tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post9046809150232410774..comments2024-03-28T04:40:27.172-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: FRIDAY, Oct. 19, 2007 - Frederick J. HealyRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13562150425253957112007-12-01T13:51:00.000-05:002007-12-01T13:51:00.000-05:00Was it just me, or did anyone else think HMS Beagl...Was it just me, or did anyone else think HMS Beagle for 15A? I watched Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy last night and Beagle just wouldn't go away. <BR/><BR/>I got 1A quick and easy, but it wouldn't jive with 15A and the rest of the downs until I got 7D (Elayne) and realized my mistake.<BR/><BR/>Oh, well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90883602059382289022007-11-30T19:40:00.000-05:002007-11-30T19:40:00.000-05:00This must be an easy puzzle as it is the first "Fr...This must be an easy puzzle as it is the first "Friday" i've done without any computerized assistance. It took a while though.<BR/><BR/> All of the mistakes I made were made by others here, which is refreshing.<BR/><BR/> rhonda, that Duane Hanson sculpture is amazing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54429000507349876432007-11-30T12:18:00.000-05:002007-11-30T12:18:00.000-05:00Hello, I'm writing from six weeks in the past. I ...Hello, I'm writing from six weeks in the past. I don't usually bother to comment because I feel there is nothing left to say. However, I did want to talk up Duane Hanson a little for anyone who happens upon this comment.<BR/><BR/>Rex, I'm surprised that you're not more familiar with him. Here at the Nelson Art Gallery in Kansas City we have his "museum guard" sculpture. It always catches unsuspecting visitors off-guard. He's done a lot of other hilarious ones, such as his "tourists". <BR/><BR/>Here's a <A HREF="http://www.nelson-atkins.org/art/CollectionDatabase_ImageView.cfm?id=20739&theme=M_C" REL="nofollow">link</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84263724968868400112007-10-19T23:30:00.000-04:002007-10-19T23:30:00.000-04:00Like others, had trouble with "Mar makeup", got th...Like others, had trouble with "Mar makeup", got the answer reasonably quick, but didn't figure out why until I sat back. And, like Rex, I had NOWAY, and took a while to get off it.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061491158278453862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6631104281950374802007-10-19T21:50:00.000-04:002007-10-19T21:50:00.000-04:00Rex, just so you know, the "vaguely hot wife" from...Rex, just so you know, the "vaguely hot wife" from EIGHT IS ENOUGH was played by Betty Buckley, who has since gone on to a successful career on Broadway (she introduced "Memory" in the original prodution of CATS) and in cabarets in NY.<BR/><BR/>Like Rex, I erroneously went with "no way" for "oh wow." Funnily enough, when I read "Darwin's home," I immediately thought of Australia - this IS a Friday puzzle after all. I'm proud to say that "Eat It" was the first clue I entered.<BR/><BR/>Seeing "I've had it" and "get a life" next to each other made me smile, for some reason. I also loved the cluing for "Westerns."<BR/><BR/>I'm embarrassed to say that the only astronaut named Collins I could think of was "Michael," from Apollo 11.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if I EVER knew that Jon from GARFIELD had the surname "Arbuckle."<BR/><BR/>After LAST Friday's puzzle beat me silly, I felt ludicrously happy with myself for solving this one without resorting to the Internet or the dicitionary, as I tend to do on Fridays and Saturdays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18747626415464929652007-10-19T20:20:00.000-04:002007-10-19T20:20:00.000-04:00I liked this puzzle -- especially squeegee on top ...I liked this puzzle -- especially squeegee on top of australia on top of noneatall. Though I wasn't nearly as fast as Rex, the ways I temporarily went wrong (no way, pate) were similar.<BR/><BR/>Average difficulty for a Friday, I thought.Michael Chibnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700426644898924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71605378130246226272007-10-19T20:12:00.000-04:002007-10-19T20:12:00.000-04:00I would have preferred 16a to be clued "Virtuoso g...I would have preferred 16a to be clued "Virtuoso guitarist Eddy," I'll take semi-obscure rock and roll to obscure art any day. <BR/><BR/>Enya -- I don't think I could do just one a day, keeping it under 5 seems more reasonable. More power to you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47593867299726210442007-10-19T20:07:00.000-04:002007-10-19T20:07:00.000-04:00This was easy for a Friday! SW corner slowed me up...This was easy for a Friday! SW corner slowed me up as I had 'savor' instead of 'spice' which worked nicely with 'air vented' !! But not so well with anything else<BR/>But 'simoleon' really stopped me dead as did 'last'. When I had 'finished' I still had one empty square - the 'l' of 'last'!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41460659569030990152007-10-19T18:10:00.000-04:002007-10-19T18:10:00.000-04:00Can you believe, another "rev."?Can you believe, another "rev."?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75048311272019135882007-10-19T15:03:00.000-04:002007-10-19T15:03:00.000-04:00My order was NW, SW, SE, NE. The big thing slowin...My order was NW, SW, SE, NE. The big thing slowing me down was having JUSTASEC instead of WAITASEC for ages. I usually have difficulty finishing Fridays so I'd say it was on the easier side.dfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523251716744122695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46183975805749369362007-10-19T14:58:00.000-04:002007-10-19T14:58:00.000-04:00RE 64A, concourse:San Francisco's Golden Gate Park...RE 64A, concourse:San Francisco's Golden Gate Park has a music concourse with a bandshell and stage and picnic area surrounded by the museum, planetarium, aquarium and CA Academy of Sciences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62902900334599977642007-10-19T14:57:00.000-04:002007-10-19T14:57:00.000-04:00pretty easy for a Fri for me.Did not like salsadip...pretty easy for a Fri for me.<BR/>Did not like salsadip* ans at all<BR/>& misspelled simileon at first<BR/>but otherwise enjoyable.<BR/>*wanted to put in caviar (too short)or sturgeon since clue<BR/>was "triangle"RAlberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421420639013864591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66855125013035492052007-10-19T14:52:00.000-04:002007-10-19T14:52:00.000-04:00dk, so I'm not the only one who was trying to fit ...dk, so I'm not the only one who was trying to fit in toast point instead of salsa dip? That makes me feel much better! But since when does anyone refer to salsa as salsa dip? And the tortilla chips we use are strips not triangles.<BR/><BR/>I had a hard time with the NW, mostly because of my toast points and insisting on trying to make the astronaut Michael Collins instead of Eileen. Never heard of Eileen, whereas Michael was part of the Apollo 11 moon landing crew. Nice bit of misdirection there. I also for the life of me could not see squeegee for windshield wiper. I knew James Forrestal was the last Secretary of the Navy and also knew Elayne Boosler, so that gave me something to work with, but it took a while. <BR/><BR/>Instead of concourse I wanted bandstand or gazebo, probably influenced by too many Hollywood oldies where the lovers woo in the park at the gazebo.<BR/><BR/>ben in nyc, I remember Johnny Mercer's lyric, and I'm not a septuagenarian.<BR/><BR/>All in all a much better time on a Friday puzzle for me. Thanks, Rex!MBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315707409179428435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34424963639324092252007-10-19T14:19:00.001-04:002007-10-19T14:19:00.001-04:00Toasted hamentaschen?Toasted hamentaschen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83551908523973568962007-10-19T14:19:00.000-04:002007-10-19T14:19:00.000-04:00Toasted hamentaschen?Toasted hamentaschen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2819826524799223842007-10-19T14:11:00.000-04:002007-10-19T14:11:00.000-04:00My impressions of the puzzle and the solution sequ...My impressions of the puzzle and the solution sequence were almost an exact match with Rex's today. Only difference was that the NW was more stumble-prone for me, mostly because I firmly inked in MOIS, knowing that JOURS wouldn't fit. Tristram Shandy is such a great book to pick up and read at random (one could say it's written that way, too), and find a wide variety of literary comedy. So STERNE set everything up for the whole of Dixie. Tempted briefly with BROW instead of 25A Area below the hairline, but the sly WESTERNS shoved that notion aside. I reckon that the CONCOURSE was referring to the sort of Park that could also be an Arena or Stadium. A little struggle before PALACES made me realize that there are a whole bunch of terms for stately homes.<BR/><BR/>This was a decent puzzle but not really up to Friday snuff. My quality criterion for Fri./Sat. is having to leave the puzzle alone, even if just for a few minutes, because there are too many interwoven possibilities taxing my limited ability to keep so many juggled balls in the air. <BR/><BR/>Glad to have Zelig Enya Eno observations show up again. I particularly liked the guise of Drano Malfoy a few weeks ago. Perhaps the next incarnation will be Ilsa Els, fueled by Moo Goo Gai Pan?fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91623661460082097342007-10-19T14:08:00.000-04:002007-10-19T14:08:00.000-04:00Hi all,This was a fun Friday puzzle, easy is some ...Hi all,<BR/><BR/>This was a fun Friday puzzle, easy is some spots, challenging for me in others. Solved the bottom half pretty quickly last night, then fell asleep and woke up to the top where I definitely had my woes, but in a fun way. Had practically the same experience as Rex in the northeast with noway and pate, incorrectly going across and awaiting next to waitasec going down, which fit with eatit but had to go when I got simoleon and palaces. Remembered odie and was on my way with a guess of duane to finish the corner. <BR/><BR/>Had pep for rev and mois for etes in the NW which held me up, but got elayne and eileens and the whole top fell. Guessed on Australia, thinking Darwin must have moved there at some point and didn't realize Darwin was a place and not a person until a head slap moment a few minutes ago.<BR/><BR/>Liked the clueing of westerns, agree that salsa dip is redundant, and finally getting simoleon for clam helped open that area, though I loved bivalves there until I realized it was a singular clam. <BR/><BR/>Fun, fun, fun.<BR/><BR/>Enya Eno: check out the 12 steps of Crossworders Anonymous on Orange's blog from Tuesday, I think. Very funny.<BR/><BR/>And, finally:<BR/><BR/>[Endgame author] [regulations]<BR/><BR/>BECKETT RULES!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10173673741701161882007-10-19T14:00:00.000-04:002007-10-19T14:00:00.000-04:00enya... the "other Darwin" is a capital city in Au...enya... the "other Darwin" is a capital city in Australia, probably named after Charles, but Australia is "home to" this city. That's how I read it anyways, not being able to fit Charles's actual home into the grid and after consulting Dr. Google.<BR/><BR/>I got a giggle out of the mar makeup = agua. Even when I had it, it took another few secs to "get it".<BR/><BR/>Otherwise pretty much I found this one "easy".... for a Friday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78993519909780268752007-10-19T13:28:00.000-04:002007-10-19T13:28:00.000-04:00Isn't SALSA DIP a little re-redundant? It is just ...Isn't SALSA DIP a little re-redundant? It is just called salsa out here (Oakland). But that aside I think the clue was OK, torilla chips come in every-which shape, including triangles, and I do believe I have seen them being toasted some times.<BR/><BR/>Liked the puzzle except for the Minnesota region with 3 down names (ELAYNE, EILEENS, and DUMAS) all crossing with an across (SNEAD). I managed to get them all right, but it was more lucky guessing than skilled crosswording.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35198325342143349242007-10-19T13:13:00.000-04:002007-10-19T13:13:00.000-04:00Regarding KNEEPANTS, those septuagenarians amongst...Regarding KNEEPANTS, those septuagenarians amongst us immediately remembered Johnny Mercer's lyrics to Blues in the Night: "My mama done tol' me, when I was in kneepants..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11719575421205317762007-10-19T13:08:00.000-04:002007-10-19T13:08:00.000-04:00I liked seeing KNEEPANTSandBIG TALKin the same puz...I liked seeing <BR/>KNEEPANTS<BR/>and<BR/>BIG TALK<BR/>in the same puzzle,<BR/>giving the puzzle a "Blues in the Night" sub-theme.<BR/>I hear Woody singing (braying?) as I stroll through the CONCOURSE on a cool summer evening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78665076313362635172007-10-19T13:07:00.000-04:002007-10-19T13:07:00.000-04:00Been solving the puzzle on paper in Mexico for ove...Been solving the puzzle on paper in Mexico for over a week, so it was lovely to get back on the applet and post what must be my personal best Friday time. Which means I loved this puzzle.<BR/>As for GATES, the confusion is understandable, but the clue/answer is correct: there are two sets of poles that make up a gate, and if the skier doesn't ski between them he misses his target and is disqualified. We're used to seeing the racer hugging but just missing the inside part of the gate.Campesitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01852123189179333049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85187442456301519232007-10-19T12:45:00.000-04:002007-10-19T12:45:00.000-04:00Enya -- welcome back. BTW,DUANE was a Superrealis...Enya -- welcome back. BTW,DUANE was a Superrealist but I'm not sure that makes any difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87646618937308982072007-10-19T12:40:00.000-04:002007-10-19T12:40:00.000-04:00This was very easy for me and went fast, but it al...This was very easy for me and went fast, but it also confirmed why I will probably won't become a high speed solver. I did this in well under 30 minutes and would have done it even faster if (1) I hadn't misread 34A as Calm and spent some time wondering how SIMOL... might relate to Calm and (2) once I realized my error I had spelled SIMOLEON (SIMOLIAN)correctly. This caused me to spend way too much time in NW. I also had NOWAY at first at felt it was consistent with the Arbuckle pet clue because I remembered that Jon had a cute kitten whose name started with "N", turns out it was NERMAL. My only other hang up was OVERDOSE for 41A which KNAPSACK corrected. I really liked this one. Light on crosswordese and some very clever clueing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69533429604468127922007-10-19T12:28:00.000-04:002007-10-19T12:28:00.000-04:00Hi Enya, Just watched and then reread Clockwork O...Hi Enya, Just watched and then reread Clockwork Orange so welcome HOME.<BR/><BR/>My issues was thinking a toasted triangle was a toast point so I up moved uptown for a topping.<BR/><BR/>Liked calm-simoleon as I always think of them a plurals.<BR/><BR/>All and all a fun and good time for Friday.<BR/><BR/>Still chuckling over all the chatter yesterday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com