tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post3563327289734570513..comments2024-03-29T03:51:31.793-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday, October 22, 2020, Ed SessaZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43377417924306955552020-10-22T23:50:19.414-05:002020-10-22T23:50:19.414-05:00C.Moe - don't care what you call it - it was f...C.Moe - don't care what you call it - it was fun!<br />Speaking of 'magic,' did y'all see <b><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/10/22/926717787/amazing-escape-artist-magician-and-skeptic-james-randi-dead-at-92" rel="nofollow">James Randi passed?</a></b> I saw Penn Jillette's sweet Tweet yesterday.<br /><br />Just hung up with (Army) Bro. Poor guy is on mandatory quarantine (he went to sickbay Friday & thems the Army's rules) and is bored out of his gourd. <br />Today he seasoned a cast-iron skillet (a 5 hour undertaking) an ex-girlfriend gave him a few years ago and made pork chops. Wouldn't shut up about the skillet, he wouldn't. :-)<br /><br />Then we moved on to tonight's debate (he didn't watch) & politics. I know how he's voting (or not?!?) and he knows how I am. But we talked (animated (of course - we're Italian(ish))) but we did it with love & respect.<br /><br />That is all.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54078139649910055612020-10-22T21:19:53.344-05:002020-10-22T21:19:53.344-05:00When I lived in Cohoes, I discovered that the form...When I lived in Cohoes, I discovered that the former millworker housing were ROWHOUSEs; when you went out to the suburbs, there were townhouses.<br /><br />>>RoyThe Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00671636316561947612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83669627250628787052020-10-22T19:46:08.988-05:002020-10-22T19:46:08.988-05:00From yesterday: Meant to chime in but got busy. ...From yesterday: Meant to chime in but got busy. FIR, but never went back to check out the theme - "safety" first. Thought of D-Otto at PIN SETTER (remembered it was your first job, but forgot your measly wages - you was robbed!) Today, got the theme and FIR. Terrific write-up, Mal-Man!TXMsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59342090786277278902020-10-22T19:07:06.715-05:002020-10-22T19:07:06.715-05:00Leo111
Welcome to the Stieg Larsson fan club! It&#...Leo111<br />Welcome to the Stieg Larsson fan club! It's such a shame that he died after writing that trilogy. We can only imagine what other creative works could have been.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5622271841986200032020-10-22T17:19:07.203-05:002020-10-22T17:19:07.203-05:00FIW. Missed LORIE/ROWHOUSE. Concentrated too har...FIW. Missed LORIE/ROWHOUSE. Concentrated too hard on trying to figure out the river, and I missed the obvious. Happens all the time!<br /><br />Missed all the JUMPINGJACKS also. Loved the puzzle, though. I’m NOT unhappy when I do as well on an Ed Sessa puzzle as I did today.<br /><br />Other than LORIE, YVES was my only unknown, and the perps got that one.<br /><br />As Husker Gary mentioned Rooney Mara is the grand-progeny on two NFL icons. As I think I have mentioned before, I thought Daniel Craig and she were spectacular as Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." It’s one of those movies I watch over and over again.<br /><br />For what it’s worth, she did receive critical acclaim for her work in the picture, receiving both Golden Globe and Academy Award best actress nominations. I wish the two of them (and director David Fincher) had been able to make movies of the other two original Stieg Larsson "Millennium Series" books. I'm sure I would have enjoyed them as much. (Oh, I have also read the original trilogy books three times each, and I NEVER reread a book!)LEO IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109264341518680358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74082337237252152042020-10-22T16:05:15.040-05:002020-10-22T16:05:15.040-05:00Puzzling thoughts:
I was also stumped by the “rev...Puzzling thoughts:<br /><br />I was also stumped by the “reveal”, as there were no starred (*) clues to help, nor circle. Thankfully the MalODORous Manatee ‘splained all that in his recap; regardless of his overt plagiarism at the END of END. Hey, Bud: don’t look in the “rear” view mirror! Get yer own calling card!! 😂😂 Liked your use of the red letters within the grid to highlight where the JACKS JUMPED.<br /><br />HU for PREENED/PRIMPED; AGAPE/AGASP. <br /><br />PERPs @ CASPAR/ATOP/PRIMPED and YVES/MALAYAN. But they all seemed to fit.<br /><br />Ok, not a haiku; not a limerick; not even a Moe-ku; but similar:<br /><br />Magician had a card trick<br />He used at the gym.<br />4 knaves flew out of the deck;<br />Calls this: JUMPING JACKSChairman Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830681893074853511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43217763136704888722020-10-22T15:59:29.853-05:002020-10-22T15:59:29.853-05:00Since I haven't heard from either my sister or...Since I haven't heard from either my sister or my niece I am holding onto the hope that the tamale making will be a go. We shall see. But the clock is ticking . . . . <br /><br />My grandson loves LEGOS. Any project I buy him will be accepted with gratitude.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50562209231129363782020-10-22T15:58:41.137-05:002020-10-22T15:58:41.137-05:00XL-ent pzl from Mr. Sessa ~ Meaning both chewy and...XL-ent pzl from Mr. <b>Sessa</b> ~ Meaning both chewy and do-able in my book.<br />Neat job, <b>MM</b>!<br /><br />I did get hung up in the mid-eastern sector in the ROW HOUSE/ ROOT nexus. <br />I grew up in such a house in San Francisco, but don't remember calling them anything but houses and flats.<br />~ <b>OMK<br />____________<br />DR:</b> NO diagonals today. <br />Just as well because--<br />when I started to check I discovered 4 "A"s in a row on the near end and 3 "E"s followed by an "O" and an "A" on the far side. <br />They would have been over-vowelled if the diags had gone through.Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49334432647953538552020-10-22T15:41:15.487-05:002020-10-22T15:41:15.487-05:00As a Brit rowhouse was confusing, we call them ter...As a Brit rowhouse was confusing, we call them terraced houses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6653778103129303232020-10-22T15:09:50.631-05:002020-10-22T15:09:50.631-05:00
I was working on this thing and wondered why it w...<br />I was working on this thing and wondered why it was so misleading....ahh...Mr. Sessa.<br /><br />Another gem.<br /><br />AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8694453125143983502020-10-22T15:03:35.301-05:002020-10-22T15:03:35.301-05:00I enjoyed this puzzle. Didn't see the jacks un...I enjoyed this puzzle. Didn't see the jacks until reading MM's terrific review. An hour well spent.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17966881752637038472020-10-22T14:43:46.050-05:002020-10-22T14:43:46.050-05:00Almost gave up but managed to finish with lots of ...Almost gave up but managed to finish with lots of write-overs: NUTTY:DOTTY; AGAPE:AGASP; GOING:GOOUT; PREENED:PRIMPED; DUOS:TWOS. Oy!! But, good mental exercise, thanx, Ed!! And as usual a terrific write-up, thanx, MM!! As usual, didn’t figure out the reveal. It took MM to ‘splain it to dopey me. Oh well.unclefredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184507029837978331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82139953952215586952020-10-22T14:37:26.949-05:002020-10-22T14:37:26.949-05:00If I could be there with you, Ray, I would ask for...If I could be there with you, Ray, I would ask for both your & DW's forgiveness and buy you both a drink in atonement.Malodorous Manateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03190184054027642643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59128773361204590782020-10-22T14:26:46.312-05:002020-10-22T14:26:46.312-05:00Hi All!
Nope. I wouldn't let go of LO-CAL. ...Hi All!<br /><br />Nope. I wouldn't let go of LO-CAL. DNF. :-(<br />//FIW too - iVES.<br /><br />Thanks Ed for the puzzle. MM - for realz? That's a lot of expo time! THX.<br /><br />WOs: CRaPE, misread Paddled as peddled == cycled, SEe b/f SEW, duOS, eNTER, ORs b/f ICU.<br />ESPs: Nope -- DNF'd it.<br /><b>Fav</b>: LEROY evoked <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwPRm5UMe1A" rel="nofollow">CROCE</a></b>.<br />Runner-up: NOLA (sorry Swamp!). I love the Quarter.<br />ONE CENT was cute.<br /><br />IM - I too was thinking of Lucina's tamale party - sadness. <br />Lucina: while they are delicious, no point in anyone getting ILL over them.<br /><br />Hi Tom @11:10a. Welcome to The Corner.<br /><br />C, Eh! - no kidding, eh? :-)<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74171764528188364922020-10-22T13:26:54.021-05:002020-10-22T13:26:54.021-05:00Ray’o@11:15- “Note how the Brits like to finish a ...Ray’o@11:15- “Note how the Brits like to finish a statement with a rhetorical question. "That's a nice house, isn't it.".."Wonderful family, aren't they"..."That was a nice car, wasnt it" — perhaps that is the forerunner of our Canadian “eh”!😁😁CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35618719182374855392020-10-22T13:19:44.327-05:002020-10-22T13:19:44.327-05:00As I text this I'm sitting in my office on Gen...As I text this I'm sitting in my office on Genesee St. The main UTICA thoroughfare of my parents, DW's and my home town . Undergone quite a renaissance and some incredible changes in the last few decades. Unfortunately the narrative opted only to accent just a bygone era that had certainly no monopoly on political corruption even then. Snow in winter but no fires, floods, or home wrecking hurricanes... great people, great food, great culture. Wouldn't care to live anywhere else.<br /><br /><br />Ray - O - Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864005198472595370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46410705140391606092020-10-22T12:47:09.672-05:002020-10-22T12:47:09.672-05:00Many thanks for a fun puzzle, Ed. And, great pictu...Many thanks for a fun puzzle, Ed. And, great pictures, MM, thank you for those too.<br /><br />I got most of the top, a bit of the middle, and a small chunk in the southeast before needing a bit of help. Lots of clever clues and answers. I liked GO OUT with, for 'date.' TO AND FRO was neat for the pendulum motion. Loved having LEGOS be the answer to blocks that lock. Very enjoyable, over and over again.<br /><br />Have a good day, everybody. Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52597217590268640432020-10-22T11:58:41.332-05:002020-10-22T11:58:41.332-05:00Hola!
Yes, this was great fun from Ed Sessa! And ...Hola!<br /><br />Yes, this was great fun from Ed Sessa! And even more fun from MalMan! Thank you both.<br />However, I did not look for the JUMPING JACKS.<br /><br />Nice CSO to the NOLA contingent.<br /><br />I had only one w/o at AGAPE to A GASP which I like as two words.<br /><br />Minor CHORD almost beat me as I was thinking of an underage person. Aha, musical CHORD.<br /><br />Return of the JEDI is the only Star Wars movie I've seen in the theater. It was such a novelty at the time that the line to enter wrapped around the block; the theater was a stand alone building before multi-plex days.<br /><br />Yesterday I organized my books by alphabetical order, not by TITLE but by author. Though it was a tedious job I like the sense of order and the shelves had to be dusted anyway.<br /><br />Irish Miss:<br />I hope we make tamales but I haven't heard anything yet. My sister and her daughter are vulnerable to illness so it's understandable that they are hesitating. It would be the first time in our entire lifetimes that we wouldn't have them for Christmas.<br /><br />Again, thank you, Ed Sessa and MM!<br /><br />Tata for now, everyone!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4632024340994805562020-10-22T11:47:46.597-05:002020-10-22T11:47:46.597-05:00A big "Thank you" to all for your kind c...A big "Thank you" to all for your kind comments. I am planning to take next week off. My excuse is prepping for and undergoing a routine colonoscopy. Writing the recaps is much more fun than that. Most things are.<br /><br />WC - I know that Lon Chaney played Count Alucard in Son Of Dracula. Alucard is, of course Dracula spelled backwards. He may have played that role in other films, also.<br /><br />Lemonade, let's all meet at the floating market! Here it's Pandemic 1, Scotland 0<br /><br />Husker, that's quite good MM company to be (almost) keeping with Manuel Geronimo Mota, et al.<br /><br />Naomi, I confess that the TITLEs joke is not an original on my part.Malodorous Manateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03190184054027642643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65380018713414715152020-10-22T11:34:13.288-05:002020-10-22T11:34:13.288-05:00I really enjoy today's puzzle but will admit I...I really enjoy today's puzzle but will admit I had to have the theme explained to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14130711673577686952020-10-22T11:15:59.273-05:002020-10-22T11:15:59.273-05:00FIR but, a few mistakes, inkovers; Dial/AMFM (sho...FIR but, a few mistakes, inkovers; Dial/AMFM (shoukda knowed you can't <i>toggle</i> a dial), Afro/GALA, <br />CASPe/AR, <i>the friendly Magus.</i><br /><br /> Thought "blocks that lock" referred to something "obstructing a canal "..so the perpwalked answer made no sense at first. My 10 y o grandson is a LEGOS addict.<br /><br />The theme flew over my head like an SST.<br /><br />Based on Cornerite comments and recommendations I watched the first 3 episodes of "Flesh & Blood" last night.<br />Interesting premise, <i>who done it and who got done</i>. Note how the Brits like to finish a statement with a rhetorical question. "That's a nice house, isn't it.".."Wonderful family, aren't they"..."That was a nice car, wasnt it" <br /><br />If I try harder IOTA do better next time.....<br /><br /><i>Lowly laborers have no time to ____ the web</i>.....SERF<br /><i>Baby doctors</i>.....OBESE<br /><i>Nawlins: NOLA. Northern California:</i> ____ NOCAL.<br /><i>Granny: " ____ finally cleaned out the <i>ce-ment</i> pond!"</i>... JEDI<br /><i> Clumsy French snoop ... ____ dropper </i> YVES.Ray - O - Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864005198472595370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4966660325379748202020-10-22T11:14:55.709-05:002020-10-22T11:14:55.709-05:00Really fun puzzle today, Ed. I saw FROST but thou...Really fun puzzle today, Ed. I saw FROST but thought it was a fluke, as I didn't think of Jack Frost, and missed the others. MalMan set me straight.<br /><br />Wish I had the opportunity to repeat MM's line: "I went to a book store for their sale which was "One Third Off On All TITLEs". I picked up a nice copy of The Lion, The Witch."<br /><br />Thanks, everyone!NaomiZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024038841021678864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63497408468920241702020-10-22T11:10:19.243-05:002020-10-22T11:10:19.243-05:00Very impressed with your writeup, MM. I virtually...Very impressed with your writeup, MM. I virtually never Google for crossword help, but I got impatient whilst searching for the JJs.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />-tTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10748493663189433507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39581968038623816862020-10-22T11:00:17.158-05:002020-10-22T11:00:17.158-05:00What fun! And I FIR to boot. Writeovers were tenet...What fun! And I FIR to boot. Writeovers were tenet/CAUSE, TabLE/TITLE, and duOS/TWOS. The theme was found after the reveal, though like Spitzboov and Inane Hiker, figuring which rows had JACKS took me some time. Many thanks to Ed today. And MalMan, you get even better every week! What fun!<br /><br />Looking forward to tomorrow. Best wishes to all.ATLGrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803167697891397373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68902058867828256132020-10-22T10:57:31.429-05:002020-10-22T10:57:31.429-05:00Terrific Thursday. Thanks for the fun, Ed and MM....Terrific Thursday. Thanks for the fun, Ed and MM.<br />This was a bit (IOTA) of a workout for me, but I got the JUMPING JACKS (eventually after looking for scrambled JACKS in 17A & 62A -hello inanehiker!)<br /><br />Let me count the inkblots.<br />Agape changed to AGASP; yes, a valid although archaic word, and another of our hated A-words. Today we also had ATOP and AFIRE. I was thinking of Ajar for 26A but it was UNCAP.<br />Hand up for Preened before PRIMPED.<br />Again like inanehiker, I wanted an S in MALAYAN.<br />9D was inked in lightly as DOpeY, DOseY, before PERP gave DOTTY.<br />And now I see that I actually FIWed; I did not correct eNTER to INTER. Proofread, eh!<br /><br />I smiled as ONE CENT filled in, and when RSVPD was the correct consonant run.<br />I am more used to TownHOUSE but it did not fit; ROWHOUSE did.<br />TO AND FRO also fit better than my first thought, Back and Forth.<br />I was thinking of Balzar before CASPAR. I LIUed and names given by tradition to the three magi are CASPAR, Melchior and Balthazar. (Remember them for another CW!) The assumption that there were three is made because of the three gifts.<br />A minor CHORD reminded me of Leonard Cohen's Broken CHORD.<br /><br />I noted REND crossing END, and SOLO crossing TWOS (I wanted Duos first).<br />ODOR (yes, a nose-wrinkle for that spelling) crossing RATHOLE was appropriate also.<br /><br />I don't usually think of CANOE as a verb and equating Paddled with CANOED brought a nose-wrinkle. But Merriam-Webster says that a canoe "is usually propelled by paddling", and verb means "to travel by . . . or in a canoe". I will cancel my nit.<br /><br />Yes, d'o RERACK also reminded me of Boomer and bowling, but I think Reset would be better for bowling.<br />I saw the CSO to Big Easy and our Louisiana gang.<br />I distinctly remember Lesley GORE and "It's My Party". Does that make me old?<br /><br />Wishing you all a great day.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.com