tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post3073252100421333111..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: SATURDAY, June 5, 2010 — Robert H. WolfeOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-11504516154522748252010-06-06T04:53:35.779-07:002010-06-06T04:53:35.779-07:00For the record, ESKER appeared in a December 10, 2...For the record, ESKER appeared in a December 10, 2008 LA Times by Allan Parrish and a May 8, 2009 Dan NaddorLemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-48229639699347290072010-06-05T20:19:25.757-07:002010-06-05T20:19:25.757-07:00WORST PUZZLE EVER!!!WORST PUZZLE EVER!!!RASTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798207934025196379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14901867952668021452010-06-05T18:57:16.824-07:002010-06-05T18:57:16.824-07:00Contrary to other folks above, I liked this puzzle...Contrary to other folks above, I liked this puzzle but thought it was a toughie. Had to google MELKY, ETTA JAMES and ART A. I had CW101's arete instead of ESKER so the SW was slow to emerge. Loved I COULD EAT A HORSE, I GIVE and the Yogi-ism THE FUTURE ain't what it used to be.<br /><br />@PG: I sure enjoyed your witty write-ups this week. Hope you are energized and not considering yourself DAFT for deciding to carry on alone. Nice personal "ABOUT" you up at the top of the blog by the CW101 list.shrub5https://www.blogger.com/profile/09466867716773759568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-76406044743832544432010-06-05T18:56:08.906-07:002010-06-05T18:56:08.906-07:00Same as ChefB -
Had Val for ARN, "sensitive&...Same as ChefB - <br />Had Val for ARN, "sensitive" for SETONEDGE, "syrup" for THORA, bArn for LEAS, IKE for RON, Bath for YORK, "arete" for ESKER, Clara (Bow) for INFRA.<br /><br />In other words, mine was a totally different puzzle.<br /><br />Did like ROOTSTOCK, cause all apple trees here are grafted. Got DEM right off. Hmm.<br /><br />Never heard of THORA Birch, but have heard of birch syrup as the maple syrup of the West. I've never had it, but expect it's not that good (?) since they add honey to it.<br /><br />Cute kid and pig-in-boots, in that order.Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-15761166271076804252010-06-05T16:40:31.721-07:002010-06-05T16:40:31.721-07:00terrible puzzle. couldn't do it!!!terrible puzzle. couldn't do it!!!chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-23047763611630294622010-06-05T15:57:07.478-07:002010-06-05T15:57:07.478-07:00Oh and one more thing - SET ON EDGE? Clenched mayb...Oh and one more thing - SET ON EDGE? Clenched maybe. Never heard of SET ON EDGE referring to teeth...CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-43018832892251760062010-06-05T15:49:45.424-07:002010-06-05T15:49:45.424-07:00Somebody's grumpy....
I kind of agree with @P...Somebody's grumpy....<br /><br />I kind of agree with @PurpleGuy. I was not thrilled with this puzzle. Too many sports clues for one thing. It may be because I was solving newspaper style in the car on the bumpy 101 (spouse was driving). Somehow I got REEFY easily, but was rather astounded that it was actually the answer. ESKER, I think I've seen before, but just not one of those words I can retain for some reason. I misread Polish as Polish as in from Poland - d'oh moment of the day. Still don't get how Armies=hosts?<br />I did like the long answers though.<br />@PuzzleGirl your write up was the best thing. I love the pics of the piglet in boots and that cute little girl.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-31249094928823948812010-06-05T15:40:51.896-07:002010-06-05T15:40:51.896-07:00@Anonymous 2:47 Right on. I couldn't agree mor...@Anonymous 2:47 Right on. I couldn't agree more about this puzzle.<br />There are probably times when I'm an "elitist" solver.<br />I liked your send up, though !!PurpleGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03831764248536980544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-48947794754239974412010-06-05T14:47:40.834-07:002010-06-05T14:47:40.834-07:00Another complete waste of space and time! DEMS = ...Another complete waste of space and time! DEMS = "dose people"????? REEFY means ribs! Even Hal Foster aficionados like myself would have to dig for "Prince Arn" Love to copy the answers and check backwards to see what people with too much time on their hands do to waste their precious lives. No puzzle should require the use of a computer to solve. It should be a test of basic knowledge of our great language, not a stupid "trivial pursuit" like these moronic, elitist puzzles are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-74086634539423855232010-06-05T14:22:20.754-07:002010-06-05T14:22:20.754-07:00AFORESAID ??????
I must be on a different planet,...AFORESAID ??????<br /><br />I must be on a different planet, because this puzzle was just awful. I really,really hated it.<br />I've been doing crosswords for over 40yrs and this one was the worst for me.<br /><br />REEFY is just terrible.<br />AFORESAID ??????? Yuck !!!!!!!!PurpleGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03831764248536980544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-57955572097671464432010-06-05T13:01:10.929-07:002010-06-05T13:01:10.929-07:00REEFY really is awful. On the whole though this w...REEFY really is awful. On the whole though this was enjoyable for me to solve.Van55https://www.blogger.com/profile/15904942044695917615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-88665815778500788252010-06-05T12:54:47.670-07:002010-06-05T12:54:47.670-07:00Nice puzzle, with to me only reefy a real clunker....Nice puzzle, with to me only reefy a real clunker. I also had shine for sheen, and wanted pach- for skin, when there was no indication for that at all...<br /><br />I sorta liked dem, maybe because I got it right away?machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-73244562944400090902010-06-05T12:45:52.017-07:002010-06-05T12:45:52.017-07:00@Chip, in fairness to yourself, NOSTALGIA is a hel...@Chip, in fairness to yourself, NOSTALGIA is a hell of a good answer, and entirely worthy of Mr. Berra.lit.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729199575329286046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-69744254573700193892010-06-05T12:23:01.066-07:002010-06-05T12:23:01.066-07:00Glad to see I was not alone in thinking SHEEN was ...Glad to see I was not alone in thinking SHEEN was SHINE, PARE was PEEL, and that REEFY is lame at best. Of course, I have no one to blame but myself for not recalling correctly Yogi Berra's remark and inserting NOSTALGIA instead of THEFUTURE. My memory ain't what it used to be, either. Once I got ETTAJAMES, though, that was an easy fix.Chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00804080141187697266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-91494697820316374542010-06-05T11:19:51.070-07:002010-06-05T11:19:51.070-07:0032D "Displacement from a club" had me a ...32D "Displacement from a club" had me a tad stumped. I kept thinking of night clubs, rowdy crowds, and bouncers. I finally got 'divot'. I don't know if I felt had or what. I let that go tho because it reminded me the U.S. Open will start in two weeks at Pebble Beach. Pebble Beach, hell yeah!!!! Can't waitbackbiterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985111542033146995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-67243958323858436782010-06-05T10:14:18.720-07:002010-06-05T10:14:18.720-07:00Found some rather intemperate remarks about the fi...Found some rather intemperate remarks about the fill that I typed after solving last night. Friends don’t let friends drink and drive their huffy bikes around. I begin again.<br /><br />I’ll still whine about REEFY having no redeeming features, but much of the rest is, as both Puzzle Girl and Rex point out, just Crosswordese 101 chapters I hadn’t yet read. And I’m giving a shiny gold star to OF USE just for not being UTILE.<br /><br />Best laugh (this a.m.) was at myself. I had done the NYT puzzle a couple of beers earlier, and it had, surprisingly, been a themed puzzle. [cue sound of mind-set locking] I did this puzzle and then sat staring at the screen, and staring, and staring, in slack-jawed puzzlement. Draft post from last night included a rant about how much I hate it when, a year and a half into serious puzzling, a theme still eludes me, said rant seasoned liberally with expletives.<br /><br />@Tinbeni, I’ll go out on a limb here and mount a defense of DOSE. In that dialect, D = TH, so THEM goes to D’EM and THOSE goes to D’OSE. Look any better with the not-in-crosswords apostrophes?lit.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729199575329286046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-90680765921082160312010-06-05T07:55:07.079-07:002010-06-05T07:55:07.079-07:00OK. Longs good, rest adequate, with some exception...OK. Longs good, rest adequate, with some exceptions (in either direction). Enjoyed seeing MELKY, and liked that little section more than any other. Big triumph of the day — nailing ESKER (a rare but impt crossword word).<br /><br />rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14835284836148155152010-06-05T05:32:57.376-07:002010-06-05T05:32:57.376-07:00When you look at this blank grid, then experience ...When you look at this blank grid, then experience that the 15's are the easiest answers, well ... they yielded some traction. <br /><br />Write-overs, Ike, shine, coral (reefy? WTF!) and Lenin for that Red Head.<br /><br />In NYese, isn't DEM guys, "Dos" people? No 'e'?<br />Armies clues HOSTS?<br />ESKER for Glacial ridge came up somewhere recently, can't remember where.<br /><br />GET ACROSS going down got the AAHED moment.<br /><br />@PuzzleGirl Excellent write-up. Your deck sealer is a cutie.Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.com