tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post665823550576281932..comments2024-03-29T10:16:11.858-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Alternative to ChapStick / THU 11-21-19 / Channing with 14-year NBA career / Alki for Washington State / Peak in Thessaly / Sound recording copyright symbolsRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61754846615356074482019-12-26T21:13:25.021-05:002019-12-26T21:13:25.021-05:00This is also one of the best reviews I've seen...This is also one of the best reviews I've seen by Rex of a tough puzzle for some time.<br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51017940622786512252019-12-26T18:52:15.520-05:002019-12-26T18:52:15.520-05:00Tough if not the toughest Thursday I've encoun...Tough if not the toughest Thursday I've encountered in a long time. Yet, also one of the the most interesting and tricky to deal with. <br /><br />Got three of the GAPs, but that was it. The GAP in SINGAPOREANS EVADEd me, causing collateral damage<br /><br />Some tough fill, too. "Alki" is MOTTO for Washington State? What?? I've lived in Oregon for many years and never heard that. What does it mean, anyway?<br /><br />Conflicting feelings about this one, but basically like it. <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34628560506608504932019-12-26T18:02:47.141-05:002019-12-26T18:02:47.141-05:00I live in Seattle. Our most popular beach park is...I live in Seattle. Our most popular beach park is Alki Point. The plaque there says the settlement was named New York, Alki, which means New York, Bye and Bye (not BYE, BYE, BYE!). But I never knew that was the state motto until today.<br /><br />Happy Boxing Day, Syndicats! (Don't see Cats! The Movie)Wooody2004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-322655447044182722019-12-26T17:47:53.822-05:002019-12-26T17:47:53.822-05:00For CLARITY: ever had EXTRA 'help' writing...For CLARITY: ever had EXTRA 'help' writing your name in the snow? <br />BAD IDEA.BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67287044417307856202019-12-26T14:41:20.893-05:002019-12-26T14:41:20.893-05:00I have a MINDTHEGAP baseball cap from my ’07 Londo...I have a MINDTHEGAP baseball cap from my ’07 London trip. Probably means nothing if you haven’t been there. MAYA Rudolph can’t EVADE a yeah baby today. That’s enough rebus puzzles for me this year.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15964692324838397762019-12-26T14:12:02.108-05:002019-12-26T14:12:02.108-05:00Any time I "get" a rebus correctly I cou...Any time I "get" a rebus correctly I count that as a prize-winning finish.<br /><br />But I must admit that the SE corner flummoxed me. I've lived in Washington (the big one) for almost 30 years, and never, ever heard of the "MOTTO" alki. Alki. Whatev...<br /><br />Lion City? EWOS? FRYE? I've heard of SIMP, but not o often. And shouldn't tat have gotten a "?" or "briefly" in the clue? <br /><br />that's all I've got...<br /><br />Diana, Lady-i9n-Waiting for Crosswords<br />Still working off yesterday's wonderful holiday mealDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14703174203579713922019-12-26T14:07:59.542-05:002019-12-26T14:07:59.542-05:00ROSIE STILL PETS
ROSIE took ELIAS to THE PARTY
to...ROSIE STILL PETS<br /><br />ROSIE took ELIAS to THE PARTY<br />to ATTRACT some TACTILE romance,<br />but it’s a BADIDEA to ACT too ARTSY,<br />she MISAIMs and he PEES on his PANTS.<br /><br />--- MAYA REGAN-NESS<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21315923868955225112019-12-26T12:41:13.910-05:002019-12-26T12:41:13.910-05:00You see there, Will? "Pretense," a perfe...You see there, Will? "Pretense," a perfectly good Thursday clue for ACT. See how easy that was?<br /><br />And that's almost the last time the word "easy" will apply to this thorny puzzle.* I had a very similar INIT. pass over the clue list to OFC's. Trusty old REGAN, the good one, got me started in the SW, where I stumbled across YOGAPANTS crossing ICE [space] AGE, and so immediately grasped both ways of the "McGuffin." That turned the revealer into a *gimme (we just recently had a discussion about MINDTHEGAP), and then of course, *25-across, duh.<br /><br />STILL, really, it felt like a hard solve. I'd have to say, medium-challenging, mainly because of some MEANLY cluing, meant to make us MISAIM. But hey, it ain't Monday. Had SnIP instead of SKIP, a rare single-letter alternative that makes sense. This clue could be inserted into a Brit-style contest crossword, where you have no cross for the second letter and have to guess. <br /><br />DOD is the fetching ROSIE Perez, as seen in "White Men Can't Jump." Above-average effort, even with the RCD and our favorite crutch, SSN. Birdie, with CLARITY.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81848528120873529342019-11-23T13:39:59.588-05:002019-11-23T13:39:59.588-05:00It's just the "Medal of Honor".It's just the "Medal of Honor".Mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01098743176079304484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43821723208289061372019-11-21T22:20:31.449-05:002019-11-21T22:20:31.449-05:00@joe dipinto 6:09. It was a huge LIRR campaign, ma...@joe dipinto 6:09. It was a huge LIRR campaign, maybe 15 years ago or so. I’m not sure the subways were part of it, although even if they had had announcements on the subway platforms, who could have possibly heard them, ha ha! The subways don’t have wide gaps though, and the platforms tend to be straight so I don’t think anyone could fall through. In addition to the public awareness campaign, the LIRR also added boards to the platforms to bring them closer to the train, and retrofitted the train doorways with a floorplate that extends further out. It must have worked, because the incidents seemed to stop. That’s all behind me now, I’m retired and living in the “country” up in Rhode Island! Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77656067257706455582019-11-21T21:06:17.111-05:002019-11-21T21:06:17.111-05:00@JC, amigo.....AHA (accent on the last A)...Knew y...@JC, amigo.....AHA (accent on the last A)...Knew you'd come through...I send you a PRAYER<br />@Kathy 5:53... I thought MISAIM needed another S. Looks all sorts or wrong, doesn't it?<br />@Giskarrd.....I know. I whip mine. GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21011968274576180612019-11-21T20:57:29.855-05:002019-11-21T20:57:29.855-05:00AL-KI
MIS-AIM
Cortège and POSSE
AVER/AVOW Mystifi...<a href="https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol/washington/state-motto/bye-and-bye-al-ki-or-alki" rel="nofollow">AL-KI</a><br />MIS-AIM<br /><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cortege" rel="nofollow">Cortège</a> and <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posse" rel="nofollow">POSSE</a><br /><br />AVER/AVOW Mystification is Enya’s latest album. Yoko Ono does vocals and Brian Eno is on the Moog.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85808127504891525072019-11-21T20:14:18.789-05:002019-11-21T20:14:18.789-05:00The NW was what killed me on this. I had a couple ...The NW was what killed me on this. I had a couple of GAP rebuses before I sorted the revealer. YOGA PANTS got me. This was a nice tough Thursday. Gave me many hours of enjoyment. Richardf8https://www.blogger.com/profile/17529101042863259910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24758341806637231622019-11-21T19:46:05.952-05:002019-11-21T19:46:05.952-05:00You don’t beat eggs?You don’t beat eggs?Giskarrrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089604316687389285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86893980598101651182019-11-21T18:09:18.612-05:002019-11-21T18:09:18.612-05:00@Kathy – I don't ride the LIRR very often but ...@Kathy – I don't ride the LIRR very often but I think I have seen the signs. I don't remember ever hearing an announcement though. And I've ridden the subway almost daily since I was 14 and I've definitely *never* heard such an announcement. I'm surprised Quasimojo said it was common.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68739210026875940842019-11-21T17:53:57.877-05:002019-11-21T17:53:57.877-05:00I got about three quarters through before I had to...I got about three quarters through before I had to ask for help. I did get off to a fast start because, as a former commuter, I was familiar with Mind the Gap. So, the puzzle was fun, but I haven't finished a Thursday perfectly yet. And that’s ok, Thursdays begin the days for the experts to frolic, and it sounds like it was a blast for them. And I have something to aspire to. <br /><br />@Joe dipinto. I commuted on the Long Island Railroad for many years. A number of years ago they started a campaign to Watch the Gap—signs, announcements, the works. There had been an inexplicable number of persons falling into the gap between the car and the platform, especially when the platform was curved. There were all sorts of gory stories in the newspaper of people falling down to the tracks below; I’m sure it was a legal nightmare. The campaign was based on its British counterpart, Mind the Gap. <br /><br />Speaking of gory @Dorothy Biggs. ROFL...cannabilistic underpinnings...<br /><br />Misaim, is that a word? <br />Alki. A motto. Can anyone explain this to me?<br />Cortège, a posse?Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37087236858360843812019-11-21T17:35:46.016-05:002019-11-21T17:35:46.016-05:00@Joe Dipinto, Bringer of Bugaboos
GET THEE BEHIND...@Joe Dipinto, Bringer of Bugaboos<br /><br />GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN!!<br /><br />Too true - there are many of these rascally crossword fraternal twins, which nettle me like so many gnats. I've been known to utter a clearly audible "ugh!" here and there whenever they raise their ugly, evil heads.<br /><br />Then again, just accepting their inevitability and moving on to more important things like what's trending on Facebook and the wisdom of 3am tweets would probably be the way to go.<br />Frantic Slothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614296873700797321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90328073486425430412019-11-21T16:59:53.390-05:002019-11-21T16:59:53.390-05:00@Frantic Sloth – once you've mastered the ELUD...@Frantic Sloth – once you've mastered the ELUDE/EVADE/sometimesAVOID Conundrum, you can tackle the AVER/AVOW Mystification.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47790272470061556542019-11-21T16:53:06.088-05:002019-11-21T16:53:06.088-05:00@ RooMonster, BOAG -
Thanks for the tip. That'...@ RooMonster, BOAG -<br /><br />Thanks for the tip. That's what I usually do - only took me {mumble mumble} years of doing crosswords to figure that out! Guess I'm looking for a cheap "fix" that will never exist. <br /><br />Frantic Sloth, frantically slothing<br />Frantic Slothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614296873700797321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8044471438288203392019-11-21T16:07:46.103-05:002019-11-21T16:07:46.103-05:00Fun theme, and if you have kids in your life, I...Fun theme, and if you have kids in your life, I'd highly recommend Rosie Revere, Engineer and the rest of the books in that series (Iggy Peck, Architect and Ada Twist, Scientist). They are some of my daughter's favorites.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03276442217102009518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11012170619593185642019-11-21T15:57:33.460-05:002019-11-21T15:57:33.460-05:00@Frantuc Sloth
One thing you can do is right in E_...@Frantuc Sloth<br />One thing you can do is right in E__DE and wait on crosses. I do stuff like that all the time, ala, __ST for EAST WEST, ALI_ for ALII ALIA, A_H for AAH AHH, etc.<br /><br />Saves hair tearing and ink spots.<br /><br />RooMonster Bit Of Advice GuyRooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76367543485806915102019-11-21T15:18:36.512-05:002019-11-21T15:18:36.512-05:00First time I ever finished in less than 2X Rex'...First time I ever finished in less than 2X Rex's time (11 something). I call that progress.DigitalDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620300502981292088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42097055527164341592019-11-21T15:05:44.786-05:002019-11-21T15:05:44.786-05:00@Daniel Loved your EOS/Orioles analogy.
@Loren Mu...@Daniel Loved your EOS/Orioles analogy.<br /><br />@Loren Muse Smith Stop! (or DON'T stop) You slay me! I'll see your Hallmark Christmas Movie/Bachelor in Paradise humiliation and raise you a 90-day Fiance.<br />I stopped reading comments after your post because what could possibly top winning the interwebseriesoftubes?<br /><br />I really enjoyed this puzzle and the theme - though, like Rex, it took some slogging...at first. Then, revealer = zipping along! But, I must say for the record that I swear that I will never, ever, as long as I live, in the name of God, the saints, and all that is holy, master the ELUDE/EVADE conundrum. I can't decide if it's a mental block or just cruel and unusual xword punishment.<br /><br />Maybe somebody out there has a trick?<br />Frantic Slothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614296873700797321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51293775425947066452019-11-21T13:51:30.570-05:002019-11-21T13:51:30.570-05:00Now that I recall it, there was a GAP puzzle recen...Now that I recall it, there was a GAP puzzle recently because I noted then, as now, that Vincent D'Onofrio won (but only really, nominated) an Emmy for playing a guy caught between the subway car and platform on "Homicide". If WS can repeat a theme, I can repeat collateral.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53214410999162932952019-11-21T13:43:51.889-05:002019-11-21T13:43:51.889-05:00Did not know EOS or PEE as clued. No idea that alk...Did not know EOS or PEE as clued. No idea that alki was a MOTTO. It means by and by or bye and bye or hope for the future as in the great by(e) and by(e) however that is spelled. Above average motto to be sure. ALKI would be the answer to the clue "Shortest state motto". Or am I wrong about that?<br /><br />I guess kids in the theater are ARTSY by being in the theater arts, but is the normally pejorative sense of the word are most of them?<br /><br />No problem with BEAT or MISAIM or SKIP.<br /><br />Many spiders are kept as pets. Tarantula more common than black widows. Why is it worth yelling about?<br /><br />Too tough for me to finish without and barely with cheats. But fun and clever from beginning to end.<br /><br />Late yesterday I made a comment that toe the line is the correct form but I liked the parallel imagery of tow the line too, but apparently made a hash of my explanation to the extent that I was charged with not knowing the correct definition of toe the line. Several posters also expressed confusion at what tow the line would even mean. Imagine a group of men pulling a disabled car uphill by use of a rope. The men tow the wagon. The rope is a straight line. The men are in a straight line. They are all working pulling in precisely the same way and as one to keep to the same goal. This image seems to me to generally suggest both common meanings of toe the line.<br />albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.com