tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post1844128126339108852..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: WEDNESDAY, July 1, 2009—Jack McInturffOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-91622539616260266372009-07-27T12:19:17.348-07:002009-07-27T12:19:17.348-07:00Anonymous, I fear you're making things up. Biz...Anonymous, I fear you're making things up. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_in_C_(Bizet)" rel="nofollow">Bizet's "Symphony in C</a> was started—and finished—when Georges Bizet was just 17 years old. He wrote a couple other symphonies later on.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-17946581866261055962009-07-27T11:50:56.127-07:002009-07-27T11:50:56.127-07:007/24 58A - Bizet's only symphony was "Unf...7/24 58A - Bizet's only symphony was "Unfinished", i.e. INComplete.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-83460447084680833432009-07-12T23:16:12.670-07:002009-07-12T23:16:12.670-07:00Ah! I finally found you again! My mac borked so I...Ah! I finally found you again! My mac borked so I'm borrowing my husband's laptop. (Now you're bookmarked on the bar). <br /><br />You know the clue for SMOG? I thought it said bad Hair day. When I finally solved the words around it, I re-read the clue: and felt like an idiot! Other than that, I did fairly good on this one. I figured out (eventually) everything except ARGO and the middle of AITS I've never heard of KIR and I wasn't sure if it was SLeig or Steig. <br /><br /> BTW, hubby likes to call KOA "Kamping on Asphalt", but most of them are really nice places--especially for someone like me who needs a real bathroom when camping. I really like all the Yiddish lessons here! It's fun to find these things out. <br /><br /> Oh, and I agree with eileen and shrub5 with the alveoli vs airsac answer. When I was hospitalized last year, I was told my 'job' was to fill those alveoli as much as possible to bring them all back.barboidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-29802601460075086392009-07-01T21:59:21.449-07:002009-07-01T21:59:21.449-07:00My favorite Yiddish word is farblondzshet which my...My favorite Yiddish word is farblondzshet which my parents pronounced "ferBLUNjid", meaning lost, bewildered, confused. They also used it to mean finding something by accident "I just farblondzshet into it". Lovely language!Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03149073433734971620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-30640078508962365032009-07-01T19:22:55.223-07:002009-07-01T19:22:55.223-07:00@Alex: I get it, it's funny!@Alex: I get it, it's funny!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-49576544280098029342009-07-01T18:31:23.369-07:002009-07-01T18:31:23.369-07:00I was also pleased to see a Yiddish word in the pu...I was also pleased to see a Yiddish word in the puzzle. Although, it's usually pronounced zaftik so I had to make an adjustment to get it to fit. <br />I live with a Jew whose family was from Russia so we do use some Yiddish words around the house. To me, there's just something so humorous about the sounds of the words while at the same time they're so meaningful.<br />Some of my favs: Shlep, "I've been shlepping (dragging, carrying) this bag around all day". Meshuge=crazy. There's a great episode of the 3 Stooges in which they are cooking up some kind of mixture in a pot and Moe is rattling of the ingredients, one of which is meshugaas (insanity). If a person didn't know the Yiddish word they would have missed the joke. I got it and busted out laughing.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165259499917393643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-43483755879450752832009-07-01T17:35:51.255-07:002009-07-01T17:35:51.255-07:00Going beyond a glass jaw:
Old people's query,&...Going beyond a glass jaw:<br />Old people's query,"Is your father a glazier?" when someone is between you and the screen.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-4129156645497619272009-07-01T15:54:47.122-07:002009-07-01T15:54:47.122-07:00I saw a great cartoon with a hippopotamus and a gi...I saw a great cartoon with a hippopotamus and a giraffe discussing art, with the giraffe saying "I like Modigliani" and the hippo saying "I prefer Botero." Sure, not everyone will get it, but I think it's a wonderful joke.Alexhttp://www.alexboisvert.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-2543262389910809292009-07-01T13:15:32.319-07:002009-07-01T13:15:32.319-07:00Oh I just thought of a yiddish word which describe...Oh I just thought of a yiddish word which describes JARJARBINKS (and my bro-in-law):<br /><br />klutzJOHNSNEVERHOMEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-75839856877813218302009-07-01T13:07:27.947-07:002009-07-01T13:07:27.947-07:00I'm sitting here with a GLASS half full... or ...I'm sitting here with a GLASS half full... or is it half empty?<br />Anyway, I thought this was a well constructed puzzle and I enjoyed working through it.<br /><br />I especially like COLOSSI. I right away thought, "there is no colossi quite like Rhodes." Isn't that one of the Seven Wonders of the World?<br /><br />JARJARBINKS.... hmmm, now of all the weird characters in Star Wars, I disliked him the most. I'm not sure if it's because I'm such a Star Wars purist (he just didn't fit in) or maybe it's because he reminded me too much of my clumsy brother-in-law.<br /><br />I just love those funny yiddish words, like shlemiel, schlock, nosh, kibbitz, and chutzpah. Like zaftig, they're just so fun to say.<br />Oy vey iz mir!<br />Anyone care to add their own fave yiddishese?JOHNSNEVERHOMEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14346347619660279072009-07-01T12:04:09.222-07:002009-07-01T12:04:09.222-07:00@shrub5: I also take issue with 34D-RESPIRATORY C...@shrub5: I also take issue with 34D-RESPIRATORY CAVITY/AIRSAC. The proper answer would be either thorax or alveoli. However, the rest of the puzzle was fun.<br /><br />@orange: thanks for a super write up.eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08982438058437100914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-13079451684535906662009-07-01T12:03:30.961-07:002009-07-01T12:03:30.961-07:00@Orange: Theme = A First Glass Puzzle@Orange: Theme = A First Glass PuzzleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-7938498816282254672009-07-01T11:47:31.395-07:002009-07-01T11:47:31.395-07:00"Common loon" could also describe a cert..."Common loon" could also describe a certain Representative from the state of MINN...<br /><br />GLASS JOE was the easy first boxer in the old NES game Mike Tyson's Punch-Out.Jet City Gamblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-84971155274492520022009-07-01T11:26:51.202-07:002009-07-01T11:26:51.202-07:00I had trouble with 34D) Respiratory cavity. Starte...I had trouble with 34D) Respiratory cavity. Started big with thorax, then to airway and finally to the tiny airsac. I thought Abel was fun for 68A) Fourth person! I'm about an hour from Marin County, a beautiful spot. Bring your hiking shoes and a fat wallet.<br />How about Glass(ceilingfan)?shrub5https://www.blogger.com/profile/09466867716773759568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-45049538473429181092009-07-01T11:09:51.734-07:002009-07-01T11:09:51.734-07:00@Rex - It would take you how long to come up with ...@Rex - It would take you how long to come up with a phrase HOUSE____ on a par with JARJARBINKS? 15 seconds?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-62440056481599995902009-07-01T10:01:44.760-07:002009-07-01T10:01:44.760-07:00Agree with @sethg that "glass jar" is we...Agree with @sethg that "glass jar" is weak as a something. Where are SLIPPER and HOUSES (not good phrases start with those, I guess)?Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-17617433159607629382009-07-01T09:58:49.411-07:002009-07-01T09:58:49.411-07:00This foreigner had a comic turn with "Its sta...This foreigner had a comic turn with "Its state bird is the common loon..." went Conn, Penn, Tenn... oh Minn. Didn't occur to me were so many states with the double n... Even after just doing the sporcle.com U.S. States quiz (ashamed to say only got 42, forgot about those ones in the middle and those ones between New York and Maine somehow...)<br /><br />GarethGareth Bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17770425154034935768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-75771752687336378352009-07-01T09:46:48.068-07:002009-07-01T09:46:48.068-07:00"Looking Glass"
"Glassified Informa..."Looking Glass"<br />"Glassified Information"<br />"Glass Action"<br />"May I have the glassed word"<br />"A Glass, Poor Yorick"<br /><br />... OK, maybe not number 5.Gary Lowenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-84132907789380858732009-07-01T08:14:37.850-07:002009-07-01T08:14:37.850-07:00Rex or PuzzleGirl or I will definitely have to giv...Rex or PuzzleGirl or I will definitely have to give AIT the Crosswordese 101 treatment sometime. It's a classic! Do you have much use for a chiefly British word referring to a small island in a river? I sure don't. Except in crosswords—you <i>will</i> be seeing it again.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-17823951679080611602009-07-01T08:09:51.589-07:002009-07-01T08:09:51.589-07:00I know that there will be moaning about the abbrs....I know that there will be moaning about the abbrs. but it didn't bother me all that much. There should be a maximum amount of letters for an abbr. NET WT hmmm.<br /><br />I thought the STEIG/AITS cross was gnarly. I know my geog but I've never heard of an AIT, I guess Dickens used it. AFRICA for Kilimanjaro locale is a bit lame like saying Mt, Everest locale is Asia or maybe the Earth.*David*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-38173983149166520712009-07-01T07:38:05.650-07:002009-07-01T07:38:05.650-07:00Sitting here in lovely MARIN (home of JARJARBINKS&...Sitting here in lovely MARIN (home of JARJARBINKS' creator), visiting RELS. I stopped at the DeYoung on the way up to look at WORKSOFART, happy to be away from the SMOG the hot weather has brought to San Jose. Apart from that I really like the words BLASE and COLOSSI.<br />@SethG: I felt fine about GLASS JAR as my daughter and I spent a good bit of my last trip googling "glass jars" in a search for cheap kitchen storage containers. It's nice to be able to see the flour and sugar and oatmeal.gjelizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-6268458335868780622009-07-01T07:30:26.567-07:002009-07-01T07:30:26.567-07:00Nice but easy, and I learned a new expression: gla...Nice but easy, and I learned a new expression: glass jaw. Cute. My husband laughs sometimes when I use terms I learned from crosswords. Not as much in the (common)language as we think...<br /><br />I like Botero, too, and this one is particularly beautiful. I loved it when a lot of his pieces were installed on Park Avenue in NY. I still know of one (Cat) in front of an appt. building. Then of course there are the two large nudes in the Times Warner building's lobby; lots of people have their pictures taken with them.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-84398895581983785132009-07-01T07:28:31.129-07:002009-07-01T07:28:31.129-07:00Some good, tough fill for a Wednesday. Puzzles se...Some good, tough fill for a Wednesday. Puzzles seem to be getting harder -- perhaps someone out there is listening...Charlienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-19205213526816398892009-07-01T07:18:54.393-07:002009-07-01T07:18:54.393-07:00Briefly,too many abbr.; in short, I counted at lea...Briefly,too many abbr.; in short, I counted at least 10.<br />A little connection I saw was Sicily:<br />Etna and Colossi (the Telemon of Agrigento).<br />Very clever creation.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-32690476472232298862009-07-01T05:32:27.173-07:002009-07-01T05:32:27.173-07:00Broken glass phrases?
"Glass jar" seems...Broken glass phrases?<br /><br />"Glass jar" seems a bit weak to be a something. Too bad there are no good "figurine" phrases. <br /><br />HOUSES OF THE HOLY is 15 letters, and ya mama's got a glass eye with a fish in it.SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com