tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post6817298020989752439..comments2024-03-29T08:04:24.537-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Tom LockeZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62798990424267176052021-05-12T06:08:42.065-05:002021-05-12T06:08:42.065-05:00Crockett: You are correct. It was probably just ...Crockett: You are correct. It was probably just a case of fingers and brain not in sync! I made the correction.Hahtoolahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439791473590708547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29703606189238912502021-05-11T23:23:46.725-05:002021-05-11T23:23:46.725-05:00-T, you can show your dad that link. Our music b...-T, you can show your dad that link. Our music back in the day.Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66805892048881079352021-05-11T23:21:49.492-05:002021-05-11T23:21:49.492-05:00Speaking of….
Just tell your
HOODLUM friends o...Speaking of…. <br /><br />Just tell your <br /><a href="https://youtu.be/9xAi80ShG0I" rel="nofollow"> HOODLUM</a> friends outside, <br />You ain't got time to take a ride<br /><br />WC Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4619160857913469342021-05-11T23:21:37.326-05:002021-05-11T23:21:37.326-05:00I do believe one of the clef designations should b...I do believe one of the clef designations should be Bass, not Base, no?Crockett1947https://www.blogger.com/profile/06404431645533093707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72033660874975925062021-05-11T23:05:30.133-05:002021-05-11T23:05:30.133-05:00Steer in Spanish is novillo. I did not know so had...Steer in Spanish is novillo. I did not know so had to look in my Larousse. I'm glad I still have it as I've considered donating it to the college where I taught. Maybe later, in a few years.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62586421550825774842021-05-11T22:35:24.204-05:002021-05-11T22:35:24.204-05:00Agree that Owen had excellent l'icks as always...Agree that Owen had excellent l'icks as always. <br /><br />I was thinking DATe sites could be mined.<br /><br />CED, your links were hilarious today <br /><br />Whenever I travel I'm late getting to puzzles. Once I sat down it went smoothly. I always love hahtoolah write-ups. <br /><br />WC <br /> Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68492110620508479862021-05-11T20:42:18.605-05:002021-05-11T20:42:18.605-05:00FIW. Once again, two lousy squares! Didn’t know ...FIW. Once again, two lousy squares! Didn’t know ADIT/NIA (O instead of I), nor SALSODA, so I was content with a LULL causing yawns. Oh, well….<br /><br />Thanks, Tom and Hahtoolah!<br /><br />Since I’m lousy at math, I texted 6.02214076×10²³ to both my daughter and my uncle. I assume that both of them will come up to the same conclusion Spitz did.<br /><br />SDI was Reagan’s idea for stopping the nuclear arms race. Not only did it suffer politically from being called “Star Wars,” there were serious doubts whether it was scientifically feasible.<br /><br />My daughter got it right. Haven’t heard from my uncle yet, but he’ll know it.LEO IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109264341518680358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39723995769515102612021-05-11T20:03:17.076-05:002021-05-11T20:03:17.076-05:00T @4:41pm Thanks for the tip on the Stones clip. ...T @4:41pm Thanks for the tip on the Stones clip. I didn't see it when I originally read the review on my phone. There is some kind of bug in Blogger that suppresses videos on cell phones unless the HTML is edited to remove a particular class statement. Susan may not be aware of it.<br /><br />Boy the Stones were really young back then!<br /><br />Billwaseeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486819496295875624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43602097272039961592021-05-11T19:16:57.626-05:002021-05-11T19:16:57.626-05:00Vidwan: Thank you for explaining the meaning of t...Vidwan: Thank you for explaining the meaning of the suffix "-Stan". We always learn something from our crossword friends with each puzzle.Hahtoolahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439791473590708547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36217004076887169632021-05-11T18:23:05.291-05:002021-05-11T18:23:05.291-05:00Still no word from Bill G,
I wasn't going to ...Still no word from Bill G,<br /><br />I wasn't going to post today<br />Because looking for silly theme pics for this puzzle<br />Was a real pain in the (err, rear end...)<br /><br />Thank goodness for learning moments <br /><a href="https://images.app.goo.gl/GQeJCdMG7eLnGjj29" rel="nofollow">like ephemera!</a><br /><br />I mean, <a href="https://images.app.goo.gl/tpmkmnxyUdpPbZmo7" rel="nofollow">I searched almost everywhere...</a><br /><br /><a href="https://images.app.goo.gl/cQtwEYvUxRCeW3bJ7" rel="nofollow">this was the best I found...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57010169825228927332021-05-11T18:16:33.502-05:002021-05-11T18:16:33.502-05:00CM - not to mention the Tropal of Cancer and Tropa...CM - not to mention the Tropal of Cancer and Tropal of Capricorn; and a gin and tonalSpitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16577268003909584952021-05-11T17:56:46.078-05:002021-05-11T17:56:46.078-05:00Correction: I FIRCorrection: I FI<b>R</b>Chairman Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830681893074853511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8798947371645963802021-05-11T17:55:27.669-05:002021-05-11T17:55:27.669-05:00Puzzling thoughts:
FIW; clever theme and delightf...Puzzling thoughts:<br /><br />FIW; clever theme and delightful recap<br /><br />RAY-O and MM - chuckled at your comments<br /><br />And adding to the mix of the use of "AL" instead of "IC", as I read PK's comment about a castrated bull being called a steer, I wondered then, is a castrated male might be called a eunal?Chairman Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830681893074853511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65189935401467751212021-05-11T17:40:05.854-05:002021-05-11T17:40:05.854-05:00I very much enjoyed this puzzle and Hahtoolah'...I very much enjoyed this puzzle and Hahtoolah's comments.<br /><br />PAELLA changed my WENT APE to WENT MAD. BEACH BUM changed my SHAVE to SCARE, which gave me RAYED (nose wrinkle.) At first I thought Peter or Paul was a POPE but NIA came along and disabused me of that notion, which in turn gave me AT BAT and MARAUDS.<br /><br />I liked EPHEMERA and HOTDOG BUNS. Hand up for not knowing the term SAL SODA even though knowing the term washing soda.<br /><br />Take care, all.<br />Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27928364812683962552021-05-11T17:23:38.621-05:002021-05-11T17:23:38.621-05:00PK - - buey joven. maybe?PK - - buey joven. maybe?Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52295430932691194432021-05-11T16:57:57.835-05:002021-05-11T16:57:57.835-05:00A castrated bull is called a steer. Don't know...A castrated bull is called a steer. Don't know what it is in Spanish.<br />PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46167257408525650712021-05-11T16:41:52.507-05:002021-05-11T16:41:52.507-05:00Hi All!
Congrats on your LAT debut Tom. Fun puzz...Hi All!<br /><br />Congrats on your LAT debut Tom. Fun puzzle, not a PITA at all.<br /><br />Thank you for the Stones, Hahtoolah. Oh, and the wonderful cartoon-laden expo. Love'd the witch.<br /><br />WOs: NOTABLe, HOODLeM [that held up DULL for quite some time]<br />ESPs: NO SOAP(?), ADIT is new to me, names other than ETHAN*<br /><b>Fav</b>: DATA mining was cute (Bitcoin didn't fit :-))<br /><br />{A, B}<br /><br />Spitz - Got the 10^23 too, eh? Funny re: bi-lingual dog.<br /><br />LOL "GAS", PK.<br /><br />TTP beat me to ZZTop.<br /><br />Back to work. Read everyone else and play later.<br />Cheers, -T<br />*I met ETHAN once. He was on the balcony next to me at Bourbon Orleans while I sipped my coffee and smoked my cigarette.<br />Me: "How's it going?," <br />"Good."<br />While I went in to take my shower, DW went out to the balcony.<br />...<br />"I just had a wonderful conversation with ETHAN Hawke."<br />Me: "Who?"<br />"The actor, I love his movies. You know who he is [then she named movies]."<br />Me: ???? "Where?"<br />"He's out on the balcony."Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91548449190154271982021-05-11T16:23:12.255-05:002021-05-11T16:23:12.255-05:00Toro or Tora Troubadors ....
What if it was a cas...<br />Toro or Tora Troubadors ....<br /><br />What if it was a castrated Bull ... could it then be called a TORA ??<br /><br />Or, is it a lot of BS ? ... actually I've always wondered why BS is considered so much more important than the cow variety ... hmmm<br /><br />Another Ray-O-Sunshine, Homophone and Homonym ....<br /><br />TORAH, TORAH, TORAH .... what the Cantor might have shouted in the Honolulu synagogue, when the aerial attacks began on that day of infamy ...( Get it, protect it from damage, and take it underground ...)<br /><br />PK, NaomiZ thank you for your kind words. Analyzing the words Sal Soda, probably means Salt of Soda. Most carbonates are called sodas, in layman language.<br /> Sal Ammoniac is the salt of Ammonia, - Ammonium Chloride - generally the mineral form. It is used mainly in fertilizer, as a phophate complex, as a soldering flux material for copper pipes and electrical wire solders, as medicine as a cough supressant, and as a yeast and food preservative. <br /><br />Also used a 100 years ago, as Smelling Salts, for reviving delicate ladies who fainted, at the mention of certain indelicate words ....Vidwan827https://www.blogger.com/profile/04334379183042040924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71161233406764378232021-05-11T15:39:35.712-05:002021-05-11T15:39:35.712-05:00NaomiZ,well said. I was reading up on that also.I...NaomiZ,well said. I was reading up on that also.I<br />HG, as a teacher of K-5 it is essential that we have the students eating from our hands. Otherwise bored students create chaos. This skill is also necessary whenever we are asked to give a speech or chair a meeting. I absolutely refuse to carry on if most are not following. Whatever it takes to bring the audience alive I will do.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73451383250000108782021-05-11T15:18:26.388-05:002021-05-11T15:18:26.388-05:00Gender identification in animals? Among invertebra...Gender identification in animals? Among invertebrates like snails and slugs, we find hermaphrodites, with both male and female equipment. But among vertebrates, we sometimes see "bilateral gynandromorphs," split in the middle between male and female. Especially in birds, there are occasional sightings, for instance of a Northern Cardinal that is bright red on one side and dull brown on the other. And that's no bull!NaomiZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024038841021678864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27665469725523988962021-05-11T14:49:22.473-05:002021-05-11T14:49:22.473-05:00Musings
-18 great holes this morning on a somewhat...Musings<br />-18 great holes this morning on a somewhat chilly day<br />-A few places almost made an a$$ out of me <br />-Grandson really enjoys playing his vintage LP’s on this new PHONO<br />-One <i>Downton Abbey</i> episode featured the Downton Village FETE<br />-I’ve mentioned before that my farrier friend has worked on giraffe hooves<br />-Good teachers, pastors, et al can read the signs when they are DULL. Our pastor does not have that skill<br />-Russia withstood the German onslaught and pushed the Wehrmacht back to Berlins. They just didn’t leave and the USSR was formed.<br />-My sister’s garage is full of EPHEMERA disguised as Beany Babies. Her cars sit outside<br />-New treadmill just arrived, gotta run!<br />Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-244492096147226322021-05-11T14:37:02.751-05:002021-05-11T14:37:02.751-05:00OMK...correct YOINK ..My bad..OMK...correct <b>YOINK</b> ..My bad..Ray - O - Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864005198472595370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79919139090140753982021-05-11T14:32:19.282-05:002021-05-11T14:32:19.282-05:00Deceptively difficult PZL today from Mr. Locke--bu...Deceptively difficult PZL today from Mr. <b>Locke</b>--but doable. <br /><b>Hahtoolah</b>'s write-up is excellent, just as we have come to expect!<br /><br />Yes, AORTAL does seem a strange word. But it is a better answer than MORTAL, which is where I thought we were heading.<br />Shouldn't that be a <b><i>Yoink</i></b> word, <b>Ray</b>? I am not sure, not being a <i>Simpsons</i> devotee. But just thought to raise the question.<br />~ <b>OMK<br />____________<br />DR:</b> We have three diagonals today, all on the near side.<br />Using the central diagonal, I can get a jumbo anagram (14 of 15 letters), consisting of a social climber's expression when thumbing through an index of exclusive social groups (Bohemian Grove, Pacific-Union Club, opera first nighters, etc.). His/her reaction can be summed in three little words:...<br />"<b>AAH, SUPER ELITES!</b>"Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34447410186876703202021-05-11T14:23:52.421-05:002021-05-11T14:23:52.421-05:00Some cats speak foreign languages, too:
Why are ...Some cats speak foreign languages, too: <br /> <a href="https://www.ostfalenpost.de/aktuell/siegerkarte2012_text.pdf" rel="nofollow">Why are you looking like that; was that your mouse?</a>Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78638591597975012762021-05-11T13:24:06.369-05:002021-05-11T13:24:06.369-05:00Greetings,
Nice puzzle today. Thank you, Tom. M...Greetings,<br /><br />Nice puzzle today. Thank you, Tom. My only hang up today was a stall on TSARS. I had trouble recalling TSAR Paul.<br /><br />Nicely done, Hahtoolah!<br /><br />I have been remiss in getting puzzles done if I don't do them first thing in the morning. I have created so many activities here, I think I am overbooked in my own home! This past week-end, I puzzle binged finishing all last week's puzzle during the day Saturday. It was actually fun and a wee bit decadent.<br /><br />Have a sunny day! <br /><br /><br /><br />Madame Defargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003303114163633197noreply@blogger.com