tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4166566403360727371..comments2024-03-29T03:20:27.946-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Oil-producing matter in shale / TUE 3-1-16 / 2000-03 Disney Channel series with Shia LaBeouf / Sumatran swinger informally Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31425053578619570392016-04-05T21:56:55.792-04:002016-04-05T21:56:55.792-04:00@sailorguy - perhaps given an order, or direction
...@sailorguy - perhaps given an order, or direction<br /><br />@D,LIW - I might be able to come up with a few ideas of things to do in the area. and accomodations, etc. Let me know if you want to save a few bucks and/or if there is something you'd like to see. Depending on schedule might even be able to save a cab ride from MSP to wherever.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27690648887492910032016-04-05T18:26:40.513-04:002016-04-05T18:26:40.513-04:00Great puzzle. A nit however. The Lee side is the s...Great puzzle. A nit however. The Lee side is the side sheltered from the wind. Alee is not a direction. Sailormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908665121030702592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84660463951617874702016-04-05T16:24:55.811-04:002016-04-05T16:24:55.811-04:00Had a Natick at EVENSTEVENy and "what a Guy.&...Had a Natick at EVENSTEVENy and "what a Guy." Never say What a Gas, even tho the Rolling Stones made it famous.<br /><br />Agree with those who say "Monday easy with some Thursday thrown in." Seems like we had that last week, too.<br /><br />Rondo - when I fly to the future it is but to comment on some pressing issue in their past. I try not to read their comments and spoil my future solve. (Not that I'd remember...) I'm really considering the Minn. tournament. It could be a mini-vaca. <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63935738713810072412016-04-05T15:51:19.203-04:002016-04-05T15:51:19.203-04:00@Spacey - but, but, but it's what people say (...@Spacey - but, but, but it's what people say (either one). I remember once when a friend was at my place unsuccessfully helping me wire in a dishwasher, and he phoned his wife and said 'Hi Lynn. I'm over here." M&A could make something of that.<br /><br />Fun puzzle, and as a neighbour of Alberta where the oil sands reside, I've heard of KEROGEN. <br /><br />Yesterday a lot of holidays; today, a lot of EVES. Oops @Rondo - I kind of repeated what you said, but in an extremely more interesting way, doncha think?<br /><br />@Loren - I don't remember my "excellent example" (I'm old), but I'm sure I was sincere.<br /><br />Sharp-eyed readers will recall that a couple weeks ago I successfully overcame an infestation of Indian Closet Moths, mostly with my vacuum cleaner. Wish I'd known about Bay Leaf.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82372950353652195702016-04-05T11:38:25.628-04:002016-04-05T11:38:25.628-04:00Besides UNPC itself (ugh!) the most UNPC thing in ...Besides UNPC itself (ugh!) the most UNPC thing in this grid is ITSME, the most ignorant possible response on two LEVELS. (1) It should be "It is I." (2) WHOEVER is there is not telling you anything, since self-reference is universal. Dumbest response I ever heard. I KNOW it's you, you idiot. Now WHO the hell are YOU?<br /><br />Which brings me to "Brains" for SENSE. BeliEVE me, I've known some folks who had lots of the former but not much of the latter. I knew a valedictorian who didn't have the SENSE God gave a goose. It's a Tuesday, dude. Just say "Sight, e.g." or "Intuit."<br /><br />This was as easy as yesterday; the dreaded KEROGEN went in on crosses, so NEVERMIND that. HowEVEr, the fill is quite a bit rougher. Two bits of crosswordese are fast becoming tiresome in their ubiquity: ENERO and ERTE. I bet a good half of us can't name one other Spanish month, but we surely do know the first one! Yeah, I know, don't call us Airplane! fans Shirley. Ain't no thing.<br /><br />Closest I can come to a babe today is Eva Marie Saint as EVE Kendall. I would LOVE to answer that chilling question: "What do I do with him in the morning?" #NNW. Let's call it a C+.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39613591644027085742016-04-05T10:27:33.728-04:002016-04-05T10:27:33.728-04:00missed my opening line
You can’t GETAWY rom it, t...missed my opening line<br /><br />You can’t GETAWY rom it, there’s EVEs ALLABOUT this puz. Probably the only time EVEs will follow DAYS (yesterday’s puz). rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64344345273640290592016-04-05T10:15:18.809-04:002016-04-05T10:15:18.809-04:00Saw the EVELKNIEVEL exhibition when they had it at...Saw the EVELKNIEVEL exhibition when they had it at the Harley museum in Milwaukee. Kinda cool.<br /><br />I’ve got a Ukrainian 10 KOPECK coin in my desk drawer here. Brass-colored, smaller than a dime, worth about 2 cents in 2008. About 4/10 of a cent today.<br /><br />So sorry, ETHEL and ZELDA (Gilroy?), looks like it’s an EVE yeah baby day, though I couldn’t name umpteen of them.<br /><br />@D,LIW – have you taken the Delorean 5 weeks into the future lately? Just wondering if @Geo Barany has made any mention of the MN Xword Tourney, since he seems to be a ringleader. I’m still planning to take it in. Anyone else interested? I haven’t any extra room to HOST, but can GETAWAY for drinks and other things.<br /><br />Today the 4 corners spell EASE, with which I did this puz.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10738114213563806622016-04-05T09:14:36.392-04:002016-04-05T09:14:36.392-04:00UNPC EVENT
NEVERMIND SEXED, Adam knew ALLABOUTEVE...UNPC EVENT<br /><br />NEVERMIND SEXED, Adam knew ALLABOUTEVE,<br />there was NUN other to HITON, one of her PETPEEVES.<br />“ITSME”, he would greet her, “ICU. You can’t GETAWAY, <br />there’s no other MENS PETER.” She went AWOL that day.<br /><br />--- ZELDA KOPECK<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34496848980921049482016-03-02T20:44:33.262-05:002016-03-02T20:44:33.262-05:00I was thoroughly convinced that 31A was UGLY, that...I was thoroughly convinced that 31A was UGLY, that would've been decidedly UNPC!Warren Howie Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32298183077193750582016-03-02T06:58:01.221-05:002016-03-02T06:58:01.221-05:00What with all the coeval commentary, you'd a t...What with all the coeval commentary, you'd a thought there'd be one Wee Evil <b>D</b>ropping by. Elephant's Childnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28399391219100482812016-03-01T21:11:49.052-05:002016-03-01T21:11:49.052-05:00@Leapy (11:06 am) -- Very nice OLEO pun!@Leapy (11:06 am) -- Very nice OLEO pun!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72691088562712843942016-03-01T20:50:33.888-05:002016-03-01T20:50:33.888-05:00A few weeks ago, in Syndie Land, a commenter poste...A few weeks ago, in Syndie Land, a commenter posted after a lovely tribute puzzle to a musical legend:<br /><br />"A nagging question about tribute puzzles (and this is a good one) is: do we have to wait until the person passes on before we have one. I certainly wouldn't mind a tribute puzzle to a living person, celebrity or not. Another thought: how do we determine who should be tributed?"<br /><br />There must have been tribute puzzles to living folks. Can you remember of them? Just sayin'<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for your responseDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25755003452922816172016-03-01T18:21:20.001-05:002016-03-01T18:21:20.001-05:00Mon. easy for me. Liked the theme and I appreciate...Mon. easy for me. Liked the theme and I appreciate it even more after reading @lms comment. Agree that there are fill issues, but the theme trumps the fill for me, liked it.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88946706357362932852016-03-01T17:49:58.706-05:002016-03-01T17:49:58.706-05:00I really enjoyed this puzzle. The theme density wa...I really enjoyed this puzzle. The theme density was terrific and the revealer was spot on perfect! Like everyone else, KEROGEN was new to me, but easily obtained from the crosses. I don't mind the tough (but legitimate) word here and there, EVEn on Tuesday. That's one of the added bonus of a crossword puzzle, learning new words. I'll bet good money that Im not the only one who Googled it to get a definition.<br /><br />Enjoyed it much mure than @rex.smalltowndocnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4440550134224078102016-03-01T16:50:07.150-05:002016-03-01T16:50:07.150-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nighthawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898505137434147165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10120990534282884562016-03-01T16:46:30.232-05:002016-03-01T16:46:30.232-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nighthawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898505137434147165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35791016129493787502016-03-01T16:40:41.591-05:002016-03-01T16:40:41.591-05:00I looked all about and thought this puzzle had 2 m...I looked all about and thought this puzzle had 2 more long themers, 2 downers (or uppers,if you look on the bright side): 11D - "PET PEEVES" and 33D - "PREVENTED", which gave the themers, and the puz, a much more balanced symmetry than a mere 3 themer of all acrosses. <br />Or am I seeming something that isn't there?Nighthawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898505137434147165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63000198543378392262016-03-01T16:18:35.640-05:002016-03-01T16:18:35.640-05:00The theme reveal made me smile, and that's all...The theme reveal made me smile, and that's all I'm really hoping for on a Tuesday.archaeoprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956231727789223463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43299011972921966572016-03-01T16:14:51.236-05:002016-03-01T16:14:51.236-05:00No BOREDOM yesterday reading all the CAPN and CAPo...No BOREDOM yesterday reading all the CAPN and CAPoN CRUNCH comments. <br /><br />I thought the options of things to EAT in today's puzzle such as OLEO and LARD were a bit of a BORE until LMS spiced things up by introducing the possibility of eating WEEVILS. Personally, my worst experience of the unintendedly close to potential ingestion of unappetizing insects was when I lived in Balltumore. I was not the least bit amused when I set down a carton of milk for exactly one second and picked it back up again only to feel something brush my lips. Turned out said insect was of the subphylum HEXApoda. While I have eaten termites fried in palm oil as a Peace Corps volunteer, the fact that the insect in question happened to belong to thr same order Blattodea as the termites did nothing to allEVEiate my horror. I did, however, discover the merits of yesterday's ARMY ANTS as a volunteer. They are far more effective than any pesticide at wiping out infestations of both WEEVILS and the almost ingested vermin in my milk carton. SEIVES are also useful if you live in areas where flour is rare and expensive on a Peace Corps salary and WEEVILS are plentiful. <br /><br />As for all the VEEs, I just kept thinking how M&A would have preferred that the sharp bottom edges of those VEES had been rounded into his favorite letter, Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54759043971385012482016-03-01T15:36:51.696-05:002016-03-01T15:36:51.696-05:00For "All About Eve" fans:
http://www.im...For "All About Eve" fans:<br /><br />http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042192/quotes<br /><br />"Fasten your seat belts!"Dick Swarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05916582540029654250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90438102829390236802016-03-01T15:25:28.452-05:002016-03-01T15:25:28.452-05:00An olde guy's footnote:
I saw all the eves .....An olde guy's footnote:<br /><br />I saw all the eves ... and a level or two. I use different fountain pens for the xword. I had received a Pelikan LEVEL a while back and filled it up last night to see how it writes. Just fine this AM.<br /><br />A really olde guy's footnote:<br /><br />The Pelikan LEVEL was a strange deviation for the very classic German Pelikan company. A whole new ink system and design of the pen. It was aimed at teenagers, later adults with some design changes. 1995 -2001, then discontinued.Dick Swarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05916582540029654250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36616186007640457452016-03-01T14:40:28.330-05:002016-03-01T14:40:28.330-05:00I say "meh" to this long string of medio...I say "meh" to this long string of mediocre NYT xwords. Enjoyed the LA puzzle much more today. [LA Times Spoiler Alert] Happy National Pig Day!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04829649300756101930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31723493452376267112016-03-01T14:32:29.984-05:002016-03-01T14:32:29.984-05:00Pros of being a Millennial who was 9-13 years old ...Pros of being a Millennial who was 9-13 years old during '00-'03: EVENSTEVENS comes without a second thought.<br /><br />Cons: Spend a good 2 minutes trying to figure out Merman...I was thinking Ariel (as in an actual merman!) and then quickly <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoQW03UFqQw" rel="nofollow">this</a> was the only thing I could think of. :(black_phoebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85185635095233894452016-03-01T14:20:28.715-05:002016-03-01T14:20:28.715-05:00Either Rex or Shortz got the constructor's nam...Either Rex or Shortz got the constructor's name wrong.<br /><br />Is it ironic that the NYT now includes Spanish translations of selected articles and also has launched an all Spanish edition (New York Times en Español), yet we find 56D ANO again clued as "Year in [some Spanish speaking locale]? <br /><br />Here are the facts of the matter:<br /><br />N and Ñ are <i><b>two different letters</b></i> in the <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/11/f7/56/11f7562c24c85c7d22772064dde23e31.jpg" rel="nofollow">Spanish alphabet</a>. <br /><br />ANO and AÑO are pronounced differently, "ah-noh" and "awn-yo". <br /><br />And they have very different meanings, "anus" versus "year".<br /><br />A less charitable commenter might see this as an example of anglocentric arrogance: "Hey, it's just Spanish so we can play fast and loose with it. No one will notice or really care. Besides, it's only fill."<br /><br />It's perplexing because there are other ways to easily and correctly clue ANO ("Is that ___?"; "Wheel of Fortune request"; and so on).<br /><br />For those who don't care, may I offer you a belated but heartfelt Próspero Ano Nuevo.Anoa Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185183023273883700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27055666384520510782016-03-01T13:58:00.475-05:002016-03-01T13:58:00.475-05:00Another delightful puzzle. Shaping up to be a good...Another delightful puzzle. Shaping up to be a good week. Way easy for a Tuesday. KEROGEN a WoE but crossed fairly. <br /><br />PPP's were nicely spread, from ALLABOUTEVE in the 50s to EVELKNIEVEL in the 70s to EVENSTEVENS in the 90s (barely) to Chris Rock two days ago.<br /><br />Would have preferred a Nirvana clue for NEVERMIND, and of course Wye precedes Zed, but that is just being picky. The whole thing was great, and as @Loren Muse Smith points out, a mantlepiece of construction.kitshefnoreply@blogger.com