tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6314814997000820187..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: TUESDAY, Nov. 6, 2007 - John UnderwoodRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15815135197078916622007-11-07T18:14:00.000-05:002007-11-07T18:14:00.000-05:00At first I thought "harrumph" when I saw all the "...At first I thought "harrumph" when I saw all the "Fives" in the puzzle, as Will often rejects any theme I propose with a repeated word in it (which is always my first instinct and continues to be!)<BR/>but when you couple it with there being SIX clues in a Mon/Tues puzzle and the black squares making a five and the first being at the beginning of the word and the bottom ones being at the end,<BR/>I thought, "right on!"<BR/>Today's (Wed) has another arbitrary time (43A Early time to rise SIXAM) to go with the much-discussed QUARTERPASTFIVE)<BR/>but, again, kudos for those phrases then having an X and a Q in them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67713441036866126602007-11-07T00:30:00.002-05:002007-11-07T00:30:00.002-05:00Whats a steeple jack?-- multiple-degree-holding-in...Whats a steeple jack?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>-- multiple-degree-holding-intellectualAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8185621662275482272007-11-07T00:30:00.001-05:002007-11-07T00:30:00.001-05:00Whats a steeple jack?-- multiple-degree-holding-in...Whats a steeple jack?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>-- multiple-degree-holding-intellectualAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89651058282383087732007-11-07T00:30:00.000-05:002007-11-07T00:30:00.000-05:00Whats a steeple jack?-- multiple-degree-holding-in...Whats a steeple jack?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>-- multiple-degree-holding-intellectualAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80995206030457992602007-11-06T23:30:00.000-05:002007-11-06T23:30:00.000-05:00I hear "a quarter after" much more frequently than...I hear "a quarter after" much more frequently than "a quarter past."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39250895982729468752007-11-06T22:56:00.000-05:002007-11-06T22:56:00.000-05:00Interesting. I stand corrected. I do say "quarter ...Interesting. I stand corrected. I do say "quarter to," come to think of it, but not "quarter past." I'll say "whatever-15" instead. I just don't hear the former very often, or I don't think I do. What's even odder - I work in a firm where we bill our time to clients by the "quarter hour."wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899889818724088564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53380473407107487842007-11-06T21:56:00.000-05:002007-11-06T21:56:00.000-05:00Wendy: I say "quarter past X" when telling time. I...Wendy:<BR/><BR/> I say "quarter past X" when telling time. I also say "quarter to X." I haven't paid attention, but don't think I'm alone. At least people don't seem to have problems understanding me.Michael Chibnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700426644898924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57863275593005010492007-11-06T21:52:00.000-05:002007-11-06T21:52:00.000-05:00Anon 9:47, I agree that it was arbitrary and furth...Anon 9:47, I agree that it was arbitrary and furthermore, weird, in that I don't think people really talk like that. I would never say a "quarter past" anything when telling time.wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899889818724088564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48863258761212812772007-11-06T21:47:00.000-05:002007-11-06T21:47:00.000-05:00anonymous 7:13I don't think anybody questions the ...anonymous 7:13<BR/><BR/>I don't think anybody questions the 5 part of the answer, since once you have the theme you know it will be 5 something. To me, the "quarter past" is the totally arbitrary part of the answer to the given clue. Any time after 5 would be correct, thus arbitrary, until you get the downs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77143150892551061692007-11-06T21:08:00.000-05:002007-11-06T21:08:00.000-05:00Anyone remember The Five Keys? That's going waaaay...Anyone remember The Five Keys? That's going waaaay back. Before my time, actually. Only knew them from an ex's parents' record (and I mean record) collection. "Who do ya know in heaven / that made you the angel you are?"<BR/><BR/>Also would have liked to see the phrase "it's 5:00 somewhere" included. Heh.<BR/><BR/>An easy, fun puzzle today.PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09017772879976436923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56105425880654344302007-11-06T19:13:00.000-05:002007-11-06T19:13:00.000-05:00Wouldn't say quarter after five is "totally arbitr...Wouldn't say quarter after five is "totally arbitrary." Five is a typical quitting time as in "nine to five."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31488452501354312742007-11-06T18:36:00.000-05:002007-11-06T18:36:00.000-05:00Oh, and thanks to Marc Romano the authorOh, and thanks to <I>Marc Romano</I> the authorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43638380725473635812007-11-06T18:32:00.000-05:002007-11-06T18:32:00.000-05:00Rex,Just went back and reread your blog and notice...Rex,<BR/><BR/>Just went back and reread your blog and noticed your sign-off today.<BR/><BR/>I have been wracking my brain trying to remember the book that led me to the NYT's daily puzzles: <BR/><BR/>"Crossworld" was it.<BR/><BR/>ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76541652322223193052007-11-06T18:31:00.000-05:002007-11-06T18:31:00.000-05:00Full Fathom Five thy Father lies(Ariels's song fro...Full Fathom Five thy Father lies<BR/>(Ariels's song from The Tempest) <BR/><BR/><BR/>Full fathom five thy Father lies, <BR/>Of his bones are Corrall made: <BR/>Those are pearles that were his eies, <BR/>Nothing of him that doth fade, <BR/>But doth suffer a Sea-change <BR/>Into something rich & strange <BR/>Sea-Nymphs hourly ring his knell. <BR/>Harke now I heare them, ding-dong, bell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17630226997324070022007-11-06T18:27:00.000-05:002007-11-06T18:27:00.000-05:00Don't suppose there are enough BUFFY THE VAMPIRE S...Don't suppose there are enough BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER fans to warrant "five by five" as an answer, right? Pity.<BR/><BR/>Completely missed the five in the black squares in the center. THIS is one of the reasons I visit this blog!<BR/><BR/>We Five was a San Francsico-based group that had a hit with "You Were on My Mind," a terrific song.<BR/><BR/>I agree with others that this could have been a Monday, but that's just quibbling.<BR/><BR/>I missed the presence of a Marvel or DC clue, so I'll have to make do with GARFIELD and THE FAMILY CIRCUS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72629523023489814322007-11-06T16:26:00.000-05:002007-11-06T16:26:00.000-05:00It's a 5 o' clock world when the whistle blows...It's a 5 o' clock world when the whistle blows...Eric Seljehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281291974062721183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51930258110306447012007-11-06T16:10:00.000-05:002007-11-06T16:10:00.000-05:00Thanks for the Tempest correction; and while India...Thanks for the Tempest correction; and while Indiana did paint a number of fives, the one I was thinking about was by Charles Demuth. Glitches in the recall mechanism today, I reckon. <BR/><BR/>Also, could have had some nice clues for Joe DiMaggio, Beethoven's Symphony No.__, and how about the Jackson__?fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10491293781143395502007-11-06T15:48:00.000-05:002007-11-06T15:48:00.000-05:00Ooh! Ooh! Mr. Kotter Mr. Kotter!"Full fathom five"...Ooh! Ooh! Mr. Kotter Mr. Kotter!<BR/><BR/>"Full fathom five" etc. is from The Tempest of Shakespeare, perhaps my favorite of S's plays.<BR/><BR/>English PhD 1999, U of Mich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25223608568382124452007-11-06T15:42:00.000-05:002007-11-06T15:42:00.000-05:00Fastest Tuesday ever for me, but on going back ove...Fastest Tuesday ever for me, but on going back over it I found I'd mispelled TAIPEI (AI). Rats! Maybe next week. Enjoyed the puzzle, there was, as Rex pointed out, a nice variety of non-crosswordy stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28331332006291749532007-11-06T15:18:00.000-05:002007-11-06T15:18:00.000-05:00Full fathom FIVE my father lies ...I'm guessing Te...Full fathom FIVE my father lies ...<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing Tennyson, but maybe the English professors or majors can correct me? <BR/><BR/>Robert Indiana painted a great picture of the number FIVE -- it would make a great addition to the Blog today. Very colorful, I recall.<BR/><BR/>Unusually fast today since a lot of the fill hardly required reading the clues. Even still, I'll never be able to write it all in in under five minutes. Or even six.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33624302233887419052007-11-06T12:48:00.000-05:002007-11-06T12:48:00.000-05:00Surprised to see "My name is Asher Lev" in the puz...Surprised to see "My name is Asher Lev" in the puzzle. It's a novel by Chaim Potok about an artist from a Chasidic background who enters the artistic world and struggles with the tension between Chasidic Judasim and the modern world and the tension between Christianity and Judaism. I read it decades ago in high school and liked it very much. Although his earlier books "The Chosen" and "The Promise" are probably better. As a crossword incentive, Reading them will increase one's Jewish/Rabbinic vocabulary too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86368381759203014092007-11-06T12:26:00.000-05:002007-11-06T12:26:00.000-05:00I'm loving the music on here. Dave Brubeck and Ta...I'm loving the music on here. Dave Brubeck and Take five... that link was heaven!!<BR/><BR/>And now I'm singing along with the Five Satins "doo wop, doo wah... In the still of the night..."... which by the way is sometimes credited for the origination of the term "doo wop" for the genre of music, from the background.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11843129109406686372007-11-06T12:12:00.000-05:002007-11-06T12:12:00.000-05:00Rex, in your list of Asia-related answers, you for...Rex, in your list of Asia-related answers, you forgot to mention ASIA (<B>54D: Home to most Turks</B>)!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07007792946918432695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78835486476829430882007-11-06T11:35:00.000-05:002007-11-06T11:35:00.000-05:00I agree that this one was very easy. I couldn't ge...I agree that this one was very easy. I couldn't get it to download last night (kept getting Monday's), so I solved it online against the clock, and finished in 10-plus minutes.<BR/><BR/>Wow! There were some very fast times today. I'm OK with that....I'm not sitting around dreaming up bumper stickers about "Intermediate Solvers Do It Longer" or anything like that.<BR/><BR/>Good photos in the blog Rex. Thanks. All black and white except the noir actor, ironically.<BR/><BR/>I would have enjoyed an appearance by the Five Satins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64402505646041389032007-11-06T11:22:00.000-05:002007-11-06T11:22:00.000-05:00NORAD, which sits on top of Five-star General, was...NORAD, which sits on top of Five-star General, was formed during Eisenhower's presidency. A nice juxtaposition.<BR/><BR/>So far as bells are concerned, aboard ship 12, 4, and 8 o'clock are eight bells. The half-hourly cycle starts over again with one bell at 12:30, 4:30 and 8:30. Those on watch tell the time by counting the bells.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com