tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post1360186137406598763..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: S A T U R D A Y August 28, 2010 Joe DiPietroOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-50652884442789065762010-09-04T11:57:18.658-07:002010-09-04T11:57:18.658-07:00Re the expressed distaste for "consume with r...Re the expressed distaste for "consume with regard to" = USEUPON,... how about this, "I use(d) up all my sympathy on Miss B". 3 words not 2, implying that I had no sympathy left for what's-her-name.badrognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-36851518097029362552010-09-04T11:35:53.533-07:002010-09-04T11:35:53.533-07:00In response to the comments about ROS (Edmundo) be...In response to the comments about ROS (Edmundo) being difficult, to me it was easy ... because of something that has stuck in my memory ever since I heard it on AFRS in 1964 while stationed in the Philippines: "Edmundo Ros? When did he start calling himself that? I remember when he was just Eddie Ross!"badrignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-39203915061687312312010-08-28T14:39:46.811-07:002010-08-28T14:39:46.811-07:00I ended up stuck in the SW corner and had to Googl...I ended up stuck in the SW corner and had to Google the Red Wings coach. Thought "You'll trip if you drop it" for LSD was brilliant.<br /><br />Just once I'd like to see Mauna KEA instead of Mauna LOA. It's just as usable, being a 3-letter word with 2 vowels...John Wolfendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759716236594908137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-15545797016353133182010-08-28T11:34:10.105-07:002010-08-28T11:34:10.105-07:00Yes, it was a tough one. I needed to Google for B...Yes, it was a tough one. I needed to Google for BABCOCK and EDESSA (instead of ODESSA). I liked IHOP and OKSIGN, but several words/phrases seemed either poor in themselves or badly clued, like STREWED (should be STREWN, right?), ONTHE PARTOF (already discussed), and REOS (with that extraneous apostrophe). <br />Kf<br /><br />PS. Oh, and I did like OPENEDANIRA, although I had no idea what it meant for the longest time. (I mean, what's a NIRA?)Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-46527835323232428362010-08-28T10:45:56.679-07:002010-08-28T10:45:56.679-07:00Had 3 wrong letters, so DNF.
Had AMC instead of T...Had 3 wrong letters, so DNF.<br /><br />Had AMC instead of TMC. Well, aRICOTS sounded good to me. Must have had French green beans in the back of my mind.<br /><br />Had ELIn instead of ELIE. Never heard of her/him and REFEnDS makes as much sense as REFEEDS. REFEEDS?? Wait... Google says this is a "cheat day" for dieters. That makes this legit and my WOTD!<br /><br />Had ATROxOS for ATROPOS. Hey, I thought getting the "AxE" was a dramatic way to go, and don't know my Fates. Guess I better break down and see Disney's Hercules. S'POSEd to have all of these greek characters in it. And I thought, "Imagine, Zeke...", was a quote from some classic novel, but nooo, just lame clueing for a lame contraction. <br /><br />I have the same love/hate relationship as @PG for answers like MISREAD.<br /><br />And finally, USEUPON... SPARE ME. Actually when you put them together, they have a certain synergism.Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-60960932535548145442010-08-28T09:56:31.171-07:002010-08-28T09:56:31.171-07:00IHOP again. (NYT also)
I'm beginning to think ...IHOP again. (NYT also)<br />I'm beginning to think constructor's get a "Kick-back" if they put it in the grid as a subtle suggestion to me for where I should have breakfast.<br /><br />This was a challenge needing crossing help all over the place to get my unknowns: ELIE, BABCOCK, ROS, EDOMITE (damn, I always forget about them) and a few, what I would call obscure answers, EDESSA and REFEEDS, and terrible, USE UPON (WTF?).<br /><br />I thought OPENED AN IRA, a tax shelter, was a great clue. (Esp. after we opened that 'can of worms' earlier this week). Plus, these types of phrases are used all the time in puzzles.<br /><br />Be careful if you use the OK SIGN in Brazil, it has a much different meaning there.<br /><br />A slog, can't say the solve was FUN.Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-8107263846623520572010-08-28T09:22:21.623-07:002010-08-28T09:22:21.623-07:00OK, the apostrophe in "Royale 8's" w...OK, the apostrophe in "Royale 8's" was there in the paper, but I don't think I can abide it in "REO'S". (Is it customary to use one in plurals of numerals?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-20311521141749877272010-08-28T08:29:07.244-07:002010-08-28T08:29:07.244-07:00I struggled to finish the NE, and didn't like ...I struggled to finish the NE, and didn't like it much after I succeeded. REFEEDS is just bad, and I really can't see how ONTHEPARTOF is equivalent to "carried out by" -- how are those two phrases interchangeable?<br /><br />And ditto for USEUPON = "consume with regard to."David Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-80863073448669101952010-08-28T06:47:22.843-07:002010-08-28T06:47:22.843-07:00ICE FALL is a perfectly legit word.
Some of my bes...ICE FALL is a perfectly legit word.<br />Some of my best photographs (according to me) are of ICE FALLs. I am working on a new portfolio called "The Great Ice Age" which contains unusual images taken of massive ice formations, ice lenses, icebergs in Lake Michigan, enormous icicles in Starved Rock canyons (10' diam.), dancing ice trees, ice crystals, ice caves, glacial calves, and huge huge ICE FALLs.<br />I hope to release it by January 2011.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-73602128314103914382010-08-28T06:36:20.798-07:002010-08-28T06:36:20.798-07:00I give this DiPietro puzzle a big OK SIGN!
This i...I give this DiPietro puzzle a big OK SIGN!<br /><br />This is my most favorite type of puzzle… long word/phrases and NO STUPID THEME!!!<br />Great words, like: Terry GILLIAM, SOPHIA LOREN, EDESSA, ATROPOS, MOSH PIT, SWANEE, and EDOMITE.<br />No Googling today, but I did use a dictionary to look up ATROPOS.<br /><br />Here’s a short animation video clip by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KUqHzk26kI" rel="nofollow">Monty Python’s Terry GILLIAM.</a> Gosh, I really miss that intellectually enlightening show. <br /><br />Most clever clues: “Sought some shelter?” (OPENED AN IRA).<br />Also, “Chain with links” (IHOP).<br />Worst clue: “Exude” (REEK OF).<br />Also I didn’t like REFEEDS or USE UPON (ugh!).<br /><br />I love those old <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11311958@N06/3643957099/" rel="nofollow">Fortune-teller thingies in the PENNY ARCADE.</a><br /><br />I should be downstairs using my STAIR MASTER this morning, but I think I’ll just hike over to the IHOP and get me a stack of blueberry pancakes instead.<br /><br />Have a super weekend, y’all!JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-36858336168718432552010-08-28T05:42:41.166-07:002010-08-28T05:42:41.166-07:00Too much contrived junk for me. REFEEDS, esp. as c...Too much contrived junk for me. REFEEDS, esp. as clued, made Zero sense to me. OPENED AN IRA is weak (if this is allowed, than virtually any similar phrase is allowed, e.g. OPENED A DRAWER, SAW A MOVIE, PETTED A CAT, etc.). Worst = USE UPON. The clue looked like gibberish. <br /><br />Other stuff seemed fine. <br /><br />Never head of ICE FALL.<br /><br />rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.com