tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post47635050811148342..comments2024-03-29T05:08:37.783-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Neurotic condition for short / TUE 3-23-21 / dye chemical coloring / Letter-shaped girder / Cosmetician Lauder / One side in a college football rivalry since 1890 Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9902413532159072782021-04-27T20:23:51.880-04:002021-04-27T20:23:51.880-04:00In Oregon and New Jersey urban areas, a service st...In Oregon and New Jersey urban areas, a service station attendant PUMPS GAS. It’s the law.leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24522183919331444392021-04-27T17:27:56.798-04:002021-04-27T17:27:56.798-04:00PS - But on either count, I did not know TWEE, and...PS - But on either count, I did not know TWEE, and that was my downfall.<br /><br />Lady DiDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66844055666638742852021-04-27T17:26:50.675-04:002021-04-27T17:26:50.675-04:00Only one letter I wasn't sure of, but I guesse...Only one letter I wasn't sure of, but I guessed it correctly. Then again, I got another one wrong. There's a W in Farrah's name. Oh well. <br /><br />I did get Monday's puz, BTW.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9510259928344655892021-04-27T16:45:20.886-04:002021-04-27T16:45:20.886-04:00In many foreign countries, especially former SSRs ...In many foreign countries, especially former SSRs to help along full employment, only a service station attendant PUMPSGAS. So for the price paid for that GAS, I suppose there is a built-in EXTRACHARGE.<br /><br />I didn't own the classic poster but for that Ms. FAWCETT gets a yeah baby. MILEY gets one for the Wrecking Ball video.<br /><br />Ay least this puz didn't BITE.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50715499769976660502021-04-27T14:55:27.963-04:002021-04-27T14:55:27.963-04:00A challenging Tuesday -- or, more aptly, an irksom...A challenging Tuesday -- or, more aptly, an irksome Tuesday. <br /><br />First, the theme: So the EXTRA CHARGE is an ION. Okay I guess, but that’s it? ION just off-handedly tacked on to the ends of three otherwise unrelated themers? <br /><br />Second, the revealer. Okay. Ya got me. But not quite fair IMHO. See above.<br /><br />Finally, the Naticky TYE/TWEE after misspelling Ms. FAWCETT’s name. That one is on me.<br /><br />Argh!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83284944344997508002021-04-27T14:05:51.078-04:002021-04-27T14:05:51.078-04:00I live in a large city in Canada and we still have...I live in a large city in Canada and we still have guys/girls pumping our gas for us and cleaning our windows. In fact there are a couple in my suburban neighbourhood and I know people who never pump their own, I’m not sure they even know how. DaffyDill Wpghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009486724474073008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48350814774318788782021-04-27T13:40:45.465-04:002021-04-27T13:40:45.465-04:00TRU DEALS?
POP, THE BOARDING school is no DAYSPA,...TRU DEALS?<br /><br />POP, THE BOARDING school is no DAYSPA,<br />THE EXTRACHARGEs RUN UP faast,<br />there's a MILLION TEENY things EWE saw,<br />so tip THE NUN who PUMPS my GAS.<br /><br />--- MALCOLM GARRBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36480737133031459532021-04-27T10:56:49.132-04:002021-04-27T10:56:49.132-04:00All right, I'm going to do this One More Time....All right, I'm going to do this One More Time. *Rant alert*<br /><br />Hey you, 50-across: STAND UP, YOU LAZY BUM!! No one SITSPAT. NO ONE!! You STAND! STAND pat, get it? Outside of a crossword, you have NEVER HEARD ANYONE say "Sit pat." It is NOT a THING! Stand pat is a thing! STOP PUTTING SITPAT IN YOUR PUZZLES!!<br /><br />As to the rest of it, this hardly belongs in a Tuesday slot. I had to guess at the entire SW corner, plus the TYE/TWEE thing. And IDING? Sounds like a Cockney trying to dodge the tax collector of 16-across.<br /><br />The theme manages to hit the marks, but becomes a bit unwieldy when the constructor is asked to fill _I_I, _O_O and _N_N in successION. That is fill PERIL. We know Teri GARR (last name, for a change) can have DOD any time she wants it, but how can I pass up the opportunity to put the sash on Farrah FAWCETT?<br /><br />At times, the cluing was less than helpful, which is another reason I double-checked my calendar to make sure this was in fact only Tuesday. Bogey.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31659541243024703142021-04-27T10:37:02.514-04:002021-04-27T10:37:02.514-04:00AWGEE. A DNF on a Tuesday. What are the ODDS? EWE ...AWGEE. A DNF on a Tuesday. What are the ODDS? EWE know you’ve gone ASTRAY when you need different answers but can think of NUN. Had DinE, PiP, AnO in the SW corner. TRU story - ORE SAGA? Signed ANON.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84947705605647850322021-03-24T17:36:59.251-04:002021-03-24T17:36:59.251-04:00For the record, Ready Player One is one of my favo...For the record, Ready Player One is one of my favorite books of the last decade. I listened to it with Wil Wheaton reading it (long commute in those days). Read it again on Kindle a few years later when the movie came out, still loved it. I didn’t hate the movie, but I didn’t like the changes Spielberg made - over the top and changed many of the basic premises of the story. <br />Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149293628922534757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64969988654183561942021-03-24T00:20:39.624-04:002021-03-24T00:20:39.624-04:00@Barbara S - Sloe seems in keeping with the Placeb...@Barbara S - Sloe seems in keeping with the Placebo & Tentacle vibe, but Apple?... Maybe if it’s paired with something more crosswordy... say, Aloe or Vera? Or maybe Aloe Vera is a main Ant Egg Soup ingredient....<br /><br />@pmdm - I also have this handy dandy super computer that’s connects to a deep well of human knowledge. Uncle google has saved me from saying something stupid more than once. What amazes me is people who say something stupid and then double down by saying something stupider. But that’s why they post anonymously I s’pose. I think it was going on about Tetris when I meant Tempest that reminded me that, with memory, trust but verify is a good way to proceed. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64104889885612712922021-03-23T20:52:48.181-04:002021-03-23T20:52:48.181-04:00Pete,
No. Automatics have torque converters which ...Pete,<br />No. Automatics have torque converters which are a mechanical device which acts as a clutch. Stomp on the clutch? What does that mean? You stomp,on the flywheel? The pressure plate(s)? I think you’ve misidentified the prat.<br />Also, regardless of how many definitions a word has, not all definitions are correct.<br />Sorry Pete. Good luck with... well, your life.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33706519040531736702021-03-23T19:37:42.593-04:002021-03-23T19:37:42.593-04:00@Nancy
Interesting. I thought everybody gave thin...@Nancy<br />Interesting. I thought everybody gave things a miss. So that clue and answer of mine wouldn't work for a largely American community of solvers. It just goes to show the importance of good puzzle editing.<br /><br />@Z<br />I hope you saw my additional suggestions for Froztys late last night.<br />Barbara S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17634754070567731006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14620914890229248882021-03-23T19:37:16.519-04:002021-03-23T19:37:16.519-04:00I have seen some people here take Z to task compla...I have seen some people here take Z to task complaining he never admits to an error,which is very untrue. What is true is that he tends he engage his brain before engaging his moth, which means normally whatever he says is not untrue. (talking about double negatives). As far as I am concerned, Pete says it well. As for me, I don't bother to get in an argument with anyone about what 2 + 2 equals. If a person wants to believe whatever they say is the gospel truth and can't understand how some others may feel different, there is a discussion which I prefer to walk away from. After all, we are in the Trump Era.<br /><br />Time to eat and watch TV while we eat. Perhaps the Keystone Kips are in order.pmdmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86840551571999760262021-03-23T19:20:23.886-04:002021-03-23T19:20:23.886-04:00@Frantic Sloth - It’s been five hours and I still ...@Frantic Sloth - It’s been five hours and I still don’t see the recipe. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52758617738710552402021-03-23T19:19:49.317-04:002021-03-23T19:19:49.317-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16332230467057575342021-03-23T18:27:40.588-04:002021-03-23T18:27:40.588-04:00@Anon 3:36 - For the most part, they are clues, no...@Anon 3:36 - For the most part, they are clues, not definitions in a crossword. There's a difference between a clue and a definition, and the editor is not <i>wrong</i> when the two don't perfectly coincide. Also, you might be aware that many terms have two definitions or interpretations - one in general usage, one that is hyper-specific and technical, and these two don't coincide. Yes, automatic transmissions do in fact have mechanisms which serve as, and are called in the business, clutches, but no one but a total prat would correct me if I were to say my car doesn't have a clutch. On, and I press on the clutch to shift in my manual transmission car, and no, I don't get out of the car, disassemble the drive train, and stomp on the clutch. I press the pedal, but I say I press the clutch. I also don't slosh around in the gas tank when I step on the gas, I press on the gas pedal. See how language works? Not everything is perfectly literal!?<br /><br /><br />Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19248129858726700942021-03-23T18:25:46.060-04:002021-03-23T18:25:46.060-04:00@Barbara S and @Frantic -- FWIW, I've never sa...@Barbara S and @Frantic -- FWIW, I've never said "give it a miss". I've never heard anyone else say it either. What I do say after someone recommends something that sounds quite terrible is: "Thanks, but I think I'll miss it." Or "Actually, I'm planning to miss it." Don't know if this is an Americanism or a Nancyism, but I do say it rather a lot.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47542216003280115392021-03-23T17:21:58.144-04:002021-03-23T17:21:58.144-04:00@A 205pm LOL! See? It's worse than I thought ...@A 205pm LOL! See? It's worse than I thought - my assumption was <i>still</i> wrong! Thanks for clearing that up! <br />Just watched The Horn Hangout - what a delightful group of people! I especially enjoyed learning all the little tips and dos & don'ts someone of my ilk would never know. Thanks for the recommendation. Couldn't find the chat, but Lucky was a nice bonus! 😊Frantic Slothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614296873700797321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42590653652639952702021-03-23T16:58:00.981-04:002021-03-23T16:58:00.981-04:00Thanks @ A (1:25) for the link to the Corona Horn ...Thanks @ A (1:25) for the link to the Corona Horn stream that I was able to drop into this afternoon. That opened up a real nostalgia experience for this former brass sextet guy; we did <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD4rqtWx9h4" rel="nofollow">Giovanni</a> for our adjudication piece in 1960! Wow what a resource and �� for dessert. I wanted to let you know that your contribution was appreciated, but since there wasn’t an email address in your profile I had to come back for this late post.Newboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435490871212357035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59370955218962925112021-03-23T16:11:54.921-04:002021-03-23T16:11:54.921-04:00Got my first iPod (Scroll Wheel) in 2002
Getting ...Got my first iPod (Scroll Wheel) in 2002<br /><br />Getting my first vaccine Fri. I BEAM. :)<br /><br />Spent two weeks in New DELHI. Such wonderful people!<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMk2eTqPLWk" rel="nofollow">The Spirit of India ~ Ravi Shankar (full album)</a><br />___<br /><br /><br />td pg -17 ~ tough SB day pour moi. :(<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DxNpW1kHQ" rel="nofollow">Peace ~</a> Empathy ~ TOLERANCE ~ Kindness to all 🕊bocamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524629632075020985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33768689188644648702021-03-23T15:49:25.296-04:002021-03-23T15:49:25.296-04:00@A 205pm
No need to apologize fro tehm.
@albatros...@A 205pm<br /><br />No need to apologize fro tehm.<br />@albatrosss, the typo guy.albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26601103239127367102021-03-23T15:36:45.610-04:002021-03-23T15:36:45.610-04:00pmdm,
There's no doubt Shortz agrees with your...pmdm,<br />There's no doubt Shortz agrees with your assessment. We have proof of it today with ion. But Will Shortz is the editor of the NY Times crossword puzzle. He is not the final arbiter on what is and what isn't correct, in a crossword or anything else. <br />Why on Earth do you think it's persuasive to find another example of Shortz knowing something is wrong but letting it go anyway? That's just an editorial decision he's made. It hardly makes it right. Or any less grating. I'll concede the point: Shortz lets errors go all the time. ( God only knows why he doesn't call the walk clue/answer an error). That these errors appear with his blessing does not make them any less erroneous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2515125525812592322021-03-23T14:53:00.108-04:002021-03-23T14:53:00.108-04:00Overall enjoyable experience. The SW corner was th...Overall enjoyable experience. The SW corner was the hardest for me as I had 2 wrong answers for 54D that both seemed plausible for the ambiguous "go out briefly". Started with DatE and then tried DinE. Finally got suspicious of PiP off at 59A and ran the vowels. POP off sounded better and opened me up to DOZE and the pavlovian happy music I so gloriously depend on.chance2travelhttp://www.chance2travel.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22729248708636876472021-03-23T14:37:39.082-04:002021-03-23T14:37:39.082-04:00@Barbara S. -- I should say that the answer came f...@Barbara S. -- I should say that the answer came from a previous puzzle that had the same theme, but it had a depressing clue about a car accident, so I came up with this one.Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.com