tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post3990298695456018431..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: T H U R S D A Y August 12, 2010 Bruce VenzkeOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-38596047460773546422010-08-16T15:28:32.162-07:002010-08-16T15:28:32.162-07:00Another nice puzzle to solve subsequently.
Loved t...Another nice puzzle to solve subsequently.<br />Loved the theme, the cluing, and the fill. Oh yeah, and learning some new words: POHL, ITALO, and SERAGLIO (can't believe I don't know this, being a huge Mozart fan).<br />I just learned about RENT-A-Wreck. What a cool idea for college kids.<br />Learning about COBB was nice... it happens to be my fave salad. I love the word "Eponymous" and someday I hope to have something named after me... oh wait I do. Hagstrom is a great guitar (but it wasn't named after me). It's also the name of a cam that I invented... a zero jerk cam called a Hagstrom.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-71031833805338818152010-08-12T20:52:13.478-07:002010-08-12T20:52:13.478-07:00PuzzleGirl:
PuzzleSon's photo of the 10 point ...PuzzleGirl:<br />PuzzleSon's photo of the 10 point buck outside your back door is amazing.<br /><br />Every so often outside of GalPal's, while enjoying my Java and grid, I see a deer with her fawn having breakfast. This in a Metro-County, pretty far from anywhere I would call a forest.<br /><br />I'm soooooo glad he used a camera to take the shot.Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-22176563401361839472010-08-12T14:04:43.489-07:002010-08-12T14:04:43.489-07:00I loved this puzzle! Excellent work, Mr. Venzke! ...I loved this puzzle! Excellent work, Mr. Venzke! The INNERSELF wordplay of having EGO hidden inside phrases, what fun. And the fill was pretty good too!<br /><br />JeffJeff Chenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513769920700232986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-42207235936156392952010-08-12T10:49:11.469-07:002010-08-12T10:49:11.469-07:00NE corner was a problem for me...I just don't ...NE corner was a problem for me...I just don't think of moral fiber as SPINE. To me spine is self-confidence.<br /><br />"Mr. Holland's Opus" reminded me of the puppy my wife and I adopted shortly before the movie came out. We named him Coltrane after the jazz great, but to our chagrin so was Richard Dreyfuss' son in that maudlin flick. We had to convince many people that no, we didn't get the idea from the movie.John Wolfendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759716236594908137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-62793227947602272442010-08-12T10:28:59.356-07:002010-08-12T10:28:59.356-07:00Pretty good puzzle week so far. Had a few problem...Pretty good puzzle week so far. Had a few problems with the POO and POHL cross. Both were unknown. @PG had a good giggle over the Mexican POO POO platter. SERAGLIO was a new one too. Threw SPRUCE GOOSE and PREACH THE GOSPEL in quickly, but it took me a while to get FRISBEE GOLF. I've only heard of Ultimate FRISBEE. Didn't get the theme until I ever so slowly got the revealer INNER SELF. Wanted to put in CHP at 62D. They also have a seven pointed badge. I miss PAULA too. Now with Simon leaving what's left to watch? POO! COBB salads are my favorite -blue cheese and dressing on the side. The original Brown Derby was shaped like a derby. I'm pretty sure they're all gone now.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-1968948870823967622010-08-12T10:08:31.239-07:002010-08-12T10:08:31.239-07:00Another very solid to very good LAT puzzle for thi...Another very solid to very good LAT puzzle for this week. Quite an excellent run, indeed.<br /><br />POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT: Amazing coincidence to see SOS at the center of this one after doing the puzzle from another paper this morning.Van55https://www.blogger.com/profile/15904942044695917615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-63250665043998086532010-08-12T09:37:28.665-07:002010-08-12T09:37:28.665-07:00DNF
This was because I never heard of FRISBEEGOLF...DNF<br /><br />This was because I never heard of FRISBEEGOLF and had FRISBEEtOss. ERGO, I never got the theme, EGO, and thought it was OS. So then, I had Asea, rather than AFAR, and LAPD instead of SFPD, and some blanks inside INNERSELF!<br /><br />The rest was easy, though I had rewrites for SPINE (SPuNk) and RED (odD - I also lost the first round); Didn't know OLIN or OTRA, entered by crosses. <br />I wouldn't consider ALOE. My cure is a milkshake, a base to offset the acid. But then, a milkshake is my cure for everything. I've had ulcers twice, and ice cream (and Cimetidine) was actually prescribed!<br /><br />Learned that COBB is a guy, not just a pretty good salad; and that ELTON John is either from Middlesex or...<br /><br />F. POHL is a good Scifi writer. He's my mom's age, 91. The Space Merchants is worth a reread about now (if I can find it) about admen taking over the world - hasn't this actually happened? He's won every award and has easily written 100 books. <br /><br />A SERAGLIO, pr. ser-AHL-yo is a Turkish harem. The Abduction from the SERAGLIO, was one of Mozart's first (Singspiel - not quite an opera), thus, the libretto (not his) was written in German, before he discovered Italian sounded better.<br /><br />Puzzlegirl - Carbines and muskets and blunderbusses - are long. Modern carbines are a far cry from a musket, really like a machine guns. But others are more informed than I.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-51753506654672994592010-08-12T09:24:36.407-07:002010-08-12T09:24:36.407-07:00Fun puzzle, OK theme as long as you don't poke...Fun puzzle, OK theme as long as you don't poke or pick at it too much. A lot of clues outside of my sweet spot but clues I've seen before in crossword puzzles so I was able to abide.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900988170432327664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-67161189131151713392010-08-12T09:07:09.025-07:002010-08-12T09:07:09.025-07:00Pretty good puzzle, but I agree, a three-letter th...Pretty good puzzle, but I agree, a three-letter theme word?<br /><br />Wanted serail but had to settle for seraglio, of course.<br /><br />Sounds like a great vacation, PGirl!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-25079468360154304222010-08-12T08:47:32.183-07:002010-08-12T08:47:32.183-07:00A good week, but a really easy week.
Frisbee golf...A good week, but a really easy week.<br /><br />Frisbee golfers don't usually call it frisbee golf, but frisbees are fun anyway. If I'd written this, I'd have maybe gone with just people with an ego. Jane Goodall, Rube Goldberg, Kate Gosselin, Goose Gossage, even Greg Ostertag...SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-13208359149428874252010-08-12T08:02:38.183-07:002010-08-12T08:02:38.183-07:00Searched out the theme reveal, INNER SELF (ego), w...Searched out the theme reveal, INNER SELF (ego), which along with my Psych's OTIC feature made this a fun run.<br /><br />OK, a 15 letter phrase "preach thE GOspel" seems like a lot of work to hide a tiny payoff.<br /><br />Never heard of POHL or Mozart's SERAGLIO, all crosses.<br />POO, and everything Mikado, I learned from xwords.<br /><br />The PAULA reference to being an IDOLS judge is "way outdated" since she left the show over a year ago. Plus, whether or not these yahoo's are idols is up for debate.<br /><br />Alas, I wanted Black, not RED, to be my Roulette Bet. ERGO, I lost.<br /><br />Liked the OBI/OBIE cross.<br />A COBB salad for lunch sounds nice.<br /><br />ALOE I only use on sunburns. For heartburns I'll stick with my old family remedy ... more Scotch.<br /><br />PuzzleGirl: Glad to here you're having a great time. Here in Florida, when I go for a hike, the elevation changes about +-20 feet.Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-3644618758295711822010-08-12T07:55:17.500-07:002010-08-12T07:55:17.500-07:00POHL and OBIE in the north gave me trouble. Otherw...POHL and OBIE in the north gave me trouble. Otherwise a decent puzzle with ok theme answers...I dunno, but hiding a three-letter word in 9,11 or 15 letter answers just doesn't fill me with awe.<br /><br />Not that there's anything wrong with that...<br /><br />TSGT seemd like a reach to me, as did the cluing for SFPD (I didn't know they had 7-point stars...are they the only place?)<br /><br />Learned about POO, OBI and OBIE, ITALO and SERAGLIO.jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02967093995893913338noreply@blogger.com