tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8397739241764920543..comments2024-03-29T07:26:10.918-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: SUNDAY, Sep. 30, 2007 - Kelsey BlakleyRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32300471724758899542022-08-12T07:25:08.330-04:002022-08-12T07:25:08.330-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.pavangcchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07992439024037116166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56387262487616906882021-10-22T12:19:16.827-04:002021-10-22T12:19:16.827-04:00Nice Post thanks for the information, good informa...Nice Post thanks for the information, good information & very helpful for others.<br /><a href="https://coursedrill.com/mulesoft-training-in-hyderabad/" rel="nofollow">Mulesoft Training in Hyderabad</a><br /><a href="https://coursedrill.com/snowflake-training-in-hyderabad/" rel="nofollow">Snowflake Training in Hyderabad</a><br /><a href="https://coursedrill.com/servicenow-training-in-hyderabad/" rel="nofollow">ServiceNow Training in Hyderabad</a><br /><a href="https://coursedrill.com/workday-training-in-hyderabad/" rel="nofollow">Workday Training in Hyderabad</a><br /><a href="https://coursedrill.com/splunk-training-in-hyderabad/" rel="nofollow">Splunk Training in Hyderabad</a><br />Riyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78664828053953346122018-08-10T04:10:17.049-04:002018-08-10T04:10:17.049-04:00nice post. Keep updating Artificial Intelligence ...nice post. Keep updating <a href="https://onlineitguru.com/artificial-intelligence-online-training.html" rel="nofollow"> Artificial Intelligence Online training </a>radhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429600841601246656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81519745626281171072007-10-01T14:32:00.000-04:002007-10-01T14:32:00.000-04:00Rex, I love your reference to the old HBO show "Th...Rex, I love your reference to the old HBO show "The Hitchhiker," but I have to correct you on one count. The Hitchhiker himself never got into steamy R-rated nudity scenes, he just recounted "Twilight Zone" type stories involving people who did. (He was sort of the Rod Serling, introducing each week's tale...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38038680269827348862007-09-30T23:24:00.000-04:002007-09-30T23:24:00.000-04:00While I understand that a Ph.D. is not the same ki...While I understand that a Ph.D. is not the same kind of doctor as an M.D., I don't understand all this squeamishness with regard to medical clues. I mean "gross" for the word RESECT? Yes, it's a descriptive medical word, but i has also has mathematical meanings.<BR/><BR/>By the way, having INTERNS be the answer to "Future residents" hasn't been correct for years. Nowadays, interns are current residents, i.e., first year residents. Medical students are future residents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84526938856119315732007-09-30T22:45:00.000-04:002007-09-30T22:45:00.000-04:00Puzzlegirl, I majored in English too. I lay claim ...Puzzlegirl, I majored in English too. I lay claim to having read Joyce's <I>Ulysses</I>—but it was a senior seminar devoting weeks to the book, class met on Tuesday and Thursday, and with all my other coursework, I didn't always find the time to read all the chapters assigned for Thursday. So sue me. I did have one insight that impressed the class...but not much to say about the chapters I didn't quite finish. Art is lovely, yes, but it's not like I can't get work as a medical editor without having read <I>all</I> of the canon.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for straying off-topic, Rex Ph.D.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27348897100818438272007-09-30T21:47:00.001-04:002007-09-30T21:47:00.001-04:00orange: Of course you're right and I would even go...orange: Of course you're right and I would even go a step farther and argue that defining "the canon" can be tricky. I often describe myself as the least well-read English major I know. I enjoy contemporary women writers and was fortunate to be able to beef up my coursework with plenty of women's literature classes. I don't believe I was ever required to read, for example, Faulkner. No, scratch that. I did read "As I Lay Dying" and recall it was hilarious. But very little Hemingway, Joyce, James, and the rest of the gang. It tickles me when Rex admits to not knowing something literature-related. Him and his English Ph.D. and all....PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09017772879976436923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7208091444414240082007-09-30T21:47:00.000-04:002007-09-30T21:47:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09017772879976436923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15010442713002770972007-09-30T20:27:00.000-04:002007-09-30T20:27:00.000-04:00Like Alex, I was chasing ERING as the string. Got ...Like Alex, I was chasing ERING as the string. Got as far as wondering if the E in ERING was the same as in EBOAT. Once I got to 17d (AEIOU) I was OK. Didn't think to look in 17d...isn't the clue usually in the middle or the farthest SE?<BR/><BR/>Slowed up by the STANNO KEANE crossing, wanted STORMS for CLOUDS, and not noticing the "?" in the "Not skip a beat?" clue left me thinking inside the crate for too long.<BR/><BR/>Pretty fun, but I was sure having to slog my way through -- compared to Rex's Easy-Medium rating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75650519935314426782007-09-30T18:55:00.000-04:002007-09-30T18:55:00.000-04:00@ wendy - [smacks forehead] of course! thank you.@ wendy - [smacks forehead] of course! thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29018889064801051482007-09-30T18:39:00.000-04:002007-09-30T18:39:00.000-04:00anonymous 6:12 - URN is a common answer to this cl...anonymous 6:12 - URN is a common answer to this clue, referring to the fact that banquet-style setups dispense coffee and hot water for tea in large ones.wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899889818724088564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52648943813827975092007-09-30T18:18:00.000-04:002007-09-30T18:18:00.000-04:00For the record, I've seen some of Alan Ayckbourns ...For the record, I've seen some of Alan Ayckbourns stuff. He can be pretty funny; it's a lot of drawing room farce and not the stuff of PhD's.<BR/><BR/>From the website Alanayckbourn.com: Alan Ayckbourn is one of the most prolific and widely performed of English language playwrights and a highly regarded theatre director. He is the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, where he premieres the majority of his work - predominantly in the world-famous Round auditorium.<BR/>Alan Ayckbourn has written 70 full length plays, more than half of which have gone on to London's West End.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61252666912863387362007-09-30T18:12:00.000-04:002007-09-30T18:12:00.000-04:0037D ... thought this should be Bouquet holder, not...37D ... thought this should be Bouquet holder, not Banquet holder. What I am missing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90162802524661390172007-09-30T17:38:00.000-04:002007-09-30T17:38:00.000-04:00I was ever so happy that "Frog's place" turned out...I was ever so happy that "Frog's place" turned out to not be FRANCE. I was already imaging what the blog would have to say about that.<BR/><BR/>I had "darkening clouds" instead of gathering for quite awhile.<BR/><BR/>Other than that, really nothing to add except that this puzzle capped off an enjoyable week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20044223426140510022007-09-30T16:49:00.000-04:002007-09-30T16:49:00.000-04:00That AEOLIA sure looks strange in the grid. Probab...That AEOLIA sure looks strange in the grid. Probably a good one to remember.Campesitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01852123189179333049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37999769278646576272007-09-30T15:49:00.000-04:002007-09-30T15:49:00.000-04:00I'm totally with anonymous re. vinos--it's not Ita...I'm totally with anonymous re. vinos--it's not Italian, it's Spanish. I don't think you can just slap an s on the end of a foreign singular and think you have a legitimate plural. I DID swear at the puzzle at this point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71989075404783581152007-09-30T15:16:00.000-04:002007-09-30T15:16:00.000-04:00Ordinarily I don't think the sequence of solving m...Ordinarily I don't think the sequence of solving matters much, but it was much more fun to flesh out the theme answers once I had the vowel sequence from 17D. Without that tip, the answers seemed random.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75171778105956494012007-09-30T14:55:00.000-04:002007-09-30T14:55:00.000-04:00I was stuck on 5D for a while. I kept thinking "bl...I was stuck on 5D for a while. I kept thinking "blintz" but didn't know that "blintze" was an alternative spelling.Michael Chibnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700426644898924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71405490574678258332007-09-30T12:41:00.000-04:002007-09-30T12:41:00.000-04:00Thanks Orange and anon 11:58, my American Heritage...Thanks Orange and anon 11:58, my American Heritage Dict. only had the fish definition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14857934200965646672007-09-30T12:25:00.000-04:002007-09-30T12:25:00.000-04:00Nice puzzle with nine theme entries - I like that....Nice puzzle with nine theme entries - I like that. <BR/><BR/>However, could have gotten away from the "gathering clouds" format and would have loved alternatives to "wandering soul" and "watering trough". <BR/><BR/>But hey, nine theme entries, with two down-ers crossing two other theme entries is quite a construction. <BR/><BR/>I remain, <BR/><BR/>a NitpickerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62816350511290737632007-09-30T11:58:00.001-04:002007-09-30T11:58:00.001-04:00Here's a secondary definition (after the fish) for...Here's a secondary definition (after the fish) for snook:<BR/><BR/>–noun<BR/>1. a gesture of defiance, disrespect, or derision.<BR/>—Idiom<BR/>2. cock a snook or cock one's snook, to thumb the nose: a painter who cocks a snook at traditional techniques.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8017199125408231042007-09-30T11:58:00.000-04:002007-09-30T11:58:00.000-04:00Hmm, I think many people assume that completing a ...Hmm, I think many people assume that completing a Ph.D. in an English program means you'll have read the entire canon. But isn't there typically a ton of specialization? E.g., a medievalist will focus on that era and read precious little in the way of Dickens, 20th century American lit, Sterne, etc. And someone writing a dissertation on Ford Madox Ford will have little use for Milton, Shakespeare, or Alice Walker.<BR/><BR/>Jae, SNOOK is in the dictionary as both a fish and a derisive gesture.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-993919594904986192007-09-30T11:55:00.000-04:002007-09-30T11:55:00.000-04:00beata,Blinmtzes are crepes. My Mom still makes the...beata,<BR/><BR/>Blinmtzes are crepes. My Mom still makes them. The word is Yiddish derived from the Russian Blini, which is also a form of crepe. Blintzes traditionally are filled with farmer's cheese or sweetened cottage cheese, sometimes with fruit added. Although there are also potato blintzes which is filled with mashed potatos and onions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59106505220101546792007-09-30T11:16:00.000-04:002007-09-30T11:16:00.000-04:00Enjoyed this one but it was medium to hard for me....Enjoyed this one but it was medium to hard for me. A lot stuff I didn't know (e.g. TASSO, STANNO, ANCHORITE, ISSEL, EHUD and more). Got the theme early and it helped. I'm not a hockey fan so the NW took some doing, plus I've always spelled BLINTZE without the E. I also wanted SNEER for SNOOK which I only know as a fish. Hopefully someone will explain how SNOOK is a derisive gesture?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79699545799379184482007-09-30T11:07:00.000-04:002007-09-30T11:07:00.000-04:00My first progress with the theme words was getting...My first progress with the theme words was getting WANDERING SOUL and the GATHERING part of GATHERING CLOUDS (I really wanted "gathering storm").<BR/><BR/>So I was thrown off for a bit by them both having ERING. So I was trying to think of some kind of significant E RING (maybe like the o-ring that doomed the Challenger).<BR/><BR/>Interesting choice to clue AMYL via a relatively unheard of chemical that is amyl nitrate rather than the much more famous amyl nitrate, the illegal drug (aka poppers) used as a sex enhancer.Alex S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07543077687426776863noreply@blogger.com