tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post7744627786696893324..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: SATURDAY, April 11, 2009 — Bruce Venzke and Stella DailyOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-67864488818519949462009-04-11T22:12:00.000-07:002009-04-11T22:12:00.000-07:00Liked the stacking but the puzzle was a bit ho-hum...Liked the stacking but the puzzle was a bit ho-hum for me. Favirite clues, Friday or June for SIXTH and Brown but not white for IVY. The second time in a week that I've seen that well-known AEC nuclear agency.*David*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-84984650555414870902009-04-11T22:00:00.000-07:002009-04-11T22:00:00.000-07:00Thanks, PG, for the Cheap Trick. That Robin Zander...Thanks, PG, for the Cheap Trick. That Robin Zander sure can wear him some pants, can't he? Haven't seen anything like that since the movie <I>Music & Lyrics</I> with Hugh Grant! <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGLXpIojJkg" REL="nofollow">Pop Goes My Heart</A><BR/><BR/>Oh, the puzzle? I loved it. Folks on the other blog are getting all het up about the difficulty (after the TMS puzzles of our past), since they can't look up those 15's in the dictionary or Google (hard to look up a multiword phrase). <BR/><BR/>For me: I love those stacked 15's since they almost always turn out to be phrases that are <I>waaaay</I> in the language and easily gotten after you fill in a few of the downs.<BR/><BR/>I can't be too smug since Friday's puzzle left me bruised, bloody and confused and I gave up after 48 minutes.embienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01991001167394653649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-73519876257205352772009-04-11T19:23:00.000-07:002009-04-11T19:23:00.000-07:00When I was about 10 years old, my grandmother gave...When I was about 10 years old, my grandmother gave me a beautifully illustrated group of stories done in rhyme called Der Struwwelpeter, variously translated as Shock- haired Peter or Shaggy Peter.<BR/><BR/>These stories were tales of children who misbehaved and disasterous consequences ensued. The story "The Deadful Story of Pauline and the Matches" told the story of a young girl who played with matches, caught fire and burned to death, told from the point of view of two kittens who were left home with her. Another called "The Story of Little-Suck-A-Thumb" tells of a boy who was warned not to suck his thumb and when he continued doing so after his mother went out, a tailor came by with giant scissors and cut off his thumbs.<BR/><BR/>You get the picture. It seems like an odd gift to received from a grandmother and, of course, it was but it was so beautifully illustrated and probably no better or worse than traditional fairy tales. It was written in the mid 19th Century by Heinrich Hoffmann.<BR/><BR/>I still have my copy but passed on giving it to my daughter. CAUTIONARYTALES? You betcha.edith bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048817959846956992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-19552168612711361112009-04-11T18:35:00.000-07:002009-04-11T18:35:00.000-07:00(Hi, Other Dan!)How's this for a mindblowing coinc...(Hi, Other Dan!)<BR/><BR/>How's this for a mindblowing coincidence. The SLAM poet in the video (author of "Damn You, Barack Obama, You Pretty Motherf***er", in case anyone didn't click), Darian Dauchan? He and I co-starred in a teen production of <I>Two Gentlemen of Verona</I> (the 1971 musical version from the composer of <I>Hair</I>) in summer 1995. I played Proteus, and Darian was Valentine... I think there's even Facebook video to prove it.<BR/><BR/>(Dan F)Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11209543514266918480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-64621106826487675372009-04-11T17:01:00.000-07:002009-04-11T17:01:00.000-07:00LOL @ imsdave.LOL @ imsdave.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02227109846158896032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-78967178417686023912009-04-11T15:27:00.000-07:002009-04-11T15:27:00.000-07:00You'd think by now I wouldn't panic every time I s...You'd think by now I wouldn't panic every time I see triple stacks, but no . . .<BR/><BR/>Like others, I went straight for the short downs, got 5 or 6 of them straight away, saw 2 of the long entries and was on the go.<BR/><BR/>I didn't think there was much snap to the fill. sort of did this one on auto-pilot.<BR/><BR/>Couple three steps removed from the Saturday NYT in difficulty but, all in all, a reasonably enjoyable solve.Bill from NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103923612595508277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-40185060094279934452009-04-11T09:51:00.000-07:002009-04-11T09:51:00.000-07:00On sitter/sitting: gotta agree w/PG and Orange. Si...On sitter/sitting: gotta agree w/PG and Orange. Sitter is the person, sitting is the job. <BR/><BR/>Easier than the NYT puzzle today, but I guess that's the way it's going to be for a while. Still, enjoyable puzzle, no googles.obertbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-37030593496244088832009-04-11T09:15:00.000-07:002009-04-11T09:15:00.000-07:00yeah. [Some working teens] would have been a more ...yeah. [Some working teens] would have been a more accurate clue.<BR/><BR/>i tanked GSA in an ACPT puzzle this year. it hurt badly enough that i won't get it wrong again. i usually don't confuse NSA with NSC; the NSC is a group of the president's top defense advisers (VP, secstate, secdef, chairman of the joint chiefs, etc.), whereas the NSA is a hush-hush shadow organization.Joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825085755390339668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-20763366328678473092009-04-11T09:11:00.000-07:002009-04-11T09:11:00.000-07:00Something that Theban Queen... Click on the linkth...Something that Theban Queen... <BR/>Click on the link<A HREF="http://malecafe.net/video/index.php?q=Theban-Queen" REL="nofollow"><STRONG>theban queen of myth</STRONG></A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-31183214352094304372009-04-11T08:24:00.000-07:002009-04-11T08:24:00.000-07:00I've ben doing the LA Times since last Tuesday. T...I've ben doing the LA Times since last Tuesday. These are quite a few notches easier than the NY Times but its still fun to do the puzzle. The clues are just not as tricky or clever or misdirectional as the NY Times.alanrichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06395356843823270129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-37178710107320797402009-04-11T07:45:00.000-07:002009-04-11T07:45:00.000-07:00very easy saturday puzzleI use to own the Pettibon...very easy saturday puzzle<BR/><BR/>I use to own the Pettibone copy of the Jasper John's painting "three flags"chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-90553569200568625082009-04-11T07:42:00.000-07:002009-04-11T07:42:00.000-07:00I'm with PuzzleGirl—the teens are SITTERS, the job...I'm with PuzzleGirl—the teens are SITTERS, the job is SITTING.<BR/><BR/>Karen, I have no mnemonic for GAO and GSA. Absorbing PuzzleGirl's descriptions is the best we have to offer. As for NSA and NSC...I often wait for the crossing to figure out the third letter.<BR/><BR/>Crockett, towards the end of the week in the L.A. Times and N.Y. Times crosswords, you'll see more clues that rely on that initial capital letter to mislead solvers. Is the first word the color "brown," capitalized only because it's at the beginning of the clue? Or is it "Brown," the school? [People person] is another clue like that—a person who works at People magazine is an EDITOR. A Saturday NYT once clued DORP (an uncommon word meaning "village") with [Hamlet]—big-H Hamlet is a DANE, while little-h hamlet is a village or DORP. I'll bet most solvers had DANE there and got tangled up in knots as a result of the capital-letter mystery.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-34228934521951536032009-04-11T07:29:00.000-07:002009-04-11T07:29:00.000-07:00Any good mnemonics for clearing up GSA and GAO? I...Any good mnemonics for clearing up GSA and GAO? I get those mixed up too. As well as NSA and NSC.<BR/><BR/>Yes, you're being too picky about SITTER.<BR/><BR/>imsdave, LOL.<BR/><BR/>I thought this puzzle was rather easy for a Saturday. When I see those long acrosses, I just head over to the down clues. I got ten of them down right away, and eight of those were correct! <BR/><BR/>I knew WAAC in part from reading the biography of Alice Sheldon (aka James Tiptree Jr). She was both a WAAC and a WAC.Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-83478045925994047982009-04-11T07:28:00.000-07:002009-04-11T07:28:00.000-07:00Thanks for the write-up, PG. What's the "white" on...Thanks for the write-up, PG. What's the "white" on the end of the IVY clue? I don't get the pairing of a university and a color.Crockett1947https://www.blogger.com/profile/06404431645533093707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-47951448606595578952009-04-11T06:32:00.000-07:002009-04-11T06:32:00.000-07:00I think SEC stands for Suspect Economic Control! I...I think SEC stands for Suspect Economic Control! I had AIERDALETERRIER, never got to fix it because my computer crashed. Oh well!Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-50129860139832890972009-04-11T06:12:00.000-07:002009-04-11T06:12:00.000-07:00Wall St. watchdog? I just couldn't get NONE to fi...Wall St. watchdog? I just couldn't get NONE to fit...imsdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966770844825169981noreply@blogger.com