tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5576769458694773070..comments2024-03-28T04:22:09.431-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Controversial fish catcher / THU 10-6-16 / Sweet plant of mustard family / Letter embellishment / River that's home to black spot piranhaRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83517920021488298902016-11-10T17:34:18.863-05:002016-11-10T17:34:18.863-05:00Very hard for me. Remembered John, but not Don ...Very hard for me. Remembered John, but not Don (Hon. John?) Never heard of Kanji of Gill Net.<br /><br />But as usual, each of us knows something. "Sweet" plant immediately gave me Alyssum....<br /><br />Sweet Alyssum is a popular garden plant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65481859490334802782016-11-10T16:09:41.624-05:002016-11-10T16:09:41.624-05:00@Diana, LIW - Uh, WOW. I did not know that about E...@Diana, LIW - Uh, WOW. I did not know that about Eno. Thank you, I think. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34344879957260384452016-11-10T14:00:30.233-05:002016-11-10T14:00:30.233-05:00Did y'all know that Brian Eno's middle nam...Did y'all know that Brian Eno's middle name(s) is "Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle" No, I didn't either. Finally Googles him to see where else he's going to show up.<br /><br />Love the silliness here.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23555573382324728782016-11-10T13:48:21.302-05:002016-11-10T13:48:21.302-05:00Your god not getting the job done? Give that IDOL ...Your god not getting the job done? Give that IDOL A TRY.<br />Butt hurt? Your ASS AILS.<br />That cheesehead? He's BRIE FED.<br />fakt chekkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78945226209933512902016-11-10T13:33:11.089-05:002016-11-10T13:33:11.089-05:00Had SPY ON before UMBRA, LAUDS before LARDS. Othe...Had SPY ON before UMBRA, LAUDS before LARDS. Otherwise, had a nice slog and more or less liked it. Knew a bus tour guide in Fairbanks, Alaska who got past plant questions with two answers....Nearaflora and Faraflora. Maybe he did the same with fauna. Would also like to thank Chance for his gentle correction of LMS.centralscrewtinizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404913280254786506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86530640265489329572016-11-10T12:01:23.353-05:002016-11-10T12:01:23.353-05:00"Easy except for..."? You're kidding..."Easy except for..."? You're kidding. This was challenging except for a single way in: DENZEL. How is any of the rest "easy?" Explain it to me like I'm a six-year-old.<br /><br />I almost did it, too. Missed the natick at KeNJI/eLYSSUM. For virtually every entry I felt like a BATTLER. But I have a flag to throw, not that it makes me feel any better about the DNF. FAUNA is already plural; you cannot have FAUNAS. Even if you're comparing different ecosystems "The FAUNA of each are unique." So there.<br /><br />No DOD today; this is a "MANOHMAN" puzzle, with AMOS, DONJOHN, ALIBABA and our hero DENZEL. Really stretching it to the breaking point, I guess we could do Janet Leigh, who had way too short a part in PSYCHO.<br /><br />I can't give this a golf score because of the DNF and the penalty, but I will echo one of its sentiments wholeheartedly: SEMPERSCIFI!spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8118838386157656252016-11-10T11:55:39.724-05:002016-11-10T11:55:39.724-05:00PHYLA COUP
From Adam’s RIBMEAT came Eve with an I...PHYLA COUP<br /><br />From Adam’s RIBMEAT came Eve with an IDIOTIC IDEA,<br />her TASK: to FONDLY deceive by TREASON in Pangaea.<br />DIS ALIBI she’d weave, “MANOHMAN you’ve ALLMALE genitalia.”<br />ASAP Adam was “BRIEFED”, “SAY, HEY you’re so GIRT I can’t see ya.”<br /><br />--- DONJOHN KANJI ALIBABA & ALYSSUM RHUMBA-UMBRA<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25526931193806133232016-11-10T10:06:40.159-05:002016-11-10T10:06:40.159-05:00DNF due to NE. 7a GIRd led to 10d dASh led to 22a ...DNF due to NE. 7a GIRd led to 10d dASh led to 22a hAiku and they just didn’t go away. Unlike RedMEAT which self-corrected.<br /><br />I know what ANAL has come to mean, but that’s not really the whole story or IDEA there. An ANAL-retentive person is supposedly very tidy, etc. (not necessarily “meticulous” in all senses of the word), and an ANAL-expulsive quite the opposite, if you buy into Freud’s nonsense. Even taking only PSYCH 1, anyone with an open mind can see that Freud was a crackpot, and so were most of his contemporaries; take a look at their lives. And they tried to call their work “science”. Anyone who has studied PSYCHOlogy further knows it’s more involved than what they espoused. I just bite my lip when I hear ANAL used as it is these days. Those folks purport to know more than they really do about the “art” of PSYCHOlogy. It’s not science. Rant over.<br /><br />OFL has never heard of a GILLNET? That was my first gimme. Never heard of the tuna/porpoise kerfuffle? C’mon Rex, that’s been a big deal for a long time.<br /><br />Everyone with the slightest interest in baseball should know that Willie Mays was the SAYHEY Kid. He didn’t remember names well so got someone’s attention by saying, “SAY, HEY . . . “. Gimme.<br /><br />That NE corner just didn’t click. No ALIBIs for the rare DNF. <br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50608053385117148632016-11-09T20:29:34.554-05:002016-11-09T20:29:34.554-05:00Yeah - I posted that yesterday, before reading the...Yeah - I posted that yesterday, before reading the blog and seeing I was one day in the future. The deLorean sometimes gets lost.<br /><br />D,LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42569149556911374832016-11-09T15:07:47.671-05:002016-11-09T15:07:47.671-05:00Fellow Synders
I peeked into the Rexian future - ...Fellow Synders<br /><br />I peeked into the Rexian future - wasn't a spoiler. And whilst Rex did post today (11/9) (a bit of normalcy), the comments were short on the puzzle, long on current events. Some began drinking around noon EST. <br /><br />I completed this puzzle last evening in between chewing on my nails. The NE killed me. Enjoyed the silliness. <br /><br />Diana, Remaining a LadyDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32710351828040110112016-10-06T23:34:48.142-04:002016-10-06T23:34:48.142-04:00@JC66 - You might have fun reading the prologue of...@JC66 - You might have fun reading the prologue of DeLillos "Underworld". It's basically a short story about that home run. Actually, the whole book is pretty good. It got nominated for the National Book Award. jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72855616732936891722016-10-06T21:37:06.163-04:002016-10-06T21:37:06.163-04:00@ Michael
Thanks, getting old sucks.@ Michael<br /><br />Thanks, getting old sucks.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15905534476181981932016-10-06T21:27:51.028-04:002016-10-06T21:27:51.028-04:00@jc66 The Thomson home run was in 1951, not 1948....@jc66 The Thomson home run was in 1951, not 1948. Also Mays rookie year with the Giants.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57509321805144914772016-10-06T21:00:03.401-04:002016-10-06T21:00:03.401-04:00I saw and admired both Mays and Mantle. Mantle cou...I saw and admired both Mays and Mantle. Mantle could maybe have been as good as Mays except for some but fors. But for the fact that he was a switch hitter his entire career at his father's insistence (he was a far more powerful and better hitter for average from his natural right side). But for his having developed a really bad case of osteomyelitis in his knee which put a damper on his athleticism. But for the fact that he had a very active nightlife and a battle with alcoholism that made him eventually have to have a liver transplant later in life. <br /><br />When he was in his prime and uninjured, he was fabulous. It does remind me what a tough bunch the Yankee Stadium crowds were. Here was one of the greatest players of all time and, being a slugger, struck out a lot. When he would strike out, he would be booed to a degree that you had to hear to believe it. N.Y. is tough on everyone.Andrew Heinegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18101651673327984167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23221910274532083452016-10-06T20:13:30.593-04:002016-10-06T20:13:30.593-04:00@Geophany
We span the decades. I became a Giants...@Geophany<br /><br />We span the decades. I became a Giants fan and a Mays fan in 1948, wnen Bobby Thompson hit "the shot heard 'round the world."JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19863758796260408652016-10-06T20:01:01.850-04:002016-10-06T20:01:01.850-04:00Willie Mays survives, at what, age 85? They will t...Willie Mays survives, at what, age 85? They will take him to AT&T Park in San Francisco when the Giants play a home game against the Cubs. And, we hope also to the Giants' home games in the Series. In retirement, he has proved a huge benefit to the Giants because the young players want to meet a national treasure. <br /><br />His great friend in NY and San Francisco was WIllie McCovey, He survives, too, and the one award neither money nor skill can buy is the Willie Mac award, given to men who most embody the true spirit of what it means to be a Giant. The current players (if you don't count Matt Cain) who have won the award are Buster Posey, Hunter Pence, Madison Bumgarner and Brandon Crawford. All but Pence are home-grown. And all of them are the kind of people you would want your sons to emulate. Posey, you all must know, and Bumgarner, but Crawford is simply the best shortstop since the 1950's who can also hit (honorable mention to Maury Wills of the Dodgers, who certainly could run). <br /><br />And Pence? Not home-grown and I take his personal probity on faith. But he single-handedly gave us a Series as a self-appointed cheerleader in the clubhouse. We fans gave him the nickname, "Preacher Pence" and this is the sort of story that baseball fans will be telling to their children and grandchildren. old timernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79038926573298191592016-10-06T19:42:48.638-04:002016-10-06T19:42:48.638-04:00True!True!Geophanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529145624829572006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41643996978195072132016-10-06T17:29:53.247-04:002016-10-06T17:29:53.247-04:00Gird for Girt led to Dash for Task.Gird for Girt led to Dash for Task.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71414615400809892542016-10-06T17:25:47.541-04:002016-10-06T17:25:47.541-04:00@SailorSteve - The "SCI" sounds are in t...@SailorSteve - The "SCI" sounds are in the MIDdle of the theme answers, hence - Mid-size (or "sighs") -<br /><br />GILLNETS - I live in the middle of Pennsylvania, am not at all an environmentalist, yet I've seen coverage on GILLNETS on the tube and read about the damage they do in our local paper. Regional issue yes, but national coverage.Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56077656592483043602016-10-06T17:25:17.584-04:002016-10-06T17:25:17.584-04:00I didn't find this as hard as a lot of you and...I didn't find this as hard as a lot of you and generally liked the puzzle. I'm surprised Rex didn't complain about "Eskimo."Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56811045695189354912016-10-06T17:18:05.399-04:002016-10-06T17:18:05.399-04:00I have to cry foul on this one. Natick City in the...I have to cry foul on this one. Natick City in the NE. Nearly nothing there that can be inferred without at least some direct knowledge, and I had zero idea on 11-12D, and 11, 16 and 22A. <br /><br />DNF, and I'd say through no fault of my own. Mike Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194320891372037525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86740692940392995042016-10-06T17:10:50.939-04:002016-10-06T17:10:50.939-04:00@Evan - Yep. I did link to your actual Tweet, so h...@Evan - Yep. I did link to your actual Tweet, so hopefully people didn't just take my word for it.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24423974739890395952016-10-06T17:04:22.483-04:002016-10-06T17:04:22.483-04:00@Nancy and the other NY wheels storytellers...firs...<br />@Nancy and the other NY wheels storytellers...first, thanks for your colorful stories! Let me add mine:<br />One summer, a friend and I would drive into the City on Sundays to rollerblade through Central Park when the roads were closed to cars.<br /><br />The roads were shared by joggers, bicyclists, and rollerbladers. Each group was utterly civil to their own. "Beautiful day!" "Nice bike!" "Adorable puppy." But heaven forfend, that one would cross into the space of the other. Then you would hear the New York come out. "Get out of the f@$%^ing way, you douchebag!" "Stay in your own f%^&$ing lane, you lame sh$%head!"<br />You'ld get whiplash from thecontrasting shouts.<br /><br /><br />@Andrew H & @JC66 - "Mays is better than Mantle. Mantle is better than Mays." ad nauseum in our neighborhood. (I was a mere toddler, of course.)<br />Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92064322460537601692016-10-06T16:41:03.849-04:002016-10-06T16:41:03.849-04:00Solved it in 19 minutes never got the theme until ...Solved it in 19 minutes never got the theme until I read the blog. Thursdays sre always dumb this was dumber than most. Thank God for Friday and SaturdayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41654405613242475962016-10-06T16:21:11.135-04:002016-10-06T16:21:11.135-04:00Aw c'mon! Almost everyone has some alyssum in...Aw c'mon! Almost everyone has some alyssum in their yards, and a gill net is one that catches many fish indiscriminately, so the fishery becomes non-sustainable. Any good shopper looks for "No gill nets." Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16500440579351987760noreply@blogger.com