tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6565153532602517500..comments2024-03-29T07:38:33.064-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Latin diphthongs / THU 7-9-15 / Nabors title role of 1960s TV / South Pacific island nation that's only 8.1 square miles / French narrative poemRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17892194179211036382015-08-13T20:20:23.156-04:002015-08-13T20:20:23.156-04:00Yes, what @Ron Diego said at 2:26 about checking b...Yes, what @Ron Diego said at 2:26 about checking back. Even on vacation, when/if possible. Like today.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52479149082665038962015-08-13T16:24:09.432-04:002015-08-13T16:24:09.432-04:00Got it and I'm ELATEd. Hesitated at length ove...Got it and I'm ELATEd. Hesitated at length over GIANTSQUID, trying to make something of the GI to fit with "army." Didn't understand until I came here.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37917846509298332582015-08-13T14:26:06.993-04:002015-08-13T14:26:06.993-04:00P.S. to Nancy, Kathy, LeftcoastAM and all the Synd...P.S. to Nancy, Kathy, LeftcoastAM and all the Syndies. I, for one, always go back to the previous day's comments by the Syndies, so please don't feel like you're in the middle of the forest talking only to the trees. I'll bet other Syndies do likewise. The Syndie comments usually start with the Benevolent Burma Shave or the Special Spacecraft, or the Raucus Rondo. Thank you for tuning in. This commercial brought to you by Ipana.<br /><br />Ron DiegoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22343091990044491132015-08-13T12:51:24.270-04:002015-08-13T12:51:24.270-04:00Hard until the reyvealer, atnd then easyHard until the reyvealer, atnd then easyLongbeachleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945278798020339134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56045096181675433652015-08-13T12:12:56.131-04:002015-08-13T12:12:56.131-04:00I knew this puzzle would be @M&A heaven. He be...I knew this puzzle would be @M&A heaven. He believes "INYOU." That, with its cross the inimitable Gomer PYLE, was my starting point. I got the whole thing--theme and clever revealer--from that corner. Still, with Saturday-level cluing, this was no cakewalk. Biggest headscratch was that "Army" thing, which eluded me until @Pete explained it. Thanks, @Pete.<br /><br />I always thought ANYREQUESTS was an invitation for the audience to participate in the selection process, so no problem with that. Plenty of them elsewhere, though, with those sideways clues. Too numerous to list, I'll just give one example: "Jersey delivery?"<br /><br />Despite these snags, I did get through it in reasonable time. In addition to getting the theme "RIGHTONCUE," it was easy to plunk down LUNCHMONEY. Hard to come up with a murky clue on that one. SAY, medium. I liked what everybody said about the theme, plus those two Z-shaped blocks in the center, a conceit to the Z's in the constructor's name, perhaps? OES is bad, sure, but I'll leave the cow-having chores to OFL. It's no worse than an insignificant RRN. B.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6158752956820488982015-08-13T11:51:02.942-04:002015-08-13T11:51:02.942-04:00Great puzzle thanks to J. Guzzetta. I rate this M...Great puzzle thanks to J. Guzzetta. I rate this Medium after sussing out summer squash, as did Mz. Quilter. Boo and boo on the oes thing. Who cares? The giant squid clue is a bit of a stretch. Are there really words like ear-y or toe-y or knee-y? I don't think so. A better clue would have been "Arms full of terror." But I shouldn't complain cause I really enjoyed the solve. Have to admit, I looked up the spelling of Nauru. One of my tiny grey cells turned orange because orange is the new black.<br /><br />Anyway, enough of my idle jabbering.<br /><br />Ron Diego, La Mesa, CA (Where all the schoolboys have girl names and all the schoolgirls have boy names just to confuse the teachers).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69312614763759598662015-08-13T11:50:37.578-04:002015-08-13T11:50:37.578-04:00Not much time today, gotta do vacation things. Lik...Not much time today, gotta do vacation things. Like the RIGHTONCUE idea. Knew OFL would not like OES - who does?<br /><br />TAYLOR Swift, big-time yeah baby, and then some. I would OGLE or PYLE on.<br /><br />Different EOLIAN today, should one be a var.?<br /><br />CSPOT sounds more like erotica than money. C-note more common (money).<br /><br />Did the PEPSQUAD WEAR NEHIS? <br /><br />Lake Geneva calls - maybe rent a SPEEDBOAT today? <br /><br />OK Thurs-puz<br /><br />RIGHT<br /> Qrondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43394739035732612952015-08-13T11:33:13.369-04:002015-08-13T11:33:13.369-04:00ANYREQUESTS?
We were ILLEQUIPPED PORTERS alone on...ANYREQUESTS?<br /><br />We were ILLEQUIPPED PORTERS alone on NAURU,<br />but in a SPEEDBOAT came the PEPSQUAD, RIGHTONCUE.<br />They had ESPRIT and ENERGY, and we had someone to OGLE or do,<br />but they were too PROUD to make us LENDEEs, they took no IOU.<br /><br />--- LORDE TAYLOR-PYLEBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78775084913414463062015-07-10T00:17:45.732-04:002015-07-10T00:17:45.732-04:00Rex why are you always so grumpy? Rex why are you always so grumpy? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30850028536649606592015-07-09T23:48:33.495-04:002015-07-09T23:48:33.495-04:00@Tita: does "cows" and "cattle&quo...@Tita: does "cows" and "cattle" fit the bill? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73169422380230471372015-07-09T22:52:42.968-04:002015-07-09T22:52:42.968-04:00Medium-Challenging?? No, this was easy for a Thurs...Medium-Challenging?? No, this was easy for a Thursday.<br /><br />Every puzzle is going to have some bad fill, but that doesn't make it a bad puzzle. A bad puzzle has lots of bad fill and little good stuff. This puzzle, yes, has OES, but it also has SUMMERSQUASH, GIANTSQUID, RIGHTONCUE, LUNCHMONEY, JETTISONS, SPEEDBOAT, ILLEQUIPPED, ANYREQUESTS, LORDE, ELEGY, and PEPSQUAD. Plus delightful cluing for GIANTSQUID, PISTONS, AND TAYLOR.<br /><br />This not a good puzzle; it is a GREAT puzzle. This is the kind of puzzle I'd like to see every day, forever.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30725423721830565332015-07-09T22:29:23.180-04:002015-07-09T22:29:23.180-04:00Place for 2 tablets: SKYPE. My youthful hipness ...Place for 2 tablets: SKYPE. My youthful hipness screwed me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13875553180861182412015-07-09T22:12:18.434-04:002015-07-09T22:12:18.434-04:00@Bronx @9:13: I suspect Rex thinks he's capab...@Bronx @9:13: I suspect Rex thinks he's capable of having a virgin birth, bovine or otherwise. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3765320380918869882015-07-09T21:23:51.179-04:002015-07-09T21:23:51.179-04:00@JFC: You are anonymous too. Also, Rex doesn'...@JFC: You are anonymous too. Also, Rex doesn't respond to anyone on this blog, anonymice or otherwise. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37248157744644940122015-07-09T21:13:01.607-04:002015-07-09T21:13:01.607-04:00Steers have been gelded, and thus are incapable of...Steers have been gelded, and thus are incapable of impregnating anyone - even Rex. Bronxdocnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69678838091066999802015-07-09T20:14:18.310-04:002015-07-09T20:14:18.310-04:00I'm slower than Rex but I think I'm starti...I'm slower than Rex but I think I'm starting to realize why he used to refer to Anons as Anonymice and now refuses to reply to them altogether....<br /><br />JFCJFCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90160113231649845722015-07-09T19:34:05.729-04:002015-07-09T19:34:05.729-04:00
@Tita --
Speaking of singulars and plurals: Ph...<br />@Tita --<br /><br />Speaking of singulars and plurals: Phenomenon, phenomena (pl)<br /><br />;-)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69241434127209026542015-07-09T18:02:20.906-04:002015-07-09T18:02:20.906-04:00Fun puzzle. Did not catch theme until ANY REQUESTS...Fun puzzle. Did not catch theme until ANY REQUESTS.Last Thursday and today offered two fine rebuses I thoroughly enjoyed.<br />CrosswordEASE-- PEI and IOTA.<br />Liked cluing for PISTONS,IRA,POSSE and ESPRIT.<br />Thanks JG.Charles Flasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16588962898277593533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80732753874062648792015-07-09T17:34:50.839-04:002015-07-09T17:34:50.839-04:00@NCA Pres - you found another Noun with Identical ...@NCA Pres - you found another Noun with Identical Singular & Plural! Now that I see it written, I think I have heard people speak that way - it doesn't sound off to me.<br /><br />But what I was really going for was a word that forms a "normal" plural, but its synonym does not.<br />Like pounds and quid.<br /><br />I had to, of course, go down a google rabbithole on this now...<br />I found this site:<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plurals#Nouns_with_identical_singular_and_plural,<br />but it shows mostly just names of animals, for which "synonyms" don't really work...<br />(Interestingly, SQUID is one.)<br /><br /><br />Same site does list:<br /><br /><b>Stone</b> (as the measure) - <br />You weigh 100 pounds, but 7 stone. (What is it with the Brits??)<br /><br /><b>Aircraft:</b><br />A carrier can hold 90 aircraft.<br />A carrier can hold 90 planes.<br /><br />Any others? Where is @lms when we need her...doesn't she get the puzzle in Maine??Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38531291725229176262015-07-09T17:15:28.052-04:002015-07-09T17:15:28.052-04:00@JFC: It is in the realm of possibility, even lik...@JFC: It is in the realm of possibility, even likelihood, that both you and Rex are mental. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27691708914627439862015-07-09T17:00:33.726-04:002015-07-09T17:00:33.726-04:00To clarify, commenters can only remove comments if...To clarify, commenters can only remove comments if they post through their Google Account i.e. you blog name appears in blue. So, I would not be able to remove this comment. Rex, however, could.How blog comments disappearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81752221366292056332015-07-09T17:00:03.964-04:002015-07-09T17:00:03.964-04:00Challenge accepted.
I consider ANY 3-letter compa...Challenge accepted.<br /><br />I consider ANY 3-letter compass direction worse than OES clued as a Latin diphthong, which I in fact enjoyed.<br /><br />Also arbitrary 3-letter abbreviations. Mitch Hedberg explained how to abbreviate Arkansas: You start writing Arkansas and then you stop.Charles in Austinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19869938807331156222015-07-09T16:54:00.135-04:002015-07-09T16:54:00.135-04:00If the commenter removes the comment it will say:
...If the commenter removes the comment it will say:<br /><br />"Comment deleted<br />This comment has been removed by the author"<br /><br />If the blog administrator removes the comment there will be no trace of it. For confirmation of this go back about a week when Rex posted that he removed several comments related to bickering or name calling. There is no trace of those on the blog.<br /><br />If the commenter thinks he/she posted but didn't, well that's a different story.<br />How blog comments disappearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84089378319573846942015-07-09T16:52:44.230-04:002015-07-09T16:52:44.230-04:00To those who question my statement about "rem...To those who question my statement about "removed by Author" I also thought that meant the author of the comment but now believe it means the author of the Blog who has complete control over it. And I did check it as being posted before I left the site. It's Rex's blog and he can do what he wants.<br /><br />To the anonymous post who thinks I am mental, I probably am otherwise I wouldn't be here in the first place. Aside from that, do you have any reason to believe that Rex is not after reading his rant about OES?JFCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59799842242828814862015-07-09T16:37:35.976-04:002015-07-09T16:37:35.976-04:00Just watched the LORDE vidoe, and it was amazing -...Just watched the LORDE vidoe, and it was amazing - what a talent! Her vocal range spans almost a full octave! And the ennunciation - why I could understand almost half the lyrics!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com