tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post2849446006574800180..comments2024-03-29T05:53:39.358-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Sunday August 25, 2019 Pam Amick KlawitterZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46296817852596016392019-08-25T22:35:02.176-05:002019-08-25T22:35:02.176-05:00Hola!
After attending two birthday parties today,...Hola!<br /><br />After attending two birthday parties today, I am beat but had to come and comment on seeing, MESA and PHOENIX in today's puzzle! Yes, Misty, it's true, PHOENIX has grown tremendously in the last 20 years and from what I see of new apartment and condo units being constructed, that growth will continue.<br /><br />I also liked seeing those two crosswordese terms, AVER/AVOW crossing each other.<br /><br />I love ALFRE Woodard! She is a fine actress.<br /><br />You all have said what needs to be said, so thank you for your comments.<br /><br />Thank you, C.C. and Pam A. Klawitter. I finished this quite early today but then had to leave and was gone all day.<br /><br />I hope you all have enjoyed a splendid Sunday!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31719442302866463182019-08-25T22:34:49.259-05:002019-08-25T22:34:49.259-05:00Good evening, folks. Thank you, Pam Amick Klawitt...Good evening, folks. Thank you, Pam Amick Klawitter, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, C.C., for a fine review.<br /><br />Puzzle went fairly easily. However, the theme was elusive for me. My first was BEST SPEECHES OF ALL TIME. Then I had the gist.<br /><br />Lots of tough ones: LAHTI, CIARDI, LAURA, LILA LEE, DALY, ALFRE, HOMME, SHERE, Perped them all.<br /><br />Tried POSTS before TESTS worked better.<br /><br />Getting late. see you tomorrow.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />( )<br /><br />Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54100781866674653802019-08-25T20:46:02.194-05:002019-08-25T20:46:02.194-05:00Yr: Good grief! Why are you so determined to show ...Yr: Good grief! Why are you so determined to show me up on that word? I don't care what the books say. I know what we call it who grow it out here in the wheat belt. Do farmers even grow wheat where you live? That may be England's antiquated use of the word. I don't think they grew our type of wheat in England in those days from what I have read. Lot of words that England used, but we don't. I don't get my knickers in a twist over what they say.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51377483007901412392019-08-25T20:20:16.102-05:002019-08-25T20:20:16.102-05:00FLN - I finally had a chance to finish the Saturda...FLN - I finally had a chance to finish the Saturday CW and read the comments. Was I the only one who noticed some Easter eggs?? There are some repeated 3-letter words forming corners or cross shapes. Here's what I found: 18A and 7D-CAN; 12D and 10A-NER(?); 11D AND 23A-age; 47D AND 45A-ATE; 54D and 45A(actually backward)- NOT. Am I imagining things or is it like OMK looking for diagonals??CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70139453067202677642019-08-25T20:10:34.837-05:002019-08-25T20:10:34.837-05:00I learned in botany in college that ear meant head...I learned in botany in college that ear meant head of grain. <br /><br />“In Old English, Middle English, and Modern English, the word ‘ear’ has been used to mean a spike or head of grain. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as ‘the part of a cereal plant which contains its flowers or seeds.’ “<br />Ear was used hundreds of years ago for head of grain by people who had never heard of our “corn” (maize). And the word corn was in use long before the Old Word discovered maize.<br />"Not until the 1600s did “corn” refer to the maize or Indian corn grown in the Americas, and even afterward, the word as used in Britain meant grain in general. For instance, the 19th-century Corn Laws in Britain were about grain crops."<br />“So to an American, “ear of corn” means corn-on-the-cob, but to a farmer in Yorkshire, it might mean the head of an oat stalk.”<br />I have checked many botanical and European farming citations that use ear for head of grain..<br /><a href="//www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2009/10/a-few-kernels-of-truth.html" rel="nofollow">Ear was first used by people who did not know of our maize type corn.</a>Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32832121043929340632019-08-25T19:20:22.635-05:002019-08-25T19:20:22.635-05:00Thanx, Anon -T for the Steely Dan
And then there&...Thanx, Anon -T for the Steely Dan<br /><br />And then there's this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7yMUIezLSE" rel="nofollow">Bringing in the Sheaves</a> from CapetownSpitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11224959689371343402019-08-25T19:07:21.388-05:002019-08-25T19:07:21.388-05:00Sunday Lurk say...
PK - I will enter 'head...Sunday Lurk say...<br /><br />PK - I will enter 'head' when the squares call for 4 letters :-)<br /><br />Haiku Harry - cute!<br /><br />C, Eh - I'da gone w/ GRAM too. That's Pop's mama.<br /><br />Jinx - yep, you can count on Texas! //dyslexics untie!<br /><br />Spitz - I loves me some Mitch. I know those joke 'cuz I've "studied" him/his style. I love it (his delivery) but can never pull it off. And, I donno why, but your "bringing in the sheaves" made me think of <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WTh_IEyU1w" rel="nofollow">Steely Dan</a></b>.<br /><br />D-O & TTP check your "junk" mail.<br /><br />IM - we're still out here pulling for you. Love your way.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43958324858706824582019-08-25T18:22:45.746-05:002019-08-25T18:22:45.746-05:00Spitz, Alice, Jayce: thanks.Spitz, Alice, Jayce: thanks.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54578132929898877172019-08-25T18:15:04.723-05:002019-08-25T18:15:04.723-05:00Speaking as a farmer's son who has done some s...Speaking as a farmer's son who has done some stints of "bringing in the sheaves", I totally agree with PK on wheat HEADS. Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44891733224013871202019-08-25T17:46:12.403-05:002019-08-25T17:46:12.403-05:00Thank you D-O and PK, that's one I won't f...Thank you D-O and PK, that's one I won't forget!Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650255861939991800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49226656856983326962019-08-25T17:38:35.781-05:002019-08-25T17:38:35.781-05:00I loved this puzzle and have added it to my top 50...I loved this puzzle and have added it to my top 50 list. When I saw EAR as unit of wheat I immediately thought of PK. I see ISR is far from IRS. Excellent cluing.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10396338033668580222019-08-25T15:42:41.138-05:002019-08-25T15:42:41.138-05:00Hi Y'all! Very clever & tricky puzzle, tha...Hi Y'all! Very clever & tricky puzzle, thanks, Pam! Thanks for the great expo, C.C.!<br /><br />I got 'er done, but it was a challenge. Liked the theme entries but took lots of perps to see where the clue was leading me. I really need that text book: MESSAGING DONE RIGHT. I can't text. I did find my phone manual the other day so maybe...<br /><br />Last to fill was the "I" & "R" in RIGOR (hardship?), AIDE (hill helper?) and STARE (sign of vacancy?). Found all the clues misleading. I know RIGORous means difficult, but I associate RIGOR with Mortis or dead & stiffening. Hill helper didn't have a thing to do with ants. I kept trying to think of a word to describe motel room availability. Oh Duh! Just showing off the stupid things my mind does sometimes. No need to try to explain it to me, friends. I got it finally.<br /><br />GAILY is not used as much in the current political climate as in days of yore, methinks.<br /><br />Hand up for not understanding the "battery parts". "Revolutions" kept me clueless a long time. Not wars? Both were ESP.<br /><br />Unknowns: WEESPKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-41062547209996184112019-08-25T15:30:29.860-05:002019-08-25T15:30:29.860-05:00EATERY owner
Thought he was missing some bread,
So...EATERY owner<br />Thought he was missing some bread,<br />So he took roll call ...Haiku Harrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77110557618309502412019-08-25T15:28:20.409-05:002019-08-25T15:28:20.409-05:00Alice: As a wheat farmer, I keep telling these peo...Alice: As a wheat farmer, I keep telling these people that wheat has HEADS not EARS, but they persist in quoting printed sources written by people who apparently have never seen wheat growing. Corn produces cobs of kernals on the side of the stalk like EARS. The portion containing kernals of wheat grow on the end of a stalk like a HEAD. We say, "The wheat is heading" when the grain begins to form. That HEAD also has beards. EARS don't grow beards, do they?PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79988802267503170932019-08-25T14:58:04.832-05:002019-08-25T14:58:04.832-05:00Wendybird, Lahti seems to have been working quite ...Wendybird, Lahti seems to have been working quite steadily. Check her out on Wikipedia.Sandyanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156440590675492735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46528859195120747912019-08-25T14:25:37.411-05:002019-08-25T14:25:37.411-05:00Very fun puzzle today. I wonder what happened to ...Very fun puzzle today. I wonder what happened to Christine Lahti - I liked her, and she just disappeared. I still play The Mamas and The Papas music.<br />My favorite mis-direction clue was BATTERY PARTS.<br /><br />Question. How do you put a picture next to your name on the Blog?<br />Wendybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680784385470001268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7571511823879917362019-08-25T12:52:38.177-05:002019-08-25T12:52:38.177-05:00Super Sunday. Thanks for the fun, Pam and C.C.
I ...Super Sunday. Thanks for the fun, Pam and C.C.<br />I moved through this CW in two instalments but FIRed in good Sunday time. The West filled before the EAST today.<br /><br />Yes I LOLed to see AVER crossing AVOW. I had them placed properly too.<br />I smiled at C.C.'s PAST TENSES.<br />Unknowns included LAURA, LILA LEE, CIARDI. <br />Thanks to Boomer (CSO at 1A) for the explanation of TESTS.<br />I had Gram, then Nana for Pop's Mama - OK, OK, CASS. Poppa's Mama might have led me there sooner.<br />We had the whole ISLAND today, not just Isle, isla or lie.<br />Speaking of Swiss Miss, I hope Irish Miss is recovering quickly.<br /><br />Wishing you all a great day.<br /><br /><br />CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33929689958573601182019-08-25T12:28:18.669-05:002019-08-25T12:28:18.669-05:00Alice, from Wikipedia: An ear is the grain-bearin...Alice, from Wikipedia: An ear is the grain-bearing tip part of the stem of a cereal plant, such as wheat or maize.[1] It can also refer to "a prominent lobe in some leaves".desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51314766598237577612019-08-25T12:18:10.211-05:002019-08-25T12:18:10.211-05:00Sorry ...
I have to ask: Why is EAR a "un...Sorry ... <br /> I have to ask: Why is EAR a "unit of wheat"? (# 56 Down)Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650255861939991800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74695611198902828842019-08-25T12:11:37.355-05:002019-08-25T12:11:37.355-05:00This was one of my favorite Sunday puzzles this ye...This was one of my favorite Sunday puzzles this year--many thanks, Pam. And always great to get your helpful comments and information, C.C. I got nearly everything except for some areas of the north and south east. And in the end still had mistakes like GAYLY/ LYLA that also seemed to occur to some others. And, yes, I too had GIRDLE before it had to be CORSET. But LAHTI and ALFRE came readily, and I'm happy I got a number of the long answers. I still can't believe PHOENIX is the fifth most populous city in the U.S., but then, I've never been there. And my favorite clue had to be 'Blue book' for A HISTORY OF THE SMURFS. Lots of Sunday fun--thank you again, Pam.<br /><br />Have a great day, everybody. Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62327766360679888342019-08-25T11:57:00.220-05:002019-08-25T11:57:00.220-05:00FIR, but like Hahtoolah and Gary had to erase SCEN...FIR, but like Hahtoolah and Gary had to erase SCENT when it was needed elsewhere. TEST and AVER had to relocate as well. Also erased washes for CATERS, and char for SEAR. My final entry was to erase GAyITY after noodling on it for about 30 seconds.<br /><br />I wanted Dusty for short-legged hunter, but there were too many spaces.<br /><br />Happy to see three Maricopa County cities today: PHOENIX, MESA and Tempe. I belonged to the Arizona Yacht Club and raced on Lake Pleasant and Roosevelt Lake. Loved it, but work moved me to Dallas. As the bumper sticker says, "The only sure things are Death and Texas".<br /><br />Dismiss the SEC if you wish, but 5 of the top 12 in the ESPN preseason poll are in that storied conference.<br /><br />You probably heard about the Southern Belle talking to her BFF about having a blind date the night before. When asked how it went, she said "Great! He wants tah take me to Flahada, I think." "Oh?" said the friend. "Yup. At least he said he's gonna Tampah with me." (OK, OK I was leaving anyway.)<br /><br />Thanks to Pam for the fun Sunday. My favorite was "Pop's Mama" for CASS. And thanks to CC for all you do.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891694970152198474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71915374647903430152019-08-25T11:56:52.999-05:002019-08-25T11:56:52.999-05:00
Big Easy, I was thinking pinball for polymer bal...<br />Big Easy, I was thinking pinball for polymer ball.TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86832564011496472912019-08-25T11:50:05.733-05:002019-08-25T11:50:05.733-05:00Good morning. I really struggled to finish (incorr...Good morning. I really struggled to finish (incorrectly) today. Tough clues. Unknown people- LAHTI, CIARDI, John Daly (the golfer I know), SHERE Khan, ALFRE Woodard (or Passion Fish), LILA Lee (not old enough to have ever seen his movies; did anybody notice that his name was spelled RODOLPH, not Rudolph Valentino on the Circle ad?), LAURA Linney (or Ozark) . All perps and a WAG and the cross of LAURA & ALFRE. PSALTER was unknown and I guessed PSALMER. Forgot to double check my work. <br /><br />The theme clues took a while to take hold, starting with the first one because my dog was following a SCENT, not a SMELL. After Coco's SCENT showed up at 93A I changed it. But the most trouble were my battery POSTS instead of TESTS and my incorrect spelling of SMERFS instead of SMURFS.<br /><br />The 'Sign of vacancy' clue for a blank STARE was great.<br /><br />'Striker of Polymer ball'-PADDLE Maybe Pam plays Pickleball, which is a polymerball like a whiffleball. Is there another game that has a polymer ball? Maybe Ping-Pong.<br /><br />BarryG & TTP- I almost made the same mistake but GAYLY didn't look right. Guessed I for LILA.<br />Big Easynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14998864222777987552019-08-25T10:55:42.438-05:002019-08-25T10:55:42.438-05:00Good morning everyone.
Printed out the puzzle usi...Good morning everyone.<br /><br />Printed out the puzzle using C.C.'s link and did it at the kitchen lunch counter. I always enjoy Pam's puzzles, and wallowed in her nifty theme. BZ. Only flaw was I had (battery) 'posts' before coming here and seeing the error of my ways. Hey, beer comes out of a spout and EAR of wheat isn't in my fluency range. Gotta get used to HEYDAY; not hayday.<br />UKES - Yesterday at the farmers market there was a NY DMV license tag: UKLELE. (I think the state limits personal plates to 6 letters.)<br /><br />FLN - Anon -T - re: joke - One of the highlights of the monthly Legion magazine is the last page: Parting Shots. I make a lot of mistakes typing, so I usually google a good one and edit paste it into the blog.<br /><br />I leave you with: "Rice is great when you're hungry and you want 2,000 of something." per Mitch Hedberg<br /><br />Also: "My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them."<br /><br />"Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45723681113583068772019-08-25T10:51:28.085-05:002019-08-25T10:51:28.085-05:00As with Barry, I was uncertain about L(y,i)LA LEE ...<br /><br /><br />As with Barry, I was uncertain about L(y,i)LA LEE and GA(i,y)LY, but decided to go with the I because I know gaiety is spelled with an i. <br /><br />Similar to Desper-otto, I first thought "Don't be" A fool, then jerk, then pita, and finally HERO after considering the down clues a little deeper. <br /><br />Plenty of unknowns to slow me down, but perped them all in to finish in OK time.<br /><br />CSO to Lucina at MESA and nearby PHOENIX !<br /><br />Thank you, Pam, and thank you, C.C. !TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.com