tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post7652957584363776153..comments2024-03-28T12:03:01.699-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Gary LarsonZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9131750769294982272019-03-13T00:39:45.947-05:002019-03-13T00:39:45.947-05:00Yes. It was by a different constructor.Yes. It was by a different constructor.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16519291532765731082019-03-13T00:28:58.441-05:002019-03-13T00:28:58.441-05:00I tried USA Today and was presented different puzz...I tried USA Today and was presented different puzzle. Anybody else?Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12353212827956853352019-03-12T21:13:17.123-05:002019-03-12T21:13:17.123-05:00LOL! Lucina. Thanks for that chuckle. Cheers, -T...LOL! Lucina. Thanks for that chuckle. Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48552769296645434772019-03-12T20:49:07.422-05:002019-03-12T20:49:07.422-05:00FYI...
The Wednesday (3/13/19) edition of the Wal...FYI...<br /><br />The Wednesday (3/13/19) edition of the Wall Street Journal has a crossword puzzle (Stockholders) constructed by C.C. Burnikel. She is starting to dominate that paper also. To print or solve online, go to WSJ.com (free)Dow Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71228831501978406152019-03-12T19:41:57.053-05:002019-03-12T19:41:57.053-05:00OMK:
Priests wishing to marry?OMK:<br />Priests wishing to marry?Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22296776722981544422019-03-12T19:36:34.292-05:002019-03-12T19:36:34.292-05:00CanadianEh! & Madame Defarge ~
Thanks for your...<b>CanadianEh! & Madame Defarge</b> ~<br />Thanks for your concern! I appreciate the kindness (& Mme D, I hope your visit to the Bone Doc pays off). <br />I am still feeling the pain, but my tub soak yesterday was a big help, and I feel some real improvement each day. Today I got some epsom salts, so will see if they speed things up.<br />(The literature on the salts promises help for everything from arthritis pain to dry skin and wrinkles--and now even autism. I'm <i>saved</i>!)<br /><br /><b>Lucina</b> ~<br />Thanks! <br />I guess I knew the official cause of death for Pius was heart failure, but then <i>all</i> CoD's seem to be organ failures of one of more systems. What stuck in my memory was the stressful condition (besides WWII) that led to his heart failure. <br />You really can't last very long if you can't stop those damnable hiccups. <br />I guess his bishops and cardinals (and maybe La Popessa?) tried scaring him. <br />But how do you frighten a Pope?<br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70454065583287719522019-03-12T18:48:39.112-05:002019-03-12T18:48:39.112-05:00Hi All!
Fine Tuesday puzzle Gary. TTP, your expo...Hi All!<br /><br />Fine Tuesday puzzle Gary. TTP, your expo took me longer than the puzzle; good showing (and music!). Oh, and tying together Gladden the hitter w/ ELATING the crowd - very nice.<br /><br />WO: uRAL<br />ESPs: HATTIE, SILVA<br /><b>Fav</b>: It's the alliteration in 24d: 'Broad-brimmed beach bonnets'<br />IFs over THEN was cute too<br /><br />{A-, B+}<br /><br />Good to see you Honda<br />Good you can see, Lucina.<br />MdF - Good luck going to a "walk-in" clinic on a bum knee //hope it heals quickly<br /><br />Jinx - I, for one, like it re: sham rock. :-)<br /><br />Gramma Ann - is that synonymous with an UNELL PUN?<br /><br />//I'll join Jinx OUT-SIDE<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21319613561611085182019-03-12T18:16:37.368-05:002019-03-12T18:16:37.368-05:00Madame D and OMK, I wish you fast healing and quic...Madame D and OMK, I wish you fast healing and quick recovery from the pain. Lack of mobility is galling.<br />Lemonade @4:18, great examples relating to unpeel. We cannot bend the English language to logic.<br />The great paper chase continues.I am making headway.The end result will be simplicity.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14387732237802894542019-03-12T17:38:18.887-05:002019-03-12T17:38:18.887-05:00In the newspaper, in pen, with no mistakes/crossou...In the newspaper, in pen, with no mistakes/crossouts. A thing of beauty and in record time. More like an easy Monday puzzle. Would have expected some way out weird clues from Gary Larson. Oh not THAT Gary Larson?Ray - O - Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864005198472595370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49954660331523493982019-03-12T17:24:16.686-05:002019-03-12T17:24:16.686-05:00All this talk about UNPEEL can get rather slippery...All this talk about UNPEEL can get rather slippery. As slippery as an EEL PUN.Gramma Annnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54575611440546887392019-03-12T16:45:51.505-05:002019-03-12T16:45:51.505-05:00I guess I was on the right wavelength for I found ...I guess I was on the right wavelength for I found this easy and fun. Thanks, Gary.<br /><br />TTP, your comments about HATTIE McDaniels just proves how fleeting fame can be. She was quite a celebrity in her day and long after. Alas, not forever!<br /><br />UNPEEL raised my eyebrows. In Unwrap and several other examples you are Undoing an action ..... you wrap a package. Then UN wrap it. <br /><br /> But PEEL refers to taking the peel off a piece of fruit (or Mrs Peele). If you UNPEEL do you put the peel back on?<br /><br />Oh I’m getting a headache!<br />SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82151946810994588942019-03-12T16:18:58.037-05:002019-03-12T16:18:58.037-05:00BTW: flammable - inflammable
regardless and irreg...BTW: flammable - inflammable<br />regardless and irregardless (although some don't consider irregardless a real word)<br />bone and debone<br />press and depress<br />caregiver and caretaker<br />ravel and unravelLemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74216614525804994262019-03-12T16:15:56.737-05:002019-03-12T16:15:56.737-05:00Peter Horton; my point exactly. You had a wonderfu...Peter Horton; my point exactly. You had a wonderful career, highlighted by your work on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092492/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_32" rel="nofollow"><b>thirtysomething </b></a> and yes, to be married to Michelle Pfeiffer must have been a wonderful thing, but why no acting?<br />I wasn't dissing you, I was curious, most who transition into direction also act in some of their projects especially successful one. Anyway, if I sounded offensive, I am sorry.<br /><br />Lucina, I am pleased you like the link. The restaurant <b> CITY TAMALE </b> is located at 1316 Oak Point Avenue Bronx, NY, 10474 United States; Phone: (718) 991-1606. If you take the FDR to the Bronx, you can use your GPS to find it. I do not know the Bronx.<br />Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39558656369521307562019-03-12T16:15:21.994-05:002019-03-12T16:15:21.994-05:00OMK:
Pope Pius XII died of heart failure in 1958 t...OMK:<br />Pope Pius XII died of heart failure in 1958 though he had very prolonged bouts of hiccups. If you want a glimpse into his personal life, La Popessa, a book about his secretary/housekeeper of 41 years, Mother Pascalina Lehhnert, provides it. It's quite revealing.<br /><br />Thank you, Irish Miss and Canadian Eh! I, too, was pleased that my eye exam revealed nothing worrisome.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70032723716101700762019-03-12T16:10:40.512-05:002019-03-12T16:10:40.512-05:00The mismatched socks occurred never. He should hav...The mismatched socks occurred never. He should have been riled at his buddies taking advantage of his colorblindness.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56356826941131275272019-03-12T15:42:04.957-05:002019-03-12T15:42:04.957-05:00Cartboy has put an idea in my head. With NCAA, Spr... Cartboy has put an idea in my head. With NCAA, Spring training, golf etc plus CC Xwords I think I will buy USA today thru April. TBTimes Sports is a joke<br /><br />Jayce, you forgot "unfastening" as in BRA<br /><br />Another TROPE. As I post I'm sitting at x-ray having been sent by my GP - " Have Cell, Can Wait". Or .. the perils of walk-in<br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70796557402783884092019-03-12T15:39:44.107-05:002019-03-12T15:39:44.107-05:00
This was a pleasant Wednesday puzzle. No issues....<br /><br />This was a pleasant Wednesday puzzle. No issues.<br /><br />No markovers today.<br /><br />It’s “yellow season” here....the pollen is incredible. Cars have it all over them as if it was snow. Had to bring the little cat in for a shot as she was over grooming. Going through many tissues myself. When pollen season ends, the humidity arrives.AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31091654678477913762019-03-12T15:28:03.275-05:002019-03-12T15:28:03.275-05:00This was a fun Tuesday. FIW in really good time. ...This was a fun Tuesday. FIW in really good time. Thanks for the explanation of the theme. I never spend much time looking for the theme but always enjoy when it is explained. <br /><br />Pocket doors always bring up a good memory for me. A few days before each Christmas my mother would be seen gathering wrapping paper and accompanying materials to on the dining room table. Then she would close the pocket doors to the dining room. Later she would appear with gifts for under the tree. That just heightened the level of anticipation before the holiday. So the sight of pocket doors always invokes that memory for me over 60 years later.<br /><br />I, too, taught in a school with Transoms over the doors. That building was 150 yers old and one of the oldest schools in Illinois at the time. Records told that in the earlier days it was someone’s job to come early in the morning and climb to the cupola above the fourth floor attic to open the Louvres for ventilation. I was always glad the teachers didn’t have to share that task anymore, nor need to tend the fire in each room. The much painted over stovepipe hole was still in evidence to prove that also had been a necessary task. <br /><br />Thank you Cartboy for the info on the USA Today puzzle. Prairie Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04266324396150847898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34310734152050221262019-03-12T15:26:31.279-05:002019-03-12T15:26:31.279-05:00Late to post today, as I had a doctor's appoin...Late to post today, as I had a doctor's appointment (routine) this morning. <br />It took *#@! forever.<br />Why does it have to require so bloody long to go through all the waiting and sometimes paperwork just to spend 5 minutes with the doc? Isn't this what people warned us would happen under so-called "socialized medicine"? <br />I say the future is already here, gang!<br /><br />Neat pzl today. <br />I remember Pope Pius XII. He was the pontiff when I was in Catholic school. <br />He was the only pope (the only <i>person</i>, I think) to die of the hiccups. <br />The newspapers called it "diaphragmatic convulsions," but (ha!) I could read between the lines.<br />~ <b>OMK<br />______________<br />DR: </b> One diag today--on the mirror side.<br />It gives us an interesting anagram--an answer to a riddle:<br />What kind of picnic do you have if you serve PBnJ sandwiches & leave open jars of honey, orange marmalade, and grape jelly?<br />Answer--<br />"<b>ANT HOSPITABLE</b>."Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3766534179561545502019-03-12T15:15:12.197-05:002019-03-12T15:15:12.197-05:00Re. RENOIR I was thinking of Sherlock's relati... Re. RENOIR I was thinking of Sherlock's relative VERMEER. To fit I inked VENEER. <br />OCHER/UMBER is another inksplotch<br /><br />I don't know if it's irony or TROPE but the four redsox WS were anticlimactic<br /><br />Oh, so you had a crush on Mrs Peele, too. Eh, Owen?<br />I agree about Florida Southern, right on the lake. Picturesque<br /><br />Re Hobbits and all things Tolkien. There's a series coming out entitled <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/lord-of-the-rings-tv-show-setting-second-age-middle-earth-amazon-1202049333/" rel="nofollow"> Numenor</a><br /><br />If I ate an oyster or clam my Dr would shoot me<br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70728046370075318962019-03-12T14:33:06.935-05:002019-03-12T14:33:06.935-05:00CartBoy @ 11:37 --
Thanks for the USA Today refer...CartBoy @ 11:37 --<br /><br />Thanks for the USA Today reference for CC's puzzle today.<br /><br />I wonder if the cretins -- demanding you watch their ads before you can get to what you came to a site to see -- realize that I will never buy anything advertised in such a way. (Sorry for the rant; I'm just fed up with the barrage of ads we are stuck with ... every MBA program must have a 2-unit class in Advertising Repulsiveness!)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-25296733203925958032019-03-12T13:59:44.084-05:002019-03-12T13:59:44.084-05:00Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Gary and TT...Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Gary and TTP.<br />Straightforward solve today but I arrived here to discover I FIWed. I had misspelled POKEMON with an A instead of E, and did not noticed STEALED . But I got the SIDE theme (although I thought OUT really was an OUTlier. Thanks for explaining SideOut.<br /><br />I had Wren before LARK, and was trying to fit LadleOUT into the squares for DISH OUT. (Side lade did not fit the theme LOL)<br />MAR and DANNY BOY were appropriate for this month.<br /><br />Yes, UNPEELED seems redundant. I agree with YR about English not being logical.<br /><br />Madame D- hope you get some relief for that knee.<br />OMK- hope you are recovering from your fall<br />Lucina- glad that your eye report was positive.<br /><br />Enjoy the day.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22558264635191160982019-03-12T13:47:31.782-05:002019-03-12T13:47:31.782-05:00I liked this puzzle and almost filled it entirely ...I liked this puzzle and almost filled it entirely from the acrosses. But I like to look at the downs anyway, for the enjoyment of seeing the clues and answers. I knew all the proper names except Daniel SILVA. Didn't see the theme until getting the reveal. I don't think I have ever unpeeled anything, though I have done my share of unwrapping, unveiling, and unzipping.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16300139523537571112019-03-12T13:16:25.676-05:002019-03-12T13:16:25.676-05:00During my dress up for work days I would occasiona...During my dress up for work days I would occasionally mismatch socks. When brought to my attention, my standard response was "oh no! I've got another pair just like them at home!"<br /><br />Since I'll be in transit on Sunday, let me offer this Irish story a few days early. Seems that DANNY BOY bought his fiance an engagement ring featuring a large cubic zirconia "stone". Yup, it was a sham rock. I'll usher myself out now.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353929046045386479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66158773279426434542019-03-12T13:05:59.761-05:002019-03-12T13:05:59.761-05:00Addendum:
Since they make 3,000 tamales per week t...Addendum:<br />Since they make 3,000 tamales per week they were forced to develop an efficient way to make them and still keep them authentic. I'm impressed with the tamale spreader! We use an electric mixer, too, but human hands spread the masa. I only wish we could find good hojas (husks) as the ones sold here are deplorable in every way.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.com