tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4899695916911778356..comments2024-03-29T03:22:09.826-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: City between Boston Gloucester / TUE 5-19-15 / HIV-treating drug / 1961 #1 R&B hit for Lee Dorsey / Hit David Bowie single album 1983 / Minneapolis radio station that carries lot of news, appropriately / Automne preceder / Greta Garbo's mysterious lady co-star / Small freshwater fish / 1990s GM makeRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17614638241751376192017-02-11T21:21:29.196-05:002017-02-11T21:21:29.196-05:00I'm Mellisa Thomas; My husband just came back ...I'm Mellisa Thomas; My husband just came back home after leaving me for so long. I can't explain this but I just have to share my joy and happiness with the world I don't know how Dr Ihunde helped me in bringing back my husband. 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Mellisa Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63743443050519795422015-06-23T17:31:53.216-04:002015-06-23T17:31:53.216-04:00"I have my standards, even when I'm arous..."I have my standards, even when I'm aroused" ,he said firmly.BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67256114101294359592015-06-23T16:35:00.353-04:002015-06-23T16:35:00.353-04:00I enjoyed this, too, ie, I was an "enjoyer&qu...I enjoyed this, too, ie, I was an "enjoyer" @Spacey... Hey, I like your idea to publish puzzles from years ago. I know I wouldn't remember them, and it would give Shortz a lot of go-to material. I must look up CONRAD NAGEL because I "knew" his name, or maybe the theme made me think that.<br /><br />@Burma - good one. Nice of you to have some self-restraint.<br /><br />I'm really hoping for a Canada-USA final in the FIFA World Cup.<br /><br />rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71631650787610938922015-06-23T13:33:24.221-04:002015-06-23T13:33:24.221-04:00Finished this one and, unable tsee any connection ...Finished this one and, unable tsee any connection between a geometry term and an old time movie star, decided there was no theme!!! Got tangled up in the middle for a second as I thought the boots were spelled UGH, but SEGO saved the day. Otherwise, a good Tuesday solve.DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88559167381879114472015-06-23T10:11:08.468-04:002015-06-23T10:11:08.468-04:00Excepting (not accepting)the AEIOU, OOX, GRR, and...Excepting (not accepting)the AEIOU, OOX, GRR, and AMAJ, some of the fill wasn’t that bad. Even CONRADNAGEL (huh?) fell in pretty easily, having figured the gimmick.<br /><br />KNOW is our public radio news station in the Twin Cities, but it is so NOT, NOT, NOT in Minneapolis! Their studios are about 5 blocks away from my workplace in downtown St. Paul and their tower (I can see it from my cube’s window) is in a suburb also on this side of the Mississippi River. We who live on this side of the river are quite sensitive about Mpls getting undeserved attention.We HATE it! Sometimes we feel like the REDHEAD step-child. So, WILL AND HIS STAFF ARE IN ERROR ON THIS ONE. Even @Barany should KNOW that.<br /><br />So we have soccer player BRANDI on top of soccer player MIA; I like the visual. And both are on top of ANYA. I’d like to watch all of that action, by GOLLY.<br /><br />I guess MIA Farrow, yeah baby, as a clue is too old-timey these days. JESSICALANGE, also yeah baby.<br /><br />Maybe OFL NEEDs a DOSE of something OTC to QUELL the negativity vibe. Or TNT. But this puz could’ve used a little help. FALALA, UGG UGH.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6691656799636252002015-06-23T09:12:02.014-04:002015-06-23T09:12:02.014-04:00I can't believe some people thought this was &...I can't believe some people thought this was "great" or even "nice." Me? I had to make up a new acronym: CNBMTF. Could Not Bring Myself To Finish. Already in the NW I ran into the vowel string: "Oh no. you ditten!" Yeah. You did. Well, let's hope this is all of the ugliness.<br /><br />Um, that would be a no. FALALA, really? IN THE SAME GRID with AEIOU? Preposterous. Geez, couldn't SOMEthing be done in either of these areas? But then, even more ugliness with UGG/UGH. Uh, what he said.<br /><br />By this time I was halfway through, and saw the theme was just an anagram, but it didn't matter; already I didn't care much. Then by7 chance my eyes fell on the clue "Losing tic-tac-toe line," and I thought, no. I give up. I can't go on. Forget it.<br /><br />I can think of no explanation for the publication of this babble, except that Will received NO OTHER submissions for this day. Hell, even then he'd have done better to rerun an old one. I don't need a completion to give this one a letter grade: F.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22953766632423312592015-06-23T09:11:37.866-04:002015-06-23T09:11:37.866-04:00ZERO ONCE
I noticed that REDHEAD from an OBLIQUEA...ZERO ONCE<br /><br />I noticed that REDHEAD from an OBLIQUEANGLE,<br />so with an ADLIB, I said, “By GOLLY, LETSDANCE.”<br />I KNOW she was too EAGER, that FALLENANGEL,<br />SOMEHOW it seemed SAFER to LEAVE than to get in her pants.<br /><br />--- “SLOE” MOE SEGO<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18819986009030536402015-05-20T00:49:59.459-04:002015-05-20T00:49:59.459-04:00@kitshef, I had looked for a ANYA in the pro socce...@kitshef, I had looked for a ANYA in the pro soccer ranks to complete the column. You know, it almost works to replace ANYA with ABBY Wambach:<br /><br />1. With a head-cold and stuffy nose, CONRAD becomes COBRAD<br />2. LOBAL is a real word, although not a great one.<br />3. Replacing EXAMS with EXYMS is the stickler, and I can't think of even a marginally legitimate work-around.<br /><br />Good thought, though.Elephant's Childnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21359574818696008172015-05-19T23:56:12.585-04:002015-05-19T23:56:12.585-04:00I thought the theme had to do with the sound of th...I thought the theme had to do with the sound of the words: I thought it was pretty cool how the "g" sound was slightly different in the four theme words.Blackeyedsusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443212420619254312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82000016013526792052015-05-19T23:46:44.767-04:002015-05-19T23:46:44.767-04:00How I wish soccer player Wambach could have been w...How I wish soccer player Wambach could have been worked in for 59D to complete the set.<br /><br />Insanely easy for a Tuesday, with the one huge outlier of the YAYA/LYNN cross.<br /><br />Also, Dr Brave was no help at all for me.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24334746737925956452015-05-19T17:45:22.383-04:002015-05-19T17:45:22.383-04:00How long until Hungarian László Krasznahorkai appe...How long until <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/wins-man-booker-international-prize-achievement-fiction-333679" rel="nofollow">Hungarian László Krasznahorkai</a> appears in a puzzle?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5472176421724268042015-05-19T17:10:04.301-04:002015-05-19T17:10:04.301-04:00If anyone wants to know, the BOLSHOI is non-pareil...If anyone wants to know, the BOLSHOI is non-pareil.Danseusenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35979228187614005822015-05-19T16:55:43.213-04:002015-05-19T16:55:43.213-04:00FALALA is, of course, not restricted to the Chrism...FALALA is, of course, not restricted to the Chrismas carol. Thomas Morley (c.1557-1602),especially, seems to have been partial to it. So here goes.<br /><br />'Sing we and chant it' - perhaps the quintessential example of a song using the Fa la la refrain.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciIvhB-zTfc<br /><br />'About the maypole' is set to a similarly celebratory text, but, written in a minor sounding modality, has a decidedly wistful quality. The 'fa las' always felt to me rather ironic.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWpCjTfb7os<br /><br />(Text: http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/About_the_maypole_%28Thomas_Morley%29)<br /><br />To round it out, here is a lovely one I came across - 'Fyre,fyre! My heart!'. I couldn't find the text or make out many of the words, but as the poster of the video terms it 'cheeky', I rather think it is having fun with the trope of the love-sick swain:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2nRlVelF1U<br /><br />Hope these will put a GLEAM in your heart(!).<br /><br />beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16162755764092888665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55244811232686673832015-05-19T16:47:30.165-04:002015-05-19T16:47:30.165-04:00@Laci bácsi, contact me off-Rex (my e-mail at the ...@Laci bácsi, contact me off-Rex (my e-mail at the University of Minnesota is easily found by clicking on my link) but write in English. I can count from one to ten in Hungarian, but not in that order.<br /><br />Ditto @jberg, and anyone else, if you want to know more about the methane mambo. It's easy enough to do at home without any chemistry training, as long as you have a natural gas outlet. The students totally love it when we do it on the last day of instruction; they line up and come to the front of the classroom in order for their personalized soapy fireballs.George Baranyhttp://www.chem.umn.edu/groups/baranygp/puzzles/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3897128445590460202015-05-19T16:35:36.703-04:002015-05-19T16:35:36.703-04:00@Laci bácsi,
It was at the end of para 1, line 2 ... @Laci bácsi,<br /><br />It was at the end of para 1, line 2 that I BURST OUT LAUGHING. Will examine closely to see can I formulate a testable hypothesis. One thing that snagged my attention was what is left when you take the 'pil' out of 'stockpiling'; shall try to run with it.<br /><br />Perhaps we can also run your conclusion past John<br /><br />Many thanks from Tante Mew.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88370844262393814582015-05-19T16:31:04.985-04:002015-05-19T16:31:04.985-04:00@ hippie 2:42: S/he omitted the first one. I'...@ hippie 2:42: S/he omitted the first one. I'm too lazy to search for the post, but I believe the word was "constructor's." Pay attention.grammar nazinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26013165283250751232015-05-19T16:19:21.152-04:002015-05-19T16:19:21.152-04:00@Nancy,
Don't worry, I have no idea what I am...@Nancy,<br /><br />Don't worry, I have no idea what I am talking about either.<br /><br />Guilty as charged: I am vaguely Hungarian.<br /><br />"Bácsi" means uncle, or any older gentleman. I am an uncle, but certainly no gentleman.<br />"Laci" is a very popular nickname. If you yell it out on a crowded street in Budapest, half the men will turn around.Laci bácsinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45725722283090593582015-05-19T16:00:27.270-04:002015-05-19T16:00:27.270-04:00@Laci bacsi -- I laughed out loud at your 3:21 p.m...@Laci bacsi -- I laughed out loud at your 3:21 p.m. "explanation", even though I don't have a clue what you're talking about. (I don't get your nom de website, either, though it does sound vaguely Hungarian.)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10768906249677593222015-05-19T15:56:06.136-04:002015-05-19T15:56:06.136-04:00Greatest semi-imaginary crossword semi-feats that ...Greatest semi-imaginary crossword semi-feats that go semi-unnoticed by most semi drivers:<br />* The Big P. Hey -- it means there's gotta be at least one U, in there.<br />* East/West symmetry. Means U often get a cool black-square artwork in yer grid.<br />* 007 or more U's. Also known as the James Bond Club.<br />* The Circles. Very entertainin little devils... [see "Everybody Gets Lucky" runtpuz]*<br />* Gray matter. Alternative to the circles.<br />* Puz with no E's, but everything else. See Patrick Berry's House of Wonders. Amazin dude.<br />* Oddball grid shapes. Often means more words for yer money.<br />* OOXTEPLERNON-like desperation, of the weeject pursuasion. It's an acquired taste, evidently.<br /><br />As a former semi-drivin dude, let me just say I had fun with the puz, even if it didn't do anything brain-blastingly different. Or have a GLEAN sweep of possible Anagrams. Hey -- two grams in one grid!<br /><br />M&A<br /><br />* if any complaints about runtpuz plugs, would you mind standin behind my semi rig for a second? <br />* That George Barnboy dude made me do it.Masked and AnonymoUUUsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28290734226712372032015-05-19T15:33:35.355-04:002015-05-19T15:33:35.355-04:00Zut alors!
L'ANGE is 'the angel' in F...Zut alors!<br /><br />L'ANGE is 'the angel' in French. So here's the conundrum: Why is the French ANGE a more down-'FALLEN' ANGEL than the English one?Elephant's Childnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54026318425971704862015-05-19T15:21:46.150-04:002015-05-19T15:21:46.150-04:00@Leapy,
I am glad to oblige.
The "necessary...<br />@Leapy,<br /><br />I am glad to oblige.<br /><br />The "necessary stockpiling of worthless timelessness" is a concept recently identified by theoretical physicists, and it describes the behavior of sub-atomic particles and people with similarly-sized brains, and their interaction with each other. The space-time continuum in that environment ceases to exist, as all laws of known physics break down and time loses all importance.<br /><br />In this nihilistic world "value" is meaningless and no "need" exists. Such was the universe before it existed, one yoctosecond before the Big Bang, when the concept of "stockpiling" was still 13.7 billion years in the future. The earth was without form, and <i>void</i>, darkness was upon the face of the <i>deep</i> and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the <i>waters</i>.<br /><br />This clearly indicates that "void," "deep" and "water" existed before the universe. Someone must have forgotten to flush the toilet.<br />Laci bácsinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28277335505452417262015-05-19T15:01:15.647-04:002015-05-19T15:01:15.647-04:00@Z and @Rhino - CrossWine is ASTI, ASTI till sunri...@Z and @Rhino - CrossWine is ASTI, ASTI till sunrise.<br /><br />Luckily, thanks to the ingenious creators of wine appellations, ASTI wine can be red or white, flat or fizzy, dry or sweet (so it's not so day-in, day-out as your everyday DACE). It's no Barolo dammit, but it's both a desert island wine and a crossword puzzle wine. Could be worse.weingolbhttps://medium.com/@weingolbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42846210645475763062015-05-19T14:52:55.376-04:002015-05-19T14:52:55.376-04:00DNF. Actually wasn't close and I spent 20 minu...DNF. Actually wasn't close and I spent 20 minutes too.<br /><br />Crossing RIATA with IAGO with opera cluing is more Wednesday-like than I'd expect.<br /><br />Crossing YAYA with LYNN is even harder than a typical Wednesday, especially given the Natick-y LYNN clue.<br /><br />And as @jae observed, KNOW's clue was pretty Friday-ish.<br /><br />Didn't notice the theme. The GLEAM got in the way? Seemed to be begging for GLEAn, as @George Barany mentioned.weingolbhttps://medium.com/@weingolbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61231896895715968002015-05-19T14:51:07.954-04:002015-05-19T14:51:07.954-04:00@Jack Black - I never MetaWaste of Time I didn'...@Jack Black - I never MetaWaste of Time I didn't like.<br /><br />@Leapy - How about Valuable Wastes? I usually use that time wisely... and never leave a GERMY doorknob behind.<br /><br />@Rhino - Commit DACE to memory, it will appear again. Just like there are CrossRivers and CrossBirds, DACE is a species of CrossFish, i.e. a fish you are ever likely to encounter only in a crossword puzzle.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90894759598853273862015-05-19T14:42:40.584-04:002015-05-19T14:42:40.584-04:00@grammar nazi: Why are you harshing on @dk, man? H...@grammar nazi: Why are you harshing on @dk, man? He only has one apostrophe in his post. Correctly used, even.grammar hippienoreply@blogger.com