tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6518945253517711732..comments2024-03-29T11:47:42.710-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: FRIDAY, May 4, 2007 - Manny NosowskyRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56565618712585528472007-06-15T21:07:00.000-04:002007-06-15T21:07:00.000-04:00Pretty much had all the problems that Rex had exce...Pretty much had all the problems that Rex had except I got NE pretty quickly. In NW, like Wendy et.al., I had ANN for TIM until I figured out CAPITALR. NW went quickly after that. The obscure crossings of AUBE/EDESSA (never heard of either) led me to guess AUBO (I've heard of odessa but not edessa). Also, I doubted the correctness of the double NESS in SE. SW was the hardest for me. I had to get ADELAIDE and END AS from crosses and guessing. All in all, a hard puzzle for me.<BR/><BR/>If anyone is interested, there is a brilliant (IMHO) account of the "shot heard 'round the world" in the first chapter of Don DeLillo's amazing novel Underworld. I believe it was reprinted somewhere as a short story. Much of Underworld revolves around what happened to Thomson's homerun ball.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41193980886181641882007-06-15T13:03:00.000-04:002007-06-15T13:03:00.000-04:00RexLong time reader. First comment.I try to avoid ...Rex<BR/><BR/>Long time reader. First comment.<BR/><BR/>I try to avoid your blog so I can solve as much of the puzzle as I can by myself. I do this from the delayed print version, so one problem I have is that your blog and the posted comments are so entertaining that I read ahead a few days... Makes for some disorientation when I know an answer I shouldn't, but there it is. <BR/><BR/>Only got CPAS, the pros which are oppose(d) to oboes played by counselor Troi sprayed with PAM.<BR/><BR/>MY spelling for kayakers is kyackers, so if ever I make a puzzle (yeah, right) be warned.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17517517737581295499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63039289952567090112007-05-05T10:17:00.000-04:002007-05-05T10:17:00.000-04:00Just discovered your blog while googling Aubo! I ...Just discovered your blog while googling Aubo! I try not to look things up because if I keep going back to the puzzle during the day, the answer usually emerges. But there are always those things like Aubo and Edessa which will never emerge for me, so it was nice to discover your blog. This puzzle was a weird one, because the long answers were pretty easy but those other spots were so impossible. You are my idol if you not only have time to linger over the puzzle but have time to write about it too! Thanks for the help.Helen Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02560461029370482391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51738716868674603462007-05-04T18:48:00.000-04:002007-05-04T18:48:00.000-04:00Edessa is weird...and I wasn't too keen on the bun...Edessa is weird...and I wasn't too keen on the bunking ESS suffixes either.<BR/><BR/>Still, a remarkable puzzle that is a real feat of construction (like most Nosowky's...).<BR/><BR/>Enviously,<BR/><BR/><BR/>Pen GirlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39296284053466710032007-05-04T16:43:00.000-04:002007-05-04T16:43:00.000-04:00Spelling - that's important. Complete sentences, l...Spelling - that's important. Complete sentences, less so. Tell your critic THAT.<BR/><BR/>I have to admit that I liked Manny Ramirez a lot better than I liked Manny Nosowsky this morning. The puzzle combined with my slight hangover (don't ask) nearly killed me this morning.<BR/><BR/>Onward...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27546295263731149742007-05-04T16:38:00.000-04:002007-05-04T16:38:00.000-04:00ElmerElmerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66049832648672734442007-05-04T14:29:00.000-04:002007-05-04T14:29:00.000-04:00Just a test, I tried to post a comment this mornin...Just a test, I tried to post a comment this morning from home and it wouldn't let me.<BR/><BR/>For some commenting value, I too wanted the Ann Curry/Rice but was quickly saved by a nearby Anne Rice book reminding me of the correct spelling.Alex S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07543077687426776863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27551273966075321082007-05-04T11:26:00.000-04:002007-05-04T11:26:00.000-04:00I admitted elsewhere that I had to Google to get a...I admitted elsewhere that I had to Google to get a couple of obscure answers. IT IS AN ODD THING that the longer answers were easier to get.<BR/><BR/>Even though I had CAPITAL R, I didn't quite get it until I read this, Rex. It takes a village of bloggers to explain a puzzle.Linda Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83888998000152472472007-05-04T11:16:00.000-04:002007-05-04T11:16:00.000-04:00This one was really tough. I too originally had A...This one was really tough. I too originally had ANN instead of TIM and SCHNEGEL (isn't there an artist by that name?) and I stared forever at the long ones before they came to me. In my 1st job in advertising as assistant print production manager many years ago (only a few years after Thompson's home run), the term repro was used all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27062326572592910782007-05-04T10:23:00.000-04:002007-05-04T10:23:00.000-04:00Wendy, the vampire writer is a little rounded phys...Wendy, the vampire writer is a little rounded physically, isn't she? She plumps up her first name with a nice round "e"—Anne Rice.<BR/><BR/>I need to edit my own post to mention Schlegel, who was a mystery to me.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85565709903230271622007-05-04T09:46:00.000-04:002007-05-04T09:46:00.000-04:00Also check m-w.com: Etymology: short for reproduct...Also check m-w.com: <BR/>Etymology: short for reproduction <BR/>Date: 1946 <BR/><BR/>Was troubled by the LR at the end of 1A and...not only did I google INDUS, SCHLEGEL and even ADELAIDE (wanted to get done quickly and get to work!), I finally peeked at the solution, trying to check simply whether LR was right. Unfortunately (I guess), I saw the whole CAPITAL R. Grrr. This may be the one that tilts the scale so that next time, I don't get stuck on "L R...there's no word that ends in L-R..."<BR/>AUBE and AUDE are both rivers in France. And both have départements named after them. A départements is a territorial administrative division, larger than a county, smaller than a state or province. In fact, the size was originally determined so as to be traversable in one day, on horseback, or so I've been told. The AUDE river is a popular destination for KAYAKERS. :)<BR/>My breakthrough moment on this puzzle: getting AS OLD AS THE HILLS from _S...D...LL_. <BR/>I thought of PROMISEE fairly early on, but somehow wanted it to have two Ss. Don't ask me why. Actually, I know why. In French, an S between two vowels would be pronounced z. But this is English! :] Also, briefly attempted DONENESS for "maturity."<BR/>...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13359196315624805122007-05-04T09:30:00.000-04:002007-05-04T09:30:00.000-04:00The puzzle? Too easy for a Friday, imoo. Correctly...The puzzle? Too easy for a Friday, imoo. Correctly guessed on aLi and got most of the long entries with only a letter or two.<BR/><BR/>Amy got it right on repro proofs.<BR/><BR/>Back in the early '70s, I worked in the public affairs office of a government agency where we wrote those typically impossible-to-understand pamphlets which are found in the lobbies of most government offices. We'd send our manuscripts to the Government Printing Office in DC (a truly remarkable facility, btw) and we'd get back a set of galley proofs. These were on a rag-like, brown (cheap) paper. We'd mark these up in red pencil, making corrections/additions/deletions and send them back to the GPO. Then, we'd get back a set of reproduction proofs (repros) on slick white paper. We'd edit these in blue pencil. Then several weeks later we'd trek to the GPO and do a final proof-read on the initial press run. And, then we'd hope that no one would find any errors after 30 million copies were printed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48231781246054870592007-05-04T09:17:00.000-04:002007-05-04T09:17:00.000-04:00ANN Curry/Today Show + ANN Rice/vampire novelist =...ANN Curry/Today Show + ANN Rice/vampire novelist = massive downfall in the NW corner<BR/><BR/>Not to mention Shiites for SEMITES, Persia for EDESSA, eloi for TROI (what do I know?). The long fill was pretty gettable though, which was a good feeling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14863121537798599602007-05-04T08:39:00.000-04:002007-05-04T08:39:00.000-04:00I dug around and found this definition of repro pr...I dug around and found <A HREF="http://www.answers.com/topic/repro-proof" REL="nofollow">this definition</A> of repro proof: "camera-ready proof intended for photographic reproduction on a printing plate." I never worked on the production side in publishing, but that sounds about right to me. Production departments are fond of their technical shorthand, that's for sure.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59804546359897059812007-05-04T08:20:00.000-04:002007-05-04T08:20:00.000-04:00False ______False ______Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27394897694634680332007-05-04T08:12:00.000-04:002007-05-04T08:12:00.000-04:00Just a gentle reminder for all of us kneeling at t...Just a gentle reminder for all of us kneeling at the feet of King Rex; "Your Highness" is reserved for the offspring of Rex, and we are allowed to address Him as "His Majesty."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22910475244978884662007-05-04T07:27:00.000-04:002007-05-04T07:27:00.000-04:00"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horati..."There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." ~Hamlet; Act 5, Scene 1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10788414630469831262007-05-04T07:00:00.000-04:002007-05-04T07:00:00.000-04:00Oh I understand REDO as a verb, but not as a noun....Oh I understand REDO as a verb, but not as a noun. Or, rather, I understand that it <I>is</I> a noun, I just don't hear it used that way (much, if ever).<BR/><BR/>And I know that REPRO is short for "reproduction" - just never heard it used in the sense in which it's clued.<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52527753386385567992007-05-04T06:00:00.000-04:002007-05-04T06:00:00.000-04:00Interesting how different sectors will stump diffe...Interesting how different sectors will stump different puzzlers. I got lucky on Schlegel (though I first tried Schiller, which fits but really screws you up), and the NE fell, but the SW stumped me. Tried to fit "Annapolis" where "Adelaide" went because I just couldn't see the first word before "justice to"; had "spores" for "ergots"--what a mess. Had no clue about "Nicky Katt," but I'm as old as the hills. ("Repro" is short for "reproduction," no?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41056860416602827022007-05-04T02:49:00.000-04:002007-05-04T02:49:00.000-04:00Rex,As I am new at the Friday puzzle, I finally ga...Rex,<BR/>As I am new at the Friday puzzle, I finally gave up and checked out your blog hoping you posted at night, as you have been doing this week. I teach at night so I'm up pretty late. <BR/><BR/>I thought I was just not getting it but when Your Highness, Rex says it's difficult and even he had to Google, I felt much better. I was missing about 15 letters and didn't want to Google. Had I known you had resorted to Googling, I would have as well. Wellyou don't have Rex's blog to check out. You poor thing, it's great.<BR/><BR/>Schlegel and pro and Brager were my weaknesses.<BR/><BR/>As to Redo for makeover, think redecorate: I'm redoing my office or my office needs a makeover. Repro is a new one on me. Is it short for reproof?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the early blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com