tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5052417015591540777..comments2024-03-28T07:21:32.779-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Inspector Gadget antagonist / SUN 12-9-18 / Barbie's strawberry blond sister / Asian territory in Risk / Kids tv character who speaks in falsetto / Weather-controlling Xmen character / Certain product of pyrolysis / Massimo who wrote Goodbye KissRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37370632296523244342018-12-16T19:32:54.676-05:002018-12-16T19:32:54.676-05:00I finished yesterday's with help - too much cr...I finished yesterday's with help - too much crud in my hed to figure it our. <br /><br />Got today's, but the best part was the ROADTAR, 'cause I knew @R would have a cow. <br /><br />At leas it wasn't all Harry all the time.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords, hoping for a better mood next week when this cold passesDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16240815072113500882018-12-16T18:36:09.311-05:002018-12-16T18:36:09.311-05:00It's another Sunday slog, as is to be expected...It's another Sunday slog, as is to be expected, but a gettable one in a reasonable span of time. Why I sometimes do them, I couldn't say for sure. Maybe because of free time on a dark, rainy Sunday afternoon.<br /><br />After finishing, had to google "cryptid" to get a definition. Good word, but apparently not in vogue.<br /><br />Making this worthwhile was that my wife and I solved it together.<br /><br />Oh, made a mistake on the very first entry: rASpy instead of NASAL for "Like Bob Dylan's voice". Wouldn't raspy be a much better answer?<br /><br />Hell, fuhgeddaboudit!<br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80350788206755955592018-12-16T14:02:33.678-05:002018-12-16T14:02:33.678-05:00Must I have ROADTAR rage again? ROADs have no TAR....Must I have ROADTAR rage again? ROADs have no TAR.<br /><br />Finished this in about 3 Rexes ORSO. @spacey, I've always thought of a ONE-OFF as something custom-made, one-of-a-kind.<br /><br />I've been to LOCHNESS in the SCOTTISHHIGHLANDS. No sign of the MONSTER.<br /><br />"NEVER Say NEVER Again" was on recently. So-named because years earlier Sean Connery vowed to NEVER play James Bond again. Not considered to be an "authentic" Bond film in that whole continuum.<br /><br />LANA and ERIKA are seen too often in puzzles. They may be HOT, but so is yeah baby ISLA Fisher. <br /><br />Didn't know the revealer, but it wasn't that necessary.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72060844060806399342018-12-16T12:39:58.293-05:002018-12-16T12:39:58.293-05:00Easy if you knew the Rowling work; I did not. More...Easy if you knew the Rowling work; I did not. More stuff I didn't know: the "California fault line" area. Barbie had a friend? And who was this Massimo dude? Argh! I took a flyer on CARLOTTO and guessed right.<br /><br />Speaking of faults, that "It's not your fault" clue had me running the alphabet three times before thinking tennis. The "your" part really threw me off.<br /><br />And speaking of OFF, what on Earth is ONEOFF? Never heard of that, nor of any of the -Stan capitals. So, easy? Uh, no. Got the top quickly enough, but that south took a lot of work--some of the guess- variety.<br /><br />Dense theme, well done, and not that many owies in the fill, EKE notwithstanding. DOD is the HOT ERIKA Eleniak. Birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52179060876445425792018-12-16T12:13:04.483-05:002018-12-16T12:13:04.483-05:00SOME FISH
THE ABOMINABLESNOWMAN rode THE LOCHNES...SOME FISH <br /><br />THE ABOMINABLESNOWMAN rode THE LOCHNESSMONSTER<br />to THE ISLES in THENORWEGIANSEA,<br />AND that's WHERETOFINDTHEM as HOMEMAKERS who prosper,<br />turning THEKRAKEN into SUSHI.<br /><br />--- ELISHA AHABBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42117391957173030132018-12-16T09:19:44.962-05:002018-12-16T09:19:44.962-05:00Just finished reading J>K> Rowlings The Casu...Just finished reading J>K> Rowlings The Casual Vacancy, her first novel and enjoyed it. Having never read the Potter books or seen her movies, play, etc. I found this puzzle a challenge which is why I do it at my age. (88).<br />Carry on.<br />B.MorganAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940856038687113557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20772550153159943432018-12-15T16:26:34.247-05:002018-12-15T16:26:34.247-05:00Where is Nancy?Where is Nancy?Dicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12758736868607036462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5461539227536811902018-12-11T15:42:12.972-05:002018-12-11T15:42:12.972-05:00Hey, @yojk - get your facts straight before you go...Hey, @yojk - get your facts straight before you go all high and mighty. In your example, "but" is a preposition, so "me" is the object of that preposition an hence is in the objective case.Loren Muse Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05308030011870397977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5766258970782090242018-12-10T12:05:26.512-05:002018-12-10T12:05:26.512-05:00"...no one but me is going to complain....&qu..."...no one but me is going to complain...." Whatever happened to nominative case in English grammar?yojkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590165829823638989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17844751526849918712018-12-10T09:57:26.900-05:002018-12-10T09:57:26.900-05:00@Joe
@JoeDipinto and anon:11:41 Doh! Thank you,...@Joe<br /><br /><br /><br />@JoeDipinto and anon:11:41 Doh! Thank you, (Face plant)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />mmespeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09911319299751260193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78454632701199155202018-12-10T02:53:07.347-05:002018-12-10T02:53:07.347-05:00Here here. When did any degree of competition (sel...Here here. When did any degree of competition (self-, or otherwise) become so taboo? The whole world is turning into Stuart Smalley. Chim chamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14072888196146711139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42085096007483306102018-12-10T00:42:24.135-05:002018-12-10T00:42:24.135-05:00@mmespeer 11:18 -- anon 11:41 has the bottom two ...@mmespeer 11:18 -- anon 11:41 has the bottom two rows correct.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22075679057452725082018-12-09T23:41:25.175-05:002018-12-09T23:41:25.175-05:00I think the bottom two rows are 34152 and 15234I think the bottom two rows are 34152 and 15234Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74167302277543208402018-12-09T23:18:55.244-05:002018-12-09T23:18:55.244-05:00Does anyone on here do the KENKEN puzzle in the pa...Does anyone on here do the KENKEN puzzle in the paper?? I can usually do the 5X5 grid but I am completely stumped today especially in the bottom 2 rows. Any help(answers) appreciated. I really think that the bottom 9+ should be an 8+. ?????????mmespeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09911319299751260193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91926283780097728782018-12-09T22:28:02.230-05:002018-12-09T22:28:02.230-05:00@Ross Trudeau, in case you check in here - I reall...@Ross Trudeau, in case you check in here - I really liked the puzzle. FANTASTIC idea, and so nicely carried out.Carolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971759975067250908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79423058646546653792018-12-09T20:15:03.941-05:002018-12-09T20:15:03.941-05:00LeBaron a classic? LeBaron a classic? Odd Socknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21618854465335386642018-12-09T19:48:43.060-05:002018-12-09T19:48:43.060-05:00@oldactor : That was my point, although maybe I wa...@oldactor : That was my point, although maybe I was not as clear as I might have been. In my book, it's also THE Loch Ness Monster and THE Abominable Snowman, but those were noticeably absent. I mean, who is going to yell, "We just got a picture of Loch Ness Monster!" ? No one ever.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032302346488486116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7373395616069709712018-12-09T18:48:00.338-05:002018-12-09T18:48:00.338-05:00Agree with @Z and the discussion is tiring. If yo...Agree with @Z and the discussion is tiring. If you like to speed solve, go ahead, have fun, and I hope you keep breaking your records. If you like to savor, go ahead, have fun, have a glass of scotch or a walk around the block or whatever between answers. If you like to go back and forth between those extremes, that's cool too. Do the puzzles however you like to and enjoy the good ones and scream about the less-than-good ones, but just remember, it's just a goddam crossword puzzle so just enjoy solving it however you like and have some damn fun!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15052043877147587692018-12-09T18:33:42.692-05:002018-12-09T18:33:42.692-05:00Jeez, I was sticking up for you speed solvers, eve...Jeez, I was sticking up for you speed solvers, even though it’s not my thing. Sorry if you didn’t get that the “stopwatch in hand” thing was an exaggeration, but my point was—is—that we don’t have to hate others who take pleasure in aspects of the puzzle that leave us cold. NonnyinMAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5255830207852959652018-12-09T18:21:21.550-05:002018-12-09T18:21:21.550-05:00ISLES crossing ISLA was the best thing about this ...ISLES crossing ISLA was the best thing about this puzzle (@M&A), which I enjoyed overall. I liked the HH in SCOTTISHHIGHLANDS, too.<br /><br />My only real trouble was with the Rowling play title, which I did not know. For some reason I thought maybe TOTS was some variation of TOTeS, which sort of made sense for 61D, and made the third part of the title start with 'tHERETOFI'. I just couldn't see a way to parse that; I needed almost all the crosses. I finally got INN, and realized that I had known, but not been able to remember, NEROLI. And suddenly, WHERE TO FIND THEM was obvious. <br /><br />I don't time, but i got about 85% of the puzzle done while taking the subway and trolley to meet my wife, my cousin, and my cousin's husband at a downtown hotel; then we went to see my step-grandson's quintet play a jazz brunch, so I just got back home to comment, probably too late for anyone to actually read it. (But what about you syndicated people? Do you come here weeks later and read what we all said? Never though about that before.)<br /><br />Question at a wizards' convention. "Whose staff is that?" "OZ'S!"<br /><br />jberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4871952599308842412018-12-09T17:26:33.940-05:002018-12-09T17:26:33.940-05:00Very clever puzzle. Lots of fun, especially for f...Very clever puzzle. Lots of fun, especially for fans of J.K. Rowling and her expanding wizarding world. Thanks very much for this one, Mr. Trudeau.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78436092960311916222018-12-09T17:08:17.948-05:002018-12-09T17:08:17.948-05:00Anyone who thinks ASL is "silent" has ne...Anyone who thinks ASL is "silent" has never been around deaf signers. That just made me laugh. I haven't yet seen a decent clue for it. <br /><br />Definitely broke a speed record on this and I don't solve "with stopwatch in hand" ffs. Why are people so all-fired insecure when others are interested in their solve times? Get a grip. ZenMonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351161309102608706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74971075045766390022018-12-09T17:03:12.707-05:002018-12-09T17:03:12.707-05:00Eezy PeezyEezy PeezyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54945839407166205412018-12-09T15:59:27.124-05:002018-12-09T15:59:27.124-05:00103A and 86D sunk my battleship. I had ALbA and CA...103A and 86D sunk my battleship. I had ALbA and CARbOTTO. WOEISI! thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74754100110410774932018-12-09T15:50:22.582-05:002018-12-09T15:50:22.582-05:00There’s a great bar in the San Diego area called T...There’s a great bar in the San Diego area called The Kraken. Fun times.chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.com