tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6320900896185076651..comments2024-03-29T05:08:37.783-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Burrowing arthropods / SUN 5-29-11 / Involuntary extension troop tours / Italian appetizer little toasts / Hilton Westin welcomer / Chair toted polesRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11675864956918134542011-07-06T13:14:27.897-04:002011-07-06T13:14:27.897-04:00Nice! I really enjoyed reading your post. Thanks f...Nice! I really enjoyed reading your post. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.man with van in Londonhttp://bestmanandvanlondon.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86089887044195872502011-06-20T02:21:33.995-04:002011-06-20T02:21:33.995-04:00Love the puzzle, but I definitely agree with the &...Love the puzzle, but I definitely agree with the "obsess"ive poster above that the "quote" does not at all mean the same thing as Emerson's thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24190151704566891072011-06-13T22:17:52.377-04:002011-06-13T22:17:52.377-04:00Had a VERY rough wknd selling houses! I just could...Had a VERY rough wknd selling houses! I just couldn't figure this none out, clues were fairly easy, but the flow of the thing totally eluded me. Now that you explain, it's pretty cool. Gotta get in relax mode to get into the game I guess.Ginnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62504527567057610562011-06-12T19:32:53.792-04:002011-06-12T19:32:53.792-04:00I thought I would I would have seen more comments ...I thought I would I would have seen more comments about "hajj". Have never seen it that way. Put in "hadj". Thanks for still being here for us syndication solvers. BTW-I thought puzzle was creative and enjoyable. Better than backward spellings or "creative" rebuses. Rock on Rex!novemberyankee68https://www.blogger.com/profile/14141803613714391218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43593669069166649892011-06-09T11:38:27.104-04:002011-06-09T11:38:27.104-04:00Rice is a university in TX.Rice is a university in TX.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29654563220416346582011-06-09T11:32:23.728-04:002011-06-09T11:32:23.728-04:00OK, I admit it.
Re 121 across-
Please, why is &q...OK, I admit it. <br />Re 121 across-<br />Please, why is "dorm" a "rice pad"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40642393812568558892011-06-05T21:23:21.786-04:002011-06-05T21:23:21.786-04:00I liked this less than any Sunday puzzle I can rem...I liked this less than any Sunday puzzle I can remember. I guess I'm old fashioned; I don't really care for gimmick puzzles. Frankly, I just lost interest in this one as most of the answers were obvious and it was really 16 separate puzzles rather than one interlocking grid.<br /><br />I didn't have too much trouble figuring out the theme, but it was superfluous to solving the puzzle, so it didn't interest me that much. Just not my cup of tea.Marcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86190921245450860232011-06-05T19:55:00.643-04:002011-06-05T19:55:00.643-04:00@ anony 2:03 - there's a brew pub right down t...@ anony 2:03 - there's a brew pub right down the street from me that serves DRAFT beer; no mention of an English pub.<br /><br />@ Catte - thank you, it's nice to know that my rants don't go completely unnoticed.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13305231566767477152011-06-05T14:03:50.976-04:002011-06-05T14:03:50.976-04:00The English word for a beer pulled from the barrel...The English word for a beer pulled from the barrel is DRAUGHT not DRAFT. Another error in this crossword.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68833266674104126862011-06-05T13:52:20.002-04:002011-06-05T13:52:20.002-04:00Syndicated here, so late to the party; but had to ...Syndicated here, so late to the party; but had to say I abolutely loved this one - the most fun in a long, long time. <br /><br />I was really slooow getting the "door" thing, had all but one "room" completed. Then it was like "doh!". Thankfully that was also the breakthrough that let me finish the last room, which had not been working right because I had POLO for 91D (winner beats the loser with a stick) The very last letter I put in was the K in KALE, never heard of that for money/moolah either; but it was clearly the only possible choice left.<br /><br />I sympathize with those few who did not like this one, nothing worse than looking forward to a good tussle with a good Sunday puzzle and end up feeling "meh" - or worse.<br /><br />And @Dirigonzo - you hit the nail on the head with a reason why more people need to be familiar with the concept of a back door draft!Cattenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23831457104080037972011-06-05T12:41:09.584-04:002011-06-05T12:41:09.584-04:00From syndicationland - @JaxInL.A. said "... s...From syndicationland - @JaxInL.A. said "... so satisfying that if I smoked I might want a cigarette." Priceless!<br /><br />I learn much from this blog everytime I vist (i.e. every day but Saturday) which adds immensely to the fun of solving the puzzles. Thanks @Octavian (et al) for today's lesson. (And to @Rex for providing the forum.)<br /><br />Would never have gotten KALE for Moolah had it not been for a <br />discussion here several weeks ago.<br /><br />BACKDOORDRAFT is the price that our men and women in uniform and their families, but not the rest of the citizenry, pay when our military forces are overextended as will happen when the country is involved in (at least) two unfunded and probably unnecessary wars. I'm sad that the phrase was unfamiliar to so many as it has huge significance for all of us.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41303546649676471742011-05-30T21:26:03.169-04:002011-05-30T21:26:03.169-04:00Got the quote jsut by filling the grid...once I sa...Got the quote jsut by filling the grid...once I saw E-V-E-R-Y, was pretty easy to find the rest, knowing that you had to go to an adjacent room, and end in the SE...<br /><br />Knew I had to be missing something, but due to a kitchen painting project this weekend (I'll blame that), just couldn't see the DOOR thing...<br />My sister finally hinted around, and the light bulb went off...<br /><br />Once I got it, I then decided I liked it!Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55029258061983256702011-05-30T15:29:42.239-04:002011-05-30T15:29:42.239-04:00Thank you for sharing such relevant topic with us....Thank you for sharing such relevant topic with us. I really love all the great stuff you provide. Thanks again and keep it comingremovals Londonhttp://cheapestremovals.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28992745539850090392011-05-30T14:52:10.666-04:002011-05-30T14:52:10.666-04:00Snow here in the intermountain west, yet stalwart ...Snow here in the intermountain west, yet stalwart grillers persist. Challenging Sunday puzzle!KarenSampsonHudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12072958906391798661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19945867203396327872011-05-30T14:40:02.320-04:002011-05-30T14:40:02.320-04:00To get the quote, I pictured each island as just t...To get the quote, I pictured each island as just that, an island. I pictured these "planks" connecting the islands every place there was a "door", which made it a lot easier. If you walk the planks across to the next island, it really doesn't matter what "direction" you go in. This is one of my all-time favorite Sundays. Absolutely brilliant construction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62765267922853532192011-05-30T14:30:10.277-04:002011-05-30T14:30:10.277-04:00In the end just found this puzzle way too random a...In the end just found this puzzle way too random and annoying. Pass.deerfencernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49425831667397155292011-05-30T14:11:21.237-04:002011-05-30T14:11:21.237-04:00This has been a very significant blog indeed. I’ve...This has been a very significant blog indeed. I’ve acquired a lot of helpful information from your article. Thank you for sharing such relevant topic with us. I really love all the great stuff you provide. Thanks again and keep it comingman and van Londonhttp://manandvanlondoncheap.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80696282245818711602011-05-30T10:13:49.360-04:002011-05-30T10:13:49.360-04:00Ok I know no one's going to read this, but hav...Ok I know no one's going to read this, but have to empty my head of this.<br />Are there platitude gnomes out there, taking a thoughtful, insightful, paragraph such as Emerson's, as quoted by 'I Hate Quotations ...." and turn it into nonsensical pap such as "Every wall is a door" for the sake of selling notepads? Is the concept that we have to, on occasion if not always, reevaluate our static ideas and by doing so see a new option in life too complex, too scary for us that we have to reduce this to something as totally meaningless as walls aren't walls they're doors?<br /><br />PS I would rate this as an all time great puzzle if I hadn't read the notepad, noticed that the puzzle was a series of unconnected blocs, gotten the missing doors and still didn't figure it out. Probably is an all time great puzzle, I just don't feel qualified to rate it.Man, I obsess about things.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63083241028886425192011-05-30T07:40:01.868-04:002011-05-30T07:40:01.868-04:00Agree with PurpleGuy. Didn't like it. Spaces t...Agree with PurpleGuy. Didn't like it. Spaces too small to enjoy writing in. Too many 3 and 4 letter clues. Sorry, all you fun-lovers. Not my cup of joe.nurturinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02035395856164817422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10002571610069189222011-05-30T01:25:41.688-04:002011-05-30T01:25:41.688-04:00ps those of you who can't get enough of Tony, ...ps those of you who can't get enough of Tony, check out the totally charming CrossSynergy puzzle he did this past Thursday...<br />You can download it from Orange's site, I think, or cruciverb.com or crossword butler...<br />And if the main puzzle wasn't enough somehow, check out Patrick Blindauer's diagramless. Slowly slowly those two are going to take over the world!andrea crostini michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23948287723973321772011-05-30T01:07:48.125-04:002011-05-30T01:07:48.125-04:00Brilliant idea...the construction and the doors is...Brilliant idea...the construction and the doors is aMAZEing, I aDOORed it!<br />Loved the cluing...seemed exact right amount of misdirect.<br />So so so cool! Whoever dreamed this up and then made it into a reality deserves major kudos. WOW.andoorea carla michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35713043889227490712011-05-30T00:20:58.342-04:002011-05-30T00:20:58.342-04:00Went to the Mountain Play today. That's on Mo...Went to the Mountain Play today. That's on Mount Tamalpais near SF. Hairspray. Meh. That's why I'm late posting. <br /><br />Got the "door" theme fairly early on and was able to use it to wend my way thru the puzzle, figuring that every "island" had one way in and one way out. The toughest island was the one with NAVAHO because I had Apache, first! There was an Apache missile, just not the required answer. Note that the "H" of both works with HOTEL*MAN.<br /><br />The worst part, though is that the "blurb" did not appear on my printed version, so did not have the clues that would have made the puzzle much easier.<br /><br />AMong others, had screw-ups at pUCCI/GUCCI and SELA/SEnA-ANIL/ANIn... didn't know her and forgot the shrub.<br /><br />Still, an enjoyable solve, albeit it took much too long.Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22440070840244413552011-05-30T00:16:55.058-04:002011-05-30T00:16:55.058-04:00New captcha = retype — how "meta".
(Som...New captcha = retype — how "meta".<br /><br />(Something about the puzzle? OK, took me a while to find the new and improved "analyze" button on the xwordinfo crossword viewer. Strange usage of "Topologically", though.)<br /><br />NDENoam D. Elkiesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44151904203047567132011-05-29T23:32:33.454-04:002011-05-29T23:32:33.454-04:00Puzzle reminded me of the video game Portal 2. A w...Puzzle reminded me of the video game Portal 2. A wall can always be a door and there is only one way in and one way out.<br /><br />Awesome 'Wall of Death' clip from Rex. We scrambled to look up the female singer (not Linda Thompson): it's Christine Collister, from the Isle of Man.<br /><br />@CoolPapaD: When I met my wife, about 6 yrs ago, it was kind of a Twilight Zone moment for us to discover we'd both seen Thompson/Fairport/Sandy Denny back in the day. So we're glad you did too!Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17350352796932243742011-05-29T22:34:50.600-04:002011-05-29T22:34:50.600-04:00unbelievable construction, HOF in my book. Can...unbelievable construction, HOF in my book. Can't believe the nitpickers. Had to overwrite HAdJ, other than that clear sailing. Loved "Rice pads" = DORM. Thanks Jeremy and Tony. Perfect Sunday. Great puzzle, then the Bronx Zoo, then dinner at Arthur Avenue at Dominicks.MikeMnoreply@blogger.com