tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6082123275403821337..comments2024-03-28T08:55:37.290-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Rabbit's Tail / THU 10-25-18 / Dutch Artist Jan van der ___ / Stage name of rapper Sandra Denton / Muslim ascetic Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58742220764704902852018-11-29T21:45:55.942-05:002018-11-29T21:45:55.942-05:00Never seen Casablanca? You’re not even aliveNever seen Casablanca? You’re not even aliveAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234015123154241666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10941392471944555302018-11-29T20:23:24.748-05:002018-11-29T20:23:24.748-05:00Most annoying puzzle features in my book: Cross-re...Most annoying puzzle features in my book: Cross-references, plethora of PPPs, especially rappers, and today's hidden theme. Put them all together, and you've (I've) got a loser.<br /><br />AKON PEPAleftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40081800572277411282018-11-29T18:44:51.034-05:002018-11-29T18:44:51.034-05:00It took me while but I finally got the gimmick. Bu...It took me while but I finally got the gimmick. But only after completing the whole puzzle. And with a fair bit of difficulty. Very enjoyable aha! moment. Great puzzle.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82997887580840231042018-11-29T13:55:06.028-05:002018-11-29T13:55:06.028-05:00Hardly "medium" here. I thought I was d...Hardly "medium" here. I thought I was doomed for a long time, but I entered everything I "knew" (later having to over-write ScAM and FAkIR), and whaddayaknow? I had enough of 26A to "see" DO A SLOW BURN, and then seeTHE, and I got it. That let me parse seePAGE and thus LOST LIQUID. Bye-bye K. The last two were a little harder but at least I knew what I was looking for.<br /><br />I actually got GO UP AND DOWN before seeSAW, so there's that, too.<br /><br />The SE was very hard to see because of ON MIKE (weird), and AKON (who dat?), but it all came together. Very proud here. Nice gimmick.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41977431328190410582018-11-29T13:28:02.991-05:002018-11-29T13:28:02.991-05:00After some help with the PPP, I finished this last...After some help with the PPP, I finished this last night. Then, stared for a while this morning until I could "see" the issue. Ha ha.<br /><br />I too wanted FAkIR. What the Q?<br /><br />Agree with @Spacey on the rapper/eye blur issue. How many rapper-savvy folks do the NYTCP? How many non-rapper folks? Huh? Huh? Yeah, that's right. <br /><br />Lady DiDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7919405797304536182018-11-29T12:32:08.327-05:002018-11-29T12:32:08.327-05:00ONLY one write-over square at THE middle of FAkIR....ONLY one write-over square at THE middle of FAkIR. Damned Q. ONLY one other commenter noticed SEL and PEPA on the same line? C’mon.<br /><br />@joebloggs – You are THE one who’s wrong. First of all it’s either ScARFED or SNARFED (latter preferred in these parts). Secondly, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith are THE main guys, but Tears for Fears is a typical four-piece band that more often than not includes additional musicians. I’ve seen them. So there. Common mis-direct with TYPO as Mr. Fogarty is wont to do. SEE SEE.<br /><br />Dominatrix IRENE Adler as portrayed by Lara Pulver = yeah baby.<br /><br />Fun puz if you could SEE through the trick.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77217594192321210912018-11-29T12:12:47.617-05:002018-11-29T12:12:47.617-05:00ANIL RAND
IRENE would MEERly DOASLOWBURN
while I...ANIL RAND<br /><br />IRENE would MEERly DOASLOWBURN <br />while INSEARCHOF a WEENIE she’d like,<br />but she SCREAMED (BLEEP) about a MIST turn<br />that LAPSED to GOUPANDDOWN ONMIKE.<br /><br />--- LIAM SHAW<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4654724645018858472018-11-29T11:54:52.372-05:002018-11-29T11:54:52.372-05:00Not medium, not challenging: IMPOSSIBLE! There was...Not medium, not challenging: IMPOSSIBLE! There was no way I was going to get this if I stared at it for a hundred years. Perhaps I might have gotten it in fifty if I hadn't been locked into Pink and fake. Like I said before, once you say "rapper" my eyes glaze over. I got the Dutch guy wrong too; I was thinking Mies for some dumb reason. It just wasn't gonna happen for me today. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17391728389724212802018-10-27T19:49:48.968-04:002018-10-27T19:49:48.968-04:00Yes but incredibly misleading. If you aren’t think...Yes but incredibly misleading. If you aren’t thinking of the pop duo you’re just wrong. End of. joebloggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07732998343339867059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3098261271838588512018-10-27T19:47:57.958-04:002018-10-27T19:47:57.958-04:00No one uses snarfed down except once or twice a ye...No one uses snarfed down except once or twice a year in NYT xword puzzles. It’s SCARFED down. And Tears for Fears as typo is incredibly misleading. Just stop it. joebloggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07732998343339867059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91606886839917249522018-10-26T19:39:54.525-04:002018-10-26T19:39:54.525-04:00I loved it. But still don't understand how SA...I loved it. But still don't understand how SAW is an oftrepeated word?????<br /><br />Is it bc of the SAW movies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88383550594822736612018-10-26T08:51:01.497-04:002018-10-26T08:51:01.497-04:00Per Oxford English Dictionary: Origin
1950s: alter...Per Oxford English Dictionary: Origin<br />1950s: alteration of lead, first used in instructions to printers, in order to distinguish the word from text to be printed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71394607900425903072018-10-26T03:53:34.872-04:002018-10-26T03:53:34.872-04:00What's the point of verifying comments if ones...What's the point of verifying comments if ones like this are approved?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30154427944034437852018-10-26T03:43:42.167-04:002018-10-26T03:43:42.167-04:00Then you know it's Johannes Vermeer. Different...Then you know it's Johannes Vermeer. Different artist than Jan van der Meer, who is mostly known for his landscapes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81346479651642710252018-10-26T03:37:45.981-04:002018-10-26T03:37:45.981-04:00"The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out.&quo..."The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out." Worms--and slugs--definitely crawl. Heck, even cars and traffic crawl. The "limb" claim is silly.<br /><br />Crosswords, by their nature, use secondary and tertiary meanings and tangential definitions. It's what makes them fun. To borrow your phrase, your comment makes me wonder if we share a common past-time...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28980139590007393972018-10-26T03:17:53.861-04:002018-10-26T03:17:53.861-04:00According to my dictionary, MIC was first used for...According to my dictionary, MIC was first used for microphone in 1961, so it’s hardly a new usage. My dad was a recording engineer in the 1960s, and when I first saw someone spell it MIKE, I thought they were completely ignorant. Funny how people mask their own ignorance by assuming that others are... <br /><br />@Peter, Thank you.I went to journalism school in the 1980s, and the top of a story was always the LEDE.David G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10892185103148964347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37878544920526407842018-10-26T02:38:47.761-04:002018-10-26T02:38:47.761-04:00@Nancy - I’m sure someone here could weigh in more...@Nancy - I’m sure someone here could weigh in more definitively, but it’s my understanding that some journalistic authority deliberately sanctioned the misspelling of “lead” to forestall the potential for ambiguity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46025044884405210112018-10-26T01:55:59.674-04:002018-10-26T01:55:59.674-04:00I disagree with your groupings. That one does not ...I disagree with your groupings. That one does not immediately understand a theme does not necessarily equate with also disliking the puzzle (at least for me). I think most of the posts about not grokking the theme connect that thought to the specific weakness of this particular theme. For others, @Bib Mills (12:15pm) sums it up nicely by opining that one may be good st crosswords and bad at puzzles. CDilly52https://www.blogger.com/profile/07727001753847073030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12597390720123494162018-10-26T00:03:00.595-04:002018-10-26T00:03:00.595-04:00I am so sick of all the rappers "names" ...I am so sick of all the rappers "names" in crosswords now. I do not follow the genre, I do not enjoy it, and I do not know the "artists". There is no inferring a "name" like PEPA or AKON. And rappers specifically mis-spell or alternate-spell their names for style or effect, so it could literally be any combination of vowels and consonants. I suppose someday a rap "artist" will call themselves ASONOAN, or some such, and then we'll be expected to know that as well.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080027831092093115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74685433286683252442018-10-25T22:58:58.789-04:002018-10-25T22:58:58.789-04:00@JC66 9:30...Gracias amigo... I'm, so tired of...@JC66 9:30...Gracias amigo... I'm, so tired of using the [sigh]...<br />@T Man. Give yourself a little blue name, or better yet, an avatar. It's free with a Google account. We need some new blood and you don't have to be original ... ;-)GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21649313003589175452018-10-25T22:52:52.072-04:002018-10-25T22:52:52.072-04:00@Nancy - I don't know how recent for you is &q...@Nancy - I don't know how recent for you is "new," but I went to J-School in the early-mid 90s, and it was "lede" back then. So it's at least 25 years old.<br />Peter Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358201722058061544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35867203979830542152018-10-25T22:03:17.255-04:002018-10-25T22:03:17.255-04:00I solve on paper. FAKIR is the correct spelling. N...I solve on paper. FAKIR is the correct spelling. Never saw FAQIR before today. Totally didn’t get the theme until I came here; wish I had gotten it without having to look, but it was lost on me. The puzzle felt harder than it was, mostly because the theme answers didn’t make any sense. Ah well. This got a big “Meh” from me - glad I finished (except for the Q) and glad it’s over, but I didn’t really enjoy it. Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12174830953402611450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35969405910907360772018-10-25T21:54:36.897-04:002018-10-25T21:54:36.897-04:00I have been reading this blog for years and feel t...I have been reading this blog for years and feel that many of you are friends. I have never posted because I always did puzzles long after the published date. But now I have caught up, having completed this puzzle AND got the theme. That doesn’t happen too often. I enjoyed the puz, thought the theme was very clever, so thank you Mr Fogarty. I’ll try and be more original on my next post. T Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76055759235735397082018-10-25T21:47:19.706-04:002018-10-25T21:47:19.706-04:00@jberg 1:55 -- Actually, the new atrocity is LEDE,...@jberg 1:55 -- Actually, the new atrocity is LEDE, not LEED. And, of course, through most of my lifetime and yours, it was LEAD. A fine, accurate, uncomplicated and completely descriptive word. Why LEDE, of all peculiar concoctions? It's not descriptive of anything. Who changed it? Who had the <i>authority</i> to change it? Is it somehow related to Reddi-Whip, Bud Lite and other deliberate product misspellings? Is anyone monitoring the dictionary? Where's Noah when we need him?Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31054926446030253632018-10-25T21:30:34.738-04:002018-10-25T21:30:34.738-04:00@Sara
Please read this,@Sara<br /><br />Please read <a href="https://www.quora.com/Is-calling-someone-yellow-offensive" rel="nofollow">this</a>, <br />JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.com