tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post8799752093044230665..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: 06.06 MonOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-60569736804108302232011-06-06T15:54:36.983-07:002011-06-06T15:54:36.983-07:00That would be Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve -- just...That would be Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve -- just in case you ever need to know it. I laughed every time he opened that closet and everything in it came crashing. The brilliant sound effects of old radio are only heard these days on Prairie Home Companion.Puzzle Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111638177160042286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-21595489966847331182011-06-06T12:47:29.642-07:002011-06-06T12:47:29.642-07:00Nooo, let's not do that iced or ice tea discus...Nooo, let's not do that iced or ice tea discussion again!<br /><br />Nice Monday puzzle, where my only hangup, just for a few seconds, was the M in McGee. Never heard of the fellow, and I do not like those acronyms/can't remember them.<br /><br />Just made a necklace out of nacre, a very popular material in the summer. I tend to call it mother-of-pearl.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-19398049653614519472011-06-06T12:37:40.131-07:002011-06-06T12:37:40.131-07:00I liked it today, a little more challenging than t...I liked it today, a little more challenging than the usual "fill everything in as you go" Mondays, and I thought the theme was cute.<br /><br />@PG, I'm not really sure it's fair to tag poor Isao Aoki as crosswordese - he might have an over-preponderance of vowels in his name to Western eyes, but he was a golfer of international renown in his day. I think the same goes applies to Mr. Lehar too.<br /><br />BLURT - great word.<br /><br />Now - The Antarctic - I'd never thought about this before, but the name of the continent is Antarctica. If I was being a stickler I would say this should not be clued as a continent, but a region, but that's probably a "Picked" complaint!<br /><br />(My first thought for NIT when I read the clue was ACNE, closely followed by SCAB. That probably wouldn't pass anyone's breakfast test - eww).Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-15111679288846992802011-06-06T12:32:59.448-07:002011-06-06T12:32:59.448-07:00This one was weird to me. Perhaps because I tackl...This one was weird to me. Perhaps because I tackled it last night and my brain had already turned off the lights? Took twice as long as completing the NYT puzz this morning.<br />Go figure.<br /><br />IRR crossing LEHAR was a personal Natick for me. <br /><br />Oddly, sorting out the theme answers was more a hindrance than a help.Nighthawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898505137434147165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-7482510800190979612011-06-06T09:19:47.421-07:002011-06-06T09:19:47.421-07:00I liked this one less than others here seemed to. ...I liked this one less than others here seemed to. Too much mechanically filling in answers to dictionary definitions.<br /><br />Anonymous @9:08: "irregular." Staple of outlet mall stores.Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893157908004486201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-11575220299793878212011-06-06T09:14:45.552-07:002011-06-06T09:14:45.552-07:00@VirginiaC. I always solve puzzles directly on-lin...@VirginiaC. I always solve puzzles directly on-line at the LA Times web site. <a href="http://games.latimes.com/index_crossword.html?uc_feature_code=tmcal" rel="nofollow">LA Times Crossword</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-34280328838151076542011-06-06T09:08:05.380-07:002011-06-06T09:08:05.380-07:00So, my mdse. is damaged, and it's so irr. ? I...So, my mdse. is damaged, and it's so irr. ? Irr.? what? replaceable??<br /><br />OddAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-67853183139081488212011-06-06T09:01:33.427-07:002011-06-06T09:01:33.427-07:00OK puzzle today. I am not a big fan for a theme t...OK puzzle today. I am not a big fan for a theme that once revealed makes the puzzle simpler. It is Monday and I was expecting straight forward and straight forward is what I got.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900988170432327664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-37479570270316420912011-06-06T08:51:03.246-07:002011-06-06T08:51:03.246-07:00@virginiac - i download the LAT puzzle from cruciv...@virginiac - i download the LAT puzzle from cruciverb every day on my iPad. Occasionally, there's a hangup and the puzz won't download, but its the exception rather than the rule.<br /><br />Cute puzzle. Breezed over all the ESE so agree w/ @Gareth - must have been of the "benign" kind. Or maybe I just got up on the right side of the puzzle today.hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04627015904603641109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-47257836412437549142011-06-06T08:30:50.490-07:002011-06-06T08:30:50.490-07:00The CHICHICHIck...answer put the Chia Pet jingle e...The CHICHICHIck...answer put the Chia Pet jingle earworm in my headBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15655683586957057058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-50333975121037734272011-06-06T08:29:00.649-07:002011-06-06T08:29:00.649-07:00Like @PJ, I have not yet memorized the spelling of...Like @PJ, I have not yet memorized the spelling of the composer or the golfer. Homework for today! But I did guess right at that square, knowing it couldn't be E, and nothing but A looked right. Where I got tripped up was in Italian wine country, had carelessly entered ASTa, and didn't see it when I was searching the grid for errors. So finally used Reveal to end the suspense. Dagnabbit, to sanitize my thoughts, a Monday DNF.<br /><br />@Sfingi, I Googled your Utica specialities, and now I am hungry!<br /><br />@PG, your writeup and Janis clip helped to ease my DNF funk. Thanks.CoffeeLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16473192190412844538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-11808149366830793222011-06-06T07:57:38.171-07:002011-06-06T07:57:38.171-07:00Fibber MCGEE and Molly was a situation comedy abou...Fibber MCGEE and Molly was a situation comedy about a married Mid-Western couple. Probably the first spinoff in history was Throckmorton Gildersleeve. <br /><br />They have several recurrent gags, such as the stuffed closet. One expression I still use is, "Tain't funny, McGee," for obnoxious jokes.<br />Much of what we see in modern TV started with this show. I think it was 15 minutes long!<br /><br />UTICA - we need a new T-shirt with the following: Tomato Pie, Chicken Riggies, Half-Moons, Saranac Beer and Inner City Ski Slope. Rah!Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-52737555748294544322011-06-06T07:26:32.032-07:002011-06-06T07:26:32.032-07:00We're leaving tomorrow for a 3 month cross cou...We're leaving tomorrow for a 3 month cross country road trip. where, on my iPad, can I find LA Times puzzles daily? Apparently cruciverb isn't compatible with the iPad,VirginiaCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-85680048740971692612011-06-06T07:14:34.562-07:002011-06-06T07:14:34.562-07:00It was fun, made me think. I have one pet peeve: i...It was fun, made me think. I have one pet peeve: it's not ice tea, it's iceD tea.VirginiaCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-35258086754978110212011-06-06T06:50:46.381-07:002011-06-06T06:50:46.381-07:00Did not know 21A or 10D. So I was left with one si...Did not know 21A or 10D. So I was left with one single blank square.<br />Liked puzz.Theme answers not hard, and helped complete grid. Nice!PJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-20299056818110533782011-06-06T06:49:30.258-07:002011-06-06T06:49:30.258-07:00When Jack McInturff appears later in the week I...When Jack McInturff appears later in the week I'm guaranteed to take about an extra 25-50% timewise - his puzzles always catch me with their early 20th century cultural references! This is a Monday though, so not a lot of that going on! Just a fun made-up theme (pleasant surprise for a Monday!), an evocative if transparent clue for HIGHTIDES, and a rather convoluted one for ITSATRAP. <br /><br />Re the crossword-ese: Didn't frown except at DSC while solving. I take your point that it's a lot, but IMO it's of the pretty benign kind.<br /><br />Re DYE, really unobservant guys like myself don't notice such things, unless we're told!! It's true!Gareth Bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17770425154034935768noreply@blogger.com