tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4813531371472253573..comments2024-03-28T13:17:40.062-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Sauce often served with oysters / SAT 9-28-13 / Woodenware / Former Israeli president Katsav / Plastic that can be made permanently rigid / Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44275702644983126252013-11-02T20:18:37.614-04:002013-11-02T20:18:37.614-04:00Still solve everyday. Just space out jumping on th...Still solve everyday. Just space out jumping on the site!<br /><br />Went to the Cards game 3 weeks ago. May be last trip to the stick:'(<br /><br /> Hope we can give you a little of bit of your own medicine back on the 8th ;-) Hopefully will have most of our players back.<br /><br />You get TB this week right? Lucky you.eastsacgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66674891994321549932013-11-02T18:44:17.664-04:002013-11-02T18:44:17.664-04:00My comments the last two days just disappeared, so...My comments the last two days just disappeared, so I have no idea what will happen today. But, I want to comment, because I got this sucker! Even though Rex always expresses disdain for Krozel puzzles, I love the challenge. Lotsa time spent on this one, but PAWPRINT, PROPOSALS, GERMAN, LIT, PIEpan(later changed to PIETIN, and BERTOLI helped a lot. TREEN and REMISE took some time, but then changing GEENA to OSSIE got the top and the bottom part actually felt, not easy, but very doable. Really liked BIGBANK crossing BIGBANG. Like a few others, I found this fun. I guess you could call that a fun fact.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81551525051491084452013-11-02T18:25:58.980-04:002013-11-02T18:25:58.980-04:00@eastsacgirl, nice to see you back. It seems you&#...@eastsacgirl, nice to see you back. It seems you've been gone for awhile. <br /><br />The Dec 8 Hawk/Niner game in SF is shaping up to be the conference championship decider. (If W could use the word, so can I.)<br /><br />Capcha: notlof. Vat I have vor da Niners.Solving in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249420848844874936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43354389661720485172013-11-02T18:07:04.158-04:002013-11-02T18:07:04.158-04:00Go Niners ;-)Go Niners ;-)eastsacgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39560412820476469822013-11-02T18:03:40.840-04:002013-11-02T18:03:40.840-04:00Was thrilled to see puzzle deemed challenging! Mis...Was thrilled to see puzzle deemed challenging! Missed 2 letters but was pleased with the effort. Got the longest clues pretty fast then just slogged through the rest. Decent personal week for me.eastsacgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76409730948785531842013-11-02T17:03:07.615-04:002013-11-02T17:03:07.615-04:00Picked up the puz, looked at the clue for 1A and t...Picked up the puz, looked at the clue for 1A and threw down tigeRpaw. Then, remembered my property class in law school and filled in REMISE for 5D. and, SHEESH, did it take me awhile to fix the Northwest. NINS was the key to correcting it.<br /><br />My business partner of twenty years and I are huge raw oyster fans, and we have lunch together at least once a month at one of several restaurants and oyster bars in Seattle that serve fabulous oysters on the half-shell. My favorite oysters come from Westcott Bay in the San Juan Islands, but alas, they sold their waterfront to a developer and are out of business. Current favs are Shigoku oysters from South Puget Sound. Yum! My sauce of choice is MIGNONETTE, which after many years, I still cannot pronounce correctly. I can, however, spell it.<br /><br />Had EATENaway before INTO. may before LEI. I, too, held my nose at RUNTIEST. Learned TREEN (crossing ---TREES) entirely from crosses. Loved the clue for BOUT. <br /><br />Wonder if there is a BISCAYNE oyster bisque loaded with cayenne pepper?<br /><br />@Spacy, game ejection? Really? How 'BOUT just a fine? Don't let it ruin your day.<br /><br />Go Hawks!<br />Solving in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249420848844874936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83947022920816731902013-11-02T16:52:45.029-04:002013-11-02T16:52:45.029-04:00Usually find myself on the same wavelength as Joe ...Usually find myself on the same wavelength as Joe Krozel and today was no exception. It did take a while but finished this one without too much angst. Count me in with the early IDO, MASCARAS & MANTLE adopters but actually had more of a problem with PAWPRINT than anything else.<br /><br />captcha = dremyHel where I'm sure I'm heading someday...Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30782788632188498152013-11-02T16:49:53.144-04:002013-11-02T16:49:53.144-04:00Re: treen; There should be a punishment when the ...Re: treen; There should be a punishment when the constructor needs for some letters to be a word, looks it up, and is saved by something that in his heart he's ashamed to use. Or maybe Joe has neither a heart nor shame. Just kidding Joe, I'm sure your acquaintances and family love you.LongBeachLeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74460944858122908112013-11-02T16:16:34.964-04:002013-11-02T16:16:34.964-04:00Well, yesterday's comment ("a Friday I ca...Well, yesterday's comment ("a Friday I can do means a Saturday I dread") proved true. One scan on each direction on this one left me with about four words and a couple of maybe "s" spaces, and no desire to start looking things up. This puzzle and I are clearly on different wave lengths. So, see you Monday. Think my Captcha says something about all this, but at this point I'm not even challenged to,figure it out. DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66487236592787701002013-11-02T13:31:03.461-04:002013-11-02T13:31:03.461-04:00This was tough because I couldn't believe the ...This was tough because I couldn't believe the answers that popped into my head. PIETIN, THERMOSET snapped to mind, but would they really be used in a crossword? Apparently so. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40245313220993812722013-11-02T09:50:06.982-04:002013-11-02T09:50:06.982-04:00Fatal DNF, on account of two "gimmes" th...Fatal DNF, on account of two "gimmes" that weren't. (1) If I've ever read a perfect definition for PREFERRED, it's "Like a customer who may get special notice." Naturally after that was inked in, I was a goner. But even worse was "Inauguration recitation, maybe." That, of course, given three letters with middle letter D, would be IDO. Ode? ODE??? To extend the tennis theme, YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS! Oh, I don't doubt that, at some inauguration or other, somebody recited an ode, but really! That has to take first prize for the most unfair clue of the year. This is beyond penalty flags; this is worth a game ejection. If constructors could be fined, we should levy a hefty one here. ODE indeed. Ridiculous!<br /><br />I do not wish to discuss this abomination any further. With those two entries in place, I never stood a chance.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60173054354389276962013-09-29T16:25:10.841-04:002013-09-29T16:25:10.841-04:00Fun puzzle.Fun puzzle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36100748234361414802013-09-28T21:31:10.949-04:002013-09-28T21:31:10.949-04:00Very late starting the puzzle because I had to go ...Very late starting the puzzle because I had to go to the pet hospital after work to retrieve my retriever, who seems glad to be home and mostly recuperated from what ailed him. I spent about an hour reducing the grid to two blank squares which were doomed to remain blank because I also had a couple of wrong ones that kept me from seeing AFR (which should have been a gimme) and TREEN, about which enough has been said. And I still think Nutsy is a better answer than NEEDY for "Attention-seeking, say". Goodnight.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77094480462853807592013-09-28T21:28:19.383-04:002013-09-28T21:28:19.383-04:00Occupy => Occupy Wall StreetOccupy => Occupy Wall Streetretired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66871727806271411442013-09-28T21:21:43.699-04:002013-09-28T21:21:43.699-04:00How does big bank= occupy opponent?How does big bank= occupy opponent?SandyMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00666193697962655810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80325129051364940232013-09-28T20:41:32.202-04:002013-09-28T20:41:32.202-04:00One of the few gimmes in this puzzle was the so ca...One of the few gimmes in this puzzle was the so called "fun fact". My kids went to the same high school: Long Beach Polytechnic - home of scholars and champions and entertainment stars!<br />Go Jack Rabbits!Beadolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72337745314771255532013-09-28T17:53:02.136-04:002013-09-28T17:53:02.136-04:00@Gill I.P... PRObOSciS .. funny!
I don't know...@Gill I.P... PRObOSciS .. funny!<br /><br />I don't know, I always expect Saturdays to be hard, not necessarily entertaining, so I thought this was great and I was delighted to finish correctly. I did have help from my husband with PAWPRINT.<br /><br />RUNTIEST? Say ITISNTSO!<br /><br />If my house is made of wood is it TREEN? This is one new word I will never use in a sentence. @mac, TIMESINK I might. <br /><br />I look forward to Sunday which I very much hope <i>will</i> be entertaining.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />johohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708487230515532492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72700862978923072882013-09-28T17:49:21.454-04:002013-09-28T17:49:21.454-04:00I LIKE a challenge - and this one was. After doin...I LIKE a challenge - and this one was. After doing (easy) NYT Sunday puzz + variety puzz + WSJ Blooms whatever, all relatively easy, this one was the challenge. Weird answers, but isn't that what tough crosswords are supposed to be? Time was when they didn't all take 3 min to solve and you could sink your teeth in. Not a bad thing. dm3000https://www.blogger.com/profile/12053238727094376741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37019643015873069852013-09-28T16:56:33.629-04:002013-09-28T16:56:33.629-04:00I too had a tough time letting go of MANTLE for &q...I too had a tough time letting go of MANTLE for "..beneath the lower crust". But I also had PULLUPS for "Toddler seats" which almost...fit...so well.<br /><br />Also had POUT for "Something with round parts"...yeah, it's a stretch.<br /><br />Note that LEI and DEI abut.okanaganerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03082227619755246335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39695434556610878542013-09-28T16:34:25.921-04:002013-09-28T16:34:25.921-04:00Ugh. Ugh. Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032302346488486116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70017519372839587702013-09-28T15:54:53.261-04:002013-09-28T15:54:53.261-04:00I'm surprised that an educated fella such as y...I'm surprised that an educated fella such as yourself had never heard of "The Cremation of Sam McGee." It's a wonderfully wry poem. A sample:<br /><br />There are strange things done in the midnight sun<br /> By the men who moil for gold;<br />The Arctic trails have their secret tales<br /> That would make your blood run cold;<br />The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,<br /> But the queerest they ever did see<br />Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge<br /> I cremated Sam McGee.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14038382288220376062013-09-28T15:11:46.137-04:002013-09-28T15:11:46.137-04:00The other "fun fact" about those two (an...The other "fun fact" about those two (and which fits as an answer) is DRUGDEALER. Cameron only remembers Snoop because he sold her weed.H_Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49551830989919967932013-09-28T15:08:02.214-04:002013-09-28T15:08:02.214-04:00I thought this was a more conventional Joe Krozel ...I thought this was a more conventional Joe Krozel puzzle than we usually get. It was hard work, but I feel very satisfied that I got it done without outside help.<br /><br />I complicated my life tremendously by writing in "mousseline" instead of mignonette. Spelling is wrong, too, I think. I love oysters, but find mignonette sauce very harsh (for such a pretty name).<br /><br />I'm surprised there isn't more of an uprising about the two bigs. <br /><br />Hand up for "it ain't so", and I learned time sink. That's one expression I will use.<br /><br />I know mimosa as a Mediterranian bus with little yellow ball flowers and apparently vicious ticks that burrow into your flesh. machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31350470523066979262013-09-28T14:14:49.829-04:002013-09-28T14:14:49.829-04:00p.s.
Sorta like that there "[fun fact!]"...p.s.<br />Sorta like that there "[fun fact!]" play-by-play editor color commentary (PECCers) experimentation feeler dealy. We will be the judge of the [!] part of it, tho...<br /><br />Hey!<br />Top other suggested PECCers, for this here puz:<br />* "Capitale europeenne" [Move on, M&A -- nothing usable for you, here]<br />* "Woodenware" [not Trojans] [might rhyme with "europeenne"]<br />* "Beginning of time?" [in non-Creationist dinosaur museums]<br />* "Angry Birds or Tetris, e.g." [or readin M&A comments]<br />* "See red?" [Trick clue alert!]<br />* "What the French think?" [this is funny stuff, dude][not]<br />* "See 43-Across" [har. Allow me to jerk you around]<br />* "Davis of Hollywood" [write in BETTE. Oh please. Please.]<br />* "Release a claim to, legally" [hi, Rex]<br /><br />M&A<br /><br />p.s. Fun puz, btw. Thanx, JoeK.<br /><br />M and A alsonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28859199713425013562013-09-28T14:09:57.337-04:002013-09-28T14:09:57.337-04:00Oops -- MARTI at 43D, I meant to say.Oops -- MARTI at 43D, I meant to say.Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.com