tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5507446361745940661..comments2024-03-28T14:47:10.991-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Lowest rating in showbiz's Ulmer Scale / FRI 9-25-20 / Sister channel of HGTV / Basketball highlight informally / Kind of paste in East Asian cuisine / Half bird half woman creature / Subject of J.J. Thomson's "plum pudding" model / Star Wars spinoff set five years after Emperor Palpatine's fall / Fantasy Focus podcast airerRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79716956073245697382021-01-11T15:45:45.788-05:002021-01-11T15:45:45.788-05:00This blog post was so full of bias. If any of cons...This blog post was so full of bias. If any of constructor for the Times made this it would be full of criticism. I thought Rex was supposed to be impartial when reviewing these puzzles but I guess he would rather suck up to his friend then share his real thoughts of the puzzle. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52575300540183930112020-10-31T00:43:35.501-04:002020-10-31T00:43:35.501-04:00My thought exactly! My thought exactly! Jokr22https://www.blogger.com/profile/14418359048742286858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6899779772361776292020-10-30T18:56:40.953-04:002020-10-30T18:56:40.953-04:00OOP! Happy anniversary, Mike.OOP! Happy anniversary, Mike.leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37396521605477881742020-10-30T18:50:38.918-04:002020-10-30T18:50:38.918-04:00Is ACTAEON, the hunter, Orion’s bro? Could be for ...Is ACTAEON, the hunter, Orion’s bro? Could be for all I know. With a bit of a stretch, EXPERIMENTAL could be "avant-garde” I guess. Liked PRIDEPARADE and DONTGETCUTE, but for that matter, why not?<br /><br />Maybe I should take one of Rex’s happy pills. Not really happy with this one.<br /><br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41067258469859039092020-10-30T16:46:53.936-04:002020-10-30T16:46:53.936-04:00Dancing the happy dance for @Spacey's return -...Dancing the happy dance for @Spacey's return - stay well and prosper!<br /><br />Had one incorrect spelling that I had to look up - otherwise, between last night and today I got this. <br /><br />Happy Friday all around.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34591440978867222022020-10-30T14:52:16.371-04:002020-10-30T14:52:16.371-04:00Hey @spacey!! Glad to see you’re back. Puzzles are...Hey @spacey!! Glad to see you’re back. Puzzles are small potatoes to what you must have been through. Hope you get back to 100%!<br /><br />How bad can a puz be if it has RON in it? Well, there was a little trouble having to bank on the ESS & ELS. HEE HEE. OOP. And there were 20 THREES, PEW. And OVA clued as some sort of egg drop or such. That O in the 47 hole was a guess. ACTAEON? But in the END it wasn’t so PORE. <br /><br />None of the Kardashian klan will ever get a yeah baby.<br /><br />I guess the good outweighed the bad. Now if everyone WISHES @spacey well, we’ll have done something really good.<br />RONdonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27404317416367995612020-10-30T13:11:43.448-04:002020-10-30T13:11:43.448-04:00Like or not, this was not an "easy" puzz...Like or not, this was not an "easy" puzzle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49221531219937101792020-10-30T13:07:24.223-04:002020-10-30T13:07:24.223-04:00hey y'all, spacecraft here, alive (thanks to m...hey y'all, spacecraft here, alive (thanks to many, many a HERO) after a ruptured aneurysm. Yep, I'm a ten percenter. Now home convalescing slowly. Finally got back to puzzles--and what a pleasure to get restarted with this one! Maybe a bit easyish for a Friday, but not exactly hitting on all 8 at the moment, so, about all I could handle. I probably won't be blogging every day, but will try to get here as often as I can. Be well, all. and VOTE!<br /><br />DOD: who else? Rachel Fabi.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3227721911624677412020-10-30T11:57:19.422-04:002020-10-30T11:57:19.422-04:00DLIST TUCCI
KRIS WISHES to GOD, while APT to look...DLIST TUCCI<br /><br />KRIS WISHES to GOD, while APT to look INTOTHE mirrors,<br />“’TIS PRIDE in my BOD, when ISAW size THREE POSTERIORS.<br /><br />--- RON “PEEWEE” ROVE<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52326363220861220962020-10-30T09:47:18.478-04:002020-10-30T09:47:18.478-04:00I knew Rex would love this one. And I thought it w...I knew Rex would love this one. And I thought it was pretty good. Unlike him, I love a good themer but this one was spot on for a <br />Friday. I am not a Star Wars fan so 34A was solved via the crosses and made things tricky in the middlethefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45795303110484104992020-10-30T09:35:12.851-04:002020-10-30T09:35:12.851-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4424192039726171762020-09-26T09:42:25.893-04:002020-09-26T09:42:25.893-04:00@Sami: Michael Sharp is the writer of this crossw...@Sami: Michael Sharp is the writer of this crossword review. Rex Parker is his pseudonym.Whatsernamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450876821189472213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36367045154132947542020-09-26T08:57:24.191-04:002020-09-26T08:57:24.191-04:00I envy all of you who don't know Mandelorian b...I envy all of you who don't know Mandelorian by the vapid and hideous baby yoda, a facsimile of which my kid is currently earning her way to owning with a self-styled system of rewards involving a plastic marble jar. I didn't know who the heck Michael Sharp was, or that Stanley Tucci had a cookbook -- so you got me there. I guess I cannot call myself a solver if I don't know Queen Mab. Finally, why has everyone been so silent on the subject of Plum Pudding?Samihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990382964643776894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79093621173621158022020-09-26T07:38:52.240-04:002020-09-26T07:38:52.240-04:00Thank you, @JC66 and @M&A. @M&A's expl...Thank you, @JC66 and @M&A. @M&A's explanation was the one I was looking for.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84055516927775516452020-09-26T03:05:41.629-04:002020-09-26T03:05:41.629-04:00Congrats on 14 years. The clue for OOP was an OOPS...Congrats on 14 years. The clue for OOP was an OOPS. I guess Alley____ would be too obvious. More challenging but spot on would have been: Like a rare DVD (abrev). OOP, Out Of Production. Trust me, it is a common term well-known to collectors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37264131465326852872020-09-25T23:52:25.562-04:002020-09-25T23:52:25.562-04:00@anon 10:17 no one asked you@anon 10:17 no one asked youCamilitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828952049318428219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58463239489662902522020-09-25T22:17:25.858-04:002020-09-25T22:17:25.858-04:00Giovanni
Ask Z to research his predictions of the ...Giovanni<br />Ask Z to research his predictions of the 2106 presidential,election. Be even more amazes at his perspicacity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44979067281346330882020-09-25T21:44:26.527-04:002020-09-25T21:44:26.527-04:00@Z thanks for letting me know I'm not crazy! A...@Z thanks for letting me know I'm not crazy! And for the links. I'm in awe that you are able to find this stuff! Bravo!Camilitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828952049318428219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92199622823101520362020-09-25T20:40:38.465-04:002020-09-25T20:40:38.465-04:00@Giovanni 4:40 pm
Aw, thanks!
Loved your story (de...@Giovanni 4:40 pm<br />Aw, thanks!<br />Loved your story (despite the lost opportunity aspect). And I, too, saw Aida at the Baths during that same Italy trip. We had much better seats for Aida but I can't think why: we were, if anything, poorer by then! Although maybe by Rome we were so close to going home that we'd become less careful with our money. It was fun, and I remember horses on stage in the triumphal procession -- neigh! I feel your pain over the cancelled operas. I'm glad opera turns up on PBS from time to time. <br />Barbara S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63685638346559979852020-09-25T20:10:47.606-04:002020-09-25T20:10:47.606-04:00Oop? Hoop and alley-oop make sense but oop?Oop? Hoop and alley-oop make sense but oop?ow a paper cuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274485476691680075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87585733886771901072020-09-25T20:03:09.179-04:002020-09-25T20:03:09.179-04:00I sorta liked this one a lot. Had to rely on uncl...I sorta liked this one a lot. Had to rely on uncle Google a lot for the PPP.<br /><br />How about "Singular mistake" instead of the basketball term?Monty Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924320449868956299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65594847039434155642020-09-25T20:01:30.936-04:002020-09-25T20:01:30.936-04:00Happy one score minus the number of fingers on Hou...Happy one score minus the number of fingers on Hound Dog Taylor's hand Anniversary. Congrats.<br /><br />Found this puzzle fun to solve. Clever clues. Crafty corners. Lots of jumping around after getting a solid start across the bottom. I do not have hulu or Disney so the spin-off went in a cross and a guess at a time.<br /><br />OOP is rarely or never used in b-ball but I can certainly imagine it being used in a pick-up game as a hint or suggestion. Better clue in that vein: End of a basketball highlight.<br /><br />Liked Junior for PEEWEE.<br /><br />How many curves on an ESS hook?<br />How many days of TIS before we decide TIS crosswordese?<br /><br /><br />DLIST, Ulmer list:<br />Never knew it was so official researched updated and calculated. Or so widely used. Makes it even more yucky and creepy than when I thought it was just a kind of informal slang.<br /><br />TURING TEST:<br />Never knew what CAPTCHA stood for. Never knew CAPT. CHA either. Hear he was a pretty good one-legged dancer. It seems the test of intelligence is either the ability to deceive or to detect deception. Are there other types of intelligence or is that what it comes down to? How about the ability to decide to deceive and to learn how, both on your own?<br /><br />Don't know TARE? Too old to have dealt drugs in college or to young to have been to a butcher shop?albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5593230932493223042020-09-25T19:47:48.515-04:002020-09-25T19:47:48.515-04:00VSCO 1
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@Giovanni - So it came up in...<a href="https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2020/07/puppeteer-lewis-mon-7-27-20-boozers.html" rel="nofollow">VSCO 1</a><br /><a href="https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2020/01/pollution-portmanteau-sun-1-26-20-zen.html" rel="nofollow">VSCO 2</a><br /><a href="https://crosswordfiend.com/2020/06/21/monday-june-22-2020/" rel="nofollow">VSCO 3</a><br /><br />@Giovanni - So it came up in January by Rex. In July somebody complained about the term appearing in a different crossword which I think was actually published a month earlier. So you’re not crazy. <br />Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36272528546323191492020-09-25T18:39:35.897-04:002020-09-25T18:39:35.897-04:00@Giovanni 331pm Yes, I believe we did have a discu...@Giovanni 331pm Yes, I believe we <i>did</i> have a discussion a while back about VSCO girls, but I can't recall what precipitated it...maybe Billie Eilish? And yes, you <i>are</i> cracking up as it is a requirement for life after your impending doo...er...birthday, yeah, <i>birthday.</i><br />I know whereof I speak because my memory blows. Obviously. Only, when (won't even <i>try</i> to get "if" to pass) I repeat my stories, I am blissfully ignurnt of it. One hopes with repetition ad nauseam I might eventually remember.<br />Not bloody loikly.Frantic Slothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614296873700797321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57072922539184388712020-09-25T18:30:50.305-04:002020-09-25T18:30:50.305-04:00@ TTrimble 2:14 PM
Thanks for the link. Looking f...@ TTrimble 2:14 PM<br /><br />Thanks for the link. Looking forward to reading the conversation. :)<br />_______<br /><br />@ Whatsername 4:33 PM wrote:<br /><br />"Rules of language evolve with the vernacular, and I’d venture to say this rule has become relaxed over time as many others have. @Loren Muse Smith would be the expert on that. In either case, the intent of my comment is the same, which is that how we say something isn’t so important as what we say in this type of casual conversational setting."<br /><br />Amen to that! I have to constantly remind myself that a person's meaning is not always readily apparent, in any case. I need to focus more, not only on the writer's content, but also on the context, as well as on the deeper meaning in the words (reading between the lines, when in doubt). If all else fails, I ask for clarification. :)<br />_______<br /><br />Touching <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8A9GMwAKGE" rel="nofollow">video</a> by "Pee Wee" Reese's son, Mark, recounting the relationship between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee_Wee_Reese" rel="nofollow">"Pee Wee"</a><br /> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" rel="nofollow">Jackie Robinson</a> in their Brooklyn Dodger days of the '40s and '50s.<br />_______<br /><br /><br />Peace 평화 pace paix 🕊<br />bocamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524629632075020985noreply@blogger.com