tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6267157555678544465..comments2024-03-29T00:28:40.417-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Grenade in gaming lingo / SAT 11-19-22 / Whirling toon familiarly / Fed on the sly? / Quirky old fellas / Birds that rarely swim despite having webbed feet / Half of a Polynesian localeRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63163836360315058272022-12-24T17:33:11.995-05:002022-12-24T17:33:11.995-05:00Who knew?
The 0.01 percent of people who have actu...Who knew?<br />The 0.01 percent of people who have actually seen an otter and also shop for Benjamin Moore paint.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15299548664850326332022-12-24T16:16:48.643-05:002022-12-24T16:16:48.643-05:00Otter brown is an actual paint color made by Benja...Otter brown is an actual paint color made by Benjamin Moore. <br />Who knew?!?! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25764491504075961062022-12-24T16:01:45.096-05:002022-12-24T16:01:45.096-05:00It's MAGICAL that we have another puzzle that ...It's MAGICAL that we have another puzzle that I completely finished w/o help. On a Saturday. Yes, @Rondo, I should celebrate with Nova - or sockeye. <br /><br />I always seem to do best with long fill ins. They are as good for me as names are bad, bad, bad. <br /><br />Oh those MOUSEKETEERS - I remember watching them as a little tyke. <br /><br />Happy Holidays to all!<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for SantaDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45867307265759695992022-12-24T14:54:59.604-05:002022-12-24T14:54:59.604-05:00Nice puz but having 40-some black squares seems li...Nice puz but having 40-some black squares seems like a lot. Unsure of exactly how @D,LIW feels about SOCKEYE salmon but willing to bet she GOESMAD for it.<br />LIV Tyler, OHME.<br />Only a wordle par today.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65061696290376004082022-12-24T14:41:40.661-05:002022-12-24T14:41:40.661-05:00DIAL IT IN
THEYSAY that GEEZERS KNOW
that SMALLTA...DIAL IT IN<br /><br />THEYSAY that GEEZERS KNOW<br />that SMALLTALK on A DATE with LIV<br />CREATES KNOW reason to GO<br />BACK to A MEATALTERNATIVE.<br /><br />--- ILSA CAMUSBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6769511475487527932022-12-24T13:54:39.664-05:002022-12-24T13:54:39.664-05:00I don't keep track of time, but this was proba...I don't keep track of time, but this was probably my fastest Saturday NYTxword puzzle ever. All but one first guess on the long ones was correct. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4766727441076586992022-12-24T12:39:08.966-05:002022-12-24T12:39:08.966-05:00Easy-medium except for the center, where OchER nea...Easy-medium except for the center, where OchER nearly unseated me. OTTER is a paint color??? If you say so. <br /><br />For a debut, this isn't bad. The so-called "jaws" of themelessness seem to have morphed into the vise of themelessness. Feels like the center is about to get crushed. The gridspanners go 3 for 4, with only MEATALTERNATIVE coming off as dull. Some raggy fill, but not all that painful. Had to throw a guess at DI_ESH/I_I; not knowing a thing about the name, I was left with INI or ITI. Went with the N. Yay me. Birdie.<br /><br />Yay me also in Wordle: YYGBG GGGGG! A rare eagle!<br /><br />Speaking of Eagles: BEAT DALLAS!!!!!spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69041019049639601122022-12-24T10:21:10.235-05:002022-12-24T10:21:10.235-05:00This is Benji Goldsmith’s debut NYT crossword so c...This is Benji Goldsmith’s debut NYT crossword so congratulations go out to him. It’s not bad, but IMO it could have been great if the editor(s) cleaned up some of the iffy fill. But alas that was not to be. OHME! When will the NYT be MAGICAL again?thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26666430318616929862022-11-21T10:58:47.578-05:002022-11-21T10:58:47.578-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88459935550812519722022-11-20T10:50:30.421-05:002022-11-20T10:50:30.421-05:00How is ESPN News a 'venue'?How is ESPN News a 'venue'?OhioGabenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4763421433889794292022-11-20T00:22:48.045-05:002022-11-20T00:22:48.045-05:00@pmdm
I assumed it was AT ONE WITH NATURE because ...@pmdm<br />I assumed it was AT ONE WITH NATURE because that is the common phrase, and all constructors seem to strive for using common phrases. I was going to joke about it being ATONE WITH NATURE and assumed most people who used that were joking too. A couple seemed to think that was the intended answer. I would disagree.albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53309250137824410752022-11-19T22:35:29.680-05:002022-11-19T22:35:29.680-05:00@Joe D
I hope you didn't stuff yourself on to...@Joe D<br /><br />I hope you didn't stuff yourself on tomorrow's Acrostic. :-)JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79731360788672106582022-11-19T21:57:56.762-05:002022-11-19T21:57:56.762-05:00@puzzlehoarder 1:10 – totally agree on Weintraub. ...@puzzlehoarder 1:10 – totally agree on Weintraub. I don't get what people find so amazing. To me she's the bland leading the bland.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9657093375934700722022-11-19T21:02:38.537-05:002022-11-19T21:02:38.537-05:00@Beezer
I was much taken by your hypothesis last ...@Beezer <br />I was much taken by your hypothesis last night (will the real Sam Buttrey please stand up?), and hope it's true. This type of detective work is up @Nancy's alley. <br /><br />I was legit impressed by all three Jeopardy! contestants last night. Actually, I'm gonna make that four, because former contestant Ken Jennings was right there with them, all the way. Juggernauts, all of them. <br />TTrimblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8166468086786014082022-11-19T18:58:33.730-05:002022-11-19T18:58:33.730-05:00@pmdm….probably MY comment. All I know is that Sam...@pmdm….probably MY comment. All I know is that Sam is funny as hell. Beezernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75806601318554414662022-11-19T18:04:52.605-05:002022-11-19T18:04:52.605-05:00Well, I liked both the puzzle and the grid. Nice j...Well, I liked both the puzzle and the grid. Nice job for a debut.<br /><br />Z often pointed out that to be correct for a crossword, an entry can be any one of multiple correct possibilities, even it is not the most preferred entry. That would be especially true for late week puzzles. Those who complain about CETE should ponder this.<br /><br />ATONE or AT ONE for 11A? I vote for AT ONE.<br /><br />And a comment to a reply from yesterday. I guess it evened out for Sam. He deserved to win on Thursday but lost due to a stupid bet. But on Friday he should have lost, so I guess things evened out. Hopefully those who read the comments also watch Jeopardy! or they won't know what I'm talking about.<br /><br />pmdmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21028750137830449322022-11-19T17:37:46.015-05:002022-11-19T17:37:46.015-05:00@burtonkd 8:43 AM
I was trying to be humorous. Th...@burtonkd 8:43 AM <br />I was trying to be humorous. The answer is, as Rex wrote, AT ONE WITH NATURE, but it's easy to read it as ATONE WITH NATURE. You could try to parse that phrase in various ways, but such a dumb throwaway joke like the one I was making doesn't merit such a serious effort. [Cue Emily Litella.] <br />TTrimblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13630007586751355782022-11-19T16:45:01.561-05:002022-11-19T16:45:01.561-05:00Easy for me and, likely, other GEEZERS. THEY SAY G...Easy for me and, likely, other GEEZERS. THEY SAY GEEZERS, but we just ANTE DATE them.johnkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281232978308159052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57655314215870106852022-11-19T16:32:24.553-05:002022-11-19T16:32:24.553-05:00@kitshef…I agree on THAT! My husband had to pay fo...@kitshef…I agree on THAT! My husband had to pay for his geezer pass but still a bargain in our mind!<br /><br />@Joe Welling…not sure if you checked, but Merriam-Webster and other dictionaries have a definition for “sigmatism.” This is from a person who had no clue what it meant. You say it’s a neologism but aren’t most words at some point? Who knows. Maybe having a “lisp” wasn’t always stigmatized. Beezernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62724963532422182222022-11-19T16:22:39.550-05:002022-11-19T16:22:39.550-05:00I think folks are being too literal with EVENS -- ...I think folks are being too literal with EVENS -- it's a pun! It doesn't mean either integers or probabilities; it slides back and forth, in its eel-like way, between the two. The question, "what are the odds?" of course refers to probability, nothing else works idiomatically. But the answer EVENS is wrong either way; as a probability, it should be in the singular, and as integers, its's the wrong set. It would be better if it could have been EVEN, clued as "paradoxical answer to 'What are the odds,'" but length constraints had their way.jberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61404546272101112572022-11-19T15:34:32.861-05:002022-11-19T15:34:32.861-05:00The 36D/44A cross killed me. The suffix could conc...The 36D/44A cross killed me. The suffix could conceivably be ITI and I thought kEAN could be a synonym of "study." Tim Aurthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111572710577973619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46280418770644986172022-11-19T15:15:57.012-05:002022-11-19T15:15:57.012-05:00@OISK, @jberg - the lifetime passes start at age 6...@OISK, @jberg - the lifetime passes start at age 62, and now cost $80 which is still an incredible bargain.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29838137134240629862022-11-19T14:18:22.998-05:002022-11-19T14:18:22.998-05:00I probably read the clue 10 times before noticing ...I probably read the clue 10 times before noticing there was no “t” in between the first and second letter bintycooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32369232273696681782022-11-19T13:46:48.036-05:002022-11-19T13:46:48.036-05:00I think yesterday's and today's puzzles sh...I think yesterday's and today's puzzles should have been in reverse order. Then CREATES A MONSTER on Friday would have been followed by MONSTER MASH on Saturday.<br /><br />I'm well into my GEEZERhood and wonder if my inveterate <a href="https://anoabob.blogspot.com/2013/05/poc-doc.html" rel="nofollow">POC</a> (plural of convenience) hunting makes me "quirky". Speaking of which there were several of them on display, including some of the two for one variety, where a Down and an Across both get a letter count, grid filling boost from a single, shared S at the ends of TERN/SOD, PRISON/LID and EVEN/GEEZER. The one that sticks out the most for me is one of the grid spanning entries doesn't quite span the grid in its basic form and needs some convenient help from an S, as happens with 17A CREATE A MONSTER. 30A DIAL IT BACK also needed some aSSiStance.<br /><br />I'm constantly amazed at how people still fall for the latest DIET FAD like the ones on magazine covers displayed at supermarket checkout lanes, often of the "Stubborn belly fat busting, metabolism boosting, lose weight fast" ilk. For dang near half a century the only diet that has received scientific research validation for being a healthy diet is the <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/mediterranean-diet/art-20047801" rel="nofollow">Mediterranean diet</a>. I think all the rest just try to make us lose $ fast.Anoa Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185183023273883700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36041792949495440582022-11-19T13:41:08.887-05:002022-11-19T13:41:08.887-05:00@Lewis -- Right. The WSJ. Well, no one ever said...@Lewis -- Right. The WSJ. Well, no one ever said I had a good memory. Sorry.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.com