tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6134088040034202200..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: MONDAY, Nov. 19, 2007 - Lynn LempelRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29601943887436221912008-01-02T18:55:00.000-05:002008-01-02T18:55:00.000-05:00Nobody likes the term "blog," believe me. Why do y...Nobody likes the term "blog," believe me. Why do you think I started this endeavor under a pseudonym? The very idea of having a "blog" just seemed ridiculous. An unfortunate combination of BLOB and LOG, neither of which I care to be associated with. But there's already a "Forum" for the NYT - its inadequacy on many levels was what led me to start this "entity that shall not be named" in the first place.<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71687882518426940342008-01-02T18:43:00.000-05:002008-01-02T18:43:00.000-05:006wl....Are there any more of us out here? I enjoy ...6wl....<BR/><BR/>Are there any more of us out here? I enjoy seeing if my difficulty rating matches Rex'. It has lately, but I enjoy when I think one's easier (than Rex). I thought today's was a snap. Thanks for the help, all. Still enjoying the forum (I dislike the term blog).<BR/><BR/>- - RobertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20815331132678040792007-12-31T13:47:00.000-05:002007-12-31T13:47:00.000-05:00Must be older than Dick S-remember wearing a Fresh...Must be older than Dick S-remember wearing a Freshman beanie in 1950-either wear it or suffer some horrible, forgotten fate. Gone now-the dog ate it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63424258036747160702007-11-20T00:57:00.000-05:002007-11-20T00:57:00.000-05:00Orange.... that was me, not anonymous.Orange.... that was me, not anonymous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53326017769570079512007-11-19T22:22:00.000-05:002007-11-19T22:22:00.000-05:00Thanks, Orange. I can remember being ten years old...Thanks, Orange. I can remember being ten years old and trying to explain to my mother that unthawing would actually be freezing something. She got it, I think, but continued to unthaw things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16802049645231815702007-11-19T21:03:00.000-05:002007-11-19T21:03:00.000-05:00And I've been saying cripes all my life but don't ...And I've been saying cripes all my life but don't think I've ever heard of Wisconsin.<BR/><BR/>I lie too, of course.<BR/><BR/>And covet.<BR/><BR/>As Mark Twain said before he was buried in Elmira, "Heaven for climate, hell for society".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67120055180915442852007-11-19T20:55:00.000-05:002007-11-19T20:55:00.000-05:00Rikki, the "divulge" meaning of "let on" is much m...Rikki, the "divulge" meaning of "let on" is much more familiar. "Unthaw," though...that's just backwards. It's like using <A HREF="http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002169.html" REL="nofollow">"still unpacked"</A> to mean "still packed" or "not yet unpacked."Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7815881866691737162007-11-19T20:01:00.000-05:002007-11-19T20:01:00.000-05:00i'm a lifelong wisconsinite and i don't think i've...i'm a lifelong wisconsinite and i don't think i've ever heard the word "cripes" before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28970524370448811932007-11-19T19:46:00.000-05:002007-11-19T19:46:00.000-05:00I'm pretty sure there's a commandment: Thou shalt ...I'm pretty sure there's a commandment: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's beanie. If not, I take back my fourth confession.<BR/><BR/>I think "let on" may be one of those terms that I use in the exact opposite sense for which it is intended, as in: I would never let on that I was pretending to be smart." But, then again, we also used the term "unthaw" to refer to defrosting something in my house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49001506288241848392007-11-19T18:39:00.000-05:002007-11-19T18:39:00.000-05:00Monday easy, of course, but I stumbled twice on 49...Monday easy, of course, but I stumbled twice on 49D calm writing first soothe and then settle before getting serene.<BR/><BR/>shared others' reaction with "beanie" -- they were long gone when I started college (a place not far from Elmira where they probably did wear beanies at some time) long ago.Michael Chibnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700426644898924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41557254155741529282007-11-19T17:56:00.000-05:002007-11-19T17:56:00.000-05:00Penny --Unsure about covet/SIN, but I did hear tha...Penny --<BR/><BR/>Unsure about covet/SIN, but I did hear that the Church was streamlining and combining commandments. I may return, as one of the newer ones is "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife in vain."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14949407981667092552007-11-19T17:51:00.000-05:002007-11-19T17:51:00.000-05:00fergus --Nesmith = MonkeeNaismith = inventor of ba...fergus --<BR/><BR/>Nesmith = Monkee<BR/><BR/>Naismith = inventor of basketballAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83863459932811978092007-11-19T17:43:00.000-05:002007-11-19T17:43:00.000-05:00I imagine that "Jinkies" is a laundered version of...I imagine that "Jinkies" is a laundered version of Jesus Christ. Think the J and the K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53567048345390778912007-11-19T17:29:00.000-05:002007-11-19T17:29:00.000-05:00Is covet a SIN?Is covet a SIN?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78084907003860985402007-11-19T17:12:00.000-05:002007-11-19T17:12:00.000-05:00Penny, I had an appointment downtown followed by l...Penny, I had an appointment downtown followed by lunch with three-time ACPT champion Tyler Hinman. We talked about crosswords, crossword blogs, crossword game shows, crossword people, and life. Good times, good times.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33425606768866910722007-11-19T16:48:00.000-05:002007-11-19T16:48:00.000-05:00Orson B -- Love the formula! I liked this puzzle t...Orson B -- Love the formula! I liked this puzzle too, more because of the interesting fill than the theme. I would have made 2xOrange if my wife hadn't needed to get into a drawer at the desk I was sitting at and I hadn't misread Freshman as Fisherman which caused me to pause significantly in Texas (I also had GUY at first). <BR/><BR/>Here is the wiki link for fith column. It's kinda interesting and something I didn't know although I am familiar with the term. Sorry, I don't know how to create a link inside blogger.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_columnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18327294340777432532007-11-19T16:31:00.000-05:002007-11-19T16:31:00.000-05:00Velma on Scooby-Doo said "Jenkies!" not "cripes." ...Velma on Scooby-Doo said "Jenkies!" not "cripes." Tough to imagine what swear word Jinkies is a tame version of.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280014165240802485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21871663695073638382007-11-19T16:12:00.000-05:002007-11-19T16:12:00.000-05:00The Cruciverb database lists the word pretend as a...The Cruciverb database lists the word pretend as a pretty popular clue for let on. It was used in another Lempel puzzle as well. A googled site lists let on as one of a trillion synonyms for pretend: feign, affect, simulate, claim falsely, profess, make a pretense, imitate, assume, counterfeit, fake, sham, make as if, make as though, dissimulate, dissemble, mislead, pass oneself off, pose, impersonate, bluff, be hypocritical, purport, allege, make a show of, put on airs, put on*, let on*, make like*, go through the motions*, sail under false colors*, keep up appearances*, put up a front*, put on an act*, play possum*; see also deceive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34094790939854371202007-11-19T16:11:00.000-05:002007-11-19T16:11:00.000-05:00Nope, Mike wore a toque.Nope, Mike wore a toque.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48291437718894320092007-11-19T15:51:00.000-05:002007-11-19T15:51:00.000-05:00Didn't Mike Naismith of the Monkees usually wear a...Didn't Mike Naismith of the Monkees usually wear a BEANIE? OK, that's not exactly current but it's a little closer. Rex's account of Fred Bird's creative elocution did make me laugh however, if only because it beggars the imagination how someone could bother to compose such an inventive critique. <BR/><BR/>For 56D: How about "The Wizard of Oz still wants to LET ON (Pretend) that he hasn't been exposed by Toto." That works for me, but maybe someone will come up something more fluent.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64872751266004098032007-11-19T15:46:00.000-05:002007-11-19T15:46:00.000-05:00Gotta agree that "Suspect's excuse" was a wrong cl...Gotta agree that "Suspect's excuse" was a wrong clue. Penny, if your example is trying to justify it I don't get it. You are making an EXCUSE for not having your homework - don't need an ALIBI since it is pretty obvious you don't have it! <BR/><BR/>whoops - gotta run, late, but just checked the dictionary and I am so wrong! Def. 2 under "alibi" is "an excuse ....". Please ignore all the above :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81077623305230284382007-11-19T15:32:00.000-05:002007-11-19T15:32:00.000-05:00I normally solve my puzzles in 3 to 8 minutes but ...I normally solve my puzzles in 3 to 8 minutes but then wait an extra 12 to 103 minutes before pushing the button just in case someone somewhere might think I'm cheating.<BR/><BR/>Do I have to use a smiley face here? <BR/><BR/>My dink was red. My time in the Brownies lasted for about one meeting. It had nothing to do with the beanie though.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Amy is having something done to her eyebrows. When she returns she might let on that it was merely a trip to the grocery store but I'd want to check her eyebrows first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50679377000928865332007-11-19T15:27:00.000-05:002007-11-19T15:27:00.000-05:00CRIPES made me think of Velma on Scooby-Doo, altho...CRIPES made me think of Velma on Scooby-Doo, although I don't think she ever said it. She said something similar though I think....<BR/><BR/>I finished around 6:00, which is about right for me. And < 2x Orange, so I'm feeling pretty good about myself right now.PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09017772879976436923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67329501156559983872007-11-19T15:23:00.000-05:002007-11-19T15:23:00.000-05:00P.S. Orson Beanie... that is hilarious!P.S. Orson Beanie... that is hilarious!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85552339730796838022007-11-19T15:22:00.000-05:002007-11-19T15:22:00.000-05:00Thought this had lots of good fill for a Monday. L...Thought this had lots of good fill for a Monday. Liked the waft/wisp crossing and the vile/vials. Softtouch & interlude were good long answers. Wonder why it is that some answers show up in a clump of puzzles. Odie comes to mind. He's been popping up a lot lately. <BR/><BR/>LOVE Tim Burton. He is so devilishly creative. Burr reminded me of Gore Vidal's book "Burr." The only vice president up for murder charges during his term. The charges were dropped. He claimed Hamilton shot first and missed. Maybe that's the answer to world peace. Let all the big guys duel it out.<BR/><BR/>Cripes was one of my mother's laundered expletives. Along with "A-double-crooked-letter" as in "don't be an a-double-crooked-letter." Now that's a mouthful for a little word that wasn't a swear even then.<BR/><BR/>Pretend/leton? Hmm... I'm thinking of sentences... I pretend to be a princess. I let on to be a princess. Nope. Orange, anything come to mind to make this work?<BR/><BR/>Fred Bird...you're a vile, uncool, hairy gopher. A hex on your toilet articles. Cripes... what an a-double-crooked-letter!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com