tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post2831262687098257678..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: 01.24 MonOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-17700692317782299552011-01-25T00:02:40.459-08:002011-01-25T00:02:40.459-08:00Jumping in very late here, but anyway...
I was ab...Jumping in very late here, but anyway...<br /><br />I was absolutely flying through the grid, feeling great until I hit the theme revealer and realized that living the LIFE OF RILEY wasn't gonna cut it for 20A. Easily fixed, but brought me back down to earth.<br /><br />Good puzzle, though.KJGoosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035128999739297677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-27741167671865516002011-01-24T19:46:00.139-08:002011-01-24T19:46:00.139-08:00Maybe he's in rehab.Maybe he's in rehab.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-23734523365500253892011-01-24T19:42:41.912-08:002011-01-24T19:42:41.912-08:00He's here, he's just not _here_.He's here, he's just not _here_.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-79626942833439622652011-01-24T17:59:35.654-08:002011-01-24T17:59:35.654-08:00@JNH re: Andy: I was under the impression that he ...@JNH re: Andy: I was under the impression that he wandered off to Russia.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-9986739730901203782011-01-24T17:19:30.756-08:002011-01-24T17:19:30.756-08:00I always expect to be amused by John's puzzles...I always expect to be amused by John's puzzles and today was no exception. Mondays need cute light stuff especially after the Bears got trounced. Just for that, I'm never gonna buy LAND-O-LAKES butter anymore.<br /><br />It didn't surprise me to see EROICA in John's puzzle, but what did surprise me was seeing L-BAR after the big flap about a week ago. I've actually used L-BARS in concrete work, but it seems like no one else has heard of them. They really aren't the same as "Angle irons". L-BARS are bent cylindrical rods. <br /><br />Well it's refreshing to see "OLDER but wiser" after seeing a lot of stupid stuff written (even here) about us oldsters.<br /><br />For some odd reason, I thought the Spanish toast was SALUT and not SALUD. Why? I don't know. Is there a drink called SALUT?<br /><br />I really got plenty of AWWS and LOLs when I read Puzzlegirl's writeup... the little kitties and the funny story about what Puzzleson learned about voting.<br /><br />And for me that Venn diagram is funny but not true. I actually do bellow out whenever I type LOL.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-20048929523079960062011-01-24T15:54:44.891-08:002011-01-24T15:54:44.891-08:00Sweet Caroline! Is it just me, or have 5 years ac...Sweet Caroline! Is it just me, or have 5 years actually raced before my eyes as I have read these comments! I seem to be getting OLDER by the minute. <br /><br />Indeed, that IS a very tiny nit to pic @PG. LOL!<br /><br />Hand up for 15A in A rut. (But didn't it go nicely with ELAND!)<br />Also for 18A Gust. Made me not trust AMERICA but what is AttERICA? Listen up, Erica!<br /><br />Recently watched "Letters to Juliet" with college daughter but spaced out on the town initially as PADUA. Ooops! Wrong play.<br /><br />I thought the only clunker was ENCE.<br /><br />Always nice to see, and seems lately we have seen in profusion, the lovely ELKE.<br /><br /><i>ramino</i>: string of circular oriental noodles?Nighthawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898505137434147165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-21045769822275884572011-01-24T13:39:10.224-08:002011-01-24T13:39:10.224-08:00Yea, in a rut here too.
Nice definition of LOLing...Yea, in a rut here too.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHu4Rs9zbF0" rel="nofollow">Nice definition of LOLing and ROFLing</a> (~50s in).<br /><br />(The rest of the show is dang funny too... if you follow European soccer)<br /><br />Be champions!Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-33754551431672170292011-01-24T12:21:01.320-08:002011-01-24T12:21:01.320-08:00Are we having fun yet?Are we having fun yet?Neil Cubic Zirconiumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-78711832682323415982011-01-24T10:01:46.777-08:002011-01-24T10:01:46.777-08:00Stretching to pair clues, I raise my BRUT to you a...Stretching to pair clues, I raise my BRUT to you and wish you SALUD, amor y dinero. All the while Neil DIAMOND belts out "Coming to AMERICA."Larry Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-64853535338352086422011-01-24T09:57:35.222-08:002011-01-24T09:57:35.222-08:00Looks like a lot of us put ourselves in A JAM by f...Looks like a lot of us put ourselves in A JAM by filling with A rut. Hand up. Plus I thought the powerful wind below it would be a Gust, so I had a big mess to clean up. <br /><br />75 years old in DIAMOND years is like 150 million. <br /><br />I'm assuming that the Venn circles for ROFLMAO would be entirely separate. But if someone says they're ROFLMAO, there's a good chance they actually LOL. I will NOT think of pink elephants or of PG literally ROFLMAO. <br /><br />New to me is that BRUT is a designation; I thought it was a brand. Looks like it is French for 'brute' or unrefined, natural, i.e. no added sugar, but now usually indicates a drier champagne, less added sugar.Larry Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-72376991907169939352011-01-24T09:49:34.707-08:002011-01-24T09:49:34.707-08:00Another fun puzzle by John Lampkin. Nice, soothin...Another fun puzzle by John Lampkin. Nice, soothing Monday material. Also there was that little nut/nuts mini-theme.<br /><br />@PG loved your kitty cat fest of a write-up. Last night CC husband and I spent half an hour watching one of our cats go LOCO in the kitchen sink trying to catch drops of water with her paws. We are, apparently, easily amused.<br /><br />OMG Neil Diamond can't be 70! Is it possible?CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-6106970428031156322011-01-24T09:39:15.549-08:002011-01-24T09:39:15.549-08:00A monday puzzle with some life to it, not in the s...A monday puzzle with some life to it, not in the sense of arcane answers but in a lively clue/answer way.<br /><br />Enjoyable solve.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900988170432327664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-62096194769710971052011-01-24T09:23:31.555-08:002011-01-24T09:23:31.555-08:00Neil DIAMOND is 74???!!!! Wow, does that make me f...Neil DIAMOND is 74???!!!! Wow, does that make me feel old!Compulsive panty throwernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-11776197455530544322011-01-24T08:48:48.390-08:002011-01-24T08:48:48.390-08:00Good Monday (better than NYT, I think). Theme is s...Good Monday (better than NYT, I think). Theme is solid, fill quite smooth. Only real annoyance was the one "O'" among the three "OF"s in the theme answers. Either all the same, or all different ... ideally. <br /><br />rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-78121644252243252202011-01-24T08:39:44.540-08:002011-01-24T08:39:44.540-08:00(OK, I'll join in...)
Hey! It's Neil Dia...(OK, I'll join in...)<br /><br />Hey! It's Neil Diamond's 73rd birthday today!<br /><br />Actually, it's only his 70th, as the OP mentioned - he still has a lot of love to write and sing about!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-26944891068920335112011-01-24T07:47:44.383-08:002011-01-24T07:47:44.383-08:00Thanks, PG, for this LABOR OF LOVE you do every da...Thanks, PG, for this LABOR OF LOVE you do every day!<br /><br />Cute cat pix. Reminds me of the time I briefly left a newly delivered pizza unattended on the table. My cat leaped up, knocked it to the ground, opened the box, and he and his co-conspirator the dog began scarfing it up before any of the humans around could do anything. Wish I had a video, but definitely a ROFLMAO moment.CarolCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-33025184824691174212011-01-24T07:26:39.348-08:002011-01-24T07:26:39.348-08:00Hey, my old friend and one-time partner Neil (DAIM...Hey, my old friend and one-time partner Neil (DAIMOND) is turning 72 today!Jack Parkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-67122370654462506882011-01-24T06:51:09.082-08:002011-01-24T06:51:09.082-08:0025A: Songwriter Neil (DIAMOND) - Today is his 71st...25A: Songwriter Neil (DIAMOND) - Today is his 71st birthday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-83607647088202994582011-01-24T06:35:59.371-08:002011-01-24T06:35:59.371-08:00LOL on the LOL VENN. So true, I did not actually ...LOL on the LOL VENN. So true, I did not actually laugh, or even chuckle, but I did think it was very funny. This is also my first instance of ever using LOL, but it seemed appropriate.<br /><br />Solid Monday fare.hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04627015904603641109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-39125880311676848652011-01-24T06:30:58.852-08:002011-01-24T06:30:58.852-08:00Ditto, PG.
@Sfingi: hand up for a rut. Another pa...Ditto, PG. <br />@Sfingi: hand up for a rut. Another pair: diamond and mica are both glittery minerals.<br /><br />Cute cats, had to get my screen closer to read the text on the box!<br /><br />Disturbing article about the LAT in the business section of the NYT.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-15941951635183950992011-01-24T05:51:24.740-08:002011-01-24T05:51:24.740-08:00Purty much everything you said PG. Thanks for the ...Purty much everything you said PG. Thanks for the cat pix:-) Good solid Monday level puzzle. The only stumble I took was having SALUt, but Diamond cleared that up once I got enough crosses. Several interesting sub-themes, but the least noticeable was that it's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rYomi8B-Wo" rel="nofollow">Neil Diamonds</a> 70th Birthday. Happy Birthday, Neil.Avg Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-37127105742846530242011-01-24T05:33:00.315-08:002011-01-24T05:33:00.315-08:00Cute puzzle.
How many people made this mistake:
...Cute puzzle.<br /><br />How many people made this mistake: <br />"a rut" before A JAM? You're stuck in a rut; In A JAM, you're in trouble. <br /><br />Did not know YAO (sports). <br /><br />Mini-themes: Romeo and Juliet, brands. <br /><br />More crosswordese: REED, ADO, ERE.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.com