Theme: ADD ON (39A. Extra, and this puzzle's title) - "ON" is added to the end of a familiar two word pair to create a new and humorous visual.
20A. Milton Hershey, e.g.?: CHOCOLATE BARON. Milton? The candy bar man, No wonder he got in the candy business. This puzzle actually forms a perfect companion to Gareth Bain's NIXON puzzle we had a while ago. ON is nixed from familiar phrases. The word baron was in play as well.
56A. Segundo matrimonio result, maybe?: SPANISH STEPSON. Did we all understand second marriage? Of course they are in ROME .
10D. Body of brewing rules?: BEER CANON. I love this, both for the pun (we have our Canon of Ethics for Lawyers) and the extended visual BEER CANNON .
35. Ancient Germanic singer?: ALTO SAXON. I also like this one very much, it is also a double play on words with ALTO SAX and ANGLO-SAXONS .
Well hello Friday, it is surprise, surprise, Lemonade before your eyes, with a new day dawning. I am not sure I have seen this constructor before, or maybe only doing a NY Times.
Anyway, the theme was easy but fun; though apparent from the very first reveal of BAR ON from the perps, it did not make the clues and answers any less witty, and the rest was easy in places and hard in places, so I guess a Friday. Let’s have it!
Across:
1. Mother of Horus: ISIS. Wow, we start with an obscure but common crossword MYTHICAL FIGURE , I always loved Isis because her mother’s name is NUT.
5. Cheap reads: PULPS. People either love or hate cheap FICTION .
10. Divulge: BARE. Do we like the bare MIDRIFF .
14. 1959 British Motor Corp. debut: MINI, and a car semi-clecho, 15A. Last Olds: ALERO. It spawned its own fan club SIGN UP .
16. Ostrich cousins: EMUS are from Australia (right KZ) which is near NZ, and 28A. Fictional tree shepherd: ENT. Amazing visuals of New Zealand, and the March in LORD OF THE RINGS . And we should give equal time to 46D. Brute: OGRE .
17. Routing abbr.: ATTN. Tricky, as most of us thought first of travel routes, rather than routing a letter.
18. Subordinate to: UNDER. Not a very PC use of the word.
19. Give off: EMIT.
23. MPG rating agency: EPA. Environmental Protection Agency.
24. Millennium-ending year: ONE BC. Now this is a topic for debate, when do milienia begin and end? Is this followed by 1 A.D.?
25. E. African nation: ETH. Landlocked ETHIOPIA . Their calendar is 7.5 years off from the Gregorian.
30. Place to see an Audi: STRASSE. German for Street.
34. A.L. player whose team logo includes an Uncle Sam hat: NY YANKEE. For all of those who worship the dark side IMAGE .
37. Got in on a deal: ANTED. A deal of cards, gambling, as opposed to a business deal, like with Bernie Madoff, no gamble at all.
38. Form often requiring an SSN: APPL. Application, one of many abbreviations, such as 42A. Master: Abbr.: ORIG. I guess this comes from the music business where the master recording is the original.
43. Buck parts: CENTS. What is a Buccanear? A very high price for corn.
45. Improve one's bargaining power, in a way: UNIONIZE. OOO, very tempting, but no politics!
47. Radar user: TROOPER. My favorite POLICE FORCE .
50. "Star Trek" sequel, briefly: TNG. The Next Generation, featuring our recent favorite DEANNA TROI . Not to be confused with Star Wars and 2D. Jedi nemesis: SITH .
51. St. crosser, on signs: PED. estrian clue.
52. Yahtzee score sheet row: SIXES. I have played but did not remember this score sheets. You can print them ON LINE .
54. Suffix with ranch: ERO. My favorites IMAGE .
62. Imitation: FAUX. YOU THINK? .
63. Playgroup reminder: SHARE. Like this GROUP .
64. Reference work, usually: TOME .
65. Curly coif: AFRO. No comment IMAGE .
66. Austrian dessert: TORTE. YUMMY .
67. Thought: IDEA. Better than IDEATE.
68. "It's __ fun": BEEN. Damn I wish this had been saved for the end, it is a great exit line.
69. Malibu, for one: SEDAN.
70. Word avoided by optimists: CANT.
Down:
1. Apple variety: IMAC. Apple computer.
3. Involved with: INTO. Eh, a stretch for me, but reminds me of the line from the movie, Mary: I had this guy leave me a voicemail at work, so I called him at home, and then he emailed me to my BlackBerry, and so I texted to his cell, and now you just have to go around checking all these different portals just to get rejected by seven different technologies. It's exhausting.
4. From that time: SINCE.
5. "She's a Lady" songwriter: PAUL ANKA. But is he a GENTLEMAN ?
6. Radius neighbor: ULNA. Your arm bones.
7. Helped come about: LED TO. The cause and effect of life.
8. Grooms: PREENS.
9. Frozen dessert: SORBET.
11. Gun shop stock: AMMO.
12. Wreck: RUIN.
13. Winter hrs. in N.J.: EST. Who wants to be in NJ in the winter? Oops, sorry Dennis.
21. Not booked: OPEN.
22. Lover of Cal, in "East of Eden": ABRA. Gone so soon CAL .
25. Put on the books: ENACT. A legislative intent.
26. Blood __ :TYPER. This was all perps, otherwise I would have had no idea.
27. Therapy lead-in: HYPNO. Kind of a pun.
29. Rocker Nugent: TED. I liked him better for his MUSIC
31. Comic unit: STRIP. Nice juxtaposition with 32. Jump on, as an opportunity: SEIZE, right ladies.
33. Beat by a bit: EDGED.
36. http://mit.__: EDU. I guess the small letters are to keep you from realizing it was Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
40. Man.and Minn. neighbor: ONT. Ontario, Canada. More abbreviations, but gimmes for our northern contingent.
41. What an apostrophe may stand for, in dates: NINETEEN. ‘30s, ‘40s
44. Reinterpret, in a way: SPIN. A true American CREATION .
48. Is: EXISTS. Cogito Ergo Sum.
49. Work on hooves: RESHOE. Anyone seen Secretariat yet? I think it came out today.
53. Pottery piece: SHARD. My son digs for shards.
55. Sight-related: OPTIC. The nerve of him to use this clue.
56. Protected: SAFE. Yes boys and girls, always be safe, and stay 57D. Not corrupted: PURE.
58. Madrid miss:Abbr.: SRTA. Senorita, I have not counted the abbreviations, but gee.
59. Club __: SODA. Great to take out stains.
60. Comet, to some: OMEN. Classic MOVIE .
61. Tidy: NEAT. Which is also pretty 62D. "Cool!": FAB.
Answer grid.
Lamonade
20A. Milton Hershey, e.g.?: CHOCOLATE BARON. Milton? The candy bar man, No wonder he got in the candy business. This puzzle actually forms a perfect companion to Gareth Bain's NIXON puzzle we had a while ago. ON is nixed from familiar phrases. The word baron was in play as well.
56A. Segundo matrimonio result, maybe?: SPANISH STEPSON. Did we all understand second marriage? Of course they are in ROME .
10D. Body of brewing rules?: BEER CANON. I love this, both for the pun (we have our Canon of Ethics for Lawyers) and the extended visual BEER CANNON .
35. Ancient Germanic singer?: ALTO SAXON. I also like this one very much, it is also a double play on words with ALTO SAX and ANGLO-SAXONS .
Well hello Friday, it is surprise, surprise, Lemonade before your eyes, with a new day dawning. I am not sure I have seen this constructor before, or maybe only doing a NY Times.
Anyway, the theme was easy but fun; though apparent from the very first reveal of BAR ON from the perps, it did not make the clues and answers any less witty, and the rest was easy in places and hard in places, so I guess a Friday. Let’s have it!
Across:
1. Mother of Horus: ISIS. Wow, we start with an obscure but common crossword MYTHICAL FIGURE , I always loved Isis because her mother’s name is NUT.
5. Cheap reads: PULPS. People either love or hate cheap FICTION .
10. Divulge: BARE. Do we like the bare MIDRIFF .
14. 1959 British Motor Corp. debut: MINI, and a car semi-clecho, 15A. Last Olds: ALERO. It spawned its own fan club SIGN UP .
16. Ostrich cousins: EMUS are from Australia (right KZ) which is near NZ, and 28A. Fictional tree shepherd: ENT. Amazing visuals of New Zealand, and the March in LORD OF THE RINGS . And we should give equal time to 46D. Brute: OGRE .
17. Routing abbr.: ATTN. Tricky, as most of us thought first of travel routes, rather than routing a letter.
18. Subordinate to: UNDER. Not a very PC use of the word.
19. Give off: EMIT.
23. MPG rating agency: EPA. Environmental Protection Agency.
24. Millennium-ending year: ONE BC. Now this is a topic for debate, when do milienia begin and end? Is this followed by 1 A.D.?
25. E. African nation: ETH. Landlocked ETHIOPIA . Their calendar is 7.5 years off from the Gregorian.
30. Place to see an Audi: STRASSE. German for Street.
34. A.L. player whose team logo includes an Uncle Sam hat: NY YANKEE. For all of those who worship the dark side IMAGE .
37. Got in on a deal: ANTED. A deal of cards, gambling, as opposed to a business deal, like with Bernie Madoff, no gamble at all.
38. Form often requiring an SSN: APPL. Application, one of many abbreviations, such as 42A. Master: Abbr.: ORIG. I guess this comes from the music business where the master recording is the original.
43. Buck parts: CENTS. What is a Buccanear? A very high price for corn.
45. Improve one's bargaining power, in a way: UNIONIZE. OOO, very tempting, but no politics!
47. Radar user: TROOPER. My favorite POLICE FORCE .
50. "Star Trek" sequel, briefly: TNG. The Next Generation, featuring our recent favorite DEANNA TROI . Not to be confused with Star Wars and 2D. Jedi nemesis: SITH .
51. St. crosser, on signs: PED. estrian clue.
52. Yahtzee score sheet row: SIXES. I have played but did not remember this score sheets. You can print them ON LINE .
54. Suffix with ranch: ERO. My favorites IMAGE .
62. Imitation: FAUX. YOU THINK? .
63. Playgroup reminder: SHARE. Like this GROUP .
64. Reference work, usually: TOME .
65. Curly coif: AFRO. No comment IMAGE .
66. Austrian dessert: TORTE. YUMMY .
67. Thought: IDEA. Better than IDEATE.
68. "It's __ fun": BEEN. Damn I wish this had been saved for the end, it is a great exit line.
69. Malibu, for one: SEDAN.
70. Word avoided by optimists: CANT.
Down:
1. Apple variety: IMAC. Apple computer.
3. Involved with: INTO. Eh, a stretch for me, but reminds me of the line from the movie, Mary: I had this guy leave me a voicemail at work, so I called him at home, and then he emailed me to my BlackBerry, and so I texted to his cell, and now you just have to go around checking all these different portals just to get rejected by seven different technologies. It's exhausting.
4. From that time: SINCE.
5. "She's a Lady" songwriter: PAUL ANKA. But is he a GENTLEMAN ?
6. Radius neighbor: ULNA. Your arm bones.
7. Helped come about: LED TO. The cause and effect of life.
8. Grooms: PREENS.
9. Frozen dessert: SORBET.
11. Gun shop stock: AMMO.
12. Wreck: RUIN.
13. Winter hrs. in N.J.: EST. Who wants to be in NJ in the winter? Oops, sorry Dennis.
21. Not booked: OPEN.
22. Lover of Cal, in "East of Eden": ABRA. Gone so soon CAL .
25. Put on the books: ENACT. A legislative intent.
26. Blood __ :TYPER. This was all perps, otherwise I would have had no idea.
27. Therapy lead-in: HYPNO. Kind of a pun.
29. Rocker Nugent: TED. I liked him better for his MUSIC
31. Comic unit: STRIP. Nice juxtaposition with 32. Jump on, as an opportunity: SEIZE, right ladies.
33. Beat by a bit: EDGED.
36. http://mit.__: EDU. I guess the small letters are to keep you from realizing it was Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
40. Man.and Minn. neighbor: ONT. Ontario, Canada. More abbreviations, but gimmes for our northern contingent.
41. What an apostrophe may stand for, in dates: NINETEEN. ‘30s, ‘40s
44. Reinterpret, in a way: SPIN. A true American CREATION .
48. Is: EXISTS. Cogito Ergo Sum.
49. Work on hooves: RESHOE. Anyone seen Secretariat yet? I think it came out today.
53. Pottery piece: SHARD. My son digs for shards.
55. Sight-related: OPTIC. The nerve of him to use this clue.
56. Protected: SAFE. Yes boys and girls, always be safe, and stay 57D. Not corrupted: PURE.
58. Madrid miss:Abbr.: SRTA. Senorita, I have not counted the abbreviations, but gee.
59. Club __: SODA. Great to take out stains.
60. Comet, to some: OMEN. Classic MOVIE .
61. Tidy: NEAT. Which is also pretty 62D. "Cool!": FAB.
Answer grid.
Lamonade
Good morning, Lemonade, C.C. and gang - I had such a great start with this puzzle, and got through the north cleanly, right up to 25D, 'put on the books', where I confidently put in 'enter'. 'N.Y. Yankee' still worked, but not much else until I finally figured it out. Then I blocked on 'strasse' which I should've known. Getting 'beer canon' gave me the theme, but I still had slow going through the central part. The south went quickly, but I had a hard time believing 'Spanish steps' was right; not a familiar term to me. Couple unknowns in the 'Torte' desert and 'Abra'. A most enjoyable puzzle for a Friday.
ReplyDeleteLemonade, nice job with the blog; I hope to get the time to explore all the links. And you're right, Secretariat opens today - I want to see it over the weekend. You're also right about winter in NJ. It was a great jumping-off point when I was really into skiing, but now we head the other way every chance we get. Matter of fact, I think it's about time for another Boca run -- Brewzzi's been beckoning me.
Today is World Egg Day, and American Touch Tag Day. Also, it's Kitty B's birthday; Kitty, if you're still looking in, a very Happy Birthday.
Here's some questions for our astute group, and for our 'special' anon:
1. How many men have walked on the moon: 4, 8 or 12?
2. The first television set was sold in what year: 1928, 1938 or 1948?
3. The name of which area in the Pacific means "many islands"?
4. In which country is the world's largest McDonald's restaurant?
5. From what U.S. city can one travel south to Canada?
Morning, all!
ReplyDeleteNice puzzle today with a great theme. A bit on the challenging side for me, though. I'm not familiar with the Spanish Steps, and "Blood TYPER" is not a phrase that springs easily to mind. And it took me forever to get how an apostrophe could stand for NINETEEN. But, when all was said and done, I managed to finish unassisted. It just took me a while longer than usual...
Dennis:
1. I'm gonna guess 12.
2. Again, I'll guess 1938.
3. Polynesia sounds right, only because it has "poly" in it.
4. Haven't a clue. China?
5. Detroit, Michigan (that's an old, old bit of bar trivia).
Good Morning, Lemonade. Great write-up and fun links. I thought this was an easier than usual Friday puzzle. I immediately knew that ISIS was the mother of Horus, but then my mom studied Egyptology, so we had lots of ancient egyptian materials around the house.
ReplyDeleteEast of Eden by John Steinbeck is one of my all-time favorite books, so I knew ABRA.
Place to find an Audi? My first thought was my neighbor's garage, but how would our constructor know that, so I filled in STRASSE instead.
My only hang-up was in the mid-west section of the puzzle. I thought Buck parts referred to the animal, so tried horns (antlers wouldn't fit), before reluctantly filling in CENTS.
Happy weekend, all.
In honor of my favorite Steinbeck book (East of Eden), here is today's QOD: I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible. ~ John Steinbeck
Did anyone else notice that our constructor's last name ends in "ON", just like the puzzle's theme?
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, KittyB. Hope it's a good one.
Dennis: I was 9 years old when my grandparents bought the first TV in the neighborhood. That would be 1948 if by first you meant affordable for the home. That was also the year we would stand outside a store and watch the TV in the window.
ReplyDeleteDoreen
Not much time to comment today, except to say this puzzle was full of surprises. First pass seemed impossible, and then, in the classic way, everything started falling into place. I ended up with blanks only in the NW corner and lower midwest before resorting to the g'spot. I was drawing a complete blank on ALTOSAXON, thinking only of Minnesinger or Meistersinger, neither of which would fit.
ReplyDeleteLemonade,
The blog looks great with interesting links I'll need to explore later. And yes, EMU is native only to Oz.
Have a great day!
Except for Questions 1 &2, I'll side with Barry.
ReplyDelete# 1, My guess is 8 and #2, 1928. I remember reading somewhere the 1st televised baseball game was in 1938.
As for the puzzle, it was a challenge for me, but I got through without assistance. Favorite clue was Chocolate Baron because I have always admired what Milton Hershey created. Nineteen (41D) worked only because I knew the across words were correct.
Good weekend to everyone. I'll be busy Sat night watching the Cane's kick FSU's behind...... I hope.
Good morning all. Very nice write-up. Lemonade.
ReplyDeleteGood tough Friday puzzle. Had to take my time and crisscross several times to get the old brain to kick in. ENACT with APPL were the last to fall. The theme words made it fun and bearable. ONT was a gimme and TROOPER a WAG. Liked the clueing for SPIN and CENTS. No searches needed.
Dennis re: #5. Niagara Falls, NY also works.
Have a good day.
Good Morning All,
ReplyDeleteThis was a struggle for me. Just couldn't sync with the cluing. The theme completely alluded me until I guessed at Paul Anka and got Add On. Enter was one of the many mistakes.
Great blog Lemonade. I haven't made it through all of the links yet.
Took the day off today to catch up on some chores at home. Things are starting to cool down so I need to split wood. Put the wood stove back in last weekend because the temps are in the 30s at night.
TGIF
I haven't seen the newspaper yet, let alone the puzzle but I want to send along this crockpot recipe - maybe someone will want to make it for supper tonight!Everyone else seemed to be talking beef and pork but this chicken is a real hit whenever I serve it.
ReplyDeleteCrockpot Chicken Stroganoff
1# boneless chicken breast, frozen
1 can Fat-free Cr. of mushroom soup
16 oz. fat-free sour cream
1 pkg. onion soup mix
Place fr. chicken on the bottom of crockpot. Mix other ingredients & pour over the chicken. cook on low for at least 7 hours. Stir sauce well before serving. Serve over rice or noodles.
It's a beautiful day for doing outside work. I will be doing the puzzle and reading the blog this evening.
Dot
Dennis
ReplyDeleteAt the risk of appearing pedantic, and if we rule out circumnavigation of the globe (or any other variants of "south-then-north), I believe that any of the following would qualify as answers to Q.5
Anchorage, Alaska
Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska
Chicken, Alaska
Coffman Cove, Alaska
Delta Junction, Alaska
Dillingham, Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska
Haines, Alaska
Homer, Alaska
Juneau, Alaska
Kenai, Alaska
Ketchikan, Alaska
Kodiak, Alaska
Kotzebue, Alaska
Moose Pass, Alaska
Nome, Alaska
North Pole, Alaska
Pelican, Alaska
Petersburg, Alaska
Sitka, Alaska
Soldotna, Alaska
Thorne Bay, Alaska
Tok, Alaska
Unalaska, Alaska
Valdez, Alaska
Whittier, Alaska
Wrangell, Alaska
NC
Good morning Lemonade, C.C. et al.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this puzzle – I caught the theme early (thank goodness!), so it really help me to fill in a lot of blanks.
I did check all the abbrs and came up with these:
ATTN, EPA, ETH, APPL, ORIG, TNG, PED, EST, EDU, ONT, SRTA, plus a few suff/pref answers ERO, HYPNO, TYPER.
That seems like a lot, but overall I don’t think puzzle suffered from it, only because of the clever theme IMHO.
My favorite clue was 41D “What an apostrophe may stand for, in dates”. All I had to do was close my eyes and picture a date and it came immediately – I really love it when you have to “imagine” an answer in crosswords.
For 26D and 27D I had “MONEY” and AROMA”, instead of “TYPER” and “HYPNO”, so the west stayed wild for a while !! It really was a V8 moment when they fell…I worked in Immunohematology for years and blood typing is one thing I did every day!!
@ Dot
Thanks for the Crock Pot chicken recipe – you always see beef or pork, but not often chicken. I think a lot of people are leery to cook chicken for so long because they think it will dry out.
@ Dennis
1. I agree with Barry G, I think it’s 12 ?
2. All I know, it was before 1950… no clue otherwise
3. Polynesia sounds good to me, too
4. I would say USA because this is where they started?
5. Niagara Falls – hand up
TGIF !! Have a great weekend everyone.
......not to mention ANY U.S. city north of Toledo, Ohio. I am guessing the question was intended to be more restrictive, though.
ReplyDeleteNC
Good Morning C.C., Lemonade and all,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your blog and was so enlightened! Hope to finish the links later.
'So enlightened' that I got 'Isis' from the blog! Only the first 'is' was missing; I can't believe my mind had such a blind spot; especially for 'Isis'.
I loved this Friday puzzle,because it was a challenge, but doable.{well,almost].
I'm in a bit of a hurry, so must bid adieu for now.
Lemonade you have outdone yourself. What a great write-up and links.
ReplyDeleteHad the theme early at CHOCOLATE BARON and ADD'ON' ... otherwise that BEER CAN'ON' would never have BEEN finished.
NY YANKEE, probably my "all-time" favorite fill (after Scotch, of course).
Yup, we're up 2-0, it's an OMEN.
Every time we have SITH I think it is spelled sikh. This was the first time I waited for the perps to get that 'T'.
Hey, I'm a semi-retired accountant, I like my grid NEAT ... I hate it when it becomes an 'ink-blot test.'
Blood____ = TYPER? = Lousy.
Wanted Diamond, it wouldn't fit.
Wanted Beach for Malibu, but that SRTA got me the 'A' so I thought it was 'GM CAR' before more perps revealed SEDAN. Oy veh!
Trivia:
1) 12 (I've met 3 of them)
2) '28 (Apostrophed the NINETEEN)
3) Aleutians (sp?)
4) Italy, it is in Rome
5) Detroit
Hi all.
ReplyDeleteModem went kaput. So we have had no internet service for awhile.
And, unable to do the crosswords.
Not going to get into the 1BC to 1AD thing this time.
Started the slow cooker this morning while I go play cards this
afternoon.
Take care.
Dennis
ReplyDeleteWhen I entered NY YANKEE I could almost picture your cringe.
At least we have the Phillies here (about 4 miles from Villa Incognito) for Spring Training.
They DO have a lot of support here in Pinellas County.
Barry G
Your Polynesia sounds correct just from the spelling. (Thump from the V-8 can).
Nice Cuppa
I do not believe you will run into Canada if you travel South from ANY of those Alaska towns.
Happy Birthday, Kitty B.
21 again? I'm not surprised!
Tinbeni
ReplyDeleteYou see, you are restricting the question now, to traveling DUE SOUTH. In that case, you would need to limit the Alaskan cities to the likes of Thorne Bay, Ketchikan, Metlakatia, Wrangell, Petersburg, etc. You will now tell me that Queen Charlotte Islands do not count, as you are restricting the question to mainland Canada.
But then there are Croswell, Sandusudky, Port Hope, etc. Now you will restrict the question to city borders contiguous with Canadian border.
NC
Good Morning All, I knew when I saw the clue (20A) "Milton Hershey, e.g.?" that CHOCOLATE would most likely be part of the answer. The rest of the theme answers also came fairly easily.
ReplyDeleteAh, the SPANISH STEPS...in 1978 my sister and I got an afternoon tour of Rome from two charming gentlemen we...uh...hmmm..OK...picked up at the Trevi Fountain. We went to the Steps and had some yummy gelato.
I had issues with (26D) TYPER and (27D) HYPNO. I wanted SIMPLE, but it wouldn't fit and HYDRO. 43A CENTS was also slow in coming.
I'm not much on cars, but I did get (14A) MINI. We had (15A) ALERO fairly recently and (69A) "Malibu" SEDAN came with the perps.
Nice to see Lemonade blogging on a Friday. We are fortunate that all of C.C.'s weekday volunteers are so knowledgeable AND willing.
Absolutely brilliant summary, L714. You are the best.
ReplyDeleteTinbini: I agree, Blood TYPER is not a good clue/response. I also wanted Diamond.
ReplyDeleteJayce: if I interpreted something you said a week or so ago correctly, then today is also your birthday? Hope it is a good one.
I thought this puzzle was one of the hardest we've had lately. I don't think I would have finished without red letters.
ReplyDeleteI am anxious to get a slow cooker and try out some of these recipes.
Have you checked out today's Google doodle?
@NC, I've seen the Canada trivia question before several times... Somewhere along the way in all the incarnations, the restriction of the contiguous "lower 48" states was lost in translation. The answer it wants is Detroit, Michigan to Windsor, Ontario. You're supposed to be surprised that Michigan is north of Canada. I used to work at a Ford dealership a very long time ago, when they still put larger V8 engines in passenger cars. Counter people had to be careful because the parts for a 315W (Windsor) engine were completely different than for a 351C (Cleveland)...
ReplyDeleteHahtool, wonderful catch on the Constructor's last name!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the theme and puzzle today. I liked the clue of "Buck parts", but would have preferred the answer to be related to the animal. I've never cared for the term 'bucks' used for money. It's just a personal peeve...
Nice Cuppa
ReplyDeleteMy mea culpa, of course Queen Charlotte Island can be and should be included.
Question # 5 did say "city" ... not tiny fishing village.
Ergo, Juneau, Alaska, would (could) qualify. (see Al's comment above).
Bill G.
The google doodle is a hoot !!!
Al, Tinbeni
ReplyDeleteSo we all had the right answer(s); we just interpreted the question differently. The question should have been:
"Which city in the contiguous 48 states of the U.S. has a southern city limit that coincides with the Canadian border." Precise but dull.
NC.
Good day, ladies and gentlemen puzzlers.
ReplyDeleteLemonade, you put the zest in blogging!
Yowza! What a great, challenging, yet sometimes easy puzzle today. Many aha! moments when I finally sussed the answer, such as BEERCANON, ONEBC, CENTS and ENACT.
Hand up for ENTER on the initial pass, HYDRO instead of HYPNO.
As has been said, the abbrevs. weren't objectionable because many just emerged.
I surprised myself in recalling
ABRA, but then East of Eden is an unforgettable book. And I, too, have walked the SPANISHSTEPS.
Hahtool, yes, great catch on the constructor's name.
Thank you, Paul Guttormsson, for a truly puzzling experience. Just right for Friday.
I hope you are having a fine Friday, everyone!
Dennis:
ReplyDelete1. 12
2. I believe I recall reading that the first TV was seen the year after I was born, so that would be '38 as the puzzle clued.
3. Moscow or Beijing
4. apparently several
Did anyone else see this headline 'Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Wins Nobel Peace Prize' and think "I better commit this name to memory, because I just know I'll see it in a future puzzle, with all those vowels, and an X!'
ReplyDeleteMedium difficulty puzzle. 29 minutes to complete. Nothing really difficult in it.
ReplyDeleteA bit late in getting back today -- I've been out getting supplies for the anticipated gang tonight, coming over to watch the Phillies game.
ReplyDeleteHere's the answers to the questions, in case I can't get back on today:
1. 12
2. 1928
3. Polynesia
4. Detroit
The last one has been a bar trivia question for as far back as I can remember. I think in bars people tend to not overanalyze these types of questions. Spitzboov, it sure looks to me like Niagara Falls is a correct answer as well. In fairness, the clue does say 'South'. Not 'southerly' or SE or SW. And for the NCs of the world, I suppose you could refine the clue to say 'lower forty-eight city' and 'due South', but I think most people interpret it correctly.
seen, good luck to you tonight - I hope it's a great game.
Al, yeah, you certainly wouldn't want to confuse those two parts, that's for sure.
Hahtool, thank you.
ReplyDeleteAnnette, good point about Liu Xiaobo. Do you still remember renminbi? What with all the French, German, Spanish, and even Italian fill we have, I wonder how much Chinese and Japanese fills we'll be getting? (We already had NOH.)
Overall, I found today's puzzle doable without having to look anything up, but didn't like it or hate it; just felt neutral.
Happy birthday wishes to Kitty B, and best wishes to you all.
Jayce, a very Happy Birthday to you, and you've been added to the list, which now has more than 60 names. Hope it's a great day for you.
ReplyDeleteI left off an answer - China currently has the largest Mickey D's restaurant.
ReplyDeleteThanks, T.
Happy birthday, Jayce!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Kitty B!
Going back to my AHA moment with blood "TYPER" - I agree with all the previous comments - it just isn't one of those phrases that springs to mind when you see the clue:
ReplyDeleteBlood TYPES - OK
Blood TESTS - OK
Blood TYPER ?? Naaaahh...
Beside, back in the olden days (before computers), we used to call the people who typed out dictation "TYPISTS", not "typers", right? So there's another reason I knew I hated this answer.
Loved all the other comments / answers to Dennis' little quiz...I hope he'll post the correct answers soon?
Oops - sorry !! I didn't see the post above. I actually typed in my comment and then got called away for a while. When I got back to the computer, I just hit "publish" before re-checking the posts. Sorry about that.
ReplyDeleteWho knew the biggest Mickey D's is in China -- BarryG, did you peek?? I would have bet money on LA or even Las Vegas !
Dennis: Thanks for the thought. Did you know that Oswalt has owned the Reds over his career (24-3 I think) but most of that was when he was pitching to Griffey Jr., Dunn and friends...this is a different team, I hope.
ReplyDeleteAll my friends know the Detroit to Windsor route. Many a eighteenth birthday and several bachelor parties were spent in Windsor(18 drinking age, gambling and uh...STRIP clubs there).
This question almost started a riot at a recent live trivia night at my favorite watering hole: What is the world's largest lake? (hint: there are 3 legit answers)
For some reason I found this puzzle a lot easier than yesterdays for some reason. I did have a couple of stumbling blocks like everyone else but didn’t have to get any outside assistance. I have never heard of cheap reads being pulps, but the perps took care of that one. I also got some perp help with strasse tome. Unlike Seen, I wasn’t thrilled to see NY Yankee today. My favorite clue was “get in on a deal” – anted.
ReplyDeleteNice write up Counselor. I will have to wait to open the links tonight from my home computer as for some reason here at work they frown upon Youtube.
Clearayes, just another reason why you’re my hero! Those Italian men are a joy to look at.
Dennis, I am shocked that a’bra was unknown to you!! I thought you were an expert in that department.
Everyone enjoy your weekends. It’s supposed to be just beautiful here this weekend.
Jeannie: What?!!?! No...no...no...no!! LOL. Tinbeni is the Yankees fan. I think the Yankees(the SITH) are the Evil Empire!
ReplyDeleteI was rooting for the Twins(The Jedi).
My team is the REDS.
Happy Birthday, Kitty B and Jayce; since we have at least 200 people who have posted in my time here, I am surprised Dennis has only 60 names on our list, C'mon guys, you do not have to include a year, or even the obligatory naked in the bathtub picture. Of course if you want to, and notice I didi not say baby picture...ladies?
ReplyDeleteBut I digress, China is the biggest everything I think, though it looks like India is catching up in population.
How have the Yankees done against Texas this year?
All right, Lemonade. Dennis should already have my b'day on his list, but just in case he doesn't, my birthday is 2 days after Windhover's and 1 day after JazzB's. That way, if Dennis fails to note the event, I will expect you to follow up. HaHa!
ReplyDeleteWell, I am flubbergled over the China answer - The "World's largest McDonalds" was there in 1992, but it and the buildings around it were later demolished, acc. to Wiki. But a you-tube video tags China again in a 2007 video. Other sites label Orlando, FL or Oklahoma.
ReplyDeleteWhich goes to show, you can find anything on the net to support a claim. But to be "real", I'll still trust my good old Mirriam Webster and Britannica.
So, to get to the bottom of this, I have put in a call to Mr. Ray Kroc himself, for the REAL TRUTH. (I'll let you know as soon as I hear from him...)
This is Bill G. The cable guy cleared out my history and cookies and I forgot how to sign in. I remember my password but have forgotten the name I use on the top line since it was always filled in for me. What do I do now?
ReplyDeleteWith all this talk about birthdays, are you familiar with this puzzle? How many contributors would there have to be on a blog so that there would be better than a 50-50 chance of two of them having the same birthday? 20? 50? More than 100? More than 300?
We didn't get a TV until about 1953 or so. My aunt, who lived across the street, had one with a little round picture tube. My father and I would walk across the street to watch "Frontier Theater" and "Captain Video." My childhood friend had one before we did. I would ride my bike to his house and watch "Howdy Doody" at 5:30. When we got one, I would lie in front of it for the first few days and watch the test pattern before Howdy Doody came on.
Testing
ReplyDeleteOK, it's looks as if I've got it figured out again.
Bill G., that's an old trivia question as well. As I recall, the number is 60, where there's almost a certainty of two people having the same birth date.
ReplyDeleteI know there's a duplicate or two on our birthday list, but I don't have access to it right now.
Hello everybody. Just got back from a lovely fancy lunch with my wife, who has kindly encouraged me to take it easy and goof off for the rest of the day. We didn't eat any world eggs or play touch tag, though.
ReplyDeleteI would have guessed 8, 1938, Polynesia, Japan, and Detroit. 2 out of 5 ain't bad, LOL.
For Malibu I immediately pencilled in BEACH, but smiled when it turned out to be SEDAN. Also wanted ENTER or ENROL before being forced to accept ENACT. Of course I wanted AROMA for Therapy, but 'twas not to be. Melissa, do you also offer aroma therapy?
Tinbeni, I thought of you when, for some reason, my wife and I were discussing Scotch whiskys (whiskies?) recently. You have mention Pinch many times. Is that your favorite? Back when I used to be able to drink hard spirits, my favorites were the two Glens: Glen Livet and Glen Fiddich. Our son always used to treat me to a wee dram or three of 30 year old MacAllen when we visit them. Good stuff. I miss it.
I agree East of Eden is a magnificent story, and although the movie of it starring James Dean et. al. is not all that bad or good, I have only the highest praise for the scene where Abra is consoling Cal while they are (I think) sitting in a ferris wheel chair. Beautifully done. Made me fall in love with her right then and there. What a woman!
Lemonade, I actually do have a picture of me naked in the bathtub as a baby. You dun wanna see it! Dennis, thank you for adding me to the list. Dennis, Lucina, and Lemonaid, thank you for the good wishes.
All hail, Britannica!
OK, I have to jump in on the birthday one:
ReplyDeleteIf you go into a bar, you can bet with 100% certainty that you can guess a person's birthday within 3 days. Of course, if they have never met you they would be likely to bet. With money on the table, just reach out to take it after you say "Wednesday". ;-D
Leaving to watch some baseball...
ReplyDeleteHere is the answer(s) to my query. I contend the answer to the specific quesion is Caspian Sea. I was over ruled and lost the game...
HeartRx: awesome
ReplyDeleteHeartRx, if I ever meet you in a bar (assuming I even know if it is you) I will never bet with you! Have you actually ever done that?
ReplyDeleteOh wow, Hahtool, the pressure! The pressure! LOL. By the way, what becomes of the constructor's name when you remove the ON from it?
Seen: Lake Titicaca? Lake Superior? Lake Baikal? Is the Black Sea really a lake?
You guys are ALL so fun!
Sorry, I posted that before I saw seen give the answer as Caspian Sea.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are all still fun!
Hi gang -
ReplyDeleteBirthday question first.
To get a 50/50 chance of two with the same birthday requires only 23 people. To Dennis's point, at 57 you get 99% probability.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
I actually had ADD ON before any of the other theme asnswers, but it didn't help much. Never heard of SPANISH STEPS, didn't know the Hershey eponym was MILTON.
ALTO SAXON is very clever and eluded me completely. Got BEER CANON for some reason.
My Scotch goes NEAT INTO a snifter, never INTO SODA.
In a small stakes game we ANTED CENTS.
SORBET EXISTS between courses, perhaps.
A dropped pot LED TO SHARDS.
How do you SPIN A BRA?
Does it matter if you've BEEN BARE?
Enough of my MINI IDEAs.
Cheers!
JzB
Happy Birthday, Jayce! It sounds like it's going well so far... Keep the celebration going all weekend.
ReplyDeleteGood evening all.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Jayce and Kitty B. It is also DH's, so we had a great lunch and then spent money at the Apple Store and Williams Sonoma.
Cheers
Lemonade, I just opened up all the links and I just KNEWthat you would post a link to Pulp Fiction. Also, I LMAO on the midriff link. I had forgotten that episode of Curb your enthusiasm. That's hilarious.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Jayce and KittyB! Jayce, what did you have for lunch?
Sallie, I have to stay out of Williams Sonoma. Just curious, what did you buy?
Jeannie, we went to this Mediterranean food place and ended up having gyro roll thingies (I have already forgotten what they are called.) Really surprisingly delicious. And, of course, hummus, yummy. LOL, our tastes are simple :) And we drank (gasp!) beer! English beer!
ReplyDeleteAm I a fun date or what? LOL
Jayce, I LOVE gyros! I just tried to google "gryo roll thingies" and to my amazement nothing came up remotely resembling what you must have eaten.
ReplyDeleteJeannie, I remember what they are called. Shwarma! Darn good. I didn't Google "thingies" and I'm almost afraid to. LOL.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I've overstayed my welcome. Good night, dear dear bloggers.
Annette, you are SO perceptive!
Doin' a Happy Birthday♪♫•*¨*•..• ♪♫•*¨*•..•*¨*•♫♪.¸.•´☆`•.♪♫•*¨*•.´☆`•.♪♫•*¨*•..•*¨*•♫♪ Dance for Kitty and Jayce! @Jayce - did you go to the Fafel joint on San Carlos? Yummo...
ReplyDeleteBon soir, mes cher amis(es).
ReplyDeleteMy head hangs in shame. I'm eating crow for crowing about being so smart yesterday! Today is commuppance day! Mr. Paul Guttormsson took my spirits down several notches after I labored over "added on". Most of you seemed to think it was a cinch; not so here. Looking it over now, I can see the answers were things I should have known, but oh, the clues! Sacreblue! Quelle dommage!
OK, Kazie. Now that I got that off my chest, correct my French: should I have had an 's' after cher? I don't believe I've ever seen it that way. Feel free to edit the whole thing. I'll be able to take it! I'm strong!
Enough grovelling!
Happy birthday Jayce, and you too, Kitty B, although I haven't met you yet, have I?
The repartee today has been tres entertaining. Dennis, I wasn't even able to guess at any of your trivia questions, but I enjoyed the enthusiasm within the group.
NC, were you really able to rattle off all those Alaskan hamlets from the top of your head! You're a bloody wonder!
CA, it's always refreshing to read your cool, calm comments. Ditto for you, Lemonade714, you are the voice of reason in the hurly-burly! Wonderful writeup! How do you manage with all you do?
Annette, I did see the article about Xiaobo and am trying to memorize his name. It's sure to appear sooner or later! I do hope he won't be in trouble with the government, though.
I think I'm out of words, now. Bon nuit. dodo
Dodo:
ReplyDeleteC'est tout bon, darlin'.
It's not too late to wish Happy Birthday to Jayce and Kitty B.
ReplyDeleteThere aren't many Mediterranean restaurants around here, but I have had a "gyro/pita/thingie" a couple of times.
I've been i-surfing around NZ for the past couple of days and have found out that Asian and Mediterranean cuisines are very popular. GAH and I will have a couple of days pre-tour in Auckland, so maybe we'll be trying more Greek, Turkish and Moroccan food.
Today's ENTS and LOTR connection wasn't lost on me either. There are several optional LOTR day tours we could take, but we've already chosen several others. We can't do everything in 17 days....although we'll give it a good try.
Good night all.
ReplyDeleteJeannie, we bought a toaster oven that was suggested by Consumer's Report. Expensive. But DH truly wanted it.
Cheers
You are all so nice, I may just come back and blog another day. Garlic Gal,nice ti see you pop in. I really am lobbying to get as many past present and future contributors to check in on the same day so we can be sure everyone is ok.
ReplyDeleteTime for another list, maybe we can aim for the wednewsday before thanksgiving.
Dennis, thanks for the trivia.
Believe it or not, I still haven't had time to read Lemonade's links. I just got caught up with the trivia and comments. I have to say I really was hurrying too much this a.m. to pay attention to the theme until I was here either.
ReplyDeleteOn reading Clear Ayes' comment about the Spanish Steps I am reminded that it was very easy to be picked up in Italy--too easy when I was 24. I remember a guy "volunteering" to guide us through the Roman Forum, and then, once in a remote part of it, grabbing my boobs and demanding payment for the service. I guess nowadays you have to pay to get in and it's much more sedate. Needless to say we hightailed it out of there in a hurry.
But I also remember many peaceful moments sitting on the Spanish Steps reading the mail from home I had just picked up from the American Express office which was close by, then anyway.
Happy Birthday Kitty B and Jayce!
Dodo,
Normally I wouldn't have done this, but you did ask me to:
Bon soir (was correct!), mes chers amis (or chères amies, but only if all of us were feminine, otherwise the masculine forms work for a mixed group).
Sacré bleu! Quel dommage! (All nouns ending in -age are masculine with the exception of page, plage, rage, image, nage. I taught this as PRINCE sans the E and with an extra P to start.)
Bonne nuit. Of all the parts of a day (matin, jour, après-midi, soir,) nuit is the only feminine one.
First of all, good for you CA and the GAH to make that trek after what you have been through.
ReplyDeleteI have a good friends who LOVED New Zealand. They highly recommended staying in hostels.
NZ is on my bucket list, right after Italy of course :)
Hola Everyone, After working on the puzzle off and on for most of the day, I finally finished all but one small section. I didn't get the canon in Beer Canon. It just didn't make sense and One B(C) wasn't finished either.
ReplyDeleteI got the ON endings after the first couple of theme fills, but that still didn't help with Beer Canon.
I have to agree with Lemonade, that this was hard in some parts and easy in others.
Great writeup and links today Lemonade. I'm going to have to bone up on some of the law terms that have been showing up in the CW lately.
I did use my Crossword Dictionary for Abra, and "She's a Lady" songwriter. I especially liked the Master clue for Orig. I made a LOT of Masters over the years in lesson planning. That didn't prevent me from going the Guru route first.
But what apple begins with an I? I wracked my brain until the light came on. Duh!
Happy Birthday Jayce. Your lunch sounds yummy. I love Gyros.
ReplyDeleteKitty B, Many happy returns to you. I hope you are still following the blog even though we haven't heard from you lately.
Annette and Jayce, I've added Liu Xiaobo to my list of Peace Nobelists. I think we will be seeing his name in a puzzle one of these days very soon.
Hello Puzzlers -
ReplyDeleteSince the Friday CW has been well covered, let me mention that I just did the Saturday one and it's got some tough clues in it.
I look forward to the write-up. Some of the answers need some splainin'!
Good night out there, cruciverbalists.
Hello my fellow crossword solvers.
ReplyDeleteLemonade-Thanks for a great write-up.
Happy Birthday Jayce and Kitty B.
I did a pretty good job on the puzzle today, but have had a very busy day and am just now getting a chance to post. I am at my Mom's house (about an hour away from home) for a weekend visit. I am going to get a haircut tomorrow morning since I have not had one in about 3 months due to all the bedrest.
The commentary today was interesting, but I am just too tired to comment on any of it. Good night friends.
Kazie, I had to smile (just a little) at your Roman Forum misadventure. My sister's and my encounter was quite nice. On the other hand, while just strolling on the Via Veneto, we were anonymously pinched on the tushie more than once. Now I look back on that rather fondly too. My backside isn't quite as pinchable as it was 30+ years ago....quel dommage indeed!
ReplyDeleteJeannie, LOL, our hostel days are long gone. We want a little more comfort and privacy. But your friends are right. You meet lots of interesting people, it is a very economical way to go and many countries have excellent accommodations.
Merci, Windhover, and to you,too, Kazie. Did I get maybe a C+? How much we do forget!
ReplyDeleteCA,
ReplyDeleteI have to agree about Italian men, some are nice, and then there are others... I don't know how often I was goosed in front just using the pedestrian crossings in Rome, as the crowds rushed towards us from the other side of the street and we hurried to beat the lights, going in the opposite direction.
New Zealand is wonderful. Beautiful beyond belief, nice people, Polynesian culture, volcanoes, glowworm grottoes, glacial lakes, fjords, trout fishing streams, dairy areas, skiing, glaciers. The "Pocket World" all in a small easily traveled-in-two-weeks area.
My younger son went there on his own in 2006 (I think), and made lots of friends from all over the world. That's the beauty of youth hostels, you meet people who like to travel, and in this age of email, it's easy to stay in touch afterward.
But I agree with CA on this too--I couldn't stay in them any more. On several of our student trips I chaperoned/led, we had hostel accommodation in Europe, and I couldn't take any more of that now. But I remember seeing lots of older people using hostels in England back when I was young. It depends on how you like to travel.
Oh my Kazie, your were goosed in front? That brings to mind something intirely different.
ReplyDeleteStill waiting for Dennis to explain his lack of knowledge for a'bra.
Hello C.C., Argyle and folk,
ReplyDeleteIt's been a good week and today is no exception. I had a lot of fun with it. I like the style of the theme.
@Hahtool, nice catch on the GuttormssON"...Also, DITTO about John Steinbeck. Loving John Steinbeck's work is one of the things Peter and I found we had in common. Picture it, 1975, it's fall. That chilly breeze blowing some leaves around. We are strolling along on the University of Florida's campus paths, hand in hand, and discussing our favorite book, character, endlessly.
Ditto what the others have stated. @Lemonade714, You composed a wonderful write up! Some very attractive links.
From the links and the information. I learned a few new things and in the process, found the directions for a potato gun. My neighborhood will no longer be safe. I'll post a photo of it by Monday if all goes well.
Happy Birthday to Jayce and to KittyB. Make it your best yet!
@Fermatprime, I'd love to know if you are doing well.
Just the right balance in the grid ranging from easily known to others which were killers.
One thing. I get the last word yet one more night! (GRIN)
I'm Out