tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4564920856928123427..comments2024-03-28T04:40:27.172-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: European blackbird / THU 5-7-15 / Insect's resinous secretion / Rishi in Hinduism / Perelman prolific Russian science writer / 1932 Ford featured in american graffiti / AA rival / Miami area informally / Slapstick trio member / Pulitzer-winning critic Richard / Toon foilRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26722916580917683102017-02-11T21:36:23.617-05:002017-02-11T21:36:23.617-05:00I'm Mellisa Thomas; My husband just came back ...I'm Mellisa Thomas; My husband just came back home after leaving me for so long. I can't explain this but I just have to share my joy and happiness with the world I don't know how Dr Ihunde helped me in bringing back my husband. 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Mellisa Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52640320939429888132015-06-11T17:31:19.382-04:002015-06-11T17:31:19.382-04:00Fun rebus today. Got the theme at SAFECO because o...Fun rebus today. Got the theme at SAFECO because of the Seattle Mariners' field and the confirm at GRECO-Roman. So it seemed to be SECONDNATURE to move along nicely in my DEUCECOUPE until I crashed into a DNF at the LOPEs/sYDECO crossing, not having run the alphabet to Z. <br /><br />Some chuckles of consolation:<br /><br />From the real-timers:<br />Anon 2:44's perfunctory response to Roof Monster 2:39.<br />Anon 7:27's unvarnished response to kitshef 7:08.<br /><br />From syndiland:<br />BS's ribald poetry.<br />rondo's romp in Minnesota.<br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6531597276326703642015-06-11T15:59:43.970-04:002015-06-11T15:59:43.970-04:00Struggled with this one even after t discovered th...Struggled with this one even after t discovered the PECOS river. In the SW I initially rejected DADECOUNTY because it didn't seem like an informal name, but ECOLE settled that corner. In the NE I was truly slowed down because t thought the name was WILEYCOYOTE, and couldn't make it work any way I tried. Eventually worked around it, helped by abandoning WAdi for WASH. Finally ended up with something called a DEUCECOUPE. and came here to,see what it was supposed to be. Surprise, I actually DF a Thursday!<br /><br />Alas 1129DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49753870585597713932015-06-11T14:33:02.573-04:002015-06-11T14:33:02.573-04:00Having little luck in the North (but thinking that...Having little luck in the North (but thinking that WILE E COYOTE was involved), I scooted down South and had much the same experience as @Spacey, getting the rebus at the RECORDS/PRECOOK cross. Then back up to Wile E, and things went relatively smoothly from there.<br /><br />Loved ZYDECO and RUY LOPEZ. Zydeco, btw, derives from Cajun pronunciation of "les haricots verts". Factoid for ya.<br /><br />Stalled in the middle (LAC, UAL, etc) and guessed right. The SW was last, and I needed every cross to get MERL. Crosswordese? First time I've seen it.<br /><br />Nice to have a rebus once in awhile, and I prefer the assymetric rebi, personally. An entertaining puzzle for sure, and as a bonus, it gave @Rex an opportunity to yack off.<br /><br />Food fotos. Nailed it.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40119592373190929222015-06-11T13:02:40.887-04:002015-06-11T13:02:40.887-04:00That's what I thoughtThat's what I thoughtKGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670419030723350599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67570043013763046122015-06-11T12:58:43.393-04:002015-06-11T12:58:43.393-04:00I did the same thing. Thought it odd, but it worke...I did the same thing. Thought it odd, but it worked. KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670419030723350599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23131338736980620702015-06-11T12:02:27.461-04:002015-06-11T12:02:27.461-04:00Hand up for thinking CO before ECO but quickly sus...Hand up for thinking CO before ECO but quickly sussed out at DEUCECOUPE. Actually pretty fun rebus. Easy medium. Still have to catch myself on WILEECOYOTE. Always start with WILEY. Brain fart.eastsacgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42238150937958573272015-06-11T10:32:11.265-04:002015-06-11T10:32:11.265-04:00Today I do not revile the rebus with letters all j...Today I do not revile the rebus with letters all jammed into one square. I thought this puz was fun! Lotsa ECOs spread out there. How else do YOU get ZYDECO into a puzzle?! And just yesterday we had Queen IDA, YOU must listen to her RECORDS if YOU haven’t yet. Fun stuff.<br /><br />I will agree with earlier comment re: clue for BLIP. A BLIP might be a spot on a radar screen, but an indicator on a polygraph would be more like a surge or a spike on the graph, not a BLIP. I should know since I took a polygraph test – and passed. No spikes on the graph, nor BLIPS. But I still don’t trust law enforcement.<br /><br />Beach Boys’ Little DEUCECOUPE is a fun song and brings back fun memories.<br /><br />LAC Qui Parle (Lake that Speaks) is a MN county bordering SD. I spent a great deal of time there in 1982 on a construction project. The contractor rented a house for some of his guys across from the city park; those of us with campers were allowed to park them gratis (all in a row) in the city park. Since the project was the biggest show in town, we became quite the attraction for the local ladies. There were frequent after dark knocks on my camper’s door that summer – single, married, younger, older, all looking for something out of the ordinary out there on the lonesome prairie, and unafraid and undaunted about going for it. Can’t imagine the hushed small-town tete-a-tetes that surely took place about who was doing what with whom, because so many were. Unforgettable times! Companionship I did not LAC.<br /><br />And no, that was not the reason for the polygraph.<br /><br />@Ron Diego – is that interesting enough? I’ve got plenty (no LAC) of ‘em.<br /><br />So, I enjoyed a rebus. What next?<br /><br />3797 pretty good!<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30048237560663198822015-06-11T10:29:56.966-04:002015-06-11T10:29:56.966-04:00Looking at the first two across clues in the NW--W...Looking at the first two across clues in the NW--WOEs Rishi and Perelman--I knew I'd have to DEFER the area till later (last, actually). Beatty and Sparks: those NEDS I know, so I started there. Hum, it crosses the reveal line. With DRANG a gimme, it wasn't long before I was GOINGGREEN. [I know ENGRAMS from a STTOS episode where a scientist imprinted his into a computer--which promptly took over the ship.]<br /><br />Trouble came in the SE: the fugitives had to be EMIGRES, and the absurdly Monday-clued ERLE and EDIE were immobile, so what was R_RDs? I also couldn't finish PR___ in the down. (Needless to say, the *#@$ rapper at 72a would have to go in 100% on crosses, as would its counterpart at 1a.) Then the aha! moment arrived, and I was in (re)business.<br /><br />One writeover: my WASH was a WAdi. Sometimes my brain goes TOO crosswordy. We have them everywhere in Las Vegas--and they're just called WASHes. Despite the WOEs, I was able to backfill the NW without too much sturm und...well, you know. So the medium rating is fair.<br /><br />Loved the chess clue: e4-e5, nf3-nc6, bn5. Sorry, Trini and superbabe Jennifer. Also loved that #1 Acme customer. And ZYDECO is a stroke of near-genius! Not a fan of EEOC (in crosswords, not the actual org.), but most of the fill was OK by me. I liked it. B+. (The rapper scuttled all chance of an A.)<br /><br />@rondo: I agree, we post at near the same time--you're not on when I log in but you're there by the time I'm ready to post--and we do often think alike. Great minds indeed. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79535872329197476722015-06-11T09:33:43.713-04:002015-06-11T09:33:43.713-04:00DAM TIRE DECORUM
YES, I’m SARI if your lover ACTS...DAM TIRE DECORUM<br /><br />YES, I’m SARI if your lover ACTS ICECOLD to YOU,<br />HENCE it becomes SECONDNATURE: YAKOV like ADIEU.<br /><br />--- MERL DRANG<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76444855511690212592015-05-08T11:16:33.347-04:002015-05-08T11:16:33.347-04:00Is this WA's slight alteration of the Bible? I...Is this WA's slight alteration of the Bible? It was the lamb and the lion, not the calf and the lion, no? Good yukker, tho;Andrew Heinegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18101651673327984167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92155077673058227332015-05-08T11:15:26.224-04:002015-05-08T11:15:26.224-04:00Is this WA's slight alteration of the Bible? I...Is this WA's slight alteration of the Bible? It was the lamb and the lion, not the calf and the lion, no? Good yukker, tho;Andrew Heinegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18101651673327984167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77097390788057149432015-05-08T09:38:19.009-04:002015-05-08T09:38:19.009-04:00To the Canadian objecting to ELHI as an Americanis...To the Canadian objecting to ELHI as an Americanism, I'd add that in 63 years of life I've never seen this term in print or spoken orally -- it exists only in crossword puzzles. Now, to Yakov Most of Rex's points about this puzzle were fair, but the ranting about "Yakov" isn't. When a crossword asks for the name of an obscure foreigner, it isn't demanding that you've ever heard of it -- it's just asking you to put in a name that is closely and uniquely associated with that country. Since 13D was a gimmee, the question really was: 5 letter Russian forename beginning with Y". If that wasn't simple enough, it fills itself in once you get "even out". This is a basic longstanding principle of crosswords, that Rex forgot because he's so into trivia and regards a puzzle as a trivia contest. But no, this puzzle is just asking you to put in a foreign forename known to anyone - no knowledge of this writer required. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43910877054176501672015-05-08T03:39:37.070-04:002015-05-08T03:39:37.070-04:002Mark Trevor Smith: You got me!
2Mark Trevor Smith: You got me!<br /><br />Fred Romagnolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994837736408182418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80529007663060021872015-05-08T01:10:56.840-04:002015-05-08T01:10:56.840-04:00@kitshef: UAL and AA are not inconsistent. America...@kitshef: UAL and AA are not inconsistent. American Airlines. United Air Lines. The two companies spell the shared term differently. <br /><br />And there's nothing unclear about the theme. Those who think it's taking out CO2 are wrong. You end up with gibberish if you just leave E in those squares. Steve Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185067739452052656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1999552121101567562015-05-07T23:34:34.043-04:002015-05-07T23:34:34.043-04:00I thought the master theme clue for "GOINGGRE...I thought the master theme clue for "GOINGGREEN" should have suggested what was missing from a reduced carbon footprint...thus removing "CO" (carbon monoxide) from the answers and eliminating the need for the rebuses altogether.Phil Eichenauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647872106084334558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71183052528755109202015-05-07T23:30:09.682-04:002015-05-07T23:30:09.682-04:00Rex, your smug and endless negativity is tiring.Rex, your smug and endless negativity is tiring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54415074553490142462015-05-07T21:17:10.793-04:002015-05-07T21:17:10.793-04:00We just drove 400 miles from Savannah to West Palm...We just drove 400 miles from Savannah to West Palm beach and ate dinner. Skimmed the comments.<br /><br />I thought that Rex was struggling to criticize the puzzle. I liked it a lot.mathguynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55352432365691361982015-05-07T19:29:35.260-04:002015-05-07T19:29:35.260-04:00Yay for the return of Rebus Thursday! Thanks, Ms. ...Yay for the return of Rebus Thursday! Thanks, Ms. Gray.<br /><br />I got the rebus at S(ECO)ND NATURE but not because I was marching down the rows entering answers as I read the clues. No, today was a hunt and peck adventure and 19A was just where I finally had enough filled in that ECO was obvious.<br /><br />And still a DNF due to EOLIa and sAC. And all of you who had WAdi have panicked me. How have I been doing the NYTimes crossword for yea these last 15 years and WAdi was not a BLIP on my radar at all?<br /><br />SARI, I lost my DECORUM.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19035938375604278632015-05-07T19:28:48.183-04:002015-05-07T19:28:48.183-04:00I would have clued 9a as "ironically, a dry s...I would have clued 9a as "ironically, a dry streambed."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34017683123448730262015-05-07T19:27:28.176-04:002015-05-07T19:27:28.176-04:00kitshef--you are what is called, in the crossword ...kitshef--you are what is called, in the crossword (and the real word), a douche bag. You make some reasonable points, then blow it all with your Ruy LOPEZ comment. <br />So, just like Rex, YOUR little favorite obscurity is great, but the obscurities you don't know are unacceptable. Learn some perspective, some tact, and some humility. Otherwise, please shut the fuck up. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32778745996814939722015-05-07T19:08:54.981-04:002015-05-07T19:08:54.981-04:00Absolutely terrible.
Goes wrong in so many ways. ...Absolutely terrible.<br /><br />Goes wrong in so many ways. Trivia that no one, anywhere knows (YAKOV Perelman, Wilson DAM).<br /><br />Words one would never encounter outside the crossworld (MERL, ERLE, EDER, EOLIC, and most abominably, ELHI.<br /><br />Inconsistent clue/answer. If American Airlines is AA, then United is UA. If United is UAL, then American is AAL.<br /><br />And then there is the fact that the theme is unclear. Some think it's ECO, some think it's taking out the CO, twice.<br /><br />Loved having Ruy LOPEZ in a puzzle - that's the only good thing I can say.<br /><br />SilkY before SPINY, NSa before NSC, rnEA before uvEA (I was a 'taking out the CO' believer, and was thinking of cornea).<br /><br />Worst puzzle since that "change of heart" fiasco last autumn.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23130760563790111762015-05-07T18:44:25.333-04:002015-05-07T18:44:25.333-04:00Hand up for dropping CO (which i thought was very ...Hand up for dropping CO (which i thought was very clever of me to sort out) and the other hand up for WADI at 9A. Anyone say DNF? Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05980511260482048263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54725116708808692152015-05-07T18:10:28.741-04:002015-05-07T18:10:28.741-04:00Typical Thursday rebus. Hated the whole thing. Wis...Typical Thursday rebus. Hated the whole thing. Wish I could be more positive. Ugh! bwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11171297580941770571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81923456636828408032015-05-07T17:20:23.826-04:002015-05-07T17:20:23.826-04:00Here is what Tracy had to say about the puzzle:
F...<br />Here is what Tracy had to say about the puzzle:<br /><br />From Xwordinfo -<br /><br />Thank you bloggers for the inspiration for this puzzle which came to me in the summer of 2012 after reading one of your posts complaining about the overuse of certain 3 and 4-letter words in puzzles! I remember looking at the list of words and thinking it would be fun and a bit rebellious to take one of those words and include it as many times as possible in one puzzle — as a rebus. I figured, if a certain word had been used 800+ times in the past, then what's another 14 times more?!<br /><br />I zeroed in on the overused prefix ECO from the list when I saw how many interesting words and phrases had imbedded ECO letters. (Yes, even KATI(ECO)URIC!). I also thought I could tie in the ECO words to some kind of an Earth Day-related revealer. It was only when I was writing my cover letter to Will, however, that I had the sick realization that Earth Day 2013 was going to fall on a Monday — not exactly a rebus friendly day! After my puzzle was accepted in January 2013, I looked ahead on a calendar to see when Earth Day would fall on a Thursday and was dismayed to see that Thursday got skipped altogether due to Leap Year in 2016 — so I wasn't really sure when I would see my puzzle published.Origin of the rebusnoreply@blogger.com