tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post2916782245470678842..comments2024-03-28T22:14:27.877-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Friday, August 19, 2016 Bruce HaightZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67185597910605665832016-08-21T07:06:27.468-05:002016-08-21T07:06:27.468-05:00I have found that a banana a day keeps the cramps ...I have found that a banana a day keeps the cramps away. I get them at Wawa for .49. <br /><br />As an ex Nashuan "Teens" is a common weather word. <br /><br />I wanted ADE for a 3ltr thirst quencher but couldn't make head or tail of Nicki nor the Carne thingey. Finally got ISLE while driving. <br /><br />Lemony, that's a great write up and excellent puzzle. The long crosses were gettable which helped. Jaelyn is a very pretty name which Google just tried to change to Marilyn.<br /><br />Oh. And of course, Owen. Most amusing and entertaining. <br /><br />Oh. In the SW I thought Bruce had been thinking of our Abejo as I had JUMP for ASAP. <br />GURWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66729737634068222002016-08-20T13:28:35.442-05:002016-08-20T13:28:35.442-05:00Good Saturday afternoon, folks. Thank you, Bruce ...Good Saturday afternoon, folks. Thank you, Bruce Haight, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Lemonade, for a fine review.<br /><br />Congrats, Melissa Bee, on your brand new grand child. May you have many more.<br /><br />Puzzle was double tough. I worked on it Friday and also this morning. Finally finished this afternoon.<br /><br />Really liked the theme. Great job!<br /><br />My newspaper looks like a giant inkblot I made so many changes as I worked through it. Too many tough words to list them all. Since I am a day late reporting, I am sure no one will read this anyway. It was a fun puzzle, however. When you complete a tough one, it make it more fun, indeed!<br /><br />See you later today with Saturday's puzzle, maybe.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />( )<br />Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-25005348823634251482016-08-20T12:04:28.653-05:002016-08-20T12:04:28.653-05:00Glad I did not try to figure out the circles this ...Glad I did not try to figure out the circles this time! (No circles in my puzzle). Those are tricky connections to the theme. And they are not adjacent blocks. Fortunately, solving without circles was OK.<br /><br />Hand up for thinking Brer Rabbit for BRIAR PATCH. Never heard it anywhere else!<br /><br />Struggled with OBEAH/ELMIRA Natick, but I did WAG it correctly.<br /><br />Likewise struggled with MAUL/MINAJ crossing.<br /><br />Agree with Anonymous that BLEH/AUGHT crossing not very fair. I have never seen BLEH before.Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33500302343489623652016-08-20T00:16:01.331-05:002016-08-20T00:16:01.331-05:00Greetings!
Thanks to Bruce and Lemonade.
Did thi...Greetings!<br /><br />Thanks to Bruce and Lemonade.<br /><br />Did this after I finally re-installed the OS and got the computer running!<br /><br />Congrats to mb!<br /><br />Feel better, Agnes!<br /><br />Cheers!fermatprimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391014624435192426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1037199580062978812016-08-20T00:08:25.402-05:002016-08-20T00:08:25.402-05:00" If certain foods trigger strange dreams, (a..." If certain foods trigger strange dreams, (as some believe) ..."<br /><br />This was a common belief in Victorian times. Hence Dickens ' Scrooge says to the ghost of Marley:<br /><br />“You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58028902221280281512016-08-19T22:03:23.682-05:002016-08-19T22:03:23.682-05:00Bruce what I love about blogging these Friday puzz...Bruce what I love about blogging these Friday puzzles is getting a sense of what each constructor falls back on to fill a grid. I appreciate you sharing of your personal touches.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91153137765677624012016-08-19T20:21:35.237-05:002016-08-19T20:21:35.237-05:00I'm always so happy when I discover new music,...I'm always so happy when I discover new music, so I'm glad to pass the following along to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312" rel="nofollow"> Bill G.</a> and <a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596" rel="nofollow">Ol' Man Keith</a>.<br /><br />For the Chet Atkins fans among us, I think you' might like female guitarist <a href="https://youtu.be/X7d4oLFOEJg" rel="nofollow">Muriel Anderson</a> (who incidentally was invited to play at the Chet Atkins memorial concert):<br /><br />For those of us who are Segovia fans, here are a few more female guitarists not from the world of shredding rockers. I hope you find something you enjoy.<br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/NOU7yDc9_xA" rel="nofollow">Sharon Isben</a><br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/8GUGP_eeZKE" rel="nofollow">Karin Schaupp</a><br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/inBKFMB-yPg" rel="nofollow">Ana Vidovic</a>Argentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90669962957006908922016-08-19T19:50:54.222-05:002016-08-19T19:50:54.222-05:00Didn't we just mention the house used for the ...Didn't we just mention the house used for the Brady Bunch TV show?<br /><a href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/iconic-brady-bunch-house-in-california-ransacked-by-burglars-police/ar-BBvPikQ?li=BBnb7Kz" rel="nofollow"> Brady Bunch house </a>Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55914855697259963522016-08-19T18:48:10.235-05:002016-08-19T18:48:10.235-05:00OwenKL @ 4:40 pm
NASSA is indeed very real.
Ther...OwenKL @ 4:40 pm<br /><br /><b>NASSA</b> is indeed very real.<br /><br />There are things I might exaggerate about ... but when it comes to the <br /><b>North American Stone Skipping Association</b> ... we're talking <i>Whole Cloth</i>.<br /><br />... I'm still wondering ...<br />It the baby was only 16" ... do you have to put it back in ????<br /><br />Ahh, it is going to be a beautiful Sunset.<br />Time for toasting ... the first one is to Jaelyn!<br />Cheers!Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-20907683075963544282016-08-19T18:36:42.952-05:002016-08-19T18:36:42.952-05:00An an ex classical-style guitar player and music f...An an ex classical-style guitar player and music fogy, I've got to agree with Keith. The female guitar shredders were attractive to look at and were maybe skillful players too but I couldn't tell. They were doing something that doesn't seem like playing music to me. I will agree about their talent when they can make sounds come out of their instruments like Chet Atkins or Andre Segovia could. (Conversely, I'm sure Atkins could mimic their shredding sounds though maybe not Segovia.) :>)Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23129527524078044922016-08-19T17:53:17.678-05:002016-08-19T17:53:17.678-05:00Couldn't finish today. Looked up the lovely M...Couldn't finish today. Looked up the lovely Ms. Clark to finish it off, which got me to fix DASH RADIO. I am surprised that FM was that old. I do remember that the government forced radio manufacturers to include FM on all new radios sometime in the 60s. It was legal to make FM-only radios, but not AM-only. I think they did something similar with UHF TV equipment later, but I don't remember the details.Jinx in Norfolknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69779138626219841182016-08-19T17:17:28.485-05:002016-08-19T17:17:28.485-05:00W-CED-Said! Lock me out of the Interwebs for 4 ho...W-CED-Said! Lock me out of the Interwebs for 4 hours and maybe, just maybe...<br /><br />I ended up w/ 5 lookups and still ATE-it (DNF; I wasn't going for 6!) w/ the LIRR xing TERRI, never getting ERMA, and other blemishes.<br /><br />Thanks Bruce for a puzzle I'm glad I didn't SKIP (learning day!). Thanks LEM for the expo.<br /><br />WOs - I won't get into all of them, but SLEET was right out.<br /><br />Fav: c/a for 56d. Theme was cool too.<br /><br />{A, B-, B-, A}<br /><br />Congrats to the new Nana! [what will be your nick-name Melissa?]<br /><br />PK - Before pelting your son, you forgot to say, "Here, hold my beer." :-)<br /><br />Gotta run, hope to play later.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1355718688057308212016-08-19T16:40:35.675-05:002016-08-19T16:40:35.675-05:00Anon@8:15 -- Had you identified yourself, I would ...Anon@8:15 -- Had you identified yourself, I would be more amiable in this response.<br /><br />EWW & BLEH -- your exposure to literature is obviously snobbish and fragmentary. While hoity-toity highbrow stuff may not include such onomatopoeia, comic books, manga, and comic strips use it all the time, as Batman satirized on TV. <br /><br />Tin: <a href="http://www.yeeha.net/nassa/a1.html" rel="nofollow">NASSA</a> is real?!<br /><br />TEENS: cold in both Celsius and Fahrenheit. Now THIRTIES that would have been unfair! OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44264019991617441332016-08-19T15:31:00.500-05:002016-08-19T15:31:00.500-05:00Whenever a baby is born, they (whoever "they&...Whenever a baby is born, they (whoever "they" are) always tell you the baby's weight and length.<br /><br />Soooooooo ...<br /><br />Yesterday, beautiful <b>Jaelyn</b> arrived.<br />"She was 6 pounds 13 ounces, 20.25 inches long"<br /><br />Is there a "minimum length" they have to be ... to be a "keeper" ???<br /><br />(I know if I catch a Grouper, and it is not 24" ... I have to "throw it back")Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9403122542723038972016-08-19T15:04:42.222-05:002016-08-19T15:04:42.222-05:00@Husker Gary: maybe the Andes Mountains have somet...@Husker Gary: maybe the Andes Mountains have something to do with it... ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81246250639021702892016-08-19T14:51:23.935-05:002016-08-19T14:51:23.935-05:00Music? I think not. I appreciate Lemonade's ...Music? I think not. I appreciate Lemonade's instructive link, helping to educate those of us who weren't familiar with Niki Minaj's output. But I hope I am not too much the ol' geezer in suggesting that not all arrangements of sounds and sexual vulgarisms add up to "music." The selection is funny, clever, professionally edited, and undoubtedly a successful accompaniment to many parties, dances, and teen fantasies. I wish Ms. Minaj well and the full enjoyment of her millions. I would reserve the honorific "music," however, for slightly more complex and aurally adventurous compositions.<br />Just sayin'.<br />The theme came through nicely and certainly helped me finish today. At first scan, this looked nearly impossible, but with a lotta WAGs and one lookup to unlock a sector (for ANDRE) it all came clear. The only fill that stalled me for a bit was 51D "Zero." I couldn't "see" AUGHT for a while, even after AUG__. <br />But then, I did. <br />A hearty welcome to the new grandchild, Jaelyn! - and congrats to Melissa!Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32741129695288886732016-08-19T14:36:59.840-05:002016-08-19T14:36:59.840-05:00I interpreted skipping stones as the letters are s...I interpreted skipping stones as the letters are skipped inbetween the first words as in LIME FIELD BIRTH ETC. Red letter finish again. <br /><br /><br />Sun if finally out but the rain is still here at times. My rain gauge had 4 inches in the last 3 days.<br /><br />Swampcat yes I am fine here but the towns south are still under water. All of southwest Louisiana is under water. !!!<br /><br />Vendredi Enfin !!! Plus Tard from Cajun Country !!!!Boo LuQuette AKA Boudreaux in Eunice, La.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09947640728272208615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65959955330169100792016-08-19T14:26:52.577-05:002016-08-19T14:26:52.577-05:00Good afternoon everyone.
Tough one today but stea...Good afternoon everyone.<br /><br />Tough one today but steady plodding got it done. Only 3 squares of white-out needed. Glad we had ASADO the other day. That helped. The STONES theme helped with the long fill. Thought the SE corner was very cleverly done. Can't help but wonder that judicious test solving helped ratchet up the tightness of the puzzle. Somehow remembered DAI from many years ago.<br />CHILE - L = 12W. Always learn something here. Norway w/ 6 letters wouldn't fit.<br /><br />Congrats to Melissa on grandmotherhood.<br /><br />I see the Bills are renaming their stadium to New Era Field. New Era made tons of ball caps for Navy crews back in the day. Plant located in Derby, WNY, between Eden where we used to live, and L. Erie. More grist for the puzzle makers. Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16852922289120605822016-08-19T14:10:12.137-05:002016-08-19T14:10:12.137-05:00Hmm, Axe Women seem to be a World Wide Phenomenon....Hmm, Axe Women seem to be a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud07rzc4vIA" rel="nofollow">World Wide Phenomenon...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69866483627470408002016-08-19T14:08:16.116-05:002016-08-19T14:08:16.116-05:00Well, a Friday toughie coming at the end of what h...Well, a Friday toughie coming at the end of what has been a tough--but still very enjoyable--week for me. I actually got the reveal and most of the STONES pretty early on. But there were just so many unknowns (MINAJ, TERRI, Johnny Olson, Citroen, among others). On the other hand, TEENS as a winter term ("the temperature tomorrow will be in the TEENS")seemed completely logical to me. In the end I had to cheat only on a few items, and did have fun solving what I could. So, many thanks, Bruce--and especially for stopping in. And Lemonade, thanks for the encyclopedic info on all those stones. <br /><br />Congratulations, Melissa!<br /><br />So sorry to hear about the discomfort and nightmare, Irish Miss. Hope you have sweet dreams tonight, and not scary ones.<br /><br />Desper-otto, I too don't quite get that Chase commercial with the music and the little white pig. The pig is a sweetie, but I can't imagine my Chase bank letting me bring my dachshund in with me, let alone a piggy.<br /><br />Have a great day, everybody!Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74667806063706153992016-08-19T13:42:23.006-05:002016-08-19T13:42:23.006-05:00Australia has Axe Women?Australia has <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKHthNMoMzA" rel="nofollow">Axe Women?</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4613177484929616482016-08-19T13:31:55.912-05:002016-08-19T13:31:55.912-05:00Super crunchy Friday puzzle. I didn't think I&...Super crunchy Friday puzzle. I didn't think I'd finish it - I did - because I had plumbers in yesterday. They started at 3:30 PM and left at midnight. Had my hot water heater - a new one from GE replaced for free because the 6 year old one leaked - installed and also had all the PLASTIC shut off valves replaced with all metal quarter turn valves, 11 of them. Plastic and plumbing don't mix. <br /><br />So I'm tired. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67316250046550599292016-08-19T13:10:56.616-05:002016-08-19T13:10:56.616-05:00Whew, this puzzle made me think! Very enjoyable. I...Whew, this puzzle made me think! Very enjoyable. I surprised myself for knowing MINAJ but was not surprised to know ERNST and CHILE. We have several earthquake monitors in Chile, and our dentist is from there. <br /><br />The 14 by 16 grid size has revealed a flaw in the new LA Times on-line format. The format FRAME is exactly 15 by 15; for this grid either the top or bottom row could not be seen, i.e you could not see both the top and bottom rows at once. It required moving, or scrolling, the puzzle up and down within the "window" in order to solve it. This is another reason I have found this "upgrade," like so many in the software world, not to be an improvement.<br /><br />I don't think briefly explaining what OBEAH is would be a violation of this blog's No Religion clause, no more than stating, for example, that Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president would violate the No Politics clause. <br /><br />Big squishy congratulations to you and your progeny, Melissa, and best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70633886587787074102016-08-19T12:19:12.096-05:002016-08-19T12:19:12.096-05:00It took me a bit to figure out what LIME and BIRTH...It took me a bit to figure out what LIME and BIRTH could have in common! But circle clues are rarely helpful to me anyway. Thank you to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/06931187212869563195" rel="nofollow">Bruce</a> for the unusual puzzle and to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868" rel="nofollow">Lemonade714</a> for the informative walkthrough. The sidebars regarding car radios and André Citroën were very interesting! I'm not so sure I should thank him for the earworm, though ... Favorite clue: Sound Often Not Heard = PEEP.<br /><br />I know I shouldn't feed the troll, but here's hoping that Anon at 8:15's mood improves. If I'd never heard of Terri Clark or Johnny Olson, I'd look them up rather than complain others are better informed than I. Yes, humans do invent the spelling of onomatopoeic words - how else would they get written down? My other half is in the music industry, and the only musicians who play an "axe" are guitarists and sometimes saxophonists. I was more peeved about the MEN-only part of that clue :)Argentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33746261482451611612016-08-19T11:57:48.245-05:002016-08-19T11:57:48.245-05:00DNF,
I would have had to be locked up on a 4 hour...DNF,<br /><br />I would have had to be locked up on a 4 hour plane flight to finish this one<br />without peeking at the answers. Which is a shame, because it would have been fun<br />to pick out all those stones if I had an inkling as to what was going on...<br /><br />Intrigued by how the chevron gears work, I went looking for a video,<br />but got sidetracked <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7hchQib07I" rel="nofollow">by this paradox...</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGAnmRb66s0" rel="nofollow">Here is the paradoxical gear explanation?</a><br /><br /><a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/48/79/f2/4879f2826cf2a19991ff457e5afa94fc.jpg" rel="nofollow">Congrats Melissa!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.snafudesigns.com/newbaby/nb013l.gif" rel="nofollow">Hmm,is this good enough reason to go looking for a cake?</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.com