Theme: What Did You Do on Your Summer Vacation? - A minimalist student's essay. The first word (verb) of the four theme entries (17A, 26A, 46A, 61A) outlines what happened on the unifier (63A).
17A. Have significant influence: PACK A PUNCH
26A. "Enough on this subject": "LEAVE IT AT THAT"
46A. Persevere: STAY THE COURSE
61A. Respond at the front: RETURN FIRE. At a war front.
63A. "Round" thing suggested by the first words of 17-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across: TRIP
Argyle here.
A timely theme; just the type of wise guy report I would have turned in. How would you teachers react to such homework? There were some destinations sprinkled through out the puzzle, too.
Across:
1. __ d'état : COUP. First we go to France for “stroke of the state”.
5. Winger of "Shadowlands" : DEBRA. The film, Shadowlands, is a remake of both the 1985 BBC-TV film and a popular stage play about the love story of Joy Gresham and Clive Staples (C.S.) Lewis.
10. Shouts from Emeril : BAMS. Celebrity television chef.
14. Guesstimate phrase : OR SO
15. Fiat : EDICT. Law, regulation.
16. From the top : ANEW
19. Sight from the Sicilian village of Taormina : ETNA. The volcano.
20. Ali trainer Dundee : ANGELO. Boxing. Dundee trained Muhammad Ali, 1960 to 1981. Ali was still Cassius Clay back then.
21. Sunroom : SOLARIUM
23. Doctrinal suffix : ISM. Pertaining to a belief; dogma.
25. Rent : LET
33. Starbucks order : ESPRESSO
34. Charm : ENAMOR. Charm is used as a verb, in this case.
36. Show worry, in a way : PACE
37. Former California fort : ORD. closed in September 1994. Fort Ord was one of the most attractive locations of any U.S. Army post, because of its proximity to the beach and California weather. Would make a good trip destination.
39. Disease cause : GERM
40. Makes amends : ATONES
43. Puts in a new pot, say : REPLANTS. A short clip, a song about Harry Potter and repotting the Mandrakes.
48. Ample shoe width : EEE
49. According to : À LA
50. Belgian capital : BRUSSELS. Take a trip here.
55. Aleve alternative : ANACIN. Brand name pain relievers.
60. Superboy's girlfriend Lang : LANA
64. Mushrooms used in Asian cuisine : ENOKI. Image.
65. Elemental unit : ATOM
66. Places for props : SETS
67. Coolidge's vice president : DAWES. With Coolidge, Dawes is on the right.
68. City NNE of Lake Tahoe : RENO. Visit a city with pits.
Down:
1. Historic NYC club, with "The" : COPA. The 1978 Barry Manilow song "Copacabana" is named for and about the nightclub.
2. Algerian seaport : ORAN
3. SOS responder, often : USCG. United States Coast Guard (USCG), www.uscg.mil
4. Creep (along) : POKE
5. Kicks out of office : DEPOSES
6. Coll. dot follower : EDU
7. Storage containers : BINS
8. Pepsi competitor : RC COLA
9. Wheaties box picture : ATHLETE
10. Boxer Max : BAER. One of the most colorful figures of his day, Baer(1909 - 1959) enjoyed life in the limelight(like Ali and most boxers). He was the brother of twice World Champion boxing contender Buddy Baer and father of actor Max Baer, Jr., known to two generations as Jethro Bodine of the Beverly Hillbillies.
11. Hostile to : ANTI
12. Computer list : MENU
13. Showed off one's butterfly? : SWAM. A showy swimming stroke.
18. Kicking partner : ALIVE. Alive and kicking.
22. Business letter abbr. : ATTN. Attention.
24. Sushi bar soup : MISO
26. Exams for future attys. : LSATs. Law School Admission Test (LSAT)
27. Florida theme park acronym : EPCOT. Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. A nice place to visit.
28. Place to play : ARENA
29. Dodgers manager Joe : TORRE. The LA Dodgers are the latest in a long list of major league baseball teams that Joe has managed.
30. Viking in the comics : HAGAR. The Horrible. Comic strip by Dik Browne, whose first name might show up in late week puzzles. Also we have a teenage girl, 45. Greg Evans comic strip : LUANN
31. Chorus from the pews : AMENS
32. Flourless cake : TORTE. Made primarily with eggs, sugar, and ground nuts instead of flour. Take a trip to Germany to get some of the best tortes.
33. Ecol. watchdog : EPA. Ecology and Environmental Protection Agency
35. Apt. parts : RMs. Apartments and rooms
38. Ten: Pref. : DECA
41. Looks over warily : EYES
42. Took the wheel : STEERED
44. North Star : POLARIS
47. Treasure State capital : HELENA. “Treasure State” refers to the importance of mining in Montana
50. Popular diner orders, for short : BLTs
51. Prime rib order : RARE
52. Part of ICU : UNIT
53. Easy marks : SAPs
54. Put away : STOW
56. A long way off : AFAR
57. Name as a source : CITE
58. Boxing's "__ Mike" Tyson : IRON. Our third boxing reference.
59. Nautilus captain : NEMO. The fictional character featured in Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Now that would be a trip worth writing about.
62. Tiny Tim played one : UKE. Charles Dickens never envisioned this Tiny Tim.
Answer grid.
Here are three fantastic photos of our dashing pilot Dudley, whose initials in real life is DD (Yay, Lois!). Please click on each photo for enlargement. I love the wedding one very much. Beautiful couple.
Argyle
17A. Have significant influence: PACK A PUNCH
26A. "Enough on this subject": "LEAVE IT AT THAT"
46A. Persevere: STAY THE COURSE
61A. Respond at the front: RETURN FIRE. At a war front.
63A. "Round" thing suggested by the first words of 17-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across: TRIP
Argyle here.
A timely theme; just the type of wise guy report I would have turned in. How would you teachers react to such homework? There were some destinations sprinkled through out the puzzle, too.
Across:
1. __ d'état : COUP. First we go to France for “stroke of the state”.
5. Winger of "Shadowlands" : DEBRA. The film, Shadowlands, is a remake of both the 1985 BBC-TV film and a popular stage play about the love story of Joy Gresham and Clive Staples (C.S.) Lewis.
10. Shouts from Emeril : BAMS. Celebrity television chef.
14. Guesstimate phrase : OR SO
15. Fiat : EDICT. Law, regulation.
16. From the top : ANEW
19. Sight from the Sicilian village of Taormina : ETNA. The volcano.
20. Ali trainer Dundee : ANGELO. Boxing. Dundee trained Muhammad Ali, 1960 to 1981. Ali was still Cassius Clay back then.
21. Sunroom : SOLARIUM
23. Doctrinal suffix : ISM. Pertaining to a belief; dogma.
25. Rent : LET
33. Starbucks order : ESPRESSO
34. Charm : ENAMOR. Charm is used as a verb, in this case.
36. Show worry, in a way : PACE
37. Former California fort : ORD. closed in September 1994. Fort Ord was one of the most attractive locations of any U.S. Army post, because of its proximity to the beach and California weather. Would make a good trip destination.
39. Disease cause : GERM
40. Makes amends : ATONES
43. Puts in a new pot, say : REPLANTS. A short clip, a song about Harry Potter and repotting the Mandrakes.
48. Ample shoe width : EEE
49. According to : À LA
50. Belgian capital : BRUSSELS. Take a trip here.
55. Aleve alternative : ANACIN. Brand name pain relievers.
60. Superboy's girlfriend Lang : LANA
64. Mushrooms used in Asian cuisine : ENOKI. Image.
65. Elemental unit : ATOM
66. Places for props : SETS
67. Coolidge's vice president : DAWES. With Coolidge, Dawes is on the right.
68. City NNE of Lake Tahoe : RENO. Visit a city with pits.
Down:
1. Historic NYC club, with "The" : COPA. The 1978 Barry Manilow song "Copacabana" is named for and about the nightclub.
2. Algerian seaport : ORAN
3. SOS responder, often : USCG. United States Coast Guard (USCG), www.uscg.mil
4. Creep (along) : POKE
5. Kicks out of office : DEPOSES
6. Coll. dot follower : EDU
7. Storage containers : BINS
8. Pepsi competitor : RC COLA
9. Wheaties box picture : ATHLETE
10. Boxer Max : BAER. One of the most colorful figures of his day, Baer(1909 - 1959) enjoyed life in the limelight(like Ali and most boxers). He was the brother of twice World Champion boxing contender Buddy Baer and father of actor Max Baer, Jr., known to two generations as Jethro Bodine of the Beverly Hillbillies.
11. Hostile to : ANTI
12. Computer list : MENU
13. Showed off one's butterfly? : SWAM. A showy swimming stroke.
18. Kicking partner : ALIVE. Alive and kicking.
22. Business letter abbr. : ATTN. Attention.
24. Sushi bar soup : MISO
26. Exams for future attys. : LSATs. Law School Admission Test (LSAT)
27. Florida theme park acronym : EPCOT. Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. A nice place to visit.
28. Place to play : ARENA
29. Dodgers manager Joe : TORRE. The LA Dodgers are the latest in a long list of major league baseball teams that Joe has managed.
30. Viking in the comics : HAGAR. The Horrible. Comic strip by Dik Browne, whose first name might show up in late week puzzles. Also we have a teenage girl, 45. Greg Evans comic strip : LUANN
31. Chorus from the pews : AMENS
32. Flourless cake : TORTE. Made primarily with eggs, sugar, and ground nuts instead of flour. Take a trip to Germany to get some of the best tortes.
33. Ecol. watchdog : EPA. Ecology and Environmental Protection Agency
35. Apt. parts : RMs. Apartments and rooms
38. Ten: Pref. : DECA
41. Looks over warily : EYES
42. Took the wheel : STEERED
44. North Star : POLARIS
47. Treasure State capital : HELENA. “Treasure State” refers to the importance of mining in Montana
50. Popular diner orders, for short : BLTs
51. Prime rib order : RARE
52. Part of ICU : UNIT
53. Easy marks : SAPs
54. Put away : STOW
56. A long way off : AFAR
57. Name as a source : CITE
58. Boxing's "__ Mike" Tyson : IRON. Our third boxing reference.
59. Nautilus captain : NEMO. The fictional character featured in Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Now that would be a trip worth writing about.
62. Tiny Tim played one : UKE. Charles Dickens never envisioned this Tiny Tim.
Answer grid.
Here are three fantastic photos of our dashing pilot Dudley, whose initials in real life is DD (Yay, Lois!). Please click on each photo for enlargement. I love the wedding one very much. Beautiful couple.
Argyle
Good morning, Argyle, C.C. and gang - pretty much a speed run today, with just a pause or two. Most notably, I had 'entice for 34A, 'Charm', which screwed up the middle east. Needed perps for 'Enoki' (again) and 'Luann'.
ReplyDeleteI got the 'pack, leave, stay, return' connection as I went along, but wasn't sure of the theme until the unifier. I've got nothing else comment-worthy.
Dudley, great pictures! And Argyle, thanks for another informative write-up.
Today is National Trail Mix Day.
Did You Know?:
- In 1900, the average American slept 9 hours, 20 minutes. Now it's 7 hours, 20 minutes.
- If you go blind in one eye, you'll lose only about one-fifth of your vision.
- According to a garment industry study, 75 percent of women wear the wrong size bra. (I think I see a job opportunity.)
Morning, all!
ReplyDeleteAverage Tuesday time for me today. Not a speed run, but nothing particularly challenging. The NW corner was the hardest spot, what with ANGELO being a complete unknown and COPA being only a vague memory. I abandoned that section and returned to it at the end. At that point, I was able to get the theme answer at 17A, which was enough to og my memory about COPA (and ORAN, for that matter), which then gave me ANGELO.
Have a great one!
Hello Puzzlers - A few D'Oh moments for me in this puzzle, somehow I made it harder than necessary. Boxing clues go right over my head. Thanks Argyle for clearing it up!
ReplyDeleteA word about the photos: Costa Rica was our best vacation ever, and Australia was next. Block Island, R.I. is a lovely little place, and our favorite little getaway. It's a short flight away in our Cessna, and we love making day trips there.
Good Morning Argyle et al.
ReplyDeleteNice puzzle, with no hiccups, even tho there were a few boxing/baseall references which I didn’t know…but perps to the rescue!
Loved your write-up Argyle, especially the clip from Harry Potter. Every time I REPLANT my flowers, I can’t help thinking of those screaming Mandrakes !
Lovely pictures, Dudley! Didn’t realize you are a newlywed!
I already linked the clip to the COPA a couple weeks ago, so I won’t bore everyone with it again. But didn’t someone mention how they wanted to visit Vienna once again for their Bucket List, and have some Sacher torte? Yummmm!!
Dennis as a fitter!!!! Imagine that!!
ReplyDeleteThere is probably no one more qualified than ................ Well, we'll leave that, 'cause there may be some who think they are?
Good Mon and Tues., A bit slower today but done in 20 or so. Had a big problem with Tiny Tim....He was a crippled boy in "A Christmas Carol".
DIMWIT!!! He was tiptoeing thru the tulips while I was a youngster.
Other than that brain F*** I did well. Busy, busy, busy.
CY'All Later
Good morning Argyle, CC, et al.,Great job, blogging Argyle. You made me LOL w/your DD comment.
ReplyDeleteDennis: I think a bra fitter is a perfect side line, or front line, job for you. Actually, I think I may fall into that 75%. Perhaps I should take applications again or I could use the throat stretching ones. They are kind of related.
Ya have to keep saying 'AHHHHHHH' all the time in both situations... or "OOOOOOO" perhaps.
Another speed run but it is Tues afterall and this was just a titch harder than yesterday’s. Do I hear some ‘Amens’? Again the theme past me by but I liked it once I finished the puzzle. I’m getting a taste of the wanderlust, and that can ‘pack a punch’ right in the kisser. Maybe I’ll ‘trip’ off to ‘Reno’ instead of LV this time where the ‘rms’ are a little cheaper, the ‘pace’ a little slower, ‘an a cin’ isn’t as deadly. Can I get a witness? It’s not a likely place one can find the L’ord’, ‘atone(s)’for one’s sins or be ‘steered’ away from ‘poke’r ‘or an’other form of addictive ‘miso’ry. That can only happen when one has a will of ‘iron’, is determined to begin ‘anew’ and to ‘let’ it go and ‘stay the course’. How ‘bout some ‘Amens’? If not, then in the ‘eyes’ of the judgmental, one is going to ‘helena’hand basket. ‘Let’s just ‘leave it at that’. I am no ‘angel-o’ooo no! (do I hear some ‘Amens” !!!) and am still ‘alive’ and headin’ to Reno!!!!
Dick, Frenchie, Jeannie, JD, whoever else, I'm sorry to forget... yes, school has started…the ‘germ’spreading creatures will appear this Friday for open house. I’ll ‘return fire’ the day after Labor Day. I'm loaded, cocked, locked, and ready to go.
Enjoy your day.
Good Morning C.C.,Argyle and all,
ReplyDeletePerps cleaned up 'trips':pack,leave
it at that,Luann, Torre and miso.
But, basically, it was a good Tuesday puzzle, with no 'falls'
Put a 'uke' in Tiny Tim's arms, but put the wrong face on him.
Thanks, Argyle. Nice write up,as usual.
For some reason{I'm in the sticks with a bad internet connector],
I can't get the links and pictures this A.M..Probably get them later.
Not the first time.
I love Trail Mix.
Morning Argyle, CC and All,
ReplyDeleteNot a speed run but getting the theme solved it. Couldn't remember Enoki for the life of me. Easy Tuesday.
Jeannie, Positive thoughts.
Dudley, Nice pictures.
Looks like we'll be pulling floats and boats tomorrow.
Lois-
ReplyDeleteYou are in fine form this A.M.
I did a LOL in a couple of spots.
Have at 'em.
For some reason this one took longer than the normal Tuesday puzzle. I had trouble with the SW corner, but was able to finish after glomming onto the theme. A few unknowns that I got through perps were LUANN, ENOKI, ORD and ANGELO. I was thinking state name vs HELENA so that stopped me for a while. And why I couldn't think of Brussels I don't know. I have been there. I was trying to find a link to a picture, but they just don't do it justice. It is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteLois, good luck with the start of school. Those "germy" kids made me think of the school teacher who lost her job because of a similar post on her Facebook page. She thought she had the security locked down but apparently not. Be careful with what you post out there. It lives forever.
Jeannie, thinking of you today. You will never regret being there for your friend.
Off to my latest Kettlebell workout. Hoping for some good results.
Good Morning, all. No electricity this morning, which makes it hard to post! At least I can still do the puzzle through the newspaper!
ReplyDeleteInteresting theme. Took awhile to catch on. I got TRIP before the RETURN.
Favorite clue was Showed Off one's Butterfly= SWAM.
My thoughts are with you, Jeannie.
Good morning all. Thanks for the commentary, Argyle.
ReplyDeleteJeannie, sorry to hear of the loss of your special friend. Deepest sympathy.
Pretty much a speed run today; same difficulty as yesterday. One 'across' pass with a little help from the perps and it was done. Liked the theme.
Dudley, nice pictures.
'Dennis the fitter' reminds me of this story:
DIESEL FITTER
Sven and Ole worked together, were both laid off, so off they went to the unemployment office.
When asked his occupation, Sven looked the lady in the eye and said "Panty stitcher. I sew the elastic on to cotton panties."
The clerk looked up panty stitcher. Finding it classed as unskilled labor, she gave him $300 a week unemployment pay.
Ole goes in and sits down with the lady. She asked Ole his occupation. "Diesel fitter" he replied. Since diesel fitters was a skilled job the clerk gave the Ole $600 a week.
When Sven found out he was furious. He stormed back in to find out why his friend and co-worker, Ole, was collecting double his unemployment pay.
The clerk explained, "When I looked it up, panty stitchers were unskilled laborers and diesel fitters were skilled laborers."
"What skill?" yelled Sven. "I sew the elastic on. He pulls on it and says, 'Yep, diesel fitter.' "
Argyle, Great write-up. More interesting than the puzzle.
ReplyDeleteTheme was a bit weak. I think STAY s/h/b *visit*.
If I "stayed," why did I return?
I read the 51D clue wrong. For my *Rib* order I wanted a 'rack' of 'em.
Then realized I wanted my *Prime* rib order, RARE.
Actually "reading" a clue correctly does make it easier.
Whenever I see Charm as the clue, I think Amulet from xwords. Already had ENAM--, so the perps took care of that ENAMOR.
Overall, more of ho-hum Monday level.
I had more of a challenge with this than the usual Tuesday, full of WAGS and unknown names. Final glitch was the midle south, not knowing DAWES, ENOKI or HELENA--I was missing the vowels and W at first and then just wagged the A. I still don't know the state nicknames, hence the city could've been HelenE for all I knew. It's a capital I don't think I've heard of.
ReplyDeleteThe Sachertorte is actually more cakelike than many Torten are. To a German, any dessert with layers is a Torte. here are some great looking Torten.
Dudley,
ReplyDeleteI forgot to mention I really liked your photos. They are all great, and like HeartRx, I hadn't guessed you were a newlywed. Congratulations!
Argyle: Grrreat writeup and very informative. The puzzle was easy - but I couldnt pass up the blog ... and thank you for a job well done. Have a nice day.
ReplyDeleteAll the handsome men on this blog are married.
ReplyDeleteAnon@9:58 - The handsome Lemonade is not and he's an attorney.
ReplyDeletequite a MENU we had today. we had ESPRESSO ALA EMERIL. MISO with ENOKI. BLTS served with some RCCOLA. for the dessert (stay the)COURSE, it was a TORTE.
ReplyDeletetoo bad it couldn't be PACK A (L)UNCH or RETURN (W)INE.
don't we store food in BINS.(ok, that is stretching it)
Hi all,
ReplyDeleteThis one was not so easy for me, the NW corner was a minor mystery...couldn't remember COUP and didn't know the 'historic' NYC club, was thinking POLO. Didn't know ORAN.
The SW corner was not much better and I never did get 63A until reading Argyle's comment. (Good job, BTW).
Liked 13D - showed one's butterfly.
I did get all the long answers finally, but this seemed a bit harder than most Tuesdays, or maybe I just need a good kick in the backside.
Dudley, nice pictures!
Thanks, Argyle. Mornin', Y'all.
ReplyDeleteNot much to comment on today. It was pretty much a walk in the park. I didn't know LUANN and ANGELO, but they filled in with perps.
It is nice to have an easy puzzle, but one doesn't learn anything from it. I like them with more unknowns because even if I have to look some up, it is a learning experience.
Didn't sleep well last night, so I'm off to sneak in a good nap.
Hi Argyle, C.C. & gang, a great puzzle to 'pack, leave, stay, & return' on our Hawaiian vacation, we're leaving early tomorrow morning for a trip to Oahu and Kauai.
ReplyDeleteHere's a tribute to Barry Manilow's Copacabana
ANGELO crossing ALIVE. That's a feat of Clay.
ReplyDeleteI'M SO tired of MISO.
"Hey, Zeke, can you spell DEPOSES?"
"I S'POSE, ED."
There's A INCAN IN A CAN of ANACIN.
"STAY THE COURSE, Valkyries! What are ye staring at?"
"YE CUTE ASS, THOR!"
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteNice write up, Argyle, as usual.
Dudley: beautiful pictures. Nice to see you are a newly wed. What fun.
My big mistake was Dewey, not Dawes. All my history courses stopped at 1900. And I surely don't know all the presidents, let alone the vps.
DH has just said, "Let's go out for lunch." I'm always up for that!
Cheers
i forgor to add the RARE prime rib to the MENU.
ReplyDeletealso, this S.O.S. information was on Yahoo's home page the other day. although the first answer is informative, i really liked the info in the second answer.
childhood memory:
sitting on a boat on Lake Cumberland having a snack of R.C. Cola and a MoonPie. only in Kentucky!(i had never heard of either here in Ohio). just thinking about it gives me a sugar rush.
Tinbeni, I didn't have a problem with 'stay' - typically, when you go somewhere on a trip, you're going for a 'stay' of a certain period of time. People will ask, "how long are you staying?
ReplyDeleteWarren, sounds like a great trip - hope it's an outstanding adventure. And don't forget to take lots of pictures so we can travel vicariously.
seen, another one of my indulgences when I go to Atlanta is to have an RC Cola and a Moon Pie, just for the memories. A great southern meal!
Dennis, since the Philly Inquirer is no longer carrying the LA Crossword are you reading a different paper or just doing it on line?
ReplyDeleteDr.G, I print it out each day from Cruciverb. Simultaneously, I forward another copy of my 'bad move' email to the Inquirer. Sooner or later, they'll answer, if just to stop the daily emails.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, when the changeover first happened, I looked at the Wayne Williams puzzles for a couple days to see if they'd changed. They have not. You can actually do the whole puzzle in your head.
When I go on vacation, I rarely STAY in one place, especially when traveling abroad. We tend to travel and spend only a few nights/days in any given place. On the other hand, I may STAY away from home for a few weeks.
ReplyDeleteNice photos, Dudley.
Was anyone thinking of money for Belgian capital? Some form of currency is often the fill for 'capital' clues.
The R C in RC Cola stands for Royal Crown.
Good Morning All, I was a little worried this morning because the NW corner didn't click to begin with. The COPA, ORAN and USCG clues just didn't ring a bell. That section was the last to fall.
ReplyDeleteLuckily I've seen "Shadowlands", so DEBRA and the rest of the puzzle pretty much fell into place.
The boxing references were gimmes for me. Next to golf, boxing is GAH's favorite sport.
HeartRX, Last week I mentioned that Sacher TORTE was a "done" bucket list accomplishment for me. I didn't think of it as a bucket list item at the time (back in 1978), but it was a "must do" when I was in Vienna. I enjoyed every moment, sitting at the Sacher Hotel sidewalk café, nibbling that famously delicious dessert, sipping a cup of fabulous Viennese coffee and people watching on the Philharmonikerstrasse. A wonderful memory.
Kazie, my Swedish grandmother also called any many layered dessert a torte. She made some yummy ones.
Lois, Great post. "AMENS" to fun and games in LV. My sister, daughter and I are (semi) planning a GWO (thanks for the moniker, Melissa Bee) trip for next spring.
Dudley, very nice photos! Thanks for the glimpses.
Thanks as always for your blogging, Argyle.
i was curious if there was a celebration of that great southern meal and of course there is!
ReplyDeletethe article gives a little bit of history as well.
btw, there is an error in the article. it is not Belt Buckle, TN, it is Bell Buckle, TN. when i googled it many links came up directing me to Bell Buckle chamber of commerce.
Dennis:
ReplyDeleteI just think the 'theme' w/h/b a bit tighter with *visit* over STAY.
For example:
I'm planning a trip.
I'll pack, leave, visit RENO or EPCOT, then return.
JMHO
Enjoyed the puzzle, but your meaning of EPCOT was incorrect. It really stands for Every Person Comes Out Tired.
ReplyDeleteGood day Argyle, C.C., and all. Thanks for the terrific blog, Argyle.
ReplyDeleteThis was pretty much a speed run today. Robert Doll's puzzles are usually more challenging for me; guess I was just on his wavelength on this one.
Favorite clue/fill was "Kicking partner/ALIVE".
Nice to see your photos, Dudley. Thanks for sharing.
Warren, I hope you and Ruth have a wonderful trip!
Spitzboov, I'm glad I wasn't eating or drinking when I read the "Diesel Fitter". Too funny!
Enjoy the day!
Good day, Argyle, C.C. and puzzlers.
ReplyDeleteBam! Yowza! Robert Doll struck a COUP my late DH would have loved. Boxing was his fav sport. Ergo, all those names were familiar. He all but worshipped ANGELO Dundee. And he glowed when speaking of Max Baer and ALI.
Yes, even though this was a fast run, it did PACKAPUNCH with me.
The bottom took a few secs, though, because DAWES and ENOKI were not familiar and, hands up, I thought Chrles Dickens for Tiny Tim but that was dispelled with UKE.
ORAN is deep in my memory because it's in the opening narrative of Casa Blanca, my fav movie.
The theme fell very well with me because this summer RETURNTRIPS, and STAYing in hotels, condos, etc. has been a great escape.
Thank you, Robert Doll. I always enjoy your puzzles.
Dudley:
Thank you for sharing your photos and congratulations on your marriage! You both look so happy.
Warren:
Aloha! Have a wonderful time!
Spitzboov:
I'm still chuckling with your story. Very funny!
Have a lovely Tuesday everyone!
CC: Please forgive me again for breaking your rule.
ReplyDeleteJeannie: There`s no other way to contact you (wish there were)...and I just want to say my heart and my prayers are with you. He truly is the God of all comfort.
Hi all!
ReplyDeleteI haven't done the puzzle yet-I never get to it until evening and if I send a blogg then very few people see it.
This is about our friend Tesla. Our local paper today has an article about the 'Midwest Annual Tesla Fest' this Saturday.It will attract fans of high voltage electrical equipment. They will display their Tesla coils, lightening impulse generators and other high voltage products. Tesla coils are small high- voltage generators that create sparks through the air.
The Resonance Research Corp. owner,DC Cox sponsors this for fans of this science every year but this is the 1st time I heard about it.
Tesla coils are named after Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) according to the Tesla Memorial Society of New York. He was the inventor of alternating electrical power and the AC motor and competed with Thomas Edison in developing the light bulb.
I know someone discussed some of this in an earlier blogg but I thought it was very interesting.
Have a good day all. I will read the whole blogg after I do the puzzle.
Oh yes, I was lucky to think of harp and Hadji first when I did yeaterdays puzzle.
Marge
Marge, just an FYI: Just about everybody reads the previous night's posts before going to the current ones, so don't be reluctant to post at any time; they'll be read.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to mention that Billy Joel's Vienna had come out in 1977 and I was a big fan. The song influenced my choice of visiting Vienna in 1978.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the COPAcabana Warren...always fun. Have a terrific vacation.
Marge and other late night posters - some of the more interesting posts (wine and/or scotch may have been consumed :o) often come later in the evening. I always check.
Hello everybody. Argyle, thanks for your "Destinations" writeup and for the links.
ReplyDeleteYou all have already said pretty much what I was going to say about this puzzle. Names of sports figures almost always stump me, so I have to rely on the perps to get the. Today the perps did indeed help a lot. My weakest link was at the bottom, where I was on unsure ground with ENOKI (which I erroneously pencilled in as ENAKI) and DAWES. Once I got STOW it all sorted out fine.
I dearly love the "Kicking partner" = ALIVE entry, and enjoy the "Showed off one's butterfly?" clue. Awesome.
To paraphrase Julius Caesar, "I PACKED, I came, I saw, I STAYED awhile, I left, I shall not RETURN." (I wonder if anybody would recognize his first name if it was spelled Ivlivs, as it was spelled in his day? Just a weird, random thought.)
Did you know: Joseph Stalin's real name was Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili? Wow. It sounds Georgian.
We slept about 8 hours last night, as we usually do. When we were both working full time (I still work part time, but she is retired) we sure got a lot less sleep than that. What a difference it makes!
Dennis, I am wondering how, if possible, diesel fitting could somehow be worked into your shops. Nah, I guess not. LOL
Best wishes to you all, and special good wishes to you, Jeannie.
Marge, Tesla is one of my heroes. I design and use induction coils in my work, and we use them to measure magnetic fields in the earth that are in a the range of a few dozen pico (one millionth of one millionth) Teslas. He was a fascinating person.
ReplyDeleteIf our house had the requisite electrical service for the charging unit, and if we could afford it, I'd love to have a Tesla car! Woohoo!
Speaking of reading the previous night's posts, I always do too. There is a lot of interesting reading.
ReplyDeleteRe last night's discussion of the wrong first note of the Shave and a Haircut jingle, I have changed my mind: the first note does sound "off" to me too.
Jeannie, I am so sorry for your friend's passing. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
ReplyDeleteKQ: right you are. I'll be more careful. Guess not everybody knows that I am an avid believer in germs, and some things are taken out of context and twisted incredibly so. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteDudley: forgot to mention what a beautiful couple you and your bride are. Congratulations. I wish you an eternity of wedded bliss.
CA: thank you. Great place to have a GWO...love the concept of what goes on in LV, stays in LV...except for herpes and that gift just keeps on giving. Not a good idea. Everybody should go there at least once. The kids and I are going back next Aug. Hope you love it.
for all you baseball fans out there: i am off to GABP to (hopefully)watch our newest call-up Aroldis Chapman! he will be a bullpen pitcher this year so he might not get in the game.
ReplyDeletehis last recorded pitch in AAA was 105mph! he has earned the nickname the Cuban Missle.
Cincinnati has Chapmania!
btw, he received a 30mil signing bonus and now drives a Lambourghini(spelling?). i wonder what ol' Castro thinks of that?
Pretty easy puzzle. 17 minutes. One error out of carelessness. Nothing really difficult.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the well wishes for our trip tomorrow, Ruth and I both got new i Phone 4's last week with forward and back cameras and email and web access also. It has an amazing screen resolution and we were using it on a recent road trip using Google maps. We compared to our Garmin GPS and the i Phone was head and shoulders better so I guess we'll try to sell the Garmin...
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--Warren.
When posting late, please remember that your midnight is our ten P.M. here in the West.
ReplyDeleteI read those posted later.
Warren: Have a wonderful trip to Hawaii. Whenever I have been, I found my time in Hawaii to be both the most active and relaxing trips. So much to do and see. I just love all the beautiful gardens with all the exotic plants.
ReplyDeleteHello All--Some problems in the NW corner-ala Carol. I didn't know Angelo, but finally got with the perps. I also found,Superboy's girlfriend/ Lana, Coolidge's vice Pres./Dawes and Boxer, Baer with the perps.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the Butterfly/swim clue and answer. But Fiat eluded me for a while as I was thinking car and couldn't come up with a suitable answer! Duh! I also had the wrong "Tiny Tim" for a while.
This Tuesday puzzle was a little harder than usual IMO.
Warren, Safe trip. We love Kauai. I believe that JD is there this week.
Fort Ord is now the site of a small Calif State U. called CSU Monterey Bay. There are other uses planned, but the shooting range of the old Ord has yet to be totally cleaned up. Monterey is always a good destination for a vacation.
Good afternoon all.
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to add my two cents about Charles Dawes. The only reason I knew that answer was thru an old piece of piano sheet music of my Mom's - Melody in A. He was an accomplished pianist/composer, as well a a VP. Most would recognize the song as it had words added much later and was reincarnated as "All In The Game"....many a tear has to fall, but its all in the game....
Just in case any of you ever go on Jeopardy and the category is VPs/Composers!
Hello All, After an 8 hr bus ride from Omaha to St. Louis during which I did the puzzle, I enjoyed reading all the info in the blog.
ReplyDeleteSWAM and ALIVE were fun and I do remember ANGELO Dundee very well. If you get a chance to see the HBO show about the "Thrilla in Manila", do so. It shows how Ali got the way he is today.
I loved SOLARIUM because when I am not on the road, I do the puzzle in my sun room with coffee and PBJ on toast. That's as good as morning can get.
Talk you tomorrow from Memphis! Graceland is on my wife's bucket list as Pisa was on mine.
Dudley, thank you for sharing your pictures, I concur in the wishes for your wedded bliss.
ReplyDeleteThe quality of the acting, the the irony of the story, the beauty of the emotion make SHADOWLANDS one of the most enjoyable love story movies of all times. This movie made from a play, written by C.S. Lewis' step son, who lived the experience, which chronicles the life of the cloistered Christian academic (he is most often referred to as an apologist) who falls in love with an outrageous married Jewish woman, in the hallowed halls of Oxford, is wonderful.
It also is all to appropriate for the day; Jeannie you have our thoughts.
Thank you, Lemonade for that recommendation. I shall place it on my Netflix queue.
ReplyDeleteBTW, Anon at 9:59, thanks for having my back.
ReplyDeleteGarlicGal, thanks for that information.
ReplyDeleteLemonade, thanks for that recommendation.
Charles G. Dawes' main claim to fame, beyond his status as the 30th VP of the US, was that he led the committee which allowed Germany to renegotiate its war debt (reparations) to the Allies after WWI and after Germany's disastrous currency meltdown (hyperinflation) in 1923. The Dawes Plan was implemented successfully between 1924 and 1929, when the Great Depression undermined Germany's economy once again, leading to another renegotiation (the Young Plan). Dawes' efforts probably contributed to keeping Hitler's National Socialists out of favor and power in the late 1920's.
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ReplyDeleteYes, now I remember that it was you who you mentioned the Sacher as a lovely spot to enjoy a "torte"! I have also enjoyed this treat in the Rote Bar after attending the Concordia Ball at the Rathaus in June (the only summer ball in Vienna, where the typical ball season is in January/February). But even the "hot dogs" at the outdoor tables of the Sacher Cafe are special, served with mustard and fresh horseradish, in a silver salver!! The Viennese sure know how to do it right ;-D
Good evening all,
ReplyDeleteBefore I finally got ALIVE and kicking, my brain got stuck on kicking and SCREAMING. Oh, man....it's been a rough day today. I need a glass of wine.
Jeannie, my thoughts are with you.
Dudley, thank you for sharing your pictures with us. You and your wife look very happy.
ReplyDeleteLemonade, thanks for the recommendation for Shadowlands. It looks like a fabulous movie. It shall go on our list of must sees.
I have just put another load of sliced apples into the dryer. They are so good come about January when the apples have been gone for quite some time.
I just put a load of clothes in the dryer. I hope we are talking about a different type of dryer, Chickie.
ReplyDeleteI concur with Lemonaid714's assessment of Shadowlands. It is a tear-jerker though. I remembering wondering to myself, "this is the man who wrote the Cronicles of Narnia?"
ReplyDeleteAnother gently bittersweet movie starring Anthony Hopkins (with Anne Bancroft this time) is 84 Charing Cross Road. If you do like the one, you'll like both.
Jeannie, your post yesterday brought tears to my eyes when I read it just now. How very kind and thougtful you are! dodo
ReplyDeleteIf I forgot to mention, yes there will be tears.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, is there a better actor than Anthony Hopkins who can be C.S. Lewis and Hannibal Lechter?
Thanks everybody for your kind words about the photos & marriage. I really am lucky to have a wife who is simply better than I deserve!
ReplyDeleteLemonade - Thanks for the reminder about Shadowlands. That one's been on my "popcorn bucket list" for a long time. Once I get streaming NetFlix, that'll be in the queue!
Dudley-
ReplyDeleteI love your pics and your bride!
I see the love in your eyes for each other and its dear.
Garlic Girl-
"just in case' is a favorite saying
of mine. Thanks for the neat piece of info on veep Dawes; and I'm
crazy about that great old song-so
nice and mellow.
Jeannie, of course, I join in to
hug you and listen to what you feel you need to say.
Let's all try to get a good night's sleep.
Yes, Al, I second that about Charing Cross Road. It's a delightful and moving film. I have it in my collection and like to watch it now and again.
ReplyDeleteYes, Hahtool, a different kind of dryer! I laughed at your post! It is a dehydrator and I give it quite a workout in the summer when our fruit is in season.
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