tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4442226636104902400..comments2024-03-28T07:35:42.427-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 2007 Ellen Page title role / TUE 2-8-11 / First woman in Greek myth / Father of songs according to Pindar / Argentine strongman PeronRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24941600687922268352011-03-15T19:23:05.815-04:002011-03-15T19:23:05.815-04:00While visiting in Arizona I read a book about the ...While visiting in Arizona I read a book about the later career of Wyatt Earp. It included playing highstakes poker and prospecting for gold.<br />He apparently found some gold ore along a stream in Arizona and made a fifty mile trek to get an assay which turned out favorably. Unfortunately when he returned to stake his claim he couldn't find the spot again.<br />Would that be an ARIASSAY?<br />McBealAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39486245652462716002011-03-15T18:58:12.384-04:002011-03-15T18:58:12.384-04:00@anony 6:22 - I learned from a full discussion on ...@anony 6:22 - I learned from a full discussion on the topic here recently, peruse can have both meanings: to scan, or to read deeply. @Fikink and others referred to this above. That's one of the reasons I love this blog - I learn something new every day. It appears you just did too! <br /><br />That's three strikes for me.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68204340721252947452011-03-15T18:22:57.637-04:002011-03-15T18:22:57.637-04:00I thought perusal meant scanning rather than caref...I thought perusal meant scanning rather than careful reading?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69379274439785909092011-03-15T17:20:31.985-04:002011-03-15T17:20:31.985-04:00@Dirigonzo. LOL
I thought part of the uneveness c...@Dirigonzo. LOL<br /><br />I thought part of the uneveness came from the use/non use of thea bbreviations. "Ore assay" didn't bother me-maybe due to 40 plus years in a state where the gold rush is still so much a part of our history - at least in many small town museums.<br />But, while I've heard Mississippi referred to as Miss and Massachusets as Mass I've never heard Oregon referred to as Ore, nor Illinois as Ill,,nor, come to think of it, Washington as Wash, but that answer was so short and snappy I didn't noticeSharonAKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7760060293266591612011-03-15T16:58:22.779-04:002011-03-15T16:58:22.779-04:00@Dirigonzo: I miss you!
I think I covered the to...@Dirigonzo: I miss you!<br /> I think I covered the top with some sort of thingy.GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81011937463645807672011-03-15T16:41:30.135-04:002011-03-15T16:41:30.135-04:00@G.I.P - JUST hot pants and thigh high white boots...@G.I.P - JUST hot pants and thigh high white boots?Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22342132058529662692011-03-15T16:04:06.511-04:002011-03-15T16:04:06.511-04:00@Two Ponies: From syndication land. I too though...@Two Ponies: From syndication land. I too thought Lindsay was incredibly hot. I'm sort of embarressed now to say I was a Go-Go dancer back then but the attire du jour was hot pants and thigh high white boots.<br />Everyone else has said what I wanted to say about this puzzle.GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54359762179162218852011-03-15T15:35:23.596-04:002011-03-15T15:35:23.596-04:00As a syndicated solver whose formative years were ...As a syndicated solver whose formative years were in the '60s, I was astonished that @anonymous 9:01 needed an explanation of TIEDYES. Can it be that this most beautiful lagacy of the flower children is being lost to the world?<br /><br />As to the puzzle, I finished with only one write-over (RElabel/REPRICE); being able to fill in the first part of the theme answers with the corresponding state really sped things up.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51954217502397492772011-02-09T18:44:40.253-05:002011-02-09T18:44:40.253-05:00puzzle heye puzzle, satış sitesi puzzledukkani .co...puzzle heye puzzle, satış sitesi puzzledukkani .com<br /><br /><a href="http://www.puzzledukkani.com" rel="nofollow">puzzle dükkanı</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44392727031923088652011-02-09T16:11:55.471-05:002011-02-09T16:11:55.471-05:00Thanks for pointing out one of the reasons that Ch...Thanks for pointing out one of the reasons that Chandler was a master and MacDonald a poseur as craftsmen who sold words for a living. Any imagery used by the writer is done to enhance the experience the reader gets by visualizing what goes on on the printed page (alas, now screen sometimes). When you under-reach, you get a cliche; over-reach and you get a show-offy image that interrupts the flow of the language. Too many writers misunderstand this, and it rears its ugly head (intentional, this cliche) most often in the use of simile.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277536184701771210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32590097897758445962011-02-08T20:41:22.154-05:002011-02-08T20:41:22.154-05:00Thx, Rex, for explaining cheaters. Sometimes less ...Thx, Rex, for explaining cheaters. Sometimes less is more....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85785316956082898932011-02-08T20:22:55.667-05:002011-02-08T20:22:55.667-05:00ore assay
Friday yes
Tuesday noore assay<br /><br />Friday yes<br />Tuesday nomichaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58241333574485333882011-02-08T19:43:05.031-05:002011-02-08T19:43:05.031-05:00i read yesterday on wikipedia that newts can regen...i read yesterday on wikipedia that newts can regenerate limbs and organs including eyes!i like eye of newt in a puzzle<br /><br />captcha is bedread.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88634432911305008182011-02-08T19:36:38.192-05:002011-02-08T19:36:38.192-05:00Good solid Tuesday IMO. OREASSAY was a sticking po...Good solid Tuesday IMO. OREASSAY was a sticking point for sure but perfectly legitimate IMO. 3 stars.deerfencernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54180120747100371022011-02-08T19:27:42.725-05:002011-02-08T19:27:42.725-05:00Checking back I'm surprised that none of the l...Checking back I'm surprised that none of the ladies felt like I did for Raiders' front man. He is soooo<br />handsome and at the end of the video he gives you a good look at that ponytail. That long hair was very daring for the time. The costumes were a goofy gimmick, to be sure.Two Ponieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896743444873087885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77079054672268109732011-02-08T17:31:13.604-05:002011-02-08T17:31:13.604-05:00As I stir the pot, as is my wont...I'm overhea...As I stir the pot, as is my wont...I'm overheard to utter "Eye of NEWT, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and Tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and Blind-worms sting, Lizards leg, and Howlet's wing.<br />For a charm of powerful trouble<br />Like a Hell-broth boil and bubble"<br /><br /> Macbeth (IV i, 14-15)CaseAcenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16143121207480554392011-02-08T17:09:56.180-05:002011-02-08T17:09:56.180-05:00Agreed -- Don't like ORE ASSAY at all. Bleech....Agreed -- Don't like ORE ASSAY at all. Bleech.<br /><br />And I'm calling shenanigans on REPROS, unless this was the 1950s--and it's not, because you got SNEAKY WEIRDO in there!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17857747515877769718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73353244250130148032011-02-08T17:04:55.631-05:002011-02-08T17:04:55.631-05:00@Greene and the Bard covered about everything.
W...@Greene and the Bard covered about everything. <br /><br />When I see the name ORPHEUS, I think of the movie Black ORPHEUS, or Orfeu negru. My sister and I played the record (Brazillian) endlessly in H.S. The stars, Breno Mello and Marpessa Dawn died the same year, 2008, a month apart, and they both left 5 kids. Mira, the gorgeous villainess, did not follow up with a great career, is still living, but has not aged well. <br /><br />When I see references to LESLIE Howard, Ernie Pyle, Wilfrid Owen, or any of these fellows who died in the World Wars, I always wonder what more they would have produced.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55440485011390254862011-02-08T16:50:13.061-05:002011-02-08T16:50:13.061-05:00Not an exciting puzzle to me, but getting interrup...Not an exciting puzzle to me, but getting interrupted a few times while doing it probably didn't help.<br /><br />I puzzled most at the Juno/Purdue/Delano section; somehow thought it was Delany and Perdue. Had home before hose, and don't think it right to call this family of singers the Trapps, that's simply not done.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56477741717990916602011-02-08T16:21:15.278-05:002011-02-08T16:21:15.278-05:00@Nighthawk
I LIKE your recluing.
However, you l...@Nighthawk<br /><br />I LIKE your recluing. <br /><br />However, you left out 23A (perhaps for obvious reasons).<br /><br />How about "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antelope,_Oregon" rel="nofollow">Antelope </a> Analysis"?<br /><br />BTW I actually remember that city because of the "Rajneeshees" activities there.<br /><br />.../GlitchGlitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32135317823605320232011-02-08T16:20:48.016-05:002011-02-08T16:20:48.016-05:00@foodie LOL@foodie LOLchefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-324716258661219612011-02-08T15:48:49.559-05:002011-02-08T15:48:49.559-05:00A propos today's theme... We're currently ...A propos today's theme... We're currently driving from Eastern Michigan to Chicago. Just before entering ILLinois, a big sign reads:<br /><br />ILLannoyed about High Taxes? <br /><br />SolutionsINDiana.comfoodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66049639273543933532011-02-08T15:32:17.992-05:002011-02-08T15:32:17.992-05:00Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 7/30/...Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 7/30/2009 post for an explanation of my method):<br /><br />All solvers (median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Tue 8:53, 8:57, 0.99, 56%, Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Tue 4:39, 4:35, 1.01, 60%, Medium-Challengingsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71467994226964437842011-02-08T15:09:43.958-05:002011-02-08T15:09:43.958-05:00The chestnut "Cross Inscription" = IN RI...The chestnut "Cross Inscription" = IN RI would have not been out of place in this puzzle.r.alphbunkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54393439673941084052011-02-08T15:01:54.085-05:002011-02-08T15:01:54.085-05:00Fine puzzle, although a lot of cheater squares.
OR...Fine puzzle, although a lot of cheater squares.<br />OREASSAY is the weakest, IMO, but makes perfect sense to me.<br />I'm with @Steve J on the fact that baloonists really don't want ILL WINDS. Why not clue it as "Oboes".PuzzleNutnoreply@blogger.com