tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8953622899480683591..comments2024-03-28T20:49:13.267-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Like amoeba reproduction / MON 7-25-16 / Bart Simpson's siter / Harvard rivalRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15215727086586656972016-08-30T00:40:24.518-04:002016-08-30T00:40:24.518-04:00@leftcoastTAM: Easy Like Monday Morning Crosswords...@leftcoastTAM: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Like-Monday-Morning-Crosswords/dp/1454908246/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472531466&sr=8-1&keywords=Easy-Like-Monday-Morning-Crosswords" rel="nofollow">Easy Like Monday Morning Crosswords</a>Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185068601066087185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76296433159381210102016-08-29T18:18:27.288-04:002016-08-29T18:18:27.288-04:00I knew the Joes, but solved like a themeless and d...I knew the Joes, but solved like a themeless and didn't see them until I was done and came here. Back in the day (high school) I wasn't a Hendrix fan, and heard the song but didn't know the name "Hey Joe." So Hey Hoe (Hi Ho the deerie oh?) made sense.<br /><br />Other than that it was pretty easy for me. <br /><br />Murder songs? How about the old one, "Frankie and Johnnie"<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15327020111021576112016-08-29T13:30:02.471-04:002016-08-29T13:30:02.471-04:00Oh, yeah, and CAMELCASE, as others have mentioned....Oh, yeah, and CAMELCASE, as others have mentioned.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66231195898776396102016-08-29T13:28:04.818-04:002016-08-29T13:28:04.818-04:00I don't get Rex's "Easy like Monday M...I don't get Rex's "Easy like Monday Morning" rating. Mondays as a general rule are easier than the rest of the week. But any given Monday, like today's, can have some feature or features that make the puzzle a bit more of a challenge than an "average" or "medium" Monday.<br /><br />ASEXUAL, COOLBEANS, HAJJ/JOE cross (if you don't go directly to the revealer), and the AIDAN/AGAVE cross.<br /><br />Guess if you're a super- or speed-solver, any day of the week begins to look like an "easy" day, especially M-W.<br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70975876488676733182016-08-29T12:55:52.832-04:002016-08-29T12:55:52.832-04:00Almost forgot - another opportunity to clue 1a as ...Almost forgot - another opportunity to clue 1a as "Packer Clinton-Dix" since his first name is actually HAHA.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45406453956193829572016-08-29T12:19:49.315-04:002016-08-29T12:19:49.315-04:00Same solve start as Matt. Exactly. Have had HEY JO...Same solve start as Matt. Exactly. Have had HEY JOE on album and eight track and CD, couldn’t have been a bigger gimme for starters. Good thing we didn’t repeat JOE College.<br /><br />As for murderous songs, every second heavy metal or rap song out there qualifies. But I would go with Psycho Killer by the Talking Heads. Run run run run run run run run away.<br /><br />UMA should get the yeah baby hall of fame award for making so many appearances. Is LARA Spencer too obscure?<br /><br />Decent Mon-puz, I knew the JOEs, though COOLBEANS and CAMELCASE are unknown to me. I’d’ve preferred JOE Six-pack (of something).<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76652585955747549862016-08-29T12:19:06.918-04:002016-08-29T12:19:06.918-04:00A really strange Monday puzzle. Easy enough, I gu...A really strange Monday puzzle. Easy enough, I guess, but really uneven as far as interest goes. Thought it might be a cut above the usual when I came to BOXERREBELLION, but that turned out to be the high point. <br /><br />Like you, @spacecraft, I've never heard of Joe BOXER. <br /><br />I suspect that those who knew CAMELCASE are spending too much time online, and need to get out into the real world more.<br /><br />I've somehow managed to escape any exposure to COOLBEANS in spite of being of coming of age in the Jimi Hendrix era, whence that phrase originated, according to Urban Dictionary. <br /><br />OTOH, I am very familiar with BLOWHOTANDCOLD, and with Joe Camel, Cool and Blow, so the theme mostly worked. <br /><br />So: some interesting theme entries, and two nice long ones; but also APER, ETUI, NONO, TMEN, UMA, URAL, USER, ABUT, OMEN and of course OREO. Seems a high price to pay.<br /><br />Musically, I'm with @Mohair Sam:<br />1. I Shot the Sheriff - Marley. Absolutely.Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185068601066087185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28475573847237255142016-08-29T11:16:59.253-04:002016-08-29T11:16:59.253-04:00For a Monday, this one had a lion's share of W...For a Monday, this one had a lion's share of WOEs:<br /><br />--> Who's Joe BOXER? I mean, Palooka I know; that's it.<br /><br />--> CAMELCASE?? Congrats to you who knew that one. Both of you.<br /><br />--> BLOWHOTANDCOLD??? For vacillate? Never heard of it. Doesn't even make sense.<br /><br />But I haven't been living under a rock; I did manage to pick up COOLBEANS somewhere, and use it myself to register approval.<br /><br />I do know the song, so the cat escaped the bag very early on. That criticism is legit. This whole puzzle has a depressing theme to it; starting with the "murder song." ALLWORK, SLAVE, MAULS, NONO, OMEN and especially HATER quickly dispel the opening HAHA. And the central DPLUS doesn't help. One upbeat spot: feel-good director CAPRA.<br /><br />My #1 would be the Queen work. Genius. Showing my age: for actor Quinn I was flustered when Anthony wouldn't fit. DOD is UMA...again, but honorable mention to Julie Christie as LARA. Some COOLBEANS stuff here; call it a par.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3464899220617229222016-08-29T10:28:26.385-04:002016-08-29T10:28:26.385-04:00HEY JOE: NONO
MADAM EMILY is ALLWORK,
ASEXUAL SLA...HEY JOE: NONO<br /><br />MADAM EMILY is ALLWORK,<br />ASEXUAL SLAVE TMEN paid.<br />Don’t HATER or USER like a jerk,<br />EMMY’s just DUNE it to get LADE.<br /><br />--- TARA LARA ALAR<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74754307307231166302016-07-27T19:23:49.716-04:002016-07-27T19:23:49.716-04:00HEY everyone in @Rex-land ... thanks @Kevin Christ...HEY everyone in @Rex-land ... thanks @Kevin Christian for this puzzle, @Matt Gaffney for his Regency, and welcome back, @Whirred Whacks. <br /><br />Of course, I've heard of Jimi Hendrix, but not the specific song title that represents today's theme. Judging from some of the comments about Friday's puzzle, I kind of expected 61-Down to be COE.<br /><br />Second time in less than a week that we're seeing ETUI, and glad to know that "case" in the clue is a different meaning from "case" in theme entry CAMEL_CASE. Also, second time in less than a week for OREO--as far as I'm concerned, those cookies are just as filling on a Monday as on a Friday.<br /><br />Sadly, the top grade at the University of Minnesota is only A ("achievement that is outstanding relative to the level necessary to meet course requirements"), not A+. In over 35 years of teaching chemistry here, I have assigned my shares of C ("achievement that meets the course requirements in every respect"), C-, D ("achievement that is worthy of credit even though it fails to meet fully the course requirements"), and F ("failure not worthy of credit, even if work completed"), but have never ever assigned a DPLUS, because really, what would that prove?<br /><br />**********<br /><br />Note, all of the above (with links) appeared at 7:10 a.m. on the Monday of the puzzle (I have a screenshot of it), but somehow vanished a few minutes later. Our working hypothesis is that it might have something to do with the html code used for links, so those have now been deleted. Let's see if it works this time (trying Wednesday evening) (same disappearing act happened after 7:03 p.m.; see now trying it with Google Account)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704257485630281528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53393819392681804682016-07-27T19:03:47.488-04:002016-07-27T19:03:47.488-04:00HEY everyone in @Rex-land ... thanks @Kevin Christ...HEY everyone in @Rex-land ... thanks @Kevin Christian for this puzzle, @Matt Gaffney for his Regency, and welcome back, @Whirred Whacks. <br /><br />Of course, I've heard of Jimi Hendrix, but not the specific song title that represents today's theme. Judging from some of the comments about Friday's puzzle, I kind of expected 61-Down to be COE.<br /><br />Second time in less than a week that we're seeing ETUI, and glad to know that "case" in the clue is a different meaning from "case" in theme entry CAMEL_CASE. Also, second time in less than a week for OREO--as far as I'm concerned, those cookies are just as filling on a Monday as on a Friday.<br /><br />Sadly, the top grade at the University of Minnesota is only A ("achievement that is outstanding relative to the level necessary to meet course requirements"), not A+. In over 35 years of teaching chemistry here, I have assigned my shares of C ("achievement that meets the course requirements in every respect"), C-, D ("achievement that is worthy of credit even though it fails to meet fully the course requirements"), and F ("failure not worthy of credit, even if work completed"), but have never ever assigned a DPLUS, because really, what would that prove?<br /><br />**********<br /><br />Note, all of the above (with links) appeared at 7:10 a.m. on the Monday of the puzzle (I have a screenshot of it), but somehow vanished a few minutes later. Our working hypothesis is that it might have something to do with the html code used for links, so those have now been deleted. Let's see if it works this time (trying Wednesday evening).George Baranyhttp://www1.chem.umn.edu/groups/baranygp/puzzles/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20575863243083239362016-07-26T12:04:01.074-04:002016-07-26T12:04:01.074-04:00https://www.fretboardjournal.com/blogsong-week-how...https://www.fretboardjournal.com/blogsong-week-how-baby-please-dont-go-town-became-hey-joe/<br /><br />(Or, how a song about a lady going to the bar to let off some steam got rewritten into a song about a dude fixing to blow his lady's head off, I'm just sayin'.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40636237140075578692016-07-26T07:08:03.568-04:002016-07-26T07:08:03.568-04:00@Martin Abresch - Is Old White Guy totally out of ...@Martin Abresch - Is Old White Guy totally out of it or well played satire? My first impulse was no one could think Sondheim and Sweeney Todd were rap so it had to be satirical. And then I think of my Twitter feed and I'm not so sure.....Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-412748887661966412016-07-26T01:35:57.367-04:002016-07-26T01:35:57.367-04:00Very easy for me. Probably the fastest NYT puzzle ...Very easy for me. Probably the fastest NYT puzzle ever for me. Forgot about the theme after HEY JOE until I got here.<br /><br />Popped in HEY, JOE, HAHA, HAJJ, DJED and then worked my way back up. Finished with the P in APER, OPART -- never heard of OPART, so the semi-crosswordese of APER took a second.<br /><br />About 5 minutes on paper, comparable to the AM New York puzzle today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51655214512020188822016-07-26T01:09:07.854-04:002016-07-26T01:09:07.854-04:00I've been telling you all for years that rap m...I've been telling you all for years that rap music does nothing but glorifying murder and being told in no uncertain terms I'm racist. Now you're making lists of your favorite murderous rap songs?Old White Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89130116054119785582016-07-26T01:06:59.560-04:002016-07-26T01:06:59.560-04:00Never heard the song. And, there was a theme?Never heard the song. And, there was a theme?JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281717752118151421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45843595213947838292016-07-25T23:54:33.395-04:002016-07-25T23:54:33.395-04:00I say, Z, I want to thank you for posting the tend...I say, Z, I want to thank you for posting the tender lyrics to the HEY JOE,I had in mind, as recorded by "Old Mule Train" hisself, Frankie Laine, back in 1952!Warren Howie Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71044360037293881292016-07-25T23:48:02.116-04:002016-07-25T23:48:02.116-04:00@Nancy - a baby got thrown off the bridge.@Nancy - a baby got thrown off the bridge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56776553877554224652016-07-25T21:32:53.425-04:002016-07-25T21:32:53.425-04:00Set em up, Joe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...Set em up, Joe...<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhHCnU2UB-Q<br /><br />Da Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584502565199186614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68413055989173873252016-07-25T21:31:01.235-04:002016-07-25T21:31:01.235-04:00Good God what have I started?! Great suggestions....Good God what have I started?! Great suggestions.<br /><br />@Kitchef - Queen! Nice catch.<br /><br />@Teedmn - I own a couple of Darin CD's and cannot believe I forgot "Mack the Knife" - I've also seen "The Three Penny Opera" twice. Shame on me.<br /><br />@Nancy - "Sweeney Todd" a natural.<br /><br />@RAD - Will need hard proof "Billy Joe" not a suicide, otherwise we'll have to include about half a dozen Pucinni arias.<br /><br />G'nightMohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55936668312596424212016-07-25T21:20:45.984-04:002016-07-25T21:20:45.984-04:00@RAD2626 -- I don't think he was murdered. Di...@RAD2626 -- I don't think he was murdered. Didn't he jump off a bridge?Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62459398463885326972016-07-25T21:11:50.942-04:002016-07-25T21:11:50.942-04:00"Ode to Billy Joe" by Bobbie Gentry a tr..."Ode to Billy Joe" by Bobbie Gentry a truly horrid song. RAD2626https://www.blogger.com/profile/18196568765752439378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70413146864236826212016-07-25T20:54:53.243-04:002016-07-25T20:54:53.243-04:00@Mohair -
"The Night the Lights Went Out in...@Mohair - <br /><br />"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" sung by Vicki Lawrence<br /><br />"Mack the Knife" sung by Bobby Darin<br /><br />Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11083531514585989382016-07-25T20:52:06.894-04:002016-07-25T20:52:06.894-04:00Never heard of Hey Joe , but I "Googled"...Never heard of Hey Joe , but I "Googled" "Songs if Jimi Hendrix," and the only title at all familiar was Purple Haze, although I have no idea how it goes. (and maybe "She's so fine.") Never heard of Joe Boxer either, so the theme meant nothing to me until I finished the puzzle. Never heard of "cool beans" or Aidan...that's a lot of "Wha??" for a Monday! Still, finished it in just over my average Monday time. ( I time myself only on Monday and Tuesday) OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23320841127517032882016-07-25T20:23:07.267-04:002016-07-25T20:23:07.267-04:00I was foiled by a bad square that took me as long ...I was foiled by a bad square that took me as long to find as the rest of the puzzle did to complete. <br /><br />I want to hate the CAMEL CASE clue because to my mind short ones like "iPhone" are the worst possible examples for getting the idea across (another commenter's "duckDuckGoose" is far superior). That said, clearly lots of other folks loved just being introduced to the term, and that wins out over any (potentially misguided) pedantry on my part. <br /><br />Also "Hey Joe" is a brilliant song. Many people have a visceral reaction to the ascending turnaround after the chorus while having no idea that it's going on. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06238994807150540585noreply@blogger.com