tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5296646752611344473..comments2024-03-28T11:49:08.281-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: FRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2006 - Levi DenhamRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56557515971810436982007-02-01T09:37:00.000-05:002007-02-01T09:37:00.000-05:00Well, you know, crosswords have a pretty long shel...Well, you know, crosswords have a pretty long shelf life. :)<br /><br />I was stymied by the "Take _____" song, myself. I kept trying to fit Madonna's "take a bow" in there, though (as I know now) that's not from 1985. Love that a-ha song, though.<br /><br />I thought the theme was prepositional phrases: At an impasse," "In disbelief," "on the docket." I guess that's not much of a theme.Chancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226145896576592193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90604217604149325752007-02-01T09:34:00.000-05:002007-02-01T09:34:00.000-05:00Thank you, Chance. Glad my hatred of "Ally McBeal"...Thank you, Chance. Glad my hatred of "Ally McBeal" didn't put you off ... too much. <br /><br />RP (writing from the fyooooture, i.e. Feb. 1, 2007)Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31648950862505853682007-02-01T09:26:00.000-05:002007-02-01T09:26:00.000-05:00I knew Ally's Renee immediately; haven't seen the ...I knew Ally's Renee immediately; haven't seen the show in years but remember it with great affection.<br /><br />Usually, I am clueless when it comes to TV, not having one and not watching much at others' homes.<br /><br />Just shows what some people consider a valid clue.<br /><br />BTW, brilliant blog --- but you probably knew that.Chancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226145896576592193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78907590496540481972006-12-15T17:39:00.000-05:002006-12-15T17:39:00.000-05:00Wow, that's some serious, multiply self-reinforcin...Wow, that's some serious, multiply self-reinforcing wrongness. Happened to me a few puzzles back - wrongness that goes 3-4 answers deep. My sequence of wrong answers involved ETUI.<br /><br />PINCHEM sounds like a sadistic party game, or like something some poorly-parented 12-year-old girl would have written across the ass of her sweatpants. <br /><br />rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69800438497728572052006-12-15T14:55:00.000-05:002006-12-15T14:55:00.000-05:00I readily admit that I suck at crosswords and Frid...I readily admit that I suck at crosswords and Friday pretty much stresses me to my limits.<br /><br />So I was very happy when almost the entire puzzle fell together quickly.<br /><br />Except the SE corner which I was so certain of a couple wrong words that I couldn't change my thinking enough to fix.<br /><br />It started with having the EA in sea serpents which I immediately put in as sea monsters.<br /><br />I might have recovered but unfortunately I just so happen to know that Bob Barker has three emmy's and that fit the R in monsters.<br /><br />And then I was betrayed by my great grandmother. She says "pinchem" as in "put in a pinchem of salt." I always thought this was just some weirdness on her part since I've never heard anybody else say it. But it fit in the puzzle (on the M in monster) and I thought happy thoughts about my great grandmother.<br /><br />Those three locking together had me so convinced that they were right I was never able to disabuse myself of them.Alex S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07543077687426776863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37512132372188531072006-12-15T12:46:00.001-05:002006-12-15T12:46:00.001-05:00I do, I do. Comes with the territory of having a h...I do, I do. Comes with the territory of having a husband with a male name that the more obtuse assume to be female. When someone calls for "Mrs. [husband's full name]," they're usually looking for him, not me.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11720951707274245805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76276797789412978612006-12-15T12:46:00.000-05:002006-12-15T12:46:00.000-05:00The "No Escape" clue was a gimme for me. That movi...The "No Escape" clue was a gimme for me. That movie came out when I was in...third grade, maybe second, and it was a pretty violent movie about an island penal colony where the prisoners were hunted by the island natives, or something. I don't remember the details, but there were a few particularly violent scenes that my friends and I thought were TOTALLY AWESOME! I'd watch it whenever it came on HBO. Good times.<br /><br />As long as I'm going down memory lane, I'll tell you about one of odd kids in my "progressive" private school. This kid was absolutely crazy. I'll call him John. John would hide under tables and yell when everyone was supposed to be practicing their ABC's (or whatever it was that we used to do), stomp around the room knocking things over and yelling...you know, normal kid stuff. Instead of actually disciplining him, the teachers would let him roam free and would just tell us all to ignore his yelling and generally crazy behavior.<br /><br />Then one year some other kid in my class spent a really long time making and painting a clay dragon, and he was really proud of his work. The teachers put it on display by the window...and within a day or two, John took it and smashed it on the ground. Many tears were shed that day. I think that was about the time that my teachers actually started disciplining him for his behavior.<br /><br />In high school, John was still kind of weird, but he was also one of the smartest kids I knew. Go figure.sonofdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07177442874914826830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12018214180578244822006-12-15T12:04:00.000-05:002006-12-15T12:04:00.000-05:00Wow, you sure feel strongly about the name RENEE.
...Wow, you sure feel strongly about the name RENEE.<br /><br />Yes, LOM reeks of high-end gimme. I, sadly, am still middle-to-low-end in my capabilities. <br /><br />RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58000522947347896442006-12-15T11:59:00.000-05:002006-12-15T11:59:00.000-05:001. Couldn't be Russo, because she spells her name ...1. Couldn't be Russo, because she spells her name like a <i>boy</i> (and mucks things up for American men named René). This, I cannot forgive.<br /><br />2. Any clue pertaining to Inspector Clouseau and friends should invariably trigger thoughts of Herbert LOM—at least if one has done too many crosswords. No idea what he looks like, but the name's a gimme now.<br /><br />3. It's not SEA SERPENTS, it's SEASER PENTS. Mysterious!<br /><br />4. LIOTTA should always be clued with <i>Goodfellas</i> or <i>Operation Dumbo Drop</i>. I was gonna say <i>The Last Seduction</i> and <i>Donnie Brasco</i>, but somehow my vivid memories of him in those movies are entirely hallucinatory.<br /><br />5. I'm a medical editor. I started learning medical terminology when I was in junior high. I've seen an orthopedist for my knees. "Gonitis" and whatever knee-related root it has? Completely unknown to me. Fortunately, I got KNEE through the crossings and never even saw that clue, because it would've irked me.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11720951707274245805noreply@blogger.com