tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7412507958025911728..comments2024-03-29T06:32:07.322-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 1781 Mozart premiere / SAT 3-31-12 / Knighted diamond magnate Oppenheimer / Hugo-winning 1994 memoir / Cityhopper carrier / Demographic lauded in 1965 song / Beano alternative / Temple of Vesta localeRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92106624809633001502012-05-07T12:59:31.369-04:002012-05-07T12:59:31.369-04:00Edam was a fictional auto in an old Abbott and Cos...Edam was a fictional auto in an old Abbott and Costello TV episode. Agree though that the intent was the cheese in this case. The other is way too obscure, except for geeks like me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8672202456012284542012-05-06T01:57:46.185-04:002012-05-06T01:57:46.185-04:00@Ginger--my view is that @Dirigonzo is who keeps u...@Ginger--my view is that @Dirigonzo is who keeps us all civil and friendly. Seriously. I think we owe him a great deal. He (plus a couple of others) keep the syndi-boat afloat.<br /><br />I am a great, um , appreciater of @Evil Doug, but I do not think he is the ecumenical presence that @Dirigonzo is. Though he is a lot of fun.<br /><br />About the osprey, @Ginger and @SIS. I've got a couple of pics of the two who are using the meagre nest. Not of the third. I'll try to figure out how to post.Red Valerianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04638265039015470938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33608381070625887852012-05-06T01:15:26.709-04:002012-05-06T01:15:26.709-04:00@red V 'I think we need a syndi-@ed...', W...@red V 'I think we need a syndi-@ed...', We have @diri! and I hope that neither of them ever change. Your 3 Ospreys surprise me....please keep us informed. Wonder if one of them might me last years?<br /><br />Re Cascadia....if the archeologists are correct, we Washingtonians, and the Oregonians, will one day BE Canadians, if we're not swimming first.<br /><br />The puzzle killed me. Even with Uncle Google's help, i had many empty squares. Made many of the same mistakes that have been mentioned, but was unable to fix them.Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14661449812581087252012-05-05T23:15:43.837-04:002012-05-05T23:15:43.837-04:00This puzzle kicked my butt. Whole NE was a blank. ...This puzzle kicked my butt. Whole NE was a blank. Oh well, I had my good moments this week. Did get CALIFORNIAGIRLS right away but didn't finish.<br /><br />@Diri, my money is on the ospreys. The Acadians settled Louisiana and morphed to Cajuns.<br /><br />@Red, pictures of your birds please.<br /><br />capcha: ledivilc misteyo. Basque for I had too much Cinco de Mayo last night.Solving in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249420848844874936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46557648789477504222012-05-05T21:13:33.981-04:002012-05-05T21:13:33.981-04:00@Syndi Anonymouse 11:49 - Five weeks in your futur...@Syndi Anonymouse 11:49 - Five weeks in your future you will see much gnashing of teeth and many references in the comments to not solving even with the aid of uncle Google. And yet a few were able to solve sans U.G. and sans error. Sadly, I was not one of the few.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29602834293575180912012-05-05T20:22:15.804-04:002012-05-05T20:22:15.804-04:00@Red Valerian (sorry about the earlier misspelling...@Red Valerian (sorry about the earlier misspelling) - to answer your question "is there a name for an area that straddles the border?", how about this from Wikipedia - "Acadia (in the French language Acadie) was a colony of New France, in northeastern North America that included parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and modern-day Maine to the Kennebec River.[1] During much of the 17th and early 18th centuries, Norridgewock on the Kennebec River and Castine at the end of the Penobscot River were the southern-most settlements of Acadia.[2]" So I guess I live in Acadia, and I'm proud of it.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83210643395926023042012-05-05T20:02:41.013-04:002012-05-05T20:02:41.013-04:00I did this puzzle 5 weeks ago (it's a long sto...I did this puzzle 5 weeks ago (it's a long story) but I had to check in to see how my follow syndilanders fared, wish you happy Cinco de Mayo, and remind you of the spectacular full moon that will be rising tonight. We truly have, as Jimmy buffet says, a lot to drink about.<br /><br />@Red Vealerian and @SiS - there were osprey in the local news here in South Canada (east coast division) when a newly arrived nesting pair chose a megaberth pier as their nesting site. Port officials are worried that the nest will interfere with the coming cruise ship season (big business here on the coast of Maine) and they are considering removing the nest. I'm rooting for the ospreys.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1121109817399557112012-05-05T16:39:35.972-04:002012-05-05T16:39:35.972-04:00syndication chiming in. 2 clues with "girl&qu...syndication chiming in. 2 clues with "girl", Vesta, Cécile, and an answer with GIRLS. I thought the theme was girls. <br />great puzzle.Joe in syndicated Canadanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52708689784780329052012-05-05T15:19:50.494-04:002012-05-05T15:19:50.494-04:00Whoops, everyone's comments!Whoops, everyone's comments!DMGrandmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27289124953850069402012-05-05T15:12:07.380-04:002012-05-05T15:12:07.380-04:00Couldn't get a handle on this puzzle, then QED...Couldn't get a handle on this puzzle, then QED popped up, and everything fell from there! Well, almost everything. Figured Ray L... was an actor, but couldn't come up with his name. Combining this with "tees" where "feet" belonged left me with a messy SE corner. The rest of the potentially unknowns seemed to fall from the crosses, though I must admit not proof reading left me with "nsec.". Come here to find these silly mistakes and enjoy everyone's comes. Happy Cinco de Mayo!DMGrandmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88463023997340157642012-05-05T15:04:29.695-04:002012-05-05T15:04:29.695-04:00I made it through to an error-free finish, but it ...I made it through to an error-free finish, but it was by no means easy for me. So many answers I had never heard of, yet managed to fill in with crosses that I surprised myself: IDOMENEO, TAMIL, NGO, dolphinFREEtuna (is what I've always heard), and never heard of Cityhopper -- sounds more like a bus to me (but we never fly KLM).<br /><br />I was pleased to see MEADOWLARK -- JOHNNYCASH also fit, for awhile. <br /><br />Okay, I finished, so I should be happy, right? I did not have much fun with this one though.<br /><br />Yes, weren't we all feelin' the love yesterday, out here in syndiland? :)Lola505https://www.blogger.com/profile/09249427833942985450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28284981609600429282012-05-05T14:13:01.040-04:002012-05-05T14:13:01.040-04:00Not easy by my count, as I had to do a little Goog...Not easy by my count, as I had to do a little Googling. Gee, Scott, you couldn't find anyone more obscure than ERNEST Oppenheimer? You could have used Ernest Jones; he went to school with me one year. Hm, but I don't think he was of much, um, importance.<br /><br />My other lookups were IDOMEMEO and TIVOLI--should really have known the latter; no hope of knowing the former.<br /><br />That it's a well-built puzzle I agree; just think a couple of answers were unreachably obscure. Thanks for the shout-out (twice this week now!) to the late, great Asimov. Loved the originality of parsing HIC into HI-C instead of cluing it as the old drunk's sound.Spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51315703898067994322012-05-05T13:59:40.576-04:002012-05-05T13:59:40.576-04:00My third puzzle this morning...It's finally to...My third puzzle this morning...It's finally today!<br /><br />"I AS IN I.P."<br /><br />Could be. <br /><br />Pretty smooth sailing other than that. Enjoyed the pop music fest with The MONKEES, THE CARS, The Beach Boys, and the great <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re69OBUrhCE&feature=related" rel="nofollow">Kimberley REW</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65347174744733607342012-05-05T13:30:36.393-04:002012-05-05T13:30:36.393-04:00Let me try that one more time:
CascadiaLet me try that one more time:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_(independence_movement)" rel="nofollow">Cascadia</a>Red Valerianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04638265039015470938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21677492675376627922012-05-05T13:28:13.055-04:002012-05-05T13:28:13.055-04:00Still smiling from yesterday's syndi-love-fest...Still smiling from yesterday's syndi-love-fest. I think we need a syndi-@ED and @Lewis to shake things up!<br /><br />Liked the puzzle (and the write-up, whoever it was by). DNF because of two errors. For 43A ("it's often in the spotlight"), I had tENOr, which gave me GASt (hey, why not?) and COZEr.<br /><br />It took a while fork tEEs to become FEET (64A--"they have balls"). I snickered a bit on the journey.<br /><br />@SIS--there are *three* osprey hanging about. Have seen at most two in the nest (which is not yet very big) at one time, but have seen the third flying fairly close overhead. Not in a threatening way, but I'm not sure how things are going to play out.<br /><br />@Diri--South Canada, eh? Is there a name for an area that straddles the border? Out here, we have "Cascadia," which (hypothetically, at least) subsumes the south west of BC (not to be confused with where @Tobias is), most of Washington, Oregon, and northern California. Actually, I see the "boundaries" are open to interpretation. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_(independence_movement)>Cascadia (independence movement)</a> Maybe there's a way to draw it so that includes Maine.<br /><br />Preview still not working....Red Valerianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04638265039015470938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78544180008292455002012-05-05T11:49:00.299-04:002012-05-05T11:49:00.299-04:00For all those commentors who wrote this was "...For all those commentors who wrote this was "easy" or "medium" I pose to you the question: Are you absolutely sincerely unquestionably certain you didn't at least in one instance either google or refer to a reference book?? I refuse to believe that even the creator of this blog can can answer in the affirmative without his or her le nez extending an inch. Signed, Your Conscience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88147573030050346312012-04-01T01:35:07.766-04:002012-04-01T01:35:07.766-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64196560433815822972012-04-01T01:34:33.542-04:002012-04-01T01:34:33.542-04:00Is my poignancy upset by your correction? Just a ...Is my poignancy upset by your correction? Just a little bit. There was some Belgian or Dutch car of that ilk, but since I recall so many other wonderful vehicles, both naff and stupendeous from the early 1960s, my erring memory won't leave me distraught tonight.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20689436277048788662012-03-31T22:16:58.629-04:002012-03-31T22:16:58.629-04:00@Fergus: DAF never had a three-wheeler, you must b...@Fergus: DAF never had a three-wheeler, you must be thinking of some of the British Morgans or something like that. They looked very unstable on the roads!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4051349984505567042012-03-31T21:52:25.354-04:002012-03-31T21:52:25.354-04:00Dolphin-free messed me up, and so did I AS IN ?? (...Dolphin-free messed me up, and so did I AS IN ?? (by habit writing in NSEC for any short period of time), but otherwise a pretty smooth Saturday solve. And by that I mean a half-hour trance, sitting in the sun, perplexed by most Clues until piecing together a crossing or two.<br /><br />I remember driving around the Continent as a child, noticing 3-wheeled DAFS, and oddly that was the most poignant element of this puzzle.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71206822315778531812012-03-31T21:44:03.570-04:002012-03-31T21:44:03.570-04:00Mostly easy (and enjoyable) for a Saturday, but I ...Mostly easy (and enjoyable) for a Saturday, but I had a few blank squares in the middle (missed cozen and zin and xenon).<br /><br /> Still a relief after a ken-ken that for some reason I just can't get.michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45453663328630794872012-03-31T21:25:53.064-04:002012-03-31T21:25:53.064-04:00Thanks Diriginzo, happy start to a happy year!
Wa...Thanks Diriginzo, happy start to a happy year!<br /><br />Was always glad I wasn't an April fools baby...I'd have never lived it down!AnnieDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10344302828359075478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15797544796560374672012-03-31T20:37:11.259-04:002012-03-31T20:37:11.259-04:00TAMIL
apart from "catamaran" which in T...TAMIL<br /><br />apart from "catamaran" which in Tamil means " cut tree" this language has contributed "mulligatawny" literally hot pepper water, "serendipity" from "seren" and " deep" or island to the south which is now present day Sri Lanka. The recently ended civil war between the Tamils and the majority Sinhalas brought a welcome end to the bloodshed. And of course other words include "pariah" -- literally outcast-- And that tasty snack "poppadum".Rudy Shankarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812778852033694945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87224737839858401402012-03-31T19:32:52.113-04:002012-03-31T19:32:52.113-04:00Was looking for Dutch autos also...fun puzzleWas looking for Dutch autos also...fun puzzleTheoda3rdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30626271742590552442012-03-31T19:18:43.027-04:002012-03-31T19:18:43.027-04:00Surprisingly, my first pass through the clues gave...Surprisingly, my first pass through the clues gave me many of the long answers, including three of the four 15s. Then I had to go back and do battle with the short fill where there was much I did not know; it took a while for ILL to replace Icy which gave me RELIC and the puzzle. To quote Rex: "Good thing about all the stuff I didn't know was that it was surrounded by stuff I did. Crosswords!" (Terrific write-up, by the way.)<br /><br />@AnnieD - Happy birthday and many happy returns!<br /><br />@Tita - Feet have breasts? Who knew? They have balls, too - isn't there a name for that?Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.com