tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post461900390809922301..comments2024-03-28T11:35:36.126-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Medieval steel helmets with visors / SAT 4-9-16 / Mongolian for hero / Steven who co-created Sherlock / Wilber who founded fast food chain / Member of comicdom's SHIELD / 250-year span in Japan's history / California city for which element #116 was named / Ragg Sweeney Todd's assistant / Focus of some high profile 1970s lawsuitsRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87842987279702018932016-05-17T11:56:45.177-04:002016-05-17T11:56:45.177-04:00We have the same philosophy. It's not about th...We have the same philosophy. It's not about the destination, it's about the JOURNEYLisa H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10492190472155794012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14250176643295736302016-05-14T23:10:42.638-04:002016-05-14T23:10:42.638-04:00Agree with Rex today. PPP - phllgghhhhg! Never s...Agree with Rex today. PPP - phllgghhhhg! Never saw BBT but got the clue...why? But others - ugh!<br /><br />So - Cheat City. Some fun answers, on with the rest of my life.<br /><br />Posted in the (near) future (Sunday) early. <br /><br />Kitty is eating again. Yeah Quincy. Next to Mr. Waiting Q is my best bud. <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for you tomorrowDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81493911151856835422016-05-14T21:42:05.342-04:002016-05-14T21:42:05.342-04:00I've only done the NE corner - today was too b...I've only done the NE corner - today was too busy. Had to take sweet kitty into the vet this am for mystery illness. Ergh!<br /><br />Then we went to the rehearsal and show of Prairie Home Companion. When it reruns tomorrow you can hear all about Spokane. That's me, there in Rox AAA Seat 3, with hubby in Seat 2. His last show will be July 1, airing on July 2. (not live) Then ate at our fav small plates place. Elton Bishop was the guest musician. I was married on a Blues Cruise, so I knew hub would be happy with the music - he was. <br /><br />Keillor was playing a crossword puzzle in one of his skits. After rehearsal he had Q&A time with the audience. I should have asked him if he was going to the Minn. Tourney.<br /><br />Now - off to finish the puzzle.<br /><br />Diana, Lady Who's Late<br /><br />PS - Lady to Tower - Kathy - great news that you might join the little band of Syndies at the June 12 tournament.<br />Diana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55883227661695782202016-05-14T20:42:12.858-04:002016-05-14T20:42:12.858-04:00@Rainy:
I apparently missed the final time cut ye...@Rainy:<br /><br />I apparently missed the final time cut yesterday, and I may again. <br /><br />Essentially, I said that you're right-on in suggesting that your perspective from Canada may be different from those of us in the U.S. about racial/ethnic terms. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55772370386224724612016-05-14T19:06:39.744-04:002016-05-14T19:06:39.744-04:00NYAH NYAH
TALLONES or short, you’ll LEARN soon...NYAH NYAH<br /><br /> <br /><br />TALLONES or short, you’ll LEARN sooner or later (you zero),<br /><br />when you DOER for sport, you’re no master BATOR (hero).<br /><br /> <br /><br />AGT. NELSON OSBORN<br /><br />BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63710092453976699722016-05-14T19:05:29.939-04:002016-05-14T19:05:29.939-04:00CUTABOVE LIAR
THESIREN said, “NOHARMDONE.” ,bu...CUTABOVE LIAR<br /><br /> <br /><br />THESIREN said, “NOHARMDONE.” ,but of the FAKE EVIDENCE be leery.<br /><br />Her EROTICA will ELONGATE one APTTO test THEBIGBANGTHEORY.<br /><br /> <br /><br />SENATOR NORM LIVERMORE<br /><br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24443593795347492692016-05-14T17:18:20.548-04:002016-05-14T17:18:20.548-04:00Bit of a toughie today. I started with the exact ...Bit of a toughie today. I started with the exact two entries that OFL did, and not knowing MOFFAT, I had to gradually get all the downs. Balked at ECLAIRS (never heard them called "fat fingers"), but I could see that AIR--- might be something in the sky.<br /><br />CCC was cute, and a different take on the RRN. Since Berkelium is already a known element, it was just a bit of nudge to get LIVERMORE. <br /><br />The bottom was much tougher, with your RIVES, PIETISM, SNITS (as clued), but the great clues for BLTS and RED CROSS had this one finishing with a BANG. At least that's my THEORY (don't much like the show, though).rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11703297889100628212016-05-14T15:10:18.020-04:002016-05-14T15:10:18.020-04:00Rex found this one "unpleasant." It was ...Rex found this one "unpleasant." It was much worse for me.<br /><br />The puzzle left me before I left it. Quit early because I would only have wasted time.<br /><br />Let me lick my wounds, like an old HOUNDDOG. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32501887296306456822016-05-14T11:46:44.405-04:002016-05-14T11:46:44.405-04:00Pretty much what you should expect in a Sat-puz. B...Pretty much what you should expect in a Sat-puz. Biggest problem was down south where RendS instead of RIVES did not show me any EVIDENCE of EROTICA sitting on top of former Wisconsin SENATOR Gaylord NELSON. But some PIETISM was an unlikely helper. Solid Gold yeah baby Marilyn MCCOO was the only gimme down there.<br /><br />The name’s not Croc, just call me Ray. The name’s not Croc, that’s Kroc with a K, like crocodile but not spelled that way. It’s dog eat dog and rat eat rat - Kroc style, boom, like that. – Mark Knopfler, “Boom, Like That”. Brilliant, just brilliant.<br /><br />Too few know that HOUNDDOG (written by Leiber and Stoller) was first recorded by Big Mama Thornton years before Elvis made it a big hit.<br /><br />There are all types of common carriers, of which an AIRCARRIER is just one. Allied Van Lines, Amtrak, Greyhound, even oil and gas pipelines are all common carriers. Don’t see why OFL carries on so.<br /><br />So with a nice puz and comment completed, this afternoon I’ll try to relax with a few TALLONES, if they let me.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90125900312559603552016-05-14T11:00:42.553-04:002016-05-14T11:00:42.553-04:00Just enough gimmes (HOUNDDOG, THEBIGBANGTHEORY, MC...Just enough gimmes (HOUNDDOG, THEBIGBANGTHEORY, MCCOO) to allow a finish. I should have also known OSBORN--I loved both the movie and the series--but had to be reminded. As for "Watch's partner," I can only say to DP: "Watch and LEARN. See yesterday's grid." Not a single abbr. Today? NEB OTC LLC BLTS and we haven't even come to the unbelievable stuff yet. CCC? SML??? NYE, for cryin' out loud????? Well, okay, as @M&A pointed out that one could have been clued via the science guy--and as such passed muster. But Dec. 31? Horrid.<br /><br />Let's see, I'm at The Element Store. I think I'll have a slice of LIVERMORium. What? GONERS in 60 nanonanoseconds? Forget it. What good is a thing whose existence we can only prove by a particle trail? And the machine costs HOW many billion? Sorry, but I just don't see the upside.<br /><br />For the DOD, we have THESIREN as played by Joan Collins. Enough to, um, ELONGATE...okay, we won't go there. And BTW, calling "The Naked Maja" EROTICA is ridiculous. Bogey.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59593633273667004982016-04-11T12:51:45.230-04:002016-04-11T12:51:45.230-04:00I still don't really know what an AIR CARRIER ... I still don't really know what an AIR CARRIER is or how it's a [Sky line]. [Looks it up] Well, look at that: it appears to be just another word for an airline.<br /><br /><br />the clue response is VAPOR TRAIL which indeed is created by the airplane which is operated by an AIR CARRIER - so YES - it is a tourtured and messy wind-up<br /><br />frankDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54620714750042181772016-04-11T09:58:30.753-04:002016-04-11T09:58:30.753-04:0025 years bar business, TALLONES???
Tall Boys maybe...25 years bar business, TALLONES???<br />Tall Boys maybe.<br />TALL (cool) ONES are for Robert PlantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39817106844888006082016-04-10T19:25:43.242-04:002016-04-10T19:25:43.242-04:00I really enjoy this but I get a little sad because...I really enjoy this but I get a little sad because of all your sneers at older people .I am old and I am sick with advanced cancer and I don't much like being regarded as expendable in the world of cross words..Really couldn't you be a little less intolerant of people older than you are? I say this without rancor because you are so very good at this.Eliza Pennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990984853734738677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26017017135085455182016-04-10T09:42:30.962-04:002016-04-10T09:42:30.962-04:00Got it! Thank you. Got it! Thank you. Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87833663435824138612016-04-10T09:16:34.567-04:002016-04-10T09:16:34.567-04:00I second this. Big Bang Theory, Moffat (who was sh...I second this. Big Bang Theory, Moffat (who was showrunner for Dr Who as well) and Livermore were fun low hanging fruit for the science type of nerd. Technehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15895506028324406315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45927602181116645732016-04-09T22:35:35.104-04:002016-04-09T22:35:35.104-04:00Joe Bleaux, see Z 11:20 AM for the explanation and...Joe Bleaux, see Z 11:20 AM for the explanation and analysis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7152351884519381352016-04-09T22:08:30.513-04:002016-04-09T22:08:30.513-04:00Wow, for once I thought this was an easy puzzle. I...Wow, for once I thought this was an easy puzzle. I expected Rex to totally complain that it wasn't worthy of a Saturday.<br /><br />Moffat was a gimme for any dedicated Who/Sherlock fan. I am vindictively happy that so many here had trouble, after so many times reading this blog and seeing people say things like, "Oh, Bon Ami, a gimmee" and thinking -- that was no gimme! And then so many other nerd references to help us along: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., TBBT, Nth degree, trolling! OTC was another gimme that helped. Admittedly, the SE corner was a slog, but senator got us into it and we finished w/o cheating.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05533571482690844497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31910328649090720872016-04-09T21:36:04.057-04:002016-04-09T21:36:04.057-04:00@Joe Bleaux - From @Z yesterday: "PPP Analys...@Joe Bleaux - From @Z yesterday: "PPP Analysis Pop Culture, Product names, and Proper nouns as a percentage of answers. 33% or more and complaints will ensue."<br /><br />The concept is a Z creation, he counts 'em up most days.<br /><br /><br />Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6167772270874703742016-04-09T20:41:52.077-04:002016-04-09T20:41:52.077-04:00@Joe Bleaux - see my 11:20 post today. @Joe Bleaux - see my 11:20 post today. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25303712418440030702016-04-09T18:34:00.222-04:002016-04-09T18:34:00.222-04:00Anyone: What is the meaning of PPP? Anyone: What is the meaning of PPP? Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4036168021805315232016-04-09T18:00:10.197-04:002016-04-09T18:00:10.197-04:00SCARERS somewhat redeemed for me because that'...SCARERS somewhat redeemed for me because that's what the movie called them. Which beats HOLISM, a thing no human has ever written except in a crossword grid. Sonia Shttp://www.copyblogger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58837061341967250592016-04-09T17:43:34.921-04:002016-04-09T17:43:34.921-04:00Two dnf'd. Face/raycroc and paitism/basanets. ...Two dnf'd. Face/raycroc and paitism/basanets. I would call it a major victory. Closest I've ever come on a Saturday. Chronic dnferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129538196003383400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22659630405665185142016-04-09T16:02:40.680-04:002016-04-09T16:02:40.680-04:00Average difficulty for me. The pop culture referen...Average difficulty for me. The pop culture references were clued well enough to guess. E.g. Lorelei led directly to THE SIREN since I had already inferred THE and RE. Similarly, giving element 116 tells us easily that it's trans-uranic and the only possible relevant CA city is Livermore. That's really basic stuff. I didn't guess PIETISM until I figured out PINTO. Overall a pretty normal Saturday. Certainly nothing to carp about. I didn't even notice it was 16x16.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32160165378740305272016-04-09T15:59:51.805-04:002016-04-09T15:59:51.805-04:00I guess I am in the minority here I found this fai...I guess I am in the minority here I found this fairly easy for a Saturday and didn't find the clues/answers all that obscures. But unlike many, I like and do well with puzzles with lots of proper nouns. It helped that Livermore was easy for me after I got a few letters, that "Pietism" was in some remote corner of my brain, that I remembered "Osborn," and that I knew that Sheldon Whitehouse was a senator from Rhode Island. Took me too long to get "The Big Bang Theory" and here I am with Rex and the majority here in not getting why this show is so popular. <br /><br />Took me quite a while to figure out why "remote possibilities" were "channels" but have to admit that it's a good Saturday clue.<br /><br />Don't much like "scarers."michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61271121315941272502016-04-09T15:54:43.850-04:002016-04-09T15:54:43.850-04:00@George Barany: This puzzle "...was also a we...@George Barany: This puzzle "...was also a welcome reminder of how much this blog has benefited by proactive measures to eliminate TROLLING" because he won't let us call you out on your self-aggrandizing, self-promoting, bloviating bullshit.<br /><br />BTW, I also disliked this puzzle.tbnoreply@blogger.com