tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7469417575861543395..comments2024-03-29T07:11:36.386-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Ooky tv family name / MON 3-26-18 / Popularizer of Chinese tunic suit / investigator in old noir film / Site of postrace celebrationRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19072564981039313362018-04-30T20:21:10.169-04:002018-04-30T20:21:10.169-04:00Agree 100 % with Rex. Nice Monday puzzle for all ...Agree 100 % with Rex. Nice Monday puzzle for all levels. Congrats Erik on your amazing finish time. Enjoy Victory Lane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4547260373296299112018-04-30T17:23:15.180-04:002018-04-30T17:23:15.180-04:00LINE, not LINd.LINE, not LINd.lefcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36611541850002556352018-04-30T16:57:36.226-04:002018-04-30T16:57:36.226-04:00Neat: A - E - I - O - U. LANE, LEAN, LIND, LOAN,...Neat: A - E - I - O - U. LANE, LEAN, LIND, LOAN, LUNE.<br /><br />What could be simpler and more elegant?<br /><br />A model Monday puzzle.<br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46795548323699444902018-04-30T15:15:30.556-04:002018-04-30T15:15:30.556-04:00Theme? There was a theme? Eh?(Canadian pronuncia...Theme? There was a theme? Eh?(Canadian pronunciation) Eeee! AYE, yi yi - oh I didn't know, no. U? Why did I miss it? (But I only ask sometimes.)<br /><br />@Rondo from yesterday - after @Quasi finishes E, S, and L, he could try "Lapsing into a Comma" by Bill Walsh, followed by "Woe is I," Pat O'Conner's grammarphobe's guide to better English in plain English. I used to require WII in one of my courses. A favorite poem from it, entitled "Comma Sutra" (from the chapter on the "which" trials:<br /><br />Commas, which cut out the fat,<br />Go with which, never with that.<br /><br />The Oxford Comma will have its day. And yes, as Bill Walsh would say, I could care less.<br /><br />And yes, this was just a touch more thought provoking than the average Monday puzzle, but not by leaps or bounds. Give me a little CREDIT.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8972171752901291392018-04-30T14:47:47.036-04:002018-04-30T14:47:47.036-04:00BTW, I hope you all have your Walpurgis Night bonf...BTW, I hope you all have your Walpurgis Night bonfires ready to ward off the witches and EVIL spirits.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70387480309717158082018-04-30T14:19:36.478-04:002018-04-30T14:19:36.478-04:00Despite the transparent theme, which was a good ex...Despite the transparent theme, which was a good example of the genre, this puzzle seemed a little more feisty than your average Monday. <br /><br />I had PArk for finishing the drive at first. I liked my answer until I fixed it.<br /><br />I participated in a golf weekend with 11 of my closest friends so missed Saturday and Sunday puzzles. Perhaps just as well.<br /><br />Good start to the week.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58826066666754144342018-04-30T13:46:51.883-04:002018-04-30T13:46:51.883-04:00Haven’t seen an a-e-i-o-u puz for a while. Finishe...Haven’t seen an a-e-i-o-u puz for a while. Finished it with no EGGON my face, so OK. Would never get DAVIDLEAN without crosses. Do we ever see LED clued by __Zeppelin?<br /><br />Before Prohibition I suppose the teetotalers ran DRYADS.<br /><br />Cash or CREDIT? Paper or plastic.<br /><br />Does anybody remember yeah baby ANNE Francis as Honey West?<br /><br />Decent enough Mon-puz. ELVISH has left the building.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2157800927538405732018-04-30T11:30:27.040-04:002018-04-30T11:30:27.040-04:00First of all, I posted yesterday but it never appe...First of all, I posted yesterday but it never appeared. Don't know what I said that kept me off; basically called the puzzle a slog, like most Sundays. Anyway, to today.<br /><br />I wouldn't say our champ EAGLED this one, but...the Eagles' main color is green (I have a "I bleed green" t-shirt) and there's plenty of green paint in this one, starting with ROCKCAVES. Then THENFL. We've never needed "THE" before...<br /><br />I don't think a SAUNA is actually a "bath." You need one AFTER the SAUNA. There's a French MIN-theme going on, with 44-, 47- and 60-across. Maybe that ADDS a degree of difficulty for some; not me. I breezed through it. The vowel progression does its thing; good as long as the entries are zippy; they are. But dude: no love for "The Bridge on the River Kwai?" His best, IMHO. All three were best pictures, rightfully so.<br /><br />DOD is the amazing ANNE Hathaway. Birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70444741107377077062018-04-30T10:30:55.548-04:002018-04-30T10:30:55.548-04:00NEW AGE EVIL FORCES, 1955
SIS, to your CREDIT you...NEW AGE EVIL FORCES, 1955<br /><br />SIS, to your CREDIT you’re STEADY and legal,<br />your GOAL of CIVICDUTY’s fine,<br />but don’t NAG if MAO PETS you spread EAGLED<br />ORE tells you to TOETHEPARTYLINE.<br /><br />--- MOMMA MIN<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74486982855454441302018-03-26T21:52:44.586-04:002018-03-26T21:52:44.586-04:00I seem to get the ones others have trouble with bu...I seem to get the ones others have trouble with but never heard of dryads, elvish or eloi so I could not completely finish on my own Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05288210877590952551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23171829887542436972018-03-26T21:21:28.475-04:002018-03-26T21:21:28.475-04:00Anon@828, finding those places, finding a way to g...Anon@828, finding those places, finding a way to get there that doesn’t involve bringing weapons on public transportation, paying even a low fee... it’s a low bar, but it isn’ t within the grasp of every citizen. Tightly regulated guns are going to be a privilege. Is that OK? I don’t know what’s right.BarbieBarbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82532416752926959822018-03-26T20:28:01.337-04:002018-03-26T20:28:01.337-04:00@ BarbieBarbie, What privilege are you talking abo...@ BarbieBarbie, What privilege are you talking about? Lots of places have public ranges and even the private ones are cheap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13521827765005105392018-03-26T19:51:17.918-04:002018-03-26T19:51:17.918-04:00@ Wm. C 5:21,
You lose credibility when you use wo...@ Wm. C 5:21,<br />You lose credibility when you use words without knowing their meaning. Do you know what an automatic weapon is?Two Ponieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896743444873087885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22288803174124694952018-03-26T19:42:25.871-04:002018-03-26T19:42:25.871-04:00Remington’s own statement cited a big drop in sale...Remington’s own statement cited a big drop in sales over the past year. I bet 800000 would have helped. If only they had held out... oh wait, they did. Amazing gimongous gun sale event happened Saturday and they filed today. Huh.<br /><br />I like to shoot but I get my food from the store and I have enough land around me so that I don’t endanger anybody, so it’s a bit of a check-your-privilege thing. I don’t hear that aspect discussed. In fact, I don’t hear anything I said here recently on this topic discussed. No room for grey thinking? Unfortunately that’s where most issues lie.<br /><br />I didn’t notice the theme so in a way that’s a DNF on a Monday. Average difficulty. Nice puzzle.BarbieBarbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75757213825856015292018-03-26T19:29:20.979-04:002018-03-26T19:29:20.979-04:00Why are we hair-shaming Erik Agard? Imagine if Rex...Why are we hair-shaming Erik Agard? Imagine if Rex had posted a photo of a stout woman and I said something like, "No wonder she's not married, she's so fat she ought to be in Wilson Phillips."Uncle Alvareznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3256431899956018572018-03-26T17:39:59.773-04:002018-03-26T17:39:59.773-04:00Erik Agard just got a shout out on Around the Horn...Erik Agard just got a shout out on <i>Around the Horn</i> on ESPN. Apparently he was an intern for the show.<br /><br />@Glimmerglass - I just saw a case being made that Remington’s bankruptcy has nothing to do with poor sales and everything to do with them avoiding paying out when they lose the Sandy Hook lawsuits. Our laws need to change so that bankruptcy can’t be used as a get out of jail free card for corporations. Disgusting. Anyway - we wouldn’t have gun sale numbers until at least the next quarterly reports of publicly traded companies, so I assumed that was either a poor attempt at satire or a Russian. But there were lots of much smaller counter protests Saturday. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78271916455932182712018-03-26T17:21:01.750-04:002018-03-26T17:21:01.750-04:00@Hartley709:16 -- The Drive in "Finish a Dr...<br />@Hartley709:16 -- The Drive in "Finish a Drive" is a driveway, which is finished by paving it. I also was initially confused by this.<br /><br /><br />@TwoPonies 2:24 -- OK, I'll "begin the games" in response to your post supporting gun ownership. I've got nothing against hunting rifles nor the people who use them for sport. Obviously I'm against automatic weapons (even though it's possible, I guess, that a few people may own them for sport, or MAYBE even out of a sense that they can be used for self-protection). But there are statistics that say that HANDGUNS kill or injure more unexpected friends or family than assailants. As for the NRA, they've bought and own Congress on this issue; an example of the Ill-doing of money in our political system. I wish there were a way for any candidate for national office with signature support from some reasonable amount of voters, to get a fixed amount of dollars, enough to pay for a reasonable campaign. Naturally, though virtually every incumbent would oppose this.<br /><br />Wm. C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56860006816233170502018-03-26T17:10:28.379-04:002018-03-26T17:10:28.379-04:00Loved this as a Monday puzzle. Neither too easy n...Loved this as a Monday puzzle. Neither too easy nor too hard, with great fill all over the place. ONRUSH? Great answer. As are OEUVRE, SORTIES, YERTLE, CIVIC DUTY. I have several recordings of Debussy's "Suite Bergamasque" which contains CLAIR DE LUNE -- now I am in the mood to listen to it when I get home. <br /><br />(But did they really have to use a Star Wars clue for 11a? I wonder if other daily crosswords reference it as often as the NY times does. It's become completely off-putting.)Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61708234280298038122018-03-26T16:36:17.177-04:002018-03-26T16:36:17.177-04:00@Z. Yes, there have been couterprotests by gun own...@Z. Yes, there have been couterprotests by gun owners, most of them well intentioned, but anon 10:24 says 800,000 bought guns on Saturday. Not even Fox News says that.Glimmerglassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89413521857553917532018-03-26T16:11:48.871-04:002018-03-26T16:11:48.871-04:00Solved the puzzle without noticing the theme. Amaz...Solved the puzzle without noticing the theme. Amazed I had no trouble pulling DAVID LEAN's name out of my head. I spent time reminiscing about a PARTY LINE we had for the longest time at a vacation cabin. I don't remember when it got upgraded to a normal unshared line.tea73https://www.blogger.com/profile/04949792626860120963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54165408267362854852018-03-26T15:30:18.685-04:002018-03-26T15:30:18.685-04:00Thus looks like FAKE NEWS! Can't find any refe...Thus looks like FAKE NEWS! Can't find any reference to your statement above. BTW Remington just announced that they are going oiy of business - dismal sales. REAL NEWSMissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104300728619237652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66125521776326881292018-03-26T15:26:14.422-04:002018-03-26T15:26:14.422-04:00@Two Ponies,
I admire your tenacity. You must have...@Two Ponies,<br />I admire your tenacity. You must have the hide of a rhino. <br />I'm with you on guns, and Mr. Agard's absurd attire.<br /><br />@ Larry G,<br />How the heck could you possible know how productive Mr. Agard's life is or how much companionship he enjoys?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67679693633297392642018-03-26T15:00:56.785-04:002018-03-26T15:00:56.785-04:00I watched Erik Agard buzzing around last year'...I watched Erik Agard buzzing around last year's ACPT with a tee shirt calling for the publishing of more female constructors, hardly a ploy to expedite "picking up any chicks." Although I did not meet him, he seemed to be the object of much admiration and respect by that community. True, he does not resemble the Marlboro Man, but I am certain that his life is productive and filled with all the companionship he most richly deserves. Congratulations on killing it!<br /><br />I am no speed solver and sometimes my blind alleys are amusing in retrospect. I read 4D clued as "Detonation preceder, for short" and I was off on the whole T-minus thing again. Good times!Larry Gilstraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493069947477383208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16621972578008531612018-03-26T14:58:45.905-04:002018-03-26T14:58:45.905-04:00I thought it was a simple vowel swap and saw LANE,...I thought it was a simple vowel swap and saw LANE, LINE and LUNE. Missed that LEAN and LOAN were part of the theme.<br /><br />@Stanley Hudson, aren’t young people great? I have great faith in my son’s generation. <br /><br />Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13955178810595654692018-03-26T14:48:36.444-04:002018-03-26T14:48:36.444-04:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 1/2/2018 post for an explanation of my method. In a nutshell, the higher the ratio & percentage, the higher my solve time was relative to my norm for that day of the week. Your results may vary.<br /><br />(Day, Solve time, 26-wk Median, Ratio, %, Rating)<br /><br />Mon 4:41 4:15 1.10 77.2% Medium-Challenging<br /><br />An almost identical solve time to last Monday's, but I think this one was actually a good bit easier for me. I was just exceptionally fumble-fingered with my typing this week. I'm just thankful that I didn't leave any typos.sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.com