tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4258705595331861688..comments2024-03-29T05:08:37.783-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Fiancee of Napoleon / 2-6-13 / Napoleonic marshal Michel / Athlete Jim whose Native American name was Wa-Tho-Huk / Sportscaster Albert / Cartographer's blowup / 1954-77 defense grpRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42343495055187904312013-03-13T22:36:52.228-04:002013-03-13T22:36:52.228-04:00The Anomie of My Anomie is My Friend.The Anomie of My Anomie is My Friend.S. Freudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1322641834556421032013-03-13T19:27:01.542-04:002013-03-13T19:27:01.542-04:00Finished with one wrong letter, IONe/eNOMIE. grrr...Finished with one wrong letter, IONe/eNOMIE. grrr DNF, and on a Wed. Agree with OFL about 'broken' promises. These were only bent.<br /><br />Eydie GORME and Steve Lawrence were regulars on the old Tonight Show with Steve Allen. <br /><br />Swiss Steak is an old fam fave, BRAISED, then simmered. Tender and yummy. Washington State now requires HS Seniors to complete a 'SENIOR PROJECT' in order to graduate.<br /><br />@Diri and @webwinger, there is nothing 'playful' about a BB Gun.Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29200704308805557612013-03-13T19:18:48.764-04:002013-03-13T19:18:48.764-04:00I really liked the puzzle, and very impressed by t...I really liked the puzzle, and very impressed by the symmetry, but I came here to echo the very minor complaint that the promises were more "bent" than "broken."<br /><br />But then I read all the suggestions offered here for different examples of how the promises really are broken, from x-rays of bones to candy canes. I love the candy cane idea! When they are still in their plastic wrapper they can break and yet stay together. So, I'm sold.<br /><br />Still, with that shape I would have enjoyed a reveal that was a BENT or TWISTED something. But I could not think of anything other than Twisted Sister--which shows my age, not my music taste!Syndi Solvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56399192026867439862013-03-13T16:33:14.214-04:002013-03-13T16:33:14.214-04:00The NRA may classify a BBGUN as a toy but I would ...The NRA may classify a BBGUN as a toy but I would respectfully disagree - the fact that the projectile is propelled by air pressure rather than gun powder does not render it harmless, as "toy" would imply. See @webwinger's comment above.<br /><br />I did not know ANOMIE but the crosses produced it anyway.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18460155651228859592013-03-13T15:11:37.502-04:002013-03-13T15:11:37.502-04:00I enjoyed this one. Figured that GORME might be a ...I enjoyed this one. Figured that GORME might be a little obscure for the younger folk, but she was really great, and everywhere in her prime. My shame was wondering what on earth 1/sec(ond) measured. Know angles are done in degrees and seconds, but nothing came. Got the answer from crosses, and DUH. My degree is in math!<br /><br />I didn't try to figure out the circle thing until I was done, and then I was pretty impressed. How do you possibly find words that will mesh in two directions, and also contain a hidden extra in four different directions. Kudos to the creator.DMGrandmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6463959706266719482013-03-13T11:56:06.778-04:002013-03-13T11:56:06.778-04:00If it's a ball, the ump usually doesn't sa...If it's a ball, the ump usually doesn't say anything; if he does, it's a muttered syllable. The "high-pitched" in the clue, I'm sure, is a play on words, however inaccurately it describes the official's voice.<br /><br />I did have some trouble with a definition or two. I know of no institution where a SENIORPROJECT is a "graduation requirement." And while I suppose "not following through" might well result in a BROKENPROMISE, it might have any of several other results too, like, say, a sliced tee shot. Not exactly your spot-on definition.<br /><br />Other than that, we have a pretty simple offering. Seems like this week is kinda stuck on Monday, difficulty-wise. I await tomorrow, and the prospect of affording my brain cells some overdue exercise.Spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90535794076709654762013-03-13T11:36:12.527-04:002013-03-13T11:36:12.527-04:00The previous two comments refer to tomorrow's ...The previous two comments refer to tomorrow's puzzle (had a peek ahead).<br /><br />Thought this was very easy for a Wednesday. As a onetime baseball umpire, really like the clue for 32A, especially after I originally thought it was erroneous rather than extremely clever.<br /><br />And despite having 7 grandkiddies, stumbled once again over ONESIE, a term that's just not in my ballpark.<br /><br />Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57098180708076016392013-02-07T18:36:24.200-05:002013-02-07T18:36:24.200-05:00I called this one the silent"h" puzzle. ...I called this one the silent"h" puzzle. Didn't know EVA and didn't know enough to put the ampersand in making the channel A&E. So I put an E in its place making 67a HERBLOCK. Made sense to think that the trivial pursuit genius might not be familiar with the works of the famous cartoonist. Gave myself a B+LaneBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63680188019622637472013-02-07T13:57:49.097-05:002013-02-07T13:57:49.097-05:00Rex:
One man's trivia is not another's. ...Rex:<br /> One man's trivia is not another's. Seth Rogen jumped out at you when you saw Judd Apatow.<br />Well it didn't jump out at me.<br />Many of the snobs on this blog<br />refer to things as gimmees which<br />I wonder are even familiar to readers of the Times.ANON Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12615257705217446402013-02-07T13:35:21.451-05:002013-02-07T13:35:21.451-05:00@Rex Parker
Re:One man's trivia.....
When...@Rex Parker<br /><br />Re:One man's trivia.....<br /> <br /> When you saw "Judd Apatow",<br />Seth Rogen immediately jumped<br />into your head. Well, it<br />didn't jump into mine. I never<br />heard of them. <br /> A lot of the things in late-week<br />puzzles are gimmees to some <br />solvers and "?????" to others.<br /> I get the feeling that many of<br />those who do the Times puzzle<br />are not Times readers.ANON Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10063129501527967082013-02-07T03:49:52.168-05:002013-02-07T03:49:52.168-05:00On your cartography work, Michael: It's a sad...On your cartography work, Michael: It's a sad commentary that our kids' geography knowledge has become so weak that your map might actually have enlightened them....<br /><br />Evilevil doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593231055589228837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51667190329825596932013-02-07T00:28:43.906-05:002013-02-07T00:28:43.906-05:00I liked JFC's comment. Look what it kicked up....I liked JFC's comment. Look what it kicked up. Several gallantly jumped to Andrea's defense, Andrea herself came back and showed she can mix it up a little, with style, and then we got the jewel AIDS Cancer Madcowdisease @9:16. Total guffaw on that one! Beautiful.<br /><br />Keep 'em coming JFC. Anoa Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185183023273883700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62157405937513364552013-02-06T23:18:56.717-05:002013-02-06T23:18:56.717-05:00Now you just need to draw the coast of Bohemia whe...Now you just need to draw the coast of Bohemia when teaching Winters Tale. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74594111491919426572013-02-06T22:23:57.330-05:002013-02-06T22:23:57.330-05:00@M&A, you are in rare form today. I'm wit...@M&A, you are in rare form today. I'm with @JenCT, let Andrea be. For crying out loud! <br /><br />There was a movie with Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons, "Desire," i954.<br /><br />@quilter1. Just watched Downton Abbey #5. Good episode. Zee plot sickens.Sparkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149915526159432838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4411023903907737482013-02-06T22:22:03.942-05:002013-02-06T22:22:03.942-05:00Rex -- thanks for sharing your map. Even if one i...Rex -- thanks for sharing your map. Even if one is a pretty hard-core Geographer, the expediencies of a quick sketch for other purposes can be appalling when you look at them after class. I've gasped at mine, too, when erasing the board. fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22520785885968737022013-02-06T22:21:48.873-05:002013-02-06T22:21:48.873-05:00@Andrea - Now you need to come and help me get the...@Andrea - Now you need to come and help me get the Chardonnay off my screen!!! chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38698951054514910722013-02-06T22:06:43.575-05:002013-02-06T22:06:43.575-05:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak I've made to my method. In a nutshell, the higher the ratio, the higher this week's median solve time is relative to the average for the corresponding day of the week.<br /><br />All solvers (this week's median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Mon 5:58, 6:08, 0.97, 36%, Easy-Medium<br />Tue 8:03, 8:30, 0.95, 31%, Easy-Medium<br />Wed 8:23, 11:33, 0.73, 2%, Easy (4th lowest ratio of 163 Wednesdays)<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:34, 3:39, 0.98, 32%, Easy-Medium<br />Tue 4:48, 4:57, 0.97, 36%, Easy-Medium<br />Wed 5:11, 6:29, 0.80, 6%, Easy (9th lowest ratio of 163 Wednesdays)sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13122887767741269432013-02-06T21:22:13.707-05:002013-02-06T21:22:13.707-05:00@JackJ - Thank YOU!@JackJ - Thank YOU!Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7162198400147065682013-02-06T21:16:18.640-05:002013-02-06T21:16:18.640-05:00Great puzzle.Great puzzle.AIDS Cancer Madcowdiseasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76387797671159409062013-02-06T19:35:57.213-05:002013-02-06T19:35:57.213-05:00@Tita - a belated thank you.@Tita - a belated thank you.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30161042756790554972013-02-06T19:13:41.183-05:002013-02-06T19:13:41.183-05:00Sigh, now feeling really dumb. Never heard of WES...<br />Sigh, now feeling really dumb. Never heard of WESER. Never heard of lESER either, which is how I handed in this puzzle in Westport. <br /><br />@JFC - really? What a gruesome 'can-you-top-this' you play.<br /><br />Loved the clue for BALL - put it in without hesitation.<br /><br />@ret_chem - you're welcome.<br /><br />@Jen - create a Picasa album and share it - or send them to me and I'll do it when I post my own.<br /><br />I like the new ED much better than the old one.<br />Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4004309304744420722013-02-06T17:56:24.034-05:002013-02-06T17:56:24.034-05:00JohmV, Dine at American Pie.
Andrea, acknowledgin...JohmV, Dine at American Pie.<br /><br />Andrea, acknowledging aberrant behavior only increases the likelihood of that behavior reoccurring. I mean look what happened when you were nice to me: just sayin.<br /><br />Nothing about this puzzle a Jiffy Splint would not fix.<br /><br />Agree with all the Tuesday feel comments.<br /><br />🌟🌟( 2 twinkly things)dkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317008233459295376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88022659881742024852013-02-06T17:16:39.954-05:002013-02-06T17:16:39.954-05:00Not sure what to make of someone with the handle &...Not sure what to make of someone with the handle "notsofast" calling GORME "easy."<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonometric_functions#Reciprocal_functions" rel="nofollow">reciprocal trig functions</a>Trig againhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonometric_functions#Reciprocal_functionsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17524890579378810002013-02-06T17:08:16.797-05:002013-02-06T17:08:16.797-05:00@Sfingi said- "There was a B&W movie abou...@Sfingi said- "There was a B&W movie about Napoleon's Polish mistress Walewska."<br /><br />You aroused my curiosity and Wikipedia gave me the following info: <br /><br />Marie Walewska in popular culture<br /><br />Her story is told in a 1937 film Conquest, also known as Marie Walewska. Greta Garbo plays Marie Walewska to Charles Boyer's Napoleon. Boyer and art director Cedric Gibbons were both nominated for Academy Awards for the film.<br /><br />Thanks.<br />jackjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02699305265544975575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81044705835599100902013-02-06T16:34:49.291-05:002013-02-06T16:34:49.291-05:00Very easy for me, but I disagree on ASL being non-...Very easy for me, but I disagree on ASL being non-verbal; I would rather non-oral. <br /><br />Eydie Gorme has several recordings in Spanish which I listened to with a Cuban friend. Apparently she is Sephardic and speaks Ladino.<br /><br />People my age learned SEATO with NATO.<br /><br />There was a B&W movie about Napoleon's Polish mistress Walewska. They had a son. I can't remember the name of the film.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.com