tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8592305293832208325..comments2024-03-18T22:08:40.448-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Ziegfeld Follies costumer / THU 4-14-16 / He gave Odysseus bag of winds / One-named singer born Christa Paffgen / Site where cuneiform tablets were discovered / Societal instability resulting from breakdown in societal values / Gesture made with thumb nose / TRUS 2016 political slogan / Radio listener grpRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29471893662375013452018-03-16T12:35:08.086-04:002018-03-16T12:35:08.086-04:00Roberts used SNOOt not SNOOK. So I still wouldn’t...Roberts used SNOOt not SNOOK. So I still wouldn’t have gotten SNOOK without the crosses from MRYUK and BOYO, neither of which I knew.Alix Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26565211946077280012018-03-16T12:26:42.410-04:002018-03-16T12:26:42.410-04:00I was unable to get SNOOT, which I’ve never heard ...I was unable to get SNOOT, which I’ve never heard before. Then found it this morning, in Kenneth Roberts’ wonderful historical novel Arundel.<br /><br />The main character, Steven, and his Abenaki friend Natanis are preparing for a council where they expect confrontation, the former by shaving and the latter by painting his face in vermilion, yellow, black and white. Steven makes a sarcastic remark.<br />“He made a snoot at me, a horrible snoot, so that I nicked my ear with the razor. Natanis was pleased: his painting had been successful.”Alix Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39703046467813330782016-08-05T20:48:47.921-04:002016-08-05T20:48:47.921-04:00My name is pinkey i am from UK, I want to quickly ...<br /><br />My name is pinkey i am from UK, I want to quickly tell the world that there is a real on line spell caster that is powerful and genuine, His name is Dr.OSEWE, He helped me recently to reunite my relationship with my ex who left me, When i contacted Dr.OSEWE he cast a love spell for me and my ex who said he doesn't have anything to do with me again called me and started begging me. he is back now with so much love and careing. today i am glad to let you all know that this spell caster have the powers to bring lovers back. because i am now happy with my ex. To anyone who is reading this article and needs any kind of help like WINNING LOTTERIES, GETTING OF JOB. BEAUTY SPELL CHILD BEARING. SPIRITUAL PROTECTION. JOB PROMOTION. 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The classic skull and crossbones which would historically be found on poisonous substances was felt to not intimidate children enough in Pittsburgh as they were desensitized to the skull and crossbones because of this icons association to the Pittsburgh Pirates.<br /><br />Anywho...<br /><br />Have a great day. <br /><br />Mike from ClevelandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55672846854984794822016-05-20T22:35:17.448-04:002016-05-20T22:35:17.448-04:00And the water flowed down to the bayouAnd the water flowed down to the bayouChrisquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081420204956069917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17667873280019803132016-05-20T22:32:13.714-04:002016-05-20T22:32:13.714-04:00 a RUN is a river that flows from a spring head. a RUN is a river that flows from a spring head. Chrisquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081420204956069917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34465311834957058822016-05-20T22:31:01.992-04:002016-05-20T22:31:01.992-04:00A run is a river created by a spring. A run is a river created by a spring. Chrisquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081420204956069917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51704433712129027532016-05-19T20:13:48.738-04:002016-05-19T20:13:48.738-04:00Happened upon Stan Newman's book, Cruciverbali...Happened upon Stan Newman's book, Cruciverbalism, yesterday, bought same, 1/3 way thru. Now I understand what Rex is talking about re the Maleska era. I solved pre-Maleska (Will Weng was the editor) and then started up again a couple of years ago. Stan describes his first x-word tourney, which I appreciated since I'm going to (but NOT competing in) my first one soon. Man, the x-world is full of characters. Guess that's why I sorta fit in.<br /><br />This puz had some verging-on-Maleska-like words - ANOMIE, AEOLUS, AMARNA, ENNEAD (which was in another x-word today too!), SNOOK. Never saw any of that stuff at good old RITEAID. BOYO you can bet on that!<br /><br />Got90% before my dnf, so that's good for a Thurs. Got the themers - cute. Not a ()*^&ing rebus. SETI was in a news story on NPR today - timely. Knew MRYUK -- not sure why, but he seems ubiquitous. Maybe 'cause I worked at the Children's Hospital in San Diego, or because I lived in Penna in the 70's. A 2006 survey found that 3 out of 4 people knew him. I guess the other 25% do crosswords, from the discussion today. <br /><br />Hard to believe one could not know John Nash!<br /><br />@Spacey - the OED spells DREIDEL as used in this puz, with the "dl" version as a var. However, I do agree with you on OPERA as clued. Sheesh. <br /><br />@Rainy - a DREIDEL is a top (spinning toy top) that kids play with at Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday in December. Pray tell, what abbrs. were unclued as such - I missed that. Hvr, I cud b clueless. <br /><br />@Anon 11:44 - I think that 2D sez cuneiforms were discovered, not FIRST discovered, at the oft- discussed ( ;-) ) AMARNA. <br /><br />@Rondo - I've been looking up St. P diversions. Looks like a nice city - one claimed to be one of America's most "livable." <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70396383813646324232016-05-19T15:28:38.697-04:002016-05-19T15:28:38.697-04:00Yeah, it was medium--except for the NE, which took...Yeah, it was medium--except for the NE, which took an inordinate amount of time to suss out.<br /><br />Didn't know CONNOR or NICO and had only a very dim memory of AEOLUS, who was the KEY the whole section. Crosses of course helped, but they weren't exactly an Aeolian breeze either. <br /><br />A bit of a GROANer, but put it together for a satisfying Thursday challenge and fun solve. I've found the whole week so far to be like this.<br /><br /> I hope to be in top cognitive condition for Friday and Saturday after this string of energetic Mon-Thur workouts.<br /> leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83006122982569501512016-05-19T15:12:25.684-04:002016-05-19T15:12:25.684-04:00It was looking like a second straight dnf pour moi...It was looking like a second straight dnf pour moi, but several correct flat-out guesses saved the day. <br /><br />DREIDEL (or, @Spacey, DREIDL). To quote my hero, nevah hoid of it, but the crosses ruled there. Where's AMARNA, who is NICO? I wonder if AEOLUS had to suffer denigrating nicknames. <br /><br />This was quite the abbreviation fest today, with many of them not signaled as such. On the other hand the variety in the cluing was welcome. Interesting, at least to me, that LAMESTREAM, TWERKS, and ELON MUSK, came easily thus proving that, despite my distressing HAIR LOSS, I do know some current stuff. <br /><br />The RUN of more challenging puzzles continues, and I have to say I like it, but I'd like to get by with less guessing.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42399445629713526032016-05-19T15:10:21.896-04:002016-05-19T15:10:21.896-04:00Still don't get the "Angel" IPO answ...Still don't get the "Angel" IPO answer. If someone could explain, I would appreciate! Thanks for the blog!- AWRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28556128107345489142016-05-19T13:52:13.806-04:002016-05-19T13:52:13.806-04:00Oh costumer. I saw Erte, but to identify him as a...Oh costumer. I saw Erte, but to identify him as a Follies customer I would not accept. On me, but I still hated this.Longbeachleenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68247844261153531352016-05-19T12:17:19.454-04:002016-05-19T12:17:19.454-04:00BOYO boy. Well, that was the one answer I didn’t c...BOYO boy. Well, that was the one answer I didn’t care for. Except for the mid-north I kinda filled this in from the bottom up, the aha coming from DONNYBROOK. The STREAM took me up to the LAME area and I avoided the Natick with the fairly sure N in those two A-words. Good thing I had AYN in there, otherwise ANNARBOR would have been Michigan and that would be a mess.<br /><br />Velvet Underground anyone? Yeah baby NICO and Lou Reed amongst others were in that band. Besides singin’ she did some modeling. The other candidate, DEBI Mazar, is recognizable by her high forehead and exotic eyes.<br /><br />Both MRYUK and ELONMUSK were gimmes. OFL must have been napping the day(s) they came around to introduce MRYUK. The safety folks really made a big deal about recognizing his ugly mug, for years and years. Hard to be unaware of that. ELON seem to welcome any and all press opportunities.<br /><br />@D,LIW, I’ll bounce a few IDEAs/potentialities your way for a St. Paul Saturday.<br /><br />This puz was a bit weak in the theme area and a few of the words off the A-list were toughies, but as Thursdays go I’ll take WATERSLIDES before putting HHO into rebus squares (like Sunday).<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56950962595118174522016-05-19T11:44:37.850-04:002016-05-19T11:44:37.850-04:00Just to pile on... Wikipedia page on cuneiform li...Just to pile on... Wikipedia page on cuneiform lists about 5 places where tablets were found before Amarna, clue suggests Amarna was the first, so seems inaccurate as well as obscure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89661100959254011122016-05-19T11:06:18.852-04:002016-05-19T11:06:18.852-04:00Let me channel Ogden NASH for a moment:
Oh, the t...Let me channel Ogden NASH for a moment:<br /><br />Oh, the two-E DREIDEL<br />Must remain idle.<br />The one-E DREIDL<br />Remains my idol!<br /><br />The latter is the correct spelling, the puzzle entry is an Anglicized alternate: not actually wrong, but...inferior. As for the OPERA, of all ways to clue that, he picks Space___??? What about horse or soap? Space OPERA sounds like a derogatory term. To what would it be applied? Star Trek? Them's fightin' words, man! Star Wars? Well, maybe, but I just thought that word could have been WAY better clued.<br /><br />Are we really supposed to know WHO NICO is? WHO??? Or where AMARNA is? C'mon, man. Then there's ENNEAD. Only--and I mean ONLY--within the confines of a crossword grid. Can you imagine some sports writer going "The Philadelphia ENNEAD defeated the Florida Marlins to take sole possession of second place in the NL East, just half a game out?" Hooray for my Phillies, but that's the last column that guy would ever write.<br /><br />As to the theme, LAMESTREAM (a new one on me and yet another piece of newspeak that I dislike) covers it quite well. DOD: I haven't seen Entourage but I WANNABET that DEBI would make a suitable one. Double-bogey.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57127027721655735902016-05-19T09:21:20.737-04:002016-05-19T09:21:20.737-04:00LAMESTREAM OPERA
WHO will give a GROAN or maybe a...LAMESTREAM OPERA<br /><br />WHO will give a GROAN or maybe a SNOOK?<br />That’s how the MERE IDEA of EPHEMERA works.<br />WANNABET the VIBE starts a DONNYBROOK<br />when in her CUSTOM SILK ONESIE AYN TWERKS?<br /><br />--- MR.YUK: AEOLUS ANOMIE AMARNO<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69802514012936375282016-05-19T01:27:05.693-04:002016-05-19T01:27:05.693-04:00Jumping ahead one evening. Kathy of the Tower, pl...Jumping ahead one evening. Kathy of the Tower, pls email Teedmn (in the Future) to be able to email me, and Rondo.<br /><br />Let's get our St. Paul agenda going.<br /><br />I'm coming in on Friday nite early enuf to get a room service din din.<br /><br />Then, have Sat to explore St. P. Can meet up any time on Sat with y'all. Will be in st p until Monday afternoon, so my time is your time. <br /><br />So, Kathy, Rondo, Teedmn - waddaya say?<br /><br />Diana, You-know-whoDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3475892432315127132016-04-25T19:26:50.229-04:002016-04-25T19:26:50.229-04:00Given that ECG, EKG and EEG are all about the sam...Given that ECG, EKG and EEG are all about the same thing, I thought that crossing AEOLUS with EEG was pretty bad.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080027831092093115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33782088437557440882016-04-19T22:54:19.672-04:002016-04-19T22:54:19.672-04:00A run is a stream. There are a bunch of themselves...A run is a stream. There are a bunch of themselves in these parts: Raven Run, Hickory Run (also a Pennsylvania state park) and Mud Run in Lehigh Go ge State Park, site of a terrible train disaster: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_Run_disastercarlchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05049007370081283119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49361076292867631172016-04-15T09:09:59.177-04:002016-04-15T09:09:59.177-04:00@Leapfinger - This is just off the top of my head;...@Leapfinger - This is just off the top of my head; haven't taken the time to Google, but as I recall the discussion at the time Mr. Yuk was introduced, it was said that the Skull and Crossbones had been used so often in children's literature and television shows and cartoons in association with cutsie-poo pirates (after all, isn't another name for S&C "The Jolly Roger"?) that children were more likely to find S&C attractive rather than repellent. Hence the need for an un-ambiguously ugly symbol.Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14051138061304488622016-04-15T02:19:59.019-04:002016-04-15T02:19:59.019-04:00The paper also had grey squares, fwiwThe paper also had grey squares, fwiwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57005016059313630852016-04-15T02:04:18.127-04:002016-04-15T02:04:18.127-04:00@OISK: Fine, how's by you?
@Nancy, there'...@OISK: Fine, how's by you?<br /><br />@Nancy, there's only ONE Z. Not sure howe he'd feel about that 'cutsie-poo', not to speak about those snaps at the bottom (crotch, to be precise).<br /><br />@Z, I'm another who double-taked (took?)... was double-taken by Ziegfeld and Roy. Sly.<br /><br />@Teedmn, am very impressed. Had Bleak House not been req'd in Freshman English, I doubt I'd've made it past the first 500pp, though Jarndyce&Jarndyce has proved invaluable. See what happens when you're paid by the page and installment?<br />On another subject, I've wondered whether the parental Musks were in the cantaloupe business when little Elon was born. Don't know whether he has had time to marry, but he'd better run like the plague from anyone named Ellen Mellon.<br /><br />Had never been introduced to MR_YUK and can't discern the reason for a cutsie-poo icon when there's a perfectly serviceable skull-and-crossbones to dissuade the small fry from snacking on the drain cleaner. Seems counter-productive to use a kid-friendly approach, but maybe warm&fuzzy is more effective, WHO knows?<br /><br />Sic transit gloria EPHEMERAeLeapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79580143201351379112016-04-15T01:33:16.283-04:002016-04-15T01:33:16.283-04:00HotHotCarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04542402268277296826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28311870912611529432016-04-15T00:30:44.779-04:002016-04-15T00:30:44.779-04:00Dreidel is a thing you spin like a top that is a c...Dreidel is a thing you spin like a top that is a child's toy - the "top" choice of December. Cassieopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12656341974633440703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71243229960793023842016-04-15T00:27:53.852-04:002016-04-15T00:27:53.852-04:00YUK says it all! YUK!!!YUK says it all! YUK!!!Christophehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16644725678417246202noreply@blogger.com