Theme: What to wear - Three different dresses start the three theme entries.
17A. Four-to-midnight production overseer, say : SHIFT SUPERVISOR
26A. Dead battery hookup : JUMPER CABLE
43A. Encased dagger : SHEATH KNIFE Wiki link for definition.
56A. Dry runs, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26- and 43-Across : DRESS REHEARSALS
Argyle here. Two grid spanners on a Monday is impressive. Easy peasey with some fun clues. Some possible theme related entries I will highlight.
Across:
1. Trot or gallop : PACE
5. Home with a domed roof : IGLOO
10. Stylish : CHIC
14. Earth Day sci. : ECOL. (ecology) and 52D. Earth sci. : GEOL. (geology)
15. Playground chute : SLIDE
16. Avatar of Vishnu : RAMA. Vishnu has many avatars, Rama is one of the main ten (Dashavatara).
20. Bill of Rights amendment count : TEN. Connection?
21. "Les Misérables" author Victor : HUGO
22. Parisian love : AMOUR
23. "What __ the odds?" : ARE
24. In liberal amounts : APLENTY
31. Get hitched in a hurry : ELOPE
32. Without warning : ALL AT ONCE
37. Unload for cash : SELL
38. Colorado ski city : ASPEN
39. Secure in the harbor : MOOR
40. Mind readers : TELEPATHS
42. Luxurious bedding material : SATIN
45. Popular restaurant fish : SEA BASS
49. 18-Down, on a sundial : III. 18-Down. Midafternoon hour : THREE
50. Shoreline feature : INLET
51. Stare at impolitely : OGLE
53. Time Warner "Superstation" : TBS. (Turner Broadcasting System)
60. Clumsy one : LOUT
61. Mail for King Arthur : ARMOR. A type of dress, in the broad sense.
62. Wrinkle remover : IRON. King Arthur would need a hammer to get the wrinkles out of his dress.
63. MDs for otitis sufferers : ENT's. (ear, nose, and throat) Otitis is inflammation of the ear.
64. With tongue in cheek : WRYLY
65. Maddens with reminders : NAGS
Down:
1. Bothersome insect : PEST
2. Exercise woe : ACHE
3. Nickel or dime : COIN
4. Tiny toymaker : ELF. The North Pole is hiring.
5. Periodical publisher : ISSUER
6. Sound from a water cooler : [GLUG]
7. Fat-reducing procedure, briefly : LIPO. (liposuction)
8. Poem of praise : ODE
9. "__ the ramparts ..." : O'ER
10. Punishment's partner : CRIME. "Crime and Punishment" is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in 1866.
11. Is wearing : HAS ON
12. Poker concession : "I'M OUT". The bettor's money stays in the pot, however.
13. Have in stock : CARRY
19. __ parking : VALET
23. Winesap, e.g. : APPLE. Info
24. Most capable : ABLEST
25. Draw up a schedule for : PLAN
26. Kid around : JEST
27. Oscar-nominated Peter Fonda role : ULEE. "Ulee's Gold" (1997)
28. "__ Flanders": Defoe novel : MOLL. The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders &c. Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and dies a Penitent. Written from her own Memorandums …
29. Social divisions : CASTES
30. Wolf pack leader : ALPHA. I spent time trying to think of the word used for Cub Scout den leader.
33. Muscat resident : OMANI. Muscat is the capital of Oman.
34. "Surely you don't mean me" : "NOT I"
35. Hairdo : COIF
36. Seaside swooper : ERNE. (sea eagle)
38. Contented sounds : AAHs
41. Exams for sophs or jrs. : PSAT's
42. Winter Olympics entrant : SKIER
44. Swank of "Amelia" : HILARY
45. Move furtively : SIDLE
46. Scandalous newsmaker of 2001-'02 : ENRON
47. Alaskan native : ALEUT
48. Outplays : BESTS
51. "Goodness gracious!" : "OH, MY!"
53. O'Hara homestead : TARA. In "Gone with the Wind"
54. Opinion website : BLOG
55. IRS form entries : SSN's
57. Inexperienced, as recruits : RAW
58. Go wrong : ERR
59. Moral wrong : SIN
Argyle
Notes from C.C:
Here is a photo of Windhover (Larry) taken on August 15th, 2012 at his 50th high school reunion. He looks so mellowed.
I think this is the picture that made Annette (or is it Hahtool?) want to ride in his bike. Very rugged.
Morning, all!
ReplyDeletePretty smooth sailing today. The theme was meaningless for me, since I'm apparently not up on my dress types, and SHEATH KNIFE meant nothing to me as well. Other than that though, it was just a matter of how fast I could enter the letters.
Wow !!! No. 2 !! I must have been up early today !!
ReplyDeleteThanks Argyle for your wonderful commentary.
Windhover looks so handsome !! Something like Richard Gere, William Hurt or Kevin Bacon .... please tell him, he's wasting his time in Kentucky - he should immediately move and relocate to Hollywood for a mega block buster movie !@!@!
Now that I've got my main post into the queue ... now to proceed onto something more meaningful.
ReplyDelete-- Thank you Nancy Kavanaugh, for a nice and easy puzzle - I had a lil difficulty at the South West corner - Scandalous figure ? - I was thinking of 'Clinton' or 'Lady Di'.
-- Thank you Argyle, for your comments, and the pictures of eye candy. I was so fixated on their knees, I didn't notice the dresses ...
-- Argyle you seem to know your Vishnu avatars better than I do - (not that I care ... ) - really, he has ten of them ? - learnt something today. ( At least, the avatars have no cats in them ... )
-- The apple harvest in N. E. Ohio has been devastated, because of the frost - yesterday, I saw HoneyCrisp Winesap at $ 4.49 / lb ! I'll probably stick to grapes and peaches.
-- I also learnt that Hilary, has only one 'L', not like the Rt. Hon. Secretary Clinton or the Everest Climber.
Have a nice week, you all.
ALT QOD:- Whenever anyone tells me he's bipartisan, I'm sure he's going to vote against me. ~ Harry S. Truman.
Thanks Argyle and thanks Nancy. Knowing the theme wouldn't have helped me.
ReplyDeleteAnyone play with the thingy at Google today ? Google is my homepage just so I can see what they offer up every day...
A-M,
ReplyDeleteWell, I have appeared in a few home movies.......
Nice Monday puzzle with no permanent problems, tho I did start with GAIT/GNAT at the 1A/1D crossing for a moment until nothing worked around them.
ReplyDeleteWH,
Very cool pik! Are you growing the beard again now the reunion is over? Without it you look more like your personality would suggest.
Easy peasy Monday. Argyle, I thought of Aklela, the cub scout pack leader before ALPHA and Inuit before ALEUT. Otherwise the word that first came to mind was the one needed. It was a very quick and simple outing today.
ReplyDeleteI am surprised that the shift pictured seems to have more than one piece. To my mind,a shift is one piece and traditionally hangs loose from the shoulders with very little or no definition in the waist. These days it's modish to add a belt to a shift for waist definiton.
To the British and others a JUMPER is a heavy pullover sweater, instead of the dress we think of in the USA.
Great pictures, Windhover. You do look handsome.
Well. what the heck - some items to ruminate about ----
ReplyDeleteSound: What you should remember to turn off when letting your mind go blank.
Ulcers are caused not so much by what we eat as by what's eating us.
An empty box of Kleenex is nothing to sneeze at.
How do you tickle a rich girl ? Say, " Gucci, Gucci, Gucci !".
A prison guard has a pretty good job. Who's going to steal a prison ?
Don't think of it as a flu shot. Think of it as installing virus protection software.
Finally,
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. - Jim Rohn.
Enjoy.
Argyle: Nice write-up.
ReplyDeleteNancy: Thank you for a FUN Monday offering.
My first thought for "Seaside swooper" is always Seagulls.
ERNE makes a 3rd appearance in just over a week.
Plus in our Tampa Bay restaurants, Grouper is #1 over SEA BASS.
Have to admit for 59-D, Moral wrong, I wanted to enter: 'Running out of Pinch' ... but it wouldn't fit ... so I guess SIN is appropriate.
Cheers!
Of course, there dresses! Got by this fashion philistine (CHIC, I ain’t) in this impressive Monday puzzle.
ReplyDeleteMusings
-I put JUMPER CABLES incorrectly once and almost ruined my car’s electrical system
-I put in sheathED first (encasED) but had to change when I couldn’t come up with a 3 letter dagger
-GAIT/GNAT instead of PACE/PEST and I FOLD/I’M OUT made for an ignominious start
-Interesting IGLOO pix
-Metal SLIDES have been supplanted by plastic and aren’t as tall as those of my childhood
-Huskers have had turnovers APLENTY this year
-I think most men (including fathers of the bride) would prefer ELOPEing
-SELL, SIN and ERR are themes in this scandalous Kennebunk story. Mainiac?
-Have you ever worked with peeps whose clothing could use an IRON?
-NAGging can be avoided if I’d just do what Joann asks right then
-My youngest daughter pre-PLANned (scheduled) her clothing outfits in writing on a weekly basis
-Are there opinions on this BLOG ;-)?
-Great pix, WH. Looks like you could still play halfback!
That Google thingy is called a DOODLE. Today's is in honor of Winsor McKay.
ReplyDeleteToday's Google Doodle
Dress types. Hmmm. Don't know Dress types. Know a few skirts. Mini. Hoop. Pleated. Um. Long. That may be it...
Dress Names
Dang, I know, “they’re dresses” NOT “there dresses” (or even “their dresses). I hope this beats the grammar police ;-) What a LOUTish thing to do.
ReplyDeleteAnony-Mouse, don't trust my information. I just quote from Wikipedia and that is not reliable.
ReplyDeleteHowdy folks,
ReplyDeleteNice easy start to the week. SHEATH KNIFE was a new expression which lead to a doubt or two and somehow my first spelling of REHEARSAL ended up as REHERRSAL. Issues resolved quickly.
Like Argyle, I was thinking Cub Scout leader and ALPHA made no sense even though perps validated it as being correct.
Looks like the Yankees are cooked, so I hope the baseball Giants can overcome the Cards. The football Giants kicked some serious butt yesterday. Way to go Big Blue.
nice monday puzzle the theme went over my head as I am not aware of the different names of women's dresses, other then mini midi, and maxi. I have heard of a jumper but I could not tell you what a jumper is. on 44 d she is in Paris my Father-in-law was finishing practicing on the Piano and saw her as she was going to practice on a piano.
ReplyDeleteGood morning:
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nancy, for a nice, easy Monday offering and thanks to Argyle for a fine expo. Got the theme early on so the unifier was a snap.
Bill G - Tell Barbara she is not alone in her misery over our Yankees. Let's just hope they can bounce back.
WH - Nice pictures.
Happy Monday.
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteWhat Argyle said. The easiest in several weeks. Liked the shoutout to the BLOG. Got SHIFT SUPERVISOR right away, but didn't see the theme until after the reveal @ 56a. Had Raja before RAMA which IM OUT made clear. No look-ups or strikethroughs. I thought the puzzle had a lot of fresh fill and it was fun to solve.
Good pix of Windhover.
Enjoy the day.
thehondohurricane, the clue is "Wolf pack leader " and doesn't mention Scouts. I wasn't paying attention. Oh yeah, thank you Yellowrocks for the correct term for the den leader. I was thinking "acela". Of course, neither one would have worked. I hate when that happens.
ReplyDeleteVery easy, except same start as @Kazie.
ReplyDelete@Tinbeni - seagulls as a name for those big birds should be changed to "garbage gulls." They're all over the US far from any sea - but close to fast food outlets. In a world w/o people, what will happen to inland gulls?
It used to be Eye ear nose and throat. (ENT) The doctor who removed my tonsils had a bottle of tincture of cocaine clearly labeled on his table.
Thanks Kazie (and others),
ReplyDeleteI used to begin growing the beard every year around Nov. 1 and then shave it off April 1. I haven't done that the last three years. I've finally reached the stage (age) where even covering up half my face doesn't make me look
any better.
But if you check my new profile pic you'll see ( to my right ) something that makes even moi look good (or at least diverts the eye).
Lamb delivery day (payday). Gotta get going.
I wonder if this puzzle was also an ODE to the greatest movie of all time? The references are APLENTY:
ReplyDeleteASPEN(2:28)
SEABASS(0:14)
VALET(0:32) Thanks Barn.
SKIER(0:26)
What ARE the odds?90:33)
OH MY! I'll stop. But there's also: LOUT, OGLE, WRYLY, CHIC, CASTES, PLAN and more RAW humor.
p.s. CED, how do you do it? I'm worn out!
Argyle - The Wiki IS reliable about over 90% of the time .... and the balance 10 percent can go to heck, as far as I am concerned. I am SOO grateful to Wiki for the amount of knowledge it has so generously and effortlessly dispensed to me ... on everything under the sun !!!!
ReplyDeleteGod bless the Wiki creator and his staff.
Your number of Vishnu avatars seem about right - its just not something I'm passionately interested in. I think the idea of reincarnation and avatars, is an attempt to bring in some concept and coherence of monotheism into Hinduism.
BTW, 'Akela' means 'the loner, one-who-lives-alone' in Hindi / Urdu. The thought did not even occur to me when I was solving the puzzle.
oops...5th link is only 0:33 long.
ReplyDeleteJust one more. Gotta link:
OGLE(0:11)
Good morning All!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to start the day! Today's cw was easy-breezy and fun. Kind of the dessert after yesterday's heavy meal, enjoyable as it was.
I finished this one in 15 minutes flat. Don't know that I've ever completed one this quickly. Should have taken a tad more time, though, I had DRYLY instead of WRYLY, and neglected to check the perp which left RAD, instead of RAW. Oh well . . . :-)
Sfingi, Tinture of Cocaine or a solution of Cocaine is a very common 'number' in Nose surgery and Adenoidectomy. A lot of otherwise so called illegal drugs have useful medicinal uses, like Morphine and maybe, perhaps in the future, even Marijuana.
ReplyDeleteStarted with gnat like many I'm sure. I also had luger instead of skier which took time to fix.
ReplyDeleteLiked the theme.. Helped in the end.
Cooler here like fall...yeah
Hand up for very confidently entering Gait and Gnat at 1A&D. Not a good start, but everything else was pretty smooth.
ReplyDeleteWH, after seeing a close up I'm not so sure your earlier discussion about pony tails is right. I think you could still pull it off pretty nicely. :-)
Thank you Nancy Kavanaugh for a fun Monday cw, and Argyle for a fine and fun writeup.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot of Windhover. May I have your autograph? :-)
I didn't get the theme, until I read this blog. I've gotta remember to make an effort to look for the theme...
Anony-Mouse: to my understanding, Hinduism can technically be called monotheistic, if you take the fact that Brahma is the one great god and all the others are his facets. Kinda like the Catholicism I was raised in. Just my thoughts on the subject.
BTW, Good news this morning. My dog, Casey's blood work all came out normal, no problems.
He has surgery tomorrow morning to remove four growths, one of which the Vet calls 'suspicious'. Fingers crossed till then.
All y'all have a great day!
Good morning Argyle, C.C. et al.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics, Windhover!
This was a really speedy Monday, with hardly a glance in the down direction as I was filling. The theme became apparent at the second entry JUMPER CABLE. But I thought it was well-executed with really clean fill. Not much that stood out after I was done, though.
I always say, "I fold" instead of I'M OUT. So it's a good thing that I had filled in the NE with the across clues. But I did need to check 12 down to get RAMA. I thought that was a 50's song ? 2:31
Have a great start to the week, everyone!
Really easy puzzle today. I had to double check 1 down and 1 across before entering. I also wanted to put in luger instead of skier. Never heard of sheathknife and didn't know it was a dress theme until the very end. A little hung over today from the golf tournament yesterday so therefore a late start on the puzzle and I'm glad it was an easy one. Have a good day everyone I'm off to the couch for a little nap.
ReplyDelete@AriadneArts - one of my sisters converted to Hinduism. I asked, "Why not Roman Catholic, what with the saints and meditation?
ReplyDeleteThe cloth on the first pictured dress is very 60s. I'll bet the pattern is, too.
Yellowrocks,
ReplyDeleteYou're right about the "jumper" terminology. Our school uniforms were jumpers (American terminology), but we called them "tunics"--always in the school's color over a white blouse.
Aussie joke (forgive me if I quoted it here before):
What do you get if you cross a sheep with a kangaroo?
Answer: A woolly jumper.
I love a speed run on a Monday morning---smells like Victory! Yay! So, many thanks, Nancy, for getting the week off to a great start. Argyle, thanks for great pix, and C.C. for posting a photo of that handsome dude!
ReplyDeleteI liked CHIC and COIF and HILARY as theme related words (even though she wore only guys clothes in the movie). Gosh, it's nice to get a girl-puzzle once in a while!
A-M, your 8:03 post cracked me up!
A-A, glad the news on your dog is good so far. What's his/her name?
Have a great week, everybody!
I use Wiki all the time. It usually gives me my first info on the subject in a clear and concise way. Frequently I move on to look up the subject elsewhere, as well. Almost all the time, Wiki agrees with other sources. When the article is weak in Wiki, there is usually a disclaimer.
ReplyDeleteI wondered whether SHEATH KNIFE was an actual phrase. Wiki says it is. "A fixed blade knife, sometimes called a sheath knife, does not fold or slide, and is typically stronger due to the tang, the extension of the blade into the handle, and lack of moving parts."
OK, Monsippi Warfisco, what does your name spell?
ReplyDeleteHola Everyone, Hands up for Gait and Gnat for the first two entries in the NW corner. Ecol. and Coin had my eraser working. Other than than the rest of the puzzle was pretty much a speed run.
ReplyDeleteJumpers (the dress kind) were big when I was in high school in the 1950's. My sewing machine worked overtime making jumpers for myself and my sister.
Windhover, great pictures. You look most at home in the bottom one on your farm. Good luck with the lambing this year.
Anony-Mouse, Ouch! Apples at $4.49a pound. Our tree yield was very prolific this year and I still have apples in cold storage. Wish I could share.
Thanks, Argyle, for another super writeup. Nancy Kavanaugh's puzzles are always interesting.
Have a great day, everyone.
Sfingi 11:22 LOL, I hear ya.
ReplyDeleteMisty, thanks for the well wishes. His name is Casey.
Sea Gulls have poluted our local percolation ponds to the point that the one beautiful beach and swimming area has been closed. They go from the ponds to the local garbage dump up in the hills in such droves that they look like white clouds while flying from one place to the other.
ReplyDeleteThey also make a mess of any cars that are parked under their flight path.
The gulls know when it's lunch time at the local schools. They land on the tables and gargae cans to wait for the kids to unpack their sandwiches. Our principal had his tie decorated one day and that made for a hilarious uproar from the student body.
They truly are a nuisance!
Quick and easy, fitting for a Monday. Thank you Argyle, I missed a bunch of clues today. You caught me up.
ReplyDeleteHusker, the 4th picture in the 5th row of igloos looks more like it goes with your 'sin' case. Or maybe you can explain how a bathing suit in a desert (one S) fits with igloos?
Windhover, That picture on your chest implies you're older than I am, but you sure don't look it.
Sfingi, One of the main breeding sites for west coast gulls is Mono lake on the east side of the Sierra. They would do fine without us, but you are right: Calling them SEA gulls makes as much sense as StarFISH or jellyFISH.
Our middle school used to have a big seagull invasion at the end of lunch period everyday. The administration hired the same company that had solved the seagull problem at Sea World. They strung wires across the quad part of the campus in parallel lines about six feet apart. It was hard to see why it was effective but it sure was. Apparently the seagulls have a big enough wing span that they feel insecure about flying through the wires.
ReplyDeleteI was always waiting for a brighter-than-average seagull to say to his buddies, "Hey, look. If we just land here just outside the campus, we can walk in and pillage and poop like the old days." But, they never figured it out.
Hello everybody. Hand up for starting off by entering GAIT and GNAT. That had me stumped in that corner so I solved the rest of the puzzle and came back to it. By then, having the theme, I wanted something like ALINE because of the A in GNAT. Took a while to sort it out.
ReplyDeleteI also wanted SNEAK or SKULK instead of SIDLE, but once again was guided (forced) by the perps to get it right.
Good to see those photos of you, windhover.
Anony-Mouse, funny stuff! I like your sense of humor. I also like how you admitted you were looking at their knees rather than at their dresses.
My wife and I love Mono Lake. One of the best views we have ever seen is coming eastward down from Tioga Pass on that cliff-hanging highway, around a curve, and seeing Mono Lake loom into view far below. Breathtaking.
Best wishes to you all.
Ariadne Arts
ReplyDeleteBest wishes from Ct for Casey tomorrow. Having been a dog owner most of my life (collies), I well know the anxiety we experience when the pup is being treated for an illness.
I also fell into the Gnat trap. Thanks for the wonderful write up and Nancy this was an entertaining Monday puzzle. Has anyone heard from Lemony?
ReplyDeleteCC: neuropathy is something I have been dealing with for years now so if I an offer any help please let me know. If there is a drug for it, my doctor has tried it with me.
We are off to a good week!
Hi Michele,
ReplyDeleteAre you french?
I am around, eyes have been rather problematic so I have not been here much. Thanks Argyle and Nancy
Hello. Whee! So late to the party today. Not only did I sleep late but then had to go for a blood draw, all routine and part of my physical last week.
ReplyDeleteLoved the quick solve today and I echo, it's nice to have a girl puzzle once in a while with CHIC and DRESS types.
Nice shoutout to our resident SKIER, Marti.
And Windhover, very nice piks! Que guapo, amigo! But I knew that.
Thanks, Nancy Kavanaugh and I hope we see another of your puzzles soon.
I hope you're having a fabulous Monday, everyone!
Windy: Comparing the two pix, looks like you lost the obligatory 20 pounds for the reunion...correct?
ReplyDeleteHi everyone, Got the right start with PACE and PEST, but CENT/COIN
ReplyDeleteand TET(the holiday) erase erase
Wanted SNEAK but saw 2 Ns for INLET. tried STEAL finally conceded to SIDLE.
Here's a song for our future Dixieland band. I'm sure JazzB has played this a time or two.
That's a Plenty
Lemon,
ReplyDeleteGlad you are okay. Sorry your eyes have been bothering you. I am part Welch, Scottish and Cherokee. I would love to do DNA testing to determine more about family ancestry.
Currently I am out trying to find my black cat who snuck out this morning. She has never been out before so I am a bit worried.
I have some eye issues related to side effects of medication I had to take so I empathisize with you.
Here's a fun little diversion but not too easy for a clever bunch like you guys.
ReplyDeleteEnd game
You are given the ends of the names of three things that are in the same category. For example: Arch, gust and ember are all the ends of the category, months of the year (March, August and September). Here are your lists of three endings for each category. Why don't you either e-mail me your answers or at least just list the categories you've found (in no particular order) but not the individual items.
Fur, dine and sten; Bra, corn, and mini; Sea, sis and verbs; Pet, bone and soon; Dan, many and pain; Mute, stiff and eagle; Love, lox and gold; See, cut and sin; Asia, din and ella.
Bill G @ 1512. Elements.
ReplyDeleteAre we allowed to have help?
Anon: 25.
ReplyDeleteBill G @ 1317 and others re: sea gulls.
ReplyDeleteAt one of our hydro plants the fish in the water diversion travel through a 300' high penstock, go through a large 120 rpm turbine, and eject from the tailrace into the Niagara River. Needless to say, the ones that don't get chopped up in the turbine are probably quite dizzy once they reach the river. Great feeding opportunity for sea gulls. Because of the mess they would make on the parapet above the tailrace while deciding about their next mouthful, a wire was stretched about 2' above the parapet wall to dissuade them. Worked pretty good.
Spitz, sure. Just like CW puzzles. Do whatever you want to do. Good job on one of them BTW.
ReplyDeleteJust like when I'm in a hurry, I don't read the crossword clue correctly. But I get it now.
ReplyDeleteIs one Walt and another Woof?
25 lbs?! How? and how long did it take?
ReplyDeleteIt took 4 months, from Feb thru May. Briefly, I stopped eating lunch. Eat all I want morning & evening, and have not given up anything I like, from beer to ice cream, nor limited quantities or portions. No calorie counting.
ReplyDeleteIf you want detail, email me. But not anonymously.
Good evening, folks. Thank you, Nancy Kavanaugh, for a swell Monday puzzle. Enjoyed it. Thank you, Argyle, for the swell review.
ReplyDeleteI am a little late today. Had to go to Elgin to look at my recently demolished car. It is totaled. Explained yesterday on the Blog.
But, on the lighter side, the puzzle was great. Nice and easy and got my mind rejuvenated.
Theme came easily. I own a SHEATH KNIFE, and have since I was in Boy Scouts as a kid. I keep in the bedroom.
We have had ENRON a lot lately. That's OK.
Even got AMOUR, easy with a few perps.
Went to the eye doctor today and we discussed my situation. We decided that I will have cataract surgery for the purpose of replacing my lenses. My lenses are causing my glaucoma by forcing my Irises to be misshapen, which is the root of the problem. Wish me luck. I am not a medical person.
Mr. Lemonade. Good luck with your eyes. I know you have some issues. Best Regards.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
Good night all. Very late to the party tonight.
ReplyDeleteWindhover, I totally agree with Anony-Mouse about how handsome you are. Wow!
And congratulations on the weight loss. Hope you can keep it off for your sake.
Loved this puzzle because I could get the answers. WEES about the NW corner.
Lemonade, I hope there is something that can be done for your eyes. I have had 6 eye surgeries; all did what they were supposed to do. Thank heavens for good insurance. Let us know.
Cheers
Michelle,
ReplyDeleteI'm keeping my fingers crossed that you find your kitty. Let us know.
Hands up for gait/gnat!
ReplyDeleteI never did understand the theme, but being a guy, maybe that's a good thing...
Anyway, i spent the whole day looking up dresses, & still haven't found anything funny...
Gosh, I just wrote a whole long post to all of you and lost it when I went to publish. It's late and I don't have the heart to do it over,
ReplyDeleteHondo, Thank you.
Bill G. Lol. Give them time and they'll probably eventually figure it out.
Michele, I hope you find your kitty. Especially since it's black and Halloween is soon upon us.
Abejo, I had cataract surgery a couple of years ago. Didn't hurt at all, and boy, CAN I SEE NOW!
Ariadne, I've had that same experience several times. Very frustrating. Now, if I remember, I 'SELECT ALL' and then "COPY" my post a couple of times as I go along, especially before the final SEND. Then if it disappears into the cybervoid, I laugh at cruel fate and just PASTE my message back in again. I recommend it.
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon everyone.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, CrossEyedDave. Hope you have a great one.
Loved this puzzle, especially the long ones because this is the first time I got them all without a lot of to-do. (I lie. I had to use perps to get DUCK HUNTER.) But it was all fun.
So thank you HeartRX and Argyle.
Cheers