tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post313991465186355089..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: SUNDAY, April 26, 2009 (syndicated puzzle) — Norm GuggenbillerOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-25609878419713175502009-04-28T13:31:00.000-07:002009-04-28T13:31:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10227614625283997259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-9765893773510248772009-04-27T09:17:00.000-07:002009-04-27T09:17:00.000-07:0048 Down Where to see piggies? Tootsies
I'm still ...48 Down Where to see piggies? Tootsies<br /><br />I'm still smiling.<br /><br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-10216793312257526752009-04-26T21:07:00.000-07:002009-04-26T21:07:00.000-07:00Moises was of course also with the Expos, includin...Moises was of course also with the Expos, including when his dad Felipe was the manager.Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699404861773455504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-75232946839679338122009-04-26T20:42:00.000-07:002009-04-26T20:42:00.000-07:00There were three Alou brothers in the major, Felip...There were three Alou brothers in the major, Felipe, Matty and Jesus and they all payed together in the outfield one game for the SF Giants. They were all primarily outfielders, you can find their details at <A HREF="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/" REL="nofollow">Encyclopedia</A> which has all the information on everything baseball. I used to be a statistics freak. they did have a nephew who was a pitcher, along with Felipe's son Moises, who was eith the World Series champ Marlins in 1997, as well as the Cubs and Mets. <br /><br />I also am amazed you have never seen an NSF check; good for you.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-81170707384265066402009-04-26T18:36:00.000-07:002009-04-26T18:36:00.000-07:00I'm with Green on this one, a little dull. I remem...I'm with Green on this one, a little dull. I remember AGIO from the Maleska era; didn't know SOCLE, but liked it anyway; not so much NONHERO; had Okey-DOKY for a while; and let's hear it for ISLAMABAD before it becomes TALIBANABAD.obertbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-47298804638767373702009-04-26T15:48:00.000-07:002009-04-26T15:48:00.000-07:00Yeah, SOCLE hurt me too. I had STELE in there.Yeah, SOCLE hurt me too. I had STELE in there.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-25842938224768359882009-04-26T13:39:00.000-07:002009-04-26T13:39:00.000-07:00What no mention of our old friend Rea? Haven't see...What no mention of our old friend Rea? Haven't seen him in a month or two and thats counting Stanley Newman, LAT, USA, etc. golfballmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-76840370223753919362009-04-26T12:07:00.000-07:002009-04-26T12:07:00.000-07:00i've seen NSF in the puzzle a few times, and it's ...i've seen NSF in the puzzle a few times, and it's always clued this way... but why not the national science foundation, which is definitely not obscure? the only thing i'd never heard of in this puzzle was SOCLE. whoa.Joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825085755390339668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-72923230182062942512009-04-26T11:49:00.000-07:002009-04-26T11:49:00.000-07:00Loved TWOTIMES. Not so much: NONHERO.
Ron ELDARD ...Loved TWOTIMES. Not so much: NONHERO.<br /><br />Ron ELDARD was the second actor in the role of Father Flynn in the original Broadway production of "Doubt." (Wow...that's barely on-topic. Sorry.)jeff in chicagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492964479021891094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-49609103858643846712009-04-26T11:34:00.000-07:002009-04-26T11:34:00.000-07:00Rex, if you've never given or got an NSF cheque/ch...Rex, if you've never given or got an NSF cheque/check you are fortunate.Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699404861773455504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-21967728874544822362009-04-26T11:14:00.000-07:002009-04-26T11:14:00.000-07:00Nice puzzle, where I just went around and around a...Nice puzzle, where I just went around and around and finished in the NW, for no good reason. Maybe because I did it online, a completely different experience. <br />@Orange: I must have a similar little area in my brain: I had tare for a while. Nice to see good old agio again, it's been a while.<br />I also thought non-hero should be anti-hero, but it may be quite different, not as negative.<br />At the clue for Grade school goop I thought Play-Doh, and then it showed up in the West.<br />On to the next LAT puzzle, what a treat! I should be outside, but the furniture hasn't been moved out yet. Don't like the sun much anyway, and no chance of a pogonip today. I looove that word!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-42135683425795131922009-04-26T10:44:00.000-07:002009-04-26T10:44:00.000-07:00Love AGIO, it has such a poetic ring to it, and as...Love AGIO, it has such a poetic ring to it, and as Orange pointed out, is rarely seen and difficult to find unless...You have The New York Times Crossword Puzzle Dictionary, copyright 1974 by Tom Pulliam & Clare Grundman. It was my first look-up tool pre(very pre) Google and still works rather well. <br /><br />Thanks for the grand write-up Orange, I usually post from Rex' site, first for me with you.Ladelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822660581698301611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-21549570515047169412009-04-26T10:10:00.000-07:002009-04-26T10:10:00.000-07:00NSF is something like Not Sufficient Funds.
I w...NSF is something like Not Sufficient Funds. <br /><br />I wasn't parsing coax as co-ax and had trouble getting CABLE, particularly because I wanted POLITICAL POSH (which doesn't make much sense either) and I don't remember the era of TELNET. <br /><br />I think I've seen TRET recently too.Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-42364526622758924722009-04-26T09:06:00.000-07:002009-04-26T09:06:00.000-07:00Oh look, a change a letter theme puzzle. How orig...Oh look, a change a letter theme puzzle. How original. OK, that was mean, but this concept really needs snappier answers and fill or it just starts to feel a little quaint.<br /><br />I think I've seen AGIO once before in the NYT puzzle. I didn't know it then and didn't know it this time either. Thank God for the crosses.<br /><br />Is NONHERO an actual literary phrase? I've heard of an anti-hero, of course, but NONHERO?Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412634072650228847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-34474810175316294922009-04-26T05:37:00.000-07:002009-04-26T05:37:00.000-07:00Never heard of NSF. Didn't know how to spell TARPO...Never heard of NSF. Didn't know how to spell TARPONS (had TARPINS ... but political BISH didn't make sense, so I changed it). <br /><br />AGIO, ugh. Learned it from crosswords. Don't think it should be used except if the situation is desperate and the payoff is big.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.com