tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6254051215968869579..comments2024-03-28T12:49:16.793-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: British pharma giant informally / WED 3-3-21 / Energy source in Minecraft / Gossip fodder slangily / Body part whose name comes from Latin for little mouse / Academic musts for short / Chef José founder of World Central KitchenRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7887729461882819202021-04-07T18:43:23.973-04:002021-04-07T18:43:23.973-04:00time to get my little mice out the door for a walk...time to get my little mice out the door for a walk and some exercise.<br /><br />Diana, Lady in WaitingDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7052625301906544552021-04-07T17:55:27.993-04:002021-04-07T17:55:27.993-04:00This puz was fine. Met the REQS.
LOVE TERI Hatcher...This puz was fine. Met the REQS.<br />LOVE TERI Hatcher. No BULL.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48904864151427092252021-04-07T16:33:15.465-04:002021-04-07T16:33:15.465-04:00Good puzzle, fun to do.
Had a one-square error: A...Good puzzle, fun to do.<br /><br />Had a one-square error: An S instead of an E in the LORDE / RASE crossing. <br /><br />Otherwise enjoyed it.leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84492014837149539882021-04-07T14:02:00.871-04:002021-04-07T14:02:00.871-04:00UNTIRING CALL
When he's ATWORK to SIRE he kee...UNTIRING CALL<br /><br />When he's ATWORK to SIRE he keeps other STEERSCLEAR,<br />to LOVE CATTLE he won't tire, that BULL's 'OX OFTHE YEAR'.<br /><br />--- DIANNE DERIDEBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32104820123818631392021-04-07T11:11:34.554-04:002021-04-07T11:11:34.554-04:00Nice one, with only a few clunkers (looking at you...Nice one, with only a few clunkers (looking at you, EXED). More open than the usual midweek grid. Today is the par-3 tourney at Augusta, tomorrow begins the real deal. I'm pumped! Primo DOD in TERI. BASTE belongs either in the kitchen or the sewing room, never heard it as clued. Still, a birdie. As I said, I'm pumped!spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86778922297978892292021-04-07T10:26:36.614-04:002021-04-07T10:26:36.614-04:00I thought it was ACUTE gimmick, but LORDE almighty...I thought it was ACUTE gimmick, but LORDE almighty there was just TOO much junk fill. I give it a SEA or a CPLUS.<br />PS - Cheeers Diana, LIW! thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50567460092114729502021-04-06T21:44:01.576-04:002021-04-06T21:44:01.576-04:00@Foggy - from yesterday. Great alternative clues ...@Foggy - from yesterday. Great alternative clues on 50A ha ha!<br /><br />Lady DiDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13175588069392543472021-03-03T23:31:09.548-05:002021-03-03T23:31:09.548-05:00Loved the OX theme.
Only writeover—BASTE for pASTE...Loved the OX theme.<br />Only writeover—BASTE for pASTE.<br />Thanks ASCharles Flasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16588962898277593533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51810009135730261982021-03-03T22:41:18.584-05:002021-03-03T22:41:18.584-05:00@Lewis, (@mathgent) – Aha, the protagonist of stor...@Lewis, (@mathgent) – Aha, the protagonist of story 1. Makes sense –isn't he lounging on the beach when we first encounter him? Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82873704274368363992021-03-03T22:34:28.327-05:002021-03-03T22:34:28.327-05:00@What
Also, you can’t go into a restaurant and or...@What<br /><br />Also, you can’t go into a restaurant and order goose liver and expect to get goose liver. I've never seen it on the menu of any restaurant I've eaten at.Emerilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49432857101574274612021-03-03T21:29:27.443-05:002021-03-03T21:29:27.443-05:00It’s a question of the general versus specific. Ye...It’s a question of the general versus specific. Yes foie gras is a goose liver but you can’t go into a restaurant and order goose liver and expect pate foie gras. They are different.What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/15386323706336872298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12173699739901103852021-03-03T21:12:22.898-05:002021-03-03T21:12:22.898-05:00@mathgent -- I don't know if you got your Sali...@mathgent -- I don't know if you got your Salinger answer yet, but it is Seymour from A Perfect Day For Banafish.Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83386888448588164542021-03-03T19:28:44.444-05:002021-03-03T19:28:44.444-05:00Record time on this one. The trivia was rather eas...Record time on this one. The trivia was rather easy and revealers pretty straightforward. Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07451700733832506342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66347939456285430812021-03-03T19:00:48.336-05:002021-03-03T19:00:48.336-05:00Basically, as used, yes. To avoid being titillatin...Basically, as used, yes. To avoid being titillating (I guess?) it’s always clued as something that’s a colored ring or ring of color. Which is technically correct, but no one who isn’t doing crosswords is using the word that way. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000561696443196711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15741034957363134012021-03-03T18:09:31.082-05:002021-03-03T18:09:31.082-05:00When has BASTE ever been used to mean WALLOP? I wo...When has BASTE ever been used to mean WALLOP? I wonder if there is not a confusion here between LAMBASTE — to criticize harshly — and BASTE — to pour melted fat or juice over meat while cooking. Shouldn’t a crossword puzzle get that right?G. Weissmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483493342708991292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9757008610798744612021-03-03T18:08:46.102-05:002021-03-03T18:08:46.102-05:00Lovely puzzle until I hit the NW. Completely stump...Lovely puzzle until I hit the NW. Completely stumped for a long time, partly due to CHEESEGRATER for which I confidently had WHEELEDROTER, and RASE which, from a speaker of British English, is a very archaic spelling.Daniel de Kadthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606424393548423500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13169468333214103422021-03-03T17:39:10.416-05:002021-03-03T17:39:10.416-05:00Well that was fun! Set my record for fastest Wedn...Well that was fun! Set my record for fastest Wednesday ever at 6 minutes flat. Yes, I know, Rex probably did it twice as fast but for me it was a glorious solve. My only issues were ones others have mentioned—never heard BASTE used that way and couldn’t believe the answer was DESERT when the world’s largest desert is in Antarctica.Jofriedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314293741364101388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74752939097910490652021-03-03T17:36:03.715-05:002021-03-03T17:36:03.715-05:00I liked this one a lot. [see what @Lewis said]
...I liked this one a lot. [see what @Lewis said] <br /><br /> F’instance:<br /><br />Things I learned:<br />1A. Where Mighty Mouse got his MUSCLEs.<br />27D. BASTE has more meanings than in sewing and cooking.<br />23A. How a Brit will RASE a building.<br />47A, REQS means something in academia? <br /><br />Questions:<br />Has anyone seen ACUTE OGRE?<br />Is CHEESEGRATER than FOIE GRAS on pizza PIES? Answer: YUP<br />Is the puzzle one JAZZ short of a pangram?<br />Did I hear a MOOED CATTLECALL the from yesterday? Or MOOD from the day before?<br /><br />Personal:<br />At 76, I don’t AGEWELL nor am I UNTIRING. To the contrary, I’m retired and I am rarely ATWORK (I teach only one engineering class). The only thing I like about remote classes is the short commute to school. In non-Covid years, I dislike DERIDE to school (about an hour each way). As one who weighs about as much as an ANCHOR, I’m one who STEEERSCLEAR of DESsERT (or I try TOO).<br /><br />Enough?<br />Monty Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924320449868956299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2363355070437395232021-03-03T17:23:51.626-05:002021-03-03T17:23:51.626-05:00@Anoa Bob (2:29) Re AGORAphobia, I’ve been mispron...@Anoa Bob (2:29) Re AGORAphobia, I’ve been mispronouncing it too, the same as you. Thanks for the tip. Whatsernamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450876821189472213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49272481413037089262021-03-03T16:11:01.760-05:002021-03-03T16:11:01.760-05:00Yeah, I loved this. Nothing much to add, so just s...Yeah, I loved this. Nothing much to add, so just some random thoughts--<br /><br />@Rex, only seen it in the plural? I guess it's a matter of whose ox is being gored.<br /><br />Before it was GlaxoSmithKline it was Glaxo Wellcome, and before that it was Glaxo Laboratories, so it's legitimate to just use the short form. (I'm a pharmacist's kid, so got kinda familiar with drug company names).<br /><br />TED-X events are a localized version of the Ted Talks. You can organize one, and apply for approval from the main organization. That lets more people put a Ted Talk on their resume, and increases the number of talks available online.<br /><br />BASTE as clued is either 19th-century or a Britishism--I've certainly seen it in novels.jberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50134869341795619942021-03-03T15:53:34.907-05:002021-03-03T15:53:34.907-05:00I think “Year of the Ox” is an excellent theme and...I think “Year of the Ox” is an excellent theme and revealer, partly because it points out a significant and remarkable lapse in the English language as it’s commonly used. If you ask: What is the answer to this question, “As stallion & mare are the male and female of ‘horse’ — bull & cow are the male and female of … what?” Most people don’t know, and in fact the answer seems to be a meaning that has dropped out of the language. We used to have it and know it. Ox. It used to be a very common and useful meaning. You’d think it would still be. You might say “cattle”, but cattle is a plural or group form, that doesn’t have a singular form. The word bovine is not specific to cows and bulls. The word Oxford derives from a term for a ford across the river that was not for just castrated bulls. Why the meaning became lost to popular usage is an interesting question. Apparently we get along without it.Barklestorknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73620134758405216862021-03-03T15:31:33.488-05:002021-03-03T15:31:33.488-05:00@Anoa I don't know how FDR would have dealt wi...@Anoa I don't know how FDR would have dealt with covid (competently, probably) but I have a pretty good guess about how DJT would have handled WWII. Each state would have had to come up with its own plan to fight Hitler and Hirohito while he played golf and sent endless ranting telegrams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24728394157687166692021-03-03T15:11:59.483-05:002021-03-03T15:11:59.483-05:00In Christendom the ox has a very special meaning. ...In Christendom the ox has a very special meaning. <br />And it's why the Evangelist Luke is often symbolized as winged Ox .<br /><br />The ox is a figure of sacrifice, service and strength. Luke's Gospel begins with the duties of Zechariah in the temple-- an allusion to Christ being the high priest-- where sacrificing oxen was part of the deal. <br />Of course the money part of the symbol for Christians is precisely its use as symbol of sacrifice. Not just Christ's passion and crucifixion but also a reminder that Christians are called to a life of duty and sacrifice. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15832639919071844452021-03-03T14:59:36.997-05:002021-03-03T14:59:36.997-05:00@Nancy
I just sent you an email (wink).@Nancy<br />I just sent you an email (wink).Barbara S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17634754070567731006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17472434333515460202021-03-03T14:53:59.073-05:002021-03-03T14:53:59.073-05:00@Anon7:01a.m, - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@What 11:34 - 7:01 was ...@Anon7:01a.m, - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣<br />@What 11:34 - 7:01 was making a jibe at our recent Alero obsession. <br /><br />@kitshef & @anon7:15 - <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desert" rel="nofollow">Note the “especially” in definition 1.</a> Yes, that clue would have been a wrong answer in my 7th grade physical science class, but accurate for common usage. <br /><br />@Mac - I literally did a puzzle with Feynman in it immediately before doing the NYTX this morning. <br /><br />@Anon6:43 - Kinda sorta. Since AREOLA is really just “colored ring” we get non-breast clues whenever it appears in the NYTX. “Stroma” would be a late week curve ball for frequent solvers. It isn’t Ono/Oreo level crosswordese, but it does have useful letters. <br /><br />@Joaquin - Of course I don’t know. But it seems reasonable to think that if he wanted to be an editor he could be an editor and being an editor somewhere else would be a necessary step to even being considered for the NYTX job. Of course, maybe he’s applied for every editing job out there and just never got the job.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.com