tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4844523746888794015..comments2024-03-28T10:07:35.541-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Neighborhood east of SoHo / SUN 8-14-11 / Synthesizer designer Robert / Sacred city of Lamaism / Title girl in 1964 Chuck Berry hitRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10689261611768103252011-08-28T11:52:09.679-04:002011-08-28T11:52:09.679-04:00Weird syndication here; two Sundays behind.
Paper...Weird syndication here; two Sundays behind.<br /><br />Paper here showed 110D "It has a period of 2ω"... from the comments, perhaps they meant 2π?<br /><br />And K is followed by L: The Phoenicians' alphabet order defined most everyone's alphabet. (kaph then lamed.) Confused me so much I had both L and R in 93D and 93A. Latin R follows Q for the same reason that resh follows qof.<br /><br />CAPTCHA sez somebody is "stuped".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38497711216589811972011-08-22T00:01:47.019-04:002011-08-22T00:01:47.019-04:00Sorry, but if you have to dig around in Dickens to...Sorry, but if you have to dig around in Dickens to justify BADLOT being the answer to "rapscallion," that's pretty thin. No offense to one of my favorite authors. Instead of saying "IT'LLDO," I'D'VE tried harder to avoid using those two--especially next to each other. And while we're on the uglies, must we watch LCDTVS whilst solving crosswords? Uber-ugh.<br /> But it was just my bad luck to hit on FATOUSH before the correct TABOULI, and ONEMORE before ONETOGO, which caused delays and writeovers in the north.<br /> The WSW was the biggest headache, with the clue "come from ____" for AFAR (was there ever a more opaque clue that that?) and the extremely awkward TALCED, but I FINALLYGOTIT! I agree with RP: too much slog for not enough reward.<br /> Regarding the AFL-CIO thing: I've seen this cluing pattern before, where a is defined in terms of b and vice versa. They won't let you do that in logic class; why do you do it here?<br /> One last point: MAFIOSO. At first I objected to this clue, since "party of the underworld" appeared to refer to a party, or group of people--which would have required the "I" ending. But then I realized that "party" could mean one person, as in "party of the first part," so the singular "O" ending is quite all right after all. That and the other single letter at LAID instead of LAIN, were my only other writeovers.<br /> "Step" for DEGREE? Paula, I have to give you the third "step" for that clue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27106614049740319112011-08-21T22:31:34.000-04:002011-08-21T22:31:34.000-04:00From syndiland, I came to a screeching halt in ups...From syndiland, I came to a screeching halt in upstate NY (or as anony 12:04pm said, the area directly above EBERT) so DNF. Smiled when my late mom's name, EDNA, showed up (and no, @Sarah, I do not think Anna was a more STYLE-ish answer).<br /><br />Why do you suppose Rex left the post by Majid Ali undeleted?Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81963765389148510542011-08-21T20:46:18.577-04:002011-08-21T20:46:18.577-04:00I almost never find it necessary to Google for ans...I almost never find it necessary to Google for answers on Sundays, but got completed stumped at RESH. And, natch, the first two sites Google directed me to didn't even include the letter "Koph," so that little section really annoyed me. <br /><br />As to the theme, I thought most of them were groaners, but I'd never heard FINALLY GOT IT and chuckled. Then laughed out loud at "you are biting people. Germs are the least of your problems," and several times more reading the comments, so the puzzle experience was mostly a pleasant one for me today.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675331024091722316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33695997973053210762011-08-21T12:04:06.461-04:002011-08-21T12:04:06.461-04:00I don't mind the groaners--I've seen much ...I don't mind the groaners--I've seen much worse on a Sunday--so much as I mind the fill. WAY too much garbage in this one. Or maybe it's just that I'm not nearly as smart as I like to pretend I am. Five errors in one six-square area directly above EBERT. I <i>still</i> have no idea what's going on up there. My only other error was Ku-MOON, but there were a ton of Hail Mary guesses that somehow found receivers. Good Sunday challenge, but less than satisfying.<br /><br />@tptsteve<br />SWITCH TO SECOND BASE fits, and would have <i>really</i> screwed you up<br /><br />captcha = improtant: unable to relate to Kevin SpaceyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15487569703869502982011-08-15T01:26:10.396-04:002011-08-15T01:26:10.396-04:00Following a link here, I find "NoHo - is an a...Following a link here, I find "NoHo - is an acronym for "North of Houston". Its a Manhattan neighborhood that's boundaries are Houston Street to the south, *8th Avenue to the north*, the Bowery and Third Avenue on the east, and Broadway on the west." [Emphasis mine] Yes, you can always trust the internet for facts.<br /><br />Anyway, I liked this puzzle for FINALLY GOT IT (my experience exactly) and REDEFINE THE MISSION. Liked Rex's write-up for its concision and for remembering both Echo and the Bunnymen and LLCoolJ.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56661816644124061122011-08-15T00:10:46.341-04:002011-08-15T00:10:46.341-04:00Based upon recent Sunday experience, I was convinc...Based upon recent Sunday experience, I was convinced that each theme answer had the letters "s," "a" and "w" hacked out of them. That plus never seeing "attar" before made this relatively difficult for me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73185847461518498272011-08-14T23:57:05.029-04:002011-08-14T23:57:05.029-04:00Steve Earle's take on NoLita:
"Now hell...Steve Earle's take on NoLita: <br /><br />"Now hell's kitchen's Clinton and the Bowery's Nolita<br />And the East Village's creepin' 'cross the Williamsburg Bridge<br />And hey, whatever happened to alphabet city?<br />Ain't no place left in this town that a poor boy can go"<br /><br />-from Down Here Below<br /><br />I was on Bond St in NoHo when it was still a slum. Will Smith didn't live on the block then...nycscottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-206772655230688992011-08-14T22:06:12.403-04:002011-08-14T22:06:12.403-04:00@jackj - Thanks for the info - I couldn't reme...@jackj - Thanks for the info - I couldn't remember the site until I read your post. ATTAR has been there 7 times, prior to today, since I began doing puzzles, and usually has a very similar clue. Seems I should remember this one!CoolPapaDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11542059534657415505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-750727991382353182011-08-14T21:29:03.206-04:002011-08-14T21:29:03.206-04:00ATTAR is a fairly common crossword answer and acco...ATTAR is a fairly common crossword answer and according to Jim Horne's XWord Info, which has complete NY Times puzzle stats for the Will Shortz era, ATTAR has appeared in 47 separate Times puzzles from Dec. 1993 through Aug. 14, 2011.jackjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25361349267268430512011-08-14T21:12:10.978-04:002011-08-14T21:12:10.978-04:00@Digital Dan: Thanks for the explanation - I woul...@Digital Dan: Thanks for the explanation - I would never have known that!JenCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290169184354765840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63956828435372017962011-08-14T20:57:50.391-04:002011-08-14T20:57:50.391-04:00JenCT:
The SINE clue can only be answered in tota...JenCT:<br /><br />The SINE clue can only be answered in total geek mode. Stop now, or read on. You have probably seen a picture of a Sine wave -- a mathematical figure that has regular oscillations reminiscent of extremely neat ocean waves. One way to make one is to rotate a crank at a constant speed, marking the height of the handle's connection to the wheel at regularly spaced points above a horizontal line. When you have turned the crank one full turn, the Sine pattern begins to repeat; that's the "period." For even more geeky reasons, in math angles are often measured in radians, the angle you get when you take the radius of the circle and run it along the circumference. Since it takes 2 times Pi radians to measure the circumference, and one time around the circle completes the Sine pattern. . . well, now you know.DigitalDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620300502981292088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90817957248310653912011-08-14T17:58:09.375-04:002011-08-14T17:58:09.375-04:00Add me to the never heard of "ATTAR" gro...Add me to the never heard of "ATTAR" group. Can someone that knows the website tell us when the last time that was in a NYT puzzle? Don't recall seeing it in the last 3 or so years.<br /><br />Overall, loved this, as I do most Sunday puzzles.<br /><br />@lit.doc - NOLITA was hystericalCoolPapaDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11542059534657415505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-880542132965852332011-08-14T17:42:22.861-04:002011-08-14T17:42:22.861-04:00I laughed my arse off. I have plenty of arse to l...I laughed my arse off. I have plenty of arse to laugh off. When I look at Rex's pix it appears that he has no arse to laugh off. Hence why he doesn't think this puzzle is funny?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64807014950548577732011-08-14T17:31:43.793-04:002011-08-14T17:31:43.793-04:00People who live in glass houses...must change thei...People who live in glass houses...must change their clothes in the basement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10954851453342318462011-08-14T17:13:50.249-04:002011-08-14T17:13:50.249-04:00Paula Gamache was obviously inspired by a recent e...Paula Gamache was obviously inspired by a recent exercise a first grade teacher did with her students where she provided the beginnings of well known proverbs and they filled in what they believed to be the endings. You can view the results here;<br /><br />http://stuffofawesome.com/a-1st-grade-teacher-had-her-students-finish-well-known-proverbs-here-are-the-results-1309626004-5271.png.html#.TkFLjeKpDrw.facebookc.l.crowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13446771110094694188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91274596356104812342011-08-14T17:06:55.374-04:002011-08-14T17:06:55.374-04:00Late to the party, so I'll save my Tonto joke ...Late to the party, so I'll save my Tonto joke for another time. I smiled through the solve, so I'll give it a solid B.imsdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966770844825169981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12276048609106241872011-08-14T16:42:08.991-04:002011-08-14T16:42:08.991-04:0045A (E-mail alternative) FAX
Okay, in what centur...45A (E-mail alternative) FAX<br /><br />Okay, in what century are we living? Who still sends faxes? And I thought we had agreed we could drop the hyphen in email.<br /><br />I confidently plopped in SMS (Short Message Service [texting])@ 45A, which I still believe is a better answer to that clue in this century.<br /><br />That's my 2 "Not enough to retire on"s.<br /><br />captcha "ismesc" = creed, plus PC key?Benjamin Michael Bledsoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16050959042031107270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-168889030655234312011-08-14T16:38:35.646-04:002011-08-14T16:38:35.646-04:00Kind of a slog for me, but I didn't have a lot...Kind of a slog for me, but I didn't have a lot of time chunks to pay attention to it. When I did I got the theme answers, some cute, some not, then tried the crosses. So not as much fun as usual, but I thought the puzzle was OK. Little boys take lots of time--and they don't make Big Wheels anymore, so we got a 12" bike. Big hit.quilter1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09569747169212018177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51770194901496140632011-08-14T16:26:28.315-04:002011-08-14T16:26:28.315-04:00Here is my two sense on NOLITA which was a gimmee ...Here is my two sense on NOLITA which was a gimmee seeing i was born and raised in this city. It stands for North of Little Italy...and like many other annoying location acronyms in NYC (i.e. MEPA, DUMBO etc.) it is an attempt from those in the real-estate, restaurant and retail industries to gentrify certain neighborhoods that were otherwise blighted and nameless. NOLITA as a name did not exist until somewhat recent history, (my guess late ninety early naughts, peak of the bubble when yuppies needed new neighborhoods to move develop). It was always just SOHO seeing as it is south of houston, or Little Italy when that neighborhood involved more than 5 touristy cafes. The term NOLITA, like RFK Bridge or Ed Koch bridge for that matter, is a new edition to the crossword lexicon.Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355392308560547438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48351789565556261652011-08-14T16:19:29.486-04:002011-08-14T16:19:29.486-04:00I want a Sunday that makes me smile, even just a l...I want a Sunday that makes me smile, even just a little. This one did. Thanks, Paula!<br /><br />Remember Bill Cosby's routine on TONTO:<br /><br />"You go to town, Tonto."<br />"You go to hell, Kemo Sabe."archaeoprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956231727789223463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72392684169978950412011-08-14T15:42:52.482-04:002011-08-14T15:42:52.482-04:00A most amusing puzzle that I had fun with. It mak...A most amusing puzzle that I had fun with. It makes up for this week's completely unfair and undo-able NE corner of the Friday puzzle and the too easy Saturday puzzle. This one was just right.Nancynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81308906114130730052011-08-14T15:28:37.041-04:002011-08-14T15:28:37.041-04:00I wrote a whole comment and hit the wrong button. ...I wrote a whole comment and hit the wrong button. Zip. <br /><br />I thought the theme endings were kind of arbitrary. Some comments above have helped. <br /><br />For 89A first thought of Loisaida (wouldyou believe for Lower East Side)? FINALLY GOT IT. Thanks @GeorgeNYC and JC66 for parsing it out. <br /><br />Had CIO before AFL because I never know my EFTs from my ENTs. An okay rainy Sunday puzzle. Looking forward to Monday.Sparkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24905919231082839822011-08-14T15:05:25.079-04:002011-08-14T15:05:25.079-04:00I took 'HACK SAWS' to mean 'sayings - ...I took 'HACK SAWS' to mean 'sayings - saws - such as a hack - cheap or not-so-excellent - writer would write them'. So I took the banality of them to be the point. <br /><br />Had no idea what T.A.E. was, so crossing it with a bunch of initials (AFL of AFL-CIO) made it a NATICK for me. <br /><br />And was it Friday's syndicated puzzle that had '24th letter in the Russian alphabet'?!anonymous Canadiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12716333089511605122011-08-14T14:59:29.631-04:002011-08-14T14:59:29.631-04:00Very busy today so not much time for the puzzle. C...Very busy today so not much time for the puzzle. Company coming for dinner so lots of preparation and cooking.<br /><br />Had Bee for 87 across...of course.<br /><br />was a fun puzzle even though I DNFchefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.com