tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post7885652924040067430..comments2024-03-28T10:42:02.028-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Sunday June 24, 2012 Joel D. LafargueZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68024960084698519722012-06-24T21:29:45.482-05:002012-06-24T21:29:45.482-05:00Anonymous @ 4:35 Thanks for suggesting Gilbert Mor...Anonymous @ 4:35 Thanks for suggesting Gilbert Morris. Civil War historical novels are one of my favorite genera.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33613080021892346362012-06-24T18:50:24.968-05:002012-06-24T18:50:24.968-05:00Greetings!
Very nice puzzle, Joel; fine expo, CC....Greetings!<br /><br />Very nice puzzle, Joel; fine expo, CC.<br /><br />Favorite answer: NOAH. Maybe because it was obvious and very funny.<br /><br />I have been suffering from scary <b>tingling</b> sensation all over the place. Anyone have that problem?<br /><br />Was reading Mary Daheim's latest Emma Lord mystery, <i>The Alpine Winter</i>. Very difficult to put down. The best yet? I hope the series does not end with "W."<br /><br />Cheers!fermatprimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391014624435192426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12970682630116005212012-06-24T17:02:57.506-05:002012-06-24T17:02:57.506-05:00Fun day yesterday! No puzzle. Went to a reunion of...Fun day yesterday! No puzzle. Went to a reunion of my parents' descendants. 39 out a possible 48, including spouses. My brother has a beautiful flower bedecked yard with a nice sized pool and lovely home equipped for entertaining. <br /><br />All 16 of the youngest generation, ranging from 14 years to 21 months, splashed in that pool until the place was very humid from all the cannonballs and belly flops. Hot, but bearable. It was the first time that many of the youngest generation was present. <br /><br />My niece's family who are economic missionaries to India were there. Very interesting saintly people. Hadn't seen them for five years.<br /><br />My niece said she gathered a group of native women to work in the textiles craft shop she started. She passed a paper and asked them all to write their names on it. She was absolutely floored when none of them could write. Little white girl from an affluent U.S.A. neighborhood had a major culture shock. But she has persisted and they now have an income for people who had none.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48676327191044138692012-06-24T16:41:46.336-05:002012-06-24T16:41:46.336-05:00Fun puzzle, great commentary.
Got all the theme ...Fun puzzle, great commentary. <br /><br />Got all the theme answers today except two: <br />108a where I put muTTERSUCKER. I still don't like WYES for that clue. How in the heck are flight units "STEPS". Didn't help that I put in RATz. <br /><br />Also hung up on 78D where I got the BUTTSD. Never would I have come up with ALPHA, especially since I put in GiZA, although I knew better.<br /><br />I should google it but didn't PERDU have something to do with harems and coverings for Muslim women? That's what I thought of when the word appeared.<br /><br />Went to the movie about Dr.NO on my honeymoon.<br /><br />Al FALFA was a given for a farmer.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67920767739114337092012-06-24T16:35:02.178-05:002012-06-24T16:35:02.178-05:00Yellowrocks: Trying to enlarge your avatar, I noti...Yellowrocks: Trying to enlarge your avatar, I noticed where you said you liked historical novels. If you can get past the definite Christianity bent, Gilbert Morris writes detailed Civil War and other period fiction. He has/had access to personal diaries and letters which gave great insight to the great generals and battles of the war...while writing compelling stories. I`m reading the last of the triology "The Last Cavaliers"...but I keep the cover hidden. It`s called "Surrender" and has a winsome beauty on the cover. Looks like a "bodice ripper" and I don`t care for such. <br /><a href="http://www.fictiondb.com/author/gilbert-morris~22186.htm" rel="nofollow"> Here is a partial list of his works</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79777799238889849372012-06-24T15:55:30.465-05:002012-06-24T15:55:30.465-05:00Punny puzzle, informative write up. My head has a...Punny puzzle, informative write up. My head has a V8 can dent. I muffed this quick and easy puzzle with one wrong letter which I “shoulda” known. Dang nab it.<br /><br />I saw Kent and Smallville and thought of old fashioned Lois LANE. That produced TNE for the Star Trek spinoff, which I figured I didn't know. TNG, The Next Generation. I knew that! ARRGH!<br /><br />I knew MIATA, a dream car I fantasize about, but which is totally impractical. If I were rich, I would have one as my vanity car.<br /><br />From 9A onward, "Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me" played in my head for hours. Thanks for the Edye Gorme link.<br /><br />PERDU is often spelled PERDUE and is an adjective referring to a hidden military assault corps. I nailed that one.<br /><br />Ko in Japanese is a common diminutive ending for a girl’s name, similar to –ette, Annette, Yvette.<br /><br />The theme answers were very clever.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13741785673951444572012-06-24T15:47:25.148-05:002012-06-24T15:47:25.148-05:00HG@1:49
Remember that your 11:00 A.M. is our 9:00 ...HG@1:49<br />Remember that your 11:00 A.M. is our 9:00 A.M<br /><br />They stayed up quite late last night, indulgent Nana that I am.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34284724783634701752012-06-24T13:57:15.582-05:002012-06-24T13:57:15.582-05:00Lots of scrabble points in today's puzzle!
Co...Lots of scrabble points in today's puzzle!<br /><br />Could've used the clue "Bond foe" for 52 down as well as 119 across.<br /><br />Took a while to associate Patty with Duke, she's been out of the limelight for a while now.<br /><br />Melons? Ta Tas? Ye Ji hookers? Cocker Sucker? TGIS....River Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07217414780894792059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76242571679623238962012-06-24T13:49:54.869-05:002012-06-24T13:49:54.869-05:00Musings 2
-Thanks for the kind words, Jayce!
-Abe...Musings 2<br /><br />-Thanks for the kind words, Jayce!<br />-Abejo, Illinois seems to have more crooks feeding at the public trough than “Carter has (liver) pills”. Haven’t heard that phrase since mom died.<br />-Huey Long would have fit right in<br />-Lucina, grandkids sleeping until 11 a.m.? They get up at 6:30 am here at Papa’s house expecting food and fun.<br />-The Medici’s bought and sold the papacy for a long time. The wearer of the “ring of the fisherman” is still just an old man selected by other old men.<br />-Tin, it looks like you are going to need NOAH down there! Put two of every type of scotch on the ark?Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81479295960570977652012-06-24T12:39:38.671-05:002012-06-24T12:39:38.671-05:00My "Natick" in this puzzle was the lette...My "Natick" in this puzzle was the letter I crossing LIU and UINTA. I totally WAGged it and got lucky; otherwise it would have been a DNF. <br /><br />Argyle, LOL about pain perdu indeed!<br /><br />Yanno, I wonder how long it will be before, say, Arabic words and expressions become commonplace in crossword puzzles. I know I know, much French, Spanish, and German have been incorporated into English for hundreds of years, and therefore are, I suppose, fair game. Even so, sometimes I can't help buy say "Jeeez" to myself when some of the lesser-known ones show up. <br /><br />Husker Gary, I loved your musings today more than usual. Thank you for them.<br /><br />Best wishes to you all this fine Sunday.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27409617329970790202012-06-24T12:31:48.569-05:002012-06-24T12:31:48.569-05:00I do not know if it is week ends or advancing age,...I do not know if it is week ends or advancing age, but I keep losing comments on Sunday. <br /><br />An enjoyable solve, though I struggled with WORTH THE WHITTLE, as I know WORT WHILE, WORTH YOUR WHILE but not the one used. <br /><br />A attorney friend who died recently went to college in ELON, and I do think of him every time.<br /><br />James, interesting music and videos. <br /><br />IRISH MISS, when the clue is a last name, then the answer will be as well. <br /><br />The PGA tournament is in Cromwell<br />Connecticut on TV now.<br /><br />CiaoLemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31293449527608127192012-06-24T12:29:52.238-05:002012-06-24T12:29:52.238-05:00Hello everybody. Fun puzzle! I liked the double T ...Hello everybody. Fun puzzle! I liked the double T gimmick, and the first one I solved was FAIRYTATTLES. What Barry G said about DISABLES. James, I remember the name 蔣中正 in huge characters on the side of a mountain just outside Taipei. This was way back in the early 60's when "retake the mainland" (fangong dalu) was the often-spoken motto among mainlanders in Taiwan. I imagine things are very very different now.<br /><br />I just cannot not say that the whole Valerie Plame outing thing was despicable and disgusting. Revealing the identity of an undercover CIA operative is a serious crime, and everybody who was involved in it is, in my mind, a despicable and cowardly criminal.<br /><br />I'll be good now.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90729050195920929862012-06-24T12:11:44.072-05:002012-06-24T12:11:44.072-05:00Well slap me upside the head, but I swear I pencil...Well slap me upside the head, but I swear I pencilled in COCKERSUCKER for 108A before I realized it had to have a double T in it. <br /><br />Hooray for ELON Musk, that daring, entrepreneurial, founder of Tesla Motors! That guy is busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest.<br /><br />Now I'll read your comments.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74631059706931949782012-06-24T11:24:07.277-05:002012-06-24T11:24:07.277-05:00"Pain Perdu", French for French toast. L..."Pain Perdu", French for French toast. LOLArgylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44714867622676162282012-06-24T11:06:43.771-05:002012-06-24T11:06:43.771-05:00Hello, C.C. and all cyber friends.
Sashayed then ...Hello, C.C. and all cyber friends.<br /><br />Sashayed then strutted through this one today. All those three LTR abbreviations make me crazy! Some I know, some I don't and others simply emerge. I had many FAULTS today, ALAN not ALDA and therefore no DUES and of course no idea about AL WEST. <br /><br />Also, like Irish Miss, played with the L words, settled on LANA because TNG was unknown.<br /><br />Pope LEO XI was a Medici, the corrupt family that hijacked the papacy in the Middle Ages. He was 70 when elected.<br /><br />WORTH THE WHITTLE sitting over STATUE!<br /><br />My FREQUENT FLI(TT)ER miles have afforded me numerous trips and I am sorry to see American Airlines now in trouble because they have been so good to me.<br /><br />Thank you, C.C. for explaining PERDU. French still makes me stumble.<br /><br />My granddaughters are still aSLEEP so it's quiet at the moment.<br /><br />Fav clue today, farm spread, LEA, That's a new one.<br /><br />Have a wonderful Sunday, everyone!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70850922552867299092012-06-24T10:13:10.228-05:002012-06-24T10:13:10.228-05:00,,,still my most favorite Zooey role: the homeless...,,,still my most favorite Zooey role: the homeless store clerk in "Elf". (duet with Farrell on "Baby it`s cold outside.")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15019674429064367812012-06-24T10:02:28.497-05:002012-06-24T10:02:28.497-05:00Good morning:
Great puzzle, Joel, and nice expo, ...Good morning:<br /><br />Great puzzle, Joel, and nice expo, CC. Could not for the life of me get 17D. Wanted Lane, or Lana, or Lani. But everything else fell into place.<br /><br />Have a great Sunday.Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54326546228383295702012-06-24T09:51:19.816-05:002012-06-24T09:51:19.816-05:00Solving this seems faint, but my dad didn't kn...Solving this seems faint, but my dad didn't know UINTA either (remember, I'm 2 weeks in the future on Sundays), among other things. I stupidly had FEW for 129D, as in "enchanted few", which made that part a struggle.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, 36A doesn't need the double T, if you parse it as FAIRY TALES(lies). And I say 89D could jolly well be WOES.<br /><br />Update to Friday's post: I have seen Brave, which is FANTTASTTIC, and Monsters University will be enrolling summer 2013.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87107162752712420762012-06-24T09:31:22.488-05:002012-06-24T09:31:22.488-05:00Hahtoolah, re QOD, I heard a memorable sermon once...Hahtoolah, re QOD, I heard a memorable sermon once about the prodigal son. Its message was that asking forgiveness is hard but granting it is harder. It is so wrong and counterproductive to carry righteous indignation forever. We are all flawed human beings.<br /><br /> Joann had an uncle who felt wronged on the equal distribution of assets after his parents died because he had taken care of mom and dad in their declining years. He held that grudge for 25 years and only tearfully recanted and made things right in the last months of his own life. He felt “freedom” after that “action”.Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51202662337040023322012-06-24T09:17:10.423-05:002012-06-24T09:17:10.423-05:00Sundays take a while but are a real event! Wonderf...Sundays take a while but are a real event! Wonderful puzzle Joel, in its cleverness and escape hatches for tough answers. Using the theme and the Farmer answer, I thought of - Alfalfa fight – HAYBATTLE. I know, keep my day job!<br /><br />Musings<br />-Duke isn’t royalty or a Blue Devil, perch is not a roost, Jupiter is not a planet, an EWOK is not an ELOI, my billfold seems to be PERDU this morning<br />-Our Italian tour had a Greek gentleman whose BO had nothing to do with Ohio.<br />-I’m still working on mistake/FAULT (an error and the blame for it? BTW, here it’s always my FAULT).<br />-My mid life crisis was a MIATA. Not practical or worth it. In the end, they’re all just tin and rubber.<br />-<a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_the_horse's_position_in_military_statues" rel="nofollow">Statue posing</a> myth<br />-This is how I was taught <a href="http://fphoto.photoshelter.com/image/I0000P1EKnXHKrA0" rel="nofollow">ENTROPY</a><br />-Every APR I always wonder, “Is sending more money to D.C. the answer?”<br />-No song with the word <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSeoi1fE25A&feature=related" rel="nofollow">FETID</a> (2:45) in it? Not so fast, my friend. The word is at 1:20.<br />-Carl Perkins wrote and recorded <i>Blue Suede Shoes</i> before Elvis but…<br />-Milk from COWS in the pasture must be PASTEURized.<br />-Somebody might mention there were melons and tatas in the puzzle. But not me!<br />-I’ve never asked for Nitrous Oxide in the dentist’s chair but I’m thinkin’ about it.<br />-James can actually say, “Maybe I’ll see you yesterday!”Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53580852782649090512012-06-24T09:16:02.936-05:002012-06-24T09:16:02.936-05:00Good morning, folks. Thank you, Joel LaFargue, fo...Good morning, folks. Thank you, Joel LaFargue, for a great puzzle. Thank you, as well, C.C., for a great review.<br /><br />Sitting in a hotel in Lynchburg, VA, working the puzzle in the breakfast area. Two of my sisters and my oldest daughter wanted to do it as well, so I had the desk print three for them from the Chicago Trib site. We all jumped in together. I won.<br /><br />Got started in the NE with CALL, OHIO, LIRA, LOTTERY, etc.<br /><br />Theme appeared with WORTH THE WHITTLE. Very clever. That really helped with the rest of the puzzle.<br /><br />SERBO-Croatian was easy. Our former Governor from Illinois just went to prison, and he was Croatian. Milorod Blagoyevich.<br /><br />Did not know NOVAK for 83D. Perps to the rescue.<br /><br />7D was easy. DUES. I pay more Dues than Carter has Liver Pills.<br /><br />Meanwhile, off to the funeral in a couple hours.<br /><br />Heading home tomorrow morning, early.<br /><br />See you tomorrow.<br /><br />AbejoAbejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39231063246648415492012-06-24T07:58:44.088-05:002012-06-24T07:58:44.088-05:00Not that it helped me but I caught the theme at wo...Not that it helped me but I caught the theme at worth the whittle. Still a little sleepy took me time and perps to figure out the other common phrases for the theme answers. I knew 86a had to be LIU (long island University) as there are very few multi campused schools in NY with a campus in Brooklyn and have 3 letter initials. well time to make the coffee its going to be a long day.Middletown Bomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606979602262118231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23071063551574446452012-06-24T07:51:51.390-05:002012-06-24T07:51:51.390-05:00Argyle - yes, it is. I hope you didn't wince ...Argyle - yes, it is. I hope you didn't wince too hard :p Along with my sad attempt at video editing. The other two are mine as well. I think they are better, more refined. My wife thinks otherwise.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06520429530803837026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73669872129746529112012-06-24T07:36:04.636-05:002012-06-24T07:36:04.636-05:00Not too hard, a few smiles for the punny parts. Sh...Not too hard, a few smiles for the punny parts. Shouldn't 101D have been something like "Hidden in Lyons"? After all, we often see things like "House in Madrid" for such commonly known Spanish words as "casa". "Perdu" is surely less commonly used in English than "casa".Fly_Navyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04591291921455010967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36977744340189670152012-06-24T07:34:56.313-05:002012-06-24T07:34:56.313-05:00So James, is this, Baroqing Bad(3:52), your own co...So James, is this, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTMjcagGnY4" rel="nofollow"><b>Baroqing Bad</b></a>(3:52), your own composition?<br /><br />I turn to Eydie Gorme for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz6G7Pf8pkg" rel="nofollow"><b>Ma, (he's making eyes at me)</b></a>.(3:07)Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.com