tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6590665329780063067..comments2024-03-28T11:54:29.605-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Jean-Luc of the U.S.S. Enterprise / MON 7-27-15 / Slapping stooge / Zoo heavyweight, informally / DoofusRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74552384243280928252015-08-31T19:27:27.537-04:002015-08-31T19:27:27.537-04:00What did I say THIS time that got me censored?????...What did I say THIS time that got me censored?????spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13695813089961866772015-08-31T11:50:47.103-04:002015-08-31T11:50:47.103-04:00@Anon 11:57 - ever consider it might have somethin...@Anon 11:57 - ever consider it might have something to do with the vowel-consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel of his name? I'm no xword constructor, but words like OBAMA are golden.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84588441836342930762015-08-31T11:33:48.856-04:002015-08-31T11:33:48.856-04:00Let me RECAP – lotsa NAMEs. Yeah, that’s the theme...Let me RECAP – lotsa NAMEs. Yeah, that’s the theme, but EVENSO, it’s just overflowing.<br /><br />Of the NAMEd theme answers I’d give definite yeah baby status to one, on-the-bubble to another, and the third? ONO!<br /><br />I walked along with DARYLHANNAH (the yeah baby) one day during filming of Grumpy Old Men on the grounds of the church where I am a member. She was talking on one of those large-ish cell phones of that era – and I believe it was to John-John, if I eavesdropped correctly. As I was sort of in her company, I got inside the barriers to the filming area, while all the other locals were cordoned off on the other side of the street. All those other big stars were there too, including yeah baby ANN-Margaret. Memorable afternoon.<br /><br />All in all, it’s hard to PAEAN a Mon-puz. One way ORR the other.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44694375789036826822015-08-31T11:16:56.185-04:002015-08-31T11:16:56.185-04:00OBAMAMANIA may soon shift to daughter Malia, fast ...OBAMAMANIA may soon shift to daughter Malia, fast becoming a "yeah baby." I never did have it for HIM, though the side-by-side is amusing. And right alongside that is the "y.b." in residence today: DARYLHANNAH.<br /><br />More WOEs than usual for a Monday. I know zero album titles, so 1-down and 39-across had to come from crosses, as did GEORGE who apparently didn't last as long as J. Edgar. I didn't actually uncover the theme TIL I started to fill the revealing line with a few downs. PAEAN and ATTAR not WOEs but a tad un-Mondayish. Though Mr. TENET is a bit outside the fame spotlight, theme and entries were solid. The fill, with its INS and TOS, is not Burnikel's AGAME (I hope), but not too bad considering the plethora of threes in this grid. B-.<br /><br />And just remember: if you see ATOYOTA backing up...it's still ATOYOTA.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87879451776279671682015-08-31T10:21:19.019-04:002015-08-31T10:21:19.019-04:00ARARAT ATTAR
ONEON lights I ADORE you, ATONE time...ARARAT ATTAR<br /><br />ONEON lights I ADORE you, ATONE time so UGLY ORR so GRANDE,<br />EVENSO IGIVE you credit, OMAN, you make YOKOONO look like eye candy.<br /><br />--- ANN PALINDROMES<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64867032025343553582015-07-28T11:57:25.858-04:002015-07-28T11:57:25.858-04:00@Barak, while this OBAMA clue was neutral, most in...@Barak, while this OBAMA clue was neutral, most in the NYT have bordered on fawning. Further the shear frequency of OBAMA sightings in the NYT puzzles is ipso facto fawning. OBAMA on average appears nearly ever week - sometimes several in one week. I don't think I've missed a puzzle beginning with Bush's presidency and can't recall BUSH EVER appearing. Numbers say it all. Bitter? But clearly unhappy with this narcissist who is doing everything in his power to march the country hard to the left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91972582681481316572015-07-27T23:20:16.882-04:002015-07-27T23:20:16.882-04:00TY @T. smh2TY @T. smh2Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44158566168048274632015-07-27T23:08:33.247-04:002015-07-27T23:08:33.247-04:00@Leapfinger, had to look up the smh myself - per U...@Leapfinger, had to look up the smh myself - per Urban Dictionary, it equals 'shaking my head,.<br /><br />@Anon 10:43, impressive.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86782531325058801112015-07-27T22:43:11.105-04:002015-07-27T22:43:11.105-04:00Loofahs in a violin. In a gap in my hymn, I, Pagan...Loofahs in a violin. In a gap in my hymn, I, Paganini, lo I vanish, a fool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9304319061896405552015-07-27T22:26:14.675-04:002015-07-27T22:26:14.675-04:00Say hey! On a hot day, a splash of cold water can ...Say hey! On a hot day, a splash of cold water can be very welcome! Right, Doctor MAsters?<br /><br />"Make it snappy with the RECAP, Pappy!"<br />Anyone else remember that Carling's O'Keefe RECAP Ale jingle from wa-aay back? (Maybe you had to be in Canada or the UK) The Black Label slogan was "Mabel, Black Label!". That had to be some good advertising, to be a mindsticker after [all those] years, and it gave me a snappy start to the puzzle.<br /><br />Like many others noticed there was a GRATE many reversible words in the fill, and love what @LMS did with Errol Flynn and Laszlo Lowenstein, what @Eva did with Aveeno. I didn't see if anyone mentioned the grid having a double (insert that lms word here) with TOS-SOT. Also,xwp stalwart AMY Camus is there,ready to SING her EVENSOng.<br /><br />TAROT: TO RAT is to SING, and any dirty RAT that does should be left out tarot.<br />Would you like some BALSA for your model airplane? Thanks, I'll take a slab or two!<br /><br />Thought this was noway an autopilot solve as some Mondays can be, and was a bit of a NItwit about NIMROD. Also, I'm taxing @Rhino with making me slow to see HIPPO.<br /><br />@OISK, I was familiar with AVEENO, and, just like you, it has made me think of Aveenu Malkeinu. I think there must be something about those lines, because just a little further on there's "O say [can you see?] imanu tz'dakah va'chesed".<br /><br />@NCAPrez, re humblebrags,... smh = ??? If anyone else knows, pls help.<br /><br />@FrostMo, best of luck with the pub, er, with the bar.<br /><br />@False Dauphin, fun having you with us, but I tell you, that "Hannah is a Palindrome" made me think. I just can't see how it wasn't Otto who was 'mercilessly picked on in the first instance, and I lay the whole inverted affair at the feet of institutionalized gender astigmatism.<br /><br />That's all she ROTE.<br />Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5821757499470992632015-07-27T19:38:24.921-04:002015-07-27T19:38:24.921-04:00Damn...*practical*, not parasitical!Damn...*practical*, not parasitical!Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82909923394597418902015-07-27T19:37:32.620-04:002015-07-27T19:37:32.620-04:00@loren...well, I certainly know that you are not a...@loren...well, I certainly know that you are not at all the manipulative type (trickster, parasitical joker, yes...but not manipulator), so I didn't *really* think you were trying to trip us up...but I just wouldn't just cry "you screwed up!" at the top of my lungs...<br />And good thing I didn't, considering as how I missed crowing about LADYGAGA, or finding all your PALINDROMES too. (I did notice gateman name tag...that's the only one.<br /><br />@teed... Must be beautiful riding a palindrome on a velodrome by Lake Pepin! Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31757597989778607202015-07-27T19:13:57.438-04:002015-07-27T19:13:57.438-04:00PALINDROMES - I like both the word and the concept...PALINDROMES - I like both the word and the concept. Maybe I like the word a little too much because it was a source of embarrassment earlier this year. I was doing a 72 mile ride around Lake Pepin in SE Minnesota. I had been playing Hare and Tortoise with a couple of tandem bikes and had just gotten passed again. I started up a conversation with the guy next to me, a stranger, and we discussed the dynamics of two people on a bike versus one, and the efficacy of drafting. I said something like, "Yeah, riding in a palindrome really has an amazing effect on your speed." Pause. "Did you mean 'peloton'? "Yes, what did, oh, I said palindrome didn't I?" Cue red face and some sputtering about not having slept well....Shortly after that, he sped away and I was left to squirm in peace.<br /><br />@Lewis, thanks for the heads-up on @lms' contributions, I think I spotted the two plus reviver. And @LMS, of course, for the extra puzzle.<br /><br />And thanks, DSN and ZB.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56825064903970112132015-07-27T16:29:03.337-04:002015-07-27T16:29:03.337-04:00Eve@ 1:07: I see what you did there. One Eva Ave...Eve@ 1:07: I see what you did there. One Eva Aveeno indeed! semordnilap spotternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83925161223879247982015-07-27T16:20:21.442-04:002015-07-27T16:20:21.442-04:00@MDMA - Seems @Leapy just threw a bucket of cold w...@MDMA - Seems @Leapy just threw a bucket of cold water on your explanation of green paint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23986808496400284972015-07-27T15:40:26.660-04:002015-07-27T15:40:26.660-04:00@Leapfinger, you're absolutely right, I missed...@Leapfinger, you're absolutely right, I missed that.<br /><br />And speaking of groanworthy things that just dawned on me, there is @OISK's final sentence.<br /><br />I am slow on the uptake today. MDMAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24181863105994982962015-07-27T15:22:00.222-04:002015-07-27T15:22:00.222-04:00@MDMA, I agree with you that 'cold water' ...@MDMA, I agree with you that 'cold water' and 'warm water ' are both green paint, but 'hot water' is not.<br /><br />On the face of it, that seems a rather odd sentence.<br /><br />LFLeapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76245487605299857422015-07-27T13:48:13.900-04:002015-07-27T13:48:13.900-04:00Here is what @Nancy said: "NAME, at 32A, is ...Here is what @Nancy said: "NAME, at 32A, is about as green paintish an answer as I've ever seen. I didn't love it."<br /><br />Please explain to us NIMRODs in what impressive and novel literary sense the term "Green Paint" was used in that sentence? <br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71412903328140955602015-07-27T13:44:31.162-04:002015-07-27T13:44:31.162-04:00@mathgent: True, she wasn't using it literall...@mathgent: True, she wasn't using it literally. She was using it incorrectly. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69653731381380011072015-07-27T13:27:16.580-04:002015-07-27T13:27:16.580-04:00I think that some posters need to reread @Nancy...I think that some posters need to reread @Nancy's explanation of her use of "green paint." She's wasn't using it literally.<br /><br />@mdma: Nice discussion of the term "green paint," especially that "green paint" is no longer an example of a "green paint" entry. I think that there is a term for self-contradictory terms like that but I can't remember it.mathgentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14426541215502749112015-07-27T13:15:02.690-04:002015-07-27T13:15:02.690-04:00Sleapy solos.
Max Reger
Hat keine Träger.
Sleapy solos.<br /><br />Max Reger<br />Hat keine Träger.<br /><br />George PALindromenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9089698389864800102015-07-27T13:11:13.209-04:002015-07-27T13:11:13.209-04:00Is "green paint" an example of synecdoch...Is "green paint" an example of synecdoche in that it is an element of a set of unsatisfactory answers that is used to represent the entire set?r.alphbunkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657275501845781384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39961458503053366662015-07-27T13:10:21.019-04:002015-07-27T13:10:21.019-04:00"This seemed like a straight-over-the-plate M..."This seemed like a straight-over-the-plate Monday. My time was a bit over my average Monday (3:13), but I had a few typos (the danger of only solving on my phone, which is how I solve 95% of the time). Also, I was taking my time because I knew I had to blog about it when I was done."<br /><br />Humblebrag alert. smh<br /><br /><br /><br />Dorothy Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06148036083217174024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35396285680993861222015-07-27T13:07:02.130-04:002015-07-27T13:07:02.130-04:00Evita lived in the high and dry desert in Argentin...Evita lived in the high and dry desert in Argentina. Peron was one Eva aveeno could have helped! Eve Peronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74356583626925940402015-07-27T12:36:00.814-04:002015-07-27T12:36:00.814-04:00I first learned the word PAEAN at the time of the ...I first learned the word PAEAN at the time of the USS Pueblo crisis. The commander of the ship, which had been captured by the North Koreans, was forced to make a public "confession" of his misdeeds. During the performance, he said something like "We PAEAN the North Koreans" - but made sure to pronounce the word "pee-on."Martel Moopsbanenoreply@blogger.com