tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post2195032224689573682..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: 01.20 ThuOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14968899676429858082011-01-20T19:48:39.687-08:002011-01-20T19:48:39.687-08:00Very nice puzzle, but really superior write-up and...Very nice puzzle, but really superior write-up and comments today!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-37338388115317763462011-01-20T19:35:33.550-08:002011-01-20T19:35:33.550-08:00@Anon422 - for some unknown reason NIMROD, late of...@Anon422 - for some unknown reason NIMROD, late of the Bible, has picked up this unfortunate attribute among the unlearnt. As @Gray said, it started with Bugs, famous for the tune, "I dream of Jeannie, she's a light brown hare."<br /><br />@Avg Joe - "You can take a horticulture, but you can't make her think." Dorothy ParkerSfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-7053395505746575832011-01-20T18:06:25.246-08:002011-01-20T18:06:25.246-08:00In the abstract, add-a-silent-letter doesn't s...In the abstract, add-a-silent-letter doesn't seem like much of a theme, but this one really worked, I thought. KNEW ENGLAND and KNOT OF THIS WORLD were the funniest.<br /><br />Other high points for me: TRIANGULAR, TAGLINE, TIME and FORTUNE together, OUTIE (as clued), OPTIC NERVE, NIMROD, and PEA COAT.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-35644018945768162922011-01-20T17:10:30.963-08:002011-01-20T17:10:30.963-08:00Nimrod has been slang since the 30s, popularized b...Nimrod has been slang since the 30s, popularized by Bugs Bunny in the 40s. Slang info <a href="http://www.slangcity.com/email_archive/3_4_2004.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>, Nimrods info <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/magazine/the-way-we-live-now-4-18-04-consumed-go-team-go-figure.html?scp=1&sq=nimrod+slang&st=nyt" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Graynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-38221934563574694282011-01-20T13:53:07.132-08:002011-01-20T13:53:07.132-08:00This puppy went quickly. Got the theme early on, ...This puppy went quickly. Got the theme early on, so put down a bunch of KNs to speed things up. Was not particularly excited about the them... okay, I GUESS.<br /><br />Great to see MOJO again, don't think of ECOLogy as a branch of biology, NIMROD is great, and must remember AINU next time.<br /><br />Good, pleasant solve even if there was nothing new.Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14017487738041629422011-01-20T12:08:11.563-08:002011-01-20T12:08:11.563-08:00Purty easy puzzle almost all of the more esoteric ...Purty easy puzzle almost all of the more esoteric stuff I knew. I guess all the crossword puzzles I do are finally starting to pay back dividends. I threw in AINU with no letters. So if today is add a letter Thursday then what will that make Friday, hmmm*David*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-21908039480300540552011-01-20T11:06:46.941-08:002011-01-20T11:06:46.941-08:00Enjoyable solve. WsOTD: Kigali and Ainu. For some ...Enjoyable solve. WsOTD: Kigali and Ainu. For some reason I really wanted Kinali and I didn't yet have the last s of guess.<br /><br />Still, loved the PUNishment.<br /><br />@Sfingi, would your friends also order horticulture? :-)Avg Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-6211277917393096952011-01-20T11:01:45.857-08:002011-01-20T11:01:45.857-08:00Keep living in the glow, PG. This one was a tad d...Keep living in the glow, PG. This one was a tad dull after the brilliance of yesterday. This was also a slightly faster solve than yesterday, so I agree that it was not Thursday level. <br /><br />I might have titled it "KNyuk, KNyuk." But no one asked me. <br /><br />I was tickled when I finally got I GUESS. The clever "Uncertain concurrence" clue had me expecting some latinate astronomy or logic term.Larry Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-3516936959028230052011-01-20T11:01:09.260-08:002011-01-20T11:01:09.260-08:00I thought this was a fun breezy puzzle. Thought t...I thought this was a fun breezy puzzle. Thought the theme answers were cute and laughed at a lot of the clues, especially 55A Unlikely lint gatherer/OUTIE and 49 D Sluggards/SNAILS.<br /><br />JFK is a vile pit. Makes LAX look like paradise (sort of).CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-58648608929126032122011-01-20T10:40:17.252-08:002011-01-20T10:40:17.252-08:00JW-
1. purls is a knitting reference (knit one pu...JW- <br />1. purls is a knitting reference (knit one purl two)<br />2. "purls of wisdom" is a pun on "pearls of wisdom"<br />3. Puns are a form of wit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-172416491363295412011-01-20T10:38:03.563-08:002011-01-20T10:38:03.563-08:00@John It's so tempting to call you a nit-wit f...@John It's so tempting to call you a nit-wit for not getting KNITWIT that I just can't help myself :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-86943040051157190512011-01-20T10:33:18.557-08:002011-01-20T10:33:18.557-08:00Dug this puzzle, despite getting caught in the ver...Dug this puzzle, despite getting caught in the very middle with CALL for RANG and not being able to fight my way out.<br /><br />Liked seeing UNIX...I think I've seen LINUX once before. NIMROD is a great word, and "Mug imperfections" for ZITS is awesome, especially since it was in another puzzle this week clued literally.<br /><br />Is NOHO still an acronym even if each letter doesn't stand for something? Seems like more of an abbreviation.<br /><br />I must be slow today since KNITWIT makes no sense to me. Help me out, someone.John Wolfendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759716236594908137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-53131797854624732302011-01-20T10:28:57.679-08:002011-01-20T10:28:57.679-08:00@Orange - And full beards.
It was easy, and I did...@Orange - And full beards.<br /><br />It was easy, and I didn't have to Google on a Thurs. But, too many 3-letter initials: DSL JFK GPS GTS TMC TMI WII, even if some are computerese.<br />Otherwise, I liked it, especially the theme.<br /><br />I filled in FORTUNE from two letters, then looked at the clue - cute.<br /><br />PEA COAT?<br />Bell-bottom trousers<br />Coat of navy blue<br />She loves her sailor<br />and he loves her, too.<br /><a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/115837339_9c0c7592e4.jpg" rel="nofollow"><br />Bell bottom trousers</a><br /><br />Captcha - horgide - talk about homophones - I know some people who would order that book.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-9592995736399288042011-01-20T10:22:13.234-08:002011-01-20T10:22:13.234-08:00My son, now 18, we named Miller Alexander. He use...My son, now 18, we named Miller Alexander. He used to lament that he wished it were the other way around. Then when he got to high school he enjoyed the uniqueness of it, telling people that he got the name because his dad "couldn't spell budweiser".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-58138157469424365132011-01-20T09:58:11.796-08:002011-01-20T09:58:11.796-08:00Dave, in case you're gonna have another, in Ki...Dave, in case you're gonna have another, in Kigali they drink <a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1206/666648207_41c2cf5a5e.jpg" rel="nofollow">banana beer</a>. It's pretty foul.SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-47554753400808377612011-01-20T09:41:33.998-08:002011-01-20T09:41:33.998-08:00Hands up for dropping KNOTOFTHISEARTH in without t...Hands up for dropping KNOTOFTHISEARTH in without thinking then getting the eraser out when hSL and tEE wouldn't work. Damn reality, doesn't stop politicians, why does it have to stop good, honest crossworders just trying to solve an enjoyable puzzle?<br /><br />@imsdave, I like the kid's names, they have a great ring to them.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900988170432327664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-43559843812023841242011-01-20T09:38:03.597-08:002011-01-20T09:38:03.597-08:00@JNH where were you yesterday?@JNH where were you yesterday?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14145872337613450942011-01-20T09:04:38.971-08:002011-01-20T09:04:38.971-08:00@imsdave - You named your daughter after <a hre...@imsdave - You named your daughter after <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MingQilinDragonFish.jpg">this?</a>cailanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-89083981483261013802011-01-20T09:03:41.189-08:002011-01-20T09:03:41.189-08:00Speaking of JFK, he was inaugurated 50 years ago t...Speaking of JFK, he was inaugurated 50 years ago today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-43724639711490433502011-01-20T08:55:54.029-08:002011-01-20T08:55:54.029-08:00I thought the beer was named for the mythical crea...I thought the beer was named for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin" rel="nofollow">mythical creature</a> (or giraffe, one in the same back in the day) not the city of Jilin in Manchuria. The Japanese beer named after a city is Sapporo, named from the capital of Hokkaido.<br /><br />I saw an old picture of two young Ainu men once. If it had been captioned "University of Nebraska running backs, 1910" I wouldn't have been surprised. Big, beefy, fair-skinned dirty blondes.Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-40446041746578044432011-01-20T08:24:04.409-08:002011-01-20T08:24:04.409-08:00@imsdave - So, you went after an Irish sounding na...@imsdave - So, you went after an Irish sounding name by choosing a Japanese beer named after a region in China, and a passe spelling of the region at that?cailanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-76580698125703021792011-01-20T07:39:47.604-08:002011-01-20T07:39:47.604-08:00I had what you had on the first theme answer witho...I had what you had on the first theme answer without the ESS, still had no problem dropping it in. A little suffix-happy up top, but fine puzzle.SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-70296885158449657622011-01-20T07:05:51.425-08:002011-01-20T07:05:51.425-08:00@Orange - I did indeed. Kirin Elise just came to ...@Orange - I did indeed. Kirin Elise just came to me - I think it's a beautiful name (for a beautiful girl). Somehow, I got it into my mind that ?EE would be good initials for my spawn. Fortunately, my second child was a boy. If he had been a she, she would have been Logan Erin (after the Boston airport). He turned out to be Robert Edward (after his grandfathers). But (this is not a gag), his nickname is Bud.<br /><br />Here they are in this avatar.imsdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966770844825169981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-48614696036541490642011-01-20T06:35:45.239-08:002011-01-20T06:35:45.239-08:00@imsdave: Wait, you named your child after importe...@imsdave: Wait, you named your child after imported beer??Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-18382190834460291452011-01-20T06:34:31.407-08:002011-01-20T06:34:31.407-08:00AINU is one of those words that used to appear in ...AINU is one of those words that used to appear in crosswords a lot more. The Ainu are an indigenous people in Japan, with their own (dying) language and interesting culture. Check out the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_people" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia article</a> on the Ainu. Not mentioned there is that some Ainu had blue eyes to go along with their lighter skin.<br /><br />LGA! I like it. Last week I read a hilarious blog post talking trash about JFK airport and how horrible it is compared with LGA. Never been to JFK and now I think I will stick to LGA.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.com