tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post4479563362100339087..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: S U N D A Y October 31, 2010 Sylvia Bursztyn (calendar)Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-28562423143782584082010-10-31T15:33:16.961-07:002010-10-31T15:33:16.961-07:00Sylvia:
Gimme a break!!! Careered - as in a verb?...Sylvia:<br />Gimme a break!!! Careered - as in a verb???? Doula - dug up from the Middle Ages????? Beemer -I've owned a Bmer for ten years and NEVER saw it spelled that way! Dupe = Repro???Where's the connect? In your stretch to get your puns in - pretty good ones, I'll admit - PLEASE don't go kooky on us with drivel like the above!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-70938780503336730482010-10-31T14:16:37.815-07:002010-10-31T14:16:37.815-07:00PG, thanks for doing double duty on Sundays with b...PG, thanks for doing double duty on Sundays with both puzzles!<br /><br />I really wanted CAREENED and held on to it for the longest time, but finally GHOSTS OF HONOR brought me to CAREERED. I had never heard it used in this way, but the dictionary says it's "to go at top speed especially in a headlong manner", so I give.<br /><br />DOULA I got from the crosses, then Googled. DOULA is a woman who helps during labor, hence a "party" to the birth on the birth day. <br /><br />I had the most trouble in the NW corner, where I was holding on to Ovary output being something to do with EGG. Once I got ESTROGEN it opened up. <br /><br />So we've got WOMEN whose ovaries produce ESTROGEN, leading to eggs, to babies, to a DOULA helping them get born, as part of the REPRO process?<br /><br />Oh, well, Happy Halloween, all. Y'all BE COOL.CarolCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-37328404917657280042010-10-31T13:57:44.573-07:002010-10-31T13:57:44.573-07:00Fun puzzle, which I CAREERED through, except for D...Fun puzzle, which I CAREERED through, except for DOULA, which was crossed but still not yet understood. <br /><br />Thanks for the blog, PG.JIMMIEnoreply@blogger.com