tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post3692847888906844442..comments2024-03-28T22:14:27.877-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Saturday, July 27, 2019, Craig StoweZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-24958891271474489802019-07-28T11:40:55.285-05:002019-07-28T11:40:55.285-05:00That's RAYS as in Tampa Bay RaysThat's RAYS as in Tampa Bay RaysWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68844048035961986132019-07-28T11:39:17.574-05:002019-07-28T11:39:17.574-05:00WENs and AWNs for the xword aficionado. We have t... WENs and AWNs for the xword aficionado. We have two LOWEs on the Rats. One "owe" the other "ow".<br /><br />** I was getting OONA mixed up with Esme by Salinger and OMOO by Melville.<br /><br />Ok, if OCS is an "academy" name the Heisman trophy winners and academies they played for. I'll help you:<br />Army<br />DOC BLANCHARD 1945,<br />GLENN DAVIS 1946,<br />PETE DAWKINS 1958.<br />Navy<br />Joe Bellino 1960<br />Roger Staubach. 1963<br />Air Force. None<br />And one more ????<br /><br />Hint. This is a little like my "Philadelphia player who one a batting championship despite taking 37 "days off". "<br /><br />Oops, this never got posted<br /><br />I'll leave it at Saturday for anyone interested in stuff like this<br /><br />WC<br /><br />Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47799791869875032112019-07-27T23:01:01.577-05:002019-07-27T23:01:01.577-05:00Bill G:
That's beautiful! I, too, find that pe...Bill G:<br />That's beautiful! I, too, find that people are more often kind and helpful than otherwise. In my opinion, more kindness than evil exists in the world.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68485824508979168762019-07-27T21:18:56.628-05:002019-07-27T21:18:56.628-05:00Hi everybody. Saturdays are almost always hard for...Hi everybody. Saturdays are almost always hard for me; so, WEES. <br /><br />Spitz said, "Kibitz in German applies to those watching a card game." I spent a lot of free time at Cornell playing bridge, not very well but avidly. That was where I most often heard the word. It usually implied not just watching but commenting and/or criticizing. <br /><br />I ran my typical errand today doing the shopping at the local supermarket. I usually use their typical shopping carts, both for lugging the goods around the store and also for leaning on to take the strain off of my sore back. Today, instead of the shopping cart, I used one of the electric scooters they so helpfully provide. It works really well except for having to got out to reach stuff on the top shelves. I was amazed and warmly delighted at the number of people who volunteered to be helpful, asking if they could reach something for me. I was not expecting that level of thoughtfulness. It added a little unexpected warm glow to the errand.Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3160622681323084932019-07-27T18:42:42.239-05:002019-07-27T18:42:42.239-05:00My mom used to say, "No kibitzing," when...My mom used to say, "No kibitzing," when an onlooker butted into a card game. Now I sometimes hear it about any unwanted advice, but more often for card games.<br />Thank you all for the kind words. Resting and idling seem to be the cure. A friend called me this afternoon to invite me to a free bell ringing concert. Reluctantly I passed.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46525144755477504952019-07-27T18:15:06.388-05:002019-07-27T18:15:06.388-05:00Kiebitz means lapwing or plover in German. In coll...Kiebitz means lapwing or plover in German. In colloquial German it means onlooker. We got it via the Yiddish. <br />Kibitz in German applies to those watching a card game.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38532128197278535042019-07-27T17:38:48.022-05:002019-07-27T17:38:48.022-05:00Thanks, Craig Stowe, for the kind of pzl that make...Thanks, <b>Craig Stowe</b>, for the kind of pzl that makes us all feel smart. <br />Tough, chewy, but doable. After three careful unravelings, this brought Yrs Truly a happy <i>Ta~</i><b>DA!</b><br />Thanks too to <b>Husker G</b> for such a detailed response. I enjoyed the links, especially to the sample of a <b>Schubert</b> <i>Lied</i>, "Serenade." <br />I lived for many years on his namesake street, but never listened seriously to his beautiful music.<br /><br /><b>OONA O'Neill Chaplin</b> was the living nexus between two great threads of theatrical history. <br />I wonder if anyone bothered to tell Daddy <b>Eugene</b> that <b>Lady Chaplin</b> wasn't "his" to "disown"?<br /><br /><b>Wilbur C</b> ~<br />I am not sure what you mean by mixing up <b>Chaplin</b>'s wife with the "<b>Salinger</b> work." It's true that <b>OONA</b> dated <b>JD Salinger</b> (and <b>Orson Welles</b>!) before she married <b>Charlie</b>, so maybe that's the source of your mix-up? (Personally, I find it strange that <b>JD</b> eventually married <b>Colleen O'Neill</b>.)<br /><br />Ahh, <b>OSCAR WILDE</b>--what a brilliant playwright, novelist, and social critic. I think most people recall at least a part of his <i>Ballad of Reading Gaol</i>, particularly his most rueful observation...<i><br />Yet each man kills the thing he loves<br /> By each let this be heard,<br />Some do it with a bitter look,<br /> Some with a flattering word,<br />The coward does it with a kiss,<br /> The brave man with a sword!</i><br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11652242575572081242019-07-27T17:34:24.780-05:002019-07-27T17:34:24.780-05:00Hi All!
Y'all thought it easy? OK, maybe it ...Hi All!<br /><br />Y'all thought it easy? OK, maybe it was just my poor-fill "blocking" me...<br /><br />Thanks Craig for a fun Saturday puzzle that required 4 peeks at HG's grid to "poor man's red-letter" a way out of my mess.<br /><br />Fails: not <b><a href="https://www.achievement.org/achiever/norman-mailer/#interview" rel="nofollow">Norman MAILER</a></b> [got 45min?], <b>nor</b> Cypher CODE, <b>nor</b> STET, <b>nor</b> Tri POD, <b>nor, </b>HUSH and Listen!<br /><br />WADI? WOE [sic], what is that?<br /><br />Wonderful expo HG. //your link to Zeus' tree seems to go to you playing with model rockets(?).<br />It took your "silent B" comment for the Old Number to take effect. I was still thinking music(?)<br /><br /><b>Fav</b>: STICK TO THE STORY. Anyone ever study <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9Lo2fgxWHw" rel="nofollow">the prisoners' dilemma?</a></b><br /><br />{A, B+}<br /><br />CED - how Scary! God Speed to your MIL (and your family).<br />YR God's speed to you too - take it easy for a few days and heal. Pop says those kind of things are "shots over the bow." Slow down a bit; we don't want to lose you nor your language prowess.<br /><br />TTP - I hope you share a pic or vid of Big Boy.<br /><br />Y'all have a great afternoon!<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17214362738832735772019-07-27T17:34:15.560-05:002019-07-27T17:34:15.560-05:00Hola!
First, let me assure you that Fermat is doi...Hola!<br /><br />First, let me assure you that Fermat is doing somewhat well as she described herself in her e-mail response to mine. She plays on-line poker and it keeps her rapt.<br /><br />On the puzzle I was well into Craig's wave length almost from the beginning. OSCAR WILDE was my first fill and it bloomed outward from there. CHRISTMAS was amusingly clued!<br /><br />KIBITZ is foreign to me but it perped as did SAC (?). Thank you for explaining further, Gary.<br /><br />Finally at the SW corner I did not know which Charlie was being referred to although SOBERING emerged but I still didn't get it and then looked up caterpillar. Looper is not familiar to me so INCHWORM never surfaced.<br /><br />Most of this was easy. Thank you, Gary, for your very explicit descriptions (except SAC at first). Your Spanish, BTW, is nicely improving.<br /><br />YR:<br />I'm so sorry to hear about your fall and realize how frustrating it is for you to be unable to do all you plan.<br /><br />CED:<br />I'm sorry about your mother-in-law as well. <br /><br />I hope you are all enjoying a beautiful day! <br /><br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59398759868658932592019-07-27T16:53:25.166-05:002019-07-27T16:53:25.166-05:00Also needed help with Old Number. Thanks, D-O.Also needed help with Old Number. Thanks, D-O.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19519521240309098372019-07-27T15:51:20.018-05:002019-07-27T15:51:20.018-05:00I enjoyed this puzzle and everyone's comments....I enjoyed this puzzle and everyone's comments.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17722910583990815772019-07-27T15:41:27.933-05:002019-07-27T15:41:27.933-05:00Musings
-We veterans of the cwd wars have seen the...Musings<br />-We veterans of the cwd wars have seen the number, summer (adding person), flower (river flowing) et al gimmicks many times and I thought I my explanation of “silent B” would suffice<br />-Baseball peeps are familiar with a SAC bunt or SAC fly and it’s hard to explain that concept to anyone not knowledgeable of the game. In both cases a batter makes an out (sacrificing himself) to help his team. <br />-<a href="http://prideoflions.co.uk/get-playing/rules-positions/" rel="nofollow">These cricket terms and accompanying diagram</a> shows how little I would know about cricket but we do puzzles on this side of the “pond”<br />-So sorry to hear about YR’s and CED’s MIL’s medical issues. Happy healing to all.<br />-Our golf course is very near and parallels the Platte River on the south and The Lincoln Hwy (#30) and the UP Main Line on the north and so when the “Big Boy” <b>roared</b> past us it was an amazing sight and sound! <br />-If you enter Nebraska from Council Bluffs, Iowa, <a href="https://www.lauritzengardens.org/images/imgmgt/Image1_1141.jpg" rel="nofollow">Another Big Boy is perched up on the Missouri River bluff</a>Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74296166648222724252019-07-27T14:48:20.874-05:002019-07-27T14:48:20.874-05:00Some FLN's:
-T, I asked Phil about 8-Eyed Soy ... Some FLN's:<br />-T, I asked Phil about 8-Eyed Soy a ND he said " SP(y)DERS have 8 eyes. Perhaps that's we by the name of the band<br />IM, "fighting" would've ruined the meter. Catholics are loose with "DAMN" as in "Those Damned Jesuits".<br /><br />This was no walk in the park. I get Chaplin's wife mixed up with the Salinger work*. Didn't know MCmansions nor of course ETHER with silent B on the clue.<br /><br />Gotta go<br /><br />WC<br />Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83988475417399108602019-07-27T14:39:16.919-05:002019-07-27T14:39:16.919-05:00Went back a generation too far: uRaNUS. Therefore,...Went back a generation too far: uRaNUS. Therefore, I couldn't get MCMANSIONS, MARSHA, and ROSE BUSHES. DNF.<br /><br />I wanted two Bs in KIBbITZ.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00671636316561947612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74324048730374640812019-07-27T14:27:02.781-05:002019-07-27T14:27:02.781-05:00Lied can mean merely song in German, but it is als...Lied can mean merely song in German, but it is also can mean a particular kind of song, "a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership." We studied lieder and their poetic texts at Susquehanna as part of our German minor. The poetic text was as important as the music. At Susquehanna I attended most of the music college's recitals with my music major fiance and heard many lieder performed, always with piano and voice. See Wikipedia "Lieder".Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-41944778376120704342019-07-27T13:54:09.372-05:002019-07-27T13:54:09.372-05:00
This Saturday puzzle had me hopscotching around. ...<br />This Saturday puzzle had me hopscotching around. <br /><br />Lots of blanks after the first pass, just had to find answers where I could. <br /><br />Reward....no markovers today. <br /><br />YR....please take your time healing up, glad you weren’t seriously injured. CED, best of luck to your MIL. <br /><br />See you Monday. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19067437769521209012019-07-27T13:52:52.714-05:002019-07-27T13:52:52.714-05:00d-o @ 9:38 --
Thanks for clarifying "ETHER&q...d-o @ 9:38 --<br /><br />Thanks for clarifying "ETHER" ... if there is ever a clue like "old dumber", the answer is "moi."Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60642440993464861462019-07-27T13:18:03.277-05:002019-07-27T13:18:03.277-05:00A tip of the WikWak hat to Craig and Husker. Well ...A tip of the WikWak hat to Craig and Husker. Well done! Managed to FIR in a bit under 20 minims. I see I wasn’t the only one who found this easier than the usual Saturday. <br /><br />Thoughts:<br /><br />Around here you’ll find TRI TIP on the menu at many restaurants. <br /><br />Favorite clue/answer: “Old number” = ETHER. How many other folks here remember the sickening smell and horrible whirling feeling while being etherized?<br /><br />TTP: You may see me there. I still remember being let out of school early so we could all go watch as the last steam locomotive went through our town and rolled into history. That was on the Wabash Line, circa 1953 or 54.WikWakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873144164842777944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8360889409161055032019-07-27T13:14:13.327-05:002019-07-27T13:14:13.327-05:00Hello everyone.
Nice puzzle with much fresh fill:...Hello everyone.<br /><br />Nice puzzle with much fresh fill: BECKON, ASSUAGE, KIBITZ, ETC. Perps helped move things along, and so I could FIR. <br />LIED, LIEDER - Simply means "song or songs"<br />INCH WORM - Where they've gone metric such as Nice, it is known as le ver de 2,54 centimètres.<br /><br />TTP - You lucky devil; hope your visit with Big Boy was all it could be.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59363195776262808292019-07-27T12:50:23.524-05:002019-07-27T12:50:23.524-05:00Husker: Great, wonderful write-up & links.
Fo...Husker: Great, wonderful write-up & links.<br /><br />For whatever reason, today's solve felt like a Wednesday level puzzle.<br /><br />Faves were 24-d, <b>CUPCAKE</b> and 31-d, <b>STEIN</b> ... two items I enjoy.<br /><br />A "Toast-to-ALL" at sunset.<br /><br />Cheers!Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35836816046143356092019-07-27T12:34:47.755-05:002019-07-27T12:34:47.755-05:00Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Craig Stowe, fo...Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Craig Stowe, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Husker Gary, for a fine review.<br /><br />Easy, but tough in spots, puzzle.<br /><br />Once I got a few letters here and there, the long answers filled in fairly easily.<br /><br />Liked CIRCA for 50D. That baffled me for a while until I studied the clue.<br /><br />Liked ETHER for 48A. That was misdirection. As in Numbing something.<br /><br />Easily got OONA. She has been in crosswords forever.<br /><br />Got TIP once I had 59A, 63A, and 65A. With three two letter perps how could I miss in TIP.<br /><br />Have to run. Off to Dixon, IL, today. Reagan's boyhood home. Going there for a different reason.<br /><br />See you tomorrow.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />( )Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87462569799666258342019-07-27T12:02:05.148-05:002019-07-27T12:02:05.148-05:00I too loved this Saturday puzzle--many thanks, Cra...I too loved this Saturday puzzle--many thanks, Craig. I started out with lots of small words--SNO, ORK, OONA, I TOO--but then got DETECTOR, which helped fill in the northeast. I also loved getting all the tricky clues, like ETHER for 'old numb-ers'. I hoped Charlie would be Chaplin and, yea, OONA turned out to be right. I did goof with the White House nickname by putting IKE instead of ABE at first. Anyway, lots of fun, thanks again, Craig, and always appreciate your helpful write-up, Husker Gary (well, except for making us google WEN).<br /><br />Wonderful seeing MILO O'SHEA in the puzzle. I saw him play Leopold Bloom in the Joseph Strick film of James Joyce's 'Ulysses' when I was still an undergraduate. Loved his performance so much that I went on to read the book, and eventually wrote my dissertation on James Joyce, and became a Joyce scholar--even serving as President of the International James Joyce Foundation for four years. So, he's kind of my hero, and I owe him my career. <br /><br />Yellowrocks, so sorry to hear about your fall. Take good care of yourself. <br /><br />Have a great weekend, everybody.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39981326914702286382019-07-27T11:58:15.415-05:002019-07-27T11:58:15.415-05:00Thanks for caring, TTP, IM and CED. With ibuprofen...Thanks for caring, TTP, IM and CED. With ibuprofen I am in less pain than early this morning, but standing and walking are not so comfortable. Progress! I'll take it. <br />CED, how horrible for your MIL. I am glad she is not paralyzed. I hope she will be okay. I have an acquaintance who broke vertebrae in her neck during a car accident. The recovery was difficult, but successful. I wish her all the best.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-41438114978404336442019-07-27T11:28:25.591-05:002019-07-27T11:28:25.591-05:00
Seems some of the regulars think that this Saturd...<br />Seems some of the regulars think that this Saturday offering was Monday easy. I am just happy to have finished it right in a reasonable amount of time. Bet I have lots of company. Thanks Mr. Stowe for a fun puzzle.AnonDonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4721754870254103052019-07-27T11:04:24.589-05:002019-07-27T11:04:24.589-05:00Todays puzzle was way too hard for me to comment o...Todays puzzle was way too hard for me to comment on,<br />luckily it is easy for me to look elsewhere...<br /><br />Why does a smoke alarm battery crap out at 2AM?<br /><a href="https://www.kidde.com/home-safety/en/us/news/news-article/myth_buster__alarm_battery_chirps_aren_t_pre_programmed_to_interrupt_sleep.aspx" rel="nofollow">See ambient room temperature...</a><br /><br />Been looking for an alternative to surf sounds for Alexa to<br />play while trying to sleep. That Schubert Serenade will be perfect!<br /><br />FLN & today,<br />Yellowrocks, sorry to hear about your fall, but your were lucky!<br />DW's Mother (89) fell last week on the sidewalk during that heatwave.<br />SHe smashed her forehead in to ground and the whiplash broke two<br />vertebrae in her neck. (C1,C2)<br /><br />Otherwise known as the Hangmans Fracture.<br /><br />The Doctors are amazed that she is not paralyzed from the neck down...<br /><br />Docs not sure what to do, surgery was considered, & abandoned.<br />(It may heal on its own)<br />So I am driving DW to Brooklyn daily so she can visit<br />her in Rehab.CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.com