tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post3901969703580150843..comments2024-03-19T04:11:58.045-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Friday, September 23, 2016, Jeffrey WechslerZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35618027972345288212016-09-24T03:48:12.931-05:002016-09-24T03:48:12.931-05:00"The felon escaped by tunneling down," T..."The felon escaped by tunneling down," Tom said condescendingly.<br /><br />"I couldn't get a word in edgewise," Tom complained crossly.<br /><br />"It's only 15 by 15," Tom explained daily.<br /><br />"It's a whole 21 by 21," Tom expanded weekly.<br /><br />"The grid is all in just black and white," Tom mused cruciverbally.<br /><br />"The corner is at an angle," Tom said righteously. <br /><br />"That puzzle was easy," said Tom with a snap.<br /><br />"The other puzzle was hard," said Tom wrongfully.<br /><br />"C.C. is a goddess," Tom spoke of her highly.OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51518020512583879282016-09-23T21:51:50.811-05:002016-09-23T21:51:50.811-05:00not all adverbs end ly, but it is correct that the...not all adverbs end ly, but it is correct that the Tom Swifty usually does end that way. Not sure why 'bluntly' offended. Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74282933222746925992016-09-23T21:48:46.340-05:002016-09-23T21:48:46.340-05:00"Jump Off The Cliff" by Hugo Furst."Jump Off The Cliff" by Hugo Furst.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18761136030026709812016-09-23T21:04:04.329-05:002016-09-23T21:04:04.329-05:00Cartalk: My favorite was "In charge of the sh...Cartalk: My favorite was "In charge of the shrimp buffet - Sheldon DeVaned"Magilla Go-Rillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18113605035807477547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40294752343876914242016-09-23T19:49:30.167-05:002016-09-23T19:49:30.167-05:00Not all adverbs end in ly. Too, very, well, par e...Not all adverbs end in ly. Too, very, well, par ejemplo. But I had trouble seeing Tom Swifty in that sense.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86568403006399203032016-09-23T17:30:30.904-05:002016-09-23T17:30:30.904-05:00"Yellowrocks has corrected you once again&quo...<br />"Yellowrocks has corrected you once again", he said sanctimoniously. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79236921039212475032016-09-23T17:16:11.015-05:002016-09-23T17:16:11.015-05:00Guys, you need an adverb end in ly, not just a pun...Guys, you need an adverb end in ly, not just a pun for it to be a Tom Swifty. We should use more temps he said hotly.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63884708858775258262016-09-23T16:40:35.834-05:002016-09-23T16:40:35.834-05:00"I don't want to take the bus" whine..."I don't want to take the bus" whined Otto Carr.<br /><br />"We should use more temps" opined Hiram Daily.<br /><br />The entire Car Talk staff credited at the end of the PBS show used to be a combination of these groaners, especially their law firm of Dewey Cheatham and Howe.<br /><br />I used to work with a guy named Hyman Wiener, but I never heard anyone make wordplay with his name. Some things are too easy.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066853291104407732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11850969809074175562016-09-23T15:17:02.080-05:002016-09-23T15:17:02.080-05:00Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Jeffrey Wechsle...Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Jeffrey Wechsler, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Lemonade, for a fine review.<br /><br />"I love hiding under the bleachers" said Seymour Butts.<br /><br />This puzzle was tough, but it is a Friday.<br /><br />CASSIUS CLAIM was my first theme answer and did help with the rest.<br /><br />FOREIGN MAIL took me a while, but fell with perps.<br /><br />I wanted MULE instead of MARE, but a MULE is not a female (I remembered).<br /><br />Tried CLEAT for 68A. Pretty soon TREAD became the word.<br /><br />Tried AHH for 54A, but AWW won that round.<br /><br />In Johnsonburg now. The class reunion starts tonight. I am on the committee, even though I did not go to this school. Hope it is fun.<br /><br />See you tomorrow.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />( )<br /><br /><br />Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42713897234988097942016-09-23T14:57:40.809-05:002016-09-23T14:57:40.809-05:00Its all been said. NW was pretty easy with Rusty f...Its all been said. NW was pretty easy with Rusty for a start. Topaz worked with Parr, but Lapis became apparent quickly. Got the theme with Elmer's Gloom followed by Cassius Claim, then On The Slime. That allowed some good guesswork with Tic Tac Tome and The First Team. So.... it was all filled except much of the NE. Even Tom Swifty, Sinatra as clued and I think not. 3 letter card games were War and Loo, so Uno didn't lead me astray, but Gin never even dawned on me. Nas came and went at least 3 times. Nothing else was working, so I resorted to outright cheating to finish. But despite the bloody nose and no lunch money I enjoyed it. Very clever theme, just too clever overall for me today.<br /><br />It surely must be 5 O'clock somewhere, he said dryly.Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56690417273873957702016-09-23T14:43:16.288-05:002016-09-23T14:43:16.288-05:00Books of the original Tom Swift series: List
There...Books of the original Tom Swift series: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tom_Swift_books#Books_of_the_original_Tom_Swift_series.5B1.5D" rel="nofollow"><b>List</b></a><br />There are some great titles in there.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44130824807066648242016-09-23T14:40:29.976-05:002016-09-23T14:40:29.976-05:00I forgot to mention that UNO was my first choice, ...I forgot to mention that UNO was my first choice, too.<br /><br />Never heard of Dinah Shore? Oh, my, was it that long ago? That's the lovely thing about crossword puzzles; they keep us connected to the past. Besides Dinah, think Caesar, Cassius, even Mohammed Ali, aka, Cassius Clay and ARCADIA, ancient Greece.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42896592045569674552016-09-23T14:16:27.030-05:002016-09-23T14:16:27.030-05:00Worst clued puzzle I've seen here in quite som...Worst clued puzzle I've seen here in quite some time. "MWAHS", really??? "TOMSWIFTY" what does that even mean?<br /><br />I HATE puzzles designed with such bad clueing. Really. Hate. Them. <br /><br />Blech, what a hot mess Mr. Wechsler. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82154166311113357062016-09-23T14:16:13.186-05:002016-09-23T14:16:13.186-05:00I'm old enough to remember Tom Swifty's bu...I'm old enough to remember Tom Swifty's but there was also a Tom Swift series of science fiction novels way back in the day that I enjoyed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90986949866400347102016-09-23T14:11:16.497-05:002016-09-23T14:11:16.497-05:00Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one who ha...Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one who had trouble with the Northeast, but I got most of the rest, and that's pretty great for me for a Friday Jeff Wechsler. I also got the theme early with CASSIUS CLAIM,and so ended up really enjoying this puzzle--many thanks, Jeff! <br /><br />And you too, Lemonade, for explaining a TOM SWIFTY to us. Barry G., your collection cracked me up, as did all the others contributed by our clever crew. Made for a fun Friday morning!<br /><br />Have a great weekend coming up, everybody!Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43368937752829785622016-09-23T14:01:42.876-05:002016-09-23T14:01:42.876-05:00Got my butt kicked today. After looking up EMME, ...Got my butt kicked today. After looking up EMME, AMOI, ARCADIA and EWA I still had errors in four squares. I had eDS for ADS, yWAHS for MWAHS, and tANCy for FANCY.<br /><br />Pretty typical of my weak effort on a JW offering, but still had fun trying. And I always enjoy Lemonade's write ups. Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066853291104407732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11206834839535839842016-09-23T13:34:10.815-05:002016-09-23T13:34:10.815-05:00Those sure aren't the lyrics to "Marianne...Those sure aren't the lyrics to "Marianne" that I learned in college.<br /><br />"All day, all night, Marianne<br />Guess she musta thought I was a Superman."<br /><br />Great puzzle with a lot of crunch in New England. Had to turn on red letter help for that section. Very informative expo, lemonade.<br /><br />Cya!Bluehenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215040742633388939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45936903681886123102016-09-23T13:30:39.368-05:002016-09-23T13:30:39.368-05:00Whew, tough and clever as heck. Another wonderful ...Whew, tough and clever as heck. Another wonderful Wechsler creation. I gotta say, the LAT puzzles are generally of very high quality. I keep imaging Jeff seeing EWA sitting there in the grid and frantically searching for something with that name or that would somehow fit.<br /><br />Barry G, you might get a kick out of today's <i>Non Sequitur</i> comic strip.<br /><br />I don't know why Cadillac (and Acura for that matter) name their vehicles with seemingly random strings of 3 letters. Who the heck can remember the difference between a GHQ and an XYZ?<br /><br />Well, then there's NAS and MOS DEF and probably some others.<br /><br />Best wishes to you awl, say I pointedly.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4210468491302663882016-09-23T12:58:42.465-05:002016-09-23T12:58:42.465-05:00Anonymous at 12:16:
"The first time I ever h...Anonymous at 12:16:<br /><br />"The first time I ever heard of Dinah Shore was today."<br /><br />Sic transit gloria Chevroleti!iMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-24001693705659548412016-09-23T12:57:52.212-05:002016-09-23T12:57:52.212-05:00Ah, to pick a very tiny nit, do we really believe ...Ah, to pick a very tiny nit, do we really believe Cassius would have claimed the murder of Caesar as a solo act? If we follow Shakespeare's version of events (and he was following historical sources), Cassius laid great store in drafting Brutus into the conspiracy (scenes I/2 and II/1), to the extent that he deferred his leadership role to him - because Brutus' family name stood for Roman republican principles, and Cassius knew the killers needed that honorable cachet to appease the public. <br />Just sayin' ... Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73600476335841559472016-09-23T12:54:46.050-05:002016-09-23T12:54:46.050-05:00Do you suppose MOI and MWAH could be homonyms? Do you suppose MOI and MWAH could be homonyms? Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28536361912519297962016-09-23T12:48:10.378-05:002016-09-23T12:48:10.378-05:00Thanks, JW & Lemon! Got 'em all this morn...Thanks, JW & Lemon! Got 'em all this morning with no cheats, not one. Enjoyed sussing the theme, esp. as there was no hint within the pzl--just those taunting question marks.<br /><br />Yep! I figured I wasn't the only one to go for UNO before GIN. UNO is the most common of three-letter card games that we find in this neighborhood, so it was a bit of a wrench to see it replaced by the game my wife and I used to play a lot. (No longer; she beat me far too many times to maintain civil conversation.) <br /><br />CASSIUS' CLAIM was the brilliantest of them all. Not only did it stretch the theme beautifully, it reminded us of the age range shared by most pzl-solvers. I can't imagine many millennials would have the experience to recognize the former name of Muhammad Ali -- unless, of course, they read through his entire obituary. But then, would they read through anything of length? Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54893768308084214012016-09-23T12:16:16.839-05:002016-09-23T12:16:16.839-05:00The first time I ever heard of Dinah Shore was tod...The first time I ever heard of Dinah Shore was today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26981423670594270252016-09-23T12:12:59.285-05:002016-09-23T12:12:59.285-05:00She was throwing a kiss.She was throwing a kiss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72111686990309187182016-09-23T11:59:17.061-05:002016-09-23T11:59:17.061-05:00The first time I ever heard "mwah" was w...The first time I ever heard "mwah" was when Dinah Shore used to say it at the end of her show, after she had placed her hand over her mouth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com