Theme: None
Words: 68
Blocks: 37
Well, I have to say, yesterday's puzzle took longer than today's - two Bruce constructors in a row, and I guess I was on Bruce Venzke's wavelength, even at this hour of the morning. Truly, my only hang ups were at a couple of DOWN clues. I hope your Saturday solve was just as inspiring, and for those persons who dared try a Saturday for the first time, this grid was a good jumping off point~!
Double symmetry, which I don't often see, with corners of triple sevens, and;
Two grid spanners -
29. First of an old film septet : ROAD TO SINGAPORE - A comedy series that included six other locations, and three main stars - Bing Crosby (who will be crooning in my parent's house for the holidays), Dorothy Lamour (who I don't know), and Bob Hope, who was more a comedian for me than a movie star - never saw any of his films
38. Hold back : KEEP AT A DISTANCE
and two of 13-letters -
19. Obviously fearful : WHITE AS A SHEET - not that I had GHOST to start, but I did the DOWN clues to begin, which gave me "H" from ROTHS at 10D - but I also had the "E" from ULEES at 11D.
51. Howls skyward : BAYS AT THE MOON - which makes me think of this classic song from Ozzy Osbourne, and the number of letters is the same, but...."Listen in awe, and you'll hear him - link to the song"
Half a dozen abbreviations in the three-letter answers, and quite a bit of musical variety, as well
Yes, No, Maybe, Not ???
ACROSS:
1. Quinine target : MALARIA - well, I wanted "LEG ache" or something like that, since we had this in the Jeff Chen "Q" puzzle from Sunday....
8. Smartened (up) : SPRUCED - right before your date gets to the door, one would "spruce up" the place - I haven't had to do much sprucing, lately....
15. Hard to nail down : EVASIVE
16. When parents don't want a teen to be home? : TOO LATE
17. Equity complaint : "NOT FAIR~!"
18. "Don't Wanna Lose You" singer : ESTEFAN - Gloria, and I will link this one to offset my Ozzy indulgence
21. Like some jokes : TASTELESS - I just used this word in last Saturday's blog
22. Red Ryder ammo : BBs - oh, we are getting close to that classic seasonal movie (clip) - always brings a smile~!! Also - 35D. Shooter insert : PEA
25. Richard Marx label : EMI
26. Crude amt. : BBL - short for Barrel, and I know this corner has had a long discussion on why this is so in the past
36. Drawer : ARTIST - nice misdirection, but I has some letters from the DOWN clues, including the ending -ST, so I was not fooled.
37. Freezes over : ICES UP
42. "Merv Griffin's Crosswords" announcer Hall : EDD
43. Spring sign : BUD - Not LEO,
that's a summer sign, but a flower bud - got me for a second; over-thinking on Saturday is usually the norm (and I just learned that
44. Do some needling : SEW
45. Doughnut-shaped treat : LIFESAVER - candy, and a corporate plug - not that I like them
55. Rolling service station? : TEA CART
56. They were the Browns before they moved from St. Louis : ORIOLES - this was once my favorite baseball team, because I liked their old logo
58. High-speed contest : AIR-RACE - tragic incident in Reno on Sept. 16th
59. More restless : ANTSIER
60. Crept : SNEAKED, and 8D. Enter stealthily : STEAL IN
61. Sages : NESTORS - a reference to the wisest Greek of the Trojan War
DOWN:
1. "So many __, so little time": Mae West : MEN
2. Declare : AVOW - start with AV_ _, wait on the perps
3. Stucco strip : LATH
4. Comparable to a fiddle : "AS FIT as a fiddle"
5. Gaucho gear : RIATA
6. Wrigley Field features : IVIES - Baseball
7. Does some lawn maintenance : AERATES
9. Western group : POSSE
10. Some IRAs : ROTHS
11. "__ Gold": 1997 film : ULEE'S - becoming a crossword staple
12. Bookstore area, often : CAFE
13. French political division : ETAT - French for state - Lemonade is Mr. French around here
14. Outdoor shelter : DEN - I had HUT, thinking of this crew
20. Event before finals : SEMI - meh, it's a bit off for me
22. Gas neighbor : BRAKE - ah, the pedals on the floor of your car, truck, van, etc. - again, I was over-thinking it
23. Made holes : BORED
24. Full : SATED
26. Some crew members, casually : BO'S'NS - nautical term Boatswains
27. Giants manager Bochy : BRUCE - More baseball, and a self-shout-out for Mr. Venzke - hey, I try and do the same in every puzzle I have constructed....SPY and RICH work so well
28. Romantic toon mammal : LEPEW - doesn't this clue sound like it's asking for "SKUNK" ???
30. Roller coaster element : DIP - not CAR
31. Defense agency since Nov. 2001 : TSA - I am sure they're hiring for the holiday season
32. Baseball's Little Giant : OTT - and yet more baseball - do we long for April already ???
33. They're often in a mess : GIs - General Infantry - OOPS, totally wrong my whole life - the soldiers that eat in the mess tent
34. Patriot __ : ACT
39. Looked out for? : ABETTED - the "lookout" is charged with aiding and abetting during a crime
40. Attic collection : DUST - no need to over-think again
41. Gem State native : IDAHOAN - The Gem State - good site to know for future puzzles - bookmark the link now ~!
45. Wet suit material : LYCRA
46. "Wicked Game" singer Chris : ISAAK - and another musical link, this one is raunchy - at least it was when it came out
47. Burlesque : FARCE
48. Sci-fi pioneer : VERNE - Jules, who some believe had visions of the future, and could see the things he wrote about long before they were invented - or did he just inspire them?
49. Gives forth : EMITS
50. Nocturnal resting spot : ROOST
51. "__ Green": Kermit's song : BEIN' - OK, here's Kermit, but this one is my favorite
52. Bern's river : AARE - map
53. Variety : OLIO
54. Start to do well? : NE'ER-Do-Well
55. Jobs for grad students : TAs - Teaching Assistants
57. Many SAT takers : SRs - Seniors
Answer grid.
Movin' Right Along ~!!
Splynter
Note from C.C.:
Happy Birthday to our sweet Creature. Thanks for the kindness and caring you've shown to all of us in the past year.
Words: 68
Blocks: 37
Well, I have to say, yesterday's puzzle took longer than today's - two Bruce constructors in a row, and I guess I was on Bruce Venzke's wavelength, even at this hour of the morning. Truly, my only hang ups were at a couple of DOWN clues. I hope your Saturday solve was just as inspiring, and for those persons who dared try a Saturday for the first time, this grid was a good jumping off point~!
Double symmetry, which I don't often see, with corners of triple sevens, and;
Two grid spanners -
29. First of an old film septet : ROAD TO SINGAPORE - A comedy series that included six other locations, and three main stars - Bing Crosby (who will be crooning in my parent's house for the holidays), Dorothy Lamour (who I don't know), and Bob Hope, who was more a comedian for me than a movie star - never saw any of his films
38. Hold back : KEEP AT A DISTANCE
and two of 13-letters -
19. Obviously fearful : WHITE AS A SHEET - not that I had GHOST to start, but I did the DOWN clues to begin, which gave me "H" from ROTHS at 10D - but I also had the "E" from ULEES at 11D.
51. Howls skyward : BAYS AT THE MOON - which makes me think of this classic song from Ozzy Osbourne, and the number of letters is the same, but...."Listen in awe, and you'll hear him - link to the song"
Half a dozen abbreviations in the three-letter answers, and quite a bit of musical variety, as well
Yes, No, Maybe, Not ???
ACROSS:
1. Quinine target : MALARIA - well, I wanted "LEG ache" or something like that, since we had this in the Jeff Chen "Q" puzzle from Sunday....
8. Smartened (up) : SPRUCED - right before your date gets to the door, one would "spruce up" the place - I haven't had to do much sprucing, lately....
15. Hard to nail down : EVASIVE
16. When parents don't want a teen to be home? : TOO LATE
17. Equity complaint : "NOT FAIR~!"
18. "Don't Wanna Lose You" singer : ESTEFAN - Gloria, and I will link this one to offset my Ozzy indulgence
21. Like some jokes : TASTELESS - I just used this word in last Saturday's blog
22. Red Ryder ammo : BBs - oh, we are getting close to that classic seasonal movie (clip) - always brings a smile~!! Also - 35D. Shooter insert : PEA
25. Richard Marx label : EMI
26. Crude amt. : BBL - short for Barrel, and I know this corner has had a long discussion on why this is so in the past
36. Drawer : ARTIST - nice misdirection, but I has some letters from the DOWN clues, including the ending -ST, so I was not fooled.
37. Freezes over : ICES UP
42. "Merv Griffin's Crosswords" announcer Hall : EDD
43. Spring sign : BUD - Not LEO,
that's a summer sign, but a flower bud - got me for a second; over-thinking on Saturday is usually the norm (and I just learned that
44. Do some needling : SEW
45. Doughnut-shaped treat : LIFESAVER - candy, and a corporate plug - not that I like them
55. Rolling service station? : TEA CART
56. They were the Browns before they moved from St. Louis : ORIOLES - this was once my favorite baseball team, because I liked their old logo
58. High-speed contest : AIR-RACE - tragic incident in Reno on Sept. 16th
59. More restless : ANTSIER
60. Crept : SNEAKED, and 8D. Enter stealthily : STEAL IN
61. Sages : NESTORS - a reference to the wisest Greek of the Trojan War
DOWN:
1. "So many __, so little time": Mae West : MEN
2. Declare : AVOW - start with AV_ _, wait on the perps
3. Stucco strip : LATH
4. Comparable to a fiddle : "AS FIT as a fiddle"
5. Gaucho gear : RIATA
6. Wrigley Field features : IVIES - Baseball
7. Does some lawn maintenance : AERATES
9. Western group : POSSE
10. Some IRAs : ROTHS
11. "__ Gold": 1997 film : ULEE'S - becoming a crossword staple
12. Bookstore area, often : CAFE
13. French political division : ETAT - French for state - Lemonade is Mr. French around here
14. Outdoor shelter : DEN - I had HUT, thinking of this crew
20. Event before finals : SEMI - meh, it's a bit off for me
22. Gas neighbor : BRAKE - ah, the pedals on the floor of your car, truck, van, etc. - again, I was over-thinking it
23. Made holes : BORED
24. Full : SATED
26. Some crew members, casually : BO'S'NS - nautical term Boatswains
27. Giants manager Bochy : BRUCE - More baseball, and a self-shout-out for Mr. Venzke - hey, I try and do the same in every puzzle I have constructed....SPY and RICH work so well
28. Romantic toon mammal : LEPEW - doesn't this clue sound like it's asking for "SKUNK" ???
30. Roller coaster element : DIP - not CAR
31. Defense agency since Nov. 2001 : TSA - I am sure they're hiring for the holiday season
32. Baseball's Little Giant : OTT - and yet more baseball - do we long for April already ???
33. They're often in a mess : GIs - General Infantry - OOPS, totally wrong my whole life - the soldiers that eat in the mess tent
34. Patriot __ : ACT
39. Looked out for? : ABETTED - the "lookout" is charged with aiding and abetting during a crime
40. Attic collection : DUST - no need to over-think again
41. Gem State native : IDAHOAN - The Gem State - good site to know for future puzzles - bookmark the link now ~!
45. Wet suit material : LYCRA
46. "Wicked Game" singer Chris : ISAAK - and another musical link, this one is raunchy - at least it was when it came out
47. Burlesque : FARCE
48. Sci-fi pioneer : VERNE - Jules, who some believe had visions of the future, and could see the things he wrote about long before they were invented - or did he just inspire them?
49. Gives forth : EMITS
50. Nocturnal resting spot : ROOST
51. "__ Green": Kermit's song : BEIN' - OK, here's Kermit, but this one is my favorite
52. Bern's river : AARE - map
53. Variety : OLIO
54. Start to do well? : NE'ER-Do-Well
55. Jobs for grad students : TAs - Teaching Assistants
57. Many SAT takers : SRs - Seniors
Answer grid.
Movin' Right Along ~!!
Splynter
Note from C.C.:
Happy Birthday to our sweet Creature. Thanks for the kindness and caring you've shown to all of us in the past year.
Wow, in contrast to yesterday's, this was a flat-out speed run. I was done before I knew it, and there were only a couple spots where I had to perp up to finish. I did, however, spend a fair amount of time when I was done trying to see a theme, even though it's Saturday. The thing that got me looking was seeing the beginnings of 38A, 'Keep at' and 51A, 'Bay'. Sometimes it's best not to overthink things.
ReplyDeleteSome very clever clues, including 'rolling service station', 'gas neighbor' and 'they're often in a mess'. And of course, who did we all think of with 1D?
But a bigger question for me is, why the hell am I up at 4am?
Nice job, Splynter, as always a great read. And a Happy, Happy birthday to one of our outstanding posters, Creature! I hope this one's your best yet!
Morning, all!
ReplyDeleteYep, this was the easiest Saturday puzzle we've had in a long time. A few unknowns (BRUCE Bochy, NESTORS, BEIN' Green) and some learning moments (wetsuits are made of LYCRA? I always thought they were made of rubber or neoprene), but nothing the perps couldn't handle. And everything else, including the long answers, thankfully, really just fell into place.
Sometimes it's nice to not have to strain my brain on a Saturday morning...
I agree. Today was a speed run. No burps or hiccups, just twelve minutes top to bottom.
ReplyDeleteVoice of experience: Don't take your pea shooter and pepper the sand your neighbor is going to use for wall plaster. 'Course I was just a sprout then.
We had lots of sick folks yesterday. Hope you're all doing better today...and hope you've all had your flu shots.
Nice writeup splynter. I agree, super speedy solve. Almost wish I had timed myself on a saturday. Very little to slow me down. Have a nice saturday all.
ReplyDeleteMornin' Ya'll,
ReplyDeleteWhat a whiz of a puzzle; especially for a Saturday morning!
Ulee's Gold was partially filmed in my city and my husband was "one of the crowd". He was so proud of his role as priest of our church.....but you know the rest of the story...he ended up on the cutting room floor! Just a short glimpse of him, but we had to watch it five or six times.
Wasn't it nice to have the letters just jump in.....without really thinking?
Thanks Splynter for a great job.
Great way to start off the weekend.
Good morning Splynter, C.C. et al.
ReplyDeleteFun puzzle followed by a witty and informative write-up, Splynter - thanks! My one mis-step was to fill in "ghost" instead of WHITE AS A SHEET. Should'a done the downs, like you.
Just wanted to stop by to wish our dear Creature a very, very happy birthday! Make it a good one!!
I agree Splynter, yesterday was tougher but this was a pleasant exercise. Everything fell quickly with the NE the only area that took an extra visit (dang GHOST).
ReplyDeleteMusings
-My uncle got malaria in the South Pacific in WWII and took quinine pills his entire life
-Wrong but soon right missteps – GHOST/SHEET, ELUSIVE/EVASIVE, SAME/FAIR, LEO/BUD, SKUNK/LEPEW, SNEAK/STEAL although SNEAK visited later
-I feared mom and dad did not want teen home TOOSOON in case they were amorously engaged
-Grandson may get BB gun for here and not home – with mom’s permission
-Drawer joins number, summer, et al in misdirection puzzle section
-NESTORS is new to this rural bumpkin (see yesterday’s lazy cluing)
-Aerate? Yup! Power rake? Nope!
-Curly’s Gold was an unfortunate sequel to City Slickers
-HBD, Creature!
A relative-for-Saturday speed run for me, with a few missteps: EVASIVE and GHOST before their corrections and not knowing NESTORS together with brain fart on NE'ER, left the R slot blank. First time for ages I got into a Saturday puzzle so easily and enjoyed the solve this much.
ReplyDeleteCreature,
A very happy birthday, and I think it was your son who is just home after brain surgery. What a great blessing and a birthday gift for you that he is doing well!
Good morning all. Good write-up, Splynter.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the 'speed' comments. Definitely easy for a Saturday, and significantly easier than Bruce's Friday offering. The long acrosses actually helped with the solve. My only nit was with TSA. It is a 'security' agency. They are in the Dept. of Homeland Security; not in the Defense Department. You would be hard put to find the word 'defense' anywhere in their website description of themselves.
Have a good weekend.
Splynter: Nice write-up & links.
ReplyDeleteThough, if you want to call a clue/answer 'meh' I would have put it on 25-A, Richard Marx label/EMI.
(Other than the Beatles & Apple Records, I can't say I care to remember any ARTIST's record label).
20-D, Event before finals/SEMI wasn't 'meh'
(in-my-book) ...
Unless we are now putting that term on clues/answers that are "too easy."
Had ULEES early, so that Ghost never appeared..
Liked all the baseball clues/answers and how BRUCE got his self-shout-out.
Only write-over; Aver before AVOW for 'Declare.'
Couldn't make sense of nEt-fair (NOT-FAIR) before the V-8 can smack.
Happy Birthday Creature.
39 Again? ... I'm not surprised!
The first Sunset toast is to you.
I tried the 'Saturday' and initially it seemed 'good going' - but eventually I got bogged down ... Oh well. Thank you Splynter for an interesting commentary.
ReplyDeleteAlt QOD:- If God decides to deliver a message to humanity, He will not use a messenger from cable TV with bad hair. ~ Dave Barry.
Good day,Splynter and weekend warriors. Nice going, Splynter, and thank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Bruce Venske for this much easier than usual Saturday puzzle. I see he got his name in the puzzle though I did not. Had ICESIN
Hand up for going across and down although MALARIA appeared instantly.
Two spoil spots, BEIN Green and BBL gave me a DNF. Thought 22A BBS and 26A BBL might be the same at first.
Happiest of birthdays, Creature! How wonderful that your son is doing well.
Have a super Saturday, everyone!
Agree, way easier than Fri,
ReplyDeleteHTG only BRUCE, ESTEFAn and EDD.
Had a few writeovers:
jUnk before bUST (as in Ancient Greek) before DUST;
WElls before VERNE;
nYlon before mYlar before LYCRA;
EST before BBL.
PEAshooter with BBgun reminded me that Robert Blake was Little Beaver 1944-7. Originally Mickey Gubitosi, a much abused child actor - which explains why he eliminated Blakey.
Well, unlike everybody, I found this tough. Spent all day yesterday in Emergency with my husband, who was admitted with dizzyness and nausea and couldn't stand up to go home. So am distracted and a bit worried (although no new stroke apparently). Takes a toll on the little grey cells, as Poirot liked to call them. So especially grateful for Splynter's write-up.
ReplyDeleteAn embarrassing DNF because of an irrational insistence that Bern's river was the ARNE. Thus couldn't make sense of AINRACE in spite of the recent Reno accident which took the life of a friend, and of course TERCART didn't make much sense either.
ReplyDeleteFriday, however, was a speed race for me. Different strokes for different solvers, I guess...
Hi Again,
ReplyDeleteTin, I was of the mind that if the event is the finalS, then the series before that is the semiS - that's why I gave it my "meh"...
And I had no clue on EMI, so I should have said it was a WAG.
Thanks for all the comments ~!
On to re-insulating the attic ~!
Splynter
Hello Puzzlers -
ReplyDeleteZoomed through, seemed like about a Wednesday.
Hand up for GHOST, which ULEE exorcised.
WBS. When I got certified for diving some years ago, wet suits were made of nitrogen-blown neoprene rubber foam. LYCRA could have been the outermost ply, I suppose, but who knew?
Good morning, all. Thanks for a great write up, Splynter, for an easier than normal Saturday puzzle.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Creature.
Although I was always good at geography, I've never been able to keep straight where all of those four letter European rivers flow. I usually need a perp or two. The ghost didn't visit my puzzle since I already had called in the POSSE and that 'S' pointed to SHEET. had RIATo (I've seen it spelled both ways), but ToSTELESS jokes didn't seem quite right.
Our GIS would be in a real mess (not the mess tent) if they had to rely on PEA shooters and BBS. Interesting to see TSA and Patriot ACT symetrically placed in the puzzle.
Thanks, Bruce for a fun Saturday.
Misty, here's hoping all goes well with your DH's recovery.
No time to write, but wanted to say Happy Birthday to Creature. Here is a bouquet for you.
ReplyDelete@Grumpy, many thanks for the good wishes. I'm off to the hospital in another fifteen minutes, with fingers crossed and prayers that we'll get him back home soon.
ReplyDeleteHere's another of my naive questions: what does DH refer to? It was in a recent puzzle and I had no idea.
Again, many thanks.
Happy birthday Creature!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this Saturday puzzle! That is almost a first for me. I guess it's because many of the answers were in my mental ballpark. Thanks Bruce and Splynter.
Misty:
ReplyDeleteDH means Dear or Darling Husband. Clear Ayes calls hers, GAH, Golf Addicted Husbanc.
Splynter:
We teachers know too well what SEMIfinals mean before final exams.
I had a bit of a hard time with this puzzle, but I went home early due to a headache yesterday, so feel like dishwater today (yeah, that's it). Or it could be the fact that in the North, Mud shows up before BUD in the spring.
ReplyDeleteICES UP is what happens when FEMA attempts to put trailers in places they know nothing about...it's gonna be a long winter, I'm afraid.
Pepe LEPEW was one of my favorites; I have a collectible jelly jar with him on it!
Great writeup, splynter.
Good morning, folks. Wow! Thanks for the great Saturday puzzle, Bruce. It was one of the easiest Saturday puzzle I remember. Enjoyed it. Thank you, Splynter, for writing it up.
ReplyDeleteGot the whole NW corner right off the bat. Then the NE corner. I had stop and think, did I have the right puzzle?
The four long clues/answers came easily. The South also came quite easily. My hangup area for a while was the SW. I had NYLON for a spell and BARCART. Fixed those with perps to LYCRA and TEACART. BEIN came with perps.
I remembered Gem State native/IDAHOAN from some earlier puzzle. It always stuck with me, for some reason.
Off to raking leaves. 56 bags put on the curb, so far.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
To Creature:
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday. Always enjoy your posts.
Abejo
I couldn't believe that it took longer than 10 minutes for THIS misstep by Lee Corso on Game Day to go viral. (Language warning). But he already has apologized live.
ReplyDeleteYes, easy as pie. My only error was in sticking BORON in for BRAKE. It was an impulse; I've learned to trust them--except of course when they are wrong.
ReplyDeleteI remember my Red Ryder "Daisy" rifle. Ryder himself didn't use BBs, but we kids did.
Ah, the ROAD TO SINGAPORE! I loved the Road films and for a time Bob Hope was my favorite movie star--always wise cracking, tossing off cynical asides, always like Pepe LE PEW angling to get the girl, then terrified once he got her! Bing was always slick, but I guess he established the idea that the straight man needed to have an additional talent (such as singing) to justify his screen time.
@Barry - "easiest puzzle we've had" - Really? Not for some of us, let us have our own opinion, eh?
ReplyDelete@Misty - best wishes and prayers for your hasband
Happy Birthday, Creature!
ReplyDeleteJD, watching those BUDs bloom was so beautiful! I wish they'd have paused a moment as each one fully opened so you could enjoy it more.
Some thought-provoking clues/fill, but no interesting comments about them are coming to mind. However, I did appreciate the unique layout of the puzzle itself! It reminds me of a Battleship! game board.
C.C. - a bit of feedback for you: I really like that you're no longer combining two days of blogs on one page. It makes it much easier to jump to the bottom and check for new comments to that day's blog throughout the day - not that I have as much time for it lately... :( I hope it's not causing you more work, storage space or money though.
Hello.
ReplyDeleteSeems like old times.
Sorry Neb fan.
Waiting for Rangers and Montreal.
eddy
Hello everybody. Happy birthday wishes to you, creature.
ReplyDeleteDamn hard puzzle yesterday, not as hard today. Enjoyed both, but enjoyed today's more.
Had MUD instead of BUD at first. Had a problem with SEMI, as I cannot imagine, for example, an Emcee saying, "Welcome to the semi!"
Wanted BUNDTCAKE for 45A for far too long a time before seeing the light.
Had RAS instead of TAS for 55D, which in conjunction with not remembering AARE, prevented me from getting TEACART. I kept thinking, "What the heck could RE_CART be?"
So technically a one-cell DNF.
Best wishes to you all.
Off for a short bike ride and a macchiato. But before I go, here's a great video of a much-better-than-usual magic act.
ReplyDeleteWell, all you folks who thought this was easy may be correct. I, who usually get between five and ten fill-ins on Saturday almost finished it after a long time and a number of Googles. I appreciated it being "easy" because I do get so discouraged sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI thought I was finally getting these Saturdays down, and felt pretty good about my time (which was half of yesterday's). It turns out that everyone nailed this one. Ah, well...let's see how I do next week...
ReplyDeleteI had ULEE'S in the grid, but I was so sure of "ghost" that I took it out, thinking something else would fit with gold.
HG, I had that same thought about the parents hoping not to get caught by the kids, though I didn't go so far as "TOO soon." Good one!
Gloria ESTEFAN did a cover version of Carole King's It's TOO LATE. Here's a video of them singing the song together (4:29) in 2009. It's an amateur video, but well done and worth watching. I can't believe how great they both look!
Happy Birthday, Mrs C!
Question: doesn't the answer to 8 down "steal in" violate some unwritten rule that the answer not be related to the clue, in this case "enter stealthily"?
ReplyDeletejust wondering...
looking forward to the holidays - our son returns from Iraq!
happy thanksgiving, rondo
Bill G, thanks for the magic video. Whenever I see magicians now, especially "theatrical" magicians, I can't but think of GOB from Arrested Development. And now I hear the series might be coming back to TV for a few episodes prior to a release on the big screen.
ReplyDeleterondo, good catch!
Hi Everyone ~~
ReplyDeleteI thought maybe I was getting better at Saturday puzzles, but nope ... it was just much easier than usual! I had many of the same experiences that others have already mentioned. Somehow I don't think of a 45A LIFESAVER as much of a treat. I'd prefer the donut itself or maybe Jayce's bundt cake!
I enjoyed your writeup, Splynter. I was unsure of FARCE and NESTORS although the perps filled them in. All in all this was enjoyable!
Happy Birthday, Creature! I hope you've had a wonderful day.
Hi again,
ReplyDeleteHB Creature~!!, and best wishes to you and your DH, Misty.
OK, I can see word before finals, but still, regarding SEMI, I agree with Jayce on this one....
And I missed the STEAL/STEALTHILY altogether - good catch Rondo.
Splynter
Good evening to all. Found Lemonade`s request and, since next Wednesday will be frantic for the hostess, thought I`d let you all know we are alive and kicking. Had our 50th anniversary celebration last May. My husband said (a few day`s before the event), "I`d like you to go with me to pick out your present" to which I replied, "How much are you prepared to spend!?" The result was princess cut, diamond earrings!
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo!
Preparing the guest house and my house for 14 for Thanksgiving...I`m really counting my blessings because a friend of mine is having 60 something guests!
I wish you all a wonderful holiday season and a "prospero ano!"
Lemonade, your desire to get old friends together is a wonderful one. After everyone leaves I`ll sit down and enjoy the messages from the responders.
Hi Linda,
ReplyDeleteI meant to react to your earlier post, but have been busy most of the day and didn't get back to thinking about it. Good to see you here again. Sounds like that gift was a real hit--they sound beautiful.
Sounds like you will be busy all the way from now until after the guests are gone. So have a great Thanksgiving!
Bruce S. how nice to see you on a Saturday; happy birthday to all our November corners.
ReplyDeletehi everyone, enjoy this column. please what is perp in this context?
ReplyDelete