Theme: NO ZOO
27A: Mechanic: GREASE MONKEY
55A: All-bark-and-no-bite type: PAPER TIGER
81A: Equipment used in an English sport: CRICKET BAT
111A: Intentional out: SACRIFICE FLY
12D: Crop protector: SCARE CROW
15D: Surprise package: TROJAN HORSE
68D: Classroom contest: SPELLING BEE
80D: Street banker: LOAN SHARK
Absolutely, NO ZOO here, just a menagerie of innocuous idiomatic phrases embedded with animal names. It's a real stunner, isn't it? From land animal to sea animal, from wildlife to farm favorite, from giant SHARK to tiny BEE. Simple, colloquial phrases. Beautiful!
I thought of "CROCODILE Tear" this morning, but it did not fit the above theme pattern, did anything interesting pop into your brain?
It looks like I was wrong last time in doubting the authorship of the "PLAY BALL" puzzle. It's indeed Mr. Olschwang's work. Great! I am so tired of his Quip/Quote puzzles. I can not wait to work on his next Sunday offering.
This is the most striking TMS Sunday puzzle I've ever done. So fluid. I did not see any forced fill. Except for clue 121A: "Normal Rae" director (as RAES also appeared as an answer for 58A), I don't have anything else to gripe about. And this small flaw could have been easily smoothed over had our Editor done his job.
I breezed through this puzzle, stalled only at the C.W. MOSS (65D) corner. I had no idea who Pollard was. I've never heard of C.W. MOSS before. URANIC was a complete stranger to me, and it's such a weird looking word. I thought of penning in CURSOR, but CWMOSS just looked so wrong to me. So I needlessly flirted with Google and I regretted immediately.
I also had to check in my dictionary for NONU and PICT. Have never met with them before.
ACROSS:
1A: Gauge face: DIAL
5A: Folk singer Guthrie: ARLO. Oh, the chip off Woody's block!
13A: Ad-ending words: ACT NOW
19A: Eye covetously: OGLE. Want to know how Larry Page got the name "GOOGLE" for his search engine? Read here.
21A: Like Pindar's poetry: ODIC
22A: Singer fired on-air by Arthur Godfrey: LA ROSA (Julius). No idea. I know neither of them. Got it from down clues (after the NONU dictionary check).
23A: High time?: NOON. "High NOON" movie. So so. Not a fan of Gary Cooper.
24A: Tibetan leader: DALAI LAMA. He transcends religion & nationality. A great man.
26A: Words of denial: I DO NOT
29A: Tune again: READJUST
31A: Some TV sets: GES (General Electric).
33A: Iran, once: PERSIA. Changed into Iran in 1935.
34A: Expire: RUN OUT
37A: Dante's love: BEATRICE. I've never known this before. What an inspiring love!
39A: Sign up (var.): ENROL
43A: Concluded: OVER
44A: Zeno's birthplace: ELEA. Alright, Zeno of ELEA, the Greek philosopher. There is also another Zeno, Zeno of Citium (the Stoic).
46A: Violinist Leopold: AUER. The Hungarian violinist. Saw this clue before.
47A: Cling: ADHERE
48A: Intended: MEANT
50A: Swedish physicist Angstrom: ANDERS. Unknown to me. Pieced it together from down clues. Denmark's ANDERS Hensen has to win Masters in order to make his name in the TMS puzzle.
52A: Sailor's admin.: ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence)
58A: Dawn Chong and Carruth: RAES. Heard of Rae Dawn Chong, not Carruth.
59A: Last Mrs. Chaplin: OONA. It's the only Mrs. Chaplin I know.
63A: Contract consummation time: CLOSING
65A: Computer pointer: CURSOR. Could not believe I screwed up here.
69A: Calif. daily: LA TIMES
72A: Not close-minded about: OPEN TO
73A: Prepared a present: WRAPPED
75A: Novelist Morrison: TONI. I've never read any of her book. Know her only because she said Bill Clinton was the "first Black President". She endorsed Obama though.
76A: Ancient Brit: PICT. Unknown to me. I wanted CELT. "One of an ancient people of northern Britain. They remained undefeated by the Romans and in the ninth century joined with the Scots to form a kingdom later to become Scotland." Dictionary says that this word could be from the Latin "picti", meaning painted, pp form).
87A: Scott Turow title: ONE L. It's about the life of a first year law student in Harvard. Very interesting read. A bit too intense for me though.
89A: Fly in an aircraft: AVIATE
91A: Dilettante's paintings: DAUBS
92A: Edges along: SIDLES . I often confuse this word with SADDLE.
94: Christie of fiction: ANNA. Did not know this. Eugene O'Neil play. Looks like Mr. Olschwang likes O'Neil and his daughter OONA. I bet he likes baseball too. SACRIFICE FLY is awesome.
96A: Govt. training leg.: CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act)
98A: Negri of the silents: POLA. Know her name from doing crossword.
99A: Thin curtain: SCRIM. Saw this clue before.
100A: Gets cozy: SNUGGLES
102A: Stephen of the Supreme court: BREYER. Gimme for me. He is often on the liberal side.
107A: 2005 AL MVP: AROD. When are you going to clue the 2006 AL MVP Justin Morneau?
108A: Inscription on a statute: EPIGRAPH
116A: Legal profession: THE BAR. And ONE L. a bit of Law sub-theme here.
117A: Protein builder: AMINO ACID
119A: Gumshoe's lead: CLUE
120A: Prove oneself capable of coping with: RISE TO
121A: "Norma Rae" director: RITT (Martin). Got it from down clues. Not familiar with RITT.
122A: U.S. legislative body: CONG. And Let me see the latest approval rating for the Congress... 23% (AP/Ipsos)? Wow, that's a big improvement over last Sept's 11%. But what the heck have they done to improve that number?
123A: Tropical nut tree: KOLA
124A: High regard: ESTEEM
125A: Intimate greeting: KISS. Cheek? Or where? How intimate? Do you like "KISS"? I don't. They are too wild for me. I have my own KISS Principle (Keep it Sweet & Simple).
126A: Patella's place: KNEE
127A: Cowboy's prod: SPUR
DOWN:
1D: Bell sound: DONG
2D: Frankensetein's goer: IGOR. Or "Composer Stravinsky".
4D: "Stormy Weather" singer: LENA HORNE. Don't know the song. Know the author. Alicia Keys is going to play LENA HORNE in the upcoming biopic.
5D: One way to cook pasta: AL DENTE. It's the only way I cook mine.
7D: Composer Schifrin: LALO. Saw his name before. The Argentine-American composer. What does "LALO" mean?
8D: Summer time refresher: ORANGEADE. I've never had it.
9D: Polaris: POLE STAR. Don't like the clue.
10D: Singer Anita: O'DAY. No idea. She is dead.
14D: Carried the club: CADDIED. Ahh, the always cool Steve Williams.
16D: Polynesian tree: NONU. Also known as NONI, NONO. Wikipedia says its fruit has a very pungent odor, also called "Cheese Fruit". Looks ugly, doesn't it? Here is a NONU tree.
17D: Spanish bears: OSOS. ORO is gold in Spanish. So how do you say Jack Nicklaus' nickname "Golden Bear" in Spanish then?
18D: Unit of power: WATT
25D: Home decor company: IKEA
28D: Old French coin: SOU. Sometimes it's ECU.
34D: Cavort: ROMP
35D: Iris part: UVEA
36D: Quarterly-moon tide: NEAP
37D: Bay of __: BENGAL. Here is the map.
38D: USSR hub: RUS. I was initially thinking of Sov or Soc as the two SS in USSR.
41D: Familiarize with new conditions: ORIENT
42D: Shall we be off?: LET'S GO
45D: Reclined: LAIN. (Update later: Sorry about the LAID mistake earlier). I truly like this Monet's Olympia painting, let's show again.
47D: Spacecraft antechamber: AIRLOCK. No idea.
49D: Group of soldier: TROOP
51D: Muse of poetry: ERATO. Alright, let's delve into Greek mythology muses. Their parents are Mnemosyne (Goddess of memory,that's how we get Mnemonic I suppose), and Zeus (father of other god, son of Rhea, brother of Hera, etc). The 9 muses are: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy). Hard, isn't it?
53D: Sony rival: NEC (Nippon Electric Company). I like their TV ads.
56D: Bullfighters: TOREROS. The matador. TORERO is from Latin "taurus" meaning bull.
62D: Italian friends: AMICI. Singular is AMICO (masculine form). The feminine form is AMICA, AMICHE is the plural form. OK, a bit Chinese for you: "女朋友" is girlfriend, and "男朋友" is boyfriend. "I love you" is "我爱你"(pronounced like Wo Ai Ni). What else do you need to know?
63D: Expressed a preference: OPTED
65D: Pollard in "Bonnie and Clyde": C.W. MOSS. Big stumper for me. Michael J. Pollard played CW MOSS in "Bonnie and Clyde".
66D: Celestial: URANIC. Unknown to me. It's from the Greek word "ouran" (heaven).
67D: Like a movie for person over 17: RATED R
71D: Treats with malice: SPITES. I learned a new phrase this morning: "Cut off one's nose to spite one's face". Very interesting way to "create a disadvantage to oneself through one's own spiteful action."
77D: "Rhyme Pays" rapper: ICE T. Don't know the song, know ICE T though.
82D: Tout's hangout: RACE TRACK
83D: Cassette players: TAPE DECKS
84D: Channel marker: BUOY
85D: Willing companion?: ABLE. Willing and Able: Not reluctant.
89D: "Brokeback Mountain" director Lee: ANG. "I wish I knew how to quit you."
90D: Wandering bums: VAGRANTS. Thought of VAGABOND. Discarded the idea quickly.
93D: UAE constituent: EMIRATE. It's a country full of EMEER, AMEER, EMIR & AMIR I suppose.
97D: Shorten: ABRIDGE
100D: Cal. abbr.: SEP. Add one S, you've got one deadly SEPS snake (thanks for the picture link drdad). To those Sunday-only solvers, this lethal SEPS was clued "Numidian serpent" on Tuesday April 23 and it stumped many of us.
101D: Wacko: LOCO
103D: Mythical bird: ROC. The giant bird. The mythical elephant eater.
105D: Billiards shot: CAROM
107D: Kern tune"___ Romance": A FINE. I've never heard of it. With no KISSES? Doesn't sound romance to me. "A Fine Romance" is also a movie (Judi Dench).
108D: To be, in Toulouse: ETRE. Now I know why the constructor always picks up "Toulouse": for the sole purpose of alliteration. Je m'ennui! The same with "Sapporo sash" for OBI. It gets insufferably boring after awhile.
113D: Dud: FLOP
114D: Humdinger: LULU. I tend to confuse this "humdinger" with "harbinger".
115D: Twelvemonth: YEAR
118D: DI times II: MII (501*2=1,002)
C.C.
27A: Mechanic: GREASE MONKEY
55A: All-bark-and-no-bite type: PAPER TIGER
81A: Equipment used in an English sport: CRICKET BAT
111A: Intentional out: SACRIFICE FLY
12D: Crop protector: SCARE CROW
15D: Surprise package: TROJAN HORSE
68D: Classroom contest: SPELLING BEE
80D: Street banker: LOAN SHARK
Absolutely, NO ZOO here, just a menagerie of innocuous idiomatic phrases embedded with animal names. It's a real stunner, isn't it? From land animal to sea animal, from wildlife to farm favorite, from giant SHARK to tiny BEE. Simple, colloquial phrases. Beautiful!
I thought of "CROCODILE Tear" this morning, but it did not fit the above theme pattern, did anything interesting pop into your brain?
It looks like I was wrong last time in doubting the authorship of the "PLAY BALL" puzzle. It's indeed Mr. Olschwang's work. Great! I am so tired of his Quip/Quote puzzles. I can not wait to work on his next Sunday offering.
This is the most striking TMS Sunday puzzle I've ever done. So fluid. I did not see any forced fill. Except for clue 121A: "Normal Rae" director (as RAES also appeared as an answer for 58A), I don't have anything else to gripe about. And this small flaw could have been easily smoothed over had our Editor done his job.
I breezed through this puzzle, stalled only at the C.W. MOSS (65D) corner. I had no idea who Pollard was. I've never heard of C.W. MOSS before. URANIC was a complete stranger to me, and it's such a weird looking word. I thought of penning in CURSOR, but CWMOSS just looked so wrong to me. So I needlessly flirted with Google and I regretted immediately.
I also had to check in my dictionary for NONU and PICT. Have never met with them before.
ACROSS:
1A: Gauge face: DIAL
5A: Folk singer Guthrie: ARLO. Oh, the chip off Woody's block!
13A: Ad-ending words: ACT NOW
19A: Eye covetously: OGLE. Want to know how Larry Page got the name "GOOGLE" for his search engine? Read here.
21A: Like Pindar's poetry: ODIC
22A: Singer fired on-air by Arthur Godfrey: LA ROSA (Julius). No idea. I know neither of them. Got it from down clues (after the NONU dictionary check).
23A: High time?: NOON. "High NOON" movie. So so. Not a fan of Gary Cooper.
24A: Tibetan leader: DALAI LAMA. He transcends religion & nationality. A great man.
26A: Words of denial: I DO NOT
29A: Tune again: READJUST
31A: Some TV sets: GES (General Electric).
33A: Iran, once: PERSIA. Changed into Iran in 1935.
34A: Expire: RUN OUT
37A: Dante's love: BEATRICE. I've never known this before. What an inspiring love!
39A: Sign up (var.): ENROL
43A: Concluded: OVER
44A: Zeno's birthplace: ELEA. Alright, Zeno of ELEA, the Greek philosopher. There is also another Zeno, Zeno of Citium (the Stoic).
46A: Violinist Leopold: AUER. The Hungarian violinist. Saw this clue before.
47A: Cling: ADHERE
48A: Intended: MEANT
50A: Swedish physicist Angstrom: ANDERS. Unknown to me. Pieced it together from down clues. Denmark's ANDERS Hensen has to win Masters in order to make his name in the TMS puzzle.
52A: Sailor's admin.: ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence)
58A: Dawn Chong and Carruth: RAES. Heard of Rae Dawn Chong, not Carruth.
59A: Last Mrs. Chaplin: OONA. It's the only Mrs. Chaplin I know.
63A: Contract consummation time: CLOSING
65A: Computer pointer: CURSOR. Could not believe I screwed up here.
69A: Calif. daily: LA TIMES
72A: Not close-minded about: OPEN TO
73A: Prepared a present: WRAPPED
75A: Novelist Morrison: TONI. I've never read any of her book. Know her only because she said Bill Clinton was the "first Black President". She endorsed Obama though.
76A: Ancient Brit: PICT. Unknown to me. I wanted CELT. "One of an ancient people of northern Britain. They remained undefeated by the Romans and in the ninth century joined with the Scots to form a kingdom later to become Scotland." Dictionary says that this word could be from the Latin "picti", meaning painted, pp form).
87A: Scott Turow title: ONE L. It's about the life of a first year law student in Harvard. Very interesting read. A bit too intense for me though.
89A: Fly in an aircraft: AVIATE
91A: Dilettante's paintings: DAUBS
92A: Edges along: SIDLES . I often confuse this word with SADDLE.
94: Christie of fiction: ANNA. Did not know this. Eugene O'Neil play. Looks like Mr. Olschwang likes O'Neil and his daughter OONA. I bet he likes baseball too. SACRIFICE FLY is awesome.
96A: Govt. training leg.: CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act)
98A: Negri of the silents: POLA. Know her name from doing crossword.
99A: Thin curtain: SCRIM. Saw this clue before.
100A: Gets cozy: SNUGGLES
102A: Stephen of the Supreme court: BREYER. Gimme for me. He is often on the liberal side.
107A: 2005 AL MVP: AROD. When are you going to clue the 2006 AL MVP Justin Morneau?
108A: Inscription on a statute: EPIGRAPH
116A: Legal profession: THE BAR. And ONE L. a bit of Law sub-theme here.
117A: Protein builder: AMINO ACID
119A: Gumshoe's lead: CLUE
120A: Prove oneself capable of coping with: RISE TO
121A: "Norma Rae" director: RITT (Martin). Got it from down clues. Not familiar with RITT.
122A: U.S. legislative body: CONG. And Let me see the latest approval rating for the Congress... 23% (AP/Ipsos)? Wow, that's a big improvement over last Sept's 11%. But what the heck have they done to improve that number?
123A: Tropical nut tree: KOLA
124A: High regard: ESTEEM
125A: Intimate greeting: KISS. Cheek? Or where? How intimate? Do you like "KISS"? I don't. They are too wild for me. I have my own KISS Principle (Keep it Sweet & Simple).
126A: Patella's place: KNEE
127A: Cowboy's prod: SPUR
DOWN:
1D: Bell sound: DONG
2D: Frankensetein's goer: IGOR. Or "Composer Stravinsky".
4D: "Stormy Weather" singer: LENA HORNE. Don't know the song. Know the author. Alicia Keys is going to play LENA HORNE in the upcoming biopic.
5D: One way to cook pasta: AL DENTE. It's the only way I cook mine.
7D: Composer Schifrin: LALO. Saw his name before. The Argentine-American composer. What does "LALO" mean?
8D: Summer time refresher: ORANGEADE. I've never had it.
9D: Polaris: POLE STAR. Don't like the clue.
10D: Singer Anita: O'DAY. No idea. She is dead.
14D: Carried the club: CADDIED. Ahh, the always cool Steve Williams.
16D: Polynesian tree: NONU. Also known as NONI, NONO. Wikipedia says its fruit has a very pungent odor, also called "Cheese Fruit". Looks ugly, doesn't it? Here is a NONU tree.
17D: Spanish bears: OSOS. ORO is gold in Spanish. So how do you say Jack Nicklaus' nickname "Golden Bear" in Spanish then?
18D: Unit of power: WATT
25D: Home decor company: IKEA
28D: Old French coin: SOU. Sometimes it's ECU.
34D: Cavort: ROMP
35D: Iris part: UVEA
36D: Quarterly-moon tide: NEAP
37D: Bay of __: BENGAL. Here is the map.
38D: USSR hub: RUS. I was initially thinking of Sov or Soc as the two SS in USSR.
41D: Familiarize with new conditions: ORIENT
42D: Shall we be off?: LET'S GO
45D: Reclined: LAIN. (Update later: Sorry about the LAID mistake earlier). I truly like this Monet's Olympia painting, let's show again.
47D: Spacecraft antechamber: AIRLOCK. No idea.
49D: Group of soldier: TROOP
51D: Muse of poetry: ERATO. Alright, let's delve into Greek mythology muses. Their parents are Mnemosyne (Goddess of memory,that's how we get Mnemonic I suppose), and Zeus (father of other god, son of Rhea, brother of Hera, etc). The 9 muses are: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy). Hard, isn't it?
53D: Sony rival: NEC (Nippon Electric Company). I like their TV ads.
56D: Bullfighters: TOREROS. The matador. TORERO is from Latin "taurus" meaning bull.
62D: Italian friends: AMICI. Singular is AMICO (masculine form). The feminine form is AMICA, AMICHE is the plural form. OK, a bit Chinese for you: "女朋友" is girlfriend, and "男朋友" is boyfriend. "I love you" is "我爱你"(pronounced like Wo Ai Ni). What else do you need to know?
63D: Expressed a preference: OPTED
65D: Pollard in "Bonnie and Clyde": C.W. MOSS. Big stumper for me. Michael J. Pollard played CW MOSS in "Bonnie and Clyde".
66D: Celestial: URANIC. Unknown to me. It's from the Greek word "ouran" (heaven).
67D: Like a movie for person over 17: RATED R
71D: Treats with malice: SPITES. I learned a new phrase this morning: "Cut off one's nose to spite one's face". Very interesting way to "create a disadvantage to oneself through one's own spiteful action."
77D: "Rhyme Pays" rapper: ICE T. Don't know the song, know ICE T though.
82D: Tout's hangout: RACE TRACK
83D: Cassette players: TAPE DECKS
84D: Channel marker: BUOY
85D: Willing companion?: ABLE. Willing and Able: Not reluctant.
89D: "Brokeback Mountain" director Lee: ANG. "I wish I knew how to quit you."
90D: Wandering bums: VAGRANTS. Thought of VAGABOND. Discarded the idea quickly.
93D: UAE constituent: EMIRATE. It's a country full of EMEER, AMEER, EMIR & AMIR I suppose.
97D: Shorten: ABRIDGE
100D: Cal. abbr.: SEP. Add one S, you've got one deadly SEPS snake (thanks for the picture link drdad). To those Sunday-only solvers, this lethal SEPS was clued "Numidian serpent" on Tuesday April 23 and it stumped many of us.
101D: Wacko: LOCO
103D: Mythical bird: ROC. The giant bird. The mythical elephant eater.
105D: Billiards shot: CAROM
107D: Kern tune"___ Romance": A FINE. I've never heard of it. With no KISSES? Doesn't sound romance to me. "A Fine Romance" is also a movie (Judi Dench).
108D: To be, in Toulouse: ETRE. Now I know why the constructor always picks up "Toulouse": for the sole purpose of alliteration. Je m'ennui! The same with "Sapporo sash" for OBI. It gets insufferably boring after awhile.
113D: Dud: FLOP
114D: Humdinger: LULU. I tend to confuse this "humdinger" with "harbinger".
115D: Twelvemonth: YEAR
118D: DI times II: MII (501*2=1,002)
C.C.
14 comments:
Morning, C.C. - was reading your comments, although I don't get the same Sunday puzzle. Rae Carruth was a good football player who gained infamy (and a healthy prison sentence) for killing his pregnant wife. Definitely shouldn't be breathing now.
Good morning Dennis,
Thanks for the information. I scanned at Wikipedia RAE Carruth entry after reading your comment, then I realized that I saw that "Law & Order" episode based on this story.
Good morning. Not bad at all today. What I didn't know fell into place from the cross clues - nonu, scrim, pict, Pola. La Rosa got me for awhile but finally took a chance there. C.W. Moss is the movie's fictionalized version of two of Bonnie and Clyde's thugs - William Jones and Henry Methvin.
C.C. It has to be lain (which I don't like) for 45D or else "Oona" Chaplin doesn't work out for 59A. Didn't think of anything else for zoo clues. Anders Angstrom - the angstrom from his name is a measurement of wavelength of light.
Here it is! Happy Hairball Awareness Day!! No kidding. It's a real holiday. We have 3 cats so we know about hairballs.
Not Me. I think I'll go to Barnes and Noble and buy a crossword puzzle book containing easy, easier, and easiest puzzles. Maybe I can pick up "Crosswords for Dummies". Heck, I remember when Julius LaRosa was fired by Godfrey. It was big news and there were no cable gossip stations then. But alas, I could not remember his name this morning. Also, when did the Dali Lama ad another "a" to his name?? Seems like after I fill in the baseball clues, AROD, Sac fly, etc. I am kaput. Our snow has melted but we could get more next week. Then of course we always have terrible weather for the fishing opener on Mother's Day. Well, I got one round of golf in April. Who knows? I may get another in May.
drdad, it's also National Prime Rib Day, as well as National Tell a Story Day. Getting out of hand a bit, no?
Yep, Dennis. There's something to celebrate for almost every day of the year. Who needs more to do that thinks of these holidays?
Boomer - it's always been Dalai Lama. Without the a you then get Dali the painter.
Drdad,
I don't know how I got LAID instead of LAIN there.
Dennis,
I think I like National Prime Rib day more. Food, food for thought every day.
Boomer,
You are thinking of Dali the Painter. DALAI means "OCEAN", LAMA is teacher. DALAI LAMA refers to someone deeply philosophical and spiritual.
Good morning everyone. I miss you guys today. I don't get the Tribune puzzle on Sunday.........just wanted to say hi. I enjoyed all the comments and your commentary CC...
Have a good day everyone.
Hi Katherine,
Thanks for stopping by. I've repeatedly asked both Patris King and Chris King of the Chicago Tribune why they could not make the Sunday puzzles available on line. Have not got any direct answer from them.
But I've learned that Chicago Tribune is not in charge of their online puzzle publishing. It's from their vendor, which I suspect is TMS.
Drdad,
I just noticed that besides this "NO ZOO" theme, there is indeed a "Law & Order" sub-theme. Look:
Scott Turow's ONE L
Supreme court justice: BREYER
ICE T (stars in Law & Order)
ALIAS
CETA Law
A FINE
CONG
THE BAR
Not to mention what Dennis said earlier about RAE Carruth, whose story inspired one "Law & Order" episode.
Had s1ome trouble with La Rosa, CW Moss and scrim, but my biggest 'complaint' is 100D Cal. abbr = Sep. Couldn't figure out what Cal. was short for - California, calculus? Never thought of calendar.
KW
Hello cc and all. I'm a little late today as I had tickets for the Pirates Phillies baseball game today at PNC Park. What a beautiful stadium to watch a ball game and the weather was great. Today was very easy one. I got all of the zoo clues immediately but did suffer in a few places.
for 66D I had CWMASS in lieu of CWMOSS and I have no idea where I got my first answer. Finally got that corrected and then I also tried to make vagabond fit for 90D. It seemed that when I did not know the across clues the downs filled them in. Great day for a good puzzle and a great day for a baseball game. Pirates 5 Phillies 1!
that painting's by mAnet :)
Austin,
I love that painting. Look at her bold eyes, so daring!
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