tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post7696501797311160165..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: 09.12 MonOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14677656381517010112011-09-12T22:24:16.621-07:002011-09-12T22:24:16.621-07:00My goodness! I haven't thought about that frie...My goodness! I haven't thought about that friendly (homosocial? homoerotic?) tussle between Gerald Crich and Rupert Birkin in D. H. Lawrence's "Women in Love" in more than a decade! Go wrestling!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-57494363188868333602011-09-12T20:19:34.840-07:002011-09-12T20:19:34.840-07:00I never even noticed that I had SEND instead of BE...I never even noticed that I had SEND instead of BEND. Other than that, it was a very quick solve.<br /><br />As far as PIN and wrestling go. I've never been able to get past the scene from "Women in Love" where Oliver Reed and Alan Bates wrestle in front of the fire.<br /><br />I was kind of glad my son chose to play baseball and tennis.<br /><br />Speaking of tennis - that was an amazing match today between Nadal and Djokovitc.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-63725615622481105122011-09-12T16:12:15.260-07:002011-09-12T16:12:15.260-07:00I had HARM before HURT and that led me down a fun ...I had HARM before HURT and that led me down a fun path - I looked at _O_TO (the world) and decided that must be WOE, which gave me WORED (funny name, never heard of that) and then EPONET.<br /><br />OK, thinks me, that's all wrong. Fixed HARM, then JOY, then EPONYM. Nice.<br /><br />Funny I thought there could be a hymn "Woe to the World" - not exactly uplifting.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-38791550199649706362011-09-12T11:31:48.818-07:002011-09-12T11:31:48.818-07:00Oops, of course it is "solve quickly" in...Oops, of course it is "solve quickly" in my first sentence.CoffeeLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16473192190412844538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-83976206663791793852011-09-12T11:30:30.949-07:002011-09-12T11:30:30.949-07:00I finished with one error I could not see - I was ...I finished with one error I could not see - I was trying to solve quick and switched to the Down clues when I got to 25A. I entered my own family nickname SIs at 25D, and never even read the clue for BENT. Since sENT is a word, it looked okay to me. <br /><br />Same focus on the Downs gave me BUd before BUB, but I saw that bum entry and fixed it, so it doesn't bug me.<br /><br />Nice puzzle. Like the progression in the long 15's. I especially like SENIOR DISCOUNTS, though I only qualify for some of them so far.<br /><br />Sun Yat-SEN is not only unknown to me, but it echoes the SENATOR at the top of the grid. BIO, okay, BIOG is ugly.<br /><br />@PG, I liked listening to your music video, but wrestling is lost on me. The wrestling coach was one of the best teachers at the HS, social science. My son took an Psychology elective with him after FRESHMAN history. He incorporated a lot of positive motivational material.CoffeeLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16473192190412844538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-85335108174946312102011-09-12T10:28:06.162-07:002011-09-12T10:28:06.162-07:00"Sophomore slumps" take place in basebal..."Sophomore slumps" take place in baseball a lot. Other sports: not so muchrrhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497527029716576073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-66133675756430397722011-09-12T09:54:30.800-07:002011-09-12T09:54:30.800-07:00Nice puzzle, agree with most of what was said befo...Nice puzzle, agree with most of what was said before. Sophomore slumps is a new term for me. Good clue for eponym. And here is ptui again!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-41488023856852488972011-09-12T09:25:08.390-07:002011-09-12T09:25:08.390-07:00@Anoa Bob - In this case, yes, pretty much. Remem...@Anoa Bob - In this case, yes, pretty much. Remember that the puzzle has to have rotational symmetry. Say you wanted to take the trailing S out of the last theme answer. To do so you would need to eliminate 55D in its entirety. To maintain symmetry you would have had to make FRESHMANSENATOR a 14 letter entry. Is there a good FRESHMAN.... entry, enough better than FRESHMANSENATOR to make up for the plural in SENIOR...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-83949798978438856122011-09-12T09:00:15.392-07:002011-09-12T09:00:15.392-07:00Speaking of gratuitous plurals, this looks like a ...Speaking of gratuitous plurals, this looks like a two 15-letter and two 14-letter theme puzzle that was amped up to a four 15-letter puzzle by pluralizing the two 14-ers. I'm wondering if 2 15's and 2 14's don't work for some reason. Is it many magnitudes more difficult to create a grid design for 2 15's, 2 14's than for 4 15's?<br /><br />Loved 46A EPONYM. And what a great clue, "Amerigo Vespucci, vis-a-vis America". Mini history lesson there. Like PG, thought 42D UP HERE and its smooth, grin-inducing clue "'Psst!', from above" was good stuff.Anoa Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-71859458962469307892011-09-12T08:20:08.794-07:002011-09-12T08:20:08.794-07:00@Virginia C: The app you're looking for is cal...@Virginia C: The app you're looking for is called "Crosswords" (clever, right?). Just search for "crosswords" in the app store, or check out their <a href="http://www.standalone.com/iphone/crosswords/" rel="nofollow">website</a>.PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835502266781516627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-56418049197370408012011-09-12T08:05:30.846-07:002011-09-12T08:05:30.846-07:00I really wish I could find a way to do these puzzl...I really wish I could find a way to do these puzzles on my iPad. Cruciverb doesn't work. Anyone have any suggestions?Virginia Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-27036425716578820192011-09-12T05:48:09.196-07:002011-09-12T05:48:09.196-07:00Easy, cute.
Agree too many plurals. But more both...Easy, cute.<br /><br />Agree too many plurals. But more bothered that SITCOM not clued as an abbrev. The other 6 abbrevs., including the dreaded SSN, were.<br /><br />Had SIs before SIB, but sENT didn't work. <br /><br />Nice to see full 15 letters on a Mon. UPHERE was something new. LILAC - a reason to want to live another year.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.com