tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post2679596759181158012..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: 09.10 SatOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-46188880770894702282011-09-10T17:11:02.356-07:002011-09-10T17:11:02.356-07:00How come in my puzzle 31A is 'SEATO Member'...How come in my puzzle 31A is 'SEATO Member'?<br />And crap, this one was HARD!floridaleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07063201051165306737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-36048136534174128942011-09-10T16:02:00.631-07:002011-09-10T16:02:00.631-07:00I've heard 'breeze in' relating to run...I've heard 'breeze in' relating to running races against the clock or whatever. 'She breezed in well before the time limit.' <br /><br />I didn't finish this puzzle but I did enjoy it. Couldn't get barbed wire at the top, as I'm not American. When I think of 'range' I think of mountains - or maybe a stove :-)<br /><br />Thanks for the great write-ups Puzzle Girl. I'm a daily addict.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-74438989734734242452011-09-10T15:52:01.669-07:002011-09-10T15:52:01.669-07:00A poor puzzle in my opinion It is One Ol' cat,...A poor puzzle in my opinion It is One Ol' cat, Poe hardly a "mystery" writer, overweening is a stretch, and shell steak is an inventionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-25981795824778297182011-09-10T15:31:37.962-07:002011-09-10T15:31:37.962-07:00Good puzzle! Lots of good words and expressions, s...Good puzzle! Lots of good words and expressions, some of them new to me.<br /><br />I've got to look up that movie, are Julianne Margulies and Julia Roberts in it too?<br /><br />@PG: A shell steak is the same thing as a NY strip, I think.<br /><br />@MannyO: you are funny re the Yegg!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-52593623594788421512011-09-10T14:35:31.140-07:002011-09-10T14:35:31.140-07:00My new hobby: Copying in all answers and tracing o...My new hobby: Copying in all answers and tracing on the internet how stupid the clues are! "Lean in"???? Be serious - never used. As a Baseball historian - and a purist - One OLD Cat is the commonly used name for the two based game. Never heard of IN breeze or Breeze IN - all internet sources say "breeze BY'. How about a blog covering all the screw ups by the editing staff? Should be fun!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-63789737681578408072011-09-10T13:03:33.894-07:002011-09-10T13:03:33.894-07:00Yeah, "yegg" is pretty common in crosswo...Yeah, "yegg" is pretty common in crosswords. When I was a kid, yeggs were burglars and safecrackers in comic books, not in real life. ONE O'CAT didn't happen in my nabe, but that wasn't hard to solve. I had problems with ENSNARE for "sucker" because I'm just not used to using sucker as a transitive verb. And BREEZE eluded me only because I was fixed on the idea of "in" coming before it, as in "in a BREEZE." <br /><br />Oh, and OVERWEENING was easy because I read a lot of old texts, and the word is officially archaic and obsolete. PG, it comes from the Middle English "overwening," which is derived from the gerund of "overwenen." <br /><br />Easy, no?Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-90632592887073379082011-09-10T12:25:40.398-07:002011-09-10T12:25:40.398-07:00...I thought a yegg was a safecracker and diamonds......I thought a yegg was a safecracker and diamonds are ice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-23349511896496320542011-09-10T12:15:19.273-07:002011-09-10T12:15:19.273-07:00What everyone said about "Divided Country&quo...What everyone said about "Divided Country" - very unclear what that was about.<br /><br />No problem with OVERWEENING or BREEZEIN, never heard of ONE O'CAT, but now I have. I had the same vague thought as @MannyO about a Yegg being an eskimo name I'd not heard of before.<br /><br />Didn't fall for MAY over MAI even though I looked at it twice - no french in the clue, so no french in the answer.<br /><br />If I was being picky TREXES should have been clued with some allusion to the abbreviated "T".Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-18191972146382881902011-09-10T11:42:15.393-07:002011-09-10T11:42:15.393-07:00L.A. Times - 31A = "SEATO member" - &quo...L.A. Times - 31A = "SEATO member" - "Divided country" is not an appropriate clue for us, especially this weekend!<br /><br />RCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-35861571124983718182011-09-10T11:31:04.401-07:002011-09-10T11:31:04.401-07:00I agree that "Overweening" and "She...I agree that "Overweening" and "Shell Steak" are words/concepts not in play for probably 95% of the population...for me "profligacy" was also very obtuse. Sometimes, the puzzle crafter seems to be reaching for the more difficult challenges which is irritating, but at the same time all encompassing - and that's why we love solving them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14248815263676381072011-09-10T11:05:52.389-07:002011-09-10T11:05:52.389-07:00I also had Overbearing and then had to play letter...I also had Overbearing and then had to play letter lottery with the second E crossing WEIL.<br /><br />And I found that NW corner to be a bear. I was stuck on it for about the same time as the rest of the puzzle, had "studies" instead of ACADEME, but finally DECLASSE got put in and things shaped up.Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05098831940691963743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-63946545638837684432011-09-10T10:47:10.238-07:002011-09-10T10:47:10.238-07:00Never heard of one o'cat, and was so sure it h...Never heard of one o'cat, and was so sure it had to be cricket that I almost got rid of both paddies and tannery, before I got right-brained and checked the crosses.<br /><br />I have also never heard of a yegg, so ice happened only because I guessed Yegg was the name of some Inuit tribe. :-)<br /><br />Had Trexes, like oneocat, only from the crosses, and came here to figure out what they meant- D'OH!<br /><br />Oh, and overweening? No prob. But I have never "breezed in", nor ever heard that before. I mean, sure, "That test was a breeze." But I didn't breeze in(to) an A+.<br />Did I?MannyOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105315577410170604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-28555627372259003142011-09-10T10:19:34.505-07:002011-09-10T10:19:34.505-07:00Shouldn't 1D and 19A have some sort of clue th...Shouldn't 1D and 19A have some sort of clue that they are foreign<br />in nature. Revs is a real effort to be cute, too much so.Golfballmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-61704490069548642072011-09-10T10:13:27.876-07:002011-09-10T10:13:27.876-07:00I solve online, so I had (and didn't get) the ...I solve online, so I had (and didn't get) the "divided country" clue for 31A. My thinking when USA appeared via crosses goes along with @Orange. Actually, I also agree with @PG's political take on the clue; even this puzzle has both NEOCON & BIDEN.<br /><br />I actually "solved" this twice; once when it was available, and again this morning because the grid wasn't saved when I rebooted. Still took almost five minutes!!! About a minute looking for a typo. First time through I had entered Edgar ALLAN Poe off the crosses. Second time I keyed in ALLeN, which is easy to understand since my name is EllEn, and I just let my fingers do the typing.<br /><br />What I liked: BARBED WIRE (correctly shown with the ED!), SARANDON, ZEN (crossing BREEZE!), MYSTIC PIZZA, ACADEME, DECLASSE, EYELASH.<br /><br />Didn't like: SHELL (?) STEAK, but T-Bone didn't work, and isn't right as it most assuredly contained a circle of tenderloin. Turns out I know the cut as (Kansas City) strip steak. I consulted my "Joy of Cooking" here.<br /><br />Mini-theme going on with CAKE PAN and SOUP POT.CoffeeLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16473192190412844538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-43494028271136235952011-09-10T09:39:42.645-07:002011-09-10T09:39:42.645-07:00Detroit Free Press 31A SEATO memberDetroit Free Press 31A SEATO memberAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-57689434449188251512011-09-10T09:38:57.846-07:002011-09-10T09:38:57.846-07:00Tough but rewarding puzzle today--took me forever,...Tough but rewarding puzzle today--took me forever, but I got almost all of it in the end.<br /><br />"Overweening" absolutely no problem for me, maybe because I've known plenty of overweening people in my day.<br /><br />Most embarrassed about how long it took me to get "Academe"--given that that's been my home turf for my whole career. Guess I resist being called an "egghead."<br /><br />Another silly error was writing "enbalm" instead of "embalm," which gave me "Nay" for the French Open time. Was going to ask the blog about that one--now just feel a little stupid. <br /><br />But all in all, fun puzzle for a Saturday, including a fun write-up.Mistynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-91430723405469869662011-09-10T09:22:27.851-07:002011-09-10T09:22:27.851-07:00"SEATO member" was the clue in the Santa..."SEATO member" was the clue in the Santa New Mexican. Weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-83203816999329270342011-09-10T09:11:23.325-07:002011-09-10T09:11:23.325-07:00@pg Loved your blog. Obviously d different clue fo...@pg Loved your blog. Obviously d different clue for "divided country" in your paper.<br />Oneocat a stupid game? Au Contraire, mon ami!<br />My WWII N.Y. childhood was spent on the streets of the city playing oneocat, a baseball game played with only two players per side (1st baseman and pitcher) when no other kids were around. The team "up" provided the catcher. If a member reached first then the batter also doubled as catcher. (If he didn't swing, he would catch the ball and return it to the pitcher.<br />Many a happy boyhood hour spent playing this game. Definitely not "Stupid."Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03788240598792919161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-47498274349662265362011-09-10T09:11:23.145-07:002011-09-10T09:11:23.145-07:00@pg Loved your blog. Obviously d different clue fo...@pg Loved your blog. Obviously d different clue for "divided country" in your paper.<br />Oneocat a stupid game? Au Contraire, mon ami!<br />My WWII N.Y. childhood was spent on the streets of the city playing oneocat, a baseball game played with only two players per side (1st baseman and pitcher) when no other kids were around. The team "up" provided the catcher. If a member reached first then the batter also doubled as catcher. (If he didn't swing, he would catch the ball and return it to the pitcher.<br />Many a happy boyhood hour spent playing this game. Definitely not "Stupid."Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03788240598792919161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-39001498615850692132011-09-10T08:27:16.184-07:002011-09-10T08:27:16.184-07:00"SEATO member" was also the clue in Hous..."SEATO member" was also the clue in Houston.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-69997759762104698752011-09-10T08:15:45.656-07:002011-09-10T08:15:45.656-07:00Clue for 31A in Cleveland Plain Dealer was "S...Clue for 31A in Cleveland Plain Dealer was "SEATO member".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-11623826351653946692011-09-10T08:14:34.724-07:002011-09-10T08:14:34.724-07:00I think the USA clue alludes to the fact that Alas...I think the USA clue alludes to the fact that Alaska and Hawaii are divided geographically from the mainland. If it's not that, then I have no idea what it means.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-90931044711685073182011-09-10T08:10:14.985-07:002011-09-10T08:10:14.985-07:00I had BAR where AKA was supposed to go!I had BAR where AKA was supposed to go!exTiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03405371489802002418noreply@blogger.com