tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8004458412136095054..comments2024-03-28T20:49:13.267-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: SUNDAY, Mar. 15, 2009 - P Berry (Literary award shaped like rocket / Worshipers at Amritsar's Golden Temple / Depression-era photojournalist Dorothea)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51900016685689116902009-04-23T22:19:00.000-04:002009-04-23T22:19:00.000-04:00Maybe I missed the comment from the 92 above, but ...Maybe I missed the comment from the 92 above, but my NYT puzzle is in the Denver Post. For this puzzle, the final 8 clues, going down, were omitted. Now the damn thing, while fun, is hard enough WITH all the clues! So, not intended? but a newspapaer screwup?<br /><br />thanks<br />irishfolkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87901757751746658092009-03-23T13:08:00.000-04:002009-03-23T13:08:00.000-04:00@Anon 1:03I don't know. You can pretty much tell w...@Anon 1:03<BR/><BR/>I don't know. You can pretty much tell when they're from, as there is an unbroken stream of same-day comments til about 8:28 am, and then a huge jump. That huge jump means (probably) that the commenter did the puzzle in syndication (one week later on Sundays, five on M-Sat).<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading,<BR/>RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77192813880736549212009-03-23T13:03:00.000-04:002009-03-23T13:03:00.000-04:00Hi- I'm new to the blog - I do the puzzles in synd...Hi- I'm new to the blog - I do the puzzles in syndication. Why do the posting times of the comments not include the date? And thank you, Patrick, for a most entertaining puzzle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63383835789733839682009-03-22T17:03:00.000-04:002009-03-22T17:03:00.000-04:00Actually, this was a pretty easy puzzle for me. I...Actually, this was a pretty easy puzzle for me. I was done by 2:30 p.m. and didn't have to resort to the internet. Screamed scorn...what a hoot!Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03478447195848504538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9317832455241935742009-03-17T08:28:00.000-04:002009-03-17T08:28:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51436951045508667532009-03-17T08:23:00.000-04:002009-03-17T08:23:00.000-04:00nurturing, Nancy Walker played IDA Morgenstern on ...nurturing, Nancy Walker played IDA Morgenstern on <I>Rhoda</I>. Rex likes to use photos for pop culture allusions to answers clued other ways.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75849442592741219492009-03-17T04:05:00.000-04:002009-03-17T04:05:00.000-04:00uhhh...that's not Dorothea Lange in your pic. It's...uhhh...that's not Dorothea Lange in your pic. It's comic actress Nancy Walker.nurturinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02035395856164817422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86786166422701963642009-03-16T13:37:00.000-04:002009-03-16T13:37:00.000-04:00Since DOWNS and WILL were adjacent and DOWNS was c...Since DOWNS and WILL were adjacent and DOWNS was clued in a crossword-themed manner, wouldn't it have been cute to clue WILL in a crossword-themed manner also?Ameliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377159639018028534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83259139101695277552009-03-16T00:20:00.000-04:002009-03-16T00:20:00.000-04:00@Victor: Give the old man a break:-) It's been 45 ...@Victor: Give the old man a break:-) It's been 45 years, and what stayed with me is the image (helped, no doubt, by my photographs), not what my guide book said (which was written in French anyway)Ulrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086202853174403008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48219838726456775602009-03-15T23:53:00.000-04:002009-03-15T23:53:00.000-04:00@ dfan: Anon 7:08 should just read all the posts,...@ dfan: Anon 7:08 should just read all the posts, something I learned a while back.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781898738812454336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17453098569817646572009-03-15T23:47:00.000-04:002009-03-15T23:47:00.000-04:00@Ulrich: The "temple" you see when you come out of...@Ulrich: The "temple" you see when you come out of the canyon at Petra is actually the Treasury. Gorgeous!<BR/><BR/>Dorothea Lange took one of the iconic photos of the depression titled "Migrant Mother." It can be seen at her listing on Wikipedia. It's haunting.<BR/><BR/>Perfect Sunday puzzle; love my new adjective "Goldlockian."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51970504818524626862009-03-15T22:48:00.000-04:002009-03-15T22:48:00.000-04:00Anonymous @ 7:08: Gollum indeed touches the ring. ...Anonymous @ 7:08: Gollum indeed touches the ring. Read the whole book.dfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523251716744122695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11214038938989435242009-03-15T21:32:00.000-04:002009-03-15T21:32:00.000-04:00All you guys (all y'all) are so funny...... I'm go...All you guys (all y'all) are so funny...... I'm going to look up this Pizza, although I still have to meet one I really like. My problem is that I don't like melted cheese; when our son makes a midnight snack of pizza, he saves a little piece for me to eat cold at breakfast.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48582801027207291022009-03-15T21:17:00.000-04:002009-03-15T21:17:00.000-04:00@ Steve I - I copied what was quoted. You may be r...@ Steve I - I copied what was quoted. You may be right. <BR/><BR/>It was H. L. Mencken who answered ALL letters of opprobrium with:<BR/><BR/>Dear Sir or Madam:<BR/><BR/>You may be right.<BR/><BR/>Yours sincerely,<BR/><BR/>etc.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61718530779993432572009-03-15T21:05:00.000-04:002009-03-15T21:05:00.000-04:00Too late now, chefbea.Too late now, chefbea.Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699404861773455504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55815697557705590372009-03-15T20:01:00.000-04:002009-03-15T20:01:00.000-04:00@chefbea--And maybe we can direct some of our coho...@chefbea--And maybe we can direct some of our cohorts to a Petra blog.<BR/><BR/>@retired_chemist--Shouldn't it be Pizza alla Barbabietola Arrostita, not Arrostito?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73971294801076699802009-03-15T19:48:00.000-04:002009-03-15T19:48:00.000-04:00@ foodie - go for it!@ foodie - go for it!retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20628712220143225872009-03-15T19:43:00.000-04:002009-03-15T19:43:00.000-04:00@ friend in canada... do not ask for a beet pizza ...@ friend in canada... do not ask for a beet pizza blogchefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66597128575852737372009-03-15T19:41:00.000-04:002009-03-15T19:41:00.000-04:00LANGE/HUGO/GOLLUM/PLUGOLA (especially plugola) wa...LANGE/HUGO/GOLLUM/PLUGOLA (especially plugola) was a rough area for me in an otherwise perfect puzzle. <BR/><BR/>I wanted playola for plugola, huck for hugo, lance for lange, and LOTR is one of those things I'm just not able to get into but I know the names are strange so I wasn't sure how to deduce that one. G.K.LIAM sounded good, I kept taking LUC out, then putting it back in. <BR/><BR/>I loved the theme and the puzzle really did feel especially even throughout, except for the aforementioned area.<BR/><BR/>I am talking to Dad who just tumbled to the theme, and he gives it a thumbs up. "Very clever indeed".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19153498927096403182009-03-15T19:36:00.000-04:002009-03-15T19:36:00.000-04:00I agree with Foodie and Ulrich about Petra. Like ...I agree with Foodie and Ulrich about Petra. Like no place else on earth. When you come out of the siq it feels as if you've either traveled back in time, or flown through space to another planet. <BR/><BR/>@foodie: yes, Jerash is impressive, too. Isn't Jordan a great country?archaeoprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956231727789223463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32108204277025621782009-03-15T19:29:00.000-04:002009-03-15T19:29:00.000-04:00@NDE, I looked up the Arizona Winter School and fo...@NDE, I looked up the Arizona Winter School and found your recent lectures on line (was that today?). I started to listen to them, just to see how much I can follow. It's always remarkable to me how much math is a language... anyhow, we'll see how quickly I will be utterly lost... Ten minutes into it, I'm OK, but I stopped because I'm procrastinating, as I need to prepare lectures of my own...<BR/><BR/>@retired-chemist, or may be I should go practice making that pizza!foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25238162826696492942009-03-15T19:21:00.000-04:002009-03-15T19:21:00.000-04:00@ fergus - it was SWISHING SWELL. one could envisi...@ fergus - it was SWISHING SWELL. one could envision other clues to that...retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40920136563748665802009-03-15T19:15:00.000-04:002009-03-15T19:15:00.000-04:00@ foodie & chefbea - Pizza alla Barbabietola A...@ foodie & chefbea - Pizza alla Barbabietola Arrostito sounds WONDERFUL! If one or both of you will make a sufficient quantity to hawk at ACPT 2010 I will be glad to participate in the selling and distribution of proceeds to our (collectively decided) favorite charity.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26142052551225791952009-03-15T19:08:00.000-04:002009-03-15T19:08:00.000-04:00OK, Am I picking nits that GOLLUM never touched th...OK, Am I picking nits that GOLLUM never touched the ring in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy? He last had his hands on it during "The Hobbit" no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9835539947591380952009-03-15T18:31:00.000-04:002009-03-15T18:31:00.000-04:00Agree on the Goldilocks level of cleverness and di...Agree on the Goldilocks level of cleverness and difficulty for a Sunday.<BR/><BR/>@PIX -- I am a huge BtVS fan and laughed out loud at the perfectly clued SLAYING SLOW.<BR/><BR/>SMELTING SPOT and SCREAMED SCORN were equally impressive...Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.com