The purpose of this blog is to allow commenters to post comments about the latest posting at http://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/ without having them monitored by Rex Parker. I have included a link to the actual Rex Parker blog for your convenience.
http://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/
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ReplyDeleteThis is interesting r.alph. Is this an alternative sit for people whose comments are deleted by Rex Parker?
ReplyDeleteI created this when Rex Parker started moderating comments resulting in delays of up to 10 hours before you saw your comment. This would allow people to have a real time conversation about the puzzle. I emailed about it but he never replied so I stopped posting on his blog. Now that he has stopped comment moderation, I have resumed commenting.
ReplyDeleteDo you mind if I keep commenting here? Not really expecting an answer. The idea just appeals to me and I like the picture. The hat looks familiar.
ReplyDeleteWhy not just comment on the Rex Parker blog? The picture is there also. BTW, the hat will be(?) worn by Captain Keith Cranston in the 24th century. See https://www.amazon.com/Galactic-Invaders-Laser-31/dp/0373720319/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1471112406&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=galactic+invaders+james+berry
ReplyDeleteFor all I know, Rex has multiple personality disorder and you're one of them. But I think his review today was hypocritical and biased for obvious reasons and the pettiness of the blog has outweighed the benefits. My husband passed away last year so I had no one to chat with about the puzzle. But I'm good now. Typing something here should help until I've lost the urge to talk it over. By then I should have developed another personality of my own to bounce it off of.
ReplyDeleteOK. You are welcome to post comments here. Be forewarned that I am probably the only person who will read them.
ReplyDeleteAre you a paper solver?
I am. I'm a digital subscriber but I stare at a computer all day and enjoy using a pencil. You don't have to read these. On to today:
ReplyDeleteWhere to start? What can you say about a puzzle with the lofty theme of Moral Thinking that leads to answers like the Old Gray Meryl. A let down? Or a soul crushing experience that led to a temporary bitterness so vile even the tea tasted bad? Hmm, yes, the latter. I can say this here because the constructor apparently doesn't come here so no feelings will be hurt. Except mine.
I would rather solve 2 15x15 puzzles than 1 21x21
ReplyDeleteI'd never thought of it before, but I agree. It's like a third glass of wine.
ReplyDeleteAs good as a Monday can be. Fast, a few stops to think, and no junk. I think. I can't remember.
ReplyDeleteI fully appreciate your wanting a respite from the computer. I look forward to my afternoon walk after using the computer all day (I am a programmer). One of the reasons I wrote my crossword program is that I wanted to be able to review my solution when I was done. For example here is my Monday solution. You should be able to use the up and down arrows to step through it. It will show that I filled in the left side first and then the right. If you want to try it out you can do the following:
ReplyDelete1. Download .puz version of the puzzle
2. Open runtpuz.org in a browser
3. Click "Choose file" and navigate to the puzzle
4. Click "Upload puzzle"
5. Solve (check out the various links along the top of the page)
6. When correct, the "Summary" button will be enabled. Click it and you will be able to step through your solution.
If you don't click the "Upload Solution" button, it will not be visible to anyone else.
Oh that's just freaking wonderful. Have ever looked at a snail trail. That would be my solving path. If my thought process could be animated an idea would look like a ball going through a pinball machine. The only thing I've really been linear on is starting with the reasons behind WWI and following a path to Donald Trump.I try out the thing later in the week when I'm home and have some time. Thanks! Great blog!
ReplyDeleteLots of typos there. Proof reading is a major weakness.
ReplyDeleteBleh
ReplyDeleteMy solution
ReplyDeleteHow long would it have taken you to guess what the 4 theme answers had in common without knowing the revealer? I love it when the revealer provides that aha moment.
Chagrin and contrition. I've been binge watching a Netflicks thing, got to bed late, up early, cranky, did the puzzle, left for work and then sat through traffic. After some caffeine, checked your blog. The day brightened. The puzzle WAS good, good had triumphed over meh and all was well. Thanks! I would've missed it.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't that difficult but I just didn't get the bar thing (hash tags if you printed it out). It should've seen, but no. Not seeing it wasn't a problem except for 'pubpastime' because oddly in this context I couldn't call up pastime as a word. I look at it horizontally here and I see it, but I look back at the puzzle and vertically it disappears again. Bizarre. I think its a situational dyslexia or temporary insanity. I once got tripped up on the word bedroom for a few seconds in the same way. Be droom. Neurologically I should be test rat.
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ReplyDeleteThe P of PUBPASTIME/AMPLE was the last letter I entered. I had a similar problem to the one that you describe. I wanted A M_LE and was thinking that A MILE could be stretched to mean {Generous} as in he beat him by a mile. I think an alphabet run gave me AMPLE and then PUB made sense although the phrase PUB PASTIME doesn't roll off one's lips.
Ok, so I was too embarrassed to admit that I thought it was "a mile." I did a run but probably got distracted by the dogs or thinking, "Sht! We're still in the cleanup stage of 19th century imperialism ... give the middle eastern tribes what they want and pay for the oil!" or "squirrel!" and didn't get to "p." Also, maybe in my mind I pronounce it "passtime" as in something done to pass time, but now that I've typed it, that looks really silly. Thanks r.alphbunker.
DeleteOh Fug! It came down to one letter and I COULD NOT SEE IT! If I'd put it down and picked it back up when I came home from work, woulda been a head slapper. But the synaptic transmission was working like a dying car battery when you just keep turning the key. All I could think is, "There's a fake bronze? Weird, never heard of it. Praytan? Again, vertical dyslexia is my downfall. That, and I don't know the names of any actors.
ReplyDeleteBTW, somewhere between a difficult Wednesday and an easy Thursday. Yes?
ReplyDeleteMy solution with comments
ReplyDelete{Faux bronze} was particularily tricky because bronze medals are in the air because of the olympics.
Jeff Chen also had a puzzle in yesterday's Washington Post. You might want to take a look at it. I have put it here
And re your comments, a very similar solver experience except for 62A and 37D.
ReplyDeleteMy Friday solution
ReplyDeleteGreat approach to a blog. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSaturday NYT solution with comments
ReplyDeleteOur experiences were different. Started in the NW, moved NE, SE, bogged down in the SW. Never heard of Ione as a name, don't think of wart as a minor flaw, could only think of As Follows for thus but it didn't work. Just mucked around in a really ugly way down there even tho I had needles, hondo, stoneage. But loved the riddle like quality of this. Wish every day could be like that everyday
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ReplyDeleteDied in the NE on grille, liplock and techno. Loooved the puzzle tho. Good comments. Fascinating to see someone else's erasures. Of course I have many more.
ReplyDeleteMonday NYT solution
ReplyDeleteYes.
ReplyDeleteTuesday NYT puzzle
ReplyDeleteYour solve was beautiful. Well done.
ReplyDeleteA non starter.
ReplyDeleteGoogled a little. Had some fun. Pah is not a thing.
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