tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post580381506483970093..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: SATURDAY, September 12, 2009—Don GagliardoOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-89071438170078692702009-09-13T21:13:50.219-07:002009-09-13T21:13:50.219-07:00@shrub5: Thanks! You are wonderful to take the ti...@shrub5: Thanks! You are wonderful to take the time to teach me. I appreciate it!choirwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313061449653927397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-546682340181565652009-09-12T20:49:24.725-07:002009-09-12T20:49:24.725-07:00@choirwriter:
To get a picture icon (avatar) to sh...@choirwriter:<br />To get a picture icon (avatar) to show, go back to blogger.com and get onto your "Dashboard" page. Click on "Edit Profile." Scroll down to the "Photograph" section. There is a field to enter a photo or clip art URL from one you have on your computer desktop or in a file folder on your computer. If you need more help, send me an e-mail and we'll try to figure it out.shrub5https://www.blogger.com/profile/09466867716773759568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-90182772162352375702009-09-12T19:59:50.844-07:002009-09-12T19:59:50.844-07:00Orange: I know what you mean about pianist. It i...Orange: I know what you mean about pianist. It is easily pronounced as penist (and it is funny, at least to me). This is what can happen when we take a word from the Romance languages and say it with an accent on the first syllable (of course, it is only natural for us to do so). In Spanish and French it carries the accent on the third syllables:<br />pi-an-NIST-a & pi-an-NIST, respectively.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165259499917393643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-78611271778095162122009-09-12T18:06:18.903-07:002009-09-12T18:06:18.903-07:00The Get Smart Complete DVD set is available on lin...The Get Smart Complete DVD set is available on line for around $100, depending on where you shop. All five seasons, hundreds of episodes.Bohicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-66312874728335589112009-09-12T17:55:49.973-07:002009-09-12T17:55:49.973-07:00Very good and very fun, also very easy! At this ho...Very good and very fun, also very easy! At this hour, that's all I'm asking for.<br /><br />Madame X is a wonderful painting, the story about her, which came out a couple of years ago, a lot of fun to read.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-82139389626877286842009-09-12T14:28:02.779-07:002009-09-12T14:28:02.779-07:00@johnsneverhome Just looked up Don Adams and Barb...@johnsneverhome Just looked up Don Adams and Barbara Feldon. Barbara is 77 and lives in New york. Don Died in 2005 at the age of 82.<br /><br />So there you have itchefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-40538582608005049192009-09-12T14:03:43.948-07:002009-09-12T14:03:43.948-07:0054A PIANIST needs 3 syllables, but don't get m...54A PIANIST needs 3 syllables, but don't get me started on the young'uns pronunciations. Also, in the clue for 1D the word "filmwise" is questionable. Can one couple anything with -wise? Does it mean one is wise about film, or "in a sort of film way"?<br /><br />What would Uncle Reamuse say?<br /><br />@Bohica - Axemen could be misunderstood in the sort of pianist way, or pianistwise.<br /><br />@Johnsneverhome and adding to @Parsan - Madame X,an elegant shapely woman painted in a shoulderless black gown against her ivory skin, was one Virginie Adegno Gautreau. Sargent was a prolific American Impressionis portrait painter whose works are all over NYC and Boston.Henry James' novels could be illustrated Sargentwise.<br /><br />Crossing 40A GRIDIRON with 44D NINTHS was just unfair to those who aren't sportswise (or those who aren't, sportswise).Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-86802979528708563972009-09-12T13:51:21.072-07:002009-09-12T13:51:21.072-07:00I really liked watching "Get Smart"...wo...I really liked watching "Get Smart"...would you believe...? I always thought Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) was a hottie. I wonder where she is today.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-55452212843851654562009-09-12T13:17:13.293-07:002009-09-12T13:17:13.293-07:00Was a pretty easy puzzle.
I loved Get Smart - wi...Was a pretty easy puzzle. <br /><br />I loved Get Smart - wish we could see reruns<br /><br />@Jimmie I too have Maltin's movie guide. I use google alsochefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-72080312502733464322009-09-12T13:13:42.140-07:002009-09-12T13:13:42.140-07:00Glad to see most everyone is Jake with the puzzle ...Glad to see most everyone is Jake with the puzzle as I was too. Sure it was easy but it was also very cleverly clued. Now I have time to hit the book store!<br /><br />Liked Orosco next to ninths. Didn't like Axer, I'm from the Great Northwest and we call them axemen out thisa way. <br /><br />Orange you did miss something with Get Smart (the TV show, not the movie). It was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry two of Americas true comedic genuises! Don Adams starred as agent 86. It was too far ahead of its time for its own good.Bohicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-11133947812455336252009-09-12T12:01:25.818-07:002009-09-12T12:01:25.818-07:00@anonymous 11:29 (get a name so we can talk to you...@anonymous 11:29 (get a name so we can talk to you!). It is not arrogance when one has the talent. Our host today is one of the top cruciverbalists on the planet - she has the right and the credentials to post any way she wants to.<br /><br />That said (and it shouldn't have to be), this was a pleasant diversion on a rainy Saturday morning, and that's good enough for me. Pleased to see Dan's comment, as it seemed like a drop kick to me to clue the two fifteens the same way (props to Mr. Gagliardo).<br /><br />@anonymous 11:45 - I used to rely on my American Heritage dictionary, Blockbuster's movie book, and my atlas to do the puzzles. Google came later. Do whatever you need to do to enjoy the puzzles. I'll bet you move away from the "helping hands" as you continue to solve.imsdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966770844825169981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-37981782868465156552009-09-12T11:45:09.469-07:002009-09-12T11:45:09.469-07:00I thought that it was rather quarky that they spun...I thought that it was rather quarky that they spun the electron into a boson.<br /><br />Fun puzzle for me, who never Googles, but uses the 1957 unabridged Webster, a map book, and Maltin's Movie Guide as my backup resources, with a rare peek at my 1974 Enc. Brit. 1974. Obviously, I occasionally have a lacuna in the CW. Finishing in less than 20 mins. is a bummer.JIMMIEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-68227002894351509102009-09-12T11:29:32.158-07:002009-09-12T11:29:32.158-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-3867447893789698712009-09-12T10:52:35.741-07:002009-09-12T10:52:35.741-07:00Not much of a challenge today, but still some clev...Not much of a challenge today, but still some clever clues. <br />Re clue 4D - Malone, my puz buddy dog, was raised to be a guide dog. Treats are NOT used as a training aid for guide dogs, only positive reinforcement of desired behaviors. Malone has a heart valve problem, so he didn't finish GD school and stayed with me instead. He does get an occassional treat now.Guinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14894917974788728685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-21874488147869611592009-09-12T10:21:57.918-07:002009-09-12T10:21:57.918-07:00Hmm... how do I get my picture icon on here?Hmm... how do I get my picture icon on here?choirwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313061449653927397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-55154990062170768182009-09-12T10:21:12.353-07:002009-09-12T10:21:12.353-07:00Off topic - I just signed up with blogspot and wan...Off topic - I just signed up with blogspot and wanted to see what happens now...choirwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313061449653927397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-84183805319066909612009-09-12T10:08:50.380-07:002009-09-12T10:08:50.380-07:00It was nice for a relative newbie to be able to sm...It was nice for a relative newbie to be able to smugly complete a Saturday puzzle! I got held up a little in the SE corner (not a big Sesame Street watcher), but it eventually came together. My only write-overs were HEATHEN for HERETIC (24d) and DEFS for SYNS ((58a), so not bad!<br /><br />This was just challenging enough to keep me engaged but not enraged!choirwriternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-75045473713268006432009-09-12T09:45:22.659-07:002009-09-12T09:45:22.659-07:00@Dan and other cw wizards -- Dan, I watched you so...@Dan and other cw wizards -- Dan, I watched you solve the puzzle on You Tube in under 2 minutes and to you and others I would like to ask--where is the satisfaction? Is it in trying to beat a previous time? Practicing for tournaments? I can zip through the cw puzzle in my local paper but it really isn't fun because there is no challenge. What keeps all of you doing it when you have become experts? I'm rather new to this and I am just curious.PARSANnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-29326376422015556842009-09-12T09:31:44.674-07:002009-09-12T09:31:44.674-07:00This is the first Saturday puzzle I have ever comp...This is the first Saturday puzzle I have ever completed.<br />I know its not Wednesday because I'm going to go out in the garden instead of to work.Burner10noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-47078597834242166452009-09-12T09:10:22.839-07:002009-09-12T09:10:22.839-07:00Don G. notes that he submitted the same clue for b...<a href="http://crosswordcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/saturday-september-12-2009-don.html" rel="nofollow">Don G. notes</a> that he submitted the same clue for both 15s - that would have been fun, but I don't know what that clue could be!<br /><br />Also, Rich Norris notes (<i>ibid.</i>) that today's changed-letter snafu -- and the LOOIE error on Thursday -- were the result of late editing requests from TMS. Gee, I'm glad that there's a Tribune honcho who apparently knows more about crosswords than Rich...<br />...though I can sort of understand the order to remove DTS, for fear of offending recovering addicts.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11209543514266918480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-56823953787498765942009-09-12T09:06:59.987-07:002009-09-12T09:06:59.987-07:00@JOHNS--As Carol wrote above, unit of Time(magazin...@JOHNS--As Carol wrote above, unit of Time(magazine), an issue(iss). MADAME X is a beautiful painting owned by the Met. Mus. of Art with an interesting history. Sargent painted Madame Gautreau(an American beauty married to a Frenchman) and the painting was shown in the French Salon of 1886(?). Hard to imagine but the French thought it salacious; an uproar over her dress and pose. The painting originally had her gown strap falling off of her shoulder but seen now at MOMA it has been painted back on. Her reputation was ruined and Sargent moved to England. All very reminiscent of Oscar Wilde"s "Lady Windemere's Fan", where the rigid rules of society could destroy guilty and innocent alike. The painting is beautiful! Look it up.PARSANnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-28686385686668807212009-09-12T08:26:36.788-07:002009-09-12T08:26:36.788-07:00A very easy Saturday puzzle unfortunately, though ...A very easy Saturday puzzle unfortunately, though it had a nice looking grid and some lively/interesting fill. Better suited for a Wednesday/Thursday where I think people might have appreciated it more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-24466618913400048302009-09-12T08:20:42.818-07:002009-09-12T08:20:42.818-07:00Don Gagliardo, you are a puzzle construction maest...Don Gagliardo, you are a puzzle construction maestro!!!<br />Thank you for an enjoyable Sat. morn.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-56913231468365086422009-09-12T08:13:27.294-07:002009-09-12T08:13:27.294-07:00A real jake puzzle for me... generally easy except...A real jake puzzle for me... generally easy except SE was ugh!<br />Had to look up OROSCO and BOSON.<br /><br />Orange, the word AXER is another example of this crazy add-an-ER thing.<br /><br />This puzzle gets a B+ from me because of the humor and cool words like ENBANC and BOSON.<br /><br />Loved the "tea for Two" for two DUET... fits in well with Friday's puzzle. Also liked the "Shakespeare's Avon calling" (10a) BARD. Cute clues!<br /><br />Thanks, shrub5, for the explanation of ENBANC. That's going to be John's word-of-the-day, although I'll find it hard to fit it into my everyday vocab.<br /><br />I still don't get ISS as a unit of time.<br /><br />I knew that 13d was DRMOREAU, but I sure would like to know more about this. And, who the heck was MADAMEX?<br /><br />I think a good puzzle is one that leaves you with wonderment and an inquisitive mind, however, I've been accused of having a Crossword-mind... knowing a tiny bit about everything... a "Reader's Digest" mentality.<br /><br />Looks like a beautiful day in the neighborhood today... enjoy your weekend, puzzlers!JOHNSNEVERHOMEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-51077290399693837512009-09-12T07:50:56.471-07:002009-09-12T07:50:56.471-07:00I had a "Devil Wears Prada" moment for 2...I had a "Devil Wears Prada" moment for 21a.Museum in Madrid, until Dr. Moreau appeared. Top half of puzzle went quickly but as a newbie, got boggled in the lower quadrants. Agree with @Orange and Shrubb5 on the pianist word. Lot of that kind of talk this week!(choad/Hoad?)Boson was not in my purview, but came as a cross. Put "leg" for peg under dimpled ball and lol'd at myself, at second look! Thanks, @Orange, for your medical jargon-delirium tremens! (now I know what to call my 20-something son's state on Sunday mornings!)They fail to reamuse me. Oh, college boys!ddbmcnoreply@blogger.com