tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4929458739563952013..comments2024-03-28T09:03:26.219-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Captain Morgan competitor / FRI 5-10-19 / Arpad eponymous creator of international ratings system / Queens neighborhood with floral name / Decades-old synth-pop group named for fashion magazine / Singer who gave his name to fever in 2010s / Glinda's portrayer in The WizRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43628078006360134252019-11-18T17:25:30.983-05:002019-11-18T17:25:30.983-05:00Cream’s version is the famous one. Cream’s version is the famous one. Bladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861218236665588031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36878757955241579062019-06-14T22:15:10.750-04:002019-06-14T22:15:10.750-04:00I have to work with the words presented in the puz...I have to work with the words presented in the puzzle. It's not always doggerel, which is more fun.BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-858710206646350112019-06-14T21:20:00.130-04:002019-06-14T21:20:00.130-04:00@Burma Shave -- One of your more serious and distu...@Burma Shave -- One of your more serious and disturbing observations. leftcoastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52920274134797346502019-06-14T17:03:08.176-04:002019-06-14T17:03:08.176-04:00Quick start, slow middle, satisfyingly "come ...Quick start, slow middle, satisfyingly "come together" ending. <br /><br />'cept for DEPEBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH - WHO?<br /><br />This constructor always manages to go way beyond my wheelhouse into another universe altogether.<br /><br />Diana, LIW<br /><br />PS - I see there is another LADY DI in the Futurelanders. How did that happen????Diana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75331288133487153832019-06-14T16:00:03.291-04:002019-06-14T16:00:03.291-04:00Good to have a lots-to-like puzzle on Friday, and ...Good to have a lots-to-like puzzle on Friday, and good for an ego bruised a couple of times this week. Moved slowly but steadily through this one from bottom to top.<br /><br />Stand-out good stuff: PURPLE STATE, BISHOPS, POODLE, all as clued. <br /><br />B for Brahms? Okay, but it's the Three B's, with the bigger Bach and Beethoven. <br /><br />BEDSORES are not to be fooled with or euphemized as "resting spots".<br /><br /> "Fequent losers at casinos": Hesitantly wrote in drunks before the kinder DEUCES.<br /><br />DEPECHEMODE is an unknown outlier here, at least to me, but crosses came to the rescue.<br /><br />On balance, liked it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />leftcoastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85500029541296059722019-06-14T15:40:45.328-04:002019-06-14T15:40:45.328-04:00Captain Morgan is a flavored rum. Ron Rico is a li...Captain Morgan is a flavored rum. Ron Rico is a light Puerto Rican rum, and because of local laws, identical to all other light P.R. rums....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9522129702823179352019-06-14T14:18:05.046-04:002019-06-14T14:18:05.046-04:00Liked the NEW clue for ELO. If they do a ELO rati...Liked the NEW clue for ELO. If they do a ELO rating for Crossword solvers, I would be in the TORPID zone. <br /><br />My TASTEBUDS cannot handle RONRICO. <br /><br />The Three B's of Crossword Constructors:<br /><br />Berry<br />Burnikel<br />BlindauerWooody2004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7648319447869847192019-06-14T11:40:02.932-04:002019-06-14T11:40:02.932-04:00STEPPE TOO
I CLAIM that ENABLERS will scoff at BR...STEPPE TOO<br /><br />I CLAIM that ENABLERS will scoff at BREECHES molested,<br />but a NEW TOPIC’S SETOFF when the BISHOP’S ARRESTED.<br /><br />--- TED BIEBER<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79911436917155251202019-06-14T11:18:38.469-04:002019-06-14T11:18:38.469-04:00Had to laugh at OFC's persistent spacing of RO...Had to laugh at OFC's persistent spacing of RON RICO. Close it up, big fella. It's RONRICO. And (they tell me) it's good.<br /><br />Had some trouble as I SETOFF on this one, but gimmes ARETHA and DECIMETER got me going. And yes, @rondo, I agree 100% with your entire yeah-baby paragraph.<br /><br />More trouble in the center as I tried to recall famous battle sites. With ..LE.. in place I tried LITTLEBIGHORN, but unless there was rebusiness afoot, that wouldn't go. Had to fill almost everything else in the neighborhood before seeing PURPLESTATE. Obviously a political map term, but I didn't know that one. Makes sense though; red + blue = purple. Duh, okay.<br /><br />Bleedover: STEPPE. Had fun doing it; some spots easy and some hard. Guess it works out to medium for the day. Birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20526597955049853582019-06-14T10:12:24.258-04:002019-06-14T10:12:24.258-04:00One write-over, the popular KNEEpAd. RONRICO actua...One write-over, the popular KNEEpAd. RONRICO actually quite popular and I would buy it before Captain Morgan. Thought about Bacardi first, but wisely held OFF.<br /><br />In these parts ROSEDALE is a shopping mall in the first ring St. Paul suburb of ROSEville. That mall is just one of the ‘DALEs’ around the Twin Cities which started with Southdale in the 1950s, purportedly the first indoor shopping mall ever.<br /><br />LENAHORNE crossing ARETHA? Take your pick of musical yeah babies there. More talent in their pinkies than BIEBER will ever have.<br /><br />Mr. Ries PENNED a good one.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27025071093057836462019-05-11T00:24:39.624-04:002019-05-11T00:24:39.624-04:00@QuasiMojo 9:11 -- I completely forgot about Rosed...@QuasiMojo 9:11 -- I completely forgot about Rosedale Avenue in the Bronx! Growing up I had an aunt and uncle who lived in Parkchester on E. 177th St., which was actually the service road of the Cross Bronx Expwy, and we would get off the CBE at the Rosedale Ave. exit when we went to visit them.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3744124155274727692019-05-10T23:44:30.910-04:002019-05-10T23:44:30.910-04:00Lastly, @Nancy and @otherswhomentionedit
The clue...Lastly, @Nancy and @otherswhomentionedit<br /><br />The clue for SABRES was specific to the British, so the British spelling should have been at the forefront. Minor details, but important in the grand crossword scheme of things. Runs with Scissorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16280938333784679275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84417255272971488682019-05-10T23:40:42.344-04:002019-05-10T23:40:42.344-04:00@Z, @RooMonster, @Whoeverelsetriedtohelp
Y'al...@Z, @RooMonster, @Whoeverelsetriedtohelp<br /><br />Y'all done good. No condescension to @CDilly52 at all, just a nudge in the right direction. We need more of that here.Runs with Scissorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16280938333784679275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2569995296401248142019-05-10T20:24:44.118-04:002019-05-10T20:24:44.118-04:00@CDilly 52
Yep, that's it! Thanks for not tak...@CDilly 52<br /><br />Yep, that's it! Thanks for not taking OFFENSE. I tried to explain it without being harsh or condescending. I impressed myself!<br />Har.<br /><br />RooRooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18067303785023349072019-05-10T20:06:37.155-04:002019-05-10T20:06:37.155-04:00@CDilly52 - W00T W00T!!@CDilly52 - W00T W00T!!Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92164110259710824602019-05-10T19:26:11.272-04:002019-05-10T19:26:11.272-04:00Wonderful puzzle. Such novel cluing. PESO clue so ...Wonderful puzzle. Such novel cluing. PESO clue so different. Favorite was clue for BISHOPS even if I might grimace a little at it's real-life rather than chess applicability. PURPLE STARE also fun. Sword before SABer before SABRE. Biggest glitch Idl for Idlewild Airport ( JFK). Cost real time. BACARDI before RON RICO. Also cost me time. Just a great Friday puzzle. RAD2626https://www.blogger.com/profile/18196568765752439378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63157182690421384042019-05-10T19:11:00.383-04:002019-05-10T19:11:00.383-04:00Easy-medium. Smooth with zippy center. Liked it....Easy-medium. Smooth with zippy center. Liked it.<br /><br />KNEE pad before CAP plus I had some problems parsing BISHOPS which made seeing AMPS difficult.<br /><br />@ GIL I from yesterday: Five somewhat under the radar comedies that are worth a look and that are currently running or have just wrapped up: The Good Place on NBC, Brockmire on FX, Catastrophe on Amazon, Schitt’s Creek on Pop, Life in Pieces on CBS. <br />jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75121326748875065792019-05-10T18:23:26.266-04:002019-05-10T18:23:26.266-04:00@CDilly52
Way to go!!!@CDilly52<br /><br />Way to go!!!JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1065910594208983382019-05-10T18:13:52.796-04:002019-05-10T18:13:52.796-04:00@RooMonster 2:46. May all the dirties and other n...@RooMonster 2:46. May all the dirties and other not yet deified entities bless you forever! I am (as you obviously deduced) tech-challenged and I sincerely appreciate the help (assuming this reply actually demonstrates the understanding that I think i gleaned from your post). CDilly52https://www.blogger.com/profile/07727001753847073030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86708317509994888072019-05-10T17:09:18.104-04:002019-05-10T17:09:18.104-04:00I liked this one a lot. I was able to complete wi...I liked this one a lot. I was able to complete without a lookup, but did have a lot of head scratching to do.<br /><br />Our senior prank was to remove all the numbers from the lockers. At our 50th, we toured the old high school, now used for admin offices. We were surprised that the lockers were still there, and still missing the numbers. As "pre-baby boomers" (1944), our old high school was soon replace by a shiny new one for the real boomers. I guess replacing the numbers was a low priority.<br /><br />@Nancy 9:43 - I googled Donner vs Donder and found a site thoughtco.com with a nice analysis of Donner vs Donder. It appeared both ways in early publications but Moore gave a hand written copy to the New York Historical Society with Donner. One other interesting item is that Donder is Dutch for thunder, while Blitzen is lightning in German, a nice tie-in. No matter, I sing so poorly, no one can tell what I'm saying; could be either.<br /><br />Some commenters yesterday thought there should be a tie between the answer and the off-side end letters, with the clue perhaps reflecting both words. With apologies to @lewis, I offer:<br /><br />12A. I don't like being alone by myself.<br />14A. Bad drawing of a vessel.<br />26A. What the absent minded blacksmith said.<br />45A. What's my favorite fruit, perfect child?<br />59A. What singer Baily must do to catch worms.<br />60A. How to sass a significant one.<br /><br />Clearly, I'm not a constructor, so feel free to boo and hiss.<br /><br /><br /><br />If you missed it: BALONEY, SKETCHY, IFORGET, TANGELO, UPEARLY, SOTHEREMonty Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924320449868956299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21844927707798951202019-05-10T16:44:20.995-04:002019-05-10T16:44:20.995-04:00I still enjoy the Cornell Clocktower pumpkin PRANK...I still enjoy the Cornell Clocktower pumpkin PRANK<br />http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/10/pumpkin-prank-perpetrator-puzzle-persists-20-years-laterAketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44553336986175968562019-05-10T16:08:56.811-04:002019-05-10T16:08:56.811-04:00@Mo-T-
Our high school also had the custom of eac...@Mo-T-<br /><br />Our high school also had the custom of each student presenting the principal with some identical item at graduation.<br /><br />One year, a small group of well-organized seniors broke into the school and stole some midterm exams. This wasn't easy, as it involved entering a locked building, a locked classroom, and opening a locked filing cabinet.<br /><br />At graduation, each of the 200+ plus seniors gave the principal: a key.<br /><br />pabloinnhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967477079504866917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26400840494680378662019-05-10T15:24:53.354-04:002019-05-10T15:24:53.354-04:00Oh, btw -- @Lewis, I didn't have a chance to p...Oh, btw -- @Lewis, I didn't have a chance to post yesterday but I really enjoyed your puzzle (even though I didn't comprehend it while I solving it). :-) TIE A TIE and HARBINGER were my two favorite answers.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3771713138967509942019-05-10T15:13:07.435-04:002019-05-10T15:13:07.435-04:00Well, that was easy. First time in a long time I ...Well, that was easy. First time in a long time I actually started in the NW and wended my way around.<br /> <br />In college I had a friend who lived in ROSEDALE. Coincidentally it's almost right across the Nassau county line from a neighborhood called FLORAL PARK. (And BELLEROSE is nearby.) <br /><br />Berlioz was originally one of the 3B's, but he got fired for being French, and they gave his job to Brahms. Just as well -- who wants to hear a symphony where a viola named Harold is the protagonist?<br /><br />In the movie "The Bad Seed" the sociopathic Rhoda leaves CLEAT-marks on the hands of Claude, the hapless classmate from whom she steals the coveted penmanship medal.<br /><br />I agree BEDSORES is pretty skeevy. I have to laugh again at the clue for 19a, wherein "two people, for example", are a DUO. And STEPPE(S) and LENA can go home for awhile now. But overall, a splendidly solid, or solidly splendid, Friday diversion.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10721388424476413892019-05-10T14:49:43.975-04:002019-05-10T14:49:43.975-04:00@Suzie Q:I believe the phrase "Don't touc...@Suzie Q:I believe the phrase "Don't touch that dial" originated in radio days, before TV's. I have to agree with the objections to not indicating that Brahms was one of the 3 B's. In the high school I taught, it was Senior Sneak. I never heard of Depeche Mode, either the magazine or the group. I agree that the use of the word "classic" has become a little too careless. Does Mr. Ries really think that we should all know Minnesota county seats? Sorry, not a fan of this puzzle.Fred Romagnolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994837736408182418noreply@blogger.com