tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5472539646200791206..comments2024-03-29T11:24:03.304-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Paintings outside mainstream per Jean Dubuffet / THU 5-14-15 / Noted Italian chocolatier / Hindrances for competitive swimmer / Wisconsin city near Lake Michigan / Largest county in Nevada / Part of Cuban comboRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2930518731080158602019-06-29T16:23:40.887-04:002019-06-29T16:23:40.887-04:006/29/19. I found this one in a compilations book a...6/29/19. I found this one in a compilations book and like it a lot. Since solving on paper, I could put the HA's in the margin which helped a lot especially in seeing the symmetry of the HA's. Must have been a constructing struggle, brilliantly done. I got the corners first and slowed down doing the middle stairsteps.<br /><br />I'm curious if any other solvers are this late?Monty Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924320449868956299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9496794366322952532017-02-11T21:33:04.687-05:002017-02-11T21:33:04.687-05:00I'm Mellisa Thomas; My husband just came back ...I'm Mellisa Thomas; My husband just came back home after leaving me for so long. I can't explain this but I just have to share my joy and happiness with the world I don't know how Dr Ihunde helped me in bringing back my husband. I have been frustrated for the past 6 years with my 3 kids in a marriage of 19 years after my husband had left me for no reason, all i did every day was to cry. One faithful day a friend of mine came visiting and I told her about the situation i have been for years now, she then told me about a very powerful man called Dr Ihunde Spell Temple. that he is a very powerful man, at first I never wanted to believe her because I have spent a lot going to different places but she convinced me, so I had no choice because I really need my husband back. So we contacted Dr Ihunde who told me all I needed to do and i give him a trial. But the greatest joy in me today is that Dr Ihunde was able to bring my husband back to me after years of not even taken my calls. and now we are living happily as never before. Thanks to Dr Ihunde. If you have problems of any kind I will advise you to contact him via his email: (ihundespelltemple@gmail.com) or call him +2349055637784. Mellisa Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27702714910722422112015-06-18T21:53:24.829-04:002015-06-18T21:53:24.829-04:00I found this one very tough, maybe the toughest Th...I found this one very tough, maybe the toughest Thursday I've seen in a long while. I got the theme/gimmick early, and eight of the twelve BURSTOUT HAs, but couldn't find the other four. I also didn't get the 19A "haw" clue, believing that my answer hEE followed TEE as part of the LAUGHING theme.<br /><br />Okay, TEE-hEE isn't a BURSTOUT. <br /><br />Big DNF.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88159171243853221042015-06-18T20:23:22.476-04:002015-06-18T20:23:22.476-04:00Nice puzzle, but as for the buffalo clue I hope th...Nice puzzle, but as for the buffalo clue I hope the compiler has ghoti it out of his system.straylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70579693332404573872015-06-18T19:21:56.011-04:002015-06-18T19:21:56.011-04:00This was a big STRUGGLER for me and I put the puzz...This was a big STRUGGLER for me and I put the puzzle down several times today. Afternoon nap aroused my grey cells and I finally broke through with Big Bert-ha and You betc-ha. Had to look up Babi-Yar but other than that I really enjoyed the struggle. Mr. Collins has my permission to do a repeat anytime.<br />This kind of puzzle allows me to pretend I was a famous Cryptologist during the WW11, sitting underground with an Enigma Coder on my lap and turning to my workmates shouting, "Eureka, I got it."<br /><br />Signed, Ron Diego (or Walter Mitty) La Mesa, CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77018634078408406382015-06-18T16:50:48.014-04:002015-06-18T16:50:48.014-04:00Struggled until big BERT(ha) appeared. Still it to...Struggled until big BERT(ha) appeared. Still it took,a lot of time to ferret out all the HAs. I kept counting them, saying only so many more. Last one was (ha)VENTWEMET, which at last made sense of the V in SHRIVELED. Couldn't think of a question that started with V! Loved the revealer which it seems in retrospect should have been easier to uncover. Learned Plotz, which I had thought was a description of an ineffective person, as in "He's such a Plotz!" Sadly ended with a DNF in geometry: NYa/WAUKaS(ha). Hey, for me that's a good Thursday!<br /><br />Well, maybe not so good 1011DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30155995886674343952015-06-18T14:42:20.465-04:002015-06-18T14:42:20.465-04:00@Spacey - consider the sentence, "My talk tod...@Spacey - consider the sentence, "My talk today will be on (ABOUT) the effects of climate change in Las Vegas". <br /><br />I won't go into detail about the minutiae of my solve (looking for rebuses, altering spellings, leaving blanks, ha! etc), but the key from me was HALCYON.<br /><br />Though I do not time myself, if I went by time this would have been hugely challenging. However, once I figured out the trick, it could be closer to medium.<br /><br />Overall, though, I thought this was brilliant. Great fun.<br /><br />rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82500747543882464072015-06-18T13:15:53.408-04:002015-06-18T13:15:53.408-04:00I got murdered. Figured out that loony theme but s...I got murdered. Figured out that loony theme but still couldn't manage to navigate through it. DNF!Torbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01813931192681953872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24989928465074906072015-06-18T13:00:45.253-04:002015-06-18T13:00:45.253-04:00DUMBEST PUZZLE EVER. KEEP THE WORDS INSIDE THE GR...DUMBEST PUZZLE EVER. KEEP THE WORDS INSIDE THE GRID. THREW IT IN THE GARBAGE WHERE IT BELONGS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3798191864710318982015-06-18T12:28:10.926-04:002015-06-18T12:28:10.926-04:00"007?....Just leave the BERETTA.""007?....Just leave the BERETTA."spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6357246336389658622015-06-18T12:24:41.363-04:002015-06-18T12:24:41.363-04:00I was in the SE trying to figure out how to fit BE...I was in the SE trying to figure out how to fit BERTHA into four spaces. First thought: rebus. No. So I left it and put a couple things together in the NE, when I noticed YOUBETC (HA). Hm. Another day so soon after Sunday's SORE THUMB where we have to think--and write--outside the box, eh? So the revealer line looked like LAUGHING, but the first part I couldn't get for a while. BUSTOUT? Too short. BUSTAGUT, maybe?? No, BURSTOUT. People don't say that, do they? Yes, I guess they do, the more genteel ones. After that, though very hard all the way, I managed to get it done. The FERRERO/BERETTA cross didn't bother me at all; I'm too much of a Bond fan to misspell the gun that M made him give up (or the Walther PPK that replaced it).<br /><br />SOMEhow (much more in the language) was in for SOMEWAY, and I was pickin' hEE with haw--but I wasn't grinnin.' Last letter was changing to YEE. "On" does not mean ABOUT. That's why we have the phrase "on OR [emphasis mine] about." I've heard of Waukegan, but never WAUKESHA. Ended up inferring it from the more familiar one. Besides, I had only eleven HA's and the blurb said I needed one more.<br /><br />I liked it. It didn't make me BURSTOUT LAUGHING, but it was still a fun solve. Challenging. I love the gall of OFL as he rates a puzzle he DNF(!!!) as "medium." Right. The crossword is really beginning to stretch its HAIRYLEGS (gotta love that one!) these days. A-.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18851629725031001352015-06-18T12:01:24.492-04:002015-06-18T12:01:24.492-04:00Couldn’t quite figure out the gimmick until seeing...Couldn’t quite figure out the gimmick until seeing the commonality of big BERTHA and YOUBETCHA. Had been wanting somehow to cram CHA into one square. Until I had to think “outside of the box”. HAHAHA.<br /><br />In my workspace cube I have GOT a 2007 photo of me crossing ABBEY Road in London, ala the Beatles. It was taken by my then brand-new girlfriend, now wife, and I had planned ahead enough to be wearing my white linen suit, like John Lennon in that iconic album cover photo. In the background there is a white Mini instead of the white VW in the original; just a coincidence since there was moving traffic that day. I had to make a rather MADDASH. There’s a webcam you can check online; people make that crossing every day and at all hours. It is quite the attraction to this day.<br /><br />If memory serves, Jenny GARTH was a 90210 yeah baby. WOW. She did not have HAIRYLEGS.<br /><br />HAHA Clinton-Dix is a defensive back for the Packers. So this puz had him 6 times!?<br /><br />This was a real teaser until the laughter finally BURSTOUT.<br /><br />20412 hit the number 2 days in a rowrondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29723763924176008672015-06-18T11:30:29.260-04:002015-06-18T11:30:29.260-04:00Why don't you save your puzzles for yourself a...Why don't you save your puzzles for yourself anbd your elitist ivy league nerd dork friends. I didn't appreciate this puzzle at all. Burst out laughing....I guess that's what you and your Princeton nerd dork friends do watching the rest of us struggle through a ridiculous puzzle like this one. Please never publish another one of this nerd dork's puzzles. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72147216541859914752015-06-18T08:57:52.887-04:002015-06-18T08:57:52.887-04:00IBE HASSLE BAYOU
I would COO in her ear, “Dear AB...IBE HASSLE BAYOU<br /><br />I would COO in her ear, “Dear ABBEY HAVEWEMET?”<br />“YOUBETCHA”, she said, “and SOMEWAY you’ll ATONE. I know! Let’s pet.”<br />But she had HAIRYLEGS and made me SHRIVEL to HALFMAST.<br />GODNO! She was LAUGHING because now I couldn’t GOLAST.<br />I now had a HANGER, I could FAINT, or at least POUT,<br />Because it’s usually ABRIM and ABOUT to BURSTOUT.<br /><br />--- GARTH “BONGO” FERRERO<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19745122073419726182015-05-21T23:39:54.392-04:002015-05-21T23:39:54.392-04:00A week late, so likely no one will ever see this. ...A week late, so likely no one will ever see this. Streuth! that was hard. The middle third of my puzzle (vertically) is writeover-over-writeover-over-writeover. Only once I finally shook MANhouR for MANYEAR was I able to correct my many, many, errors.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91429871202162898282015-05-14T23:55:11.741-04:002015-05-14T23:55:11.741-04:00Disliked this one very much. DNF on Ferrero on a ...Disliked this one very much. DNF on Ferrero on a coin flip - tipknot made as much sense to me as topknot, never heard of either, and Ferreri as much sense as Ferrero. I knew how to spell Beretta from spy novels. Don't know who Sandler is, or Garth, dislike clue for "hairy legs." Just way outside my pleasure zone. Boo.<br />OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55873015384695301742015-05-14T22:43:06.502-04:002015-05-14T22:43:06.502-04:00Funny how you can get it, but not get it. I knew r...Funny how you can get it, but not get it. I knew right away that 1A was HALFMAST, but went off in seeing LF as 1/2 of HALF, so I was anticipating the trick would be to use a fraction of a word, eg: HALFTIME = TI or ME<br />'Quarter'MAIN = M, A, I or N<br />Third MAN = M, A or N<br />I blame the Orson Welles theme for leading me astray on that one.<br />It wasn't till 16A that I straightened that out, and YOU BETCHA I owe a big Thank You to SaHAra Palin. Altogether a delightfully inventive theme, and the reveal had me LOLLing. Quirky clues and super fill: no better topping than my favourite FERRARO treat!<br /><br />Can't think of all my write-overs now, but I remember my stylish bun was a CHIGNON first; I also wrote in OMA[HA], temporarily relocated to Nevada, but soon was able to draw NYE.<br /><br />Two small disappointments:<br />HAIRY LEGS not being clued to tarantulas;<br />Being limited to HAHAHAs. Working in some of our perennial HO's could have landed us HOTROD and HOLAS. I'm sure we could have maintained symmetry with a little Portuguese intervention...<br /><br />After getting but not getting NOUNS, I checked out @Z's link and @Loren's excellent stepwise explanation. I now want me 15 minutes back and promise to stick to Bison and Tonawanda.<br /><br />Anyone know the connection between SHRIVEL and SHRIVE?... L if I know!<br /><br />In this part of NC, we DOOK with the Kameron Krazies; can't wait to have this one back again!<br />GNU?Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28190696392000297872015-05-14T20:56:45.118-04:002015-05-14T20:56:45.118-04:00@Z that link you posted was very interesting, than...@Z that link you posted was very interesting, thanks.ngsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45068869776425480802015-05-14T20:54:58.996-04:002015-05-14T20:54:58.996-04:00Big laugh on me; I share my NYT with someone, but ...Big laugh on me; I share my NYT with someone, but in order to get it to him in a reasonable amount of time, I sometimes cut out the crossword. This left me with no right margin, and therefore made the symmetry unrecognizable for a while. Two mistakes: Hee for YEE, and the a/e problem in the Southwest. I caught on at APOCRYPHA & TABITHA; being a biblical scholar has its rewards. (I also knew of the old TV show) Tabitha is the little girl that Peter brings back to life in Acts.Fred Romagnolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994837736408182418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80516063124716860042015-05-14T19:45:34.876-04:002015-05-14T19:45:34.876-04:00Anonymous@4:31 PM,
I solved on the iPad app. It a...Anonymous@4:31 PM,<br /><br />I solved on the iPad app. It accepted the non-rebus version for me (the version where all the HAs are off-grid).MDMAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49994678804424630292015-05-14T19:40:30.823-04:002015-05-14T19:40:30.823-04:00Even though I got the answer, the buffalo thing go...Even though I got the answer, the buffalo thing got me buffaloed. Tried Waukee and Waukon (ignoring the ha stuff) before getting Waukes(ha). I had heard Waukee and Waukon (living in Iowa), but forgot where they were. michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21066572124848011852015-05-14T18:50:47.052-04:002015-05-14T18:50:47.052-04:00Lots of fun, this puzzle, thanks KAC!
Like many, ...Lots of fun, this puzzle, thanks KAC!<br /><br />Like many, I tried a Cha rebus at YOUBETCha, then went down to the gimme TABITha and scratched my head, "HA?". I can't tell how hard it was because I was solving it at my desk at work (after hours for me) and people kept talking to me, grrrr. Had hors du combat instead of ÉPÉE at first, thought of kenoSha. WI, which is right on the lake but didn't fit. And finally DNF at tAINT/tERRERO, which I figured out on my second, AcrossLite solve. I forgot all about those ubiquitous, gold-wrapped truffles.<br /><br />Nice clues though COLDS was a gimme - I think I've had six or seven this season. I got to do a MAD DASH in the rain today. And I have nothing to ATONE for today (yet...there's still time. :-) ).Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80620116692365384652015-05-14T18:14:16.847-04:002015-05-14T18:14:16.847-04:00I hate these idiot gimmick puzzles. And the whole ...I hate these idiot gimmick puzzles. And the whole Buffalo deal is the stupidest shit I have ever seen. TaxGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43252289380837259942015-05-14T17:59:25.584-04:002015-05-14T17:59:25.584-04:00Like @Casko Kid, I too was stuck on MANhouR and wo...Like @Casko Kid, I too was stuck on MANhouR and wouldn't let go.<br /><br />I also think I might be the only person that figured out what was going on at TABIT.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756790255467411289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70831953304511665502015-05-14T17:56:54.118-04:002015-05-14T17:56:54.118-04:00Excellent puzzle, but it took me a while to figure...Excellent puzzle, but it took me a while to figure it out. The buffalo bit was a puzzle in itself, but the crosses were easy. Chignon seems classier than topknot.<br /><br />Nice to see homonym in the puzzle as well. <br /><br />machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.com