tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post8215910857094438328..comments2024-03-28T05:46:36.771-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Bruce HaightZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4431588178383193452016-03-15T01:27:35.147-05:002016-03-15T01:27:35.147-05:00I know all about Estes model rockets. Never heard ...I know all about Estes model rockets. Never heard of Blue Bloods or Will Estes.Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16614512175153001452016-03-09T21:44:13.480-06:002016-03-09T21:44:13.480-06:00Hi all!
I'm not going to Arggg!!!!! today.......Hi all!<br /><br />I'm not going to Arggg!!!!! today.... I expect a bad square on Wed and I got one - I had ROY (started w/ ROI, but CAGY filled) instead of REY and 67a was ESP. One day I'll learn my rivers.<br /><br />Thanks Bruce you locks onto a fun puzzle. JzB as always, entertaining write-up. Thanks.<br /><br />Glad we just had BABAS last week otherwise...<br /><br />WOs: Miracle EAR b/f GRO; UNAmI @1st; bra/TOP, Shred b/f RIP UP - the former gave me discount at 49a b/f PRICE CUT got fixed thanks to UZIS. The middle is a bit inky. That's why I held up on ICE-cube until a perp or two - DECK didn't help me one bit :-)<br /><br />ESPs: MABEL, ESTES, ELIA, & RFD.<br /><br />Likeds: c/a's for ARF, CAGY, SIP ON, and ERRAND. Also AUNT & ANT in same pzl. Of course, loved CSOs to both C, Eh? and Bill G.<br /><br /><b>Favs:</b> BRAIN WASH & BUM STEER. But I won't get into politics :-)<br /><br />Been to Beale once and Bourbon many times, but when I got STS I was thinking "OK, French States." Doh!<br /><br />HG & CED: I had an ESTES Shuttle, another ESTES with a camera in it, and one where I could scare the crap out of bugs in the nose-cone. I also had many of the little ones we'd put a B or C engine into (to see what it would do) and never see again.<br /><br />BTW Spitz, I used BTW too last night... Am a I dirty RAT that gets puzzles early to spoil? - NOT I. Puzzle gets here at 5a (and I don't get to it until later).<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68448384133367856122016-03-09T17:51:44.838-06:002016-03-09T17:51:44.838-06:00Bill G., we have an Enigma machine in the World Wa...Bill G., we have an Enigma machine in the World War II museum in New Orleans. Come see it!<br /><br />Loved this crunchy, clever puzzle! Lots of Wite-Out, but I won in the end. Thanks for 'splainin' it, JazzB.<br /><br />Owen, sooo funny.SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72893633479370195562016-03-09T17:15:39.702-06:002016-03-09T17:15:39.702-06:00Lemonade@3:09
Yes! Absolutely, but I just mentione...Lemonade@3:09<br />Yes! Absolutely, but I just mentioned the ones in the clue. For me and maybe all of us who enjoyed those times, it was the Golden Age of television and Norman Lear was the King!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28986031513460859082016-03-09T17:13:08.120-06:002016-03-09T17:13:08.120-06:00Thanks for the information about the Enigma machin...Thanks for the information about the Enigma machine. Very interesting. It's always rewarding for me to see something with such a clever mechanical design to solve a complicated problem rather than the present day digital approach to everything. <br /><br />Here're two fifty-dollar words I came across connected in a news article today; heteropaternal-superfecundation. You don't hear that much. I wonder why?Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59840198060161228522016-03-09T15:09:56.090-06:002016-03-09T15:09:56.090-06:00BH thank you for reading and stopping by; CED than...BH thank you for reading and stopping by; CED thanks for the Enigma explained link.<br /><br />Lucina, know love for MTM?<br /><br />I saw an episode of <i><b>Criminal Minds</b></i> from 2009 where Cybill Shepherd was the mother of the killer. She was so good in <i><b>Moonlighting</b></i>, I have missed her.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12079715527886622752016-03-09T14:23:02.630-06:002016-03-09T14:23:02.630-06:00Well, Lucina, my California refund also came today...Well, Lucina, my California refund also came today. Rich again! .... or until I pay bills.<br /><br />For Bill G. on the Enigma and other code machines. Every language has a certain frequency that each letter has overall (ETAOINSHRDLU.... in English for example), so a machine, the Enigma in this case, covers up that frequency by scrambling the text of messages, so that they cannot be read except by the recipient.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74783115731122009172016-03-09T14:20:18.140-06:002016-03-09T14:20:18.140-06:00HG, every kid growing up in my generation wanted a...HG, every kid growing up in my generation wanted an Estes rocket<br />just as much as everyone in the previous generation wanted<br />a Red Ryder BB gun.<br /><br />For Bill G, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASfAPOiq_eQ" rel="nofollow">The Enigma Machine Explained!</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78087266287846251792016-03-09T14:13:14.730-06:002016-03-09T14:13:14.730-06:00Hi Y'all! Great puzzle, Bruce! Great pun-ny ex...Hi Y'all! Great puzzle, Bruce! Great pun-ny expo, JzB!<br /><br />I stared into my IMAC Retina 5K display and typed in "acer". Duh! Jayce, I thought IMAC looked funny when I got it home too. But I wanted a big display for failing eyesight from so many years of starring at a computer screen writing.<br /><br />All the theme entries were filled when I came to the reveal. Read the clue, then the theme ends which helped me solve the reveal. Usually doesn't happen that way. Salon activities were more familiar than the clue.<br /><br />Lots of little girls were named MABEL in the late 1800's era, including my grandma and an aunt. Never heard of Normand. Didn't know CHIRAC or WILL ESTES.<br /><br />52 pickup wasn't a Ford or Chev. They fit but "blushed". Perps gave me DECK but I didn't understand it until JzB explained it. Duh #2.<br /><br />You mean CSNY wasn't a transportation company in the Big Apple? I was so sure it was "Commuter System New York". NASH perped in and I had to wait for JzB again. Duh #3. I was having babies when CSNY was popular. I didn't listen to much music. Just sang lullabies.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54033527910673413482016-03-09T14:06:53.905-06:002016-03-09T14:06:53.905-06:00Funny, in't it, how some words crop up in neig...Funny, in't it, how some words crop up in neighboring pzls? RED ANTS was in Sunday's LA Times crossword, and I've seen ELIA and ITHACA in other recent grids. GLO was also seen recently, although it turned out here to be a wrong predecessor to GRO.<br /><br />Today I took my own advice<i><b>*</b></i> and looked for the theme before I got too far into the pzl. And you know what? It worked! It took a lot of perps to crack HAIR SALON, but once I had it, it really helped me with about half of the six themed answers. <br />In other places, this was a perp-heavy solve for me. When a good many clues have several possible answers, there's no way other than perps to be sure of a correct reply.<br /><br /><i><b>*</b></i> SEE my post of 3/8/2016 @2:30 pm <br />Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86880332341410274662016-03-09T13:42:38.754-06:002016-03-09T13:42:38.754-06:00BillG:
The Imitation Game was a wonderful movie an...BillG:<br />The Imitation Game was a wonderful movie and I'm glad you are now enjoying it.<br /><br />CED@1l:45:<br />That link is hilarious!<br /><br />My tax refund, such as it is, arrived today.<br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38526320069796026852016-03-09T13:20:49.473-06:002016-03-09T13:20:49.473-06:00It took the reveal to figure out what the theme wa...It took the reveal to figure out what the theme was. I liked it after it was revealed. I knew IMAC immediately, as the clue was very specific. Our son has one in his home office; it's really funny looking, what with its huge screen and little bitty "body" and small keyboard. At least it seems small next to that huge screen. <br />Best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36730392264528113262016-03-09T13:01:23.783-06:002016-03-09T13:01:23.783-06:00Much easier to solve than the anatomy of that once...Much easier to solve than the anatomy of that once <i>rara avis</i> on Miracle-Gro:<br /><br />The <b>double comb-over</b>!<br /><br />[I was tempted to provide a link to a modern sighting, but that might be considered political].Nice Cuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670171231144871327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82499219797197575492016-03-09T12:47:16.754-06:002016-03-09T12:47:16.754-06:00Musings 2
-Irish, we liked Joy and the woman who a...Musings 2<br />-Irish, we liked <i>Joy</i> and the woman who actually made the mop had to start over so many times it was sometimes discouraging to watch. Jennifer Lawrence was fine as the lead but Di Nero’s character was a despicable father.<br />-<a href="http://cdn2.thr.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/gallery_portrait_1047x1572/2016/02/JoyMangano_88th_Annual_Academy_Awards.jpg" rel="nofollow">The real life JOY</a> attended the Oscars this year<br />-Dave, Maybe I was wrong about Rich but I thought he might take ESTES Rockets to be too obscure. BTW, I had no idea about the gentleman clued in the puzzle.<br />-Also, great info on the <i>Bedford INCIDENT</i> and its real-life precedent. That movie just made my must-see list.<br />-Bill, my lovely non-scientific minded but “full of common sense” wife really enjoyed <i>The Imitation Game</i><br />-<i>Happy Days</i> may have had the most SITCOM spinoffs.<br />-Back so subbing for a Tech class where I have done NOTHING today!! Should I refuse the money? Yeah, I didn’t think so.Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13193569529708972372016-03-09T11:52:48.350-06:002016-03-09T11:52:48.350-06:00Good morning!
A pleasant, well-executed puzzle a...Good morning! <br /><br />A pleasant, well-executed puzzle and theme. Thanks Bruce and JzB. <br /><br />Ithaca again! I guess it's because it has three vowels. I'm not familiar with many other college towns but I'm guessing Ithaca is in the middle of college-town quality rankings. Chapel Hill? Charlottesville? It's also the home of Ithaca College. There was some small amount of friction between Ithaca college students and the townies vs. the Cornell students. I would guess that's typical. Going to the football games on a chilly fall day was a lot of fun though Cornell could never compete with the big boys (no athletic scholarships). However, they did well in ice hockey, wrestling, crew, etc. Lake Cayuga, one of the Finger Lakes, was a pretty backdrop though there was a nice lake on campus too (Beebe Lake), good for skating in the winter. The architects would try to dye it green for St. Patrick's Day. I could really have enjoyed the environment and the ambiance more if I hadn't been stressed out with trying to keep my head above water in some of harder courses. <br /><br />I came across The Imitation Game on cable and am about one-third into it. Very good so far. I always enjoy that era. I would love to see an explanation of the Enigma Machine.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73879544401932091832016-03-09T11:45:27.717-06:002016-03-09T11:45:27.717-06:00Wees, fun puzzle, not too hard, just had some &quo...Wees, fun puzzle, not too hard, just had some "dumb" moments.<br /><br />WYRS (What YellowRocks said), except I was thinking<br />"Chris Rock was in a TV show called CSiNY?= Nash??<br />(Another Blog reading "Doh" V8 moment...)<br /><br />Desperotto@7:08<br /><br />Interesting about the b/# scales being pleasant or not to the ear,<br />I never really thought about it. Now I have an excuse to practice <br />my scales!<br /><br />Trivia bit: Did you know that every windchime you have ever heard<br />is only the black (b/#) keys on a piano?<br /><br />HG@10:17<br /><br />Rich doesn't like Estes clued as model rocket maker?<br />Why? Seems perfectly legit to me!<br /><br />Also, another incident without borders was the excellent<br />movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058962/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="nofollow">The Bedford Incident.</a> I did not know until much later from watching a TV special<br />that the movie was closer to real life than any of us knew, & that a Russian sub trapped & surrounded in the Gulf during the Cuban Missile Crisis was going to fire<br />its nuclear missiles rather than surrender. It took a consensus of three officers <br />to fire, two wanted to launch, & one refused.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/funny-signs-at-a-hair-salon.jpg" rel="nofollow">Sign seen at a local Salon...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10952050979382798022016-03-09T11:39:19.104-06:002016-03-09T11:39:19.104-06:00IM @ 1027 said: I don't know the COD.
I saw c...IM @ 1027 said: I don't know the COD.<br />I saw colon cancer mentioned.<br /><br />Anon -T must be prescient with his fire ant solution from last night.<br /><br />I grew up with RFD, too. Mailman often bought my Mom's eggs.<br /><br />I think Cornell is the only Ivy League Land Grant school.<br /><br />Nice of Bruce to check in.<br /><br />Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3349968218088747772016-03-09T11:33:31.308-06:002016-03-09T11:33:31.308-06:00This started out as a Wednesday toughie for me, pa...This started out as a Wednesday toughie for me, partly because I too had BAD STEER and BODY FAT in the NE corner. But I just knew DADEL couldn't be right for the Normand actress, so I finally figured it out. Tada! Great to finally get it without a single cheat. Many thanks, Bruce, and you too, JazzB, for the great expo. Had no idea OFF COLOR came from the diamond industry. <br /><br />My first cookbook had a recipe for BABA AU RUM (or was it spelled Rhum?). Tried it but didn't like it. But hey, it helped me with a crossword puzzle answer fifty years later!<br /><br />When am I ever going to remember that CANINE can always refer to either dog or tooth.<br /><br />Lucina, I too loved those funny lady sitcoms.<br /><br />Have a great mid-week, everybody! I'm getting my taxes done today. Wish me luck.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59976249193202892462016-03-09T11:12:37.555-06:002016-03-09T11:12:37.555-06:00Thanks JzB- great write up! Those overlapping th...Thanks JzB- great write up! Those overlapping theme entries caused some glitches, but I hope people had fun with it. Bruce Haighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06931187212869563195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77411557302217891782016-03-09T11:01:48.722-06:002016-03-09T11:01:48.722-06:00Fun puzzle, Bruce. Informative and witty write up,...Fun puzzle, Bruce. Informative and witty write up, JzzB. I was surprised the theme answers were not in the order they are performed. Too much to ask for a mid week puzzle, I guess.<br />I had GLO before GRO, but I knew CHIRAC. That gave me GRO which automatically completed NASH, all perps. V-8 can, please. Oh, Cosby, Stills and Nash. The Y threw me off. <br />I am a Blue Blood fan, too, but needed perps for ESTES.<br />CAGY for hard to box in was my favorite. An animal hard to box in could also be uncaged.<br />We had whole flocks of robins returning here early in February, only to be met with a single digit cold snap. I felt sorry for them. Today we are having May weather. <br />Enjoy this delightful day.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2979893671380922862016-03-09T10:56:26.265-06:002016-03-09T10:56:26.265-06:00Buenas diasBuenas diasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46875963762284277732016-03-09T10:46:01.699-06:002016-03-09T10:46:01.699-06:00Fun trip to the SALON today. Thanks Bruce and Jaz...Fun trip to the SALON today. Thanks Bruce and JazzB.<br /><br />Hand up for ICEberg (Tin will have a DNF today!), Exam, Bra. I wanted Fire ANT after our recent discussions.<br /><br />My plants love MiracleGRO.<br />I was misdirected to the dogs and wanted vets before dentists. Cute.<br /><br />ITHACA again for Bill G. It is becoming almost as common as Erie!<br /><br />I'll take a CSO with CANADA DRY. I was thinking about Pablum (originated at Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto) but it came to market in 1931.<br /><br />We are mild today and first robins have appeared. Spring is coming!CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26415186701822886452016-03-09T10:27:52.260-06:002016-03-09T10:27:52.260-06:00Good Morning:
Hand up for ice berg, spinoff, and ...Good Morning:<br /><br />Hand up for ice berg, spinoff, and exam before perps made the corrections. I couldn't think of Mabel to save my soul but being an avid Blue Bloods fan, Will Estes filled itself. Another big CSO to Bill G. BTW, Bill G., the first female president of Cornell just passed away at 52; I don't know the COD.<br /><br />Thanks, Bruce, for a fun solve and thanks, JzB, for the humorous and informative expo.<br /><br />To those who have seen Joy, would you recommend it? I read one review that was highly critical of Robert De Niro's character. Also, for reasons I can't really pinpoint, I'm becoming less and less enthusiastic about Jennifer Lawrence.<br /><br />Have a great day.Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81165328794902357042016-03-09T10:17:36.535-06:002016-03-09T10:17:36.535-06:00Musings
-My HAIR “SALON” regimen? “Make my hair sh...Musings<br />-My HAIR “SALON” regimen? “Make my hair shorter.”<br />-OFF COLOR and FREE STYLE RAP adjacent? Hmmm… <br />-My friend and I had my West Omaha white kids interact with his East Omaha black kids and one of the first questions my girls got asked was, “How do you girls get your hair so straight?”<br />-We agreed to spend some good money for an upscale mattress and after shopping and waiting a few days, we went back to write it up and there had been a $500 price cut!<br />-I’ll bet Jazz has played this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaq9Gx9GT5E" rel="nofollow">”Your ain’t been BLUE”</a> standard<br />-I started playing my fav <i>Southern Cross</i> when I saw CSNY<br />-Miracle GRO and my green-thumbed wife make things pretty around here<br />-Cluing the ESTES company <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4ovZLS3TVII/UaSgEgA-D4I/AAAAAAAAVQU/vPyU6KtdVco/s1600/Estes+Models.JPG" rel="nofollow">that makes these</a> would not get pass Rich’s scrutiny <br />-Ray Kroc chose IDAHO potato grower Ray Simplot to supply spuds for his fries<br />-<a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518i4hl8uCL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" rel="nofollow">The ORNE during D-Day operations</a><br />-Patton could see the growing menace of the USSR and wanted to take them out too in 1945<br />-My favorite NASA idiom for a failure is “NO JOY”<br />-<a href="http://www.historyandheadlines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Cambodian-Navy-Seizes-US-Freighter-SS-Mayaguez.jpg" rel="nofollow">This was called an INCIDENT</a><br />-Robins are becoming a less RARA AVIS this time of yearHusker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51998837757785582052016-03-09T09:36:06.128-06:002016-03-09T09:36:06.128-06:00Good morning, folks. Thank you, Bruce Haight, for...Good morning, folks. Thank you, Bruce Haight, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Jazzbumpa, for a fine review.<br /><br />Hahtoolah, It's GRO not GLO. I do read the blog entries. Have a nice day.<br /><br />Got through this puzzle easier than most Wednesdays.<br /><br />I had MAN IN black before I fixed it to MEN IN black.<br /><br />CAGY was clever.<br /><br />Have not seen UZIS in a while.<br /><br />I have not used Dir Assistance in years. Many people are getting rid of their land lines now. I still have mine.<br /><br />Have to run. See you tomorrow.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />( )Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.com