tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post7419038548088576409..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: TUESDAY, May 26, 2009 — Fred Jackson IIIOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-1351297352549719432009-05-27T09:10:20.814-07:002009-05-27T09:10:20.814-07:00Zowie! Gary Lowe cracked the secret cabal.Zowie! Gary Lowe cracked the secret cabal.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-7865236056152767902009-05-27T09:04:19.068-07:002009-05-27T09:04:19.068-07:00@anon 6:22 :
The puzzle database is a huge compute...@anon 6:22 :<br />The puzzle database is a huge computer called "CRUZIAC" located in a secret place in NYC, maintained by Will Shortz and Rich Norris (who are actually the same person). It is said to house every puzzle and clue ever written, but some feel it contains all future puzzles as well - hence the code name "inmon", abbr for "infinite number of monkeys.<br /><br />There's a secret portal at CRUCIVERB.COM that costs 35 bucks to see into the past. Futures are protected, and can only be accessed by Will/Rich, and the current and past presidents/veeps.Gary Lowenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-51300843966867062072009-05-27T04:44:36.454-07:002009-05-27T04:44:36.454-07:00@Joon: thank you, that was a very interesting bit ...@Joon: thank you, that was a very interesting bit of information!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-19443512513275036172009-05-26T21:11:04.750-07:002009-05-26T21:11:04.750-07:00hey, we were talking about norse mythology and i m...hey, we were talking about norse mythology and i missed it? nuts.<br /><br />the VANIR are definitely a little bit less important than the AESIR (and not just because of their lower vowel content). the way i learned it, they were sworn enemies, but eventually made peace by trading hostages. the vanir sent the sea god njord and his children frey and freya to the aesir. the latter two are among the most important norse gods, although njord himself isn't. i don't think i could name any of the other vanir.<br /><br />there's kind of an awesome story (involving decapitation) about the hostages who went the other way, but instead of regaling you all, i'll just <A HREF="http://www.pantheon.org/articles/v/vanir.html" REL="nofollow">post the link</A>.Joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825085755390339668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-26768207498103473832009-05-26T19:08:21.424-07:002009-05-26T19:08:21.424-07:00"Me and Juliet" was one of Rodgers and Hammerstein..."Me and Juliet" was one of Rodgers and Hammerstein's less popular shows (although it ran for almost a year). The star was Isabel Bigley who was the original Sister Sarah in "Guys and Dolls." She did not play Juliet who is not the major female role in the show. It's certainly far more obscure than any of the other musicals in the puzzle. I knew it, because I am a Broadway Baby! Never heard of "dap." Love your blog! Read it every day.lawladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16608535933493916914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-32384642244627618102009-05-26T18:43:44.022-07:002009-05-26T18:43:44.022-07:00I too liked this puzzle a lot--much more than yest...I too liked this puzzle a lot--much more than yesterday's--and would have finished it too but for fatal errors in the middle east-<br /><br />Eg, I had RAKE for Casanova-didn't know a ROUE. And, instead of JULIET, I peculiarly guessed it would be JULIUS. It almost worked too, 'cept I had POKDU for Fuddy-Duddy and ROI for sometimes framed-must have been thinking of guillotined French kings<br /><br />Live and learn!<br /><br />Loved PEARL for wisdom unit;NONET near No No Nanette. More time went into constructing this little gem than meets the eye<br /><br />Have no prob w EASED OUT- sad act of corporate America, slowly stripping one's sense of purpose<br /><br />I'm beginning to see some three and four letter words recurring w some frequency. ARON. ORE. GTOS.but like others here, never heard or saw of DAP!Charles Boglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667976595355657752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-7729099264485324142009-05-26T18:22:38.156-07:002009-05-26T18:22:38.156-07:00@Puzzlegirl: you said that dap has been in six puz...@Puzzlegirl: you said that dap has been in six puzzles since 1997...is there some secret puzzle word search function that I don't know about or were you just making it up?<br /><br />-FritzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-48257956950810336002009-05-26T18:15:47.120-07:002009-05-26T18:15:47.120-07:00>@Janie: You can stretch the bonus even further...>@Janie: You can stretch the bonus even further. <br /><br />i like the way you think, greene -- thx!<br /><br />;-)janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15129173620859824730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-56596278836438854622009-05-26T17:31:28.726-07:002009-05-26T17:31:28.726-07:00LyndaRN,
No help, ever. I have been that way sinc...LyndaRN,<br /><br />No help, ever. I have been that way since ... well, since I began. Since the days when Wednesday puzzles posed a real challenge and the idea that I'd ever solve a Saturday puzzle seemed like a joke. Admittedly, that was pre-to-early internet era, so it just wasn't as easy to look stuff up. But usu. I was solving in a paper in a cafe with no resources around. So I finished or I didn't. The way I got better was committing to spending as much time as it took to solve a puzzle. Patience and tenacity, not outside help, made me into the pretty good solver that I am today. Some people don't have, or don't care to have, that kind of patience and tenacity - and why should they? Different people have different priorities.<br /><br />rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-46098464909645916342009-05-26T16:15:16.600-07:002009-05-26T16:15:16.600-07:00LyndaRN said
@humorlesstwit
Thanks for the info. ...LyndaRN said<br />@humorlesstwit<br />Thanks for the info. I do it for fun and work with my Mom over the phone before we go for help.<br />See you tomorrow.<br />Lynda RNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-25159900459074618292009-05-26T16:10:43.920-07:002009-05-26T16:10:43.920-07:00@LyndaRN
Some don't need help, some need but ref...@LyndaRN <br /><br />Some don't need help, some need but refuse help, some just get help. I personally seek out help on Friday/Saturday when I'm stuck in a quadrant where one answer may open things up for me. <br /><br />My personal criteria is whether googling for a clue will enable me to progress further, or to just to fill in an area. I seek out answers I don't know as an effort to learn, not to complete a puzzle. I've gotten much better by letting the puzzle stew in front of me rather than going for outside sources too quickly, but sometimes I need them.<br /><br />We do this for fun. Do it the way it's most fun.humorlesstwitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-11766796207670795072009-05-26T16:00:30.815-07:002009-05-26T16:00:30.815-07:00Lynda RN said....
Can never get signed on so will ...Lynda RN said....<br />Can never get signed on so will use anonymous for now with my name. I wanted to put kneehigh for hose. Having worn kneesocks in highschool, I never considered them hose. Learned a few new ones today, oeil, roue, jukes, aesir. Got Jays but wanted to put Jocks for the down so it took awhile and my mom's help and PG's help to finsh up this fun puzzle. So tell me this - does anyone do these puzzles without using dictionaries, google, or other help. rp what about you? I try to and only result to help after I am ready to quit. Have seen a lot of Broadway Musicals but wasn't old enough for Me and Juliet. Thanks Greene for the explanation.<br />See you all Wednesday,<br />LyndaRNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-22096954937430902812009-05-26T15:29:41.122-07:002009-05-26T15:29:41.122-07:00isn't elvis' middle name spelled with TWO "a" ?isn't elvis' middle name spelled with TWO "a" ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-69190297197225561042009-05-26T13:47:58.544-07:002009-05-26T13:47:58.544-07:00Anon, I think you need a different crossword dicti...Anon, I think you need a different crossword dictionary, one that isn't going to give you words like VANIR that haven't appeared in quality crosswords in <I>years</I>. I've never encountered that word, though the dictionary tells me they're allies of the Aesir and function as fertility gods. (And I'm paying attention because when I pronounce something to be horribly obscure, I inevitably encounter it in a subsequent puzzle.)Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-54845886383910324532009-05-26T13:41:52.461-07:002009-05-26T13:41:52.461-07:00my crossword dictionary had Vanir as the race of N...my crossword dictionary had Vanir as the race of Norse Gods-messed it up for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-30754492384086988072009-05-26T13:36:14.743-07:002009-05-26T13:36:14.743-07:00I see your points about the "?"s after the clues f...I see your points about the "?"s after the clues for EVE and PEARL, but I think they would have been worse without the question marks... for the same reasons you listed.<br /><br />Also, anyone who has played Madden football on PlayStation can tell you that the trigger buttons are JUKE buttons...they will make your running back cut suddenly to left or right...leaving the defender five yards bahind you, looking bewildered =)<br /><br />Also...I thought the hose / patella clue was a little 'BEQ' for a national puzzle!jimmy dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-24959773884866319982009-05-26T12:46:51.194-07:002009-05-26T12:46:51.194-07:00@Janie: You can stretch the bonus even further. ...@Janie: You can stretch the bonus even further. PEARL Baily was a major star replacement for Channing in the original production of <I>Hello Dolly</I>. And if you really want to stretch the theme, Stevenson's novel <I>The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</I> was musicalized as <I>Jekyll & Hyde</I> in 1997.Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412634072650228847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-35798829252049569612009-05-26T12:38:23.461-07:002009-05-26T12:38:23.461-07:00I knew dap. Had a natick moment at the E in Jukes/...I knew dap. Had a natick moment at the E in Jukes/aesir. Never heard those words.<br /><br />Wanted knee high for knee sock.<br /><br />All in all a melodic Tuesday puzzlechefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-21379600955840559762009-05-26T12:12:57.555-07:002009-05-26T12:12:57.555-07:00EASED OUT makes little to no sense to me, and is p...EASED OUT makes little to no sense to me, and is part of the reason I was 4+ minutes on this one. Had EASED UP... no fit ... then EASED OFF. Does "let go" mean "fired," and if so ... hmm, "tactfully." What's the opposite? Shouting "you're fired!" in front of someone's colleagues?<br /><br />Heard of DAP but still needed every cross. Never heard of ME AND JULIET. Still, an OK Tuesday.<br /><br />rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-78556667995331994082009-05-26T11:01:18.040-07:002009-05-26T11:01:18.040-07:00two bonuses, too:
-- [stage scenery] SET, and
--...two bonuses, too:<br /><br />-- [stage scenery] SET, and<br /><br />-- [tom, dick and harry, e.g.] NAMES<br /><br />"every tom, dick and harry" is a song from KISSMEKATE...<br /><br />;-)janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15129173620859824730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-85768502020911245892009-05-26T10:25:42.890-07:002009-05-26T10:25:42.890-07:00My first thought also was: Greene is going to like...My first thought also was: Greene is going to like this!<br /><br />I liked the puzzle, especially elfin, bilks and roue, and learned a few new words, dap and jukes. Am I imagining it or is the LAT puzzle getting tougher? That's a good thing!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-23059990850839731082009-05-26T09:43:21.943-07:002009-05-26T09:43:21.943-07:00@PUZZLEGIRL: Yes...Greene like puzzle. Yes...Gre...@PUZZLEGIRL: Yes...Greene like puzzle. Yes...Greene knew all the shows: even <I>Me and Juliet</I>, which is perhaps the most bizarre of all the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals (and one of the most unsuccessful). The show was a backstager and was intended to realistically portray the lives of theatre people involved in the day to day workings of a hit show. It apparently had everything going for it, other than the lack of a compelling story or a first-rate score. Critics of the day expressed disappointment and audiences stayed away resulting in a respectable, but decidedly brief, run through the 1953-54 season. The tour died in Chicago and there was no movie sale, so something clearly was wrong. Acutally the show is very professional and actually rather amusing. It just had the misfortune of coming on the heels of <I>South Pacific</I> and <I>The King and I</I>. C'mon, nobody hits a homerun every time at bat.<br /><br />Incidentally, while I got <I>Me and Juliet</I> soley off the clue with no crosses, this is a highly arcane entry for a Tuesday puzzle. I doubt even most dyed-in-the-wool Rodgers and Hammerstein lovers know this flop.Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412634072650228847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-68331485759768565612009-05-26T09:15:50.728-07:002009-05-26T09:15:50.728-07:00Cute puzzle. For some reason, I thought that the ...Cute puzzle. For some reason, I thought that the clues were going to be silly and would cue puns or something based on the actual musicals, but nope; way more straightforward than that. I guess I still can't believe there was a follow-up to No, No, Nanette, much less one called Yes, Yes, Yvette. :)Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535460873084083441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-59974821080232768502009-05-26T09:12:33.096-07:002009-05-26T09:12:33.096-07:00Hello, PuzzleGirl. Well, hello, PuzzleGirl. Its so...Hello, PuzzleGirl. Well, hello, PuzzleGirl. Its so nice to have you back where you belong...<br /><br />@Sandy: I'm shocked, just shocked!, that you've never heard of DAP. <br /><br />Neither have I.<br /><br />Liked it.Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699404861773455504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-47959785221746231862009-05-26T08:43:55.143-07:002009-05-26T08:43:55.143-07:00Musicals aren't my cup o' tea so it slowed me down...Musicals aren't my cup o' tea so it slowed me down a bit even though I had heard of three of them. DAP was a new one for me. Really liked ELFIN and JUKE, which we used to use a lot in college, mainly in reference to pick-up basketball games and a nice move to the basket leaving the defender behind.<br /><br />I didn't like the clue for LION as Maned Oz visitor. I always thought of the lion as a native of Oz, now TOTO on the other hand....*David*noreply@blogger.com