tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4573367258277839952..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 1953 Eddie Fisher hit / MON 2-14-11 / Big name in stunt bikes / 1962 Ray Charles hit / 1995 Hootie Blowfish hitRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79653044057955420142011-03-21T17:02:30.425-04:002011-03-21T17:02:30.425-04:00EllA James made a brief appearance in the SW corne...EllA James made a brief appearance in the SW corner here in syndication land but she departed quickly when ETTU arrived. Hand up for aloe as the soothing ointment and her as the missing word, but both were easy to AMEND.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11797503310051332232011-02-18T03:40:05.236-05:002011-02-18T03:40:05.236-05:00It's Friday and I am just getting around to th...It's Friday and I am just getting around to the Monday puzzle. Where are my priorities? I really liked this puzzle. I didn't see anyone make the observation that each of the songs was from a different decade beginning in the 50's. A little nostalgia never hurts. It would have been really clever to have put the songs in chronological order from top to bottom but that is a nit. Combine the Grammy's with V-Day and I think this puzzle is a heart-throb!!!smoss11https://www.blogger.com/profile/07288520816424106279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30731960441108415762011-02-15T17:29:54.857-05:002011-02-15T17:29:54.857-05:00@william and @mchibnik too...that, plus the hint t...@william and @mchibnik too...that, plus the hint that it was about flowers, prompted me to do the acrostic, which I hadn't done in ages.<br />Was able to finish it!!<br /><br />So thanks for the observation and the inspiration...!Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67318631871321800902011-02-15T15:38:10.798-05:002011-02-15T15:38:10.798-05:00I'm late to this party, which is convenient, s...I'm late to this party, which is convenient, since here's a spoiler perhaps for someone. Today's puzzle (Monday, that is) has a clue overlap with yesterday's Sunday NYT Acrostic. Kind of amusing. If in the puzzle you didn't know the end of one of the song titles, it's in the Acrostic clue. If in the Acrostic you couldn't name the musician, it's in the Crossword clue.william e embanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16122432066599294312011-02-15T01:12:29.615-05:002011-02-15T01:12:29.615-05:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 7/30/2009 post for an explanation. 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 6:53, 6:54, 1.00, 52%, Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:47, 3:41, 1.03, 62%, Medium-Challengingsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85363281122327143602011-02-15T00:00:54.208-05:002011-02-15T00:00:54.208-05:00Anon @ 4:36 - Have the same quibble and besides, n...Anon @ 4:36 - Have the same quibble and besides, nobdy throws firecrackers anymore. They are lit in a fixed position by the pros and the amateurs wouldn't know an arc from an arse....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60262912000235408542011-02-14T23:16:58.833-05:002011-02-14T23:16:58.833-05:00@ANon 4:36 [Anything that can be thrown, hurled, s...@ANon 4:36 [Anything that can be thrown, hurled, shot out of a cannon, ...] path = arc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23805341163078231652011-02-14T20:03:53.920-05:002011-02-14T20:03:53.920-05:00I was doing the acrostic on Sunday, which I always...I was doing the acrostic on Sunday, which I always finish, but this one was all about flowers, not exactly my area of expertise. Up pops a clue -- something about singer of "I can't stop loving you" (1962) -- Stuck on the puzzle hopelessly, I try "Roy Orbison." It becomes clear that this is wrong and in shame I resort to Google (maybe the first time ever on the acrostic), get Ray Charles and finish the puzzle without difficulty.<br /><br /> The very next day the same clue turns up in Monday (!) puzzle...mchibniknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78483460783251081032011-02-14T16:44:36.215-05:002011-02-14T16:44:36.215-05:00Threw in aloe right off but saw that bait was need...Threw in aloe right off but saw that bait was needed for 1d and quickly changed it. No other hiccups.<br />Enjoyed hearing Eddie Fisher sing. He was a teen heart-throb back in the day and one of my girlfriends had a life-size cardboard figure of him in her bedroom. Swoon.<br />In the 80's I was the director of an organization that worked with batterers and we used to hate that song "Every breath you take" because it so accurately described the batterers' controlling behavior.<br /><br />stiermo--and text less.santafefrannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88246470779744405192011-02-14T16:36:38.513-05:002011-02-14T16:36:38.513-05:00Can anyone explain how 2-Down is correct?
Firecrac...Can anyone explain how 2-Down is correct?<br />Firecrackers' paths (ARCS). <br />This does not make sense.<br />If the clue was "fireWORKs' path", I could see it, but as worded it's either wrong or very flimsy.<br /><br />Also, I would have liked for 53-Across Sack (BAG) as "Brown ___ (alt. to 40-Down)"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14307212131511870142011-02-14T16:29:10.261-05:002011-02-14T16:29:10.261-05:00Milli or Vanilli is gonna miss the girl because sh...Milli or Vanilli is gonna miss the girl because she left him. Ray Charles can't stop loving her, but they're no longer together. Eddie Fisher's ex is getting married to someone else. And Hootie does love her but doesn't want to marry her.<br /><br />Happy Valentine's Day!SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72750061846986621762011-02-14T15:46:54.614-05:002011-02-14T15:46:54.614-05:00Wasn't Milli Vanilli tossed to the winds after...Wasn't Milli Vanilli tossed to the winds after the Grammy awards (or someone) found out that the voices of the two guys were not really theirs?<br />I think one of the guys died of an overdose.<br />Sheesh, the things I remember (or not)GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16470071685025796852011-02-14T15:29:58.213-05:002011-02-14T15:29:58.213-05:00Us geezers wanted Dusty Springfield's "I ...Us geezers wanted Dusty Springfield's "I only want to be with you."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88458678090516977662011-02-14T15:00:57.985-05:002011-02-14T15:00:57.985-05:00@Rube: aloe ha! Wrote it in and suddenly came to...@Rube: aloe ha! Wrote it in and suddenly came to a complete stop. Only got BALM on crosses. <br /><br />Lots of love songs are creepy. Except country love songs. Like Alan Jackson's "Remember When."archaeoprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956231727789223463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73419764624302802172011-02-14T14:37:49.839-05:002011-02-14T14:37:49.839-05:00@CaseAce
Large families cut down on the need for ...@CaseAce<br /><br />Large families cut down on the need for hired farmhands.Chicken or Egg?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76179542667911606022011-02-14T14:25:07.162-05:002011-02-14T14:25:07.162-05:00For one fleeting moment, I thought the song title ...For one fleeting moment, I thought the song title sought at 17A was "I Can't Stop Plowing You" that perhaps a number of farmers and their blushing brides, down through the years, may well relate to?CaseAcenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18083715787184913782011-02-14T14:13:14.457-05:002011-02-14T14:13:14.457-05:00For some reason I put a GNOME under the bridge in ...For some reason I put a GNOME under the bridge in my fairy tale. Got it fixed to TROLL soon enough. <br /><br />Came to realize that I didn't know ANDIRONs hold logs. I guess I thought they were just decorative parts on the sides and that the business part was a grate. <br /><br />Didn't know the song I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU, so I had BESIDE YOU at one point. Less stalk-y.<br /><br />Re the LUNCHBOX: BAG was already used at 53A.shrub5https://www.blogger.com/profile/09466867716773759568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10538201905417126592011-02-14T13:21:19.339-05:002011-02-14T13:21:19.339-05:00Dear Hootie,
Please stop singing in my head now. ...Dear Hootie,<br /><br />Please stop singing in my head now. Thanks.<br /><br />Love, PuzzleGirlPuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835502266781516627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31873183499188588242011-02-14T12:20:20.214-05:002011-02-14T12:20:20.214-05:00Maybe it's not a child's lunchbox.Maybe it's not a child's lunchbox.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85546357126566583672011-02-14T12:04:20.139-05:002011-02-14T12:04:20.139-05:00This was OK for a Monday puzzle. My only comment ...This was OK for a Monday puzzle. My only comment is, do they really put sodas in kid's lunches these days? That was unthinkable 10-15 years ago, at least in our household.<br /><br />How many wanted to put aloe in for 1A, but resisted just in case...<br /><br />No writeovers and nothing new, (except soda in lunchboxes).Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26192352386396665202011-02-14T11:34:24.846-05:002011-02-14T11:34:24.846-05:00Medium? I finished this puzzle in less than 5 minu...Medium? I finished this puzzle in less than 5 minutes, and I didn't know any of the songs. Not very challenging, but it's Monday, so there you go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60196406067260134332011-02-14T11:29:30.574-05:002011-02-14T11:29:30.574-05:00The Raspberries: I Wanna Be With You
Happy Valent...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mFUYm5QFUE" rel="nofollow">The Raspberries: I Wanna Be With You</a><br /><br />Happy Valentine's Day, all!Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28964279969904071652011-02-14T11:28:59.018-05:002011-02-14T11:28:59.018-05:00Found it easy which made me very happy after last ...Found it easy which made me very happy after last week's brain freeze. Ah Hah moment...Only Wanna Be With You plays a lot in my supermarket and I never knew the group. His bawling sounds better on Rex's insert than on Gristede's sound system.<br /><br />@Mac. Sting said he doesn't understand that song being sung at weddings either. @fikink. That's funny. <br /><br />Good puzzling everyone.Sparkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49039458752609824302011-02-14T10:52:30.386-05:002011-02-14T10:52:30.386-05:00Forgot to mention we watched "Wordplay" ...Forgot to mention we watched "Wordplay" over the weekend and non-puzzlehead husband enjoyed it. It was fun to see who does puzzles, watch the construction process and go behind the scenes at the tournament.quilter1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09569747169212018177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6855586684866330352011-02-14T10:45:07.679-05:002011-02-14T10:45:07.679-05:00Nice enough. No trash for fill.
Maybe there weren&...Nice enough. No trash for fill.<br />Maybe there weren't many Feb. 14th theme puzzles to choose from.Two Ponieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896743444873087885noreply@blogger.com