tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post8961525023500956682..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: 08.12 FriOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-40651524395919566882011-08-12T22:39:41.466-07:002011-08-12T22:39:41.466-07:00Wavy lines<a href="http://www.yourpetcareservices.com/SkunkCartoon1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Wavy lines</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-44705860642456492662011-08-12T22:32:58.341-07:002011-08-12T22:32:58.341-07:001625 is irrelevant, it was flimflam from the 1530&...1625 is irrelevant, it was flimflam from the 1530's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-51947481781609493332011-08-12T22:21:11.762-07:002011-08-12T22:21:11.762-07:00I loved this puzzle and did much better than usual...I loved this puzzle and did much better than usual for a Friday, but I adore puns so that probably helped.<br /><br />@Drew--I agree on sullen.<br /><br />What I don't understand is wavy lines meaning odors. I know it's late but can anyone enlighten me? I learn so much from you folks. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-90092258027824253572011-08-12T20:35:22.547-07:002011-08-12T20:35:22.547-07:00Agree with rojo, this puzzle was better than yeste...Agree with rojo, this puzzle was better than yesterdays. Had one complaint not mentioned here though.<br /><br />It was tough and needed this site to finish it. Here are my thoughts:<br /><br />Got 2, and 3 down (hue and era) quickly, and then 14a (aura), Pekoe is a kind of tea so that filled in the 'tea' part of the theme clue. I was not sure if Ham's brother was Shel or Shem.<br /><br />5.a Got sops and 15a croc. I made a mistake in putting score instead of scene in 8 down.... I was thinking music score.... not sure what I was thinking.<br /><br />The top right corner I did fairly well, got reran, reeds, then into radial, and onsite. I put 'needed' as opposed to 'need be' and didn't know who 11d was.<br /><br />Got tuna at 23d and put enurn (instead of the correct inurn) I might have put naps at this point, not sure, but the e there screwed me up for a while.<br /><br />Got the middle section pretty easily. Duels was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the clue.... great clue. Despite what people say here, I think the description matches the clue..... dales, idol, easy.... got them all fairly quickly. Instead of case (of wine) I had cask. I know it is a container of some type of alcohol, though not sure if you can walk out of a winery with one. I am going to a winery tomorrow, so maybe I will ask.<br /><br />For 37a, I originally had sham, then thought scam. It was actually flam, which pretty much means sham. the a and m worked wit the down answers.<br /><br />Bottom left, I got eddas because this word was in the puzzle a few days ago.... I looked up it's history and it stuck in my head. 65a, I originally thought 'esses' as 57d was 'sis'. Ess is a curve in a road, so it would be depicted as a wavy line. Then though 43d ended on an 'o', only because I thought it was Toledo. Wrong great lake. Eventally got t figured out.... didn't know of oswego, don't know what wail reeally means, but the other things worked out.<br /><br />South side: First thing I got was naoh. Somehow I remembered this from checmistry lectures. The big 'A' had to be anaheim, only sports city could think of that started with 'a'. Also, 'h' was the second letter in 66a, the first was probably an s (since 50d was plural), so the 'shoe' fit.<br /><br />Bottom right: 'Ore' is in like every puzzle, got rued, then nod.... <br /><br />After this, I had no idea what soave was. I had 'five star' instead of 'four star'(37d). Mother Teresa helped me out though (51a) yes, she is still doing wonders after her death.<br /><br />My only problem with this puzzle was 20a: Cross: sullen. I think of a cross person as angrily upset. I sullen person is more sad than agree. Anyone agree on this?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />DrewDrew Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18334418383023067918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-86355987351538495222011-08-12T20:33:05.679-07:002011-08-12T20:33:05.679-07:00@Anon 7:56 - Yes, that was the origin, which is ir...@Anon 7:56 - Yes, that was the origin, which is irrelevant. Further, according to the citation I gave, FLAM has meant a hoax since 1625 at the latest. If you don't accept definitions created past that date, I wish you luck reading nothing but Beowulf for the rest of your life.Noah Websternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-47236799309970475842011-08-12T19:56:55.614-07:002011-08-12T19:56:55.614-07:00Why don't people read the entire entry? Origin...Why don't people read the entire entry? Origin: <i>Flam</i>, short for <i>Flim-Flam</i>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-12170661993162312802011-08-12T19:05:37.080-07:002011-08-12T19:05:37.080-07:00@ Noah Webster. Ok, noted, I retract my complaint....@ Noah Webster. Ok, noted, I retract my complaint.Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05098831940691963743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-1621323922188959982011-08-12T19:02:38.969-07:002011-08-12T19:02:38.969-07:00Sodium Hydroxide= Naoh--Sodium chloride=Nacl= Salt...Sodium Hydroxide= Naoh--Sodium chloride=Nacl= Salt--Hydrogen Hydroxide=Hoh= Water.HUTCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722150630533336199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-66465487211534358862011-08-12T18:51:52.351-07:002011-08-12T18:51:52.351-07:00Why don't people believe dictionaries? flamWhy don't people believe dictionaries? <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/flam" rel="nofollow">flam</a>Noah Websternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-55160429120103775892011-08-12T18:33:11.769-07:002011-08-12T18:33:11.769-07:00Except, I agree that FLAM would have been better c...Except, I agree that FLAM would have been better clued as "Half a hoax."Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05098831940691963743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-30768740267864322282011-08-12T18:29:19.566-07:002011-08-12T18:29:19.566-07:00Wow, I have nothing but nice things to say for tod...Wow, I have nothing but nice things to say for today's puzzle, although it had me worrying about a DNF for a while and fought me the entire way. Perhaps it had heard my boasting about destroying yesterday's puzzle and was determined not to go down in the same fashion! <br /><br />The theme was one of my favorites in a long time, although it took forever to click, finally crosses brought me to SEA CLEF, and then was the aha moment. <br /><br />Had Ottawa and not OSWEGO for a bit. <br /><br />Had -ENI- for "rubbed out spirits" and remembering a comment here from yesterday or the day before, giggled childishly.<br /><br />Had DeLls before of DALES. <br /><br />Favorites from today were EWE BOAT, EYE TUNES, and QUEUE TIP. <br /><br />Very nice one, Mr. Wolfe!Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05098831940691963743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-66268349955785513382011-08-12T16:42:40.899-07:002011-08-12T16:42:40.899-07:00I think keen is obscure, but not weak. It's I...I think keen is obscure, but not weak. It's Irish and familiar from the tales of banshees. I get killed on the simple things like "well" for let me thunk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-83465418427834215512011-08-12T14:21:05.875-07:002011-08-12T14:21:05.875-07:00I did like it, altho it defeated me with CAYRATION...I did like it, altho it defeated me with CAYRATION. All else was in place, but then I spent over a half hour trying the several (obviously wrong) alternate spellings for GIRO, GERO, HERO, &c. And I couldn't abandon my favored STELE for STELA.Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-5674491036465274332011-08-12T14:13:49.344-07:002011-08-12T14:13:49.344-07:00Old Salt, why don't you just sew it up?Old Salt, why don't you just sew it up?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-39305452424864353702011-08-12T13:59:52.774-07:002011-08-12T13:59:52.774-07:00@Schrub5, I agree...pinkish orange is more like it...@Schrub5, I agree...pinkish orange is more like it!Marinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-53304795775295173832011-08-12T13:48:44.034-07:002011-08-12T13:48:44.034-07:00@ Jonh W; I agree w you on "flam". Weak....@ Jonh W; I agree w you on "flam". Weak. Not part of my vernacular or anyone I know. Other than that, pretty solid puz. By the by; anyone w/a problem with my posts feel free to holla @ xxpossum@hotmail.com. That's why I sign in like that. I'm not gonna walk on eggshells when I contribute opinion here. Fact is, I KNOW I'm a rectal sore. Deal w it. L8r.xxpossum@html.cmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-10396192859465434672011-08-12T12:11:49.158-07:002011-08-12T12:11:49.158-07:00Like @Nighthawk, I tried to make something out of ...Like @Nighthawk, I tried to make something out of T-U-Q-I-C-K. Guess we over-thought it.<br /><br />@anon 09:14: You are correct that CAY can be pronounced "key" but "kay" is acceptable also acc. to two dictionaries I checked.<br /><br />@Mari: Went to search for my 120 ct. Crayola box to look for coral but did not find it (the box.) Pinkish yellow doesn't sound quite right but I guess that could be a light shade of coral. Pinkish orange may be better.<br /><br />Had trouble at the intersection of STELA and SOAVE.<br />Stela, stele, STELLLAAA!!!shrub5https://www.blogger.com/profile/09466867716773759568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-39574550406692756222011-08-12T12:10:11.767-07:002011-08-12T12:10:11.767-07:00I also don't think CORAL is predominantly yell...I also don't think CORAL is predominantly yellow. Yellowish pink would be more accurate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-50281171023760805832011-08-12T11:47:48.003-07:002011-08-12T11:47:48.003-07:00@Sfingi - Unless the breach in the sail on your sh...@Sfingi - Unless the breach in the sail on your ship, sock, suit, sweater, whatver, was caused by a tear rather than wear. In any case you DARN it.Old Saltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-39119665918643085582011-08-12T11:41:31.154-07:002011-08-12T11:41:31.154-07:00Solid punning from the Wolfeman. "People who ...Solid punning from the Wolfeman. "People who knead people" for MASSEUR actually made me laugh out loud.<br /><br />I thought "Turn to mush" for PUREE was a good misdirection clue.<br /><br />FLAM is really a drumming term whereas FLIM-FLAM is a con. "Half a hoax" might have been a better clue. And coming off a Facebook Scrabble marathon, GENII struck me as one of those words that makes you groan when your opponent plays it.<br /><br />And...SCENE.John Wolfendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759716236594908137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-77108824307798409712011-08-12T11:39:17.354-07:002011-08-12T11:39:17.354-07:00Disagree on TORN. Now that I think people know the...Disagree on TORN. Now that I think people know the difference between a rip and a tear, let's move on to the next sewing lesson. One darns a sock that has a hole that's been wORN through, not TORN.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-29634309736806807882011-08-12T11:25:01.389-07:002011-08-12T11:25:01.389-07:00I fell for most of the missteps already mentioned,...I fell for most of the missteps already mentioned, scAM being the hardest to see as wrong. Also had CASk. It didn't help that I had confused "almanac" and atlas in my mind. Oh, well, I did this right after it went up.<br /><br />Otherwise, a pretty cute theme. <br /><br />@PG, a Biblical 101 lesson would be much appreciated, but I don't see how you could find the time, as a former employed mother myself.CoffeeLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16473192190412844538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-65004604584877018202011-08-12T10:24:11.992-07:002011-08-12T10:24:11.992-07:00as previously posted Ederle is the surname of the ...as previously posted Ederle is the surname of the first woman to swim across the English Channel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-30903215013231159942011-08-12T09:22:50.430-07:002011-08-12T09:22:50.430-07:00Didn't get the play on words for 31A. Is Ederl...Didn't get the play on words for 31A. Is Ederle another name for some type of energy? Understand the fact she was a Channeler.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-11567082968178956442011-08-12T09:20:49.846-07:002011-08-12T09:20:49.846-07:00As an Anaheim native, i can tell you that the &quo...As an Anaheim native, i can tell you that the "Big A" refers to Anaheim Stadium where the Angels play. There was a giant "A" in the parking lot with a halo around the top that would light up if the Angels won. Even after Angels Stadium changed its name to Edison Field, locals always call it the "Big A".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com