tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post3008343888475433368..comments2024-03-28T13:21:09.326-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Lee TaylorZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59016219388718472992019-04-17T00:23:52.996-05:002019-04-17T00:23:52.996-05:00Sandyanon:
I know what you mean about watching the...Sandyanon:<br />I know what you mean about watching the other two contestants on Jeopardy! stand by but I'm also intrigued by the freight-train like speed of James and his broad knowledge of almost everything! I want to know each day how much of a fortune he'll amass!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83556509515782850202019-04-16T23:51:59.310-05:002019-04-16T23:51:59.310-05:00AnonT, shades of the Seinfeld finale, eh? The goo...AnonT, shades of the Seinfeld finale, eh? The good samaritan law. I watched that entire episode so I could hear that bass line twice. ThanksAlex Trebek's mustachenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62792343195946874452019-04-16T23:23:25.613-05:002019-04-16T23:23:25.613-05:00I do not understand how pedantic formed itself in ...I do not understand how pedantic formed itself in autocorrect but there it is. I cant even remember what I tried to type.Alex Trebek's mustachenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65756251597884445632019-04-16T23:13:30.710-05:002019-04-16T23:13:30.710-05:00C, Eh - funny... - Stocking Cap? - It's implie...C, Eh - funny... - Stocking Cap? - It's implied in <b><a href="https://www.nightbeforechristmas.biz/poem.htm" rel="nofollow">Night b/f Christmas</a></b>?<br /><br />Ok, we talked about Barney Miller a week or so(?). One I haven't seen b/f<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKSGaCTwJwc" rel="nofollow"> Non-Involvement</a></b>. Classic.<br /><br />I still love that bass-line in the intro...<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58372323091651702472019-04-16T22:41:25.301-05:002019-04-16T22:41:25.301-05:00I usually just watch for the questions and aren...I usually just watch for the questions and aren't too concerned with each contestant. When a winner strings together a few wins, I take notice. I usually still don't a lot of attention to him or her. I must admit, however, that when a particular contestant annoys me for any reason, I begin to lose focus and become distracted by them. <br /><br />The worst for me, is an inflection or voice-sound annoyance. I know it seems pedantic but I admit, somewhat embarrassingly, <br />I cant help myself. Alex Trebek's mustachenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32066544508767027152019-04-16T22:31:47.000-05:002019-04-16T22:31:47.000-05:00PK@4:15 - Stocking caps is a new term for me😊
An...PK@4:15 - Stocking caps is a new term for me😊<br />AnonT - I'm not touching that comment with a ten foot pole😀<br />D4 - yes I try to read the FLN before opening the expo.<br /><br />Sandyanon - yes the poor other contestants don't have a chance. I am amazed at his wide- ranging knowledge and the audacity of his wagers. But then he is a professional gambler! I stay tuned to see how much he will win.<br />CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21450526690114911232019-04-16T21:31:49.134-05:002019-04-16T21:31:49.134-05:00Okay, for what it's worth, I'm a big Jeopa...Okay, for what it's worth, I'm a big Jeopardy fan, but it's just not as much fun these days, watching while two of the contestants mostly just stand silently by. Sandyanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156440590675492735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19898343075896578762019-04-16T21:02:12.003-05:002019-04-16T21:02:12.003-05:00Anonymous T at 8:01 PM wrote "D4 - I always ...<b>Anonymous T</b> at 8:01 PM wrote "D4 - I always read FLN before opening the expo."<br /><br />Anon T and I each follow this practice. Do you?<br /><br />ÐaveD4E4Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10722279710961820843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11492723334621495472019-04-16T20:01:35.577-05:002019-04-16T20:01:35.577-05:00Hi All!
Thank you Lee for a fine Tuesday puzzle t...Hi All!<br /><br />Thank you Lee for a fine Tuesday puzzle that even this bird-brain could suss.<br /><br />Fun expo TTP - Enjoyed the Jackson Browne and BEANIE babies. Also, I didn't notice the themers in the downs - thanks.<br /><br />WOs: Hand up w/ CUrSED, Misspelt BEENEE<br />ESPs: FENNEC, SAXE, HARLAN & HAWSER - H was a WAG; HART, HESSE, EZRA (as clued)<br /><b>Fav</b>: Learning DUCK SOUP means Easy. I just thought it was a silly name for a Marx Bros movie.<br /><br />{B+, A, B, B+}<br /><br />Jinx - Me too at 37a. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UWRypqz5-o" rel="nofollow">Steppenwolf</a></b> [3:11]<br /><br />D4 - I always read FLN before opening the expo.<br /><br />OMK - I do not think I will be stumped by SAXE again. Thank you for that story. Good news on the Yorkie [Pop's DW's pet of choice].<br /><br />C, Eh! - LOL @25a. I've been neuter'd but hardly DeSex'd :-)<br /><br />Cheers, -T Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51845845323698000322019-04-16T19:45:17.083-05:002019-04-16T19:45:17.083-05:00Fun puzzle, but comments were even better!Fun puzzle, but comments were even better!jfromvthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16864768391894999950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40577838595475326852019-04-16T17:02:46.355-05:002019-04-16T17:02:46.355-05:00It's heartening to see French billionaires and...It's heartening to see French billionaires and millionaires step up to help with the reconstruction of Notre Dame.<br /><br />Looking through one of my albums I found one of myself standing in front of the Cathedral. Now I'll cherish it even more. It is dated 6/8/99. Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39593431134282716852019-04-16T16:48:24.662-05:002019-04-16T16:48:24.662-05:00PK, sweetie, there are so many problems with the &...PK, sweetie, there are so many problems with the "facts" in your 423p post that I dont know which one to address first. So I'm just going to let the entire post stand. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, now matter how....oh nevermind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16902758158214700302019-04-16T16:23:42.059-05:002019-04-16T16:23:42.059-05:00WC: The media hype for Tiger needs to be regulated...WC: The media hype for Tiger needs to be regulated. There are some really good players out there that deserve more mention than they get. I didn't like him years ago before his world collapsed and I like him less now. I just don't like spoiled rotten personality types. I like womanizers even less. One analyst said "Tiger's win will revitalize golf." Gee, I thought it was pretty vital during the time he was gone. There was more suspense when you couldn't predict who was going to win. Passing the honors around a bit seems more fun and watchable to me.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65090188292688704582019-04-16T16:15:55.667-05:002019-04-16T16:15:55.667-05:00CanadianEh: I've never heard those hats like t...CanadianEh: I've never heard those hats like the baby is wearing anything but "stocking caps". One of my friends is an excellent knitter. Every year she knits a bunch of those stocking caps and hangs them on a special hall tree at Christmas when they have a family reunion. Each of her many relatives get to pick a colorful cap or a knitted band to take home with them. Very popular.<br /><br />Lucina: glad to have helped your insomnia. I usually need a midnight snack to sleep by 2 a.m. Amazing that body chemistry can mess up your life. I've had trouble with low blood sugar since 1975, but am seeing some changes. Need to get a new glucometer and chart for awhile. PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30911897487060490032019-04-16T15:26:56.167-05:002019-04-16T15:26:56.167-05:00A wiki of HARLAN Ellison brought me to the saga of...A wiki of HARLAN Ellison brought me to the saga of the making of"The City on the Edge of Forever". Ironically, it's one of the few 'Treks I've watched .<br /><br />WCWilbur Charlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60364333147330657452019-04-16T15:12:36.817-05:002019-04-16T15:12:36.817-05:00To avoid cleaning my basement, I looked up some of...To avoid cleaning my basement, I looked up some of the questions above. (Repast has been dealt with! We do not have to save it for after the VIGILs!)<br /><br />d'o @8:54<br />You stopped reading Wiki too soon. "The word (bobo) has also been applied to the sea bird genus Sula, with their common name being boobies. These birds, adapted for sea flight and swimming, have large flat feet and wide wingspans, making it difficult for them to run or take flight quickly. As a result, they are considered clumsy and easy to catch when onshore"<br /><br />d'0 @6:55<br /> Grammarist defines "Inure means to habituate or cause someone or something to become accustomed to or less sensitive to an unpleasant condition through practice or repeated exposure." and "Enure is (1) a legal term meaning to happen, to be applied, to come into effect, to serve as a benefit to a person (2) an older variant of inure." <br />Daily writing Tips says to reserve Enure for the legal term. Obviously, Rich did not agree.<br /><br />I balked at NERO playing a lyre. The idiom has him "fiddling" which makes me think of a violin (fiddle). But apparently, there was no such thing as a violin in 1st century Rome. Some think it would have been a lyre or a cithara (a harp-like heavy wooden instrument with four to seven strings). But it may only be a story; some versions have him singing.<br /><br />Now I note after my previous post that we had AVID today. Synonym for EAGER IMO.<br /><br />Yes Lemonade, I was looking for a pangram also. I believe you are correct that only the Q is missing.<br /><br />Glad your surgery went well YR and that you can type.<br />CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45809552019255055042019-04-16T14:47:42.950-05:002019-04-16T14:47:42.950-05:00Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Lee and TTP...Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Lee and TTP.<br />At first I thought the theme was going to contain body parts when I saw FEET and EYE. Then I saw the birds (although I missed the Easter EGGs of DOVE and TERN. LOL, Sidney @7:10 re those PENS.<br /><br />Unknowns filled by perps included BROWNE, HARLAN, HESSE, EZRA. I don't remember seeing FENNECs on my African safari (probably because it was not desert area).<br />Learning moment about Rodgers and HART. There was no way that Hammerstein was going to fit! HART died in 1943 and Rodgers began to collaborate with Hammerstein.<br /><br />I fumbled around until the correct spelling for PAEANS appeared. Did those Peons sing PAEANS. I tried to fit Psalter before the HYMNAL opened. Hand up for thinking of Paris with APSE. Another hand up for thinking of Aria (and wondering if the plural is ARII since I had LINGERS) before SOLI.<br /><br />EAGER seemed a little Emotive for "ready for action". You can be ready but not EAGER IMHO.<br />I felt the collective wince of all our male readers at 25A!<br /><br />None of the hats that baby is wearing look like what this Canadian would call a BEANIE. Those are what I would call a toque! Beanies don't have pom-poms! I'm with YR. Even if you Google "small skull cap" definition, the resulting photos look more like Beanies to me (nary a pom-pom). Regional differences I guess.<br /><br />Enjoy the day.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21757571204127651832019-04-16T14:42:27.566-05:002019-04-16T14:42:27.566-05:00SAXE was a gimme for anyone with a theater backgro...SAXE was a gimme for anyone with a theater background. Not everyone knows that the famed Old Vic Theater in London was originally named the Royal Coburg, in honor of Victoria's intermarriage with the SAXE-Coburg dynasty.<br /><br />Until Germany was first unified in 1871, under the "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck, she consisted of many small principalities and duchies, of which Saxe-Coburg was one. (Incidentally, parts of Saxe-Coburg were re-aligned into Saxe-Meiningen under the latter's Duke Bernhard II. This is important to theater history because it was his son, Georg II, who was known as the "Theater Duke"--because he created a famous touring theater company, the Meininger, that was an early pioneer of realism and ensemble performance.)<br />OK, end of lecture...<br /><br />A fun pzl today, full of animal IDIOMs. A nice distraction while I waited for my wife to return from the vet with our little Yorkie. He's been exhibiting bouts of shivering lately, and we're worried it might be a neurological problem. He's had spinal surgery before, so we're alert to such signs. <br /><br />She just came back! The verdict? <br />Tests show this may be just a temporary muscle problem. He's already getting better. Just keep an eye on him, and don't worry. <br /><i>Who's a good boy...?!</i><br />~ <b>OMK<br />____________<br />DR: </b> Three diagonals, on the mirror side.<br />Today’s anagram (on the center mirror line) tells us what happens when several newspaper editors, hearing of important news breaking in a distant town, each hire a different local freelancer to report the story--to the point at which not a single local writer remains unemployed. <br />This is known in journalistic circles as a …<br />“<b>STRINGER SWEEP</b>”!Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52305595498238682952019-04-16T14:34:47.554-05:002019-04-16T14:34:47.554-05:00Irish Miss at 9:21 AM, wrote "Dave @ 5:26 (In...<b>Irish Miss</b> at 9:21 AM, wrote "Dave @ 5:26 (Insomnia or early riser?)" <br /><br />I had never heard the first hymn, "Via Dolorosa," (painful way) until last Sunday when it was played as special music. Parisians will travel a painful way for many years.<br /><br />To answer your question, yes to all the above. I have not slept well all my adult life. I tool around here in a wheel chair. Between meals, and in the night, I sleep in it. <br /><br />The daily CW is available at midnight so I work it and have a snack. A show, "Jessie," comes on the Disney channel starting at 2 AM, with more at 2:30, and 3.<br /> <br />It is now 3:30, and by the time I get in bed it is 4. My aide wakes me at 4:50 to help me dress for success. <br /><br />This is my routine, and why I can post at 5:26. I also read the comments until the last one for the day. Yesterday, 4-15, was closed by <b>OwenKL</b> at 3:20 AM this morning. How many of you have read this pearl of wisdom?<br /><br />We can see "Moonstruck" on Youtube for the low low price of $2.99.<br /><br />ÐaveD4E4Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10722279710961820843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39370764186271396812019-04-16T14:15:28.236-05:002019-04-16T14:15:28.236-05:00PK, FLN re. Tiger and his turtle. I noticed that t...PK, FLN re. Tiger and his turtle. I noticed that too. You are aware that Tiger is bigger than CBS and the PGA. Which is the point I guess. <br />So big that CBS ignored Tony Finau, leading and going for a record tying 63*<br />I gave up chess when I realized that it didn't mix with beer. Bridge, yes.<br /><br />Isn't SAXE Coburg where King George I came from? Oops, no. Albert married into it (Victoria ) .<br /><br /> L., I thought that l'ick just ducky too<br /><br />Time to post, more later<br /><br />WC<br /><br />* ok. I had $$ if Tony got his 63Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11418470116503932052019-04-16T14:14:09.677-05:002019-04-16T14:14:09.677-05:00Another day, another puzzle with unexpected crunch...<br />Another day, another puzzle with unexpected crunch, at least for a Tuesday. <br /><br />FENNEC was new to me, what a neat looking little fox.<br /><br />My hand's up....<br /><br />Markovers....CURSED/CUSSED......I was so sure, haha.<br /><br />Have a great day. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26937651865794139932019-04-16T14:11:27.207-05:002019-04-16T14:11:27.207-05:00Lemonade@1:43, you are correct. It is found in rea...Lemonade@1:43, you are correct. It is found in reading. It is not used here in speaking. I like your gentle style.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2206278924795135072019-04-16T14:02:33.855-05:002019-04-16T14:02:33.855-05:00Sandyanon, you're right. Thank you.Sandyanon, you're right. Thank you.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53522033035879475702019-04-16T13:43:13.102-05:002019-04-16T13:43:13.102-05:00D-O, I see why you d not perceive many themes; onl...D-O, I see why you d not perceive many themes; only the <b>BOOBY </b> was part of the theme, the <b>TRAP</b> is the part of the phrase used to disguise the theme. <b> SWAN SONG </b> has nothing to do with <b>SWANS</b> etc.<br /><br />Meanwhile, "whether it's a sumptuous feast you're sitting down to or just a simple bite to eat, repast is just another word for 'meal.'" It is a word I have used often, it appears often and it has nothing to do with funerals in my lifetime or my reading. It is in the title of countless books. Life is where you live it.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61030779071455123162019-04-16T13:38:49.265-05:002019-04-16T13:38:49.265-05:00Anon @ 1311 - - From Merriam: dive verb
\ ˈdīv ...Anon @ 1311 - - From Merriam: dive verb<br />\ ˈdīv \<br />dived\ ˈdīvd \ or dove\ ˈdōv \; dived also dove; diving<br /><br />LIU before trying to correct the editor. I think he knows grammar.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.com