tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post5793506018906083393..comments2024-03-28T02:28:44.292-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Saturday, Dec 3rd, 2011 Brad WilberZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62824414074210808072011-12-03T21:11:56.970-06:002011-12-03T21:11:56.970-06:00The set up created three puzzles. The middle was e...The set up created three puzzles. The middle was easy and both the top and bottom were hard, with the bottom being harder. I made lots of mistakes on the bottom has OPEN AIR and POP SONGS then STARS. I finally called it a day and snuck a couple looks at a completed puzzle, kind of disappointing.*David*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27609857833101174492011-12-03T20:06:01.414-06:002011-12-03T20:06:01.414-06:00Good evening, all!
Thanks for fun puzzle, Brad. O...Good evening, all!<br /><br />Thanks for fun puzzle, Brad. Only 2 googles, no reds. Swell write-up, Splynter! Am watching a Hertzog film on the installment plan and had consulted IMDB so WERNER one was a gimme. (My attention span for the TV has become rather short!) Liked King's <i>The Stand</i>. Loved CONE OF SILENCE.<br /><br />Yes, Tierney had an impressive turn on <i>Rescue Me</i>, Splynter. (Was surprised Tommy did not give her a ...)<br /><br />Had a great sleep and a nice swim. Must be that spinach juice Harvey and I made in the blender with almond milk, onions and ice cubes. (I managed to get up and down a few stairs with my quad cane, holding on to Harv, and go to my long lost kitchen!)<br /><br />A peaceful Sunday to all!fermatprimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391014624435192426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64348865604654508762011-12-03T20:03:51.256-06:002011-12-03T20:03:51.256-06:00Hi, Splynter and all.
I almost missed this party ...Hi, Splynter and all.<br /><br />I almost missed this party as have been busy all day prepping my condo for decorating. Whew! So much work.<br /><br />I did this off and on and all day and am nearly breaking my arm congratulating myself on finishing a Saturday Brad Wilber puzzle!<br /><br />I had to look up WERNER Herzog and Cate Blanchet's movie which I do recall seeing when it came out. Very disturbing!<br /><br />Johnny UNITAS though came out of nowhere and so I could finish the bottom.<br /><br />A solid puzzle today, thanks, Brad.<br /><br />I hope this Saturday has been a fruitful one for you, everyone!<br />My grandbabies are here so must go.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27402662336133423692011-12-03T18:28:27.946-06:002011-12-03T18:28:27.946-06:00The sign for the pet "Semetary" was miss...The sign for the pet "Semetary" was misspelled because it was created by kids, who were innocent. It was adjacent to the 'secret' burial ground which was the real center of the story and the demonic plot. I like hte mention of the Micmacs, as my mother's family had married some of that little known tribe.<br /><br />Puzzle was hard and I too finished with Ponca, which I did not recall. A classic Brad effort which was hard as Saturday is intended, and Splynter you do them justice.<br /><br />thanksLemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61983355611405533442011-12-03T17:15:15.823-06:002011-12-03T17:15:15.823-06:00Ditto to everything Xtulmkr said, except Leda and ...Ditto to everything Xtulmkr said, except Leda and the football tragedy.<br /><br />- PKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54706779712810137222011-12-03T16:55:40.270-06:002011-12-03T16:55:40.270-06:00We just got back from lunch at a Greek restaurant,...We just got back from lunch at a Greek restaurant, oddly called Old Venice. (Well, they do have Italian food too.) We had a traditional soup with chicken, rice and lemon; a Greek salad including anchovies; baked Feta cheese, and a souvlaki wrap on pita bread. With two Arnold Palmers, the total came to $38. Very reasonable I thought. <br /><br />Time for a nap.<br /><br />~ BillBill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88975522292581531782011-12-03T16:38:22.976-06:002011-12-03T16:38:22.976-06:00Hola Everyone, A difficult puzzle which we seem to...Hola Everyone, A difficult puzzle which we seem to see from Brad Wilber. I had to Google the films, and best sellers, etc. Steven King is not a favorite of mine, and I haven't been to a movie for a very long time. <br /><br />Ponca was the last tribe that came to mind for the Nebraska Natives. Omaha was my first choice. <br /><br /><br /> Also, Open air bus was first on my list for Open top bus. So the eraser got a good workout today. <br /><br />I always feel good, though when I finish a hard puzzle even if I do have to us helps like Google and a CW dictionary. Learning is my goal. Today I learned a LOT. <br /><br />Great writeup, Splynter. I don't know how you do it week after week with these difficult puzzles. More power to you!Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-41487709136213189242011-12-03T16:32:45.628-06:002011-12-03T16:32:45.628-06:00I was so proud of myself yesterday because I got a...I was so proud of myself yesterday because I got almost all of it without help. Then came today.<br /><br />Great job, Splynter. I had to peek at your answers a lot.<br /><br />I used to enjoy King novels, but I don't so much now. I read Salem's Lot when I was still living with my mom. It was an extra hot summer and early every evening there were a lot of people just walking up and down the sidewalk--spooky stuff.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12382314731552481050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35522342970797717242011-12-03T14:47:14.164-06:002011-12-03T14:47:14.164-06:00Thanks Barry.Thanks Barry.Ken Adlumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1396283308753120102011-12-03T14:42:16.779-06:002011-12-03T14:42:16.779-06:00I'm not a fan of Stephen King either. Tried, b...I'm not a fan of Stephen King either. Tried, but just couldn't ever get into his stuff. The only book of his I ever finished was Misery.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44795656141045504292011-12-03T14:38:25.789-06:002011-12-03T14:38:25.789-06:00Hello everybody, and thank you, Splynter.
Yup yup...Hello everybody, and thank you, Splynter.<br /><br />Yup yup yup, wanted POP MUSIC and OMAHA. Got CONE OF SILENCE immediately, having been a huge fan of Get Smart back in the day.<br /><br />Names of cars? Sure, I almost always have named my cars. One of my first cars, an early Mazda RX7 (the one with the rotary engine) I called Rex. My 1981 Datsun (now Nissan) Maxima I called Max. 1991 Honda Accord LX was, you guessed it, Alex. Our Camry XLE was called Axel. Then we ran out of names with X in them, so our current car is called just plain Buddy.<br /><br />I'm sorta inclined to rent Notes On A Scandal now.<br /><br />My maternal grandmother is a pure-blood Macbeth and is permitted to wear the clan tartan. I've never seen her wear it, but her brother, George Macbeth of Macbeth-Evans Glass (later bought by Corning Glass), looked positively regal in his dress kilt.<br /><br />Sorry about too much information on Arabic g's, k's, and q's last night. I do sometimes talk too much.<br /><br />Best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27735824560055021522011-12-03T14:26:01.494-06:002011-12-03T14:26:01.494-06:00This puzzle's clues fall into the "never ...This puzzle's clues fall into the "never read/watched/seen/listened to or heard of" classification for me. <br />17A neither read nor watched.<br />25A never watched<br />26A wrong twins, I had Leda.<br />45A never saw or heard of<br />50A didn't read<br />51A didn't read<br />4D never heard of<br />7D never listened to<br /><br />I had a Johnny Unitas autographed football that I gave to my then 10 year old son. He used it for the neighborhood game ball.xtulmkrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316225637856636755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73081790663447634242011-12-03T13:29:57.009-06:002011-12-03T13:29:57.009-06:00Hi All ~~
Another Saturday that I thought I had ...Hi All ~~<br /><br />Another Saturday that I thought I had no chance of finishing ... yet somehow I did. The last to fill was the CAPN - PONCA cross and I guessed right. As others have said, the middle gave me my start and I worked out from there. <br /><br />The long titles filled in with perps and more good guesses, since I wasn't really familiar with any except PETSEMATARY. I read all of Stephen King's books back in the 80s but not much recently. I had a hard time getting into any of them. I might try his latest: "11/22/63."<br /><br />I don't recall ever using the word WONT but some years ago I had a friend who used it often and it impressed me ... not sure why. I put it in at 38A, took it out for 'Bent' and then settled on WONT.<br /><br />For some reason I saw 'Auctions' and 'Straightened' as verbs and that really messed up those areas for a while. Eventually it all came together and it was done!<br /> Another wonderful write-up, Splynter!LaLaLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614753577019280766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71950717516132348502011-12-03T13:14:27.707-06:002011-12-03T13:14:27.707-06:00Used Dunder-Mifflen's link above to watch the ...Used Dunder-Mifflen's link above to watch the Maura segment on The Office. She's still cute, but otherwise, meh.<br /><br />For you fans of open topped double-decker buses: I just happen to have one for sale. Really! It's a 1974 Daimler, formerly a London Transport bus, and it needs a new home. So if you know of anyone needing a bus, please drop a line!Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5940161159533510812011-12-03T12:25:46.520-06:002011-12-03T12:25:46.520-06:00The snow is here and outside looks like a snow glo...The snow is here and outside looks like a snow globe outside. I still took Joann to a craft show and got a few “atta boys”. An intimidating looking puzzle that was fun to do as I worked from the middle out.<br /><br />Musings<br />-OMAHA Indians took backseat to PONCAs (both Nebr. Cities too)<br />-MARCOS first big fill<br />-My pawns were PIECES first<br />-SILAS was one messed up dude. Being overly zealous in a religion can make people lose contact with reality<br />-MAURA today MOIRA earlier are unknown to me<br />-The gov’t wants to make fieldwork for PARTTIMERS under 16 illegal. Kids have been in cornfields for generations here and this would kill the hybrid seed business.<br />-First thought of SLIMIER reptiles but of course, they aren’t<br />-JFK Jr. and Ted Kennedy had crashes near Martha’s Vineyard<br />-POPmusic first alsoHusker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630142978627240047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15020732381458615612011-12-03T12:15:17.156-06:002011-12-03T12:15:17.156-06:00Great write-up, Splynter - 22D had me sniggering w...Great write-up, Splynter - 22D had me sniggering when I saw the clue. SID Vicious - not a rocker, a PUNK (in the real sense of the word) who was off his ROCKER.<br /><br />@Barry, yeah, we call them open-top buses. Not all double-deckers are open-top, but all open-tops are double-deckers.<br /><br />I love Saturdays. No gimmicks, no kinda-sorta theme answers that don't quite work, just hand-to-hand combat with the constructors and Rich.<br /><br />Obscure movies? Bring 'em on! Early 19th-century literature? POW! Baseball pitchers I've never heard of? ZAP! French, Spanish and Italian? THWACK! Misdirection? THWOCK!<br /><br />As Archimedes almost said before a Roman soldier got impatient and chopped off his head: "Give me some crosses and I will solve the Earth".<br /><br />I had a classic XJS V12 Jaguar convertible until quite recently. You don't want to know the names I called that car. One of my friends, observing it once again on a flat-bed tow truck said "You know, it looks really good up there, almost as if it was designed to be seen like that".Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8385040452608752472011-12-03T11:53:16.218-06:002011-12-03T11:53:16.218-06:00a wag-wag here, a wag-wag there, here wag, there w...a wag-wag here, a wag-wag there, here wag, there wag, everywhere wag-wag<br /><br />Good morning all.<br /><br />Beautiful grid, but only filled in 10 words 1st go around.Made me really dig deep--even for ONE letter!<br /><br />Splynter, thanks for all the info-especially liked the creepy Chang & Eng story.<br /><br />Saw Maura on <i>The Office</i>, but that is not my kind of humor.She's the wife of the CEO and wants a job.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789723171543457661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9397260275801037272011-12-03T11:50:26.400-06:002011-12-03T11:50:26.400-06:00Good afternoon to all. Wow that was a tough Sat. w...Good afternoon to all. Wow that was a tough Sat. workout for me. Had to google for 50A. Great write-up Splynter I have to agree with you on abes never heard that one before. I thought scalier was odd too. Portwines could have been clued as the thing Gorbachev had on his forehead. To Splynter, where do you play hockey? I was a cert. ref and coach for Inlines and coached a team of 17 and under boys that won the world inline breakout championship. I call my suv a buick never called a car a name unless it brokedown, and can't repeat those here. Have a great Sat. to all RJW.Ron Wordennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22427761857340814282011-12-03T11:49:27.624-06:002011-12-03T11:49:27.624-06:00Arrgh--second DNF for me, this week, with two in a...Arrgh--second DNF for me, this week, with two in a row. Got the middle on this one, thanks to Martha's Vineyard and Port wines (I guess I'm better on grapes than other stuff). I might've gotten the NE corner, but was sure the mother of the twins was "Leda" (Yeats's "Leda and the Swan" is one of my favorite poems) and "snakier" rather than "scalier." I finally got "Sons and Lovers"--in my wheelhouse, thank goodness--but not the Cate Blanchett film or the King novel. So, a humbling Saturday, saved only by Splynter's great write-up!Mistynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14778185046549991742011-12-03T11:01:31.135-06:002011-12-03T11:01:31.135-06:00@Barry: How did you fit the 16 letter SONS AND DAU...<i>@Barry: How did you fit the 16 letter SONS AND DAUGTHERS into the grid???</i><br /><br />See what I mean? Even after getting it, I can't remember it. SONS AND LOVERS.<br /><br /><b>@Ken Adlum</b>: That's the way it was spelled on a hand-scrawled sign the protagonists found in the woods behind their new house.Barry G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17875477509288463142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32584061422171899552011-12-03T10:00:39.839-06:002011-12-03T10:00:39.839-06:00Semantics, Ken. Just childhood semantics.
Gotta l...Semantics, Ken. Just childhood semantics.<br />Gotta love those sweet innocent TICS!Uncle Stevienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6865522121271149772011-12-03T09:41:35.742-06:002011-12-03T09:41:35.742-06:00I've never read "Pet Sematary." Coul...I've never read "Pet Sematary." Could someone please explain the significance of the misspelled title (i.e. why it is misspelled)?<br /><br />Thanks.Ken Adlumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62991368591885318682011-12-03T09:26:50.797-06:002011-12-03T09:26:50.797-06:00Totally off my wave length today. Had eight words ...Totally off my wave length today. Had eight words filled in correctly by my third pass through. Consulted with Splynter to get some traction and filled in some more. Erased a lot.<br /><br />I thought the monk was Damon, the mother of twins was Hera, and Sioux fit nicely. AAAAAGH! Had BUS so thought the mill output should be sugar.<br /><br />Oh well, I'm warm and dry on a rainy day, so life is still good.<br /><br />- PKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19999559126947676392011-12-03T09:13:08.045-06:002011-12-03T09:13:08.045-06:00Good morning, Cap'n!
Nice to see ADM and CAPN...Good morning, Cap'n!<br /><br />Nice to see ADM and CAPN in the same grid (Kirk comes to mind). And the grid itself reminded me of Jeff Chen's Yin/Yang puzzle in last Sunday's NYT. <br /><br />However, I don't understand how the VIP in "Museum VIPs" netted no abbreviation (ARTISTS)...but right below, "Fleet VIP" did (ADM).Mr Greenjeansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13848676168083647892011-12-03T09:08:20.455-06:002011-12-03T09:08:20.455-06:00Splynter: Great write-up & links.
Esp.liked th...Splynter: Great write-up & links.<br />Esp.liked the EPACTS link/learning moment.<br />Admit, when the perps got it, from my SILAS wag, my first thought was WTH ... another "E"word thingy.<br /><br />OK, the middle was (almost) easy.<br />The top, with my CONE-OF-SILENCE giving a foothold, doable.<br /><br />But the bottom was a mugging.<br />Hmmm, a 2006 movie and 1913 book I've never heard of ... along with another book I've never read. (Not a King fan). <br />Throw in my OPENair BUS along with LADY Macbeth ... well, it was like what Forrest Gump said: "Sh*t Happens!"<br /><br />So with only 2/3rds correct and a bottom INK BLOT test ... another Saturday DNF.<br /><br />BONE-DRY until my Sunset "toast."<br />Cheers !!!<br /><br />@Barry: How did you fit the 16 letter SONS AND DAUGTHERS into the grid???Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.com