tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post8774415529442810933..comments2024-03-28T16:52:34.576-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Friday, April 7, 2017, Jeffrey WechslerZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71747978803737899292017-04-11T18:52:46.915-05:002017-04-11T18:52:46.915-05:00I grew up with parents who really did say Oy Vey s...I grew up with parents who really did say Oy Vey so I caught the theme quickly!<br /><br />ORFF and ROREM total unknowns.<br /><br />Star Trek is my religion so I was surprised I was also thinking of literature when I saw Chekov. I even got to see the real Sulu (George Takei) just last month. What a treat. He is such a brilliant human being and such a generous humanist.<br /><br />Learning moment about St ELMO fire which I know from my high voltage experiments in my youth!Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49665856441826005622017-04-11T18:38:22.969-05:002017-04-11T18:38:22.969-05:00I just noticed that Wyeth's Christina was in t...I just noticed that Wyeth's Christina was in the 10/29/16 xword. I'm waiting on that *#$& plane and found that Saturday xword wedged in behind a seat. So I knocked it off <br /><br />I was left with MOMA. Write-up explained it. Music(DOT) and art are not my strengths. <br /><br />And Christina gave me a ticket to talk about it six months late. <br /><br />New record for me<br /><br />WC<br /><br />Ps. I wouldn't have finished a Saturday so quick six months agoWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26870023188092335912017-04-08T03:44:59.296-05:002017-04-08T03:44:59.296-05:00OKL - 59 Tomahawks must'a pissed someone off.....OKL - 59 Tomahawks must'a pissed someone off... Screech; 502.. Carrier los[t].<br /><br />Thanks for the link. Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36448511742184617492017-04-08T03:27:48.504-05:002017-04-08T03:27:48.504-05:00Yep, you broke it!
I think blogger.com has been h...<a href="http://news.brevardtimes.com/2017/04/googles-blogger-down-worldwide.html" rel="nofollow">Yep, you broke it! </a><br />I think blogger.com has been having problems today. The must have upset the cyber-Russians (or The Twitterer Who Must Not Be Named).<br /><br />OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29093879941171643982017-04-08T02:42:21.962-05:002017-04-08T02:42:21.962-05:00Did I break the blog? How is @4:35 last post?
Bi...Did I break the blog? How is @4:35 last post?<br /><br />Bill G. We did it! Youngest got a 93 on her ALG test. She said there was one trick question that none of the other "smart kids" got... [I said "so maybe yous not so smart?"... "Daaaaad! Umf," was her reply :-)]<br /><br />For those under 45, thie format will seem slow... <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mVI97gcUCeE" rel="nofollow">Rickles on Cavett</a>. [30min] Sorry to dwell, but when a great comedian like Mr. Warmth passes I hav'ta' laugh outta respect. -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40221635417143227972017-04-07T16:35:03.659-05:002017-04-07T16:35:03.659-05:00YR - sans reading the history of KING TUT & TO...YR - sans <i>reading</i> the history of <a href="http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/king-tut/n8663?snl=1" rel="nofollow">KING TUT & TOMB</a> <-click and listen to an oral history.... //ducks <br />-TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46678788469969004002017-04-07T16:27:13.579-05:002017-04-07T16:27:13.579-05:00Yep, It's Friday and Jeff W. gave us another t...<br />Yep, It's Friday and Jeff W. gave us another test. Lemon also did a great job of 'splaining what was going on in Jeff's mind today.<br /><br />I got through it with the help of Red Letters and ESP. Having lived in a predominately Jewish neighborhood on Long Island (Lawn Guy Land) OY VEY was heard quite often.<br /><br />Next challenge will be tomorrow's puzzle. See you all then. oc4beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06568497002517859531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55058111264984679892017-04-07T15:41:47.587-05:002017-04-07T15:41:47.587-05:00I read an historical novel containing the basic fa...I read an historical novel containing the basic facts of King Tut's life in a fascinating story. I am so sorry I cannot name the novel. I tried keeping track of the books I read, but when reading 75 to 100 books a year and being an average, but not obsessively, organized person, I find it hard to cross reference concepts I find in books. Approaching age 80 in December, I find fewer facts readily at my fingertips. My older sister who is mathematically brilliant is a fantastic keeper of the facts, but is not into books. I am sure I have read about King Tut's tomboy female companion. Here is Tut's history.<br /><a href="http://www.biography.com/people/king-tut-9512446" rel="nofollow"> King Tut </a>Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37824173618931227692017-04-07T15:28:03.997-05:002017-04-07T15:28:03.997-05:00Lemony,
Thank you for not attempting to provide yo...Lemony,<br />Thank you for not attempting to provide your own title/theme to the puzzle today.<br />It was much appreciated.T.F.M.B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10613313122853742572017-04-07T15:15:53.207-05:002017-04-07T15:15:53.207-05:00OY VEY! Jeffrey stole my lunch and gave it to you...OY VEY! Jeffrey stole my lunch and gave it to you good solvers. I was lost on 1st pass -- SATE(? Came to mind but didn't work until I realized starve was a verb), CLOG, NOB, HANNA, AN? (9d), PHOTON and SULU. Funny that we talked about different backgrounds and solving experience recently. I knew HANNA and Trek but this idiot didn't even think of a Russian writer* :-)<br /><br />Thanks Jeff but I had to cheat-cheat (read - look at Lem's grid) to break up the SW and keep playing. I caught the OY early on 'cuz with -YV-Y it wasn't hard to see [esp. after watching Rickles' clips last night]. Reveal was 1st solve of 'em all!<br /><br />Thanks Lem for the expo - LOL'd at RAFT < boatload.<br /><br />Notable WOs: Alas b/f PITY; Satir(e) b/f IRONY, taro b/f SAGO.<br />Lookups: PRIAM (got me RAFT, INKY** and MANILA); ROREM proof'd out INKin' PROF;<br /><br />Fav themer - ALLOYFORNAUGHT. Nailed it! w/ -LLO--OR---GH-! [and knowing OY]<br /><b>Fav</b>: ARLO. I saw the ? and went to Toy Story for a moment b/f the Guthries. Awesome c/a Jeff.<br /><br />{A+ & LOL}<br /><br />DO: TiVo won their suit against cable-provided DVR makers and rake in the royalties [disclosure - college chum works at TiVo but I never had one].<br /><br />C, Eh! Yep, I think PAPA refers to the Old Man. And yep, Bunny M was talkin' <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iq3yjfoorsU" rel="nofollow">RUSH (only the greatest band ever... [Funny or Die])</a>. //ps. I loved your spelling of favourite :-)<br /><br />CED - LOL Grinch that sole candles. Thanks dude; I needed that laugh.<br /><br />HG - for non-cartoon-wolf, at BUGEYED I thought of <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LsrtCIC4EWM" rel="nofollow">Marty Feldman.</a><br /><br />Cheers, -T <br />*in grad-school DW (PhD English) confessed her guilty-reading was Calvin & Hobbes. Everyone was impressed and she never let on it was the comic books. [Hi Bill G :-)]<br />**who remembers Car Talk? "From the INKY shadows of a dimly LIT Quonset hut..."Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89286278443098099822017-04-07T14:41:20.976-05:002017-04-07T14:41:20.976-05:00I started early and drifted around and looked up a...I started early and drifted around and looked up and sure enough, JW. I think someone predicted that we'd have a toughie after yesterday. <br /><br />I guessed TUT would be in that TOMB. The TOMBOY reminds me of Chelsea Hammer who made an appearance a month or so ago. She has a short story about a 12 year old sitting for a 14 year old boy. <br /><br />I haven't read it. Imagination runs wild here. Whoa Wilbur. <br /><br />YAO is the ISAO AOKI of the NBA. I had an URGE to google for ELIOT and Chekhov's peers. <br /><br />Btw. The blog server was down for me here in South Florida. Apparently, not the blog itself. It may account for paucity of bloggers. <br /><br />CHURCH was a late WAG; I had THE TOP. I also thought we were talking about a GENE selection pool. <br /><br />STOWE is familiar; I played golf at Killington. Took the cocky out of the pro from Dover. <br /><br />Nice to get a tada after yesterday's Ted Turner fixation. Noggin's a little sore from those V8 cans. <br /><br />WC<br /><br />Ps. Nice write-up Lemonade. Can't wait for the troll from mom's basement to show upWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60893099579371511382017-04-07T14:27:32.176-05:002017-04-07T14:27:32.176-05:00Yay! I cheered this morning, when I saw Jeffrey We...Yay! I cheered this morning, when I saw Jeffrey Wechsler's name in the byline of my LA Times puzzle! Yay! What a relief to have our normal format back! Thank you, so much, Ol' Man Keith, and C.C., for helping us get this solved--and you too, Ed, if you've begun to check out the blog.<br /><br />Of course, this was a bit of a toughie for me, but I managed without too much cheating, and I didn't care, in any case, because I was just so happy to have the regular puzzle back--especially on a Jeff Wechsler day. I got TUT in the northeast corner right away, and after putting in OYSTER down below, figured out the OY theme, which helped with a number of other theme solves. My only really embarrassing goof was that I first put PRES for the College employee instead of PROF! Duh! At least no one can claim I'm self-centered.<br /><br />CanadianEh, I had to make many of the same moves you did. And I too thought of Hemingway when I filled in PAPA. <br /><br />So glad to have you back, Lemonade!<br /><br />Have a great Friday, everybody!Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48920023613322522402017-04-07T13:49:06.998-05:002017-04-07T13:49:06.998-05:00So I got the solve after yet another slog. My most...So I got the solve after yet another slog. My most disliked puzzle type of all, the gimmick puzzle where the gimmick runs the puzzle, coupled with some very tough and almost dense clueing. <br /><br />So I got the solve but no joy, just relief. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23653156719121006552017-04-07T13:43:13.715-05:002017-04-07T13:43:13.715-05:00Hi Y'all! Another slog from Weschler, but alwa...Hi Y'all! Another slog from Weschler, but always rewarding to finish even with red-letter help. Fun expo, Lemonade.<br /><br />When I first moved to the farm we had three gnarly little trees of CLING PEACHES. I pruned all the dead wood out of them, expecting I'd killed them, but they rewarded me by flourishing. Best sweet white flesh PEACHES we had ever tasted. No CLOY about them fresh from the tree. But every year just when they were ripe, a flock of yellow & gray long-billed birds would move in and slash half of each PEACH. We'd pick what was left and I'd cut out the spoiled parts so we could eat the good parts. Tried all sorts of things including netting to discourage those bad birds -- to no avail. Early picking left the fruit without the good tree-ripened flavor. Never ever saw those birds in our area except for the ripe PEACH days. Trees died during a drought year.<br /><br />Woody offshoot: not limb or root or bush. Wait...ESP! Had to wait on a lot of words today. HANNA came very slowly about the sixth time I passed the clue.<br /><br />Never heard OY VEY except on TV or seen in print. Raised in an ethnically undiversified area.<br /><br />Never watched Star Trek. Didn't have the channel on our TV. Didn't have TV as a kid.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48072841713427936802017-04-07T13:37:08.600-05:002017-04-07T13:37:08.600-05:00Very slow slog today, but got it.Very slow slog today, but got it.Hungry Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465905817770134952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49930893988215666762017-04-07T13:22:41.801-05:002017-04-07T13:22:41.801-05:00It took two sessions, hours apart, to finish this ...It took two sessions, hours apart, to finish this one. I caught, initially FOR NAUGHT, the OY but it didn't help early. I had to back out of a few places and make some stabs in the dark. Changed ELSE to EENY, SLOW to ANEW, CON in the cage became a RIB, DONOT to GIVER and the LOBSTER somehow became an OYSTER. GRECS, POE, and ELIOT were just guesses. I didn't really know PRIAM but had remembered the name from earlier puzzles. 'Chekov' and SULU- I've never watched Star Trek but the perps were solid. My wife gets BACOS but they have no bacon.<br /><br />BUG-EYED, DOTTY and DITZY. I was somewhere between those two after I finished.Big Easynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26059855193833276922017-04-07T13:15:09.182-05:002017-04-07T13:15:09.182-05:00OY-VEY ... What an Ink Blot !!! ... D-N-F ...
Le...<b>OY-VEY ... What an Ink Blot !!! ... D-N-F ... </b><br /><br />Lemon, Good job explaining my "lack-of-solving" experience.<br /><br />Jeffrey, I enjoyed the "Half-of-the-Grid" that I got.<br /><br />Not a clue about PRIAM, ORFF & ROREM ... at least I got Stan GETZ.<br /><br />Fave was BUG-EYED ... how I probably get when I look at the NUBILE Victoria Secret models.<br /><br />A "Toast-to-ALL" at Sunset.<br />Cheers!Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59011983854512390042017-04-07T13:13:56.031-05:002017-04-07T13:13:56.031-05:00Oy Vey!<a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ae/92/82/ae9282b86afb928a22c1216c33a1ba57.jpg" rel="nofollow">Oy Vey!</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16664563998975922282017-04-07T13:11:00.639-05:002017-04-07T13:11:00.639-05:00At last! The LA Times has remedied its credit lin...At last! The <i>LA Times</i> has remedied its credit line problem. For the first time this week we were able to see who created the pzl before tackling it. No apology or explanation from the <i>Times</i>, but I am happy to see <br />we're back in good order.<br /><br />A surprisingly easy pzl from Mr. Wechsler, especially for a Saturday entry. I got the theme fill, OY VEY, before any of the long themes, and it was a big help. It was pleasant too to see a Greek sub-theme (PRIAM/TROY) in play.<br /> Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37303312761686422602017-04-07T13:07:08.331-05:002017-04-07T13:07:08.331-05:00I did poorly on this puzzle. 3/4 was okay, but the...I did poorly on this puzzle. 3/4 was okay, but the SE had a lot of white, and half of the black turned red when I hit the help button. Also didn't get the theme until I finished. I saw the OYs, but not all long entries had them -- PRIME ??? lObSTER at least didn't. Also didn't see the seed phrases until after everything was finished.<br /><br />Overslept today, but then blogger was down for ~2 hours, so I had to wait a long time to post.<br /><br />The YOGI, enraged, was throwing a fit!<br />"Come here, my child, we need a sit!<br />My feet are in pain<br />And you are to blame!<br />So stop leaving Legos in the fire pit!"OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47573762426524969142017-04-07T12:18:50.701-05:002017-04-07T12:18:50.701-05:00IrishMiss:
How I wish we could send some of our su...IrishMiss:<br />How I wish we could send some of our sunshine to you. It's brilliantly sunny today! I'm so sorry for your bleak weather.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32828765464157257822017-04-07T11:44:46.484-05:002017-04-07T11:44:46.484-05:00Hi Everyone:
Normally, I'm on JW's wave l...Hi Everyone:<br /><br />Normally, I'm on JW's wave length, but not today. I did get the theme as I filled in the reveal early on and that helped with the theme answers. But I got stuck in the north central and the Grecs/Sulu cross did me in causing a DNF. I missed the plural on Greeks/Parisians and having never seen a Star Trek episode, I was thinking of the literary Chekhov. Hand up for Rat/Rib and Sits/Subs. Overall, I found this to be a tough solve. On the bright side, thanks Spitz for the CSO to this Trojan!<br /><br />Thanks, Jeffrey, for a real challenge and thanks, Lemony, for a spot-on review, especially the Gracie Allen clip. I have a quote of hers on my refrigerator: "Never put a period where God has placed a comma." Hope you feel better, Lemon.<br /><br />Another gloomy day with more rain expected. I have forgotten what sunshine looks like. I think we're supposed to have warmer and sunnier weather in the next day or so. Yippee!<br /><br />Have a great day.Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90369652830460768772017-04-07T11:24:43.155-05:002017-04-07T11:24:43.155-05:00I really liked the theme. Plenty of white until I ...I really liked the theme. Plenty of white until I sussed the OY VEY.<br />I wanted OY VEY with --V-Y but didn't accept it for quite a while. Living among a large Jewish population, I find OY VEY is very common, an expression of dismay, roughly "Oh, woe!" or "Woe is me!" However, I doubted a puzzle would use OY VEY. Here we goyim, nonJews, have picked up many Yiddish expressions.<br /><br />Then I found CLOYING for cling with the added OY and realized the theme. That made all of it much easier. <br />(BTW, inanehiker, I agree that peaches in heavy syrup are cloying.) I perked along quite well after that, but found ALLOY FOR ------ the most difficult, and was hung up a little on the church, rib, Bacos, naught and SULU section. SULU was all perps. I didn't know CHEKOV was in Star Trek. FIR.<br />Hello LA LA LINDA. How are you?<br />KING TUT's mischievous tomboy playmate could easily be a young lady tween.<br />Alan was doing so well that his medications were reduced to limit side effects. So, now we are in trouble again. He came home from work early on Wed. and stayed home yesterday. Today he went in, not feeling up to par. We're back on the merry-go-round after an almost three month respite. <br />Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38955082576234310822017-04-07T11:06:22.708-05:002017-04-07T11:06:22.708-05:00Lemon zest -- nice, Lucina.Lemon zest -- nice, Lucina.desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3110275542678057182017-04-07T10:59:56.295-05:002017-04-07T10:59:56.295-05:00Is there a muse for puzzlers? I could have used on...Is there a muse for puzzlers? I could have used one today but managed to slide into JW's devious mind in spite of the many proper names. But no searches needed, they all perped.<br /><br />I did know ORFF, ELIOT, GETZ, PAAR (PARR, too)and eventually PRIAM and HANNA pushed through the fog. I'm glad you mentioned Star Trek, Lemonade, because SULU left me with doubts. <br /><br />The OY wasn't needed to solve, but I see it's cleverness after the fact. <br /><br />When researching for our trip to New England last summer, I noticed STOWE and saw that the Von Trapp hotel is located there.<br /><br />Nicely done, Jeffrey Wechsler, for the Friday feature. And thank you, Lemonade, for always adding your zest to the commentary.<br /><br />Have a spectacular day, everyone! Nothing but bright sunshine here.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.com