tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post5048764294897456569..comments2024-03-28T18:45:22.098-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday, November 26th, 2015 C.C. BurnikelZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46297894486416479372015-11-28T21:09:47.796-06:002015-11-28T21:09:47.796-06:00I'm bored with C.C.'s puzzles. I find them...I'm bored with C.C.'s puzzles. I find them not as interesting as everyone seems to find them interesting. This oxymoron puzzle is the ultimate pits.Matt Skoczennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76754112543868324122015-11-27T04:09:45.358-06:002015-11-27T04:09:45.358-06:00Hello, all. I'm just an occasional lurker who ...Hello, all. I'm just an occasional lurker who checked in to check out (note accidental use of theme) ANAGRAM. I thought I was good at anagrams and felt like an idiot when I saw the answer. I did get the puzzle w/o cheating, and I join the multitude in congratulating CC for her excellent analysis.<br /> And now I rise to CC's defense. Anonymous has it wrong. The Defense Dept was a new entity, not a renaming of the War Dept. The Navy Dept. was always separate and had its own Cabinet Secretary. Both Army and Navy had separate air forces; the Army's was called the Army Air Corps, later the Army Air Force. It eventually became a separate branch of the Defense Dept. The Navy's air force remains part of the Navy, as do the Marines. Army, Air Force, and Navy are now all parts of the Defense Dept., and their Secretaries are sub-Cabinet positions. I know all this because I was a USNR LTJG when it happened.<br /> Glad most of you had nice Thanksgivings. My two sons and I did too; it was our first on our own, since the usual relatives were all out of town. It would also have been our 60th wedding anniversary. I give thanks for my two boys and for 56 years of a very happy marriage.<br /><br />Cheers - RetFizz.<br />But we forgot to have a toast!RetFizzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06808090259947239260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53412835985143383482015-11-27T00:34:23.404-06:002015-11-27T00:34:23.404-06:00Back from the annual feast... MIL's ham was t...Back from the annual feast... MIL's ham was the star (and I got the bone! - bean soup!). It was a fun time.<br /><br />This may sound brown-nose-y, but really, C.C. amazes. MIL didn't notice the "opposite-day" theme (w/o that I wouldn't have broken N. Central - I kept wanting something you give a PhD (ear rings in my case :-))) and I think it's a stroke of brilliance to put 4 normal phrases that start w/ a contradiction together. Bravo.<br /><br />But, to top it off, 4 9-fill down "stacks" and no groaners. CAN you do that? Not I.<br /><br />OK, one groan - ENRON; it COLORs Houston badly.<br /><br />WEES - Elo b/f EMF (? who) and wanted chutes w/ my ladders. I also had SORE sport for a spell and glares b/f SCOWLS (that's a fun word).<br /><br />CED - I hope all is well w/ Grams. Thoughts her & your way.<br /><br />C. Moe - We had the WINE tonight (Georges Du Boeuf Nouveau)... I liked it OK (Nouveaus always taste vinegary to me, but this one was mild). I think 2015 will be a good year in 5 or 6 years. You're the expert, what do you think? (others?)<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19412586372679567602015-11-26T21:54:14.494-06:002015-11-26T21:54:14.494-06:00I'm thankful for challenges (At least the cro...I'm thankful for challenges (At least the crossword variety). Yesterday and today were both a DNF, but were also DEI's (Did enjoy immensely)<br /><br />Tomorrow's Nebraska football game makes such an impact downtown that we have to work Saturday instead of Friday. The owner of our parking lot reserves the right to re-rent our paid-for spaces for HUGE amounts for tailgaters.Ergonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64249163186302025712015-11-26T21:13:24.653-06:002015-11-26T21:13:24.653-06:00CED, what happened? Is everything OK?
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...CED, what happened? Is everything OK?<br /><br />----------<br /><br />Seen on the Internet...<br /><br />"I wish I had a twin over 21 so I could use his ID card."<br /><br />"How come it's just men? How come you never hear about women having to take a DNA test to see if it's theirs?"Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57239687974442071402015-11-26T20:05:52.189-06:002015-11-26T20:05:52.189-06:00I would like to tell you about how Grandma passed ...I would like to tell you about how Grandma passed out before Thanksgiving<br />dinner, & we had to call 911<br /><br />Plus CC's puzzle<br /><br />but I am a little busy right now...<br /><br /><br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-20790212365970588592015-11-26T19:23:17.011-06:002015-11-26T19:23:17.011-06:00Let's not forget the other great 3 letter rock...Let's not forget the other great 3 letter rock group, ELP.<br /><br />Emerson, Lake & Palmer : <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtGjJVcrKQU" rel="nofollow"><b>From the Beginning</b></a>.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35553405108759105262015-11-26T18:42:54.409-06:002015-11-26T18:42:54.409-06:00And I am thankful that I will not hear or smell th...<br />And I am thankful that I will not hear or smell that livingroom that I had to pass through two nights ago. I'm outta there, like forever.<br /><br />And I am thankful for all you constructors and daily buggers and everyone.<br /><br />Mousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14991648365445295492015-11-26T18:21:15.134-06:002015-11-26T18:21:15.134-06:00Guy Lewis. God Bless and God rest his soul.Guy Lewis. God Bless and God rest his soul.TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1077273411911661052015-11-26T17:18:38.969-06:002015-11-26T17:18:38.969-06:00Hi Y'all! Hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiv...Hi Y'all! Hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving, C.C. & dear corner friends, for whom I am thankful.<br /><br />I'm thankful that I did not overeat and gain weight today. I stayed home out of the weather despite my son offering to drive 40 miles one way to pick me up and take me back after the meal. I am thankful for such a kind son. I am thankful he is not endangering his life driving in bad weather because I wouldn't let him. I am thankful that his mother-in-law and I are now good enough friends that she invited me to her home even though I couldn't go. I am thankful that I kept my tongue clamped between my teeth many times in order to accomplish that feat. <br /><br />I am thankful a steady rain has fallen on my wheat fields and my grass. I am thankful that I went to the grocery store two days ago, so I am not hungry as I watch the rain fall and turn to ice.<br /><br />I am thankful that my Air Force son is now retired and employed gainfully in the private sector as the world becomes more warlike. I am thankful for his hour-long phone call from another state on Wednesday so that I got the inside scoop on his life. I am thankful that he grew up with a lot of common sense and sense of doom which kept him and his men alive during his career as a military pilot who didn't take unnecessary risks.<br /><br />I am thankful that I haven't seen, heard or smelled that mouse since it ran through the livingroom two nights ago. I will be outrageously joyous if I never see it again.<br /><br />I am grateful for having lived on a farm where my freezer was always stocked with beef that we fed to PRIME and enjoyed to the max. Never mind my granddaughter is a vegan. (Stop rolling in your grave, farmer husband!)PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-20101111942704378362015-11-26T15:31:02.329-06:002015-11-26T15:31:02.329-06:00Thanks AnonT. I've watched that WKRP clip at l...Thanks AnonT. I've watched that WKRP clip at least 10 times at different points in my life. I'm probably up to watching it at least 10 more times before I get tired of it. I like Arlo too. I hope he doesn't give me an ear worm...<br /><br />Here's my favorite line from Arthur where he tells Hobson he is going to take a bath. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7BBytJYBYc" rel="nofollow">ARTHUR AGAIN</a><br /><br />I've had no problem finding Choice cuts of beef at the local markets. Several times we've even gotten Prime rib-eye steaks from Costco at about the same price as Choice from the regular market.<br /><br />Irish Miss, can you please forward that e-mail to me. If you don't want to take advantage of it, I'll jump right in. It would be a shame to miss that that wonderful opportunity. :>)<br /><br />I hope all of us with various aches, ailments and worse find relief and more in the coming holiday season and from now on. Best wishes to us all.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19473604292898969452015-11-26T14:53:50.971-06:002015-11-26T14:53:50.971-06:00I liked this puzzle a lot, and feel about it much ...I liked this puzzle a lot, and feel about it much the same as many of you have already described. <br /><br />I also feel the same gratitude and affection for all you people who contribute to this blog in your various unique ways.<br /><br />So, if suddenly there are NO MORE STARS, the earth would continue to circle around the non-existent sun for almost 9 minutes before shooting OFF ON A TANGENT. <br /><br />We get very upset when our landline doesn't get a DIAL TONE, because it means our DSL is out, too.<br /><br />I like Emma Slater, too.<br /><br />We're going to have a nice cellar dweller with our roast duck today. Best wishes to you all this fine Thanksgiving day!Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72535517720172354252015-11-26T14:11:46.862-06:002015-11-26T14:11:46.862-06:00Happy Thanksgiving All!
Time is short w/ all the ...Happy Thanksgiving All!<br /><br />Time is short w/ all the prep'n to do... C.C. I loved the puzzle and almost PASS'd your TEST. But I left the D in MdE @46d. When I read Steve's write-up (fantastic!) SIMILE hit me <i>like a ton of bricks</i>.<br /><br />Fav - 15d. I kept thinking 'entropy's end' but it didn't fit. After the deviled-eggs (CED - I followed your link - it works until you get to the 13th egg; take them out of the ice-bath b/f egg 11), I looked back and "saw" ANAGRAM. The orbs aligned in my sign.<br /><br />Obligatory: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg" rel="nofollow"> WKRP</a> and <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m57gzA2JCcM" rel="nofollow"> ARLO</a> - see y'all after the feast.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86006254097345724502015-11-26T12:51:00.544-06:002015-11-26T12:51:00.544-06:00my kids played chutes and ladders not snakesmy kids played chutes and ladders not snakesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11962901881530799564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6830515917686479352015-11-26T12:19:38.960-06:002015-11-26T12:19:38.960-06:00Someone help me. I've seen this puzzle before...Someone help me. I've seen this puzzle before. Ditto with the 10/22 NYTimes puzzle, today's syndicated puzzle. I'm going crazy, like am I in a time warp?Longbeachleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945278798020339134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1163616304609838982015-11-26T11:59:42.197-06:002015-11-26T11:59:42.197-06:00Thanks for the gentle correction, Lemon. I've ...Thanks for the gentle correction, Lemon. I've got to quit trusting my memory. <br /><br />-<a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9d/b3/0f/9db30f93bc67f981901cf1b9a2b524df.jpg" rel="nofollow">This quote came later</a>Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57961202445597075742015-11-26T11:47:19.905-06:002015-11-26T11:47:19.905-06:00Nice writing Steve and when you travel to Switzerl...Nice writing Steve and when you travel to Switzerland find a picture of William Tell and pose with it. C.C., let's hope you're keeping track of all your puzzles so you don't duplicate a theme in the future. The opposites theme today didn't make it through my thick skull.<br /><br />This has been my week for DNFs, missing the cross of GAEA and GENOA. I should have guessed GENOA but it wasn't to be. SNAKES & ladders??? Got by the perps but had no idea what it was. SIMILE, gerund, and all those other words that you once had to learn and forgot after the test.<br /><br />But we are having 16 for lunch with a total assortment of you name it, we've got it. Turkey, ham, Honey-baked ham, sweet potatoes, homemade hummus & pita (neighbor from Jerusalem), mirliton (chayote) stuffed with shrimp, mirliton casserole, candied sweet potatoes, green beans, cornbread dressing, oyster dressing, pecan pie and assorted appetizers, but I'm OFF ON A TANGENT.<br /><br />Happy Turkey DayBig Easynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58214799119308849102015-11-26T11:40:33.632-06:002015-11-26T11:40:33.632-06:00HG thanks for the great line from Arthur but is ...HG thanks for the great line from <i> Arthur </i> but is said by the late Sir John GielgudLemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35462040178041185682015-11-26T11:36:41.540-06:002015-11-26T11:36:41.540-06:00Happy TG, and thanks CC., the Sheriff of Nottingha...Happy TG, and thanks CC., the Sheriff of Nottingham and Robin Hood<br /><br />LOVELY to see Ms. PEEL again - it feels like an age.<br /><br />The clues for <i>ANAGRAM</i> and <i>ATM INSIDE</i> qualify as <b>CRYTIC</b>. It this a new trend? – I'm all for it of course.<br /><br />Enjoyed <i>uh-uh</i> and <i>uh-huh</i>. I will try to remember the difference now - quite thematic too.<br /><br />My major WHINE concerned <b>WINE</b>. Nice rhyming clue, but in my book, inanimate, stationary things do not <b>DWELL</b>. Only animals/objects with a means of self-propulsion can DWELL.<br /><br />My only ROADBLOCK was, like Steve, writing in ELO, as an autonomic response to a 3-letter rock band clue. In fact, I never heard of EMF or their song - it sounds like Eurotrash. EMF to me means Electro-Motive Force. And BSA means Bovine Serum Albumin. <br /><br />And I see the Greek Gods and Trojans came in very handy to solve the multiple vowel crisis. <br /><br />Otherwise, nice job CC - please CC to the above-mentioned.<br /><br />It's the EUROPA LEAGUE today (soccer), and my team, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR, has to travel 2000 mile to a place called <b>Qarabağ</b> in Azerbaijan, then fly back and play CHELSEA on Sunday. Quite a work-out.<br /><br />Remember to stuff the Turkey, not yourselvesNice Cuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670171231144871327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81392133124554318542015-11-26T11:27:31.671-06:002015-11-26T11:27:31.671-06:00Dearest C.C., the thanks are all ours, not only fo...Dearest C.C., the thanks are all ours, not only for your wonderful dedication to this blog, but also for your brilliant puzzles and your incredible kindness to simply everyone. You are an inspiration to all of us! And my thanks too for your team and for everyone who works hard to make every morning in the corner an enjoyable pleasure for us all. <br /><br />This puzzle was actually a bit of a Thanksgiving toughie for me, and not only did I not get ANAGRAM, but I still didn't get it until some of you explained it just now. But I don't care, I loved working on this puzzle anyway. <br /><br />Irish Miss, I loved your post this morning.<br /><br />My family arrived safely and we had our first dinner together in a year last night. It was lovely to see everyone, especially my sweet 11 year old grandson.<br /><br />Have a wonderful Thanksgiving day, everyone.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12818774104656079002015-11-26T11:27:01.459-06:002015-11-26T11:27:01.459-06:00Fun puzzle. Thanks CC, Steve, Rich and everybody e...Fun puzzle. Thanks CC, Steve, Rich and everybody else.<br /><br />Steve said: "Part of the fun for me is figuring out the theme." I missed out on that part of the fun today. I never did make sense of it until reading the writeup. Now I'm embarrassed since it seems so obvious...<br /><br />WEES. I know of Chutes and Ladders; no snakes.<br /><br />I'm a big fan of both Emmas.<br /><br />We did Thanksgiving dinner last Saturday since our son and his girlfriend are off to Mexico and Cuba today. It will be unusually quiet around here.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53801650422446206752015-11-26T11:00:14.247-06:002015-11-26T11:00:14.247-06:00The sun will never rise on a day when I am not ama...The sun will never rise on a day when I am not amazed by C.C.’s verbal facility and construction skill.<br /><br />Musings<br />-I needed Steve’s great write-up for the theme. I may need more coffee<br />-Salt and sand crews will be OUT IN FORCE today but we will not make it to Lincoln<br />-OFF ON A TANGENT? Can you see my hand in the air? <br />-Steve, putting that beautiful piece of meat next to SPAM? How gauche! ☺ <br />-<a href="http://theendlessfurther.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fork-road4b.jpg" rel="nofollow">Famous fork in the ROAD</a><br />-Do you remember <i>Smokey Stover</i> and “SCRAM, gravy ain’t wavy?”<br />-<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2SHsyN2jFvU/U5oV9Uc8xNI/AAAAAAABGxY/PQhcF0c-w00/s1600/Gaia__Greek_Goddess_by_falm.jpg" rel="nofollow">The Goddess of Green!</a><br />-Three-letter band starting with E isn’t ELO? <br />-My TESTS were open-notebook as I tried to test for learning not memorization<br />-<a href="http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2013/1129/ncf_u_bop_cr_1296x729.jpg" rel="nofollow">A SORE LOSER</a> who got fired a year ago<br />-Short stop as two words is as close as C.C. got to baseball today<br />-<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTeDxlknnFo" rel="nofollow">The best movie line with the word ECONOMY in it</a> (:33) spoken by the fabulous Arthur Treacher<br />-Fabulous ANAGRAM clue was about no more stars was “lights out”!<br />-My card would not work in the ATM yesterday and so I called my bank. Yup, I was using the wrong card!<br />-<a href="http://s215.photobucket.com/user/Jacques415/media/feign.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">FEIGN</a><br />-Gotta run and get MIL. At least we can celebrate with her until the ice comes this afternoon.Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27537164552099615352015-11-26T10:51:20.199-06:002015-11-26T10:51:20.199-06:00Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable
Thanksgiving...Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable<br />Thanksgiving holiday!<br /><br />I'm with Hondo, if I stay quiet at the inlaws today,<br />the casualty rate will be low(er).Manachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904472091922069440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65294993650059992612015-11-26T10:26:49.846-06:002015-11-26T10:26:49.846-06:00I don't have the VW anymore. . . . My plate c...I don't have the VW anymore. . . . My plate creates a lot of interesting stop light conversations. ;-)Madame Defargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003303114163633197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40929129655445248042015-11-26T10:19:50.420-06:002015-11-26T10:19:50.420-06:00Good Morning:
Another gem from CC, our prolific p...Good Morning:<br /><br />Another gem from CC, our prolific puzzle provider. It took me awhile to catch the theme but it eventually made sense. Lots of clever cluing, which is a CC trademark and lots of fresh, interesting fill. In short, a very enjoyable solve with just the right amount of chewiness! <br /><br />Thank you, CC,for the pre-turkey treat and thanks, Steve, for your long-distance analysis. A huge thank you to Argyle, Melissa B, JazzB, Husker Gary, Steve, Lemonade, Splynter and CC for the time, effort, and dedication you all give, day after day. Thanks to CC for creating this cozy, welcoming, supportive Corner and thanks to all those who nurture this special "family."<br /><br />My Thanksgiving started out auspiciously enough with an email from none other than the Director of the FBI, James Comey, informing me that I'm going to receive $5.9 million dollars as a result of some shady Nigerian scams that have been thwarted by the Cyber Fraud Division. I only have to wire $250.00 to receive an ATM (Inside, maybe?) card which would allow me to withdraw up to $15,000 a day. Is this my lucky day, or what? My first thought about how I would spend this windfall was to throw a big bash at a fancy-shamcy resort for all of the Cornerites and buy everyone a round trip ticket and add some spending money, to boot! Sound good?<br /><br />Back to reality, folks. It was nice to hear from Blue Iris, Windhover, and Dennis. Hope all is well with everyone.<br /><br />Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, everyone. (I know I have a lot to be thankful for.)<br /><br />Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.com