tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6127525687555827703..comments2024-03-28T07:04:40.875-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Miss Hungary of 1936 familiarly / SAT 5-28-16 / 1960s sitcom matriarch / Sights at Supercharger / Sound effect in comic BC / French frozen desserts / 1999 parody featuring starship Protector / Title brat of kid-lit Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14945353031008085032016-07-03T18:18:16.370-04:002016-07-03T18:18:16.370-04:00Not sure what prompted the inclusion of the link t...Not sure what prompted the inclusion of the link to Endicott by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, but loved seeing it. Did not realize anyone else on the planet remembered that very minor "hit." Gives me hope that I might see "If You Want to be Happy" at some point.bananafishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12100390578486150042016-07-03T00:21:16.150-04:002016-07-03T00:21:16.150-04:00@Wooody - Don't remember seeing you before, bu...@Wooody - Don't remember seeing you before, but "Fat Penguin" made me laugh!<br /><br />Diana,LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80321059880663156452016-07-02T22:26:24.781-04:002016-07-02T22:26:24.781-04:00What an odd mix of easy-peasy and all-but-impossib...What an odd mix of easy-peasy and all-but-impossible. Delighted to see GALAXYQUEST featured front and center, and enjoyed seeing ZOT for the first time in ages. But sad to say I had absolutely no clue on the ATTELET/SUL/LILYMUNSTER CROSSING.Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185068601066087185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56347261296932635872016-07-02T21:22:01.042-04:002016-07-02T21:22:01.042-04:00@Woody204 - effin' hilarious, come back often....@Woody204 - effin' hilarious, come back often. <br />And @rainy I look for all you guys every day, don't ever stop, any of you.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84941022680216050712016-07-02T20:36:38.559-04:002016-07-02T20:36:38.559-04:00DNF'd because I stayed at the DELUXEMOtEL litt...DNF'd because I stayed at the DELUXEMOtEL littered with BEERCANS and CUTGLASS. <br /><br />I was slowed down in the NE because I couldn't think of the rapper who wrote "Morning Wood". <br /><br />40D reminds me of my friend John who would say "Fat penguin" in bars and then would say "I was just thinking of something to break the ice. Wooody2004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3525942913606058562016-07-02T17:22:20.981-04:002016-07-02T17:22:20.981-04:00Yes, this one was relatively easy, after seeing it...Yes, this one was relatively easy, after seeing it in completed form. But I ATTELET this one go when it exceeded my self-imposed time limit on an otherwise active weekend.<br /><br />So, objectively easy, but a voluntary DNF today.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68690347944604236392016-07-02T16:07:24.195-04:002016-07-02T16:07:24.195-04:00After working hard to get the central puzzle solve...After working hard to get the central puzzle solved, I dnf'd in the NE. Had my person doing time "inside" and I was sure of it. So I just kept shaking my head. <br /><br />Had get a room before GRIP, but that quickly changed.<br /><br />Now I can add ATTELETs to my vocabulary - I have seen them but didn't have a name. <br /><br />Challenging Sat. for me.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44011712063034158262016-07-02T14:25:23.481-04:002016-07-02T14:25:23.481-04:00Its rare that I and @Rex solve a puzzle similarly,...Its rare that I and @Rex solve a puzzle similarly, but today ZSA ZSA was my first entry, then ZIPPER, SELIG, GRIEG, and so forth. Of course the Sci-fi film was an unknown for me, and it took awhile before I realized that the 28 states were countries.<br /><br />One write-over when I put in sLIP for the airport spot, stupidly, so when I got LETS SLIP, had a d'uh moment and corrected to BLIP. <br /><br />Otherwise, a pretty smooth puzzle in the medium range, for me, and I liked it.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49474707245703874852016-07-02T11:45:52.717-04:002016-07-02T11:45:52.717-04:00Not quite easy--though for a change the NW fell in...Not quite easy--though for a change the NW fell into my lap. I thought many of the modern generation might have more trouble with it, not knowing ZSAZSA, but I guess I underestimated her staying power.* The lady is without question today's DOD.<br /><br />*But that's another story. Despite many gimmes, I almost DNF because of GTI. Never heard of it. GTO, sure. But what's a STRoPE? Dunno. There's the barber's STROP, and the poet's STROPHE...and anyway, doesn't that logo have STRIPEs? So I changed it to an I--though I wholeheartedly agree the clue is arbitrary as hell. Feature of: spokesanimal Tony, or some home outfits, or...well, you get the idea.<br /><br />"Wasn't sure, say" is a rotten clue for HOPED. These are not the same things. For example, I'm not sure that rap = HIPHOPMUSIC (aren't they two distinct forms?), but I HOPE nothing. I supremely do not care one way or the other. Well, I guess I momentarily HOPED that was the correct answer in the puzzle!<br /><br />Raggedy around the edges, this one doesn't live up to the potential started by that wonderful long middle. It's a par, as if he stiffed a NINEIRON and then blew the short birdie putt. C'est la GTI vie.<br /><br />spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45893935863930228772016-07-02T11:41:06.919-04:002016-07-02T11:41:06.919-04:00Saw the d in deluxe model right off. Deluxe motel...Saw the d in deluxe model right off. Deluxe motel? Never wold have entered my mind. Must be a generational thing. Had trouble until I got off the Galaxy Queen.<br /><br />longbeachleenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15884662349026291622016-07-02T10:33:13.204-04:002016-07-02T10:33:13.204-04:00I can’t believe there isn’t more uproar as a RESUL...I can’t believe there isn’t more uproar as a RESULT of two UPs and three, yes count ‘em, three INs. SNARLUP TORNUP CUEIN INSONG INSTIR. This puz must be by one of OFL’s pals or ELSA he’s asleepwritin’. Normally, one instance of that sort of thing would have been TORNUP into shreds. But two? And a triple at that? The words ELITIST SNOB come to mind.<br /><br />Not that I didn’t enjoy the puz, I usually don’t notice those BLIPs. Two words written over at SUd and BEERCup, but they fixed themselves.<br /><br />Attaching MUSIC to HIPHOP might be stretching it.<br /><br />SOISEE ZSAZSA must have been a yeah baby back in her day, but she and her sisters never really did much for me. CUEIN Green Acres theme here.<br /><br />One of the Natashas I dated in Odessa, Ukraine used realNATTY in her email address, and that she was, in all states of dress. Yeah baby.<br /><br />Any puz with a RON in it can’t be too bad, despite the INs and UPs. Long and longish answers were pretty good, though I don’t know when next I will use the term ATTELET. @BS might.<br />RONdonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68666003040032898212016-07-02T09:55:34.087-04:002016-07-02T09:55:34.087-04:00SOISEE RESULT
ELSA, the DELUXEMODEL, DONNED a sli...SOISEE RESULT<br /><br />ELSA, the DELUXEMODEL, DONNED a slip,<br />her NEHI socks and NATTY slippers,<br />I said, “LETSSLIP out.” I’d HOPED she’d get AGRIP<br />ASI ASSESSED things PASTOR ZIPPER.<br /><br />--- RON TESLAS<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47992071136116751162016-05-30T22:39:20.370-04:002016-05-30T22:39:20.370-04:00For the first - and likely last - time, I knew a c...For the first - and likely last - time, I knew a car answer. Former GTI driver.<br /><br />Don't know what the time limit is on movie spoilers, but this was waaaay too soon.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81243345314897745922016-05-30T21:25:07.415-04:002016-05-30T21:25:07.415-04:00Not easy for me, and I didn't much care for it...Not easy for me, and I didn't much care for it. Never heard of ATTELET, though I eventually guessed it correctly, and I have no idea what COATED cheese would be (cheese with a rind? If so, bleah). Eventually I got everything except the Portuguese SUL (I kept trying to work in SUD and SUR, both of which are Spanish), without which I had LIDY... or LIRY...). Morticia I would have remembered.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485410374923842372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21618272903598733582016-05-29T01:49:58.318-04:002016-05-29T01:49:58.318-04:00A cane for your 40th, huh?
Which birthday earns y...A cane for your 40th, huh?<br /><br />Which birthday earns you the oxygen tank?The Venerable Breednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72501025951699059272016-05-29T01:35:36.628-04:002016-05-29T01:35:36.628-04:00@Larry 7:02pm, Remember that broken GLASS CUTs bot...@Larry 7:02pm, Remember that broken GLASS CUTs both ways. 'S hard.<br /><br />When you're at the fish market shopping for dinner, make sure what you're getting is real grooper.<br /><br />Elephant's Childnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77680843531809578872016-05-28T21:34:46.785-04:002016-05-28T21:34:46.785-04:00@Hartley...yes, it was red! Every car I've bo...@Hartley...yes, it was red! Every car I've bought has been what I've dubbed Arrest-me Red.Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38387068945277638532016-05-28T19:42:31.206-04:002016-05-28T19:42:31.206-04:00NATTY means exactly the opposite of what it should...NATTY means exactly the opposite of what it should. Alicia Stetsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63417453181561922472016-05-28T19:34:39.360-04:002016-05-28T19:34:39.360-04:00@George Barany, I bet I use Check more than you do...@George Barany, I bet I use Check more than you do. I'm so morally compromised I even use it on Mondays. But I try to maintain some standards and avoid Reveal ...even if it means running the alphabet, Checking after every letter. <br /><br />I thought a lot of the answers were a little off, starting with ASS instead of OAF for lummox, and SO I SEE for "Gotcha". But others were a lot of fun, like NATO MEMBERS. (The only time I can think of where "NATO members" are anything but scary.). <br /><br />Oh, and GALAXY QUEST is one of my faves. Those who haven't seen it should put down your puzzles and go watch it. It's on Netflix, or you can pay to watch it on Amazon (because your Prime subscription gets you practically nothing), or Vudu, or Google Play,or Fandango (huh, who knew? tired of selling tickets, they stream now). What are you waiting for? Ellen Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473445503706985149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61137310199267913482016-05-28T19:02:59.405-04:002016-05-28T19:02:59.405-04:00The Saturday puzzles used to be my weekend treat, ...The Saturday puzzles used to be my weekend treat, tough and clever. Now not so tough or clever. B.C. hasn't appeared in my local paper in ages. ATTELET? But still better than REALTROOPER. 10-4notarysojackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393842095041585457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5510189707618899232016-05-28T17:33:35.442-04:002016-05-28T17:33:35.442-04:00Hopeless. Hopeless. John Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557037910799243636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47881015731608065902016-05-28T16:30:25.770-04:002016-05-28T16:30:25.770-04:00I started with 27A putting get 'a room' v...I started with 27A putting get 'a room' very quickly ... .... Don't know what that says about me. Zsa zsa and Eloise were my other certainties and at least those were right. Any time I finish a Saturday puzzle without help, I know Rex will say it was easy. A nice mix of generational clues I thought. The aforementioned (correct)gimmes for this old solver and then hip hop and galaxy quest to make me feel young ))). .. I enjoyed this one! Sallie (FullTime-Life)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15442598857394838271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67640510575648646972016-05-28T14:53:51.754-04:002016-05-28T14:53:51.754-04:00@Tita...Shut the door, girl! You were racing at Li...@Tita...Shut the door, girl! You were racing at Lime Rock? In a VW? And winning? You are too cool and I bet it was red.Hartley70https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557118655188472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33057061334377946922016-05-28T14:25:26.457-04:002016-05-28T14:25:26.457-04:00@George,love your comment: it lit up the whole sol...@George,love your comment: it lit up the whole solve.<br /><br />I also got into having the whole thing all over again with yesterday's BEER and ICE. Except that I figured the frat'd have a kegger, so had a BEERcup instead of a CAN. In the Loo. Was CLOSE to CEASE, but no other write-overs cause I went slow and careful: I wasn't about to get into a RaTRACE.<br /><br />Some personal likes:<br />Had just watched a tennis clip that showed PETE SAMPRAS giving the line judge The Stare after a questionable call. I call that serendipity.<br /><br />Enjoyed having AGRIP 'in a' puzzle, despite no Nero or Caligula. Little boots on the ground.<br /><br />Had just read a piece on what used to be called the HADST RON Supercollider. The current DELUXE MODEL now may have found a surprise massive particle, but nonetheless has recently suffered a power outage after a Beech Marten chewed through a transformer power cable. Seems DELUXE is still on the side of the rodents.<br /><br />Pleased to see star billing for the fancy sandwich picks as I've always been an ATTALETic supporter.<br /><br />Best was the double nod to the PASTOR MUNSTER, the INSTIRminably Barred of Quincy. Howie m'luv,if you're out there, have a Happy Memorial Day weekend.<br /><br />The same to all y'all out there. Don't let your NINE_IRON RUST.<br />Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28586050000246079622016-05-28T14:24:22.917-04:002016-05-28T14:24:22.917-04:00This went down two minutes faster than yesterday&#... This went down two minutes faster than yesterday's so yes it was easy. It would have been super easy if I had known what came after GALAXY or was more familiar with the name GRIEG. I hate to admit it but getting the Q of QBS and the CU of CUEIN took some thinking. There are moments in otherwise easy solves when your brain suddenly decides to take a little break.<br /> I was an Addams Family fan. The Munsters never appealed to me so I had to change SUR to SUL to get LILY. As to ATTELET I consider it the highlight of the puzzle. It's just the kind of unknown rarity I expect from a Saturday.<br /> If you're unfamiliar with INSTIR watch "The Shawshank Redemption". Morgan Freemans character uses it in a voice over monologue when he's worried that the Tim Robbins character is committing suicide.puzzle hoardernoreply@blogger.com