tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6718182151409953850..comments2024-03-28T18:52:07.432-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Indian flatbread / TUE 8-28-18 / Vittles / Be in a dither / Hockey feintsRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24881132016905557392018-10-03T00:31:47.360-04:002018-10-03T00:31:47.360-04:00Sorry I'm late. This one was more challenging ...Sorry I'm late. This one was more challenging than your standard Tuesday. It could have been filed a Thursday or maybe even a Friday in my opinion. Theme was okay I guess - but not anything to write home about. thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11295123147902382042018-10-02T17:28:05.913-04:002018-10-02T17:28:05.913-04:00See? See? Wheelhouses vary greatly. I found thi...See? See? Wheelhouses vary greatly. I found this right smack dab in the middle of Tuesday-worthy easy. Except for WAXONWAXOFF, which was easy to figure out. Sounds like a spa treatment that I'd rather not experience, thanks.<br /><br />SEERESS would have made OFL's head explode, so I'm glad we had a guest critic in his place. I really hate it when his brain bits get all over my keyboard. EWW. Or EEW. Or ICK. Take your pick.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37191840246159771012018-10-02T15:39:50.894-04:002018-10-02T15:39:50.894-04:00Different words, different feel, and like @M&A...Different words, different feel, and like @M&A, I think different is good.<br /><br />I found this easy-medium with a couple areas which taxed my memory, or took the crosses to get. Otherwise, I thought the theme was good - without the circles, it would have taken a SEERESS to solve. Is that a word, btw? Does the word "seer" imply a male? For that matter, why make a distinction? Just like the Academy Awards feel they must distinguish between "actor" and "actress" - should be one category. That would shorten the Oscars which is usually welcome. On the other hand, Meryl Streep would probably have won 12 times by now. Why am I talking about this? I DUNNO.<br /><br />Anyway, I liked this even though I had a w/o because I was thinking Quo Vadis, ie, whither thou gOEST.<br /><br /><br /><br />rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91953294179891915802018-10-02T15:30:10.335-04:002018-10-02T15:30:10.335-04:00I'm with Nancy in being discouraged by being s...I'm with Nancy in being discouraged by being so far from finishing this Tuesday puzzle; it felt pretty much like a Saturday to me. Nothing wrong with that on a Saturday. Let's see what all I didn't know:<br />For starters, that there were channels presented backwards.<br />WAXONWAXOFF (had it, but never heard it before)<br />ZIPLOkBAG (well, I had the idea)<br />BAoKCHANNEL (had no idea)<br />Jean Ro_S<br />Portia<br />The movie villain<br />Could not remember Bobby Riggs, did follow it at the time.<br />The dither<br />ToBY (maybe a vision problem, since I've never approached their spot in the malls)<br /><br />I did get SPORTS BRA, would never have come up with SPORTS bar first. My long time fantasy has been to open a bar that has the TVs tuned to HGTV. <br /><br />I'm definitely one of @LMS's retinue, though there are others here to whom I feel just as loyal.<br /><br />wcutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615799228069705972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77206151163237150812018-10-02T15:29:47.127-04:002018-10-02T15:29:47.127-04:00Tricky, clever, and tough (for a Tuesday). Good th...Tricky, clever, and tough (for a Tuesday). Good theme and revealer, which helped things move along.<br /><br /> WAX ON WAX OFF from "Karate Kid" was not "popularized" enough for me. Needed several crosses to get it. Same with the "Wolf-headed" ANUBIS.<br /><br />In the NW, the wanted drOPS IN before STOPS IN. and then there was BOX IN as well. The "B+" (with raised +) was a good misdirect to get ION. <br /><br />The killer for me in the NW was EeW instead of EWW, which also gave me APATOe instead of APATOW, even though the my spelling looked a bit odd. (EEW looked more "gross" sounding to me than EWW.)<br /><br />Liked the challenge.<br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76923650693962641922018-10-02T15:06:57.144-04:002018-10-02T15:06:57.144-04:00I didn’t pay any attention to the circles until fi...I didn’t pay any attention to the circles until filling in the revealer; shrugged and said, “Huh.”, and that was that. Not exactly a compelling theme. When SEERESS sits dead center, well, kind of a DRAG. Though I did have 32a GLENNCLOSE circled for yeah baby purposes.<br /><br />There appears to be 2 TCBY stores in MN, neither of which I have been close enough to see. The next closest one seems to be in Sioux Falls, SD. I call a foul.<br /><br />IDUNNO, ask your pal POTSIE if he still likes IKE, any more or LESS.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40608353206598460182018-10-02T12:45:01.755-04:002018-10-02T12:45:01.755-04:00To me this was a case of Trying To Do Too Much. Th...To me this was a case of Trying To Do Too Much. Those CHANNEL (or network, whatever) acronyms are so awkward to find as to leave virtually no wiggle room for theme answers. All this accomplishes is to DEFORM the fill--sometimes painfully, as in centerpiece SEERESS.<br /><br />FOX, at least, has the vowel in the middle so you can do something with it; the resulting seminal moment within a seminal film, WAXOXWAXOFF, is the clear winner today. OTOH, what to do with CNN? You have DOD GLENNCLOSE, and that's it. Makes you put up with MGMT and such. The next one's another nightmare. Methinks we need to RESHOE this whole horse. Bogey.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46414546416939996252018-10-02T09:54:34.940-04:002018-10-02T09:54:34.940-04:00DRAG BOXIN’
GLENNCLOSE turned REDASABEET –
it OW...DRAG BOXIN’<br /><br />GLENNCLOSE turned REDASABEET – <br />it OWESTO her bikini WAXON,WAXOFF -<br />when BOBBYRIGGS STOPSIN so effete<br />to LACEUP HIS BRA and PAWS to back OFF.<br /><br />--- POTSIE “BAD BARD” APATOW (IDUNNO VIE ITBE DEFORM.)<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84700126975666412022018-09-04T23:31:21.227-04:002018-09-04T23:31:21.227-04:00I solve the crossword as a live stream on Twitch (...I solve the crossword as a live stream on Twitch (a major gaming website) with input from my community. We all loved "mod"!Aidanhttp://twitch.tv/aidanwouldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59311220645929493482018-08-29T02:26:13.323-04:002018-08-29T02:26:13.323-04:00@Donna 2:20AM
No, I am not JOHN XXX, but based on...@Donna 2:20AM<br /><br />No, I am not JOHN XXX, but based on his writing he is probably a very handsome man.Don From Accountingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88562702039089812242018-08-28T23:56:51.815-04:002018-08-28T23:56:51.815-04:00for pity's sake folks. first there was over-t...for pity's sake folks. first there was over-the-air-only TeeVee. radio networks existed and took on TeeVee stations in the same way. at the time, most folks don't know that ABC was the Blue Network (or was it Red??) of NBC. local broadcasters were on a channel. initially VHF, up to 13. these signals had ~50 mile reach. when there were more folks wanting to have a broadcast license, space was found in the UHF band where the 20s and 30s and 40s came to live. these were still channels; one broadcaster per frequency, allegedly far enough away from another broadcaster assigned the same frequency such they didn't interfere.<br /><br />then, ta da, the deep midwest, too far from any population center to support a local TeeVee channel (much less many such), invented cable TeeVee. sort of. they, towns or companies or elves, mounted multiple antennas on top of high towers such that line-of-sight was established with Big City TeeVee, the signals were amplified on site, and thence by cable out to the hicks on the farms. Green Acres is the place for you. these were still channels as such were understood at the time.<br /><br />TBS, I think, or may be WGN decided to be a SuperStation (yes, that's what the word was) established a presence beyond terrestrial transmitter distance. thus was born the *cable channel*. a channel not attached to a network.<br /><br />but then we had both expansion of "channels" from a cable denizen and merging of cable denizens such that a single corporate entity cablecast multiple channels on multiple cable systems. so, yes we still have networks and we still have channels. and, yes, the legend is that over-the-air HDTV from a local channel is far superior to what you get from cable or satellite. don't know because here in South Fireplug we can't get any local channels over-the-air. too much iron in too many hills.Banana Diaquirinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64610879243672019072018-08-28T22:53:49.685-04:002018-08-28T22:53:49.685-04:00@Philo F & @Z
Thanks for your support.@Philo F & @Z<br /><br />Thanks for your support.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12672390514546266292018-08-28T22:32:38.683-04:002018-08-28T22:32:38.683-04:00@Philo F - Great minds and all that. @Philo F - Great minds and all that. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54228000779303103842018-08-28T22:31:39.070-04:002018-08-28T22:31:39.070-04:00What channel are you watching?
I'm watching C...What channel are you watching?<br /><br />I'm watching CBS. I was watching ESPN but the game got out of hand. Go ahead and change the channel if you want.<br /><br />Q.E.D.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23545380483698221542018-08-28T22:09:00.218-04:002018-08-28T22:09:00.218-04:00"Turn on the football game!"
"What..."Turn on the football game!"<br /><br />"What channel is it on?"<br /><br />"It's on Fox."<br /><br />*click* <br /><br />"Joe Buck here along with Troy Aikman! What do you think, Troy?"<br /><br />Philo Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27774261534463090962018-08-28T21:06:29.140-04:002018-08-28T21:06:29.140-04:00@JC Nice try but no. CBS, CNN,FOX and ABC are not...@JC Nice try but no. CBS, CNN,FOX and ABC are not channels. I understand alternative facts. 3+2=5 and 4+1=5 are alternative facts. ABC, FOX,CNN and CBS are not channels no matter how you try to parse it. The revealer and thus the puzzle was wa fail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54522111691049760402018-08-28T19:53:50.592-04:002018-08-28T19:53:50.592-04:00@B. Stanton
A thing can fall into more than one c...@B. Stanton<br /><br />A thing can fall into more than one category.<br /><br />A cat can be a pet and/or a hunter.<br /><br />A woman can be a wife and/or a writer.<br /><br />Or, to put it another way, there may be more than one possible answer to a crossword puzzle clue.<br /><br />!A Could be either POTSIE or Fonzie.<br /><br />2A Could be BARD or Lear.<br /><br />Etc., etc. That's what makes solving fun.<br /><br />so<br /><br />A local TV station can be part of a national network or, to the viewer sitting in her den, a CHANNEL she watches.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42620993042976938022018-08-28T19:15:12.230-04:002018-08-28T19:15:12.230-04:00Facts are facts. I don't care what you call y...Facts are facts. I don't care what you call your Chicago CBS affiliate, or if you think distinctions are ridiculous. Networks are networks. Channels are channels. They are not they same. The distinction is not just in fact, but in law, and, therefore, in the way they are regulated. They are very, very different. And this difference is a huge factor in the influence different forms if media have in our public discourse. I am sorry if you employ lazy logic to equate these. But here is some advice: instead of posting uninformed comments on here, it would be better if you LEARNED. Try it sometime.B. Stantonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81014647293116361252018-08-28T18:51:44.871-04:002018-08-28T18:51:44.871-04:00@Bluestater, WAX ON WAX OFF is a classic line from...@Bluestater, WAX ON WAX OFF is a classic line from the original Karate Kid movie. The sensei in the movie has the young boy he’s working with learn the motions of Martial Arts by doing chores. <br />Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66878683340526349712018-08-28T18:27:32.556-04:002018-08-28T18:27:32.556-04:00Great, @SuzieQ! I really hope you're able to ...Great, @SuzieQ! I really hope you're able to find it. Knowing what a hustler BOBBY RIGGS has always been, though, I'm wondering if he's made it impossible to access online for free. I think that, after I saw the recent movie, BATTLE OF THE SEXES, I wanted to look at the actual match -- or at least see some of the highlights. If I remember correctly, I couldn't access anything on YouTube -- not even a single point. However, I'm not the most technically proficient person, so it may be I didn't know how to track it down. And the tape must exist <i>somewhere</i> -- the makers of the movie needed to have it in order to reproduce key points in the match. Good luck. If you do find it, let me know; I'd love to see it again!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58726351989539601532018-08-28T17:44:17.861-04:002018-08-28T17:44:17.861-04:00Incredibly hard for a Tuesday and unfairly so. WAX...Incredibly hard for a Tuesday and unfairly so. WAXONWAXOFF? I taught for 50 years and never heard or read that phrase once.Blue Staternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54490077455533092222018-08-28T16:32:19.022-04:002018-08-28T16:32:19.022-04:00CBN University (Pat Robertson’s fundamentalist big...CBN University (Pat Robertson’s fundamentalist bigotry training school) in Virginia Beach.SteveHikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15524059632019588671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36169599079441711752018-08-28T16:27:03.300-04:002018-08-28T16:27:03.300-04:00Count me in your retinue, too. And, since I was bo...Count me in your retinue, too. And, since I was born in and grew up in Bluefield, WV, and you remind me of my sister, (a teacher), I always look forward to your comments.SteveHikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15524059632019588671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4597717314689243282018-08-28T16:09:20.620-04:002018-08-28T16:09:20.620-04:00Ah, The response of a demagogue.Ah, The response of a demagogue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69967346126058521312018-08-28T15:56:34.614-04:002018-08-28T15:56:34.614-04:00NATO ALPHABET is the "spelling alphabet"...NATO ALPHABET is the "spelling alphabet" for use over unclear radio channels and other systems used by NATO forces, international aviation, and others. Each word is distinctive in it's syllables/vowels/consonants.<br /><br />NATO: ALFA, BRAVO, CHARLIE, DELTA, ECHO, FOXTROT, etc<br /><br />In World War II the U.S. used a different system you often hear in movies.<br /><br />US Army/Navy: ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, DOG, EASY, FOX, etc<br /><br />There are also others, such as the LAPD's own unique system.<br /><br />LAPD: ADAM, BOY, CHARLES, DAVID, EDWARD, FRANK, etcBill Marconinoreply@blogger.com