tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post2833700993456992341..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: SATURDAY, May 15, 2010—Barry C. SilkOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-10442754056812626962010-05-15T17:28:51.074-07:002010-05-15T17:28:51.074-07:00@Tinbeni - you made me think about baseball watchi...@Tinbeni - you made me think about baseball watching ... I'm a baseball fan, I'll admit it. I have discovered the beauty of watching baseball w/ Tivo ... you can go off and do something for 30 minutes w/ Tivo on pause. When you hear the tv start up again, you go back and then watch in Fast Forward. That makes those endless at bats w/ all the step backs, glove fixing, scratching oneself, etc. more tolerable. When contact is actually made with the ball, slow down to live speed and watch the fielding and running. Then back to FF for the next at bat. When you're caught up to live again, pause and go get some more chores done!<br /><br />I've also been known to just nap and wake up periodically to check the score ... again, w/ Tivo it's easy to go back and watch an inning if the right team scored and I missed it while snoozing :)<br /><br />Sorry, I apologize for wasting a post w/o actually discussing the puzzle. I could tell you that our local team used to be the New Britain Red Sox, so yes, many minor league teams take the name of their major league affiliates (or a related name) @shrub5gespensthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345498521904521489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-76867469398928615672010-05-15T15:39:09.986-07:002010-05-15T15:39:09.986-07:00@Sfingi
I like you're way of thinking about sp...@Sfingi<br />I like you're way of thinking about sports.<br />Follow the Triple Crown each year and you only have about 6 minutes invested to cover everything. LOL<br /><br />Though I am a hugh baseball fan there is a benefit. <br />It is the only sport I know where when I take a nap in the middle of it, go out and wash my car, do a crossword, whatever, I never really miss anything.<br /><br />Plus your team can lose 60 times, the equivalence of every day for 2 months, and still be the best. Go figure.Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-57939768268975025292010-05-15T14:34:55.215-07:002010-05-15T14:34:55.215-07:00Preakness is about to come on. Only lasts a couple...Preakness is about to come on. Only lasts a couple minutes - my sports for the months.<br /><br />Knew this writeup wasn't Rex, when CHRISTIANSLATER was referred to as a cutie. Speaking of putting your $ on, I thought he'd be bigger by now.<br /><br />Had "lamd" before BABE, "IranI" before FARSI. <br /><br />My OLDS Cutlass Ciera sure ran great, and very comfortable. I still see them all over.<br /><br />It was a Barry Silk, it was a slog, but I got the 15 letter expressions. Had never heard of the READINGPHILLIES, naturally, but figured it out from DINGPHIL. <br /><br />Agrre with @Gespenst that the long ones were esier than the mediums.<br />@DataGeek - agree with you, too. Solvable=enjoyable.<br />Did not know AXOLOTL. He is cute.<br /><br />Googled Bunratty Castle, Teo FABI,<br />ALLIE Lowell, Franz LEHAR. Decided not to speed it up by Googling more. It took time, but I enjoyed it.<br /><br />@Anon247 - I'll bet. Even her last name is CW-ableSfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-69076190226737344752010-05-15T14:16:59.230-07:002010-05-15T14:16:59.230-07:00I have to agree with Orange; some ery good stuff b...I have to agree with Orange; some ery good stuff but lots of not so great little stuff. <br /><br />Like the axolotl (was that a baby?), opaline and kestrel, which I dug up with no crosses; I've been in New England a long time but had to learn about boola here! I guess we can consider that a sports clue/answer as well.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-39807946783910861632010-05-15T11:24:49.170-07:002010-05-15T11:24:49.170-07:0034 across - My hometown baseball team in a West Co...34 across - My hometown baseball team in a West Coast puzzle!! Wow.<br />Great themeless puzzle.wilschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14066075744420340333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-61663372486737562792010-05-15T10:47:41.363-07:002010-05-15T10:47:41.363-07:00Question? will Elana Kagan replace Elana Verdugo i...Question? will Elana Kagan replace Elana Verdugo in crosswords or at least give her a much needed rest? GolfballmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-8771316521614376932010-05-15T10:31:45.087-07:002010-05-15T10:31:45.087-07:00Loved this well-crafted puzzle! I got one of the l...Loved this well-crafted puzzle! I got one of the long answers, EASTERN TIME ZONE, right off the bat from the Z in LA-Z-Boy and I was in business. Agree with @gespenst about the long answers being easier to get than a lot of the others -- think that's what @Rex has often mentioned. <br /><br />I didn't know who divorcee Lowell was so first went with ALICE, then ALFIE, finally ALLIE. Also had some varieties of volunteer's words: I WILL and I'LL DO before getting I'LL GO.<br /><br />New thing I learned today: Didn't know minor league baseball teams could have the same team name as a major league team (e.g., READING PHILLIES). Looked it up in wiki and it's actually quite common.shrub5https://www.blogger.com/profile/09466867716773759568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-41594391425050349512010-05-15T08:32:37.261-07:002010-05-15T08:32:37.261-07:00My brother, Sam Cooke, sang my song "You Send...My brother, Sam Cooke, sang my song "You Send Me!"<br /><br />Since he was elated with the sales, it could be implied he was SENT.Charles "LC" Cookenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-15842408964766769982010-05-15T08:16:30.923-07:002010-05-15T08:16:30.923-07:00quick question: How bout 14D Elated = Sent? Do yo...quick question: How bout 14D Elated = Sent? Do you think that was a typo, and that they really meant "Related = Sent"? Or maybe, and this is a stretch for me, Elated = Sent [over the moon]?<br /><br />Thanks!! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-57504433715458038172010-05-15T06:50:29.483-07:002010-05-15T06:50:29.483-07:00@Tinbeni - if you prize something, you value it. ...@Tinbeni - if you prize something, you value it. I actually got that one right off (I think I had the V from crosses).<br /><br />I got nowhere on my first run through, so I resigned myself to googling my way through this puzzle. I found it a challenge, but that's ok on a Saturday :)<br /><br />I actually found the long answers easier than the midsized answers. Not that it helped me much ;)<br /><br />When I had the "EE" for the musical group, I first had MONKEES but the crosses wouldn't work.<br /><br />OPEN next to OPEC (for the OO, PP, and EE) was interesting :)<br /><br />For a googling Saturday crossword it wasn't bad. I didn't mind the baseball references :)gespensthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345498521904521489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-48739357345506563502010-05-15T06:44:40.737-07:002010-05-15T06:44:40.737-07:00@Chefbea, another AS RED as a beet salute to you.
...@Chefbea, another AS RED as a beet salute to you.<br /><br />ETHNICS, is this some new Politically Correct way of addressing each other? Oy veh!<br /><br />Prize = VALUE?<br /><br />That AXOLOTL pic I remember from the last time I saw this word in a puzzle. He is a cute little guy.<br /><br />As I SIT ON my LA-Z Boy, sipping coffee I enjoyed this solve.Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-21510486795326525452010-05-15T05:33:42.395-07:002010-05-15T05:33:42.395-07:00I wasn't allowed to say it on yesterday's ...I wasn't allowed to say it on yesterday's NYT blog -- smooth as Silk. <br />Very nice puzzle in all respects.Van55https://www.blogger.com/profile/15904942044695917615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-81323303291373288772010-05-15T04:46:50.870-07:002010-05-15T04:46:50.870-07:00I really enjoyed this puzzle - probably because I ...I really enjoyed this puzzle - probably because I could finish it! Orange - you and team must add LEN (Deighton) to CW101! I only know from Xwords, and it sure helped me out this morning. Have NO idea how I knew SOB sister or LISZT. And yes, for me AXOLOTL required every single cross to fill in. No Googles - 17 minutes - as w/today's NYT - a fine Saturday outing.DataGeeknoreply@blogger.com