Theme: For Richer or Poorer - The first part of each of the four theme answers describes the financial situation of a person, in descending order of wealth.
17A. Challenges for an interviewee: LOADED QUESTIONS. This is my favorite board game, spent many hours playing the GAME with my kids and their friends.
25A. Not even close: WELL OFF THE MARK. Important in target shooting, and new ad campaigns, I guess.
40A. Journalism bigwig: MANAGING EDITOR. I guess Dan wanted to pay homage to Mr. Norris.
51A. Defied tradition: BROKE WITH CUSTOM. Interestingly, the meaning having no money comes from 1700’s , while the meaning of tradition or habit is associated with COSTUME .
When I had my last eye operation, I worked in a brokerage firm, while recuperating and my motto was, “I guarantee to make you a small fortune. Just bring me a large one.”
Lemonade here, gifted with another Dan Naddor to discuss. Unlike many of his efforts only 4 theme words and no unifier, but they were two 14s and two 15s, so if you got them it was an easy ride, and if not a struggle. A very low word count for Wednesday as a result.
Across:
1. Mr. or Mrs.: ABBR. We begin with the classic misdirection, it does not matter what the words, just that they are abbreviations.
5. Furtive message: MEET ME. HALF WAY .
11. New Deal prog.: TVA. The Tennessee Valley Authority, Still in operation providing ELECTRICITY .
14. Toon predator __ E. Coyote: WILE. Be careful WHAT YOU WISH FOR .
15. First pro team to play on artificial turf: ASTROS. ASTROTURF .
16. Used to be: WAS.
20. Serious religious dissents: HERESIES. Like MARTIN LUTHER who played the first Halloween trick.
21. Elite Eight org.: NCAA. The nickname for the college basketball championship quarter finals. You need to remember March Madness, too.
22. Trinidad's partner: TOBAGO. You too, can spy on the WORLD .
24. Digital greeting: E-CARD. Are they meant for ETARDS?
30. __ the finish: IN AT. Dan loved multiple word phrases. Like 47A. "If you ask me ...": AS I SEE IT. Or, 5D. Constituted from: MADE OF. 11D. Like some accidents: TWO CAR. 49D. "Pay __ mind!": IT NO.
31. Seventh of eight, now: URANUS. Planets, very cute and tricky now that PLUTO is just a dog; we have NEPTUNE as number 8, which ties in with 37. Neptune, for one: SEA GOD.
32. Japanese drama: NOH. We had this recently.
33. Bar shot: SNORT.
34. "May I help you?": YES. Or perhaps, BEING SERVED . Sorry, I was just being a 44A. Goof: BONER. Oh, oh, this showed up again, it must be a teen-age time for puzzles. So not clecho, just me.
39. It may be raw: DATA. My favorite clue, as I tried so hard to picture the correct fruit of vegetable.
45. Kind of will or trust: LIVING. A nice lawyer gimme, just for us.
46. Greek vowel: IOTA.
55. Spy novelist Deighton: LEN. Excellent SPY NOVELS .
56. It's attractive: MAGNET. My favorite clue, as I thought of all the pretty things in the world. (I know, so I have lore than one favorite).
57. Earthenware pot: OLLA. Real crosswordese for me; I have never heard the word used elsewhere.
58. Big name in ice cream: EDY. Big?
59. Church councils: SYNODS. Which ties in perfectly with the religion of our HERETIC .
60. Fix up: REDO. Ah, we can go back to that debate.
Down:
1. Hole-making tool: AWL.
2. Many a Britannica article: BIO. Now why is this not clued as an abbreviation, or is BIO a stand alone?
3. Mindless chatter: BLAH BLAH. Do we like this or YADDA YADDA?
4. Reacted to giving out too many cards: REDEALT. In my house the reaction would have been a mini-tantrum and cards being thrown. They took card games very seriously.
6. ABA honorifics: ESQS. Another gimme for me. HISTORY OF LAWYERS .
7. Case in a purse, perhaps: ETUI .
8. Elder or alder: TREE. Two very spiritual trees. We have a continuation of our reference to WICCA and ancient CELTIC belief. And of course, 9D. Trunk growth: MOSS.
10. D.C. setting: EST. Clock setting, Eastern Standard Time.
12. Joan of "Knots Landing": VAN ARK. Poor girl starred in Dallas and Knot’s Landing , and wanted to stay young FOREVER
13. Longtime Syrian ruling family name: ASSAD ..
18. Consequently: ERGO. And we must have at least some Latin for me.
19. Pizarro victims: INCAS. The story of how a small force led by PIZARRO conquered despite being outnumbered at least 20 to 1 is what makes history so amazing.
22. Womb-mate: TWIN. A golden oldie pun.
23. Vintner's prefix: OENO. Her we go, also a recent clue.
24. Outback critter: EMU. As was this denizen of OZ.
26. Yeasts, e.g.: FUNGI. Sounds yummy, like mushrooms.
27. Eight-time British Open host town: TROON. Get yourself a TEE TIME .
28. Greek leader?: HARD G. Silly, the beginning of the word Greek is Hard G.
29. M.D.'s specialty: ENT. No this is not a doctor who treats trees in Middle Earth, it is Ear Nose and Throat.
33. Show signs of age, as a roof: SAG. A roof, yes, that is a better image.
34. 1950s Niners Hall of Fame quarterback: Y A TITTLE. Yelberton Abraham was a very talented quarterback when I was a boy, and one of my fondest memories was watching with my father and brothers, the Chicago Bears beating Tittle and the New York Giants in the 1963 championship game. However, the strongest memory of him is this IMAGE taken the following year.
35. Harrow rival: ETON. Where Britain raised their Prime Ministers.
36. Puppeteer Tony: SARG. He helped to inspire others to create puppets BIOGRAPHY .
37. Weasel: SNEAK. No, not the kid from Harry Potter.
38. Listening device: EAR. Another Naddor trademark, a clue so simple, it is hard.
39. ÷ follower: DIVISOR. Not to be confused with Dividends and Quotients.
40. Tied in the harbor: MOORED. LIKE THIS? .
41. 1963 Burton role: ANTONY. When he and Elizabeth Taylor made the most expensive movie at the time, CLEOPATRA , Eddie Fisher recently died.
42. Picks: ELECTS. It is almost time again.
43. "Mon __!": Poirot exclamation: DIEU. Ah, the working of the little grey cells from the Belgian (do not call him French) detective creation of Dame Christie.
44. Book read by millions: BIBLE. Still, the all time best seller. I wish I had the rights.
47. Traveling: AWAY. WE GO .
48. Communicate digitally?: SIGN. A definite NO NO .
50. Get rid of: SHED . Like a snake?
52. Magnesium has two: EMS. It wraps the word.
53. Passé: OLD. Okay, I get the hint, time to wrap this up.
54. Cultural Revolution leader: MAO. What a revolutionary new clue, not!
Thanks for listening, get ready to invite everyone back and Happy Birthday to the mother of my children.
Answer grid.
Lemonade
17A. Challenges for an interviewee: LOADED QUESTIONS. This is my favorite board game, spent many hours playing the GAME with my kids and their friends.
25A. Not even close: WELL OFF THE MARK. Important in target shooting, and new ad campaigns, I guess.
40A. Journalism bigwig: MANAGING EDITOR. I guess Dan wanted to pay homage to Mr. Norris.
51A. Defied tradition: BROKE WITH CUSTOM. Interestingly, the meaning having no money comes from 1700’s , while the meaning of tradition or habit is associated with COSTUME .
When I had my last eye operation, I worked in a brokerage firm, while recuperating and my motto was, “I guarantee to make you a small fortune. Just bring me a large one.”
Lemonade here, gifted with another Dan Naddor to discuss. Unlike many of his efforts only 4 theme words and no unifier, but they were two 14s and two 15s, so if you got them it was an easy ride, and if not a struggle. A very low word count for Wednesday as a result.
Across:
1. Mr. or Mrs.: ABBR. We begin with the classic misdirection, it does not matter what the words, just that they are abbreviations.
5. Furtive message: MEET ME. HALF WAY .
11. New Deal prog.: TVA. The Tennessee Valley Authority, Still in operation providing ELECTRICITY .
14. Toon predator __ E. Coyote: WILE. Be careful WHAT YOU WISH FOR .
15. First pro team to play on artificial turf: ASTROS. ASTROTURF .
16. Used to be: WAS.
20. Serious religious dissents: HERESIES. Like MARTIN LUTHER who played the first Halloween trick.
21. Elite Eight org.: NCAA. The nickname for the college basketball championship quarter finals. You need to remember March Madness, too.
22. Trinidad's partner: TOBAGO. You too, can spy on the WORLD .
24. Digital greeting: E-CARD. Are they meant for ETARDS?
30. __ the finish: IN AT. Dan loved multiple word phrases. Like 47A. "If you ask me ...": AS I SEE IT. Or, 5D. Constituted from: MADE OF. 11D. Like some accidents: TWO CAR. 49D. "Pay __ mind!": IT NO.
31. Seventh of eight, now: URANUS. Planets, very cute and tricky now that PLUTO is just a dog; we have NEPTUNE as number 8, which ties in with 37. Neptune, for one: SEA GOD.
32. Japanese drama: NOH. We had this recently.
33. Bar shot: SNORT.
34. "May I help you?": YES. Or perhaps, BEING SERVED . Sorry, I was just being a 44A. Goof: BONER. Oh, oh, this showed up again, it must be a teen-age time for puzzles. So not clecho, just me.
39. It may be raw: DATA. My favorite clue, as I tried so hard to picture the correct fruit of vegetable.
45. Kind of will or trust: LIVING. A nice lawyer gimme, just for us.
46. Greek vowel: IOTA.
55. Spy novelist Deighton: LEN. Excellent SPY NOVELS .
56. It's attractive: MAGNET. My favorite clue, as I thought of all the pretty things in the world. (I know, so I have lore than one favorite).
57. Earthenware pot: OLLA. Real crosswordese for me; I have never heard the word used elsewhere.
58. Big name in ice cream: EDY. Big?
59. Church councils: SYNODS. Which ties in perfectly with the religion of our HERETIC .
60. Fix up: REDO. Ah, we can go back to that debate.
Down:
1. Hole-making tool: AWL.
2. Many a Britannica article: BIO. Now why is this not clued as an abbreviation, or is BIO a stand alone?
3. Mindless chatter: BLAH BLAH. Do we like this or YADDA YADDA?
4. Reacted to giving out too many cards: REDEALT. In my house the reaction would have been a mini-tantrum and cards being thrown. They took card games very seriously.
6. ABA honorifics: ESQS. Another gimme for me. HISTORY OF LAWYERS .
7. Case in a purse, perhaps: ETUI .
8. Elder or alder: TREE. Two very spiritual trees. We have a continuation of our reference to WICCA and ancient CELTIC belief. And of course, 9D. Trunk growth: MOSS.
10. D.C. setting: EST. Clock setting, Eastern Standard Time.
12. Joan of "Knots Landing": VAN ARK. Poor girl starred in Dallas and Knot’s Landing , and wanted to stay young FOREVER
13. Longtime Syrian ruling family name: ASSAD ..
18. Consequently: ERGO. And we must have at least some Latin for me.
19. Pizarro victims: INCAS. The story of how a small force led by PIZARRO conquered despite being outnumbered at least 20 to 1 is what makes history so amazing.
22. Womb-mate: TWIN. A golden oldie pun.
23. Vintner's prefix: OENO. Her we go, also a recent clue.
24. Outback critter: EMU. As was this denizen of OZ.
26. Yeasts, e.g.: FUNGI. Sounds yummy, like mushrooms.
27. Eight-time British Open host town: TROON. Get yourself a TEE TIME .
28. Greek leader?: HARD G. Silly, the beginning of the word Greek is Hard G.
29. M.D.'s specialty: ENT. No this is not a doctor who treats trees in Middle Earth, it is Ear Nose and Throat.
33. Show signs of age, as a roof: SAG. A roof, yes, that is a better image.
34. 1950s Niners Hall of Fame quarterback: Y A TITTLE. Yelberton Abraham was a very talented quarterback when I was a boy, and one of my fondest memories was watching with my father and brothers, the Chicago Bears beating Tittle and the New York Giants in the 1963 championship game. However, the strongest memory of him is this IMAGE taken the following year.
35. Harrow rival: ETON. Where Britain raised their Prime Ministers.
36. Puppeteer Tony: SARG. He helped to inspire others to create puppets BIOGRAPHY .
37. Weasel: SNEAK. No, not the kid from Harry Potter.
38. Listening device: EAR. Another Naddor trademark, a clue so simple, it is hard.
39. ÷ follower: DIVISOR. Not to be confused with Dividends and Quotients.
40. Tied in the harbor: MOORED. LIKE THIS? .
41. 1963 Burton role: ANTONY. When he and Elizabeth Taylor made the most expensive movie at the time, CLEOPATRA , Eddie Fisher recently died.
42. Picks: ELECTS. It is almost time again.
43. "Mon __!": Poirot exclamation: DIEU. Ah, the working of the little grey cells from the Belgian (do not call him French) detective creation of Dame Christie.
44. Book read by millions: BIBLE. Still, the all time best seller. I wish I had the rights.
47. Traveling: AWAY. WE GO .
48. Communicate digitally?: SIGN. A definite NO NO .
50. Get rid of: SHED . Like a snake?
52. Magnesium has two: EMS. It wraps the word.
53. Passé: OLD. Okay, I get the hint, time to wrap this up.
54. Cultural Revolution leader: MAO. What a revolutionary new clue, not!
Thanks for listening, get ready to invite everyone back and Happy Birthday to the mother of my children.
Answer grid.
Lemonade
66 comments:
Good morning, Lemonade, C.C. and gang - I absolutely loved this puzzle, and not just because it has 'boner' in it. I thought the theme was great, the clues as well, and this was honestly before I realized that it was one of Dan's.
The keys for me were 'awl', 'redealt' and 'Astros' - they really opened up the north for me and everything just kinda flowed from there. The theme answers weren't all that tough, but it took me a bit to figure out the overall theme. My favorite answers were the three side-by-side-by-side ones of 'fungi', 'Troon' and 'Hard G'. Oh, and did I mention 'boner'? 'Womb-mate' was a great clue as well. This is the Dan Naddor I remember.
Lemonade, nice blogging - lots to look at later. One heads-up - the Wile E. Coyote link is the same as the TVA link.
Today is Emergency Nurses Day (good timing, Robin) and International Skeptics Day.
Did You Know?:
- A typical supermarket displays more than 25,000 items.
- Only 55 percent of dinners served in the United States include even one homemade dish.
- In medieval Europe, wedding ceremonies often took place in baths. Participants stood in a large tub as food was passed around on small boats. (And married men have been in hot water ever since)
Hello Puzzlers - Can we agree that the SE is simply a bear if you've never heard of a YATITTLE? Really wanted raw DEAL but that wasn't much of a deal either. HARD G only made sense at the last minute. TROON? Never heard of it, I harbor a firm dislike for golf. SNORT hid from me as well.
Another crafty bit of work from the late Dan, clever fellow!
Good Morning, Lemonade and all. Another Great Dan Naddor puzzle. Loved the theme.
I vaguely remembered Joan Van Ark from Knots Landing, the Dallas spinoff. I didn't realize she had bad luck with plastic surgery, however.
My favorite clue today was Womb Mate = TWIN.
We saw NOH recently. I bet those who didn't know it the first time jumped in it immediately today.
Lots of rain expected here today. We desperately need it.
Happy Wednesday!
QOD: Ninety-Nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. ~ George Washington Carver.
Good Morning All,
Been really busy but when I saw that it was Dan Naddor on a Wednesday, I made the time to do it. The SE sent me to red letters. Very challenging and fun.
Looking forward to Lois chiming in.
Happy Hump Day.
New Avatar is Lucy.
Enjoyable puzzle, albeit a challenging one. A lot of back and forth, but eventually it came together. Took awhile for magnet to register. I was associating beauty with it's attractive. No "boners" today.
CC, I'm happy that YAT gave you a few moments of happiness. Even though the Giants never won the big one, he gave us fans three years of enjoyment. Who knew then it would be 23 years before the team became a force again.
Lemonade, ESQS, Wonderful write-up.
I am heading out to get my CDU right now. lol
WOW! A Dan Naddor with a financial theme.
This was a bit of a slog, all perps for Mon DIEU!
(I guess I'm not a Poirot fan).
BONER and URANUS brought out that behind-the-barn chuckles. Tee hee hee.
BLAH, BLAH,(blah) also got a grin.
FUN Wednesday.
WAS hoping for a TB Ray win last night.
Gal-Pal and I were looking forward to seeing the NY Yankees (aka, Evil Empire) here this weekend. ERGO, we'll watch them on the tube.
Good morning all. Good write-up, Lemonade.
Special puzzle by Dan today. Fun to do. AS I SEE IT, it was of average mid week difficulty. No lookups needed. Gimmes included ESQS and TOBAGO. FUNGI, TROON, and Y A TITTLE were WAGs. Liked the clues for EMS and HARD G. The theme fills came in with some perp help, but, as usual, I didn't get the theme before coming here. For DIVISOR, misread ÷ as +.
Today is the 235th Birthday of the US Navy. (The Marines' birthday is Nov. 10th. They get cake!)
Enjoy hump day.
As I was entering the puzzle last night, I thought "We're due for a Dan Naddor", and there was his name!
The SE corner gave me troubles too, not that it detracted from the fun much. And I didn't catch on to the theme until I came here.
I saw that today is also "Face Your Fears Day".
For all you baseball fans, today is the 50th anniversary of the 1960 World Series, Game 7.
As they have for years, a sound system will be set up near the old Forbes Field wall tol rebroadcast the NBC Radio version of the game. A ceremony to unveil a plaque honoring Bill Mazeroski will begin at 11:45 am. The rebroadcast will begin at 1 pm.
A kinescope of the game was discovered in the late Bing Crosby's home last December. They're going to be playing it at a theater in Pittsburgh in November. Later, it will be released on DVD.
Here's two articles about it: World Series and
The Crosby's
Oops, that last line should have started with "Here ARE". Last minute editing changed my subject...
Good Morning Lemonade, C.C. et al.
Thanks for all the links, Lemonade! I love the show "Are You Being Served?", but it is never on around here any more. So I have to settle for "Keeping Up Appearances", instead.
Fav clue was "It's attractive" for MAGNET. Thought of "Chick Magnet", too.
Happy Hump Day, everyone!
This was an enjoyable Wednesday puzzle, and I really didn't have any problems with the unknowns or just plain forgotten info like Y A TITTLE, because the perps helped in those areas. I loved the theme - but didn't get it until I came here, of course.
Altogether an enjoyable Naddor today. Even though I had no idea about Joan VAN ARK or TROON both of which I g'ed, mostly it feel together easily. I did have DIVINE for LIVING until perps stepped in.
Here's the door in Wittenberg where Luther nailed his 95 theses. Except they replaced the original wooden door, which I think burned at some time, with this bronze version with the theses worked right into the bronze.
What does 30A, "in at the finish" mean? I'm drawing a blank.
I forgot to say I too didn't get the unifying concept of the theme until I was here, though the answers came easily. Also didn't know of YA TITTLE--how would you get through life with a name like that? But it perped itself.
And Lemonade,
I did love the links. Lots of fun. Happy birthday to your children's Mom.
Annette:
Thanks for the memory. For those of you who don't remember, i.e., aren't OLD farmers, Bill Mazeroski hit a walk-off grand slam to win the 1960 Series.
Lemonade:
That pic of Y.A., or another shot from a different angle, was on the cover of a magazine back in the day. I think it was LIFE, but it could be SI. I spent a lot of time in my HS library reading mags my family couldn't afford. Of course we did get Readers' Digest; everybody did.
Windhover
When Bill Mazeroski came up to bat in the bottom of the 9th the score was tied, 9 to 9.
He hit a walk-off Home Run to win the 1960 Series. It was NOT a Grand Slam.
And YES, it was against the Evil Empire.
As an 8yo kid, watching on TV, I cried.
Annette
Damn, it was 50 years ago today?
I'm almost over it.
(I'll pass on the links).
Whoops,
Tenbeni is of course correct. I hoped to get back and correct my own error. I guess old farmers have faulty memories, and doesn't everything seem larger, looking back?
Maz was in fact the lead off hitter in the bottom of the ninth. I was listening on a transistor radio that was about twice the size of this iPhone. I don't think I cried (being primarily a Redlegs fan), but I was rooting for the Damn Yankees. What's not to like about Mickey Mantle, one of Oklahoma's finest?
Good Morning C.C.,Lemonade and all,
This puzzle was challenging and fun. It produced a sense of satisfaction,even though ,as has been mentioned,some names were perped. I, too, did not look for theme until I got to the blog. The minute I saw the constructor's name, I realized why it was so much fun.
My fav was 'womb-mate', cause I have twins.
Lemonade, thanks for your write-up. I am about to revisit it for the links and all the fun stuff you always do.
Have a nice day everyone.
A good puzzle, except for 28 down ("Hard G"), which of course is ridiculous.
Hello, Lemonade, C.C. and fellow puzzlers.
Great blogging, Lemonade. Happy birthday to Mrs. Lemonade!
What a grand surprise to find Dan Naddor this morning. I started with ADZ but soon realized AWL fit with WILE and surprised myself knowing ASTROS. All very doable, even NCAA.
Loved the HARDG, Greek leader.
Did not grok the theme until your blog, but, yes, once the long fills were done, all else fell in.
Naturally, I did not know YATITTLE and could not bring myself to fill the Y even tho' knew it had to be YES.
Dental appt. today, so must go; on the return trip I'll check links.
Have a wondrous Wednesday!
I thought of oysters for items that may be raw. Too many letters, though.
I tried WPA initially before I remembered the TVA. The perps helped to jog my memory.
I also tried Ring instead of MOSS for trunk growth.
Can you explain SNORT for bar shot?
Mainaic: Lucy is adorable!
Lucina: your granddaughter looks so sweet!
Hi all - Great write up Lemonade! Loved the Wile E.Coyote clip! I always have loved the Road Runner cartoons...so stupid and so cute :)
I always try to do Dan Naddor's puzzles no matter what the day (well, except a Sunday). I did have trouble all over with this one but that is just me. Once the answer reveals itself, it makes perfect sense...so clever and that is what makes his puzzles so interesting and challenging to do.
Mainiac: Lucy is sooo cute, all comfy on your boots.
Windhover: I understand things look larger underwater too. ;)
Well with words like HUMP DAY, BONER, URANUS and HARD G....we know Lois will have a field day!!
My favorite clue/answer was IT'S ATTRACTIVE/MAGNET.
ps I actually did get YA TITTLE. (weird how the memory works, I have never followed football, but he was famous in his time and my Dad was a huge football fan so the name must have filtered in and stayed). Makes you wonder how many other things are lodged there, just waiting to come out!!
Dan's themes often had an extra layer of cleverness. Actually, this one has three layers. The most obvious is finances. Then, as Lemonade points out, finances that get worse and worse. Lastly, LOADED, WELL OFF, MANAGING, and BROKE are used in a non-financial sense. Tis a thing of beauty.
Not so beautiful-
MOORED- Getting whupped by Othello
DIEU- Mortician's coll.
INCAS- Durante's favorite tribe
DIVISOR- Sun block for a princess
FUNGI- Comedic soldier
Dennis- I highly doubt that it's International Skeptics Day.
Let's have a snort, Hahtool. Snort is just an old saying for a shot of booze. Slang really.
Good Morning All, Happy Dan Naddor Day!
Hmmm, Dan Naddor was on my wavelength. One of the theme answers contains one of my internet passwords. Give it up puzzlers. There are also 4 random numbers and/or letters. Never mind, I'm changing it today anyway.
What fun to get (34D)Y.A. TITTLE. I must be dating myself dramatically.
I loved 28A HARD G, Dan Naddor's tribute to fellow constructor Don Gagliardo, perhaps? I hope so.
GAH filled me in on (27D)TROON.
Thought (48D) "Communicate digitally?" for SIGN was terrific. I once bought a book on ASL, but since I didn't have any hearing impaired acquaintances, I had no one to practice on. I'm afraid I put the book down and never returned.
"BLAH BLAH"? I'm a YADA YADA fan myself.
Dennis from last night "how can a DNA swab test give a detailed rundown on your lineage? Science? Me? Remember? I almost started to drool after that question. My answer is, "I don't have the slightest idea." Calling all scientists!, Husker Gary, Al, Dr. Dad, HeartRx, NC, anybody, Bueller? how about it? (Remember I get science blinded after a couple of paragraphs. Thank you)
I did find out that the tests are very misogynistic, a woman can't get her paternal DNA background. She has to get a male relative to do it. My paternal family is rather short on direct male lineage. I can get my maternal DNA line, but I already have my maternal genealogy going back to the 1500's in Sweden, so it is really only the Russian Jewish side I am interested in.
Hi all.
Cheers and not just a wee dram to
all of those days sitting in RF at
Forbes Field.
Take care.
Wowzer my second day back and have Naddors puzzle to boot!
Thank you so much for the welcome backs. I missed you all bunches. So much has happened and changed in my life but things are settling down and I can return to the things I enjoy, like this!
Lemon what a great job. How are all of you? Miss C.C., I am so happy to see this blog is going strong and is so very popular!
This was not a romp for me, I am sorely out of practice but I am happy to come here to cheat!
"snort"
Have a loverly day all
Here we say "Snaht" which often grosses out those from away.
Hi gang -
Lemonade - masterful - How sweet it is!
I figured it was about time for a Danny - then had all sorts of problems with this one.
I associate TITTLE with the Giants, so that clue threw me. New Deal Pgms were all 3 letters, and there were a bunch of them - always need the perps. Would need a long ride with Noah (the BIBLE guy) before I ever thought of VAN ARK. Wanted PLANET for NEPTUNE, HERETICS for HERESIES. Never remember TROON. Looks like a mistake, doesn't it? YES!
Took a long hard look to suss the theme, after it was all filled in. Purdy durned impressive!
Did you notice MOSS hanging onto TREE?
My mom is a TWIN. She and her womb mate are the only ones left from a rather large family.
Our oldest grandaughter Amanda wants to be a Rockette. Immediately thought of her with the Gleason clip, so I linked to it on my Facebook page. Thanx!
Still feeling the effects of this very nasty cold. Time for a nap.
Cheers!
JzB the happy to be LIVING tromBONER
Good morning Lemonade, C.C. et al,
When Dan's at his best, I am not.I was able to complete his last 4, but today's was a doozy...too clever.The long fills came slowly; never finished"broke with CUSTOM". The SE corner was a bear. Instead of googling 4X's I came here, plus there were other unknown phrases.
I have no recollection of Y.A. Tittle; didn't become a 49er fan until John Brodie was QB. Loved the Bill Walsh years.
astros=astroturf..ah ha!
mon dieu! poor Joan..talk about a boner!
Mainiac, is Lucy a new member of your family? Is she a Maine Coon? She is darling.
Lucina, I've been meaning to tell you that your granddaughter is precious..and so girly.Grady just started walking last month..so cute to watch.
Lemonade, thanks for your great write up; I enjoyed all the extras. I wonder if tap dancing will ever come back.
FYI: Guide to Royal Troon site. Royal Troon Golf Club is a links golf course located in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The club was founded in 1878. It remains the first (and last) club in Great Britain to have been granted Royal status under the long reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
Here is the map that C.C. posted in response to 35-Down. Port on the Firth of Clyde : AYR: in the puzzle on last Wednesday, Oct 6, 2010. Troon is in the middle, on the coast.
Mainiac:
Your puss-in-boots is delightful and what a lovely name she has!
Thank you, Hahtool and JD for complimenting my granddaughter. She is wearing a dress I bought her in Hawaii.
Here is in Scottsdale there is a housing development called Troon; it's quite upscale with, of course, a golf course. Before this I never knew the connection.
Yes, JZB, I noticed that TREE and MOSS were clinging together.
I was curious bout the origin of the word TROON, because I'm familiar with DUNTROON in Oz as a prestigious military college, so I figured our Troon today must have some relationship to it. I checked at Domesday maps, and found this:
DUNTROON OLD COUNTY: Argyll NAME ON MAP: Duntroon MEANING: GOIDELIC dùn `fort' and, probably, BRYTHONIC trwyn, GOIDELIC sròn `nose, cape'.
So the DUN (fort) part made sense as a place for military training, and TROON, being a nose or cape on the map made sense for the town Troon, since it sticks out into the bay. However, the college is inland near Canberra in Oz, so unless it sticks out into a river, it's probably just a borrowed idea there.
There's also one on the SE coast of New Zealand's South Island, apparently home to a penguin colony. Maybe CA can get photos when she goes.
Happy birthday wishes to the mother of your children, Lemonade!
Argyle, thank you for the information on Troon.
I feel bad for Joan Van Ark. What a shame. I remember a memorable performance she gave as a trigeminal neuralgia patient on "Doctor Welby, M.D." a long long time ago.
Lucina, did you get drilled at the dentist today? Or just a "prophie" (cleaning)? The latter, I hope.
So many pretty babies and doggies!
Mainiac, snaht on a dahknob? LOL
JazzB, good luck to Amanda. May she realize her dream.
Not only MOSS on the TREE, it looks like LEN and EDY sittin' in a tree ...
Good evening, Lemonade, CC, et al., Mon Dieu! What a great puzzle! Who knew that Dan was such a wild and crazy 'fun-gi'? 'snort'
I got so excited when I saw 'boner' and 'uranus' in the same puzzle that to be any more excited I'd have to be 'twin's. Holy Hump Hard G Hotwick Day! This has got to be a 'sign' for me to 'shed' 'old' ne'edy' men and see what the 'living' 'Esqs' are 'made of'. No need to check 'bio's. As long as the new ones are not 'to-bag-o'rs, or their 'ear's aren't 'sag'ging around their'ass-a-d'o think we're into something. I'll just have one 'meet me' somewhere so that we can 'wile' 'away' the hours, off the b'eton' path perhaps but not 'well off the mark'. Oh no, baby, 'as I see it', we'll be 'eton' high on the hog and we won't even hold the 'mao'. It's all good...well, maybe, since it IS International Skeptics Day.
Enjoy your evening. I will...ok, I might.
Missed one (36D-SARG), which I didn't know. I put SERG. I should have thought of DATA for 39A. This one took me 30 minutes, so it seemed a bit harder than most Wednesday puzzles.
Link to Y.A. Tittle's official website. He's still around at 84.
Y.A. Tittle
October 13th at 3:51 and it is 98 degrees on our patio. Phew! AC is on. According to the Weather Channel it will be in the 90's for the next few days and then slowly go down. In the meantime...
Heat Wave
Try to focus
on how free
your toes feel
in your brand new flip-flops
or how cold they don’t feel,
like they did last March
or anything else
but the creeping, creeping
heat
that floats upward
from the ground
only to pool
in your head
with no way out,
slow-cooking your brain
and what’s left
of the information inside it.
Do you miss
butternut squash soup
and roast vegetables
and crisp apples
and piles of warm
blankets on top
of you, holding the cold
at bay, weighing you down
ever so gently?
You do.
So do we all.
They will be back
before we know it—
before you can say
“Pass the ice, please,”
before before before.
What was it like
before,
when it was cool?
I forget…
by Colleen Wainwright
CA: I love that poem. I think you are sending some of that weather our way but by the time it gets this far north it is only 70....sunny,gentle breezes and just beautiful!! Not a cloud in sky which is very rare for Portland, Or.
Lois, you are a riot, and didn't disappoint in your offering today - LMAO!
Hola Everyone, A puzzler by Dan Naddor--at least for me. I had to Google some of the names and then tried Stoat for Weasel. That made for a difficult SW corner.
Hard G should have been a given as we've discussed this before and if I remember correctly, even had a whole puzzle devoted to hard and soft sounds. It was my last fill!
Hands up for ring instead of moss until Astros fell, then had to change my thought processes.
My favorite clue today was Communicate digitally? We had the County deaf children attending one of our district's schools. ASL was taught in all grades and the deaf children were mainstreamed for a good part of their day.
I didn't get the theme until I came here. Great job Lemonade in your presentation.
Thanks CA for that poem. It is Hot here, too! over 90 this afternoon. I stepped out onto the blacktop at the grocery store and the heat went right through the soles of my shoes. Waiting anxiously for cooler weather again.
Sorry Lucina because I know that you go through this all the time.
Counselor, very nice write up. I was just starting to think I could solve Dan's puzzles unaided, but today I fell into the same category as Carol. I had to hit the "hard G" for YA Tittle and then sat here and giggled to myself for a couple of minutes. What a name! I also didn't know Troon. Then we have magnet, meet me, as I see it, and it's a sign to coincide with boner, and uranus. Hilarious!
Esq, I enjoyed the "meet me halfway" clip of Fergie. Wow is she ever put together. Then I was totally repulsed by the Joan Van Ark link...eek.
Mainiac, what a cute little kitty. Just curious...what size are those boots?
Robin, good to see you back again.
Thanks for all that you as an emergency nurse.
Fermatprime, I hope you are resting comfortably.
Jerome, you are a hoot!
Dennis, I think it is a very sad statistic that 55% of dinners served in the US include even one homemade dish. Tonight I prepared three; four if you include the homemade salad dressing.
Wow, I just looked at the Joan VanArk clip...truly scary! I would think twice, three and maybe even ten times before I would get plastic surgery. There have been some horrible jobs (does Michael Jackson come to mind?). When it happens,you never see the 'stars' again. Remember Sally Jesse Raphael? Yikes! She did have the guts to come back to her daytime TV show (I was able to watch in those days) and I really was shocked at her appearance!! The show went off the air a few months later. I have never seen her again...but that might just be me.
My avatar is our 'Halloween porch' from the 1980's. I gave up doing that because the older kids ripped off my hand-made dummy's head and threw the pumpkins in the street 2 years in a row....enough! I quit decorating about 5 years ago, but it was a shame, because I really love Halloween and all the fun decorations that I made. I even had another 'monster man' hanging from a noose in a tree. Scared the *&^# out of some of the smaller kids, but most really got a huge kick out of it.
Kazie, I don't think we will be going through Duntroon. It is a very small town with only 114 population in 2006. I will keep an eye out for it, but if I blink....
Carol, great avatar. We never have trick or treaters here, so we don't decorate any more. I miss it.
Lemonade, Just had a chance to get through your write up. Excellent!
JD, Not quite sure what breed. There are a bunch of feral cats in that area due to campgrounds. Lucy was brought to us by my Dad. I think he must be wicked mad at me.
Jeannie, Big enough to keep me upright!
Jayce, You must've spent some time Downeast!
Good night all.
Have just gotten to the puzzle...too enthralled with the Chilean miner`s rescues.
Tried to spell "Wile" as "Wiley" which ruined "redealt' for a while.
There once was a movie about the effects of the TVA on mountain people...anyone remember anything about it? Loved the theme: MONEY!
Counselor: It touched my heart that you are such an upright guy to wish the mother of your children a happy birthday. Zie Ga Zink!
It appears that hot weather will be hanging around here for a while, too. Darn!
Chickie:
I'm sorry you burned your feet. It's always nasty. I try not to be on the ground long enough for that to happen, make a beeline for the car, door, or exit/entrance.
JAYCE:
It was a routine cleaning but my next visit will include the dreaded drill. Also, the previous dentist retired, so now I have to become acquainted with a new one. Luckily, he's handsome and I hope competent as well.
Dennis:
I meant to tell you that my cooking is always homemade "from scratch." I don't like anything processed except by me.
Lemonade
In the 'History of Lawyers" link the first one said:
"Like the symbiotic relationship between trees and fungus, lawyers and humans have an important, interlocking relationship going back to the dawn of man."
And FUNGI was in the grid.
Could NOT find that CDU ... maybe I'll have to wait until after Halloween.
CA
Heat Wave: When I moved to Zagreb from Florida I sang that song to myself the whole first winter.
Actual surprised myself that I did not freeze to death.
Carol
AS I SEE IT, you are what you are ... Plastic surgery probably only works half the time.
Vanity brings us back to yesterdays EGOISTS.
Oh well, time for a SNORT.
Well you all have been pretty quiet today, so I will jump in again. I almost included the link for SNORT and the PBS series starring DAVID SUCHET .
Okay, something is going on that I can't use my Blog account user name...
Mainiac, are you that tall that you need those "stabilizers" or is something else weighing you down? BTW, how are those leaves turning? We have had really warm temps here and unfortunately strong winds so I have some raking to do. I must say though that the colors on my way to work are phenomenal.
WH, if you care, after the big rains here at the end of Sept. we have had really dry, and warm air. I am happy to report that I have been held up on the country/county roads by multiple different farm equipment(s), and fields of corn and soybeans are disappearing. What is your opinion on the Farmer's Almanac? If what they say is true, MN is in for a snowier and colder winter than normal.
Jeannie signing on black or anon if I have to...
Who would ever have imagined that the Chilean miners would be found after 17 days and then all rescued from a half-mile down. It was emotional and riveting. Yeah for the human spirit!
Lois, another winner!
Carol, what a great avatar. Do most of you carve pumpkins and roast those yummy seeds?Have to admit, cleaning out the pumpkin is not my favorite thing, but I enjoy the end results.
CA, such an appropriate poem for us in the west. It looks like the East is going to get drenched.I'd love to have some rain, a bowl of soup and a good book.
JD, what's your favorite "settle-in" soup?
Jeannie...as their is some kind of blitch in the system on my end? Anyone else having trouble?
JD: The pumpkins on my porch were not carved, I drew on them with permanent markers. They last longer if not 'opened' as in carving. Of course, more recently there are the bas-relief carvings that don't disturb the inner membranes so the pumpkin doesn't rot as quickly. Since I never did open them, I didn't get the enjoyment of the roasted seeds. I have had them done by others and you are right, they do taste good!
Tinbeni, you are so right about vanity! It makes people do strange things that they are very sorry for later, and for what??? No one seriously is going to look that good after 'the knife'...all the 'after' pictures are air-brushed so we all get false impressions of what the end results will be but somehow we keep falling for the hype. (that happens in so many other things too).
Carol said re. pumpkin seeds: I didn't get the enjoyment of the roasted seeds. I have had them done by others and you are right, they do taste good!
Yep. Anything cooked in oil and salted tastes good to me. My daughter made some last year but she didn't cook them long enough. They were too chewy.
WH, re. Readers' Digest, my mother stacked them on the back of the toilet. I think that's why I got to be a pretty fast reader. It was full of interesting stuff and I would try to read as much of the interesting stuff as I could during about a five-minute span.
Tinbeni,
Thanks for noticing the fungus tree reference, as FUNGI and TREES were in the puzzle and in my link.
Rose, we have been divorced for many years, but no one has ever given me a better present than my two sons.
Robin you are actually back, not just a drive by; how cool. Using my age and wisdom card, I am sure whatever you have faced you have overcome, and whatever comes next will be better. After all, as Lo-li-ta reminded us, you are our one and only Fishy and that is a good thing.
Being a single man, I still do not eat processed foods, or eat out often; cooking and fresh foods are the bomb.
"Fermatprime, I hope you are resting comfortably."
Ditto.
Maniac, was she named after Mr. Schulz' Lucy?
I see Hondohurricane is blissfully unaware of the rotating writers.
Heart Rx, your Chick Magnet comment reminded me of this Richard Brautigan Poem from college:
Milk For The Duck
ZAP!
unlaid / 20 days
my sexual image
isn't worth a shit.
If I were dead
I couldn't attract
a female fly.
my apologies CA.
Thank you KZ, Jayce and others for the birthday comments, and thank all of you for encouraging my silliness and curiosity.
Last but not least, Frenchie where are you? you left WH all alone last night, and not a peep today. speaking of wombmates, Tarrajo where are you. Lo-li-ta, you BROKE your blue; you should have kept MANAGING your account while you were WELL OFF. I know time for a SNORT and get LOADED and off to bed.
nite all
The Farmers' Almanac is entertaining and interesting reading, but it's my experience that the weather professionals can't accurately predict the weather much more than 48 hours in advance. The "long range" forecast of 10 days out is almost always wrong.
My prediction for winter: it will be cold with a few breaks of mild temperatures, there will be a lot of snow (more in Minnesota than in Kentucky, and it (winter) will end about a month after we are all thoroughly sick of it.
Here in the Bluegrass, we are in the throes of another drought; virtually no rain has fallen since mid-July. Rain forecast for tonight was very light and spotty and died out about 40 miles west of here.
But as my late neighbor and mentor, Wilbur Wills, used to say, It always rains one day before it's too late".
The early morning baseball discussion (started by Annette) sent me to YouTube, where I watched, in addition to Mazeroski's Series-ending homer, the"Shot heard 'round the world", aka Bobby Thomson's 3-run homer that won the pennant for the NY Giants on October 3, 1951, and Willie Mays' over-the-shoulder catch in
(I think) the '54 Series against the Indians.
Reliving history!
Hi all!
Am still here. Had a bit of a scare yesterday because the prescription for injectable heparin (to prevent blood clots) never arrived! (I was supposed to have it for 10 more days after leaving snake pit.) Three doses only arrived today. Supposedly the rest will come in a timely fashion.
I really appreciated all of your good wishes! Thank you so much!
(Some complaints re nursing facility have been made. Others I will do later. Part of the problem, unfortunately, is that I have too many things going against me.)
Am thankful for many small things right now. Like sheets that are soft and do not cause itching due to detergent/hard water problems.
One of my breaks was so horrendous that I am forbidden from putting any weight on my right foot. (Avoid this at all costs!) However, today my outdoor helper managed to get me into the wheelchair so that I could enjoy part of my garden! Fortunately, Fall has not really fallen here!
In regards to the recent puzzles, I must confess that I did not even attempt Saturday this past two weeks and missed some others. This week however, I have really enjoyed the LAT offerings. (They fit nicely into my areas of expertise. A blessing!) As LEMONADE mentioned, Merl's Sunday puzzle was a real treat. I cracked up at AMAHLSHOOKUP. Great pun.
To all recent profferers of solutions, many thanks. I have enjoyed the spirited discussions on the blog and keep learning everyday. (Now, if I could just get it to stick.)
JEROME--Just love the daffynitions!
Have a great Thursday!
i just realized my earlier answer never made it.
IN AT THE END means the person stuck with "it" until the finish. They were there for the final curtain
No apologies necessary Lemonade. A good poem is a good poem. Richard Brautigan was a very good poet. Unfortunately, many of the good ones are the most troubled. One of the better known "beat" poets, he committed suicide in 1984.
Had to smile at your 10:34 comment. One way or another, we are all IN AT THE END and stick with "it" until the finish.
WH, Wow, you are quite the prognosticator, right on all fronts.
fermatprime, your own bed and sheets are amazingly healing, aren't they? I hope you continue to improve on schedule.
Our food used to be almost all home-made by Clear Ayes. Nowadays, it is about 50-50. (Thank goodness for some very tasty Costco dishes.) When I do cook, I usually make enough for two or three meals...eat one, freeze two.
Evening, group,
I really loved this puzzle. I despaired at first try but once I stopped trying for esoteric answers, it began to work. I had one lookup: Troon. It was hard to find, too, but I learned TMI re: St. Andrews. They don't say a lot about Troon. I was pleasantly surprised when I found I had completed a Dan Naddor when I came here.
LOved your poem, CA. Exactly how I feel about HEAT! "They" say that this little hot spell will only be a couple of days and then we drop within less that a week to the low 60s. Of course, they lie.
Lemonade, your commentary is superb! I looked up your board game and I think I'll order it. Maybe my family will like it, too.
They shy away from Trivial Pursuits, which I like a lot, though I'm very bad at Sports & Entertainment. Do love trivia!
Good night, all.
Fermatprine, Glad to hear you got out in your garden today. It is always nice to have a bit of sun on your face.
Also, I loved your word "daffynitions" for Jerome's wonderful, silly, comments.
Lemonade, David Suchet is one of our favorite actors and we have seen all of the Poirot episodes--more than once. He does such a superb job of acting.
Jeannie, our all-time favorite soup is Butternut-Jalipeno soup. My husband and I had this at a small pub restaurant in Colorado. We came home and he tweaked, and tweaked our squash soup recipe until we have a pretty good approximation of the one served at the pub.
JD, my women's group had our annual book exchange last night and I have enough good books to curl up with when we finally get some rain and cooler weather. Can't wait.
Many thanks and congratulations for TROON. I couldn't find it despite extensive coverage of the British Open in Wikipedia.
I got the theme!!!!!! Not finished yet, but it was a grand moment when the light went on..geez, what is Russian for yes..it will come. I'll be back
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