tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post397531890152573320..comments2024-03-29T10:04:49.070-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Sister brand of Ortho / FRI 4-7-17 / Bread spread whose tagline is Love it hate it / Brush alternative / Onetime Chicago Outfi establishment / Druidic monument / American candy company since 1904 / Clown Prince of DenmarkRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53431978476891129932017-05-31T21:26:05.665-04:002017-05-31T21:26:05.665-04:00I was thinking COMPUSERVE but of course it wouldn&...I was thinking COMPUSERVE but of course it wouldn't fit!RonLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05092416733312309064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34143092645374927692017-05-30T04:20:25.954-04:002017-05-30T04:20:25.954-04:00Hud was a western?! Hud was a western?! Tarheelednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6797657355564069562017-05-13T01:18:48.695-04:002017-05-13T01:18:48.695-04:00Rex is too full of himself. Sorry, this wasn't...Rex is too full of himself. Sorry, this wasn't filled with modern pop culture and multiple crossings with movie star clues. I thought it rather easy for a Friday and finished below my typical time. "LARRUP" was the only real problem word.chipschaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809808817009512870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39053638433707656662017-05-12T20:22:56.478-04:002017-05-12T20:22:56.478-04:00Way too late today, but I'm commenting anyway ...Way too late today, but I'm commenting anyway because I want to say that I found this at most "medium". I pretty well tore through it, and I have no idea what/who BRACHS is/was. <br /><br />Some are calling this bland, but I marvel at how simple words and phrases roll out when one tends to look for trickery. When I first thought STONEhenge, saw that was a letter shirt, CIRCLE just came to me. Wheelhouse! <br /><br />Really, there was no section that held me up. It just flowed, and I loved it.<br />rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32846073747292595442017-05-12T19:00:36.248-04:002017-05-12T19:00:36.248-04:00There were 8 wrong letters out of 189. So that is ...There were 8 wrong letters out of 189. So that is 95.76 roughly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8973134288636490062017-05-12T16:43:39.968-04:002017-05-12T16:43:39.968-04:00PPS
Tomorrow, Sat May 13, is the annual letter ca...PPS<br /><br />Tomorrow, Sat May 13, is the annual letter carriers hunger drive. Leave out a bag of storable items (PB, cereals, pasta, my fav - Spaghettios, canned veges and fruit, etc) in the morning and they usually come by at about 9 to pick the bags up. Check your local PO to be certain. Feed a kid.<br /><br />And Anon 4:08 - I'd give that a 93.6%, or a solid A grade.<br /><br />Diana, Waiting and ReturningDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52654834281923521502017-05-12T16:08:20.923-04:002017-05-12T16:08:20.923-04:00Did not need to look up answers or hints but got a...Did not need to look up answers or hints but got a few wrong. Had Kid instead of Hud and Kilit instead of Kirin. Mermute instead of marmite and Teraypen instead of Fedayeen. What percentage or score would that give you taking into account you did not look up any hints or answers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69833217635297168822017-05-12T14:22:01.561-04:002017-05-12T14:22:01.561-04:00OFL needs to get his head out of his wheelhouse an...OFL needs to get his head out of his wheelhouse and smell the salty air.<br />Always surprised at the lacunae in certain otherwise erudite poster's educations.<br />Had to change foot to FOOD and lintel to CIRCLE in order to finish what was a satisfying treasure hunt.<br />Did not turn six in first grade until late January. I think the nuns at Ursuline Academy in Cincy took pity on my mother widowed by WW2 by letting me in kindergarten early, but may have regretted it, heh.centralscrewtinizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404913280254786506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76326117820562779342017-05-12T13:41:24.441-04:002017-05-12T13:41:24.441-04:00PS
If you missed it, @SteveHicks posted a pithy c...PS<br /><br />If you missed it, @SteveHicks posted a pithy comment on this puzzle - but it ended up in yesterday's postings. It's also how I knew this was a PB puzzle. Like Nancy, I rarely remember to look at the constructor when I begin my solve. <br /><br />And today, @Lewis describes my solving experience much better than I did.<br /><br />Diana, LIWFCDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85130946601279951472017-05-12T13:30:03.778-04:002017-05-12T13:30:03.778-04:00I have only scanned (in the skimming way, not the ...I have only scanned (in the skimming way, not the carefully reading way) the comments so far (did read @Rex). I was certain, certain I tell you, that OFL would call this easy, as I got 97.2% correct. If I only could spell the river near our nation's capitol. I thought piGOUTS was a perfectly good answer - what a crock, eh? And to have the river crossing an unknown comic - sigh...my bad...<br /><br />Speaking of crocks, who gives a flying fork about puzzle times? They're only based on the PPP you happen to know that particular day, IMHO. So when you are time obsessed, you miss out on a great puzzle experience.<br /><br />And my experience with this two-coffee-cup puzzle was great. Lots of ahas. Had "grub" before FOOD, but kept FOOD in the back of my mind. UNMADE - har! Started with AMY and BADEN and then, as LMS said recently, crickets. Didn't trust YOW, but decided to give it a go. CRADLESONGS was my absolute favorite form of rocking music. Great clues and a fun morning. I felt, like, smart. <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77502727935843616912017-05-12T13:08:25.885-04:002017-05-12T13:08:25.885-04:00Elements of fun here, spoiled by too many pisser c...Elements of fun here, spoiled by too many pisser clues/answers. Is Friday the new Tuesday?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66117162307047844442017-05-12T12:28:40.630-04:002017-05-12T12:28:40.630-04:00Held off on Runnin’ Rebs only because it’s usually...Held off on Runnin’ Rebs only because it’s usually the full Rebels, at least according to my T-shirts from Vegas. But still had the first w/o of the week with NeW and not NOW. <br />OFL: I’m not nearly ready for Social Security and didn’t have your problems with this fine puz.<br /><br />I’m more used to seeing TIEBEAMS as used in concrete construction, like the BEAMS that connect (or TIE) columns in a parking ramp. I suppose carpenters use the same concept to TIE rafters, I think my dad called such things “stringers”.<br /><br />I quoted a lyric from late yeah baby AMY WineHOUSE the other day as saying “NONONO” to rehab. Kinda wish she’d gone in for that MEDICALCARE.<br /><br />Lotsa POCs, 8 maybe? But I think PB1 will not get a BADREP.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54104837282872329822017-05-12T12:15:11.683-04:002017-05-12T12:15:11.683-04:00UNMADE BUYERS
HEREWEGO, an ENCORE with AMY again,...UNMADE BUYERS<br /><br />HEREWEGO, an ENCORE with AMY again,<br />she RANOUT, though YOW! I need it.<br />She’ll SPEAKEASY about her BADREP with men,<br />and BLUFFS that NOW she’ll BEATIT.<br /><br />--- SCOTT_S. BADEN-BORGE<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39633626394803840252017-05-12T10:02:05.746-04:002017-05-12T10:02:05.746-04:00MY surprise is at OFL's ranking--which I was s...MY surprise is at OFL's ranking--which I was sure would be "easy." Not that it was for me, though, but this poker player received a giant gimme right off the bat with BLUFFS. The NW "folded" soon thereafter, though admittedly LARRUP was ALL crosses.<br /><br />No, my bugaboo was the SE. In my haste I had all but the last two letters of the "obvious" STONEhenge written in before noticing, whoops, there's an extra square. So when I finally sussed out those "ears" as being ears of corn and put in COBS, I went with STONE Column. Talk about your "mess." Otherwise, though, it went fairly smoothly. Hey, it's a PB1. I'd put it at medium for a Friday, maybe leaning a tad toward the challenging side. I just somehow thought OFL would polish this off lickety-split.<br /><br />Once again, Fearless One, OLD is not automatically BAD. Wait: we can't call you fearless any more. You're afraid of old! Anyway, YOU try intersecting six 11's in the middle of your grid. Good luck.<br /><br />Other WOEs for me include KIRIN, FEDAYEEN and TIEBEAMS. Never heard beams called anything but a letter that they're shaped after, though I'm sure some engineer among the cognoscenti here will go "Oh yeah, good ol' TIEBEAMS." If AMY WineHOUSECLEANS up her act, she could be a DOD. As ever, birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11869877758757078992017-04-13T08:21:20.603-04:002017-04-13T08:21:20.603-04:00I'm a little surprised at the distinction betw...I'm a little surprised at the distinction between a Friday and Saturday difficulty puzzle. In my experience sometimes one's harder sometimes the other, mostly based on what trivia you happen to know or how much you're on the constructor's wavelength. In this case, I'd never heard of LARRUP, and ARMORY didn't "click" for "Storehouse". Isn't an armory solely for arms?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25526346471065392662017-04-08T17:52:14.495-04:002017-04-08T17:52:14.495-04:00Patrick has been Beery Berry good to the followers...Patrick has been Beery Berry good to the followers of the NYT's Xword puzzles, and he has been justly rewarded for being just about everyone's favorite constructor!Warren Howie Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31805157055477060002017-04-08T11:55:31.025-04:002017-04-08T11:55:31.025-04:00Wow - super-cranky Rex. Not just usual-cranky Rex....Wow - super-cranky Rex. Not just usual-cranky Rex. I'm a big Larry McMurtry fan, so HUD was my first answer. And a former Girl Scout, so BADEN was easy. I am not a crossword-puzzle-timing-person, so I can't compare with other times I have clocked. Any time I finish a Friday successfully without even a "clear wrong answers" cheat, I feel victorious. And I did. Victory is mine!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581264930569305915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59566703290418333312017-04-08T09:58:19.640-04:002017-04-08T09:58:19.640-04:00I thought this was easy, fun and fair (52). I live...I thought this was easy, fun and fair (52). I live in LA and have hiked Mt. BADEN-Powell a couple times - lucky. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66076479974390873692017-04-08T09:25:30.866-04:002017-04-08T09:25:30.866-04:00Happy to finish this one with only one error. Str...Happy to finish this one with only one error. Strarted it last night while enjoying my after work martinis, nearly finished it, but got stuck in the SW. I guessed TINBEAMS/FEDAYNEN. LARRUP looked wrong, but the crosses all made sense. I always seem to go through Berry puzzles fairly quickly, his cluing seems to be on my wave length. There have been plenty of Friday and Saturday puzzles that Rex rates easy that are DNF for me, but Berry puzzles are usually finishes for me and relatively quickly. Space Is Deephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03799838582935195126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87751072315759126492017-04-08T00:20:08.853-04:002017-04-08T00:20:08.853-04:00@JoeBloggs People meter. They measure how many pe...@JoeBloggs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_meter" rel="nofollow">People meter</a>. They measure how many people watch a given TV show during sweep-month(s).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74176481451283970902017-04-07T23:34:44.360-04:002017-04-07T23:34:44.360-04:00What is a people meter and what context is a sweep...What is a people meter and what context is a sweep associated with said meter? Only people meter I could conceive of is at a turnstile. That's not a sweep! Bad clue!joebloggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07732998343339867059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86814220745147977412017-04-07T23:25:53.953-04:002017-04-07T23:25:53.953-04:00Otherwise challenging puzzle made easy with well p...Otherwise challenging puzzle made easy with well placed gimmes such as Potomac, Kirin, Marmite, etc. What held me up ultimately were the plain answers such as Food and Cradle Song when I expected something more clever.razerxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13224691314811807436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24225344252117734142017-04-07T23:08:57.575-04:002017-04-07T23:08:57.575-04:00roller -brush - lint ! no? don't think...roller -brush - lint ! no? don't think anyone mentioned this. surprised.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59464973788581968842017-04-07T22:18:18.962-04:002017-04-07T22:18:18.962-04:00Finished, but took a long time; NW almost got me.
...Finished, but took a long time; NW almost got me.<br /><br />At least others found it challenging!ChE Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25776200715233855832017-04-07T22:00:26.682-04:002017-04-07T22:00:26.682-04:00good puzzle for a change - an actual puzzle!good puzzle for a change - an actual puzzle!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com