Theme: Aerated - The word, AIR, may be added to both halves of the starred entries.
18A. *Ginger ale brand : CANADA DRY. Air Canada, our northern neighbor's largest airline and Air dry, Hanging the wash on the line.
20A. *It gets you a ticket to ride : BUS FARE. Air bus, Image and Air fare, what it would cost to ride the Air Canada airbus.
34A. *Hold that might precede a noogie : HEAD LOCK. Air head, not really a loon, and Air lock, often seen in sci-fi movies.
41A. *Umpire's call : PLAY BALL. Air play, time sought by politicians this time of year and Air ball, a basketball that misses completely.
55A. *Sack with letters : MAIL BAG. Air mail, doesn't mean so much today as most first-class mail goes by air anyway and Air bag, those automotive devices that might save you in a serious crash and harm you in a minor crash.
60A. *Neck-and-neck election campaign : TIGHT RACE. Air tight, a frequent claim of plastic bag manufacturers and Air race, flying planes too fast, too close to the ground.
61D. Word that can precede either part of each starred clue's answer : AIR
Argyle here. Overslept, no time to talk. Good job, Neville.
Across:
1. Actor Lorenzo : LAMAS. IMDb.
6. Crumbly cheese : FETA. Strong taste.
10. Mt. Rushmore's state : S. DAK. (South Dakota)
14. Where Crockett famously fought : ALAMO. Mission in Texas.
15. Disappearing Asian sea : ARAL. East of the Caspian Sea.
16. Running rate : PACE
17. Design theme : MOTIF. From French.
22. Badminton target : BIRDIE. Also called the shuttlecock.
23. "Arrested Development" star Jason : BATEMAN
26. Rushing units: Abbr. : YD's. Ground gained in football, measured in yards.
27. "Star Trek" weapon : PHASER. Could be set from mild tingle to deep fry.
31. Makes an appearance : COMES
33. Investor's online destination : E*TRADE
38. Give out, as a signal : EMIT
39. Loser to DDE : AES. (Dwight D. Eisenhower/Adlai E. Stevenson)
40. School near Burlington, North Carolina : ELON
44. Fix on a stake : IMPALE. "Vlad, don't look at me that way!"
46. Loggers' contest : ROLEO. A little reinforcement of our recent entry. Clip (0:34)
47. Get the better of : OUTFOX
48. Cup rim : LIP
51. Tom Brokaw's domain : NBC NEWS
53. French president's palace : ÉLYSÉE
63. "Cheers" barmaid : CARLA. (Carla Maria Victoria Angelina Teresa Apollonia Lozupone Tortelli LeBec)
64. Broadway auntie : MAME. 1,508 performances.
65. Bleacher feature : TIER
66. To no __: fruitlessly : AVAIL
67. Nestlé ice cream brand : EDY'S or Dreyer's.
68. Air France hub : ORLY. A little more air?
69. Drink with steamed milk : LATTE
Down:
1. Baby bleater : LAMB. A round-about shout-out to Windhover.
2. 1966 N.L. batting champ Matty : ALOU
3. Protective floor coverings : MATS
4. "I __ you are!" : AM IF
5. Convenience for an overnight guest : SOFA BED
6. Emerald side : FACET. or any cut gem stone.
7. Hurler's stat : ERA. (earned run average) Important but not as important as the win/loss figure.
8. Sunbather's shade : TAN
9. The Heart of Dixie : ALABAMA
10. Practice with gloves : SPAR
11. Papa : DADDY
12. Harsh-smelling : ACRID
13. Conservative pundit Alan : KEYES. This man.
19. Ate in style : DINED
21. Hard to come by : RARE
24. Level of authority : ECHELON
25. "The Simpsons" watering hole : MOE'S
27. Nestling noise : PEEP
28. Webmaster's file type : HTML. (HyperText Markup Language)
29. Verdi's "Caro nome," e.g. : ARIA
30. Lascivious cloven-hoofed creature : SATYR
32. Took a siesta : SLEPT
35. Name of several Norwegian kings : OLAF
36. Neb. neighbor : COLO.rado. and 44D. Nebraska neighbor : IOWA
37. Plastic construction toy : K'NEX
39. Novelist Waugh : ALEC
42. Lisa of "A Different World" : BONET. and the Cosby Show.
43. 2005-'07 attorney general Gonzales : ALBERTO
45. Broadway fare : MUSICAL
48. "I insist!" : "LET ME!"
49. Trojan War epic : ILIAD
50. Miniature : PYGMY
52. Nail file material : EMERY
54. Mariners' pronouns : SHEs
56. Volcanic flow : LAVA
57. Sitter's handful : BRAT
58. Hit the ground : ALIT
59. Powerful wind : GALE
62. Animation frame : CEL
Argyle
Notes from C.C.:
Thanks for the touching words on Eddy yesterday. I'd like to share this story with you:
Eddy
went into a self-exposed exile in the summer of 2010 due to an incident
on the blog. But he could not resist the pull of the blog, one day he
left a couple anonymous comments. I recognized him immediately (as his
style was so unique), so I wrote to him & teased him about the
posts. I started calling him Lurker B from then on.
Some of you might remember these wonderful sand sculpture picture I linked on August 23,
2010. It's an email forward from Eddy. He commented at 12:07pm (as
Lurker B). Read also Tinbeni's comment @1:24pm (You knew our little
secret?!).
I was pleased and comforted that Eddy was later welcomed back as eddyB and enjoyed his time in the Corner. He'd love what Yellowrocks said yesterday: "We are a true virtual community. I
eagerly look forward to sitting at the table with you daily."
Eddy, JD & Chickie attended Warren & Ruth's pottery & jam sale last September. Here is a photo of them together. From left to right: Warren, JD, Eddy & Chickie.
Morning, all!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing that info about EddyB, C.C.
Today's puzzle seemed very straightforward and I blew through it very quickly. Except I couldn't quite get 'er done in the end. Did not get the *tada* and just could not find my mistake even after going back through the grid three times.
I finally turned on the red letter help and discovered that neither PYGMY or ELYSEE is spelled with an "I". Oops...
Greetings!
ReplyDeleteI, too, was saddened by the loss of EddyB. He and I corresponded for 2 or 3 years. His name was Edwin Bohm, as I recall. Lately things did not sound good at all. He had many physical problems in his last years. Thanks for the photo, CC.
A belated HBTY, Jayce.
Thanks for the fun puzzle, Neville. Swell expo, Argyle, as usual!
Merl had BATEMAN as an answer Sunday. Puzzle took 48 minutes (brain not working well yesterday).
Perhaps brain fog is related to pesticides in my food. Peaches are one of the worst offenders. Had one huge one for each of several days in a row.
Have found an organic source that delivers veggies and fruits. First delivery early morning.
After swim had long nap. Brain till churning at this point. And, it is very, very late here!
Cheers!
Good Morning, Argyle and friends. This was a fun Tuesday run. I enjoyed the "Breathing" exercise with all the AIR references. All we needed was an Air Guitar!
ReplyDeleteI initially tried Diane instead of CARLA and tried Rugs before MATS.
My grandfather taught me to play Badmiton. I have fond memories of playing with him.
I loved Jason BATEMAN in Arrested Development. I understand that is now being made into a movie.
It turned cool here almost overnight. This morning it is 48F but over the weekend we were in the high 80s.
QOD: As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot. ~ John Lennon (DOB: October 9, 1940).
Howdy folks,
ReplyDeleteCC, thanks for the info about Eddy B. I hope he finds the hockey in "the sky" will not make fans endure labor stoppages.
Pretty easy puzzle today. I wondered if ELYSEE had an I in it, but I decided it did not.
Thanks for the shout out Neville ...AIRHEAD is one of the nicer names friends call me.
I, too, had i's in Pygmy and élysée. Fun puzzle. Enjoyed write up.
ReplyDeleteGood morning, folks. Thank you, Neville Fogarty, for a swell Tuesday puzzle. Thank you, Argyle, for the swell review.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the EddyB (and others) photo, C.C. It is good to remember people as they were.
Got started in the North quite easily. The only one I had to think about was AM IF for 4D. BUSFARE fixed that.
BATEMAN was an unknown, but it came with some perps and a wag.
Got AES easily. Remember him as a candidate back when I was a youth. Also I now live in Illinois where he is like a household word. Or was.
KNEX was an unknown, but got it. I am not up on current toys. My grandchildren live two states away.
Just slept on a SOFABED at my sister's house while in Edinboro over the weekend. After a Keggs ad Eggs Day I can sleep pretty much anywhere.
Big day ahead of me. Hauling more dirt in wheelbarrows, winterizing our trailer, cutting the grass (two lawns), clearing the dead plants from my vegetable garden for a mulch pile, and then chicken wings at the Elks Lodge tonight. Head back to Illinois tomorrow.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
New poster, but have started looking forward to checking out this blog after doing the best I can on each days puzzle. Learning a lot !
ReplyDeleteGood morning, Argyle and crew!
ReplyDeleteThis one didn't pose any particular problems. Interesting to see ROLEO so soon after our lengthy discussion about it. (Made me feel LOGY!) There was some really nice fill for a Tuesday: SOFABED, ECHELON, ALABAMA, etc.
Argyle, I sure hope you didn't cite Carla's nine names from memory. If you did, I'll start worrying about you.
Good morning, Argyle, C.C. and gang - flat-out speed run today at just under 4 minutes. Seems to becoming the norm to have Tuesday's puzzle a bit easier than Monday's, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteNicely done theme, and an excellent write-up by our ironman.
Today we buy a house.
Cin Sub, welcome, and you'll fit right in; we all learn here.
Have a fun day.
Greetings, still, from CT,
ReplyDeleteLate HB to Jayce. Sorry to read about eddyB.
I thought I knew Lamas, but wasn't positive. Knew lamb, so started the puzzle vertically. Almost filled in all clues. Once through horizontally and I was done. Did have to WAG the N in EloN and kNex.
Grandson keeping me very busy. Have been doing the puzzles at bedtime then reading the posts before sleep.
Unexpected nap this morning.
Have a good day, everybody,
Montana
Dennis, I agree Tuesday puzzles have seemed easier than Monday's lately.
ReplyDeleteMontana
Speed run for me today seemed to get all of the clues as they were not difficult. My condolences to EddyB's family. i would have to agree with Dennis that this tuesday was a lot easier than yesterday, and (per Montana) it seems that tuesdays' puzzles have been a bit easier than mondays' for the past few weeks.
ReplyDeleteC.C.,
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the inside info on Eddy B. Sometimes you amaze with your insight and knowledge of the people here and our culture.
Nice puzzle, just about right for a Tuesday, I thought. I too had a speed run, until I ended up on the mid east not knowing KNEX or ELON. I guessed an L rather than N at the crossing point, thinking of the sound (click) when plastic parts come together, rather than c(o)nnections.
Oh well, can't win 'em all!
Good Tuesday puzzle.
ReplyDeleteNo crap.
Eddy B's sand sculptures knocked me out!
ReplyDeleteHand up for Ys, and never heard of KNEX, and I try to keep up on toys.
Speaking of CARLA, heard she just divorced after 30 years. Doesn't seem right.
You know you're old when the clue for LAMAS is Lorenzo, not Fernando.
ALOU has joined my list of "must be" sports answers along with Orr, Ott and Yogi, though I know no sports.
Hi gang,
ReplyDeleteI missed the party yesterday but heard of eddyB's passing. I'm sorry to hear of this. I haven't been here as long as some of you and I didn't know EddyB as well, but I am going to read all of yesterday's posts to read the nice things you all said about him. He will be missed.
Today's puzzle went pretty smoothly for me, except I must put my hand up for the I in Pigmy, etc. Also, I tried LEGO instead of KNEX, which gave me OUTFOO instead of OUTFOX!
I also wanted Alan KOLMS instead of KEYES, although it's spelled COLMES and he's a liberal commentator.
I believe we had a negative comment about ROLEO last week - and here it is expertly used.
Great words today: MOTIF, ESCHELON, IMPALE.
Have a great week!
Theme was not helpful but was a fun concluding activity. Just right for a Tuesday. BTW, last week I got no bites on this question – Who said, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”?
ReplyDeleteMusings
-Two references to the Cornhusker State today. Where is Avg. Joe?
-Friends dad had a lot of mix around and I took a big swig of CANADA DRY tonic water thinking it was 7-Up. Yuk!
-Can’t Air Dry here because of covenants
-My uncles loved giving me noogies and “Dutch rubs”. Seems not so funny now.
-I watched a boy shooting 2 free throws at the state tournament. Making one would tie the game and making both would win it. He Air Balled both of them. That stuff stays with ya.
-I’ve said at least 5 times my Greek wife doesn’t like FETA. Should I say it again? Nah.
-Rushmore? See my avatar. That’s the boys behind Joann and me.
-ELON is one of those small schools that take a yearly thrashing against a big school for a big payday
-Growing up, it was so daring to go to CO from NE to bring back Coors beer because you couldn’t get it here. Now that you can get it anywhere? Not so much.
-I’ve never slept on a comfortable SOFA BED. That dang bar…
-Grandkids (16, 10 and 7) still call me PAPA. I hope that never ends.
-All wasn’t sweetness and light for LISA BONET on the Cosby Show. Bill had her fired.
-Drawing and inking CELS are a little used process today
Hi Y'all! Clever puzzle, Neville! Great as always, Argyle!
ReplyDeleteHad some names that I WAGd and turned out right. Not exactly a speed run for me.
Did you notice that the third state name SDAK is also a Nebraska neighbor? Hiya! Husker.
My main stumble was putting CaMEo for "makes an appearance" which gave me oLEPT. The "ole" part seemed okay for a Spanish word until the last two words showed up.
Montana, your grandson is a cutie--at a busy age! I didn't know until I enlarged your avatar that you had done an Oregon Trail blog. Will go back and peruse that later.
Husker, the only person I can think of is Wimpy from the comic strip.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Argyle and everyone.
ReplyDeleteNice remembrance of EddyB by C.C. I was moved by all the thoughts and recollections expressed by others, yesterday. This is a good group. No wonder Eddy came back.
Easy run today. Got the unifier easily enough, but by then, I was mostly done. Just a few checks to verify the theme entries. ROLEO is easier to remember now. No lookups or strikethroughs needed.
Why ships are called SHES.
Welcome aboard to Sin Sub
Have a great day.
Thank you CC for those thoughts down memory lane of Eddy B. Each human being has many divine qualities - often, other human beings just fail to recognize them.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Neville Fogarty for a nice, challenging puzzle and to our dear Argyle, who worked so hard, despite compelling circumstances, and produced such a nice lead post. Thank you for the link up to Forrest Gump, and 'Sweet Home Alabama' - a state I've never visited. I must re-read 'Forrest Gump' again.
I 'got' the theme, sort of, - I got Air Canada and airmail, but I didn't realize that the 'air' attached to the latter half of the compound words, as well.
My wife and I slept on a sofa bed for our first 3 years in the US. It was all we could afford.
I think John Mitchell, Atty. Genl. under Nixon, was the only AG convicted of a crime, and actually went to jail ?
The Elysee Palace, is on a side street, off the Arc De Triomphe, in a very middle class neighborhood. I only remember that the French gendarme, refused to give us directions to the palace ( ... from the Arc !) - on the guise that he did not understand English ... how does one pronounce 'Elysee Palace', in the french ??
ALT QOD:- Anyone capable of getting themselves made president should on no account be allowed to do the job. ~ Douglas Adams.
Good morning, Argyle and all.
ReplyDeleteThank you, C.C., for the fond memories of Edy B. Those are amazing sculptures!
Easy and fun puzzle from Neville today. I saw the AIR combination with the first theme word but didn't notice the second one, too. Good job!
LAMAS reminded me of the father with whom I was in love as a teenager. Sigh.
Saddened to hear of CARLA's and Danny's split after such a long time.
Guess I'll have to research your discussion of ROLEO as I have no idea about it or about KNEX.
Have a terrific Tuesday, everyone!
Irish Miss:
ReplyDeleteI stand corrected. Luckily the archives provide the evidence! After reading the entry for which your gave me the date, I remembered having read it. But, sadly, my memory is slowly doing a disappearing act.
BTW, I must thank you for making me British. I love the people and their literature and Lucinda is the BRit form of my name, Lucina, which is Spanish and was also my grandmother's name.
@Husker Gary - Is a Dutch rub the same as an Indian burn? How about "double crampers"?
ReplyDeleteCC, thank you for sharing. That meant a lot. You are a wonderful person to reach out to Eddy and get him to rejoin.
ReplyDeleteThank you Neville !
Argyle, I overslept as well, and I know it's the meds. The meds also affected my spelling. "Yeah, that's the ticket." Unlike Dennis and others, today was no speedrun. I thought yesterday was easier than today, but then again, I've never heard of Arrested Development and nor Jason BATEMEN and for some reason entered BASSMEN. It didn't help that I had entered URAL, so 6D was FuCEs, and I had no idea what fuces is or why it was related to emerald isle. And despite the flashback to yesterday or Sunday, entered ROLEY in lieu of ROLEO. So instead of ECHELON for 24D Level of Authority, had SCHELYN. Soon realized ARAL, then FACET as side rather than isle, and ECHELON appeared.
For some inexplicable reason, spelled PHASoR and EMoRY and explicably, OLAv. Never heard of KNEX toys. We had TONKA and BUDDY L back in the day.
Hand up for wanting DIANE in the stead of CARLA. Our own Yellow Rocks could have served as Sam's perfect foil on Cheers.
SFINGI, don't forget TRIS in your list of baseball players. Baseball Speaker, and variants. All time doubles leader.
Good morning:
ReplyDeleteAs Lucina would say, I sashayed through this with nary a pause. Thanks, Neville, for an easy, breezy Tuesday romp and thanks, Argyle, for your usual witty commentary.
Welcome, Cin Sub. I think we all learn something new each day from this blog.
Happy Tuesday to all.
Lucina @ 9:20 - I think your message should be directed to Blue Iris from yesterday. :)
ReplyDelete@ Husker Gary 8:25: Wimpy, in the old Popeye cartoons!
ReplyDeleteNot bad today. I am never sure which abbreviation to use for North/South Dakota. Lost seems as if roleo is an old friend now! I had never heard of it until last week.
ReplyDeleteSince I do not follow sports my main source for sports names is via this medium. Certainly Alou is one that comes to mind. In the same vein, I have never watched The Simpsons and hope I never will so clues based on the show are handled by perps or WAG's.
Thanks for the write-ups. Wish I had known Eddy as many seem to have known him.
Cin sub, welcome to the blog. We look forward to your unique perspective on the crosswords, and on the crossroads of life.
ReplyDeleteI too, thought of our WindHover, at 'lamb'. I have a client, who runs a local farm as a tax shelter, and once showed me his fairly large herd of African Pygmy goats. About 15 years ago, I was sorely tempted to buy a pair of AP goats for a $ 100 - as a joke - and let them loose, in our tony neighborhood, eating the front yard flowers and chewing the manicured grass, and - just to rile up the 'hood and create a ruckus - but was dissuaded from the action by the fact that the police would eventually catch up with me and charge me with a felony .... Somehow it seemed like a jolly good fun idea, when I was younger.
BTW, for your information, the traditional 'Karakul' lamb's cap worn by the 'fearless' leader of our 'faithful' ally, Afghanistan - Mr. Hamid Karzai, is made from a (one or two - ) lamb foetus (-es ? -i ? )... because, the moment a lamb is 'born', the hide hairs 'open and spread out', and it is useless for that style of cap. Probably TMI.
Have a good week, you all.
Stupid spell checker!!! In place of "lost" in my last post, think "I seems as if roleo....."
ReplyDeleteWell, I would have had a terrific trifecta this morning (puzzle, sudoku, and kenken) except for one single letter: like Kazie and others didn't know ELON and KNEX and took a chance and put ELOM and KMEX instead. But this still was a lot of fun, so many thanks, Neville. And you too, always, Argyle.
ReplyDeleteC.C. many thanks for the Eddy B. story, particularly for what it says about you and your work to keep this blog a community. Thank you.
Welcome, Cin Sub! I think you'll like this!
Yes, I too am sorry for the CARLA and Danny split and thought it was ironic that she was featured today, just as the news broke.
Have a great Tuesday, everybody!
Speaking of Nebraska, the best part of the Nebraska/Ohio State football game this past Saturday may have been the halftime performance of "The Best Damn Band In The Land". The OSU Marching Band gave a video game themed show. I had to ask my nephews to shed some light to some of the characters. The running horse @ 6:00 is very impressive.
ReplyDeleteTake a look.
From Yahoo: The band kicks off with a killer Space Invaders intro, forms into a Pokeball, drops a few Tetris blocks, then segues into a supremely cool Super Mario montage. Halo is next, followed by The Legend of Zelda (featuring an impressive running version of Epona, Link's horse in Ocarina of Time). They round it out with a return to Mario and -- what else -- a little Pac-Man.
Mornin' All!
ReplyDeleteReally easy for me. Filling in so fast, I barely checked the perps. Learned something, though. Don't know from KNEX, and put in OUT FOR in 47A. Had I given it a little thought, I would have gotten the X. Sometimes when something seems terribly easy, I get careless. Oh we'll, live and learn, eh?
Thanks Argyle, nice writeup.
Thanks CC for the wonderful pics and story about Eddy.
Eileen
I enjoyed seeing KNEX in today's puzzle. When I was teaching chemistry, perspective students would often ask about the difference between reg and adv chem. I would tell them that reg chem was like playing with Legos and adv played with Knex. When surveyed, most reg chem students had never heard of Knex but many of the adv students actually had a set. Instead of "red bus" or "short bus" comments (politically incorrect) I would chide particularly obtuse students with comments about them doing Duplo chemistry.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, I think Lego did a huge disservice to our children when they started manufacturing their themed sets. In my classes, kids given a "pirate ship" seldom built anything but the ship. Lego seems to have stifled their creativity, IMHO.
Dang this word processor. It has it's own mind, and I don't catch all it's mistakes. That should be "Oh well, live and learn".
ReplyDeleteThanks Neville for another fine effort, and thanks C.C. for the added Eddy B. stuff, I do remember his hiatus...
ReplyDeleteI like when the key word (AIR) applies to both parts of a compound theme answer. Like Irish Miss, I sashayed right through this one quickly and easily. Your write up was especially witty today, Argyle. GALE with lots of violently rushing AIR,seemed to fit into the AIR theme, too.
ReplyDeleteMy third grade boy students enjoyed my very light, painless noogies without a headlock. A quick rub on the head became a way of saying, “good job." The boys began to use it to congratulate each other. They never tried it with the girls, sensing it was not a girl thing.
Kenny, my grandson, had Knex and many other sets of building toys. He was a very creative builder. His sets totaled hundreds of small pieces. There were pieces everywhere in the house! Thankfully that phase is long past.
My solution to the bar-in-the-back on a sofa bed is to sleep on the sofa without opening it. This is very comfortable for just one person.
I didn’t know Lisa Bonet was such a pill.
I've found that sleeping on a sofa bed is more comfortable if you lie parallel to the bar rather than across it. The party sleeping on the inside must be shorter than 5'10".
ReplyDeleteMOTIF brought to mind Otello, the 1986 movie I watched on Sunday. The MOTIFs were jealousy and deception. I used the English subtitles to appreciate the story, which was based on Verdi's opera, Otello, which itself was based on Shakespeare’s' Othello. I became emotionally involved in the plot, feeling heartbroken for Otello and loathing the treacherous villain, Iago.
ReplyDelete(Iago is a xword staple.)
The music was sublime, especially with Placido Domingo singing the lead. The time just whizzed by. I am a big Verdi fan.
Irish Miss:
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry! See what I mean about my memory?
Blue Iris:
Please see my post @ 9:20.
Yellowrocks, we too saw the Placido Domingo version of 'Otello' recently and I was also blown away by the set. Was it Zefferelli who did that film? He also staged a wonderful 'Romeo and Juliet,' and "Rigolette" a while back. And a 'Midsummernight's Dream," I think. Ah, Shakespeare--the best!
ReplyDelete@ Anony-Mouse 9:04 I believe you are correct about John Mitchell. And Spiro Agnew (VP under Nixon) is the only Vice President to resign the office due to criminal charges. He was replaced by Gerald Ford, who became president when Nixon resigned the presidency. What a time in history!
ReplyDeleteSeen,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to the OSU band. Terrific performance.
Another band I always liked was TEXAs A & M. What precision.
Neville: Thank you for a FUN Tuesday offering. Enjoyed the AIR theme.
ReplyDeleteThough I will admit at 4-D I wondered what-the-hell ... A-MIF was. lol
MOE'S (the Simpsons bar) and KNEX I learned from crosswords.
Like how Rich Norris has repeating anwners days apart, in the grid lately.
As such, I believe ROLEO was a gimmie today for those who had a problem with IT last week.
C.C. Yeah, all during eddyB's hiatus (Yup, Lemon, that's the ticket!) we were emailing back-and-forth about the Blog and open-wheel auto-racing. (Mostly, the BLOG!)
Great to read the later comments from yesterday.
I hope you all get into the habit of "toasting" life (and lost friends) at Sunset.
It's my favorite time of every day.
Cheers !!!
Good afternoon everyone.
ReplyDeleteCin Sub, welcome. And to go blue the first post is awesome.
Thanks for further info about Eddy B, C.C. The reaction from the blog is heartwarming.
Dennis, to do this puzzle in so short a time is amazing. I DNF; the NW corner did me in. Had AM or, not AM IF. And couldn't decide between rugs or tarp. And was thinking something about towels or toilets. Grrr. Got all the rest, though.
Cheers
It was 49° F with a 20 mph north wind blowing dust and intermittent rain sprinkles and what did I say? Fore! Addicted? Who’s addicted? Just home and had a great bowl of Joann’s chili. Life is good.
ReplyDeleteMusings 2
-Yup, it was Wimpy. Those hamburger bills are coming due for our country.
-Amen, annony-mouse! Everyone has positive qualities if we will but take the time to listen.
-Scroll down to #4 at 11 authors who hated the movie treatment of their work to see more info on Forest Gump.
-Welcome Cin Sub, our learning here is far and wide and sometimes outside of the purview of our nattering nabobs of negativity.
-The Huskers got killed in the ’92 Orange Bowl and I thought to myself, “Well at least the half-time shows are always good.” You guessed it, it got rained out. All the wiring on that rainy field was too dicey.
-This K’NEX Coaster sat in my science room for years
-Yeah, Sfingi, my uncles would get me and my brother in a headlock and then dig their knuckles into our crew cuts for Dutch rubs and call us little girls if we protested. That would precede tickling us until we couldn’t get our breaths. My perspective from 55 years in the future sees that as child abuse.
-What movie had Biff giving noogies to George?
Hello everybody. Nice puzzle today, with some great fill, as some of you already pointed out. PYGMY is *such* a neat-o word. So is SATYR. Hand up for wavering then WAGging the N at the cross of ELON and KNEX, the former of which I should have remembered and the latter of which I never heard of in the first place. I can now remember ELON by the mnemonic of the name of Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of Tesla Motors, a name that is well recognized around here.
ReplyDeleteC.C., thank you for your comments about and references to EddyB. I remember his generosity, and how he got people to pitch in to buy fermatprime a Kindle.
I like Jason Bateman; I think he has great comedic talent. I used to have a crush on his sister Justine. I wonder what ever became of her; I'll have to do some googling to find out.
My wife and I sleep parallel to the bar on our son's sofabed when we visit him and his family. She's petite enough to fit comfortably.
Best wishes to you all.
Husker:
ReplyDeletePlaying golf when it's 49° F would be considered "cruel and unusual punishment" for this Floridian.
Plus, at that temp. water (and MOI) "freezes" here. lol
Was it "Back-to-the-Future" with the Biff noogies?
Hi everybody. I remain saddened by the news of eddyB though I didn't know him except from his posts. What about all the other people who used to post regularly but don't anymore? I hope they're all doing well.
ReplyDeleteI wrote earlier about my experience when the space shuttle flew directly over our house. Here is a video of the end of its final flight taken from one of the F-18s. It's long but it's a beautiful recording of the shuttle's last flight. SPACE SHUTTLE
I'm finding it hard to believe after all the times we've had ELON people still don't remember it. ETON on the east side of the Atlantic and ELON on this side.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Argyle. That's a helpful way to remember them, too.
ReplyDeleteSome things just don't stick in my mind no matter how many times I've encountered them. I don't know why.
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ReplyDelete-Tin, weather here is just like golf, you have to play it where it lies. Pull out your SOFA BED this winter and I’ll see if I can’t make it down for a few rounds.
-Biff Noogies
-Off to Lincoln to watch Lincoln High School Volleyball!
Greetings Bloggers,
ReplyDelete1st, i must salute Neville Fogarty, i finished your puzzle easily, & then tried to ascertain the theme. I always have trouble with themes, but did not expect what happened today. I mistook the 1st (") in 23a as a (*), & thought it part of the theme. It made sense, "airman", but for the life of me, i went nuts trying to figure out what an "airbate" is...
2nd, re: eddyb (oh frack, i know it's small "b" but do i capitalize the "E"?) I finished my research into the archives (i hope) & discovered that the hiatus was indeed a misunderstanding. My intent was to provide dates for reference to someone i did not know, but in the process discovered some of you are in desperate need of my silliness!
Those dates i will leave forgotten, as they should be. However, on 9/14/2010 it is discovered that Eddyb was secretly blogging as "dilbert." What scares me most is that Dennis pinned him out almost right away! (dang it Dennis, how did you do it?) (Never mess with a Marine!) Eddy's 1st blog return as "EddyB" was not until 11/23/10 @ 3:10pm due to password problems.
What i am trying to say, is that the dates are not important. Just reading all those old Blogs gave me an insight into my naivete.
Also, i tried to get DW to let me open the macallan last nite, saying it was a special occasion, trying to explain the CW Blog, but she did not buy it!
Disclaimer: the last paragraph is not true, but for entertainment purposes only. & if i went over 20 lines,,, bite me!
( i get the feeling my next post will be as "DilbertB!")
Yeah, Jayce, it's like sitting with the puzzle in front of me, trying to think of a word I knew yesterday and will remember tomorrow but for right now, pffft.
ReplyDeleteMisty @ 11:02, yes the magnificent staging for Otello was done by Zefferelli. I'll have to view the other films you mentioned. Thanks for the tip.
ReplyDeleteWhen I see Irish Miss's and Misty's names in the same blog I always mix them together and think of Irish Mist liqueur. It's yummy as an after dinner drink alongside a cup of coffee.
Another great after dinner drink is Irish coffee made with Jamesons or Bushmills.
A fantastic variation on real Irish coffee is to use Irish Mist. In that case you need no sugar.
A. I agree, the slipperiness of ELON amazes me, we have had it scores of times.
ReplyDeleteRest in Peace also John Lennon who lived only until he was 40 and has been gone 32 years already.
Finally, do you know why a duffel bag is a duffel bag?
Lemon:
ReplyDeleteThe name comes from Duffel, a town in Belgium where the thick cloth used to make the bag originated. (per wiki)
Yellowrocks:
Another great after dinner (before dinner, during dinner) drink is Pinch.
Of course it is also great as a "break-of-day" eye-opener.
Perfect as an alternate to the mid-morning "coffee break."
Goes with practically any kind of sandwich at lunch.
I guess you could say it's a 24/7, 365 thingy.
Cheers!
Lucina @ 11:00 - Not to worry; we all have those "moments."
ReplyDeleteYR @ 2:59 - My choice of Irish Miss is a play on Irish Mist. In fact, there is an Irish pub nearby called the Irish Mist. (Troy has a large Irish population.)
Speaking of Irish, Windhover, I have been meaning to ask you if your wife's name is Irish or is it just a nickname?
Yes, Elon many times as well as that darned ice cream Edy's and Esai Morales of La Bamba. Why can't I REMEMBER them? I needed the "X" today and asked my DH, who does not care about xwords, what he thought of for 47A and in 2 seconds said "outfox" I too had to abandon lego and have never heard of k'nex.
ReplyDeleteAlso did not take the time to read 61D carefully , so did not see that air went with both words. Guess I'm in a hurry to get the puzzle finished so I can visit you guys.
Ended up lifting my glass for everyone of Jayce's birthdays. :-)
Just kidding, only half.
As I watched the clip that Argyle posted of Forrest Gump walking from the Huey, I wondered, "What happened to my duffel bag ?" Not that I need it now...
ReplyDeleteTinbeni, was hoping it would eventually come out. Maybe I'm the only one that doesn't know. What is a Pinch ?
I know that it (also) may get you a slap in the face if you employ it in the wrong place or on the wrong target. Not knowledge gained from personal experience, mind you.
I think I recall that Earl Campbell and Walt Garrison (among others) used to put "A pinch between my cheek and gum." That was also a different kind of pinch.
Is it a specialty drink or mix ?
CED, it's really pretty simple how I knew it was eddyB: those of us who have administrative privileges on the blog get much more information when a post is made. We not only see the poster's real name, but also his/her address, phone number, and at least two pictures in the nude. Some of you may not have heard of salads...
ReplyDeleteOk, be honest - who screamed?
aaaaggghhhh!
ReplyDeleteTTP, "Pinch" is one of my favorite brands of scotch, comes in a teardrop-shaped bottle with a pinch in the side.
ReplyDeleteBill G. The Endeavour went right over our house, too. We are 1000 feet up and it passed over just about 200 ft above us. Very exciting, as we stood on our roof waving.
Thank you AriadneArts
ReplyDeleteDennis, hope the closing went well.
I thought that the administrators might have vis to the posting IP.
Tinbeni, you don't disappoint. When I posted that I fully expected to be "pinched." With all that pinching 24/7, please don't drive. You’ll be slapped….. with a DUI. LOL
ReplyDeletewhat's wrong with Hearti?
ReplyDeleteDennis,
ReplyDeletebased on the tone of your post I can assume the closing went well. You and your spouse use it in good health and good cheer, always.
You should never tell them about executive privilege
Dennis,,,LOL!
ReplyDelete( but to be honest, i did not get the last line... was it Wilhelm? )
I was not a student of history until
i came to this Blog, & wanted to learn more... All i was trying to do was follow in EddyBs footprints, but that was before i knew he stepped in (expletive deleted!)
As a peace offering, that i am sure Eddy would appreciate, let me offer "Mushroom Fred."
Thanks, guys, and yes, closing went very smoothly, considering it was a VA process. I am finally, after at least a decade of shooting for it, a Florida homeowner. We're going out tonight with the sellers to celebrate.
ReplyDeleteAnd Lemonade, you're right about the Executive Privileges; good thing I left out the part about the bedroom cams, huh?
Tin:
ReplyDeleteIt sounded Dutch not du Belgique.
YR: When I was a teen, learning to drive, my Father worked for AAA.
ReplyDeleteAs such, all my life I heard the "Don't drink and drive!" ... "Don't drink and drive!"
Of course, I probably replied: "Then how am I going to get anywhere?" lol
I use the Airline pilot guide: 8 hours between Pinch and the CR-Z.
TTP: Pinch scotch is also know as Dimple.
Dennis: Congrats on becoming a Floridian. (Easy requirements, we let in anybody!)
Have you had your first indoor palmetto-bug experience? They're FUN aren't they?
AriadneArts: Hope you enjoy some Dimple-Pinch at Sunset.
Cheers !!!
Good evening, C.C., Argyle, et al. It's always nice to drop in and leave a constructor's remark or two.
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time for the write-up, Argyle, despite running late. Enjoyed the not-so-flattering photo of Jason BATEMAN. :)
The other entry theme I tried to fit in was FORCE OUT, but couldn't make room for it or find a partner symmetrically. It was a shame, sine a friend in the USAF inspired this puzzle!
I grew up with Legos & K'nex... loved 'em both! Here's a cool little K'nex device for those of you unfamiliar with it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pn3mGamDus
Cheers,
Neville
Neville, very cool K'nex machine. I don't know why, but I've enjoyed TinkerToys and Erector Sets, etc. but never heard of K'nex. It looks very cool. Maybe it's something fun I could do with Jordan.
ReplyDeleteHoly Moley, i don't know why but it reminds me of a scene from Forbidden Planet! Clip
ReplyDeleteI bought Knex for my kids. We made many things together. The last thing we made was a motorcycle. Of all the things we made, i could not let them disassemble it. (that motorcycle is still on the top shelf of my closet where they could not reach it!)
Oh crap, i don't remember the 5:52 post! It doesn't count as one of the 5 if i don't remember it? does it???
ReplyDeleteHmm, wait a sec, CrossEyedDave is not in Blue...
OMG! does this mean that all those freakin Anon's were Administrators>???
Probably this is off-topic, but in a very old post I noticed someone mention solving the LATimes puzzle on their iPad. I would like to do this, since my local newspaper (The Daily Collegian) has recently switched from the LATimes puzzle to a not-as-interesting one. Can anyone here clue me in how how to access the puzzle via an iPad?
ReplyDeleteThanks for any help.
P.S. Those who like anagrams may have fun with my handle.
Dennis: any administrator who uploads a nude photo of me will hurt worse than I do from that--a real glutton for punishment, is all I gotta say! Probably go blind.
ReplyDeleteI just got some pictures of my niece's wedding in Florida. She had a lovely white strapless ankle-length gown trimmed with red. With it she wore red tennis shoes. The groom also wore red tennies. You need a great sense of humor or a lot of liquor to live in Florida, I guess. I spent her wedding day pouting because I couldn't go.
YR: You are the only female I ever heard of who gives nuggies. I thought only guys did that. Another boy's club frontier crossed!
CED: I will never visit my husband's grave again!
Yellowrocks 2:59pm,
ReplyDeleteI don't how Irish Miss feels about your comment, but I'm flattered to remind folks of a liqueur! Makes me feel totally classy--pretty nice for a sundown toast to Tinbeni and the rest of the blog! (Of course, my drink is cheap Bogle Merlot).
Dave, you get what you asked for then question it??
ReplyDeleteMonsippi Warfisco, I hope you get the help you need.
Irish Miss:
ReplyDeleteAnswered your question by Email.
Dennis or Argyle:
Could you send me some copies of my pics? I lost all mine when my last iPhone got wet and died.
Sorry Windhover, I sold them to Farming Magazine for their next centerfold.
ReplyDeleteI tried that and nearly was arrested for sending offensive materials through the mail.
ReplyDeleteDamn Dennis,
ReplyDeleteI wasn't talking about the ones with the sheep. :)
what a fun bunch. thanks dennis, argyle and larry and all
ReplyDeleteYou guys all crack me up!
ReplyDeleteNeville, thanks for a fun puzzle and the link to the K'nex device. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteMonsippi, I do the puzzles on my iPad. In fact I'm on the iPad now. I don't know how to do the puzzles offline...
Can you get online on your iPad? If so, it's no different than doing them on your computer.
CED 4:56, You totally crack me up--"Go ahead, act natural" Indeed! Lol.
Tinbeni, I have an ongoing engagement on Tuesday nights, so I was unavailable at sunset, but here's a nightcap toast to you and all--Cheers!
Ariadne, thanks for your reply. Are you doing the puzzle online at the LATimes website? When I open games.latimes.com/games/daily-crossword/daily-crossword.aspx in Safari on the iPad, the puzzle never appears. I believe this is because the iPad doesn't support flash-based apps. I get the same result (i.e. none) at the Chicago Tribune. Are you accessing it with a different browser, or via some other URL?
ReplyDeleteMonsippi: my sincere apologies. IVe been doing so many puzzles, my mind is getting ferfoffled, lol.
ReplyDeleteYour are right--the iPad doesn't accept certain (Adobe) flash-based apps. I do the LAT dailies in the paper itself, then I get online for the blog.
These last two days, I HAVE been doing the Curious
Conundrum cw's online (air-lite)--no doubt part of the source of my confusion. Again, sorry for the mixup, and welcome to the blog.
It's daybreak here, so I'm going out in my yard to fetch the paper and begin today's (Oct 10) puzzle.
Have a good one!
Thanks Ariadne. In my search I found both flash and java apps for the LA Times puzzle. Neither is supported on iPad as best I can tell. I guess I will have to settle for doing the puzzle on a laptop.
ReplyDeleteI have found the Sunday LA Times puzzle online in a printable form, but not the daily. My solving preference is (1) iPad, (2) paper, (3) laptop.
Thanks for the welcome. I am unlikely to be much of a match for the rest of you from a solving standpoint. Though I have enjoyed many games and puzzles in my time (and have had a few published), I never was much into crosswords until this year. My dad was a long time solver though, and during the last couple months of his life earlier this year, when he was bedridden, I was scanning puzzles from the paper and enlarging them so he could do them. When he got too weak to be able to hold a clipboard and write, I ended up being his hands.
And that's how I got hooked on the LA Times puzzle. It is only now that the local paper has switched to a different puzzle that I have come to appreciate how clever the Times puzzle is.
Monsippi: sorry to hear about your father. How wonderful of you to go to all that trouble to help him continue the cw's he loved. And now, this seems to be his legacy to you!
ReplyDeleteDon't worry about being "much of a match" here. I am new here too. Everyone is very welcoming and helpful. I'm learning so much and having so much more fun than in all the years I did the cw's in isolation.
Enjoy :-)
Eileen
Bad Jokes (don't cha jes' love 'em).
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