Words: 68
Blocks: 38
So it's a Silkie Saturday serving~! Psyched myself for such a puzzle, and was rewarded with a great looking spiral of four asymmetrical "pinwheel pluses" grid. Destroyed two of the corners, but the other two destroyed me. Proper names/titles/ foreign words were the culprits, but it was worth the totally DF grouping of the longest entries:
35A. Model first appearing in 1954 : PLAYBOY PLAYMATE - I still have a box floating around somewhere with the Vanna White issue in it; I really did read the articles....one for some of the ladies - I know C.C. will enjoy
6D. It involves the study of cleavage : MINERALOGY - oh, he means the science of rock fractures, of course....not the "other" cleavage found in the grid-spanner above....
27. Physiologist who won a 1904 Nobel Prize : IVAN PAVLOV - Some interesting stuff I did NOT know about his work; more to be found here; all I know is, mention pictures of semi-naked ladies, and I start to drool....
Onward, Ornery Orthorunicans~!
ACROSS:
1. Basketball center, at times : PIVOT MAN - so not interested in basketball; TIP OFF GUY did not fit
9. Navigates : STEERS
15. How beef tips may be served : OVER RICE
16. Touchdown locale : TARMAC - got it first time; no football confusion for me
17. Not brush off : LISTEN TO
18. More work : UTOPIA - ah, the author Sir Thomas More - I put in HARDER; hey, it means "more" work, right?
19. "You betcha!" : YEP - not YES
20. Deposit site : VEIN - not MINE or BANK
21. Give it up : DESIST - not ACCEDE
22. 32-Down, e.g. : PDA - Personal Data Assistant; 32D. Organizer introduced in 1996 : PALM PILOT - smart phone precursor - image
23. Journalist Kupcinet : IRV
24. Mus. direction often followed by "a tempo" : RIT
25. Bother : AIL
27. Santa Ana neighbor : IRVINE - map
30. 9, in many cases: Abbr. : SEPtember, like the month we're in
33. Type of trombone : ALTO - huh, not JZB'S~?!?!?
34. Mel Blanc, e.g. : VOICER
38. North Sea sight : OIL RIG
39. Times, in poems : E'ENS
40. It was dropped in the '60s : LSD - "Acid"; none for me, thanks - look what it did to Syd Barrett
41. Jazz pianist Lewis : RAMSEY
42. Electrical sound : ZAP - eh, not HUM
43. Kitchen meas. : TSP - teaspoon
44. German article : DAS - not DER
46. Member of the fam : SIB - Take your pic; BRO, SIS, MOM, POP, "unc"....
49. Protect : SHIELD - nailed it
53. Busy home : HIVE - Busy as a bee ~!!!
54. Completely : ALL
55. Border guard? : COLLIE - didn't fool me here, either
56. Volunteer : ENLISTEE
58. Roused : AWOKEN
59. Some English students : ETONIANS - dah~!! I kept thinking this was about foreign folk who are learning a language here in the US of A....nope - English students that might attend Eton college - like James Bond ~! See this in crosswords all the time, but I have never actually seen the 'campus', so to speak
60. Makeup of a sort : RE-TEST - Did you ever party so hard you missed an exam, and had to take the "makeup"~???
61. 1967 Nancy Sinatra hit : LOVE EYES - totally did me in - before my time, but I am sure we have plenty of people who will link to this. All I could get was LOVE - - ES
DOWN:
1. Medusa relative : POLYP - learning moment for me - the WIki
2. __ halls: academic symbol : IVIED - hence the "Ivy League" schools; here's a list Hey - I went to Cornell; got drunk there on a road trip....
3. Piaggio transport : VESPA - I thought this was an Italian town; check this model out ~!!!
4. Scrap : ORT
5. Historic Umbria town : TREVI - tourism info
7. What's going on : ACTIVITY - great clue/ans
8. Chemical discovery of 1898 : NEON - didn't think it was IRON; that's been around since, well, the Iron Age....
9. Wall support : STUD - Here's a stud with a stud (C.C.: Hello, is that you?)
10. Westminster gallery : TATE
11. Son of Aphrodite : EROS
12. Not theoretical : EMPIRICAL
13. Movie snack : RAISINETS - I don't like to eat in the theater, and I don't much care for people who chew like cows around me, too....
14. Disorganized : SCATTERED
26. Ruy __: chess opening : LOPEZ - here it is....did you get all that? OK, try #2
28. Bean and others : ROYS - this guy
29. Energy : VIM
30. It's usually a two-seater : SPORTS CAR - my new favorite
31. 2004 National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee : ELIAS HOWE - Got it with very few perps - always good to see full names in grids
33. Nichols title hero of the '20s : ABIE
36. Sentence units: Abbr. : YRs - Prison sentence, that is
37. Provide a segue for : LEAD INTO
45. Marne outlet : SEINE
46. Thai appetizer : SATAY - looks good~!!!
47. Actress Graff : ILENE
48. Sanctify : BLESS
50. Paul's "The Prize" co-star : ELKE
51. More than stretches : LIES
52. Bit of progress : DENT - at 52 Down, I have made a pretty big dent in the blog
53. Scoundrel : HEEL
57. "__ liebt dich": German version of a Beatles hit : SIE - I don't know German, so this got me - but I recognize it now ~!!!
Answer grid.
Splynter
64 comments:
Greetings!
A red-letter Sat. Silkie. Great expo, Splynter!
Did you mean to include a link for Pavlov?
What is the SPORTS CAR?
Poor Syd died of pancreatic cancer!
Favorite clue : More work!
Can't reach the faucets from the seat in the new walk-in jacuzzi tub! Hard to get ahold of anyone on Friday to complain!
Have a super weekend!
50 minutes and 50 seconds this AM. Apparently with a clear and refreshed mind. PIVOT MAN STEERS OVER RICE and TARMAC fell swiftly. 14 words across on first pass. Didn't count the first pass perps as entire regions were already getting close to completion. 27A IRVINE with 27D IVAN PAVLOV finally fell. Then it happened. Big train wreck in the SE with ETON ITES in place of IANS. Knew not Thai Appetizer SATAY and ILENE Graff. And all I could think of was These Boots Are Made For Walkin in response to Nancy Sinatra, but had LOVEE--S. Finally realized that was EYES and 47D was most likely ILENE so ITES had to become IANS. Good grief. It's half past 4 o'clock in the morning and I'm wide awake.
20A VEIN put me in the correct frame of reference to get 8D MINERALOGY. BIL worked on a 38A in the North Sea. 18A More work = UTOPIA. HA ! Had the answer. Couldn't think of why. Then it hit me when I was stuck down in the SE corner. My AHA moment. Thomas More. Manager long ago used to stress the need for EMPIRICAL data when justifying a business case, ie More work for me. Hardly Utopian. He also used to say, "That's why they call it work. If it was easy, everybody would want to do it." If I said I was working hard on a project, his standard was, "If hard work was all it took, all of those coal miners in West Virginia would be rich."
Let's see if I can go post this untitled notepad...
Hi Splynter, Great Write Up. I get 403 forbidden when trying to link to your body shaping pantyhose jpg. Someone once sent me a website url with all of the playmates. It was indexed, so you could search or sort by month/year or alphabetically. Must be bookmarked on my other computer. I had never herd of Syd Barrett, but will read the article. Marti and CC will likely read it and one of them will have some clue derived from it. That guy with the speed square...Is that you ? Where is the tool belt ? Thanks for the links and pics !
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean.
Morning, all!
I blew through large chunks of this puzzle, totally surprised at how easy it was for a Saturday. And then I ran into the plethora of proper names/titles/ foreign words that Splynter mentioned and ended up getting battered around so much my nose started bleeding.
I won't bother listing them all, but the one that caused me the most grief in the end should have been the easiest for me. For some reason, I thought Mr. PAVLOV had a tricky first name and therefore entered IVOR. When that clashed with PLAYMATES, I reluctantly changed it to IVAR. And that's where I left it. It took a lot of searching at the end to realize that EERS should be EENS at 39A (neither one looks particularly appetizing to me).
Hello Puzzlers -
Chalk up a Technical DNF for me. Having been unable to sleep during the wee hours I chose to do the puzzle; this is not a great strategy.
Had to Google Pavlov and Eros just to get a little traction, and then the Nancy Sinatra hit list because I only know that mean-sounding one about walking boots.
I think I've griped before about TARMAC. I can't grasp how this crept into our language as an exact synonym for pavement, especially that on an airport. It seems to have caught on in the mass media, but you won't hear it in aviation circles.
Happy Saturday, all -
Should have picked on Pavlov right away, but kept trying for Jean Sartre? Needless to say, didn't ace this puzzle!, good write up -- enjoyed links. I, too, kept trying to put Boots at 61A. Have a good weekend.
Good morning Splynter, C.C. et al.
I was totally fooled by “More work” for UTOPIA. Even after I filled it in from the perps, I still didn’t see how it related until I read your write-up! So forget Spiderman. You are now my Saturday morning hero: SPLYNTERMAN!!
I wondered about DAS or der, but filled in DAS first – got lucky on that one. But then, are we talking SEINE or Saone at 45D? Filled in SEINE – lucky, again! TSP, SIB, SHIELD, HIVE and COLLIE were also lucky guesses that helped me to get a foothold in the south.
TTP – I owned “Pink Floyd: The Wall” album, so I knew Syd very well. That, and my “In the Court of the Crimson King” were played to death in their day! Now? Not so much.
Enjoy the day, everyone!
This one took my lunch money. But at least it was easier than last Saturday.
Slowly picked away at it in all areas and it almost came together. Wanted si in SIB but couldn't perp it and the eye was missing in Love Eyes when I resorted to Google. The incorrect search for Ilena Graff gave me the right spelling, confirming SI, then Thai Sata_ gave me the finale. Still FIW cuz I had MinerOlogy.
Speaking of 2 seaters, I have a chance to buy a '78 450 SL at what sounds like a good price. It's green, but it at least has both a hard and soft top. Anybody have any experience with them?
Wow, fastest Silkie ever! I kept finding solid footholds and things just branched out from there. Changing YES to YEP was my final entry when VESSA looked weird. Loved the clue for MINERALOGY. Where is Lois?
DW is off to Munich to visit mom for a week, so I'm left at home with the cats, coons, squirrels, hummingbirds and barred owl. I'm sure I'll find some mischief to get into.
Finally got that pickup back late yesterday. It came in under $2K, so I guess I'm happy.
Excellent puzzle and write up, a real challenge with all the names, but I got it without Mr. Google or red letters in 45 Minutes.
Yesterday I Googled 2 answers too soon before I realized that their perps were words I could have gotten with patience. Today I determined to stick it out.
Elias Howe invented the sewing machine pre-Civil War. It took him more than 150 YRS to reach the Hall of Fame, so I almost discounted him.
We had A TEMPO and RIT recently, but not together.
I am currently reading Greek mythology, so stuck to Medusa, the Gorgon, for too long, especially since I did know POLYP.
Our "helicopter" parents asked us teachers for a RETEST when their kids bombed through lack of prep. The admin demanded we accede. No recourse for us.
Loved PALM PILOT, VESPA, UTOPIA.
Surely you remember my song The Wall that was also turned into a Movie? How sad to think I have so quickly been forgotten.
Not to mention Shine on You Crazy Diamond, which was written for Syd (the whole "Wish You Were Here" album, for that matter).
This was a total Google fest for me.
Given it was a Saturday, I kept trying to think of an abbreviation for 30A: 9, in many cases, that would be supreme court judges, but couldn't think of a good one. Took getting the S in Sports car to figure it out. DOH!!
Good morning everyone. Great writeup on a difficult puzzle, Splynter
More difficult than some Silkies but always well clued and with a fine texture and nuance. The E wasn't too hard but I needed red letter help in the SW to get SEP but which then gave me PALM PILOT. Made some good guesses, tho; NEON, IVAN PAVLOV. Had 'resign' before DESIST. Guessed at SEINE which gave me DAS. A neuter definite nominative article. "Das Fräulein". On 57d, the conjugation of lieben ➟ liebt seemed to indicate a 3rd person singular so SIE made sense for 'she'. Seemed to be a subtheme of more than the usual v's. Overall an enjoyable workout.
King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash after years of war with the Hittites. His last great possession was the Star of the Euphrates, the most valuable diamond in the ancient world. Desperate, he went to Croesus, the pawnbroker, to ask for a loan. Croesus said, "I'll give you 100,000 dinars for it." "But I paid a million dinars for it," the King protested. " Don 't you know who I am? I am the king!" Croesus replied, "When you wish to pawn a Star, makes no difference who you are."
Good morning, folks. Thank you, Barry Silk, for an outstanding puzzle. Not easy, though. Thank you, as well, Splynter, for the great write-up.
Really got started slowly. Could not get a toe hold anywhere. Finally got started in the SE.
For 35A I was trying to think of a car for the longest time. Had a few letters and PLAYBOY PLAYMATE fit and worked. Gave me a good foothold in the center.
UTOPIA really threw me for a loop. I finally got it with perps, but still did not know why that word was the answer. Splynter explained in his write-up.
I tried something new this morning. I generally sit at the kitchen table and work the puzzle. Today I tried standing up and looking at the puzzle from a birds eye view. That really helped with the long words. I think I may have found a new trick. Will try this tomorrow and see if it helps.
Much to do today. Our daughter is up to Milwaukee at some concert. "Kiss" I think. We always worry a little when she is gone that far.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
How does ail equal bother. Otherwise it all came into focus when playmate finished the clue.
"Love Eyes" was never a hit for Nancy SInatra. "Something Stupid" and "These Boots Were Made for Walking" were hits.
Well, I've resigned myself to Saturday DNFs and have pretty much given up on Silkies. But Santa Ana is in our back yard and I taught at IRVINE for many years, so that was a surprising toehold that gave me the top East of the puzzle. But that was pretty much it for the rest, even though I got PLAYBOYPLAYMATE and SPORTSCAR, and ETONIANS. Then not much more, without a lot of cheating. Still, lots of clever clueing and Splynter's great write-up and Spitzboov's chuckle. So not a bad way to start a Saturday, after all.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Good morning:
I thought this was an easier than usual Silkie, but it was still a DNF. Had der instead of das, ein instead of sie, and just couldn't come up with the correct fill. This may have been an after-effect of my experience yesterday with the ice-maker debacle, (Tinbeni, you may be on the right ice-less track).
Repairman arrived at 12:15 p.m. And quickly determined that I needed a new ice maker. He had one on his truck which he proceeded to install. Because I have a bottom freezer, he had to take the door out and the food basket to get at the ice-maker. All went well until he tried sliding everything back into place and one of the rails broke.
He called his parts supplier and they had one in stock so he set off on a 45 minute round-trip, returned and found it to be the wrong part, set off again and returned 45 minutes later and discovered it was a defective part, so set off again and returned 45 minutes later with the, ta da, correct part. He finished at 5:15, left with a check for $236.00 and, I'm sure, a migraine.
After thinking about it, I decided that I would send him an additional check because he lost money on his time and also he ate the cost of the new rail which was quite expensive. However, I can give it to him in person when he returns because it made one or two batches of ice and then quit!
Great puzzle, Mr. Silk, and nice expo, Splynter. I will have to rely on my neighbor for ice, at least until Monday when The Ice Man Cometh.
Have a great Saturday everyone.
@Anonymous(10:53)
Love Eyes was in fact a #15 hit in 1967 for Nancy Sinatra.
Hi again~!
Jeez, Ferm - at 4:20 I am still in edit mode~! Give me a chance ~!
Yep, that's me, from about 10yrs ago doing a counter top install.
Thanks for the movie trailer - that came out in '72;
I "came out" in 1971, so....
I think I fixed all the blog bugs, but there might still be a few.
Splynter
Thai appetizers, a Nancy Sinatra song other than These Boots Are Made For Walking and a Graf that doesn’t play tennis cost me a “got ‘er done” but only 5 blank cells are some salve for my ego and Splynter’s links salved something else.
Musings
-NE and SW fell quickly and then NW slowly and SE – see above
-My Deposit sites and Fam members were the same as Splynter (our stud with a stud)
-Vanna seems to be missing more than a vowel in that picture
-I wanted air in my Basketball center at first when Coliseum didn’t work
-Siena is in Tuscany not Umbria and I’ve been to only the TREVI fountain not town
-I will LISTEN TO anyone. Everyone has a story.
-The In Crowd is my only Ramsey Lewis knowledge
-Bee displayers at fairs have a tube going outside so the bees can leave the HIVE and peruse the fairgrounds (one beekeeper said, “… so they can go potty”)
-ETONITES, ETONIACS, nope
-I have a precursor of Medusa’s relative in an intimate spot of my anatomy
-I remember Walter Brennan playing Judge ROY Bean in The Westerner
-ELIAS HOWE had to wait a long time, didn’t he?
-Sie Liebt Dich, Ja, Ja, Ja
-Off to Kimmel Orchards to meet kids and grandkids
Quick restaurant story - We went to Applebee’s last night and ordered meals A and B. Waitress brought us meals A and C. We had started before the mistake was discovered and then told the waitress when she came over for her obligatory, “How is everything?”. She brought over the manager (a former student as is most of this town) and she only charged us for meal A and brought meal B in a bag for me to eat today, which I just did.
Irish Miss, let me get this straight. The guy replaced your icemaker, then he broke another part which he had to replace. And the topper is that the icemaker has already stopped working. AND...you want to give him more money for his efforts? Wow.
YR, what are "helicopter" parents? I take it from the context that they must be pretty important, or high born, or some such.
Or was the guy good looking and (oops!) you broke the new icemaker on purpose?
Good afternoon everyone.
Got 8 correct answers out of 14. Wrote ICH and DER, as did many others.
Two queries: I too don't get AIL for bother; Border Collies don't guard anything is my take on them. Have been to three Border Collie competitions.
Only two days to Monday!
Cheers
I'm with Anon 10:49. It's hard to tie ail to bother.
In the sense of distress, bother and ail are listed as synonyms. Makes some sense:
What ails you?
What bothers you?
A famous Viking returned home from a voyage and found his name missing from the town register. His wife insisted on complaining to the local civic official, who apologized profusely saying, "I must have taken Leif off my census."
Dudly, what's ailing you? (What's bothering you?)
Drat, Spitzboov beat me to it...and with a groaner finish!
The verb AIL in the sense of distress could mean bother.
What AILS you? What distresses you? What BOTHERS you?
35A Seeing "Model first appearing in 1954," I thought of car, but then, "first appearing" seemed strange for a car, so I switched to a person.
Spitz@ 9:45 Your "wish to pawn a Star" joke is very funny.
Thai food is popular here. There are SATAY recipes in many of my cook books, but I have not tried to make them.
Japanese yakitori is similar, though made only with chicken. Yakitori is small chunks of chicken meat , sometimes including giblets, grilled over charcoal. It is sold by street vendors in Japan. So deish! I have made this quite often. It is fairly easy. I hear that after a night of bar hopping the patrons buy yakitori on the way home. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Great minds think alike.
D-Otto @ 10:40 -To explain further, the part he broke was a direct result of the shoddy and cheap design of this particular refrigerator. I won't mention the brand because I don't want to offend anyone but this repairman told me he knows guys in the business who won't service this brand.
I had a major problem with this fridge when it was only 4 years old; he fixed that and charged a very reasonable fee. And aside from his having to replace the part, he had to cancel all of ihis other calls because
he was here so long. He charged me $99.00 labor which isn't even $20.00 per hour.
He also mentioned yesterday that when there is a problem in the ice-maker itself there can sometimes also be a problem in the water line. Maybe that is why it's not working now. In any case, I didn't mean to go off on a tangent, but I do feel I should give him some more money.
And, no, I didn't break it because he was cute! What kind of a lady do you think I am. LOL. You made me smile with that one. And so I won't make a pest of myself with my neighbor, I just went to the store and got a bag of ice.
Cheers at sunset to all!
Wow, what a fabulous puzzle! I would rank it up there in the masterpiece category. As Spitzboov said so well, "well clued and with a fine texture and nuance."
Speaking of Spitzboov, double aargh and triple groan!
As usual on Saturday, I was somewhat intimidated by so much white space, and at the same time pleasantly quivering with anticipation of plenty of long fill. And man oh man, such fill!
My first entry was INZONE for 16A, and I was patting myself on the back because I thought I was off to a good start. Nope. And putting in SIS instead of SIB, and NOV instead of SEP didn't help. But at least I got RAMSEY and COLLIE right. It was really fun making a DENT here and a DENT there until, holy cow, I found myself having finished the whole thing in about 1.5738 hours.
Oh, and that cleavage clue for 6D? I kept thinking of meat butchering.
Splynter, you da man! I liked your comments a lot. Thank you.
"What's ailing ye, young man?"
Best wishes to you all.
Fight fire with fire, I always say.
An elderly gentleman was having difficult with irregularity. A lot of trouble. He consulted specialist after specialist and no one could find a cure.
Finally at wits end, he went to a witch doctor, who took one look at him and handed him a potted fern. "Eat one leaf off this every day and you'll be fine."
A week later, he was in fact fine. So he went back to the witch doctor and asked what the secret was.
"With fronds like these, who needs enemas."
Fell back to sleep sometime around 6 AM and wasn't ROUSED until 9:30. Just read all of the blog updates. I must have been in the minority in getting Thomas More. We had a Lit assignment. Compare and contrast Thomas More's UTOPIA to George Orwell's 1984. Cliffs Notes were a welcome ally in the days before the internet. Always had to be careful in rewording because sharp eyed educators could spot plagiarism a mile away. And you never ever took those little yellow booklets to school.
I read the WIKI on Syd Barrett. I know Pink Floyd starting with Dark Side Of The Moon, but never knew of Syd Barrett or his influence. Played the LOVE EYES song and still don't recall it. AIL was no problem. Paternal grandmother had many idioms. "... will cure what AILS you" was one of them. It's been said that, "A hair of the dog will cure what ails you" after a night of too many libations. HG, IMO, Walter Brennan was excellent as the portrayer of Roy Bean. So believable.
Taking a break from Saturday morning to-do's. DW thinks I spend to much time on the 'puter. Must check back in later though. Have to see what CED is going to do with 6D clue.
Helicopter parents are those who are always hovering overhead, inserting themselves into every little problem the child has, making their offspring weak and anxious. They even run interefernce with college professors and I have heard of some trying to get involved in the job interview.
Those at our school had so much clout because they were well to do, bright, upwardly mobile, and well organized to bring about political pressure on the school board and superintendent.
If the mothers finally joined the work force, sometimes, not always, they had less time to hover.
Please Google Helicopter parents to learn more.
AVG JOE (groan)
Excellent puns today. More fun than a themeless Saturday puzzle for me. The wit on this blog helps make it all worthwhile. I finished it with red-letter help and had the same problems/questions as everybody else.
Helicopter parents were a nuisance for me too but I'm guessing it may be worse now.
YR, thanks for the new term today (for me). I read more about "helicopter parents", and chuckled to read one description of parents who were "physically hyper-present, but somehow psychologically M.I.A."
What do you call a PLAYBOY PLAYMATE who has one leg that is shorter than the other?
ILENE.
What do you call a PLAYBOY PLAYMATE who has one leg that is shorter than the other?
ILENE.
For crossword beginners:
The CED (as opposed to ABC) method of tackling Saturday Silkies:
1) do the across
2) do the down
3) try to connect them
4) try again ( & repeat as necessary )
5) declare a DNF
6) hit the online "solve word" button for every proper name, but only 1 at a time as needed. Continue on with obscure places if really in trouble. The Blog will explain everything, & provide maps.
using this method, Silkies can still be fun, & informative, & in 20 - 30 years i hope to do a Saturday Silkie unaided...
TTP Yest @4:05 Re: San Fran Bathrooms
Sorry, it must have been on my mind because the house i just bought in Naples has a master bath, where the "throne" is in a tiny closet without a sink. Most private residence in SF have this set up, but i just never understood why?
Hardness & cleavage are mineralogy terms
She loves you
Beatles
why do so many display themselves as dogs or cats? is that all they think of themselves? are they ashamed of what they look like? i'll bet they are very nice looking guys and gals. think about it.
MR ED Huh???
Mr. Ed.
We go trhough phases:
1. I love my pet.
2, I love my grandchild or grandchildren.
3. I love my car.
4. I was young once.
5. Isn't this weird?
6. This is one of my passions.
Right now we are into I love my pets.
MR.ED, may I suggest the north end of a south-bound horse for you?
And just where is your mug, Mr. Ed? Or should we call you Luxor?
Punday, Punday! LOL
I got more of this Silkie than I usually do. Was so proud to get the top half through Playboy Playmate. But I had MINERALOre. I wanted some kind of iceberg in the North Sea, despite having once interviewed an oil rig chemical engineer recently returned from there.
Didn't know Ramsey. Shield didn't come. Put in Rouge, then erased for ELKE. Dent? Dent?
Since I was going clockwise I think my brain gave out before that SW corner.
Good job, Splynter!
My poor 11-yr-old grandson suffered a "bent fracture" of his arm yesterday. Never heard of it before. He slipped on wet playground equipment and caught himself on that arm. He & a classmate were filming a documentary for "gifted program". He was the on-film narrator. Now he's out as 7th grade football quarterback & broken hearted.
He went to the ER last night. His usually active six-yr-old brother was so upset, he wanted only to sit on my lap and watch TV for almost two hours. I had a numb leg and arm for long after that. Worth it.
Another thing I hadn't heard of was giving a prescription for oxycodone to an 11-yr-old. Isn't that supposed to be highly addictive?
Re: 3D Piaggio transport
with the price of gas, i have been thinking of buying a motorcycle again. Scooters just don't do it for me, i feel like a girl riding side saddle!
You need to put something exciting between your legs...
(& since it's pun day...)
There once was a cross eyed teacher,,, who couldn't control his pupils...
wait, wait,
I once did a theatrical performance on puns, but it was just really a play on words...
"When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all..."
It's a sad situation in our local school district these days. The teachers haven't had a raise in several years. The union has decreed that the teachers shouldn't write letters of recommendation for the students or work outside the required school hours. Needless to say, this is creating a lot of hard feelings among the teachers, students and parents. To make matters worse, the district has continued to give the administrators raises creating a public relations nightmare. I went through this same situation about fifteen years ago and it was very uncomfortable for me. I'm glad I'm retired now.
"When I think back on all the [censored] I learned in high school"
LOL. That is the way our local radio stationed played it at the time. What people thought was bleeped was much worse then what it really was.
Hello all!
first, thank you to EVERYONE - you all bring so much knowledge to this board. it's always a learning experience and makes doing the puzzles so much more enjoyable.
@CED 2:58 - exactly how i solve Saturday Silkies. don't forget the initial groan and "Barry Silk!" said like "Newman!" Definitely come to the blog for it all to make sense.
@Mr.Ed - "my self esteem and self confidence have been forever altered by the words of a lurking troll," said no one. ever.
have a wonderful weekend everyone!
t.
This was an unduly personal and idiosyncratic puzzle that should not have been published in the Los Angeles Times or anywhere else.
Wow! bumppo knows a thirteen letter word. Everyone.. Standup ovation!!!
There must be something in the water. Or maybe its the Bluegrass.
Good night all.
Jazz, was that your granddaughter on Jeopardy yesterday who said her grandfather's name was Bumpa?
She was great in any event.
I can picture windy and bumppo sittin' on the porch, drinkin' some Natty Light, complaining about 'those damn kids' and their new fangled music...
Damn, 'Luxor'. There's a name from the past. I forgot we outted him just like we outted Tinbeni/entropy, except that Luxor/MR ED didn't try to have a conversation with himself.
Good evening, all. Probably most of you have retired for the night but I'm posting anyway since I was AWOL yesterday, too.
Splynterman! I love that, Marti.
It has been a difficult two days; Friday I was exceedingly busy and had no time to finish the puzzle. Today I was exhausted and spent a good part of the day napping, too tired to solve the puzzle.
Finally, still mentally exhausted, in the evening I started it and just went to Google for the names.
It took only a short time to finish and I'm in awe of Barry Silk. What a masterpiece!
WEES in all the problem spots.
I enjoyed reading all the puns. You are all so amusing.
I hope you had a super Saturday, everyone.
Hey Lucina, I'm still up. It's good to hear from you.
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