tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7899585572006240520..comments2024-03-28T13:54:49.910-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Pilgrimage destination in central Italy / TUE 9-8-20 / Pluto's Egyptian counterpart / acid aqua fortis Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85821392591354212392020-10-13T20:55:51.533-04:002020-10-13T20:55:51.533-04:00Made our flight the other day with only a few amus...Made our flight the other day with only a few amusing moments.<br /><br />Glad to be back to a great Monday and Tuesday puz. <br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58005453963124174982020-10-13T15:53:38.405-04:002020-10-13T15:53:38.405-04:00An unforgettable movie, its director and star do a...An unforgettable movie, its director and star do a good job of filling out this puzzle’s theme.<br /><br />Especially liked the split PSY/CHO serving as a quasi-revealer. <br /><br />The "mother’s best friend” quote is irony at its best. And Solzhenitsyn’s ARTful quote provides some philosophical class.<br /><br />Nice work by Kevin and Brad.leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31787715388650373092020-10-13T13:22:50.626-04:002020-10-13T13:22:50.626-04:00Maybe the TAGLINE for PSY CHO (RATEDR these days?)...Maybe the TAGLINE for PSY CHO (RATEDR these days?) had some reference to NORMANBATES’ PASSION for HISMOTHER? GASP! Noticed PSY and CHO both Korean. Takes a 60th anniversary to at LAST get a good Tues-puz? Eartha KITT, rowr. Always love ALFREDHITCHCOCK.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17326841980644408012020-10-13T12:17:32.828-04:002020-10-13T12:17:32.828-04:00OHOH, RATEDR, HEE HEE
BLESS HISMOTHER, seeing to ...OHOH, RATEDR, HEE HEE<br /><br />BLESS HISMOTHER, seeing to HIS NEEDs,<br />but for ONEARM PASSION he pleads,<br />so “TOOTLE O’TOOLE” he dates<br />and Master NORMANBATES<br />knows ABOY’SBESTFRIEND ISHIS TEASE.<br /><br />AUTHOR: ANTHONY PERKINS<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89411725477686576532020-10-13T11:03:16.549-04:002020-10-13T11:03:16.549-04:00Cue the shrieking violins (Herrmann's brillian...Cue the shrieking violins (Herrmann's brilliant score used ONLY strings). I still remember when my dad took me to the local premiere in Wilkes-Barre: "No one will be seated during the last ten minutes of the film." Yeah, I couldn't blame them.<br /><br />My take-away? Like NORMAN, I was "touched" by Janet Leigh's/Marion Crane's beauty. Though, regrettably, she is not in today's grid, she has to be the DOD.<br /><br />The theme density is high without her: 70 squares if you don't count the extra five for T[A]GL[I]NE--or the four for 10a: GASP! As expected, this put undue strain on the fill, but I forgive it for a flick that surely rates in my top ten all-time. [The] Bird[s]ie.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64364184163609784512020-10-13T09:44:31.826-04:002020-10-13T09:44:31.826-04:00I loved this puzzle. And I don’t care if I didn’t ...I loved this puzzle. And I don’t care if I didn’t solve it in record-breaking time. No erasures today. Maybe PSY/CHO is split because Psycho is a slasher film?thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89661505821766583652020-09-14T16:51:25.756-04:002020-09-14T16:51:25.756-04:00@Z- In 2016, ESPN had an expert panel ranked the ...@Z- In 2016, ESPN had an expert panel ranked the top 100 greatest MLB players. They also broke it into subsets one of which greatest left handed pitchers. They ranked (in reverse order)<br /> 10-Madison Bumgarner<br /> 9-Tom Glavine<br /> 8-Carl Hubbell<br /> 7-Whitey Ford<br /> 6-Lefty Grove<br /> 5-Steve Carlton<br /> 4-Warren Spahn<br /> 3-Clayton Kershaw <br /> 2-Randy Johnson<br /> Drum Roll....<br /> 1.Sandy Koufax<br />Mickey LOL is not on the list . He’s not even the Hall of Fame. With a career regular season ERA 3,44 and Winning Percentage.532. It’s not surprising. Nice try though and thanks for the laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79231268221079734692020-09-09T00:08:52.357-04:002020-09-09T00:08:52.357-04:0015a —-what does NARY have to do with clue
Otherwi...15a —-what does NARY have to do with clue <br />Otherwise this was entertaining puzzle jaymarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748854807699713294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57709981853487547072020-09-08T22:56:54.970-04:002020-09-08T22:56:54.970-04:00@Roo
nah I believe you’re thinking of:
toodles ...@Roo <br /><br />nah I believe you’re thinking of:<br /><br />toodles too·dles<br />also too·dle-oo<br /><br />interjection<br />Informal<br />Used to express farewell.<br />the dictionarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21396046042140061532020-09-08T20:34:56.517-04:002020-09-08T20:34:56.517-04:00TOOTLEs as a plural is a synonym of "See ya!&...TOOTLEs as a plural is a synonym of "See ya!" or "Later!"<br /><br />See also : TOOTLE OOH. <br /><br />Roo(tle) OOHRooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47053937555374490812020-09-08T20:15:00.035-04:002020-09-08T20:15:00.035-04:00I could’ve solved this puzzle, but I’m only 29.
...I could’ve solved this puzzle, but I’m only 29. <br /><br />Ok that’s a bit harsh but I every clue I couldn’t get turned out to be an old fashioned/stuffy answer. Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972412427600796550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83832655094936614852020-09-08T18:22:59.043-04:002020-09-08T18:22:59.043-04:00@ Z 2:10 wrote:
"…I find the obsession with ...<br />@ Z 2:10 wrote:<br /><br />"…I find the obsession with Rex’s time is everyone else’s. He primarily rates how hard a puzzle is by how long it takes him to solve. He therefore comments on the things that cause him to take longer. That isn’t obsession, that’s reporting.…"<br /><br />LOL c’mon man. It’s nice that you stick up for him but you’re either delusional or dishonest. It can’t be a coincidence that he rarely, if ever, posts his late week times that he’s disappointed with. Similarly, he rarely, if ever fails to post his Mon/Tues solves because they’re impressive to most of us even if he’s disappointed with them. I liken him to a AAA ball player. Better than 99.99 percent but not quite a big leaguer. Good on him for not lying about his pedestrian solves. For the record I’m well below metaphorical A ball solver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51087334828596878312020-09-08T18:05:47.880-04:002020-09-08T18:05:47.880-04:00I saw PSYCHO in 1960 when going to a movie was sti...I saw PSYCHO in 1960 when going to a movie was still magic. I had the (now long gone) "ability to suspend disbelief" and PSYCHO completely drew me in and scared the sh*t out of me. The musical score was even a musical scare! I vowed then to never see another horror movie again and I never have.<br /><br />I think the PSYCHO split may a rarely-seen split of convenience. That's a tough, scrabbly six-letter sequence to put in a conventional reveal spot. Maybe the connection to the Korean singer was a connection of convenience, one that allowed for a grid-friendlier placement of two three-letter PSY CHO sequences. Why else would you bring in a Korean singer to connect to the movie?<br /><br />One of the courses that I taught was Abnormal Psychology. "Split personality" is an olde timey term for schizophrenia and is not a term in use in contemporary psychology or psychiatry. <br /> <br />If I were asked to use TOOTLE in a sentence I would try this:<br /><br /> There once was a man from Beirut<br /> Who had warts all over his root<br /> He poured acid on these<br /> And now when he pees<br /> He TOOTLEs his root like a flute<br /> Anoa Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185183023273883700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84657030234606338552020-09-08T18:04:19.141-04:002020-09-08T18:04:19.141-04:00@ Anne H 5:18 PM
Hi Anne, nice of you to share. ...@ Anne H 5:18 PM <br /><br />Hi Anne, nice of you to share. I've been to Hood River many times; what a lovely town. I wonder if the apples I get from my local market could be from <a href="https://www.pdxmonthly.com/travel-and-outdoors/2016/09/an-october-apple-picking-trip-in-oregon-s-hood-river-valley" rel="nofollow">The Hood River Valley</a> .<br /><br />I miss Oregon, but the Vancouver area is beautiful, too. We get occasional snow in the city, but I have a wonderful view of the <a href="https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-vancouver-skyline-the-snow-capped-north-shore-mountains-form-a-backdrop-33002755.html" rel="nofollow">snow-capped mountains</a> from where I live and they're only a twenty minute drive away. ☃️<br /><br />Peace 🕊bocamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524629632075020985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87302784963177727912020-09-08T17:18:08.513-04:002020-09-08T17:18:08.513-04:00Oh, Bocamp, I love that story! A year ago this mo...Oh, Bocamp, I love that story! A year ago this month I was up at Timberline with two of my <br />granddaughters. (My family lives in Hood River.) None of us skis, but we love snow and mountains... plenty of snow that day at Timberline! So lovely 😊Anne Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05797177102291014144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5673744024507473972020-09-08T17:03:45.462-04:002020-09-08T17:03:45.462-04:00Thank you, Gerry! That melody started an earworm ...Thank you, Gerry! That melody started an earworm as soon as I saw the clue, but I couldn’t put lyrics to it!!! I’m so relieved 😅 Anne Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05797177102291014144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55067975188013454952020-09-08T16:48:33.312-04:002020-09-08T16:48:33.312-04:00Suggest you watch Psycho II. As good as original,...Suggest you watch Psycho II. As good as original, and has big twistsJerryHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12075599825637384918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32714567345889239342020-09-08T15:59:18.390-04:002020-09-08T15:59:18.390-04:00If only I had been more awake when I started solvi...If only I had been more awake when I started solving this. I thought the puzzle was looking for a quote by Gangnam Style performer PSY. When I got to 17A/26A I thought, that's strange, that's a quote from PSYCHO and it finally clicked! duh<br /><br />My favorite director and a much loved movie made for a very enjoyable Tuesday. Love your analysis, Rex - dividing PSY and CHO to reflect Norman's split personality. <br /><br />KnittyContessanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15981764062466888722020-09-08T15:54:33.969-04:002020-09-08T15:54:33.969-04:00BTW, did anyone else want for clue "Somersaul...BTW, did anyone else want for clue "Somersaulting dive" to be - TRIPLE LINDY<br />😂😂<br /><br />If you know that reference, then you're comedy enriched. 😋<br /><br />Also, not into horror/slasher/scary movies. There's enough actual violence in the world without needed to glorify it/be shown it for entertainment. I want to laugh/be in awe at movies. Comedy - Sci Fi.<br /><br />RooMonster Movie Buff Guy<br />RooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74049103483788941742020-09-08T15:49:11.002-04:002020-09-08T15:49:11.002-04:00"t-bar" reminds me of my first skiing ex...<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=ski+t-bar&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiy-bP1oNrrAhUXhp4KHWaxCZYQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=ski+t-bar&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzICCAAyBggAEAcQHjIGCAAQCBAeMgYIABAIEB4yBggAEAgQHjoECAAQHjoICAAQCBAHEB5Q3UBYr0hghFBoAHAAeACAAUKIAfgBkgEBNJgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=oNZXX7KpCJeM-gTm4qawCQ&bih=780&biw=1331&safe=active" rel="nofollow">"t-bar"</a> reminds me of my first skiing experience at <a href="https://mounthoodinfo.com/visitor-services/ski-areas/" rel="nofollow">Mt. Hood</a> . I was a sophomore in H.S. at the time, and living only 40 miles away from Timberline, the family decided it was time for me to learn to ski. In those days (before the advent of much shorter skis for beginners) the standard method of measuring was to hold one arm straight up and the skis would extend from the floor to the tip of the fingers. With these unwieldy monstrosities, I knew I was in trouble as soon as I headed down the path to the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=ski+t-rope+tow&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjCx4v7oNrrAhUCo54KHWZJDuAQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=ski+t-rope+tow&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoECCMQJzoGCAAQCBAeOgQIABBDOgIIADoECAAQHjoGCAAQBRAeUOrYAViS_QFgmIECaABwAHgAgAF7iAHIBZIBBDEwLjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=rNZXX8LBA4LG-gTmkrmADg&bih=780&biw=1331&safe=active" rel="nofollow">rope tow</a> (pre t-bar lift for beginners), having fallen a number of times before even getting there. When I finally made it to the tow, I was given elaborate instructions from various members of the family, e.g., make sure your skis stay parallel; let the rope slide through your hands before tightening your grip; be sure not to let your skis get crossed, etc., etc.. Long story short, I grabbed the rope and promptly ended up head first in a snow bank, managed to get the skis untangled and free of my boots, dropped them off at the ski shop and sat in front of the fireplace in Timberline Lodge the rest of the day. Never did ski again until much later in life when I took my alternative school class to Grouse Mt. in North Vancouver, BC, and learned to ski along with the kids. Easy peasy, with much shorter skis and lots of patience from the staff and kids. Became an avid skier after that, taking my students to many different slopes throughout the lower mainland of B.C., and, of course, graduated from the rope tow to the "t-bar" and beyond. ⛷<br /><br />Peace 🕊<br />bocamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524629632075020985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51709129243855656192020-09-08T15:47:26.963-04:002020-09-08T15:47:26.963-04:00@CDilly52-
Now that's elegant. Well done.
I...@CDilly52-<br /><br />Now that's elegant. Well done.<br /><br />I still don't see "tootle", nor will I, I fear. So be it.pabloinnhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967477079504866917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77297164425511240952020-09-08T15:47:25.874-04:002020-09-08T15:47:25.874-04:00@pabloinnh 8:47 AM
As a flautist who never cared ...@pabloinnh 8:47 AM<br /><br />As a flautist who never cared much for my father remarking that he heard me tootling, I at least can help you with the limerick:<br /><br />Said the two to the tutor<br />Is it harder to toot or to<br />Tutor two tooters to toot?<br /><br />Really enjoyed the puzzle. CDilly52https://www.blogger.com/profile/07727001753847073030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67399149311661179702020-09-08T15:42:41.386-04:002020-09-08T15:42:41.386-04:00Hilarious, @Frantic 2:05 PMHilarious, @Frantic 2:05 PMCDilly52https://www.blogger.com/profile/07727001753847073030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80559873488170633322020-09-08T15:40:13.492-04:002020-09-08T15:40:13.492-04:00Puzzle brought back such fun memories! Not only o...Puzzle brought back such fun memories! Not only of the movie but if the Alfred Hitchcock TV show as well. Loved the theme music for that show and how his silhouette walked into the black and white frame and then morphed I to him and his intro to the week’s mystery. <br /><br />Figured the theme out immediately after the PSY and CHO split. Just like poor Norman’s personality. I freely admit I wanted to dislike this because of the multi-directional self-referential clues. Those kinds clues usually set my teeth on edge but not so today. Perhaps the ease with which I nailed the theme is to be credited for my lack of unhappiness with the “go here to go there to go down to the bottom and oh, there’s no real clue” stuff. <br /><br />Fun grid, fun solve. Easy but not annoyingly easy. CDilly52https://www.blogger.com/profile/07727001753847073030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56522679783399844732020-09-08T15:30:41.574-04:002020-09-08T15:30:41.574-04:00@Z....I could probably spend hours talking about G...@Z....I could probably spend hours talking about Goya....No, he wasn't crazy. As a matter of fact, he was quite intelligent. When he completed his "Caprichos", it was the Spanish Society (that he despised so much) , that deemed him so. Goya was always on a quest for truth and justice - a bit like Don Quijote. If you look closely at some of his court paintings, you can almost see his poking fun at them. Quite the jester. His saddest period "Disaster of War" just about tells you everything you need to know about Spanish Society during that period.<br />He was brilliant and one of my all time favorite painters. Dali...on the other hand...he was crazy!GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.com