tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post366943645981774727..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: WEDNESDAY, December 23, 2009—Brendan Emmett QuigleyOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-24721916984556063032009-12-24T03:03:19.548-08:002009-12-24T03:03:19.548-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-6008861096578939912009-12-23T23:00:17.042-08:002009-12-23T23:00:17.042-08:00@Tinbeni: Thanks for the crosswordy response to my...@Tinbeni: Thanks for the crosswordy response to my basketball comment. You nailed it. Have a wonderful holiday season down there in sunny Florida!shrub5https://www.blogger.com/profile/09466867716773759568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-59697569798891689462009-12-23T19:09:25.457-08:002009-12-23T19:09:25.457-08:00@Mac - Thanx - what was that other add-on I had a ...@Mac - Thanx - what was that other add-on I had a hard time getting? <br /><br />@Tinbeni - I tried to get a photo of Steve M looking back and forth at the s--t and Shinola, but couldn't find one. I'm going picture crazy, lately. <br /><br />@Chefwen - Gogi Grant was a pop singer tending towards jazz. She's in her 80s. Mongo Santamaria was a Cuban bongo drummer and follower of Santeria/Yoruba, the African-Spanish melded religion. Very "in" in the Beat era, and great stuff.Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-49124516879120271032009-12-23T19:03:31.485-08:002009-12-23T19:03:31.485-08:00Loved the puzzle, loved the bloggage and loved the...Loved the puzzle, loved the bloggage and loved the link to BEQ.Thanks!Burner10noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-88918113460691603562009-12-23T18:12:47.616-08:002009-12-23T18:12:47.616-08:00@chefbea - The Dessert Lover's Cookbook by Mar...@chefbea - The Dessert Lover's Cookbook by Marlene Sorosky. It's out of print but I was able to get a replacement for my old, totally beaten up copy on-line from JM Vintage. Everything I have made out of it esp. the cheesecakes have been "to die for". It also had the Absolutely Divine Devil's Food Cake that is made using your favorite tuber.chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-48060158796696626092009-12-23T17:21:33.321-08:002009-12-23T17:21:33.321-08:00Great breezy puzzle today. Although America is the...Great breezy puzzle today. Although America is the only place that uses alphabetical letters in music. The entire world uses Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do. It would have been great to have the clues with solfege syllables instead.<br /><br />The last time I saw Boy George perform in NYC he could do everything but sing. Too bad!<br /><br />Sol--LaSol-Mi, to all!!!Maestronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-74141754942877765072009-12-23T16:41:20.493-08:002009-12-23T16:41:20.493-08:00I too was sorry that Gogi wouldn't fit.
@ChefB...I too was sorry that Gogi wouldn't fit.<br />@ChefBea - I think of "The Restless Wind" whenever I hear her name.<br />My lesson from this puzzle is "res judicata",. (Although I think I've seen this in a xword before, I have to have something new or I consider a puzzle to be a waste of timem, and this wasn't -- random contemporary singer's names do not count)..Rubenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14318692216397330832009-12-23T16:35:11.343-08:002009-12-23T16:35:11.343-08:00@chefwen egg nog cake sounds yummy. Where is the ...@chefwen egg nog cake sounds yummy. Where is the recipe? Could make it next yearchefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-89588817760422429572009-12-23T16:16:48.403-08:002009-12-23T16:16:48.403-08:00@Sfingi
Thank you, "The Jerk!" I was try...@Sfingi<br />Thank you, "The Jerk!" I was trying all day to remember which movie did I see that in. Shows what gutters we CW solvers have are minds in when doing these things.<br />As to the MGS-v-Soy, when I looked at the clue for 1-down ... I wanted to enter "Scratch" (their ba**s) but for the Stir-fry, I then had nothing.<br /><br /><br />@Gespenst<br />I totally agree, for a Wed.Puzzle this was tougher than two months ago when Wed. were like Mondays.<br />The @Anons need to get a name, otherwise I just ignore them.<br /><br />Finally, it is December 23rd ... time to celebrate "FESTIVUS for the rest of us " ... I guess I should put up my aluminum pole.Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-76962418016822332302009-12-23T15:55:21.894-08:002009-12-23T15:55:21.894-08:00I disagree w/ the 7:25 Anon that things have been ...I disagree w/ the 7:25 Anon that things have been too easy lately in the LAT. We certainly went through an easy phase, but as others have pointed out, that trend has fortunately been reversed of late.<br /><br />My only issue was the MONGO/ORTON cross ... didn't know either, so could have been any vowel ;)<br /><br />The rest, I really liked.gespensthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345498521904521489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-24742354519710856532009-12-23T15:49:46.745-08:002009-12-23T15:49:46.745-08:00What Lime D. Zeze said about the THE's, ditto,...What Lime D. Zeze said about the THE's, ditto, don't care for it.<br /><br />Started off with nice GAME and ruse for WILE. Obviously wasn't going anywhere with that so I ignored the north west corner and saved it for last when I finally was able to UNKNOT the whole lot.<br /><br />Sitting here salivating as I am inhaling alcoholic fumes from the Holiday Egg Nog Cake that is cooling on the counter behind me. Mmmmm!!!chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-79964241047985824732009-12-23T15:43:40.413-08:002009-12-23T15:43:40.413-08:00@Sfingi: mal as in maladjusted.@Sfingi: mal as in maladjusted.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-79574933999853169852009-12-23T15:32:10.475-08:002009-12-23T15:32:10.475-08:00@sfingi I'm an oldster and have never heard o...@sfingi I'm an oldster and have never heard of mongo Santamaria... however i do know Gogi Grant. Can't remember what she sangchefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-60625658124775304142009-12-23T15:13:09.989-08:002009-12-23T15:13:09.989-08:00I guess Mongo Santamaria belongs to the oldsters. ...I guess Mongo Santamaria belongs to the oldsters. Also, will we ever see Gogi Grant again? <br /><br />In 1967, Joe Orton, British playwright and prankster, who wrote 10 dark comedies, was bludgeoned to death at 34 by his lover. Prick up Your Ears was a film about them.<br /><br />Fairly easy. Only writeover was MSG for "soy." Personally don't care for THE in the puzzles.<br /><br />Help me here: why "adjusted" opening for MAL? Why not bad/sick/evil/malignant opening?<br /><br />Thought CHEWGUM would be "chaw wad."<br /><br />Steve Martin had a funny bit in The Jerk where he's learning the difference between s--t and Shinola.Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-66640908533733215812009-12-23T14:52:54.862-08:002009-12-23T14:52:54.862-08:00It is a neat bit of trivia that some mystery write...It is a neat bit of trivia that some mystery writer could use to trip up the killer's alibi.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-65359999625588172972009-12-23T14:26:05.085-08:002009-12-23T14:26:05.085-08:00@Argyle
Yep, you're right. Where I live (Nort...@Argyle<br />Yep, you're right. Where I live (North Aurora, IL) the sunrise time doesn't reverse on the first day of winter... it actually occurs on Jan. 7th at 7:20 AM.<br />Then the earliest it rises here is June 7th at 4:18.<br />It's just so nice to wake up and do my crosswords AFTER the SUNRISE.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-76393804017780510302009-12-23T13:36:51.261-08:002009-12-23T13:36:51.261-08:00I agree with mac. Two good puzzles today
My natic...I agree with mac. Two good puzzles today<br /><br />My natick was like the rest of you...the O in Mongo and wonchefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-25178512988638400282009-12-23T12:20:32.737-08:002009-12-23T12:20:32.737-08:00BEQ didn't disappoint. Had a good time with bo...BEQ didn't disappoint. Had a good time with both puzzles today, can't believe I had the time to do them....<br />Back to the oven.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-18271526204330578932009-12-23T11:00:01.031-08:002009-12-23T11:00:01.031-08:00@Carol I had the same exact thought re: CHEW GUM a...@Carol I had the same exact thought re: CHEW GUM and Bubble Gum Alley in SLO. My daughter went to Cal Poly and still lives there so I'm very familiar with that charming sight - pretty darn gross, but funny.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-73291865756010036942009-12-23T10:32:42.995-08:002009-12-23T10:32:42.995-08:00Congrat's to BEQ on having the LAT puzz! Just ...Congrat's to BEQ on having the LAT puzz! Just got here from his blog, and that puzz is, like this one, comfy and well-clued.<br /><br />And add to the nice comments above re Orange's write-up that yes, it was informative, etc., but was also lots of fun to read.<br /><br />On to the NYT and certain death.lit.docnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-28399963749455005892009-12-23T10:17:00.326-08:002009-12-23T10:17:00.326-08:00@Carol
That site, those pics ... what a Hoot!
@Sh...@Carol<br />That site, those pics ... what a Hoot!<br /><br />@Shrug5<br />I am sure you are receiving a GLARE from those Chicago Bull fans for your teams GOOD GAME.<br />AS ONE who is not a basketball fan, I think your SHINOLA and (in)sincere condolence was very WILE. I guess, as time expired, you shouted I WON!<br />Your RANTS, delivered with TLC, make me LOL.Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-9019951774640651862009-12-23T10:01:08.833-08:002009-12-23T10:01:08.833-08:00JNH..." wait for that slow-to-emerge SUNRISE....JNH..." wait for that slow-to-emerge SUNRISE... hey, wait, it's happening earlier now!!!!"<br /><br />No, they aren't.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-56479439821102791712009-12-23T09:37:23.202-08:002009-12-23T09:37:23.202-08:00Nice to see a BEQ in the LAT, especially one with ...Nice to see a BEQ in the LAT, especially one with this good a theme. I had EQUIMAX(?) for a while, which slowed me down a bit, but otherwise found it pretty easy. Good stuff.The Corgi of Mysteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12094737503793280830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-34706389731789687052009-12-23T09:35:54.887-08:002009-12-23T09:35:54.887-08:00Chewing gum brought to mind "Bubble Gum Alley...Chewing gum brought to mind "Bubble Gum Alley" in San Luis Obispo, California. Home of Cal Poly, it's a college town. Here is a link to pictures (don't view while eating!).<br />http://www.bestcoolpics.com/node/18<br /><br />Liked the difficulty level of the puzzle today & writeup. Thanks!Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-35813261266469765192009-12-23T09:08:34.182-08:002009-12-23T09:08:34.182-08:00Enjoyable Wednesday puzzle. I actually knew MONGO...Enjoyable Wednesday puzzle. I actually knew MONGO, because my father was a jazz enthusiast and had that album. I have never heard of SHINOLA only Kiwi. Thought EVERY LITTLE STEP, CHEW GUM and FINE TOOTHED COMB were really cool. Fell for the tricky clue for CREDITS and had a hard time with EQUIFAX. Loved the theme tie in. I always love that AHA moment (sorry Oprah) when I get the theme. Thanks Orange for another enlightening write up.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.com