Theme: None
Words: 72
Blocks: 28
Good doomsday to all ~! Personally, I am waiting on December 21st, 2012 - as our constructor notes in 37D. -
Dark clouds, to some : ILL OMENS
Another Saturday Silk - the man is a monster - I have about 10 puzzles I am trying to complete for submission for publishing, and I am struggling with the more complex grids - and Mr. Silk just pounds them out, in my opinion.
ACROSS:
1. Unhappy fans, in slang : BOO BIRDS - Good NHL semi-finals, the fans in Tampa Bay were not happy with their Bolts, shut-out at home last game - lots of Boos
9. Dinar spenders : IRAQIs - I had Iranis to start; see 9D.
15. Encroachment : INVASION
16. Scraps : REFUSE - the noun; REH - fuse
17. Cruel woman : SHE-DEVIL - Blue Öyster Cult's "Sinful Love"; it's in the chorus
18. Cheerios' cousins : ADIEUX - French, plural, and I nailed it - HA~!
19. Poitier title role : SIR - "To SIR, with love", 1967
20. Sargasso Sea spawner : EEL - I did not know this, but the perps did
21. Hunter, at times : SNARER
22. "The Little Mermaid" prince : ERIC - Loved the movie, couldn't remember him
24. Clancy hero : RYAN - and our first reference to a Harrison Ford role, along with Alec Baldwin, playing Jack Ryan, from Tom Clancy's "spy/CIA" novels
26. Principle : TENET
28. Four-note chord : TETRAD - shoulda known this; as a guitarist, I play a lot of diads and triads (much of Van Halen); actually, four notes on a guitar is a bit hard - it means skipping strings, and it's not that easy; here's the major chord standard patterns; B and D are tetrads, the X's are strings you don't strum, O's you do
30. Investment company T. __ Price : ROWE - was stuck on "BONE" for a bit
32. Dating letters : BCE - Dating, as history - Before Common Era; more here
33. 160 square rods : ONE ACRE - a rod is 5.5 yards
35. Ugly : MEAN
36. Centennial debut of 1909 : LINCOLN HEAD CENT- seed entry?
40. Downwind : ALEE
41. Sunbeam product : TOASTER
42. Nth: Abbr. : ULTimate
43. Bird suborder that includes gulls and terns : LARI - perps again for me
44. Prom queen's concern : HAIRDO - and; 53. High-profile 44-Across : MOHAWK; image
48. Divine, in a way : DOWSE - as in divining rods, fooled me at first; for finding a water source.
50. Summit : ACME - image
52. Shade of red : BEET
55. Title object of a 1981 film quest : ARK - Harrison Ford #2 - this might be my all-time favorite movie, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - great scene
57. Rubble creator : TNT - I wonder if Mr. Silk was going for a Flintstones misdirection - Barney Rubble?
58. Fine wool : MERINO
59. Polish : SIMONIZE - both my vehicles desperately need to be washed and waxed
61. Observation while passing the buck : ANTLER - oh, very good, sir ~! "HEY!, nice rack~!"
62. Jason, for one : SEAFARER - Jason and the Argonauts, pursuing the Golden Fleece
63. On the beach : ASHORE
64. One of only three golfers who briefly kept Tiger Woods out of the World #1 spot between 1/11/1998 and 10/30/2010 : ERNIE ELS - Mr. Els makes a lot of puzzles - he's got a good arrangement of letters there
DOWN:
1. "The Deep" co-star : BISSET - and in respect to 61A, here's Jacqueline~!
2. Available, in a way : ON HIRE - meh, FOR sounds better
3. Ready to move on : OVER IT - ah, I was looking for an "INVASION"-type answer, 'MOVE on', instead of 'move ON'
4. Sinister : BAD
5. "Of course" : I SEE
6. Mouth formation : RIVER DELTA - nailed it; started with the downs, too - image
7. Decoration under a bowl : DOILY - that lacy circle
8. Oct. 1975 TV debut : SNL - Saturday Night Live - if it's 1975 and TV, it's probably something related to this comedy sketch show
9. Modern-day theocracy : IRAN - and the "other" I-R-A_ answer
10. Make an archaeological adjustment to : RE-DATE - sort of a clecho to 32A
11. Hot : AFIRE - "A" answer
12. Colonial leader : QUEEN BEE - in the hive; a colony of bees; thought it was ants
13. "Glad to do it!" : I SURE CAN - can I blog this Saturday? "I sure CAN~!"
14. Word with appeal or change : SEX sex appeal, sex change - yes on one, no on the other....
21. They may wake you up : SNORES
23. "I Got a Name" singer : CROCE - Jim
25. Very old : ARCHAIC - Ancient fit at first....
27. Big top, e.g. : TENT
29. Year in Mexico : ANO
31. One concerned with clemency : WEATHERMAN - I had a high school buddy who wanted to be the TV weatherman since he was a kid - on the tube in VA today.
34. Arctic jacket : ANORAK - the Wiki
35. Fast-food pork sandwich : McRIB - for all the hype surrounding it's limited release, I have nver had one
36. Glorify : LAUD
38. Financial planning yardstick : NET WORTH
39. Traffic controller, briefly : DEA - Drug Enforcement Agent - that kind of traffic
43. One resting against a stake : LEANER - a horseshoe game reference, and I love to play - worth two points; the other winning shot is the ringer, worth three
45. Turn in : RETIRE
46. Washington of "Glory" : DENZEL
47. River rompers : OTTERS
49. 1970 Neil Diamond hit : SHILO
51. Gold medalist skier Hermann : MAIER - all perps on this one
54. Passed slowly, with "on" : WORE
56. First name in diplomacy : KOFI - Annan, United Nations
58. Barnyard bleat : MAA - also my house growing up..."Maaaa, where's my sneakers?"
59. Vane dir. : SSE
60. Clydebank contradiction : NAE - Clydebank, in Scotland - only geography for the day, up next to Glasgow, and the birthplace of some famous ships, including the QEII
Splynter
Note from C.C.:
I'm pleased to announce that Splynter (Richie) will blog all Saturday puzzles from now on. As you can see, he loves guitar and hockey. He is also an aspiring constructor and I can't wait to see his debut. I bet it'll be French free.
Note from C.C.:
I'm pleased to announce that Splynter (Richie) will blog all Saturday puzzles from now on. As you can see, he loves guitar and hockey. He is also an aspiring constructor and I can't wait to see his debut. I bet it'll be French free.
64 comments:
Hi puzzlers!
Not bad for a Silkie! Great write-up, Splynter.
What is this jazz about the Rapture? Who says?
Going to try to sleep anyway.
Happy weekend!
Yes, I know the biblical rapture! Did not mean to be so flip.
Fermatprime,
Google the name Harold Camping. He's a guy from your neck of the woods who has predicted the Rapture will occur at 6:00 PM today. Not sure in what time zone.
I expect to be Left Behind.
Morning, all!
I'll be brief, since I expect to be taken up into the heavens any second now...
Very tricky puzzle today, although also very enjoyable. Did not know MAIER or BOOBIRDS, got SIMONIZE confused with martinize (which isn't actually a word but comes from "Martinizing") and didn't realize that ALEE could mean "downwind" as well as simply "out of the wind".
False starts today included SNIPER for SNARER (that messed up the NE corner for the longest time), ANGORA for MERINO and ONLINE for ONHIRE.
The other thing tha
Good morning Splynter, C.C. et al.
Great write-up, Splynter! Thanks for explaining “One resting against a stake” for LEANER. I scratched my head as it appeared, and never would have thought of horseshoes.
My favs today were:
Observation while passing the buck :ANTLER, Cheerios cousins: ADIEUX and Colonial leader: QUEEN BEE
Not so fond of SNARER, LARI or MCRIB. DH is working in NOLA this week, so I automatically put “po-boy” for 35D.
I knew Hermann Maier, as he was an amazing
skiier with a very inspirational story.
No look-ups, a reasonable time, and original fill made this a super Silky Saturday. Have a good one, everybody!
Congratulations on joining the team full time Splynter.
Our Themeless leader Barry Silk has delivered a very nice and divers puzzle, with everything from BOO BIRDS to SIMONIZE to a rare horseshoes reference with :One resting against a stake : LEANER.
There have been four Tom Clancy movies made featuring Jack Ryan. Alec Baldwin played him in The Hunt for Red October (1990) , Harrison Ford was in Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994),and Ben Affleck starred in The Sum of All Fears (2002.)
Not to open the political door, but Mr. Silk I believe was referring to the controversy when Bill Clinton pardoned Linda Evans, a member of the violent group the WEATHERMEN .
The wet t-shirt pics of Ms. Bisset from The Deep created quite a sensation at the time, and are still pretty provocative.
Enjoy the day, as if it is our last….
Hello Puzzlers - Found lots of incorrect ways to fill today's grid. For example, I had UPPER DENTA as a mouth formation. That NW corner was jammed up for a long time, made worse by the fact that I've never heard of BOOBIRDS.
Jackie Bisset just happens to be on my DVD player at the moment as we're watching "The Greek Tycoon", a story loosely based on Ari Onassis. Jackie Bisset portrays the Jackie Kennedy character, and does so attractively. As for her "The Deep" appearances, well, all I can say is "nice antlers!"
Splynter, you're a brave fellow to tackle Saturdays! Good work!
Lemonade - Thanks for figuring out WEATHERMAN. I had convinced myself that it was a punny clue about inclement - or possibly therefore clement - weather.
Speaking of inclement weather, we're having yet another soggy gray day - do you think they'll have to postpone the Rapture?
Good Morning from the soggy great plains! The center pivots will get a long rest after this wonderful slow, soaking rain.
Musings
-What Marti said!
-This seemed more like a Wed. level puzzle as I kept waiting for roadblocks that never came. It only took one cup of coffee! Next Saturday will relieve me of all my false bravado!
-ROWE changed ANCIENT to ARCHAIC
-Some older farmers I know still refer to rods as a unit of length – they’ll never say meter!
-I’m right there with you Splynter, on the greatness of Raiders. I thought I’d never see such a beautiful mix of history and fiction until The Da Vinci Code emerged.
-Barney was my first Rubble thought too!
-Has anyone worn a T-shirt better than Jacqueline?
-Breathe Right snore strips seem to provide my lovely bride some respite from my snoring
-Weathermen need clemency out here when they confidently predict weather that turns out to be 180 degrees out of sync!
-I hope to get in one more round before the Rapture!
FYI- 160 square rods is not one acre. It is 160 acres or a quarter section. 160 rods is a half mile or 2640 feet. Half mile by a half mile is a quarter section. A section is 640 acres.
Had a one hour nap.
Thanks WH. Camping predicts a horrible earthquake at 6 PM in EACH time zone! Then things will get worse until Oct. 21, when Armageddon occurs. Really do not buy this claptrap from an evangelical sect. Especially because I am a deist. I wonder how much harm these predictions will do!
Anonymous: I think that you are mistaken. Google gives us that 1 square rod equals 0.00625 acres. Do the multiplication.
Hi Again ~!
Thanks for letting me be Mr. Saturday blogger~!!!
Here's another link that clarifies (or clouds) the acre definition, where a "perch" is equal to a square rod - about halfway down.
Splynter
Oh good. The topic of the day emerges.
Anon, you may have misread the clue. It was 160 Square rods, not 160 rods squared. A rod is 16.5', an acre measures 10 rods by 16 rods. That's 160 sq rods. That's 43,560 sq. ft. That's an acre.
There is nothing particularly archaic about the use of rods in ag calculations. The rectangular survey system used to lay out land in the frontier during the Homestead Act days and is still in use today. It gives us square miles, after all. While a rod is not a unit that everyone is readily familiar with, every farmer certainly is.
Today's puzz had so many OMG F (finally) moments for me; I invented the above designation just for Barry Silk puzzles I think. LOL. They're scribbled all over the crossword clues columns.
Oh, and even the Weatherman wants clemancy for his weather predictions; as well as the political aspect of this clue.
Good morning all..congrats to you Splynter, an awesome write up.
This xwd separates the haves and the have nots.Too clever for my wags.I have had big trouble with Mr. Silk's last few puzzles, but I love them. Both clues and vocabulary are rich.Loved river delta.
I get frustrated if I have to look up answers I know, but can't remember like anorak,& Denzel,...and then add the unknowns:boobirds, tetrad,...
Our 1st dog,Shiloh, was a white German Shepherd.Who knows, we may be reunited this evening..not.
Merino..that is a Target brand.
Ernie Els has an awesome winery in So Africa; parts of that area remind me of Hawaii.
Lemonade, thx for clearing up the Weatherman thing.
a beautiful day in CA..I'm in grandma mode today.
Good Morning All, I've never had one either, but if I really thought it were my last day, I'd have me a couple of MC RIBS at 26 fat grams each.
I think Barry Silk was hoping for multi-conclusions with 31D) "One concerned with clemency". My first thought was PRESIDENT, or possible ATTORNEY, but neither fit. WEATHERMEN suited a political reference as Lemonade pointed out. I tend to come down on the side of the meteorologists' concern with (in)clement weather. Maybe Mr. S. will check in and let us know.
About square rods and ACREs; I would never argue with our professor emeritus of mathematics, fermatprime. She knows whereof she speaks.
No link to CROCE? I still enjoy it, so here's I Got A Name. I'll leave SHILO to another fan.
Oh yeah, the puzzle was a DNF. the multi-crosses of ANORAK, LARI and LEANER did me in. I had no idea of the first two and although I figured the "stake rester" had something to do with horse shoes, I only knew the term "ringer".
Picking up on avg Joe, who we all hope will soon become reg Joe, or just Joe by going blue, fence is bought and sold in rods. A standard roll of woven wire farm fence is 20 rods, or 330'.
Here's a related question, how much total water falls on an acre of land when it rains one inch?
Here's a clue: you aren't likely to get an inch of water on your one acre lawn through a 5/8" garden hose, in any reasonable amount of time.
When it rains an inch, nearly 3 million gallons of water fall on my farm.
WH, I second your idea. Avg Joe is very welcome to our merry little band of bloggers. We can always use another Nebraskan!
Of course, now that I have ruminated on the matter, I think Dudley, either you and CA are correct, Mr. Silk was thinking of clemency in the meteorological sense, or he was doing a double entendre clue. Being a generational hippie, I may be suffering from tunnel vision. Of course we may get some feedback, or the clue might be Rich's. More interesting than square rods, for me anyway.
The answer for 31D is weathermAn not weathermEn.
My dictionary defines clemency as "the quality of being pleasant or not severe esp. of the weather."
I don't believe it has anything to do with the leftist radical group.
Good afternoon, Splynter and Saturday solvers all. I got bogged down in the NW corner and finally resorted to a little Google help there to get BISSET. That let me see BOOBIRDS and the rest of that corner fell in place. Had several false starts in the other sections, but managed to tease things out on my own, though. Saturday Silkies are usually challenging, but fun.
Thanks for all the good wishes on my big 70 Thursday. My family totally surprised me. What I had thought was going to be a pleasant but quiet dinner with my bride and my sister turned into a gala event with both of my sons, their wives and my grand daughters from Ohio showing up and also my brother from Buffalo. I was absolutely floored! How can I ever trust my wife and sister again if they could plan something like that and I never caught a hint of their nefarious plot. It was really great having everyone here.
Yesterday was too busy to get to the puzzle, so I'll have to catch up on that one later.
Good afternoon everyone.
Great to have you doing Saturday write ups, Splynter. I agree that to take on Saturdays takes true courage!
And your write up today was excellent.
I got all of 18 correct answers today. I am not willing to look stuff up or spend much time figuring out things I know nothing about. I do, however, ask DH about some things I think he may know or about spelling (mine is terrible).
I do disagree about the connection of 44A and 53A. OK, both are hairdos, but I kept wanting the hairdo to be something a prom queen would sport, and a Mohawk doesn't fit the bill.
Loved the quip about passing the buck : ANTLER - oh, very good, sir ~! "HEY!, nice rack~!"
Cheers, and have a nice rest of our lifetimes.
P.S. Grumpy 1: what a great birthday surprise. It makes me happy just to think about it. Congratulations all around to your family for bringing it off!
As WEATHERMAN emerged, I thought of the political connection also, but, since it was 'man' not 'men' I settled on 'clement' weather being the opposite of inclement weather. Either way, I thought it was clever.
This one has so many clever clues, it would be difficult to pick a fave but Cheerios' cousin ADIEUX ranks right up there with the best.
Splynter, Thank you for explaining "all-my-blank-squares" on my way to (another) Silk-DNF.
(I haven't been on his "wave-length" in probably six months).
Now if the "Observation while passing the buck" was Splynter's comment "Nice rack" ... then the cluing would have seemed correct.
Doubt I'll ever remember any Gold Medal skier (MAIER).
Or a prince (ERIC) from a movie I've never seen.
Also, wanted blender for that Sunbeam TOASTER.
As to the "Tampa Bay Bolts fans" being BOO-BIRDS.
Seemed to me that was mostly directed at the ref. for the penalty (Elbowing) that was a clean 'Shoulder-check'.
Must win againt the Bruins today.
eddyB. Nice SJ win last night.
Hmmmm, considering "the Rapture" that is suppose to happen at 6:00 PDT using Bible calculations ...
Did the Bible recognize "Time-Zones" when it was written????
Hola Everyone, I messed up the whole top area with Single for Available, in a way, and Sniper for Snarer. If one scraps one fights. Refuse didn't even enter my head.
I couldn't decide which country's people would use the dinar as there are several, so that area went blank for the longest time.
This was truly a Difficult Silky for me, but Splynter with his excellent blogging cleared up a lot of questions.
Boo Birds is my learning moment today and oh, it's Weather man, not We At Herman!! Duh! I just could not see the answer, even though I had it all in correctly.
Have a wonderful Saturday, and expect the best, not the worst!
Avg Joe, thank you for the rod/ACRE discussion. Come on over to Blue and get a Google account. That way we can all be sure that "you are you".
Always thankful to Windhover for his contributions. Three million gallons? Maybe that will convince GAH to give the sprinklers a rest.
K.I.S.S. Of course, you are right, it is WEATHERMAN. I misspelled it in the comments. Keeping it simple is usually a good idea, but Saturday puzzles have a way of being obfuscatory. Solvers have to be ready for just about anything.
Grumpy 1, those kind of surprises are the very best!
If we miss it this time around, we get a second chance. The Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world somewhere toward the end of 2012.
Good afternoon everyone. Nice write-up, Splynter
Quite a Silkie Saturday slugfest. Had to revisit the puzzle 3 times but finally got it done with a little red letter help. Hard to finish when you can't get the ERIC/CROCE cross. Never heard of BOOBIRDS or LARI but the perps sufficed. Had 'sure' for I SEE, at first. Thought clues for WEATHERMAN and RIVER DELTA were clever and for LEANER and DOWSE, devilishly so. KOFI was good, and MERINO was a gimme. In hindsight, a fun but very challenging crossword.
Today is Armed Forces Day.
Enjou the weekend.
Splynter, welcome to the Saturday Blogger's club. You will do a fantastic job.
Grumpy, Those kinds of surprises are what make memories! I'm glad you enjoyed your day.
Windhover, Wow, three million gallons with one inch of rain. You're lucky you haven't had your fields washed away!! Luckier still that your fields are big and wide and the rain falls on a large area-acreage.
Grumpy, I had a somewhat similar experience on my 70th a couple years ago.. One son visited who insisted on eating lunch out. When we got to the restaurant, my other 2 sons, daughters-in-law, daughter and son-in-law, and all the grandchildren were there; several coming from Boston. On the way home we drove past the local performing arts theater, where my wife had arranged a suitable announcement on the marquee.
Hi.
I'm taking a break from watching
the cars going around in circles.
Have trouble calling an anorak a
jacket. Mine comes almost to my knees.
Wanted a Z in Bisset for some reason.
Tin. Yeah, Another nail bitter.
SJ-3 goals in the first. Van-3 goals in the third. Thank the hockey gods for power plays.
Take care.
Sorry I'm late getting back to you Windhover. I'm doing a little time shifting this weekend and worked for a few hours since I have to take Wednesday off.
An inch of water on an acre would involve 27,225 gallons of water and that would weigh in at 217,800 lbs. Put another way, it's the equivalent of over 17,000 flushes of a modern toilet.
To piggyback on the fence comment, barbed wire is also sold by the rod. A bale is typically 80 rods or 1/4 mile. IOW, the term rod may seem foreign to some and written off as argot, but it's still in common use as a valid unit of measure by a lot of folks.
I appreciate the encouragement to go blue. I'll ponder that. Thus far I've always kind of been in the Groucho Marx camp when it comes to joining clubs. :-)
Inch of water on an acre. One foot of water on an acre would be 43560 ft³. Divide by 12 to get one inch depth and multiply by ~7.481 to get gallons and we have 27156 gals per acre-inch; substantially agreeing with Avg Joe.
Sallie, thanks for the offline heads up on my avatar. I have now got it correctly labeled as me and my lovely bride on our Pella, Iowa trip!
I agree with Grumpy, Cheerios's cousin was a great clue!
I thought nobody was supposed to know about the timing of the Rapture. But if it occurs at 6pm by timezones, I should be hearing about it occurring in Asia and Europe soon. That will give me plenty of time to repent and get my affairs in order.
Joe,
Several years ago my brother used the Groucho rule when they asked him to be a deacon.
We're more of a community here than a membership, and your money back if you aren't satisfied. Very low risk.
Not knowing about the date of Rapture reminds me of this conundrum. A teacher tells his class they will have a surprise quiz next week but he promises they will not know what day until it actually happens. Humphrey reasons this way. If it gets to Thursday with no quiz yet, the only day left would be Friday so he would know the quiz will be Friday. So if he is supposed to be surprised, it can't be Friday. That eliminates Friday as a possibility. That leaves Thursday as the last possible day. OK, so if Wednesday comes around (and Friday has been eliminated as a possibility), then Humphrey would know the test has to be on Thursday. But the teacher said he wouldn't know. So Humphrey eliminated Thursday too. Likewise, he eliminates all the days of the week. So he is convinced the teacher can't surprise him and give a test on any day next week. But, as he said he would, the teacher surprised him, ignored his logic and gave him a test anyway. Poor Humphrey!
OK, I guess I'll give in. So consider this a trial run and forgive any faux pas.
Music is one of my bigger interests. Shilo by Neil Diamond was one of the answers today. An OK song, I suppose, but his magnum opus, IMO, was This song
Hello again! Long time no 'see'.
Dennis should be enjoying a nice, hot, sunny day here in South Florida...
'Observation while passing the buck' was my favorite clue, along with Splynter's take on it.
45D RETIRE was also meaningful as my 76 year old manager finally announced her retirement this week, after 37 years.
I've really fallen behind on reading the blog lately and am sure I've missed some important news or occasions. Belated Happy Birthdays to Grumpy 1, Maniac, MJ, and any others I may have missed in recent weeks.
The "Cheer-Birds" have taken over Tampa Bay.
eddyB.
How was that for a come-back victory?
Everyone still here?
Thanks for doing the math, Avg Joe and Spitzboov. That equates to almost 800,000 gallons of free water for us since last July. It seems like a lot, but that is spread out over two acres and we are in a semi-arid area. We've had 14.6 inches of rain since last July. That doesn't sound like much to so many of you, but it is average around here.
For all you Groucho fans (you too Buckeye!), and a nod to the news of the day, I'm Against It
Good Day C.C., Splynter and all,
Splynter, so glad you’re our regular Saturday guy; You are a fav of mine and C.C. will have some breathing room. I don’t know how she does so much.
Barry, your puzzle was a long, hard challenge for me.I expect nothing more on a Saturday. Thanks. ERIC and IRAQIS {can’t believe I couldn’t get that}were my 2 lookups. Perps and Wags took care of a lot of others.
Been on the run this weekend; so I need to cut this short. Hope to get back here before morning.
Have a nice evening everyone.
Finally got most of the #*&@^ puzzle done. I finally left it with one corner unfinished.
I was roped into cohosting a baby shower at church today:{
Will spend the next couple of hours resting up for the 11yr old grandson's birthday party tonight.
Too much excitement for one day!
Hi.
Tin, caught part of it. Just like SJ. Boston, 3 in the first. Tampa,
3 in the second and then two in the third. Some great hockey being
played. Now if SJ can win and also go 2-2. It will be best of three.
My dumb question of the day is how
both Dario and Dixon could run out
of fuel during a ten mile qual run.
Great feel good story of the day was Simona qualing by 0.001. She had a firey crash on Thursday.
See you all tomorrow if I'm still here.
WH, I'm here !!
Hi Marti,
Why would anyone want to leave?
PHEW ~!
Seems to be I will be back for next Saturday....
TB Bolts with the comeback - guess Rollie the Goalie doesn't do well in afternoon games -
let's hope Luongo is better~!
Splynter
Good Evening, folks. Thank you Barry Silk for a great Saturday puzzle. great write-up, Splynter.
I am writing this blog note via my cell phone while on Amtrak on the way to Pittsburgh. It took me about an hour to get into this page.
Thought the puzzle was great. Enjoyed LINCOLNHEADCENT. Lincoln is my middle name, so I relate to that when I see a Lincoln reference.
Thought IRAN and IRAQIS crossing was clever.
Had to think about the plural of ADIEU for a moment X
Shouldn't 12D be Colony leader? Any thoughts?
SIMONIZE brings back memories.
Well, I had better sign off. I think my battery is about to die. I feel exhuberant that I did this from my phone.
Abejo
Abejo, I think that 12D is a bit of crossword license, when clued as "Colonial leader". If there is a colony, then the leader would be "Colonial", right? (Think Paul Revere et al...)
This is the real Joe/Avg Joe. Please unregard this message. I'm still figuring out how this thing works and just want to see if the changes I made to my profile took effect. As you were.
Joe, I love your sense of humor already!!
Husker Gary, I forgot I wanted to say how much I liked your new avatar!
Whipped my fanny!
I did love the "delta" reference as well as "Shilo". Both reminded me of Tennessee. The Delta begins in the lobby of The Peabody Hotel in Memphis. The battle of Shilo was one of the bloodiest of the Civil War, or as we refer to it, "The Great War of Northern Aggression".
I don't know if Mr. Diamond was referring to the battle or not, but I thought of it every time I heard the song.
Spylnt, great job! I learned some new stuuf from the write up, which is always a good thing.
Thanks Annette! Those tulips were beautiful and since the world did not end, they will be there next April and May!
Uh oh! A volcano eruption and earthquakes in Iceland, an earthquake in San Francisco, landslides in Malaysia, flooding in Louisiana, etc. I knew it. I should have repented earlier. Rats!
Ave Joe,...Love it... and Welcome!
Husker Gary - oh yeah, the backdrop does look nice too! ;-)
@barry g. very funn
Dang! Now we're missing Barry and a very pious anon. But, as expected, I'm still here. Jeannie, you're not still here are you?
A 3.6 quake in San Fran really doesn't count! (I say this as a hardened veteran of 2 awful disasters.)
CA--Thanks for the vote of confidence! Loved the Groucho video!!
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