tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6146186374404374805..comments2024-03-29T10:17:28.532-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Vegetable whose name is Japanese big root / SAT 4-10-21 / Figure to left of Clinton in famous 1993 photo-op handshake / Classic ballad set to the tune of Londonderry Air / Cook's handle maybe / Harry and Lloyd's road trip destination in Dumb and DumberRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46649980232768958702021-05-15T16:50:01.705-04:002021-05-15T16:50:01.705-04:00After changing my DUNK to a DINK (never heard of i...After changing my DUNK to a DINK (never heard of it either) the rest came...slowly. Never heard that term for RIBEYE. And I kept trying to figure out what the word "TYPEB" was until my slooooow personality kicked in. (Like I could never figure out why finishing a puzzle fast is a good thing. It's like seeing how fast you can eat a fine dinner. I like to enjoy both.)<br /><br />So a good Sat for me.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1627325271118620292021-05-15T16:28:43.856-04:002021-05-15T16:28:43.856-04:00LE/VEL with me; Uncle REMUS did a REBUS? UH, NO.
...LE/VEL with me; Uncle REMUS did a REBUS? UH, NO. <br /><br />Will round out my DNF with these DINKS: SEE ("The thing about that is...”) and AIL as “trouble”. Add DAIKON, the big root vegetable in Japanese, MSDOS as clued, and the Swedish and Japanese CLOGS. <br /><br />That’s my TAKE on this puzzle.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81460186606733827782021-05-15T14:14:38.136-04:002021-05-15T14:14:38.136-04:00Rondo (and spacecraft) beat me to it. I guess Rex ...Rondo (and spacecraft) beat me to it. I guess Rex vented all his ire on the 28-Down, and had none left for the much more questionable REMUS.EightAndEighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08088709309871879826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38106435671674850782021-05-15T11:59:37.576-04:002021-05-15T11:59:37.576-04:00Well I happened to remember some of my Swedish so ...Well I happened to remember some of my Swedish so Träskor = CLOGS filled right in. They sell them just down the road. Last letter in was S for SOCKS.<br /><br />So OFL rants about DINKS (unknown to me) and nothing about Uncle REMUS? Disney's 'Song of the South' is all but banned. I'm going back on hiatus as far as reading his write-up.<br /><br />Connery or Pennfrom the corners SEAN.<br /><br />Lisa BONET yeah baby.<br /><br />EZ puz even with a REBUS.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29304298679027239782021-05-15T11:43:35.413-04:002021-05-15T11:43:35.413-04:00DONUT ADONIS
DANNYBOY is DEADASADOORNAIL,
he INGE...DONUT ADONIS<br /><br />DANNYBOY is DEADASADOORNAIL,<br />he INGESTed too many RIBEYEs,<br />those SAUSAGES AUJUS made him AIL,<br />MYGOD 'twas NO OCTOBERSURPRISE.<br /><br />--- ARTY JONAS, ESQ.Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44807605536353507872021-05-15T11:23:30.177-04:002021-05-15T11:23:30.177-04:00Easy medium? DREAMON! Ironically, the corners form...Easy medium? DREAMON! Ironically, the corners form SANE. MYGOD what TWADDLE. Sure, it was ULTRA-tough as a Saturday NEEDSTO be. But was it fair? UHNO.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74121869249984475322021-05-15T09:24:23.906-04:002021-05-15T09:24:23.906-04:00@dm: Agree wholeheartedly. I knew DINK as a term f...@dm: Agree wholeheartedly. I knew DINK as a term for a "little" or soft shot, especially in badminton, whose leading players are...well, Asian. But as a slur? Never heard of it. MYGOD, the Age of Taking Offense! Make it stop!<br /><br />I wondered how they got from LEVEL to REBUS--but there was no space inside of the word LEVEL in my clue list. Is OCTOBERSURPRISE a thing? I suppose it makes as much sense as the clue, but I'm not familiar with the phrase. So clue and entry agree with each other--but not with me.<br /><br />DOD can be TYRA of the clue, Ferrell, or the better-known Banks. Honorable mention to Lisa BONET. A SILKY 68-worder that NEEDSTO be ELEGANT, and mostly is. A tad on the easy side for a Saturday: birdie.<br /><br />P.S. No word from OFC on Uncle REMUS? Talk about your stereotypes!spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1103033845865588642021-04-11T15:54:33.021-04:002021-04-11T15:54:33.021-04:00Rex is constantly vigilant to find the slightest t...Rex is constantly vigilant to find the slightest transgression in anything. The embodiment of what's wrong with society today. Very sad.dm3000https://www.blogger.com/profile/12053238727094376741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52113956003086053112021-04-11T00:51:56.171-04:002021-04-11T00:51:56.171-04:00Nothing from the Minneapolis contingent about DINK...Nothing from the Minneapolis contingent about DINKytown?<br />I lived off dink shots in ping-pong even after I learned to slam.<br />Maybe using it in non-slur ways will decrease its usage in slurs. I am proud of being an expert dinker.<br />In any case Rex was relatively restrained in his comments and our Mysterious Obssessed Troller must admit Rex is correct. Dink is a slur and is used that way, as Rex said, even though, as Rex also says, it has more common usages that are not slurs. Rex chooses one path. I choose another. Will the time come when one of us changes positions? Who cares?<br /><br />My solve was the opposite of @Lewis. Bottom to ETUDES RIBEYE last night. Did not get back to it until late this evening. Broke through, but having heDGE for NUDGE gave me a hunk of woe.<br /><br />Truly a fine Saturday. Easy cause I almost finished without a cheat.albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26294499309874504152021-04-10T23:07:11.739-04:002021-04-10T23:07:11.739-04:00@burtonkd LOL - let 'em! 😉 I just checked a...@burtonkd LOL - let 'em! 😉 I just checked again and don't have it. Might have been eaten by - no kidding - my SPAM FILTER. If we're good, I'm good. 👍Frantic Slothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614296873700797321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42130401905415290442021-04-10T22:53:38.949-04:002021-04-10T22:53:38.949-04:00PLEASE STOP TEACHING ME OBSCURE RACIAL SLURSPLEASE STOP TEACHING ME OBSCURE RACIAL SLURSAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251202567395520536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9244830090947300692021-04-10T22:44:13.319-04:002021-04-10T22:44:13.319-04:00I agree!I agree!Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10162590348167961475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21087651807055043192021-04-10T22:44:03.596-04:002021-04-10T22:44:03.596-04:00@Frantic, emailed you back early this morning. Now...@Frantic, emailed you back early this morning. Now we will have people wondering about an ouch incident. burtonkdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02775521394938142484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12030453654798543762021-04-10T21:31:11.392-04:002021-04-10T21:31:11.392-04:00THANK YOU!!THANK YOU!!Thane of 13thhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12812041598423836247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-492907125321810212021-04-10T21:24:02.016-04:002021-04-10T21:24:02.016-04:00@Joe D
Absolutely!
Ah, sweet youth.@Joe D<br /><br />Absolutely!<br /><br />Ah, sweet youth.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54071408422485218932021-04-10T21:16:31.787-04:002021-04-10T21:16:31.787-04:00@JC66 – Did 32a in tomorrow's bring back fond ...@JC66 – Did 32a in tomorrow's bring back fond memories? :-) Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32864854759777387942021-04-10T21:10:26.799-04:002021-04-10T21:10:26.799-04:00Remember that cartoon ca. 1990 of a French waiter,...Remember that cartoon ca. 1990 of a French waiter, having served a piece of meat to an American tourist, and holding a bowl of sauce, asks "AU JUS?"? The American answers: Gesundheit.<br /><br />My first answer to the figure in Clinton's photo-op handshake was "alien." Part of my problem was not knowing what a photo-op was, and second that the famous photo was a Jimmy Carter shaking hands with an ET-type alien, on the steps of the White House. The alien was endorsing his reelection. It was published by that wonderful purveyor of fake news, the now-defunct World Weekly News, which really knew how to do fake news right. I remember being struck by the accompanying article. Tabloids with dubious stories tend to drift to the right. But instead of damning Carter for allying himself with aliens, the paper took the view that the alien endorsement was a positive thing for Carter. <br />This was the paper that had front-page photos of a new mother with her 17 babies (all doing fine, thank you). It would also tell us that scientists were 100% certain that the earth would be destroyed this coming April by a giant asteroid. What to me was hilarious was that the earth-ending story would be buried on page 7, where the more important stories, babies born with two heads, one human, one alligator, got the front-page niches.<br /><br />Anon. i.e. PoggiusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53850399774554216212021-04-10T20:19:03.760-04:002021-04-10T20:19:03.760-04:00Wait a tic... , is that why the little people on &...Wait a tic... , is that why the little people on "Spaceballs" only say DINK? <br />Naw, can't be. <br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/YCApeXCE0W8" rel="nofollow">The Dink Dink Song </a><br /><br />RooMonster DINK DINk GuyRooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30275210857469328662021-04-10T19:52:52.955-04:002021-04-10T19:52:52.955-04:00@Nancy
Tomorrow's puzzle is very good. but, I...@Nancy<br /><br />Tomorrow's puzzle is very good. but, IMHO, your collaborations with Will are betterJC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37880995594425526382021-04-10T19:19:51.388-04:002021-04-10T19:19:51.388-04:00It is not the pink panther. It is not Snaggletooth...It is not the pink panther. It is not Snaggletooth. It is Snagglepuss. Snagglepuss is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character debuted in prototype form in 1959 and established as a studio regular by 1962. A pink anthropomorphic cougar sporting an upturned collar, shirt cuffs, and bow tie, Snagglepuss enjoys the fine things in life and shows particular affinity for the theatre. His stories routinely break the fourth wall as the character addresses the audience in self-narration, soliloquy, and asides. As originally voiced by Daws Butler, Snagglepuss seeks quasi-Shakespearean turns of phrase. Some of his campy verbal mannerisms became catchphrases: "Heavens to Murgatroyd!", "Exit, stage left!", and a fondness for closing sentences with the emphatic "even". (from Wikipedia)Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443591370163611539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24177906503550854532021-04-10T19:07:40.407-04:002021-04-10T19:07:40.407-04:00@Barbara S
Thanks for the Anne Lamott quotes, love...@Barbara S<br />Thanks for the Anne Lamott quotes, love her. New book coming out soon!Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242868539621158336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28980153269302940342021-04-10T19:01:15.829-04:002021-04-10T19:01:15.829-04:00@GILL 421pm Not "clutching", but perhaps...@GILL 421pm Not "clutching", but perhaps "snatching"? 😉<br /><br />@Anoa Bob 636pm I feel your pain, but at least you made one convert! Shame it had to be <i>me</i> though...I hold no sway over anyone about anything. 😕<br /><br />@burtonkd I emailed you last night about the "ouch" incident. <br /><br />Time to do tomorrow's puzzle!Frantic Slothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614296873700797321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70321170005439650462021-04-10T18:36:26.557-04:002021-04-10T18:36:26.557-04:00I have asked before how REBUS got appropriated/exp...I have asked before how REBUS got appropriated/expropriated from its Latin definition of "by <i>things</i>" or "by way of <i>things</i>" and its long association in linguistics with the evolution of written languages from pictographs/hieroglyphics to abstract letters (known as the "REBUS Principle") into crossword puzzle lingo for a single grid square that has multiple letters in it. No one seemed to know. <br /><br />I'll try again. Is there anyone out there who can enlighten us on how this blatant misuse of a word meaning "by things" got commandeered to mean "by multiple letters in a single square"? Shouldn't crossword puzzlers as a group be the first to object to such a glaring error? Judging by its frequent use in these pages, apparently not.<br /><br />Sailboat cruisers usually carry or tow a small boat to use when at anchor or moored in a port to ferry passengers and goods back and forth between their sailboat and land. It's called a dinghy and boaters will often shorten the latter term to DINK.Anoa Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185183023273883700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57048714905850662812021-04-10T18:29:46.555-04:002021-04-10T18:29:46.555-04:00Would I call a DINK a "little shot"? No...Would I call a DINK a "little shot"? No, I'd call it a "short shot". The kind of tennis shot that's softly pushed over the net and therefore lands quite short. And, surprisingly, to fit the definition, it must be hit without backspin or sidespin.<br /><br />Because if it's hit with backspin or sidespin, it's a DROPSHOT and not a DINK.<br /><br />I had a very effective backhand dropshot, but, alas, nothing resembling a forehand one. So every once in a while when I came upon a ball that was close to the net and with my opponent way back in the court, I would just dump my forehand over the net. It wasn't very pretty and it wasn't very elegant, but it could be effective. On defense, I always found a DINK harder to "read" than a dropshot and therefore had even more trouble with it.<br /><br />@Joe D -- I took an early glance at Will N's puzzle tomorrow with another collaborator and feel the way Ginger must have felt when Fred first danced with Cyd. But the puzzle looks on first impression as though its ABSOLUTELY GREAT AND VERY UNUSUAL and I can't wait to get going on it -- which I'll do tomorrow when I'm sober. <br /><br /> Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26183444496579949032021-04-10T17:55:57.338-04:002021-04-10T17:55:57.338-04:00Enjoyed the puzzle today, though it was on the tou...Enjoyed the puzzle today, though it was on the tougher side for me. FWIW I appreciate Rex's sensitivity to potential slurs, but I am Vietnamese-American and never knew it was a slur. DINKS was an instaget for me as a tennis player. Don't mind it at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com