Theme: "R&D" - R is replaced by DR in each theme entry.
23A. Saloon with a strict no-quipping policy? : ANTI-DROLL BAR. Anti-roll bar.
35A. Art class focused on river rapids? : WHITE WATER DRAFTING. Whitewater rafting
52A. Has the downspouts inspected? : GETS A DRAIN CHECK. Gets a rain check.
76A. Portrait of Donald's life? : A DRAKE'S PROGRESS. A Rake's Progress.
89A. Worries about contract details? : DREADS THE FINE PRINT. Reads the fine print. This one has a sound change.
108A. Refreshment after some winter recreation? : SKATING DRINK. Skating rink.
A few stray R's, but none starting letters in the theme entries.
Only
6 entries, but they're all quite long. I dread 15+ letter entries.
This grid only has 138 words and 66 black squares (our norm is 144 words
and 78 squares). Those stacks of 8's in the upper right and lower left
are hard to fill cleanly. Big fan of today's grid.
Across:
1. Route with many turns : SLALOM. Had ??AL??, still could not nail it, Marti!
7. Command to a guard dog : SIC 'EM
12. Cap with a feather, to Yankee Doodle : MACARONI
20. Way out? : PAROLE. Third week in a row the upper left corner stumped me with its tricky clues.
21. Budget rival : ALAMO
22. Cosmetic oil source : AVOCADOS. My avocado oil is half gone. Pretty good. Scentless like almond oil.
25. Hallucinatory state : DELIRIUM
26. App symbol : ICON. And 28. "There's __ for that" : A NAME. You wanted AN APP, right?
27. Basic chem. unit : MOL. For Molecule?
30. Port on the Danish island Fyn : ODENSE. Hans Christian Andersen was born here.
31. "The Matrix" hero : NEO. This has become a gimme.
32. Wraparound garment : SARI
33. Simba's mate : NALA
34. NFL commentator Collinsworth : CRIS. Strange Wiki does not have a picture of him.
41. Brought up : REARED
44. Suffix with polymer : ASE. We also have 70. Grieg's "__ Death" : ASE'S. Constructors don't use these fill if they have better options.
45. Hide-and-seek word : READY
46. "Go jump in the loch!" : NAE! Little things make me happy, like this clue.
47. Take up, say : ALTER
48. Data-transfer meas. : BPS. OK, Bits/Bytes per Second.
50. San Jose-based tech giant : CISCO. Our Steve is with ORACLE.
51. Wag : CARD. Got me also.
56. "Big" star : HANKS. I'd got it easily if Tom were in the clue.
57. Sieben-neun link : ACHT. 7, 8, 9.
58. Porridge bit : OAT
59. Miffed : IRED
60. Board game based on pachisi : SORRY. Easy crosses.
62. Subway fixtures : STILES
64. Fencing tools : EPEES
65. Primate in "Tarzan" films : CHEETA
68. Muscular power : SINEW
71. Delt neighbor : LAT
73. Perón and others : EVAS
74. Jam cacophony : HORNS. Traffic jam. I just do not see a *S ending answer with this type of clue.
80. "So I'm cuter," to Tom Cruise: Abbr. : ANAG (Anagram). Cute.
81. Brooklyn institute : PRATT. Crosses as well.
82. Cephalopod's defense : INK
83. Range in NE Utah : UINTA. Rare UI* starting word.
84. Nonsense : ROT
85. Juvenile response : I AM SO
86. Suffix with human : OID
88. Sailing term preceded by a number : MASTED. Like two-masted.
94. Light bite : NOSH
95. Isn't up to par : AILS. And 8. Not up to par : ILL
96. 100 cents : EURO
97. Ryder Cup org. : PGA. So who do you think will win today? Left or Right? Or neither?
100. Pain : HASSLE
103. Refuse : TRASH. Noun "Refuse".
104. Fjord kin : RIA
105. Vein extracts : ORES
106. Shoe specification : EEE WIDTH
111. Customs-exempt storage facility : FREE ZONE. Lower left corner was easy to tackle today.
112. Anthrax-prevention drug : CIPRO. Fair crosses.
113. Concert cry : ENCORE
114. Downpours : TORRENTS
115. Start of the Common Era : ONE AD
116. Cowed : SCARED
Down:
1. Mediterranean land : SPAIN. MALTA won't fit.
2. Medieval Times prop : LANCE. Googled afterward. Never heard of the theater. Started in Texas. Been there, D-Otto/Anon-T?
3. Lovable droid : ARTOO
4. Butcher's cut : LOIN
5. __ school : OLD. Neither LAW or MED fit.
6. Madison in "Splash," as it turns out : MERMAID. Never watched the movie.
7. __ Mae : SALLIE
9. Changing places : CABANAS. Great clue also.
10. Flow (from) : EMANATE
11. Pep talk target : MORALE
12. Earned : MADE
13. Postal address abbr. : AVE
14. State bordering seven others : COLORADO. Easy crossings.
15. Turn sour : ACIDIFY
16. Least cooked : RAREST. I had RAWEST.
17. God with an eight-legged horse : ODIN
18. Toi et moi : NOUS
19. "Woe __!" : IS ME. And 36. "Where __?" : WAS I
24. __ cloud: comet-filled region in interstellar space : OORT
29. Wedded couples : MARRIEDS
32. He-Man's twin : SHE-RA
34. Solves : CRACKS
35. Sport with pins : WRESTLING. No bowling. Cool, TTP, right?
37. Fam. tree member : DESC
38. Regardless : IN ANY EVENT. And 43. "The way things are going ... " : AT THIS RATE
39. British stoolie : NARK. Forgot. We had this before.
40. Night sch. goals : GEDs
41. Sitar tunes : RAGAS
42. Campaign sign word : ELECT
48. Olga product : BRA. Gimme. Never bought their bras though.
49. Square spread on a slice : PAT. Butter!
50. Burger topper : CHEESE
51. Workaholic : CAREERIST. Not a word I use.
53. Teaspoon, e.g. : DOSE
54. Goes for, puppy-style : NIPS AT
55. Brook : CREEK
56. Princely letters : HRH (His Royal Highness)
61. Prefix with pod : OCTO
63. USN rank : ENS
64. Like some grins : EAR TO EAR
66. Try : TASTE
67. Mideast leadership family name : ASSAD
69. Friendliness : WARMTH
71. ICU worker : LPN
72. Old flood insurance? : ARK. Ha ha.
74. Like some facts and stuff : HARD
75. __ about : ON OR
77. Go like mad : DASH
78. Steamed veggies, say : SIDE
79. Organic fertilizer : GUANO. I know the word when I see it. But I don't know how to spell it correctly.
81. Relayed : PASSED ON
85. Revere : IDOLIZE. My idol. Zhang Yimou is from Xi'an as well. He discovered Gong Li.
86. Seaman's protective garment : OILSKIN
87. Fit : IN SHAPE
88. Illusions : MIRAGES
90. Pick up the phone : ANSWER
91. Debacle : FIASCO
92. " ... and that's final" : PERIOD
93. Total : RUIN
97. Poet Matthew buried in Westminster Abbey : PRIOR. Got via crosses.
98. Category : GENRE
99. FAQ part : ASKED
100. Test by lifting : HEFT
101. Aviation prefix : AERO
102. One in a ball game? : SEER. Crystal ball.
103. Bk. with synonyms : THES (Thesaurus)
105. Sea lion predator : ORCA
107. Blasting material : TNT
109. Refrain start : TRA
110. Caucus organizer: Abbr. : DNC. or RNC.
C.C.
38 comments:
I got the puzzle today! No reds, but I did have to search for the misspelling when I finished with no ta-da. The intersection of the Hindi and German words, I had O instead of A. Found and corrected it expeditiously, and got my ta-da!
Miss Molly was READY to give him his ANSWER
She'd already told Mom, and forewarned the pastor.
Her finger she'd proffer him
From her practiced DELIRIUM --
Not the finger he got, when he never ASKED her!
A female android tried hard to please
Sometimes on her back, sometimes her knees.
But it shocked her condenser
When the Olympic fencer
Confided the fetish he had for EPEES!
Greetings!
Oh, goody. NC (no cheats)!
Thanks to Clive and CC!
Had RAwEST at first. Also had ANapp first. Had not seen the word CAREERIST before. (Sp.?)
Beddy bye time.
Have a wonderful Sunday. It's hotter than hades here!
Anybody anxiously awaiting Al Cyone's posted times for the week?
I know I am...
Apologies for off-topic post, but I just wanted to pop in quickly to congratulate C.C. for today's New York Times puzzle (Sunday, August 16) -- a collaboration with Don Gagliardo. I strongly recommend that regular readers of this blog check out the other puzzle, either today or a week from today when it should appear in syndication.
Morning, all!
Got the theme early on and enjoyed figuring out the puns. Most of the theme answers were based on phrases I know with the exception of A DRAKES PROGRESS which only vaguely rang a bell.
The rest of the puzzle was pretty straightforward, but there was some weirdness here and there. I resisted putting in MARRIEDS as long as possible because it just seemed wrong to me. And, while I guessed that the "ball" in the clue for SEER might be a crystal one, "one in a ball game" still didn't make much sense to me. I almost turfed it at ANAG due to the tricky clue, but the light bulb finally turned on. Also, I don't really associate not being "up to par" with being sick, so neither ILL nor AILS really sat well with me. And yes, I wanted AN APP instead of A NAME.
FYI, I'll be traveling for the next few days and likely won't have a chance to check in. If you don't hear from me for more than a week, though, send the dogs out... ^_^
Good morning!
I started out with CRETE at 1d right out of the gate. D'oh! I thought it was cute to see I AM SO and ARTOO in the same puzzle. OK, that's just me. I did get the theme right away. That helped immensely with the remaining theme answers. Thanks, Clive. You, too, C.C., and congrats on your NYT today.
"I'm tired, and I'm getting cranky, Mommy!" There's a nap for that. Yes, hand up!
I remember Charles Collingwood, but not CRIS Collinsworth.
FREEZONE is also an anti-wart treatment.
Played "Sorry" as a wee lad. Had no idea it was based on pachisi. Perhaps, because I've never played pachisi.
I think Wag/CARD should have had some hint that it was British. No?
C.C., I've never heard of "Medieval Times." But we do have the Texas Renaissance Festival which runs for several weekends every fall in SE Texas. Very popular, very expensive. I've never been. Not my cup of meat.
Off to do the NYT...
Our paper mistakenly printed this puzzle last week. Having done it before cut down my time today, but it still was an enjoyable challenge.
V-8 moments, ANAG and SEER from perps. Barry, thanks for clearing up crystal ball.
I knew CARD from American slang, no idea it might be British. "You're a real CARD!"
I believe HORNS had to be plural. All those horns make a huge racket, cacaphony, bigger than one horn might make.
My young students played SORRY at recess. As kids, sibs and I played a lot of Parcheesi with mom.
Wiki: "Parcheesi is a brand-name American adaptation of the Indian cross and circle board game Pachisi." I didn't realize SORRY was based on it.
Medieval Times is popular, but I have never attended.
I used to belong to a group of "Young MARRIEDS", but I'm no longer young and no longer married.
Not up to par seems logical for ill or ail, not seriously sick, but somewhat ill.
The Week in Review: M 4:48 T 5:11 W 6:38 T 8:23 F FIW S 21:16 S 26:57
Friday: I turned on the red-letters at the 60-minute mark. In the NW I had vacillated between OTTO and OTHO. I preferred the former (actually I preferred NERO) but OTHO (who?) gave me LACEHOLE which made sense but wasn't a word I'd ever seen or heard. The real snafu ended up in the SW. Like others, I never saw MED and was looking for something like TID or PID. Which led to SAMISIN and either ATACATA or ATACAPA, all three of which looked reasonable. In the course of trying different letters in those three squares I may have had the right letters (H,M,E) . . . but never at the same time!
Saturday: Back on track with IMPRECATES (a word I didn't know) being the final fill.
Sunday: A fun and helpful theme.
See y'all next weekend.
Thanks C.C.I'll look forward to seeing your NYT puzzle next Sunday.
Excellent puzzle, Clive. I especially liked 1a and 80a.
IMHO "ase" and "Ases" are acceptable because they have entirely different meanings.
I can't see how either could have been changed without altering a huge section, including a theme or two, of the puzzle.
Have a lovely day, everyone.
I always enjoy puzzles from Mr Probert and always learn something. This week it was reading about the work of HOGARTH and its many incarnations. As with most Sundays lots of work especially as it took a while relate to Donald Duck being a Drake, too much Trump in the news. Also the small number of theme answers slowed progress.
Enjoy your trip BG thanks Clive and C.C.
Off to buy a NYT
Good Morning:
Well, this was somewhat of a workout, even though I caught the theme early on. I finally filled in anti-droll bar correctly after my eyes saw no-quipping instead of no-tipping policy. Had a few w/o's: egress/parole, rhesus/cheeta, Fannie/Sallie, and data/hard. I finished w/o help but relied heavily on perps and a wag or two.
Thank you, Clive, for a pleasant Sunday challenge and thank you, CC, for the concise expo. Will look forward to doing your NY Times puzzle later; congratulations!
Have a great day.
97 across
Hoping the golfer on the right wins!
Jason lives in my neck of the woods!
Well C.C., the NW fell quickly and caused me to wonder if I did it correctly. DROLL is a new word for me and I had never heard of an ANTI ROLL-BAR, only a rollbar. The theme came to me at WHITEWATER DRAFTING ( no Bill and Hillary jokes) the long fills were easier than some of the short ones. A DRAKE'S PROGRESS made no sense because I am unfamiliar with "A Rakes Progress".
MOL- mole, atom, I know pretty much anything chemical but I've never seen that one. NARK, ASE'S, SHE-RA, Olga"s BRA, PRIOR- all new. I just don't understand SEER as 'one in a ball game'. I guess the 'crystal ball' game, as in shenanigans. Calling a RIA a kin to a FJORD is a stretch unless one equates rivers with rivers of ICE.
Today's puzzle took longer than my 10 mile bike ride this morning with CARREERIST, CARD, and NARK being to last to fall. Way too many false starts.
APT became AVE; AN APP became A NAME; ACIDIZE became ACIDIFY; RAWEST became RAREST; TOO BAD became PERIOD; RAJAS became RAGAS. I filled ANAG with crosses and anagram didn't click until I double-checked my work.
PGA- Jason Day has a very steady game and I don't think he will choke but vertigo happens when you least expect it. I know that from personal experience.
Kudos to C.C. for the Sunday NYT puzzle, which I don't do because one-a-day is enough for me. You're one busy girl (woman, lady).
AL CYONE- YOU were the only one who struggled Friday.
YR, it was the "wag" that I thought was British. Not the CARD.
Things went much faster on this lovely Sunday puzzle when I found my spelling errors. Duh!
Musings
-I had only heard of Pilgrim’s Progress
-Yeah, I read all the FINE PRINT when I log on to Kohl’s Wi-Fi ;-)
-ZIG ZAG/SLALOM, RAWEST/RAREST, APP/NAME
-Nebraska PAROLE mistakes
-I do not watch or not watch an NFL game because of commentators
-Tasty OATmeal but not healthy it seems
-Talk about yer numbered MASTS
-Without Tiger, only we golf nuts watch it on TV
-Should ONE AD be ZERO AD?
-The show at Medieval Times was much better than the food
-I never see it coming when Poirot CRACKS a case on Netflix
-When the geese come to Desoto Bend, IA the smell of the GUANO from behind the blind is overwhelming
-Bell intended Ahoy to be used when ANSWERING the phone
-In what movie did Chevy Chase get lucky in a CABANA?
-Gotta run.
D/O, I am as familiar with WAG as an American word as I am with CARD. I actually I did wonder which one you meant.
My only knowledge of A Rake’s Progress was the Stravinsky opera of that name. Today I learned the opera was based on a series of Hogarth’s paintings.
The story reminds me Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray about the dissipation and ruin of another libertine. Dorian wishes to remain forever young and handsome. Only his portrait will age while he goes on to live a hedonistic life. There is a surprise twist at the end. In 1945 the story was made into a four or five star movie, of which I am fond. I have enjoyed seeing it several time over the years. A mediocre remake was released in 2009.
Husker, I'm in favor of zero ads. Would you please talk to the TV folks about that. That's why we don't watch any "live" TV. Oh, and I wouldn't get behind those blind folks if I were you.
HG, I was informed there is a bug in the script for Nebraska Parole Mistakes. My system declined to run it. without permission.
Zero AD is just weird!!
Thank you Clive Probert and thank you CC.
Took 4 sittings to complete this puzzle. Definitely wasn't firing on all cylinders during the first couple of attempts. Struggled at times with answers to clues that would have been easier most other days. Probably because of having too much fun while golfing in the 90 plus degree heat yesterday. Then the banquet afterwards. Aspirin and coffee cleared some of the cobwebs, but still...
My "Cosmetic oils source" went from ALOE VERA to AVOCADOS.
Had ILSA ? as SIMBA's mate, but after getting MORALE down, remembered NALA.
One in a ball game = SEER. I thought that was clever.
Wife, SIL, BIL, and nephew went to Medieval Times here and I passed. Just doesn't appeal to me.
How cool is that CC ? That is a great tribute puzzle you created on Walter Ray, and that is so cool that he autographed it for you. Fantastic. As you know, he is my all time favorite.
On a related side note, I will be subbing this season after taking years off. Did not want to commit to every week for a full season this year.
HG - Caddyshack, with actress Cindy Morgan in her role as Lacey Underall. Classic.
This seemed like pretty standard Sunday fare, maybe a little crunchier. Thanks , Clive and CC. Also congrats on the NYT puzzle. Only write over was ANAME for ANapp. I was so sure, I didn't glance at the crosses as I usually do. BZZT!
Dinner's in the oven with the delay-start set, and I'm going settle in to watch some preseason football. I know the games are meaningless, but I gotta football Jones to cure.
Cya.
Tiger is a has been and never will be again. Jack's record is safe. Too much new talent to overcome. If any "oldies" can be successful, I hope it will be Phil Mickelson, a person with class.
Yep, sure did pencil in AN APP. Hardest area for me was the NAE, CARD, NARK area, made even harder by my entering GDES instead of GEDS. Enjoyed the DR theme and entries.
Hello, friends!
Thank you, Clive Robert, for an enjoyable puzzle today, which I managed to CRACK after a long break. Like some of you, I refused to forgo ANAPP until it was patently obvious with MADE. None of it was difficult, just obscure in some places. MARRIEDS took a long time; very strange word.
And thanks, C.C., for your insights. I, too, wanted BOWLING with pins and loved the clue for ARK.
I was gone last week but I heard it reached 117 degrees though it's not much lower today.
I hope you're having a delightful Sunday, everyone!
I take "a bug in the script" to mean exit ASAP. My computer temporarily freezes before this message. Techies, why did HGs Nebraska Parole prompt this?
Musings
-I’m sorry about the bad link to the Omaha World Herald article where a bookkeeping error let some prisoners out on PAROLE too soon
-Is this link any better?
-The Chevy Chase movie I was thinking of was Fletch where he got into Dana Wheeler Nicholson’s, uh, CABANA
-Good one, Otto! These are the blinds I was referencing where we could see, hear and smell the migrating geese.
YR: I had no problem with HG's original prison link (I'm using Windows XP with the Chrome browser). "A bug in the script" doesn't sound much like a legitimate error report. I'd suspect some malware on your computer that's giving false alarms.
Mr. Google, I seriously doubt that. I have my computer analyzed by Dr. Computer yearly and I have NEVER had a virus that messed up my system. Malware has NEVER been a problem all these many years. When I occasionally receive these script messages I am asked if I wish to continue. I reply no and exit immediately. There are no repercussions. I believe my protection is very strong and I avoid "iffy" downloads. I am ultra-conservative about this, but about little else in my philosophy. Gary indicated it was a bad link.
YRsaid...Gary indicated it was a bad link
And I said I had no problem with it. I wonder if Gary had a problem with it (I assume he didn't or he wouldn't have posted it). I wonder if anyone else had a problem with it.
Both links worked fine for me. I was just sorry it did not work for others.
In other news, I just watched the tearful finish of the PGA championship. Very powerful.
Did any of you come across the AVP volleyball tournament on CBS about 3pm? It was broadcast from south of the pier in Manhattan Beach. It messes up my bike ride but it's fun to see local scenery on national TV. Barbara and I used to drag up a towel and sit next to the courts back in the 60s and 70s. We even caught Wilt Chamberlain a couple of times. Those low-key days are long gone since they all became professionals.
Yellowrocks,
I had no problems or issues going to Gary's Omaha.com World-Herald link. You have nothing to fear by continuing to that site.
I would have no idea about your system, its settings, your operating system, browser, ad nauseaum, but based on your brief statement only, that is a message from your security settings, your firewall, and ad blocker or tracker blocker you have installed, or some browser add-on or extension on your computer.
The message is telling you that the website you are connecting to has embedded code. That embedded code may keep track of your IP address for future advertising purposes, to see what pages you visit and how long you are at the site, and for other data gathering uses such as that.
It's script for web page tracking, or "web analytics" as it were, and some setting or add-on on your computer is letting you know it's there. At reputable sites, these embedded scripts are not malicious.
HG: I agree that the final round of the PGA was special. As much as I was pulling for Spieth to win, I was hoping if it wasn't him, that Jason Day would. He has come so close before and has worked extremely hard to get where he is. Spieth rose to #1, and arguably played the best of anyone this year in the four majors. Golf - even without TW and PM - is in good shape
Thanks, TTP
Chairman Moe, I agree wholeheartedly. Wanted Jordan Spieth but if it wasn't to be, was really happy it was Jason Day. Dustin Johnson has had plenty of travails in his travels this year, and the way he came back after playing that first hole to a snowman was incredible. Talk about highs and lows in a round.
Yellowrocks et al., remember (from a couple of years ago), you can use the Google Safebrowsing exec to get a feel for a website you may be unfamiliar with. Copy and paste the following in your address bar and press enter. Change the site name and top level domain as needed. In Gary's link, it was Omaha.com. Try apple.com, FTC.gov or OSU.edu or comcast.net and others as you may desire.
https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=Google.com
I don't usually contribute here but with this one I had to. Hand up for ANApp--most especially with that clue! That made my wedded couples pARtnErS, and set me back a good half hour in that section. Talk about setting you up for a fall! "There's _____ for that." Wow.
As to the rest of it, I found it entertaining, and brain-engaging. No pushover here. A couple of the clues really stretched thin: pain is a HASSLE, I suppose, but it really should have read "Pain, e.g." Lots of other s**t is a HASSLE too. I liked the sport with pins; gotta be one of three. Spieth has nothing to feel bad about; in case nobody got the message: THESE GUYS ARE GOOD. Any one of them can put it all together and go low for four days. I marvel at Byron Nelson's feat so many years ago; there's a single season record that will NEVER be broken. Too much talent out there. But Jordy's a winner, and will be one many, many more times if he doesn't self-destruct.
Ahoy, spacecraft
I wonder if I was the only one that had "There's a cure for that."
One AD is wrong. The correct answer is AD One. It makes no sense to say "One the year...".
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