tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post1619306033984474516..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: 02.15 TueOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-63464271585057154952011-02-15T15:30:58.614-08:002011-02-15T15:30:58.614-08:00From www.thefreedictionary.com:
COTE: a small she...From www.thefreedictionary.com:<br /><br />COTE: a small shelter for pigeons, sheep, etc.<br /><br />You might recognize the word as part of dovecote.Hiramnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-11355274713921270412011-02-15T15:21:53.419-08:002011-02-15T15:21:53.419-08:00Can someone explain COTE to me? (It was the answe...Can someone explain COTE to me? (It was the answer for the 9D clue, "Coop".) I don't know what it means. ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-88538809969915399422011-02-15T14:00:48.647-08:002011-02-15T14:00:48.647-08:00Liked the theme quite a bit. Since the other puzzl...Liked the theme quite a bit. Since the other puzzle had a "right in the middle" theme," there's further proof they get together. Not that I need any more proof. And the ELIHU thing from yesterday, too.<br /><br />STAB and STUB are a sort of mini-theme. There is no STeB, STiB or SToB, so it's a whole set.<br /><br />PG - thanks for the cartoons! New for me, but I loved it. I use bubble wrap as a poor man's/white trash? security system. Set it on the floor as you enter. The thief thinks he's being shot at.<br /><br />Isn't "gulls" what Brits call the fairer sex?<br /><br />The original "up the RIVER" is Sing Sing at Ossining, NY. Since most of the prisoners still come from "The City," it's still up the Hudson River. <br /><br />Had a Natick at OUZOS crosses LUZON.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-35238796136687865612011-02-15T13:27:07.336-08:002011-02-15T13:27:07.336-08:00I too liked the write up more than the theme, but ...I too liked the write up more than the theme, but once I'd solved, and figured the theme out, thought it was pretty darned clever.<br /><br />"Sandlot" is one of my favorite flics from my daughter's childhood, @PG. She liked it so much, we still have a copy of it on tape. So loved the pic for NINE. MonsterDog!<br /><br />I'm not musical, so after trying tCLEF, thinking perhaps an abbrev. for treble clef, got the C from the cross as last space to fall. REST and NAHA were pen and next to pen ultimates in the domino chain.Nighthawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898505137434147165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-19200260418088394912011-02-15T12:40:22.955-08:002011-02-15T12:40:22.955-08:00Nice puzzle, everything works. Like the buoys and ...Nice puzzle, everything works. Like the buoys and gulls. Put alga in before scum. Love the atoll crossing coral, and the prison the river. Two very different houses next to each other, a manor and a prefab! Pretty word, swaddle. Hard to believe NYSE would be owned 60% by the German stock exchange.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14399682640184136132011-02-15T11:28:03.751-08:002011-02-15T11:28:03.751-08:00I enjoyed the puzzle, but didn't get much of a...I enjoyed the puzzle, but didn't get much of a kick out of the theme at first. The more I think about it, though, the more I like it. Especially after reading everything here. <br /><br />I don't know Okinawa or pre '70's tennis. Thankfully I had an aunt named Althea:-)<br /><br />Also liked the nautical clue for 45A. I have a friend with a boat that named it "Nauti Bouy". Always felt that required a little more imagination than Trishia Ann or some such.Avg Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-475049420871426452011-02-15T09:51:24.274-08:002011-02-15T09:51:24.274-08:00I didn't receive my daily newspaper today, so ...I didn't receive my daily newspaper today, so had to resort to solving the puzzle online. Typing wasn't nearly as satisfying as writing in ink.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-71846449317065238372011-02-15T09:42:25.774-08:002011-02-15T09:42:25.774-08:00OK puzzle, OK theme. Write-up and comments are mu...OK puzzle, OK theme. Write-up and comments are much better than OK today. Penultimate girlfriend made me laugh.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900988170432327664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-84441730528838103132011-02-15T09:31:32.897-08:002011-02-15T09:31:32.897-08:00Easier than yesterday, but not a single caveat or ...Easier than yesterday, but not a single caveat or gripe about this puzzle. That's unusual for any day of the week.<br /><br />Cool theme, some punny cluing like "Place for buoys and gulls" and "Place up the RIVER." Don't recall seeing ALTHEA Gibson before.<br /><br />I just noticed today, PG, that the new blog format reminds me of a diner menu. Mmm, clues...(Homer Simpson drooling sound)John Wolfendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759716236594908137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-91390798082895759882011-02-15T08:49:56.317-08:002011-02-15T08:49:56.317-08:00Satisfying puzzle and theme. I say ahh when satisf...Satisfying puzzle and theme. I say ahh when satisfied but know people who say AAH.<br /><br />Loved "gulls and buoys" (girls & boys) esp. because the answer was SEA and not the despised "asea."<br /><br />My middle name is WRAY and it was fun to see it in a CWP. I use Fay Wray as an example for spelling but people under fifty mostly frown.Mokushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812826223817274680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-86503717893284101112011-02-15T08:36:40.964-08:002011-02-15T08:36:40.964-08:00Very nice execution of theme.
Thanks, PG, for the...Very nice execution of theme. <br />Thanks, PG, for the tip of the iceberg, I mean Ice Cube named O'Shea. <br />I'm not a fan of excessive Crosswordese, and that's all that kept this from Monday level. When a puzzle has too much CWese, it's only accessible to addicts like us. The cross of ORONO and O'SHEA would be a natick for many. But I half-remembered ORONO from a couple weeks ago, and O'SHEA seemed a good guess.Larry Sittighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13211333197740002968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-30043999381116936812011-02-15T08:19:55.028-08:002011-02-15T08:19:55.028-08:00"I am MC Simon Milligan - master of funk and ..."I am MC Simon Milligan - master of funk and evil - and I welcome you to the pit of penultimate darkness. Yea, sorry... It seems someone else has a slightly darker pit."<br /><br />I could have sworn Poker Flat was a rocket test range in Alaska... and that Brett Harte was an 80/90s professional wrestler (turns out that's Bret "the Hitman" Hart with no E). Shows what I know.Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-41555312230530525092011-02-15T08:03:40.621-08:002011-02-15T08:03:40.621-08:00For a while I was on a streak where when I broke u...For a while I was on a streak where when I broke up with a guy, he'd marry his next girlfriend. I joked that I may not be the ultimate girlfriend, but I'm the penultimate girlfriend ;)<br /><br />Fun, fast, and clever. I liked the puzzle.gespensthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345498521904521489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-58921482882097841562011-02-15T06:30:55.651-08:002011-02-15T06:30:55.651-08:00The Penn Ultimate men's team is Void. The wome...The Penn Ultimate men's team is Void. The women's team is Venus.<br /><br />I like this type of reveal, especially when it works, much better than something like cluing LAST with [Ultimate, and, with "next to", where you might see the first words of some across clues]. Glad I know tennis, because I don't know Okinawa.SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-84577083855184222692011-02-15T05:44:28.316-08:002011-02-15T05:44:28.316-08:00PG, you shouldn't be tired of NEHRU. It's ...PG, you shouldn't be tired of NEHRU. It's a name that's kept democracy and freedom in India... a government we all hope develops in other great countries.<br /><br />Ignorance is always afraid of change. ~ Jawaharlal NehruJOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-51816394135346922882011-02-15T05:34:21.039-08:002011-02-15T05:34:21.039-08:00My fastest solve so far this year (3:47 and with n...My fastest solve so far this year (3:47 and with no GOOFS), but I didn't figure out the theme until I came here.<br /><br />Lots of old familiar names of people from my day: Max BAER, ALTHEA Gibson, ADELA Rogers St. Johns, IRA Gershwin, T. S. ELIOT, Bret HARTE, and FAY Wray ... Oh My! No wonder I solved it lightening fast.<br /><br />This morning it's Tiramisu Waffles at the new HONEY JAMS CAFE... Yumm!<br /><br />Have a darn-decent-day y'all !JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.com