tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post6637589049864812785..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: SUNDAY, September 27, 2009Sylvia BursztynOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-34760075822045721502009-09-27T18:29:57.284-07:002009-09-27T18:29:57.284-07:00Yikes! I tried to add a picture to my identity an...Yikes! I tried to add a picture to my identity and somehow erased myself from the list of followers. Maybe I can reinstate by commenting again.. So please ignore this post.Djinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09186522517570518730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-86004818628179843382009-09-27T17:42:04.419-07:002009-09-27T17:42:04.419-07:00Drat! I wrestled much of the afternoon and succes...Drat! I wrestled much of the afternoon and successfully finished today's Sunday puzzle "Surprise Endings" by Robert H. Wolfe, only to come to the friendly blog and find--other puzzles. Surprise ending indeed1<br /><br />anyone know anything about this Wolfe puzzle?Charles Boglenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-50125450030458599332009-09-27T15:54:54.547-07:002009-09-27T15:54:54.547-07:00What a pleasure! I enjoy ambiguity in clues such ...What a pleasure! I enjoy ambiguity in clues such as 82a. Blubber which could have been FAT, CRY or SOB early in the game and TRAWL or TROLL for 25a. I missed the commentary/tutorial for this puzzle. Do our experts take Sunday off usually?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-42429617510965668772009-09-27T15:18:13.371-07:002009-09-27T15:18:13.371-07:00@ddbmc: Luce founded Fortune magazine.@ddbmc: Luce founded Fortune magazine.shrub5https://www.blogger.com/profile/09466867716773759568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-76746746064712099682009-09-27T15:15:16.558-07:002009-09-27T15:15:16.558-07:00Nice challenging puzzle. Like the folks above, I r...Nice challenging puzzle. Like the folks above, I really had to work at it. Had problems right away with the top half of the puzzle, so worked from the bottom up. Thanks for a good puzzle - much more exciting than the LAT syndicated!Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-53495116030678487062009-09-27T14:53:31.997-07:002009-09-27T14:53:31.997-07:00Slowly got the theme answers, but had not a clue t...Slowly got the theme answers, but had not a clue to the "M-Y" exchange until I got to the blog. Wheel of Fortune? clue ans. "Luce." escapes me completely. Does this have anything to do with Henry Luce (Time Magizne scion, etc?) Is there a Luce tire magnate? You picked a fine time to leave me, Luce Wheel?<br /><br /> Love this puzzle,as I really had to work at it! Lots of new words and intros to writers and works I've not come across before. This was a chicken pot pie of a puzzle with lots to dig into and left me lickin' my fork for more. Thank you, Ms. Bursztynddbmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-77011400386270427172009-09-27T14:47:35.140-07:002009-09-27T14:47:35.140-07:00It took me a while to get the theme because I had ...It took me a while to get the theme because I had a hard time finishing any of the theme answers. First one was CASSIUS CLAM after I'd moved here and there around the puzzle. Had a hard time with Melissa Hayden's handrail (BARRE). I thought Wheel of Fortune? might be MERV but quickly got LUCE. I guess Merv would have been Wheel of Wheel of Fortune.shrub5https://www.blogger.com/profile/09466867716773759568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-47524375124128005902009-09-27T14:27:45.295-07:002009-09-27T14:27:45.295-07:00I do play golf, follow sports etc, so I had an eas...I do play golf, follow sports etc, so I had an easy time with that. But I gotta say the Aeschylus trilogy and the answer eluded me. I can barely pronounce these things, much less know them.Marconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-58266039172189226552009-09-27T11:45:01.051-07:002009-09-27T11:45:01.051-07:00I've never been the first, especially on a Sun...I've never been the first, especially on a Sunday puzzle. Does that say anything about the puzzle itself?<br /><br />Once I figured out the M Y thing, I was able to almost complete it but the NW corner had me boggled. I don't eat sweets and was totally stuck on superyodels. I would have had an easier time if I just looked at a California map to figure out Capitola. <br /><br />Some of the clues were giveaways such as "Name that is the reverse of alone" and the "Knock-loop link" clues. Others were difficult because I don't follow golf, etc.JNnoreply@blogger.com