tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5967341773903951227..comments2024-03-28T10:07:35.541-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Governor elected in 2003 recall vote / 5-14-14 / Historic resigned of 2013 / Country with gorilla on its 5000-franc note / Drug smuggler's courierRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91980597881895494432014-06-18T22:05:30.180-04:002014-06-18T22:05:30.180-04:00I can get there on my ipad. Try clicking on this.
...I can get there on my ipad. Try clicking on <a href="http://runtpuz.org/" rel="nofollow">this</a>.<br /><br />You will still need a way to print the pdf.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49795289023739213542014-06-18T21:43:42.580-04:002014-06-18T21:43:42.580-04:00@Z: thanks for the suggestion, but the geni in my ...@Z: thanks for the suggestion, but the geni in my iPad tells me there is no such page??? I'm Just not in the loop on current (anything since about 1964) computer stuff. Maybe pdf isn't an IPad thing?DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48978620755645082262014-06-18T20:44:33.498-04:002014-06-18T20:44:33.498-04:00@DMG and anyone else - go to runtpuz.org to find p...@DMG and anyone else - go to runtpuz.org to find pdf versions of M&A's work. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82576196763165149502014-06-18T19:54:36.048-04:002014-06-18T19:54:36.048-04:00@Diri...Hola amigo...and gracias.
When you get to ...@Diri...Hola amigo...and gracias.<br />When you get to Rex time, you'll meet one of our newest posters - @Leapfinger. She will have you chuckling away...<br />Are you tanning away in balmy Maine? Our State is burning away [sigh]GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85326332876419743432014-06-18T16:14:30.072-04:002014-06-18T16:14:30.072-04:00An apt title for this puz might be "The GOSPE...An apt title for this puz might be "The GOSPEL according to Victor Barocas" since in addition to the PROPHETS in the themers we have ADAM and son SETH, the PTL evangelizing, a Golden IDOL (plus the idol of Wall Street, IPOS) with the King Jas. version for comparison. Seems like there's enough there for a bout of sectarian conflict right here in Rexville, so no need to go back to Iraq. Agree with @spacy "Yay!" > WOO = bogus. EPODE was new to me.<br /><br />I've reduced my list of essential reading to @Z, @Gill I.P. and @M&A (with a space reserved for @ACME (whose personal mantra is QTIP) in case she returns), plus of course ALL of the syndilanders. Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82928900760442433452014-06-18T14:25:02.889-04:002014-06-18T14:25:02.889-04:00How to get lost in an easy one. Enter ethos, leap...How to get lost in an easy one. Enter ethos, leap in with Shwarzenneger, add an A for Arnold, give up all hope.Longbeachleenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24173972236085538032014-06-18T14:20:14.155-04:002014-06-18T14:20:14.155-04:00I must be the only one who thought this was a cute...I must be the only one who thought this was a cute puzzle! Smiled when I looked back to see what the circles had to offer. Only hang-ups were RAIMI, taken care of by the crosses, and the Governor's name, which crosses didn't fill. No idea about the Google thing, and can't believe people say WOO. Pronounced with long O's or like the familiar WOW?<br /><br />I wish M&As runtpuz would work on the IPad, I may be driven to firing up my squirrel driven IBook to see if I can get them there. I essentially mothballed it when hip problems made sitting at a desk not to be desired. But for the much touted runtpuz it may be worth it.DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52034607142890879102014-06-18T14:19:09.046-04:002014-06-18T14:19:09.046-04:00I must be the only one who thought this was a cute...I must be the only one who thought this was a cute puzzle! Smiled when I looked back to see what the circles had to offer. Only hang-ups were RAIMI, taken care of by the crosses, and the Governor's name, which crosses didn't fill. No idea about the Google thing, and can't believe people say WOO. Pronounced with long O's or like the familiar WOW?<br /><br />I wish M&As runtpuz would work on the IPad, I may be driven to firing up my squirrel driven IBook to see if I can get them there. I essentially mothballed it when hip problems made sitting at a desk not to be desired. But for the much touted runtpuz it may be worth it.DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77511386940642056112014-06-18T14:04:44.007-04:002014-06-18T14:04:44.007-04:00Liked this. Saw MOSES backwards in the circles, a...Liked this. Saw MOSES backwards in the circles, and then AMOS and of course The Governator was a gimme. Fun theme, and a lively, if flawed puzzle. Not deserving of the ripping it got. Oh well, that's the general mentality here on the blog. Like the crazies in the Middle East, it isn't going to change. Agree, @Spacey, stay out of there.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57328423578559071312014-06-18T10:12:31.875-04:002014-06-18T10:12:31.875-04:00Where has @Anoa Bob been, that he's never seen...Where has @Anoa Bob been, that he's never seen SSTS before? I've come across (and down) a whole fleet of 'em, right here in the NYTXP. It's one of several UH-OHs in today's grid.<br /><br />It's a pannie! And it took some vicious turns to get there, as noted above. I don't object to them per se, but when you do stuff like JAS to pull it off, all you do is elicit a "YIPES!"<br /><br />This was easy--too easy for a Wedensady. You start with the gigantic (in more ways than one) giveaway SCHWARZENEGGER, then shove KIWI under it so you have RW____ for 50d; I filled in RWANDA without even bothering to read the clue. What else could it be?<br /><br />The revealer pun was an OK chuckle, I guess, but overall I was not impressed. Is my copy really correct? The clue for WOO reads "Yay!" Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do on that one.<br /><br />Apparently, we're about to diss Muslims all over again, throwing boots down in Iraq. When will we ever learn? Despotism and mass shootings: this is what they DO! Asking them to stop is like asking a duck to meow. All we're doing is feeding the Al-Qaeda propaganda machine. We need to GET out and STAY out. There's no stopping the atrocities.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25435021698478285962014-06-18T10:03:21.952-04:002014-06-18T10:03:21.952-04:00Fun pun. YIKES/EKODE ere YIPES/EPODE. WINSOMELOSES...Fun pun. YIKES/EKODE ere YIPES/EPODE. WINSOMELOSESOME or as Roberto Duran once said: No Más!Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64414353567709382732014-05-15T11:15:57.534-04:002014-05-15T11:15:57.534-04:00Yeah, late to the party.
Breezy for me though I d...Yeah, late to the party.<br /><br />Breezy for me though I did get a DNF. I had SAKi and iGO. You know, hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to Google iGO.<br /><br />Ezra is considered a minor prophet, not a big leaguer.<br /><br />Jesus descends from the line of Seth.<br /><br />Dissing Catholics (black mass)is pretty safe, you'll get some protest and a lot of prayer. Try dissing Muslims and see what you get.<br /><br />Nice puzzle, though rather easy for me.gifcanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12612467417938884430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56086075255974829662014-05-15T00:59:58.576-04:002014-05-15T00:59:58.576-04:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak I've made to my method. In a nutshell, the higher the ratio, the higher this week's median solve time is relative to the average for the corresponding day of the week.<br /><br />All solvers (this week's median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Mon 6:44, 6:04, 1.11, 87%, Challenging<br />Tue 9:10, 8:46, 1.05, 63%, Medium-Challenging<br />Wed 9:08, 9:54, 0.92, 32%, Easy-Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:57, 3:57, 1.00, 45%, Medium<br />Tue 5:39, 5:22, 1.05, 63%, Medium-Challenging<br />Wed 5:50, 6:11, 0.94, 35%, Easy-Mediumsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40736926058534848412014-05-14T21:35:34.632-04:002014-05-14T21:35:34.632-04:00Easier than Tues., but was there a relationshio I ...Easier than Tues., but was there a relationshio I missed between AMOS and ESPRESSO MAKER, for instance? <br /><br />Like @CascoKid Took a while to get from YIkES to YIPES.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3663645578679810822014-05-14T20:49:42.273-04:002014-05-14T20:49:42.273-04:00@M&A - I was surprised that the circle did not...@M&A - I was surprised that the circle did not get a U. <br /><br />Scrabble Twerking has to be done with one's tongue hanging out I presume. <br /><br />@"Miss Manners" - Ms. Martin does not engage in snark. <br /><br />@Fred Romagnolo - UC-Davis is a good school. Any school that fields quality ultimate teams on a regular basis is a good school in my book.<br /><br />@dk - Congrats. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-168640857368607012014-05-14T18:38:05.288-04:002014-05-14T18:38:05.288-04:00@Rex - Thanks so much for hosting the M&A blog...@Rex - Thanks so much for hosting the M&A blog!Miss Mannersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3335490136274972642014-05-14T17:41:51.214-04:002014-05-14T17:41:51.214-04:00M&A - So I finally tried one of your runtpuz. ...M&A - So I finally tried one of your runtpuz. Couldn't resist the hype. Got it done but not very fast. Keeping track of the *ed clues caused some overload and wrong answers. Anyhoo, pretty cute idea. The only reason I haven't been doing them all along is because I'm usually on an iPad. <br /><br />And @lms the lazy person in me thinks that good old M&A nailed it with "scrabble twerkin" Twerks for me!jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43323737531925083892014-05-14T17:41:11.372-04:002014-05-14T17:41:11.372-04:00So, @Steve J. you are saying no MAS?
I thought th...So, @Steve J. you are saying no MAS?<br /><br />I thought that was Roberto Duran's line.<br /><br />JFCJFCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8667122171784686662014-05-14T16:51:05.322-04:002014-05-14T16:51:05.322-04:00I enjoyed this one! Saw MOSES so figured something...I enjoyed this one! Saw MOSES so figured something Biblical was brewing. Y'all have me timing myself now - I'm no speed solver - took 16 minutes. Arlenehttp://www.listeningclosely.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91579780736305727672014-05-14T16:50:00.381-04:002014-05-14T16:50:00.381-04:00@BobK: Darn proud to have U work it.
@Benko: I lik...@BobK: Darn proud to have U work it.<br />@Benko: I like how U think, about folks frozen inside stuff; good theme potential. 3:38 is dayum unbelievable, to amir mortals such as I.<br />@r.alph: wow. I like your explanations of the runtpuzs better than my own explanations. Hystorical. U oughta make runtpuzs. Call em ralphpuzs, to keep outa infringement problems, maybe?<br /><br />p.s. The runtpuz committee has given puz #1-2-4 a new designation, based on its exceedinly vile nature. It is now known as #1-2-3-4. The committee said 1-2-3-4 should only be used in case of a national emergency, or to really get tough with @63, say, if he should try to ignore puz #1-2-3. Or start pannin PB1 puzs, or somesuch.<br />Later.<br /><br />M&AM and Alsonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4696451216201139502014-05-14T16:25:47.102-04:002014-05-14T16:25:47.102-04:00@M&A
Smoked your latest offering. Got the mis...@M&A<br /><br />Smoked your latest offering. Got the missing letter early on from 1D. Does this have anything to do with the colonial tax revolt in Boston harbor?<br /><br />BTW, If you get your puzzle accepted in the NYT are you going to tell us and blow your cover?r.alphbunkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657275501845781384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32267712757288617972014-05-14T16:24:25.264-04:002014-05-14T16:24:25.264-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.r.alphbunkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657275501845781384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83383661220881128892014-05-14T15:29:27.086-04:002014-05-14T15:29:27.086-04:00Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 8/1/2...Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation of my method and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak to my method):<br /><br />All solvers (median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Wed 9:02, 9:54, 0.91, 29%, Easy-Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Wed 6:00, 6:11, 0.97, 40%, Mediumsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77653486718246505532014-05-14T14:19:54.132-04:002014-05-14T14:19:54.132-04:00@M&A: Okay. That was hard to get a toehold i...@M&A: Okay. That was hard to get a toehold in. Lucky I was pretty sure about 7 down. Liked the clue for 4 down, but I started thinking about it in a cryptic way, trying to put "Ray" or "egon" into a word meaning frozen. 3:38.<br />I found @Evan's DevilCross puzzle much easier today. Got it in about two minutes in AcrossLite. I think it's the easiest one he's posted there, so people who usually find him too difficult should get over there and give it a try.<br />Today's Crossnerd, on the other hand, is particularly tough for one of his regular (not vwllss) puzzles. Also worth a solve.Benkonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31500079742211549112014-05-14T13:33:24.042-04:002014-05-14T13:33:24.042-04:00@M&A - 8:05, but darn proud to have gotten it ...@M&A - 8:05, but darn proud to have gotten it with no help!Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.com