tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4714531452575084989..comments2024-03-29T04:46:57.646-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: TUESDAY, Dec. 25, 2007 - Nancy SalomonRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30478810745924986862008-02-06T00:13:00.000-05:002008-02-06T00:13:00.000-05:00And here in surreal syndicatland, Super Tuesday fa...And here in surreal syndicatland, Super Tuesday falls on Christmas Day. And the Super Bowl has already been played.<BR/><BR/>Wow! <BR/><BR/>Happy Boxing Day, I guess...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53083121402682729062008-02-05T15:35:00.000-05:002008-02-05T15:35:00.000-05:00The best thing about this puzzle? No more Christm...The best thing about this puzzle? No more Christmas references. As if the holiday season isn't long enough, those of us in syndication land are subjected to an additional six weeks of reindeer, yule logs, and ho ho hos. To have Feliz Navidad stuck in your head in February is just cruel. Anyhow, love the blog and the comments as always.synda katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15149116080494287187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74736149249253606682008-02-05T14:18:00.000-05:002008-02-05T14:18:00.000-05:00CAlady said:Theme puzzles are often harder 6 weeks...CAlady said:<BR/>Theme puzzles are often harder 6 weeks out when you aren't thinking of eggs or hearts or whatever, but this one was a joy (joyeux experience?).<BR/>I work in pen-find it easier to see than pencil on newsprint-maybe its just old eyes! At any rate, I often get a clean puzzle by avoiding the haft/hilt type of mistakes-Both have "h" and "t" in common-so fill them in and see what the crosses bring. Also worked for the win/won combo on this puzzle.<BR/>Sorry I'm too late to join the Christmas wishes, but here's a belated Happy New Year for all my puzzle-pen pals. That must be the wrong expression, but I enjoy your comments daily, and rely on Rex for when my solving tricks go astray!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37221055495345692472007-12-26T03:50:00.000-05:002007-12-26T03:50:00.000-05:00Mac... that is what happens when I work in pencil ...Mac... that is what happens when I work in pencil and then copy to computer, after spiking my eggnog with brandy. Cheers! And with seven:<BR/><BR/>Twelve puzzlers puzzling while<BR/>Eleven geeks are googling<BR/>On a ten-minute Tuesday<BR/>To find nine winter melons<BR/>Behind eight sailors' behinds<BR/>Lit by seven genie holders<BR/>Held by six inspiring sisters<BR/>Who love five M B As<BR/>Four chatroom chuckles<BR/>Over three knock-down-dragouts<BR/>By a pair of netmen tippling<BR/>And an area man does a blog for free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18479118364535907312007-12-25T22:32:00.000-05:002007-12-25T22:32:00.000-05:00Thank you Rikki, but what am I missing, where is t...Thank you Rikki, but what am I missing, where is the 7th? Jose lives in CT, I sat next to him at the hairdressers' and he had brought his guitar. He has the most beautiful, thing, longnailed hands and he made beautiful music with one of his small children on his lap. <BR/>How do you all feel about the move of the championship? I had looked forward to going to Stamford to meet some of you, but now it's in Brooklyn?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49023515514991022282007-12-25T21:32:00.000-05:002007-12-25T21:32:00.000-05:00I had the same headslap moment.I had the same headslap moment.Hungry Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101748048713015724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27090734778742433152007-12-25T21:08:00.000-05:002007-12-25T21:08:00.000-05:00Snarkygirl -- I should have put "initially thought...Snarkygirl -- I should have put "initially thought" -- I did have the head slap moment when corporations dawned.<BR/><BR/>Joy of the day was watching the grandkids open presents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59432651239944049862007-12-25T20:45:00.000-05:002007-12-25T20:45:00.000-05:00Jae, think corporations. I orginally entered CPL'...Jae, think corporations. I orginally entered CPL's, but then it wouldn't go. Sigh.<BR/><BR/>Emily, thanks for the link. What a great card.<BR/><BR/>I've been alternating between Jose Feliciano and Trini Lopez in my head all day.<BR/><BR/>Off to celebrate 12/25/07, "The Feast of Jews Eating in Chinese Restaurants."Hungry Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101748048713015724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42889584036256938812007-12-25T17:04:00.000-05:002007-12-25T17:04:00.000-05:00http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/818/1000...http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/818/10009475.JPGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-450260394199656422007-12-25T16:28:00.000-05:002007-12-25T16:28:00.000-05:00Rikki, that's great. Set it aside somewhere and t...Rikki, that's great. Set it aside somewhere and then do a new one every year off the new clues. Of course you'll have to retain "an area man ..." year to year unless with the passage of time our area man starts charging ;) <BR/><BR/>doc john, DEKE was a gimme for me too. With a stepfather who was director of NASA Goddard and a father who was a WWII bomber pilot and aeronautical engineer, I couldn't have ignored the space program even if I'd wanted to. <BR/><BR/>But I misspelled GAEA too, although it looks like both are correct.wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899889818724088564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88085828666329573862007-12-25T16:25:00.000-05:002007-12-25T16:25:00.000-05:00Check the crosses, so thats the secret! If I'd don...Check the crosses, so thats the secret! If I'd done that I wouldn't have ended up with ARLUN and JOYNUZ. I figured TUNINGUP my car for a drive was the thing to do, and I play golf, alot. I also wondered why the Marines would want MBAs (although with the way $$$ are disappearing in you know where they may need some.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31053854379455365242007-12-25T15:26:00.000-05:002007-12-25T15:26:00.000-05:00Inspired by Rex...Twelve puzzlers puzzling whileEl...Inspired by Rex...<BR/><BR/>Twelve puzzlers puzzling while<BR/>Eleven geeks are googling<BR/>On a ten-minute Tuesday<BR/>To find nine winter melons<BR/>Behind eight sailors' behinds<BR/>Watched by six inspiring sisters<BR/>Who love five M B As<BR/>Four chatroom chuckles<BR/>Over three knock-down-drag-outs<BR/>By a pair of tippling netmen<BR/>And an area man does a blog for free.<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas to all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51146634413383570032007-12-25T15:19:00.000-05:002007-12-25T15:19:00.000-05:00I'll add my thanks to Rex for his fun and informat...I'll add my thanks to Rex for his fun and informative blog.<BR/><BR/>I, fortunately, didn't make any of the mistakes that everyone else did (partly because I do it in pen and don't write down anything until I'm at least pretty confident that it's correct). Of course, my solving time was also twice that of Rex's (I don't even want to know what multiple of Orange's it was).<BR/><BR/>Can never remember if [Warrior princess] starts with X or Z. Fortunately JOYEUX looked more right to me.<BR/><BR/>I loved Rex's comment of doing a face-plant on the keyboard for GLAEDELIG JUL! I just prayed for the crosses on this one and still wasn't sure until I came here to check my answers. <BR/><BR/>Good ol' DEKE Slayton! As a child of the 60s, I was "astronaut happy" and for some reason his name in particular sticks with me.<BR/><BR/>Least favorite today: [45A. Make balanced]: EVEN OFF (I guess it makes sense but it seems very awkward.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54448241844478143042007-12-25T14:53:00.000-05:002007-12-25T14:53:00.000-05:00Always happy to make the same errors as Rex (HILTS...Always happy to make the same errors as Rex (HILTS, GAIA, WIN, EVENOUT). Also had MUDPACKS for -BATHS. But REDSEA came easily.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061491158278453862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39625952944013648932007-12-25T14:36:00.000-05:002007-12-25T14:36:00.000-05:00That 6D win/won was a tense situation for me as we...That 6D win/won was a tense situation for me as well.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for this blog, Rex. Though I'm not always able to comment, I do read, and appreciate, your blog just about every day.Campesitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01852123189179333049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11405199028703597572007-12-25T13:39:00.000-05:002007-12-25T13:39:00.000-05:00q*bert... I don't see a Q. Now awesome would be a...q*bert... I don't see a Q. Now awesome would be a Christmas puzzle with "No L"... <BR/><BR/>just sayin'... (and I'm new enough to daily online puzzling and this blog that somebody has probably used it as a theme or subtheme on Christmas past sometime)<BR/><BR/>I made all the mistakes previously mentioned, plus in doing some downs first, put in stern where abaft was meant to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1863192137687827162007-12-25T13:08:00.000-05:002007-12-25T13:08:00.000-05:00Just noticed that this puzzle has every letter in ...Just noticed that this puzzle has every letter in the alphabet except.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41719918830608519272007-12-25T12:55:00.000-05:002007-12-25T12:55:00.000-05:00Glaedeligjul sort of came out of left field, given...Glaedeligjul sort of came out of left field, given that the others were no-brainers. I had HEFTS instead of HAFTS (brain spasm) and guessed ALLEN for the composer, which left me with ELOMA for the kitchen drawer, and I actually logged in here to see what an ELOMA was. Too much Christmas cheer last night, I guess. All in all, a good attempt for a Tuesday, but not my favorite holiday puzzle ever, largely because of the lack of other holiday clues besides the four long ones.<BR/><BR/>Rex, let me add my thanks to the others. I stumbled across this blog a few months ago, and it has made my puzzling much more enjoyable. My patter is 1)finish the puzzle (or as much as I can) 2) log in here to see your comments. I especially like it when we've been led down the same wrong paths.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64377924855360235782007-12-25T12:01:00.000-05:002007-12-25T12:01:00.000-05:00And parshutr, Festivus was on the 23rd. I hope you...And parshutr, Festivus was on the 23rd. I hope you aired your grievances (I aired mine) and performed the Feats of Strength.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80351777416277777222007-12-25T11:59:00.000-05:002007-12-25T11:59:00.000-05:00IVAL genius! (Yeah, I had WIN/IVAL, too.) The rule...IVAL genius! (Yeah, I had WIN/IVAL, too.) The rule of thumb for the crossword tournament is: Check the crossings, even if it's just to eyeball them for plausibility without reading the clues. I didn't my first time at the ACPT, and that's how I ended up with TOWAWAY ZOTE in puzzle #1. D'oh! (My son's playing the Simpsons Hit & Run video game Santa brought him. It's predictably hilarious. He also exulted when he opened the <I>Simpsons</I> movie DVD.)<BR/><BR/>The Red Sea looks like a slug, with two snaily eyestalks up north.<BR/><BR/>[Bathroom repellent] = AROMA.<BR/><BR/>Oh! Rex, if by furnace you mean a boiler for radiators, and you know how to open the boiler's valve to drain out water, try that. We once had what sounded like an angry, large beast pounding a metal sledgehammer on the pipes beneath the floor, rattling the bedroom at 2 a.m. It was from some sort of excess of water in the system. And maybe try having the radiator valves all the way open or all the way closed rather than part way.<BR/><BR/><I>Fröhliche Weihnachten für alles</I>! And Maligayamg Pasko!Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28295583109092304022007-12-25T11:49:00.001-05:002007-12-25T11:49:00.001-05:00God Jul ! (Swedish)Imbibe some Aquavit and eat som...God Jul ! (Swedish)<BR/><BR/>Imbibe some Aquavit and eat some Herrings !<BR/><BR/>DEKE faked me out big time.<BR/><BR/>On to the presents, which include the recommended Orange tome and Gridlock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40755946634262078652007-12-25T11:49:00.000-05:002007-12-25T11:49:00.000-05:00Buon Natale a tutti!Quick and fun puzzle, even tho...Buon Natale a tutti!<BR/><BR/>Quick and fun puzzle, even though I, too, started with "hilt."<BR/><BR/>Got all the Christmas greetings except the Danish. But it filled in nicely.<BR/><BR/>Happy Winter Solstice to all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82426371047973562622007-12-25T11:13:00.000-05:002007-12-25T11:13:00.000-05:00The Danish "Merry Christmas" is unrecognizable and...The Danish "Merry Christmas" is unrecognizable and more alien to English than non latin alphabet languages (Russian, Arabic, etc)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63721597812568207102007-12-25T10:10:00.000-05:002007-12-25T10:10:00.000-05:00Made every mistake Rex mentioned, to the letter! S...Made every mistake Rex mentioned, to the letter! Still was pretty quick. Have to open some presents now. Prettige Kerst!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73882217203648060472007-12-25T10:04:00.000-05:002007-12-25T10:04:00.000-05:00Oooohhhh.....Now I'll be singing "Fleece Navy Dad"...Oooohhhh.....Now I'll be singing "Fleece Navy Dad" all day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com