tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8895752339193982284..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Bullet train type — THURSDAY, Jul. 23 2009 — Neurotic cartoon character / Milo's canine pal / She-foxes / K2 localeRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger169125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62177189884434282692009-08-28T15:39:01.023-04:002009-08-28T15:39:01.023-04:00I've never posted before, but often read Rex&#...I've never posted before, but often read Rex's column when I'm tearing my hair out about a puzzle. I knew what the nesting dolls were, and got the central song, but solved all but the lefthand corner w/out getting the<br />idea about the dogs le(f)t out items. Thank you, Rex,for echoing my frustration, and, as always, giving the solutionsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18701345756470401012009-08-27T22:56:21.196-04:002009-08-27T22:56:21.196-04:0038 across, Model A Fords were built from 28-31. 27...38 across, Model A Fords were built from 28-31. 27s were Model Ts. To the poster that said her husband was a Marine and that he had never heard the term "Devil Dogs", I find that inconceivable. The term is almost as well known as "Semper FI".Carl La Fongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39369559166596004122009-08-27T22:05:47.415-04:002009-08-27T22:05:47.415-04:00Count me as one who didn't see the "missi...Count me as one who didn't see the "missing" dogs until I got here. I filled in the right answers because of crossing fill, but was puzzled, bemused, and confused. It would have helped if I remembered today was Thursday, not Wednesday.Jan Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709096924012665773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3235499046291882532009-08-27T20:47:29.962-04:002009-08-27T20:47:29.962-04:00I got the answers filled but could not figure out ...I got the answers filled but could not figure out the dog connection! I thought it might have been for dogs' names like Rover but I got stumped until finally went to your page to see what the dog thing was all about!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420340788926521402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37819123534488417622009-08-27T19:28:00.139-04:002009-08-27T19:28:00.139-04:00Count me in as one of those people who found this ...Count me in as one of those people who found this a great puzzle in that the theme was original, the level of difficulty certainly was Thursday Challenging - yet a solution was possible without resorting to Google. Thanks Kennedys for a fun effort.<br /><br />BTW, additional syncronicity possibly exists at the syndicate level in that the Kennedy puzzle appears in the same paper in which many of us are reading extensively about the life & times of Ted Kennedy, who died yesterday...Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-140726957255008492009-08-27T16:55:41.024-04:002009-08-27T16:55:41.024-04:00I liked the puzzle. I've never seen one where...I liked the puzzle. I've never seen one where a word was excluded like that. I kept looking for a rebus. Still don't see how so many people solved it without ever catching on to the theme.syndakatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22110388678086509422009-08-27T15:26:47.957-04:002009-08-27T15:26:47.957-04:00I'm with Rex:
HATED IT.
There is a bar near ...I'm with Rex:<br /><br />HATED IT.<br /><br />There is a bar near my house called The Otter Lodge, so I had some help.<br /><br />Never got the trick. Was wondering why US Marines were called devils, or why cutthroat was eat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11898944728717192072009-08-27T12:01:56.680-04:002009-08-27T12:01:56.680-04:00I am amazed at the dislike shown for this puzzle. ...I am amazed at the dislike shown for this puzzle. I thought it was (mostly) clever, and certainly required a certain twisted look at things. I got the missing dog angle fairly early and actually got the song title from that, rather than the other way around. Pop music isn't my thing, and I have never heard the song before, so no issues with whether the dogs are gone or are simply out and about. The answers have geometric symmetry, and that is all that was promised in the clue. Grammatic symmetry would be a bonus, but isn't necessary. The only slightly annoying clue for me was the MADE IN (the) USSR one, but it was gettable with crosses. The ATM clue was twisted, but that is what Thursday puzzles are supposed to be about, along with gimmicks. I was surprised to see Rex rank it as challenging - I got it fairly quickly for a Thursday, although accuracy rather than speed is my goal. I like to fill in ink with no writeovers if possible and did this with only one (had pinch for poach at first). I think this was a very nice puzzle. Not the best ever, but far and away not the worst either.Singernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55092075276830160852009-07-27T12:45:56.681-04:002009-07-27T12:45:56.681-04:00Count me among those who liked the puzzle -- thoug...Count me among those who liked the puzzle -- thought it was kind of clever...<br /><br />And someone mentioned one of my all-time favorite movies, "Cat Ballou" ;-)Ameliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377159639018028534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76986920557428867292009-07-24T13:54:03.405-04:002009-07-24T13:54:03.405-04:00Got the theme before I finished the puzzle and it ...Got the theme before I finished the puzzle and it helped. Otherwise, for the most part, I liked it.Kellyghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336095615002049088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79909647970870375472009-07-24T11:01:45.026-04:002009-07-24T11:01:45.026-04:00@Blackhawk, who commutes to Binghamton? People th...@Blackhawk, who commutes to Binghamton? People that couldn't get into Scranton?HudsonHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119485923243014649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26806247813295204662009-07-24T10:19:11.166-04:002009-07-24T10:19:11.166-04:00I have no idea who the Kennedys are, but I REALLY ...I have no idea who the Kennedys are, but I REALLY enjoyed this puzzle!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52570762528426515262009-07-24T08:07:31.514-04:002009-07-24T08:07:31.514-04:00I took Andrea's advise and reread Rex's wr...I took Andrea's advise and reread Rex's write-up - she has a point!<br /><br />Had to laugh about the 2023 Super Bowl: I actually figured it out because we still have some cocktail napkins around from our last Super Bowl Party!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54416760334853516302009-07-24T01:17:53.784-04:002009-07-24T01:17:53.784-04:00I liked this puzzle better in the morning, when I ...I liked this puzzle better in the morning, when I was able to complete the NW and grasp the theme. It wasn't perfect but it made me think hard, and I always appreciate puzzle innovation that doesn't fall on Friday/Saturday. Even so, I didn't find all the dogs, and I agree with the people who think that some of the answers needed the dog, and others worked just fine without it, and that took away from the overall impression of the puzzle. I didn't have a problem with the clues - bad partials and fill in the blanks are better than baseball clues IMO. ;-)sillygoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03483946342170291849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14894781825993952682009-07-24T00:24:37.733-04:002009-07-24T00:24:37.733-04:00Actually, I just realized there were 2 Russian clu...Actually, I just realized there were 2 Russian clues, not counting Maglev. A shame.guerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02282973311724477474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64072075982501812542009-07-24T00:23:42.539-04:002009-07-24T00:23:42.539-04:00Where's PAVLOV?
Seriously, I didn't mind ...Where's PAVLOV?<br /><br />Seriously, I didn't mind the puzzle. But if you're going to come up with all these "dogs" and then there are 2 Russian words (OK, only one, but I also thought it was two), doesn't one of them have to be Pavlov?<br /><br />I thought most of it was Ok, but then again, I speak Spanish and the theme didn't bother me. The SE corner was well nigh impossible, howeverguerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02282973311724477474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89624270195626202832009-07-24T00:20:52.051-04:002009-07-24T00:20:52.051-04:00@Blackhawk: I don't agree withnthe voices call...@Blackhawk: I don't agree withnthe voices calling for your evaporation or evanescence. I think you are capable of development, able to join your voice, if not in praise (I, in fact, do not treat Rex as a paragon of<br />wisdom), at least in the raucous concord that this blog invites.slypetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537129206516720012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56290330381309829242009-07-24T00:12:59.530-04:002009-07-24T00:12:59.530-04:00Whoa, Blackhawk! What you say has some truth to it...Whoa, Blackhawk! What you say has some truth to it--but we are all fallible and faulty. The point is, Rex puts it out there every day, which puts him in the category of artist. Thus, he is at one and the same time a creator and a receptor--sometimes of the excess of vitriol called ambition.slypetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537129206516720012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40315794617822828842009-07-24T00:07:53.501-04:002009-07-24T00:07:53.501-04:00@foodie! I'll send you a dvd of it for godssa...@foodie! I'll send you a dvd of it for godssake, no murdering necessary! :)<br />and you must know that ALL words applied to women end up being negative eventually :(<br />Now back to Gatesgate...<br />Damn, where's my dog?<br /><br />You know what? re-read rex's blog after all this and then say it's not dead on!andrea tosh.o michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27870741579529942222009-07-24T00:01:17.788-04:002009-07-24T00:01:17.788-04:00I think I'm the 150th commenter!
This was qui...I think I'm the 150th commenter! <br />This was quite a puzzle day. Let's relax and get ready for the FRIDAY!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87583128839045878912009-07-23T23:53:54.280-04:002009-07-23T23:53:54.280-04:00Didn't like this puzzle much for all the reaso...Didn't like this puzzle much for all the reasons Rex pointed out. But mostly for the one brought up by commenters: that some of the answers really <i>needed</i> and DOG and some didn't. I don't even think LUCKY needs DOG for the clue to work.<br /><br />Also about the symmetry. I <i>think</i> the first person who talked about EAT not being symmetrical meant that it's the only answer that needs DOG twice to make sense. If the symmetrical answer (1A) had <i>also</i> needed DOG twice to make sense, that would have been better. That's what I thought too.<br /><br />I gave up on the NW when HAM wouldn't work for HOT and I finally just decided it was too late and I had spent enough time on it. Maybe if I'd done the puzzle earlier in the day I would have liked it more. Who knows? It's all so subjective.PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835502266781516627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77510327460566638492009-07-23T23:46:53.593-04:002009-07-23T23:46:53.593-04:00@Foodie:
I know exactly what you're saying ab...@Foodie:<br /><br />I know exactly what you're saying about the DVRed episode. But it can be done. Involves plugging a VCR into your DVR outputs. I will post more (off-topic) info when I figure out how to do this myself.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10156426157904681852009-07-23T23:42:34.602-04:002009-07-23T23:42:34.602-04:00I don't believe that people like George NYC an...I don't believe that people like George NYC and retired chemist and Ulrich and edith are being snarky at all: They, and all the others who defended Rex, were simply responding to attacks that were over the top and demanded response.<br /><br />Don't feed the Troll is good advice generally but, damn it, sometimes you just have to address the distasteful.Bill from NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103923612595508277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22836719978441660152009-07-23T23:36:08.637-04:002009-07-23T23:36:08.637-04:00@foodie
If you have a VCR hooked up to the same T...@foodie<br /><br />If you have a VCR hooked up to the same TV that your <br />DVR is connected to, I think you can just play the program and hit REC on the VCR and it will record it onto the tape.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1039282123963935332009-07-23T23:29:19.691-04:002009-07-23T23:29:19.691-04:00I'm on the cranky side today (no disrespect to...I'm on the cranky side today (no disrespect to those who enjoyed this puzzle).<br /><br />re: @Blackhawk -- I have already fought (and pretty much died) on that hill. Best to ignore, IMO. Rex can handle...Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.com