tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post4048101879108792248..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: 08.29 MonOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-46375297818523806242011-08-30T11:20:13.044-07:002011-08-30T11:20:13.044-07:00FEN is a new one 4 meFEN is a new one 4 meAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-13487024433906946012011-08-29T19:49:40.901-07:002011-08-29T19:49:40.901-07:00Great puzzle, Jennifer!
And I really like PG's...Great puzzle, Jennifer!<br />And I really like PG's write-up...esp bec she did double-duty today (two OTHER SF'ans made the NYT puzzle, so West Coast rocks!) and managed to be funny in both AND make bad cat funnies!<br /><br />For those who don't know, Jennifer Nutt IS a lawyer...and this was awfully smooth and SIX theme answers in one little Monday grid!!!<br />And the fact she did indeed totally liven up APPEAL, SUIT, CASE, and had the twin film-y LIVEACTION/SLOWMOTION is wonderful!<br /><br />I also liked COMANCHE and that there wasn't one abbreviation in the whole puzzle! SEAM-less!<br /><br />Bravo, Jennifer!andrea carla michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-60969283151716164772011-08-29T14:16:29.658-07:002011-08-29T14:16:29.658-07:00You must save a lot on dictionaries.You must save a lot on dictionaries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-54975697616894879652011-08-29T14:05:33.326-07:002011-08-29T14:05:33.326-07:00An above-average Monday IMHO. I liked EMPTY SUIT a...An above-average Monday IMHO. I liked EMPTY SUIT and PAREE.<br /><br />One small nitpick: MESS describes a military eating facility, not the meal itself.John Wolfendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759716236594908137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-68567235342309303442011-08-29T11:32:15.790-07:002011-08-29T11:32:15.790-07:00Like @CoffeLvr had Join before JELL and agree that...Like @CoffeLvr had Join before JELL and agree that gel looks better. My other write-over was EMMA/Eyre. Yes, I know, but hey, I'm a guy.<br />\<br />Lived in Yakima for a year when I was 4. Of course, it's fame nowadays is roofracks.<br /><br />Quick, pleasant puzzle, but nothing interesting.Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-30470907989848070652011-08-29T09:52:20.767-07:002011-08-29T09:52:20.767-07:00Fun puzzle, got off to a rough start with Join at ...Fun puzzle, got off to a rough start with Join at 1D; JELL still looks wrong to me, I want "gel".<br /><br />I also thought I knew the theme when I had the first two Across answers, something to do with filming or cameras or such. Wrong!<br /><br />I can tell you this: if you work for an EMPTY SUIT you may become a BASKET CASE.<br /><br />COMANCHE is great. When I only had COTES in place I thought it might be CHEROKEE, which fits the grid, but not the clue. Per Wiki: For meat, the Comanche hunted buffalo, elk, black bear, pronghorn, and deer.CoffeeLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16473192190412844538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-85151096222645797872011-08-29T09:24:16.040-07:002011-08-29T09:24:16.040-07:00That would be right-coasters. No wonder I always g...That would be right-coasters. No wonder I always get lost when I go out.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14789140587024264612011-08-29T09:23:47.193-07:002011-08-29T09:23:47.193-07:00Glad you left-coasters all made it through unscath...Glad you left-coasters all made it through unscathed.<br /><br />Really nice Monday - very smooth, nice theme, no scrappy fill. Agree @Anon 9:08 about Ibsen and Austen.<br /><br />Factoid I always like to share - why are MANHOLE covers usually round? It's the only shape that can't fall down it's own hole.<br /><br />Another MANHOLE reference which makes me chuckle - (children, please avert your eyes here) - the captain of the England Women's Cricket Team was interviewed once on the BBC, and was asked if the Ladies wore the same equipment as the Gentlemen - especially regarding -ahem- "athletic protectors". She responded that they did, but they didn't call them protectors, they called them Manhole Covers.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-49584046568181688002011-08-29T09:08:28.539-07:002011-08-29T09:08:28.539-07:00Great relief that you rode out the hurricane with ...Great relief that you rode out the hurricane with little discomfort, PG. Found this downright easy, which is nothing to complain about, as far as I'm concerned. Finding both a Jane Austen and an Ibsen reference in the same puzzle warms my academic heart, with Sam and Elsa adding a little movie class. Sweet way to start the week.<br /><br />MNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-87055509421462519782011-08-29T08:51:35.268-07:002011-08-29T08:51:35.268-07:00Irene flooded some areas near me in New York Mills...Irene flooded some areas near me in New York Mills and Whitesboro near Sauquoit Creek. I didn't watch the Weather Channel, just local ones, and they pretty much said it would be just flooding. <br /><br />We dropped off a friend at Amtrak on her way to IA on Fri., and an unusually large horde of people from The City got off - escaping the storm. <br /><br />On Sunday, I heard an older woman with a Downstate accent complaining on her cell that she was "trapped" in Utica at her son's house because of the storm. I guess home is home.<br /><br />The puzzle was cute. I had mEet before JELL so had to do same clean-up in NW. That's all.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-7398843937396178352011-08-29T08:28:17.013-07:002011-08-29T08:28:17.013-07:00PG I am so glad that you came thru Irene safely bu...PG I am so glad that you came thru Irene safely but Anon is so right about The Weather Channel whipping everyone in NY/NJ/PA/CT into a frenzy. <br /><br />I'm sure Gov't-(local, state and fed) was overly cautious as noboday wanted another Katrina to contend with. <br /><br />I lived in new orleans during katrina - but did heed the warnings and evacuated prior.nola-girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03166488422856923764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-56404184476614803132011-08-29T07:49:59.943-07:002011-08-29T07:49:59.943-07:00Every time you post that picture of Charlie Hustle...Every time you post that picture of Charlie Hustle I think it's Johnny Damon. Johnny, forgive me.<br /><br />The entire NY/NJ/PA/CT area formed one huge BASKETCASE yesterday. Thanks Weather Channel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com