tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post3888490311057867318..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: SUNDAY, November 15, 2009Merl ReagleOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-78246461367781139812009-11-17T20:19:04.121-08:002009-11-17T20:19:04.121-08:00Basra is the second largest city in Iraq. Be caref...Basra is the second largest city in Iraq. Be careful using Wikipedia to construct a puzzleUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09347464452833705436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-52579788058227872912009-11-16T00:05:57.928-08:002009-11-16T00:05:57.928-08:00Got to this puzzle late this evening but glad I di...Got to this puzzle late this evening but glad I did. Figuring out each theme answer and its root word was very entertaining. I was stumped at the MMMBOP/BETON intersection as well as the ULU/FUSEL cross that @PG mentioned. <br /><br />Chuckled at the clue: P.M. whose jacket caught on (NEHRU). Got to feel sorry for the guy if that's the only thing he's remembered for! SARAN for "it's a wrap" was another LOL. I was slow to get "Lang follower" (SYNE) as I was thinking first of the singer kd lang, then a suffix for lang....UISH ???<br /><br />Cute clues for SLOP: sow chow and EEL: this may shock you. Another laugh for "word after glom" (ONTO). It's funny to see "glom" alone. Can you use glom without onto?<br /><br />@Merl Reagle: Thanks for the fun!<br />@PG: Thanks for the double duty blogging on Sundays (actually quadruple when you consider the puzzles are bigger!). All of us commenters/solvers can't say often enough how much your efforts, and those of Orange and Rex, are helpful and sincerely appreciated.shrub5https://www.blogger.com/profile/09466867716773759568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-27380152170152755762009-11-15T13:57:07.960-08:002009-11-15T13:57:07.960-08:00I had recently finished The Godfather, and was qui...I had recently finished The Godfather, and was quite familiar with LUCA at 59D, a really bad guy. Note also LUCI at 88D. Engineering background also knew MHO, the unit of electrical conductance.<br /><br />It was a little harder than most. Clever theme.<br /><br />Thanks for the write up, PG.JIMMIEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14842477541421668082009-11-15T13:14:55.718-08:002009-11-15T13:14:55.718-08:00Thanks for the great write up PG
I really enjoyed ...Thanks for the great write up PG<br />I really enjoyed this puzzleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-37630631507560914222009-11-15T11:30:40.365-08:002009-11-15T11:30:40.365-08:00Thanks GLowe! I thought it would be a specific, n...Thanks GLowe! I thought it would be a specific, not a generic reference.Djinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486234891076518211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-3943809397537806982009-11-15T11:21:47.698-08:002009-11-15T11:21:47.698-08:00Gonna have to throw a shoe at MEATYEVAL.
CTRS = C...Gonna have to throw a shoe at MEATYEVAL.<br /><br />CTRS = Centers, no?<br /><br />Smithereens.... [thinking] how would one explain that in an ESL class?GLowenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-9828227753524903602009-11-15T10:42:58.560-08:002009-11-15T10:42:58.560-08:00For some reason, this Sunday CW has been the knott...For some reason, this Sunday CW has been the knottiest solve to date. Things were going well in the first few minutes. I remembered SABOT from the story about protesters throwing wooden shoes (sabots) into machinery in order to bring down the system and thereby coining the word saboteurs. But after a strong start, I was pretty much in a fog for the rest of the puzzle.<br /><br />Lots of erasing, but thanks to the coaching from PG and the clever clues from Merl, I learned some new words today. My favorite clue: 93A. It's not free of charge/ION. <br /><br />Still wondering how CTRS can be an abbreviation for community buildings. Anyone?Djinnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-68403587409456071652009-11-15T10:14:41.962-08:002009-11-15T10:14:41.962-08:00Merl's puzzle and Mike Torch's syndicated ...Merl's puzzle and Mike Torch's syndicated puzzle tied for the position of Amy's Favorite Sunday Puzzle today.<br /><br />PROMISECUITY should be a word! I don't know if Merl coined it for the first time or if others have come up with it in the past, but I say the English language needs this word, especially in campaign seasons.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.com