tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post8435811756320470266..comments2024-03-29T02:07:08.222-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Monday, September 13, 2010 Jeff ChenZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3381978706979249882010-09-15T19:55:49.001-05:002010-09-15T19:55:49.001-05:00@ Windhover Nurse Ratchet probably has him tied do...@ Windhover Nurse Ratchet probably has him tied down to the bed again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16988868808955001902010-09-14T05:37:32.241-05:002010-09-14T05:37:32.241-05:00Bill G. - I quite agree. In the case of Man. Trans...Bill G. - I quite agree. In the case of Man. Transfer, I'd be interested to learn whether they'd choose to do it a capella. I can only think of two a capella pieces in their whole 35-year repertoire: A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, and Foreign Affair, both arranged for them by Gene Puerling. I wish there were more!Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2197971344344570652010-09-13T23:48:51.155-05:002010-09-13T23:48:51.155-05:00Dudley, I thought it would be interesting and enjo...Dudley, I thought it would be interesting and enjoyable to hear that song done by a barbershop quartet. Or, even better, by the Manhattan Transfer.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45770210562420692212010-09-13T23:40:57.542-05:002010-09-13T23:40:57.542-05:00Argyle - After a busy day I'm just now getting...Argyle - After a busy day I'm just now getting caught up with today's posts. I really enjoyed that rendition of Sweet By and By! I'm a fiercely loyal fan of traditional A Capella. Luckily, I live in a part of the world where it's available in quantity.Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52343794174492028642010-09-13T23:33:37.832-05:002010-09-13T23:33:37.832-05:00Carol, Dennis and all, I took a job in the office ...Carol, Dennis and all, I took a job in the office at <a href="http://www.chessforsuccess.org" rel="nofollow">Chess for Success</a> -- 40 hours a week, Sept through May. I had to give up my volunteer stint at the radio station and at the library, but the job was just up my alley and I couldn't let the opportunity pass me by.<br /><br />Jeff, I may just have to have a go at that Sunday puzzle. Congrats!<br /><br />Thank you, Lucina and Hahtool<br /><br />Lemonade, nice chuckle!<br /><br />See you in the morn..Crockett1947https://www.blogger.com/profile/06404431645533093707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10241944823902566412010-09-13T23:09:38.198-05:002010-09-13T23:09:38.198-05:00[shuffles feet, blushes...][shuffles feet, blushes...]WikWakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873144164842777944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40814326508913787972010-09-13T23:08:23.733-05:002010-09-13T23:08:23.733-05:00That's what I said... Monkees.That's what I said... Monkees.WikWakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873144164842777944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26103672310163395912010-09-13T22:38:45.447-05:002010-09-13T22:38:45.447-05:00Kazie, I'm mostly anti-war but what would you ...Kazie, I'm mostly anti-war but what would you have done about Germany and Japan before WW II started?<br /><br />It feels like war is bad but maybe not all wars?Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52608128486075617312010-09-13T22:29:05.435-05:002010-09-13T22:29:05.435-05:00I liked this puzzle very much. I have a personal ...I liked this puzzle very much. I have a personal relationship with the letter B, not just my bestbird ID, but my real initials are BB. My firstborn also has BB as his initials.<br /><br />Here's some other B and B phrases, with the requisite "and":<br /><br />Bread and butter<br />Buttons and bows<br />Birds and bees<br /><br />And, Dennis, those pigs in Kingsville, TX, aren't cops, I hope.bestbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17719102123518258956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80131572605235884662010-09-13T22:10:44.208-05:002010-09-13T22:10:44.208-05:00Hahtool,
That's why I only bake bread--never c...Hahtool,<br />That's why I only bake bread--never cakes.<br /><br />Chickie,<br />If everyone was anti-war, there'd be a lot fewer young men sent to die for the gains of others.kaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761801803016465459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51365477498476054152010-09-13T20:26:36.963-05:002010-09-13T20:26:36.963-05:00Hi again.
Kazie-thanks for the picture, it was bea...Hi again.<br />Kazie-thanks for the picture, it was beautiful!<br /><br />Doreen- thanks for the whole poem! I also goofed, I had poppies grow in stead of poppies blow.<br /><br />MargeMargehttp://Marge@centurytel.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5020976646869951842010-09-13T19:58:04.035-05:002010-09-13T19:58:04.035-05:00Jeff, I can't wait for Sunday! Great job. Go...Jeff, I can't wait for Sunday! Great job. Good luck with the book.Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347232302896024104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80534731503177012352010-09-13T19:50:23.786-05:002010-09-13T19:50:23.786-05:00What I learned today: If a recipe calls for cream...What I learned today: If a recipe calls for creaming the sugar with the eggs and butter, but you already added the sugar to the flour mixture, mixing the eggs and butter only, then adding all the dry ingredients will affect the outcome of the cake. And not in a good way. More baking tomorrow. Next time I will pay more attention to the directions.Hahtoolahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439791473590708547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42258520584293539942010-09-13T19:35:34.926-05:002010-09-13T19:35:34.926-05:00Hello All--I have to agree with everyone else that...Hello All--I have to agree with everyone else that this was a great Monday puzzle with a fun theme. I had counted the B's, as well, and was amazed at how many Jeff fit into today's puzzle. Good job.<br /><br />My only hang up was with Hide (and) Seek. I had put in Hide (nor) Hair. That error was quickly remedied. The couple of unknowns were quickly filled in with the perps.<br /><br />I'm sure we'll all be looking forward to the Sunday puzzle, Jeff. I don't usually do the Sunday CW, but will look for it this coming week.<br /><br />Thank you, Doreen, for the lovely poem. While in France, our tour guide took us to one of those "Fields" of crosses, and it was a very sobering experience. Acres, and acres of white crosses as far as you could see. There are WWII cemetaries there as well.<br />This poem was a lovely tribute, even though it was an anti war statement. Lest we forget!Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16867329440783232452010-09-13T17:59:56.249-05:002010-09-13T17:59:56.249-05:00WikWak,
Nope. The Monkees.WikWak,<br />Nope. The Monkees.windhoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09185847697518005172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73911632224944370922010-09-13T17:51:53.063-05:002010-09-13T17:51:53.063-05:00Lemonade- Right up my alley! Great joke and the ho...Lemonade- Right up my alley! Great joke and the homophone is perfect. I'd love to use the joke as a theme. The last line would be a terrific "Aha" moment. Trouble is, there's no market for a 113x113 size puzzle. :)Jeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06174332800591939009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66377552395123809782010-09-13T17:36:28.967-05:002010-09-13T17:36:28.967-05:00Quick fills, as typical for Monday. 11 minutes to ...Quick fills, as typical for Monday. 11 minutes to finish.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101397219611638842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76349824140944522322010-09-13T17:24:05.346-05:002010-09-13T17:24:05.346-05:00Jeff, I loved your puzzle, so much work to make it...Jeff, I loved your puzzle, so much work to make it both theme intensive and a Monday level. <br /><br />If you email, I will tell you my experience in getting agents for authors; it ain't easy. Like banks they want the clients who do not need them. <br /><br />Very busy catching up from all the various holidays, and besides Buckeye, where are the rest of our part timers? <br /><br />For you Jerome, the worst pun I have heard in a while:<br /><br />Paddy is passing by Mick's hay shed one day when through a gap in the door he sees Mick doing a slow and sensual striptease in front of an old red Massey Ferguson.<br /><br />Buttocks clenched he performs a slow pirouette and gently slides off first the right welly (wellington boot), followed by the left.<br /><br />He then hunches his shoulders forward and in a classic striptease move lets his braces (suspenders) fall down from his shoulders to dangle by his hips over his corduroy trousers.<br /><br />Grabbing both sides of his checked shirt he rips it apart to reveal his tea stained vest underneath and with a final flourish he hurls his flat cap on to a pile of hay.<br /><br />'What on earth are you doing Mick', says Paddy.<br /><br />'Jeez Paddy, ye frightened the livin bejasus out of me', says an obviously embarrassed Mick, 'but me and the Missus been having some trouble lately in the bedroom department, and the therapist suggested I do something sexy to <b>a tractor </b>.'Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44916123587176092692010-09-13T17:16:14.176-05:002010-09-13T17:16:14.176-05:00Another Pleasant Valley Monday... (sorry, Beatles ...Another Pleasant Valley Monday... (sorry, Beatles fans)<br /><br />Loved this puzzle although DERM as a suffix threw me for a minim. I'd forgotten how multipurpose an affix it is. I smiled each time another BB revealed itself.WikWakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873144164842777944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31283659900671565952010-09-13T16:09:29.419-05:002010-09-13T16:09:29.419-05:00Second to last line, third stanza is "poppies...Second to last line, third stanza is "poppies grow" not "poppies brow." My proofreading was hurried. Sorry.<br /><br />DoreenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15575271623666339742010-09-13T16:07:26.267-05:002010-09-13T16:07:26.267-05:00In Flanders fields the poppies blow, / Between the...In Flanders fields the poppies blow, / Between the crosses, row on row, / That mark our place; and in the sky / The larks, still bravely singing, fly / Scarce heard amid the guns below.<br /><br />We are the Dead. Short days ago / We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, / Loved, and were loved, and now we lie / In Flanders fields.<br /><br />Take up your quarrel with the foe: / To you from failing hands we throw / The torch; be yours to hold it high. / If we break faith with us who die / We shall not sleep, though poppies brow / In Flanders fields.<br /><br />McCrae's poem is an anti war poem. He was a medical officer who had attended to the horrible injuries suffered by the soldiers in many battles all over Europe.<br /><br />DoreenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53356078511931309992010-09-13T15:50:14.103-05:002010-09-13T15:50:14.103-05:00Glad to see you back, Crockett. You have been mis...Glad to see you back, Crockett. You have been missed. What type of work are you doing that keeps you from the blog?<br /><br />JazzB: "It Is I" is clearly becoming a crossword staple. We have been seeing the phrase a lot recently.<br /><br />Tower of <a href="http://www.britsattheirbest.com/images/eu_strasbourg_babel.gif" rel="nofollow">BABEL</a>?Hahtoolahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439791473590708547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17089469726095048522010-09-13T15:23:33.734-05:002010-09-13T15:23:33.734-05:00Marge,
Those poppies are everywhere in Europe in t...Marge,<br />Those poppies are everywhere in Europe in the Spring. They line the roadsides and train tracks. They grow densely and are always small bright red flowers. So I imagine they also grow in the cemeteries in Normandy where so many D-Day casualties are buried. I don't remember seeing them in Belgium, but maybe the season was wrong when I was there, but I always think of the poem when I see the painting depicting a woman with a parasol on a hillside covered with them. It's by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Claude_Monet_037.jpg" rel="nofollow">Claude Monet</a>. His poppies look oversized though. I think the poem implied the blood of the fallen was mingling with the res of the poppieskaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761801803016465459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23293439213260068772010-09-13T15:20:45.979-05:002010-09-13T15:20:45.979-05:00Hi gang -
Most fun I've had with a Monday puz...Hi gang -<br /><br />Most fun I've had with a Monday puzzle -- maybe ever.<br /><br />Argyl - Fine work, as always<br /><br />Great link on BY AND BY. A capella, and a marvelous key change at "To our bountiful." And a jazz chord at the end. Just Wow!<br /><br /><i>It means "how are you" singular formal. I await confirmation.</i><br />Si!<br /><br />DERM can be a prefix or a suffix - a dual-purpose affix.<br /><br />Does that biblical quote seem to be coming up a lot or, IS IT just I?<br /><br />51A - AROLE - Ahhh, so close . . .<br /><br />And SATYR so close to BEAST.<br /><br />Hmmmm -<br />BEAST RYDER takes on a BAWDY SATYR.<br />They would never ABIDE a BRIBE in the DDE ERA.<br />But Senator Craig had a WIDE GAIT.<br />The passed holly branches at the DRUID RELAY.<br />Join the navy to see the world; join the U S ARMY to BE SEEN.<br />Down at the pond, do the ducks SEEK SCUM?<br /><br />Do you like the way those line cross?<br />Yes. It's such ACUTE little angle.<br /><br />LET'S INCH our way to EDGE IN or EASE BY, BY AND BY.<br /><br />Sorry. Guess its in my DNA.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55262278693036603632010-09-13T15:19:16.742-05:002010-09-13T15:19:16.742-05:00By the way, I'm just finishing a young adult b...By the way, I'm just finishing a young adult book called THE HAND OF HEROES that has a little bit of crosswording involved (I couldn't help myself). The entire "find an agent" process has been daunting. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions for me?<br /><br />Thanks!<br />JeffJeff Chenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513769920700232986noreply@blogger.com