tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5406229090523045383..comments2024-03-29T08:11:31.723-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Jim of 1960s TV / SAT 4-6-19 / Supermarket chain since 1926 / Woolly Sesame Street character whose first name is Aloysius Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62908705743966584362019-05-11T16:15:37.255-04:002019-05-11T16:15:37.255-04:00This puzzle was NOT A BAD IDEA throughout. No wri...This puzzle was NOT A BAD IDEA throughout. No write-overs (I *almost* entered NUNnery, PurE, and eenY, but wisely waited for affirmation), and I found the puzzle medium.<br /><br />Perhaps a matter of taste, but the top stack was most enjoyable and right on in my opinion, while the bottom stack was a little plebeian, except for the woolly Muppets guy/gal. Many delightful clues, especially for LETS, and great execution of a very entertaining Saturday.<br /><br />FOTOS was the perfect answer for "pix", and with S-ARF I've learned from previous puzzles to wait to see if a "C" or "N" goes in there.<br /><br />I agree that KMART is no longer popular, or even in existence up here in Canada, but when it was I bought my favourite pair of sandals there. Also the one I went to made excellent French fries.<br /><br />My hybrid doesn't even HUM when I drive at or below the speed limit.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44085081466342885602019-05-11T14:58:21.614-04:002019-05-11T14:58:21.614-04:00Living in the Pacific Northwest, not "waiting...Living in the Pacific Northwest, not "waiting" for, but fearing, irruption of the Cascadian fault, which will be our BIGONE.<br /><br />The puzzle? Big enough trouble in the South with the FRA and SNUFFLE what's-their-names.<br /><br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26916489662976975992019-05-11T10:52:05.785-04:002019-05-11T10:52:05.785-04:00TWO’S ALL
I’m NUTSABOUT OUR NABOR’s wife Maria – ...TWO’S ALL<br /><br />I’m NUTSABOUT OUR NABOR’s wife Maria – <br />the SETUP’s ABACK door perk.<br />She’s so WINSOME it’s NOTABADIDEA <br />for a STINT, BUTWILLITWORK?<br /><br />--- SCOTT NYE<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58976843882614565942019-05-11T10:14:19.712-04:002019-05-11T10:14:19.712-04:00This is the first, and very probably the last, tim...This is the first, and very probably the last, time I finish a Saturday in four Rexes flat. I don't know if it was my wheelhouse, exactly; I just felt "on," solving-wise. You get those days occasionally. Less and less often as we go, unfortunately.<br /><br />Slammed down the north, with but a moment's glitch writing Wimp instead of WUSS. The south was just a little stickier; hand up for FRALIPPOLIPPI without the "hi-FI." Inkwise, it got to be a bit of a HOTMESS down there.<br /><br />Some spotty fill {lookin' at you, FOTOS), and some nostalgia. "We're getting further and further away from KMART." (400 Oak Street, Columbus, Ohio). See, modern filmmakers? You CAN make a great movie without crashing cars and dropping bodies by the score.<br /><br />I have imagined SIRI as a smashing DOD, but for all I know she's a dumpy matron with a pleasant voice. I'll take DIONNE Warwick, pleasant voice and ALL.<br /><br />I wouldn't say I'm NUTSABOUT this one, but ITSAHIT for birdie. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81924686632320301922019-05-11T10:02:03.174-04:002019-05-11T10:02:03.174-04:00Dumb eenY before ITSY, afroS before FETES, PurE be...Dumb eenY before ITSY, afroS before FETES, PurE before POPE, SWOOPin before SWOOPUP and still finished in 2 Rexes. I’ll take that.<br /><br />I’ve got a TWO dollar bill right here in my desk drawer.Gimme, Nickels wouldn’t fit. And I’ve been to Jefferson’s house.<br /><br />KMARTS still exist? <br /><br />I go back to ‘Walk on By’ and ‘Do Yo Know the Way to San Jose” for yeah baby DIONNE Warwick. Din’t realize the clued song came that much later. Where does the time go?<br /><br />Coupla lucky guesses down south and I was home SCOTT free.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69065060864324609782019-04-10T08:49:38.643-04:002019-04-10T08:49:38.643-04:00This was remarkably unsatisfying. Sighed over ITSY...This was remarkably unsatisfying. Sighed over ITSY, ALFA (not ALPHA?), TWIN PAC. If KMARTS are popular, why are they closing everywhere? Really not crazy about NUNHOOD. IT'S A HIT sounds like something <i>I</i> would say if I were calling baseball, so that can't possibly be right. (Actually it would sound more like, "Why's everyone yelling? Oh, it must have been a hit.")<br />55D "Innocent, perhaps" gave me DUPE instead of POPE. Made me feel like a DWEEB or a WUSS. 26A my first thought was WATER...<br />On the other hand, there were some less common answers I should have enjoyed more: ALATEEN, ADAMANT, STINTstwidgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07163492735490090137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60589984367303050752019-04-07T23:32:26.404-04:002019-04-07T23:32:26.404-04:00I know I’m a day late, but I just have to second @...I know I’m a day late, but I just have to second @Snuffy to say that for 40+ years I’ve been hearing and saying SNUFFLEUfAGUS — so what should have been a happy reminder of childhood in the puzzle instead made me feel troubled. How did this mistaken understanding persist for so long? CFGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166125510140034254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59597716532619047352019-04-07T11:54:47.233-04:002019-04-07T11:54:47.233-04:00Better than average puzzle for this oldster. Didn&...Better than average puzzle for this oldster. Didn't like snarf or nunhood. Wait a minute - isn't that like priesthood?paul plotnicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34436195745946303472019-04-07T10:03:14.995-04:002019-04-07T10:03:14.995-04:00@Eric Weber, 29 Across is about tennis. When you s...@Eric Weber, 29 Across is about tennis. When you serve a let it does not count as a fault, but you do need to serve again (reserve). <br /><br />@Nancy (9:34): It's been a long time since I've watched baseball, but IT'S A HIT was not commonly said back then and was certainly never cried. I suppose the only time I can imagine it being cried is if it looks like a pitcher is about to earn a no hitter when someone spoils it with a hit. oopsydebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782387570353740415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32970977564916293502019-04-07T03:38:49.305-04:002019-04-07T03:38:49.305-04:00I still don't understand why 29 Across "C...I still don't understand why 29 Across "Calls to reserve" is "lets" - can anyone explain? What am I not getting? the L kept me from completing puzzle.<br />Eric Weberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05906541548892957231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31084650081182545692019-04-06T21:45:04.266-04:002019-04-06T21:45:04.266-04:00Agree about TREASURE MAP. An actual map was more t...Agree about TREASURE MAP. An actual map was more the key to the Librarian movies!CDilly52https://www.blogger.com/profile/07727001753847073030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89392247135470409852019-04-06T20:33:48.390-04:002019-04-06T20:33:48.390-04:00Thankfully I wasn’t stint when it came to buying r...Thankfully I wasn’t stint when it came to buying records in college: https://youtu.be/sQHw1GAmECkErik Anderssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344511513188123002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16542298947537886842019-04-06T19:11:46.901-04:002019-04-06T19:11:46.901-04:00And it's Backus because that's who Rex put...And it's Backus because that's who Rex put in first.<br /><br />Proper cluing for NUNHOOD is Sistah gangsta.<br />Or Sister gangster, if you prefer.albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68654602944112239892019-04-06T18:26:03.226-04:002019-04-06T18:26:03.226-04:00I've noticed that Saturdays seem to be getting...I've noticed that Saturdays seem to be getting easier... Though my Friday average time is still below my Saturday. Don't know if I'm just getting better at xwords, or if the NYT is trying to make their puzzles more accessible, in a bid for revenue. Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01366620471331747531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28455202775876440632019-04-06T18:21:01.093-04:002019-04-06T18:21:01.093-04:00Thanks for the explication! Thanks for the explication! Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01366620471331747531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7878423479939177462019-04-06T18:18:51.447-04:002019-04-06T18:18:51.447-04:00PPP?PPP?Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01366620471331747531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77619521590584349592019-04-06T17:48:12.280-04:002019-04-06T17:48:12.280-04:00That’s Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III (photo). ...That’s Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III (photo). Jim Nabors was Gomer Pyle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39574388207062179202019-04-06T15:17:29.215-04:002019-04-06T15:17:29.215-04:00Independent Grocers Alliance
Independent Grocers Alliance<br /><br /><br /> OffTheGridnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27961563229729638642019-04-06T14:59:35.216-04:002019-04-06T14:59:35.216-04:00Scanning the comments, it seems I am the only one ...Scanning the comments, it seems I am the only one who did not know ALFA is an alternative spelling for the first letter in the NATO alphabet. I always thought the spelling was, "alpha".Lynxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15857045034470942572019-04-06T14:58:43.571-04:002019-04-06T14:58:43.571-04:00I liked it, I liked it a lot. The way those first ...I liked it, I liked it a lot. The way those first three across entries stacked was very satisfying. <br />On track for my fastest Saturday by a long margin until I got stumped in the southwest. Ended up DNFing with CLAM in there (as in clam games) instead of FLAM, but now that I see it I guess SPF was probably gettable. As usual I assumed SPC was a Usonian brand and moved right on past in my error-checking.Unwiseowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853703196938714822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74091751246862971852019-04-06T14:36:10.728-04:002019-04-06T14:36:10.728-04:00I started doing the puzzle in the app a few months...I started doing the puzzle in the app a few months ago, and something unexpected is happening. My Friday average is settling in well above my Saturday average. Anyone else observe this?<br /><br />Maybe it's just the small sample size, but I am finding Fridays consistently harder than Saturdays. <br /><br />In spite of numerous filling errors (nunnery instead of NUNHOOD??, wimp instead of WUSS, It's gone instead of ITSAHIT), today was record low time. <br /><br />Don't like WIN SOME LOSE SOME as an answer. No one says it like that. DavidLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639623117251718571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42380702892784885552019-04-06T14:31:06.359-04:002019-04-06T14:31:06.359-04:00Never watched Sesame Street, so had no chance. Had...Never watched Sesame Street, so had no chance. Had pure and snuffleuridus. Another DNF. Got lucky on alateen crossing chasse though. Win some, lose some recently. OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47313248956283290642019-04-06T14:30:04.640-04:002019-04-06T14:30:04.640-04:00Great long-ball stacks, tops & bottoms. 10 U&#...Great long-ball stacks, tops & bottoms. 10 U's. Raised-by-wolves clues. Framed-in puzgrid design. TUT! -- well heck, there's yer rodeo. ThemelessthUmbsUp.<br /><br />staff weeject pick: TUT. Far better clue: {King sporting an ankh accompanied by a questionable "amen"?}. Honrable mention to PEU, of course.<br /><br />Agree with some of U smart commenter folks that three quote clues in a row for that upper long-ball stack might be over-doin it, just a smidge. Also, NUNHOOD is already a wolf-raised elite pup, without layin a question-mark clue on it, too boot.<br /><br />Had the hesitations, puttin in SWOOPUP after I'd already UP-ed things up with SETUPS and SNUFFLEUP+, next-door. Also had PURE before POPE, so I can join the popular club of folks that did that. Suuuu … SE corner was a sorta nanosecond BONESPUR, on my solvequest. <br /><br />Thanx for the primo SatPuzPac, Mr. White. Like @Aketi said, hard to beat SNUFFLEUPAGUS for topnotch fillins. [I see that it was yer intended seed entry, btw. Sweet.]<br /><br />Masked & Anonymo10Us<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/UploadRunt/FetchPage?id=NzA2ODI3NDQ4ODY3NTkyMg&title=Off_1_Season_1_-_1_by_1_M_1_and_1_A" rel="nofollow">**gruntz**</a><br /> Masked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346263641338670679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27826926785644085152019-04-06T14:21:10.605-04:002019-04-06T14:21:10.605-04:00I loved the pic of Backus and the lovely Natalie S...I loved the pic of Backus and the lovely Natalie Schafer. My favorite story from her was once, deep in her long career she went for an audition. She met a very young casting asst. whose first question was, "What have you done?" Her answer was, "You first".<br /><br />For alateen think alanon.oldactornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32802878800704861982019-04-06T13:49:55.783-04:002019-04-06T13:49:55.783-04:00Re: @Wood at 12:59. "Fra" is short for ...Re: @Wood at 12:59. "Fra" is short for the Italian "frate," friar or "brother," a title for a monk. Filippo Lippi was a monk, though not a very good one, if abstention from sex is a criterion. His son, Filippino Lippi (little Filippo, or little Philip; the mother was Lucrezia Buti) was a prominent painter also, with extant works all over the world. Filippino's Virgins are about a voluptuous as those of his father.<br /><br />Anon. i.e. PoggiusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com