tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6233123886636906095..comments2024-03-29T08:20:27.450-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Ladder's counterpart / SAT 7-30-2016 / Writer Sedaris / Pet name meaning "faithful"Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61939952509452242882016-10-31T13:24:05.681-04:002016-10-31T13:24:05.681-04:00Hello Everybody,
My name is Mrs Sharon Sim. I live...Hello Everybody,<br />My name is Mrs Sharon Sim. I live in Singapore and i am a happy woman today? and i told my self that any lender that rescue my family from our poor situation, i will refer any person that is looking for loan to him, he gave me happiness to me and my family, i was in need of a loan of S$250,000.00 to start my life all over as i am a single mother with 3 kids I met this honest and GOD fearing man loan lender that help me with a loan of S$250,000.00 SG. Dollar, he is a GOD fearing man, if you are in need of loan and you will pay back the loan please contact him tell him that is Mrs Sharon, that refer you to him. contact Dr Purva Pius,via email:(urgentloan22@gmail.com) Thank you.<br /><br />BORROWERS APPLICATION DETAILS<br /><br /><br />1. Name Of Applicant in Full:……..<br />2. Telephone Numbers:……….<br />3. Address and Location:…….<br />4. Amount in request………..<br />5. Repayment Period:………..<br />6. Purpose Of Loan………….<br />7. country…………………<br />8. phone…………………..<br />9. occupation………………<br />10.age/sex…………………<br />11.Monthly Income…………..<br />12.Email……………..<br /><br />Regards.<br />Managements<br />Email Kindly Contact: urgentloan22@gmail.comDr Purva Piushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05883980841903455890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79564295371948694712016-10-16T23:45:37.632-04:002016-10-16T23:45:37.632-04:00Hello Everybody,
My name is Mrs Sharon Sim. I live...Hello Everybody,<br />My name is Mrs Sharon Sim. I live in Singapore and i am a happy woman today? and i told my self that any lender that rescue my family from our poor situation, i will refer any person that is looking for loan to him, he gave me happiness to me and my family, i was in need of a loan of S$250,000.00 to start my life all over as i am a single mother with 3 kids I met this honest and GOD fearing man loan lender that help me with a loan of S$250,000.00 SG. Dollar, he is a GOD fearing man, if you are in need of loan and you will pay back the loan please contact him tell him that is Mrs Sharon, that refer you to him. contact Dr Purva Pius,via email:(urgentloan22@gmail.com) Thank you.<br /><br />BORROWERS APPLICATION DETAILS<br /><br /><br />1. Name Of Applicant in Full:……..<br />2. Telephone Numbers:……….<br />3. Address and Location:…….<br />4. Amount in request………..<br />5. Repayment Period:………..<br />6. Purpose Of Loan………….<br />7. country…………………<br />8. phone…………………..<br />9. occupation………………<br />10.age/sex…………………<br />11.Monthly Income…………..<br />12.Email……………..<br /><br />Regards.<br />Managements<br />Email Kindly Contact: urgentloan22@gmail.comDr Purva Piushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05883980841903455890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84724344612580784682016-09-03T18:07:36.248-04:002016-09-03T18:07:36.248-04:00I agree that it's good to have letters in a cr...I agree that it's good to have letters in a crossword. And I had one in each and every blank square, after a both hard and easy solve. Solve? Make that a completion. You see, some of those letters I filled in were not the ones the constructor had in mind. <br /><br />Because...a glass half full person is a pessimist! A DEFEATEST just totally gives up. I was not a DEFEATEST when I filled in every square in this puzzle. Even tho my NE corner had some odd entries. (I thought DessiMIST was a word I'd never heard.) Love TINAFEY but didn't know her relationship with Mean Girls - my lack of TV knowledge and the fact that I'm not a teenager didn't help there. That would have cleared me up, altho I would still argue that the clue does not define a DEFEATEST. See how I'm not one? I'm not giving up my argument. <br /><br />And I'm optimistic that tomorrow will be a better day. Here at Tara. <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Rhett to give a d***Diana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9434510599199064282016-09-03T15:51:03.375-04:002016-09-03T15:51:03.375-04:00From easy to mostly tough for me, and isolation of...From easy to mostly tough for me, and isolation of the corners didn't help matters. <br /><br />AHUNGERARTIST was hardest to suss out, though my downfall was wanting CHArtUPTO instead of CHALKUPTO, in turn making TALESE hard to see. The ALSTON/STINE proper names cross was a slow-down too.<br /><br />So I'll have to CHALKUP my DNF to CHALK.<br /><br /> leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10199134844055540442016-09-03T14:28:01.101-04:002016-09-03T14:28:01.101-04:00Yes, yes, and yes. Easy, enjoyable, impressive fo...Yes, yes, and yes. Easy, enjoyable, impressive for a debut. <br /><br />For 34A, first thought, of course was "Metamorphosis", but I knew it had the article "the", and never having read the actual short story, that was my only slowdown in this puzzle. <br /><br />So, H is a note in German musicology? So what?<br /><br />Whenever I've played the game, it was always a snake that was the counterpart of ladder. Much more satisfying than a CHUTE.<br /><br />I'm IN WITH @Rondo and @Spacey - I don't care if we get scrabbly letters or one-pointers. Just give me letters, preferably as parts of answers to clever clues. Today's puzzle had some good ones, all part of a very professional grid. Kudos.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86004994027344059112016-09-03T12:46:23.152-04:002016-09-03T12:46:23.152-04:00ONETERM ANALYST
CHALKUPTO a CHANCEMEETING with MA...ONETERM ANALYST<br /><br />CHALKUPTO a CHANCEMEETING with MARIA<br />(who ASPIRES to more than BITPARTs someday)<br />her DEFEATIST MOCKERY of my NEWIDEA -<br />from the RIGHTANGLE she looks like TINAFEY.<br /><br />--- DOC AMY ALSTON<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17904271937755961032016-09-03T12:14:30.936-04:002016-09-03T12:14:30.936-04:00@longbeachlee - when the talking head is talking ...@longbeachlee - when the talking head is talking and the other news stories are CRAWLing along in text, slow enough to read, on the bottom of your screen, that is your CRAWL.<br /><br />I was typing as @spacey was posting. Nice to see some similar thoughts.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23501434413167751102016-09-03T11:59:48.098-04:002016-09-03T11:59:48.098-04:00I came here assuming someone had already asked for...I came here assuming someone had already asked for an explanation of crawl. Am I the only witless sheep in the herd? Tell me it doesn't refer to the urban crawl environment that one might be in while listenig to CNN or Fox News. . Help!Longbeachleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945278798020339134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53357799154640246222016-09-03T10:58:13.189-04:002016-09-03T10:58:13.189-04:00Easy, easy, easy for me. About 18 minutes while wa...Easy, easy, easy for me. About 18 minutes while wasting about 3 to 5 of ‘em pondering CHALK and ALAS. And since when is Scrabbliness a requirement for a good puz? I did Matt G.’s WSJ puz yesterday and there’s nothing Scrabbly about it, not to mention the triple triples, one of which was a RRN. Also easy and maybe I’ll win the mug.<br /><br />Haven’t read the comments, but someone must have mentioned the youngest Dwarf DOPEY crossing DOC (the oldest?).<br /><br />Had to dig out the John Hiatt CD and listen to PAPERTHIN. Fine song, playing now. Find it on youtube, no disappointment. Also was great when I saw him live.<br /><br />Too late in the week to clue ALBA as Jessica, the other yeah baby crossing Dorothy LAMOUR. And up top there’s a completely spelled out TINAFEY, yeah baby. And let’s not forget AMY Sedaris, I heard that she can be a TEAS.<br /><br />@D,LIW re: the humor book. Har. Gotta like the title. Maybe I’ll look for it used somewhere online.<br /><br />So Moses was high-tech before the rest of us with those TABLETS?<br /><br />Not going to waste today indoors. CHALKitUPTO a nice long holiday weekend. Hope the rest of the syndies are INWITH me on that.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59168045113450732522016-09-03T10:47:20.238-04:002016-09-03T10:47:20.238-04:00What exactly constitutes an "interesting"...What exactly constitutes an "interesting" or "zippy" entry? Do we HAVE to be slaves to the Great God Scrabble? I think it's interesting if the clue isn't a gimme, but after it's in you go "Oh, of course!" One-pointers be damned. If I'm going to criticize this puzzle it will be on the basis of high PPP count and fill defects such as partials. Yes, CHALKUPTO is a great, pithy entry...but it's still a partial. Here's a test. Write your clue. If it reads awkward, you've got an awkward partial. "Attribute as the cause of" is a case in point.<br /><br />Interesting to read of others' solving times: more realistic than those of either of OFLs--but still faster than mine: 1:03. But more than half of that time was spent trying to crack the (oh, no! Here we go again!) NW. INWITH??? Yikes! That's colloquial, all right, but nowhere near anyplace I've been! I knew I was in trouble when my go-to answers for the top acrosses were both three letters too long (CARICATURE, HELICOPTER). I knew what they were getting at with the CNN or Fox News feature: that line running along the bottom of the screen that prints other news stories. But what's that called? Well, now I know. It's one reason I do these: you LEARN stuff.<br /><br />Other missteps include pessimIST and AEROSOLgun. Plus my only writeover, rTe instead of ETA. Still, easyish except for that *$^%@# NW. Very clean fill, for a newbie.<br /><br />By all accounts this is a debut; as such I find it remarkable. The lady obviously has a huge future in crossword construction, and I look forward eagerly for Page Two. DOD is TINAFEY; I think she's as hot as she is funny. I'd give a solid birdie to an old pro for this one. But for a debut? Gotta encourage these kids: eagle!spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42738648139059729962016-08-01T08:41:00.310-04:002016-08-01T08:41:00.310-04:00Well, I did think it was fairly easy for a Saturda...Well, I did think it was fairly easy for a Saturday, but my time is way over the ones everyone else is posting. <br /><br />Avoided the tobe trap as PLATELET COUNT was one of my early entries. But ALAS was my last word in, as I didn't want to commit to ALAS or ALAk, and ASK did not become clear until I got CHALKUPTO.<br /><br />I do find constraints can be liberating. I'll make the analogy of being given paint and canvas and being told to paint a tree, versus being told to paint something. That big blank canvas can be mighty intimidating if you don't have a seed.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14805570161994174672016-07-31T17:06:04.519-04:002016-07-31T17:06:04.519-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Clerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11823876870357310473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64220860231184851422016-07-31T13:36:46.833-04:002016-07-31T13:36:46.833-04:00NYT: Is 5D (Work on a lead, maybe) fair cluing, o...NYT: Is 5D (Work on a lead, maybe) fair cluing, or is that really a "lede"?Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3688396202842286122016-07-30T22:22:52.145-04:002016-07-30T22:22:52.145-04:00Oh Nancy. Such a sad saga. I was here, but in th...Oh Nancy. Such a sad saga. I was here, but in the past.<br /><br />When I bought TRAC phone, I consulted a younger (20's) co-worker. Always go to the young, when it comes to tech.<br /><br />Don't know if you can cancel Sprint - suggest you consult a 20-something. ;-)<br /><br />RE: credit - you need to get a bit more. I know, that sounds crazy, but credit checkers want you to have a history. So get a few more cards and pay them off. Paying cash gets you a bad credit score. Stupid? Yes. But true. Take out some loans, mortages, etc. Pay off debts, and your score will go up. <br /><br />I used to live next door (upper west side) but now simply live on west side of US. Still, I have your back. <br /><br />BTW, I am a Friend (Quaker) and seldom curse. And then there's technology - out comes Ralphie's father mastery of colorful language. ( think A Christmas Story) <br /><br />Your pal, Diana,LIW<br /><br />Diana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12522279958903540552016-07-30T21:45:32.220-04:002016-07-30T21:45:32.220-04:00@Diana (8:18)-- Boy I wish you'd been around b...@Diana (8:18)-- Boy I wish you'd been around before I went to buy my cell phone and set up a plan. The problem was: I had no way to research what to do before I did it. I had no computer with which to Google buying a cell phone and I had no phone or email with which to contact friends and ask them for suggestions. Unlike you, I don't even carry this phone with me, unless I know someone will need to reach me before I get home that day. I figure every call I make or receive on it for the next two years will end up costing me at least $50. I've paid two months' bills of $47.99 so far and have almost passed out both times I signed the check. But thanks for letting me know I could have bought a phone for $100/year. Is there anyway to get out of my Sprint contract? What if I just stop paying the bills? I own the phone, btw. They wouldn't let me lease it; they said my credit wasn't good enough. This to a person who has never taken out a loan or a mortgage or paid for anything in installments -- EVER. This to a person who pays all my bills in full and on time. (Well, maybe I've been late once in a while, but never on apartment maintenance or credit card bills.) This to a person who has only one credit card and rarely uses it, because I mostly pay cash in restaurants and grocery stores. Sprint called Equifax and said it would take 60 days to check my credit and I said let me just buy the freaking phone, I need it right now, I can't wait, this is an emergency. One of the problems was I didn't have a photo ID with me. WHO THINKS THAT YOU'LL NEED A PHOTO ID TO BUY A STUPID CELL PHONE???????? In the midst of my 3-week nightmare with no landline and no Internet, my 3 1/2 hour ordeal at Sprint was a nightmare, too. You heard me right. Three and a half hours. So now I have a phone I figure I'll use six times in a year. As I say, I wish you'd been around, Diane. Right next door, because I wouldn't have been able to contact you any other way.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10589941120579622462016-07-30T21:44:28.918-04:002016-07-30T21:44:28.918-04:00@Diana,LIW 8:18 PM (& @Nancy)
Exactly what y...@Diana,LIW 8:18 PM (& @Nancy)<br /><br />Exactly what you said about the TRAC Phone (except for the hospital reason). It's always with me away from home, but is seldom used. Though not at all a problem, when I have to occasionally buy more minutes they also come with lots of time to use them up. The result is that right now I have 99.78 minutes with 458 days(!) to use them up. As such I, too, am happily not attached to a screen as a "changed person." Only 5 people have its number and I don't send or receive texts.<br /><br />Oddly, the last 4 digits of its number, assigned to me by TRAC Phone some 8 years ago, are 0804. The last four for my home phone number, assigned only 2 years ago by my local telco, are 8040. My SSN, assigned to me over 60 years ago, ends in x8x4, (where the "x"s equal the same non-zero digit, omitted here for obvious reasons). <br /><br />Cue "Twilight Zone" theme. <br /><br />Cheers Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124431793780560248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34399071791137949012016-07-30T21:01:21.658-04:002016-07-30T21:01:21.658-04:00A very enjoyable and fair puzzle. But as others ha...A very enjoyable and fair puzzle. But as others have mentioned, very easy for a Saturday.<br /><br />I had entered a few words before putting some water on to boil for pasta. But the time the water was boiling, I was done. And I don't try to speed solve and even if I tried, I ordinarily would be much slower than some of the commenters here.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91568206733984979842016-07-30T20:56:55.318-04:002016-07-30T20:56:55.318-04:00@Dolgo - First, please indicate who you are replyi...@Dolgo - First, please indicate who you are replying to. I'm guessing you're using the reply option available on phones. On the phone your reply appears under the initial comment. Everywhere else your replys appears in time order, making them look one half of a dialogue. Second, exactly to whom is Hamlet speaking? Sure, he begins by speaking to Horatio, but by he is quickly lost in his own brooding, speaking to dead Yorick who is quite pointedly not answering. In short, I beg to differ. It is a soliloquy. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91431834871875753282016-07-30T20:18:01.889-04:002016-07-30T20:18:01.889-04:00@Nancy - Just flew in in the deLorean from Syndiel...@Nancy - Just flew in in the deLorean from Syndieland to say I've been commiserating with your technology woes of 5 weeks ago. I, too, just got my first cell phone 5 years ago, when both my in-laws were in the hospital and we needed a way for the MDs to reach us. I've used said phone a couple dozen times in the ensuing years, so I do believe what you said about not becoming a "changed person" who is attached to a screen. I believe in you. <br /><br />Also - the phone I got is a TRAC phone. You just pay for days/minutes. For less than $100 I get a year of service. My phone is always with me, but always off unless I've pre-arranged with someone who might need to get in touch. Waaaaaay cheaper than monthly service charges. The saved $470 could get you many days of libations at Tavern on the Green.<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17450656739153968962016-07-30T19:29:51.021-04:002016-07-30T19:29:51.021-04:00Go figure. Yesterday gave me fits and I breezed th...Go figure. Yesterday gave me fits and I breezed through today. I am NOT good enough at these that I can reliably complete a Saturday puzzle without resorting to google (i.e. cheating). But today didn't give me any difficulty, despite being Kafka-illiterate. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581264930569305915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57492026635847318912016-07-30T19:12:26.108-04:002016-07-30T19:12:26.108-04:00EL OH EL!!!EL OH EL!!!Chim chamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14072888196146711139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74405346674815680122016-07-30T19:08:58.658-04:002016-07-30T19:08:58.658-04:00Before I realized what was afoot I thought, "...Before I realized what was afoot I thought, "Wow, what a pleasant and balanced write up from Rex today. Did someone make him muffins or something?"Chim chamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14072888196146711139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83195241427235233292016-07-30T18:55:50.355-04:002016-07-30T18:55:50.355-04:00@Nancy - Wow! You've got folks talking.
I alw...@Nancy - Wow! You've got folks talking.<br />I always thought like you about themed puzzles until I got Berry's book. Think of a theme as giving the puzzle structure, not constraint. You're framing your house. Without a theme a beginner is like an apprentice carpenter looking at a pile of lumber and nails and trying to figure out where to start.<br /><br />You ought to buy the PB book. You're so into the puzzle world you'll enjoy the theories of construction even if you have no intention of building a puzzle of your own. Plus you get 70 free Patrick Berry puzzles to solve. Just google Patrick Berry "Crossword Constructor's Handbook"Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72282200769555199732016-07-30T18:53:40.327-04:002016-07-30T18:53:40.327-04:00Fast for me but medium to hard, I just caught a fe...Fast for me but medium to hard, I just caught a few breaks.<br /><br />Nevertheless I still got naicked in my view. With a lost vowel.<br />Had eSL as form of communication with santa MARIe crossPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988007506745985696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78761635175189419762016-07-30T17:14:39.724-04:002016-07-30T17:14:39.724-04:00When my thinking is all in a bind
A limerick oft ...When my thinking is all in a bind<br />A limerick oft comes to mind<br />The rhythm is fixed<br />But often admixed<br />With words filthy crass and unkind<br /><br />I can make up limericks on demand. Or silly songs -- just give me a good old folk tune and I'm off to the races. But I do need the constraint imposed by the form, or the tune. I really admire poets who -- though they do submit to form -- also create their own rules. Not easy to be a great poet. Gary Snyder once told some admirers that he can take weeks and weeks to pick just the right word, especially if the poem is short and every word will count.old timernoreply@blogger.com