tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post1752926664017857375..comments2024-03-19T08:08:48.067-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday, April 16th 2020 Steve MossbergZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1842533882453569442020-04-16T23:50:34.175-05:002020-04-16T23:50:34.175-05:00@Spitz - thanks for the comment re the Anon @12:15...@Spitz - thanks for the comment re the Anon @12:15, but I never react to those kinds of criticisms, particulary if the commenter doesn't have the courage to put a name or a profile behind the remarks.<br /><br />I always picture these "keyboard warriors" sitting in the basement of their mother's house in their underwear bashing away at the laptop and saying to themselves "YEAH! THAT'll teach 'em!"<br /><br />:)<br /><br />This individual I've come across before, and seems particularly mean, so no "oxygen of publicity" would be great.<br />Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39886518284462727532020-04-16T23:16:20.400-05:002020-04-16T23:16:20.400-05:00@Big Easy - a little late to pick up on your comme...@Big Easy - a little late to pick up on your comment about Guardian journalists being more left-wing than Karl Marx.<br /><br />I refer you to the rubric at the top of the blog saying "no politics". <br /><br />I'd also like to add "no ignorance" because you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11082733304279377672020-04-16T23:03:59.724-05:002020-04-16T23:03:59.724-05:00Good evening, folks. Thank you, Steve Mossberg, f...Good evening, folks. Thank you, Steve Mossberg, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Steve, for a fine review.<br /><br />Worked this while traveling to a Radiologist for a conference. It was a good conference.<br /><br />Liked the theme, very clever.<br /><br />Don't get 20A ANTI. Perps worked so I kept it.<br /><br />62A ELIOT. We just had her recently.<br /><br />29D NOTARY caught my eye. I am one.<br /><br />Anyhow, I am going to hit the hay. See you tomorrow.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />( )Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42350819590136905472020-04-16T22:25:59.048-05:002020-04-16T22:25:59.048-05:00
Jinx: To a PUNisher a groan is even better than a...<br />Jinx: To a PUNisher a groan is even better than a laugh.<br /><br />oc4beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06568497002517859531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52761970882890480852020-04-16T22:09:11.997-05:002020-04-16T22:09:11.997-05:00Hi All!
Whowazas! That was a noodler - Wednesday ...Hi All!<br /><br />Whowazas! That was a noodler - Wednesday on the bottom and Saturday on top [is that a WoBSoT?]<br />A solve's beginning: ISS, SNL, RESOD, EMO, METS, EGOT, ELIOT. BYE, OWL, BOMB, MRI, AWRY, BASSET. I lost track after that.<br /><br />Thanks Steves for the great puzzle and the worthy expo. Mighty fun.<br /><br />WO: BELT 'till near the very end when POSTING forced VESTS for the final PIVOT at the TOP for the win.<br />ESPs: ROSE LESLIE, AVE (as clued)<br />Other themer possibility not mentioned by Steve the Reviewer - Pail/Pale.<br /><br />I got a kick out of Fair (Fare?) and Pared (Pair'd) in the SE.<br />I also like the secondary 'beer chasers' - all the themers end in ALE :-)<br /><br /><b>Fav</b>: misdirection at 15a. I was trying to think of what you call a Plain Jane (in Vegas, a Janet Plane?)*.<br /><br />Welcome OMaxiN.<br />Shankers - first, did you go forth as Unknown(?)<br />Ernie Banks hung up his cleats before I could talk. However, Gramps oft mentioned him when we'd listen on the AM radio to Cubs games in the back yard.<br /><br />D-O: Did you hear the discussion on Houston Matters re: <b><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2015/03/12/211644/remembering-the-houston-post-20-years-after-its-demise/" rel="nofollow">The Post (v. The Chronicle)?</a></b>. The Post folded shortly after I got to Houston so I only know <i>The Barnacle</i>.<br /><br />Jinx - I did not. I suspect Google snarfed the badness for my protection. Send me another message sans the attachment.<br /><br />Steve (the Reviewer) said: "They tried a "virtual" SNL espisode last weekend, apparently <i>not to great acclaim.</i>**" Um, like all SNL shows? :-)<br />I saw it and it had both good and meh bits; Weekend Update was good (even w/ the laughing Zoom meeting).<br /><br />Enjoyed reading everyone today!<br /><br />Cheers, -T<br />*<b><a href="https://thepointsguy.com/news/meet-janet-the-most-mysterious-airline-in-the-world/" rel="nofollow">Janet Airlines</a></b>.<br />**emphasis mineAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70671563594624368522020-04-16T21:54:47.984-05:002020-04-16T21:54:47.984-05:00waseely@8:55- I think BALE has to do with the Bale...waseely@8:55- I think BALE has to do with the Bale of hay that the farmer was relaxing on while he POSTed in his account books. I tried Dale also but perps changed it.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22273119327099371132020-04-16T21:50:08.671-05:002020-04-16T21:50:08.671-05:00Shankers@. 1:21pm- yes I did comment the other day...Shankers@. 1:21pm- yes I did comment the other day on your note re living in Toronto and Kitchener. I'm sure that experience has given you another perspective on American- Canadian relations (and spelling LOL). I was in Toronto at about that time period for university (saw the helicopter putting the top part onto the CN tower!). Kitchener is great also and the beautiful surrounding area (St Jacobs, Elmira, Stratford, Elora).CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47669025184557426562020-04-16T20:55:24.727-05:002020-04-16T20:55:24.727-05:00What I don't get is what "bale" (hay...What I don't get is what "bale" (hay?) has to do with 'books'. I had "dale' as a relaxing location.waseeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486819496295875624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36807886889514990272020-04-16T20:30:31.095-05:002020-04-16T20:30:31.095-05:00Steve-Colt 45 belongs in the trash along with Old ...Steve-Colt 45 belongs in the trash along with Old English 800 and Schlitz Malt Liquor. They pair well with Ripple, Thunderbird, and MD-20/20.<br /><br />Stuff for winos and street bums.Big Easynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79907163574722920722020-04-16T19:53:55.362-05:002020-04-16T19:53:55.362-05:00Jayce, I am soooo sorry. Like my mother used to t...Jayce, I am soooo sorry. Like my mother used to tell my sisters, "don't laugh, it will just encourage him."Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891694970152198474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52622813730539306332020-04-16T19:08:14.653-05:002020-04-16T19:08:14.653-05:00Jinx, groanJinx, groanJaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34559616466988910902020-04-16T19:02:13.944-05:002020-04-16T19:02:13.944-05:00I would have asked Steve if Rich was responsible f...I would have asked Steve if Rich was responsible for the Sushi clue, but I figured he would just reply "no, that's mai TAI."Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891694970152198474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-84066887085502027342020-04-16T18:42:46.744-05:002020-04-16T18:42:46.744-05:00My personal feeling is that TAI=sea bream is way t...My personal feeling is that TAI=sea bream is way too obscure for any day of the week. Way less than 0.1% of the population would know that, and it's not guessable in any way. There are other ways to clue TAI.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75199631992701485662020-04-16T18:08:41.133-05:002020-04-16T18:08:41.133-05:00Bobby Thompson's homer to win the 1951 Pennant...Bobby Thompson's homer to win the 1951 Pennant actually came with two on. The inning started 4-1 Dodgers but in all the excitement (Whitey Lockman broke his ankle running to third) a run scored to make it 4-2. Apres ca, let deluge(As Ralph Branca might have put it).<br /><br />Ironically, YouTube TV offered me the 1952 World Series*. In the late innings the ump threw out a Dodger bench jockey. And who was that? Yes, Ralph Branca the victim of the Thompson HR. <br /><br />WC<br /><br />Or as the gamblers and bookies put it: The World Serious. Boy, Sports Gambling must be taking a beating<br /><br />Pps, watch Jeopardy ask about this tonightWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14835480899304267602020-04-16T17:33:21.697-05:002020-04-16T17:33:21.697-05:00@CED - "not cricket" much appreciated. I...@CED - "not cricket" much appreciated. I have a story from the reverse angle from when I was a youth in the UK. I lived at the time in a historical, but small, city in the south of England. As with most English towns, we were well served with pubs, but, excitingly, a new "American"-style bar/restaurant opened, selling imported beer with a menu of burgers and hotdogs which seemed incredibly worldly and exotic at the time. The beers were Budweiser, Schlitz and Colt 45.<br /><br />There was a series of Colt 45 advertising on coasters (we called 'em "beer mats") with the theme "It's as good as ...". One of them, and I remember word-for-word as we spent hours trying to figure out what it meant, read "It's as good as a homer in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded". <br /><br />This was around 1975/1976, and there was no such concept of globalism as we have today. None of us had the slightest idea what it meant, and I mean no-one. It might as well have been written in Arabic.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39537003378310098232020-04-16T17:22:10.859-05:002020-04-16T17:22:10.859-05:00Been enjoying solving the puzzles and reading all ...Been enjoying solving the puzzles and reading all your explanations and comments this past week.<br /><br />I guess recovering from whatever the heck I was ill with the past couple of weeks takes a lot of energy; I've been quite fatigued and sleeping 10-12 hours a day. Thankfully, I now feel fine otherwise.<br /><br />Best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46743209966359919842020-04-16T16:46:13.127-05:002020-04-16T16:46:13.127-05:00Farmer Fred should have found a safer place to upd...Farmer Fred should have found a safer place <a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/17/b9/17/17b9177d0da9e35601fc7d3a80be4639.jpg" rel="nofollow">to update the books?</a><br /><br /><a href="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/scaled/2012/06/08/article-0-13816B3A000005DC-150_308x185.jpg" rel="nofollow">I know there is a story behind this one...</a><br /><br /><br />Obstetrician, <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/men-christmas-boy-newborn-baby-jesus_christ-dcln75_low.jpg" rel="nofollow">You had one job!</a><br /><br /><a href="https://lefunny.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Funny-sale-sign.jpg" rel="nofollow">This sale should have been rigged better...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74722694244488270692020-04-16T16:17:55.153-05:002020-04-16T16:17:55.153-05:00-T did you get my email containing the suspect ema...-T did you get my email containing the suspect email I sent you Tuesday (to the ...186gmail account)?Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891694970152198474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40670182564220136262020-04-16T15:45:51.493-05:002020-04-16T15:45:51.493-05:00WC, ARIAL was my last fill. How clever and devious...WC, ARIAL was my last fill. How clever and devious. I agree with you and CED about gin being fine for spirits with the S.<br />Wiki. Kegs can be wooden and do not necessarily contain beer or wine."Traditionally, a wooden keg is made by a cooper and used to transport items such as nails, gunpowder, and a variety of liquids." We saw a colonial re-enactor making barrels in Williamsburg, VA. One of my favorite activities in Williamsburg was visiting the craftsmen demos.<br />I was surprised that none of the "youngsters" on Jeopardy last night knew Jackie Robinson.<br />If you think of Yukon as Yukon Territory, Alaska is its neighbor. I have read a lot about the Klondike Gold Rush in Canada. Just as in California, the money to be made was in the businesses supporting the gold rush, not so much in finding the gold. I tutored a student writing a research paper about this. I loved doing research papers, my own and helping students do theirs. That yen is satisfied now in my LIU mania here.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27250444774100182242020-04-16T15:11:55.032-05:002020-04-16T15:11:55.032-05:00Oops, I forgot Hal Newhouser from the War years. ...Oops, I forgot Hal Newhouser from the War years. Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-431960671903210972020-04-16T15:09:16.710-05:002020-04-16T15:09:16.710-05:00"No-frills type": ARIAL. Five perps and... "No-frills type": ARIAL. Five perps and I still couldn't get it. Then the V8.<br /><br />Oops, that was quick. A Cooper makes KEGS not keys. Aaarrgggh!!! FIW<br /><br /> I think the "Yo (H)Adrian was a CSO to Rocky's Belle. <br /><br />I am with PVX, is this really Thur? But I found traction in the South and worked my way North. I needed to reverse IT to HI to find PREHENSILE. I had no problem with GIN as in "What kind of spirits do you have?". We have vodka,gin and tequila. "No Scotch?". <br /><br />WC<br /><br />Ps, Ernie was one of the trivia answers to "Name the MLB'ers who won consecutive MVPs? It was Maris, Banks and Foxx? until the steroid era. Oh yeah, Mantle and Berra. Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21296692046942217762020-04-16T15:01:12.367-05:002020-04-16T15:01:12.367-05:00Shankers @ 1441 - Yes, I saw that, too, Cant't...Shankers @ 1441 - Yes, I saw that, too, Cant't believe her answer. BTW, tho, The Babe died in August of 1948. (I saw part of his funeral procession on 5th Ave. in NYC.)Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18878989174088682652020-04-16T14:41:17.533-05:002020-04-16T14:41:17.533-05:00Speaking of Jeopardy last night on the subject of ...Speaking of Jeopardy last night on the subject of baseball the clue was to identify the player who broke the color barrier in 1947. A gal from USC rang in and responded "Babe Ruth". I can't remember the last time I laughed out loud so hard. Not only was the Babe white, he was dead by 1947. Oddly enough, she won the game and is in the two day final starting tonight. She will, I predict, get destroyed by the other two finalists from the Universities of Minnesota and Indiana Shankersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-20643270672783264272020-04-16T14:40:44.785-05:002020-04-16T14:40:44.785-05:00A toughie today.
I did all but the NE corner, wh...A toughie today. <br />I did all but the NE corner, where I settled for WIN instead of going all the way to the TOP.<br /><br />I held back on ALASKA for a while, because I know the Yukon and the Yukon River are part of ALASKA (as well as of Canada), so it seemed strange to think of the state as a "Yukon neighbor." But I guess it's OK.<br />~ <b>OMK<br />____________<br />DR: </b> One each to a side = Two.<br />The front end diagonal anagram names a forceful stimulus that depends on the gentle persuasion of a musical breeze. I mean an...<br />"<b>AEOLIAN PROD</b>"!Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51292755019594073602020-04-16T14:33:27.796-05:002020-04-16T14:33:27.796-05:00Ack!
I forgot!
Steve: re: gin=spirits ( not spir...Ack!<br /><br />I forgot!<br /><br />Steve: re: gin=spirits ( not spirit )<br /><br />We could discuss this one for some time,<br />but Spirits has become the Generic term for Alcohol.<br /><br />However, <a href="https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/367721/is-alcohol-called-spirits-due-to-linking-of-imagery" rel="nofollow">If you wanted to bet a drink on it...</a><br /><br />Oh, & one more...<br />Competition Pass=Bye<br />Pls note that it is not Cricket to use British Sports Terms<br />in a USA puzzle! (A terrible pun that Steve will get...)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.com