tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post858360348901880469..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Foreign relief org created by JFK / WED 5-28-14 / Kingly name in Norway / Aladdin's monkey pal / Singers Green JardineRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22197018412607404562014-07-02T16:51:09.548-04:002014-07-02T16:51:09.548-04:00Rapper PSY might have been a problem if the much m...Rapper PSY might have been a problem if the much more familiar YVES had not come along. Fave clue was "Holder of a cabinet position" - seemed too obscure until it wasn't. I've heard lots of "BALD AS A ..." expressions, none of them ended in COOT. TOOBAD directly over OLDAGE seems harsh.<br /><br />8215 - make of it what you will.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46579154972715107422014-07-02T15:03:47.163-04:002014-07-02T15:03:47.163-04:00That was supposed to be THIS new game.... But to ...That was supposed to be THIS new game.... But to emphasize the point, this time I got 1505=11=2!DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5270269189552382602014-07-02T15:00:10.255-04:002014-07-02T15:00:10.255-04:00No real problems here. Tho I come from BIGASAhous...No real problems here. Tho I come from BIGASAhouse and FARASApig territory, the "variations" were easy enough. Thought UGA looked pretty weird, wanted a Yale association there.<br /><br />Ethics new game doesn't like me, 104= 5. DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40877558493692231412014-07-02T14:45:52.483-04:002014-07-02T14:45:52.483-04:00@Ron Diego - To (sort of) quote Austin Powers, &qu...@Ron Diego - To (sort of) quote Austin Powers, "There are only two types of people I hate: those who are intolerant of others...and the Dutch".<br /><br />@SIS I've heard of Suncadia. Might consider it for our Fall Tour instead of Desert Canyon and Big Bear Ranch. About the same distance.<br /><br />Great Canada Day yesterday.<br /><br />The US had a strong late surge against Belgium, but if not for Tim Howard, the score might have been 6-1.<br /><br />Oh, the puzzle! Sorry. I'm starting to emulate many of the realtimers. I liked this one with all the themers and minimal lesser fill. Easy, but enjoyable.<br /><br />Baccarat: 324 = 9rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28611332403006840302014-07-02T12:09:03.468-04:002014-07-02T12:09:03.468-04:00Good, pleasant, entertaining and tight puzzle. Th...Good, pleasant, entertaining and tight puzzle. Thanks, Mr. Croce. I'm old enough to have heard all the "sayings" so it came easy for me. It does my heart good when I read comments rapping "Rap." God, do I hate it. And...I'm a very easy going, tolerant sort.<br /><br />Ron Diego 9:05 7/2/14 PSTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16625805865171389182014-07-02T11:23:15.034-04:002014-07-02T11:23:15.034-04:00Hand up for the COOT thing; me, I'm bald as a ...Hand up for the COOT thing; me, I'm bald as a bowling ball. The east gave me fits; I know nothing about nicoise, or Aladdin's pet, nor have I even heard of USAID, though that was, fortunately, inferrable. Then, of course, there's the "rapper" clue, which instantly glazes over my eyes. The S was nothing more than a natick guess for me. Some might say I'm DUMBASASTONE. Is that dumber than a box of rocks?<br /><br />Another thing People Never Actually Say: ENCAMP. They simply camp, or more likely camp out. I'm not saying it isn't a bona fide word; just not in use.<br /><br />418 = 13. *sigh* Hit me again.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60328622171805149572014-06-14T11:54:23.142-04:002014-06-14T11:54:23.142-04:00@John Kimmel
I wondered if I anyone else had noti...@John Kimmel<br /><br />I wondered if I anyone else had noticed that mistake on 39-across.<br /><br />It's "O! Say...", not "Oh say".<br /><br />http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Defence_of_Fort_M%27Henry_broadside.jpgScottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31616314858150761912014-06-08T05:30:27.883-04:002014-06-08T05:30:27.883-04:00Many beef and dairy cows can be very fat - if they...Many beef and dairy cows can be very fat - if they aren't milking as they are in their dry period - not healthy for them, especially Holsteins, can lead to liver dx. I thought at first that answer could be 'fat as a hog' having filled in RotoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32833285795566388182014-06-06T03:12:39.485-04:002014-06-06T03:12:39.485-04:00I thought this really good and more accounting ser...I thought this really good and more accounting services related please mt site...<a href="http://www.balakrishnaconsulting.com/" rel="nofollow">Chartered accountant in bangalore</a>Balakrishna Consultinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221573933963697597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33204077599551557132014-05-29T02:31:02.430-04:002014-05-29T02:31:02.430-04:00FATASANAMERICAN was a bit too long.FATASANAMERICAN was a bit too long.Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61665212169718247022014-05-28T23:33:34.700-04:002014-05-28T23:33:34.700-04:00@MnA MnA -- Thanks for link; as an added bonus, I ...@MnA MnA -- Thanks for link; as an added bonus, I found the midriff mm,mm,mmesmerizing.<br /><br />@MMuse -- that may be the Great Dog Denominator. No idea whether dogs picked it up from kids in diapers or vice versa. The difference is, dogs pick carpets and kids pick bare floor -- Slick! Secretly, I think they're both doing the same thing.<br /><br />I heard that joke with a Lady Dog on the football field and 3 coeds from Southern states in the stand:<br /><br />FL: Eee-e-w! That's disgusting!!!<br />GA: I dunno...Kinda looks like fun...<br />MS: GURRL?? That dog would BITE yew!!Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17757558991551886162014-05-28T23:23:38.400-04:002014-05-28T23:23:38.400-04:00Though I didn't have to Google, there were som...Though I didn't have to Google, there were some things I didn't know, esp. Korean pop singers, and BASSALE, USAID, UGA. I thought Yale had the bulldogs. <br /><br />There were some words I had to change: hOg for COW, maCrO for SOCIO, <br />agent for OSAGE, but I enjoy that in a crossword.<br /><br />This crossword was outstanding for having only 2 abbrevs. and one sports. SO, I liked.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73076746951050376312014-05-28T22:02:45.876-04:002014-05-28T22:02:45.876-04:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak I've made to my method. 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 no data<br />Tue 7:37, 8:46, 0.87, 13%, Easy<br />Wed 8:17, 9:54, 0.84, 12%, Easy<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon no data<br />Tue 4:57, 5:21, 0.93, 22%, Easy-Medium<br />Wed 5:07, 6:11, 0.83, 7%, Easysanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25232535821578842712014-05-28T21:49:19.752-04:002014-05-28T21:49:19.752-04:00@Benko: I'll be in Holland August 12-26, proba...@Benko: I'll be in Holland August 12-26, probably, hopefully as well!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8559234336411879012014-05-28T21:47:33.534-04:002014-05-28T21:47:33.534-04:00@M&A, thank you for the Donovan memories....@M&A, thank you for the Donovan memories....<br />machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2508047495141678822014-05-28T20:25:53.605-04:002014-05-28T20:25:53.605-04:00Evil is all wet. Clams are officially gastropods -...Evil is all wet. Clams are officially gastropods -- they walk on their stomachs, not their bumsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73843370780550810622014-05-28T19:05:32.726-04:002014-05-28T19:05:32.726-04:00This old coot drinks a lot of Bass ale (my first c...This old coot drinks a lot of Bass ale (my first choice, and they serve it at Citifield, where I go often to weep and moan…) and with one exception, this one was right in my comfort zone - exceptionally smooth for a Wednesday. The exception, of course, was the rapper, PSY. Lucky I know who Yves Montand was or I'd have been Naticked. As it was, I breathed a PSY of relief. Never heard of Love Shack, Private Idaho, or Rock Lobster. The "Tritsh-tratsch polka" is more my kind of dance music…<br />Very enjoyable puzzleOISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55423530497543475372014-05-28T16:01:28.592-04:002014-05-28T16:01:28.592-04:00Medium. I would've posted a fast time if LESL...Medium. I would've posted a fast time if LESLIE knew how to spell her name right.jdvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80743158467414892572014-05-28T15:55:35.061-04:002014-05-28T15:55:35.061-04:00@ahimsa-- Sorry, I meant no doggie disrespect. An...@ahimsa-- Sorry, I meant no doggie disrespect. Any dog whose name starts with a U is especially aces with m&e.<br /><br />@Gill I.P.: Excellent. I do like the way that U laugh.<br /><br />@muse: Just tell me where U parked a copy, and I be loadin er up. Also, send an author's comment to Jeff Chen at xwordinfo, if U like. And I promise not to U-twerk **yer** grid, darlin.<br /><br />@Z--No liver probs, but I swear I bust a gut, everytime I watch that cowbell video.<br /><br />@63--Nice writeups, lately. Fair and balanced reportin. "Sunshine came softly. thru my. window to-day..."<br /><br />M&AM and A the Thirdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24148878799284872292014-05-28T15:53:47.570-04:002014-05-28T15:53:47.570-04:00Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 8/1/2...Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation of my method and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak to my method):<br /><br />All solvers (median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Wed 8:15, 9:54, 0.83, 12%, Easy<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Wed 5:22, 6:11, 0.87, 15%, Easysanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31231780565355852292014-05-28T15:33:57.128-04:002014-05-28T15:33:57.128-04:00@Moly Shu - Whatever you do, don't go on the p...@Moly Shu - Whatever you do, don't go on the patio.<br /><br />@ahimsa & @Moly Shu - UGA -> Athens -> B-52's and REM. Radio Free Europe.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38363186473129993392014-05-28T15:27:44.314-04:002014-05-28T15:27:44.314-04:00@leapfinger (and ED) – much to my kids' dismay...@leapfinger (and ED) – much to my kids' dismay, I tried it! It is fun, dragging yourself around. Ok. I didn't really. Your story reminds me of a morbidly- obese dachshund we had, Corvette, who would perform this charming maneuver, but only when we had company for a fancy dinner. Dad called it The Agony Drag.<br /><br />@joho – I was thinking you could only BELT liquor, but I ran with it anyway.<br /><br />@Z – Hah! Love that title! You might think it's gross but itsnot.<br /><br />@M&A – "U-retwerking the corners, to bump up the U-counts. . . Good constructioneerin practice." Good idea! I may try that. I've been messing around with grids and have a runt ready if we can tag-team so you can publish it. Hey, no pressure – I've just been working night and day on my homework is all.<br /><br />@ahimsa - my sister went to UGA, so I've heard stories about their mascot, UGA, for years. In the most famous, legend has it that, as was (and is) customary, UGA was trotted out to the fifty yard line before kickoff. Unfazed, he sat down and began, uh, licking himself the way dogs are wont to do.<br /> <br />Radio announcer 1: "Man, I wish I could do that."<br />Radio announcer 2: "Bob, that dog would bite you. . ."<br /><br />There's a similar story of two people sitting on a porch, but the punchline is "Give him a biscuit and he'll let you."Loren Muse Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05308030011870397977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56326336496263188892014-05-28T15:22:04.667-04:002014-05-28T15:22:04.667-04:00@mac: I saw that ad too, just now when I searched...@mac: I saw that ad too, just now when I searched "meerkoet" for pictures! I'm coming back in August/September for a few weeks, and will be staying in a houseboat for much of that time as well. Love life on the canals!<br />@Fred: The first time a Eurasian coot swam up to me, I felt I had to say "hello", and for some reason it struck me as being a "Fred", so I said, "Hello, Fred." From then on, I called all the Eurasian coots "Fred". At first because I didn't know what they were really called, then just out of habit.Benkonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31949856842542463792014-05-28T14:22:39.710-04:002014-05-28T14:22:39.710-04:00@Z, just my opinion, of course. Play me Rock Lobst...@Z, just my opinion, of course. Play me Rock Lobster or Private Idaho, and I'll dance with you all night long. Love Shack? Pass. Moly Shuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469710317471610093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50536886877042647322014-05-28T14:04:54.203-04:002014-05-28T14:04:54.203-04:00All the words have been taken except YVES....Talk ...All the words have been taken except YVES....Talk about a yummy in your tummy... And sadly speaking of...RIP Maya Angelou. I sat across from her on a flight from San Francisco to Dallas. She was the most charming ethereal woman I've ever met<br />Tim Croce I really enjoy your puzzles. They are always fresh and sassy.<br />OH say O SAY debate goes on...I think the original words were O SAY and then some smarty pants came along and added an H.<br />@M&A...I got me laugh back - HAR!!!<br />"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to" sung at the top of my lungs with my BIG ASS WHALE of a sister.....GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.com