tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post972682391367490389..comments2024-03-29T08:53:09.581-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Financial adviser Edelman / SAT 11-7-15 / Title heroine of Massenet opera / Cluster in marquise / Quartet in No No Nanette / Ice Road Truckers locale / Offside detector / 1998-2010 major-leaguer Kapler / Suffix on AriZona canRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77173443272360495542015-12-19T03:24:22.243-05:002015-12-19T03:24:22.243-05:00Too easy for a Saturday. REOS/RUPP crossing was my...Too easy for a Saturday. REOS/RUPP crossing was my only resistance. I prefer Saturday puzzles that ALMOST destroy me.Ed Hocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-994416109595515072015-12-12T17:04:25.041-05:002015-12-12T17:04:25.041-05:00
Oh, I had a DNF at the rIL/rCA crossing. And I sh...<br />Oh, I had a DNF at the rIL/rCA crossing. And I should acknowledge that this was another fine Silk puzzle.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63359800296568229932015-12-12T16:57:14.571-05:002015-12-12T16:57:14.571-05:00Much of this was easy, but I found some of it very...Much of this was easy, but I found some of it very slow going in the SW and SE. <br /><br />In the SW, clue says "They" in referring to TESLA. Isn't the company an 'it" and Tesla a "he"? And Franklins competing with REOS? The PARAPHRASES clue says it shortens a sentence. It may or may not. <br /><br />In the SE, JEWISHRYE/JAS crossing the last to go. Not familiar enough with Bible abbrs, while crosswords are still teaching me. And Jewish rye is a bread I may have heard of long ago but couldn't remember.<br /><br />These delays may this one tough.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34974135862048638662015-12-12T12:31:30.296-05:002015-12-12T12:31:30.296-05:00Let us take a little time to distinguish between &...Let us take a little time to distinguish between "easy" and "easy for the day." Relative to all other Saturday puzzles, I did get this one fairly quickly, though by no means easily. I'd rate it, maybe, easy-medium FOR A SATURDAY.<br /><br />Ashamed to say I'm not up on my Bible books, so I had no start to those long SE downs. But when RYE seemed certain and I had a start of _E_I, naturally DELI occurred. DELI__RYE...DELISH? Wait, maybe there's a RELISH RYE, though you'd think they'd let the customer put his own relish on. Only after aha!ing AWOL for "Like base runners?" (my "runner-"up clue for the week) did I see JEWISH (?) RYE. I don't understand that one, though I admit I don't frequent delis. Can there be a Gentile rye? Perhaps non-Kosher? I haven't the foggiest.<br /><br />Other snags: right off the bat at !-across I saw "Mer" and inked in Sea with no inkling it could be wrong....<br /><br />Oh. I just now noticed: I have a DNF! I confused sIdE judge with LINE JUDGE. Well of course, if I'd thought about it, the side judges determine out-of-bounds plays, while it is indeed the LINEJUDGE who makes the offside calls. My bad! SAC looked as good to me as LAC, if it wasn't going to be SEA; and I just left dAM there because...well, because I was too dumb to see NAM.<br /><br />Another holdup came with assuming (you know what that does) that my "annoying sort" was a brAT instead of a GNAT. That was easy to correct because "MICROrS" was nonsense.<br /><br />Oh well, this may be the first puzzle I really liked doing despite not totally doing it. Can't issue any grade except incomplete, but if I could I'd make it an A.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31062603393460106892015-12-12T12:30:30.534-05:002015-12-12T12:30:30.534-05:00The best Jewish Rye ever was not on the East Coast...The best Jewish Rye ever was not on the East Coast. It was at the Ukraine Bakery in San Francisco in the 40s. Uncle Art and Aunt Bessie. I'll be beyond shocked if anyone else in Rexland has been there and done that. It was BTS, before t-shirts, so been there, done that, and have the t-shirt does not apply. Longbeachleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945278798020339134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65251601163030928452015-12-12T12:24:14.175-05:002015-12-12T12:24:14.175-05:00HAYS and YAYS (and XRAYS). I’ll give an EZPASSing ...HAYS and YAYS (and XRAYS). I’ll give an EZPASSing grade on this puz. Darn near on cruise control throughout. A quickly fixed mis-step with BOrNeo for BOSNIA, got my Banja Luka confused with Banjarmassin, musta been ‘cause of BONJOVI messin’ in that locale (with loco banjos?).<br /><br />MANON Rhéaume, a better clue IMO. The first and only woman to play in the NHL (albeit an exhibition game) and a top-notch yeah baby to boot. I could fit her in under my SALARYCAP.<br /><br />MICRONS and MILS and JOULEs, oh my! Enough sciency stuff to fill a PLEISTOCENE RADIOGALAXY.<br /><br />What goes between A BRA and A BRA? CAD.<br /><br />What comes between US? SNAUTIL.<br /><br />As EZ as the ABCS today. But a good one.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74503625980003284012015-12-12T11:54:27.011-05:002015-12-12T11:54:27.011-05:00MANON ATHENA
AMAZONIAN women are ANOMALIES,
their...MANON ATHENA<br /><br />AMAZONIAN women are ANOMALIES,<br />their humor JEWISHRYE,<br />ALOUD one said, “My ICECUBETRAY won’t freeze.”<br />In a PARAPHRASES ALASKA why.<br /><br />AUTH. --- CESAR ABRAM TESLA<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42285757932185670362015-11-08T11:15:55.737-05:002015-11-08T11:15:55.737-05:00Easy for all, apparently, except me. DNF with 20 e...Easy for all, apparently, except me. DNF with 20 empty, incorrect or iffy boxes, all in the SE. This therefore qualifies as my worst-ever finish for a Times puzzle. That said, I had breezed through the rest with no resistance.kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1436904745901908452015-11-07T22:19:16.658-05:002015-11-07T22:19:16.658-05:00@Chaos,
Playing golf tomorrow. Some things don&#...@Chaos,<br /> <br />Playing golf tomorrow. Some things don't change.Da Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584502565199186614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36046036394798494932015-11-07T22:03:35.539-05:002015-11-07T22:03:35.539-05:00Anon 7:29, when I was painting a couple of rooms i...Anon 7:29, when I was painting a couple of rooms in my house, I bought some plastic dropcloths to protect the floor. I noticed the cheaper ones were 1 mil thick, the 3 mil ones a couple of dollars more. I figure that puts it in the ballpark of reasonable.<br /><br />PS. I decided to spring for the sturdier version. LFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80951718924102940822015-11-07T21:50:40.546-05:002015-11-07T21:50:40.546-05:00So we get JAmeS, but isn't it in Matthew and M...So we get JAmeS, but isn't it in Matthew and Mark that we find "Give UNTO CESAR that which is CESAR's, and UNTO DIEU that which is DIEU's"?Elephant's Childnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68528355239007230072015-11-07T20:05:12.838-05:002015-11-07T20:05:12.838-05:00Had to be easy, my first full Saturday solve.
yay...Had to be easy, my first full Saturday solve.<br /><br />yayxyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67726687722882276852015-11-07T19:36:23.303-05:002015-11-07T19:36:23.303-05:00Laughing to myself when I filled in HOSER. Brought...Laughing to myself when I filled in HOSER. Brought back memories of SCTV and The Great White North. I'm sure there must be snippets on YouTube. Do yourself a favor and look them up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551213750643737787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41522922625155135502015-11-07T19:29:51.829-05:002015-11-07T19:29:51.829-05:00Serious question. How did you all figure out the M...Serious question. How did you all figure out the M in the MCA/MIL crossing? I had RCA and RIL. Never heard of MCA or MIL (or RIL for that matter, but at least I know RCA is a thing). This is actually annoying me as it busted my 47 day streak. Are MCA/MIL reasonable trivia for a solver to be aware of? Or is this a straight natick? Complicating matters is that MCA is an acronym, so that M can be anything, and some science-y unit of measurement can have any number of strange spellings. I managed to get MANON and IACOCCA but those aren't exactly household names either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86765888955103409972015-11-07T19:04:49.168-05:002015-11-07T19:04:49.168-05:00Hey, @Chaos! Good to know the ship didn't sink...Hey, @Chaos! Good to know the ship didn't sink at Sag Harbor.<br /><br />Zombies and sharks went a long way to livening the proceedings, but there hasn't been the usual amount of jumping up and down today. Perhaps a quick google on 'Adolph Rupp controversy' can fix that. Pick the version you prefer.Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75163228259312851382015-11-07T18:20:56.486-05:002015-11-07T18:20:56.486-05:00Well, there were only 4 references to Levy's J...Well, there were only 4 references to Levy's Jewish Rye so I lost my over/under (6) and will be making breakfast in the morning. I attribute this to Rex doing more frequent monitoring on the weekends and the Levy's fans not having several hours to pile up their references. But Mrs. M took advantage of her gambler's edge on this one and I'll be donning my toque in the AM.Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21931911443116302782015-11-07T16:39:55.728-05:002015-11-07T16:39:55.728-05:00My blink took 1 1/2 hours! HahaMy blink took 1 1/2 hours! HahaElle54noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11038074670112692842015-11-07T16:25:02.585-05:002015-11-07T16:25:02.585-05:00@Da Bears:
Hey JFC. Decided to go back to the com...@Da Bears:<br /><br />Hey JFC. Decided to go back to the comments from earlier in the week, on the off chance that you had made a late post vis-a-vis my comment. Indeed you had. I don't mind being "japed" at all. I'm usually not overly sensitive. We should all be willing to laugh at ourselves. Glad we put that to rest.<br /><br />Gratifying to know that you beat back the PCa. I've had some some issue with the big C as well, but not in that region of anatomy.<br /><br />Thanks for that great link to the past. It was a hoot re-reading all the posts. <br />hope you see this comment? As you noted, this format is not conducive to a running dialogue. Sorry about your Cubs, but at least they had a lot better year than my Tigers!<br /><br />Your Pal<br /> ChaosChaos344https://www.blogger.com/profile/08901221000538028472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23353288552272745892015-11-07T16:21:21.353-05:002015-11-07T16:21:21.353-05:00Rex didn't note that Ice Cube and Dre crossed ...Rex didn't note that Ice Cube and Dre crossed ?! For shame. Where's your NWA street cred Rex? You complain about the racism of "THUGS" and say that we're all white snob puzzle solvers. Well here was a great nod to some great OGs and you missed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46178879258652715012015-11-07T16:16:19.679-05:002015-11-07T16:16:19.679-05:00For me. Too much French. Why am I supposed to know...For me. Too much French. Why am I supposed to know French to solve an American puzzle? If there were for clues about awards and regions in Zimbabwe there would be an uproar. Racism? Certainly Europhilism. Hate when a perfectly good supposedly English Ianguage puzzle is ruined for me because I chose the Spanish path instead of the French when I was in eighth grade. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9919125022158406902015-11-07T15:49:49.550-05:002015-11-07T15:49:49.550-05:00JEWISH RYE puts me in mind of Fink's . I (and...JEWISH RYE puts me in mind of Fink's . I (and one) used to see their bread trucks on the streets of NYC, blazoned with their delightfully modest slogan: makes a nice sandwich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37194613757116734152015-11-07T15:09:09.239-05:002015-11-07T15:09:09.239-05:00My oldest son and I just started working crossword...My oldest son and I just started working crosswords together (on occasion), and were very pleased to finally finish this one. I've completed one Thursday and one Friday without any Google help, but first time to do so on a Saturday.<br /><br />We made steady progress through most of the puzzle, but got stuck for awhile in the SE. I thought we'd have to Google, but then thought 31 down ended in RYE, and eventually got ANOMALIES. We were stalled again until figuring out SALARY CAP - enjoyed both the cluing and the phrase. JEWISH RYE is something I won't forget. <br /><br />While this puzzle was easy for Rex and most of the crossword vets here, it was plenty challenging, with fun cluing and answers. If we'd swam with sharks like Jamie C, we would have been too distracted to finish it. More like a Thursday or Friday for me, but helped to have my son's science background to complete it.Ebenezernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53466230065543975382015-11-07T15:04:22.858-05:002015-11-07T15:04:22.858-05:00Only Naticky spot was the MIL/MCA cross. I've ...Only Naticky spot was the MIL/MCA cross. I've never heard of MCA, but certainly RCA (Victor), so I thought maybe RIL was just another piece of crosswordese I'd never seen. Had to scour the completed grid to suss out that that M was my remaining error.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080027831092093115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29445948527549533532015-11-07T15:00:54.494-05:002015-11-07T15:00:54.494-05:00Hey, can you really call the OKAPI a 'striped ...Hey, can you really call the OKAPI a 'striped animal' if only the RUPP is striped?<br /><br />Solving puzzles dredge up the darndest memories. Way back when, at good old West Hill High, our Math teacher was CP Batt, whose love of teaching the subject had dozens of us miscreants staying after hours for Math Club, to learn about cuneiform number systems, Boolean algebra, matrices and such. His deadly aim with a piece of chalk was also legendary in capturing any attentions that wandered in the back of the room. Despite his stature as a teacher, in the flesh Mr. Batt was eminently caricaturable, a short little guy, pot-bellied with glasses and a beaky nose, all of which I captured quite well during one rather boring Chem class (sorry, @GB!), while playing about with this moldable purple ink-eraser stuff that I had. For some reason, Jim R made a grab for it from behind me and startled a pretty healthy squawk out of me; by the time the Chem teacher had turned from the blackboard, Jim was sitting back looking innocent and I was the only one with a guilty red face. Why do I remember this? My punishment was to write out every formula in the chapter 20 times, and we were currently learning about Nitric Acid (which apparently reacts with everything except maybe glass). The other reason is that I was recently clearing through some old stored stuff, and came across a slightly dusty but still remarkably good likeness of CP Batt in purple PLEISTOCENE.<br /><br />As noted many times over, a nice piece of Silk, over too soon.<br />Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28405905349867063542015-11-07T14:56:55.361-05:002015-11-07T14:56:55.361-05:00Thanks, @George Barany, for identifying the terrif...Thanks, @George Barany, for identifying the terrific copywriter who came up with "You don't have to be Jewish to love Levy's rye bread." One of the all-time great ads. That was back in the day when there were no remotes and no mute buttons, so you couldn't dodge commercials the way you can today. I dodge them all, which, as I said earlier, is why I don't know a TAHOE from a TESLA. But those of you who never saw the commercial, go Google it; it's so funny. I'm going to go Google that copywriter. I'm always glad when an unknown writer gets recognition.<br /><br />@Hartley -- deli bread for JEWISH RYE? Oh, my dear, that move to CT, really DID addle your brain. Poor thing. But going off to toast Jewish rye isn't any fun. Going off to toast WITH Jewish rye -- now THAT would be fun. (Hic.)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.com