tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8652688511388041868..comments2024-03-28T05:54:57.730-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Expressive cartoon avatar / FRI 1-10-20 / 1954 Patti Page hit that begins it was winter when you told me you were leaving / TV character who went to high school for 122 years / Admit defeat in modern slang / Mononymous modelRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72763639642951473952020-09-21T11:22:31.790-04:002020-09-21T11:22:31.790-04:00Ugh...I fell for the "UCLA/LEAKIER" trap...Ugh...I fell for the "UCLA/LEAKIER" trap as well!<br />erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14500865716165525212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66792889878951854792020-06-08T16:55:20.665-04:002020-06-08T16:55:20.665-04:00My wife and I aways do these puzzles much later th...My wife and I aways do these puzzles much later than anyone else. Perhaps no one will read this. Maybe a puzzle cluer or constructor will.<br /><br />I'm a mathematician. Concerning 47A, clued as "series ender", the answer being "nth". THIS IS WRONG. nth (with the th in the exponent of course) does NOT mean the end of a sequence. It is the generic term for an arbitrary member of a sequence. For example, the n^th term of the sequence 2, 4, 8, 16, ..... is 2^n. One may write 2, 4, 8, ... 2^n, .... so the n^th term is 2^n. There usually is no end to sequences. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62873737720562959392020-02-14T19:44:28.630-05:002020-02-14T19:44:28.630-05:00I'D AGREE, Friday' puzzles are meant to on...I'D AGREE, Friday' puzzles are meant to on the tough side. This one was that and a good one. Didn't finish it, but learned a few new things that may or may not stick.<br /><br />BITMOJI<br />SIL<br />TAKE THE L<br />AFRO FUTURISM<br /><br />And how many times has I.M. Pei appeared in these grids? The revelation (at least to me) is that the I is for....IEOH!<br /><br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67016745904239969502020-02-14T19:37:31.618-05:002020-02-14T19:37:31.618-05:00Not sure IDAGREE with @El Dingo, but then IDAHO, a...Not sure IDAGREE with @El Dingo, but then IDAHO, and I digress.Stormy Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69709706427426176352020-02-14T16:02:05.790-05:002020-02-14T16:02:05.790-05:00No one in the history of spoken English has ever s...No one in the history of spoken English has ever shortened “I would agree” to “I’d agree.”<br /><br />I’d eclair. El Dingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864290772960286801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76785443214938039762020-02-14T15:58:46.035-05:002020-02-14T15:58:46.035-05:00Whilst I did not have a perfect round today, this ...Whilst I did not have a perfect round today, this was "easier" and smoother than the last 2 or 3 days. Guessed on the T on the BITMOJI. Loved the misdirect on LAWYER. <br /><br />SEEPIER is creepier than I'd like to see in any puzzle. But who am I? I stand in awe of anyone who can construct one of these things, even when using "words" no one else uses.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46658925995249837882020-02-14T15:48:50.762-05:002020-02-14T15:48:50.762-05:00Today's puzzle was way tougher than yesterday&...Today's puzzle was way tougher than yesterday's which I found relatively easy. The NE was almost a laydown, as was the mid-E, but from there it was a struggle. I got -SHORTCAKES but APPLE never occurred to me until later. <br /><br />The entire South was the toughest, ESP the SW. I did not put in UCla because I couldn't see how the "a" would work (I did consider "leakier" though). In the SW I finally "saw" LAWYER, and then had to put in SIL which I took as an abbreviation for SILver. Wrong but it worked. EARNER has appeared a lot lately.<br /><br />In the NW I intuited -MOJI, after which ISSA, and JUUL were obvious, BORO was a shot in the dark but that's how BITMOJI came.<br /><br />I don't know what an APPLET is, but once I stopped thinking of Java as the country, the rest of that section came.<br /><br />Nice tussle.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7604075318487287572020-02-14T14:34:15.970-05:002020-02-14T14:34:15.970-05:00FIRE UP MORE JUULPODS
Too RAUCOUS at PLAY, I died...FIRE UP MORE JUULPODS<br /><br />Too RAUCOUS at PLAY, I died.<br />TAKETHEL? Yes, I’DAGREE,<br />So ONTHELASTDAY ICRIED,<br />“When IPASS on, please BLESSME.”<br /><br />--- CHRISTO MICHEL<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7868895569840909262020-02-14T12:46:31.924-05:002020-02-14T12:46:31.924-05:00A foul puzzle. 5 pissers in the NE alone. Rejected...A foul puzzle. 5 pissers in the NE alone. Rejected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41654192437599951292020-02-14T11:46:20.577-05:002020-02-14T11:46:20.577-05:00Friday-tough, and only completed via several guess...Friday-tough, and only completed via several guesses, but compared to yesterday? A piece of CAKE. As to the fruit, it's not an integral part of the SHORTCAKE; you make the cake and then put on any damn fruit you want. But APPLE crossing APPLET? I'm quite sure BEQ looked over the finished product and winced at that one.<br /><br />I had severe trouble in both the NW and SE wings. Wanted galES for the "high winds," but then...oh. THAT kind of wind. The wood kind. Okay. I figured 1a had to end in ___MOJI, but 6d was a huh? till I remembered what a stink (!) JUUL has been causing in the news lately. Then I felt Homerish (DOH!)<br /><br />SE took a while too. I had STRIPS and the benign ISIS, thanks for not cluing the malignant one, and so the bottom line might be something with BLESS in it--thus I held off on the Cali school guess, rightly so. Actually had to run the alphabet with "What's…" till I got to the M's. Never heard of "AFROFUTURISM," but with two U's it probably made @M&A happy.<br /><br />IDAGREE this was a tough TNUT; triumph points aplenty. IMAN appears before ISSA, both in the grid and alphabetically. Also in one-two DOD finish. Sorry, Ms. Rae, today you TAKETHEL. One writeover: eTc before NTH. Birdie.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14667658918287034282020-02-14T11:43:45.546-05:002020-02-14T11:43:45.546-05:00Who’s in charge of party-time at NASA? RAUCOUS sci...Who’s in charge of party-time at NASA? RAUCOUS scientists. Har.<br /><br />Had the same PIlferS and lEakIER problems as OFL. Tos in a loathe before SEETHE and eTc before NTH and an eSe before ISH and a yesiREE before IDAGREE and it’s INKfest city. I’ve met BEQ and he didn’t seem this sinister in person.<br /><br />Any supermodel, such as IMAN, is an auto-yeah baby.<br /><br />Got to the finish. Pen’s outta INK.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33572517060714391442020-01-11T15:20:44.631-05:002020-01-11T15:20:44.631-05:00Another case of not knowing ones año from a hole ....Another case of not knowing ones año from a hole .. in the ground. If it ain’t English, it needs a flag. <br />JimGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74627647032954021532020-01-11T01:29:52.957-05:002020-01-11T01:29:52.957-05:00OK. Thinly sliced filet mignon stacked on a biscui...OK. Thinly sliced filet mignon stacked on a biscuit made with herbs de provence and whipped garlic butter - we’ll make this steak shortcake a thing yet!Richardf8https://www.blogger.com/profile/17529101042863259910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38571312079684009662020-01-11T00:01:54.475-05:002020-01-11T00:01:54.475-05:00@Neils - # of UC schools = 9.@Neils - # of UC schools = 9.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69612268816071295612020-01-10T23:30:40.189-05:002020-01-10T23:30:40.189-05:00Horrible. Bitmoji? Okkkk...apple shortcake? Never ...Horrible. Bitmoji? Okkkk...apple shortcake? Never heard of it. SEEPIER?? Not a real word. Nor is "Afrofuturism" a movie genre. Absolutely hated this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91422713883740733052020-01-10T22:48:50.614-05:002020-01-10T22:48:50.614-05:00I'm just a novice. Was frustrated a bit, but t...I'm just a novice. Was frustrated a bit, but the only one I really take issue with is "ept". Don't like it at all. I never got SIL, which is bad because Michel is the only thing I had for several minutes. I do know better than to drop in UCLA for the entire Golden StAte; there must be nearly a dozen UC schools. I was really holding out for SF, though as it's the closest to the Warriors home. And I learned a new word, which is always good; cense.<br />Cheers, NeilsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19928912846664238272020-01-10T22:22:24.531-05:002020-01-10T22:22:24.531-05:00First DNF for me in ages. I see I have plenty of c...First DNF for me in ages. I see I have plenty of company—evidence perhaps of an over-abundance of labored and/or just plain shabby fill. Boo, hiss, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43435650361585519712020-01-10T21:41:10.149-05:002020-01-10T21:41:10.149-05:00Welp, I just googled it, and apple shortcake IS a ...Welp, I just googled it, and apple shortcake IS a thing. Who knew?Swagomatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12114823747471619798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89156639845693459882020-01-10T21:38:32.484-05:002020-01-10T21:38:32.484-05:00Yeah. This was okay, but apple shortcake is not a ...Yeah. This was okay, but apple shortcake is not a thing. I had apple in there thinking there was no way this is right, but I got the happy tones anyway.Swagomatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12114823747471619798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80631492523567589932020-01-10T21:35:49.903-05:002020-01-10T21:35:49.903-05:00@Anon 9:16
Natick isn't named after one of t...@Anon 9:16<br /><br />Natick isn't <b>named after</b> one of the most famous <b>Pope</b>s in CrossWorld land.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59676055907982642452020-01-10T21:16:17.927-05:002020-01-10T21:16:17.927-05:00Natick: Pop. 36,000
St. Leo: Pop. 1,500
Natick: Pop. 36,000<br />St. Leo: Pop. 1,500<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90547198365989497042020-01-10T20:44:32.104-05:002020-01-10T20:44:32.104-05:00Take the loss. From WLD win loss drawTake the loss. From WLD win loss drawBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063334745698094480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32270420628233843662020-01-10T20:35:25.071-05:002020-01-10T20:35:25.071-05:00@anon/8:04 puts the point across. If your old eno...@anon/8:04 puts the point across. If your old enough, you saw Huntley & Brinkley and lots of Russians with CCCP some place on them. For what it's worth, it's pronounced ESS-ESS-ESS-AEIRRR. Roll that R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38098263511269519922020-01-10T20:33:24.698-05:002020-01-10T20:33:24.698-05:00@Z, the last bullet point. I actually read to the ...@Z, the last bullet point. I actually read to the end for once.<br /><br />@CDilly52, hang in there. It's an awful illness and you'll need much TLC. Here's hoping you have one of the milder versions.<br /><br />Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6661686233223818742020-01-10T20:25:17.020-05:002020-01-10T20:25:17.020-05:00@CDilly52 -- You have my deepest sympathy, since a...@CDilly52 -- You have my deepest sympathy, since a respiratory flu is much much worse than a stomach one -- at least it has always been so for me. I'm really sorry to hear it and I hope you recover quickly. And thanks for your good wishes -- good wishes that I assume were issued from a bed of real misery. That was very thoughtful of you.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.com