tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7941947431636582217..comments2024-03-28T14:57:33.856-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Early TV star with biography title Schnozzola / TUE 5-8-12 / Fearsome dino / Tree with namesake ski destination / Edvard Munch depictionRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68260861593193588152012-06-12T15:34:58.344-04:002012-06-12T15:34:58.344-04:00That would be, "love those strips", alth...That would be, "love those strips", although there were times when I worked in an office that I felt like I was living in a Dilbert strip.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71851105059254219362012-06-12T15:31:29.944-04:002012-06-12T15:31:29.944-04:00@Bob K wrote: "I count six occurrences of &qu...@Bob K wrote: "I count six occurrences of "LL" either across or down. Could this be a subtle case of Constructor Ego? We must be ever vigilant! :>))" As I explained here a while ago, my theory is that all Lynn Lempel puzzles in 2012 are in fact tribute puzzles to mark the centennnial celebration of LL Bean. Maybe there's a royalty for every LL that appears in the grid.<br /><br />@John V's observation about the groom being dragged kicking and screaming to the "alter" was a real nice catch on the write-up.<br /><br />Recent discoveries suggest that TREX may have been fuzzy or feathery - if this is true there are lots of dinosaur movies that need to be remade.<br /><br />@SIS - I live those strips. Zits is pretty funny, too, especially if you have (or had, like me) teenagers.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31789417930198964472012-06-12T14:37:12.958-04:002012-06-12T14:37:12.958-04:00Fun puzzle, loved the comments. My only pause was...Fun puzzle, loved the comments. My only pause was wanting the more grammatical MARRYINgSHAM, which didn't fit. <br />How about fish s(h)eller and s(h)ort of?DMGrandmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11739853079434497732012-06-12T13:36:09.637-04:002012-06-12T13:36:09.637-04:00Nice Tuesday, Lynn. I'm really becoming a fan ...Nice Tuesday, Lynn. I'm really becoming a fan since visiting Rexville.<br /><br />I, too, had to double check "MARRYINSHAM." Not in that circle of Rex's Venn. I'm selective about the comics I read. Since Gary Larson left the biz, I only read Dilbert and Pearls Before Swine. Rat is the bad devil on everyone's shoulder.<br /><br />@Kate Slate, I think you were the only overlap of both (GFK & MS) sets. You've got a cool name - like a "Castle" character - Kate Slate, crime reporter.<br /><br />Did anyone else notice that AMEN was the last D entry?<br /><br />Wouldn't you just love to own the SCREAM for a buck twenty and have it be the last image you look at before lights out? not.<br /><br />Anonymous 10:48 & r.alphbunker 3:39, you share the @SiS LOL award for the day.Solving in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249420848844874936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30132457479611754732012-06-12T13:20:27.508-04:002012-06-12T13:20:27.508-04:00An otherwise excellent puzzle was ruined for me by...An otherwise excellent puzzle was ruined for me by the absurd "marryinsham." The other three theme answers really popped, but this one fell extremely flat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55179545523623672202012-06-12T12:03:53.038-04:002012-06-12T12:03:53.038-04:00Great puzzle. I found it to be easy. Got the theme...Great puzzle. I found it to be easy. Got the theme at "Best Sheller" and everything just went right in.<br /><br />I knew "marryin Sam." Did not know "Ghost Face Killah" but got it from crosses. <br /><br />I'm in the middle of the baby boomer era.NM Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920756034993068695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34245655914898901462012-06-12T11:32:29.336-04:002012-06-12T11:32:29.336-04:00My college had an annual Sadie Hawkins Day where M...My college had an annual Sadie Hawkins Day where Marryin Sam was a featured player in the activities. I guess you can tell I'm older, and went to college in the midwest.olfuddudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04942205427356839021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45960916785660965272012-06-12T11:16:35.826-04:002012-06-12T11:16:35.826-04:00@r.alph: great stuff. I absolutely loved PICKUPSHT...@r.alph: great stuff. I absolutely loved PICKUPSHTICKS. A fun Tuesday without a lot of dreck in the fill.<br /><br />Captchas today were brutally unreadable; I had to cycle through a dozen before finding one I could decipher.Spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41989241535180004322012-06-12T09:21:56.009-04:002012-06-12T09:21:56.009-04:00Doesn't one HUSK corn? SHUCKing is for oyster...Doesn't one HUSK corn? SHUCKing is for oysters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4642807429826852582012-05-09T15:40:55.812-04:002012-05-09T15:40:55.812-04:00Question for Rex. The WCPT happened a little whil...Question for Rex. The WCPT happened a little while ago, right? Probably someone finished 31st. So, are you still the 31st best crossworder in the universe? What about this latest result? What does that do to him/her?<br /><br />OK, three questions.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64316446592055570612012-05-09T00:09:08.781-04:002012-05-09T00:09:08.781-04:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation. In a nutshell, the higher the ratio, the higher this week's median solve time is relative to the average for the corresponding day of the week.<br /><br />All solvers (this week's median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Mon 6:41, 6:50, 0.98, 47%, Medium<br />Tue 8:15, 8:52, 0.93, 34%, Easy-Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:42, 3:40, 1.01, 58%, Medium<br />Tue 4:43, 4:35, 1.03, 64%, Medium-Challengingsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53860436317940546092012-05-08T21:54:16.577-04:002012-05-08T21:54:16.577-04:00@r.alph...my brother got a warning in Heidelberg f...@r.alph...my brother got a warning in Heidelberg for riding a bike in a pedestrian zone.<br />My French friend got a ticket for rollerblading on the wrong side of the street (in the same town).<br /><br />If you are on wheels, you are a vehicle!!!<br /><br />Love your incipient puzzle...I bequeath:<br />Marquis de Shade – noble who shuns the sun?Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10253066255627682202012-05-08T19:04:14.076-04:002012-05-08T19:04:14.076-04:00R.alphbunker
Good work! you have a perfectly good...R.alphbunker<br />Good work! you have a perfectly good list for a new Tues for either NYT or LAT.<br /><br />If you take out the ones where you changed the spelling (shy young, he shed she shed), you have the makings for a puzzle along the same theme line:<br /><br />SHAVINGSBANK 12<br />SHAMEOLDSTORY 13<br />SHELF(STARTER) 12<br />or SHELF(SERVING)12<br />(SHELFAWARENESS 14 awkward length and SHELFIMPROVEMENT 16 too long)<br /><br />so all you need is another 13<br />and you have a nice little puzzle going.<br /><br />or forget SHAMEOLDSTORY and do two 11s:<br />OUTOFSHORTS 11<br />WINDOWSHILL 11<br /><br />I can help you if you want.acmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39740332894546472032012-05-08T18:46:32.581-04:002012-05-08T18:46:32.581-04:00@Oren, I know it was "goodnight" but as ...@Oren, I know it was "goodnight" but as it was often speculated that Mrs. Calabash was Jimmy's deceased wife, I was thinking of reunion, hence, "hello."quilter1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09569747169212018177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38125422208785007912012-05-08T18:13:29.247-04:002012-05-08T18:13:29.247-04:00@r.alph -- terrific! Made me laugh out loud.
@he...@r.alph -- terrific! Made me laugh out loud.<br /><br />@hef -- the sameLewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80925182963109485302012-05-08T18:03:06.432-04:002012-05-08T18:03:06.432-04:00@Sh - if you substitute a P for the asterisks, the...@Sh - if you substitute a P for the asterisks, the results are completely different. And they pass the breakfast test.<br /><br />I THINK I’LL S*IT THIS ONE OUT (what one says after biting into a bad apple)<br />S*ITTING ON THE FENCE (what a clogged paint sprayer is doing)<br />COME IN AND S*IT A SPELL (sign on a sunflower seed factory)<br />S*IT BACK AND LISTEN (spitting contest in a canyon)Spnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76126986699721351252012-05-08T17:42:35.990-04:002012-05-08T17:42:35.990-04:00I THINK I’LL S*IT THIS ONE OUT (what one says afte...I THINK I’LL S*IT THIS ONE OUT (what one says after eating a burrito)<br />S*ITTING ON THE FENCE (what an undecided bird with the runs is doing)<br />COME IN AND S*IT A SPELL (sign on a witch’s outhouse)<br />S*IT BACK AND LISTEN (graffiti in a bathroom stall)Shnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77298448846390189172012-05-08T17:36:48.402-04:002012-05-08T17:36:48.402-04:00Robots? I was thinking maybe James Joyce was popp...Robots? I was thinking maybe James Joyce was popping in.John Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557037910799243636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55111863148441162262012-05-08T16:54:24.566-04:002012-05-08T16:54:24.566-04:00Dang those robots!Dang those robots!Mighty Nisdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604834076817509735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3108653419539787372012-05-08T16:46:38.001-04:002012-05-08T16:46:38.001-04:00Huh?????
@ralph bunker Great!!!!Huh?????<br /><br />@ralph bunker Great!!!!chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31004955356151324702012-05-08T16:40:35.652-04:002012-05-08T16:40:35.652-04:00REX PARKER.
You were also JOHN PARKER in
IRONICUS...REX PARKER.<br />You were also JOHN PARKER in <br />IRONICUS MAXIMUS.<br />And all the millions of other names associated with HYDRA- PETWOOD- OSIRIS with those<br /> " BEDGOSTS".<br />But according to this blog, and your bloggers, you do understand it 's all coming " undone" by CARTER.<br />So " come together" ONOLAND, is quite impossible particularly now with DEPLAND - FUNDLAND.<br />And NYE in NICE has a lot to say about SESSECTE.<br />And this is about USTECO with JESTOCCO .<br />And GEOLOGIE with BERRIRO- ROSEN is a very big <br />part of FPALL- FAMIT- FAMAK.<br />With ROOT - WATT.<br />All international mobsters dealing ammo - guns- kids- on TOBALSE.<br />GEREASE - THEMESELL -THEARESE.<br />REX PARKER.<br />We know it's all GROSS.<br />How many millions of "GREYHOUNDS" have been <br />tortured & slaughtered for profits with " GREY 2 K"?<br />And all under the mafia organizations directed by QUEEN ELIZABETH?<br />DERSSE- OWAYST.<br />Babylon Berlin- Mitte Berlin?<br />KITLERS ?<br />BUGGE to CUNTSE?<br />It was all about DESALES with LESLIE CARON and <br />QELYT ?<br />Well now it's a movie called: " KANSAS KINGS".<br />We want top politicians to pay the ultimate price for their crimes .<br />And we want all the GRADSTARS and this forty and under, to be rehabilitated and we know it's possible if they turn in " TERRAFT".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21977129751798556682012-05-08T16:27:33.556-04:002012-05-08T16:27:33.556-04:00thumbs up from me, although I did stare at MARRY I...thumbs up from me, although I did stare at MARRY INS(H)AM for way too long thinking it was wrong.<br /><br />My ex has corgis (the queen's dogs, very apropos)-- nice dogs, don't shed much, lovable, but they bark way too much -- or maybe thats just when I show up<br /><br />thank you, Lynn<br /><br />Peace, alllong suffering mets fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84419150340044600102012-05-08T15:39:52.265-04:002012-05-08T15:39:52.265-04:00@LR -- You're right. I should have said "...@LR -- You're right. I should have said "acrosses only."jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34238584356584660362012-05-08T15:39:44.908-04:002012-05-08T15:39:44.908-04:00@Lewis
Thanks for taking my mind of the traffic ti...@Lewis<br />Thanks for taking my mind of the traffic ticket I just got on my bicycle! I did not come to a full stop at a stop sign. I live in a low crime area.<br /><br />Window shill (Worker at a home improvement store?)<br />Shallow complexion (thin skinned?)<br />Shy Young {Winningest pitcher's timid brother)<br />Shad story (Fisherman's tale?)<br />Shame, old story (Genesis commentary?)<br />Shavings bank (Resource for hair replacement specialists?)<br />He shed, she shed (Book about animals in the summer?)<br />Shelf awareness (good thing to have on a ledge?)<br />Shine wave (Alternative to light particles)<br />Shun burn (embarrassment felt by an outcast?)r.alphbunkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86542242010613600062012-05-08T15:33:34.835-04:002012-05-08T15:33:34.835-04:00@Bob Kerfuffle...I think you're on to somethin...@Bob Kerfuffle...I think you're on to something!Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.com