doing them Texan.<br /><br />Bubba would immediately draw his S&W and poof!...there goes any proof of that word being correct.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988007506745985696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16639189560611510222019-05-18T19:35:08.090-04:002019-05-18T19:35:08.090-04:00I’ve always thought of f my alma mater as my forme...I’ve always thought of f my alma mater as my former school whether I’ve graduated or not. I think to consider oneself an alumnus or an alumnae one should’ve graduated. Dropoutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1663248181877806012019-05-18T19:01:22.476-04:002019-05-18T19:01:22.476-04:00I had lunch at my local BBQ place today, run by a ...I had lunch at my local BBQ place today, run by a native Texan. Limited menu - Pit Beef, Brisket, Pulled Pork served with sides consisting of filler int a cheese/cream sauce, topped with bacon. Tots & Cheese, Mac & Cheese, Corn & Cheese, Everything & Cheese. After I finished my Pulled Pork slider, I asked him if it was Texas BBQ or Texan BBQ. His was response was that there is no such thing as Texas BBQ as there are nine distinct varieties of BBQ in Texas. It's BBQ made by a Texan, so Texan BBQ is the appropriate term. His distinction between the two was based on an understanding of BBQ in Texas far greater than mine, and reflective of grammar, so I'm going with Texan BBQ.<br /><br /><br />Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47738614604119693642019-05-18T18:57:12.115-04:002019-05-18T18:57:12.115-04:00Barbecue of any type is yummy.
That is all.
RooM...Barbecue of any type is yummy.<br /><br />That is all.<br /><br />RooMonsterRooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18209727690640501792019-05-18T18:14:01.892-04:002019-05-18T18:14:01.892-04:00Agree that TEXAS is better as a BBQ descriptor, al...Agree that TEXAS is better as a BBQ descriptor, although NC BBQ is the far superior product.<br /><br />Played super easy for me--Sat. record. Almost all the longs were gimmes, including TIGERPROOFING which is most definitely a thing.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597394488089759276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2214923440936796322019-05-18T16:54:19.776-04:002019-05-18T16:54:19.776-04:00Re “Q”: completely/shamelessly biased opinion: non...Re “Q”: completely/shamelessly biased opinion: none better than Bama or Carolina “Q”.Crimson Devilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665174292516725433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17710730134712204782019-05-18T16:49:31.289-04:002019-05-18T16:49:31.289-04:00Enjoyed it, and finished correctly, but with one q...Enjoyed it, and finished correctly, but with one quibble. Acronyms should not be crossed with other acronyms. I don't know what a VR headset, but ATV made sense, so I got it. Nice puzzle!<br />OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45819453585351215922019-05-18T16:47:33.415-04:002019-05-18T16:47:33.415-04:00There must be some kind of way outta here
Said the...<i>There must be some kind of way outta here<br />Said the joker to the thief</i><br /><br />@Nancy -- yep, ADLER was my first entry into the grid. I was just reading something about Adler & Ross this week (maybe because of Doris Day?) and I hadn't been aware Ross died so young.<br /><br />I mostly liked this puzzle. It could have had a little more zip, but there were some good entries: ALL ALONG, HERE'S HOW, BOER WAR, TIGER-PROOFING, non-Bruce Springsteen E STREET. I like the French <i>divertissement</i> in the 20a clue -- clearly the KISSCAM is picking up a lot of tongue action (and crossing NECK to boot!). <br /><br />My choir director handed out music for "Shadowland" on Thursday so I guess we'll be singing it soon.<br /><br />Lastly, I greatly appreciate the 50d clue for what it could have been but isn't.<br /><br />Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47340782600595621862019-05-18T16:35:45.507-04:002019-05-18T16:35:45.507-04:00Glad to see new controversies here today (TEXAS/TE...Glad to see new controversies here today (TEXAS/TEXAN, and Alma Mater meaning). That key, button, stroke, push, down thing went on for like four days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com