tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6907594933578852688..comments2024-03-28T12:07:05.624-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Kepler's contemporary assistant / FRI 4-20-18 / Topic of mnemonic Eat Apple As Nighttime Snack / Desperately in need of approval in modern slang Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger203125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24624544025075030462022-06-12T11:15:16.115-04:002022-06-12T11:15:16.115-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jayson J. Nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566238953538754787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55484463782862582512022-06-12T10:06:08.526-04:002022-06-12T10:06:08.526-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jayson J. Nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566238953538754787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62630894650903235352018-09-22T20:19:50.192-04:002018-09-22T20:19:50.192-04:00I don't understand why you continue to do the ...I don't understand why you continue to do the NY Times crossword daily if you hate it so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69725275874802330142018-05-26T17:51:23.621-04:002018-05-26T17:51:23.621-04:00The only way one can "know" what a fair ...The only way one can "know" what a fair rate is to pay a constructor is to have a system of calculation for it. And the only way to have that is to have a free market. Now multiply that problem for the millions of occupations in a modern society and you have an impossible task for any group of would-be commissars like Rex. And that is why the Soviet Union and Red China and Nazi Germany and all command economy states were and are doomed to failure. <br /><br />And no such thing as a deep state ?? I guess that means that it was just a lone nut or nuts responsible for the Shah being placed into power, or for Allende being assassinated, or for the Bay of Pigs operation, or for the Kennedy assassination, or for the Gulf of Tonkin incident, or for the MLK and RFK murders, or for the Northwoods operation ? <br /><br />And Rex - be happy with 9 minutes. It was a difficult puzzle which I would guess 99 % of the solvers took longer than that. The SW was particularly difficult at least for me. Scry ? Never had heard of it before but indeed it is legit, even though my spell checker hasn't heard of it. But I don't see anything wrong with Pita Bread. It's used commonly in conversation - it's a fast way of not confusing itself with the animal protection group.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24888168435646432082018-05-26T12:40:27.644-04:002018-05-26T12:40:27.644-04:00If I live to be 100, I doubt I'll ever see &qu...If I live to be 100, I doubt I'll ever see "scry" again.5wksltrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59219792701322727412018-05-25T20:51:36.610-04:002018-05-25T20:51:36.610-04:00Joel's infamous Puzzle #5 kicked the patooty o...Joel's infamous Puzzle #5 kicked the patooty out of many of us at ACPT, as did his offering today. <br /><br />Well - here's to 25,000 more. <br /><br />If you want to feel smart, get Joel's little book of mini-puzzles. <br /><br />@Spacey et al from yesterday - "to complete to a turn" is to make perfection, as in cooking. So if that's what you guessed - yes. <br /><br />Diana, Lady you know whoDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67089507263405234792018-05-25T17:42:20.068-04:002018-05-25T17:42:20.068-04:00Apparently @Rex didn't realize there was a puz...Apparently @Rex didn't realize there was a puzzle today (I read his post after seeing all the comments). Too bad because he missed a good one.<br /><br />I don't think Shortz was being self-congratulatory; simply providing impressive information.<br /><br />I knew about BRAHE's metal nose, but I thought it was made of silver. It was when his body was exhumed in 2010 that it was found to be brass. No one thought to tell me. I also know he died from a burst bladder, purportedly because his pride prevented him from seeking the "rest room" before a guest at his castle. His work influenced Kepler, but I doubt he was Kepler's "assistant".<br /><br />I really enjoyed the misdirects in the cluing, and appreciated the few gimmes which enabled me to finish. SCRY is a new one. Close to a great puzzle.<br /><br />rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89909114206355061282018-05-25T15:05:25.797-04:002018-05-25T15:05:25.797-04:00YEESH! That very SW corner is full of green Pilot ...YEESH! That very SW corner is full of green Pilot G-2 ink. The popular ROom was my first capacity. And I was SCanning before SCRYing. SCRY? That’s a new one. A buncha stuff wasn’t making sense, until I RELIT my Pilot. Har. SCRY? Clean otherwise. SCRY?<br /><br />Liked the “not neat” clue for OVERICE. Reminds me of my MN Bartending School days. Got my diploma in a week and a job tending bar the next. Now I’m THIRSTY.<br /><br />In my world a STRINGER is a beam or maybe a cross piece in formwork or what you build stairs on. But I’ve heard it used as clued.<br /><br />What @spacey said re: DIAN.<br /><br />Not that tough for me, except where that greenish blob put me in a DEEPSTATE of confusion.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88369387156663385842018-05-25T15:01:08.704-04:002018-05-25T15:01:08.704-04:00Enjoyed this one, especially a nice experience on ...Enjoyed this one, especially a nice experience on a Friday.<br /><br />After TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND NYT crosswords, is it the END OF AN ERA?<br /><br />Good to see Kepler's partner BRAHE, instead of BRA, for a change. And always wonder if it's EEO, OEO, or in this case, EOE. OLLIES helped there, even if unheard of. Had to pause over SUB VOCE, but not for KAREEM, another of the great ones, with Ali.<br /><br />Liked the three-stack in the SE, all cleverly clued, as was its crossing OVERICE.<br /><br />NW three-stack was was unusually gettable, though ReSINS before ROSINS and the unknown HOLT slowed down getting APOLO OHNO's name right.<br /><br />Last letter in was the Y tucked in the SW corner. SCRY? YEESH!<br /><br />Neat, clean, and fun to do. Thanks, Joel Fagliano.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61679835901524313112018-05-25T14:08:29.995-04:002018-05-25T14:08:29.995-04:00How would anyone expect more pay from someone name...How would anyone expect more pay from someone named Shortz?centralscrewtinizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404913280254786506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79511120664020747852018-05-25T12:52:58.239-04:002018-05-25T12:52:58.239-04:00Rex is right on with his comments about bad clues ...Rex is right on with his comments about bad clues like "Deep State." There is no deep state, only dedicated public servants trying to stem the tide of extremist Trump-ites trying to make money off taxpayers. Your comments about fair pay are also right on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27099679628775065582018-05-25T12:08:23.357-04:002018-05-25T12:08:23.357-04:00OLLIE’S THIRSTY
TWENTYFIVE drinks OVERICE CAST do...OLLIE’S THIRSTY<br /><br />TWENTYFIVE drinks OVERICE CAST down his throat,<br />THIS ACT is the ENDOFANERA, all that she WROTE.<br /><br />--- KAREEM BRAHE<br />BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34451160627751002042018-05-25T11:47:26.609-04:002018-05-25T11:47:26.609-04:00IFONLY DAMP
TEST THIS HIS’N’HERS OLIVEOIL on your...IFONLY DAMP<br /><br />TEST THIS HIS’N’HERS OLIVEOIL on your HOTTUB blind date,<br />and don’t go INSHORT, your ROLE is to WINSOME DEEPSTATE.<br /><br />--- DIAN HOLT<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88958548138429099572018-05-25T10:58:33.920-04:002018-05-25T10:58:33.920-04:00From time to time I too pick up the rant mic--as a...From time to time I too pick up the rant mic--as a very recent example attests. But then I do my job, which is to critique the puzzle itself and maybe describe my journey through it. You can see this hiatus when I begin the next paragraph "To the puz." OFL never returned to his job today. Just sayin.'<br /><br />To the puz. I thought this was going to be a snap when I laid down gimme CONTINENTS and did the whole middle west in an eyeblink. But no. Despite those third letters nothing came to me in the NW--and the SW was a bear! STRINGER and CROWD had to be right, but YEESH! Finally figured out RELIT off a misleading clue, and then had to make a word out of SCR_. Unlike some here I have actually heard of YEESH, so I went with that. But no way could I SCRY 45-down.<br /><br />The SE gave some problems with yet another E-word--off a majorly misleading clue involving the word "net." Also have never heard the term DEEPSTATE; that baby was crossed in entirely.<br /><br />More letter-added woes in the NE with TBOLT and HISNHERS, and yet another ^^^^^rapper. (Just wanted to type some CARETs.) INSHORT, I once again wound up in the NW. Last letter was the writeover T of HOLT because TESe made no sense. I should have guessed: those cute animals OTTER live in something grander than a HOLe.<br /><br />Despite being slowed by some of my pet peeves, I liked it. Turned out to be Friday-strength after all, and a rare themed one...well, sorta. DOD is DIAN Fossey: most especially as portrayed by true DOD Sigourney Weaver in "Gorillas in the Mist." For that alone, this one scores a birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14394114040085774682018-05-25T09:27:58.786-04:002018-05-25T09:27:58.786-04:00YEESH! That wasn't EAZY (E) at all. But I fini...YEESH! That wasn't EAZY (E) at all. But I finished nonetheless. Today EYELET others debate if Rex is an incorrigible negatron. To me, this was a decent puzzle with plenty of crunch. INSHORT, I raise my WINEGLASS to thee Joel Fagliano.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28576471861401389452018-04-22T14:45:02.661-04:002018-04-22T14:45:02.661-04:00Let’s get the important stuff over first. I love ...Let’s get the important stuff over first. I love any puzzle that makes me think hard, and this one did. I ended up leaving 57 blank because I didn’t know scry (and neither does spell check) and just couldn’t decide what I would cry. <br /><br />Now for the confession. I was a member of the “Deep State”. We didn’t have a name for it, and it wasn’t that top layer of appointed people. It was, as someone else pointed out, nameless bureaucrats who struggled mightily to make sense of the crazy laws our legislators passed, and, yes, to sometimes smooth over some rough spots. We came as liberals, conservatives and every stripe in between, although, extremists on either side couldn’t stand the pain of being in the middle, so often left in disgruntlement. What often happened was regulations we wrote took the laws to the middle. So the Deep State is a bunch of middle-of-the-roaders.OlyLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10777016194907113644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30940281114129058102018-04-21T18:13:42.801-04:002018-04-21T18:13:42.801-04:00Good point, Anon @ 5:34. Fortunately, I wasn't...Good point, Anon @ 5:34. Fortunately, I wasn't submitting my comment for peer-reviewed publication.sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84683955264315973892018-04-21T14:15:27.300-04:002018-04-21T14:15:27.300-04:00That’s why I have a subscription as well! Never kn...That’s why I have a subscription as well! Never knew the pay was so poor. Questioned two other adults here, one in 20s and one that’s 60. Neither guessed and both answered $1000 or so!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28354201619070992052018-04-21T06:30:56.824-04:002018-04-21T06:30:56.824-04:00You thought Kanye was in N.W.A.?!You thought Kanye was in N.W.A.?!Emilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381165646360101971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84136895423078686562018-04-21T02:46:12.751-04:002018-04-21T02:46:12.751-04:00So, I don’t mean to lower the tone here, but THIRS...So, I don’t mean to lower the tone here, but THIRSTY in modern slang does not mean what this cluer seems to think it does. The way kids today are using it ... well, see for example, https://www.buzzfeed.com/christianzamora/oscar-isaac-and-john-boyega-thirst-tweets?utm_term=.ieOoK4LGNn#.uhzJZm3VxpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11188605921568102242018-04-20T23:27:17.840-04:002018-04-20T23:27:17.840-04:00@Mohair -- OH NO! He barfed on A POLO shirt that I...@Mohair -- OH NO! He barfed on A POLO shirt that I wanted to wear tomorrow. Now it smells like a DAMP ELEPHANT. Well, WIN SOME, lose some. IF ONLY I had a HOT TUB to CAST my TOEs into.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40991610326049232902018-04-20T23:04:28.391-04:002018-04-20T23:04:28.391-04:00Re 40A and Max Kahn at 8:57 a.m. I've always a...Re 40A and Max Kahn at 8:57 a.m. I've always assumed the abbreviation s.v. means sub voce, meaning what the clue says. I see from Kahn (and my dictionary) that the v. can derive from the Latin verbum, and s.v. can mean sub verbo, i.e. "under the word" etc. (Kahn's sub verba is ungrammatical). Sub voce derives from the Latin vox, which means "voice" but also means "that which is uttered by the voice" or "word, saying, speech, sentence, proverb, maxim" (Lewis and Short Latin dictionary). Thus *sub voce* suited both to a single word (as in sub verbo) but also to different sorts of phrases. I think the clue was accurate as given.<br /><br />Anon. i.e. Poggius Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29434600122005235932018-04-20T22:51:44.515-04:002018-04-20T22:51:44.515-04:00The argument about academic papers totally doesn’t...The argument about academic papers totally doesn’t stand, though, because most of colleges and universities essentially *require* their professors to publish as part of their jobs. So, Rex is doing his job, so he is getting paid to publish, because it’s understood that that’s part of what his salary pays for. Not to mention that (at least in my field, which is not Rex’s) authors of academic papers generally retain the rights to make their work available to the public in certain ways, as long as they aren’t charging for it (the author can post it on their website, for instance). I don’t believe that’s true of the NYT puzzles. So it’s not really a comparable scenario at all. HQetchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02986328460948088834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45102577203970299422018-04-20T22:24:13.348-04:002018-04-20T22:24:13.348-04:00@Andrew Simmons - Relax and throw a little OLIVEOI...@Andrew Simmons - Relax and throw a little OLIVEOIL on the GRIDDLE and make yourself a HAMBURG to put in your PITABREAD. If you're THIRSTY why don't you OOZE a little booze into a WINEGLASS OVERICE and move out to the DECKCHAIR by the HOTTUB?<br /><br />Are you yelling YEESH as you barf?Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61133237299252167312018-04-20T21:53:54.268-04:002018-04-20T21:53:54.268-04:00If I read one more cutesy post using today's a...If I read one more cutesy post using today's answers in some "oh look how clever I am" sentence or fragment thereof, I will puke. I really will Andrew Simmonsnoreply@blogger.com