tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post1608313076952723294..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: FRIDAY, June 11, 2010 — Donna S. LevinOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-75746846049920270292010-06-11T19:04:29.883-07:002010-06-11T19:04:29.883-07:00@Randi: ATNO is short for Atomic Number. The at. ...@Randi: ATNO is short for Atomic Number. The at. no. of hydrogen (abbrev: H) is 1. I used to get fooled by that type of clue all the time. Also watch out for ATWT (Atomic Weight).<br /><br />And the noun "see" refers to the jurisdiction of a bishop. The "Holy See" is "The Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes) is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and speaks for the whole Catholic Church. It is also recognized by other subjects of international law as a sovereign entity, headed by the Pope, with which diplomatic relations can be maintained." (Wikipedia)KJGoosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035128999739297677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-38432845338557914352010-06-11T18:22:56.767-07:002010-06-11T18:22:56.767-07:00Sorry-still don't understand at. no. and is se...Sorry-still don't understand at. no. and is see supposed to mean c as in the first letter of cow? I'm confused. Can someone please explain?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723365351649139429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-58098523203282306242010-06-11T17:40:06.660-07:002010-06-11T17:40:06.660-07:00@David, thanks. The only tollbooth I could think ...@David, thanks. The only tollbooth I could think of was from the Godfather when James Caan is done in.NJ Irishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07797468521444301873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-40632038031916928582010-06-11T17:34:35.846-07:002010-06-11T17:34:35.846-07:00The Phantom Tollbooth, kids book, main character M...The Phantom Tollbooth, kids book, main character Milo learns all about how important edumacation and time is in a fantasy-like world with the watchdog Tock. I remember my third grade teacher reading it to us in its entirety and zoning out big time.*David*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-35142978722521696712010-06-11T17:22:54.023-07:002010-06-11T17:22:54.023-07:00I couldn't write a book titled "Your Puzz...I couldn't write a book titled "Your Puzzle Sucks" — too cruel. Now, "Your Blog Comment Sucks"... *that* has possibilities :)<br /><br />rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-62821029219766730602010-06-11T16:55:11.090-07:002010-06-11T16:55:11.090-07:00Wow, lots of good comments. Fun puzzle, love puns....Wow, lots of good comments. Fun puzzle, love puns. @PG thanks for the heads up on At. No. had no idea what that was all about. Got the theme which is amazing for me, I never do, have to read it here. 14A Stale Italian bread was cute and for some reason got 39A Kates just popped into my head. I have no idea why, don't know who she is. Will someone explain 59A?<br /><br />Second attempt, won't let me post.NJ Irishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07797468521444301873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-18094131904071224092010-06-11T16:22:23.687-07:002010-06-11T16:22:23.687-07:00@Anon 3:52 It was just a JEST!@Anon 3:52 It was just a JEST!CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-59132652222549992582010-06-11T15:52:19.356-07:002010-06-11T15:52:19.356-07:00You're not supposed to know Mongolian, you'...You're not supposed to know Mongolian, you're supposed to know that Ulan Bator is in Mongolia. <br /><br />AVIV is Hebrew for "spring". You might get asked that, too. But that's much different than being asked for the Hebrew word for red or the Mongolian word for spring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-62969110890149876962010-06-11T14:29:55.053-07:002010-06-11T14:29:55.053-07:00@sfingi - I'm having the same problem. I just...@sfingi - I'm having the same problem. I just had to enter my password four times before it would accept it.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-91336505027450912462010-06-11T14:27:22.309-07:002010-06-11T14:27:22.309-07:00Great comments section today.
@Mr. Helpful - so no...Great comments section today.<br />@Mr. Helpful - so now we're supposed to know Mongolian as well? Thanks!<br /><br />Ah yes, I too thought of that POLE vs OAR discussion from the other day. <br /><br />@Lit.doc Your Cheesy comment and you comment @Rex totally cracked me up!<br /><br />@Obertb loved your comment about puns. Today's headline in the review of the "Karate Kid" remake in the LAT -<br />IT KICKS, BUT....CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-64301042325635562352010-06-11T14:15:33.186-07:002010-06-11T14:15:33.186-07:00From Dictionary.com:
dupe (dōōp, dyōōp)
n. 1.An...From Dictionary.com:<br />dupe (dōōp, dyōōp) <br />n. 1.An easily deceived person. <br /><br />2.A person who functions as the tool of another person or power.A Guy who looks things upnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-77713263915195384732010-06-11T14:09:22.599-07:002010-06-11T14:09:22.599-07:00I was all ready to hate "SAHLSBRIESTEAK"...I was all ready to hate "SAHLSBRIESTEAK" but it was so clever I couldn't stay mad at it. Quality punning from Donna. "Stale Italian bread" for LIRA is pretty good, too.<br /><br />RUMBA sticks in my craw. I don't mind alternate spellings as a rule, but when it's one you never see it bugs. It's as if the puzzler has thought to herself, "Well, maybe this will work if 'rhumba' can be spelled without an H. It can? Problem solved!"John Wolfendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759716236594908137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-10450733227381965032010-06-11T12:24:15.846-07:002010-06-11T12:24:15.846-07:00@Tinbeni, I don't see how DUPE is a tool eithe...@Tinbeni, I don't see how DUPE is a tool either.<br /><br />Yes, the B in BRIE was the last letter for me too.<br /><br />I once had a Stilton steak at the Lion's Inn in Salisbury and it was beyond great.JIMMIEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-22002176123024709922010-06-11T12:19:33.775-07:002010-06-11T12:19:33.775-07:00Don't know what a TTOP is. Don't follow mu...<i>Don't know what a TTOP is. Don't follow muscle cars.</i><br /><br />Huh, I can't think of a true muscle car that ever came with <a href="http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/02/82_ZX_TTops.jpg" rel="nofollow">t-tops</a>.<br /><br />Then again, I have a <b>very</b> strict definition of muscle-car.Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-59123301153574740282010-06-11T12:01:12.945-07:002010-06-11T12:01:12.945-07:00@Sfingi, T-tops are an alternative to rag tops. L...@Sfingi, T-tops are an alternative to rag tops. Looks pretty much like a normal hard-top except the panels above the driver's and passenger's seats are removable, leaving a thin segment (which is, hopefully, part of a roll-cage) running from the top of the windshield back to the aft part of the hard roof. Looking down, makes a "T".lit.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729199575329286046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-44700716920419370052010-06-11T11:41:58.676-07:002010-06-11T11:41:58.676-07:00@Those Who Dislike Puns: If you don't like pun...@Those Who Dislike Puns: If you don't like puns, there are (at least) two things you ought to avoid, crossword puzzles and newspaper headlines. (Do journalism schools offer pun-writing classes? They should.)obertbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05939425154392230224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-86951572131756643482010-06-11T11:38:59.849-07:002010-06-11T11:38:59.849-07:00Nice puzzle; I had a little troube getting started...Nice puzzle; I had a little troube getting started, then it flowed smoothly. I also thought oared before poled, thought we had gotten to the bottom of that.<br /><br />At.no. got me again.... Also have to admit to cow and ocra. Good bit of bite to this piece, like the octopus, I like that! <br /><br />captcha is "rigel", crosswordese.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-5751691884730980662010-06-11T11:23:22.579-07:002010-06-11T11:23:22.579-07:00we learned last week in NYT that gondolas are in f...we learned last week in NYT that gondolas are in fact rowed-not poled !! But i love puns, the cheesier the better,sure sahls brie steak made you work for it.it was still tasty!Sea muenster!syndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16814698406887041710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-56373410794729507142010-06-11T11:20:31.603-07:002010-06-11T11:20:31.603-07:00@DataGeek
Yup, it was earlier this week and the an...@DataGeek<br />Yup, it was earlier this week and the answer was OARS and the discussion went on and on at Rex.<br /><br />So today I first put in oared and had the delight of doing a write-over in pen. Which is OK since I need all the Ink Blot testing I can get.<br /><br />@Van55 & Lit.doc.<br />SAHLSBRIESTEAK filled all the cheese and pun requirements for me too.<br />Sometimes I fiqure if @Rex doesn't like it ... then maybe it IS a good answer.<br />(This goes with those times when he says he doesn't like a "word" ... like the combination of letters elicits a negative response).<br /><br />Googled RUMBA and it seems fine to me. Also in dictionary.<br /><br />@PuzzleGirl: I know nothing about flowers and was wondering what kind is your pink avatar?Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-29131453365649930482010-06-11T10:59:15.484-07:002010-06-11T10:59:15.484-07:00The theme was clever. Love puns and loved the Sali...The theme was clever. Love puns and loved the Salisbury, and all the others.<br />I wanted to like this puzzle as a whole, but too much of the non-theme stuff was not in my world. The NE killed me. <br /><br />Googled for:<br />RICE - only had Jambalaya once and the veggies in it (peppers and okra) drove me off. <br />IRAQ - I once made a list of Japanese vs. Chinese for my inmates. I should do the same for the Mideast. Except it's boring beyond the ancient stuff. <br />MILO Huh! (Didn't know Up, another kid show.)<br />ULAN - couldn't find, but now I know.<br /><br />Didn't know Octopi had BEAKs, but checked it out afterward. <br />Never heard of the term MANUP.<br />Don't know what a TTOP is. Don't follow muscle cars.<br />Had Josh before JEST. Josh is a major name, now.<br /><br />@Jeff - Me2<br /><br />@Data Geek - the oar/POLE thing again.<br /><br />@GolfballMan - I put that whiteout tape on my shopping list!<br /><br />Google and Blogger keep telling me my password in incorrect, and I keep going back and correcting it. This is what happened before. Any suggestions?Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-15498280363368510382010-06-11T10:53:28.029-07:002010-06-11T10:53:28.029-07:00Wow, what a cheesy puzzle. (Sorry, I just couldn’...Wow, what a cheesy puzzle. (Sorry, I just couldn’t resist.) I actually liked it a lot, and (almost) always get a kick out of punzles.<br /><br />As to all the harshing on SAHL’S BRIE STEAK, I simply don’t get it. Not in the sense of disagreeing or objecting—I really don’t understand what’s wrong with it. Cheese pun? Check. Funny? Check. Although, @Donna L., I think your original answers were even funnier, FWIW. Are rigor and elegance really relevant to a construct that’s simply trying to entertain?<br /><br />@Puzzle Girl, I really do love your tone and style. Ever consider penning a crossword how-to book or some such? Speaking of which…<br /><br />@Rex, title for your next book: <i>Your Puzzle Sucks</i>. Best crossword title. Ever.<br /><br />@Anon 9:33, though I’ll cheerfully defer to fluent Spanish speakers, I don’t think Spanish uses the R-silent-H pair at the start of a word. The dance is, I believe, Cuban in origin, so I’m guessing that the H is a later Anglicization.<br /><br />Fav clue today was 14A “Stale Italian bread?” Shoulda been a gimme. Shoulda.lit.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729199575329286046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-30473614428387036932010-06-11T10:10:54.144-07:002010-06-11T10:10:54.144-07:00Nice puzzle! Not a fan of the last theme entry, b...Nice puzzle! Not a fan of the last theme entry, but, eh, nothing's perfect.<br /><br />Nice clue on EBERT, thumbs up! Sigh, I miss the days of Siskel and Ebert...<br /><br />JeffJeff Chenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513769920700232986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-80280354139783479302010-06-11T10:10:10.515-07:002010-06-11T10:10:10.515-07:00So much fun with today's puzzle. Loved ROQUEFO...So much fun with today's puzzle. Loved ROQUEFORT FILES - a riff on one of my favorite shows growing up. My only nit to pick was the answer to 26D - POLED. Didn't we (either here or on that "other" blog)already establish that gondolas aren't actually poled; rather they are moved with oars? Otherwise, this was right up my alley and a great accompaniment to my lunch.DataGeeknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-20484411955945802312010-06-11T09:56:15.677-07:002010-06-11T09:56:15.677-07:00@ Ratty if you work in pen as I do, get yourself a...@ Ratty if you work in pen as I do, get yourself a Bic Wite-out EZ correct tape. They are fantastic for Xword puzzles, you can fill in just one square or a whole line. I wonder if they are accepted at the ACPT's. Also note I said BIC.Golfballmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-62005475454118886062010-06-11T09:35:42.576-07:002010-06-11T09:35:42.576-07:00CrazyCatLady, ULAN is the Mongolian word for red.CrazyCatLady, ULAN is the Mongolian word for red.Mr. Helpfulnoreply@blogger.com