tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post3843794012922415018..comments2024-03-29T08:35:40.450-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Sunday April 5, 2020 Paul CoulterZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16533219938532045452020-04-06T01:03:32.385-05:002020-04-06T01:03:32.385-05:00Hey, guys! It's Bobbi again. No, I still think...Hey, guys! It's Bobbi again. No, I still think this puzzle stinks. I'm back to share the reason for my angst. In the past three weeks I've been a "shut in and out" for almost three weeks due to Corona. More than usual the Saturday and Sunday puzzles are my ONLY mental diversion. For three Sundays I loved the puzzles and couldn't wait 'till this Sunday's entry. Getting this clunker REALLY spoiled my whole day! I really do think that the editors were lax on not asking the constructor to make some changes. PLEASE: during this house arrest we need our diversions!!!Bobbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13813467924796996540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15578908018424795612020-04-06T00:42:41.525-05:002020-04-06T00:42:41.525-05:00Oh, Lemonade! I love talking about my great-grands...Oh, Lemonade! I love talking about my great-grandson! At 7 1/2 months, he is cute as a button. Like a little chunk. Prior to the quarantine, my plan was to buy a new phone so I could post photos, many photos of him. I'll try it another way. <br /><br />Did anyone else watch Windermere on PBS? It's the true story of 300 jewish children who were taken to England after WWII and rehabilitated from having been in concentration camps. It's much the same story as The Last Train to London. Very moving and sad.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83834224221120408032020-04-06T00:39:06.428-05:002020-04-06T00:39:06.428-05:00WC @ 9:01 pm, 9:03 pm and 9:52pm
The combination...<br />WC @ 9:01 pm, 9:03 pm and 9:52pm<br /><br /><br />The combination is 062<br /><br /><br />1962 was the first year the National League played 162 games due to the addition of the NY Mets and the Houston Colt 45's. <br />Pinky Higginsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52690610237919539252020-04-05T21:52:29.067-05:002020-04-05T21:52:29.067-05:00eg. 738 => All digits wrongeg. 738 => All digits wrongWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-24331615718619855482020-04-05T21:03:50.281-05:002020-04-05T21:03:50.281-05:00The numbers prefixes were dropped when I pasted. ...The numbers prefixes were dropped when I pasted. 1-5 on top; 1-5 on the bottomWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52155144334920952422020-04-05T21:01:15.615-05:002020-04-05T21:01:15.615-05:00Ok. Here's the puzzler. If you get the answe... Ok. Here's the puzzler. If you get the answer how does it relate to baseball?<br /> <br />682,614,206,738,380<br /><br />One Digit in its place<br />One Digit is right but in the wrong place<br />Two digits are right but in the wrong place<br />All digits are wrong<br />One Digit is right but in the wrong <br />place<br /><br />Can you determine the three digit combination to unlock the lock?<br />Note: 1-5 relate to the list of numbers in their order.<br /><br />WC<br />Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65270645496242245212020-04-05T20:45:27.584-05:002020-04-05T20:45:27.584-05:00How does "Not Safe for Work relate to "... How does "Not Safe for Work relate to "Links"?<br />Happy birthday to Agnes and Bradley.<br /><br />I solved in ink but messed up the NW. So… I tried the online and it filled quickly once I had OBSESS. AUSSIE MACARONI just wasn't cutting it. Then I filled the entire XW ending with the J(POP). I'm good with French but lousy with Spanish but that Majorca seemed familiar. But…<br />I never got the tada. But I'm calling it FIR. I can't find any errors. <br /><br />My binge watch is "Mom" on Hulu. Hulu doesn't have long commercials. Seinfeld will compete with Cheers but Frasier is ahead of both. Then there's YouTube. Perhaps the 80s AandE Nero Wolfe with his ⅛ of a ton which isn't too bad. <br /><br />I saw an old Dr rot which had me at 204. I last scaped at 173. Mostly smaller portions and no red meat.<br /><br />I found I had to keep skipping large swarths and moving towards the SE. Finally I had to return to NW. <br /><br />WC <br /><br /><br />Ps, Bobbi, you're a riot. But, I too never came close to grok'ing the theme. I'm a dummy that way. But...<br /><br />I'm going to post a mindbender I got earlier today in a secWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62756114180931393322020-04-05T20:22:42.311-05:002020-04-05T20:22:42.311-05:00Ditto here!!! Absolutely assinine theme (still don...Ditto here!!! Absolutely assinine theme (still don't understand it). Cutesy defs that got nowhere near the meaning of the words ..five hours of struggle while confined to quarters. Shame on the editors for offering this clunker when we needed light diversion. C'mon guys!! Aren't we frustrated enough without the frustration of an intolerable clunker like this one???SHAME ON YOU!!! Upon request, I'll offer up my list of 37 disagreements with the defs that were offered!Rich and Joyce, have a heart ....puleeease!!!!Bobbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13813467924796996540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73064679309139642552020-04-05T19:49:02.453-05:002020-04-05T19:49:02.453-05:00Lemomade @ 7:17PM, both of your photo links gave e...Lemomade @ 7:17PM, both of your photo links gave error 404.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242345229520803784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82584225558562378942020-04-05T19:31:56.802-05:002020-04-05T19:31:56.802-05:00Hope. Just nope. So annoying i didn't even try...Hope. Just nope. So annoying i didn't even try to finish. Sorry, but yuck!Swagomatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12114823747471619798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73095184275511601402020-04-05T19:17:42.957-05:002020-04-05T19:17:42.957-05:00Paul, I too love hearing the stories of your grand...Paul, I too love hearing the stories of your granddaughters and their lives. I encourage all Corner grandparents to continue to add their favorite pictures and stories here to amuse and charm us. My two girls are fishing in the Keys with their Dad who caught a <a href="https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipM8O4ifvnsotlaHf-a2Wrlyx-_x6IbEPzPm0Sl3" rel="nofollow"><b>BIG FISH </b></a>and Charlotte who caught her own <a href="https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipM8O4ifvnsotlaHf-a2Wrlyx-_x6IbEPzPm0Sl3" rel="nofollow"><b>SPECIAL FISH</b></a>.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32779069580700623922020-04-05T17:32:08.526-05:002020-04-05T17:32:08.526-05:00Husker, et al., for me, RATITE was a given. It ma...<br /><br />Husker, et al., for me, RATITE was a given. It may have been in my readings, but I believe it was Spitzboov that has mentioned it a number of times since I've joined. The second A in LIANA was a wag that worked out, but BORT was waaaaay out of my base.<br /><br />Well, I finished that makeshift office in the family room for my wife. Cut a sheet of plywood in half lengthwise, put some moving blankets down on the hardwood floors, opened a pair of sawhorses on the blankets, and then the doubled up plywood on top of them. Voila ! She now has 16 sq. ft. of desk space with a view out the bay window. I believe we call a bay window oriel in the crossword world.<br /><br />Also put the battery in John Deere, and mowed the lawn for the first time this year. Old Okie is probably at least six or seven mowings ahead of me by now... Fired up my walk behind Scag mower. It's the kind you see the professionals use. I'll use it more than John Deere. That's primarily for her. <br /><br />It's good to stay busy in the yard and gardens and around the home front and not dwell.TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17783109539285025202020-04-05T16:29:35.175-05:002020-04-05T16:29:35.175-05:00Jinx:
Good for you on trying to reach a healthy we...Jinx:<br />Good for you on trying to reach a healthy weight. I hope you succeed in your goal.<br /><br />I also am not familiar with ANTON Webern nor his works. And I don't know that particular piece of Ravel's, Gaspard de la NUIT. Bolero? Oh, yes.<br /><br />FOOTS as a verb intrigues me; I'm going to research its origins.<br /><br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-84505482971342643062020-04-05T16:08:44.998-05:002020-04-05T16:08:44.998-05:00Lucina, I agree that Mueller makes a striking figu...Lucina, I agree that Mueller makes a striking figure at the podium. I'm just not an adherent to the adage "you can never be too rich or too thin". I was very thin until I was about 25. If someone offered me a magic pill to be that size again I wouldn't take it. I'm aiming to get another 25 pounds off over the next year or two, which would put me on the cusp of normal/overweight, and about 20 pounds heaver than I was at 25.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891694970152198474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31653161939459576162020-04-05T15:47:30.983-05:002020-04-05T15:47:30.983-05:00Hi everybody.
Thank you Paul and CC.
Happy birt...Hi everybody.<br /><br />Thank you Paul and CC.<br /><br />Happy birthday Irish Miss and Abejo. I hope things are going well for both of you (and everybody else). <br /><br />I thought this puzzle was harder than usual. I finally figured out the theme. Very clever but it was a struggle. I didn't know BORT, that particular piece by Ravel, ANTON WEBERN, BASTA, GAELS or LIANA. So it was a slog. I patted myself on the back when I finished, even though I needed red letters.Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34904577735434133852020-04-05T14:58:30.591-05:002020-04-05T14:58:30.591-05:00I thought the theme was very clever. I got stuck ...I thought the theme was very clever. I got stuck in a few areas that I wouldn't let go of, so slowed me down considerably. Like HG, I had HILL OF FRANKS and HONK before HORN. I also had OUT OF THIN AIR for the last half of that theme answer before A NUT OUT OF THE BLUE came to the fore when I got stuck! <br />WEES about RATITE and BORT - yikes!<br /><br />Thanks CC and Paul!<br /><br />Happy birthday Agnes and Abejo - hope you are enjoying your quiet birthday this year - hopefully some neat phone calls from family and friends!<br />I live on a circle - and a retired teacher had us all color or print off Easter eggs and put on our windows or doors so the little ones in the neighborhood can go on a "hunt"... citywide we had a "bear hunt" where families could drive around and find stuffed animals in people's windows and trees!<br />inanehikernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11952949676165220772020-04-05T14:32:39.144-05:002020-04-05T14:32:39.144-05:00Our Sunday paper prints a two week old version of ...Our Sunday paper prints a two week old version of the NYT CW. So the blog is spared from my nonsense.<br /><br />Well not quite..<br /><br />Wishing HBD to Irish Miss and Abejo. Have a great day and.....<br /><br />1. Sing "HB to you" twice while hand washing. <br /><br />2. Blow out the candles with an electric fan.<br /><br />3. Make a wish with a sanitized knife<br /><br />4. Remove face mask before eating cake.<br /><br />Ray - O - Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864005198472595370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58106321251931869132020-04-05T14:24:12.144-05:002020-04-05T14:24:12.144-05:00Took a long time, but everything made sense except...Took a long time, but everything made sense except for RATITE, which I got by perps. Very tough, but very satisfying.Hungry Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465905817770134952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74020402100344767482020-04-05T13:50:44.170-05:002020-04-05T13:50:44.170-05:00Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Paul Coulter, f...Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Paul Coulter, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, C.C., for a fine review.<br /><br />Paul coulter, thanks for dropping in. Liked the puzzle and liked hearing about your family.<br /><br />Thank you all for the birthday wishes for myself and irish Miss, my Birthday partner. Hope we can do this again next year.<br /><br />Jinx: Interesting about your weight loss. Here's my story. I have lost 35 pounds since last summer. I was neither obese nor overweight. Now I am a bag of bones. I cannot wait to gain it all back. Just have to get through my health issues first.<br /><br />Puzzle started off with a bang. I was zipping all over filling in words. Then I hit a few tough spots. The North, GALUMPH and EMAG. Then dead center, NUIT, FINO, and RUNT, also a NUT OUT OF THE BLUE. I had CAME OUT OF THE BLUE for a long time. SE, GAELS, JPOP, REVE, LOAVES, and SPLEEN. Finally got them all with some perping and wagging.<br /><br />I only got half the theme. I did not catch the double word matchup. Just did not look hard enough. Oh well.<br /><br />See you tomorrow. At my increased age, I hope I can get up tomorrow.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />( )Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79862392279539000282020-04-05T12:55:37.143-05:002020-04-05T12:55:37.143-05:00Musings
-I couldn’t let go of HILL(?) OF FRANKS bu...Musings<br />-I couldn’t let go of HILL(?) OF FRANKS but gave up verbs DROP and FELL OUT OF THE BLUE<br />-Dan’l Boone blazed a trail through the Cumberland GAP<br />-In most all NCIS episodes, Abbie and her Mass Spectrometer provide the LEADS<br />-Streaming services are paying big bucks for Seinfeld RERUNS<br />-<a href="https://www.elvisblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/TCB-on-Lisa-Marie3.jpg" rel="nofollow">A very famous display of TCB</a><br />-RATITE, LIANA and BORT?<br />-EAP joins more familiar YSL and TSE<br />-Oh, a pedestrian startler not starter<br />-HBD to Agnes and Abejo. Love the pix!<br />-I loved the puzzle and story and appreciated the note, Paul!Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27365459942096486012020-04-05T12:30:09.413-05:002020-04-05T12:30:09.413-05:00FLN: Thanks, Gary @1:49PM for the story behind ge...FLN: Thanks, Gary @1:49PM for the story behind getting the video of the LEM Ascent Stage. It was fascinating that it took 3 tries (Apollo 15, 16, and finally 17) to get the shot. A lot of factors had to be considered to get everything right.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242345229520803784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13752936299124367962020-04-05T12:10:53.237-05:002020-04-05T12:10:53.237-05:00I always love Paul Coulter puzzles, so thank you s...I always love Paul Coulter puzzles, so thank you so much for stopping by today, and telling us the sweet story about your little grand-daughter. I always need a lot of help with Sunday puzzles, but I really enjoyed this one. My favorite clue was "Bill with billions"--it helped to have the B capitalized and so I got that one instantly. And, C.C. your Sunday commentaries are always a treat. Thank you for posting the neat pictures of Irish Miss and Abejo, to help celebrate their birthdays.<br /><br />Have a wonderful Sunday at this difficult time, everybody.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82176389464870004202020-04-05T11:31:05.060-05:002020-04-05T11:31:05.060-05:00Hola!
Happy birthday, Agnes!
Happy birthday, Brad...Hola!<br /><br />Happy birthday, Agnes!<br />Happy birthday, Bradley! It likely won't be the usually large celebration but perhaps you each are planning the same as my family for a big BASH after the isolation period is over. So far we've missed three birthdays.<br /><br />Thank you, Paul Coulter, for the puzzling fun! I enjoy your puzzles and seeing you comment here. Cute story about your granddaughter. You are such a doting grandfather!<br /><br />It's a treat to see GALUPH, the Jabberwocky slayer! What unusual fill.<br /><br />I must agree with Bruce Wayne above on the importance of BATs. As he mentioned, they consume millions of insects a day and pollinate flowers. Their guano is valued in many countries as fertilizer.<br /><br />FINO is unfamiliar to me and if we have seen it before, it long ago left my memory.<br />BASTA and ESTA, however, are in my vocabulary as is ESL. I hate to say why I know BOSOMY. BORT is totally unknown and new learning for me.<br /><br />CSO to all of us Cornerites at BLOG and CSO to Spitz at TO SEA.<br /><br />HERESY, ST. PETER and the miracle of the LOAVES and fishes rounds out a mini religious theme.<br /><br />OAST, EERO, and U BOAT are among familiar fill we see often.<br /><br />NALA and Alan ALDA also conjure some pleasant cinematic memories.<br /><br />Jinx:<br />Robert Mueller is easy on the eyes, IMO, so why wouldn't you want to look like him?<br /><br />Thank you, C.C., for the photo which we've seen before but it's so nice and for the detailed explanation of the theme which I failed to understand well.<br /><br />Have a safe and healthy day, everyone!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71984979831947305012020-04-05T11:29:00.571-05:002020-04-05T11:29:00.571-05:00George's link for the one-click crowd. CORONA...George's link for the one-click crowd. <a href="http://ldh.la.gov/coronavirus/" rel="nofollow"><b>CORONAVIRUS </b></a>. <br /><br />We also have timely? ironic? news about <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/business/corona-beer-production/index.html" rel="nofollow"><b>CORONA BEER </b></a><br /><br />Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57103824295716594412020-04-05T11:25:49.301-05:002020-04-05T11:25:49.301-05:00Good Morning:
I thought the theme was cute, but I...Good Morning:<br /><br />I thought the theme was cute, but I found the solving process tedious for some reason. I have mixed emotions about Sunday grids and it's probably because of the plethora of three letter words and unknown proper names, although today there were only a few entries requiring perps: Kendo, Anton, Nuit, and Bort. I liked Lap dog and Snarl and the duos of Eng/ESL, and Est/Esta, plus the crossing of Ste/Est. I had Lisp before Slip; coincidentally, they're anagrams. Big CSO to CanadianEh at Ehs.<br /><br />Thanks, Paul, for a Sunday diversion and for stopping by (the girls sound precious) and thanks, CC, for the detailed analysis of the theme and theme entries and your always appreciated bird's eye view. Most of all, thank you for your birthday wishes and very caring comments. Knowing you and Boomer, even though we've never met, has brought me much joy and happiness. I treasure our friendship.<br /><br />Happy Birthday to my April 5 partner, Abejo. I hope you have a special celebration. 🎂🎊🎁🎉🎈🧸<br /><br />CanadianEh, are you familiar with the painter, Maude Lewis? I watched a movie last night about her life and the obstacles she overcame and was very moved by her grit and determination. The title is "Maudie" and Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) portrays Maud and Ethan Hawke plays her husband. Both performances are outstanding and I highly recommend the movie.<br /><br />Stay safe, all.<br /><br />Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.com