tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post7009648001997511620..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: 08.06 SatOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-78360720402121556432011-08-06T20:21:20.386-07:002011-08-06T20:21:20.386-07:00Gareth, I think you meant to say "Cue the gas...Gareth, I think you meant to say "Cue the gasps." <br /><br />Great write up otherwise!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-25209198489833285342011-08-06T18:56:08.749-07:002011-08-06T18:56:08.749-07:00Jeeze, Gareth, and you are a good writer, too??? Y...Jeeze, Gareth, and you are a good writer, too??? You continue to amaze.<br /><br />Did this one late, after a lot of puzzling all day at the Lollapuzzoola, and it was harder than the NYT. Had asperity for temerity, Aztecs for Olmecs as we all did, and did not fill in This Is Spinal Tap from 2 crosses!!<br /><br />Stable economy? Up for debate. <br /><br />PS. Lollapuzzoola was wonderful. Anyone in the area should come next time. We had quite a few people there who had to get on plane to join us, though!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-49089121064540583802011-08-06T18:03:55.406-07:002011-08-06T18:03:55.406-07:00Googled 11 times. ORSER, OSIRIS, TROUTS (don't...Googled 11 times. ORSER, OSIRIS, TROUTS (don't like pluralizing any fish), WHYNOTME, OLMEC. Got LOME, MCI, IBF on crosses.<br /><br />Had AztECS, but kept thinking it had to be COMMIT TO MEMORY going the other way.<br /><br />On your Crosswordese Roundup - wasn't ILSAS from Thurs.?<br /><br />Saturday and difficult.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-89953137764341457532011-08-06T17:23:49.932-07:002011-08-06T17:23:49.932-07:00Anon 4:21 When you grow TOMATO PLANTs you want the...Anon 4:21 When you grow TOMATO PLANTs you want them to grow vertically so that the fruit is off the ground and the plants get maximum sunlight. The vines get very long/ tall and when you have limited space, up is the only way to go (and the healthiest for the vine). The traditional way to accomplish this is to use a stake or a tall circular cage-like thing. My preference is a vertical growing ladder which is v shaped and way sturdier than stakes or cages.<br /><br />Uh oh, probably time to go to a gardening blog.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-85545398587077552011-08-06T16:58:34.931-07:002011-08-06T16:58:34.931-07:00@Anon 4:21pm, it is not uncommon to put a cage aro...@Anon 4:21pm, it is not uncommon to put a cage around a plant to both support its growth and afford some protection from hungry critters like raccoon. See: http://www.motherearthnews.com/uploadedImages/articles/issues/2002-06-01/192-096-01-wire-towers.jpg<br /><br />I thought of learning cold as along the lines of "I've got it down cold." <br /><br />And the clue referenced two kinds of trout, or two TROUTS. So both OK with me.CoffeeLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16473192190412844538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14163560417732184422011-08-06T16:21:32.602-07:002011-08-06T16:21:32.602-07:00IBF = International Boxing Fed. - Got OLMECS right...IBF = International Boxing Fed. - Got OLMECS right away (they were all gone PRE Columbus) - Why is TOMATO PLANT "caged??? - "learning cold" to any college dropout means trying to cram without preparatory work, nothing to do with "COMIT(ing) TO MEMORY" - caught a few Dolly Vardens in the N'West - delicious!!! But TROUT is also its plural! (troutS??)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-89231386098410255132011-08-06T12:24:52.057-07:002011-08-06T12:24:52.057-07:00@ Fowler
Yeah, I had Mayans originally too. I was...@ Fowler<br /><br />Yeah, I had Mayans originally too. I was all proud of myself for Aztecs. "Aha, you can't fool me, crossword puzzle," I thought. Little did I know.....Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05098831940691963743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-82522898323249755162011-08-06T11:35:31.442-07:002011-08-06T11:35:31.442-07:00I had MAYANS before AZTECS; my change to OLMECS wa...I had MAYANS before AZTECS; my change to OLMECS was the next to last move made. Was it a requirement that all early Mexican groups should have five letter names? <br />I found it very tough but never really hit a dead end. The first three across (TOMATO PLANT through COMMITS TO MEMORY) were the most stubborn and least rewarding.Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-89344585107844451022011-08-06T11:20:30.755-07:002011-08-06T11:20:30.755-07:00Thanks for filling in Gareth.
At first glance, ...Thanks for filling in Gareth. <br /><br />At first glance, the grid looked daunting to me, but I immediately wrote in TOMATO PLANT, thinking it was probably wrong. I'm at the height of my tomato season right now. Once I filled in NUMBERS, ERNIE, PLOPS and ASE, I saw CLOSURE forming so that led to TROUTS. That's when I had the aha moment and realized "lace" was a shoe lace and threw in VELCRO. My kids always had velcro closures before they could tie their shoes.<br /><br />THIS IS SPINAL TAP helped me get the bottom section started. Had UNDER DEBATE before UP FOR. STABLE ECONOMY - What's that?<br /><br />Last section to fill in was OLD MAID, DRABNESS and that horrible ENISLE, which I had forgotten about. Tough puzzle, with a lot of write overs, but fun.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-12680160834563834442011-08-06T11:13:06.189-07:002011-08-06T11:13:06.189-07:00Like @Steve it was in writing COMMITSTOMEMORY. It ...Like @Steve it was in writing COMMITSTOMEMORY. It was the other two long answers that got me! Boxing is one of those sports with numerous competing groups: I think the main ones are the WBA, IBF and WBC?Gareth Bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17770425154034935768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-24863157736709463482011-08-06T10:44:58.236-07:002011-08-06T10:44:58.236-07:00Rojo: Thanks. I pictured the gloves as the kind la...Rojo: Thanks. I pictured the gloves as the kind ladies in the Fifties wore laid on a bed of laurel.slypetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537129206516720012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-11286990431560627102011-08-06T10:04:35.807-07:002011-08-06T10:04:35.807-07:00@slypett IBF is the International Boxing Federatio...@slypett IBF is the International Boxing Federation, I believe. Hence the gloves in the <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=ibf+logo&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=vHM9TpDUIOjkiAKv3JnDBg&ved=0CBkQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=905" rel="nofollow">logo</a>.Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05098831940691963743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-67835585670867482272011-08-06T10:03:28.114-07:002011-08-06T10:03:28.114-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05098831940691963743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-60832387192921932212011-08-06T09:27:26.150-07:002011-08-06T09:27:26.150-07:00@Argyle - I had AZTECS right up until I got COMMIT...@Argyle - I had AZTECS right up until I got COMMITS TO MEMORY, then it had to come out. Also came out at that point was "ATT" that I had before "MCI".<br /><br />I had vAsCO before MARCO, that caused a couple of problems too.<br /><br />Thank goodness for SPINAL TAP, that went straight in, no crossings, got me started, finally.<br /><br />This was a great saturday - nothing much goes in at first, then you just chip away at it and finally it all comes together.<br /><br />My final letter was the "O" in the screwdriver/skater cross. I drink those things too, and I was staring at that empty square for ages before the penny dropped.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-15666086692316077042011-08-06T08:32:51.023-07:002011-08-06T08:32:51.023-07:00Struggled for over an hour and wound up with IBT a...Struggled for over an hour and wound up with IBT and UPTOADEBATE, both wrong. I knew International Boxing (Commission?), but forgot about the "Federation." Settled for IBT Who knew the olympic skater? Not me. But give me a 98%.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03788240598792919161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-60744124494325469812011-08-06T08:28:00.301-07:002011-08-06T08:28:00.301-07:00IBF? Whazzat? International Beer Foundation? Inter...IBF? Whazzat? International Beer Foundation? Internal Belly Flop? International Brotherhood of Fatmen?<br /><br />I'm yelping for help.slypetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537129206516720012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-81437808387788306802011-08-06T06:10:17.405-07:002011-08-06T06:10:17.405-07:00Hey Gareth! Pleased to see you here.
Today, sadly...Hey Gareth! Pleased to see you here.<br /><br />Today, sadly, we got the dreaded DNF!<br /><br />:(<br /><br />Started off very similarly to you, building out from STREEP and TUESDAY and OJS (really liked that one, although I got it pretty quickly) and SLICE and getting the top two thirds of the puzzle with alacrity. Like you, the smugness wore off with that top third. Ouch. <br /><br />aztECS instead of OLMECS, kept wanting city-SCAPES, but also kept wanting eight instead of OCTAD at the cross, because OCTAD never came to me, and so kept switching back and forth. <br /><br />As puzzle-timer reached into 49 minutes I gave up and came for a quick peek over here at TOMATO PLANTS, and then it all fell into place. <br /><br />Dolly Varden TROUTS? never heard of this. I kept wanting briteS (as in Rainboy Brite, Dolly Varden would still not have made any sense to me).<br /><br />VOLANTE also stumped me. I wanted ANDANTE, although I have no idea what that means either (and I took years of classical piano), but you are correct that ALEE is pretty difficult to hide, so I knew that was wrong. <br /><br />Is FEY really "Leprechaun-like"? I tend to think of Leprechauns as short, but very hairy man-creatures. *Heads off to Merriam-Webster*<br /><br />"FEY: <br />1<br />a :chiefly Scottish : fated to die : doomed<br />b : marked by a foreboding of death or calamity<br />2<br />a : able to see into the future : visionary<br />b : marked by an otherworldly air or attitude<br />c : crazy, touched<br />3<br />a : excessively refined : precious<br />b : quaintly unconventional : campy"<br /><br />Oh, ok, I was thinking definition 3, but I suppose it works for definition 2.Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05098831940691963743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-81329361764598167102011-08-06T06:02:07.455-07:002011-08-06T06:02:07.455-07:00Great puzzle. I liked it from the moment I saw th...Great puzzle. I liked it from the moment I saw the empty grid with its corners looking like the mounts in old photo albums! I also am taken with the offset of 27A and 36A; to my eye, it makes the grid dynamic.<br /><br />Despite a first thought that it must be sports related for 1A, I filled in TOMATOPLANT and it fit! So I didn't fall for aztECS. Also THISISSPINALTAP off the get go. Gareth, no "gasp" here, just a recommendation.<br /><br />My last entry to complete was TROUTS which sent me running to Google Dolly Varden Trout. It is a real name with a long story that I can't quite remember this morning. Besides that, I suppose I need to try to remember ORSER. Good luck with that.<br /><br />JAPED is a great old word.<br /><br />Clever clues for MARCO & TUESDAY.CoffeeLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16473192190412844538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-1894949818012979742011-08-06T05:48:23.452-07:002011-08-06T05:48:23.452-07:00One question; if you had AZTECS, when did you chan...One question; if you had AZTECS, when did you change it to OLMECS?Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-58613517340004519762011-08-06T05:10:31.086-07:002011-08-06T05:10:31.086-07:00Sorry. There seem to be some formatting problems I...Sorry. There seem to be some formatting problems I can't seem to fix...Gareth Bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17770425154034935768noreply@blogger.com