tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post3226203036537544967..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: FRIDAY, Jul. 31, 2009 — Dan NaddorOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-28406760488890081412009-11-23T18:10:01.131-08:002009-11-23T18:10:01.131-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-56083712167151230692009-08-02T08:48:35.806-07:002009-08-02T08:48:35.806-07:00I learned a lot from this puzzle and had a couple ...I learned a lot from this puzzle and had a couple of hours of fun. And isn't it fun that we are after really. So, I have trouble reading that some people are not too happy with this definition or that clue.. Relax.. life is short.<br />AHAB (NPL)Joe Vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723753160470176326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-38136284613947463182009-08-01T06:11:53.606-07:002009-08-01T06:11:53.606-07:00Good puzzle!
Loved seeing Beatle wigs, cornrows, ...Good puzzle!<br /><br />Loved seeing Beatle wigs, cornrows, and dreads all in the same corner.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-87476678715349008742009-08-01T04:57:36.901-07:002009-08-01T04:57:36.901-07:00Housemouse, the clue can be read two ways: "a...Housemouse, the clue can be read two ways: "an item that has already been fertilized" or "an item that can be subject to fertilization." If an OVULE can still <i>be</i> fertilized by something, the clue works.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-21722062804106035972009-07-31T22:23:30.404-07:002009-07-31T22:23:30.404-07:00Why is Dan Naddor providing a Friday puzzle? I tho...Why is Dan Naddor providing a Friday puzzle? I thought his obscure puzzles were for the weekend. AFAIK< Friday morning is not part of the weekend for most of us working stiffs! If they are going to emphasize puzzles that rely on cutesy interpretations and an umbilical line to Google, they could at least use the right words in the puzzle.<br /><br />Naddor used "ovule" for fertilized item in 16A. This is incorrect, if you look at a medical dictionary. The ovule is the egg BEFORE it is fertilized, not afterwards. It can also be called the ovum, although this is also used for the fertilized egg before it begins to divide. At any rate, it would help if the puzzle makers would access a dictionary on some of their words.housemousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137171147080803261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-62052667780213163192009-07-31T20:49:34.416-07:002009-07-31T20:49:34.416-07:00This puzzle was pretty easy to me, but the theme, ...This puzzle was pretty easy to me, but the theme, the sk to x, made me laugh because I thought it was a NY/CT thing, I hear it here all the time!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-77692120076419195762009-07-31T19:41:23.183-07:002009-07-31T19:41:23.183-07:00My Baltimore born husband still says 'x' f...My Baltimore born husband still says 'x' for 'sk' and 'z' for 's' ( as in zink).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-78301843479200879812009-07-31T17:09:22.001-07:002009-07-31T17:09:22.001-07:00Gee Bev,
You are quite welcome!
EileenGee Bev,<br />You are quite welcome!<br />Eileeneileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08982438058437100914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-27079349253767881322009-07-31T15:17:07.116-07:002009-07-31T15:17:07.116-07:00I enjoyed today's puzzle for the most part (mo...I enjoyed today's puzzle for the most part (most of the same complaints as Rex), but I just couldn't stop thinking about Futurama. In the year 3000, Fry's pronunciation of the word "ask" is considered archaic as the language has evolved (devolved) so that everyone pronounces it "ax." This theme reminded me of that and kept me smiling.eliselzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075881859273811974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-75254999054179934512009-07-31T13:58:25.407-07:002009-07-31T13:58:25.407-07:00I really enjoyed this puzzle. Had some of the them...I really enjoyed this puzzle. Had some of the theme answers filled, but didn't see the "X"for "SK" switch until I filled in MULTITAX. That was my big DOH/AHA moment.<br /><br />Xellent writeup ReX.<br />Great puzzle Mr.Naddor.PurpleGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03831764248536980544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-54146058632515826772009-07-31T13:25:35.917-07:002009-07-31T13:25:35.917-07:00This puzzle worked me over. Tougher then usual clu...This puzzle worked me over. Tougher then usual clues and answers. No breeze for me, this one was Triple XXX. I had to use most of my tools in the arsenal to finish this puppy with no help or errors. <br /><br />My big problem was lots of first fill-in errors. I put in NEUROTIC for Mr. Woody Allen did the CAMPY by Laugh-In. My big break was putting in NYU for Greenspan. I got the theme immediately but it didn't help much. Keep the tough ones coming!*David*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-12845256260404807422009-07-31T12:57:06.600-07:002009-07-31T12:57:06.600-07:00I liked the puzzle but was "puzzled" by ...I liked the puzzle but was "puzzled" by the non-theme themelike entry TRIPLEX and the "X" in OXYGEN. I thought that sort of thing wasn't considered kosher?embienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01991001167394653649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-33121070890794503532009-07-31T12:38:58.526-07:002009-07-31T12:38:58.526-07:00@eileen: Thanks for the link to the Nanci/Adam due...@eileen: Thanks for the link to the Nanci/Adam duet. Most enjoyable! I'll add it to my pod. :-)bevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-89495393023241741772009-07-31T12:17:30.364-07:002009-07-31T12:17:30.364-07:00Laugh-in humor, if it was satire, was campy satire...Laugh-in humor, if it was satire, was campy satire. Isn't the "R" in IRS enough of a definition to go with, taxonomy-wise?<br /><br />I got ORANG along with the swinger thing, so I thought, and then mis-read 9D as "Orang layer". Now I've got swingers and layers and rangi-tangs in some big orgy, which couldn't possibly be so I gave up in defeat.<br /><br />Good theme, especially since I didn't have to solve it to enjoy it.Gary Lowenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-45823347684944805072009-07-31T12:03:12.706-07:002009-07-31T12:03:12.706-07:00This was one stupid puzzle as are most of the L.A....This was one stupid puzzle as are most of the L.A. times puzzles. Laugh in humor was satire. Borneo swinger? How about Orangutan? Multitax how is that a source of revenue? You might want to look up the definition of revenue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-1673666427731836002009-07-31T11:59:05.083-07:002009-07-31T11:59:05.083-07:00I enjoyed the puzzle but found it super hard and h...I enjoyed the puzzle but found it super hard and had to call on Prof. Google a lot today. Expected, I guess, for a newbie. Thanks to this blog-Rex, Orange and PG, I can at least make a stab at it which I couldn't do before.<br /><br />I'm also a huge Nanci Griffith fan. Her music is a PLEASURE to listen to. Check out this nice duet with Adam Duritz from the Counting Crows: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZz_I5mW6ageileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08982438058437100914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-70550014758967721232009-07-31T11:32:17.980-07:002009-07-31T11:32:17.980-07:00I must have lost my sense of humor with this puzzl...I must have lost my sense of humor with this puzzle, and did not enjoy the far reaching clues dispersed with so easy clues, like tetra that I knew 20 years ago. Explainations were well explainatory I guess....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-72449232057449608892009-07-31T11:01:18.240-07:002009-07-31T11:01:18.240-07:00This was a tough puzzle for me. I used google for ...This was a tough puzzle for me. I used google for several of the clues until I got going. I got that the endings were x, but didn't think about substitutes for sk until I got video Dix. I still don't understand Jack's place. Duh...I just got it when I reread the clue now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-15813173504025839322009-07-31T10:39:17.164-07:002009-07-31T10:39:17.164-07:00Headbutting and High Sticking come to mind when us...Headbutting and High Sticking come to mind when using Hexad in a hockey rink! X marked the spot today-longer solve, but good. Jack's place? Box? with Jill? On a hill? Wasn't thinking car, so the aha/doh moment was great!ddbmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-17215843101915042712009-07-31T10:37:12.121-07:002009-07-31T10:37:12.121-07:00i think the ? is in the {Verb suffix?} clue becaus...i think the ? is in the {Verb suffix?} clue because it could be interpreted as "suffix that goes on verbs," like, say, -ING. as opposed to a suffix that goes on the root word "verb" itself.<br /><br />i notice the return of the []ed clue today: [Uh-oh!] = GULP. this one seems to be the opposite of yesterday, when [Snore] clued HO HUM. i guess either way works; i hadn't ever given much thought to this convention, though. anyway, it looks like my explanation yesterday wasn't quite correct (or maybe just wasn't quite complete).Joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825085755390339668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-27391159107577084332009-07-31T10:35:41.098-07:002009-07-31T10:35:41.098-07:00Like @Denise, I quite enjoyed the Nanci Griffith m...Like @Denise, I quite enjoyed the Nanci Griffith music. Here is the iTunes review of her 2009 album "The Loving Kind." Thought y'all might like to get a sense of her now.<br /><br />"Texas singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith has flirted with many different genres over the years, but her most convincing stage has been that of simple folk and country songs that allow her literate tales to resonate with carefully orchestrated backing and her own sweet, telling voice. Griffith's voice has roughened over the years, adding gravity to her tales of hope and doom. While she likes to express her views as a straightforward story writer -- the title track addresses Richard and Mildred Loving, a Virginia couple whose landmark 1967 Supreme Court case ended the ban on interracial marriage -- Griffith's best songs are those that use their melodies to bring forth the sentiment. "Up Against the Rain" remembers another doomed Texas songwriter, Townes Van Zandt, with a sweeping sorrow haunting its notes. "Cotton" recounts the life of President Lyndon B. Johnson, "Not Innocent Enough" is an anti-death penalty tract, detailing the case of Philip Workman executed in 2007 for the 1981 killing of a Memphis police officer in spite of new evidence proving his innocence. Griffith remains a conscience among songwriters."shrub5https://www.blogger.com/profile/09466867716773759568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-77560297788778430702009-07-31T10:25:12.193-07:002009-07-31T10:25:12.193-07:00Tough puzzle for an old man.
Struggled with corny ...Tough puzzle for an old man.<br />Struggled with corny instead of CAMPY (9a), but eventually got it when I realized there are no atheletic footwear that starts with an O. Then the MULTITAX (11d) cinched it.<br />The hardest part for me was NW... forgot about Queen MAB (1a) and just couldn't get the French professeur thing, MAITRE. Kept thinking that maitre was the word for maid, but thanks to my old uncle GOOGLE, I eventually succumbed to MAITRE. <br />I guess I'm not up on baseball terms, but I thought SAC fly had something to do with a Stategic Air Command scramble.<br />Shel Silverstein books were much read by my kids when they were tots and I enjoyed them too (to this very day)... especially THE GIVING TREE and WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS. If you have younguns, by all means get a hold of some of these books or at least check out his official website at---<br />http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html<br />You'll love it !<br />I don't know if taking 2 hours is par for a Friday Chicago Tribune (LAT) puzzle.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-51806896685044458782009-07-31T09:53:30.637-07:002009-07-31T09:53:30.637-07:00Thanks for the intro to Nanci -- nice music.
I di...Thanks for the intro to Nanci -- nice music.<br /><br />I did this puzzle, a smooth fill, in my (very temporarily) quiet house while eating a lobster sandwich. Life is good.Denisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-60488255330746024162009-07-31T09:51:21.094-07:002009-07-31T09:51:21.094-07:00Thanks Al! And Rex, you "X-plained" it ...Thanks Al! And Rex, you "X-plained" it but I overlooked it. My bad!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-19864827540111228542009-07-31T08:47:47.971-07:002009-07-31T08:47:47.971-07:00Anon @8:21, I stared at that for awhile, too. I h...Anon @8:21, I stared at that for awhile, too. I hate to ASK. X replaces SK in all the answers.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00645254428860855980noreply@blogger.com