tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5572926909383783243..comments2024-03-28T11:35:36.126-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 1977 Warhol subject / SUN 7-2-17 / Cinematic composer Andre / Zombie flaming volcano / Revolver song McCartney described as ode to pot / Old movie theater lead-ins / pommes frites seasoningRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1097351892614522822017-08-04T18:35:03.461-04:002017-08-04T18:35:03.461-04:00Late to the game, so I'm hoping someone is rea...Late to the game, so I'm hoping someone is reading this. <br /><br />Why is 122A OTS?<br />IMDb had Charly as Charley ((yes, I looked it up because I was sure the e was there)<br />80D?????<br /><br /><br />Just started reading this blog and loving it. You all make reading about the puzzle almost as fun as trying to solve it. ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843864158239536750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5103432542674927502017-07-15T23:55:56.226-04:002017-07-15T23:55:56.226-04:00I had to laugh at myself. CLB 5:15 AM said "....I had to laugh at myself. CLB 5:15 AM said "... this blog is ... about discussing the NYT puzzle", which I read at first as "this blog is ... about dissing the NYT puzzle".<br /><br />I sort of remembered most of the Beatles titles, though not exactly, and I never heard of Drive My Car, but I don't consider that the constructor's fault. I did wonder how that phrase was related to the other clues, again glad this blog was here. My DNF was in the north, which no-one has mentioned. And it took me all week. Oh well. wcutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615799228069705972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15962850802956981252017-07-12T22:30:15.212-04:002017-07-12T22:30:15.212-04:00I may have missed it in the unusually long comment...I may have missed it in the unusually long comments section today, but did anyone ever figure out a pattern to the extra letters? If there isn't one, this sucked. If there is one, it may be brillian.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50072712928417497762017-07-12T04:52:58.159-04:002017-07-12T04:52:58.159-04:00Loved it..look at the NYT constructor before I tac...Loved it..look at the NYT constructor before I tackle the LAT puz, which used 2 b the Merle Reagle puz...God, I still miss him...anyway, west coast solver here, but I just need 2 say PB2 did a helluva job with a theme that,4 me will always b timeless! It was challenging, & so satisfying!Chef M/Seattlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90640793091931863992017-07-11T05:28:54.337-04:002017-07-11T05:28:54.337-04:00Are you interested in joining the illuminati broth...Are you interested in joining the illuminati brotherhood and make your<br />dreams come true this is your chance to make it happen. contact now<br />and enjoy Benefits of being<br />a new member. 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I knew all the songs (go listen if you haven't heard of them!) and kudos to the NYT web puzzle crew for making things like this work!<br /><br />I didn't like a few of the clues, but I've come to expect that from most unique puzzles.<br />If you didn't know DRIVE MY CAR was a Beatles song, then yeah, this was a let down.<br />For me it was a nice AHA at the end when I realized not all letters would be filled.<br /><br />After enough "trick" puzzles I've finally come to terms with some DNFs (esp all those damn puzzle 5's).David Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07421888573451451798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13649584157211531952017-07-09T20:45:42.970-04:002017-07-09T20:45:42.970-04:00Love the Beatles, so approached this one with a go...Love the Beatles, so approached this one with a good feeling. Then, wasted ALOT of time. <br /><br />TSP (as clued)? SCRIM? GALLANTS? LIST (as clued)? <br /><br />PLATEAU for "highest form of flattery?"?? Too clever by HALF. <br /><br />Why the two "??" after "TSA Pre"? Got LINE, but must be missing something here.<br /><br />Will need to break from Sunday slogs for a while, I think. They don't usually pay off.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86044083490152096502017-07-09T15:56:59.421-04:002017-07-09T15:56:59.421-04:00Welcome back @Rainey! Whenever I don't get th...Welcome back @Rainey! Whenever I don't get the meaning of an answer (or clue) I hop on over to Bill Butler's blog (WEB's New York Times Crossword Solution). He's the Mr. Rogers of crosswords (if @Rex is the Lewis Black). Every day he lists what he sees as the "most Googleable" clues and answers. LIST, in today's case, is the "list price," or what something officially goes for. Patrick is quite the word player. <br /><br />Lady DiDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43715561268888725782017-07-09T15:55:22.335-04:002017-07-09T15:55:22.335-04:00Wow, my favorite musical group somehow involved in...Wow, my favorite musical group somehow involved in this.....mess. Another example of why I despise these "cute" gimmick puzzles. Ugh. Or ACK?AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11015679111518063822017-07-09T15:17:51.463-04:002017-07-09T15:17:51.463-04:00Horrible puzzle to do in print form as I do. No cl...Horrible puzzle to do in print form as I do. No clue that some of the answers spilled into the gray squares, but not all of them. After assuming that what I was missing was that some of these were doubled up letters in one square and finding that wasn't working, I finally cheated and went on the Rex Parker website. Imagine my surprise to see that the answer to 36 across required 6 letters, each in its own space but the puzzle in print form only gives you five. No clue that one of them is supposed to fall into a grey area. This got a DNF from me. I hate puzzles like this. It's really not a challenge to anything other than trying to figure out how the brain of the creator worked ...In this case very poorly.KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022115918985440396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62212518871528986432017-07-09T14:40:26.080-04:002017-07-09T14:40:26.080-04:00Surmises about my possible demise are a tad exagge... Surmises about my possible demise are a tad exaggerated. Visiting wineries in the Okanagan (British Columbia's wine region), and lounging by the pool took me away from the crossword. On my return yesterday, I completed the Thur - Sat puzzles (Fri and Sat were the toughest}. What is ALEPH NULL? Took a long time to get that.<br /><br />Now today's. This was an impressive puzzle in so many ways. Eventually, like @Spacey, I understood that letters might or might not go in the grey squares. My first foray into the grey was with TAKEI/ELOI. The next was with NEWS REELS. Knowing all the Beatles' songs was a huge help, and I thought so many clues were just great, although I still don't understand LIST. Patrick Blindauer knows what he's doing, though, and this puzzle was an excellent example of his craft. This one reminds me of the creative efforts of Liz Gorski, which is high praise.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48938588892825912012017-07-09T14:32:08.667-04:002017-07-09T14:32:08.667-04:00Stuck with it only because of the Beatles theme. T...Stuck with it only because of the Beatles theme. The randomness of the letters found in the "winding road" is baffling. Some words run through while others poke in one letter. To which I say both FEH and ACK. Quite a feat to construct, I'm sure; pain in the neck to solve. That being said, one of my biggest problems was changing Unser to RAHAL, who was always described as a "hard-charger". And keyS to OARS. and ebon to INKY.<br /><br />Gotta choose today between several generations, either yeah baby LANA or DANA or the other GAL, whose first name will now usurp "square dance partner". <br /><br />Time-consuming for sure. Marginal payoff, but it was raining here EARLY, after a hard day's night.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38231589000679002132017-07-09T14:24:45.357-04:002017-07-09T14:24:45.357-04:00Marge DNF is "did not finish."Marge DNF is "did not finish."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18525868698618011032017-07-09T14:22:44.984-04:002017-07-09T14:22:44.984-04:00Like @Nancy, I can sing along with many a Broadway...Like @Nancy, I can sing along with many a Broadway or movie songfest. Today, our local classical station was playing "pops" versions of same. And my brain was distracted as I couldn't HELP but sing along. (H o H husband plays the music loudly.)<br /><br />So my dnf was a way too early "I give..." Should have stuck it out longer.<br /><br />And even I now know that EDINA is always the suburb. <br /><br />Loved hearing the Beatles songbook in my head. <br /><br />I'll only add that my Warhol artwork was "can." <br /><br />I'm in awe of constructors.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27580504612425357592017-07-09T14:04:52.005-04:002017-07-09T14:04:52.005-04:00Hm, lessee, you've got your white squares, whe...Hm, lessee, you've got your white squares, where letters must go, and your black squares, where they can't (unless you're doing a "black phrases" theme) go--and then there's your gray squares, where...well, do letters go there? As Mother Abigail would say, "Mayhap they do, and mayhap they don't." This one presented ALOT of problems, conceptually. For the first two gray letters, we have an entry that goes straight through, and the post-gray part is a separate entry: BLOO[D]LINE; ALE[R]TEST--where LINE and TEST stand on their own. So does ALE, but BLOO? Oops.<br /><br />Then we come to the I, which cleverly completes two otherwise stand-alone entries TAKE and ELO (love those guys). What I'm trying to say is that there's no consistent pattern with these. Personally, I think it's a tour de force to come up with this without even attempting stand-alones, so I guess they're just an added bonus.<br /><br />My (correctly completed!) grid looks like an INKY mess. First, guess which five-letter Indy Bobby I thought of first? Yeah, Unser. Then, I thought the title was "I'm FIXINGAHOLE" and started writing that in before realizing I didn't have enough space, and I'd have to axe the "I'm." Thus flustered, I copied the HOLY of MELANCHOLY on the wrong column, putting it at 49-down instead of 50. Over in the west it was "Louder!" before LALALA, and finally. poSH before LUSH. It's a wonder I can even read the grid. But: I got 'er done.<br /><br />Gadot is the DOD GAL for me. Kudos for this impressive feat--and I always loved the Fab Four. Birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43460550787023023752017-07-09T13:49:01.674-04:002017-07-09T13:49:01.674-04:00Adam was a party to the Garden of Eden. Eve was an...Adam was a party to the Garden of Eden. Eve was anotherUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13360693966453591203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24906879788584629562017-07-09T12:56:48.137-04:002017-07-09T12:56:48.137-04:00BROADSIDE SOBERLY TEST (HINTAT IDOS)
LADYMADONNA,...BROADSIDE SOBERLY TEST (HINTAT IDOS)<br /><br />LADYMADONNA, YOUREALLYGOTAHOLDONME<br />and GAL, I've GOTTOGETYOUINTOMYLIFE.<br />For ALLMYLOVING SKILL you'd PLEA,<br />but HOLY cow! You're the TYPE to be that FREAK Guy RITCHIE's wife!<br /><br />--- CHARLY PREVINBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45249897036927808542017-07-09T12:10:29.538-04:002017-07-09T12:10:29.538-04:00@anon 5:27 - ADAM was one of the "parties&quo...@anon 5:27 - ADAM was one of the "parties" = Eve being another - in the Garden of Eden.fakt chekkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-483322389914565322017-07-08T05:27:38.469-04:002017-07-08T05:27:38.469-04:00Would someone, anyone please enlighten me about 62...Would someone, anyone please enlighten me about 62 Across (Garden Party) ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63938852336574696972017-07-04T16:11:32.918-04:002017-07-04T16:11:32.918-04:00This was a slog of the most enjoyable kind. Had no...This was a slog of the most enjoyable kind. Had no idea how many of the grey squares required filling and assumed all at first (and that words might extend several grey squares in) - and didn't realize some words connected through them, so this caused more than a little ambiguity/confusion. BUT the solve overall brought many smiles to my face along with a few head scratches. LALALA instead of "louder" finally broke the last section and the overall road for me. Kudos for the ambitious and impressive feat of pulling off such a multifaceted theme. Haven't felt such a sense of accomplishment finishing a Sunday in years. AZinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14934816220767073403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56541964966639772002017-07-04T00:54:03.378-04:002017-07-04T00:54:03.378-04:00Ha! Love it.Ha! Love it.iamjessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38444823256219552962017-07-03T14:38:44.333-04:002017-07-03T14:38:44.333-04:00If I got a puzzle published in the NYT I'd pro...If I got a puzzle published in the NYT I'd probably stay away from this site -- or maybe show up, and completely expect Rex to say he didn't like it very much, and everyone else to say which clues they hated. To call it a cesspool, though, is to seem to have little experience with comments sections WWW-wide, which are often indeed cesspools. Strange behavior on the part of the constructor, to me. <br /><br />I'm just happy I was able to figure out the issue with the app and puzzle, and keep my streak (16) intact heading into the easy days. Andohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056779768985529290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70266280079771744072017-07-03T14:19:43.531-04:002017-07-03T14:19:43.531-04:00Love the Beatles and LOVED this puzzle !! Didn'...Love the Beatles and LOVED this puzzle !! Didn't know about the ode to pot or the OR room song playing so learn something new everyday. Patrick is obviously one of the best and most enjoyable constructers on the circuit. That said, I think the assortment of commenters on this blog is an excellent mix of puzzle solvers. Some liberal, some moderate, and some conservative. But I have never seen a hateful cesspool here. For the most part, people may nitpick, REX may carp on a daily basis, and a lot of times there is substance to their issues. But mostly, the people who enjoy the crossword experience are a cool bunch!! So keep up your observant comments and just let it be !! And @pauer, ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE !! BabyKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04186865145190643267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75734357503116589132017-07-03T13:23:56.907-04:002017-07-03T13:23:56.907-04:00Hey @pauer, please undelete all your deleted comme...Hey @pauer, please undelete all your deleted comments. It would so add content to comments from the cesspoolians. Or, should it be cesspooligans?brainman53https://www.blogger.com/profile/06475171529908476666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80906096108054918512017-07-03T12:12:30.520-04:002017-07-03T12:12:30.520-04:00The level of anger over this puzzle is a bit surpr...The level of anger over this puzzle is a bit surprising. I wonder if some solver's egos are bruised over the DNFs.<br /><br />I agree the puzzle is not perfect (the fill was rough in places), but it is quite creative and ambitious.<br /><br />I'll take an ambitious near miss over or boring safe puzzle any day.<br /><br />For the record: I got stuck in the ALI/INKY/SKIS section, as well as PREVIN/CPSNOW, and did not finish. Still 4.5 out of 5 for me, for ambition.Eric Conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946059331360224891noreply@blogger.com