tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8069987322796455215..comments2024-03-29T08:38:19.158-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 1993 Economics co-Nobelist Robert / WED 9-30-15 / US women's soccer star Kelley / Trucker's toll factor / Online game annoyance / Libidinous god / Workout attire that became 1980s fad / Cafe specificationRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3039137596639119752015-11-04T17:41:24.806-05:002015-11-04T17:41:24.806-05:00I knew Rex was back as soon as I read "This i...I knew Rex was back as soon as I read "This is a bit of a wreck." I liked it and thought the theme and answers were fine. It was very much on the easy side, though. The last to go was the OWLETMOTH/OHARA cross.<br /><br />Oh, welcome back Rex.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9391621689550409802015-11-04T13:12:46.895-05:002015-11-04T13:12:46.895-05:00RARE is the time when I will consider the yellow f...RARE is the time when I will consider the yellow flag thing, but this is probably one. For awhile I was thinking that maybe when philatelists get together they will use the term RARE as a noun. "I scored a great RARE at that last convention, Ralph". But, no. Also the clue on that one is asking for RAREst. <br /><br />That aside, I didn't consider FIRE DANCE or OWLET MOTH as possible themers because they weren't 10-letter answers. I'm not sure about breaking a FEVER, but I really wish I could break this cough I've had for a week. I think I've torn a chest muscle that I didn't even know I had.<br /><br />Overall, I liked it OKAY. Btw @Spacey, I have relatives from Alberta, the Canadian equivalent of Texas.<br /><br />@Rondo--great joke that has that punch line.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52558912470946731922015-11-04T10:33:24.693-05:002015-11-04T10:33:24.693-05:00My first question is: where is the Wednesday-ish-n...My first question is: where is the Wednesday-ish-ness in today's offering? Nothing in the least subtle or "rebusian." Case in point: "Fund, as a foundation." This is a Monday or Tuesday clue. From then on, "Fund" should be sufficient for ENDOW. But other than the who-knew OWLETMOTH and the non-Jared FOGEL (who dis guy? Nobelist you say? So what; I don't think I could name more than 5% of all Nobelists ever), there just aren't any challenges. So, let's have a payoff.<br /><br />Well...not so much. What OFL said about the theme. OKAY, I was temporarily misdirected toward some kind of a "cooler" reveal, starting with FEVER, FIRE and SWEAT. But LEGWARMERS disagreed. There the theme word appeared at the end instead of the start. But all that was soon corrected.<br /><br />And now we come to the screamer, the one that pulls the yellow hankie out of the pocket and flings it high into the air: RARES. Believe it or not, I can come up with a scenario where this might be uttered:<br /><br />"Table of eight, cookie, and they all want Porterhouses. Three RARES, four medium-RARES and one extra-well-done."<br /><br />Well, every family has a relative from Texas. C-.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63361065125811188612015-11-04T10:10:06.832-05:002015-11-04T10:10:06.832-05:00@rain forest - almost forgot that there's anot...@rain forest - almost forgot that there's another one that ends, "Doctor say you gonna die."rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69292407752149922972015-11-04T10:05:34.750-05:002015-11-04T10:05:34.750-05:00I, too, was thinking BREAKing pitch, FIRE break, b...I, too, was thinking BREAKing pitch, FIRE break, break DANCE and wondering HOW on earth does that relate to PANTS and MOTHs and WARMERS? So something here seems a bit out of whack.<br /><br />I’d be EMBARrassed to have that as an answer.<br /><br />Kelley OHARA is one of a number of soccer yeah babies, if you follow that sort of thing. No LEGWARMERS or SWEATPANTS in those photos.<br /><br />FALLSEASON golf is still on in MN, how much longer is the question.<br /><br />This puz had its faults, ITE/EST xing for one, but in the end maybe it’s OKAY?<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63403728211581797122015-11-04T09:10:40.380-05:002015-11-04T09:10:40.380-05:00FALLSEASON FIREDANCE STEAM
In only SWEATPANTS and...FALLSEASON FIREDANCE STEAM<br /><br />In only SWEATPANTS and LEGWARMERS she was more than OKAY,<br />she was AWARE that I EYED her, I thought, “Get ALIFE” , she would say<br />when at a FEVERPITCH I’d ADLIB, “YIPE, I’m SHY, HOW about an AULAIT?”<br />but ENDOWed like no OTHER, she’ll AIM to give me ATLEAST ONEADAY.<br /><br />--- ELI ARECA FOGEL<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25863788984636046812015-10-01T03:34:28.915-04:002015-10-01T03:34:28.915-04:00PS Welcome back Rex. PS Welcome back Rex. Vancouver Nanahttp://comcast.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82141330587236776132015-10-01T03:33:37.284-04:002015-10-01T03:33:37.284-04:00Couldn't figure the Guiness clue or the answer...Couldn't figure the Guiness clue or the answer because I was thinking of the beverage not the book..of records!:-). Didn't get it til I read this discussion. Shows my frame of reference!Vancouver Nanahttp://comcast.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29467863306504257462015-09-30T20:18:01.090-04:002015-09-30T20:18:01.090-04:00Seems I wasn't the only one who wanted to see ...Seems I wasn't the only one who wanted to see EMBAR go.<br /><br />@Alias, I hadn't realized till now that Salma had a sideline in Economics and the problems ofpolitical organization. I'm impressed.<br /><br />If @r.alphbunker has been silenced for any reason, I rue the cause.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72220889369449968942015-09-30T18:54:47.597-04:002015-09-30T18:54:47.597-04:00I flew through the puzzle fast enough to break a p...I flew through the puzzle fast enough to break a personal Wednesday record and enjoyed it overall. I liked how FOGEL, which means "bird," crosses OWLET MOTH. bwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11171297580941770571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71028696818953733292015-09-30T18:07:11.929-04:002015-09-30T18:07:11.929-04:00@Gill I -- I RAREly laugh as hard as I did at your...@Gill I -- I RAREly laugh as hard as I did at your post today (and my faux pas)! Thank you.johohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708487230515532492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73953755855563596282015-09-30T17:48:40.813-04:002015-09-30T17:48:40.813-04:00@R.bunker -- Has Rex "silenced" you (hea...@R.bunker -- Has Rex "silenced" you (heaven forfend!) or have you stopped commenting because you don't like the new system? Wish you'd come back, either way. (But you may just be the canary in the mineshaft.) Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88411799402243084822015-09-30T17:44:29.305-04:002015-09-30T17:44:29.305-04:00@Alias -- You mention every LUX AETERNA under the ...@Alias -- You mention every LUX AETERNA under the sun other than Morton Lauridsen's. Are you familiar with it? Do you like it? Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12333066432191216712015-09-30T17:10:00.336-04:002015-09-30T17:10:00.336-04:00Need to add:
The puzzle suffered from multiple co...Need to add:<br /><br />The puzzle suffered from multiple comminuted fractures in the theme, but still fun to fill in, so no heartBREAK, Freddie C<br /><br />OK, time for a station BREAK.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62551379186888050312015-09-30T16:54:23.268-04:002015-09-30T16:54:23.268-04:00Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, O Se...<i>Break, break, break,<br />On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!<br />And I would that my tongue could utter<br />The thoughts that arise in me.</i><br /><br />Or maybe not.<br />Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote this poem in 1835, an elegy that describes his feelings of loss after Arthur Hallam died and his feelings of isolation while at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. [That's Mablethorpe, not Mapplethorpe.] The poem is minimalistic in terms of detail and style. <i>Would that this theme had followed suit. Trying to sort out if this was a BREAKfront theme or a BREAKboth-ends theme... and just which entries were themes... left me feeling lost and isolated also.</i><br /><br />"Forever EMBAR"? Otto Preminger would have refused to direct that.<br /><br />If I found a MOTH as big as an OWLET, I'd EMBAR it in a cage with a molerat just to see which one came out alive. "OW!" "LET MOTHer kiss that and make it better!"<br /><br />Like @AliasZ and @Et Alia, I took some time to think of other BREAKABLES. The windBREAKer made me giggle, but remembering BREAK the Bank was fun also:<br /><br />https://www.etsy.com/listing/188302455/vintage-ad-maidenform-bra-ad-1950s-i<br /><br />Get the point?<br /><br />EYED say the highlight, however, was the Brazilian story. AU LAIT!! Glad you decided to repeat it, @Tita!<br /><br />Off now for further forays into Lux AEterna.<br />Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-848109512027074672015-09-30T14:58:15.641-04:002015-09-30T14:58:15.641-04:00FOGEL was a gimme, but that's probably because...FOGEL was a gimme, but that's probably because I was majoring in economics at the University of Chicago in 1993 when he won the award. Talk about something in my wheelhouse and nobody else's.<br /><br />He wasn't much of a KEYNESIAN.Mr. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507031178939980974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59992056475956832412015-09-30T14:30:48.765-04:002015-09-30T14:30:48.765-04:00@cfw --
We're pretty much together on our Gui...<br />@cfw --<br /><br />We're pretty much together on our Guiness "ests:" oldest, fastest, longest. I'll see your "tallest," and raise you a "biggest," though. ;-)<br /><br />Billy C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14682384003948452542015-09-30T14:14:58.117-04:002015-09-30T14:14:58.117-04:00Well, now I've learned that "EJuice"...Well, now I've learned that "EJuice" is a thing. Apparently it's the liquid you put in your "ECig" that turns into vapor. Expect to see it soon!Benkonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-458639127025421722015-09-30T13:34:26.288-04:002015-09-30T13:34:26.288-04:00p.s.
Do-overs on RARES alternate clue #5:
5. {Sel...p.s.<br /><br />Do-overs on RARES alternate clue #5:<br />5. {Seldom-seen cut-out from an authentic Superman outfit?}<br /><br />I always think more clearly, after a second cinnamon roll.<br /><br />EMBAR. um, har<br /><br />@r.alph: Thanx, but M&A ain't so much a "host" -- more like a persistent parasite. But anyhow, them puz analyzation reports of yers are amazon. [Auto-correct's version of amazin]<br /><br />Thanx, Mr. Cheng. Welcome back, @009 (a.k.a. "Wreck"x).<br /><br />Ok, break it up...<br /><br />Masked & AnonymoUsMasked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027736429645378004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41556729313975443692015-09-30T13:31:12.425-04:002015-09-30T13:31:12.425-04:00I thought Rex was referencing me in his first sent...I thought Rex was referencing me in his first sentence of the review! ;( I too found this very easy - roughly half the normal Wednesday time with a lucky guess at the G in FOGEL/GAIA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19980159902243060622015-09-30T13:30:38.087-04:002015-09-30T13:30:38.087-04:00Also a mini-theme of words ending in A (9).Also a mini-theme of words ending in A (9).Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66587931560626059422015-09-30T12:03:54.365-04:002015-09-30T12:03:54.365-04:00How bout spit?How bout spit?AZPETEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011706117458656055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58710959454105814502015-09-30T12:01:36.972-04:002015-09-30T12:01:36.972-04:00@rex -- Welcome back! You chose terrific replacem...@rex -- Welcome back! You chose terrific replacements, by the way, but it's great to have you back.<br />@woolf -- Excellent post, all the way through!<br /><br />Not much fresh in the puzzle, I agree, except maybe GAZILLION, which NYT-debuted today. RARES made me wince, I'm sorry to say. I did like KEYNSIAN, also a NYT debut. The puzzle felt Tuesday easy, but still got the brain rolling. GIZA sounds like a good brand for SWEATPANTS, by the way. Got my Gizas on!Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15602690189546367892015-09-30T12:01:00.861-04:002015-09-30T12:01:00.861-04:00@John Child
Comment moderation has silenced me.
...@John Child<br /><br />Comment moderation has silenced me. <br /><br />For those interested, the puzzle report is now at http://runtpuz.blogspot.com/. Thanks to M&A for hosting it.r.alphbunkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657275501845781384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33219953266696410632015-09-30T11:56:11.446-04:002015-09-30T11:56:11.446-04:00@John Child: I just recently desperately fought of...@John Child: I just recently desperately fought off the urge to use RARES in one of my own puz creations, because I couldn't face trying to write a clue for it. You have cleverly adapted the ever-popular "rarin to go" to try to save RARES's bacon.<br />The most obvious cluin choices are your slant, the NYT slant, plus maybe:<br />1. {Step down from mediums?}<br />2. {Not quite rarest??}<br />3. {Rearranged rears??} .… (fave)<br />4. {Notes sung by Egyptian sun god?}<br />5. {Value cut-out from a used Superman outfit?}<br /><br />Learned some semi-valuable stuff, today. OWLETMOTH (U are sure it ain't clothes OUTLET MOTH, right?). ARECA tree. AULAIT moth. KEYNESIAN theories. FOGEL dude. Varmint goddess GAIA. All this education is the price one pays, for only gettin one U in the whole grid.<br /><br />fave weeject: OID. Someone really needs to officially name some thing as an "OID". Too good to pass up. How'bout weird-lookin plural adjectives, grammar nazis? So RARES then could be called an example of an OID. Other examples: BIGS, CUTES, NEATS, SHORTZ … oopz, that last one is taken. But I digress.<br /><br />M&AMasked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027736429645378004noreply@blogger.com