tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4190300362254412211..comments2024-03-28T04:40:27.172-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: ___ Goldfinger (Bond villain) / MON 2-4-2019 / Photo of Marilyn Monroe, once / Christine of "The Blacklist" / Walled city WNW of Madrid / Martini & ____ (brand of sparkling wine)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15534344784608879972019-03-11T16:28:10.058-04:002019-03-11T16:28:10.058-04:00This puzzle felt a little tougher than your averag...This puzzle felt a little tougher than your average Monday, though I had no trouble with it. The theme was straightforward but I didn't see INFO in the themers until I got the revealer. Lively themers, by the way.<br /><br />Hey my nom de post is a themer too! Beauty.<br /><br />I too was a little soured on NFL games until I got swept up by what the Patriots have done over the last 19 years. Years ago when they were the Boston Patriots, with Babe Parilli at QB, they were my fave in the AFL. Now, they continue to win, even with a 41-year old QB. Amazing.<br /><br />I eat blueberries almost daily, but any effect on my BRAIN has gone unnoticed.<br />Good Monday puzzle.<br /><br />rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16560856940047239122019-03-11T15:47:22.549-04:002019-03-11T15:47:22.549-04:00Syndielink is now awake. Perhaps because I wrote ...Syndielink is now awake. Perhaps because I wrote to Rex - as did someone else??<br /><br />A fine Monday, IMHO.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for the puzzle to change no more!Diana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23268166957619630872019-03-11T14:57:36.636-04:002019-03-11T14:57:36.636-04:00A correct usage of THE word TAR. Maybe they listen...A correct usage of THE word TAR. Maybe they listened?<br />Got THE INFO on the third themer. Up until then there was THE TIN possibility.<br /><br />BLINI with plenty of butter and jam or what have you are very popular in THE former SOVIET Union just before Lent. TASTY.<br /><br />Remember when THE band OASIS claimed they would be as big as THE Beatles? How did that work out?<br /><br />ICAN PUT ANNA Chlumsky in THE yeah baby category even if her smile sometimes approaches that of THE Joker, or even Julia Roberts.<br /><br />That’s THE extent of my INSIDEINFO. OK puz.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9586035287722887362019-03-11T11:54:05.636-04:002019-03-11T11:54:05.636-04:00The worst thing about today was: the syndilinker f...The worst thing about today was: the syndilinker fell asleep AGAIN11 Which means I had to scroll through February TWO DAYS AT A TIME! <br /><br />WAKE UP, DAMMIT!!!!<br /><br />The puzzle itself? Three words: 30a, 52a, 63a. May have been my fastest time ever--if I timed stuff. This despite AVILA, unknown to me as a Spanish town (city? really?), but could have been clued as baseballer Bobby. It's not like there isn't other baseball stuff in there. Christine LAHTI will do for DOD; par. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72419007629769667172019-03-11T10:19:17.628-04:002019-03-11T10:19:17.628-04:00YOU’REINFORITNOW
THE NRA TINFOILHATS were OUTINFO...YOU’REINFORITNOW<br /><br />THE NRA TINFOILHATS were OUTINFORCE,<br />THE INSIDEINFO was hot”<br />“They PUT SOVIET SPIESON a Trojan Horse,<br />(whether we SAIDSO ORNOT).”<br /><br />--- ANNA LAHTI<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1956679832220962462019-02-21T22:49:26.898-05:002019-02-21T22:49:26.898-05:00Historically easy. Solved with acrosses only (whic...Historically easy. Solved with acrosses only (which I typically do first Monday of each month), and probably finished faster than most Mondays when I use all the clues. Really other than superFOODS before BRAINFOODS, no resistance whatsoever.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51895720303312977062019-02-04T23:42:05.310-05:002019-02-04T23:42:05.310-05:00STP was a company, been bought serially, but the b...STP was a company, been bought serially, but the bottle of STP still says made by STP. I put their fuel treatment in each month.Banana Diaquirinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53704413092918333122019-02-04T22:58:29.882-05:002019-02-04T22:58:29.882-05:00@Nancy
Hey, if it helps you to sleep well. And tha...@Nancy<br />Hey, if it helps you to sleep well. And thanks for reading.GHarrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55486189083636611472019-02-04T21:48:20.399-05:002019-02-04T21:48:20.399-05:00Thanks, @GHarris. Oh, and btw I liked -- and of c...Thanks, @GHarris. Oh, and btw I liked -- and of course completely agreed with! --your letter in the Times last week.<br /><br />Thanks to you, too, @Reynold Srap. I love your blog name wordplay -- some of the funniest I've seen.<br /><br />Thought for the Day: It's <i>good</i> not knowing about all those tinfoil-wearing conspiracy theorists and their wacky ideas. I'm a happier person for it. And therefore I think I'll forget everything you both just told me :) Will you try to forgive me?Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73757550884398561942019-02-04T21:26:09.389-05:002019-02-04T21:26:09.389-05:00Seems like the clue for STP should be motor oil pr...Seems like the clue for STP should be motor oil producer, not motor oil product.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07534750081064158723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66223455648006613682019-02-04T20:14:22.528-05:002019-02-04T20:14:22.528-05:00@Z, not my catch. I was pointed there by something...@Z, not my catch. I was pointed there by something I read. Too many hours have passed for me to be more specific, but I wanted to correct the record. Still stand by Best Ever Egg.BarbieBarbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41393422917337671052019-02-04T19:39:52.898-05:002019-02-04T19:39:52.898-05:00@Nancy
The expression tin foil hat originally refe...@Nancy<br />The expression tin foil hat originally referred to the self-created headgear of persons who believed that they might be the targets of harmful rays or electronic waves generated by unseen enemies often associated with an evil government. The aluminum composition was expected to deflect such rays. More recently the expression has come to be referrable to persons who concoct outlandish conspiracy theories. Sean Hannity loves to use the term repeatedly when describing Trump antagonists.GHarrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35616468368725493002019-02-04T14:27:43.151-05:002019-02-04T14:27:43.151-05:00p.s.
Correction: Mr. GasCoigne. Real sorry, dude. ...p.s.<br />Correction: Mr. GasCoigne. Real sorry, dude. M&A forgot to Put. Cee. Inn, Ali.<br /><br />M&A Fakenews Desk.<br /><br />p.p.s.s.<br /><br />How'bout these themers, for the upcomin FAKENEWS NYTPuz:<br />* BRAVEGNUWORLD.<br />* REACHEDANULOW.<br />* KNEWFRONTIERS.<br />* NHUGIRLINTOWN.<br />Fire up them presses, Shortzmeister.Masked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346263641338670679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91121043217582485332019-02-04T13:54:51.249-05:002019-02-04T13:54:51.249-05:00I thought this felt harder than average for a Mon...I thought this felt harder than average for a Monday, but it was well above my average Monday time so who knows. <br /><br />Our guide in Beijing had the best English of all the guides we had in China, I think it was because she had watched every episode of Friends. I, on the other hand, have only seen the snippets that get posted on this blog, which seems to happen often enough that I know who all the characters are, more or less.<br /><br />I would love to try my hand at constructing a puzzle, but I think even the imbedded name thing might elude me. I appreciate a good pun though.tea73https://www.blogger.com/profile/04949792626860120963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61583035177229812022019-02-04T13:45:50.151-05:002019-02-04T13:45:50.151-05:00Nice Monday puzzle. Thanks very much Mr. Gascoign...Nice Monday puzzle. Thanks very much Mr. Gascoigne.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8058211718677721152019-02-04T13:31:54.141-05:002019-02-04T13:31:54.141-05:00@Nancy, tinfoil hat is a trope for all kindsa craz...@Nancy, tinfoil hat is a trope for all kindsa crazy (government reading your mind, communicating with ETs...)Reynold Srapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64144213537398736482019-02-04T13:12:25.972-05:002019-02-04T13:12:25.972-05:00I'm a very mediocre solver, and this may have ...I'm a very mediocre solver, and this may have been the fastest I've ever finished a Times puzzle. So I'm puzzled by why Annabel called this a "medium." Doug Garrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965787725520647126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53114300168697214632019-02-04T13:06:42.645-05:002019-02-04T13:06:42.645-05:00This was more fun than your usual Monday. Thank y...This was more fun than your usual Monday. Thank you!jb129https://www.blogger.com/profile/10135969815748026355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73342104416027515412019-02-04T13:06:12.651-05:002019-02-04T13:06:12.651-05:00A nice debut, congratulations, ALI! I saw the TIN ...A nice debut, congratulations, ALI! I saw the TIN FOIL HAT (if it were an AURIC hat, would it conduct rather than repel the ET'S (or government's) rays?) and saw another TIN in OUTINFORCE and figured the theme would be metallic in nature. I didn't bother looking at the other theme answers until the revealer revealed my wrong guess.<br /><br />It seemed to be a bit stickier than the average Monday puzzle but it came in right at my average. Probably because I splatzed in Stated with no crosses at 44D and then had to write over all of that.<br /><br />@Nancy, I know what you mean about texture making a big difference in food likes and dislikes. I can't stand raw carrots or celery for that very reason but I like them fine cooked. But cherries and blueberries, I'll take in an state they are offered. Nothing better than gobbling blueberries right off the bushes in my backyard.<br /><br />Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70495024277016060282019-02-04T12:27:19.407-05:002019-02-04T12:27:19.407-05:00As other Comment Gallery posters have already ment...As other Comment Gallery posters have already mentioned: Best Mr. Subliminal weeject stack ever, in the NW.<br /><br />@Blu'Bel - Thanx for another primo blog write-up. M&A missed out on The Puppy Bowl -- bet they scored more points than the Pats & Rams, tho. And, Go Vikes. [They scored a combined 41 points on these 2 teams, during the regular season.]<br /><br />Very clean debut MonPuz grid. Nice job, Mr. Gasoigne. Thanx & Congratz.<br /><br />fave moo-cow eazy-E MonPuz clue: {Like a Monday crossword, typically} = EASY.<br />staff weeject pick: THE. Becuz of its real interestin clue. Actually, even just interestin to M&A, that "Friends" episodes *had* titles. Learned lotsa semi-useful stuff, there.<br /><br />fave fillins included: WRITEME. SKIBUM. PDIDDY. KNAVE. <br />fave themer: TINFOILHAT. M&A used to wear a sorta tin-foil hat, whenever folks first-time visited the old M&A homestead. Was always a hoot, to see their reactions. But … Once we had a coupla co-workers come over for their first time, and they acted as if they weren't all that surprised. But, I digress.<br /><br />Has anyone ever done a puz with a FAKENEWS revealer? It could have themers like THATSNOTGNUSTOME. Or NONUSISGOODKNEWS. Put. M&A. Inn.<br /><br />Go Puppies.<br /><br />Masked & Anonymo5Us<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/UploadRunt/FetchPage?id=MTI1NzExOTI5NjMwNjc0Mg&title=Stumpy_1_Stumper_7__1_Trump_1_Trench_1_-_1_by_1_M_1_and_1_A" rel="nofollow">**gruntz**</a><br /> Masked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346263641338670679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89661847758134926122019-02-04T12:24:57.994-05:002019-02-04T12:24:57.994-05:00@Malsdemare. Thank you for mentioning your nephew....@Malsdemare. Thank you for mentioning your nephew. @Michiganman commented on mental illness today, too. It ruins lives and shouldn't be the butt of jokes like 17A. I think a lot of people would have noticed if there had been a derogatory joke about a physical illness in the puzzle. Reasonablewomannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56985772145502706942019-02-04T11:50:35.628-05:002019-02-04T11:50:35.628-05:00@anon9:22 - even a broken (analog) clock is right ...@anon9:22 - even a broken (analog) clock is right twice a day. Have no fear, I’m sure to spout off on something before the end of the week. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71344807918025262292019-02-04T11:21:56.193-05:002019-02-04T11:21:56.193-05:00@Malsdemare:
Right turn, indeed.
depends on your...@Malsdemare:<br />Right turn, indeed. <br /><br />depends on your point of view. to the outsider, aka Reader, so it would appear. but to the (fellow) traveller, on the grid, it's a hard left. <b>many people say</b> both end up in the same place. :)Banana Diaquirinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60717350299543482902019-02-04T11:12:19.102-05:002019-02-04T11:12:19.102-05:00Great puzzle, fun clues, nice theme and good revea...Great puzzle, fun clues, nice theme and good reveal. TINFOILHAT reminded me of my beloved nephew who was schizophrenic and as it worsened, wore a hat all the time. He said it muted the voices. As someone who relishes her alone time, the notion that you hear "real" voices, all the time, telling you bizarre things and sometimes yelling at you, sounds like the ninth circle of hell. <br /><br />Some very clever responses here today. @lms, your last paragraph is a masterpiece. Right turn, indeed. Malsdemarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05375476737540476148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-358494646969503102019-02-04T11:05:10.419-05:002019-02-04T11:05:10.419-05:00@Nancy:
Almost all my dislikes are based on consis...@Nancy:<br />Almost all my dislikes are based on consistency<br /><br />boy howdy there! but blueberries, etc. don't get that reaction. fruit yogurts are fine, but puddings can make me gag. odd. as to other slimy food: Okra!! I live with southern food grown folks, and they love it. that and chitlins. eek.Banana Diaquirinoreply@blogger.com