tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4501784992497946813..comments2024-03-29T05:08:37.783-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Greek personification of darkness / FRI 7-24-20 / Final challenge of video game level / The Bell of Longfellow poem / Bit of poetry with same syllable count as this very clue / Cartoon referenced in Walt Disney Animation Studios logo Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48531623509417410322020-09-01T19:52:34.640-04:002020-09-01T19:52:34.640-04:00unusually easy for a Friday. (my time) < 2x(Rex...unusually easy for a Friday. (my time) < 2x(Rex time). BOSS BATTLE was a complete unknown to me. erebusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26772990698120969522020-08-29T02:29:35.309-04:002020-08-29T02:29:35.309-04:00Just adding to the auctioneer count.
I liked the ...Just adding to the auctioneer count. <br />I liked the puzzle, never thought I was going to be able to finish it, and then letters just tumbled themselves in. It was very fair - no natticks.wcutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615799228069705972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55090537002304498962020-08-28T18:37:32.068-04:002020-08-28T18:37:32.068-04:00@Diana -- I agree with your point: Long answers ca...@Diana -- I agree with your point: Long answers can be pretty helpful...especially if there are enough of them to play off of.leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36563582510817740862020-08-28T17:41:59.419-04:002020-08-28T17:41:59.419-04:00Holden Caufield? Ha! It's BART Simpson. I w...Holden Caufield? Ha! It's BART Simpson. I weep for the future.<br /><br />Not at all bad for a Friday - someone told me to never be afraid of long answers, and this puzzle proved that point - they all helped a lot. <br /><br />Speaking of Greek/Roman gods, we saw a Pompeii exhibit at the local museum yesterday. (20% capacity, socially distanced start times. Even the statuary on the posters wore masks.) Interesting, but I still forget half their names. Sigh.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30659890318506550672020-08-28T16:49:23.464-04:002020-08-28T16:49:23.464-04:00At first felt intimidated on seeing the sectioned ...At first felt intimidated on seeing the sectioned grid layout. Then settled down, piecing it together word by word, gaining momentum as it went. That's my version of a satisfying solve.<br /><br />Last section to go, often the casel, was the NW, with EREBUS crossing LOWERCASEI and BOSSBATTLE. STEAMBOATWILLIE is a Disney fossil. And isn't MICROFILM by now a fossil of the pre-high tech world ?<br /><br />The best PART for me was LUCA Brasi saying, " You want a piece OF ME?"<br /><br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9180827653890137142020-08-28T16:28:06.334-04:002020-08-28T16:28:06.334-04:00KINDA fun, KINDA easy. I think I would more likely...KINDA fun, KINDA easy. I think I would more likely STAREINTO space than a lover’s eyes. Speaking of which, tonight and tomorrow Jupiter and Saturn near the gibbous moon in the early evening, check it out. That’s AWLS I got. rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57266500882025364172020-08-28T15:01:09.174-04:002020-08-28T15:01:09.174-04:00This puzzle committed no SINS, except in the four ...This puzzle committed no SINS, except in the four corners, and, after first seeming easy-ish in the NW, then challenging in the broad centre, it yielded to my foothold in the South - INI. Amazing. Anyway, the SE was relatively easy, and I was able to work counter-clockwise back up to the NW where I finally saw LOWER CASE I after I saw that LOW pRofile wasn't going to work. <br /><br />Suddenly the centre no longer seemed challenging as CRABCAKES opened up everything there. I thought the 15-long downs were great and, well, overall the entire puzzle was very enjoyable. Nice Friday.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67985736613028137662020-08-28T14:11:23.480-04:002020-08-28T14:11:23.480-04:00ELDER ADULT
FERN was STEAMBOATWILLIE’s wife,
she ...ELDER ADULT<br /><br />FERN was STEAMBOATWILLIE’s wife,<br />she saw him GOING KINDA soft,<br />she LETSTHINGSSLIDE and TRUETOLIFE,<br />OVERTIME she’ll PULL ONEOFF.<br /><br />--- ESTER “CRABCAKES” NELSON<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75371418299456790442020-08-28T11:41:28.532-04:002020-08-28T11:41:28.532-04:00HAIKU for today
Friday puzzle comes;
Solver appli...HAIKU for today<br /><br />Friday puzzle comes;<br />Solver applies HALFNELSON;<br />The puzzle submits.<br /><br />Or:<br /><br />STEAMBOATWILLIE Shortz<br />LETSTHINGSSLIDE at NYT:<br />Friday's too easy.<br /><br />Weird-looking grid, with those twin giant T's lying on their sides. It looked like fun, and it KINDA was. A bit more resistance would have helped. The SE went in like a flash, which gave me STEAMBOATWILLIE--should I have needed the gift, which I didn't. I don't think I would ever STAREINTO my lover's eyes; gaze, maybe. That phrase is ONEOFF.<br /><br />ATRI and BOSSBATTLE were unknown but easily fillable via crosses. "Beautiful" (in many senses) Carole KING will be DOD. Sorry for borrowing the name, Reverend Doctor. It's a comfort you weren't alive to see the current racial strife. Looks like your dream will have to wait. Puzzle: birdie.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13847088166340870572020-08-28T10:55:59.991-04:002020-08-28T10:55:59.991-04:00DNF. Crashed and burned in the NE corner. Had cApo...DNF. Crashed and burned in the NE corner. Had cApo/ALdo at the 13D/20A crossing.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42834265629250335612020-07-27T16:17:02.461-04:002020-07-27T16:17:02.461-04:00VbhVbhAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106316545283076796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23743733546683219332020-07-26T11:25:09.897-04:002020-07-26T11:25:09.897-04:00It would have sped things up had I not misread auc...It would have sped things up had I not misread auctioneer for auditioner (not a word per my phone) must do these in better lightAndrew Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04070242422282347242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46020328023686483212020-07-26T00:33:47.868-04:002020-07-26T00:33:47.868-04:00Thanks. Didn’t see that connection. Thanks. Didn’t see that connection. Bruce Fieggenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02676126412631174236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40688894118432357002020-07-25T21:21:11.983-04:002020-07-25T21:21:11.983-04:00As someone who is relatively new to crosswords, th...As someone who is relatively new to crosswords, this was my first completed Friday. I thought this was made by someone in my age grouping (early gen z/ late millennial) and I was correct. As a non-american the only long answer I really struggled with was CRAB CAKES.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42140678147459829432020-07-25T10:09:15.353-04:002020-07-25T10:09:15.353-04:00Z
Neon.
Die MannschafT gewinnt die nachsten dre...Z<br /> Neon. <br />Die MannschafT gewinnt die nachsten drei Pokale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21586958723821052752020-07-25T00:19:18.570-04:002020-07-25T00:19:18.570-04:00@GHarris: No apology necessary, but I do appreciat...@GHarris: No apology necessary, but I do appreciate the clarification. I understand now why you interpreted it as you did and reacted as you did. The way something is said is not necessarily the way it is heard. Such is life. Have a pleasant weekend.Whatsernamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450876821189472213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76272469520154771632020-07-24T23:43:30.491-04:002020-07-24T23:43:30.491-04:00@GHarris, @Whatsername:
I moved to Boston in the ...@GHarris, @Whatsername:<br /><br />I moved to Boston in the 70s for work. Didn't pay much, so I ended up in a teeny apartment in the North End within walking distance of that work. It was 'given' that the Italians made it safe. OTOH, I was told by the landlord not to bring any Black friends around. Seems to still be true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18227974827856959052020-07-24T23:24:49.964-04:002020-07-24T23:24:49.964-04:00SB Alert
I’m tired, so Igive up. Genius, but far...SB Alert<br /><br />I’m tired, so Igive up. Genius, but far, far away from QB. The end of a streak. I wonder what tomorrow will bring..l.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05832495838735512868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42325726406664329092020-07-24T22:04:40.727-04:002020-07-24T22:04:40.727-04:00@Whatsrname
I’m sorry if I misinterpreted your ear...@Whatsrname<br />I’m sorry if I misinterpreted your earlier post but it did seem to tie the openly known presence of Mafia bosses with a feeling of safety in the community which, in turn, gave rise to fond reminiscence. My reference to Germany was to make the point that street safety enforced by unlawful means is not an acceptable bargain. I’m glad your fond memories are based on good friends and an idyllic setting. I just didn’t get that sense from your original post.GHarrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54591977661044973612020-07-24T20:30:28.301-04:002020-07-24T20:30:28.301-04:00@Roo and anyone else who is not feeling the Bee la...@Roo and anyone else who is not feeling the Bee lately: <i><b>It ain't you!</b></i><br />I've been doing this little exercise in futility for many months now and it is just <b>absolutely maddening</b> trying to keep up with the arbitrariness of it all. As if it isn't bad enough that perfectly legitimate, <i><b>actual</b></i> words are continuously omitted, this obsession with arcana - especially obscure cuisine and its terminology - is enough to induce apoplexy. I like a good challenge, but there is "challenge" and then there is outright, deliberate <i>sadism.</i> <br />Today's example of nightmarish skulduggery has finally pushed me over the edge. I'm done and done and done. Personally, I blame one individual: the editor, Sam Ezersky. I don't pretend to know what his damage is, but I wish he'd stop trying to inflict it on us poor, "ignorant" schlubs. So there. I said it.<br /><br />...and scene. /rant<br /><br />FS***Spelling Bee Alert***noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9519372849286373482020-07-24T20:14:10.285-04:002020-07-24T20:14:10.285-04:00@Joe Dipinto-Someone said that Time Magazine’s nex...@Joe Dipinto-Someone said that Time Magazine’s next Man (sic) of the year will be the last one who has has a subscription to Time. I’ve heard there are fewer than twenty left. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47818914224242590372020-07-24T19:53:43.971-04:002020-07-24T19:53:43.971-04:00@ghthree
This works for me on a chromebook and on...@ghthree<br /><br />This works for me on a chromebook and on windows<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/archive<br /><br /><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/archive" rel="nofollow">NYT crossword archive</a>CT2Napahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01415920175837326306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55758929062768857402020-07-24T19:47:32.032-04:002020-07-24T19:47:32.032-04:00@Bruce Fieggen
Likely someone will have already an...@Bruce Fieggen<br />Likely someone will have already answered, but if a book is sometimes described as a volume (e.g., a volume of an encyclopedia), then a tome, being a hefty book, is "a lot of volume" (in the same way that some people refer to a woman of large proportion as "a lot of woman"). TTrimblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11157303889050666352020-07-24T19:40:47.791-04:002020-07-24T19:40:47.791-04:00I watch "Forged In Fire" and this week t...I watch "Forged In Fire" and this week the two bladesmith finalists were told they had five days in their home forge to make a Japanese Samurai Battle Ax called an ONO. I definitely sat up and took note. I was in Japan for two years but never learned the Japanese word for ax. It's ONO. The Samurai ONO is an ax meant designed for combat. Hey, at least it would be a change of pace clue for that uber useful vowel-consonant-vowel sequence.<br /><br />I was put off by the grid design which looked like several mini's held together rather tenuously by crossings. The center 5X5 is practically an island, an it-could-have-been-worse mini puzzle. Not into mini's. I like grids that are more open and give the puzzle a sense of wholeness and interconnectedness. <br /><br />This one has 36 black squares and that's high for a themeless. Most of them are in those long black-square walls that are responsible for the segmented look. It does result in a puzzle that would be easier to make and solve and is probably why a number of commenters have said that is was very easy, some even comparing it to a Tuesday difficulty level.Anoa Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185183023273883700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7580605264598771812020-07-24T19:15:37.207-04:002020-07-24T19:15:37.207-04:00Can someone please explain 40A? Why is A lot of vo...Can someone please explain 40A? Why is A lot of volume?’ TOME?Bruce Fieggenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02676126412631174236noreply@blogger.com