tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post4121559176731868321..comments2024-03-29T03:51:31.793-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008 Philip J. AndersonZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47005100287071726472008-02-02T16:26:00.000-06:002008-02-02T16:26:00.000-06:00I hope you enjoy the Newsday puzzle more than this...I hope you enjoy the Newsday puzzle more than this one! My hunch is that you'll find it much more rewarding to solve the Newsday, and you'll be able to do more of it without Googling. There'll be some words that are obscure outside of crosswords, but none that, like SIKA, are obscure <I>inside</I> crosswords!Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59401861900790669842008-02-02T05:04:00.000-06:002008-02-02T05:04:00.000-06:00Orange,Thanks for stopping by. One good point abou...Orange,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by. <BR/><BR/>One good point about being new to crossword is that I don't even know "Sika" is an obscure word. I just figured that it was something I never heard of but most of other solvers already knew. <BR/><BR/>The line above our crossword says TMS Daily Crossword. Maybe it's not updated. So many things went astray after the new private firm took over the newspaper. I don't read their editorial any more.<BR/><BR/>I will stick to their crossword for a while, out of old habit, with lots of Liquid Paper. But I will definitely try the Newsday puzzle next Monday, today's Stanley Newman's is too hard for me.<BR/><BR/>C. C.Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32856862761162735232008-02-01T21:01:00.000-06:002008-02-01T21:01:00.000-06:00C.C., I swung by here after I got your e-mail this...C.C., I swung by here after I got your e-mail this evening. I dug around on the internet and learned that the Star Tribune crossword is the syndicated Universal crossword edited by Timothy Parker. It is...not good. An obscure word like SIKA is not something that any educated American would be expected to know. <I>I</I> don't know it, and I wrote a book about conquering crosswords! RABI is also pretty darned obscure, as is OTTO Stern. A Wednesday puzzle that hurls junk like this at the solver is, well, junky.<BR/><BR/>What I would recommend for you, C.C., is to visit <A HREF="http://www.fleetingimage.com/wij/xyzzy/nyt-links.html" REL="nofollow">the Puzzle Pointers page</A> and head straight for the Creators Syndicate Newsday crossword (you can solve online at the puzzle page, or print out a PDF to solve on paper(. The Saturday puzzle is wicked and themeless, and the Friday puzzle is moderately tough. But the Monday and Tuesday puzzles are pretty easy, with straightforward themes—and they don't contain crap like SIKA and RABI. There will be some words that are far more common in crosswords than in life, but not woefully obscure stuff. I think it'd be much easier to finish a Monday Newsday crossword than to fight your way through anything like today's Universal/Star Tribune puzzle!Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53419070422524582742008-01-31T15:28:00.000-06:002008-01-31T15:28:00.000-06:00Thanks for the reply Jess. C. C.Thanks for the reply Jess. <BR/><BR/>C. C.Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81321165686206567422008-01-31T13:47:00.000-06:002008-01-31T13:47:00.000-06:00Hah, cool. Stumbled on your blog today while work...Hah, cool. Stumbled on your blog today while working on a puzzle from yesterday.<BR/><BR/>My university syndicates puzzles in our 4 day a week "daily" paper.<BR/><BR/>Hadn't realized who we syndicate from until today.<BR/><BR/>Neils Bohr is a common answer, and the more well-known physics prize winner. (And, as a Chem grad student, the one I think of the most by default!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21630242819926700592008-01-30T17:16:00.000-06:002008-01-30T17:16:00.000-06:00I am glad I could be of any help Matt. Thanks for ...I am glad I could be of any help Matt. Thanks for the comment.<BR/><BR/>Tide, I just found out the elder Bohr won Nobel Physics in 1922, and his son won in 1975. <BR/><BR/>C.C.Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27785449810836838682008-01-30T16:07:00.000-06:002008-01-30T16:07:00.000-06:00I thought the Nobel physicist was Bohr, why is thi...I thought the Nobel physicist was Bohr, why is this so damn hard?Dickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07380512105996499636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43525072064262692912008-01-30T15:54:00.000-06:002008-01-30T15:54:00.000-06:00Thanks, this helped me a lot.Thanks, this helped me a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com