Words: 72
Blocks: 29
Coming to you LIVE from Philadelphia, PA, it's the Saturday solving duo
of Splynter and Mike (we're out here doing a kitchen remodel). Fun
solve today, with a lot of "hot" clechos "*". Tricky & chunky 7-letter corners, with two 14-letter spanners, and two 11-letter climbers.
33. 2010 film about George VI : THE KING'S SPEECH - I didn't see the movie, but my mother enjoyed it. IMDb
39. Not related : BESIDE THE POINT - usually in conversations
10. Tots' coolers : KIDDIE POOLS - sometimes, adults, too; and I needed its related clue to get it: 3. Filler of 10-Down : GARDEN HOSE
24. Took an informal survey : ASKED AROUND
!~DRAW-NO
ACROSS:
1. Style associated with Prince Valiant : PAGEBOY - the haircut
8. It may hold old records : JUKEBOX - I said to Mike "seven-letter word, "K" in the third...and he just says "jukebox". I was of a "File-a-fax" mentality
15. Oakland's county : ALAMEDA
16. Duds on a field : UNIFORM - not firecracker duds
17. Layered German dessert : STRUDEL - who's got the best recipe~!?
18. Bouquet item : RED ROSE
19. Covers, as a bare spot : SODS
20. Substantial, sumwise : TIDY
22. Overly possessive type? : DEMON - Anyone else like the movie 'Constantine'~?
23. Get on : AGE
24. Not berthed : ASEA
25. Point : AIM
26. Long runs : TEN-Ks - Ah. Thought it was TEARS first, then TREKS
28. Fabric ridge : WALE - not SEAM
30. "Listen, ewe!" : BAA - Har-Har~!!
37. "If all goes well" : I HOPE SO
38. Tops with tops : HOODIES
41. Field fare, briefly : MRE - Meals, Ready-to-Eat
42. Surface statistic : AREA
43. Sanctioned : LEGIT
45. Heat source? : IRE
46. Shiloh battlers : REBS - Civil War soldiers
49. One of two teams to join the NCAA Big 12 in 2012 : TCU - Texas Christian University, and their "Horned Frogs"
50. Dance popularized by Perez Prado : MAMBO - Love this song, featured on Ocean's Eleven soundtrack
53*. Emanating heat : SEXY - Oh yeah, this is emanating heat; and one for the ladies
54*. Result of excessive heat : CHAR
55. Jungle movie costume : APE SUIT - LOIN CLOTH didn't fit; and they both make you hot; one's too much fabric, one's too little....
57. "Argo" director : AFFLECK - Ben
59. Strength : POTENCY
60*. Heat measure : CALORIE
61. Singlet synthetic : SPANDEX
62. Work that ends badly : TRAGEDY
DOWN:
1. Jetta relative : PASSAT - Volkswagen cars
2. Utterly : ALTOGETHER
4. Runners with striped chicks : EMUS
5. Dream world? : BED
6. "Golden Boy" playwright : ODETS
7. New Haven matriculator : YALIE - students at the Connecticut college
8. Dozen in a box : JURY - good clue/answer
9. Sorbonne one : UNE - French
11. First name in violinists : EFREM - Zimbalist; bio here; his granddaughter is more in my wheelhouse, and I love her name - Stephanie
12. Good time : BOOM
13. Not quite on the dot : OR SO....
14. Group that battles Magneto : X-MEN - I have sideburns; occasionally, I am asked why I am going with the "Wolverine" look
21. Dippy __: original name of Disney's Goofy : DAWG
25. Journalist Stewart or Joseph : ALSOP - I linked these guys a couple of weeks ago
27*. Soldier's chapeau : KEPI - I linked a pic of this not too long ago, too; it had some heat, too
29. Court legend : ASHE - Arthur of the tennis courts
30. Showing one's support : BEING THERE
31. Main component of vinegar : ACETIC ACID
32. Patient replies : AHs - "open wide"
34. France's Grenoble-__ Airport : ISERE
35. Eminence : NOTE
36. Sedgwick portrayed in "Factory Girl" : EDIE
37. Company with an Extreme Blue internship program : IBM - International Business Machines, also known as "Big Blue" - gave it away for me
40. March __ : HARE
44. Flop : TURKEY
45. "When We Dead Awaken" was his last play : IBSEN
47. Better than close : EXACT
48. Without a doubt : BY FAR
50. Boundary showers : MAPS - "Show me the boundary~!"
51. Not collectively : A POP
52. Prefix with fiction : META - "Don Quixote" is considered an example; more here
53. "Paradise Lost" river : STYX
54. Tub trouble : CLOG - ick
56. Rocks : ICE - Easy, Tin, easy, it's just a clue....
58. Hollywood's st. : FLA - the "other" Hollywood - map
On the drive over the Verrazano Bridge, you can see the Freedom Tower progress
Splynter
68 comments:
Greetings!
Reasonable Sat. offering, Doug. Thanks! Fine discussion, Splynter!
Decided to see it through after entering THE KING'S SPEECH. So persevered until it was all put in. A few WAGS.
Need sleep badly. No meals after 2 pm Thurs. as somehow the small fridge in my room was turned way up. Did not trust the food. So couldn't go to sleep. "Today" ate too much at 11 pm--Harv came and prepared organic hamburger and mushrooms. Too full! Can't win.
Cheers!
PS Thanks CED for "Cats."
Morning, all!
Nice Saturday challenge today. Lots of misdirections and a fair amount of semi-obscurities (ALSOP, ISERE, TCU, ALAMEDA, EFREM, EDIE), but I kept chipping away at it and eventually got it done.
Favorite misdirection was "Dozen in a box" for JURY. Least favorite mistake on my part was LICIT for LEGAL, since that messed me up for quite awhile.
Nice to see KEPI clued "properly" this time, btw. I got really flummoxed when it was clued as "Old railway operator's hat" last time around.
This week's puzzles have been great, so thought I should tackle Saturday's. I haven't done so poorly on a puzzle in a long time. I used red letter help to fill in many squares, but I feel it was a good learning experience.
So, the enjoyment for the morning was reading Splynter's expo. Thanks a bunch! It made my effort at solving worth it.
Back in cold, windy MT,
Montana
Good morning!
This one seemed easier that a typical Saturday -- definitely easier than a Silkie. I allot a full half-hour for Saturday/Sunday puzzles, and this one came in at half of that.
Liked seeing the KIDDIE POOLS / GARDEN HOSE combo. In fact, all of the long answers were nice. I don't think we've seen ACETIC ACID before. I let the perps decide the LEGAL/LICIT argument.
Rainy/gloomy here this morning. I think that'll put the kibosh on the morning "march."
Thank you Doug Peterson and thank you Splynter. This was a real challenge and perps helped. Was funny that I got the long theme answers and had to fill in the grid around them, and I had more tie with shorter fills than the long ones.
8D Dozen in a box was not eggs. I knew that was too obvious, but put it in anyway, just to disprove it a few seconds later. Liked Duds on a field = UNIFORM and Overly possessive type = DEMON. Liked many of the clues and answers. Had Licit before Legit. Knew Alameda from watching Raiders games. Got Affleck only because WGN TV Entertainment reporter Dean Richards gave his top 5 picks of 2012 yesterday, rating Argo # 1 and raving about Affleck's directing skill in keeping the viewer entranced even when the real life event and outcome was so well publicized.
37A Extreme Blue... extreme to big and then to Big Blue = IBM. I think they are big in the mid Hudson Valley. I know my nephew did his internship with IBM in San Jose.
Happy Whipped Cream Day !
Hope everyone has a great day.
DO, yes, I found this easy for a Saturday, too, once I got a toe hold with WALE, DAWG, and THE KINGS SPEECH. TENKS puzzled me, but the perps were solid. OOH! TEN-K'S.
I have always found 43 A SANCTIONED to be a strange word because it can have two almost opposite meanings.
1.Give official permission or approval for (an action). LEGIT
2.Impose a sanction or penalty on.
Decidedly not LEGIT.
Least favorite "word"? TENKS. I kept repeating it, hoping it would makes sense. Tenks? Tenks?
To paraphrase Ogden Nash, no tenks!
[22:11]
Yellowrocks, I had never considered that sanctioned does have nearly opposing meanings. I guess I've always read and interpreted it within the context of the sentence or paragraph. But standalone, it could be ambiguous.
TENKS was one of those short answers that took a while to parse. Just needed the K and had to walk the alphabet to get it. As soon as my mind vocalized K, I knew that was the answer.
As to OED and WHOM yesterday. Duh on my part. I thought the clue was the definition or acronym for colloquialisms to be taken out of use. After reading some of the blog posts, it became clear.
Good morning Splynter, C.C. et al.
Wonderful expo as always, Splynter! The best recipe I have for Strudel is to go to the Vienna Restaurant in town...they make their own, and it is even better than some I have had in Austria!
I loved the clue for HOODIES: "Tops with tops." That one had me going for a while. But Like D-otto, I finished in about half the usual time.
Today we take down the last of the Christmas decorations outdoors. It has been so cold and windy, neither one of us has been inclined to go out there and tackle that chore. Today is going to get up into the 30's, and feels balmy in comparison to the past week. Have a great day, everyone!
I'm still busy as a one armed paper hanger. Yesterday I prepared a ladies' lunch set for 11:00 am. We gabbed until 5:30. It was very relaxing and lots of fun.
I just now returned from the gym and have to dress for a memorial service for a good friend's husband who died from Parkinson's, a dreadful disease in the last stages. He was in bad shape for several years.
Then off to the mall to buy a gift and shear these shaggy locks.
TTP, context helps, but not always. "My boss sanctions two hour lunches." Does he approve of them or impose penalties?
Maybe I’ll write more this evening. As president, I still have square dance club typing to do this afternoon.
Yellowrocks from Kathy
Good morning everyone. Greeat intro, Splynter.
Really a thought provoker, today, but ultimately doable using mostly ordinary words. Worked it from the inside out startingf with THE KINGS SPEECH. Guessed at ALAMEDA, ODETS, and IBSEN. AT 26a settled for TENKS, and learned here we were talking about TEN K'S. D'uh. Great job, Doug.
With all the 'heat' in the puzzle today, I submit this quote:
I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue:
'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.'
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Good day!
Terrific analysis, Splynter, and good ladies's link. Thank you.
Sashaying on a Saturday! Unbelievable! Clever misdirections that seemed daunting but in fact were not.
I agree Argo is a really good movie and Ben AFFLECK did a fine job directing. The suspense was riveting even though the outcome was known. Loved THE KING'S SPEECH.
Well done, Doug Peterson, thank you.
Have a lovely Saturday, everyone!
DNF, though Googling my Saturday usual dozen, same as a Silkie. The JURY dozen was clever.
Ball before BOOM, Isaac before EFREM.
For TURKEY, I was guessing -U-K it, what one might say if one has a flop.
Isn't LEGIT an abrev.? Pretty soon the language will be a collection of same.
BEING THERE is a must see movie.
I live in HOODIES. Hope no one shoots me. Since I'm under 5' they'll think I'm a kid, so I guess I'm ok.
I didn't understand NOTE of DEMON.
New to your blog. Really enjoyed the discussion. Must bookmark this site.
Games magazine always had a crossword puzzle where you could choose easy or hard clues. This had the latter for even easy fill (EMU, JURY, TURKEY, MAPS!, et al). Makes for a fun Saturday, Doug! Splynter’s (Have hammer, will travel) blog closes the circle.
Musings
-It’s amazing how pols can duck a straight answer and get to something that is BESIDE THE POINT so effortlessly
-I have an air compressor to mostly inflate KIDDIE POOLS and blow out my sprinklers. Pool is filled many hours in advance to let it warm up!
-The Oakland-ALAMEDA Stadium is home to the A’s and the Raiders
-Toaster STRUDEL don’t quite get it done unless you’re AGED 7
-We just cashed in an old IRA we had forgotten about for a TIDY sum
-Forest Gump’s boat shrimp boat Jenny survived because it was AT SEA and not Tethered
-My Grandfather McManame fought the REBS at Shiloh
-Don’t like who’s in your football conference? Wait a few minutes.
-I just saw The Pink Panther scene with the guy driving in the APE SUIT!
-I’m in the middle - I did not know Efrem Zimbalist Sr. but only Jr. (77 Sunset Strip) and do not know of Stephanie.
-BEING THERE was an amazing movie
-We physics peeps prefer EXACT to OR SO
-I wonder if the Freedom Tower is having trouble getting tenants
Outstanding Saturday offering. Really, really good. Thank you.
"First name in violinists : EFREM - Zimbalist; bio here; his granddaughter is more in my wheelhouse, and I love her name - Stephanie"
I liked Stephanie and Pierce Brosnan in "Remington Steele." One of my favorite shows growing up.
"Overly possessive type? : DEMON - Anyone else like the movie 'Constantine'~?"
No.
"Dozen in a box : JURY - good clue/answer"
Indeed.
Qli, I forgot the NCAA Division 1 football championship game is today. We are cheering for the NDSU Bisons to win again.
Montana
Good morning:
While this wasn't exactly a walk in the park, I thought it was easier than the usual Saturday fare. Liked the clues for jukebox, jury, and hoodies. Thanks, Doug, for a fun romp and thanks, Splynter, for a great expo.
It is sunny and warmer (30's) today but quite windy. Better than the arctic blast we had during the week.
Have a great Saturday.
Montana, Where are three coaches who the Huskers fired?
-Craig Bohl is coaching NDSU for its second consecutive FCS Championship today
-Frank Solich’s Ohio Bobcats won the Independence Bowl
-Shawn Watson was the offensive coordinator for Louisville in its bowl win over Florida
Go Bison!
Haven't been to a theatre in years, so 33A was ENGLISH PATIENT. If you aren't related, you must be a TOTAL STRANGER.
Prince Valiant's style? I was thinking the drawing style of the cartoonist at first. A CONSOLE held my old records. Duds on the field were the BEE TEAM or possibly the CEE TEAM, not unexploded ammunition like a few days ago. FLORETS were my bouquet item.
A NIB has a point as does an END, which worked with my WADING POOL. My heat source was down in FLA, then the good old SUN. Misread 11D as first name in violins, omitting the ist.
Not certain whether just BEING THERE is much of a sign of support. ON TOP is better than just close.
Many corrections were made this fine morning.
Totally happy with this Saturday puzzle, even though I had trouble with the East side and finally had to cheat to get it done. But I loved the misdirections and was excited that I got the whole West without any problem at all. So many thanks, Doug, and you too, Splynter and Mike, for a "hot" write-up.
Busy weekend. We are going to try to see "Argo" today at a movie theater with great handicap access. (Had to look up AFFLECK, even though the papers have been gushing about "Argo" for weeks).
Have a great Saturday, everybody!
My first pass resulted in a mostly blank page. Little by little, chipped away, bit by bit. Liked JURY,hand up for wondering what TENKS are (originally had TREKS), finally had to google 3 clues, but its done! NE and SW were the last to fall. Once I got JURY, the rest filled in nicely. I wanted TANGO for MAMBO, but once I got that fixed, the whole grid was filled. Nice puzzle today!
Husker,
Sounds like your college team fired some good coaches.
Bet the schools that hired them are satisfied with their choices.
Montana
Addendum
We went to the movie Parental Guidance last night and it was about as schlocky as you would think but it did have some interesting themes for those of us of a certain age about
-Leaving a job after many years with no real other job to go to
-Being grandparents who, in desperation, are asked to take care of grandkids when they have very different child rearing philosophies (emotionally vs methodically)
-Grandparents seeing their grandkids after a year and trying to become not just “the other grandparents”
-Daughter having issues with how she was raised, particularly with dad, which makes her not want her parents to be around her kids unsupervised
Of course it all comes out in the end as the kids learn to love their old fashioned grandparents and even go outside and get dirty, the young girl learns it’s okay to not have to play the violin under parental pressure after grandma sees the inner girl, the middle boy miraculously loses his stutter from inspiration from his grandpa, the youngest, disrespectful, rude boy suddenly decides to get over his imaginary friend under grandpa’s influence, yada yada.
How 'bout a little Pérez Prado from 1958. Remember Patricia?
Hello everybody. I liked this puzzle a lot; it was a great pleasure to work on it and solve it. Top-notch fill, excellent cluing, and nary a "clunker" to be found. A fine construction indeed.
Had the same double-take reaction to TENKS as you all did.
ALAMEDA was a gimme, as was AFFLECK. I hate that the sound of that demonic Aflac duck possesses my mind when I read or hear Mr. Affleck's name. So who's got more chin: Ben Affleck or Jude Law?
ISAAC was also my first choice for violinist, but UNIFORM and REDROSE revealed EFREM.
RED ROSE is my favorite tea.
The fabric industry sure has lots of W's in its terminology: woof, weft, warp, wale, not to mention wash and wear.
Best wishes to you all.
Good afternoon, everyone! Thanks for the mental work-out today, Doug. Needed red-letter help to finish, but a thoroughly enjoyable outing. Great expo, Splynter and Mike. Will be signing “Mama Loves to Mambo” the rest of the day.
THE KINGS SPEECH was a gimme. Terrific movie, well worth the time if you haven’t seen it yet. (Husker Gary – sounds like I should add Being There to my NetFlix queue.) Loved the misdirection with Dozen in a Box = JURY, and Overly Possessive Type? = DEMON. Don’t follow college sports much, so 49A needed every perp. IBSEN at 45D was a WAG that paid off.
Spitzboov, absolutely loved the Eleanor Roosevelt quote! What an amazing woman she was, and a fine sense of humor to boot.
Saturday chores are calling. Have a great weekend all!
The President's Speech
Hi Y'all, Started this puzzle and after a half hour was still ASEA so had lunch. After another 45 minutes, lost patience and came here. Usual Saturday, except I'm proud to have all the long ones except the last half of39A. Thanks Splynter & Mike!
I stuck to "eggs" to the bitter end. Had "greenry" in my bouquet & "freezerpops" for the tot cooler for awhile. Did finally suss KIDDIEPOOLS.
Took two MAPS to see that weird ALAMEDA Co. boundary included Oakland. Had PASSAT & EMUS.
Got TEN K'S okay because I'd recently talked to my 12-yr-old grandson who had run a charity 5 K and came in 2nd overall first time out with no training. He'd been competitive swimming all summer so was in good shape. His mom was walking it and took the boys to watch. He asked if he could run it because watching was boring. Next: a 10K.
Got a OK Thunder HOODIE from my grandson's who live in OK. Will wear it cold nights to watch OK play.
ferm-at-prime
glad to see you got rid of that dog!
Loved Spitz's Eleanor Roosevelt speech, the modified King's Speech clip from Pas de chat, and DO's "Patricia". Have we had another such down to earth first lady as Eleanor since--until we get to Michelle Obama?
Thanks too for the explanation of METAfiction. HUH? The explanation was almost harder to understand than the word. I sorta got it. Too far-out pseudointellectual. I had "mega".
Count me in the crowd that didn't find this one easy. Th NE nearly did me in. Eggs didn't fool me cuz I had tidy, but it took forever to come up with jury. Finally I finished, but nearly gave up.
Also count me as a vote for Being There. Strange flick, but if you enjoy Peter Sellers' offbeat humor, it's time we'll spent. Also enjoyed The King's Speech, even though I sure didn't expect to based on the description. And I even stuttered as a kid. But after seeing it had to agree it deserved all the accolades.
pas de chat:
Loved the clip. Can't wait for that movie! LOL
Jayce:
Those W's went through my mind, too, except wash and wear. Funny.
Happy Saturday. I'm on the side with Montana, Avg Joe and others. I would never have finished without red letters. And Pas, what a great video! I wonder how and why it got made.
Here's a great link to old gas stations and old cars. Oldies.
BillG.: Great old cars!
When I kept books for the Buick dealership, I enjoyed handing the title papers for the new or used vehicle to the new owner. The salesman would hand them the keys. Almost without exception, the owner would start to grin broadly. New wheels! Couldn't wait to drive it grinning all the way home.
The owner's son worked as a car salesman. His wife was a social climber and didn't think the job was very high class. He'd make remarks about being "only a car salesman" synonymous with "stupid". One day I said, "No you are not, you are an American Dream Facilitator. What is more representative of the American Dream than driving off in a new car?"
He looked at me, grinned big and said, "Tell that to my wife." I did and we never heard another disparaging word. Today he owns the place. His American dream. Hope she's satisfied.
Bill G:
Those photos are fantastic!
How could the station employ all those people on 5 cents a gallon?
That's when they were "service stations".
Dad worked at a Shell station in the 50's. My brother and I used to walk over and bring him lunch Mom made.
He'd give us each a nickel and we'd get an ice cold bottle of Coke from the cooler.
I can still remember the taste after walking over during the summer.
Opened his own "Signal" station later and then it was Exxon.
What a pleasing puzzle. A thing of beauty. I've done my share of filling grids, but how folks like Doug can write these puzzles with all that wide open space and not have a single crappy entry is beyond my ken. I'm not the jealous type, but my goodness, this kind of stuff makes me envious as hell.
Those car pics were great Bill. I only saw one '62 Ford, my first car, but saw a few more '57 Chevys, my second. Even Tucker was featured ( sort of...didn't see any cars, but the sign was there). Nice trip down memory lane.
I enjoyed today's write-up from the Splendid Splynter. Gotta love a baby emu picture.
@Montana - I was up in your neck of the woods (Bozeman) over Christmas. Too bad I no longer own any winter clothing...
@Jerome - I'm blushing!
Thanks to all for the comments.
Eleanor Roosevelt also had a great quote about the Marines: "The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!”
A most astute lady, lol.
I spent most of the morning driving my youngest to Paramus High School to be tested for admittance into the Regents. Both her older sisters participated in parts of the All State Choir. I will have to link a video of them singing one day.
Got to the puzzle late afternoon, & i must say i was puzzled! But even though it was a Saturday, i think i gave up to soon. Every answer that came up had me scratching my head saying, i should have known that!
I take it as a sign that i am ready to devote an entire day to solving a Saturday Stumper!
Since i have no idea what to link about being confused, join me in scratching your head over this...
(click the arrow button to get the video going.)
Hola Everyone, After filling in the entire NW corner with hardly a pause, I came to a screeching halt with Jury and Jukebox.
I had the long answers in and like TTP the short answers around the long fills were the ones that gave me problems. I had to come to the blog and read Splynter's writeup to get all the answers today. But as others have said,"It is a learning experience."
I'm sore and cranky today. I went back tot he gym after three weeks and today I can tell that my sloth was not good for me.
Yellowrocks, Just this past month one of our employees had a brain stimulus implant to help him with Parkinson's problems. The electrodes will stimulate those areas of the brain that have been affected by his Parkinsons. Rather like a pace maker, but a bit more complicated as you can imagine. He's hoping to be able to walk on his own again. They say that he may go back to what he was like two years ago. Time will tell. He's still in the hospital recuperating.
In another unrelated post, I have to go to a fancy restaurant for dinner. I never know what to order...
Ray William Johnson, =3, posted this extreme cow tipping. He expressed his like of the collective moo, & said none of the cows were hurt, & made it safely to the slaughterhouse...
I think i will order seafood for dinner...
Bill G. Loved the clips of the old cars. I wish we had been the Gilmore family who owned those Gilmore Gas stations. Roaring with Gilmore sounds pretty good.
However, those "old cars" were some I grew up with. I guess that makes me "old", too.
I still enjoyed seeing the clips. Thanks.
Lucina, I'll go to the movie with you to see "The President's Speech". Should be lots of fun!
Welcome aboard to the Anon - Liz. Go blue when you are ready to.
Dennis @ 5:45 - If she really said that, I like it very much. Spot on.
"I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it." .- W. C. Fields
Spitz, she better have said it; it's engraved in the wall at the new Marine Corps Museum in Quantico, right next to the Reagan quote.
CED: "made it safely to the slaughterhouse". Is that sort of an oxymoron?
Couple more Marine quotes:
The wonderful love of a beautiful maid,
The love of a staunch true man,
The love of a baby, unafraid,
Have existed since time began.
But the greatest of loves, The quintessence of loves.
even greater than that of a mother,
Is the tender, passionate, infinite love,
of one drunken Marine for another.
"Semper Fidelis"
General Louis H. Wilson
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Toast given at 203rd Marine Corps Birthday Ball
Camp Lejueune, N.C. 1978
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You cannot exaggerate about the Marines. They are convinced to the point of arrogance, that they are the most ferocious fighters on earth- and the amusing thing about it is that they are.
Father Kevin Keaney
1st Marine Division Chaplain
Korean War
Thank you very much for being such a dedicated blogger that you do it on the road Splynter. Thanks also to Doug for an interesting Saturday puzzle. Liked having JUKEBOX and BEINGTHERE as answers. Agree that THEKINGSSPEECH was a great movie.
I laughed very hard watching the Mike Tyson parody. I got tied watching more Bush clips. Needed the laughs. It has been dreary and raining here for days now so thanks for the links!
One more day till Downton Abbey! Can't wait. Have a safe evening everyone!
Any of you watching the Green Bay, Minnesota game? The woman doing sideline commentary, Michele Tafoya, lived here in Manhattan Beach and was an ex-student of mine. Several professional athletes live here too including Mia Hamm and Maria Sharapova among others.
Bill, just finished looking at the the pics of old cars/gas stations. Really took me back. The first vehicle I drove was a 49 Chevy 3/4 ton truck.
I watched part of the game. I would love to see Maria Sharapova in person. She is a great player.
Evening Boys and Girls.
Just thought I would share a family tradition of ours with you. Our version of lighting the Christmas tree. This really is me and my family. The video proves it. Wasn't happy with the camera man though, he didn't get my good side.Tree Lighting
Manac - WOW!! That's fantastic. Can't say I've seen a tradition quite like that before.
Pas de Chat - thanks for the President's Speech clip. Funny, funny stuff.
Michele, a few years back, I was walking past some of the local municipal courts when I came across Maria Sharapova working out with her hitting partner. It was fun to see her up close. I would be delighted if she (and a few others) would stifle their loud grunting. Very offputting for me.
Manac. Not cool. Not smart.
Aw, you heard him. The judge said he was certified.
Anon@10:12
15 + years of tradition and not a single singed hair. Like I said, I'm certifiable? Certified? No wait, I'm a Pro!
Argyle,
Too Funny!
I bet you saw the flames from your house.
Liked the doable Saturday offering,as it made me think outside the box(no pun intended) and had some great clues. Will someone explain what 'clecho' means and also what are the rules for having solved the puzzle ( I.e. Are you allowed any reference materials, or do you have to do it completely on your own?). I'm new to this stuff and could use some clarifification on these matters. Thank you in advance to any who care to teach this neophyte . Dog Mama
anon@10:58, read "Notes for Solvers" on the first page of the blog.
Thanks for the fast response, but my I PAD shows no such option. Also, I have to admit that I am new to computers also, but I have looked for more info , just can't find it when I get on to the site. Does it show up on a regular computer and not on a notebook? Help! Dog Mama
Dog Mama, there are no rules, not even an honor system. You do whatever you want to solve the puzzle. I prefer to do them online at the Chicago Tribune website. I set the solving program on Master which means I'm on my own. I can usually finish all of the earlier-week puzzles like this. However, I don't like to leave any puzzle unsolved. Later in the week, on a harder puzzle, I'll use Google if necessary. If I'm still stumped, I change the puzzle setting to Regular where wrong letters show up in red. For me, I use whatever it takes to solve the puzzle. Some people don't like to use any help and if they get stumped, they have a DNF (Did not finish). I'd rather finish a puzzle with help than leave a puzzle unfinished or with mistakes. To each his own. Feel free to ask whatever questions you want.
Dog Mama continued: As I said, I use the Chicago Tribune website. You can also find the puzzles online at the Los Angeles Times website. Or you can go to Cruciverb.com.
Manac, I have the same opinion as you about getting criticism from snarky Anons. Your tree-burning ceremony looked perfectly fine to me. The tree seemed to burn slowly so I'm guessing it was pretty fresh and not dried out.
Good evening, folks. Thank you, Doug peterson, for a swell puzzle. Thank you, Splynter, for the fine review.
Finished this late. Had a big day.
This was really tough in spots. GARDEN HOSE and KIDDIE POOLS were tough ones.
So was HOODIES
Very good puzzle, though. Lots of tricky clues/answers.
Did not know the ALSOP journalists.
Anyhow, slogged through it. I am tired and am hitting the hay.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
Argyle,
Egg all over my Face!
The Judge was right!
Sorry, I misplaced that name of
yours.
Dear Bill G. Thankyou so much. I did not even know that y ou could do this on line. I've just always done the newspaper . I guess I have already explained how new I am to all this computer stuff, it took my husband a year to convince me of the ease in using a notebook, but I thank him every day, because it has opened up a new world for me. I'll be sure to look for the online version, just one more favor? What is a "clecho"? Dog Mama
A clecho is a word made up by Dennis. It means 'clue echo;' the same or similar clues for different answers. A 'perp' is a crossing word (perpendicular) that helps fill in missing letters.
Bill G.
Thankyou again. You must be a night owl too! All this new info really clarifies things for me and I won't feel like I'm reading a foreign language when I peruse the comments.
Dog Mama
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