tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5449845538953728571..comments2024-03-29T03:22:09.826-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 1986 Brad Davis film / SUN 10-31-10 / Jazz saxophonist/flutist Frank / 1987 Adrian Pasdar film / Athenian porchRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29338901789349436302010-11-13T22:01:17.920-05:002010-11-13T22:01:17.920-05:00Liked the puzzle and didn't even have to googl...Liked the puzzle and didn't even have to google. Enjoy reading all the commentskashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261217811960817000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51469962374397563452010-11-08T15:51:40.003-05:002010-11-08T15:51:40.003-05:00The city Sault Ste Marie is not in Detroit, thoug...The city Sault Ste Marie is not in Detroit, though it is in Michigan -- almost 400 miles north of Detroit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82094953083288219042010-11-07T18:09:09.835-05:002010-11-07T18:09:09.835-05:00A few too many RAJI-cross-LEEJ (J in common) answe...A few too many RAJI-cross-LEEJ (J in common) answers for my taste, where I didn't know the people clued. Ended up with about six unfilled spaces because of that. Pretty good theme material, though, and the whole bat thing is a construction marvel to me, never having constructed a xword in my life. So, to damn with faint praise, ITLLDO.<br /><br />Loved the Restore Sanity Rally sign, "Thank God for Mexican Food." Has all the makings of a serious Third Party ticket platform.NotalwaysrightBillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53823072494013272722010-11-07T16:08:57.730-05:002010-11-07T16:08:57.730-05:00I enjoyed this puzzle. Being also from New Zealan...I enjoyed this puzzle. Being also from New Zealand.....fantastic country!!!!......Oddfellows brought back sweet memories!tobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17035685314955450305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48931422313068265502010-11-07T14:13:31.051-05:002010-11-07T14:13:31.051-05:00@Hodding Smythe I was wondering how the computer ...@Hodding Smythe I was wondering how the computer solvers were going to draw the bat!Dave in Seattlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15460071553081386172010-11-07T13:32:03.069-05:002010-11-07T13:32:03.069-05:00Halloween was a week ago but I still have enough o...Halloween was a week ago but I still have enough of the spirit left to think this puzzle was fun. DNF because I was absolutely certain (almost always a sure sign that I am wrong) that 78d was KEBoB, which left me with _Oo for the bygone bird, and the slush pile at 95d was no help whatsoever. Still a really cool bat, though.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36288266016735197502010-11-06T22:35:44.045-04:002010-11-06T22:35:44.045-04:00Disappointing. It's a Hallowe'en puzzle, w...Disappointing. It's a Hallowe'en puzzle, with fangs in the title, circles obviously in the shape of a bat (who needs to be guided through the alphabet?), and a theme answer that's three letters long. Could it be ... a BAT?<br /><br />A minute after looking at this, I decided I'd solved it, and recycled it without having written anything in the grid.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62126003894353409992010-11-05T19:28:44.056-04:002010-11-05T19:28:44.056-04:00Other great signs
Someone told me there would be p...Other great signs<br />Someone told me there would be pie<br /><br />teaparties are for (little girls) kids<br /><br />I know you are excited but please use your inside voices<br /><br />Free Juan Williams<br /><br />I miss my dog<br /><br />I hope my cats are okay<br /><br />I feel sane already<br /><br />You're doing a heck of a job Stewart<br /><br />Think outside the Fox<br /><br />Shrinks for Sanity<br /><br />Beck OffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43953084881478534092010-11-04T09:55:44.070-04:002010-11-04T09:55:44.070-04:00What did the "note" in the puzzle say? I...What did the "note" in the puzzle say? I get my puzzle online and didn't see a note! How do I connect "the dots?" Starting where and in what order?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77492180502575052412010-11-02T23:02:50.590-04:002010-11-02T23:02:50.590-04:00The Soo Canals make it possible for ships to pass ...The Soo Canals make it possible for ships to pass from Lake Superior to Lake Huron. <br /><br />On each side of the US/Canadian border there is a city called Sault Ste. Marie, one in Ontario and one in Detroit. <br /><br />Sault Ste. Marie in the local vernacular is "Soo" or "The Soo".nurturinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02035395856164817422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65225416667824038422010-11-02T14:03:04.365-04:002010-11-02T14:03:04.365-04:00Rex ..... what a fun way to learn of your Kiwi con...Rex ..... what a fun way to learn of your Kiwi connection ! Even after 15 years here, I still trip up on the US-centric pop/sports/TV culture clues, but I am slowly becoming "bilingual" with much help from these crosswords :-). Oddfellows naturally had that NZ candy resonance for me too, and Moa was trivial, but Naya ..... ???<br /><br />PeterUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907679923414369654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15363954078316028202010-11-01T13:48:10.333-04:002010-11-01T13:48:10.333-04:00I was at Rally, interviewing people for Arlington ...I was at Rally, interviewing people for Arlington Independent Media (look for our coverage on web soon). One of my favorite sign was held up by someone out in the middle of the Mall crowd: "Keep Off the Grass." I'm choosing to ignore any possible drug message and enjoy it as a ironic comment on 400,000 plus feet trampling the grass.Michael A. Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162133305280166908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28153120737237121452010-10-31T23:55:03.434-04:002010-10-31T23:55:03.434-04:00Seemed like a big Tuesday puzzle except for the ob...Seemed like a big Tuesday puzzle except for the obscure movies. Way too easy. Finished in record Sunday time.<br /><br />Since I'm not a big fan of drawing on my xwords, would have to say it was not my favorite Gorski effort.Octaviannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-255392261943877582010-10-31T23:36:57.330-04:002010-10-31T23:36:57.330-04:00@Noam D. Elkies: I like your deductive pathway for...@Noam D. Elkies: I like your deductive pathway for ULNAE more than mine, which was knowing the antecubital vein (the one right in the fold of your elbow where they always draw blood).Dannynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1369572449868667532010-10-31T21:19:09.965-04:002010-10-31T21:19:09.965-04:00A truly elegant puzzle on all the levels I can thi...A truly elegant puzzle on all the levels I can think of. Excellent fill, and even looking at the filled grid before drawing the bat is kind of spooky if you are in the right mood. <br /><br />I like how the movies (mostly) drop in chronological order from top to bottom. Didn't realize I had seen so many vampire movies!<br /><br />And SAL Mineo without a shirt. Great end to a fun Halloween week. <br /><br />Thanks for the rally pix, Rex and PG. <br /><br />Happy hauntings. Here's wishing you all a trick-free night.JaxInL.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13792405579998093081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39417949547005262672010-10-31T18:28:50.503-04:002010-10-31T18:28:50.503-04:00@alan: a rag is a newspaper.
@Matthew G: agreed ...@alan: a rag is a newspaper. <br /><br />@Matthew G: agreed re the news. <br />I had "why me" before "again".machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24712332924244064572010-10-31T18:21:54.292-04:002010-10-31T18:21:54.292-04:00Will somebody please explain , in Saturday's p...Will somebody please explain , in Saturday's puzzle , the relationship between the clue sometimes appears in rags and articles.alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60471348455660239512010-10-31T18:15:55.510-04:002010-10-31T18:15:55.510-04:00I finished this puzzle to the satisfaction of Mr. ...I finished this puzzle to the satisfaction of Mr. Happy Pencil with my only pause being the A in SAL/NAYA.<br /><br />That said, there were a ton of obscurities that just happened to be within my personal sphere of knowledge today. Kneww SOO/ABOU/KALB, for example. MESA/MTV were gimies. LEEJ Cobb was a brilliant actor.<br /><br />I really didn't care for the CDI random Roman numeral crossing DNA. Got WESS Frank from crosses, all of which I needed.Van55https://www.blogger.com/profile/15904942044695917615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38961246697424233722010-10-31T17:26:22.811-04:002010-10-31T17:26:22.811-04:00Finished with one incorrect square -- I avoid tele...Finished with one incorrect square -- I avoid television news like the plague, so I'd never heard of Marvin KALB, and I'm not enough of a religion guy to have encountered ABOU Ben Adhem before. So I guessed KALl and AlOU. Oh well.<br /><br />Love the puzzle. I liked it because it took something that is usually absolute _death_ to me in solving a crossword -- movie titles clued with the name of their actors (exceeded in difficulty only by their inverse, the cluing of actors by the movies they were in) -- and turned it into something I was able to deduce once I picked up the theme. And really, all I ask of hard answers is that they be deductible with a little work.<br /><br />Really loved the cluing of a lot of the non-theme answers in this one. "Question shouted in exasperation" is a _great_ clue for AGAIN. Likewise "Walk the earth" for EXIST and "Biblical preposition" for UNTO.<br /><br />Great, great stuff.Matthew G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07957320012395569238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5497705666672097072010-10-31T17:06:41.687-04:002010-10-31T17:06:41.687-04:00Regarding the cluing for 24 Across that resulted i...Regarding the cluing for 24 Across that resulted in the answer ICARE - Wouldn't the clue more accurately have read "Words of sympathy"? To me "words of empathy" would be "IKNOW"... enjoyed this puzzle immensely!Fitzynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19081095182971307182010-10-31T16:02:10.673-04:002010-10-31T16:02:10.673-04:00Had two double Naticks: the aforementioned SAL &am...Had two double Naticks: the aforementioned SAL & ADIA crossing NAYA, and KALB & SOO crossing ABOU. Got 2 of the 4 required guesses, so DNF.<br /><br />Strangely enough, I have heard of all of the movies, but have only seen DRACULA. FYI, the 1922 NOSFERATU is available as instant play on Netflix.<br /><br />Let's go Giants.Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77405594244068590992010-10-31T14:53:38.325-04:002010-10-31T14:53:38.325-04:00Along with DRACULA and BAT and BOO in the center t...Along with DRACULA and BAT and BOO in the center there is also PAINe. :-) me like!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36387446916475662772010-10-31T14:49:41.810-04:002010-10-31T14:49:41.810-04:00Forgot to mention: I didn't know "cubiti&...Forgot to mention: I didn't know "cubiti" = 119A:ULNAE either, but inferred it from "cubit", originally the length of the forearm (the Hebrew אמה is still use for both the length unit and for the human forearm).<br /><br />NDENoam D. Elkiesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89821499738392271962010-10-31T14:49:27.950-04:002010-10-31T14:49:27.950-04:00thank you weary of query and I now know my days ar...thank you weary of query and I now know my days are numbered due to knowing the answeralannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14089867300772728702010-10-31T14:22:45.170-04:002010-10-31T14:22:45.170-04:00Wow - a lot of movies I never heard of.
My downfal...Wow - a lot of movies I never heard of.<br />My downfall was BLOODT?E?. Was pretty sure 122D was PeU, which led me to BLOODTeEn. Cmon, that has to be a movie!PuzzleNutnoreply@blogger.com