tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4704040976456044680..comments2024-03-28T06:11:29.690-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Mezzo-soprano Marilyn / FRI 2-24-12 / President's daughter on West Wing / French loanword literally means rung on ladder / Psychedelic 1968 song featuring lengthy drum solo / Once-autonomous people southern Russia / 1980s Tyne Daly role / Hymn sung to Apollo / Homeric character who commits matricideRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60998080915082801332012-03-31T14:58:56.958-04:002012-03-31T14:58:56.958-04:00"Marionette" by Mott The Hoople (Ian Hun..."Marionette" by Mott The Hoople (Ian Hunter)<br /><br />No puppet, no liar, wont bend my lips to wire - no <br />Dont pressurize me so <br />Dont gamble, with my life, or you wont live to do it twice <br />Oh take some good advice from me <br />And let the wires rock <br /><br />All dressed in black so nobody sees you <br />Smile in the wings, tell me I please you <br />Call me a king and watch for the wordworm to choke me <br /><br />And youre like a giraffe, the performance is poor <br />Watch the audience laugh as my head hits the floor <br />When Im broken in half you still reach for the floor <br />Stop! <br /><br />Ive had enough of this <br />The pantomimes reversed <br />I need -you feed <br />I greed - you bleed <br /><br />Marionette - I aint one yet <br />Teachers pet - well youd better forget it <br />Marionette - I aint one yet <br />Teachers pet - go check your <b>stocks and shares</b> <br /><br />And when the coffin comes make sure theres room for two <br /><br />You lied - I led <br />I died -youre dead <br /><br />Marionette - I aint one yet <br />Teachers pet - youd better forget it <br />Marionette - I aint one yet <br />Teachers pet - go check your product <br /><br />A traitor, deceiver, a groovy disbeliever I thought <br />A puppet was a thing cheap-taught - no way <br />Creator, conceiver, romantic love receiver - caught <br /><br />Who are you <br />The nerve <br />I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get <br />Out, ahhhhh! <br /><br />Oh he wanna play chords to the chick on the street <br />He wanna play words to a world that dont speak <br />He wanna play people who play hide n seek when they dont talk <br /><br />He wanna play a riff to the man with the wires <br />He wanna play lead but his hands getting tired <br />He just wanna play but dont know how to say - stop <br /><br />Ok, the shows been fun <br />But my woods begun to warp <br />They won -Im done <br />New one - begun <br /><br />Marionette - I did my best <br />Teachers pet - it just couldnt last <br />Marionette - get me out of this mess <br />Teachers little pet - it happened so fast <br />Marionette - now I need a rest <br />Teachers pet - wheres my sanity gone - mother? <br />Marionette - I did my best <br />Teachers little pet - Im just like all the others <br /><br />They gambled, with my life <br />And now Ive lost my will to fight <br />Oh God these wires are so tight.... <br />Im just a marionette.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28448166488864668422012-03-31T13:17:54.064-04:002012-03-31T13:17:54.064-04:00First pass gimmes: ARETHA/THAI, GABE,
IN_ _ _ _ ...First pass gimmes: ARETHA/THAI, GABE, <br />IN_ _ _ _ DADAVIDA.<br /><br />Zippo on the 2nd pass. Decided GADA looked better then GADDA, so I charged ahead with INNA GADA DA VIDA,<br /><br />3rd pass: found MARINARA, which broke open the NE quadrant. <br /><br />That gave me WATER BASE PAINT which opened up the the NW. Top portion done.<br /><br />SE was conquered when DIVE IN was entered in the wrong place, then eventually moved to the right place where it became WADE IN, and everything else fell into place (nice clue for 43d; Camden Yards is the only park I know in Baltimore; I always forget the "Oriole Park at" part)<br /><br />got nowhere in SW until I remembered my initial uncertainty of the Iron Butterfly spelling. Once I changed to the correct spelling the puzzle solved itself, as most Patrick Berry puzzles do eventually.<br /><br /><b>note</b>: 5a +9a = AL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53060857791027987452012-03-31T04:05:44.250-04:002012-03-31T04:05:44.250-04:00Nike Zoom Hyperdunk There are several intriguing...<a href="http://www.nikehyperdunks.net/" rel="nofollow">Nike Zoom Hyperdunk</a> There are several intriguing deadlines in this article however i don??t determine if all of them center in order to coronary heart. There may be some validity however i??lmost all take maintain viewpoint till We look into it further. Good article , thanks and we would like more! <a href="http://www.nikehyperdunks.net/nike-hyperdunk-2010-c-72.html" rel="nofollow">Cheap Hyperdunk Shoes</a>James Lovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12015624904437629367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12240519531306409992012-03-31T00:20:47.299-04:002012-03-31T00:20:47.299-04:00Late post; was tied up in a poker tournament most ...Late post; was tied up in a poker tournament most of the day. That's why GABE was a gimme. He's become quite the high-stakes player, far from the old Kotter days. (He's pretty damn good, too.)<br /><br />EARLObe and foliAGE looked so obvious, they really had me hung up for a long while. Then I had TINgeS for TINCTS (! really?!?) and was forever unearthing DONAHUE (the "of course, you DODO!" moment). The last thing that went in was a head-shaking AND between STOCKS and SHARES. It all fit, but HUH?! was my reaction. Do we say "milk and quarts" or "bread and loaves?" Really, Mr. Berry, you take too many liberties. OK, someone unearthed a place where the phrase STOCKSANDSHARES is actually used--but that place lies beyond the horizon of most of us.<br /><br />I finished all right, and with no help, but I had the feeling that Mr. B. was rooting against me the whole way.Spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42672242823074351492012-03-30T22:01:13.843-04:002012-03-30T22:01:13.843-04:00@Dirigonzo (9:47 PM): Thanks for welcoming me. I’v...@Dirigonzo (9:47 PM): Thanks for welcoming me. I’ve wanted to contribute before but had always felt five weeks late for the party. Knowing there are other “lurkers” out there (I’m new to some of this lingo, too), I’ll try to contribute more.<br /><br />I hope your friend’s back is better now. Technique is important!<br /><br />smacdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1583180785726234242012-03-30T21:47:35.558-04:002012-03-30T21:47:35.558-04:00@anony 9:23 pm - Glad you decided to leap into the...@anony 9:23 pm - Glad you decided to leap into the fray; syndiland has lots of lurkers but only a few commenters. We need more of you to take part in the fun!<br /><br />Re mondegreens, a friend of mine from a long time ago thought the Robert Palmer song was, "I get a back ache from loving you". I told him he was obviously doing it wrong.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52584047420960241112012-03-30T21:33:23.637-04:002012-03-30T21:33:23.637-04:00I know, from reading the blog from a couple of day...I know, from reading the blog from a couple of days ago, that "no erasures" isn't a bragging point, but I had none on the birthday / tribute puzzle = Easy-Easy.<br />Nice of you to think of us who solve several weeks later though, Rex.<br />I didn't know you cared!Lola505https://www.blogger.com/profile/09249427833942985450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32545337426381559552012-03-30T21:23:38.950-04:002012-03-30T21:23:38.950-04:00Hello from Syndicationland (also from Montreal, th...Hello from Syndicationland (also from Montreal, though not Waxy),<br /><br />@Z (9:18 AM): I doubt I'm the first to think of it, but for the opposite of "damning with faint praise," I have used the expression "praising with faint damnation." My typical example: Hitler wasn't a very nice guy.<br /><br />My mondegreen, from a classic by The Who: "Talkin' 'bout my jittery shoes."<br /><br />Thanks, Rex, for posting the birthday/tribute puzzle. I don't know why it is only for us syndi solvers, but perhaps that will become clear when I try to solve it.<br /><br />smacd (a long-time reader, first-time commenter)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26523844065642536632012-03-30T21:06:37.718-04:002012-03-30T21:06:37.718-04:00Didn't know INAGAD... I guess cuz I spent 1968...Didn't know INAGAD... I guess cuz I spent 1968 in shirt and tie working as a programmer and getting married all while listening to @DMGrandma's type of music.<br /><br />ORESTES is also the real first name of Minnie Minoso, one of only two major leaguers in play in five different decades (1940's to 1980's).<br /><br />Always enjoyed the roles played by ALAN BATES over the decades. Even near the end of his life, he was very impressive as the discreet butler in Robert Altman's Gosford Park, essentially the same part now played by Jim Carter (Carson the butler) in Downton Abbey.<br /> <br />And thanx @Rex for the bday puzzle - a real BONUS for those of us AT ANCHOR on the good ship syndicate.Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80121586670611110882012-03-30T20:22:11.808-04:002012-03-30T20:22:11.808-04:00My initial run at this was disastrous but because ...My initial run at this was disastrous but because it's a PB puzzle I knew that if I stuck to it I could solve it - so I did, and I did. There's something about his cluing that just works for me, even when it produces some unlikely results (examples already provided).<br /><br />Thanks @Rex for the link to the b-day puz - I tried the link from your fb page without success, but the one here workd fine.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25658176532852524342012-03-30T19:18:40.464-04:002012-03-30T19:18:40.464-04:00Couldn't finish the southeast. In pre-televi...Couldn't finish the southeast. In pre-television days where we lived in 1968, I was raising two small children, and the music in our house was along the lines of Itsy Bitsy Spider and This Old Man. So 48A was just a string do gibberish to me. Combine that with the fact that I refused to write in shares, thinking it was synonymous with stocks, and my maple syrup is thick, it was a DNF day. <br /> Maybe tomorrow....DMGrandmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53768728444994843972012-03-30T19:15:30.538-04:002012-03-30T19:15:30.538-04:00I liked this puzzle.
I forgot I knew INAGADDADAVI...I liked this puzzle. <br />I forgot I knew INAGADDADAVIDA!<br />Like others, I didn't love STOCKSANDSHARES or TNOTE, but puzzle-crafting can't be easy nor adored by everyone, can it?<br />Off to do Rex's birthday / tribute puzzle for we syndicated solvers. Thanks, Rex!Lola505https://www.blogger.com/profile/09249427833942985450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20979912671845071062012-03-30T14:43:52.840-04:002012-03-30T14:43:52.840-04:00"STOCKSANDSHARES"- Serously?
Bear with ..."STOCKSANDSHARES"- Serously?<br /><br />Bear with me, I'm working on a theme here. <br /><br />Humming INAGADDADAVIDA while counting my STOCKSANDSHARES in a wildly profitable WATERBASEDPAINT company.<br /><br />Sorry.Solving in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249420848844874936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8577723397790547122012-02-25T23:00:04.291-05:002012-02-25T23:00:04.291-05:00@Thomas Gray: and I wanted yews!!@Thomas Gray: and I wanted yews!!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3370850090264265442012-02-25T15:38:05.749-05:002012-02-25T15:38:05.749-05:00@evil doug - The Navy does the aircraft hand-off s...@evil doug - The Navy does the aircraft hand-off salute better than the AF. In the AF, the pilot taxis away after the salute. On a carrier, the catapult launches the pilot into the sky. Too cool.<br /><br />-BrennanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28025554336954900572012-02-25T09:02:51.339-05:002012-02-25T09:02:51.339-05:00Busy end of week, and killer puzzle...125 comments...Busy end of week, and killer puzzle...125 comments - what did I miss!!!<br />Liked it, though knowing that ECHELle was also French for ladder caused a DNF.<br /><br />And dumb type left 35D as HERBAGs, which I think is somethign women go to Jenny Craig to get rid of...<br /><br />Hope I can get around to Saturday before Sunday!Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88989833883715638362012-02-24T23:15:28.312-05:002012-02-24T23:15:28.312-05:00To "anonymous"...Am sure you will not be...To "anonymous"...Am sure you will not be surprised to learn that I have never heard of "ride carpet ride" or anything else by the blues brothers, but the last time I checked, "ride cossack ride" was available on youtube...OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32956063216519917472012-02-24T23:07:22.246-05:002012-02-24T23:07:22.246-05:00Elegy In A Country Churchyard
Stanza 4:
Beneat...Elegy In A Country Churchyard<br /><br />Stanza 4:<br /> Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, <br /> Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, <br /> Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, <br /> The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.Thomas Graynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81361476602249846892012-02-24T22:53:53.121-05:002012-02-24T22:53:53.121-05:00The word "elm" doesn't appear anywhe...The word "elm" doesn't appear anywhere in Gray's Elegy In A Country Churchyard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22616133652787573292012-02-24T22:47:10.733-05:002012-02-24T22:47:10.733-05:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 8/1/2009 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 7:34, 6:49, 1.11, 91%, Challenging<br />Tue 8:35, 8:52, 0.97, 46%, Medium<br />Wed 13:03, 11:50, 1.10, 77%, Medium-Challenging<br />Thu 19:13, 18:59, 1.01, 55%, Medium<br />Fri 22:07, 25:12, 0.88, 26%, Easy-Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 4:05, 3:40, 1.12, 91%, Challenging<br />Tue 4:32, 4:35, 0.99, 52%, Medium<br />Wed 6:42, 5:52, 1.14, 88%, Challenging<br />Thu 8:45, 9:17, 0.94, 45%, Medium<br />Fri 10:43, 12:28, 0.86, 28%, Easy-Mediumsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60464766151896116062012-02-24T21:36:31.358-05:002012-02-24T21:36:31.358-05:00@Sir Hillary -- Point taken.@Sir Hillary -- Point taken.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3466608464566643392012-02-24T21:00:39.750-05:002012-02-24T21:00:39.750-05:00"Stocks and shares" is a thing. It has ..."Stocks and shares" is a thing. It has legal meaning the the UK. (Rex, perhaps unknowingly, said as much when he referred to a "stock and share Isa." An Isa is the <a href="http://www.which.co.uk/money/savings-and-investments/guides/stocks-and-shares-isas-explained/how-they-work/" rel="nofollow">UK equivalent of an IRA</a>.)<br /><br />A possible knock on the entry is that it didn't have a UK signal. The reason that it didn't is that the phrase sometimes appears in US financial writings. (Google will find you some.) But it's admitedly one of those quaint phrases, like "oyer and terminer" that Brits utter because Disraeli did.Martinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26746831506507122472012-02-24T20:14:45.271-05:002012-02-24T20:14:45.271-05:00@Good Girl
Hopefully you can catch Z the Greek on...@Good Girl<br /><br />Hopefully you can catch Z the Greek on AMC and Inagaddadavida on Youtube. You dont dance to the latter but do to the former. <br /><br />Instead you find a bean bag, stretch yourself out, imagine that hookah next to you, set aside your worries for the next 16 or so minutes and then hear the wonderful drumming.Rudy Shankarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812778852033694945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20756413630533470992012-02-24T19:59:27.630-05:002012-02-24T19:59:27.630-05:00@ Sir Hillary -
"It's like having a clu...@ Sir Hillary - <br /><br />"It's like having a clue of "Europeans" and the answer being DUTCHANDGERMANS."<br /><br />Actually I like that better than STOCKS AND SHARES.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83424387276689238482012-02-24T19:26:54.399-05:002012-02-24T19:26:54.399-05:00I think that I am way too young for this puzzle. I...I think that I am way too young for this puzzle. In-A-Vat - WHAT!?! <br />That said, rocked 'ORESTES' and completely agree with Rex on this one. As for the rest, had fun tryin' and resisted use of da google!Good Girlnoreply@blogger.com