tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7370080577833828798..comments2024-03-28T20:26:11.908-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Go all in in poker lingo / THU 8-4-22 / After-dinner drink made with creme de menthe / Letter-shaped piece of piping / Tobiko or ikura at Japanese restaurant / What if propositions informally / He independently discovered the same comet as Hale / Inflation specRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15587247635009075472022-09-08T14:00:25.827-04:002022-09-08T14:00:25.827-04:00Seeing that the POPURs were all SHOPs made this mo...Seeing that the POPURs were all SHOPs made this more acceptable. Still...Thursday...ya just gotta have somekindova trick, right?<br /><br />Cute for a Thursday. <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36809907793725771302022-09-08T13:26:53.266-04:002022-09-08T13:26:53.266-04:00What a difference a day makes. Yesterday’s was one...What a difference a day makes. Yesterday’s was one of the worst but today’s is one of the best. Take a BOW Ella!thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60178264773560746122022-09-08T12:28:07.318-04:002022-09-08T12:28:07.318-04:00BOPP ALLOT
HERE'SHOPING for EUPHORIA
for THAT...BOPP ALLOT<br /><br />HERE'SHOPING for EUPHORIA<br />for THAT PO'BOY SCOTT:<br />He OTTER ROLL with MOIRA<br />and CURER SORE G-SPOT.<br /><br />--- COCO RAIMIBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89964762950096608712022-08-11T00:47:32.108-04:002022-08-11T00:47:32.108-04:00Jon Batiste… doesn’t have an AFRO. I got stuck on ...Jon Batiste… doesn’t have an AFRO. I got stuck on this clue because it’s, well, wrong. There’s really not one Black person that Will Shortz knows who he could fact check that on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18988421871619991422022-08-10T07:43:39.419-04:002022-08-10T07:43:39.419-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Amerivend Workshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340013357326663403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48236218842161497332022-08-06T09:47:35.602-04:002022-08-06T09:47:35.602-04:00Realize I’m a day late and a dollar short with thi...Realize I’m a day late and a dollar short with this comment, but did Rex even get the theme? He didn’t mention anything about the HOs popping up over the theme answers? I didn’t figure that out and still don’t get the theme. Isn’t this more of POP UP HO? SHOP doesn’t pop up, HO pops up.Puzzledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12593690664989382880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3695619611521854742022-08-05T01:22:48.633-04:002022-08-05T01:22:48.633-04:00I use the abbreviation "esp." routinely ...I use the abbreviation "esp." routinely every day in e-mail when I want to say "especially." Why would that be such a mystery, Rex?<br /><br />As for "BOW" as the answer to "Finishing touch, so to speak," it suggests to me not a ribbon-type bow on a present but rather the *bow* (rhymes with "cow") that a musician, magician, or other performer takes at the end of his or her onstage performance.Joel R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71023168882442858082022-08-05T00:17:30.635-04:002022-08-05T00:17:30.635-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55299142495454141512022-08-05T00:09:53.195-04:002022-08-05T00:09:53.195-04:00.........HO
GRASSPPER has a UBEND in it, yes?
If y............HO<br />GRASSPPER has a UBEND in it, yes?<br />If you are too literal-minded turn it upside-down. <br /><br />albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19050600305907446402022-08-04T23:58:41.134-04:002022-08-04T23:58:41.134-04:00@GILL, glad I stayed up long enough to see your 10...@GILL, glad I stayed up long enough to see your 10:27 post. And if you ever write that tome I'll read it.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237000067564152763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18497364722795838202022-08-04T22:52:33.811-04:002022-08-04T22:52:33.811-04:00PSEUDO EUPHORIA sounds like an Indie band whose bi...PSEUDO EUPHORIA sounds like an Indie band whose big hit is “I’ll Have What She’s Having”<br /><br />Medium-easy except for the NE, where DuANE led me to reluctantly fill in "a YOuTH SPoRT for what a teen experiences. Minutes ticked by before I was whacked over the head with the TIRE iron. But it was worth it - imagining @Rex’s reaction to “A YOUTH SPORT.”<br /><br />Jaded after yesterday, I chose to lay in wait for the prey rather than go rebus hunting. So other than the aforementioned NW gaffe, my only write over was the edsel/TESLA trap. And I consider myself a car enthusiast -sigh.<br /><br />@LMS, thank you for another hilarious post. Muddled asparagus and OTTERs being the conscientious objectors of their ilk - the world should BOW to your genius!<br /><br />My yoga thought: U BEND. I CANT.<br /><br />Sorry, LIESL, if you’re ON TIPTOE and using GRASSPPER TONGS to get to them, you’re too young to have the HIGH SPIRITS. Wait ’til you’re eighteen to taste your first champagne. <a href="https://youtu.be/Qy9_lfjQopU" rel="nofollow">The sun has gone to bed and so must I.</a><br /><br />Brava, Ms. Dershowitz.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237000067564152763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51269265680637823042022-08-04T22:27:01.740-04:002022-08-04T22:27:01.740-04:00@Anony 9:29
It's late but maybe you'll see...@Anony 9:29<br />It's late but maybe you'll see this.<br />I sincerely don't need any lecturing on pre or post Fidel. The people we knew waited anxiously for Castro to take over Batista's Mafia/gambling/prostitution/horrendous treatment of the poor...I don't need to go on.<br />He came in to Havana like a knight in shining armor...we all regaled ; it didn't last very long. <br />It would take a tome for me to describe the incredible harm he actually did during his process to liberate people in the Batista camp. I'll spare you.<br />He gave the poor medicine. He gave the poor an education (if they wanted it). He gave the poor homes that belonged to those that fled. He gave a lot of hope.<br />In the meantime everything crumbled; Russia bailed out...no money to feed anyone. No money for hospitals. No money coming in for all the wonderful things Cuba could actually produce. Buildings crumbling. No cars or decent roads to drive on. Medicine in hard supply...not even a decent pot of black beans or rice could be found without money. No money...<br />Except....the Mafia. They left a legacy. Smuggle, lie, and grease palms to get what you need. Money can always be smuggled in, people will find a way to open a restaurant in their homes; a pig and rice and beans can be bought for a price...and the beat goes on.<br />It was truly bad when Russia left them in the lurch. People fleeing in make-shift boats and rafts. So may deaths to deal with.<br />Today, tourism has saved this island from starvation. <br />All the education, free housing, equality amongst the people, can never truly repair the spirit of the people who lived under Fidel. Maybe there's a silver lining with the young if the elders can teach them.<br />Batista was a thug beyond belief. Castro had a dream that became a nightmare in the end.<br />Maybe someday.....It will be a happy, safe, and prosperous island that I will dare return to.<br />GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30222747577006308772022-08-04T21:38:01.552-04:002022-08-04T21:38:01.552-04:00To me, the trick was in “pop up,” not hopTo me, the trick was in “pop up,” not hopAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37652259682720610992022-08-04T21:29:34.949-04:002022-08-04T21:29:34.949-04:00@GILL I:
If it weren't for tourism, this beaut...@GILL I:<br />If it weren't for tourism, this beautiful island would be nothing.<br /><br />true fact: before Castro, if it weren't for Mafia tourism and gambling, the beautiful island was nothing. at least now Cubans get real education and healthcare. lots of 'Muricans living in the hollers don't get either. if you want Social Darwinism, vote Trump (or whoever he's backing this week), but don't expect Joe Sixpack and his friends to actually have a better life as a result.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48075061756849740202022-08-04T21:20:18.450-04:002022-08-04T21:20:18.450-04:00@pablo 6:47 – Here.@pablo 6:47 – <a href="https://youtu.be/XQs7zdVmPDg" rel="nofollow">Here.</a>Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12546462488049286522022-08-04T21:02:09.271-04:002022-08-04T21:02:09.271-04:00I guess I'm in the minority that had an easier...I guess I'm in the minority that had an easier time yesterday than today (seems I am always opposite to Rex). The SW was the last to go, with the COCO/TORII cross being the sticking point for me - haven't seen any Pixar movies.LateSolvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74772026025349715142022-08-04T20:47:12.866-04:002022-08-04T20:47:12.866-04:00imho
the dictionary uses this abbr. frequently. ...imho <br />the dictionary uses this abbr. frequently. i always thought of it as "especially", but "in particular" is an aha moment & feeling for me. ❣️👋🖖Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86750881499009572582022-08-04T20:33:12.568-04:002022-08-04T20:33:12.568-04:00A present for Anon 5:34:
Cubans skitA present for Anon 5:34:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2GdrJQCrfw" rel="nofollow">Cubans skit</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39948402972690885842022-08-04T19:01:51.836-04:002022-08-04T19:01:51.836-04:00Sorry you’re wrong. This was not “easy”. End of st...Sorry you’re wrong. This was not “easy”. End of storyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4070934414405101362022-08-04T18:47:57.882-04:002022-08-04T18:47:57.882-04:00Quick vacation to the sunny shores of Maine where ...Quick vacation to the sunny shores of Maine where it is 90, but not in the ocean. Solving online, which I hate, but at least I didn't have to try to jam in a rebus.<br /><br />Easy enough, some good stuff, but the highlight of course is the OTTER.<br /><br />Thanks for the fun, ED. Not Extra Difficult, but a smooth enough ride, even without my trusty Ticonderoga # 2, the one with the good eraser.<br /><br />Now off to find some seafood.pabloinnhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967477079504866917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31039077672022162642022-08-04T18:30:14.588-04:002022-08-04T18:30:14.588-04:00It’s a Cuban sandwich ingredientIt’s a Cuban sandwich ingredientAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13983041394338708512022-08-04T17:34:21.565-04:002022-08-04T17:34:21.565-04:00"Cubans are full of it." Did the constru..."Cubans are full of it." Did the constructor or Will Shortz even READ that clue out loud to realize what it sounds like?<br /><br />So, what are "Cubans" full of? Do they mean what are Cuban cigars full of? HAM?? Nah. Or perhaps Cuban people are each walking around with a government-issued slice of ham shoved in their mouths all day? This is a disgusting and exceptionally obnoxious clue.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7077087699429634672022-08-04T16:55:24.660-04:002022-08-04T16:55:24.660-04:00I really, really wanted 40A, One of "them&quo...I really, really wanted 40A, One of "them", to be "ant".other davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10654268537860052652022-08-04T16:42:12.260-04:002022-08-04T16:42:12.260-04:00Bow refers to the bow a performer takes. Bow refers to the bow a performer takes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34344110403831029622022-08-04T16:39:45.289-04:002022-08-04T16:39:45.289-04:00Gimmick puzzles are simply detestable. Gimmick puzzles are simply detestable. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com