tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post4950584175117854310..comments2024-03-19T07:44:48.775-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Friday, April 16 2021, Mark MacLachlanZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23834918131954557582021-04-17T01:52:23.393-05:002021-04-17T01:52:23.393-05:00We heard of the horns in the hills ringing,
the sw... We heard of the horns in the hills ringing,<br />the swords shining in the South-kingdom,<br />Steeds went striding to the Stoningland<br />as wind in the morning. War was kindled.<br />There Théoden fell, Thengling mighty,<br />to his golden halls and green pastures<br />in the Northern fields never returning,<br />high lord of the host. Harding and Guthláf,<br />Dúnhere and Déorwine, doughty Grimbold,<br />Herefara and Herubrand, Horn and Fastred,<br />fought and fell there in a far country:<br />in the Mounds of Mundburg under mould they lie<br />with their league-fellows, lords of Gondor.<br />Neither Hirluin the Fair to the hills by the sea,<br />nor Forlong the old to the flowering vales<br />ever, to Arnach, to his own country<br />returned in triumph; nor the tall bowmen,<br />Derufin and Duilin, to their dark waters,<br />meres of Morthond under mountain-shadows.<br />Death in the morning and at day's ending<br />lords took and lowly. Long now they sleep<br />under grass in Gondor by the Great River<br />Grey now as tears, gleaming silver,<br />red then it rolled, roaring water:<br />foam dyed with blood flamed at sunset;<br />as beacons mountains burned at evening;<br />red fell the dew in Rammas Echor.Anon Wilburhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180044244328787916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40141573476475681142021-04-17T01:49:16.078-05:002021-04-17T01:49:16.078-05:00Wilbur here. I'm on a borrowed cellphone. Mi... Wilbur here. I'm on a borrowed cellphone. Mine seems kaput. Time for a new one anyhoo.<br /><br />MOORS. For Baskerville Hall should have popped quicker. I immediately thought of the "Meres of Morthland" from JRR*<br /><br />RPG was familiar from using a millennial. D&D was a pre-online activity<br /><br />I had to solve online. I forgot to bring the xw insert up to Dunellon. Even with interruptions it was 33(net 20). First FIR since Monday.<br /><br />WC<br /><br />*The Mounds of Mundberg. I'll paste it in on next comment. Anon,I think the Sherlock connection might have been too obvious because of the movie<br />Anon Wilburhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180044244328787916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34431458326760615662021-04-17T00:22:35.461-05:002021-04-17T00:22:35.461-05:00CMoe:
Thank you. I had not counted the roll's ...CMoe:<br />Thank you. I had not counted the roll's direction.<br /><br />I just saw one of the best movies I've ever seen about Jesus and I have seen many! It's "Risen" with Joseph Fiennes who is a brilliant actor. Usually those movies are either sappy, over-emoted, too sentimental or just badly acted. This one was just right, IMO.<br /><br />Yes, this is one of the best spring times in recent memory. In the past few years the temperatures have been too hot too early. It's been beautiful and seems to be staying that way for the foreseeable weeks. Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58668029144531944552021-04-16T21:33:44.584-05:002021-04-16T21:33:44.584-05:00CED @5:56 pm A lot of the clouds didn't line u...CED @5:56 pm A lot of the clouds didn't line up either.waseeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486819496295875624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12594886060121184562021-04-16T21:31:13.165-05:002021-04-16T21:31:13.165-05:00AnonPVX @2:56 pm You're the first person I'...AnonPVX @2:56 pm You're the first person I've met in a Coon's Age who coded in "Read Punch & Grunt". We also used the closely related Mark IV. My first IT gig was in an Academic Computing Center and it had Heinz 57 Varieties of languages. As a consequence I was BAD in all of them!waseeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486819496295875624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77587490818721432742021-04-16T21:14:52.862-05:002021-04-16T21:14:52.862-05:00-T @1:17 pm. Yeah both DW and moi have slight feve...-T @1:17 pm. Yeah both DW and moi have slight fevers (99-100). Our niece, who is an RN recommended lots of H2O and we've be drinking lots of it. Seems to be having a cooling effect, but haven't measured temp. We've also been taking single caps of Xtra strength Tylenol every 4 hrs or so. It's really nothing to whine about though.waseeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486819496295875624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38535992669767337562021-04-16T20:30:43.964-05:002021-04-16T20:30:43.964-05:00Correction: TMC = The Movie Channel. Turner Classi...Correction: TMC = The Movie Channel. Turner Classic Movies is TCM. Too many movie channels.AndyHathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03033130101352572098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30906513740917896212021-04-16T18:01:38.270-05:002021-04-16T18:01:38.270-05:00OMG!
Could there be twelve!
I am sorry, but I ma...OMG!<br /><br />Could there be twelve!<br /><br />I am sorry, but I may not get t9 the Saturday puzzle<br />Until I find the 12th difference...<br /><br />But what if there are 13!?..<br /><br />No, that would be bad luck,<br />There must be fourteen...<br /><br />Aaaaarrrggghh'<br /><br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-25677529607055329812021-04-16T17:56:05.918-05:002021-04-16T17:56:05.918-05:00Steven M @ 11:49 said
There are 11 differences ......Steven M @ 11:49 said<br />There are 11 differences ...!<br /><br />Hmm,<br /><br />Establishment said there were 10,<br />So, I only looked for 10...<br /><br />Ack!<br />Steven is right!<br />There is 11!<br /><br />The squiggly line!<br /><br />Hmm,<br />I don't know if I should be more worried that<br />The establishment is screwing with us,<br />Or that there is some one more OCD than me...CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39071923708177192162021-04-16T17:11:14.300-05:002021-04-16T17:11:14.300-05:00Lucina @ 4:20
According to CED, here are the 10 d...Lucina @ 4:20<br /><br />According to CED, here are the 10 differences:<br /><br />1 branch twig<br />2 bathing suit color<br />3 flippers<br />4 sandals<br />5 sand castle<br />6 spade/shovel<br />7 book<br />8 suntan lotion flip top/sprayer<br />9 pillow/roll direction<br />10 sunglasses<br /><br />BTW, aren't you enjoying this brief period of lower temp's? It's absolutely delightful outside right now - 3:00 and 82 degrees and no humidity Chairman Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830681893074853511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68333442801058890392021-04-16T16:42:15.569-05:002021-04-16T16:42:15.569-05:0038 D tube tops = TV IDOLS. TV used to be called t...38 D tube tops = TV IDOLS. TV used to be called the tube and the TOP stars are idols. I thought it was cute.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69012917617108249032021-04-16T16:20:15.324-05:002021-04-16T16:20:15.324-05:00I can find only 8 differences. Did anyone find all...I can find only 8 differences. Did anyone find all 10?Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54725674314441083392021-04-16T15:58:09.845-05:002021-04-16T15:58:09.845-05:00AnonT:
I feel your pain, re: college tuition. Luck...AnonT:<br />I feel your pain, re: college tuition. Luckily I had only one and she managed to find some grants for 1) female 2) minority person 3) excellent grades. However, she paid most of her own way for the Master's degree. Now her daughter #2 is a senior and checking out universities. She will start at Community College.<br /><br />Best of luck to your daughter.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58359801779620470752021-04-16T14:56:39.018-05:002021-04-16T14:56:39.018-05:00
This = thus. Geez.<br />This = thus. Geez.AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56403900449578463592021-04-16T14:56:12.208-05:002021-04-16T14:56:12.208-05:00
This was a crunchy Friday go.
Lots of snow, this...<br />This was a crunchy Friday go.<br /><br />Lots of snow, this not a lot of<br /><br />Write-overs...AMC/TMC, OBOE/HARP, <br /><br />I also did not care for 38D, seemed a stretch. <br /><br />I guess I’m showing my age.. 51A could have been clued...”old computer language.” Report Program Generator. Now I feel old.<br /><br />Then again, Monday is my birthday. <br /><br />Stay safe. <br /><br />AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14559349452002813762021-04-16T14:13:55.228-05:002021-04-16T14:13:55.228-05:00Puzzling thoughts:
IIRC, the day (make that the e...Puzzling thoughts:<br /><br />IIRC, the day (make that the evening) when I first looked at and started to solve this puzzle, I may have been a bit “overserved” 🥃🥃 Our dear friend and fellow blogger Malodorous Manatee has turned me to the “dark side” of whisky drinking, and I’m pretty sure I was well into my second or third dram by then .. <br /><br />But I digress ... CED —> the “find the differences” cartoon was obviously just as difficult for me as the puzzle was 🤪😂. But thanks for sharing the answers; I did give up after finding just 6!<br /><br />Yellowrocks —> Margaret (my SO) agrees with you that ALUMs is an OK plural ... we can disagree though as I’ll pass on using ALUMS and still use ALUMNI/ALUMNAE for describing school graduates <br /><br />To all others —> thanks for your comments. It’s interesting how some of us (Spitzboov, e.g., as well as I) struggled with this puzzle while others found it quite easy. Echoing d-otto’s comment, I too find crossword puzzles much more fun when the NW corner (1-Across) is relatively easy or definitively solvable. The choice between ALTO and SCOT is fine further into the grid. The clue should lead you to one answer in that spot ... <br /><br />Have a great weekend! We are enjoying some really nice weather right now; 80 deg with about 15% humidity. Hoping it stays this way through the end of the month but our newspaper is already soliciting guesses as to when the mercury will reach 110+. Last year we hit that in the first week of May! <br /><br />Chairman Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830681893074853511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19713751738786855972021-04-16T14:08:11.910-05:002021-04-16T14:08:11.910-05:00A solid PZL for a Friday, tough but completely doa...A solid PZL for a Friday, tough but completely doable.<br />The SHIFTY EYES theme was fun!<br /><br />~ <b>OMK<br />____________<br />DR:</b> A 3-way on the far side.<br />Difficult to extract a decent anagram today because each of the three diagonals is either exclusively (or near-so) vowel or consonants. <br />The best option is the top line, offering three "O"s among its consonants. This allows a brief anagram (9 of 15 letters), a contemplation or meditation on divinity...<br />"<b>HM... GODHOOD</b>"! Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18799126210685490062021-04-16T14:02:39.158-05:002021-04-16T14:02:39.158-05:00I agree w/ Moe and several others that this was a ...I agree w/ Moe and several others that this was a Saturday or Sunday CW. FIR, but took 32 minutes and a few “cheats” in looking up the answer, like 52a. SPRAYER occurred to me immediately for some reason, and with TOPGEAR and INGEST perped RPG, which I had no idea what it meant until Moe ‘splained it to me. OSTER I’m familiar with, I have several of their products which I find to be top quality, including a blender that is about 30 years old and still works fine. I took the time and found all ten differences. A whole lot easier than this challenging CW. Thanx (I think) Mark for the challenge. I figured out the theme immediately with WITCHTRAIL, and still struggled with this CW. Outstanding write-up, Chairman Moe, as always!! Thanx for all the time and effort. Now for a brief siesta, then time for TGIF in my favorite saloon.unclefredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184507029837978331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21434581976851461932021-04-16T13:49:47.689-05:002021-04-16T13:49:47.689-05:00To CrossEyed Dave,
There is an 11th difference in...To CrossEyed Dave,<br /><br />There is an 11th difference in the "Find 10 differences" cartoon: a squiggle in the sand at the extreme left, independent of the sand castle.Steven M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10054144630928569411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14269703270904880362021-04-16T13:17:21.060-05:002021-04-16T13:17:21.060-05:00Hi All!
Thank you Mark for a fun puzzle. North a...Hi All!<br /><br />Thank you Mark for a fun puzzle. North and SE fell quickly but then I thought I was going to 'DNF it' in the SW. But, when I committed to TV IdolS, the DELIMMA was over. I don't know why MULE was so burdensome to come to mind.<br /><br />What TTP said, C. Moe. Took longer to read the expo (I found 7 - CED: 8-10 I missed) than do the puzzle.<br />//BTW, if those hands are in the same game, someone's getting a bullet for putting an extra Two of Clubs in the deck.<br /><br />And thank you for the Shifting EYEs (I's) enlightenment - that part of the theme went right over me head. (I was just enjoying the puns)<br /><br />WOs: COATe, Olive OYe (brain fart), wanted sPats b/f TIFFS (I inked the P waiting for anything to perp).<br />ESPs: MEL, MAE, ROLF (which I was sure was wrong), ERDOS (sounds like an Operating System - and I kept thinking, "What's <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauli_exclusion_principle" rel="nofollow">Pauli's </a></b> first name? Wait, no, Mark specified Mathematician...").<br /><br /><b>Fav</b>: c/a GRATER<br /><br />Anyone else stuck thinking, "what goes on Top of the TV? DVR, doily, antenna? Nothing starts with an 'I'." <br />Idol was a leap of faith.<br /><br />Lizza - that's wonderful that the reno is coming to order.<br /><br />BigE - KitchenAid also makes stand-mixers and food-processors; I have 'em.<br /><br />D-O: I also learned was a SCOT and not an alto. LOL RPGs!<br />//I played a lot of D&D in my ute but my 1st thought was MUD -- Multi-User Dungeons<br />(on-line RPGs).<br /><br />waseleey - today I'm hot|cold|hot|cold. I want to just sleep but I keep waking myself when I rollover to my left side (where I got the shot - it hurts!).<br /><br />IM - Youngest wants a law degree from a private institution and I'm like "no, no, no... you get the same $$$ your sister did." <br />So, she's going to the community college where DW teaches (Youngest got into DW's Honors college (no, DW was NOT on the committee for that)) and then I'll pay handsomely for the two years after that.<br />The CC route keeps her home for another 2 years, so that's nice.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59632302777785903372021-04-16T12:47:35.216-05:002021-04-16T12:47:35.216-05:00A lot of unknowns, but perpable with a little work...A lot of unknowns, but perpable with a little work.<br /><br />I went looking for some funny shifty eyes,<br />But the page that loaded was full of shifty eye GIFs<br />And crashed my iPad...<br /><br />You only got 6 differences?<br />They are:<br />1branch twig<br />2bathing suit color<br />3flippers<br />4sandals<br />5sandcastle<br />6 spade/shovel<br />7book<br />8suntan lotion flip top/sprayer<br />9pillow/roll direction<br />10sunglasses<br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75999503653474537872021-04-16T12:23:06.719-05:002021-04-16T12:23:06.719-05:00Very tough puzzle for me, but I still enjoyed it d...Very tough puzzle for me, but I still enjoyed it due to clever theme and lots of sparkly fill. I fell into the same holes as others, LPS/CDS, VOILE/TOILE. But I made an error no one else reported - quickly put SPAM, and thought kinkajou must be some sort of Pokemon character, hence POATI instead of COATI. Major head slap.<br /><br />Years ago I went through a series of Rolf sessions - once in a lifetime is enough!<br /><br />Ch. Moe, thanks for entertaining tour. I saved the entre nous cartoon. My mother used to say, when telling me something that must remain private, “This is strictly entre nous”. Also, Jack and I named our favorite sailboat Entre Nous. <br /><br />Have a lovely weekend, everyone.Wendybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680784385470001268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88785779093773000732021-04-16T12:11:27.178-05:002021-04-16T12:11:27.178-05:00Chairman Moe, I think you and I were on the same w...Chairman Moe, I think you and I were on the same wavelength around this puzzle! I also had corny and then silly before STALE, and I also thought about woodwinds for "crack from the wind." I was trying to figure out whether there was a wood for a cracked note from a musical instrument for way too long!<br /><br />Some interesting trivia: Paul ERDOS is probably best known outside mathematical circles for the Erdos number. He was so prolific and collaborated with so many people that the Erdos number is a measure of how many degrees of separation an academic has from Erdos by co-authorship on papers. According to Wikipedia, his influence is so widespread that mathematicians' Erdos number is the lowest, but the Nobel winners in Economics, Chemistry, Physics and Medicine also have low Erdos numbers as well. stailinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48958379595387213602021-04-16T11:46:56.711-05:002021-04-16T11:46:56.711-05:00A Friday toughie, but a very enjoyable one--many t...A Friday toughie, but a very enjoyable one--many thanks, Mark. And loved all your pictures, Chairman Moe. Irish Miss, I too found all 10 of the Difference Picture differences. <br /><br />Like Bob Lee, and possibly others, my favorite clue was the one that gave us LEI DETECTOR. (My least favorite, I have to admit, was DIARY FARM.) And, yes, I too was conflicted about OIL versus OYL, and sadly put OIL until the down across corrected it.<br /><br />PK, I loved your remark about Miss Piggy being too classy to live in a STYE.<br /><br />Have a good weekend coming up, everybody.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16417652374307350552021-04-16T11:30:52.320-05:002021-04-16T11:30:52.320-05:00Ray-O:
Safe travels! I hope you can contact us whi...Ray-O:<br />Safe travels! I hope you can contact us while on the road otherwise I'll miss your SIN-onyms.<br /><br />Spitz:<br />Loved your use of DILEMMA!<br /><br />oc4beach:<br />I am so sorry you are experiencing migraines. I understand the pain is excruciating.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.com