tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post36119110693204066..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: THURSDAY, February 25, 2010 — Gary SteinmehlOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-7813789167240456232010-02-26T07:19:35.599-08:002010-02-26T07:19:35.599-08:00Friday puzzle not yet up, soooo
I'm a bit gla...Friday puzzle not yet up, soooo<br /><br />I'm a bit glad to see the non-geeks (puzzle geeks, that is) complain a bit about the kinds of things that just get shouted down some other place(s). <br /><br />A POP = PER, not just POP <br /><br />There is a lot of fill for serious puzzle geeks that make fairly good puzzlers scratch their heads and the geeks who cross the line into snobs just don't recognize it.<br /><br />(Too much time on my hands with work canceled due to snow non-event?)<br /><br />Not exactly a rant, mind you, but sometimes the slanted obscure, mis-directed clues get coupled with stacked 15's it just gets to be such a chore that those puzzles wind up being puzzles for about 1:5000 folks.<br /><br />Me, as I've said before I've made lots of progress here, but past Thursday at the NYT it stops being fun and becomes a chore.<br /><br />Cheers, too early for Tinbeni's Whisky of choice ...xyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-8577630316645220312010-02-25T22:42:12.263-08:002010-02-25T22:42:12.263-08:00@Crazycatlady
It is waaaay past an "OUCH"...@Crazycatlady<br />It is waaaay past an "OUCH" !!!<br />Actually it's lots of cranberry juice (I got 4 gal.) for a few days. <br />Though I did have one Scotch while enjoying the Ladies Skating Finals.<br />Not much of a fan but every four years I have an hour for the best. They did not disappoint.<br /><br />Forgot to add my 2 cents to the discussion of the worst (or one of the worst) answers ever.<br />Sports UTES = BullShit answer.<br />Just make up a related Native American clue. UTES are a proud people.<br />I know of no-one who uses this OBTUSE, crappy term.<br />It will probably be the repeat answer of the day on Friday.<br /><br />OK, off my soapbox.<br /><br />But with the k-stone passing (not a real fun experience) I was looking forward to a excellent puzzle and this one was pretty good.<br /><br />Anon 10:38<br />Serape & sarape are both acceptable.<br />The 'a' when you are in Mexico.<br />Google both spellings (I did).Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-8448623014223355902010-02-25T22:18:33.959-08:002010-02-25T22:18:33.959-08:0033 across is sarape33 across is sarapeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-79050188873455642552010-02-25T20:33:30.709-08:002010-02-25T20:33:30.709-08:00I was confused with the theory as well, tried &quo...I was confused with the theory as well, tried "if so", "ergo", didn't work but "idea" is a good answer.<br /><br />I liked the theme. Always amazes me when the constuctor can <br />come up with so many matches.<br /><br />RC is the forgotton cola. One of my best friends when a kid always drank that brand. Also I bet there are some blues songs that use it in the lyrics.badspelllernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-21843566361786186452010-02-25T19:57:11.881-08:002010-02-25T19:57:11.881-08:00@Tinbeni - Ouch! Hope you're feeling better. ...@Tinbeni - Ouch! Hope you're feeling better. Have a Scotch.<br />@Orange HEAD CHEESE x3 yum...<br />@Anon 7:24 One PER piece - a pop. It shows up often. <br />@doc moreau Osso Bucco and HEAD CHEESE have absolutely no similarity except that they are both from an animal. Osso Bucco is a lovely braise of veal shank with tomatoes, vegetables, wine and served with risotto alla milanese. HC is just - well I don't wanna go there.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-76920430296042958842010-02-25T19:56:31.739-08:002010-02-25T19:56:31.739-08:00@Anonymous 7:24
POP is an idiom for apiece.
See th...@Anonymous 7:24<br />POP is an idiom for apiece.<br />See the definition 28 in this dictionary---<br /><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/POP%2B%2B" rel="nofollow">PER (POP)</a>JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-62448806527155708802010-02-25T19:24:56.702-08:002010-02-25T19:24:56.702-08:00Dang, I was hoping someone would address 9D, "...Dang, I was hoping someone would address 9D, "A pop" - PER. I have no idea how that clue gives that answer. I'm completely at a loss; does it simply mean the letters "per" can be added to "pop" to create the word "popper"?<br /><br />Thanks in advance to anyone who responds! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-40862110325227453062010-02-25T16:08:08.833-08:002010-02-25T16:08:08.833-08:00I liked the theme, and trust me HEAD CHEESE is not...I liked the theme, and trust me HEAD CHEESE is nothing when in the last 24 hours you past a Kidney Stone. What fun, again, ugh.<br /><br />OK, so todays repeated word is Jai "ALAI.".<br />Knew RN wouldn't want to break his streak.<br /><br />ELOISE, Kay Thompson's imp. 6yo was new to me.<br /><br />@JNH - Jiggers 1 1/2 = OZS was gimmie.<br />And I admit down in Jamaica a few Gin & Tonics w/LIME have been consumed.<br />I also remembered the RINSO ads, it started ringing in my HEAD as I solved it. nice embed, thanks.<br /><br />Unlike a few others I thought the crossing of KIDD/KIDDO was great.<br />Also thumb up for DIET RC (Royal Crown Cola).<br /><br />Hand up on the OAT before HAY which slowed me in the NE.<br /><br />The clunkers were already covered, 'nough said.<br /><br />PG OK, don't tell us the cell-phone story.<br />I'm not going to tell you I like Scotch. So There !!!Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-29105779602283646812010-02-25T14:58:47.289-08:002010-02-25T14:58:47.289-08:00Ms Orange: My town, Riverside, has a heavy Polish/...Ms Orange: My town, Riverside, has a heavy Polish/Czech population. Conversations overheard at Grumpy's, my cafe, often centers around where to find the best "head cheese" (ain't no cheese in it) osso bucco, pigs'feet, tripe and the like. <br /> I have an Irish friend who said once that: "some people put on a fork that others wouldn't put on a shovel."<br /> I brought up "steak and kidney pie." Oh well, he said, "that's different."docmoreauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02818994558608641561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-39401803716824343052010-02-25T14:32:36.292-08:002010-02-25T14:32:36.292-08:00Someone gave me a penguin Beanie Baby who is sport...Someone gave me a penguin Beanie Baby who is sporting a Green Bay Packer colored hat and scarf, I bought him a miniature cheese wedge to wear on top of his hat. I found it in a little cheese shop in, where else, Wisconsin. I didn't even think of headcheese, which I do like, my mind automatically went to cheese head. Once a cheeser, always a cheeser.<br /><br />Really liked the puzzle, only write over was, like others, HAY over oat.chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-18179011572703331352010-02-25T14:25:56.741-08:002010-02-25T14:25:56.741-08:00If HEAD CHEESE grosses you out, then how about mak...<i>If HEAD CHEESE grosses you out, then how about making it CHEESE HEAD?</i><br /><br />As Mike Nelson once said, "the Razorback hat lacks the quiet dignity of the cheese wedge".Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-24501099024782157272010-02-25T13:59:37.763-08:002010-02-25T13:59:37.763-08:00Funny, Orange!
I liked the puzzle, some very good ...Funny, Orange!<br />I liked the puzzle, some very good words and clues, and two of the theme answers the full width of the grid.<br /><br />I loved Roger Moore as Ivanhoe when I was a little child... <br />The Whitney Museum in New York has Calder's circus, a fabulous table full of small mobiles and other contraptions. It comes with an interesting video.<br /><br />Odd, Continental for European. Great Britain and Ireland are part of Europe, although not part of the Continent.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-9595690651858659442010-02-25T12:33:08.165-08:002010-02-25T12:33:08.165-08:00What's awesome is that this triplet puzzle wit...What's awesome is that this triplet puzzle with head cheese evokes <a href="http://www.polana.com/product/52/Polish_Meats_and_Poultry" rel="nofollow">this Head Cheese Trio</a> from Polana.com. I want to be their copywriter. "If you love head cheese, you will be very pleased with our selection. Their superb authentic taste will please any head cheese connoisseur." That is a damned big "if" at the beginning, isn't it? If you do NOT love head cheese, for the love of god, move on. Do not sample this 3-lb assortment.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-43266770856390063412010-02-25T12:21:06.545-08:002010-02-25T12:21:06.545-08:00@anon 12:00 p.m. LOL I'm not sure which one i...@anon 12:00 p.m. LOL I'm not sure which one is worse!CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-18314984315944183812010-02-25T12:00:49.423-08:002010-02-25T12:00:49.423-08:00I'm with lit.doc on UTES, but I'll go even...I'm with lit.doc on UTES, but I'll go even further: I fault the clue AND question the in-boundsness of the answer, especially when there's a tribe in (Colorado? Utah?) that would be so much better. Then again, APES was clued without a reference to mimics, so I'll add a point for that, and I guess it's a wash.<br /><br />I was jumping around all over this one, with a few hiccups (GRAINS for PLAINS, I was thinking amber waves); and started to write PRIMP for "get ready to go" before I realized I'd be one letter short.<br /><br />addie (a/k/a/ PuzzleSister)addie logginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110916238293365903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-49574646094215476072010-02-25T12:00:45.815-08:002010-02-25T12:00:45.815-08:00@crazycatlady
If HEAD CHEESE grosses you out, then...@crazycatlady<br />If HEAD CHEESE grosses you out, then how about making it <a href="http://eof737.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/agreenbaypackercheesehead.jpg" rel="nofollow">CHEESE HEAD</a>?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-57545435457581778042010-02-25T11:52:51.991-08:002010-02-25T11:52:51.991-08:00Happy today because I finally knew that Fronton ha...Happy today because I finally knew that Fronton had to do with Jai ALAI. Couldn't quite get my HEAD around the entire theme until CHEESEBOARDSETS finally fell into place. The concept of HEAD CHEESE is just nasty. I guess offal in aspic is not my cup of TEA. As others have mentioned, I thought the crossing of KIDD and KIDDO was supect. Other than that, enjoyed seing CALDER, PERMEATE, ARM LOADS and SERAPE. <br /><br />REST ROOM LINES make me peevish. <br /><br />OYEZ - new word of the day.<br />@JNH Glad someone can remember RINSO! <br /><br />Also had LOP for HEW. It's always one or the other.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-1073688986354037192010-02-25T11:44:17.365-08:002010-02-25T11:44:17.365-08:00@Van55
There were actually nine theme words... rea...@Van55<br />There were actually nine theme words... read across those three triplets. They all go with HEAD.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-7952237694625742252010-02-25T11:37:08.677-08:002010-02-25T11:37:08.677-08:00Well sklap me side o' the HEAD
I had a heck o...Well <b>sklap</b> me side o' the HEAD<br /><br />I had a heck of a time with the NE so this was a challenge for me taking on many a re-write and a much longer time than any LAT weekday lately.<br /><br />No clue for abbr. in DIET R C (Royal Crown) - of which I won a case when I was 11 years old on a TV call-in in So FL) coupled with IN RE (isn't "REgarding" in the clue not such a good thing?) gave me a long pause down there, too.<br /><br />I guess 52A could/should have been clued "Diet Cola" as well, oh well<br /><br />Re-wrote EYESHADE maybe 5 times as OYEZ did not come. Also fell out on OAT rather than HAY (HEY!!), put in LOP for HEW and agree Rex, 37A*IDEA - boy I tried a lot there before IDEA.<br /><br />Next!xyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-72314231421614382862010-02-25T11:26:31.267-08:002010-02-25T11:26:31.267-08:00@LitDoc - Alexander Calder sculpture, 3 Arches, in...@LitDoc - Alexander Calder sculpture, 3 Arches, in front of Philip Johnson Art Museum and the Munson Williams Proctor Institute in Utica NY.<a href="http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/Image/1889/Thumb/1889-41085.jpg" rel="nofollow"><br />Calder1963</a>Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-62386478094150542892010-02-25T10:23:22.793-08:002010-02-25T10:23:22.793-08:00There were just three theme answers, and the link ...There were just three theme answers, and the link between them and the HEAD clue was tenuous, to me, at best. By the time I finished the puzzle I had forgotten there even was a theme until I read PG's blog. KIDD/KIDDO crossing is bad. Didn't much care for ATO, SLO, ONS or APES.<br /><br />Felt more like a Tuesday or Wednesday for me.Van55https://www.blogger.com/profile/15904942044695917615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-18431428360367298602010-02-25T09:55:09.301-08:002010-02-25T09:55:09.301-08:00I'm with @Rex, the cluing for IDEA was not goo...I'm with @Rex, the cluing for IDEA was not good. I liked my original answer of I BET (as in, I bet I could snooze two more times and still make it to my meeting on time) for the clue 'Start of a theory' but, unfortunately, the long down answer that crossed didn't. Curse you long down crossing answer!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900988170432327664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-1767503166273263562010-02-25T09:47:58.115-08:002010-02-25T09:47:58.115-08:00Or, if you prefer, "much less crossing one an...Or, if you prefer, "much <b>less</b> crossing one another".lit.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729199575329286046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-36110031795853969972010-02-25T09:37:09.894-08:002010-02-25T09:37:09.894-08:00Pretending to pay attention in departmental meetin...Pretending to pay attention in departmental meetings can <i>so</i> mess up ones concentration. Wrote in IBIS instead of ISIS which resulted (albeit briefly) in CHEESEBOARDWTFS. Giggling in meetings not excellent either.<br /><br />Got zero traction in NW beyond knowing KIDD. Ended up solving this one from the bottom up and finishing NW last. Knew the Eloise books, but somehow had never noticed the author’s name. And “End of a fronton game?” stopped me cold at AL_I. Guessed “Jai ALAI” despite the mystifying CALDER. Oh, now I see—google tells me it’s a person, not one who calds.<br /><br />Still can’t get my head around KIDD and KIDDO in the same puzzle, much crossing one another. Look forward to reading today’s write-up and comments.<br /><br />And “Sport UTES”? Ugh. Not faulting the clue or questioning the in-boundsness of the answer. Just hate that word. Ugh.lit.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729199575329286046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-91945951578541551632010-02-25T09:01:50.791-08:002010-02-25T09:01:50.791-08:00I dislike these themes, they leave me with a "...I dislike these themes, they leave me with a "so what" conclusion. A lot of the fill was weak with SLO, SECS, OZS, ATO, and YEA. Is it really YEA or today do we all simply use YEAH and I know it is in the dictionary.*David*noreply@blogger.com