tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7189938295472335835..comments2024-03-29T07:38:33.064-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Statistic method for checking means / SUN 4-22-12 / Adams with 1991 hit Get Here / Faddish 1970s footwear / Conditional construct in programming / Actor Paul of American Graffiti / Ali trainer Dundee / Chile de hot pepper / Frontiersman Boone informallyRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71071889428663119992012-05-05T12:51:10.525-04:002012-05-05T12:51:10.525-04:00Fairly easy crossowrd. However, isn't this an ...Fairly easy crossowrd. However, isn't this an "international" crossword in an international newspaper? If so, why ask questions like the name of Romney's wife or someone called Boone (irrelevant outside USA) and (my favourite annoyance), so many baseball players and other figures from US sport? These are not general knowledge. But then, I'm a Brit living in Canada.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81715625194996849582012-04-30T20:50:37.003-04:002012-04-30T20:50:37.003-04:00The only thing that came to mind for 90A Edwards o...The only thing that came to mind for 90A Edwards or Andrews was Blake Edwards & Julie Andrews.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7170106180211630972012-04-30T15:48:57.192-04:002012-04-30T15:48:57.192-04:00Late, like the day after, but I just wanted to say...Late, like the day after, but I just wanted to say that (a) I don't think it is necessary for people to inform us that they either agree or disagree with Rex. I, for one, am not interested to know that. (b) A theme needn't be hilarious or even risible, as long as it is consistent and not sphincter-clenching. This theme which takes a familiar phrase, changes the first word from a noun to a verb, and removes the "of" is pretty darned good, as I see it.<br />(c) Well, no (c), really. Sunday's puzzles tend to have more awkward or trite fill than other days, but this was an enjoyable walk in the park.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83678957354834052342012-04-30T12:54:47.444-04:002012-04-30T12:54:47.444-04:00Posting Sunday's on Monday cuz the golf course...Posting Sunday's on Monday cuz the golf course beckoned yesterday. <br /><br />I know I'm doing too many CW puzzles when I can fill in musical terms (ADAGIO, LARGO) with OMICRON of musical training.<br /><br />@Deb, what else of yours does your husband wear?<br /><br />Residing in Seattle, the location of the University of Washington, I had a little trouble with ESKIMODOGS when everyone knows they are Huskies. (Yeah, yeah, and Malamutes and Samoyeds, etc.)<br /><br />@Diri, I concur that one should at least do the puzzle before one flames it.<br /><br />Capcha: dsintit. Something, to the contrary, that I am interested in.Solving in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249420848844874936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81780759445121652262012-04-30T01:10:47.944-04:002012-04-30T01:10:47.944-04:00It wasn't my fave puzzle but I didn't expe...It wasn't my fave puzzle but I didn't expect all the negative comments. Thought most of the theme answers quite fun and liked the twin pairings.<br /><br />Had a big laugh- at myself- when I finally got eskimo dog with half the letters in place. Before that all I could think of was mushed as in "mushy peas" (it's a British thing) Dog mushing is one of my favorite winter activities, along with x-country skiing. Haven't mushed for three years partly because we have to travel a ways to find mushers with big enough kennels and extra sleds to take clients out and miles of good trails (I like distance not race mushing. Eight to twelve miles an hour is fast enough for me.)<br />Well, hope the Monday puzzle five weeks ago made you all happier than this one since that will be my next.Sharon AKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85930234285302116322012-04-29T18:51:03.968-04:002012-04-29T18:51:03.968-04:00@Gil I.P. - I love it when you talk dirty like tha...@Gil I.P. - I love it when you talk dirty like that.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62514946214971507472012-04-29T18:39:56.384-04:002012-04-29T18:39:56.384-04:00@Diri thanks for the heads up...I'll be lookin...@Diri thanks for the heads up...I'll be looking for good ole Eta Aquarid.<br />@anonymous 10:59: I send you an unvoiced linguolabial trill - cheeks fully extended.GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44474583796905894602012-04-29T17:40:58.118-04:002012-04-29T17:40:58.118-04:00A Sunday puzzle I could solve! Knew it would be r...A Sunday puzzle I could solve! Knew it would be rated Easy.<br />@Ruth commented that "t test" would probably be obscure to anyone who hadn't taken introductory statistics. Well, I took statistics and it's an absolute unknown to me. Maybe I've just forgotten or it didn't exist back in the early 50's. And I found the definition provided was in some language I don't understand, so can anyone provide something lucid?<br />At last robot clues I can unwind: chinf deach! Deaf cinch. But not sure what that means. My spell check wanted them to be "china deter" - maybe it knows something I don't.<br />CDMGrandmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56910597006582536692012-04-29T16:48:42.493-04:002012-04-29T16:48:42.493-04:00Sorry, guys, I usually proofread better than that ...Sorry, guys, I usually proofread better than that (constructors, not "condructors;" great, not "dreat"). The misplaced space? Oh well, I suppose "the masses" isn't that much more complimentary than what was printed. But in either case, I didn't mean you, @diri!<br /><br />First word of captcha = tinkite: kinda hard to keep that baby up in the air!Spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17948598122163976352012-04-29T15:18:10.633-04:002012-04-29T15:18:10.633-04:00As I get on in years I notice that 14a is indeed a...As I get on in years I notice that 14a is indeed a possible barrier to romance. The clue at 126a, Mrs. Romney, is about as current as a clue for ANN can be! Has Mitt showed up in a grid yet?<br /><br />@Spacecraft - good point about TARTAR sauce, but who you callin' them asses? <br /><br />So @Evil Doug doesn't even bother to do the puzzle, he just comes here to criticize it? That's harsh.<br /><br />@Gil I. P., one of my favorite syndilanders gone over to the dark side, wrote, "I wish 79A were a bathroom fixture here in the USofA. Great place to soak your feet while you shave." It's finding gems like that is the reason I always read all of the comments (although I try to scan over the negative ones). <br /><br />Astronomical update for @Tita and @Gil. I.P. - The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on May 5; unfortunately it coincides with the full moon so shooting stars may be hard to see (but the moon will appear bigger than usual when it rises so that will be worth watching in its own right).Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80384585258523761542012-04-29T13:11:59.372-04:002012-04-29T13:11:59.372-04:00Some of you have hinted at this, but there are a l...Some of you have hinted at this, but there are a lot of clearly intentional pairs here: <br /><br />Two clues for "slowly"<br />Two clues for "cloudless"<br />Two similar answers: "fstop" & "ttest" / "bronc" & "ronco" / "hee" and "harhar," etc.Hustonhttp://gentlyhewstone.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69380656828448928462012-04-29T12:29:32.580-04:002012-04-29T12:29:32.580-04:00"Phantom rough on roughnecks!" Rex rough..."Phantom rough on roughnecks!" Rex rough on condtructors! Yeesh! First off, let's have a little respect for Paul LEMAT: he who introduced to us a set-building buddy of his; you may have even heard of him: Harrison Ford.<br /><br />Come on, this wasn't THAT awful. You gotta remember, Friday and Saturday are for aficionados, while Sunday is for them asses. (Oops, wrong spacing?) I did have to work clockwise around to the west, because I didn't think ESKIMODOGS was right. I thought they were (shout-out to Alma Mater Bloomsburg State!) Huskies.<br /><br />I don't know how you spell Tartare sauce, Paula, but tartar is that gross crap that gets on your teeth. I don't think you'd want to be making a sauce out of THAT.<br /><br />I liked the twin cluings of "cloudless" and "slowly." And finally, this self-admitted sucker for novelty songs was reminded of one of the most outlandish:<br /><br />"Does<br />"your<br />"chewing gum lose its flavor on the BEDPOST overnight?" Dreat stuff!Spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32169866056780119972012-04-29T10:59:26.907-04:002012-04-29T10:59:26.907-04:00Rex Goliath Cab = undrinkable
Fess Parker Chard =...Rex Goliath Cab = undrinkable<br /><br />Fess Parker Chard = yumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15872732174717635982012-04-24T23:44:24.503-04:002012-04-24T23:44:24.503-04:00Earth shoes were also called negative heel shoes! ...Earth shoes were also called negative heel shoes! I enjoyed the puzzle, the ease of it. Finished in just over an hour! <br /><br />Also liked that there was more room to write in the letters than there was last week - although I was happy with the Titanic puzzle, too.<br /><br />What I do hate are the words we have to decipher in order to prove to blogger that we are not robots. Sometimes I have to go through a dozen combinations before I find one I can make out!nurturinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02035395856164817422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89311701619061059512012-04-23T07:30:06.273-04:002012-04-23T07:30:06.273-04:00Pardon if this has been said already, but I'm ...Pardon if this has been said already, but I'm a librarian, and library books are OVERDUE, both in my academic library and in every public library I've used in the past.<br /><br />Bills are what I would call PAST DUE.<br /><br />Bad clue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67513115550238908672012-04-23T01:55:29.408-04:002012-04-23T01:55:29.408-04:00I begged for and received a pair of earth shoes in...I begged for and received a pair of earth shoes in the 70s.<br /><br />Fast forward to thirty-five years later, and I swallowed the BS about MBTs, too. Luckily, my husband and I wear the same shoe size, so he's getting some use out of them.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675331024091722316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16179572997313460882012-04-23T00:00:53.997-04:002012-04-23T00:00:53.997-04:00I never breeze through the puzzles. I'm a rook...I never breeze through the puzzles. I'm a rookie and sometimes go all week with it. Finish only half the time.<br />Except for today's which I agree was a bore. I'm happy I made it save for a couple of letters, in a few hours, and except for Bunny man-HEF, it was joyless.chuchoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10549624141126544844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78461099811509968962012-04-22T22:54:27.630-04:002012-04-22T22:54:27.630-04:00I'm sort of new to puzzles and this blog, but ...I'm sort of new to puzzles and this blog, but really enjoying both. Lots of people complain about "weak fill", but some seem to think fill is weak because it's too easy and others because it's too obscure. Seems like two ends of the spectrum. Can someone please concisely define for me what "good fill" is?jedlevinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752147578898255211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65411792951598237422012-04-22T22:13:25.953-04:002012-04-22T22:13:25.953-04:00...since I'm old enough to remember earth shoe......since I'm old enough to remember earth shoes but young enough to think for a moment that the special bridal accessory clue was "order margarita". Yes, I'm embarrassed.sarahleenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89194214116951502372012-04-22T22:06:46.055-04:002012-04-22T22:06:46.055-04:00I'm just a neophyte so I'm feeling full of...I'm just a neophyte so I'm feeling full of the old "milk" as Jeeves would say.sarahleenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64935205606523363452012-04-22T20:59:14.727-04:002012-04-22T20:59:14.727-04:00came here to see what Rex had to say about t-test....came here to see what Rex had to say about t-test.<br /><br />Not surprised, not disappointed. Maybe topology will show up in the next puzzle...michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25942149510693082292012-04-22T20:25:38.051-04:002012-04-22T20:25:38.051-04:00Thought the theme would be more interesting when I...Thought the theme would be more interesting when I combined "go" and "of" = goof, but no. Very literal. I remember Student's T-Test more from its association with the brewing of Guinness than its statistical application.<br /><br />Never saw BYOB on an invitation, but more because the parties I went (go) to, don't have written invitationsmia thedoggghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510801299416602502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49935048495991006312012-04-22T18:15:09.890-04:002012-04-22T18:15:09.890-04:00Maybe a tad disappointing - I like more engaging t...Maybe a tad disappointing - I like more engaging themes, but I enjoyed solving it.<br /><br />I did really like POUNDFLESH and LANDPLENTY.<br />Also liked ADAGIO & LARGO.<br />Unlike jberg, liked the paired laughs...<br /><br />@Rex - love your DEAD clue...<br /><br />@chefbea - you're right - Earth Day - another lost opportunity to have a great timely theme. Let's just be grateful it wasn't a 3rd Titanic bore...<br /><br />@archaeoprof - thanks for the note about Cassie.<br /><br />@mac - I have fallen off my chair laughing at Imelda Marcos wearing Earth Shoes!!!! Please google them so that you can laugh too. I am quite certain that even her vast collection would not have included them!<br /><br />@Rex...Back in Westport, Will hinted at a CBS interview...I've been waiting ever since! Please DO continue to post potential airings.Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10495114291020409322012-04-22T16:58:02.822-04:002012-04-22T16:58:02.822-04:00My mother in law wore earth shoes in the 70s. Wish...My mother in law wore earth shoes in the 70s. Wish I could post a picture. Kinda like a wobbly soled sandal. They a were expensive and fairly ugly. Puzzle was ok.Ladyjanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72799731677222941732012-04-22T16:57:48.207-04:002012-04-22T16:57:48.207-04:00I had Earth Shoes in the early seventies. Loved th...I had Earth Shoes in the early seventies. Loved them. I even had a pair in the early 2000's. I have saved the original burlap bag they came in.....but I swear I am not a hoarder.<br /><br />Shelby Swayze<br />Montclair, New Jersey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com