tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7707110565202624197..comments2024-03-29T06:32:07.322-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Geraint's beloved / WED 6-22-16 / Airline with flying boats in 1930s-40s / Sired biblically / Hummer's instrument / Shoulder-slung synthesizer / Near-impossible NFL point total / Talismans or curses they protect against / Wrinkly citrusRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71610021313710299872016-07-27T16:56:10.472-04:002016-07-27T16:56:10.472-04:00KAZOO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT, what do we appreciate? AN...KAZOO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT, what do we appreciate? ANDagrams (thanks @ed) apparently.<br /><br />I am forever asking for the DATEANDTIME of bid openings. Not weak or unsnappy in my line.<br /><br />Classic yeah baby Dorothy LAMOUR. Did she ever wear anything but a sarong? Or go without?<br /><br />What does NUTWOOD anagram to? DOWNANDOUT. CLAMOUR (Brit.)? RUMANDCOLA. NUTPICK? NIPANDTUCK. ILL (or LIL) LOBSTERER? LIEBERANDSTOLLER. Easy enough with an on-line anagram solver. Not a bad puz for someone who does the hilarious Jumble every day.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17963873851092882862016-07-27T15:22:19.731-04:002016-07-27T15:22:19.731-04:00Many Orbital Periods ago I went to "school&qu...Many Orbital Periods ago I went to "school" in the PANAM building - a Katharine Gibbs course for college grads (esp. English majors) that taught office skills so we could get a job. Used to eat lunch in the adjoining Grand Central Station on the mezzanine. <br /><br />I, too, said NONO as I filled in RARED and BEGOT. However, I've become used to the trickery of words that cross (skyey anyone?), so in they went. <br /><br />A fairly "easy for a Wednesday" solve until I was MIREd in the SW by putting in pLant instead of FLORA. The 'ole ERASEr saved the day once again. Using my trusty pencil saves me from getting all INKY. Which was the name of the cat I got for my 5th birthday. Still have a photo of her (and moi) on my fridge. Guess what color she was?<br /><br />My mom was a WORKAHOLIC. And gardener, baker, housekeeper extraordinaire, seamstress. wicked scrabble fiend, and creator of a safe haven for all my friends. When she retired they hired an attorney, an accountant, and a secretary to take her place. She died too young, but honestly, she packed 150 years worth of life into those 59 years. Agree with @Ellen - cancer is not the way to go.<br /><br />And one last note - doesn't Rex have a watch? I mean, he does time his crosswords. Doesn't your dentist remind you of the DATEANDTTIME of your next appt?<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-762334245287134572016-07-27T13:30:54.589-04:002016-07-27T13:30:54.589-04:00Tom Morehouse is the name of my avatar.Tom Morehouse is the name of my avatar.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60317287102838516112016-07-27T13:27:34.804-04:002016-07-27T13:27:34.804-04:00Have to call this puzzle NEATANDTRIM.
A little to...Have to call this puzzle NEATANDTRIM.<br /><br />A little too easy for Wednesday, not as interesting as yesterday's, but nice.<br /><br />And all this time I've thought it was and had to be "reared up." My language lesson for the day. Good to learn something even if not likely ever to be used or useful except in an xword.<br /><br />leftcoasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033341194718217353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2959912053594176792016-07-27T12:50:54.239-04:002016-07-27T12:50:54.239-04:00The question of the legitimacy of RARED strikes me...The question of the legitimacy of RARED strikes me as being precisely the same question that was raised a few days ago regarding “runagate.” Some people will say, with the clarity of the true believer, “I can show you the definition and where it’s been used, therefore it’s legitimate.” Others, with equal insistence, will say “it’s regional dialect, or archaic, so it requires some indication of variant or non-standard use in the clue.” Different crossword philosophies. I am in the latter camp. I could tell which word was needed, but thought it was inappropriately clued.Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185068601066087185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85068095781990678582016-07-27T11:01:27.170-04:002016-07-27T11:01:27.170-04:00I did have a minute after all (couldn't sleep)...I did have a minute after all (couldn't sleep). I liked it, and give it a birdie. Dear me, the well-read Fearless one can't remember DORA? Then he also does not recall David's long-time friend--and eventually, wife--Agnes.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58380080036801081242016-07-27T10:43:23.970-04:002016-07-27T10:43:23.970-04:00FLORA DORA
Drinking GINANDTONIC, looking NEATANDT...FLORA DORA<br /><br />Drinking GINANDTONIC, looking NEATANDTRIM, SMOLDERing to vent,<br />DECKED out with UGLI EVILEYES, I knew she’d KISSANDTELL<br />about HOW her DATEANDTIME with him EMBED she SPENT - <br />she’d AWAKEN and STORMOUT, having that MANMADE so well.<br /><br />--- EVIAN OVINE HAWKS<br /><br />Oh no!:<br />http://www.startribune.com/proposed-demolition-of-burma-shave-home-decried/388078172/<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7746500924876921452016-06-23T18:18:30.248-04:002016-06-23T18:18:30.248-04:00Here's a portion of the definition of the verb...Here's a portion of the definition of the verb RARE from the OED together with the samples it provides of this usage:<br /><br /> 2. intr. orig. U.S. regional (chiefly south. and south Midland).<br />Thesaurus »<br />Categories »<br /> <br /> a. Of an animal: to rise up, esp. on the hind legs. Freq. with up, back.<br /><br />1833 Sketches & Eccentricities D. Crockett vii. 92 He just rared up upon his hind legs.<br />1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 100 Break 'em with a curb an' they rare an' fall back on you.<br />1925 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 38 356 Jack jest slipped around the oak right quick and the municorn stove his horn into hit and he just rared and plunged.<br />1984 G. Story It never pays to laugh too Much 79 To get a horse to rare up on his hind legs like a circus horse was something the Montgomerys seemed to fancy.<br />1998 B. Kingsolver Poisonwood Bible (1999) ii. 117 You go blind, and then it [sc. a cobra] can just rare back and bite you any old time it feels like it.<br />2006 Deseret (Salt Lake City) Morning News (Nexis) 10 June Richins injured her leg when her horse rared up and then rolled over her.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339432172410182520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16882323885951980332016-06-23T18:12:52.413-04:002016-06-23T18:12:52.413-04:00Margaret said:
"I agree with two other previ...Margaret said:<br /><br />"I agree with two other previous comments. "RARED is just wrong." The word is not in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, and the word that refers to animals standing on their hind legs is REARED."<br /><br />Try an unabridged dictionary. RARED is correct. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339432172410182520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16148719916292404852016-06-23T01:35:15.611-04:002016-06-23T01:35:15.611-04:00@Beatrice, the Vivaldi is a lovely idea, thank you...@Beatrice, the Vivaldi is a lovely idea, thank you.Hartley70https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557118655188472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74711748109382544922016-06-22T23:23:13.723-04:002016-06-22T23:23:13.723-04:00Sorry. The Pan Am building is worth around 3.5 bi...Sorry. The Pan Am building is worth around 3.5 billion, not 350.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373497811486389544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65689626136945994172016-06-22T20:59:34.483-04:002016-06-22T20:59:34.483-04:00My horse expected an apple but I fed her some NAN ...My horse expected an apple but I fed her some NAN instead. She was so angry she RARED up.Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25237964762473511732016-06-22T20:59:25.561-04:002016-06-22T20:59:25.561-04:00Loved the theme, thanks to the extra spaces turnin...Loved the theme, thanks to the extra spaces turning into "and" in each answer. I am not good at anagrams. Have to look at them pretty carefully, but once I knew I was only looking for short words in the long one, it came quickly.<br /><br />I agree with two other previous comments. "RARED is just wrong." The word is not in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, and the word that refers to animals standing on their hind legs is REARED. <br /><br />I am also going to quibble with 6 across --shouldn't it be embedded? -- as, a certain war zone correspondent is embedded. Or to state this differently, one may EMBED a journalist with a military unit, but the correspondent is EMBEDDED. <br /><br />Soccer? I am delighted that Ireland beat Italy, and for some reason I cannot put my finger on, happy that Russia has gone home. <br /><br />Sorry that one of the regulars has passed. The comments will be missed.<br /><br />MargaretMargarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381872404054459617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79453662262066409262016-06-22T20:32:58.309-04:002016-06-22T20:32:58.309-04:00I am writing in to say that the term is 'reare...I am writing in to say that the term is 'reared up' on hind legs etc. Can't find 'rared up'. Is this an alternative spelling? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44351112521048616732016-06-22T18:58:30.730-04:002016-06-22T18:58:30.730-04:00To all those saying RARED is wrong: please use a d...To all those saying RARED is wrong: please use a dictionary. The verb <i>rare</i> is correct. It means "To rear, rise up, start backwards."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339432172410182520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10844374058574017042016-06-22T17:38:43.768-04:002016-06-22T17:38:43.768-04:00Irony has headed its ugly rear.Irony has headed its ugly rear.evil doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593231055589228837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43907992803965333112016-06-22T17:10:33.464-04:002016-06-22T17:10:33.464-04:00other's? ET TU, Rec?other's? ET TU, Rec?Doc Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12540112168511893896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6819877913319195932016-06-22T16:39:30.069-04:002016-06-22T16:39:30.069-04:00Ack! So much hate for a regionalism and, to a less...<br />Ack! So much hate for a regionalism and, to a lesser extent, an expression. My father grew up in east Texas, and never completely lost his accent or use of dialectic expressions. Which was fine, except when he said 'form' for 'farm', and 'cord' for 'card, and I think a few others that won't come to mind, and by which I never ceased to be confused. I'm not sure whether it worked the other way, those weren't words he often used. 'RARED up' sounds perfectly normal to my ear, though I know, of course, that the term is 'reared up', and was surprised to see it appear to be the correct answer, without some caveat in the clue. I'm guessing it's not unusual in the South and Mid-west in general. Anyone else?<br /><br />Similarly, I thought of NEATANDTRIM as soon as I saw a few letters. I know I heard it growing up, perhaps with particular regard to a visit to the hair salon or barber, as in 'There, all neat and trim'. For some reason the Net is being pretty silent on both. The 'rared up' is simply termed either a regionalism or an 'older usage', which seems to have a citation from 1833. <br /><br />@Hartley - please add me to the chorus. I, too, was saddened to read the news, and my deepest condolences go out to you on losing a friend. I believe she was a birder, or at least a bird-watcher, and therefore a woman after my own heart. It sounds as though she was a good person, and that is always a loss to the world. ---A while back I had my one 'exchange' with her, here. In response to a question she had regarding the puzzle, I told her of a favorite composition of mine, by Vivaldi. She graciously thanked me, and also wrote that Vivaldi was her favorite classical composer. A kind, anonymous poster responded with an embedded performance of the piece. Now I know at least how to cut and paste a URL, so here is another version of that piece. <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmI6kW2Eo6o<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />'beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16162755764092888665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91467964742363652822016-06-22T15:52:06.948-04:002016-06-22T15:52:06.948-04:00ANDagrams©ANDagrams©evil doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593231055589228837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38503010405373178482016-06-22T15:48:42.296-04:002016-06-22T15:48:42.296-04:00"jibes""jibes"evil doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593231055589228837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33431899949654072842016-06-22T15:44:36.601-04:002016-06-22T15:44:36.601-04:00Fairly easy once I realized 39A was 'Begot'...Fairly easy once I realized 39A was 'Begot' and not 'Begat' (even though the latter is more often used in the Bible...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68897507611816450522016-06-22T15:40:01.796-04:002016-06-22T15:40:01.796-04:00You got some Jumble in my Crossword!
...okay, to ...You got some Jumble in my Crossword!<br /><br />...okay, to be fair, I actually kind of appreciated the meta-game I got out of this. Once I got the first theme answer and grokked the gimmick, I immediately set to solving the other theme answers without the benefit of crosssings. Then I backfilled the rest, which took about 2 more minutes. Not what I want from a puzzle every day, but I enjoyed it well enough.<br /><br />I also appreciated that an anagram-themed puzzle included EVIAN as an answer. woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473324721047095213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26712890731959172892016-06-22T14:41:00.472-04:002016-06-22T14:41:00.472-04:00When Pan Am got into financial difficulties they s...When Pan Am got into financial difficulties they sold the building in 1981 to Met Life for 400 million.<br />The scuttlebutt around New York was they should have sold the airplanes and kept the building.<br />Today the building is worth around 350 billion, according to Google.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373497811486389544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87473731488237841712016-06-22T13:36:00.302-04:002016-06-22T13:36:00.302-04:00This puzzle was definitely head-and-shoulders [HUS...<br />This puzzle was definitely head-and-shoulders [HUSHED ORDEALS] above the quality of offerings for the past few days.<br /><br />Anagrams + X&Y phrases: double the fun. It is tough to find ones that anagram into single words, which made me appreciate it even more.<br /><br />The fill was exemplary as well, clear indication of the true professional Fred Piscop is (I almost wrote Joe Piscopo -- sorry, Fred).<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />PS. Leapy, fun, fun, fun! HelsINKy-dinky-doo.<br />Signed: Sami<br /><br />AliasZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477396362209386037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73230236521931186442016-06-22T13:25:46.579-04:002016-06-22T13:25:46.579-04:00@Be Careful Grasshopper
If you Google "Date a...@Be Careful Grasshopper<br />If you Google "Date and time" - with the quotation marks - you get 139 million hits.<br />If you Google "Date and time are not a thing" - with the quotation marks - you get zero hits.<br />Putting the quotation marks makes Google search for the exact phrase, not just pages that have any of the words in the phrase.kitshefnoreply@blogger.com