tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7437325160996163927..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: "Red Cube" sculptor with an eponymous museum in New York / WED 10-13-21 / Colosseo locale / Fashion designer and judge on "Project Runway All Stars" Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89218237883764348562022-05-28T06:25:55.251-04:002022-05-28T06:25:55.251-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jayson J. Nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566238953538754787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36377788816103848452021-12-13T19:16:22.750-05:002021-12-13T19:16:22.750-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140499195767964308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10522251788479173032021-11-18T06:39:17.067-05:002021-11-18T06:39:17.067-05:00@Barbara S
The syndics please do not forsake
We,...@Barbara S<br /><br />The syndics please do not forsake<br /><br />We, too, luv our puzzle<br /><br />Just solve it muzzled<br /><br />Although 6 weeks late<br /><br />TJ<br /><br /><br /><br />Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792133327936842987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91771931924908884452021-11-17T17:05:09.421-05:002021-11-17T17:05:09.421-05:00Got the bracketed “I”s but not the “EYE”s; the SE...Got the bracketed “I”s but not the “EYE”s; the SE was a dead end (i.e, CUL-DE-SAC). <br /><br />TONNEAU? Okay, I guess.<br /><br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55104421104189185662021-11-17T16:08:53.591-05:002021-11-17T16:08:53.591-05:00I guess the commentariat is not the pick-up truck ...I guess the commentariat is not the pick-up truck crowd. TONNEAU covers are ubiquitous these days.<br />Knew 2 of the 4 EYE TOEYE people.<br />Not only a songwriter but a terrific singer and yeah baby AIMEE Mann. Heard her yesterday on 89.3 The Current from MPR. You can stream it.<br />The fill could have used some help.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44920828653130612092021-11-17T14:56:30.670-05:002021-11-17T14:56:30.670-05:00MAN ATREST
A SKIBUM enters a CASINO
with RICHES -...MAN ATREST<br /><br />A SKIBUM enters a CASINO<br />with RICHES - SEMI-RITZ.<br />Playing HOLD'EM STIRS his ego,<br />I HOPI knows his SCHIST.<br /><br />--- KAT KITTBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82131847590301767612021-11-17T13:52:03.819-05:002021-11-17T13:52:03.819-05:00The core of this puzzle was very long, foreign, an...The core of this puzzle was very long, foreign, and mostly unknown names. A decided weakness. However, the comments roused the Lunatic Fringe to vent their bile over one name, egged on by their spiritual leader OFL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9247620656219876872021-11-17T13:39:02.786-05:002021-11-17T13:39:02.786-05:00It goes without saying that I barely SEEEYETOEYE w...It goes without saying that I barely SEEEYETOEYE with those who populate their puzzles with names - especially the ones not commonly knows. And I have visited many an art museum in them thar big cities. <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords that I don't dnf by 2 answers!Diana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16825964172416510922021-11-17T10:43:56.529-05:002021-11-17T10:43:56.529-05:00Until I read this blog I had no idea where even to...Until I read this blog I had no idea where even to split the names of 32 across. After the U didn't make my top 3 guesses. But I had all the letters correct, so the crosses must have been fair. <br /><br />No problem here with the revealer; the everyday expression is SEE EYE TO EYE. Nor do I think the placement is a "wreck." You fit that puppy in however it goes.<br /><br />But the fill? Yeah, that gets...shall we say, ZANY at times. I will take Eartha KITT in a TSHIRT for DOD. I winced at NRA and NIP, knowing the impending side-EYE. All in all, the solve whizzed by, and had it not been for not knowing that one guy, I might've set a record. Par.<br /><br />P.S. We save the ENDs of our loaves of gluten-free (yes, they make it) bread until we have enough to make stuffing for a chicken dinner. Use it all!spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48839135629254267942021-11-17T08:35:12.008-05:002021-11-17T08:35:12.008-05:00I know I'm late, being a syndicated puzzle sol...I know I'm late, being a syndicated puzzle solver, but Isamu Noguchi was almost a gimme for me with just three crosses. I work at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO, and we have "Isamu Noguchi Sculpture Court" with seven of his pieces in an indoor setting. I loved this puzzle for that answer alone.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449761711435978481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86321571926937742021-10-14T20:14:14.790-04:002021-10-14T20:14:14.790-04:00Hi, I'm Brianne, the constructor of this puzzl...Hi, I'm Brianne, the constructor of this puzzle. This puzzle was NOT plagiarized! I originally created this puzzle in 2019, submitted it to the NYT sometime in April of 2020 and it was accepted in the summer of 2020. The NYT daily theme puzzles are on a +1 year delay. I always run my puzzle themes through cruciverb to check to see if they've already been done before...and I was seriously surprised that it looked like "eyetoeye" had never been done before. I've enjoyed reading your guys' comments and criticisms, but I felt like I needed to say something when you're starting to accuse me of something I'm not guilty of. Brianne M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09219671968476563953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61350522935974934732021-10-14T11:04:52.060-04:002021-10-14T11:04:52.060-04:00Interesting puzzle filled with PPP. DNF on the in ...Interesting puzzle filled with PPP. DNF on the in ISAMU. I have to say that ISAMU NOGUCHI is just about as an obscure a name as I can remember in the NY Times crossword as a themer. What percentage of people have heard of him? Maybe 0.5% of Americans. I think I recognize his table, but honestly it just looks like the windshield glass table famously ridiculed in Seinfeld. rjkennedy98https://www.blogger.com/profile/07337805018296099681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91100813538471050122021-10-14T00:42:58.580-04:002021-10-14T00:42:58.580-04:00Yes, oceanjeremy!
I too do the puzzle because I l...Yes, oceanjeremy!<br /><br />I too do the puzzle because I love WORDS, not 3-letter acronyms! You speak for MANY of us. Where does it!? Obviously, lazy texting abbreviations (LMAO, e.g.). <br /><br />Words, words, words!! Don’t abbreviate, show me! Say one more TLA and I’ll scream!Mr. Alarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872240736558100541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35238943418834050582021-10-14T00:23:38.992-04:002021-10-14T00:23:38.992-04:00@Albatros - yes it was plagiarism. I bought the pu...@Albatros - yes it was plagiarism. I bought the puzzle. The clues were not exactly the same but the theme answers were the same. The title of the puzzle was Eye to Eye. I say it’s a problem. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49232422116913211792021-10-14T00:17:25.507-04:002021-10-14T00:17:25.507-04:00@A
No need to be sorry. I appreciated your comment...@A<br />No need to be sorry. I appreciated your comment anyway. Nice to know it got a wow even if edited and the extra shadings gave you some joy. Your posts do tend to be long but seldom ramble. I edit mine too but it is harder to tell.<br /><br />No on the dodo but logic, reflection, circularity and humor often lead one to Alice.<br /><br />Yeah, I'm to cheap to spend a dollar when some people here probably have access and can give us a report. <br /><br />I did did not make some other observations so it wouldn't distract from my epiphany. <br /><br />KITT KAT. SUZUKI crossing AUDI. RICHES and E-RICH. INIDLE ending at ATREST. ATREST CULDESAC the suggested dead END and FETID.<br /><br />I am all for NIP being a usable word but putting it right below a Japanese name seems to be using it at a RUDE level.<br /><br />And SCALIA twice removed from john BIRCH. Probably a fan in high school.albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71711610227636164292021-10-14T00:14:23.224-04:002021-10-14T00:14:23.224-04:00@Asisa
Getting offended that other people are off...@Asisa<br /><br />Getting offended that other people are offended isn't that helpful. It's just asking for attention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7429017533507072462021-10-13T22:47:36.389-04:002021-10-13T22:47:36.389-04:00@albatross, sorry, I’m guilty of over-editing. I o...@albatross, sorry, I’m guilty of over-editing. I originally had more enthusiasm (including a “Wow!”) in my reaction to your astute observation. I go back and try to use less words since I so often use too many. I was struck that you not only noticed the rotational relationship between the table and DESACUL and the revealer, but also tied in UEY and HIT TO right to boot. And then the Alice "curiouser and curiouser" - did the Dodo clue inspire that?<br /><br />The other thing is, yes, I actually did investigate the “plagiarism” accusation. Wasn’t going to bring it up since no one else seemed interested. As you said, “crickets.” BUT yes, there is a puzzle at American Values by Evan Kalish from April 14, 2021. I did not buy the puzzle, so I don’t know how close a copy this one was. <a href="https://avxwords.com/puzzles/952/" rel="nofollow">“Guest puzzle from Evan Kalish this week! Check out "Eye to Eye," a 17x17 gem at 2.5/5 difficulty.”</a>Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237000067564152763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4045559932357984842021-10-13T22:32:07.328-04:002021-10-13T22:32:07.328-04:00@Nancy 8:54
During the pandemic - the lock down p...@Nancy 8:54<br /><br />During the pandemic - the lock down part - it seemed as if AA Milne kept appearing in the puzzle almost weekly. I have somehow managed to hang into my childhood set of his books and one day I took a picture and started using it as my avatar. I'm amazed that @Barbara even knew that! But very touched that she included me in her poem.Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242868539621158336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7226674330515712592021-10-13T22:22:25.274-04:002021-10-13T22:22:25.274-04:00Terrible, terrible, TERRIBLE puzzle!
Bad concept,...Terrible, terrible, TERRIBLE puzzle!<br /><br />Bad concept, names I wouldn’t remember if I heard of them in the first place, Pllus TONNEAU?<br /><br />As unpleasant a crossword experience as I remember having. Don’t see eye to eye with Will on this being published any day of the week, let alone a Wednesday.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04630607667147463616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11646393105155211782021-10-13T21:58:04.004-04:002021-10-13T21:58:04.004-04:00Since there's no baizbowl on the teeVee, I hap...Since there's no baizbowl on the teeVee, I happened into the last few minutes of 'NOVA'; been sometime since it was a regular in my life.<br /><br />Recently we discussed the wonders of cockroaches, some may recall. Well, next week's episode of the show is devoted to edible insects. Bon appetit. The Swedish Chefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10534974425404522442021-10-13T21:57:00.938-04:002021-10-13T21:57:00.938-04:00I thought I saw a suggestion of plagiarism about t...I thought I saw a suggestion of plagiarism about this puzzle and based on another referenced puzzle by an anon in maybe late morning. It's gone or I keep scrolling by it somehow. Did anyone check it out? I was expecting some refutation or confirmation. Just crickets.<br /><br />Thanks to @Newboy and @A for their reaction to my comment on the puzzle and the NOGUCHI table. Maybe I should have been less metaphysical in my description. CUL DESAC and SEE TOEYE answers form a pair of L's that could be joined at the S of SEE and the L of CUL and rotated to form the floor and table supports of the table. Looking at the table reminded me of trying to solve those areas. Both clues and table seemed self-reflective somehow and made my head hurt in similar ways. I thought the cluing seemed to call special attention to those two pairs of answers and there they were in the table. I was also thinking is this a Thursday on the wrong day again? If I put DEAD in the down and END across it does kinda work in a a THURSDAY sort of way. What if I put END in backwards? Is there a pun that makes it work? A literal DEAD END? Nope.<br /><br />@Newboy seemed as amazed as I was. @A appreciative, but not a true believer. Well, I don't <br />think that's his style. I thought someone would tell me I live in my head too much. Anyone know how to ask the constructor if he saw or designed it? <br /><br />I knew TONNEAU because I had one installed on my son's pick-up for his birthday. When he moved to Pittsburgh he really appreciated it, It's nice when one of those birthday presents works. There is a TONNEAU factory a couple miles down the road with a company store. When it caught on fire we were told to move inside and close the windows. We already had. The air was acrid.<br /><br />albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4804182678119297122021-10-13T21:17:49.328-04:002021-10-13T21:17:49.328-04:00Hey @Barbara S. See what you've done? Some ...Hey @Barbara S. See what you've done? Some of the oldies have come back to join us.....!!!! YAY...Now you have to add some more of your bodacious odes to the olds. insert a happy face emoji here, @Frantic.GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89806837473709811542021-10-13T21:02:53.813-04:002021-10-13T21:02:53.813-04:00@Unknown:
We should all learn from their enduring ...@Unknown:<br />We should all learn from their enduring friendship.<br /><br />What might that be?? Only Right Wingnuts have the God given power to rule??The Cleavernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4370563951904461752021-10-13T20:54:18.292-04:002021-10-13T20:54:18.292-04:00@Barbara S (6:35) -- Of the avatars you mention, I...@Barbara S (6:35) -- Of the avatars you mention, I know only @Anoa Bob's. And that's because he calls himself @Anoa Bob and his avatar is an anoa. If he called himself @Xword Bob, I wouldn't know his avatar any more than I know anyone else's.<br /><br />@Teedmn's a pal. When she's in NYC for a tournament, we get together, have dinner and hang out. But do you think I know her avatar? Not if my life depended on it. (I just peeked, btw, and it seems to be some sort of flower. I guess I'll remember it now -- now that I've actually looked at it. Unless I don't.<br /><br />I have no idea what the other avatars you refer to are. If you mentioned them in your tribute, I didn't pick up on the reference. I'm sure I thought that they -- whatever they are -- had been mentioned in a particular blog comment that I either never read or don't remember.<br /><br />Loren is famous for changing her avatar daily in apt and humorous ways to dovetail in some way with a given puzzle. But I've never once noticed any of them on my own. Only when one or more Rexites mention her avatar that day do I go back and look. Sometimes I'm amazed that I missed it, but miss it I did.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74292504873257402852021-10-13T20:53:44.200-04:002021-10-13T20:53:44.200-04:00@puzzlehoarder - best of luck for your recuperatio...@puzzlehoarder - best of luck for your recuperation. I assume I will be following you down that path 'ere long, so THEN @Nancy can wish me will.<br /><br />For anyone who cares, I took that tiger photo in March of 2020, as all hell was breaking loose in the US and I was blissfully unaware travelling in India, where toilet paper was plentiful and cheap.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.com