tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post1948896684672569677..comments2024-03-29T08:35:40.450-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Saturday, October, 24, 2020, Madeline Kaplan and Erik AgardZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35631965984935149942020-10-24T22:52:31.798-05:002020-10-24T22:52:31.798-05:00Has anyone heard from YR? I know she's moving...Has anyone heard from YR? I know she's moving but I haven't seen a post in a few days... -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50502079739412800472020-10-24T21:44:58.841-05:002020-10-24T21:44:58.841-05:00Hi All!
Got started on the puzzle late today and ...Hi All!<br /><br />Got started on the puzzle late today and I noticed all the Zeds in the North. Thought I stood a chance!<br />Not to be. Ultimately a DNF. Had to peek at HG's grid so see ZETA not Etta - ah, the clue does say 6th letter. Still would couldn't crack much in the south though...<br /><br />Thanks Madeline & Erik for the puzzle and learning about KAMEHAMEHA.<br /><br />Fun recap HG - thanks for all the visuals.<br /><br /><b>Fav</b>: <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X6O5yOaEGM" rel="nofollow">The WOZ. </a></b>He was the technical brains behind Apple; Steve was the visioneere.<br /><br />Fun #2 OMK.<br /><br />TTP - WERE you a student at Rice? DW & I first moved into an apartment on Westheimer outside the Belt (it was cheep-ish). I'd drive Westheimer to downtown every day for work (Allen 2).<br />//She got pregnant the 1st night she joined me in Houston (*he smiles impishly*) and I had 9 months to find a house! We got one in Lake Olympia - about 7 blocks from Warren Moon's house (on the <i>other side</i> of the Parkway - you know, the affordable homes) and (later) she'd see Beyonce (still w/ Destiny's Child then) pass by on a jog.<br /><br />D-O: I counted letters and squares for Cartons at least 4 times...<br /><br />BigE - I kept wanting something for mince @11d. ZERO WASTE? Seems like a lot of water is wasted when you turn the Insinkerator on (and the occasional 1/2 lemon to refresh it).<br /><br />Enjoyed reading everyone!<br /><br />Cheers, -T<br />//almost forgot - Eddie VAN Halen (RIP): <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdNopP--N7M" rel="nofollow">PANAMA</a></b>.Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1542378377162826002020-10-24T20:53:41.105-05:002020-10-24T20:53:41.105-05:00I still remember Alex Trebek wanting to put a pie ...I still remember Alex Trebek wanting to put a pie in Erik Agard's face. I felt the same way tonight before luckily FIR with some WAGs crossing other WAGS: TAZO, ZAZIE BEETZ (and Van and 'Atlanta') and the 'absurd' AD ABSURDUM (really?). Then there was Kathryn HAHN (and Transparent) with AMERICANANAH. I was guessing if it was AMERICAN AH or AMERICA NAH- neither made sense. I'd never heard of any of them.<br /><br />WOZ was the Apple founder- Jobs knew nothing about computers and couldn't program. He was just the salesman.<br /><br />NON-GMO- don't kid yourself. Unless you are eating something that grows in the wild, every single food cultivated by humans is genetically modified in one way or another.<br /><br />I had to change TRANSGENDER to PRIDE; EARS to TOES<br />ZERO WASTE- I only use the garbage disposal when something slips past the trap. If you don't put it in the drain it can't clog up you drainage pipe.Big Easyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00048745560125993409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89440736928885363642020-10-24T20:52:53.649-05:002020-10-24T20:52:53.649-05:00MM, GO BLUE! My home town.MM, GO BLUE! My home town.Wendybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680784385470001268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30132906663770739322020-10-24T20:38:30.739-05:002020-10-24T20:38:30.739-05:00No sign of Misty yet today?
~ OMKNo sign of <b>Misty</b> yet today?<br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76558460338852383072020-10-24T20:12:49.648-05:002020-10-24T20:12:49.648-05:00Sometimes you run across a puzzle from someone who...Sometimes you run across a puzzle from someone who has experienced life, culture, and learning in a totally different way. Somehow, I still feel blessed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77234473671304885432020-10-24T18:38:27.582-05:002020-10-24T18:38:27.582-05:00Apologies to Erik for misspelling his name. I use...Apologies to Erik for misspelling his name. I used the more common C instead of K. I should have known better after my Nicola/NIKOLA error yesterday😊CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59704452438236138232020-10-24T16:59:00.257-05:002020-10-24T16:59:00.257-05:00
Should have been Cross Eyed Dave. No disrespect ...<br />Should have been Cross Eyed Dave. No disrespect intended.TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83441552421191499742020-10-24T16:36:10.461-05:002020-10-24T16:36:10.461-05:00
Croos Eyed Dave,
No one deleted any of your post...<br />Croos Eyed Dave,<br /><br />No one deleted any of your posts yesterday. TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55698916298520974642020-10-24T16:29:03.784-05:002020-10-24T16:29:03.784-05:00Here is a redacted version of my last "delete...Here is a redacted version of my last "deleted" post<br /><br />I posted yesterday a Sophie Scholl remembrance,<br />because she was executed by guillotine for Treason.<br /><br />Her crime? distributing flyers denouncing the Nazi Party.<br /><br />Vote your conscience...<br /><br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49064198914715594972020-10-24T15:56:03.457-05:002020-10-24T15:56:03.457-05:00Unrelated ramblings:
It is nice to see Jean Luc p...Unrelated ramblings:<br /><br />It is nice to see Jean Luc post.<br /><br />It is never nice to see OSU beat up on anyone- I am a UM Dad.<br /><br />I first heard EXACERBATE used in a UN Sceurity Council debate more than fifty years ago. I had to looked it up but the word has "stuck" with me.<br />Malodorous Manateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03190184054027642643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87728507431697194812020-10-24T15:32:28.532-05:002020-10-24T15:32:28.532-05:00About the same degree of toughness as yesterday. ...About the same degree of toughness as yesterday. This was maybe a tad easier, a bit more do-able. <br />I enjoyed working my way through this pzl. My thanks to the <b>Kapln/Agard</b> team.<br /><br />The finest NOH drama I had the privilege of viewing was presented in L.A. by an ancient Japanese company. It was staged outdoors (as they ought to be), but it was unusual because it was performed at night. <br />We tend to forget how former generations experienced their world. Instead of illuminating this play with electric lighting, these modern artists used the only form of night light available for millennia--torches. And the effect of the flickering light (and shadows) on those NOH masks was absolutely fantastic, mesmerizing!<br />Together with the haunting <i>hayashi</i> (flute and drum) music, these throbbing, ghostly images seemed true spirits from the past.<br />~ <b>OMK<br />____________<br />DR:</b> A 3-way on the near end.<br />The central diagonal offers the first full (15-letter) anagram in recent memory. Not a particularly exciting or amusing one, but still....<br />It refers to the internal chain-of-command of the Department of Elementary Education. <br />I mean the...<br />"<b>D.E.E. ORGANIZATION</b>"!<br /><br />What? No fair?! You won't buy an acronym?<br />Well, I can leave you with a shorter, but more inspirational anagram, working within the same letters. This would identify any of life's enduring rituals, with an emphasis on long-term applicability, an...<br />"<b>AEONIAN RITE</b>"!Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63215493817718657212020-10-24T15:31:52.206-05:002020-10-24T15:31:52.206-05:00Re. ETTU? An accusation in the form of a question....Re. ETTU? An accusation in the form of a question. I see this wasn't the groaner that I thought it was. We did have footholds which are a big help. <br /><br />I had a neighbor named DeVINE which held me back. Starbucks never appealed to me although if I can get a DEcaf Americano for the normal decaf price I'll go for it. <br /><br />WC<br />Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17479818825035516142020-10-24T14:40:02.083-05:002020-10-24T14:40:02.083-05:00I had the puzzle about half done when my computer ...I had the puzzle about half done when my computer froze. I had to force close the computer to get out of my predicament. Then Microsoft decided it was time to update my computer. Sooo, it took a while before I got back to the puzzle. Then it took another 27 minutes to finish it. <br /><br />Definitely a good, tough Saturday puzzle for Madeline's debut. <br /><br />Because of the age difference between us I didn't know some of the current actresses and the author.<br /> <br />Good write-up by Gary today, as usual. Sorry to see your Huskers get beat up by Ohio State.<br /><br />Have a great day everyone. Please be safe and wear your masks.<br /><br />oc4beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06568497002517859531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60777820427382771712020-10-24T14:21:52.416-05:002020-10-24T14:21:52.416-05:00As Bob Lee said, when I started this puzzle I thou...As Bob Lee said, when I started this puzzle I thought, "No way am I finishing this!" but slowly everything filled in on multiple passes. I would RATE this puzzle a "G" for Goldilocks: just enough footholds to get started, challenging but fair intermediate entries, leading to finally solving those utterly unknown answers.<br /><br />For me, most of the footholds were shorter answers such as GAZA, EDAM, DMZ, AMORE, WOZ, SOCHI, LESBOS, NOH, and RENE, among others. Intermediates include LUTZES, DIVINE, VIACOM, and COMET. Those utterly unknowns include ZAZIE BEETZ and AMERICANAH.<br /><br />There is a WOZ Way here in San Jose, a very short street downtown, named in honor of Mr. Steve Wozniak.<br /><br />I remember the SOCHI Olympic games. I also remember sports announcer Bob Costas trying to be all chic'n'stuff by pronouncing it So-shee. He's the same guy who started this whole total mispronunciation thing of calling the capital city of China "Bey-zhing", as if the "j" in "jing" is pronounced like in French. Arrogant twit, he was. Unfortunately, news anchors still mispronounce it to this day, <b>even though</b> many reporters who are on site there pronounce it correctly in their reports. <br /><br />I loved the clues for AMORE, NUB, and MONACO. EXACERBATE is excellent, and yes, fun to say. ATE IT always makes my nose wrinkle.<br /><br />Isn't "ET TU, Brute?" more of a question than an accusation? I see it as analogous to "Oh man, you too?"<br /><br />Good wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52773117395325279232020-10-24T13:40:23.518-05:002020-10-24T13:40:23.518-05:00Saturdays are always tough for me. I managed to e...Saturdays are always tough for me. I managed to eventually get most of it with some help from my CW guru AKA Jack. I wanted get too old/GETTING OLD and tried image conscious before IMAGE CONSULTANT appeared. Many fun clues with my favorite being 47D. The unknown names were quite gettable with perps except TAZO crossing with Ms. BEETZ which , to me, were natiks.<br /><br />Thanks for the challenge, Madeline and Erik, and thanks, Gary, for the excellent tour.<br /><br />We’re savoring this final week of Daylight Savings Time before the days seem too short for a few months.Wendybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680784385470001268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48627342905760147042020-10-24T13:26:55.569-05:002020-10-24T13:26:55.569-05:00Wendybird. It was not my intention to 'correc...Wendybird. It was not my intention to 'correct' anyone. Only mentioned it to show my source. The details and culture of knitting I leave to others.<br />CED threw down the gauntlet when he said there was no abbreviation for 'knit'. I learn something from this site almost every day.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11899490486984506562020-10-24T13:17:28.999-05:002020-10-24T13:17:28.999-05:00Hola!
Yes, I'm GETTING OLD and just can't...Hola!<br /><br />Yes, I'm GETTING OLD and just can't keep up with the current generation. Never heard of ZAZIEBEETZ but should have recalled TAZO which I've seen at stores. I thought ZADIE would be correct. No! Much less BEETZ.<br /><br />I was more productive at the bottom and thanks to many trips to Hawaii I'm familiar with KAMEHAMEHA. But had not heard of either the novel AMERICANAH or Kathryn HAHN. I would have known the HAHN winery in Napa. And of course EDAM was one of our stops in the Netherlands. The beautiful isle of CAPRI is sadly a tourist trap crowded with shops and eateries.<br /><br />MONACO was cleverly clued! I loved it. Though I have read many of Danielle STEEL's books I have only one left on the shelf. They get tiresome after a while.<br /><br />I also liked DIVINE, heaven sent and NEMO as clued.<br /><br />The word EXACERBATE is fun as it trips off the tongue.<br /><br />Congratulations, Madeline Kaplan on your debut and Erik Agard for being a generous mentor. This was an outstanding puzzle. I look forward to more from both of you.<br /><br />And thank you, Gary. As usual you added spice with your commentary.<br /><br />Have a super Saturday, everyone!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31745689782198791012020-10-24T13:05:07.797-05:002020-10-24T13:05:07.797-05:00My last post was deleted,My last post was deleted,CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7686057442711734392020-10-24T13:01:56.920-05:002020-10-24T13:01:56.920-05:00Fun, challenging Saturday - NE was my hardest corn...Fun, challenging Saturday - NE was my hardest corner. Perps filled in the totally unknown ZAZIE - but 1-4 Ds got a nice start to the area. I had NO GMOS that had to change to NON- GMO. Also TATE Museum change to MODERN. Otherwise it was all P & P as IM (and others like to say) I always want to put an E on the end of STEEL the author.<br /><br />KAMEHAMEHA was a gimme - had to look at the letters to see if KING would be at the front.<br />My mom's only sister lived in HI since 1965 - and I have even been in Honolulu area when the parade and celebration is on June 11. The leis on the statue are quite impressive - glad you included a pic HG!<br /><br />Thanks HG, Madeline & Erik!<br /><br />inanehikernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66719224671552572292020-10-24T12:52:33.769-05:002020-10-24T12:52:33.769-05:00FLN. Spitzboov, who am I to disagree with the Craf...FLN. Spitzboov, who am I to disagree with the Craft Yarn Council?! I stand corrected, and I thank you for your gentle words setting me straight.. Wendybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680784385470001268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65162193465863141692020-10-24T11:56:28.906-05:002020-10-24T11:56:28.906-05:00Was stuck in the NE and SW corners until DH sugges...Was stuck in the NE and SW corners until DH suggested SOCHI, and somehow I FIR in spite of the big Naticks of the day, ZAZIE BEETZ and AMERICANAH. Can't complain! Thanks to Madeline, Erik, Rich and Joyce for the entertainment, and Husker Gary for elucidating. NaomiZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024038841021678864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28233942819075695892020-10-24T11:44:47.706-05:002020-10-24T11:44:47.706-05:00I see I'm in good company having struggled mig...I see I'm in good company having struggled mightily today. Whenever I see the name Asgard, I tense up immediately. I misspelled odean at 8D which gave me Waz. Also, guessed taro for 3D which led to Zarie at 17A. The SE was all WAGs but all correct. Bottom line, only two incorrect squares for a FIW. All things considered, gotta feel good about that. Off to Ca this afternoon to visit dear daughter and family for a week. Take care, stay safe and well everyone.Shankersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15699420654595357872020-10-24T11:40:08.316-05:002020-10-24T11:40:08.316-05:00I lucked into a 14:30 finished today (that's r...I lucked into a 14:30 finished today (that's really good for me for a Saturday), despite never hearing about Zazie or Americanah, or knowing how to spell Kamehameha (fortunately, there's not too many letters in the Hawaiian alphabet).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69381968475067626092020-10-24T11:35:39.106-05:002020-10-24T11:35:39.106-05:00From yesterday:
CrossEyedDave thank you for the sh...From yesterday:<br /><b>CrossEyedDave</b> thank you for the shout out regarding deleted posts. Sophie Scholl was a hero. Not sure whether there was a specific anniversary connection to mentioning her.<br /><br />I don't think posts get deleted if they are educational about the history of atrocities in other countries. For example. LESBOS today is an ongoing place of horror for refugees.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54082201" rel="nofollow">Here is a BBC story on one of these horrors in LESBOS now.</a></b><br /><br />I agree that most of us come here to be educated. So it is frustrating that important historical events about our own country get deleted as "political".<br /><br />As for today's puzzle, the cross of AMERICANAH and HAHN to me is unfair. I did WAG the cross of H to FIR but it could have been other letters. Otherwise it was an enjoyable challenge.Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.com