tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5601220628244116128..comments2024-03-29T05:08:37.783-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Half a ten-spot / FRI 1-27-17 / Loafer alternative / Romance novelist Tami / Bradley with many medals / Brand with the flavor French Silk / Loyalists American Revolution / Actress Saoirse / Bond girl Kissy Suzuki / Stray calf / Alto clef instrumentRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47694419305634983062017-04-18T09:24:17.108-04:002017-04-18T09:24:17.108-04:00A 'starter home' is usually an older and/o...A 'starter home' is usually an older and/or smaller home for newlyweds or young families who either can't afford a bigger place, or have no current need for additional rooms for kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72367766141011514322017-03-03T17:15:38.681-05:002017-03-03T17:15:38.681-05:00Probably last one posting today. This puz practica...Probably last one posting today. This puz practically filled itself in. Pretty much loved it that way since I was at an all day meeting.<br /><br />Who made the SEA_RED? Not blue?<br /><br />Yup. Any Bond girl gets the automatic yeah baby.<br /><br />MADEABOOBOO? Not me. Not today, anyway.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9626834697920504782017-03-03T14:11:59.235-05:002017-03-03T14:11:59.235-05:00Took a bit of time to get the crosses needed to se...Took a bit of time to get the crosses needed to see the long downs and acrosses, but after exposing a few of them, the puzzle soon yielded what I needed to finish.<br /><br />The short ELL and RES were a bit harder to pry out, and NATHAN came only with crosses. Wanted Oscar Meyer's wieners, but not enough letters there. OMAR, on the other hand, helped with and early start in the usually resistant NW.<br /><br />MISREADS was a clever one, and have done that with "rn" clues more than once.<br /><br />Don't need note the positive political resonances of OPENBORDERS and INTERRACIAL, but I just did anyway. We're not getting enough of the politically ARIOSE these days.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54313628567544088852017-03-03T13:43:49.137-05:002017-03-03T13:43:49.137-05:00Well, after yesterday's unexpected success, I ...Well, after yesterday's unexpected success, I set off clockwise and proceeded again to succeed. Got to the SW and figured I was all SET and nothing was AMISS, but I was OHSO wrong. Was sure the desk and sofa were oak even though my father had an ell shaped desk in his office, which I have parted out usefully, and such sofas are legion in ads.<br />Still, the book was "The L-shaped Room", SO THERE.<br />Only first name of hot dogs I know is Oscar. Never heard of ARIOSE or ETH and was thinking of Asian forms of martial arts. Big fat DNF.<br />Laughing a bit that my handle could be seen as a form of navelgazing.centralscrewtinizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404913280254786506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88178432148776434982017-03-03T13:18:43.159-05:002017-03-03T13:18:43.159-05:00After yesterday's DNF (in many places), this w...After yesterday's DNF (in many places), this was surprisingly easy. My one write-over was first putting in PIMentos, but fixed almost immediately.<br /><br />I think my brain has certain off days, as in yesterday. Normally, I think, rebi don't vex me, but yesterday's was just impenetrable even though I got two of the LITTLE BIRDIES. Also, I babysat my grandson for 9 hours (try that when you are a 70-year old) yesterday, and that might 'splain it, Lucy.<br /><br />So, today, just easy, but a really nice puzzle with excellent stacks (vertical and horizontal), and little to no ughs. Good to get my groove back.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86413515536680649712017-03-03T13:14:10.029-05:002017-03-03T13:14:10.029-05:00PERSIST AWAY
The SATYR'S ANYTHINGBUT shy
with...PERSIST AWAY<br /><br />The SATYR'S ANYTHINGBUT shy<br />with MEGAN and SHELLEY - he'll pair 'em.<br />His FORTE is to GOFORIT. Why?<br />His STARTERHOME was a HAREM!<br /><br />--- OMAR LIEGEMAN<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59312715157764291512017-03-03T11:29:03.707-05:002017-03-03T11:29:03.707-05:00Good Friday morning and good Friday puzzle.
Since...Good Friday morning and good Friday puzzle.<br /><br />Since I completed it, I thought folks would say it was easyish. Those long answers, as @Spacey said, are daunting to look at, but are generous when they fall. <br /><br />One-letter dnf due to misspelling NAVaL - sheesh! Wadda BOOBOO. I thought those big sofas and desks filled ALL of the room, I guess. <br /><br />Hey look - here comes the weekend.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90032559649946107952017-03-03T11:06:31.816-05:002017-03-03T11:06:31.816-05:00How does Puget sound to you?How does Puget sound to you?art mugalianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959336249873654598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9614335166864714852017-03-03T10:24:29.186-05:002017-03-03T10:24:29.186-05:00This 70-worder looked typically daunting at first,...This 70-worder looked typically daunting at first, but long stacks tend to yield a little faster than those wide-open 7x4s, etc. I bit into it with a bite of a NATHAN's hot dog; the final N inspired OBIWAN--and I actually conquered the NW! SOTHERE! ("Hey, officer, I'm standing next to a drunk!")<br /><br />There were a lot of WOEs: RONAN sounds like a Japanese film monster, and HOAG looks tasty (the sandwich, not the woman). NAVELcontemplates is way too long, but the GAZE thing, that's new to me. In the NW, luckily I had ANYTHINGBUT in place before reading the 5-down clue, or I surely would have filled in Bermuda.<br /><br />Pretty clean fill, despite ETH, and some really lovely 11-stacks. For DOD I'll have to go with SHELLEY Long. Cheers, honey! Honorable mention to Mie HAMA; any Bond girl deserves at least that. Birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16544566807904684462017-01-31T15:47:08.074-05:002017-01-31T15:47:08.074-05:00Yes, shaped like an L. Maybe it's regional? I&...Yes, shaped like an L. Maybe it's regional? I'm in Southern California and L-shaped desks (and couches!) are fairly common parlance, I think. Erin Hollanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567852594799156645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53287514628085947762017-01-29T08:26:56.437-05:002017-01-29T08:26:56.437-05:00Thanks, happy pencil!Thanks, happy pencil!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26924439469082540542017-01-29T08:25:59.870-05:002017-01-29T08:25:59.870-05:00Thanks Eric!Thanks Eric!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78762040183377484412017-01-28T21:07:26.889-05:002017-01-28T21:07:26.889-05:00Truly embarrassed to ask.. but can anyone here ema...Truly embarrassed to ask.. but can anyone here email the puzzle to me? I can no longer afford to keep up my subscription. The NYT has offered it to me at 1/2 price and with a free month.. but I'd rather eat. My email address is robrot1@gmail.com. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564142315430634628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59184546289782767522017-01-28T11:42:03.184-05:002017-01-28T11:42:03.184-05:00ell is also the phonetic spelling for the letter L...ell is also the phonetic spelling for the letter LAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12170542082132176442017-01-28T11:34:08.967-05:002017-01-28T11:34:08.967-05:00Thx for your reply. Beautiful dog. And you got h...Thx for your reply. Beautiful dog. And you got him(?) from rescue? Lovely. Our 0.5 husky is from rescue. Don't know what his other half is. Get a lot of speculation from folks on his ancestry! AZPETEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011706117458656055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54662545152895701012017-01-28T10:04:34.069-05:002017-01-28T10:04:34.069-05:00I say crap, is what it is. Also why the ? After Re...I say crap, is what it is. Also why the ? After Red Stuffing? It's a Red Stuffing inside an olive I get it but where's the pun/ mislead etc?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34016421125609462492017-01-27T22:42:39.271-05:002017-01-27T22:42:39.271-05:00@Nancy, the snarky mean types show up on all the s...@Nancy, the snarky mean types show up on all the social media, even blogs as you have witnessed on this one. The sense of anonymity seems to encourage base behavior. The mainstream press seems to be fixated on Twitter right now because we have a tweeter in chief. It was not that long ago the big deal was cyber bullying on facebook, or pretty nasty stuff on Gawker. That is why it is important to learn how to use the various filters and controls to block them on one's personal account as suggested above.<br /><br />Given your computer skills that you have mentioned in the past, these controls would be over your head to find and use. You are wise not to join the various media unless you have a particular need. I am on facebook to keep up on some organizations that do not have the resources (ie: skills or time) to maintain a web page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89232094668871380292017-01-27T22:03:20.771-05:002017-01-27T22:03:20.771-05:00@Nancy - Mean people are everywhere and the anonym...@Nancy - Mean people are everywhere and the anonymity of the internet makes it worse. Twitter can be just as nasty as Facebook, but it seems to me that I have a lot more control of what shows up on my screen on Twitter. Others swear by Facebook, so it may just be a matter of taste. Also, I hope it was obvious that I was just presenting the other side. Humans managed for millennia without social media, anyone choosing to stay away has history on their side. I wouldn't be at all surprised if a hundred years from now people looked back at us and wondered "what were they thinking?"Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24024995198353269482017-01-27T21:46:13.877-05:002017-01-27T21:46:13.877-05:00@Z -- It's long been my understanding that Twi...@Z -- It's long been my understanding that Twitter was the snarky, nasty one and Facebook was the friendly, benign one where everyone "likes" everyone and "friends" everyone. But I could be wrong. I've never been a member of either site, so what could I possibly know? Sorry if I insulted Twitter unfairly. I only know what I see in the mainstream media -- that it's a place where people are mean to other people. But maybe they're not mean to you, @Z. Hope not.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76041920090572473962017-01-27T21:18:04.260-05:002017-01-27T21:18:04.260-05:00Hey - Quit picking on Twitter. I think it is far b...Hey - Quit picking on Twitter. I think it is far better than Facebook* if you use it correctly. I use it as a news feed and an Ultimate Feed. Rex is a funny read, and there are others (if you get the Dan LeBatard Show the show's tweets will provide lots of amusement). As with any social media, it is possible to create an echo chamber, but that's on you. And it has this really neat "block" feature. Run into some troll and you can just block them. It doesn't stop their spewing, but I don't have to be bothered with it. Again, if you aren't a conscious and critical reader you risk believing foolishness (do NOT use it for breaking news), but people have believed foolishness long before social media was created.<br /><br />@Evil Doug - "must first have a foundation of safety and security" - So you're saying a free market place doesn't provide safety and security? With that I can agree. I'm not convinced that a "secure border" has anything to do with safety and security, though. No, that's just rhetoric politicians use to cause fear so we don't notice that they aren't addressing any real issues.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />*I quit Facebook years ago.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43414413281144600982017-01-27T21:01:11.445-05:002017-01-27T21:01:11.445-05:00I know a little bit about the sea mammals and I kn...I know a little bit about the sea mammals and I knew that a large male elephant seal kept a good size HAREM, which he rules with an iron fist. Made myself laugh there. My phone tells me that he can be master of 30-100 cows. He can be very violent and sometimes can even seriously injure his paramours. <br /><br />I was just reading about the story of Emitt Till, due to the latest revelations in the case from 62 years ago. I have to believe that the state of INTERRACIAL relations in our culture have improved in that time, but I also can empathize with those who had to witness injustice. <br /><br /><br />Nice Friday effort with solid fill. Larry Gilstraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493069947477383208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72956682933055275422017-01-27T20:03:42.029-05:002017-01-27T20:03:42.029-05:00Part of a punt return...hmm okay you either down i...Part of a punt return...hmm okay you either down it or run<br /><br />With run i had TITLEFInal and thought, Rex is going to go coompletely ballistic.<br /><br />Anyway needed my wife,s help to get NATHAN to complete the SW. We have a local herman's hotdogs so had a brain block there.<br />Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988007506745985696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91243791494507832292017-01-27T19:49:02.915-05:002017-01-27T19:49:02.915-05:00@Nancy, thank you for the incredibly kind words! A...@Nancy, thank you for the incredibly kind words! And you are so right about Twitter. I wonder how much of the current failures in discourse spring from the millions of people distilling their complex thoughts into 140 characters or fewer. Regardless, the app is now history, at least on my devices :)Cassieopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12656341974633440703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79936776333827528452017-01-27T18:36:48.460-05:002017-01-27T18:36:48.460-05:00I sure did want "Have a Drink" for 26D, ...I sure did want "Have a Drink" for 26D, but it was not to be.<br /><br />Struggled a wee bit in the SW but thought this was one of the easiest Friday puzzles of late. I like that in a Friday!chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62602229928186263822017-01-27T18:26:28.815-05:002017-01-27T18:26:28.815-05:00One of the things I would read at competitions as ...One of the things I would read at competitions as part of the Los Angeles City College Forensics Team was an edited down version of O Henry's <i>The PIMIENTa Pancakes</i>. I knew better to put an A on the end which gave me a good start toward a TOSSED SALAD and nixed ARIOSo. <br /><br />I used to have an ELL sofa when I lived in Los Feliz. It was eight feet on one leg and six on the other. It surrounded a huge mirrored coffee table. Somehow those went by the wayside when I moved out to the desert in Canyon Country. I also had an ELL desk years later. The answer to the question, "What the ELL?" My couch or my workstation. <br /><br />"From stem to stern" is one of the grooviest meta clues ever.<br /><br />@Malsdemare, we just got a lab+something rescue puppy who is about six months old. She seems to be channeling a Golden too. @M&A we got along little DOGY who is now about ten months old. She's a chiweenie and she got longer since we got her. Anyway, she's working on training and being Alpha to this puppy who is almost twice as tall as she is. We have to keep them outdoors most of the day as otherwise they will wreck the house with thier romping. <br /><br />Living with a compulsive reader and staring at the stacks of read books that tend to pile up, the name Tami HOAG has popped out at me often enough. @Susierah, thrillers fall into the category of Romance. There was a movie, Romancing The Stone which was not about bodice ripping over adventure. Love story would be the third or fourth entry for "Romance" in Merraim-Webster's. My compulsive reader has finally become accustomed to ebooks. Saving the trees and all that. <br /><br />I'm not going to say I found this easy, in fact, I was stumped more than once but with persistance I managed to finish this in three quarters of an hour which is a good deal under my Friday average. Oddly enough, when I looked, I found that Thursdays seem to take me longer than Fridays which often seem to have me googling SIX WAYS TO SUNDAY. Today gave it up without a single search. <br /><br />On the subject of googling; some days, I could easily be mistaken for a box of nails but even then, I have a threshold which before I've reached it i will not leave the NYTXW app to search. Even then, I will phrase my searches to avoid pulling up the hits on crossword answers. I have to feel that I'm at least figuring the answers out on my own. Numinoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263999193499725814noreply@blogger.com