Theme: FORE (71. Links warning, and a prefix with the second word of the answers to starred clues). - Golfers would yell "Fore!" if they fear that their shots might endanger the spectators/players ahead. When I play golf, and there are too many very slow players in front, I might just take a shot at one, but I always yell the warning.
17A. *"Unbelievable!": OUTTA SIGHT. Hmm, okay out of sight, meaning amazing. A good Maynard G. Krebs word; he introduced the transistor radio to the world. Good thing this is a CROSS WORD puzzle. FORESIGHT. Which if I had any, would have told me there would be no St. Patrick here today.
25A. *Knitting aid, in a way: PLASTER CAST. Now this clue I love, as who would think about bones knitting together. Great misdirection. FORECAST, what the weathermen do daily.
37A. *Office component: MICROSOFT WORD. Another nice curve, as this is but one part of the MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE. Most old lawyers still use Word Perfect, but we are in the minority. FOREWORD, the writing before a book, not to be confused with FOREWARD, like our own dear Lois.
52A. *Legendary archer: WILLIAM TELL. Always was the apple of my eye, and I really like his intro music by Rossini. FORETELL, another look into the future.
61A. *Cartoon beeper: ROAD RUNNER and of course my favorite, Wile E. Coyote, his nemesis, and another hero of mine. He never gives up. FORERUNNER, not to be confused with 4Runner.
And our bonus word, for ones who look into the future, 70. Oracles: SEERS. Mr. Peluso did, perhaps wisely, leave out FORESKIN.
Good morning, boys and girls and trolls; how many were expecting a green puzzle today? Heaven FOREFEND such a concept. We do however, get the clever mind of Mike Peluso who gave us the wonderful President’s puzzle last month.
Welcome to wacky Wednesday with your guest blogger Lemonade 714. I really enjoyed doing this puzzle, and now know how hard C.C., Argyle and all of the others who have sat in this place, work to entertain.
Across:
1. Repairs with thread: SEWS. Okay, nice simple beginning to get the juices flowing.
5. Burning: AFIRE , 43. Like angry bees: ASWARM , 57. Each: APIECE . Well we all have our favorites and not so….
10. Part of C.W. Post: Abbr.: INIT. This refers to the initials, C. W.
14. BCS org.: NCAA. March Madness started tonight, good job Arkansas Pine Bluff, another example of not quitting, as the Golden Lions lost their first 11 games this year.
15. Tot watchers' nicknames: NANAS . I called one of mine Mimi, and the other- her.
16. Muscle quality: Tone. Well, do you like them Big or Small ?
19. Radio toggle switch: AM FM. What about satellite?
20. What you can't have success without?: ESSESS. Three letter S in the word "success". You could not spell it any other way.
21. Abate: EASE UP
23. La Mediterranean e.g. : MER , our first French lesson of the day, meaning SEA, which led me to: 56. Evian for one: and of course I wanted EAU, which means water, but the perps told me it was: SPA .
28. "Born Free" lioness: ELSA , and I always get this PICTURE in my mind.
30. Record book: LOG, Captain’s LOG Stardate 124.8; yes I am a trekkie.
31. Evaluates: RATES
32. Adopt, as a stray: TAKES IN . Is that how most of you got your kitties?
35. Cosmetic surgery, for short: LIPO . Maybe if I move my tummy, to my ass….
42. R.E.M.'s "The __ Love": ONE I. The band is originally from Georgia .
45. Highway with a terminus at Dawson Creek, British Columbia: ALCAN (Alaska-Canada)
49. Night sch. course: ESL . We see that a lot in Florida.
51. Give off: EMIT .
58. Japanese-American: NISEI .
60. Almond __: crunchy candy: ROCA . Yummy.
66. Reactions to no-brainers: DUHS .
67. "Coffee __?": OR TEA . Or me?.
68. Nevada neighbor: : UTAH. We have seen this state often, recently.
69. Renege on a dele?: STET. Editing. What a great new clue, for some crosswordese, with a pun on DEAL to boot! Love it.
Down:
1. __-Cat: SNO. Isn’t THIS what you wanted this winter Dennis?
2. Old French coin: ECU. Back to our French lesson, but instead of old standby SOU, we have ECU.
3. Wakeboard relative: WATER SKI
4. Exams for srs. SATS
5. Yosemite photographer Adams : ANSEL a great EYE .
6. '60s-'70s Saudi king: FAISAL. Our government loved him because he hated communists.
7. Having one sharp, musically: IN G. I defer to one sharp himself, BUMPA.
8. Cry of support: RAH
9. Competitor of Helena and Coco: ESTEE. Okay, we may be sick of the woman, but this is wonderful new way to get all those lovely EEs in the puzzle.
10. Mississippi River source: ITASCA a real gimme for our Minnie friends, C.C. and Lo-li-ta and others.
11. Vegan's credo: NO MEAT. I promised Dennis, I would not go there.
12. Add, as if by pouring : INFUSE.
13. Plays the siren : TEMPTS. Did you all see the movie SIRENS with ELLE that is temptation with a capital T.
18. Cleopatra's undoing: she made an ASP of herself.
22. Equipment for 52-Across: ARROWS or for GREEN ARROW.
23. Came across: MET, like ran into
24. Jack of Westerns: ELAM proving you have to be pretty to be in movies.
26. Recital performer: SOLOIST
27. Pre-weekend "Phew!" : TGIF
29. Cold War agcy. : AEC our friends at the Atomic Energy Commission
33. Like some unexpected endings: IRONIC
34. Lille denial: NON. Back to French class, Lille is a city in Northern France.
36. Home-school link: Abbr. : PTA tricked you, nothing to do with home schooling.
38. Appear to be: SEEM
39. Have debts: OWE .
40. Collides with: RAMS INTO THIS .
41. Leak: DRIP .
44. Beantown transit syst. : MTA made famous by the Kingston Trio.
45. Oscars and such: AWARDS
46. Curl around the edge of the hole without going in, in golf: LIP OUT which reminds me, Tiger will play the Masters.
47. Stale expression: CLICHÉ .
48. Blue Jays' div. : AL EAST spelled out for once.
50. Bank, often: LENDER As Polonious said, never a borrower nor a lender be.
53. Houston hockey team: AEROS why do they have hockey there?
54. Turkish money: LIRAS.
55. Sch. with a Shreveport campus: LSU part of the spawning of NICK SATAN.
59. Ample, slangily: ENUF It is real .
62. Pay dirt: ORE love this simple clue.
63. Had: ATE Did Mr. Peluso's Wednesday eat you alive?
64. Auditory organ: EAR . Well, I am ‘ear today, gone tomorrow, thanks for having me.
65. Scoreboard letters: RHE Runs, did I score? Hits, any you liked? Errors, I know I am not perfect, so it is all good. My best to each and everyone of you. Even, well I am outta here. Happy St Patrick's Day!
Answer grid.
Lemonade 714
17A. *"Unbelievable!": OUTTA SIGHT. Hmm, okay out of sight, meaning amazing. A good Maynard G. Krebs word; he introduced the transistor radio to the world. Good thing this is a CROSS WORD puzzle. FORESIGHT. Which if I had any, would have told me there would be no St. Patrick here today.
25A. *Knitting aid, in a way: PLASTER CAST. Now this clue I love, as who would think about bones knitting together. Great misdirection. FORECAST, what the weathermen do daily.
37A. *Office component: MICROSOFT WORD. Another nice curve, as this is but one part of the MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE. Most old lawyers still use Word Perfect, but we are in the minority. FOREWORD, the writing before a book, not to be confused with FOREWARD, like our own dear Lois.
52A. *Legendary archer: WILLIAM TELL. Always was the apple of my eye, and I really like his intro music by Rossini. FORETELL, another look into the future.
61A. *Cartoon beeper: ROAD RUNNER and of course my favorite, Wile E. Coyote, his nemesis, and another hero of mine. He never gives up. FORERUNNER, not to be confused with 4Runner.
And our bonus word, for ones who look into the future, 70. Oracles: SEERS. Mr. Peluso did, perhaps wisely, leave out FORESKIN.
Good morning, boys and girls and trolls; how many were expecting a green puzzle today? Heaven FOREFEND such a concept. We do however, get the clever mind of Mike Peluso who gave us the wonderful President’s puzzle last month.
Welcome to wacky Wednesday with your guest blogger Lemonade 714. I really enjoyed doing this puzzle, and now know how hard C.C., Argyle and all of the others who have sat in this place, work to entertain.
Across:
1. Repairs with thread: SEWS. Okay, nice simple beginning to get the juices flowing.
5. Burning: AFIRE , 43. Like angry bees: ASWARM , 57. Each: APIECE . Well we all have our favorites and not so….
10. Part of C.W. Post: Abbr.: INIT. This refers to the initials, C. W.
14. BCS org.: NCAA. March Madness started tonight, good job Arkansas Pine Bluff, another example of not quitting, as the Golden Lions lost their first 11 games this year.
15. Tot watchers' nicknames: NANAS . I called one of mine Mimi, and the other- her.
16. Muscle quality: Tone. Well, do you like them Big or Small ?
19. Radio toggle switch: AM FM. What about satellite?
20. What you can't have success without?: ESSESS. Three letter S in the word "success". You could not spell it any other way.
21. Abate: EASE UP
23. La Mediterranean e.g. : MER , our first French lesson of the day, meaning SEA, which led me to: 56. Evian for one: and of course I wanted EAU, which means water, but the perps told me it was: SPA .
28. "Born Free" lioness: ELSA , and I always get this PICTURE in my mind.
30. Record book: LOG, Captain’s LOG Stardate 124.8; yes I am a trekkie.
31. Evaluates: RATES
32. Adopt, as a stray: TAKES IN . Is that how most of you got your kitties?
35. Cosmetic surgery, for short: LIPO . Maybe if I move my tummy, to my ass….
42. R.E.M.'s "The __ Love": ONE I. The band is originally from Georgia .
45. Highway with a terminus at Dawson Creek, British Columbia: ALCAN (Alaska-Canada)
49. Night sch. course: ESL . We see that a lot in Florida.
51. Give off: EMIT .
58. Japanese-American: NISEI .
60. Almond __: crunchy candy: ROCA . Yummy.
66. Reactions to no-brainers: DUHS .
67. "Coffee __?": OR TEA . Or me?.
68. Nevada neighbor: : UTAH. We have seen this state often, recently.
69. Renege on a dele?: STET. Editing. What a great new clue, for some crosswordese, with a pun on DEAL to boot! Love it.
Down:
1. __-Cat: SNO. Isn’t THIS what you wanted this winter Dennis?
2. Old French coin: ECU. Back to our French lesson, but instead of old standby SOU, we have ECU.
3. Wakeboard relative: WATER SKI
4. Exams for srs. SATS
5. Yosemite photographer Adams : ANSEL a great EYE .
6. '60s-'70s Saudi king: FAISAL. Our government loved him because he hated communists.
7. Having one sharp, musically: IN G. I defer to one sharp himself, BUMPA.
8. Cry of support: RAH
9. Competitor of Helena and Coco: ESTEE. Okay, we may be sick of the woman, but this is wonderful new way to get all those lovely EEs in the puzzle.
10. Mississippi River source: ITASCA a real gimme for our Minnie friends, C.C. and Lo-li-ta and others.
11. Vegan's credo: NO MEAT. I promised Dennis, I would not go there.
12. Add, as if by pouring : INFUSE.
13. Plays the siren : TEMPTS. Did you all see the movie SIRENS with ELLE that is temptation with a capital T.
18. Cleopatra's undoing: she made an ASP of herself.
22. Equipment for 52-Across: ARROWS or for GREEN ARROW.
23. Came across: MET, like ran into
24. Jack of Westerns: ELAM proving you have to be pretty to be in movies.
26. Recital performer: SOLOIST
27. Pre-weekend "Phew!" : TGIF
29. Cold War agcy. : AEC our friends at the Atomic Energy Commission
33. Like some unexpected endings: IRONIC
34. Lille denial: NON. Back to French class, Lille is a city in Northern France.
36. Home-school link: Abbr. : PTA tricked you, nothing to do with home schooling.
38. Appear to be: SEEM
39. Have debts: OWE .
40. Collides with: RAMS INTO THIS .
41. Leak: DRIP .
44. Beantown transit syst. : MTA made famous by the Kingston Trio.
45. Oscars and such: AWARDS
46. Curl around the edge of the hole without going in, in golf: LIP OUT which reminds me, Tiger will play the Masters.
47. Stale expression: CLICHÉ .
48. Blue Jays' div. : AL EAST spelled out for once.
50. Bank, often: LENDER As Polonious said, never a borrower nor a lender be.
53. Houston hockey team: AEROS why do they have hockey there?
54. Turkish money: LIRAS.
55. Sch. with a Shreveport campus: LSU part of the spawning of NICK SATAN.
59. Ample, slangily: ENUF It is real .
62. Pay dirt: ORE love this simple clue.
63. Had: ATE Did Mr. Peluso's Wednesday eat you alive?
64. Auditory organ: EAR . Well, I am ‘ear today, gone tomorrow, thanks for having me.
65. Scoreboard letters: RHE Runs, did I score? Hits, any you liked? Errors, I know I am not perfect, so it is all good. My best to each and everyone of you. Even, well I am outta here. Happy St Patrick's Day!
Answer grid.
Lemonade 714
Good Morning, CC and all. This was a bit of a challenge for me, but I quickly caught onto the FORE theme. (Also missing was PLAY). My favorite theme clue was Knitting Aid (PLASTER CAST).
ReplyDeleteI got lead astray early on because 1A said Repairs with Thread. Despite the plural indication, I wanted DARN (as in socks).
I also immediately wanted Eau instead of SPA, but of course, the MTA fixed that error.
Nick had nothing to do with LSU-Shreveport.
Happy St. Patty's Day, All.
QOD: Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must live.
Who cares if Tiger ever plays again. Good puzzle for a Wed.
ReplyDeleteGood morning Lemonade, CC and All, a nice walk in the park today. I got the theme early as I worked the bottom first. Not a difficult puzzle for a Wednesday, but I guess about right. I enjoyed the puzzle and was glad that it was easy as I don’t have much time today. Wednesdays are my days for giving to Habitat for Humanity so I must go find my carpenters hat. See you later.
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Patty's day to all.
Lemonade:
ReplyDeleteGreat job blogging, worthy of a Dr. J, loved the poem.
Hahtool:
Good QOD, super pic. When and where?
Are we one big happy family again? Spring'll do that to you. Bring it on.
CA:
You need to archive last night's poem. We'll want to see it again.
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I forgot to credit my quote! QOD: Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must live. ~ Charles Bukowski.
ReplyDeleteLemonade: I went back and re-read your Ode to You. How did you have time to both craft your poetry and provide commentary for this puzzle! Great job and very amusing.
Windhover: 2010 St. Patrick Day's Parade, Southern Louisiana style. We never miss an opportunity to throw bead off the floats. The only difference between a Mardi Gras parade and a non-Mardi Gras parade is that you don't need to flash your Ta-Ta's to get beads at non-Mardi Gras parades.
Good morning all. Thanks Lemonade for a fine write-up and especially for your "Ode' last night. Very well crafted and heartfelt. BRAVO ZULU
ReplyDeleteEasy puzzle today. No look-ups nor erasures. Theme was quickly apparent. Did not understand the PLASTERCAST response for 'knitting aid' but then arrived at the same conclusion as Lemonade.
French lesson: ECU, MER, and NON.
Clever clue - TEMPTS.
ANSEL - We have his "Moon and Half Dome" in our living room.
Hope everyone enjoys St. Patricks Day today.
Lemonade, outstanding job. You outdid yourself today, as well as last night with your ode.
ReplyDeleteThis was a great puzzle. Just the right amount of difficulty along with some fun fills. I didn't get PLASTER CAST until I came here, and RHE was eluding me also. MICROSOFT WORD is just a great one isn't it? I too wanted EAU vs SPA but the perps corrected that.
I thought it clever of Rich to do the IDES puzzle and skip the St. Pat's day theme.
On to scrapbook today. The results of our testing will be known later in the day. My DH is in San Diego with his Blackberry charger, so my friend is bringing hers today so I can do a test of the fated Blackberry. Will post results later. I hope the ayes win big time! It looks beautiful, hope it works that way as well.
Our boys had their swim banquet last night. The coach has worked with my son since he was 7 years old, and is now a graduating senior. He does a great job at his banquets, and sometimes will construct a song about the kids. Last night he outdid himself, not only singing about the group, but sending off the seniors with a little advice from motivational speaker Matt Foley. It was hilarious. He dressed the part and picked up all the nuances and folded in funny stories about the seniors. Such a special night for those boys. Luckily I brought along a video camera.
If you have never heard of Matt Foley, google Chris Farley SNL Matt Foley and you will get the gist of what the skit might have been like.
Hope everyone has a good St. Pat's day. Sunny and warm here, and our kids get out early to watch their girls basketball team play in the state tournament. Should be a nice day here.
Not overly difficult for a Wednesday. 16 minutes.
ReplyDeleteMorning, all, and a happy St. Patrick's Day (or St. Paddy's Day, as the Irish here in Boston prefer to call it)!
ReplyDeleteCouldn't get into the puzzle earlier today (kept getting an error message). Perhaps that explains the dearth of posts so far this morning?
Nice puzzle overall. More challenging than yesterday, but not overly so. My only minor carp is that, while MTA used to be the name of our transit system 50 or so years ago when "Charlie on the MTA" was penned, it is now called the MBTA (the extra "B" is for "Bay"). It has been that way as long as I can remember (I'm in my early 40's), so I don't know when the switch was made. It has been awhile, though...
Hi gang -
ReplyDeleteLemonade - Excellent. I think you squeezed all you could out of it.
Enjoyed your poem, as well. You did burn the midnight oil. I slept for a while but have been awake since probably 4, or so. It's the late-onset insomnia again. You know it's a bad bout when you can't even sleep when it's time to get up!
Not implying cause and effect, but I've been out of sorts since the time change.
"Knitting aid" is a great clue. Other than that, I can't say I enjoyed this one very much. But it's probably me, so i won't grouse.
"IN G" is like Beethoven's Minuet, from a few days ago. But one sharp can also indicate E minor, or A Dorian, if you're in the mode.
Sorry, can never resist a little 16th century gratuitous obscurity.
The LW went to T-town. I think I should go back to bed.
Cheers!
JzB the not-at-all-# trombonist
Good morning all! Just wanted to stop in and say hi. A fun puzzle today even though I just couldn't get the SW corner. How did i miss ALEAST??? and don't really get STET. I just know it from the crossword so I have no idea what this references! Most people had DUH moments??
ReplyDeleteA glorious morning here today. Going to make the most of it. Enjoying all the new pics :)
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteI needed help today, but my DH, who does not do xwords, came through. He does cook and used to do sports, so he knew infused and some of the others. We only missed stet. He looked up dele on our iTouch. As it means delete, that should indicate an abbreviation, IMHO.
Here is the definition from my web dictionary.
stet |stet|
verb ( stetted , stetting ) [ intrans. ]
let it stand (used as an instruction on a printed proof to indicate that a correction or alteration should be ignored).
• [ trans. ] write such an instruction against (something corrected or deleted).
noun
such an instruction made on a printed proof.
ORIGIN Latin, ‘let it stand,’ from stare ‘to stand.’
Good job, Lemonade. The puzzle was fun as a somewhat collaborative effort.
Cheers (I'm an Orangeman, so no happy St. Pat's.)
Morning CC & All Y'all,
ReplyDeleteLemonade, thanks for including me in your ode. My x-word handle came from me trying to come up with a user name that gmail would accept. I tried every combination of words that had any meaning to me, but kept getting rejections until: Chuck of the West was accepted. Also a nice usage of my real name. I Spanishize it (Is that a word, Lucina?) for some usage, such as this.
I had a hard time getting into the swing with this puzzle. I refused to fill in Sews in 1A as that seemed just too obvious. Same with 2A, Afire. Those lulled me into thinking this one would be a breeze until 25A Plaster Cast stopped me in my tracks. It was fits and starts from there on out. 37A was my favorite clue for Microsoft Word.
Spring has finally come to the High Desert even though we got 8 inches of snow this past Sunday. It's mostly all gone now.
Adios
Happy St. Pat's day to you too!!
ReplyDeleteCarl
Good morning all.
ReplyDeleteLemonade714! Was going to comment on your last post on Tuesday, and here you are with a very entertaining write-up. Loved the Scott Brothers. The Georgia link didn't work for me. Lots of entertaining links. You worked hard on this one! LOVED IT!
@hahtool Who belongs to the QOD? See you clarified that and the bead on the parade situation.
@buckeye Nice to see you again, brother.
@dick Hope you have a bang-up day.
Off to an Irish potluck at the station and then some singing in the pubs this afternoon.
Wild Wed. with Lemonade! Knew it was you as soon as you yelled "FORE!" What a treat; it made up for not having any shamrocks.Your write up was more fun than the c/w.Loved 1:49 am Ode.
ReplyDeleteessess-a ha!
ESL- more should be attending in CA
nisei-favorite new word today
Jack Elam- knew the face, not the name, and didn't grok 69A clue.
plaster cast- fav answer
Shark Tank is ready for March Madness, and our little town will be inundated with fans seeking a good brew or two.
Yes, "Parsley" was dumped in our front yard in April of 93.
Lemonade: Great write-up.
ReplyDeleteThe Ode last night, WOW.
Was hoping for a St.Patrick Day puzzle, was thinking TGISPD, but that would be CLICHE.
I always search out the "theme reveal" clue first (its probably the reason I do a lot of puzzles from the bottom up) so once I yelled FORE the rest was a snap.
Though the grid had substantial 6 to 8 letter fills, 11D summed it up NO MEAT. I prefer Quality over Quantity.
Favorite answer? DUH !!! (not a Simpson fan)
I once heard that if you can listen to the WILLIAM TELL Overture and NOT think of the Lone Ranger you are "Highbrow" (or a snob).
Alas, I must be "Lowbrow" because my first thought is "Hi, Yo Silver, away!"
Counselor, wonderful job blogging today. When I first started reading the comments I was trying to guess who was behind the scenes and sort of had you figured out. I enjoyed your “ode” from last night as well. I also appreciate the eye opening “candy” you offered us gals.
ReplyDeleteI am not a golfer, but even I know what “fore” means so that kind of helped me with the puzzle. I still got a lot of perp help with mer, Nisei, roca (never heard of almond roca candy), and Faisal. I also liked to see water ski in there as it is an activity I grew up doing. You don’t see many water skiers anymore. The countdown has begun for the foodshow so I may be scarce the next few days. It’s supposed to be a sunny 60 degree day here today, so I plan on taking a long walk during my lunch hour. Erin Go Bragh!!
Top `o the marnin` to our resident poet/blogger. Great job. (Go to "Jib Jab.com'"and paste your own face on a leprechaun doing some mean, Irish break dancing, if you`re so inclined.)
ReplyDeleteLoved green Across and orange Down. You rock, Lemonade 714.
ReplyDeleteHi all. Happy St. Paddy's day.
ReplyDeleteAm running late this morning because I had to start the Round early and run to the store.
714. Great job last last night and this morning. Solved the grid last night after watching NCIS.
Wind. Not sure yet. But, it's looking better.
It was so nice yesterday that I put on shorts and wore deck shoes.
We are to stay in the 70s for awhile.
Bill G. I used to buy the whole fish when it was 99 cents/lb. The price this morning at Save Mart was
7.99/lb. My cooking is faster and more simple because I worked in a hectic kitchen. (Simm's-Ocean City, NJ). Someone was always yelling, "Go faster".
If you like mid sixties cars. Leno
has a nice segment on the 66 180hp turbo Corsa. (NBC.com- Leno's Garage) Brian has one.
Time for another Guinness.
eddyB
Happy St. Pat's Day everyone!
ReplyDeleteLemonade:
Brilliant job analyzing and entertaining commentary. I had not read your ode from yesterday (today, actually) so I went back; you are talented and thank you for including me. I do love this blog!
Of course I was expecting St. Pat's theme so are we to conclude that Mike Peluso is also an orangeman?
Even though I'm not a sports fan, I do know "fore" and I also work my way toward the bottom to ferret out the theme. It helped greatly epecially with 25A which I didn't connect until reading the comments. Mostly it was quick and easy until the aforementioned tripped me.
ESL and nana are dear to my heart, since I teach one and am called the other. The whole northwest corner gave me grief because of C. W. Post. Gets me every time!
Carlos de O:
While "Spanishize" may not be a real word, it seems these days one can make one up. It's good to see you back, compadre.
Have a great day everyone. Today it'll be 85 here so I am going out for sunshine.
Hi Lemonade, C.C. and everyone -
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Pat's Day too!
Lots of unknowns but I did get all the long answers. Loved the KNITTING AID clue and answer. Good difficulty level for today. I wish I could say I solved it all, but there were several gaps. 10D really fooled me, never did get it. :)
Lemonade - thanks for the explanation of RHE (65D), I would never have guessed that. As you can probably tell, I do not watch baseball. Great poem last night!!!
Jeannie - no, I did not copy the burrito recipe..I will though, just have to wait til Joe has time to 'walk' me through the process.
Also, he does not play shuffleboard, I play with 3 of my cousins. Beat them 3 games yesterday - yea!!!
I enjoyed the puzzle and the write-up.
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one with a serious dislike of "Like angry bees - ASWARM"? Or AROAR?
good morning c.c., lemonade, and all,
ReplyDeletemain comment today: GRRREAT job lemonade!
i also loved knitting aid/plaster cast, one of my favorite clues ever.
comfrey is an herb that is sometimes called knitbone, or boneset, because it reduces swelling around a fracture, speeding repair of bone.
recent discussion about arthritis here made me think of mustard plasters - made by making a paste with ground mustard seed and liquid. they are used most commonly to treat respiratory ailments, but also for arthritis.
jeannie, i think you directed a question to me recently but i couldn't find it again to answer.. i think it was about arthritis and/or massage. do email me directly if it's better.
jerome, loved your tic-tac-toe puzzle yesterday, just great.
mj, beautiful grandbaby!
kq, what's the verdict?
Beep! Beep! again.
ReplyDeleteForgot to remind Bill to enjoy the tilapia with his favorite Pinot Grigio. I serve mine with a creamy lemon/dill sauce. Also great with my world famous crab cakes.
The pain in my hands is a little more than arthritis. I also have PAD and nerve damage. But thanks.
I'm wearing green. You just can't see it.
eddyB
Good Afternoon Lemonade, CC and All,
ReplyDeleteCouldn't link up with the LAT site this AM. Probably a good thing because I got home from the council meeting at 11:45 PM. Way past my bedtime! Finally had lunch and a moment to post. Enjoyable puzzle with a fun theme. My experience is the same as most comments but I'll add that I'm not a golfer so some of those were difficult. Add the lack of sleep and I had some real DUH moments.
Lemonade, Excellent write up and links. Four handed William Tell Overture reminded me of when my older sister and one of my mother's "Hippie Friend" lived with us. They played four handed Scott Joplin rags that were great. Jumping around on Youtube I found this one. Great poem last night and thanks for the Elle link!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Cruciverb is down again!
ReplyDeleteMorning, everyone, and a happy St. Pat's day to ye all!
ReplyDeleteWow!, I looked for and got the theme right off and it helped a lot. Two hangups: I put DARN for 1A and then noticed the tense, so it had to be SEWS. The other was STUDENT for 26D and of course it wouldn't work, but SOLOIST came naturally after that. Then I was pretty much home free! I'm catching on, at last. Favorite clue and answer: 'knitting aid', like a large percent of you.
'STET' and 'DELE' are both journalistic proofreading terms and apparently legitimate words rather than abbreviations. I guess they could be called jargon.
Lucina, I asked at Trader Joe's about clotted cream and they don
t have it. I guess some one must have given it to me, probably my daughter who was a Pan Am flight attendant.
I remember mustard plasters. Mom used to treat coughs and colds with them. I had lots of faith in them and even made some after I was married. NEver thought of them for arthritis, but it makes sense. Now you can get the same sort of help from some of those 'hot' balms. Something I must try, now that I think of it, as some of my fingers are swelling and hurting, too, but it's pretty normal. At my age you can expect anything! Good luck with whatever treatment works, Jeannie. I now take the 650 mg. tylenol,after going through practically every 'ansaid' made. YOurs could be carpal tunnel syndrome if you use the computer a lot. That can be taken care of successfully.
I signed off too early to read your poem, L714, so I will do so now. Your write-up this A.M. was excellent. Thanks.
Thanks all for the kind words; first I want to apologize to any and all who were inadvertently absent in my late night, early morning ode. I tried.
ReplyDeleteAs for the Goergia "link" for REM, You Tube removed it, so it will not work for anyone.
H. It is easy to get things done when one is too crazy to sleep.
Love the subtlety of MOON AND HALF DOME .
So far the verdict is AYE - Yea!!!! It charged up and started just fine. Now we have to see if it all works fine too. Since my DH is out of town, he will have to wait until Monday for his techie guys to transfer all his info over from the Blackberry he is using now to the one we just retrieved. I guess we really won't know if it is completely successful until then, but we are awfully hopeful at this juncture. Those attorney's have this info under lock and key, so he cannot do this himself (as well as he doesn't have the phone with him).
ReplyDeleteWe are simply amazed. Someone told me this should be in a commercial for Blackberry's.
Oh, Lemonade,you are our true Bard!A wonderful sentiment and so well expressed! I will file it away and look at it often, I know!
ReplyDeleteBTW, Just NOW I figured out who (what) is C.W.Post! Double Duh! Here I was thinking, 'Wiley?'
Hello All!
ReplyDeleteGreat blogging by C. C., Argyle and Lemonade in past several days! Loved Gunderson puzzle. No lookups, etc., today.
Did anyone work Merl's IDE puzzle in Sunday's LA Times? There were two IDE puzzles in a row for me!
JAZZ and others: Does anyone else also think of the Lone Ranger when hearing Les Préludes by Liszt?
Barry G.: I also had trouble getting puzzle, as upuzzles.com was giving me crazy error messages. So I worked today's last night with Across Lite. (More difficult to see though.)
C. C.: Did you see this?
Good Afternoon All, I've been having ISP problems and just got through. The technical guy is coming out tomorrow to do some repair. Until then, no puzzle or blogging. See you all soon.
ReplyDeleteA quiet day. Everyone must be out lifting a pint of green beer.
ReplyDeleteGlad the phone seems to be working, KQ. When do I get my prize for giving you the nod that it would work?
Lemonade, I hope you are in the queue for providing more commentary in the future.
Blogger fermatprime, your link did not work.
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Happy St. Paddy's Day!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed today's puzzle. A number of clues which misdirected added to the fun.
Terrific write-up, Lemonade! Thank you. You obviously had a good time with it. Thanks, as well, for last night's "An Ode to You." ("Ode to Crossword Corner" ?)
Dick-Love the "Cat in the Hat"!
KQ-An optimistic "YEA"! If all works out, you should definitely negotiate with the Blackberry folks for a commercial!
C.C, Argyle, Anon: I see where I goofed up! I apologize!
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Lemonade, what a great job blogging and a Poem as well. You keep blogging and I will keep puzzling!
ReplyDeleteI went for a nice bike ride along the Pacific before tutoring a geometry student today. The temperature was a balmy 80F. That's too warm for my taste but most of you would almost die for our local weather. Now I'm watching a DVR recording of NCIS before dinner. I shoulda had a Guinness today but I had bourbon instead. Oh well...
ReplyDeleteFermatprime, When I hear Les Preludes it makes me thing of 'The Picture of Dorian Grey.' Remember Angela Lansbury in it? She was 16!
ReplyDeleteI finally got my internet connection working, at least temporarily.....now, is it just me, or is there no cruciverb.com this evening?
ReplyDeleteInteresting link, fermatprime. I'm just about finished with 'Oracle Bones", a book by Peter Hessler, who has been a Peace Corp volunteer, an English teacher in China, the Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker and a writer for National Geographic. "Oracle Bones" is about modern China, detailing an American's interaction with ordinary Chinese citizens. The stories also delve into Chinese history and archeology. It's really interesting stuff. I recommend it.
I'd better post this before my connection goes flooey again!
Sorry, I have to recant! Angela Lansbury was born in 1925, as was I. So when 'Dorian Grey' came out, she was 20. You just can't believe everything you read in the entertainment columns! Maybe it took a long time to film?
ReplyDeleteI haven't been able to get onto Cruciverb all day. They seem to have more than their share of problems.
ReplyDeleteI need to fuss at our cable provider. Some sites take forever to connect to though my daughter gets through much faster. I'm always hoping these kinds of problems will fix themselves but they never do. I need to get off my butt and do some complaining.
Yes, Clearayes, there is no Cruceverb tonight. At least for me, too.
ReplyDeleteYes, Clearayes, there is no Cruceverb tonight. At least for me, too.
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ReplyDeleteI'm posting this only because you seem to be a night owl or an insomniac.
Tonight I watched Casablanca (again) and realized that it was Claude Rains, not Peter Lorre in the scene mentioned last week.
I love that movie.