tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post1561451134186102380..comments2024-03-29T05:53:39.358-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday, January 29, 2015, Marti Duguay-CarpenterZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70401445948360480882015-01-30T10:20:27.410-06:002015-01-30T10:20:27.410-06:00Finished late. But got theme fast. Some puzzle clu...Finished late. But got theme fast. Some puzzle clues didn't make sense. You caught LTs. 1 down was one. Set Vos was week. Bete noire wtf. But like tight ends. Bring on fridays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28186119019964534452015-01-30T00:49:31.006-06:002015-01-30T00:49:31.006-06:00Hi All!
Marti kicked my butt today. I didn't...Hi All!<br /><br />Marti kicked my butt today. I didn't spend too much time on it as I had much to do, but I spent at least 3x longer than yesterday. Now that Lem's shown the gimmick, I got it. Thanks to you both!<br /><br />Bill G. Good to see you back.<br /><br />HG - I noticed your absence by the lack of extra tabs open in my browser yesterday :-)<br /><br />JCJ - GNOMES was one of the few I got in the SW!<br /><br />All the talk of cheep GAS(ES) - I'm glad ya'll are enjoying it; we're all hoping we still have jobs in 6mo :-)<br /><br /> M. Defarge - Welcome to TX.<br /><br />Steve - I tried some of the UK style x-words whilst in Scotland. I got one (must have been easy) but I've got another one or two around here I still can't finish. If I find it, I'll ask for your, Cuppa's, and Owen's help.<br /><br />Thanks again Marti.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75769825880431471432015-01-30T00:05:23.666-06:002015-01-30T00:05:23.666-06:00Geez, you guys are so nice, thoughtful, considerat...Geez, you guys are so nice, thoughtful, considerate, kind,...Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88207664262199074752015-01-29T22:47:52.028-06:002015-01-29T22:47:52.028-06:00Good Evening Bill G, I'm glad to see you check...Good Evening Bill G, I'm glad to see you checking in. You are in our thoughts.Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12943172125369435142015-01-29T21:40:46.768-06:002015-01-29T21:40:46.768-06:00Great idea, Steve, I read many books and tv shows ...Great idea, Steve, I read many books and tv shows set in GB SO I accept the challengeLemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61102647491529945102015-01-29T20:41:45.300-06:002015-01-29T20:41:45.300-06:00Good to see you back, Bill G. I'm glad I stopp...Good to see you back, Bill G. I'm glad I stopped in late to see you here.<br /><br />@Nice Cuppa - you've got me thinking. I might see if I can come up with a "UK" version of an American-style crossword for the Corner denizens. Y'all might not know that the "American" puzzle style (fully interlocking, usually symmetrical and non-cryptic) is pretty much unknown in the UK, and assumes a huge base of knowledge of sports, pop culture, slang, local geography, pronunciation, spelling, notable people and other arcane wonderful-ness.<br /><br />At least I grew up speaking English, C.C. (and others here) never cease to amaze me with their grasp of E as an S or (T or F) L.<br /><br />I'm thinking a Monday-level puzzle that Nice Cuppa could solve in his sleep and leave everyone else saying "Whhhhhaaaat?!"<br /><br />It might give you an idea what we have to go through :)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32103380694130227502015-01-29T19:37:54.081-06:002015-01-29T19:37:54.081-06:00Nice to see you, Bill G.Nice to see you, Bill G.Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31011706051461667932015-01-29T19:19:24.893-06:002015-01-29T19:19:24.893-06:00Nice puzzle, Marti. No complaints. Learned a lot...Nice puzzle, Marti. No complaints. Learned a lot and finished cleanly despite my ignorance.<br /><br />I just noticed... there's a strong resemblance between John Lampkin's avatar photo and actor Kevin Spacey. Coincidence?<br /><br />TGIF, tomorrow.Rainmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511366260609189046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21817873379387234692015-01-29T17:59:44.233-06:002015-01-29T17:59:44.233-06:00Hola Everyone,
I'm one who doesn't like th...Hola Everyone,<br />I'm one who doesn't like the split entries, but I had enough of the downs to do some guessing. However, snare didn't work for tabor and twinight wasn't on my wavelength. I'm like JD--"If you say so I'll go with it?". <br /><br />thanks Marti. Your puzzles are always fun, even though this one was a challenge. Google was my best friend today. <br /><br />Good to see you back with us Bill G.<br /><br />Have a great evening, everyone.Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90787892322061531442015-01-29T16:53:09.007-06:002015-01-29T16:53:09.007-06:00Wees,
You got me Marti...
I think my biggest pro...Wees,<br /><br />You got me Marti...<br /><br />I think my biggest problem was I insisted on doing it in ink to get the most out of it.<br /><br />I could not break into the theme, I only had Tight Ends, & was not sure of that...<br /><br />After looking up Capri, & Caan, I was still no better off. But what really irked me was not getting the Tolkien clue. I read The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Trilogy 7 times, & <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion" rel="nofollow">The Silmarillion</a> at least once (Ugh!) & I don't remember any reference to Gnomes!<br /><br /><a href="http://media.veryfunnypics.eu/2013/12/funny-pics-gandalf-cat.jpg" rel="nofollow">I thought a nap might help,</a> but it didn't...<br /><br />I went to the Mensa site & copied everything I had & turned on the Red Letters. I had L-chee for Chinese evergreen, & tried every &&^$&^%$#$ vowel until sometimes Y popped up. Cheated & looked up the Snake River. Found Enos & tete in the red mess, which finally enabled me to figure out the reveal...<br /><br />Confident I knew what was going on, I turned of the PC & went back to ink the split tens, & it still took another 1/2 hour to figure it all out! (i'm exhausted.)<br /><br /><a href="http://lowres.cartoonstock.com/religion-mount_sinai-tablet-tech_support-technical_support-helplines-smgn8_low.jpg" rel="nofollow">I should have just come to the Blog for Tech Support...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79150416027055082562015-01-29T16:28:56.246-06:002015-01-29T16:28:56.246-06:00Bill G. welcome back and good luck with dealing wi...Bill G. welcome back and good luck with dealing with the widow and life in general.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68935276786589175412015-01-29T16:27:51.546-06:002015-01-29T16:27:51.546-06:00JL I get double time for pinch hitting so I am in ...JL I get double time for pinch hitting so I am in clover.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7387469920815815612015-01-29T15:44:33.035-06:002015-01-29T15:44:33.035-06:00Terrific idea Marti! Thanks for sharing how you ca...Terrific idea Marti! Thanks for sharing how you came up with it. Barry G is not the only one who abhors cross-referenced clues, speed-solvers also despise them because it slows them down. With a cool idea like this, isn't it fun to annoy them? Heh heh. <br />So Lemonade, enjoy your day off tomorrow. I hope C.C. is giving you paid leave.John Lampkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906931094710501272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1838338990498492632015-01-29T15:31:57.816-06:002015-01-29T15:31:57.816-06:00Bill G., good to have you back.Bill G., good to have you back.HeartRxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786026973246127946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32613566629102371192015-01-29T14:59:24.872-06:002015-01-29T14:59:24.872-06:00The clue should have been "Wonder full contai...The clue should have been "Wonder full container", not that that would have helped me much. I had BREA _ _ _ _ and just seemed obsessed that it was a milk container, BREAST??.<br /><br />From the movie --<br />Howard The Duck: What is this place?<br />Beverly: Uh... Cleveland?<br />Howard T. Duck: Cleve-Land? U-huh. That's a perfect weird name for this planet.<br /><br />-- Wish I could find the comic book's dialog, HTD made some comments about barbarians cleaving people in half. <br /><br />Abejo: Thanks for the <a href="http://images.ucomics.com/comics/tmbro/2015/tmbro150129.gif" rel="nofollow">BroomHilda</a> heads-up, I wouldn't have seen it for a couple weeks otherwise.OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11802645779786551552015-01-29T14:40:59.009-06:002015-01-29T14:40:59.009-06:00Hi everybody. I saw Marti's name and it seemed...Hi everybody. I saw Marti's name and it seemed like a good opportunity to jump back in to my usual stumbling-around approach to crosswords. It was fun though like many others, I got frustrated with the split answers until I saw the reason for them. Thanks Marti and Lemon.<br /><br />Things are closer to getting back to normal. Dan's wife's relationship toward us wasn't very good and still isn't but we'll have to cut her some slack for a while. I keep thinking how much I wish I could have one more conversation with Dan but it's not to be.<br /><br />Thank you all for your kind and thoughtful comments. They mean a lot.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46582302450335640542015-01-29T14:14:25.139-06:002015-01-29T14:14:25.139-06:00Good afternoon.
Fun Thursday run in pen and paper...Good afternoon.<br /><br />Fun Thursday run in pen and paper at the airport. Thanks Marti for an anathema free puzzle. And thanks to Lemonade for the write up.<br />Arrived in Dallas to spend a long weekend with my daughter's family. No LA Times in The Dallas Morning News. I only brought my iPad and haven't figured out to work the puzzle on it. Besides I won't be having my customary quiet mornings. . . . The boys, 7 and 9 are ready to rock and roll early. Looking forward to Grandparents' Day at school tomorrow.<br />The sun is shining here. What a treat!Madame Defargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003303114163633197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65994278893271256782015-01-29T13:59:13.029-06:002015-01-29T13:59:13.029-06:00Kazie @ 1312 - Thanks for picking up on that. Sev...Kazie @ 1312 - Thanks for picking up on that. Several d ➙ t cognates also demonstrate elements of the (Germanic) 2nd sound shift (if I phrased it right).Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18834957170712171292015-01-29T13:12:20.648-06:002015-01-29T13:12:20.648-06:00Lemon,
Thanks for the correction--my memory of mus...Lemon,<br />Thanks for the correction--my memory of music is always shaky at best.<br /><br />SB,<br />Daar gaat het duur dier door het deur. Translates into German as <br />Da geht das teure Tier durch die Tür. No wonder the Dutch manage so well in German and English--Dutch is almost a cross between the two.kaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761801803016465459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15904130361161869882015-01-29T12:04:41.843-06:002015-01-29T12:04:41.843-06:00Hi gang -
If you think about it, this isn't a...Hi gang -<br /><br />If you think about it, this isn't a cross referenced puzzle. It's one in which two word fills are split across a blank.<br /><br />We've seen this plenty of times, when and part is clues as "with" the other part. I wonder why the clues weren't constructed that way?<br /><br />What I hate are the cross references that give you 1 or 0 clues for two fills.<br /><br />Tolkein's Gnomes were new to me, and I'm a big fan.<br /><br />Made myself a ROB ROY a few days ago on a whim. Wasn't impressed. I'll stay with the Old Overholt [Doc Holiday's favorite whiskey] Manhattans and the Pinch neat.<br /><br />There is no reason for ATONAL music to be harsh sounding. Abstract, artificial or sterile - sure. But dissonance sounds harsh and there is no necessary connection between the two.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWKCXMVt_yM" rel="nofollow">Here is some obviously tonal music </a>with sounds about as harsh as you'll ever hear right around the 2 minute mark, and again right before the end around 2:50.<br /><br />Now - why am I thinking about CLEAVage?<br /><br />Cool regards!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43619718448932502832015-01-29T11:52:45.384-06:002015-01-29T11:52:45.384-06:00Good morning, folks. Thank you, Marti, for a fine...Good morning, folks. Thank you, Marti, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Lemonade, for a fine review.<br /><br />As I opened the paper to start the puzzle I saw the Broom Hilda comic and put it on the blog immediately. Thank you Lemonade for copying it and scanning it in somehow. I am not sure I know how to do that.<br /><br />To the puzzle. I really zipped through it today. I guess i was on the right wave-length.<br /><br />My only inkblot was misspelling LITRE as LITER.<br /><br />Wanted MDS for 67A, but held off until LTS became evident.<br /><br />Liked the theme. Got them all easily once I had a couple letters to get me started. <br /><br />LYCHEE was unknown but perps fixed that.<br /><br />Remembered Carl ICAHN.<br /><br />Finally a different Gillette razor, TRAC II. was getting tired of ATRA.<br /><br />Meeting tonight and then off to Reston, VA, tomorrow morning for Masonic Week 2015.<br /><br />See you tomorrow.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />( )Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68243603150675805272015-01-29T11:51:44.515-06:002015-01-29T11:51:44.515-06:00oops - TABORoops - TABORHeartRxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786026973246127946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39352101921115749992015-01-29T11:50:31.999-06:002015-01-29T11:50:31.999-06:00Lemony, if it's any insight, the TWI entry was...Lemony, if it's any insight, the TWI entry was from Rich. I originally had BABEL crossing BWI. He suggested TABER and TWI. I certainly wouldn't have come up with that on my own. ;-)HeartRxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786026973246127946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-92157594767375959802015-01-29T11:45:21.904-06:002015-01-29T11:45:21.904-06:00Believe It Or Not (I'm walkin' on air)&quo...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4JCehDOy54" rel="nofollow"><i>Believe It Or Not</i></a> (I'm walkin' on air)" was the theme song for "The Greatest American Hero", not "Happy Days".Lime Rickeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38060745216436113432015-01-29T11:33:44.762-06:002015-01-29T11:33:44.762-06:00Thrilled to see we'd have a Marti puzzle today...<br />Thrilled to see we'd have a Marti puzzle today, then my heart sank as I got practically nothing on the first run through except TETE and NAST. But slowly, slowly it all filled in and at the very end I held my breath, hoping that ICAHN was correct. Yay! I did it! I got a Thursday toughie--many thanks, Marti! And you too, Lemonade, for 'splaining the theme. I didn't get that the TENs connected the two words until ThEN.<br /><br />Anyway, fun morning although I suppose I did have the same nit about TWI-NIGHT (never heard of it) as others, and never heard of ERISA. But that's what a Thursday is supposed to do--challenge us a bit.<br /><br />Have a great day, everybody!Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.com