tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post1957657538167040287..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: 03.01 TueOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-38008142145597716572011-03-01T17:42:51.529-08:002011-03-01T17:42:51.529-08:00@Donna - Guess it's comparable to "Lake E...@Donna - Guess it's comparable to "Lake Effect" snow. We like to learn.<br />Appreciated the puzzle.<br /><br />@AvgJoe - loved - and saved - your 2 feet of snow. <br /><br />@Wolfenden - can't stand most reality shows. Especially hate the one in which they shout at fat people. I'm waiting for the first heart attack. Understand your point about it having to be about something. My sister who likes to sew and design patterns loves the runway show.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-90995809726331394672011-03-01T17:35:51.612-08:002011-03-01T17:35:51.612-08:00I really didn't know "eyewall" was s...I really didn't know "eyewall" was so unknown. C'mon down and live in Florida, you will become familiar with that term rather quickly. I really liked today's puzzle. My favorite answer is hobnob. It reminds me of chocolate hobnob in the bartender sketch from Fry and Laurie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BjDmEhbPLY LOL!backbiterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985111542033146995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-21310644234873647622011-03-01T17:11:14.595-08:002011-03-01T17:11:14.595-08:00Nice puzzle, and thanks for the constructors to sh...Nice puzzle, and thanks for the constructors to show up!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-38106038018204188062011-03-01T16:56:26.741-08:002011-03-01T16:56:26.741-08:00I never expected EYEWALL to be a tough one. It al...I never expected EYEWALL to be a tough one. It all depends on one's frame of reference, I guess: I live on a barrier island in Florida that was crushed by Hurricanes Frances, Jeanne and Wilma in the last decade, so EYEWALLs are in the lexicon down here. Sorry if I misjudged their general familiarity.<br /><br />-- Donna L.Donna L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-91291048591768426762011-03-01T15:47:06.343-08:002011-03-01T15:47:06.343-08:00Fun puzzle, but had several stumbles, so wasn'...Fun puzzle, but had several stumbles, so wasn't totally smooth for me. Fell into the iOwA Davenport trap, had tres' chic for BIEN, and EPical for EPODES, which made me have UNKNOWN miMIC for a while. Got them all sorted finally.<br /><br />MYSTERY MEAT made me laugh. I've suffered from plenty of it. Once, about a third of my high school was hit by explosive intestinal problems within about 45 min to an hour after lunch. Not fun. Lasted several days. If it has a green sheen, it ain't clean!Nighthawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898505137434147165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-39551694778281407812011-03-01T13:33:04.935-08:002011-03-01T13:33:04.935-08:00Smooth puzzle solve, KINGME and HOBNOB, good stuff...Smooth puzzle solve, KINGME and HOBNOB, good stuff. EYEWALL is a new one for me but cut me some slack, I am a west coast kid so the wind related circular disasters are not known to me.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900988170432327664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-42138185561418783862011-03-01T12:59:17.788-08:002011-03-01T12:59:17.788-08:00Smooth and enjoyable. EYEWALL is a cool word.
I w...Smooth and enjoyable. EYEWALL is a cool word.<br /><br />I watched a few minutes of "The Bachelor" last night. I have a friend who's worked on the show and I was expecting to at least enjoy the execution of it. Maybe it's because I'm a guy, but what's the appeal of that show? I like some reality programs like "Top Chef" that are actually about something real, but watching an entire hour of nothing but contrived drama seems like swallowing a hard-boiled egg whole.John Wolfendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759716236594908137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-3089605730161100052011-03-01T11:08:43.840-08:002011-03-01T11:08:43.840-08:00@Hiram, OK, in response to your eye wall, have you...@Hiram, OK, in response to your eye wall, have you ever seen <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KxT3bZCpsqw/TUZrq8qHBKI/AAAAAAAAX9E/hM9k4C0Esv4/s1600/two_feet_of_snow.jpg&imgrefurl=http://shavedlongcock.blogspot.com/2011/01/blizzard-watch-in-effect-could-drop-2.html&h=600&w=443&sz=85&tbnid=ilDCQQbxPghx6M:&tbnh=135&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3D2%2Bfeet%2Bof%2Bsnow%2Bpicture&zoom=1&q=2+feet+of+snow+picture&hl=en&usg=__oILOMlP3_aMIizw_gDXMOSmgEZ4=&sa=X&ei=nENtTazcDcH78Ab4lICNDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CCsQ9QEwBw" rel="nofollow">Two Feet of Snow</a> :-)Avg Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-29489342900268805182011-03-01T11:06:10.135-08:002011-03-01T11:06:10.135-08:00Harder and more clever than NYT, today.
2 rewrite...Harder and more clever than NYT, today.<br /><br />2 rewrites: chic before BIEN, All before ADD.<br /><br />Also had not heard of an EYEWALL. Apparently is right beyond the eye.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-698675675188411152011-03-01T10:42:56.904-08:002011-03-01T10:42:56.904-08:00Very cool puzzle today. Learned a couple of new wo...Very cool puzzle today. Learned a couple of new words (EYEWALL and EPODES), although I'm sure my classics teacher back at school would be annoyed to find that EPODES never stuck in my brain, however many times we read Horace.<br /><br />Loved the queue of restaurant workers also, and RIOTER.<br /><br />Had my first do-over for a while when I went for CHASM before ABYSS (I had the S cross), but not a major problem.<br /><br />I was in Hong Kong once when a cyclone passed directly overhead - for an hour Hong Kong harbor was like glass, two hours either side the winds were gusting over 100MPH. Very weird.StudioCityStevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-43736360505145316982011-03-01T10:16:11.852-08:002011-03-01T10:16:11.852-08:00@Larry Sittig - They also serve who sit and wait.@Larry Sittig - They also serve who sit and wait.'40s platitudenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-21119645552708525042011-03-01T10:12:32.426-08:002011-03-01T10:12:32.426-08:00No write overs, you can just call me by the pseudo...No write overs, you can just call me by the pseudonym the "Pen Man".*David*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-84537504132204712182011-03-01T10:00:01.081-08:002011-03-01T10:00:01.081-08:00I'll put my hand up for enjoyable, clever puzz...I'll put my hand up for enjoyable, clever puzzle, and for the restaurant scene of identically dressed servers. <br /><br />Have you noticed how in many restaurants these days little Tiffany comes up, being sure to interrupt you mid-sentence, and says, "Hi, I'm Tiffany and I'll be serving you today," and then she takes your order but other people then serve you the food? <br /><br />So the Spanish for doctor, MEDICO, is also English slang? Didn't know that. Faced with AR_S for the MYSTERY Shaw title, I figured that tED ICO was some famous surgeon I'd never heard of.Larry Sittighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13211333197740002968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-16144530472666104342011-03-01T09:56:30.761-08:002011-03-01T09:56:30.761-08:00Check out this eyewall. Creepy!Check out this <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Pe-BgCgLDCE/SyDwEL_AzXI/AAAAAAAAAoA/-Tk9kmuLwJU/great%20painting%20on%20wall%20two%20eyes%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" rel="nofollow">eyewall</a>. Creepy!Hiramnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-86221346434572277992011-03-01T09:35:17.738-08:002011-03-01T09:35:17.738-08:00I've spent more than my fair share of time wat...I've spent more than my fair share of time watching idiot weathermen standing on a pier somewhere almost getting blown away by an approaching hurricane, and the term EYEWALL never penetrated my consciousness if it were ever used at all.<br />NONAMEBRAND is an oxymoron, unless it's used as SethG mentioned.<br />If I were to get all meta in my puzzle critique, I would say the blandness of this puzzle was its fifth theme element, but I think that's over reaching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-4372121208308626702011-03-01T09:23:44.871-08:002011-03-01T09:23:44.871-08:00This puzzle appears in my paper, the Sun Sentinel ...This puzzle appears in my paper, the Sun Sentinel in South Florida. Someome really screwed up because 1 down,s clue was "Chaney of horror". Had to work 1,14 and 17 across to solve 1 down which was BB's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-80353923610637757842011-03-01T09:02:22.982-08:002011-03-01T09:02:22.982-08:00Cyclones are west coast hurricanes. Everyone here...Cyclones are west coast hurricanes. Everyone here in hurricane country on the east coast knows what an eyewall is. I also flew thru this puzzle today (that doesn't happen very often for me.). Keep up the good work. Thanks!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125167433323143216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-80541111476461830672011-03-01T07:39:42.631-08:002011-03-01T07:39:42.631-08:00Easy puzzle, but it had some clever cluing. I sure...Easy puzzle, but it had some clever cluing. I sure had the minds eye view of a row of guys in bow ties. But got over it:-)<br /><br />The NO NAME term is in common use here in the middle of the middle. Store brand is used more often, but no name can sure be used to denote a brand name that is not known nationally. The distinction was greater back in the era of generics, but not so much anymore.<br /><br />EYEWALL is almost always mentioned any time a hurricane makes landfall. <br /><br />Thanks for the Cher clip. I don't go a week without saying: "Snap out of it!"Avg Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-69494708701709666442011-03-01T07:23:14.596-08:002011-03-01T07:23:14.596-08:00Nice smooth puzzle, Donna. Thank you!Nice smooth puzzle, Donna. Thank you!cw stewartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-34537409187551068112011-03-01T07:22:01.609-08:002011-03-01T07:22:01.609-08:00I also have never heard of eye wall before. My wif...I also have never heard of eye wall before. My wife just informed me that it was mentioned in my son's Magic Tree House book so it's used in literary circles. <br /> Nonetheless, I enjoyed the unknown comic and king me references alsov-manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08702009473419396979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-74684098959198925342011-03-01T06:50:51.680-08:002011-03-01T06:50:51.680-08:00I don't understand the clue/answer combo for N...I don't understand the clue/answer combo for NO NAME BRAND. That's a specific private label brand, in Canada. There's also a company called No Name Steaks, but that's also branded. If "no name" is being used adjectively, I'm not sure that's a phrase, and if it is it's one I've never heard used to refer to private label brands.<br /><br />And why is the set in the rec room necessarily HD?SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-4008135911643826302011-03-01T05:11:25.059-08:002011-03-01T05:11:25.059-08:00This puzzle is just plain UGLY!This puzzle is just plain UGLY!ANONYMOUS TIPnoreply@blogger.com