tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post9097515008111221857..comments2024-03-29T11:06:05.838-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Bronze Age fertility deity / THU 3-26-20 / Liquid absorbed by surrounding soil / Late Surrealist Turner / Only performer with speaking part in 1976's Silent Movie Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54676883371448033752020-05-07T18:31:33.969-04:002020-05-07T18:31:33.969-04:00Why? This is weak. I'm familiar with inner pla...Why? This is weak. I'm familiar with inner planets, but why is SATURN in the puzzle? This puzzle is exceedingly adequate!. Thursdays should be cleverer...er...er..er...Saturninenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42042808026546393922020-05-02T12:28:48.320-04:002020-05-02T12:28:48.320-04:00Lake Tahoe is on the other side of the mountain fr...Lake Tahoe is on the other side of the mountain from Carson City. Isn't this clue incorrect, or am I missing something ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69500983399517030482020-04-30T17:31:35.252-04:002020-04-30T17:31:35.252-04:00I did notice that we started at the sun and moved ...I did notice that we started at the sun and moved further out. That makes it better right off. <br /><br />Carly PEARCE for sure.<br /><br />Not surprisingly, liked it more than OFL.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23584387414616063012020-04-30T16:18:29.171-04:002020-04-30T16:18:29.171-04:00Correction: ..., but the CLUES unearthed the theme...Correction: ..., but the CLUES unearthed the themers as I....leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12574002110944287272020-04-30T16:08:27.270-04:002020-04-30T16:08:27.270-04:00First pass yielded LESS than enough for a good foo...First pass yielded LESS than enough for a good foothold, but the themers but their CLUES unearthed them as I worked my way through. <br /><br />Didn't really take special notice or care that the SUN stood out from the PLANETS.<br /><br />Didn't know Carly PEARCE or the deity ASTARTE but for the crosses. Hesitated over ADVERT, but settled for VAMOS (not "vamoose"?) to complete the cross. Didn't get the Pontiac FIERO at all. <br /><br />Once had a Pontiac Sunbird, later passed on to my son, which he soon renamed it the "Shitbird". So much for wanting to be a generous dad, but he was right about that car.<br /><br />Despite my "didn't get this or that", everything but the FIERO were "dids".<br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44471108251360061292020-04-30T16:04:37.585-04:002020-04-30T16:04:37.585-04:00Just the kind of solving process I love best. Got...Just the kind of solving process I love best. Got the middle first, and then was sure I was stumped. I would have gotten up and checked some of my answers and looked up some PPP, but I've been sitting on my butt so much lately, I just kept sitting. And solving. Bit by bit. And soon enough...I was done. Ta da! <br /><br />More like this, please!!!<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords, and for more c-19 testing to be available to allDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79768965972389536062020-04-30T15:35:05.759-04:002020-04-30T15:35:05.759-04:00I've liked all the puzzles this week, and mayb...I've liked all the puzzles this week, and maybe this one the most. A solar system theme, of which the Sun is part, and the revealer is just fine in the "inner part" of the grid, and Mercury and Earth are two of the four "inner planets". Good stuff.<br /><br />No problems with the fill, and some nice clues in there as well, the clue for EL NINO eg. I think that one might say "make of auto", so I don't have an ISSUE with AUTO MAKE at all. There are many types of OPIUM so the plural there works. <br /><br />One write-over: NEED TO, over have TO.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6394822485002093822020-04-30T14:06:57.016-04:002020-04-30T14:06:57.016-04:00John Wayne appears in a puzzle and OFL doesn't...John Wayne appears in a puzzle and OFL doesn't have a pre-offended hissy-fit? My world is shaken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39489519260128587162020-04-30T13:49:13.106-04:002020-04-30T13:49:13.106-04:00YOU BEHAVE
INASENSE miss, that RUMOR’s awful:
A N...YOU BEHAVE<br /><br />INASENSE miss, that RUMOR’s awful:<br />A NAKED KISS is SUREly LAWFUL.<br /><br />--- ANYA NYE<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15049661796972967742020-04-30T11:12:56.927-04:002020-04-30T11:12:56.927-04:00No objection here to including the sun as a solar ...No objection here to including the sun as a solar system body. Neither would I object to any of the named asteroids. Also, the SS is like navels: it has "innies" and "outies." BTW, please keep those out of your grids, constructors.<br /><br />In fact, I think the theme is fine, although AUTOMAKE seems bent over backward to fit the space. Nobody calls a car an "auto" any more, not since the thirties. I loved @muse's repurposing of SOAKAGE. I, of course, wanted leakage, but relatively little time was lost on that. ASTARTE was new to me, but crosses were no problem. Rather easyish for a Thursday. Hard to believe poker was avoided in the clue for GOALLIN, especially after "Jeopardy James" made it nationally famous with his two-handed shove.<br /><br />I didn't know Carly PEARCE, but after a post-solve Google, I awarded her the DOD. There seem to be an awful lot of really cute country singers. I may have to revisit the genre. (hafta) Par.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35954758603456781832020-04-30T11:01:14.662-04:002020-04-30T11:01:14.662-04:00Call me a rube but I enjoyed this one.Call me a rube but I enjoyed this one.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16409812053714514282020-04-15T17:46:57.262-04:002020-04-15T17:46:57.262-04:00Am testifying of the miraculous work of a great tr...Am testifying of the miraculous work of a great traditional doctor called Dr Isiramen ..I have been suffering from herpes since last 2 years with my Husband but today I am happy that am cure from it with the herbal medicine made by Dr Isiramen the great healer, I was browsing the Internet searching for help when I came across a testimony shared by someone on how Dr Isiramen cure her from Herpes Disease. I quickly contacted him to get the cure and today i am now free from the Virus,drisiramenherbalhome05@gmail.com you can also call him on +234805 475 3640lucy halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12394487502967667637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8912287252272685122020-03-27T09:32:52.160-04:002020-03-27T09:32:52.160-04:00@Teresa:
The word genius writes "never mind&q...@Teresa:<br />The word genius writes "never mind" as a single word? Twice? I'm shocked, shocked. You've been writing in grids too long, man.<br /><br />I guess you've never heard of Nirvana?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86912031610586015802020-03-27T05:20:47.214-04:002020-03-27T05:20:47.214-04:00OK Mr. Anonymous. When, where? Funny that a cross...OK Mr. Anonymous. When, where? Funny that a crossword expert never does.WinthorpeIIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730528038601386028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6742442563139194662020-03-27T05:16:08.229-04:002020-03-27T05:16:08.229-04:00The word genius writes "never mind" as a...The word genius writes "never mind" as a single word? Twice? I'm shocked, shocked. You've been writing in grids too long, man.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095026731391827557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25517096514107094462020-03-27T01:00:48.459-04:002020-03-27T01:00:48.459-04:00Typically poorly “Americanized Spanish.” I had th...Typically poorly “Americanized Spanish.” I had the same little grumble but I guess since this is an English language puzzle if we are going to carp about but forgive the lack of the tilde when it should be there, I guess a clue that doesn’t identify verb tense is forgivable at least in the US.CDilly52https://www.blogger.com/profile/07727001753847073030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28027073578472923082020-03-27T00:53:01.404-04:002020-03-27T00:53:01.404-04:00@Z, is it merely ironic that the MW sentence using...@Z, is it merely ironic that the MW sentence using SIEGED is credited to someone named Sergio Serulnikov?Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63679555578948192842020-03-26T22:36:52.261-04:002020-03-26T22:36:52.261-04:00@old timer 904pm
I read it somewhere yesterday or ...@old timer 904pm<br />I read it somewhere yesterday or today. Someone mentioned Nick Danger yesterday relative to a name answer, too. And I mentioned it very late a couple days ago relative to the Beat the Reaper section on the title cut Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him and the current pandemic. Again too late for most to see and many too young to know.albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54095772913567231592020-03-26T22:23:35.496-04:002020-03-26T22:23:35.496-04:00@Pamela - It was @Frantic Sloth 9:51.
@JC66 6:49...@Pamela - It was @Frantic Sloth 9:51. <br /><br />@JC66 6:49 - Nice link. <br /><br />@Frantic Sloth - I believe it was sometime during the penultimate discussion here (or was it the antepenultimate - there have been so many one loses tract) about the “correct” plural of octopus that I decided that the proper plural for any plural debate should be -podes. It does rather trip off the tongue. <br /><br />@Al, Quasimojo, & TJS - I can see how “coin” could be used ironically to the point of the original meaning getting lost. I still don’t quite accept that people using “literally” to mean “figuratively” are doing it ironically. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71084256495421759182020-03-26T22:02:28.898-04:002020-03-26T22:02:28.898-04:00@Pamela
You're welcome. And it's UN REPr...@Pamela<br /><br />You're welcome. And it's UN REPresentativeS.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57450835888234535342020-03-26T22:01:15.998-04:002020-03-26T22:01:15.998-04:00I like this one a lot. Apparently I'm the onl...I like this one a lot. Apparently I'm the only one to answer 2D Current event with AMPERE.Monty Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924320449868956299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17408554378630706142020-03-26T21:56:32.468-04:002020-03-26T21:56:32.468-04:00Someone mentioned testosterone, but now I can’t fi...Someone mentioned testosterone, but now I can’t find the comment again to respond directly. But yes, a boy puzzle for sure. Cars, weapons, a war movie, even a team as a themer. It’s been the norm for so long, though, that I’m used to it and didn’t waste much though about it until the end. <br /><br />There was a lot I didn’t know- fell for cUd, wanted SeepAGE like so many others. Winced at OPIUMS and BROKAW. Even so, I made it through most of the puzzle without much trouble. It was the NW corner that did me in, Couldn’t think of ALAN, FIERO not even a dim memory, wanted shoGUN, UNREPS unheard of even though I live less than a mile up the road... and fuggedaboud the WNBA! I was never going to get that one. I finally gave up and cheated.<br /><br />As for the theme, the planets were all gods so when that fell I had no idea where to go next and the rest just seemed random. No fun at all. The revealer also meant nothing until I came here.<br /><br />The most fun in this puzzle came from LMS, with the use of SOAKAGE. And thanks, JC66 for Queen. I’ve passed it on. I do love coming here- thanks everyone!Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05832495838735512868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74832022283164766192020-03-26T21:52:25.775-04:002020-03-26T21:52:25.775-04:00@Z More "podes"? I'm sensing a patte...@Z More "podes"? I'm sensing a pattern.��<br />@bauskern 1:42 Guess again! See my link at 9:51am. <br />@CaryInBoulder 2:43 F@@k profanity - it don't scare <i>me!</i> Loved the tweet.<br /><br />Speaking of early access for geezers only...a friend of mine the other day raised an interesting (read: funny) question: Is this <i>really</i> for the old people or is it really for <i>everybody else?</i><br />We're dirt-aged, too, so we can say that.��<br /><br />Frantic Slothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614296873700797321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62779974620837156672020-03-26T21:25:18.171-04:002020-03-26T21:25:18.171-04:00To all confused about the number of CLUEs.
Ignore...To all confused about the number of CLUEs. <br />Ignore the numbers in the squares. Easiest way? Count the bloody clues. 1A-1, 5A-2, 8A-3, etc. You get 37 Across CLUES and 35 Down clues. <br />The numbers in the squares are irrelevant for this counting purpose.<br /><br />RooMonster Count! GuyRooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64387690907805603192020-03-26T21:04:55.180-04:002020-03-26T21:04:55.180-04:00I thought I posted a comment this morning, but may...I thought I posted a comment this morning, but maybe it didn't go through. Just wanted to say it was me who referenced the Firesign Theatre a few days ago, and to thank all of you for your wisdom and humor. Stay safe out there!old timernoreply@blogger.com