Theme: No meat, no fish, no fowl!
It is Friday and we do not have a simple add letter(s) theme but one where words are subtracted. Each of the theme answers are common phrases in which the last word is left off the answer. Each of those words refer to something we carnivores eat. Our herbivore unifier tells us the rest of the story. This is a return to Friday for the precocious middle schooler who debuted on a Friday in February. A very different puzzle today, so let us get to it. Maybe I can adopt him.
17A. Calm and kind : AS GENTLE AS A.LAMB.(11) How can we eat these babies? In a stew, chops?
It is Friday and we do not have a simple add letter(s) theme but one where words are subtracted. Each of the theme answers are common phrases in which the last word is left off the answer. Each of those words refer to something we carnivores eat. Our herbivore unifier tells us the rest of the story. This is a return to Friday for the precocious middle schooler who debuted on a Friday in February. A very different puzzle today, so let us get to it. Maybe I can adopt him.
17A. Calm and kind : AS GENTLE AS A.
24A. Earn a living : BRING HOME THE
37A. Completely different situation : ANOTHER KETTLE OF
48A. Suddenly stopping : QUITTING COLD
and the unifier
59A. Ones responsible for what's missing from certain puzzle answers? : VEGETARIANS.(11) Aren't they really the inspiration of the puzzle? Well, let us see what else in David's back pack.
Across:
1. Throw : FLING. So many words for throw, will have to wait....
6. Capts.' inferiors : SGTS. Hmm, a bit un-pc as while they may be subordinates, I doubt many would think they are inferior.
10. Homeric outburst? : DOH. The GREEK Simpson connection.
13. Honolulu hangout : LANAI. Nice alliteration for this popular breezy tropical building.
14. Toiletry product endorsed by pitcher Mariano Rivera : ARRID. Really obscure for anyone but a Yankee fan. Extra Dry.
16. Great ___ : APE. Did you think of this MOVIE? (1:59).
19. Era units: Abbr. : YRS.
20. Bygone AT&T rival : GTE. General Telephone and Electric.
21. Heady quaffs : GROGS. When is talk like a pirate day? Is this where the word groggy comes from?
22. Utah landscape features : MESAS. Why Utah? Why not?
26. Algebra subject : MATRIX. Obviously from someone still in school; Alge is the one bra most do not like. Also, 67A. Graph lines : X AXES.
29. Posting often seen in a window : MENU. Okay drop down and give me 50 push ups.
30. ___ Goldfinger: 007 enemy : AURIC. MUSIC. (1:04).
31. Suva is its capital : FIJI. The island home of Vijay Singh.
34. Code letters : DNA.
41. Farm enclosure : STY.
42. Movie mogul Marcus : LOEW. We had this MAN recently.
43. Insight provider? : HONDA. The old car name switcheroo. Are we in accord this is a prelude to more of this type of deception?
44. Schoolyard comeback : AM SO. Am not!
47. Like some Latin nouns : NEUTER. If a word is not masculine, or feminine it is not sexless it is THIS.Test on Tuesday.
53. "I'm all ears!" : ASK ME.
54. Sister of Terpsichore : ERATO. One of the amusing muses.
55. NASDAQ or NYSE : MKT.
58. Thumb in folklore : TOM. Also in the circus.
62. Santa ___ : ANA.
63. Florida wader : EGRET. Damn, Jason fit! Is it okay to have this bird because we do not often eat them?
64. TV spot seller : AD REP.
65. Bug-eyed TV dog : REN. Are he and Stimpy making a comeback? He looks kinda like Siciliano.
66. Unpleasant, as details : GORY. Well, it is not that unpleasant.
Down:
1. Hail, with "down" : FLAG. A passing motorist for help.
2. Far from the front : LAST.
3. 1953 Pulitzer-winning playwright : INGE. I had him last week for BUS STOP, but he got the prize for PICNIC.
4. Highland denial : NAE.
5. Newt with a large vocabulary : GINGRICH. If he had been able to get his mitts on as many votes as he gets puzzle nods, oops, no politics.
6. Dryer place : SALON. Not the desert, not the laundry room, the beauty parlor.
7. Shorthand pioneer : GREGG. Shorthand was supposedly invented by a slave of Cicero's trying to keep up with his verbose master.
8. Give one star, say : TRASH.
9. Family nickname : SIS. Not in my family, my brothers would have beaten me badly.
10. Non-dorm resident : DAY STUDENT. I was one for seven years.
11. Queen of Talk : OPRAH. Not lately.
12. State bordering Thuringia : HESSE. German states. LINK. KZ?
15. "Kickboxer" actor Jean-Claude Van ___ : DAMME. Did you fall in this Von Trapp?
18. Rabbit's food? : TRIX. Can we mention rabbits? So soon after Bunny Slope? We eat them you know.
23. Bard's time of day : EEN. Evening?
24. Brolly carrier : BRIT. Umbrella.
25. Forget to mention : OMIT. Oops I forgot to mention....
26. Barnyard bleats : MAAS. Baa.
27. Family gathering visitor : AUNT.
28. Super Bowl XXVII MVP : TROY AIKMAN. I was at the Rose Bowl for this one.
31. Do that's picked, briefly : FRO. Afro needed to be shortened?
32. Much-liked prez : IKE. Damn more politics.
33. Yeshiva student : JEW. Damn more politics.
35. Botanical knot : NODE. Ooh, ooh. I knowed that one.
36. Way in the distance : AFAR. The end is nearing.
38. Morlock prey : ELOI. Hi H.G, hope you are Well(s).
39. 2012 animated movie promoted by IHOP : THE LORAX. Did you all see this MOVIE? (2:33).
40. Clamorous : LOUD. Yes the movie did seem loud.
45. "Rhoda" production co. : MTM. Mary Tyler Moore. The show which gave us Julie Kavner.
46. Forbes, for one : STEVE. No ezine, just a guy. Damn more politics.
47. "___ chance!" : NOT A.
48. Country once known for pearl diving : QATAR. "Cutter."
49. East Coast rte. : US ONE. From Maine to Key West, and one block east of casa limon.
50. Part of UNCF : NEGRO. United Negro College Fund.
51. "Madame Curie" star Garson : GREER. Don't you love HATS (2:09).
52. Like some gossip : CATTY. For all of our feline fanatics, why?
55. "Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others" speaker : MARX. Brother what an obscure quotation from Groucho.
56. Joint with a cap : KNEE. Punchline: What is an ugly joint like you doing in a beautiful girl like this?
57. Baker's amts. : TSPS.
60. It's legal to poach one : EGG. Great clue; do young people even know what illegal poaching is?
61. Pocatello's st. : IDAho. Not me. Ida know it is time to go.
Answer grid.
The weeks fly by, and I say bye bye. Thanks David and all you out in the Corner
Lemonade out.
Morning, all!
ReplyDeleteTough nut to crack today. The theme was enjoyable once I got it, but it took a loong time to get there.
Plenty of nitpicks about individual clues and answers, but I'm too tired this morning to go back and look for them all...
Wow, for as much of a struggle as I had with yesterday's puzzle, today's was a relative breeze. I was able to work my way down the west side, with some help from TROY AIKMAN. QUITTINGCOLD helped me get VEGETARIANS, and the rest fell reasonably well. Fun puzzle, and a nice way to start off a Friday!
ReplyDeleteGood Morning, Lemonade and friends. I just LOVED, LOVED, LOVED today's puzzle! I was a good Friday challenge with lots of fun and fresh clues. I caught on to the theme after getting BRING HOME THE ...
ReplyDeleteI liked the nice new cluing of Code Letters for our old friend DNA.
I had a few missteps, like wanting Pen instead of STY for the Farm Enclosure.
Also, I wasn't aware that QATAR was once known for Pearl Diving. I initially tried Japan.
Fun seeing TRIX after our recent discussion on sugary breakfast cereals. Trix was the only cereal my picky-eater SIS would eat when we were kids.
EGRETs are also found in abundance in Louisiana. I see lots of them hanging on the lakes near my house.
In honor of 55-Down, here is today's QOD: I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. ~ Groucho Marx
While a finicky person would call today a DNF, I only dipped into the red to check RE_, as I was too tired to see TROYAIKMA_ for what it was. From there, a simple type-guess on GTE/INGE got me the "tada".
ReplyDeleteFunny enough, even though I often call myself a carnivore, the only meat omitted today I like is bacon. FWIW, the top middle was a real lucky guess, as I know of no GREGG other than Phil Coulson.
A WB and Universal film?! When does that happen? Does someone else get the Jason joke, because Camp Crystal Lake is in New Jersey.
In honor of 5D (and to ease our minds off the controversial answers), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9OVTfgVJ8Y
Nick's LINK .
ReplyDeleteGREGG .
Good morning Lemondae C.C. et al.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the fun write-up and links, Lemony. I never saw the LORAX movie, but it's probably one I should rent. It reminds me of "Wall-E", with its environmentalist slant.
I thought today's puzzle was pretty easy for a Friday. Cute theme, and I caught on with the first answer so maybe that was why it went so quickly for me.
The one unknown, and one I had to rely on all the perps for, was AURIC. But when I filled it in, I thought it was a clever first name for him because it literally means “golden”! So next time I see it in a puzzle, it will probably stick.
TGIF.
Fun Friday puzzle! Caught on to the theme in the middle two so it helped. Great commentary, Lemonade. Love the Aaron Neville link.
ReplyDeleteHad a lot of WAGS on this that were right for once.
Didn't finish because of the SE corner. 34A I had DoA, thinking "Code Blue". Wanted ADmEn. Had no idea what 67A was supposed to be after the first X. 55A, wanted an abbrev. for stocks. Had KNEE. AAAAGH!
We had EGRETS on the farm occasionally. One time my husband came barrelling in on one of the little tractors pulling a plow. He jumped off and was rummaging around in the barn. Came out with an old canvas umbrella and put it over the tractor. "Getting too much sun," I asked. "No," he growled, "Too much EGRET s__t!" His hat and back of his T-shirt were plastered.
WHRS (HeartRx). With BRINGHOMETHE I realized the last word was missing, with QUITTINGCOLD I realized the last word was a type of meat. The V in the unifier was all I needed for that one. My last fill was AURIC. I loved this puzzled, no nits, no obscurities, very smooth, quick solve.
ReplyDeleteFun puzzle and fun write up and links.
Even though you are inferior in rank, your superior can be the inferior one, making him/her hard to work for.
I picture CATTY as "with the claws out" which sure fits a catty gossip.
Link cat fight
FTP'er here
ReplyDeleteLemonade714, Great humor and wit in your writeup.
An hour and 14 min. It was a series of spurts and stalls. Had to get up and walk away for a bit a couple of times. Then just stare at the screen without looking at the clues. Looking for letter combos that would make sense. That gave me the ttl and other letters in ANOTHER KETTLE OF fish, an expression I've never heard before... 26A MATRIX for Algebra Subj ? Yes, I get it in retrospect. Unlike Bill G's 4x6 rectangle divided into 24 squares question from yesterday's blog... Let me see, if the difference between two squares can be expressed as the product of their sum and difference, then er, um, no that's not what is needed here...
Spent 3 years in Baden Wurttemburg, just a couple of states away from Thuringa.
On a serious note, another terrible tragedy by some maniac on the lunatic fringe, this time in Aurora Colorado. I'm sure you all have seen the news by now.
Yay me! I finished a Friday puzzle. Does that mean it's going to be a good day? Let's hope so.
ReplyDeleteI liked this puzzle and caught the theme. I wanted PEN for STY and PUG for REN and ADMEN for ADREP. Otherwise it was smooth sailing.
I'm not a vegetarian but I don't eat Rabbits, EGRETS, or ELOI.
Prayers to those in Colorado. My cousin caught a midnight showing of Batman. Thankfully there were no problems at the Chicago viewings.
Good morning, folks. Thank you, David Steinberg, for a great Friday puzzle. Thank you, as well, Lemonade, for the excellent review.
ReplyDeleteNeedless to say, I started slowly on this puzzle. Wanted Lieutenants (abbr) for 6A, but held off. SGTS came much later. Got LAST and NAE in the NW. Those helped with FLING and LANAI.
GTE was a gimmie for 20A. I worked for a subsidiary of GTE for all my life. By the way, GTE originally stood for General Telephone and Electronics. The major electronics parts were Sylvania, Automatic Electric, and Lenkurt Electric. The telephone companies part were started in Wisconsin.
The theme came slowly. I got VEGETARIAN and then it hit me what was happening. BRING HOME THE came first for me.
I liked X AXES. Very clever.
Also liked DNA, Code Letters.
After a couple letters I also got NEUTER for 47A quite easily.
Fun Friday.
It is supposed to be cooler today. Finally. But, go back up after that. Bummer.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
Lemonade714 @ 3:15 on 7/19: I haven't seen Midnight in Paris. I just looked it up online and it looks like something I just might enjoy (despite Woody Allen)!
ReplyDeleteLoved the clue for 60D: It's legal to poach one: EGG, and 18D: Rabbit's food? TRIX. I kept reading it as Rabbit's FOOT.
Straight-forward solve today left-to-right and top-to-bottom. It wasn't exactly a speed run, but close.
ReplyDeleteHand up for JAPAN before QATAR, otherwise no over-writes today. Or are they write-overs?
How can "I'm all ears" mean ASK ME? I'd think it'd be TELL ME.
Do you suppose Marcus Loew's fortune became the Loews Corp. of today? The company I retired from was 51% owned by Loews. (Not to be confused with Lowes.)
David, when the theme revelation (DOH!) is as fun as the clever puzzle, even our drought seems more tolerable. Wow! …KET_LE… had to be …KETTLE OF and off I went!
ReplyDeleteMusings
-The herbivorous life is not for me. C’mon, life without BACON?
-Skipped LTS and went to SGTS
-The Golden Girls often retire to the LANAI
-Two powerful movie links with Gorllias and Basketball, Lemon!
-Having BAAS kept this math major from MATRIX for awhile. I had an Indian college algebra teacher who said mattresses instead of matrices, scared instead of squared, ad nauseum. Being taught by someone fluent in English was not always possible.
-How did they get Pussy Galore past the censors in 1964?
-FLAG all ya want, most people ain’t stopping
-GINGRICH was the face of a conservative revolution in ’94 and then overreached.
-Dryer place? We can’t have outdoor clotheslines here.
-16 Best Picture Oscar winners TRASHed by the critics
-OPRAH was never on my radar or TV for that matter
-Silly joke that is a variation of TRIX tagline
-BRITS watching the British Open have been sporting brollies and sweaters
-Do you remember the fabulous MTM job interview where Lou said he hated spunk?
-MTM tried her best to stand up for her principles in the scene above
-A lot of my friends now have artificial KNEES
Got the puzzle pretty easy this morning. Noticed you didn't include the solve to 67 across - XAXIS.
ReplyDeleteGood morning everyone. Thanks for the commentary, Lemonade.
ReplyDeleteNailed it. Somehow synced with the author's wavelength today. After the 2nd long across, I began to suss the theme. So I was ready for the unifier, VEGETARIANS. For a Friday, there were plenty of misdirectional or obtuse clues, but the crosses were placed so that in each section it seemed the puzzle was tugging you along and saying "C'mon, you can get this." On 12d, not many German Länder, if any, have 5 letters, so when the s's appeared, HESSE fit. (The old E. German W. German border ran between Hesse and Thuringia.)
QUITTING COLD was my last fill. I had forgotten about QATAR's pearl diving until now. Only strikethroughs were 'adman' -ADREP and 'mgm' for MTM; DOH.
AURIC was played by Gert Frobe.
Great job, David. BZ
Have a good day.
Busy Friday, i have not done the puzzle yet, but i had to share this facebook video which i am sure is going to go viral:
ReplyDeleteHave a tissue handy if you like dogs!
Good morning to all and TGIF. Another fun puzzle thanks David and Lemon for the Write-up. To anon 67A was with 26A both math related DOH! TO Husker Gary what about Plenty O'toole and Octopussy? Our prayers go out to the folks in Coloado. so senseless,but alas lets have more gun shows! Have a great weekend to all.RJW
ReplyDeleteHi gang -
ReplyDeleteI should like this puzzle more than I do. Don't know what's the matter with me.
Fell into the BAAS trap, and still have BATRIX in the grid. BAA!
Lots of back and forth and trolling for perp help. 17A _ _ _ _ LEASA was pretty confusing.
TROY AIKMAN was hard to bring together, too.
Should ELOI munchables be in a VEGETARIAN puzzle? Restraining a DF impulse here.
Isn't the point that the rabbit never does get the TRIX?
We got most of the concert in last night before the rain resumed. In this draught year we've had two rain shortened performances and one more flirting with wet weather. Plus 1 at 100 degrees.
Gary - I think it was because they pronounced it "Pooohsay."
I'll be off-line next week. Stay cool and healthy, everyone.
Cool regards!
JzB
Hi everyone:
ReplyDeleteI finished without help but it wasn't easy. Hand up for Japan before Qatar and baas before maas. I don't understand the rabbit food = trix.
Good job, David, and nice expo, Lemon.
Mari, I loved Midnight in Paris.
Happy Friday all.
Despite getting quite a bit of this and three of the theme answers on the first pass, it took a break of 3 hours before I got back and finally gave up to google ERATO, AIKMAN and LORAX. But I still couldn't get MATRIX, TRIX. In my algebra years (1960-62) we didn't learn about matrices.
ReplyDeleteVery impressive offering from our young David.
The only cities I'm familiar with in Thüringen are Erfurt and Weimar, the latter of which sports the statue in your link, of Goethe and Schiller, who both lived there for a while, the elder Goethe nurturing the skills of his younger friend Schiller. Both were literary giants of the German speaking world. Schiller actually died young, before Goethe.
Another slice of Thuringian history surrounds the Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, where Luther spent years translating the Bible into German
Anon at 8:39, as Ron pointed out, the solve for 67A was placed with the solve for 26A as they were both math related, and in my mind linked because the constructor, who is still in school, would have ALEBGRA and GEOMETRY more on his mind than many of us. For newcomers to the corner, while each of us who blog the puzzle do so differently, it is not uncommon for what we see as related answers be brought together in our exposition. I assure you, if I left anything out C.C. would notice before it was published.
ReplyDeleteOn the somber note of the Colorado tragedy, my prayers go out to all involved directly or not. I also must be calm as Denver is where my youngest moves in August.
Actually the "Wartburg Castle Map" link above those pix in the link is better--the first link has several other castles pictured as well, the map link is exclusively Wartburg as far as I can tell.
ReplyDeleteHesse was of course where we had our sister school connection between 1990 and 2007, one year after I retired, when the program died for lack of dedication on the part of the district and my replacement, who left after only that first year.
Irish Miss: TRIX is a children's cereal with a rabbit as a spokesperson / spokesrabbit(?)
ReplyDeleteThe tragedy in Colorado is truly horrific. My prayers go out to all in the Aurora.
Is the town Weimar, related to the name Weimar Republic?
ReplyDeleteFor your cereal education watch this link. TRIX (0:49)
Irish Miss@11:18 -- TRIX cereal used to feature a rabbit in their commercials. Each commercial ended with Silly rabbit, TRIX are for kids!
ReplyDeleteBill G (From yesterday) -- did you ever reveal the answer to your puzzle? I can only find two (well, actually 4 if you reverse the dimensions -- ie: count both 4 X 6 and 6 X 4) but they're all larger than your initial 4 X 6 grid.
Thanks to all who explained the Trix/rabbit food connection.
ReplyDeleteDavid, dude, another totally brilliant puzzle! Many thanks! And a great write-up, as always, Lemonade.
ReplyDeleteThis was so much fun because I got AS GENTLE AS A pretty early, and so knew the theme answers would have a word missing. After I got BRING HOME THE I also figured it would be a food. But I still had a tough time on the bottom, with Japan instead of QATAR, like many others. And I never got that last X even though Groucho MARX was one of my favorite comedians of all time.
We are going to see a matinee of 'To Rome with Love' today. I'm a Woody Allen fan and so am braced for both his highs and his lows.
Have only learned just now from you all that something terrible happened in Colorado. We have family there and I'm literally afraid to turn on the news.
This puzzle kicked my butt...
ReplyDeleteI had to Google some of the names just to keep going. (I still think Florida wader should be gator!)
excuse me
while i
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IM, we got a little carried away with our Trix links, but hey now you know.
ReplyDeleteMisty, let me know what you think of To Rome with Love. I also like many of Woody's movies, but I hear this one is not doing well.
CED:
I loved your Veggie links 1 and 3 but 2 did not open
CATTY comment. 55D seems apropos these days. Meow.
ReplyDeleteGot VEGETARIANS, but began looking for the letter "P" as in pea, thinking said V-people were eating them. After some Googling - TROY AIKMAN, AURIC, ARRID, THE LORAX, INGE (who knew his Pulitzer was 1953 and AGEE's was 1958?)finally got it. 2 sports clues and 2 movies I'd never see.
ReplyDelete@HeartRX - agree, I'll remember AURIC, at least the 1st 2 letters. I never knew Goldfinger was a person.
We've had some wonderful black EGRETs at the Utica Marsh, a protected area around the Erie Canal/Barge Canal/Mohawk River.
@Kazie - Goethe was famously bisexual, with male lovers probably Schiller and the watercolorist, Christoph Kniep, who accompanied him on his Reise nach Italien. But who wouldn't love Goethe?
Good day, Lemonade and fellow puzzlers. Congratulations yet again, David Steinberg on another masterpiece!
ReplyDeleteWEES on this puzzle, though meatless, it is filled with substance. Sashaying through the top I saw that BACON was missing and sussed the theme from that. The only one that gave me pause was QUITTING COLD as I had DIRTY gossip but when the light turned on VEGETARIANS, CATTY emerged.
For some reason I knew TROY AIKMAN but not FIJI and that was my Natick and JEW would not appear. I believe I'm also confusing French and futuristic movies as I wanted ETOI instead of ELOI and so LOEW would not surface.
Otherwise this was vastly entertaining today. Thank you, David.
Now I must go find out what happened in Colorado.
Enjoy your Friday, everyone!
Good Friday puzzle. I didn't care for Capts' inferiors or NEUTER (sounds like something the vet would do to a male cat).
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Midnight in Paris.
Groucho Marx: Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
desper-otto: The only two distinct answers are 6 x 8 (24 squares around the outside and 24 inside) and 5 x 12 (30 outside and inside). I hope there wasn't any misunderstanding. Normally, I would have included a diagram but I don't know how to do that on Blogger.
What terrible news to wake up to. My sympathies go out to the families of those involved.
This is one of the most spectacular astronomical photos I've ever seen. Double click for full size.
ReplyDeleteThe moon and Jupiter and more moons.
Lemonade,
ReplyDeleteYes, Weimar was the center of the Weimar Republic, since the constitutional assembly took place there. It failed basically because the democratic ideas it embraced were far ahead of the dominant thinking in Germany at that time.
I found out about the shooting in Colorado only when I turned on the TV to watch news while I ate lunch. I find it disgusting that there are so many holes in the enforcement of gun laws. And anyway, why do non military citizens ever need semi automatic weapons? The NRA should be held accountable for disasters like this, since they have so many politicians in their pockets, forcing them to refuse the changes that are needed.
ReplyDeleteKazie@2:07, Amen to that! I grieve for all those lost and for their families.
ReplyDeleteGreetings!
ReplyDeleteGreat Friday puzzle, David; swell expo, Lemon!
Breezed right through as first theme answer gave the whole thing away.
Have to go shortly to have the worst bad tooth removed. Am on antibiotics again as ear infection is excruciating. Haven't been able to swim in several days.
MATRIX theory is taught in second year of college. Big surprise to see it in earlier context. Loved the TRIX answer.
Loved Midnight in Paris, especially since Woody was not in it! He has an ego as big as Paris!
Felt too awful to check in yesterday. Puzzle went OK. Thanks John and Marti!
Cheers!
Some here seem to be troubled by the cliue for 6a, '..inferiors'. The clue here is intended to mean relative relationships between military ranks. The military uses 'inferior' to define relationships between ranks - the opposite being 'superior'. It is used to clearly define what is meant, say, in Navy Regulations, and is used in that regard in the UCMJ. I'm sure the other services have similar usage. There is nothing un-PC in how 6a was clued.
ReplyDeleteBill G: Great photo!
ReplyDeleteA close encounter of the avian raptor kind. Right in my own back yard.
ReplyDeleteCheers!
JzB
Musings 2
ReplyDelete-Great picture Bill. Jupiter and its moons are one of the few reasons to buy a big time telescope. They also helped get Galileo put under arrest (visible proof of heavenly bodies not orbiting Earth) and are today are called the Galilean satellites.
-Egrets can be seen here in Huskerville.
-You can POACH eggs and cook bacon in a microwave with little muss or fuss
-Oh, Jazz, Poooohsay, that’s how they fooled the censors ;-)
-Naticks? I’VE GOT NO as it did not COOK MY. This puzzle was so great that David and Rich do not have to even think about PUTTING LIPSTICK ON A. Well done gentlemen.
JazzB - Cool beans. I'm guessing a Coopers hawk or a sharp shinned hawk. See Cooper's Hawk
ReplyDeleteTook offense to being inferior cause as a Sergeant First Class in combat I had to do a Captains job, but im over it. Funny we do both jobs while a Captain can't or won't. But we were short Captains so we SFC's took over some of thier duties. I worked with some of the best. What does this author know. Pretty easy puzzle. Loved 67a and 10a. Puzzle was to the point not a lot of abbr. or question marked clues. Good job!!!!
ReplyDeleteWe enjoyed Midnight in Paris, but didn't think To Rome with Love held up as well.
ReplyDeleteSpitzbov @2:38, well said. Your superior at work or in the military is not qualitatively superior to you, but superior in rank. If someone is superior to you, you are inferior in rank, not qualitativley, but only in rank.See my early morning post.
ReplyDeleteMany languages divide nouns into different genders. In French, Spanish and Italian, for example, nouns are either masculine and feminine. In German and Latin there are three genders masculine, feminine and NEUTER. The way genders are assigned to nouns is largely arbitrary, not necessarily sex related. The gender of the noun controls the inflection of articles, adjectives, and other parts of speech associated with the particular noun.
FTP'er here again.
ReplyDeleteBill G, so you are saying my answer 19 was incorrect to your poser yesterday ? Man o man did I misunderstand that one.
The first thing that popped into my mind when I saw the 26A clue Algebra Subject was Boolean. Dismissed that pretty quickly though. Would it be fair to say that if not for George we might still be using pen and paper rather than these computers ? If that's a bit of a stretch, there's surely no argument about the use of Boolean logic when writing SQL queries against databases. And (not the logical one) with that I'm off to help my neighbor construct a double gate.
Good evening all !
Late to the party. Lot's of mis-steps as have been mentioned. Baas, trying to figure out how to fit LTs into 4 spaces, Abe before Ike which made me want Bali before Fiji, no clue on Auric, couldn't parse X Axes. But lots to like as well. Thought the cluing for Negro was a clever as possible without being un PC, Honda had a fresh start, and the theme was readily identifiable. Good puzzle.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of birds in the back yard, my avatar is a pic I took yesterday afternoon from my rear deck. The corn field 750' to the west was being sprayed and the duster flew directly over our house on most of his passes. My best guess is he cleared the structure by about 75'. That get's your attention, but it's one of the fun parts of living in a rural area.
I am surprised that some of you found this puzzle easy. I am still looking at XAXES & shaking my head...
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's just me, i am terrible at puzzles. At least in Crosswords, i know what i am supposed to do. Then along comes something like this, & i have no idea where to start. Does anyone have any hints? (Don't give me the answer, i just need a hint!)
CED, I enjoyed your beagle video. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteIt's cooler here than it was yesterday. I like it better. Off for some fresh air, a little exercise and the usual seashore scenery. Then a macchiato. Maybe I'll pour it over some ice cubes.
Gary, good info about Galileo. He was always one of my favorite scientists. He even tried to measure the speed of light with a clever idea and the simple tools of his time. The moons of Jupiter were one of the first things I turned my little 3-inch reflector toward that Christmas night after my parents gave it to me. My second favorite Christmas present ever.
Lemonade, here's my review of "To Rome With Love":
ReplyDeleteAbsurd. Nutty. Implausible. Too much adultery. Disjointed. A hoot. Gorgeous photography. Terrific cast. Varied and fun music (including opera).
Bottom line: An Enjoyable Mess.
Fairly tough, as expected for a Friday. Managed to finish, but it took a full hour.
ReplyDeleteStill don't understand MAAS for "Barnyard bleats." What animal goes "maa"? Or is that the family's children complaining to Ma? Totally confused. Help!
kazie @ 2:07
ReplyDeleteAmen to that. And if we could Hollywood to stop making super violent movies marketed to children and adolescents we might curb this violence.
Freond, young sheep are often considered to go maa or baa. I guess it depends on who is listening and translating for them.
ReplyDeleteNew York has been having temperatures in the high 90s to 100. The Dodgers are visiting the Mets. Tonight at first pitch, the temperature was 67.
"Can I draw you a beer, Norm?"
"No, I know what they look like. Just pour me one."
Politics aside, I'm watching CBS now, and have to give high praise to both contenders for President tonight. This is an ugly chapter in our history. Both treated it as such.
ReplyDelete"can I pour you a draft, Mr Peterson?"
ReplyDelete"A little early, isn't it Woody?"
"For a Beer?"
"No, for stupid questions."
@ Anon 7:06
ReplyDeleteAs a 19 year old who is getting into all types of film, I find that really unfair. It's the responsiblity of parents to watch "violent" movies with their kids, then discuss what could be particaularly controversial.
Plus, "Hollywood" seldom makes a film that could be called violent. Remember, Tarantino's earlier work was independent film, and so was the first Saw. What Hollywood does have a problem (not that I care) with is PG-13ing up so much action that it looks much less awful than it would in real life.
Lastly, most "violent" films do very well in other countries such as Japan, but Japan never had a Columbine. Maybe the violence in this country isn't from films but from itself.
When tragedy happens people are quick to place blame. I think neither the NRA nor Hollywood are to blame. I think the troubled young man who was imitating a scene from Batman is to blame.
ReplyDeleteKazie and some others.
ReplyDeleteNot trying to start anything, but if this guy used his car to plow through a line of people standing there for
hours (like my daughter did last night
different place of course)would you blame the auto maker or industry for this or the person responsible?
Well another day in the records books, filled with joy, sadness, humor and controversy. Thank you all.
ReplyDeleteSpitz -
ReplyDeleteCould be. He's maybe a foot tall standing, and quite a bit longer head to tail.
Now, I'm outta here.
See YAWL in a few days.
Cheers!
JzB
Anon @ 9:41,
ReplyDeleteI'm not blaming the gun manufacturers. Only the group that has eternally lobbied for hindering sensible laws about what guns can be sold to whom and for what purpose. We do need cars in this country, where there is essentially no public transit outside of major cities. But we don't need assault rifles for hunting or any other purpose outside of military or law enforcement needs, and even then in limited circumstances. I have no problem against guns per se, as long as those who purchase them can be adequately vetted as having a good reason for getting them, and then only being licensed to carry the kind needed for a stated approved purpose. Assault rifles with the kind of fire power this incident involved is not needed for any civilian purpose.
I'm afraid I agree with Kazie 10:08 on this issue.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for all the nice feedback! And thanks, Lemonade, for the great writeup! (Like everybody, though, I've gotten older--I'm now going into my sophomore year in high school!)
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