tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6045278627787451144..comments2024-03-29T05:08:37.783-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Newspaper VIP Baquet / SUN 6-5-16 / Fictional braggart / Default avatar for new Twitter user / Silmarillion creature / Flirtatious wife in Of Mice Men / Finnigan friend of Harry Potter / Charm City baseball playerRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23898558870297826702017-12-09T17:02:19.258-05:002017-12-09T17:02:19.258-05:00JOINT ILLUMINATI TO BE RICH AND FAMOUS, TO ACQUIRE...JOINT ILLUMINATI TO BE RICH AND FAMOUS, TO ACQUIRE POWER OR TO TREAT THE FOLLOWING AS AN ILLUMINATI MEMBER OR NON MEMBER: HIV, GENITAL OR ORAL HERPES or any kind of Disease and infection like: -VEGAN or VEGETARIAN HPV -EBV -PENIS ENLARGEMENT AND WEAK ERECTION -VIRGINA PROBLEM -WHOOPING COUGH - HEPATITIS A,B AND C -FORDYCE SPOT -COLD SORE -ALS -LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTION -LOW SPERM COUNT -MRSA(METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS -ZIKA VIRUS -COPD -STROKE -IMPOTENCE -PILE -HYPERTENSION -LOW SPERM COUNT -MENOPAUSE DISEASE -ASTHMA -CANCER -BARENESS/INFERTILITY -PCOS -SHINGLES -VIRAL HEPATITIS/HEPATITIS B -FIBROID -ASTHMA -SICKLE CELL -TINNITUS -BARENESS/INFERTILITY -DIARRHEA and so on... 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Contact me on: illuminatiworldwideuk@gmail.com or Whatsapp, call or message me on: +2348034453159Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69148697904687593212016-06-18T09:33:19.893-04:002016-06-18T09:33:19.893-04:00With a little extra "word search" you wi...With a little extra "word search" you will notice unrelated words within each theme answer: closet/lose/set/me; ton/not/thin; head/ado/oft; low/win/wing; etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79963763238725535182016-06-17T03:01:43.100-04:002016-06-17T03:01:43.100-04:00Same here Same here Phillip Blackerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246294316176476429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41603017715507361472016-06-12T23:29:04.413-04:002016-06-12T23:29:04.413-04:00The most engaging theme in a good long time. Othe...The most engaging theme in a good long time. Otherwise, a relatively easy puzzle, but I laughed out loud more than once, so very high marks for entertainment value!Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185068601066087185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26535366039080348092016-06-12T16:00:14.018-04:002016-06-12T16:00:14.018-04:00Let's make it (almost) unanimous: terrific pu...Let's make it (almost) unanimous: terrific puzzle. I agree with all the favourable comments.<br /><br />Just one silly, but niggling issue, ie, what is @Rex's real standing as a crossword solver? He has been 009 for a year, but finished somewhere in the 50's at the recent ACPT and never owned up to it. I suppose his finish at the Indie 500 may see him change his ranking, at least if it is a better finish than at the ACPT. Shallow.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71187430493658235122016-06-12T14:27:49.939-04:002016-06-12T14:27:49.939-04:00Stephen M - Pick up any issue of MAXIM magazine an...Stephen M - Pick up any issue of MAXIM magazine and you'll instantly understand. <br /><br />Nicely constructed and clued. Not really gimmicky. I enjoyed it. <br /><br />Huggles! Hahaha, my new word. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45976720176835546082016-06-12T11:03:28.340-04:002016-06-12T11:03:28.340-04:00Before I comment on the puz let me just say I spen...Before I comment on the puz let me just say I spent a wonderful afternoon yesterday traipsing around Saint Paul with @teedMN and @Diana, LIW. So nice to meet folks from crossworld in person. And today (in syndi-time) even more goings on at the MN Xword Tourney; it’s relatively CLOSETOHOME. Really nice weekend.<br /><br />This puz is what we should expect on a Sunday, funnish theme and nary a rebus square in sight. Maybe seemed a bit heavy on the three letter answers and those CUTESY words sure used up a lot of double vowels, but what the HECKLE.<br /><br />I’ll go back to SNL twenty years ago, or so, for yeah baby CHERI Oteri. I would tune in to get a WEEKLY dose of her.<br /><br />Nice little wordplay theme and BETWEENYOUANDME, I liked it.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-999433749903606802016-06-12T10:59:10.160-04:002016-06-12T10:59:10.160-04:00Very conversational stuff today; you can't say...Very conversational stuff today; you can't say any of this isn't "in the language," from YOOHOO to TOODLEOO and from AWNUTS to WHOOPEE. (Well, maybe TOODLEOO feels restricted to elderly British ladies.) But it all adds to the fun. Racking my brain for that first themer, I didn't think of SUIT until finally figuring out that the "doc" in the 10-down clue wasn't "doctor" but "document." I myself haven't seen "document" shortened in that way. But that was maybe the toughest part.<br /><br />All of the theme entries are very clever, and Mr. McCoy UNLEASHES plenty of sparkling fill--the clues to which are mostly misdirected, but with enough gimmes sprinkled throughout that it never bogged me down. One might go to the redoubtable MAE West for DOD, but why not take MAE as clued: the luscious Sherilyn Fenn who played her in the film? Oh to be Lenny!<br /><br />Easy-easy-medium, a joy to solve. An "un-slog!" Eagle.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21835078167895863932016-06-12T10:26:53.384-04:002016-06-12T10:26:53.384-04:00ROMEO, FIFTEEN
BETWEENYOUANDME, CHERI, we had NEX...ROMEO, FIFTEEN<br /><br />BETWEENYOUANDME, CHERI, we had NEXTTONOTHING on,<br />and ALSO, BEFORELONG, ASTRIDE me did you CLIMB.<br />You said, “WHOOPEE” and “WHEE” and THATSTHAT, you were gone,<br />I CANSEE what went wrong, ITOO came AHEADOFTIME.<br /><br />--- SEAMUS MAXIMS<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61018331808482984092016-06-12T09:47:40.114-04:002016-06-12T09:47:40.114-04:00@Teedmn and syndilanders...good luck at the tourna...@Teedmn and syndilanders...good luck at the tournament! Post pics pls.Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89904096029093678532016-06-08T20:09:54.042-04:002016-06-08T20:09:54.042-04:00Stephen M: Re: racy magazines/Maxims -- www.maxi...Stephen M: Re: racy magazines/Maxims -- www.maxim.com<br /><br />Very enjoyable puzzle, and I agree with Rex's comments.Peter Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06513760726334022212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4117053543162006012016-06-08T11:48:02.144-04:002016-06-08T11:48:02.144-04:00Just one comment/question. How does Ta-Da become ...Just one comment/question. How does Ta-Da become Toodleoo??? I got this by the crosses but it makes not one bit sense. bobPeterThomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830709669823593966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20358281724269925512016-06-07T20:45:52.844-04:002016-06-07T20:45:52.844-04:00Help me understand 49D racy magazines....maxims. ...Help me understand 49D racy magazines....maxims. I don't get it! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04168919248851219253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73572467471533191522016-06-07T01:54:18.894-04:002016-06-07T01:54:18.894-04:00Hated this puzzle and the calendar layout. Finishe...Hated this puzzle and the calendar layout. Finished quick with no cheats. Boring as hell. PatKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11527048302847956744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42729944779356724052016-06-06T08:28:09.024-04:002016-06-06T08:28:09.024-04:00Had I known there were prizes for worst handwritin...Had I known there were prizes for worst handwriting I would have been at every competition for the last 50 years.<br /><br />In the case of The House at Pooh Corner, Parker was dead wrong.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43882716753268880042016-06-06T00:32:09.096-04:002016-06-06T00:32:09.096-04:00Count me in for rolling my eyes at the thought of ...Count me in for rolling my eyes at the thought of a word search style puzzle.<br />So happy to be mistaken.<br />Clue for RHINO made my day.<br /><br />Apropos nothing, stop by the New Britain Museum of American Art. A real gem, with a small but significant collection. They have just begun a series of special exhibits on the Shakers in CT. Beautiful furnishings and household items for the opening.<br />Many admirable beliefs that this group adheres to, but they do seem to be doomed by their requirement of celibacy.<br /><br />Thanks Mr. McCoy.Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19026334236531208472016-06-05T22:44:05.134-04:002016-06-05T22:44:05.134-04:00What a wonderful, wonderful Monday puzzle!What a wonderful, wonderful Monday puzzle!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4220266401132472952016-06-05T17:39:13.531-04:002016-06-05T17:39:13.531-04:00Oh yeah, forgot my one beef:
If 121A Private prope...Oh yeah, forgot my one beef:<br />If 121A Private property? (IDTAGS) is referring to military privates the correct answer is "dog" TAGS. I still use the ones I was issued in the '60s as a key ring - at least if I'm unconscious from an accident they'll know when I had my last tetanus shot.Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89727281001979842892016-06-05T16:29:24.269-04:002016-06-05T16:29:24.269-04:00I'm guessing you paper solvers had to open the...I'm guessing you paper solvers had to open the magazine like a wall calendar? My phone app and I are sorry to have missed that novelty.<br /><br />I'll add my voice to the chorus singing PAEANS to Mr. McCoy. BTW that word was my final entry. RHINO hit me out of left field. The theme was a corker! One of the best Sundays I can remember!Hartley70https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557118655188472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64220101907611009492016-06-05T16:21:15.183-04:002016-06-05T16:21:15.183-04:00Great write up Rex.
I have seen other positioning ...Great write up Rex.<br />I have seen other positioning words ( BETWEEN, NEXT TO , AHEAD OF etc..)<br />but never like this type of two words.<br />Really enjoyed the theme and clue for FOOTSTEP.<br />Thanks TMCharles Flasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16588962898277593533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35439218293063375582016-06-05T16:17:49.565-04:002016-06-05T16:17:49.565-04:00@Mohair (1:01 pm) -- Oh, @Mohair, please tell me y...@Mohair (1:01 pm) -- Oh, @Mohair, please tell me you didn't bet the farm -- or even your shirt --on my knowing A-ha. Because you have ignominiously lost, my friend. To me, AHA is a moment, not a singer (or is it a band? a musical group?) I had to Google A-ha to find out that there are songs attached to whatever person or persons have that name. Many, many songs. Many, many songs -- not one of which I have ever heard of. You're the victim of a sucker bet, @Mohair, and I can't imagine who talked you into it. Or maybe it was illness that caused such bad, bad judgment. At any rate, feel better soon! But never EVER again bet good cash money on my knowledge of pop music. You'll lose every time.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80238490979883405272016-06-05T15:08:05.346-04:002016-06-05T15:08:05.346-04:00Primo SunPuz. Fun theme. Solid fill. 10 U's....Primo SunPuz. Fun theme. Solid fill. 10 U's. 2 har's. (yo, @Roo) Rodeo. thUmbsUp.<br /><br />@indie009: Day-um. Confuses the M&A. Will wait for the post-tourney write-up, to decide whether to go with @indie#??, @mr.penmanship, or @Eroica.breath.<br /><br />M&A<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/UploadRunt/FetchPage?id=NTY0ODc2NTA5MzI3OTI3OA&title=Fightin_1_Chance_1_-_1_by_1_M_1_and_1_A" rel="nofollow">**gruntz**</a>Masked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027736429645378004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49429622603702884732016-06-05T15:05:38.155-04:002016-06-05T15:05:38.155-04:00Fastest time for a Sunday crossword for me, WHOOPE...Fastest time for a Sunday crossword for me, WHOOPEE! Got caught up with TOODLEOO and thought I would get a dnf and said "AW NUTS" before it dawned on me. WHEE!. Thought "Issuer of IDs" was a poor clue choice in a puzzle that has "IDTAGS" as an answer, but that's a minor gripe in what was a thoroughly enjoyable puzzle. It was a little CUTESY, but that's fine on a lazy Sunday, and THAT'S THAT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16956819102688523212016-06-05T14:29:30.211-04:002016-06-05T14:29:30.211-04:00I always think of M&A whenever I come across a...I always think of M&A whenever I come across a U in any puzzle (there's another little darlin' for him), but it's a special treat to get two HARs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38768525704739591742016-06-05T14:16:52.684-04:002016-06-05T14:16:52.684-04:00Blew through this one. It's cute in the way I ...Blew through this one. It's cute in the way I hope for on Sunday, but very easy. Definitely some questionable fill, though. Maybe some people like TOODLEOO crossing YOOHOO, but it made me cringe - especially in a grid that also has WHOOPEE and WHEE.Rabi Abonourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650612051534860466noreply@blogger.com