Theme: Boys Only! - Four phrases that start with a man's name and a unifier.
17A. Wealthy relative: RICH UNCLE
24A. Emulate Muhammad Ali: BOB AND WEAVE
39A. Father-son talk, e.g.: FRANK DISCUSSION
50A. Assembled in a makeshift manner: JERRY-RIGGED
64A. Get-together for the starts of 17-, 24-, 39- and 50-Across?: STAG PARTY
Argyle here.
Even though there are five entries, I kept looking for a more complicated connection between the four names. Must be the effect of last week. Some others weren't invited to the party. 1A SETH, 19A TONTO, 17A BONO, 31A IAN, 47A DON, and 59D ART. O MAN!
Before anyone starts, JERRY-rigged and JURY-rigged are the same thing.
Across:
1. Eve's youngest : SETH. The only 3 names mentioned in the Bible are Cain, Abel, and Seth. Adam also had "other sons and daughters," though they aren't named. (Answers.com)
5. Special __: military force : OPS. Special OPerationS.
8. Priest's place : ALTAR
13. Trojan War epic : "ILIAD". The older of the two surviving ancient Greek epic poems, traditionally ascribed to Homer.
15. "The __": placekicker Lou Groza's nickname : TOE. Louis Roy Groza (January 25, 1924 - November 29, 2000) was an American football placekicker who played his entire career for the Cleveland Browns. (Wikipedia)
16. Dog : POOCH
19. Sidekick who rode Scout : TONTO
20. Bagel flavoring : SESAME
21. Rio automaker : KIA. Korean automobile manufacturer. Image. A subcompact car.
23. Bones partner : SKIN. Emaciated. Nothing but skin and bones. But how many of you thought of Seely Booth from TV's Bones?
27. Free, as legal work : PRO BONO. A phrase derived from Latin meaning "for the public good", pro bono publico, shortened to just pro bono.
31. Author Fleming : IAN. James Bond creator.
32. Titled woman : DAME and 1D. 32-Acrosses' spouses : SIRS
33. Older but __ : WISER
36. Dean's list factor: Abbr. : GPA. Grade Point Average (GPA)
43. D.C. bigwig : SEN.
44. Annually : A YEAR
45. Jason's vessel : ARGO. Greek mythology.
46. Had some grub : ATE
47. Leave high and dry : ABANDON
55. North Carolina university : ELON. A private liberal arts university located in Elon, NC. Location.
56. Fed. loan guarantor : SBA. Small Business Administration (SBA).
57. Take turns : ROTATE
62. Bank takebacks, briefly : REPOs. Origin: by shortening of repossessions.
66. Used a prie dieu : KNELT. Image. A prayer desk.
67. Many, many moons : EON
68. Coach:athlete ::__:student : TUTOR. A coach is to athlete as a TUTOR is to student.
69. When tripled, and so on : YADDA. Or spelled with one D. Speaking of Double D's, where is my number one on the naughty list?
70. Gun lobby org. : NRA. The National Rifle Association of America, or NRA.
71. Rockwell or Gothic : TYPE. Types of type!
Down:
2. Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE. This man.
3. Nervous spasms : TICS
4. "Very funny!" : "HA-HA!"
5. Non-Rx : OTC. Over-the-counter (OTC). Also can apply to stocks.
6. Oktoberfest dance : POLKA. Let's all get up and dance around the breakfast table. "Beer Barrel Polka" : Myron Floren on accordion.
7. Make welcome : SEE IN
8. On-target : APT
9. Let out a few notches in : LOOSEN
10. Toy truck brand : TONKA
11. When Ophelia drowns : ACT IV. From Hamlet, by Shakespeare.
12. River at Arles : RHONE. Map. Arles is on the coast, the Riviera.
14. Disney pachyderm : DUMBO. The Flying Elephant.
18. One of the noble gases : NEON
22. French farewell : ADIEU
25. Alamo hero : BOWIE. That would be James Bowie, not David Bowie.
26. Part of V.F.W. : WARS. Veterans of Foreign Wars.
27. Commonly e-mailed files, for short : PDFs. Portable Document Format.
28. Porterhouse order : RARE. I tell you, it is very rare when I get a steak.
29. Arabian sultanate : OMAN. On the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
30. Golfer Hogan : BEN. Legendary.
34. "This __ ripoff!" : IS A
35. Scrawny one : SCRAG
36. Prepare, as for action : GIRD
37. Walt Kelly's possum : POGO. Comic strip.
38. Soon, poetically : ANON
40. "K-K-K-__": 1918 song : KATY. Let's all sing now! Lyrics.
41. Batik artisans : DYERS. They use wax and dye to produce images on cloth.
42. __ Francisco : SAN
46. Composer Schoenberg : ARNOLD. I thought they should have clued Gov. Schwarzenegger, after the previous clue.
48. Arctic floater : BERG
49. Take in from a pet shelter : ADOPT
50. Beef __: dried meat : JERKY
51. Kagan who replaced Stevens on the Supreme Court : ELENA
52. Enticed, with "in" : ROPED
53. "Peer Gynt" dramatist : IBSEN. Edvard Grieg famously composed incidental music and songs for his play.
54. Croc's cousin : GATOR
58. Drawn tight : TAUT
59. Culturally pretentious : ARTY
60. 'Vette roof option : T-TOP
61. Brontë's "Jane __" : EYRE
63. RR depot : STA.
65. Literary collection : ANA
Answer grid.
Argyle
17A. Wealthy relative: RICH UNCLE
24A. Emulate Muhammad Ali: BOB AND WEAVE
39A. Father-son talk, e.g.: FRANK DISCUSSION
50A. Assembled in a makeshift manner: JERRY-RIGGED
64A. Get-together for the starts of 17-, 24-, 39- and 50-Across?: STAG PARTY
Argyle here.
Even though there are five entries, I kept looking for a more complicated connection between the four names. Must be the effect of last week. Some others weren't invited to the party. 1A SETH, 19A TONTO, 17A BONO, 31A IAN, 47A DON, and 59D ART. O MAN!
Before anyone starts, JERRY-rigged and JURY-rigged are the same thing.
Across:
1. Eve's youngest : SETH. The only 3 names mentioned in the Bible are Cain, Abel, and Seth. Adam also had "other sons and daughters," though they aren't named. (Answers.com)
5. Special __: military force : OPS. Special OPerationS.
8. Priest's place : ALTAR
13. Trojan War epic : "ILIAD". The older of the two surviving ancient Greek epic poems, traditionally ascribed to Homer.
15. "The __": placekicker Lou Groza's nickname : TOE. Louis Roy Groza (January 25, 1924 - November 29, 2000) was an American football placekicker who played his entire career for the Cleveland Browns. (Wikipedia)
16. Dog : POOCH
19. Sidekick who rode Scout : TONTO
20. Bagel flavoring : SESAME
21. Rio automaker : KIA. Korean automobile manufacturer. Image. A subcompact car.
23. Bones partner : SKIN. Emaciated. Nothing but skin and bones. But how many of you thought of Seely Booth from TV's Bones?
27. Free, as legal work : PRO BONO. A phrase derived from Latin meaning "for the public good", pro bono publico, shortened to just pro bono.
31. Author Fleming : IAN. James Bond creator.
32. Titled woman : DAME and 1D. 32-Acrosses' spouses : SIRS
33. Older but __ : WISER
36. Dean's list factor: Abbr. : GPA. Grade Point Average (GPA)
43. D.C. bigwig : SEN.
44. Annually : A YEAR
45. Jason's vessel : ARGO. Greek mythology.
46. Had some grub : ATE
47. Leave high and dry : ABANDON
55. North Carolina university : ELON. A private liberal arts university located in Elon, NC. Location.
56. Fed. loan guarantor : SBA. Small Business Administration (SBA).
57. Take turns : ROTATE
62. Bank takebacks, briefly : REPOs. Origin: by shortening of repossessions.
66. Used a prie dieu : KNELT. Image. A prayer desk.
67. Many, many moons : EON
68. Coach:athlete ::__:student : TUTOR. A coach is to athlete as a TUTOR is to student.
69. When tripled, and so on : YADDA. Or spelled with one D. Speaking of Double D's, where is my number one on the naughty list?
70. Gun lobby org. : NRA. The National Rifle Association of America, or NRA.
71. Rockwell or Gothic : TYPE. Types of type!
Down:
2. Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE. This man.
3. Nervous spasms : TICS
4. "Very funny!" : "HA-HA!"
5. Non-Rx : OTC. Over-the-counter (OTC). Also can apply to stocks.
6. Oktoberfest dance : POLKA. Let's all get up and dance around the breakfast table. "Beer Barrel Polka" : Myron Floren on accordion.
7. Make welcome : SEE IN
8. On-target : APT
9. Let out a few notches in : LOOSEN
10. Toy truck brand : TONKA
11. When Ophelia drowns : ACT IV. From Hamlet, by Shakespeare.
12. River at Arles : RHONE. Map. Arles is on the coast, the Riviera.
14. Disney pachyderm : DUMBO. The Flying Elephant.
18. One of the noble gases : NEON
22. French farewell : ADIEU
25. Alamo hero : BOWIE. That would be James Bowie, not David Bowie.
26. Part of V.F.W. : WARS. Veterans of Foreign Wars.
27. Commonly e-mailed files, for short : PDFs. Portable Document Format.
28. Porterhouse order : RARE. I tell you, it is very rare when I get a steak.
29. Arabian sultanate : OMAN. On the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
30. Golfer Hogan : BEN. Legendary.
34. "This __ ripoff!" : IS A
35. Scrawny one : SCRAG
36. Prepare, as for action : GIRD
37. Walt Kelly's possum : POGO. Comic strip.
38. Soon, poetically : ANON
40. "K-K-K-__": 1918 song : KATY. Let's all sing now! Lyrics.
41. Batik artisans : DYERS. They use wax and dye to produce images on cloth.
42. __ Francisco : SAN
46. Composer Schoenberg : ARNOLD. I thought they should have clued Gov. Schwarzenegger, after the previous clue.
48. Arctic floater : BERG
49. Take in from a pet shelter : ADOPT
50. Beef __: dried meat : JERKY
51. Kagan who replaced Stevens on the Supreme Court : ELENA
52. Enticed, with "in" : ROPED
53. "Peer Gynt" dramatist : IBSEN. Edvard Grieg famously composed incidental music and songs for his play.
54. Croc's cousin : GATOR
58. Drawn tight : TAUT
59. Culturally pretentious : ARTY
60. 'Vette roof option : T-TOP
61. Brontë's "Jane __" : EYRE
63. RR depot : STA.
65. Literary collection : ANA
Answer grid.
Argyle
67 comments:
Good morning, Argyle, C.C. and gang - a prototypical Monday puzzle today, the kind that most can probably solve without even seeing the grid (with three exceptions). As with Argyle, even after the first two theme names were unveiled, I expected something more complicated.
The three exceptions to the Monday-easy clues for me were 'When Ophelia drowns', 'K-K-K-; 1918 song' and 'Composer Schoenberg', but fortunately the perps popped them out quickly. Not much else on which to comment; a nice, easy way to start the work week.
Argyle, good job on the blog -- loved the double D comment.
Wasn't a fun weekend, between this miserable cold and the disastrous Philly sports weekend; I have yet to read the weekend's posts. Hope it was a good one for everyone else.
Today is Punk for a Day Day and World Pasta Day.
Good Morning, Argyle and friends. I thought this was a tad harder than the usual Monday puzzle. It took me two passes instead of the usual one. After getting the unifying STAG PARTY and looking back at the names, I wondered if the theme referred to some obscure movie. Why only RICH, BOB, FRANK and JERRY?
I guessed correctly that Ophelia died during ACT IV. I figured that Act II was too soon, and I don't remember seeing an opera or play that lasted through six or more Acts.
SETH was born to Adam and Eve after Cain killed Abel.
ELENA Kagen. We should know what our Supreme Court Justices look like, since their actions will ultimately affect our behavior.
Lou "The TOE" Groza. Argyle gave us good information about him.
I prefer YADA with one D.
QOD: Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. ~ Gustave Flaubert.
I tried reading the Wikipedia entry for Arnold Schoenberg, but my eyes kept glazing over.
Hahtool, what does your avatar dog have up the tree?
Morning, all!
Easy Monday puzzle, but I have to agree that the theme was a bit on the dull side today. Men's names? Meh.
And I'm sorry, but it really is JURY RIG and not JERRY RIG. Or, at least, it was. I suppose enough people make the mistake these days that JERRY RIG has now officially entered the language as an alternate form of the phrase instead of just an example of ignorance. Sort of like how "I could care less" has pretty much become standard despite the fact that it's an ignorant version of the correct "I couldn't care less." Or, I suppose, the way that "nonplus" is slowly but surely coming to mean "unaffected" instead of "completely taken aback." I don't have to like it, but I am getting better at accepting it. Sort of.
After all, I'm sure plenty of Grammar Police complained when "head over heal" slowly edged out "heal over head" and there are still folks who think "decimate" can only mean "kill every tenth person of." Language evolves, and we need to accept the fact. You'd think, though, that in this day of mass education and communication, language wouldn't need to evolve solely due to ignorant mistakes anymore...
Good morning Argyle and all, a very easy stroll though the puzzle this morning. A couple of unknowns, but filled by the perps. I did not know 46D Composer Schoenberg and like Hahtool I was not sure in which act Ophelia died. Both unknowns were quickly resolved by the perps.
Dennis, we were rooting for the Phillie's as our Pirates are now 17 years without a winning season and I have pretty much abandoned them. Oh well, maybe next season.
It is going to be a nice day today so I will postpone all other things and head for the golf course. There probably won’t be many more days to play golf this year so I need to take advantage of the nice weather.
Hope you all have a great Monday.
Morning folks, not very new here, but lurking always. Jerry is an English term I recently saw in a Maeve Binchy novel. I googled "jerry built" to get the origin. and it means roughly the same as jury rig, I.E. slipshod construction.
Argyle you have exceeded your normal Monday write-up. Thank you.
Loved the "Beer Barrel POLKA" clip
(is there a "Scotch Barrel Polka?").
K-K-KATY, sing along. The pic of that KIA Rio auto.
I've always driven (loved) small sporty cars.
Never owned a 4-Door in my life.
That didn't settle well with the "Firms" Partners when I got the Porsche instead of the 4-Dr Caddy. ("to take Clients" to lunch, Yaddie, Yaddie, YADDA!).
Probably the reason I never made (nor wanted) "Partner" ... left the "Firm" became a CFO, took a company public, worked / lived in Zagreb, Sydney, Rio, Sao Paulo, Paris, London ... retired 3 times.
At first for "Enticed, with in" I had 'ROLED' ... must be Jamaica calling, something about a spliff [which was an NYT ans. a few days ago]. But relos for REPO'S made no sense and I was ROPED in.
FUN Monday.
I'll check in later, off to the hospital with Kris.
Kazie, thanks for the email.
Good morning all. Thanks for the blog commentary, Argyle.
Not quite the easiest Monday, but still pretty much a one-pass solve. Paused at 'used a prie dieu' but KNELT somehow lurked in my brain recesses. No lookups needed. Also guessed that Ophelia drowned in ACT IV.
ADIEU
Good morning Argyle, C.C., and all,
A nice easy Monday for me. I did know K_K_K_Katy, because my Dad used to sing it occasionally, but many other had to be filled by perps. However, no real problems.
I was much more familiar with Jerry built as an expression.
I agree wholeheartedly with Barry's rant on language. Unfortunately though, I think the availability of information just make the young less willing to explore the roots or correct usage enough to understand it.
One gripe is dames and sirs as spouses. Last I heard, they are both knighthoods, but if one gets a knighthood conferred it doesn't automatically extend to one's spouse. They are equivalents, not spouses.
Tinbeni,
You're welcome. Good luck at the hospital today.
And now that the caffeine has finally kicked in, let me say I do realize that it's "head over heels" and not "head over heal"... ^_^
Barry,
I was going to include before that I'm more used to saying "arse over tit", a favorite of one of my less genteel aunts.
Good morning Argyle, CC, et al., Loved this puzzle...my favorite subject...men! And my favorite Santa is at the helm...LMAO w/your 69 (no less) A comment. You are so adorable! I've been busy making you proud- going up and down, in and out... sailing the rivers and the Bay around here. Rest assured, I will never 'abandon' you. May need to 'gird' up for this next week tho' as one of my 'sirs' is talking 'altar' business. It's time for a 'frank discussion' and to say 'adieu' when that happens. It's 'ben' fun but getting 'roped' in to that scene makes this
'dame'rotate 180 & do the 'bob and weave' with 'abandon'ment in mind. Won't put my 'toe' into that pond. I 'knelt' w/those vows and 'ate' that cake once (& loved it) but I prefer to keep on freely doing the 'polka' to dancin' at the end of a 'taut' marital rope now.
Dennis: sorry about your Philly sports disasters.
Santa, baby, one more thing... do you like your molasses cookies crisp or chewy? I want you to get your cookies just perfectly.
Good Morning Argyle, CC and All,
Fairly easy with some things to erase because I'm feeling a bit dungy today. The biggest was I confidently wrote in Birds and the Bees for 39A. Whoops! Perps brought that to my attention quickly. I was also trying to make things too tricky when I wrote Chase in for 16A. Not to swift. In the SW I had no clue who Arnold and struggled to spell Yadda with DD.
Busy weekend for us. Karate tournament on Saturday and a football game on Sunday. Plus Saturday night I successfully tested for my Nidan (Second Degree Black Belt). The boys came to support me which was really nice. Its amazing how 40 minutes can feel like 15 and when you think you have nothing left in the tank, there's a bit more. We met the wife for pub food afterwords. I had no choice but to keep my elbows on the table to prop up my head.
My oldest did better in the tournament than my youngest and I, but no trophies. Yesterday my youngest had a stellar day on the field. Ran for a touchdown and was 2 for 3 passing with one TD. They smoked em 35-0.
To top the weekend off, the Pats held off the Chargers. I could have killed Belichick a couple of times.
Hope everyone has a great Monday!
The gimped up Maniac.
A brief, damp, Southern Californian good morning to you all. It doesn't look as if we will have any wildfires any time soon.
I decimated this one before coffee, and finished the other 90% after my first cuppa.
My precaffeinated brain wrote in "FLY LIKE A BEE" for 24 A, before correcting myself. For a phrase as famous as "Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee", to substitute "Bob and Weave" seems insulting to Mr. Ali.
Kazie is almost correct. In UK&C, the wife of a (knighted) SIR male take the honorary title "LADY"; DAME is the female equivalent of SIR, but poor hubbie is just a plain "Mister".
I hadn't seen ANA as a stand-alone word, and don't particularly wish to again.
I did not like "ROPED IN" for "Enticed". "Entice" suggests to me there is some reward on offer, real or imaginary; "rope-in" does not.
What does being a punk for a day entail, anyway? I really don't fancy sticking safety pins through my lips or nostrils, or indeed any part of my anatomy. And I'll probably get deported if I engage in any anarchic behavior. I fondly recall ticking the box "No" to the question "Is the purpose of your trip to overthrow the US government", so they's got me there.
It's Day-Job time.
NC
Freudian slip. Should have been:
"the wife of a (knighted) sir MAY take the honorary title "lady""
Good Morning Argyle, C.C. et al.
Great write-up Argyle, as usual. I almost got up and danced around the breakfast table for 6A POLKA, but the cats were looking at me very strangely, so I sat back down.
I loved the link to KKK-Katy. I was on a "Ku Klux Klan" wave for 40A, but when "KATY" emerged it was a real V8 moment ;-D
Dennis,
Sorry you are still fighting that cold. I don't know if I own (or would even recognize) "punk" clothes, so I''ll just opt for a big bowl of s'getti !!
Have a great day everyone!
again: "Jerry rigged" was a derogatory term slamming Germans ...since "Jerrys" was an epithet for Germans...(as was "Krauts.")
Addendum #2. After my second cuppa, I remembered that the correct quote is:
"FLOAT like a butterfly, sting like a bee".
Apologies, Mr. Ali.
NC
@anonymous@9:01
Problem with your etymology is that "Jerry-built" is dated as early as 1869. "Jerry" for German soldier dates from the first world war.
NC
I haven't posted for a while but I often read the blog and comments. Had to chime in and say GO GIANTS! Sorry Dennis and all you Philadelphia fans, but I hope you have it in your hearts to cheer for the NL in the Series. SRO tickets are going for $800 out here in SF.
Well, it's a Monday so the theme is simple: words that can also be men's names. So IAN wouldn't work, but DON could (put on clothing). Reminds me of the people with no arms or legs jokes (perhaps un-PC):
What do you call a man with no arms or legs on your doorstep? On your wall? In the ocean? In your mailbox? In a bank vault (besides rich)? On the edge of a golf green? Covered with crude oil? On hot pavement? In your spice rack (2 answers)? Under a car? In a coffee cup? On a stage? Covered with sauerkraut? On a beach? Etc, etc...
Argyle, et al, First of all, is Argyle a family name or a fashion choice? My wife buys me such sweaters all the time!
It broke my heart to pick up a Tonka truck and see the words Hecho in China on the bottom. Shouldn't Tonka trucks and Levis be made here?
Elie Wiesel spoke here in Fremont a few years ago and it was the first event here where the security was so tight and the procedings so secretive! What bravery that man has!
Dick, maybe I'll see you on the course today! The hounds of winter are barking loudly here on the Great Plains too. The course manager told me that the course is open everyday of the year if the temp is above 50 and there is no snow, sans carts.
Does anyone remember the Katy character in The Way We Were played by Babs Streisand where she played a 30's political radical (go figure) stumping for communism and the sign held up behind her while launching into a socialist tirade (art imitating life) said "Any peace but Katy's piece".
Tonto joke:
The Lone Ranger and Tonto were riding across the plains one day, when Tonto suddenly cocked his ear at a passing falcoln's cry. "Kemosabe... Apache to East!" he whispered.
The Lone Ranger looked to his faithful companion. "What do we do?"
Tonto pondered a moment. "We ride West!"
After riding a short while, Tonto again paused, searching the horizon with his eagle-sharp eyes. "Kemosabe... Apache to West!"
The Masked Man looked once again at his friend. "What should we do?"
Tonto scratched his head in thought. "We ride North!"
After a brief ride, Tonto stopped to scent the breeze. "Kemosabe... Apache to North!"
"What do we do now?" his companion asked.
Without hesitation, Tonto replied, "We ride South!"
Within minutes, Tonto reigned in his horse and dropped to the ground. Placing his ear to the earth, he listened intently. "Kemosabe... Apache to South!"
Worried, the Lone One asked him, "NOW what do we do?"
Tonto thought hard for a moment, his eyes squinting in concentration. Then his face lit up. "What do you mean "WE", White Man?"
No G'ing or W'ing, just a guess: "jerry" is a colloquialism (it's the way we say it here on the ridge) for "jury", and as others have said, they are interchangeable.
Husker Gary,
The joke sounds soo funny , absolutely hilarious (!) , the fifth time around ... I finally got it ... ... maybe we should replace it as the clue for todays xword - Yada or Yadda.
Hi Argyle, C.C. & gang, I think my wife and I finished ~80% of today's puzzle before she left for work. I thought it was a little harder than a standard easy Monday but only by a little. I prefer 'jury' rigged over 'jerry' rigged.
yada yada yada is a link to how the Seinfeld created or popularized a number of catchphrases.
I think the missing 'trash can' ... and enticing 'roped in' messages ( to encourage multiple entries ... )
is a Google ploy to make this blog appear more full and lively than it really is...
Argyle, great job, you are truely wonderful - and that saying goes multiple times.
LA Corner Cynic,
Pure nonsense! You have to be blue to have a trash can.
Anon@9:01 and NC@9:14,
The real problem with "Jerry built" having anything to do with Germans is that their buildings are anything BUT Jerry built. I'd take a German home with thick concrete walls and really well built windows and doors any time above what is affordable here. Their workmanship can't be beat.
I originally thought of Seely Booth too.
Husker Gary,
1) The duplication happens when you have too long a post. So, cut it into 2 or 3 parts;
2) Ignore the "post error" message, more often than not, your previous post is already there.
3) Always make a copy of your comment. In case the post does not to go through, you can always post again.
4) I don't know why you can't see your garbage can. Every blue commenter here has one at the bottom of their post, under the date/time.
Nice Cuppa, Kazie et al - As you both mentioned, 'Dame' is an individual honor,conferred to a woman, in her own right ( for her own achievements -).
I thought for a married woman to be called a 'Lady', her husband had to be , more than a life peer, or knighted - a 'mere' - 'Sir' -
- he had to be a 'baronet' or Bart. - a 'Sir-ship-' that is transferable to his eldest male son, and so on, - OR he had to be a 'Lord' - or higher up the 'title' ladder. Maybe we should confer in the Debrett's Peerage (online & book).
Hahtool, I am just guessing here - but is your new avatar, a detail from the famous Bayeux tapestry ?- although the detail, around the mastiff, -- seems to indicate a much more sophisticated needle-point period, - which would have occurred much later - probably several centuries later.
C.C., thanks for the heads up. I had to post again to get the garbage can and I have it now. My life (like yours), is full of passwords and syntax peculiarities.
The Tonto joke must have put me over the limit. I deserve 20 lashes with a wet bookmark!
What in the world got LA Corner Cynic's undies in a bunch? They should peruse other sites where their worthless comments might find a more receptive audience. Or we could send Dennis over and...
Fore!
C.C. - Mea culpa - a thousand pardons - my earlier post was meant in jest - I forgot the 3 most important letters ( lol ). It was not meant to hurt your(s) or anybody else's feelings - All you'all have a great week ahead, you hear ?
You, & your blog continue to be my greatest charms. I am too embarrassed red, to be Blue.
Hi all and hope it's a great week for all of you..
I enjoyed this puzzle and there were a few that were unknown to me: Composer Schoenberg and Lou Groza's (who??)nickname, Kagan...but the perps fixed all those.
I looked up Jerryrigged...I had always heard it that way but the real deal is Jerry-built (very poor construction) and Jury-rigged (built quickly with materials at hand). Jerry-built is from the late 1860's as was mentioned.
Barry G, I agree with you on your irritation with modern word/phrase usage. Some of it is actually funny.
It will only get worse, so we will have to accept it because I can't see it changing at this point...the slope is tooooo slippery.
Lois, so good to 'see' you again..great post!
Tinbeni, I'm so sorry for what your friend Kris is going through, and glad you are there for her.
Hi all.
I made a few mistakes so it wasn't
a speed run. Almost though.
It was an excellent week-end sports wise. Pitt, Penn St and the Steelers won. Though I'm not sure
about the Steelers. Inconclusive.
No.1 son stopped by to connect the
printer to the network. Had been
hard wired when I changed the wireless modem.
Nice to see that his girl friend was smilling. He offered to trade her, tickets to London and 40 yd line tickets to the 49er game at Wimbly for WS tickets. They will be gone for two wks.
Take care.
I am contributing for the first time. I also, always thought of 'jerry rigged' as an ingenious device built, in short order and time, with the materials on hand. I always thought of it as a ( perhaps, grudging ) compliment, with an attitude of a Yankee 'can do' philosophy. Infact, I like it better with that meaning.
Good day to all,
An easy ride today, good for my deflated crossword ego. Jerry rigged gave me a moment to pause. Like others, I've always used Jury Rig. Jerry fit and I felt it was right, although I didn't understand why until reading the explanations from you good folks.
KKK Katy came to me quickly as I remembered Barbara Streisand's role in The Way We Were. One of my all time favorite movies.
Hello, everyone, especially, Argyle for your very nice blog.
Easy Monday for the most part, though I thought ARNOLD Schoenberg and TOE Groza were a tad esoteric for Monday. In spite of that, the first pass got them all since I fill across then down together.
However, I really wanted GREET for make welcome and TOR looked good, but then KEA did not, so did some corrective work there and saw BOBANDWEAVE.
I hope you are having a marvelous Monday!
I kept looking at the theme names too, wondering if they referred to anyone in particular. Especially after seeing one of them was Rich (Norris?), and another Jerry (Jerome?), and Bob (Klahn?). But I couldn’t come up with a Frank in regards to the LAT…
Mainiac, congratulations on passing The Test!
Where’s G8torMom? I hope she enjoys seeing her Gators at 54D.
6A – In honor of yesterday’s controversial win yesterday, let’s change that to “Pennsylvania Polka”, which the Steeler Fight Song was based upon. The local paper had an article this morning about the game, saying that whichever way the refs had called it, they didn’t lose the game based on that one play. The Dolphins lost it themselves based on bad plays throughout the game.
Hola Everyone, A quick easy puzzle for me today. One new word for me was Scrag. I guess it is for Scraggly? I hadn't heard that term before. Yadda spelled with two d's was also something I haven't seen before.
I put in Lady instead of Dame for spouse of Sir, but that was fixed pretty fast with the perps.
Oddly enough, KKK Katy was a gimme. We sang that song in college, but always gave it different words. It was an easy song with which to make substituions. Just last week I heard a new version from a mid-wetern college songbook.
Argyle, a nice job blogging, as always.
Have a super Monday, everyone.
I thought the guys names were the constructors at first, that seemed fun to me. Stag party was a let down......
I am still lost at the yadda.
Argyle, great write up as usual. I love your avatar.
Hope everyone has a great week. It will be in the 80s here, thank goodness!
Lois, ginger snaps I like crisp but molasses cookies have to be chewy.
I'd say jerry-rigged and jerry-built are two quite different concepts. Jerry-rigged is usually ingenious but jerry-built is unnecessarily sloppy.
Hello everybody. A nice Monday puzzle today.
Nice Cuppa: nostril! *snort*
Thanks for your writeup today, Argyle.
I agree maybe "Schwarzenegger" might have been a better clue than "Shoenberg" for ARNOLD, given the proximity to SAN Francisco. Either way, it would be/was a gimme for me.
Somewhere deep in the recesses of my memory I think I remember my dad using the term "Jerry can" or something likke that. It was a container for either water or gasoline, but I don't remember which. For emergencies. In 2 minutes I'm going to look it up.
I believe Dame Judy Dench's husband (for example) is just called Mister.
Welcome back, Lois. Hello MH. Good to see you again, Warren.
End of stream-of-consciousness comments. Best wishes to you all.
Yeah, a jerry can was for containing gasoline.
Chickie, did you get my email a couple of weeks ago? The one with that technical paper my colleague wrote that you said your husband might be interested in reading?
Good Day C.C.,Argyle and all,
Argyle, Thanks for your write-up. you certainly cleared up a few things; I loved your list of uninvited guests to the stag party!
The puzzle was easy to work,but it did require some attention. The cluing on 'apt' and 'gird' was well done.
Argyle, do you wind up your mantle
clock? Is it an 'Ansonia'? Mine is. It was a wedding gift to my grandparents. I used to wind it for the wonderful 'dong' noise.
I have just finished the Sunday puzzle and though it is a late remark, I must say that John Lampkin is a genius. Wow!
Been out of town. Rough to keep up.
Have posted once, but couldn't find it. Maybe I never hit publish. Oh well.
Have a nice day everyone.
creature, the picture was taken at my sister's house. I don't beleive the clock works but I can ask her about it.
C.C., please forgive me for not mentioning your blogs for this past weekend, they were great. How do you do it?
I try to tell people about you and I can tell they don't understand the scope of your undertaking. I'm proud to be on your blog.
Argyle, thanks for those lively dance/music links. I just now checked in for that and felt giddy just listening. Need a dance partner. LOL
Wherever did you find a map with ELON, NC on it? I wanted to see how far it is from Charlotte where my sister lives and didn't find it on the road map.
The Elon website has a small map so I extrapolated from it that Elon is about half way between Charlotte and Raleigh, north of Hw 85.
You resourceful bloggers certainly have the knack for finding links. Thanks.
Dennis, I hope you are feeling better. What a nice picture of you and your lovely bride!
Lucina, I lift that map from the Elon College site. We see Elon often enough but don't know much about it...'cept it's handy for crosswords.
My sister had a pink TONKA truck that looked just like this one.
Lucina/Argyle:
Once again I am talking out of my ---, that is to say, without any lookups. But I have driven the length of I-40 in NC, and I'm pretty certain Elon is in (or very near) Greensboro.
YMMV
Thank you, Argyle and Windhover. I just looked in the Atlas and unlike the road map, it is listed there, slightly NE of Greensboro.
I was just curious as I visit my sister occasionaly and love NC's beautiful scenery, mountains and food!
Self-correction (hurry!).
Elon is actually just off I-40 (a bit north) between Greensboro and Burlington, but closer to Burlington.
For Lucina:
To get there from Charlotte, you would take I-85 north to Burlington and hang a left.
Hi all,
I enjoyed this puzzle, for once I figured out the theme before I finished.
The prayer stool looks like the one John Wesley had in his home. We saw it in 1997 when we were in London. He started the Methodist movement in the 1730's, when he was a student ao Oxford University.
When I saw Ali I put box but soon had to change it to bob.
Loved the beer barrel Polka. Lawrence Welke looked so young I hardly recognized him.
I remember Kate Smith singing KKK Katy in a movie. She had a beautiful voice.
Well, our Packers finally won-so glad they beat the Vikings. Sorry to the Minnesota people.
Have a good evening all!
Marge
Map of Elon, NC.
Easy puzzle (11 minutes).
I attended two summer music camps at Elon during High School. We lived in the dorms, ate in the dining hall, and got great instruction from the likes of Renold Schilke, who had been principal trumpet for the Chicago Symphony and was then manufacturing trumpets. It was a great experience.
I find the music of Arnold Schoenberg fascinating, but I can't listen to much of it. This piece from his "Pierrot Lunaire" does a good job of demonstrating why.
NACHT from PIERROT LUNAIRE
a man's first name or a word meaning abrupt(brief or terse)
what is Curt?
clue on jeopardy to-nite.
AL: i know MATT, Art and bob. maybe an oscar and sandy...what are the rest?
i love all the fans out there pushing their teams!!
Good evening Argyle, C.C. and all,
Pulled the xwd out while kids were supposed to be reading silently for 20 minutes.Finshed it in that time, but it should have gone much smoother. There were a few unknowns in the SW corner, as well as Ibsen. It took awhile to change jerry?build to jerryrigged.
Laughed at "The Toe"..hasn't heard of him.K-K-K-Katy brought back sweet memories of my dad , who whistled and sang around the house. We sometimes joined in, just like we did with my grandfather's poems at the dinner table.
Bob, you are sooo right about Mr. Schoenberg.Thanks for sharing.
What a nice picture, Dennis!
Argyle, thanks for the write up.You were 1st on my list when I got home.
Hello night stalkers; well I agree with fishie, this was a monday let down; no pizzaz. I admire the skoll in constructing any puzzle, but there were not standouts in fill or theme.
The most senior attorney in my little world, was an Elon graduate, which is odd as he grew up in Connecticut, and ended up in law school in Miami. Sadly, he left us in April at 83, working up until the day he died.
Well that was depressing, it rained and the eye doctor cancelled my appointment, but otherwise hope you all had a great day. Dennis, love you new pic.
Dennis: A lovely picture of a lovely couple. You can sure pick `em! :)
Jayce, I sent you an e-mail this afternoon. I did receive your e-mail of the paper and I've printed it out for my husband to read.
Thanks!
in light of our Titled Lady and her Spouse discussion today, here is a quote by Tilda Swinton: "A Dame??? It would. of course. be a great honour to be asked. I'd much rather be a knight ... I think Sir Tilda sounds so much better."
Argyle and Windhover, you are two sweet, darling men! Thank you for all that effort, the directions and the map.
Now I hope I do get to Elon.
Answers, if anyone wondered:
What do you call a man with no arms or legs on your doorstep? Mat
On your wall? Art
In the ocean? Bob
In your mailbox? Bill
In a bank vault (besides rich)? Buck
On the edge of a golf green? Chip
Covered with crude oil? Derek
On hot pavement? Flip
In your spice rack (2 answers)? Herb, Basil
Under a car? Jack
In a coffee cup? Joe
On a stage? Mike
Covered with sauerkraut? Rueben
On a beach? Sandy
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