tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post667883641506755338..comments2024-03-28T11:56:29.848-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Elsa's younger sister in Frozen / TUE 4-11-17 / Motto for modern risk taker for short / Gradually slowing in music / Bill who popularizes scienceRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80007399965886974052017-05-16T18:29:48.538-04:002017-05-16T18:29:48.538-04:00Mr Parker I had problems with the same clues that ...Mr Parker I had problems with the same clues that you had but still solved it without hints or any errors. As you no doubt did as well. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92079986780620003422017-05-16T16:39:34.419-04:002017-05-16T16:39:34.419-04:00@rainy and @lady di-- Right, the "been done b...@rainy and @lady di-- Right, the "been done before" criticism is, let's say...a bit presumptuous as well as tiresome.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85961126329067688482017-05-16T15:47:57.869-04:002017-05-16T15:47:57.869-04:00Using my non-patented "answer random clues th...Using my non-patented "answer random clues that I know I know" method, I had the revealer kinda earlyish. My know/know answers gave me a lot of acreage, and it was pretty easy to complete the themers and oddities like HOLIDAY. So an easier than usual Tuesday for me. <br /><br />Who cares if "it's been done." Yeah - I've seen puzzles using words before, but I get over it. <br /><br />@Burma - splendid<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87187651087799837312017-05-16T15:05:29.993-04:002017-05-16T15:05:29.993-04:00AMERICANADA, or in the current political climate, ...AMERICANADA, or in the current political climate, maybe not quite UNITED NATIONS anymore, not unlike Mexicolombia. <br /><br />Mistake! I read @Rex today. I mean, I'm so tired of the "been done before. Here let me show you. And here's a tweet supporting me". It is so infantile. I wonder how constructors feel when their puzzle is accepted by the NYT, only to see how it is treated in the blog slaughter house.<br /><br />As for me, I liked this, having not recalled anything similar and also enjoyng the solve. LOTSA nice words and clues. Great revealer, visually and orally.<br /><br />@Burma Shave - really good one - well, they're all good.<br />So is this puzzle.<br /><br />rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2473201818680299102017-05-16T14:14:56.610-04:002017-05-16T14:14:56.610-04:00Wait a sec, am I from OHIOWA? Or ALABAMAINE? FLORI...Wait a sec, am I from OHIOWA? Or ALABAMAINE? FLORIDAHO? NEW MEXICOLORADO? Oh, that’s a different puz: UNITED States. But this one was decent, especially for a Tuesday.<br /><br />WOEISME. Going through a real estate transaction and there’s a lot of LASTNAME and SIGNHERE stuff with all the forms.<br /><br />Enough Frozen already. Haven’t seen it to know who ANNA is, but with all the clues we get, IKNOW too much about the thing. I’d’ve gone with yeah baby ANNA Kendrick to GAZEINTO those eyes, maybe she’d BEANANGEL to me. <br /><br />This puz was more than OKAY.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39673807246059129102017-05-16T14:12:24.392-04:002017-05-16T14:12:24.392-04:00Liked this a lot better than Rex (surprise!). Clev...Liked this a lot better than Rex (surprise!). Clever theme, revealer, and themers. UNITED NATIONS indeed.<br /><br />The DEEN/ANDORRA/LAYER cluster provided a little bite as did AKIRA, AKIO, and, in the NE corner, ANNA and IONIC.<br /><br />Thoreau's SECLUSION was pretty good one, too.<br /><br />Maybe even SICK for a Tuesday.<br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26251192906820703862017-05-16T12:08:50.655-04:002017-05-16T12:08:50.655-04:00USER DATA
IKNOW LOTSA STONERS who’ve TAKEN ACID, ...USER DATA<br /><br />IKNOW LOTSA STONERS who’ve TAKEN ACID, OKAY,<br />they GAZEINTO space UNTIL they get SICK and swoon.<br />In SECLUSION they WISH they’d have TAKEN a HOLIDAY<br />to SWITZERLANDORRA place like the MOON.<br /><br />--- ABNER DEEN<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6431992780831460942017-05-16T11:18:38.838-04:002017-05-16T11:18:38.838-04:00@rondo: To be sure, Katharine McPhee would be a ho...@rondo: To be sure, Katharine McPhee would be a hottie in any setting--but in THAT scene? I left immediately for a cold shower. Though not in today's grid, she just HAS to be the honorary DOD.<br /><br />As it happens, the revealer clue was at the top of the column, so drew my attention, as did the chilling clue under that one from the Liam Neeson thriller TAKEN, which is where I started. Finished in the NW again, but this time not because of difficulty--it just happened to be my path. I did for a moment consider endofDAY for 4-down.<br /><br />Along the way, I found another candidate for Clue of the Year: "High achievers?" Absolutely hilarious. I loved it. Not that I have any personal experience...oh, no. Not ME. Uh, let's just move on.<br /><br />There's LOTSA fun stuff in here, and only a stray RTZ to really carp about; maybe the AKIO/IKEA and ALOE/ALIA crosses were, shall we say, uninspired (one too many Japanese NAMES, IMO), but all in all a nice Tuesday. Birdie. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-949973942961646572017-05-16T08:33:20.978-04:002017-05-16T08:33:20.978-04:00@spacey - how about that "Mama's pent up&...@spacey - how about that "Mama's pent up","Buckle up" finale? Lucky Walter. <br />Puz comments later.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34726159156457706532017-04-12T02:25:20.777-04:002017-04-12T02:25:20.777-04:00I agree. I've been playing classical music in ...I agree. I've been playing classical music in one kind of group or another for over 60 years by and I've never seen it. Another marking is "rallentando." On the other hand, it IS in the dictionary. I suspect a non-musician did this puzzle!Dolgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881395438982320077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24443166965597905692017-04-11T23:45:22.933-04:002017-04-11T23:45:22.933-04:00Christmas time.Christmas time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53090358400843593232017-04-11T22:58:26.202-04:002017-04-11T22:58:26.202-04:00Hated this one. Couldn't get the theme and som...Hated this one. Couldn't get the theme and some of the clues and answers Didn't gel with me. <br />Awesome/ sick<br />Office closing time - a holiday is not a time <br />Mush/mash - olio? <br />Yolo?<br />Looking forward to tommorrow <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05288210877590952551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21301224418191377582017-04-11T20:13:30.660-04:002017-04-11T20:13:30.660-04:00Fun, fast puzzle, without the ick factor of yester...Fun, fast puzzle, without the ick factor of yesterday's.Punctuated equilibriumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76441229440466838682017-04-11T19:37:13.225-04:002017-04-11T19:37:13.225-04:00After seeing Rex's link to "Around the Wo...After seeing Rex's link to "Around the World," I looked up Lisa Steinfield to remind myself who she was. Turns out today is her birthday. Happy birthday, Lisa!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824406228140147231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20046737879261341142017-04-11T18:34:06.301-04:002017-04-11T18:34:06.301-04:00Lentando is not a musical term. Period. Lentando is not a musical term. Period. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17390632388227183432017-04-11T16:32:42.827-04:002017-04-11T16:32:42.827-04:00To anyone who wishes to revisit yesterday's co...To anyone who wishes to revisit yesterday's controversy, here's a piece by NYT Public Editor about it: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/public-editor/a-crossword-as-a-second-chance-troubles-many-readers.html .Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65621212274109927942017-04-11T15:31:13.643-04:002017-04-11T15:31:13.643-04:00Same here...Same here...RMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398002552776979133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50287317329003372582017-04-11T15:27:15.564-04:002017-04-11T15:27:15.564-04:00"SWAMI, SWAMI, How I love ya, How I love ya, ..."SWAMI, SWAMI, How I love ya, How I love ya, My Dear Old SWAMI!"Warren Howie Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40647725667244843462017-04-11T15:13:52.806-04:002017-04-11T15:13:52.806-04:00Monday-fast for me. I have no idea why. This theme...Monday-fast for me. I have no idea why. This theme was fun, and its extrapolations by the commentariat are even better, so a Pow in my book too. But I have to say the "Bean Angel" patron saint of chili wins visual of the day. Not counting that taco (thanks for that).BarbieBarbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1203153880963108312017-04-11T14:29:50.510-04:002017-04-11T14:29:50.510-04:00Loved this puzzle. Never saw it coming but when I...Loved this puzzle. Never saw it coming but when I got it, had to say the 3 out loud for fun. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57581798602657507742017-04-11T14:28:45.179-04:002017-04-11T14:28:45.179-04:00@Joe Bleaux, I have to credit (who else?) Masked &...@Joe Bleaux, I have to credit (who else?) Masked & Anonymous for the coinage of "splatzing".Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81539771258877831132017-04-11T14:14:02.698-04:002017-04-11T14:14:02.698-04:00Verb o' the day: SPLATZING. I love it.Verb o' the day: SPLATZING. I love it. Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72348899862253126222017-04-11T14:00:42.585-04:002017-04-11T14:00:42.585-04:00Slightly faster than my usual time. I got slowed d...Slightly faster than my usual time. I got slowed down by having Thoreau live in a WOOD CABIN as I knew he didn't live in SECLUSION. I thought the themers were cute - and having done a fair amount of traveling/living overseas didn't have to much trouble sussing them out.tea73https://www.blogger.com/profile/04949792626860120963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48035217916571680532017-04-11T13:15:22.892-04:002017-04-11T13:15:22.892-04:00I was PAKISTAN Zoned for a while - didn't writ...I was PAKISTAN Zoned for a while - didn't write it in because having written in PAn-aSiAN Z___ first made me wary of splatzing things down willy-nilly.<br /><br />Like @Rex, my brain took a brief HOLIDAY when sussing out 4D. And then it was more like a steel block than a trap when I went for i-beAm instead of REBAR at 35A.<br /><br />@Larry Gilstrap's BEAN ANGEL got me singing the same song as all y'all - thanks, @kitshef, for putting it into words!<br /><br />LOTSA stuff to like in this mother-son collaboration - congrats to the Spitz-Roseman household!Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85099574159857828822017-04-11T13:08:59.633-04:002017-04-11T13:08:59.633-04:00NAURUGUAY
GUINEABISSAUDIARABIA
BELARUSSIA
NICARGUA...NAURUGUAY<br />GUINEABISSAUDIARABIA<br />BELARUSSIA<br />NICARGUAM<br />MYANMARSHALLISLANDS<br />NEPALESTINE(disputed)<br />kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.com