tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post422315724474678656..comments2024-03-28T14:57:33.856-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Goo goo eyed old style / TUE 8-11-15 / Ones steeped in tradition in England / Biblical kingdom its Utah namesake / Messy sandwich filler / Sweatship regulator / Nattering sort in Spiro Agnew speech / Classic beer once brewed in DetroitRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85483246663282189432015-09-15T19:20:32.864-04:002015-09-15T19:20:32.864-04:00I liked this one. Some of the clues verged on the ...I liked this one. Some of the clues verged on the cryptic - a good thing - and the puzzle as a whole had the sort of lively, playful feel that I enjoy.<br /><br />I'm honestly surprised that it isn't getting more love.straylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75000320563669333432015-09-15T15:52:03.152-04:002015-09-15T15:52:03.152-04:00Solution for those Naysayers, and malcontent comme...Solution for those Naysayers, and malcontent commenters above:<br /> JUST FORGET ABOUT THE MONDAY AND TUESDAY PUZZLES. START WITH WEDNESDAY. If you are an experienced solver, why bother??? I'm sure there were thousands of people across the Country who enjoyed the cute simplicity of the grid provided by the constructors. I, for one, usually don't do the Mon & Tues puzzles but finished this one before finishing my morning cereal - BTW it was Wheaties and strawberries. I just know you were on tenterhooks to know that. :)<br /><br />Happy wishes for a good Wed puzzle.<br /><br />Ron Diego, La Mesa, CA <br /> <br />(Where Amazon is still considered part of South America,Twitter is for the birds, Yahoo is used at rodeos, and a Snapfish is unknown in the angling world).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78061333432370863802015-09-15T15:36:30.729-04:002015-09-15T15:36:30.729-04:00Having a quadruple PULLEDPORK sandwich slathered w...Having a quadruple PULLEDPORK sandwich slathered with OLEO followed by a bowl of Chili con CARNE, all ATONCE, didn't set to well with me. [Burp]<br /><br />Sorta the way I felt about this puzzle.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90937031984620880962015-09-15T11:32:52.331-04:002015-09-15T11:32:52.331-04:00For such a crummy puzzle, this has surely engender...For such a crummy puzzle, this has surely engendered lots of print! I found it to be weird. Meeting SMIT and SOCAL and PUSH instead of Press (big money, big money, no whammies...and, STOP!) gave me a "Where am I?" feel--and I hadn't even gotten to UELE yet!<br /><br />It's jarring to see YOUR in the first theme line, followed by ONES in the next. A little consistency would be nice. Also, there seems to be a flaggable offense here that no one so far has mentioned: PIN appears twice! Well, ILLBE!<br /><br />Is SOCAL a thing? I guess--if you live there. And now for the universal writeover: don't tell me you didn't write in CRude for "Unrefined." Sure you did.<br /><br />The whole thing was just...weird. Who DOES say "PHONEPRANK," anyway? I'm going to give it a C, because I don't know what else to give it.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57377551597716896562015-09-15T09:59:22.709-04:002015-09-15T09:59:22.709-04:00A puz that starts with LOINS can’t be all bad, jus...A puz that starts with LOINS can’t be all bad, just didn’t know they would be of the PORK variety. And then dropped in your LAPP.<br /><br />UELE agree that answer hurts. OHTO have something different in that area.<br /><br />CARNE could have been clued as the recently deceased Judy, one-tome sock-it-to-me Laugh In yeah baby.<br /><br />Spent some time in MOAB, UT in 2012. Great place to enjoy the SW desert nature and raft or kayak on the Colorado River. It’s especially something else if you can make the climb to Delicate Arch. Real and spectacular.<br /><br />What, no nabob today? Seemed to be a requirement lately. This puz was a ”too staid” Tuesday.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72485484470985969812015-09-15T08:06:40.810-04:002015-09-15T08:06:40.810-04:00NON TEAS
It started as a PHONEPRANK, when you PUS...NON TEAS<br /><br />It started as a PHONEPRANK, when you PUSHYOURLUCK toward no real goal,<br />Who knew she’d STEPUP ATONCE to date this POBOY and make that PLYMOUTHROCK and ROLE.<br /><br />--- UELE “OLEO” ORIOLES<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55095910777973322652015-08-13T22:29:33.221-04:002015-08-13T22:29:33.221-04:00It will be interesting to see how WSJ promotes Sco...It will be interesting to see how WSJ promotes Scott Walker in its puzzles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8992477653767179102015-08-12T21:51:41.012-04:002015-08-12T21:51:41.012-04:00In Portuguese is " um momento".In Portuguese is " um momento".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29212071869778908212015-08-12T15:55:41.288-04:002015-08-12T15:55:41.288-04:00@old timer...I stand corrected! Grazie tanto! My p...@old timer...I stand corrected! Grazie tanto! My pigeon Italian failed me.<br />I can, however, assure you that it is not correct in Portuguese, where articles are um and uma.<br />Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12259500965690515362015-08-12T11:51:08.930-04:002015-08-12T11:51:08.930-04:00Was I unfair to criticize "UNO momento"?...Was I unfair to criticize "UNO momento"? Could it have really been a reference to a common phrase in Italian?<br /><br />Sadly, no:<br />http://www.italianlanguageguide.com/grammar/articles/indefinite-article.asp<br /><br />UNO, it seems, is only used before masculine nouns beginning with S or Z followed by another consonant -- maybe you could ask for "uno Sbarro" if you wanted a slice of pizza. So "uno momento" is wrong in two languages, and would not be used in French. I must say I did not look up the phrase in Portuguese or Romanian.old timernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32638082750917325942015-08-11T23:37:30.629-04:002015-08-11T23:37:30.629-04:00Geez oh Pete that was awful. MINOT, UELE and SMIT....Geez oh Pete that was awful. MINOT, UELE and SMIT. Prank call, yes. PHONE PRANK, no. PIN ONES EARS BACK makes no sense as clued. "Dig in for a serious effort" would be accurate. [Oh, I can't go on!] - terrible. Who cries "GET on it!?" Nobody, that's who. <br /><br />On the plus side, STROHS was a nice of college days playing hackeysack and drinking whatever was on special that week.<br /><br />Also, I thought it played Wednesday or Thursday tough up top. Then you get the theme and the bottom falls out like a Tuesday should.<br /><br />kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78766837192543594972015-08-11T22:06:05.073-04:002015-08-11T22:06:05.073-04:00@Evil Doug -Thanks for that trippy trip down memor...@Evil Doug -Thanks for that trippy trip down memory lane, I remember that day well,chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56791388790049155192015-08-11T21:33:21.590-04:002015-08-11T21:33:21.590-04:00@Teed (my blog twin, according to some)... Yes - ...@Teed (my blog twin, according to some)... Yes - the "when in Rome" part was the hint....<br /><br />@Miss Smitten - I'll see your Prince Albert and raise you one "Is your refrigerator running?..."<br />Good times.<br /><br />And the PHONE PRANKS also reminded me of Jon Stewart's masterful unseating of Tucker Carlson and guy who's not Tucker Carlson on CNN many years ago - pointing out in disbelief that they are trying to hold him up to the same journalistic standards Jon was demanding of them. He cut him off saying - "you do know that the show that's on before mine is puppets making crank calls...?".<br /><br />Hey folks - speaking of pulled P O R K, anyone know of a place in Fairfield/Westchester that has the genuine article? Only place I know of north of the Macon/Dixon is BT's Smokehouse in Sturbridge. They would be sublime even down south. Any other place I've tried up here would never survive there.<br /><br />Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59905992291275564322015-08-11T19:52:52.428-04:002015-08-11T19:52:52.428-04:00@Tita, it looks like you see UNO momento in a lang...@Tita, it looks like you see UNO momento in a language other than Spanish? Perhaps Italian? No one else mentioned your comment and my brief Google search didn't clear it up completely except for a chain of Italian restaurants of that name :-).<br /><br />@Leapfinger, I have often wondered about the explanation for the cluster of babies born in that last week of July-first two weeks of August. I've heard it attributed to the end of harvest leading to the farmer finally getting some 'rest' but that doesn't account for my non-farming parents...<br /><br />One CRude writeover at 22D and an even CRuder one at 38D which started as era, then changed to ALL. And my 56D Balls were equal to gRit but I'LL BE, it was wrong.<br /><br />As a pescatarian, it has been a long time since I've eaten PULLED PORK. I didn't look at what was in the circles during my solve so it wasn't 'too easy' for me - just right for a Tuesday. Thanks JK and DK.<br /><br />And 'Mericans in Paris, if @Rex doesn't object, I hope you continue your narrative postsTeedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61603077816248993552015-08-11T19:03:59.277-04:002015-08-11T19:03:59.277-04:00hey @ dicks wart: its will suffice. No apostroph...hey @ dicks wart: its will suffice. No apostrophe necessary. grammar nazinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5836940726212909372015-08-11T18:14:31.404-04:002015-08-11T18:14:31.404-04:00@Z: Gettin rid of UELE is a very delicate type of ...@Z: Gettin rid of UELE is a very delicate type of grid surgery.<br />Rule #1: Do no harm to U-counts.<br /><br />So, M&A's suggested replacement fill may not be all that great an improvement; but, on the upside, U do get more puzzle to re-solve …<br /><br />ACROSS<br />54. It's on the house<br />63. M&A will love ____ the end of time*<br />66. Like many crates<br /><br />DOWN<br />47. How cinnamon rolls should always be enjoyed<br />48. Drift<br />52. Shape reminiscent of a snake trying to stand at attention<br />59. Place to get so stiff you don't feel the dart stuck in your arse<br />60. ___-Aztecan swear word: Llamash**t<br /><br />M&A Help Desk.<br />"This Why U See Him So Much in NYTPuzs"<br /><br />*some poetic license required.Masked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027736429645378004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8329934465287670622015-08-11T18:11:58.882-04:002015-08-11T18:11:58.882-04:00@Jamie C..I'll raise my scotch...or maybe my b...@Jamie C..I'll raise my scotch...or maybe my beetschefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30565212338592210962015-08-11T18:01:13.853-04:002015-08-11T18:01:13.853-04:00That was wonderful to read. Thank you Nancy.That was wonderful to read. Thank you Nancy.aging sopranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085649464857246925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66578197984531823162015-08-11T17:39:08.433-04:002015-08-11T17:39:08.433-04:00Re: SMIT, and its associated broo-haha. I had a h...Re: SMIT, and its associated broo-haha. I had a horse named Smitten, I owned her for 24 years until she died this past April; I loved her as much as it's possible to love a critter. When she was six she had a serious bout of colic - I physically held her up for 20 minutes until the vet came with painkillers, as if she had gone down she never would have made it surgery. When she was recovering from surgery and wouldn't eat anything, I drove 1200 miles overnight to get fresh sod from down south, hoping she would eat that. She did, and recovery began. When she was 8 she got her leg caught in a fence and was bleeding to death - I applied pressure to the artery until, once again, the vet finally got there. I could go on and on about the highs and lows of having her, until her last day when she died with her head in my lap.<br /><br />So yes, SMIT made me think of Smitten, and all the joys she brought me. <br /><br />Even so, SMIT sucked.<br />Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32547687851255572702015-08-11T17:34:22.574-04:002015-08-11T17:34:22.574-04:00@Nancy...I seem to be almost a day late when I pos...@Nancy...I seem to be almost a day late when I post....but dang girl, your Lolla adventure had me clapping and urging you on. When you got to the vodka martini, I thought for sure you'd get up on the bridge chair with two cushions and dance a fandango...!<br />Maybe next year? ;-)GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30679288788032436802015-08-11T16:59:32.830-04:002015-08-11T16:59:32.830-04:00My apologies, MINOT. What with Soho/ Noho, followe...My apologies, MINOT. What with Soho/ Noho, followed by SoCal, NoCal and LoCal, I seem to have dragged you from North to South Dakota. Atonement is indicated.Elephant's Childnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35449818036678563742015-08-11T15:47:57.962-04:002015-08-11T15:47:57.962-04:00"Relative difficulty: Dunno. I had to stop se..."Relative difficulty: Dunno. I had to stop several times to let the rage subside." ... Rex at the head of the column.<br /><br />Rex, if you have gotten to this state, you have pushed yourself too far.<br /><br /> "Rage" is a powerful emotion usually applied to a situation with which some one else can empathize.<br /><br />A crossword on a Tuesday is not such a situation.<br /><br />Perhaps you should file later to let the gastric juices settle down and to be able to put the crossword in its' proper perspective to the world.dick swarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674856192774908651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85202830250933955062015-08-11T15:20:35.876-04:002015-08-11T15:20:35.876-04:00I'm loving everything about today....Starting ...I'm loving everything about today....Starting with @Rex's comment! I've never really thought about the crafting and love a NYT Tuesday puzzle should elicit, but why not??? I believe @Rex is right in that the NYT standards have been slipping and sliding down that golden path. He seems to be the only one not afraid to say so...and he's right! Plus his comments are funny.<br />@Andrea UNO momento made me want to pull all my teeth out, rip off my clothes and run down hwy 5 all the way to Bakersfield....<br />PULLED PORK and POI...what can I add?<br />Drink STROHS, it'll put hair on you chest.GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39097347850218088062015-08-11T15:16:09.384-04:002015-08-11T15:16:09.384-04:00@Davis, do you have Prince Albert in a can?
@M&am...@Davis, do you have Prince Albert in a can?<br /><br />@M&A, por ejemPLO, Ham_as PORK<br /><br />Someone got their ASCOT in the wringer. How can you love a clue steeped in tradition, but despise a grid steeped in same? It's a veritable imBRO_OLEO.Miss Smittennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33730684061039405992015-08-11T14:50:20.323-04:002015-08-11T14:50:20.323-04:00Can't say I see an issue. Best I can tell '...Can't say I see an issue. Best I can tell 'uno momento' isn't passing itself off as Spanish, it's plainly Spanglish. Perhaps an awareness of Yinglish has sensitized me to that kind of difference. I realized this may not soothe some roiled feelings.<br /><br />'The world was made for people not cursed with self-awareness'. Sounds good and maybe even deep, but what does it mean (au fond)? If you don't have self-awareness, what kind of awareness are you left with? Reaction to external stimuli, heat, cold and pain? 'Self'-awareness is almost all an infant is born with, and it seems to me there may be people who never grow far beyond that.<br /><br />@Z, that bit where you described advanced crossword critiquers, and cited 'everyone else' as being satisfied Trumpophiliacs... I view myself among the 'everyone else', and don't agree that the ability to dissect the guts and bones of a xwp is the <i>only</i> entree to any form of critical thinking.<br /><br />@jberg, interesting to loin that you wrote papers on the Congo. I wrote one comparing the response to the AIDS epidemic in Zaire and Cuba, largely a function of how Mobutu and Castro ran (or didn't run) their respective states. That, at least, was this student's conclusion. Turned out to be one way to know UELE. You read about it, Ubangit out.<br /><br />3 and out.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.com