tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6723862482729426427..comments2024-03-28T12:49:16.793-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Device that keeps ship's compass level / TUE 10-25-16 / Big name in bicycle helmets / Tuliplike flower whose name means butterfly in Spanish / Longtime Federer adversary / Hidden symbol between E X in Fedex logo / Coal-rich German regionRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38246846110217380182022-07-25T03:06:47.935-04:002022-07-25T03:06:47.935-04:00Great Post! Thanks for sharing such beautiful info...Great Post! Thanks for sharing such beautiful information with us. Please keep sharing.<br /><a href="https://www.plumbriteplumber.com/leak-detection" rel="nofollow">Slab Leak Detection West Palm Beach</a>adomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13962809220651068021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-599938088038634722016-12-02T21:49:33.122-05:002016-12-02T21:49:33.122-05:00I had a feeling Rex wouldn't like "the ro...I had a feeling Rex wouldn't like "the rounds..." vs "this rounds...". But other than that I thought this was a really nice Tuesday puzzle. A word I didn't know (mastic). A word I had forgotten (gimbal). And a word with an outlier definition (apron). Being an ardent California hiker helper with Mariposa [lily]. lodsfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05345395843784742434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39324732068193715742016-11-30T07:08:15.527-05:002016-11-30T07:08:15.527-05:00Thanks Lady DiThanks Lady DiTed Colenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63757610475432155092016-11-29T21:11:51.038-05:002016-11-29T21:11:51.038-05:00Har. Have another ROUND. I'm gonna. But I may ...Har. Have another ROUND. I'm gonna. But I may be EAG.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66736925752970752242016-11-29T20:10:06.975-05:002016-11-29T20:10:06.975-05:00Re 39-down, here's how it should be"
EAG...Re 39-down, here's how it should be"<br /><br />EAG: Ready to proceed.<br /><br />EAGER: EAG, and excited about it.<br /><br />EAGEST: like, we have sex once a year--and tonight's the night!<br /><br />EAGEREST: I need five minutes from all this EAG.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50390778662151715582016-11-29T19:41:07.249-05:002016-11-29T19:41:07.249-05:00Dear @Ted Cole at 7:40 am
Your's is an ok tim...Dear @Ted Cole at 7:40 am<br /><br />Your's is an ok time. Rex is superhuman, that's how.<br /><br />I always check Bill Butler's NYTXP site for the time of an average genius.<br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64351202235277537702016-11-29T15:52:45.287-05:002016-11-29T15:52:45.287-05:00Was pleased to see, as the comments went on, that ...Was pleased to see, as the comments went on, that at least one could well imagine (or remember0 hearing "the round's on me".<br />And definitely it is made as an offer. Regardless of whether or not you are stuck with it once you've made it.<br />Was surprised at the original severe, petty carping.SharonAKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27920304875304913582016-11-29T15:48:40.846-05:002016-11-29T15:48:40.846-05:00Quick research of Merriam-Webster suggests that GI...Quick research of Merriam-Webster suggests that GIMBAL and GIRO--not as clued here but as a financial service involving circulation of money between accounts--are indeed COGNATE via "gyre" and related derivations. <br /><br />Thought you'd all be anxious to know that.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32279263150228681992016-11-29T15:03:06.141-05:002016-11-29T15:03:06.141-05:00Six assorted friends walk into a pub. They each o...Six assorted friends walk into a pub. They each order a favorite drink. An odd mix, yes, but it's their choices. When the server brings the drinks to the table, one of the friends says, "THE ROUND'S ON ME." No problem for me there. (Did not picture the group imbibing a round of each of the drinks. Blech!)<br /><br />@Teedmn - the reason we have hired a contractor to do our kitchen re-mod job is I didn't want to Do Myself In. (Knew you'd have the helmet down!)<br /><br />@Rondo - buoys and GULLS - ha!<br /><br />Listened to "DUSTY and Lefty" many a Saturday on Prairie Home Companion - The Daze (Lives) of the Cowboys. <br /><br />Winced at NNE and EAGEREST, but overall reaction was a happy one. <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30354616293150920442016-11-29T14:26:58.469-05:002016-11-29T14:26:58.469-05:00Clever, fun theme and themers. So THEROUNDS [of sh...Clever, fun theme and themers. So THEROUNDS [of shaded theme answers] ONME. Nice.<br /><br />Mini theme in NW corner: DUSTY/DEATHS="DUST THOU art and to DUST THOU shall return."<br /><br />Slow downs to savor: related (but not COGNATE)GIMBAL and GIRO (as gyro), PREfix.<br /><br />MARIPOSA took some time to flush out, but it sounds familiar enough.<br /><br />Nice work, John E. Bennett.<br /><br /> leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16019909086213601852016-11-29T14:08:00.738-05:002016-11-29T14:08:00.738-05:00@spacey - yeah, I thought of DUSTY Springfield rig...@spacey - yeah, I thought of DUSTY Springfield right away, but didn't circle the clue to remind myself. Thanks. <br />One(two) thing(s) I didn't really care for was/were the two uses of "opposite" in the clues for 1d and 51a. But we were putting up Christmas decorations this morning and I must have been in a generous mood. <br />EAGEREST sounds like how someone exited.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14456483810870126332016-11-29T13:10:40.839-05:002016-11-29T13:10:40.839-05:00Swing and a miss, @rondo! Our DOD is right there a...Swing and a miss, @rondo! Our DOD is right there at the beginning: DUSTY Springfield! But certainly, honorable mention to Ms. CROW: any girl who says "All I want to do is have some fun" is OK by me.<br /><br />That, unfortunately, was my most spirited (!) opinion of today's "offer." There are many problems here.<br /><br />--> THE. Not bad enough in the reveal line, we get hit again on the down cross: THEWEB.<br /><br />--> CAR. Grid-wise, one CAR to a LOT, please.<br /><br />--> SSN NNE PSST. *sigh*<br /><br />--> EAGEREST? Really? EAGEREST???<br /><br />--> and in that same horrid corner that truly should have been SCRAPped and reworked, the crutchy RETESTS.<br /><br />That's a lot of NOES. I realize the theme density is high, and the lagniappe BAR TAB is great--and certainly after all that drinking one would have to visit the LAV, but the price is exorbitant. The theme reminds me of the old joke:<br /><br />"When I drink, everybody drinks."<br />"That'll be $114.50."<br />"When I pay, everybody pays."<br /><br />This coulda been a contender. Just a little more patience...bogey.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15305943343647340422016-11-29T12:26:59.123-05:002016-11-29T12:26:59.123-05:00
Got it eventually, but girl/mariposa are beyond ...<br /><br />Got it eventually, but girl/mariposa are beyond the pale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16616940436221062012016-11-29T10:20:23.800-05:002016-11-29T10:20:23.800-05:00I’ll drink to that. It’s ROUND enough for ME, at a...I’ll drink to that. It’s ROUND enough for ME, at arm’s length it’s kinda circular. <br /><br />As @teedmn noted, MASTIC is a gimme for any DIY type. I guess that OFL and most others here aren’t very handy. UNREAL! I have a half-pail left over from a flooring project. MASTIC is also sometimes used as a joint sealer on storm sewer pipe. Fascinating, no?<br /><br />Knew it was a GIMBAL, but unsure of the spelling at first. Wanted to fill it in ala country swing fiddler Johnny GIMBle, but held off on the last two letters and used crosses to finish it.<br /><br />Just this A.M. 89.3 The Current (stream it) played the song “Ford Mustang” by SERGE Gainsbourg, a duet with yeah baby Brigitte Bardot. Serendipity.<br /><br />Okay buoys and GULLS, I guess we go back in time to one of the original yeah babies, Mata HARI. Hoochie-koochie subterfuge comes into play. I’ve seen the old photos. Or I could stretch for Sheryl CROW.<br /><br />Nothing to really CROW or CRO about, but seemed perfectly acceptable to me. Skol!<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51868824564956056552016-11-29T09:31:04.211-05:002016-11-29T09:31:04.211-05:00COGNATE SPEECH
I CROWed, “THEROUND’SONME!” to the...COGNATE SPEECH<br /><br />I CROWed, “THEROUND’SONME!” to the club CARLOT,<br />AROUSEd on their LASTLEGs they SERGEd to the BAR.<br />Even the PORTER joined in and HELD high his SCOTCH;<br />the BAR TAB was UNREAL (a THOU) in that TRAINCAR.<br /><br />--- JULIET GIMBAL<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70067078913289409202016-11-29T07:40:08.987-05:002016-11-29T07:40:08.987-05:00I'm new at this. It took me an hour to complet...I'm new at this. It took me an hour to complete. I don't Google any questions How can Rex complete in 4 minutes??Ted Colenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77880484343814398182016-11-28T21:25:39.662-05:002016-11-28T21:25:39.662-05:00@Spacey - second day in a row I've responded t...@Spacey - second day in a row I've responded to your post late!<br /><br />Adopt! I discussed this with Mr. Waiting and with our adoptees. Sorry - Lambo and Quincy are part of the family. Perhaps they don't help as much as I wish they would with the daily puzzle solve, but Quincy certainly has trained me to play hairband frisbeen and Lambo maintains my seated position whilst puzzle solving. <br /><br />One can adopt a manner. One can adopt a position. And I have adopted a few animals. Sorry. They are as sentient as any person I know, or our potus-in-elect. <br /><br />IMO<br /><br />Diana, Lady of AdopteesDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46200144814413877552016-10-26T08:24:28.219-04:002016-10-26T08:24:28.219-04:00@Anon8:00PM (+/-2)
There's really no need to b...@Anon8:00PM (+/-2)<br />There's really no need to broadcast whose altered ego you are.<br /><br />However:<br />a. Not all readers feel a compulsion to air every reaction; some are content to realize an experience as complete without a mandatory sharing hard on the heels thereof.<br />b. Not a circle jerk; as noted by @Multiples, best approximation is an octagon jerk.<br /><br />Go, Cubbies.River Enonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82073821342282177222016-10-26T01:35:46.848-04:002016-10-26T01:35:46.848-04:00Kind of surprised no one complained about Federer/...Kind of surprised no one complained about Federer/Nadal. I kept wondering who or what this "Federer" was as I worked the puzzle. Filled it in with help from surrounding clues. As I read thru the comments, I started to worry that "Federer" was some arcane figure only the intelligentsia knew about. Was it some new sect of politics? A schism in the Fed? A valiant hero of modern fiction?<br /><br />Google tells me he and his foe, Nadal, are tennis players. Why that's not obscure, but Mariposa is obscure, is beyond me. I first heard the word in a Star Trek episode when I was a pre-schooler, some forty odd years ago.Kim Colleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279999840806684660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15268767830148945622016-10-26T00:11:03.328-04:002016-10-26T00:11:03.328-04:00@Z
This is what I was going to post, well, damn, g...@Z<br />This is what I was going to post, well, damn, guess I am.<br /><br />I've coached (soccer as you know it) or football for the rest of the world, American football and baseball for over 30 years. Just my experience, but those guys in the bleachers and stands are usually, you are correct, "the average drunk". However, they are usually the 10% of people doing 90% of the work in AYSO, Little League or anywhere else regarding athletic volunteers. They have seen it UP CLOSE!!! Why, because they LOVE the game. They are the plumbers, painters, gardeners, etc. I have yet to run into actuaries, engineers, programmers, etc. out there. I have run into former PRO jocks, but they usually suck as coaches. They played, but they mail it in as coaches. As for volunteer referees, (also those average drunks in the bleachers), I know them as cops, judges, as well as the electricians, carpenters, plasterers, etc. Again, they've see the game up close!<br /><br />OK. Enough of a rant. <br /><br />Who knows? Maybe I'll buy you an Old Style tall boy and you can buy me a 22oz Coors light, or 2? Just sayin' that even though I'm a Dodger fan I think Bartman got a bum deal. GWoodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51626964216344971512016-10-25T23:50:08.558-04:002016-10-25T23:50:08.558-04:00@anon11:39 - Not sure how preferring the opinions ...@anon11:39 - Not sure how preferring the opinions of bleacher bums to the opinions of BBWA members makes me elitist. Or did you jump<br />in late and miss my initial point? It's been a few years, but I have fond memories of drinking Old Style tall boys while taking in a day game. Nice thing about Wrigley is you can actually see the game without a telescope from those seats. As for Bartman, C'mon man - just yanking your chain a little. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61434251626491022612016-10-25T23:50:06.917-04:002016-10-25T23:50:06.917-04:00I've now had a chance to look at today's c...I've now had a chance to look at today's comments, and would like to thank @evil doug at 8:13 AM and @Wm. C at 9:55 AM for both providing additional information and insights about GIMBAL, specifically with respect to the heroic Apollo 13 mission memorialized by Hollywood. <br /><br />In general, the way the U.S. responded to Sputnik with the space program that I lived through during my childhood was very inspirational and should be a model for how we may be able to solve the problems of the 21st century. I have nothing but admiration for those whose pioneering work in the 1960s not only achieved the immediate goals, but had innumerable spin-offs that immeasurably improved the quality of life worldwide. <br /><br />Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704257485630281528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10345438511155602852016-10-25T23:39:35.382-04:002016-10-25T23:39:35.382-04:00Sorry, other than my earlier post I had to get my ...Sorry, other than my earlier post I had to get my 18th cortisone epidural. On med's for most of the day but I can't resist responding to a few of you.<br /> <br />@Tita,<br />I know all about Giro's. Great skull shells for roadies but UNREAL for mountain bikers. In my over 25 of mountain biking I've always worn a Bell. 1st one was blue and gold, after 9/11 "Stars & Stripes" only! Try the Rosarito Beach to Ensenada Fun Ride in Baja Mexico. Either April or September. Even with my RW&B helmet and jersey I never had an issue. Local people are great there and want you there! It's 50 road miles. El Tigre is definitely a bitch. Other than that, have fun on top of the mesa, (large bar), or at Papas & Beer or Hussong's in Ensenada. Great party and massages at the end. But I doubt you will see a bigger Mexican flag then in Ensenada. Also, Mt. Tam in Marin county, (Frisco), or Moab in Utah provide the most beautiful views. If your just a "roadie", you're missing something.<br /> <br />@ Masked<br />I agree, If someone says, THEROUNDSONME, make mine a Coors Light as well. Hopefully, 22 ounces. Or two! Being a Clydesdale puts one at a disadvantage on bikes.<br /> <br />@Z<br />Really? The point you got out of what was said was that it was the bleachers? OK. You win. He was in the stands. Would love to blast you about your elitist views on the folks in the bleachers or stands! Just ask. <br /><br />Since my Dodgers are out I am a NL'er. I guess Chicago just ain't holding up. Not sarcastic. Hope they can make it!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15535916824499848402016-10-25T20:02:01.525-04:002016-10-25T20:02:01.525-04:00Further to Anonymous @ 7:59 PM:
@Wm.C's anecd...Further to Anonymous @ 7:59 PM:<br /><br />@Wm.C's anecdote is obviously not nearly as interesting as reading once again that @George Barany is a chemistry professor in Minnesota.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87271724533420169442016-10-25T19:59:02.617-04:002016-10-25T19:59:02.617-04:00@Wm.C
Thanks for that truly fascinating informati...@Wm.C<br /><br />Thanks for that truly fascinating information. It must have been a real nail-biter.<br /><br />It's too bad that the local circle-jerk group here is completely unmoved by it, being interested, as they are, in their own self-sufficient little clique.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com