tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6978385235865737452..comments2024-03-28T07:04:40.875-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Kitchen drawers? / FRI 9-23-16 / Give a raise? / Film setting / Openings in the computer field? Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65113233358486853772016-11-25T12:08:39.997-05:002016-11-25T12:08:39.997-05:00Head=Loo=Toilet. "Head" of something Bri...Head=Loo=Toilet. "Head" of something British -> LOO is a common crossword misdirectZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51265272458769294532016-11-25T12:06:23.127-05:002016-11-25T12:06:23.127-05:00Can someone please explain to me how the heck &quo...Can someone please explain to me how the heck "Head of Hogwarts" is LOO?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43063683057150605332016-10-28T20:30:36.789-04:002016-10-28T20:30:36.789-04:00Not easy, especially the NE. BOETHIUS and ANCIENTS...Not easy, especially the NE. BOETHIUS and ANCIENTS were toughest. BOETHIUS was both a spelling and an exact name problem, and ANCIENTS just seemed too generic an answer for these famous Greek playwrights.<br /><br />Walked away and came back several times, and had much else to keep me moving today. (Good at least for my Fitbit steps count.) NE DNF, mainly because couldn't come up with GOPRO which woulda, coulda, shoulda opened up that NE corner. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33025706160013268202016-10-28T18:18:02.030-04:002016-10-28T18:18:02.030-04:00Well, I didn't see anyone else off in boats at...Well, I didn't see anyone else off in boats at 1A - motorboat, then speedboat (which gave me SWINGS, which I got to keep). I forgot about the word shockjocks, never heard of K'Nex, had banister instead of CANISTER, so had to come here to find out what the heck 1A was. And I missed the O and H of ROCHE. Still, I got the rest, so considered it easy for a Friday. I was feeling very proud of myself that my first entry was NONO. wcutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615799228069705972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25819522251200668762016-10-28T16:57:32.919-04:002016-10-28T16:57:32.919-04:00Great puzzle - yes!
Easy - No!
If you don't k...Great puzzle - yes!<br />Easy - No!<br /><br />If you don't know BOETHIUS, TYNER, RUSSERT, KNEX, then you have a problem, but if you do know LARUSSA, OCTOPUSSY, OZAWA, JIM, DYAN, and ROCHE, then you have the possibility of a solution which, eventually after a break of two hours to do some wine work, I did. Yay, me. I rule.<br /><br />I appreciated the many deceptive clues, and the sense of accomplishment upon finishing. Can't say anything negative about this puzzle.<br /><br /><br /><br />rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31511675696263922522016-10-28T16:22:50.101-04:002016-10-28T16:22:50.101-04:00My first clue that many would call this "easy...My first clue that many would call this "easy" was that I got 99% of it. Only the teeniest bit of help. Tho, at first, I only had about a dozen answers on my first go-thru. <br /><br />Mr. W took art and music history courses and now lectures me on the greats, so FRAGONARD was actually in my wheelhouse. Who knew GNU was a game - now we all do. <br /><br />Have no idea why I know the name of McCoy TYNER. <br /><br />For a moment, just a moment, I thought the quote was, "Run! Fire!" Didn't you? No, your AIM was true. <br /><br />What lotsa people said about the great misdirecting clues. Butter. Head. Har. <br /><br />Saw OZAWA conduct the Boston in Paris. Bocelli sang. The Eiffel Tower provided a suitable background. Seigi looks a lot younger than his years - a lot. Didn't think he could be old enough to have a Tanglewood hall named after him. Live and learn. Or, as I said recently, lie and learn. Thanks, @Teed, for noticing.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82980593463420810272016-10-28T14:01:12.563-04:002016-10-28T14:01:12.563-04:00Nope, AFARCRY from easy. Especially with Tommy LAs...Nope, AFARCRY from easy. Especially with Tommy LAsordA where I placed him. No other w/os, but I sure had to get stuff by crosses, and it took a while to get ‘em.<br /><br />Nit with IBAR. In a bridge, depending on if it’s a concrete or steel structure, you might find re-bar and/or I-beams, but I’ll guarantee there’s no IBAR in a bridge. Maybe on a woodworking clamp. Not a bridge.<br /><br />FOAMCORE usually shows up more in presentations or on notices on the lobby easel. Photos?<br /><br />Recently we had yeah baby Maud Adams who played the title role in OCTOPUSSY, but today we have DYAN Cannon who’s one of those that has looked really, really god for a really, really long time. Yeah baby.<br /><br />Tough but satisfying. Just kept at it and et VOILA!<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55505462381122910612016-10-28T13:14:13.017-04:002016-10-28T13:14:13.017-04:00
NOT easy, or a fair puzzle. Seven answers absolut...<br />NOT easy, or a fair puzzle. Seven answers absolutely detestable. REJECTED.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48728357391887355242016-10-28T12:46:00.521-04:002016-10-28T12:46:00.521-04:00EASY???? I can't believe this. Not only the le...EASY???? I can't believe this. Not only the lead, but several contributors. BOETHIUS, really? I mean, those are the letters that crossed into 11-down, but man! Raise your hand if you have EVER encountered this guy before. Oh, and that painter? Ever heard of him? Yeah, me neither. Come on, this is impossible. Do Balzac, and give us half a chance. But those two? Neither one is..."CITABLE." Are you KIDDiNG me, CITABLE? And you call this EASY????????<br /><br />More weird stuff: FOAMCORE. Wha? And of course, everyone in the WORLD knows who Coltrane's pianist was. Sure. I guess AUTOTUNE is some new tech gadget built into modern instruments. No more pitch pipes, eh?<br /><br />How I got this done is beyond me. I took wild stabs (such as WAXPOETIC off just the C) and somehow was right. But easy? Hardly. I can tell you I was at it for the best part of two hours. Thank goodness for Tony LARUSSA and Tim RUSSERT, or this baby would have ended up on the DNF pile.<br /><br />You can have your OCTOPUSSY; give me DOD DYAN Cannon any day. Triumph factor huge in this one, and minimal junk. Big pass play, forced out of bounds at the five; first and goal.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38844633983715419752016-10-28T12:22:31.240-04:002016-10-28T12:22:31.240-04:00SOLEMN HONORE?
The SHOCKJOCK’s AIM is to use SCRE...SOLEMN HONORE?<br /><br />The SHOCKJOCK’s AIM is to use SCREENTIME<br />for WOMANIZING, as he ELIDES when he “KNEX”.<br />O,YEZ his AMES INJECT a GNU paradigm,<br />you SEE, with OCTOPUSSY he’s ERNEd some SECS.<br /><br />--- BOETHIUS LARUSSA, ROTC<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78905109452077451922016-10-19T08:44:46.269-04:002016-10-19T08:44:46.269-04:00Amazing to me that the board in general did so wel...Amazing to me that the board in general did so well with the BOETHIUS/ROCHE cross. I figured Lena would be correct that that would be a problem area. It was for me, although guessed correctly. Other WoEs include OZAWA, OLIVIA, FOAMCORE, all with solid crosses.<br /><br />This was a really good puzzle. All those longs (9+) are fantastic.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15260429904102059982016-09-24T20:04:04.540-04:002016-09-24T20:04:04.540-04:00Um, yeah. Check wikipedia etc. I'm in the busi...Um, yeah. Check wikipedia etc. I'm in the business. <br />"Embossing and debossing are the processes of creating either raised or recessed relief images and designs in paper and other materials. An embossed pattern is raised against the background, while a debossed pattern is sunken into the surface of the material (but might protrude somewhat on the reverse, back side)."Düdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434673514463508898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4890209984551716102016-09-23T23:14:21.320-04:002016-09-23T23:14:21.320-04:00Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenz...Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela said on Wednesday, in an interview with ESPNDeportes.com, that the no-hitter he threw on June 29, 1990, will remain forever in his memory, immortalized by the legendary Vin Scully's play-by-play on the game. Now, as Scully's retirement and final game nears, the Mexican pitcher who inspired the call also spoke on how Scully inspired him.<br /><br />"Maybe I'll forget who my last out was, or how many walks I gave up in my career, but his quote, 'If anyone has a sombrero, throw it to the sky,' it's something I'll never forget. That will remain forever." That call was recently voted by fans as No. 5 in the top 20 greatest moments in Vin Scully's 67 years as the voice of the Dodgers.<br /><br />"It's something that comes from someone who has great experience calling baseball. To hear it from someone like him, it's a really nice memory," added the "Bull of Etchohuaquila," who currently serves as a color analyst on Spanish-language telecasts of Dodgers games.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59473005378737855092016-09-23T23:11:14.532-04:002016-09-23T23:11:14.532-04:00@Hartley (2:47 p.m.) -- So you thought STEPH Curry...@Hartley (2:47 p.m.) -- So you thought STEPH Curry was...a woman! I know that by now you're braced for this bad news (since I broke it to you by phone this afternoon), but I feel I must let the rest of the blog know too: @Hartley 70 will not, I repeat <i>not</i>, be taking over for Mary Carillo as a sports analyst any time soon. @Hartley 70, contrary to what I deeply and fervently believed a mere two days ago, is simply not yet ready for Prime Time sportscasting. So sad, but, alas, so true.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58352036598354534512016-09-23T22:59:19.544-04:002016-09-23T22:59:19.544-04:00For those fans of sports and sport broadcasters wh...For those fans of sports and sport broadcasters who wrote today and over the last 10 days or so, and even those who are not fans, Vin's Dodger farewell went off well. He is just beginning the call tonight. Find it if you can if you want to see how a true poet uses basic vocabulary to reach the inner kid in all of us. <br /><br />As for the tribute, Koufax was good. Gibson was taped, but ok. Kershaw is still young, so I'll cut him a break. But "Tin Cup" should have stopped a few minutes earlier. Vin was still exceptional. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28541820958774599182016-09-23T21:44:06.076-04:002016-09-23T21:44:06.076-04:00@Aketi (5:53 pm) -- I haven't the foggiest ide...@Aketi (5:53 pm) -- I haven't the foggiest idea what Mine Craft is, but I do know a red clay tennis court when I see one. So there's that.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91014414390591632322016-09-23T20:29:06.896-04:002016-09-23T20:29:06.896-04:00@Anony0927
The ERNE's (sea eagle) closest rel...@Anony0927<br /><br />The ERNE's (sea eagle) closest relatives are the fishing eagles..., very similar to the tropical species. The relationships to other genera in the family are less clear; they have long been considered closer to the kites than to the true eagles... on the basis of their morphology and display behavior; more recent genetic evidence agrees with this, but points to them being related to the buzzards/hawks as well, a relationship not previously thought close.[Wiki]<br /><br />Y'r welcomeKitty Hawknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44403898512309814212016-09-23T19:32:42.293-04:002016-09-23T19:32:42.293-04:00@Düdie - Um, no.@Düdie - <a href="https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/emboss" rel="nofollow">Um,</a> <a href="https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/deboss" rel="nofollow">no.</a>Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21201746009969397422016-09-23T19:08:56.305-04:002016-09-23T19:08:56.305-04:00@Leapfinger, looks like the beagles chased all the...@Leapfinger, looks like the beagles chased all the pigeons off the GRAS, alas. And are the "lesser saints" the lesser of two goods? Finally, if you end up sneezing from hiding under the bed rather than just 'in' bed, I give such blessing as Gesamtkunstwerk can convey.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70774841724026644052016-09-23T19:05:10.761-04:002016-09-23T19:05:10.761-04:00@lms - A fine list. You also might want to consid...@lms - A fine list. You also might want to consider Low Riders and Funky Town, good travelin tunes.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33358794940813945672016-09-23T18:25:59.683-04:002016-09-23T18:25:59.683-04:00I'd expect a Friday to be without errors howev...I'd expect a Friday to be without errors however EMBOSS refers to lowering, not raising. Think of when you EMBOSS leather... You're pushing down. Raising actually refers to a little known word: deboss. For shame. Düdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434673514463508898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16088855810752196042016-09-23T17:58:51.899-04:002016-09-23T17:58:51.899-04:00Haha, it just dawned on me that you could actually...Haha, it just dawned on me that you could actually construct a crossword puzzle in Mine Craft. Someone has already constructed a working Tic Tac Toe game in Mine Craft. Neither KNEX nor Legos can do tthat. Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40619795222352184262016-09-23T17:53:12.432-04:002016-09-23T17:53:12.432-04:00@leapfinger, leave it to you to redefine WOMANIZIN...@leapfinger, leave it to you to redefine WOMANIZING. definitely absconding with that one. <br /><br />I wanted KNEX to be MINE CRAFT but it clearly wouldn't fit. MIne Craft might even be more popular than Legos now. It certainly leaves more room for the imagination than the Legos kits that are sold these days with instructions that are so complex that Even parents give up. <br />@Nancy, you can even build a virtual tennis court in Mine Craft.<br /><br />FOAM CORE was used in our household for any number of school projects. <br /><br />Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49603983256961674402016-09-23T17:28:33.407-04:002016-09-23T17:28:33.407-04:00My AUTO TUNEs today included the newest Band of Ho...My AUTO TUNEs today included the newest <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gAv8IC6SDy8" rel="nofollow">Band of Horses</a> album which got me wondering how we know the difference between "drawer" and "drawer."Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52752397029182364302016-09-23T16:57:17.353-04:002016-09-23T16:57:17.353-04:00Easiest Friday puzzle in a long time for me. Very ...Easiest Friday puzzle in a long time for me. Very smooth.<br /><br />I knew BOETHIUS in a general way, but wasn't sure how to spell it. <br /><br />ROCHE should be easy for people - one of the top pharma companies globally. <br /><br />Put in Lasorda before LARUSSA. <br /><br />Only hold-up was in the West, mostly due to writing in "greets" before ELIDES upon encountering "Top o' the morning".<br />paul408noreply@blogger.com