tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post595899193426603166..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: SUNDAY, February 14, 2010 — Natalie DyvensOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-27240534052574837032010-02-15T14:20:59.175-08:002010-02-15T14:20:59.175-08:00This puzzle was awesome. My goodness, and wow.
N...This puzzle was awesome. My goodness, and wow.<br /><br />No cruddy fill that I noticed, it was relatively easy for me as Thursday-ish puzzles at NYT are my limit and the 23x23 grid + Thursday difficulty (which seems constant re; both puzzles) gives me a whopping challenge, but this theme helped a lot.<br /><br />Figuring it was an anagram came easily to m, but i was a total dunce re: 58D I am woefully sad to say. I used the letters of the 106A fill to root out the themed answers, got like 90% of the puzzle easily before doing Monday's NYT & LAT gimme puzzles and muddled around proverbial California as I did not know ATALANTA and NAV & TAN came very slowly. D-OH! Still probably as fast as I have ever done a Sunday puzzle.<br /><br />I cannot say a single thing about this puzzle in any kind of negative way.xyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-41546273404916117212010-02-14T22:15:05.077-08:002010-02-14T22:15:05.077-08:00Sit tight waiting for the Monday puzzle, anon—I...Sit tight waiting for the Monday puzzle, anon—I'm going to hit the sack and hope the puzzle's posted in the morning.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-88307911253772625602010-02-14T21:33:26.841-08:002010-02-14T21:33:26.841-08:00What happened to Monday's puzzle?What happened to Monday's puzzle?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-72874413769297016172010-02-14T20:55:46.353-08:002010-02-14T20:55:46.353-08:00My new technique of first looking for the theme &q...My new technique of first looking for the theme "key" 58D & 77D really paid off. With the awkward theme words and 77D (ANAGRAM), I figured they all were anagrams.<br /><br />Well I finished the other two Trib puzzles (Cromer's & Preston's) and the NYT (Ginsberg & Muller's)... blahhhh!<br />They all reeked with stinky crosswordese and just weren't well constructed IMO.<br />Today the LAT really shined!<br />Congrats to Natalie, Rich, and Joyce!JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-86804164950516575582010-02-14T20:16:45.260-08:002010-02-14T20:16:45.260-08:00I can't complain about the anagrams, can you t...I can't complain about the anagrams, can you think of any more? <br /><br />I thought Riatta for "roped for Pedro" but eventually figured it out. I liked the puzzle.badspelllernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-54031259513777008362010-02-14T18:15:46.443-08:002010-02-14T18:15:46.443-08:00A mighty pain to love it is,
And,'tis a pain t...A mighty pain to love it is,<br />And,'tis a pain that pain to miss;<br />But of all pains, the greatest pain.<br />It is to love, but love in vain ...<br /><br />Noticed that ANON made the grid as an answer.<br /><br />Alas, my beloved Scotch is still unrequited.Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-34393925746249045362010-02-14T14:51:37.688-08:002010-02-14T14:51:37.688-08:00I dont think cheetos are corn snacks I thought fri...I dont think cheetos are corn snacks I thought fritos and got screwed upLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283500126554630405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-64847717834640525422010-02-14T14:51:34.479-08:002010-02-14T14:51:34.479-08:00Expected a themed puzzle for Valentine's Day, ...Expected a themed puzzle for Valentine's Day, so I started by looking over the clues. Immediately filled in 58D. Counted squares for a couple of the theme answers to check, and then keyed in ANAGRAM, feeling very clever. And then I read the clue for 77D.<br /><br />@shrub5, seriously, I was still baffled by "Roped, to Pedro" when I read your comments. I just could not get past my "yeah, but 'to rope' in Spanish is 'a la cuerda' or some such" brain freeze.<br /><br />Nonetheless, for me, this was an unusually fast Sunday LAT. The fill was so solid, for the most part, that I only had to manually tick off letters for two of the theme answers.<br /><br />Hugs & kisses to all.lit.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729199575329286046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-8131344968390252502010-02-14T11:42:08.423-08:002010-02-14T11:42:08.423-08:00Man! I've got to up my crossword game. I found...Man! I've got to up my crossword game. I found this puzzle really tough. I'm thinking it's because I haven't been *puzzling* lately and the brain is rusty. <br /><br />ECAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-25506644186232306482010-02-14T11:20:44.968-08:002010-02-14T11:20:44.968-08:00The constructor's name is, I suspect, another ...The constructor's name is, I suspect, another AKA for editor Rich Norris. <br /><br />This puzzle was a hoot and quite an accomplishment! I had one silly mistake -- instead of a BATHER/DEBT intersection, I had FATHER/DEFT. When I had -ATHER, I assumed that Renoir had painted a portrait of his father at some point. DEFT didn't seem right for "owed money". I guess I should have run through the alphabet on that one. D'oh.<br /><br />Took me WAY too long to get ANAGRAM for "roped, to Pedro." Thought I might have to google to find the Spanish word for "roped" as I didn't have many of the crossings at the time.<br /><br />Happy Valentine's Day to all my fellow LAT cruciverbalists.shrub5https://www.blogger.com/profile/09466867716773759568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-83019603104926711122010-02-14T11:10:03.549-08:002010-02-14T11:10:03.549-08:00Natalie Dyvens = Valentines Day, very clever Mr. N...Natalie Dyvens = Valentines Day, very clever Mr. Norris, and a nice puzzle to boot!Bohicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16338679493627934067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-77446236162967248482010-02-14T08:58:42.361-08:002010-02-14T08:58:42.361-08:00A marvelous puzzle…21x21 grid loaded with lots of ...A marvelous puzzle…21x21 grid loaded with lots of good words (few crosswordese), great diversionary clues, fun theme (expected today), many new words, and rather difficult to solve. The LAT is quickly becoming the crossword capital of the world, by becoming more fresh and fun, unlike other rusky and stodgy newspaper puzzles.<br /><br />Wonderful words: SEIDEL, ABSCAM, PALE DRY, DEVON (cattle breed), CRANIA, DOOR ONE, KNIFED, CADENZA, TENDRILS, RED MEAT (Lamb), FT. MEADE, BRENNAN, ATALANTA, and many more.<br />Awful words: NLCS, VIS, AAS, DLI and RID<br />Also, didn’t like LEVY IS AT AN END.<br />Words I struggled with: STIEB, NLCS, and LEONTYNE (because the LAT had that clue missing earlier today). Also it took me a while to conjure up the capital of the Falklands.<br /><br />Cute clues: “Chelsea zoo opening” = ZED<br />“Some gondola passengers” = LADY VENETIANS.<br />“Sandwich guy” = EARL<br />“They climb the walls” = TENDRILS<br /><br />SACREbleu is a French curse word, actually two words, sacré bleu, which refers to the color blue associated with Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. Not sure it belongs in any decent crossword puzzle. <br /><br />Loved the James Drummond Burns quote “Gin A BODY meets a body Comin' through the rye. Gin a body kiss a body Need a body cry?”<br />I just know there’ll other commenters who like this also.<br /><br />As a former engineer, I love unit words like tesla, erg and DYNE.<br />Ah yes, and how well I remember the old Tandy Radio Shack computer, the TRS-80.<br /><br />I used to work with a guy named Milton SEIDEL who loved his ALES… now I know why he had that name.<br /><br />Here’s a Valentine treat for y’all----<br />I so love hearing “Summertime” from Porgy & Bess, and no one can sing it quite like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMCw_FjSQuQ" rel="nofollow">LEONTYNE PRICE</a>JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-69913925026186235762010-02-14T07:59:13.941-08:002010-02-14T07:59:13.941-08:00Wow! An ANAGRAM puzzle with eight 13 letter words ...Wow! An ANAGRAM puzzle with eight 13 letter words (including the constructor's name) spelling out, what else, VALENTINES DAY.<br />I love it!<br /><br />Come on, Puzzlegirl, tell us who this ingenius constructor is.<br /><br />Took me close to an hour to solve (while eating chocolates). Better yet, they're Fanny May Chocolates!!!!! Now I need a chaser, like maybe some Mocha flavored coffee and raspberry Belgian waffles.<br /><br />I'll comment more after I eat.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-16981829151477670542010-02-14T06:11:36.491-08:002010-02-14T06:11:36.491-08:00Very clever stuff. I can only assume that it'...Very clever stuff. I can only assume that it's from Mr. Norris, with the bonus anagram above the puzzle.imsdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966770844825169981noreply@blogger.com