tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post5160720375637039369..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: 07.22 FriOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-19058855042062517102011-07-22T20:37:20.320-07:002011-07-22T20:37:20.320-07:00Yeah, seemed fair and square for Friday. Got messe...Yeah, seemed fair and square for Friday. Got messed for awhile had OCTET not OCTAD. Hot and Humid could have been anywhere is the US with six letters. LEVETRA and THRUSTS?!Oh myCPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-68586354655263202122011-07-22T19:33:06.084-07:002011-07-22T19:33:06.084-07:00Good Friday puzzle. Some good guesses and plenty o...Good Friday puzzle. Some good guesses and plenty of know things. Enjoyable!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-81131889606520916212011-07-22T17:30:48.024-07:002011-07-22T17:30:48.024-07:00I live in OHIO and know Lima but it took me foreve...I live in OHIO and know Lima but it took me forever to write it in because I couldn't get away from STOUT. RICO was a slam dunk, would much rather have a baseball answer than half a french word. SESS was a big klunko too. I did like the theme.Hoytnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-57099965280066600892011-07-22T12:13:48.412-07:002011-07-22T12:13:48.412-07:00After I solved the puzzle I still didn't under...After I solved the puzzle I still didn't understand two answers: ANAG & ENTR. Thanks, PG, for explaining both. Given that this is a Friday puzzle, I think ANAG. is terrific and fair. But for an answer to just be the first four letters of the French version of the word just stunk! And I am thinking another word that shares 4 letters with stunks.<br /><br />Fell for Peru before OHIO, but know both. I entered Spot before FIDO, but that is all on me for not looking at a single cross. Blame it on the Dick and Jane readers. Fell hard for winE before ROSE, after all it worked with the gimme VESPERS. Also can't imagine a sommelier recommending a Rosé.<br /><br />Now, I have vented. I liked the theme and the overall puzzle. Got it way down at IVORY COATS. Like the mini-astronomy theme with POLARIS, OCTAD of planets, and TSAR GAZERS. Like TROPIC (so fitting!) BAHAI, LEVITRA, and a CRISP new clue for ADLAI. Fun to think of Mr. Potato Head.<br /><br />@CrazyCatLady, thanks for replacing the ear worm PG inflicted on me with one I can better abide.<br /><br />@AnonBob, don't think you are alone on that. And thanks for the beer recommendation.<br /><br />@Anon 12:04pm, SESSion.CoffeeLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16473192190412844538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-51040094815684161862011-07-22T12:04:48.042-07:002011-07-22T12:04:48.042-07:00Why "SESS" for "mtg"?Why "SESS" for "mtg"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-25439734123690550802011-07-22T11:58:36.417-07:002011-07-22T11:58:36.417-07:00Loved the theme. Liek @*David* and unlike @PG was ...Loved the theme. Liek @*David* and unlike @PG was able to ascertain the theme quite quickly. Had TSAR but wanted something like TSARseeker or TSARsearch but they wouldn't fit.<br /><br />Had to google LEVITRA, could only think of CIALIS and it wouldn't fit.<br /><br />I thank Daffy Duck every time I have to come up with a fencing move: Poke Dodge, Parry, Thrust, or something like that.<br /><br />Lastly, if you want get rid of the Barry Manilow earworm, try Richard Cheese's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQCBTJm0sTw" rel="nofollow">Star Wars Cantina</a>.badams52noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-79792952013946468822011-07-22T11:37:30.311-07:002011-07-22T11:37:30.311-07:00ASAHI beer (54D)! I knew that living in Japan for...ASAHI beer (54D)! I knew that living in Japan for two years would eventually pay off! Actually Asahi was my third or fourth favorite beer; I did extensive research on this subject. Sapporo is way the best with Kirin coming in a distant second.<br /><br />Maybe I was primed by the SEX SCENE entry in today's NYT puzzle, but after 3D LEVITRA. I thought of another, more anatomically related clue for 45D THRUSTS!Anoa Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-48211105041809841752011-07-22T11:05:46.548-07:002011-07-22T11:05:46.548-07:00Here's an ear worm for everyone. I have The V...Here's an ear worm for everyone. I have The View on in the background and the (old) Monkees are performing "I'm a Believer" Oh no! Now I'm a goner.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuBREMXxts" rel="nofollow">Monkees</a>CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-22413019320437700542011-07-22T10:55:55.604-07:002011-07-22T10:55:55.604-07:00Quite a few write overs today. Avow, before AVER,...Quite a few write overs today. Avow, before AVER, Iota, then A tad before ATOM, Stout and Stoli before STOOL, Tio, before TIA, etc. Got the theme though at EATS OF EDEN. BROAD CATS was, of course, my favorite. HTG for ASTOR, RICO and ADLAI. It wasn't that easy to find ADLAI since he was VP in Cleveland's second term and buried deep in the wiki article. I didn't know there were two ADLAIs. Or maybe I did and forgot. He was ADLAI II's grandfather. So a big DNF today, but still enjoyable except for, as mentioned, SESS and ANAG.<br /><br />@PG Pleeeeeze! No more gratuitous Manilow : )CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-78595141085991811312011-07-22T10:51:09.820-07:002011-07-22T10:51:09.820-07:00Strangely easy for a Friday puzzle. Or maybe it j...Strangely easy for a Friday puzzle. Or maybe it just hit areas with which I'm familiar, from mime to movies, Shakespeare to Ohio. <br /><br />The theme came across right away (1st with EATS OF EDEN) and that made it easy to solve the other four.<br />I got ANAG but didn't understand it until Puzzle Girl's explanation. Thank you!<br /><br />And very happy to see that PG has AC! Stay cool, PG! Chill!Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-24236196247717245532011-07-22T10:19:08.256-07:002011-07-22T10:19:08.256-07:00It took me way too long to get the theme here. Wa...It took me way too long to get the theme here. Was down to TSARGAZER before it dawned. I particularly liked EATSOFEDEN. Like many had ATad, but knowing of MOSHE Dayan, figured this Ahrens guy had the same first name. <br /><br />I hate to admit it, but had LipITor before LEVITRA. Maybe I should pay attention to more commercials instead of fast forwarding all the time.<br /><br />Also had STein before STOOL, but it didn't look right next to ASAHI, which I put in then took out for Peru, then put it back in and tried OHIO... success.<br /><br />Enjoyable, doable puzzle with just the right level of difficulty. ECLAT is my WOTD.Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-72315282270473491922011-07-22T10:12:59.579-07:002011-07-22T10:12:59.579-07:00I second the recommendation on "Midnight Run....I second the recommendation on "Midnight Run."<br /><br />Also had FRESH sted CRISP. To team up with NY Times puzzle today, how about cluing 47A as Two-time F1 champion Fernando? Not likely, I know.<br /><br />Agent Foster GrantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-85899031593252737852011-07-22T09:32:50.076-07:002011-07-22T09:32:50.076-07:00DNF for me due to using ATad in stead of ATOM. Ne...DNF for me due to using ATad in stead of ATOM. Never heard of MOSHE so DOSHE was kosher with me and I was hoping that ACTAD then had something to do with Holst's The Planets suite (which I only know from crosswords hence my wishful hoping) <br /><br />RICO was a slam dunk, first word entered into the puzzle gimme. What? Everyone can't recite the last 50 years worth of AL/NL batting champs? Huh? How do people ever make it through a day without key knowledge like this ;^)?<br /><br />Tongue firmly in cheek, of course.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900988170432327664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-50732764665948870262011-07-22T09:07:04.790-07:002011-07-22T09:07:04.790-07:00Agree with Bill above on ANAG. The cluing was a fa...Agree with Bill above on ANAG. The cluing was a failed attempt at cleverness. Didn't understand it even after I got it. Had to read PGs write up. (Thanks, PG, BTW.)Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-82317738416834798812011-07-22T08:59:00.588-07:002011-07-22T08:59:00.588-07:00Given the increasing number of extra-solar planets...Given the increasing number of extra-solar planets being discovered, I think 7D needs to be a bit more specific.<br /><br />Had a lot of write-overs. Fresh instead of CRISP, -osis instead of -OTIC, Peru instead of OHIO, wine instead of ROSE, torrid rather than TROPIC.<br /><br />SESS and ANAG are horrible.Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-4982997463186628232011-07-22T08:18:55.587-07:002011-07-22T08:18:55.587-07:00A quick Friday for me felt much easier then Friday...A quick Friday for me felt much easier then Friday's of the recent past. I got the theme right away starting at the bottom and filling in IVORY COATS. <br /><br />My last fill was the bottom where it was STOUT nope, hmm STOLI, nope OK then. I felt the ease of the puzzle was that much of the long fill fell with ease BANDERAS, LEVITRA, ACETONE, EARACHE, SLED DOGS, and POLARIS. Teese allowed bulkheads into each section of the puzzle. My biggest head scratcher was the "other" ADLAI.*David*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-12767556052003853302011-07-22T07:58:59.824-07:002011-07-22T07:58:59.824-07:00The Teachers - Cheaters anagram abbreviation cluin...The Teachers - Cheaters anagram abbreviation cluing is extremely lame.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476798785039775812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-87846561552574012032011-07-22T05:45:40.380-07:002011-07-22T05:45:40.380-07:00"Her name was Lola/She was a showgirl/With ye..."Her name was Lola/She was a showgirl/With yellow ribbons in her hair/and a dress right up to ...... Curse you Puzzle Girl!!"<br /><br />I once had some other song stuck in my head and after complaining about it to a friend, this exchange took place.<br />Friend: "Well, I can fix that for you, but you might not be happy about it." <br />Me: "Anything! Anything!" <br />Friend: "Her name was Lola..." <br />Me: "AAAAAAAARRRRRGH!"<br /><br />The theme jumped out at me immediately for some reason when I got down to the third theme answer. All I had was the T and no other crosses, and my brain just went "TSAR GAZERS, obviously." The rest came almost as easily. <br /><br />Despite that though, this one was a DNF because I could not remove STOut and think of STOOL, so than I had Utah instead of OHIO (even though I actually know there's a Lima, Ohio and never have heard of a Lima, Utah. And all of that just made the Mr. Potato clue taunt me to tears. <br /><br />:(<br /><br />The rest of the puzzle was pretty fun though. I was particularly pleased with MARCEAU and BAHAI for some reason. Oh and FATS BREAKS because I'm a pool junkie and a fan of the movie and Minnesota Fats.<br /><br />Glad you liked the story PG! I guess I'll forgive you for the Copacabana thing.Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05098831940691963743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-80995156806473701892011-07-22T05:11:48.331-07:002011-07-22T05:11:48.331-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gareth Bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17770425154034935768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-52443815664632996212011-07-22T05:11:36.444-07:002011-07-22T05:11:36.444-07:00Can we have Fernando rather the The Tempest king? ...Can we have Fernando rather the The Tempest king? Just once.Gareth Bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17770425154034935768noreply@blogger.com