tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post2655660688940900931..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: THURSDAY, April 15, 2010 — Nancy SalomonOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-23505250023648666502010-04-15T17:31:50.955-07:002010-04-15T17:31:50.955-07:00Shouldn't the clue for chemlab be abbreviated?...Shouldn't the clue for chemlab be abbreviated? Hated the usia & ntsb on top of each otherRASTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798207934025196379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-9216171386516012122010-04-15T16:47:57.279-07:002010-04-15T16:47:57.279-07:00@Elf - Thanx here too.
I Googled for 2 sports clu...@Elf - Thanx here too.<br /><br />I Googled for 2 sports clues, SELIG and NYMET. I'll remember the first since it means holy in German.<br /><br />Did not know USIA or NTSB, but got on crosses. <br /><br />Had SOLO before STAG and DORM BED before CHEM LAB (student's experiment site). One sees what one brings.<br /><br />A Bell for Adano was an award Hubster got at Chemical Biological in Army camp, which they called Bell for O'Donnell. <br />The book is really quite good. It tells about a Civil Defense unit that listened to what the people in the town really wanted - which was a church bell, and with which the US won their hearts - something to think about to this day.Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-73578038306252103272010-04-15T16:09:46.975-07:002010-04-15T16:09:46.975-07:00I remember reading an article a few years ago abou...I remember reading an article a few years ago about the VOA and the demise of the USIA. Wikipedia tells me that it was 1999 when the USIA was abolished and replaced by the BBG, (Broadcasting Board of Directors -- a very innocuous title considering what they do). This article caught my attention because I had done a job near Dixon, CA where we had to drive by the VOA antenna array there. It was a huge array, but really looked ratty. No wonder that it has long since been deactivated.<br /><br />Had to come here to unravel the mysteries of HIMOM and SANTA... both great misdirectional clues, tx y'all.<br /><br />I find it interesting where one person's worn-out crosswordese is another's gateway to solving a puzzle with multiple unknown words and phrases. For the life of me, I couldn't remember where Hercules slew the lion. Best I could do was Nineveh. Nor did I think of ODETS for the playwright at 71A. Eventually worked them out with BOZ, LET, & LAS. (Actually had rep at first for 63D, but nothing else would work, and had to go through all 7 scale syllables.)<br /><br />Interesting clue for YEW. Read somewhere that this was the wood of choice for long bows, LONGAGO.<br /><br />Methinks I've seen 25D somewhere else today. PLUGUGLY is a great answer, to bad the clue doesn't work, IMO. Also didn't like the clue for 5A, SNOB. It works, but a stretch. Just learned that OLLA is the stew as well as the pot in which it's cooked.<br /><br />NEMEA is my LAT WOTD.Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-21649739191266828812010-04-15T14:21:05.993-07:002010-04-15T14:21:05.993-07:00@DHE-
Thanks. Was racking my brain.
- - Robert@DHE-<br /><br />Thanks. Was racking my brain.<br /><br />- - RobertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-38302152302755792342010-04-15T14:10:56.953-07:002010-04-15T14:10:56.953-07:00@Anon - On Dasher, on Prancer, on Cupid ...@Anon - On Dasher, on Prancer, on Cupid ...Deputy Head Elfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-49987747708026545732010-04-15T14:07:46.513-07:002010-04-15T14:07:46.513-07:00not getting how santa is cupid's master?not getting how santa is cupid's master?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-17961518160969639442010-04-15T13:06:37.974-07:002010-04-15T13:06:37.974-07:00Wow - another disappearing comment!!
To reiterat...Wow - another disappearing comment!! <br /><br />To reiterate (what I can remember anyway) - hohum puzzle with a couple of cool words - BAMBOO (love my floors!), SHAMAN, HIMOM, and PLUGUGLY. I did mention that it was funner than doing my taxes and that I pay Turbotax - that would be kind of a cool crossword, come to think of. <br /><br />Maybe my comment regarding not denigrating the constructors was considered inappropriate? If so, my bad.hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04627015904603641109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-68108992323246877162010-04-15T11:31:33.406-07:002010-04-15T11:31:33.406-07:00OK Thursday puzzle. My first big mistep was enter...OK Thursday puzzle. My first big mistep was entering LAGUNA instead of MALIBU. All SoCal beachfront cities are pricey. Got that fixed up and breezed through except I had no idea what VOA or USIA were. Also forgot ODETS and NEMEA so had some probs there in the lower southwest. <br /><br />Does anyone actually call a TYKE a shaver? For that matter, does anyone call a kid a TYKE? One more question - the stew and the pot are both OLLA? Had no idea what PLUG UGLY was so I looked it up. The PLUG UGLIES were a street gang and "political club" in westside Baltimore in the 1850s.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-73732102859527299822010-04-15T11:23:25.832-07:002010-04-15T11:23:25.832-07:00Soso puzzle, with a couple of oddities: "in&q...Soso puzzle, with a couple of oddities: "in" bad form? I know it as "bad form" or "in bad taste".<br />I also expected "filing" in some shape at 65A.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-27049388307619202182010-04-15T11:22:48.512-07:002010-04-15T11:22:48.512-07:00I couldn't tell you if this puzzle were the be...I couldn't tell you if this puzzle were the best or worst of all time, or where inbetween it fit. What I can tell you is that doing it in the LATimes applet makes any puzzle unbearable.Zekenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-54675093973949465502010-04-15T11:03:50.276-07:002010-04-15T11:03:50.276-07:00@Anon 10:54 RCA jacks come in male & female, t...@Anon 10:54 RCA jacks come in male & female, the female typically being on the stereo, which is labeled for its functionality. One of these is "MIC".Nippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-42935042941743442832010-04-15T10:54:50.536-07:002010-04-15T10:54:50.536-07:00seems to me that stereo jack letters are RCA....Mi...seems to me that stereo jack letters are RCA....Mic refers to a microphone, the jack on which can be an XLR or 1/4 inchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-16963623531562558382010-04-15T09:33:25.108-07:002010-04-15T09:33:25.108-07:00Thought this was really bad. Bland theme answers a...Thought this was really bad. Bland theme answers and really truly negligent short fill. USIA over NTSB = someone who doesn't care. That's bush league baloney. I could list the avalanche of tired crosswordese, from STPAT to NYMET (NYTMETS, OK, but NYMET, ugh) to ADANO, but won't. PLUGUGLY is the only good thing about the grid, as it is the only indicator that the constructor gave a damn about being interesting/entertaining. EEES!? Next to NTWT? This was about as fun as doing my taxes. (there's a reason I pay someone else to do them)<br /><br />rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-37347993548947708232010-04-15T09:28:17.920-07:002010-04-15T09:28:17.920-07:00Fun, easy puzzle. I really liked PLUGUGLY, for so...Fun, easy puzzle. I really liked PLUGUGLY, for some reason reminds me of Raymond Chandler books, not even sure he ever wrote that phrase but the mind is an interesting beast sometimes.<br /><br />@lit.doc, NY Mets is used, though, probably not as frequently as plain 'The Mets'. I *think* it depends upon geography, i.e. west coasters are more apt to use NY Mets as opposed to east coasters. Middle of the country is up for grabs ;^) Just my conjecture. As a SF Giants fan, our announcers will say things like 'The NY Mets are coming into town on ...' but then again, two innings later, will refer to them as 'The Mets'Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900988170432327664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-20293162144309977412010-04-15T09:17:41.240-07:002010-04-15T09:17:41.240-07:00Nice, fun puzzle, if a bit easy for Thursday. Fav...Nice, fun puzzle, if a bit easy for Thursday. Fav clues were 9A “Football player smiling into camera while moving lips” and 24A “Cupid’s master” (nice misdirection!).<br /><br />For the second time in the last couple of weeks, I found myself trying to fit 16A ADORNO into five squares. I blame Horkheimer.<br /><br />A question for Real Baseball Fans. I hear the (to me) redundant “New York Yankees” frequently, but I’ve never heard the Mets referred to as anything but “the Mets”. 20A NY METS? Really?lit.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729199575329286046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-29116830418281521932010-04-15T08:28:45.219-07:002010-04-15T08:28:45.219-07:00Xword 101 - what a good student am I because I kne...Xword 101 - what a good student am I because I knew OLLA, ODETS and ELOI (forgot BOZ but got it from the crosses).<br />Agree - maybe an easier Thursday, but theme supercedes.Burner10noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-39926381839357463672010-04-15T08:18:27.657-07:002010-04-15T08:18:27.657-07:00This puzzle was a step down in difficulty from pri...This puzzle was a step down in difficulty from prior Thursdays. It did gave me a tad more resistance then yesterday but not much. USIA is PLUG UGLY otherwise a so-so puzzle with a decent tax theme, 1040and out.*David*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-20022932940520489442010-04-15T07:49:12.715-07:002010-04-15T07:49:12.715-07:00Happy Tax Day!
If your RETURN and SCHEDULEs are no...Happy Tax Day!<br />If your RETURN and SCHEDULEs are not complete, get FORM 4868 Extension until October 15th.<br /><br />I do puzzles FOR FUN and this DID NOT disappoint me. My grid isn't MESSY, FILLING IN was a bit slower but there are so many fresh clues and answers today.<br />Good job Nancy Salomon.<br /><br />PLUGUGLY got a smile, HI MOM a grin, but ...<br />Of course my favorite fill was OPENBAR.<br />You can hold the ICE, I like it neat.<br /><br />@PG Thanks for the Santana, like my Scotch it was Smooooooth!Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-29351684145552859352010-04-15T07:30:55.349-07:002010-04-15T07:30:55.349-07:00What started out to be a MESSY puzzle (lots of era...What started out to be a MESSY puzzle (lots of erasures), turned out to be one of my favorites this year. Especially liked <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OzGmn4EWd4" rel="nofollow">PLUG UGLY</a> and HI MOM. Nancy Salomon did a great job on this one... lots of very creative fill.<br /><br />And as far as Tax Day themes being a downer--- Well I did my RETURN on Turbotax in 20 minutes, sent it in by EFILE, and voile 4 days later I found a direct deposit in my bank account of $400. So what’s not to like about a tax puzzle?<br /><br />Super clues:<br />"Shoots in a forest" (BAMBOO)<br />"Watches for money" (BABYSITS)<br />"Cupid's master" (SANTA)<br /><br />Not-so-goods:<br />EEES (plural, yuck!), SHAMAN (with MAN in the clue), and USIA (too obscure).<br /><br />I had BMOC for 5A (Disdainful upperclassman).<br /><br />When I was young and crazy, I had a real crush on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qAY7gBe-5A" rel="nofollow">PAM Dawber</a>. She’s still quite a charming woman to me. Mark Harmon is a lucky guy.<br />Nanu Nanu !!!!<br /><br />Thought YODA abutting YOGA was sort of cute.<br /><br />I usually always have pineapple with my breakfasts, because it has an ENZYME which aids protein digestion.<br /><br />Have a great day!JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-40650345448030776162010-04-15T07:10:08.918-07:002010-04-15T07:10:08.918-07:00Perfectly fine puzzle, yet I failed. The crossing...Perfectly fine puzzle, yet I failed. The crossing of USIA/LIS got me. The last three times I've seen the "fleur-de-___" clue, the answer has been LYS. And the acronym meant nothing to me.<br /><br />A quick google count says the odds were 5.5 to 4.6 in my favor - but not today.imsdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966770844825169981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-44054992995922791232010-04-15T06:17:53.462-07:002010-04-15T06:17:53.462-07:00I had to resubmit this comment because I couldn...I had to resubmit this comment because I couldn't remember what day of the week it is..... <br /><br />I find this weeks puzzle progressively getting easier. Maybe its just my screwy brain! or its inability to think with clarity early in the week, but I missd Monday's puzzle, I hated Tuesday's puzzle, Wednesday'ss was good, todays was just a breezy joy! By the way I dont like gov. agencies or other trivial threesies....just my OpinionUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17246861190978148108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-16777118690315859842010-04-15T06:14:37.868-07:002010-04-15T06:14:37.868-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17246861190978148108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-47871463827888517392010-04-15T06:12:08.568-07:002010-04-15T06:12:08.568-07:00I was late to the game yesterday, so just wanted t...I was late to the game yesterday, so just wanted to mention that for this New Englander, Silas DEANE was a gimme ... I live about 10 miles from the Silas Deane Hwy.<br /><br />I liked today, a pretty straightforward Thursday, and thought the tax day tie in was fun.<br /><br />LOVED "In bad form," and thought "Plug Ugly" was good ... actually put that one in w/ only one cross.<br /><br />Gotta run, but I'll check back in later ;)gespensthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345498521904521489noreply@blogger.com