tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6518138765670996616..comments2024-03-29T00:28:40.417-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Chucked forcefully in modern lingo / TUE 10-11-22 / French loaf baked in a rectangular mold / Kara Zor-El's identity in DC Comics / Kind of fitness test for K-12 students / 2021 Pixar film set on the Italian Riviera / Spinoff clothing store for children / Yoshi of Mario games is one for shortRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56269212324132442052022-11-15T23:47:28.429-05:002022-11-15T23:47:28.429-05:00EGOS ENTAIL ASSENT
PRETTYPENNY IS FAR from OKAY,
...EGOS ENTAIL ASSENT<br /><br />PRETTYPENNY IS FAR from OKAY,<br />A COY SUPERGIRL IN A way,<br />OR LOGICAL depending<br />on A KEY happy ENDING<br />while ROCKIN' after asked, "LET'SPLAY?"<br /><br />--- LUI "DINO" TERRINE-GATEAUBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4454635022239577752022-11-15T20:35:41.844-05:002022-11-15T20:35:41.844-05:00EGOS ENTAIL ASSENT
PRETTYPENNY IS FAR from OKAY,
...EGOS ENTAIL ASSENT<br /><br />PRETTYPENNY IS FAR from OKAY,<br />A COY SUPERGIRL IN A way,<br />OR LOGICAL depending<br />on A KEY happy ENDING<br />while ROCKIN' after asked, "LET'SPLAY?"<br /><br />--- LUI "DINO" TERRINE-GATEAUBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16805481492601488932022-11-15T18:47:20.554-05:002022-11-15T18:47:20.554-05:00Not very tough. At least worth a penny for my tho...Not very tough. At least worth a penny for my thoughts. <br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17974811550772255882022-11-15T18:43:49.680-05:002022-11-15T18:43:49.680-05:00YEETED? sheesh. And how much French belongs in one...YEETED? sheesh. And how much French belongs in one puz? OPTSIN, FILTERIN, INFEAR? INANE. Maybe INHERITed? Apt LESS in the corners.<br />Phew IN wordlerondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31818422865376232972022-11-15T15:06:47.165-05:002022-11-15T15:06:47.165-05:00I found this to be a very easy puzzle, almost, but...I found this to be a very easy puzzle, almost, but not quite, read-write. My biggest hangups being: LUCA/LUI crossing (Pixar film sounding vaguely familiar, and u looking better for the French word); and yeeted I got completely from the crosses. That last one is a really stupid word, or do I mean stoopid. <br />Kids these days!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71983459684422345292022-11-15T12:53:33.905-05:002022-11-15T12:53:33.905-05:00Not a Tuesday puzzle. Fun and doable, but difficul...Not a Tuesday puzzle. Fun and doable, but difficult in parts. Many parts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45575530079845525502022-11-15T11:20:47.333-05:002022-11-15T11:20:47.333-05:00There are two distinct types of harness racehorses...There are two distinct types of harness racehorses, trotters (diagonally opposite hooves hit the ground at the same time) and PACERs (same-side). As a test, PACER certainly does not belong in a Tuesday grid.<br /><br />Neither does the natick at LUI/LUCA. I made a pure guess at that vowel, again just lucky. Keep your crosses fair, folks!<br /><br />This was actually hard for a Tuesday. I had LET_____for the dog clue, and felt sure it would be LETMEOUT. Fortunately, I held off on that one. Again luckily, square 58 was fairly crossed, otherwise I would NEVER have come up with "YEETED."<br /><br />All this to support a SOSO theme. There is some good work here, with seven-stacks in the corners. For a newbie, we encourage with a par.<br /><br />Wordle bogey.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81546151067054103362022-11-15T10:36:23.854-05:002022-11-15T10:36:23.854-05:00EDIT - GOOD and PRETTY (not PETTY)EDIT - GOOD and PRETTY (not PETTY)thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58147742014197595952022-11-15T10:00:45.898-05:002022-11-15T10:00:45.898-05:00Sorry, but this theme doesn’t work for me. GOOD an...Sorry, but this theme doesn’t work for me. GOOD and PETTY are not synonymous with SUPER, so it’s just not LOGICAL. Never heard of YEET or YEETED before. But I guess it’s a word. Never heard of a PACER test either. ADIN is tennis lingo which I only got via the crosses. Unless you know French, and/or Disney stuff, LUI crossing LUCA could be a Natick. No more ENT or YER please. Jeff Chen gave this one the Puzzle of the Week award. Frankly, I don’t know why Will Shortz gave it the NOD. OKAY, this is a new constructor, but if you’re going to publish it at least help the constructor out and do some editing to bring it up to NYT standards. Does the NYT have standards anymore? thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73029968921375440342022-11-14T19:38:51.069-05:002022-11-14T19:38:51.069-05:00This flowed really well for the most part although...This flowed really well for the most part although I had to get limn from crosses. Ended up with _ _ CA for 15 across and with a proper noun crossing a proper noun and a foreign word those letters could have been anything >:(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26972271835081986602022-10-14T09:25:39.941-04:002022-10-14T09:25:39.941-04:00Same! I was absurdly happy that “yeeted” was in th...Same! I was absurdly happy that “yeeted” was in this puzzle. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80727375697457204952022-10-12T23:06:30.020-04:002022-10-12T23:06:30.020-04:00Awesome puzzle! We bake a terrine (in a Le Creuset...Awesome puzzle! We bake a terrine (in a Le Creuset loaf pan) every year so easy here. And so yummy. <br /><br />Try one: https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/country-terrine-233242<br /><br />Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03149099266718619111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23025192531974367442022-10-12T08:28:59.745-04:002022-10-12T08:28:59.745-04:00Thanks for highlighting Ailee Yoshida.
Learned s...Thanks for highlighting Ailee Yoshida. <br /><br />Learned she’s a high school student!<br /><br />Go, SuperGirl!Curiositynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57404136849360859132022-10-12T02:19:21.857-04:002022-10-12T02:19:21.857-04:00I’d strongly suggest looking up Lauryn Hill and he...I’d strongly suggest looking up Lauryn Hill and her poetry before putting “artist” in quotes. She’s an incredibly insightful generational talent who speaks truth to power and has an achingly gorgeous singing voice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49082551026096921732022-10-11T23:45:25.432-04:002022-10-11T23:45:25.432-04:00This one was a bit heavy on the single double trip...This one was a bit heavy on the single double triple and hidden plurals of convenience. There is a particular abundance in the far south with some fancy two-steppin' going on in the down crosses.<br /><br />Also if you do not know French or some of the PPP there are some way beyond Tuesday level naticks. It took me quite awhile to recall LAURYN. She or I was or were miseducated. FAITH was already in. Nothing that I did not know or didn't mind learning.<br /><br />I had no idea of PACER. Seems like a variation on a basketball or football drill. I was trying to remember if the school fitness test that JFK started had an acronym of some kind. I hear that laughing young'uns.<br /><br />This puzzle was so much less INANEr than yesterday's puz. That missing R makes the puz so much more respectable it ought to get a Noble Prize.<br /><br />ROCKINROBIN and PRETTYPENNY were high spots. Michael Jackson did a cover of Day's song that was better than the original when he was 14. That is if you do not deduct too many points for being a cover or for his human failings.<br /><br />albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21369842421788172372022-10-11T20:43:14.209-04:002022-10-11T20:43:14.209-04:00I didn’t loom it up but I thought Yeet had to do w...I didn’t loom it up but I thought Yeet had to do with basketball. I’ve heard round ball players and fans (and folks in other sports as well but mostly 🏀) talk about a player having “the yips” - being unable to focus and relax while shooting (especially free throws). Maybe it’s just the sound of “yip” and “yeet” but that’s where I thought it belonged. So that clue three me big time. After I filled it in though, the word “chucked” sort of made some sense. Player in a slump, scoring poorly for the last few games comes up to the line for the fourth free throw, having missed the first three clearly has a case if the yips. With sweaty palms and slightly shaky hands, he obviously lacked concentration. Rather than a smooth motion, he just YEETED the rock - and missed. Four in a row. Time for the bench. <br /><br />I also didn’t recall the kids’ fitness test and having put tASTE (because “flavor” didn’t fit) rather than PASTE in for Miso, I decided maybe tACER was ok. Not so much. Looked and looked and looked when I finished and rather than suffer a chest by revealing my mistake), I just out the puzzle away and hoped for the best. Lo and behold, as I opened my takeout container of delicious PHO just a few minutes ago, I did a metaphorical head smack and actually yelled “It’s MISO you idiot!” Thus endeth my solving angst for the day. A tougher than usual Tuesday. CDilly52https://www.blogger.com/profile/07727001753847073030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17487233000212292672022-10-11T20:14:29.052-04:002022-10-11T20:14:29.052-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45114953227679232042022-10-11T19:06:52.257-04:002022-10-11T19:06:52.257-04:00DittoDittoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44425197294112777582022-10-11T19:06:35.836-04:002022-10-11T19:06:35.836-04:00@Gio: Happy birthday to you too!
@Gio: Happy birthday to you too!<br />Whatsernamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450876821189472213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77317542184217347312022-10-11T18:50:46.618-04:002022-10-11T18:50:46.618-04:00I'm in the 'AS OF YET' camp, but the f...I'm in the 'AS OF YET' camp, but the following makes good sense to me, so I'll have to re-think my usage:<br /><br />"Many writing authorities think 'as of yet' is unnecessarily wordy. If you like clear writing, opt for 'as yet,' or, even better, 'yet.'" (<a href="https://www.grammarly.com/blog/as-of-yet/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CAs%20of%20yet%E2%80%9D%20usually%20describes,even%20better%2C%20%E2%80%9Cyet.%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">grammarly blog</a><br />___<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DxNpW1kHQ" rel="nofollow">Peace 🕊 🇺🇦 ~</a> Compassion ~ Tolerance ~ Kindness to all 🙏bocamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524629632075020985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68633485330696112262022-10-11T18:27:56.909-04:002022-10-11T18:27:56.909-04:00I decided to look a detailed definition of yeet. L...I decided to look a detailed definition of yeet. Like many American slang words, it is of Black origin. One early usage was in basketball, a player might say it when they expected their shot at the basket, especially a 3- pointer- to go in. It became widely popular among gen zers when it was use in a rap video (not popular here!) more as an interject ion and connected to a bit of dancing that became a meme. So apparently it is bot a verb meaning to throw usually in a humorous sense, or an interjection of many meanings. <br />I wouldn't think of using it. Fairly crossed.dgdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89769958452798635502022-10-11T18:22:34.269-04:002022-10-11T18:22:34.269-04:00Anon 2:53 - Those are only the gaits common to all...Anon 2:53 - Those are only the gaits common to all horses, not all gaits. Various breeds (Saddlebreds, Paso Finos, Tennessee Walking Horse, Missouri Fox Trotter, et al) have other gaits, perfectly natural to them but selectively bred for by humans/ Among these gaits are the pace, rack, running walk, Tölt, the paso fino, paso cordo, paso largo, trocha, and the fox trot. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambling_gait" rel="nofollow">Wiki</a> Apparently, all gaited horses derive from one singular ancestor with a specific gene.Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58607944305196279712022-10-11T18:17:38.082-04:002022-10-11T18:17:38.082-04:00@otherDavid - "As of yet" sounds complet...@otherDavid - "As of yet" sounds completely normal to me. I say it, and I've heard others say it. There's even an award winning movie from the Tribeca Film Festival last year called "As of Yet." These sorts of colloquialisms can be highly regional or generational, so it doesn't surprise me that some haven't heard of it (though this feels way more common and less generational to me than something like "yeet," which I know well from reading a lot of social media comments and having two young children.)<br /><br />Overall, I was a bit surprised by the several foreign language clues -- luckily, I took French in high school, and the Russian was a gimme, but seemed a bit much, especially for a Tuesday. <br /><br />Finished in under average time. Nothing in retrospect seemed particularly hard to me, but it just a while to finish. Perhaps the iPhone solve lost me a minute or two, as I have fat fingers and constantly have to retype my fills (if I catch the errors.)<br /><br /><br />"Claro" I only know from crosswords -- I know I've seen it before, and I can never remember if it's "claro" or "charo" or something similar.<br /><br />My stumbling points were LIMN (never heard of it) and LUCA (sounds vaguely familiar), but I needed the crosses to figure those out (and I still thought LIMN was somehow wrong.) Oh, and no idea what PACER is, either. Hasn't come up with my kids and I don't remember it from K-12 gym in the 80s and early 90s. All I remember is some Presidential Fitness Medal or something like that.<br /><br />"Rockin Robin" was, for some reason, my favorite song as an 8th grader in 1988. I guess I just liked the oldies. Loved jamming out to it on the piano in the music room, and even got my classmates to lake it. I'd throw in some Motley Crue "Home Sweet Home" afterwards to bring the musical performance to at least the same decade (I had no idea it was released in 1981 -- it was still a big song in my grammar school.)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Peter Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358201722058061544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53480799360950707412022-10-11T17:58:19.530-04:002022-10-11T17:58:19.530-04:00@robin 12:42 it's my birthday too! You, me and...@robin 12:42 it's my birthday too! You, me and Eleanor Roosevelt!Camilitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828952049318428219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18416420892592016652022-10-11T17:57:18.219-04:002022-10-11T17:57:18.219-04:00The reason this happens is some people like to be ...The reason this happens is some people like to be adventurous with their newborn (especially) girls' names and they try a boys name, the name becomes a "sissy" name for boys and so another one lost.dgdnoreply@blogger.com