17A. __ Sam: 49ers mascot : SOURDOUGH. san francisco.
24A. Lake Geneva water fountain : JET D'EAU. famous landmark, french for 'water jet.'
34A. Fun Factory clay : PLAY-DOH
51A. Mystery man : JOHN DOE. name used to refer to a male whose identity is unknown, or being withheld.
58A. Olympic sport since 2000 : TAE KWON DO. korean martial art.
melissa here. pretty straightforward today, raced right through with few sticky spots. it did make me wonder where our DODO is - anyone know?
across:
1. __ polloi : HOI
4. Prom gown material : SATIN
9. Jitter-free java : DECAF. shortened form of decaffeinated is routinely used.
14. ShopNBC competitor : QVC. televised home shopping.
15. Gulf State native : OMANI. one from oman.
16. Start of a historic B-29 name : ENOLA. enola gay.
19. Obie contender : ACTOR. annual off-broadway theater awards.
20. It comes straight from the heart : AORTA. fresh clue.
21. Fate who spins the thread of life : CLOTHO. youngest of the three fates in greek mythology.
22. Of main importance : PRIMAL
25. Some Korean imports : KIAS. cars.
26. Maker of Touch of Foam hand wash : LYSOL. had never heard of it.
28. Old-style "once" : ERST
29. Hipbone-related : ILIAC. seemed like it should be iliaL.
31. Ape who rescues baby Tarzan : KALA. as johnny used to say, i did not know that.
33. Filled (in), as a questionnaire box : XED.
37. Back (out) : OPT. doesn't seem quite right - assuming we're talking contract talk - you can back out - but you can opt in or out.
40. Unsteady gait : LIMP
41. Debate : ARGUE
43. Caesar's "Behold!" : ECCE. needed perps here.
47. Appearances : MIENS. here, too.
50. Napoleon's exile isle : ELBA
53. Jigger's 1½€ : OUNCES. a jigger is 1.5 ounces.
55. High society types : ELITES
56. Firth or fjord : INLET
57. Infant ailment : COLIC. and parent's nightmare.
62. Fool : TRICK
63. S-shaped moldings : OGEES
64. Slice of history : EON
65. Boneheads : ASSES
66. Hot, spicy drink : TODDY. don't really think of a hot toddy as spicy.
67. Where the wild things are : ZOO
down:
1. Command ctrs. : HQS. headquarters.
2. Egg head? : OVO. prefix meaning egg.
3. Post-op setting : ICU. intensive care unit.
4. Doomed city in Genesis : SODOM
5. Indifferent to right and wrong : AMORAL
6. How tense words are spoken : TAUTLY
7. "Young Frankenstein" seductress : INGA. played by teri garr in the film.
8. Govt. medical research org. : NIH. national institutes of health.
9. Handed out hands : DEALT. cards.
10. Protect from a cyberattack, say : ENCODE
11. Fastening pin : COTTER
12. Lei Day greetings : ALOHAS. we got lei'd again.
13. "Like, wow, man!" : FAR OUT. i'm hearing this expression again.
18. __ Gorbachev, last first lady of the USSR : RAISA
21. String quintet instrument : CELLO
22. Stack : PILE
23. "Kills bugs dead!" spray : RAID
24. Family name in "The Grapes of Wrath" : JOAD
25. Brooks of country music's Brooks & Dunn : KIX
27. Video chat choice : SKYPE. so popular.
30. Sgt.'s subordinate : CPL
32. Sound of a light bulb going on? : AHA. nice.
35. Long rides? : LIMOS
36. Jacques's significant other : AMIE. female friend.
37. Look like a creep : OGLE. great clue.
38. Guinness servers : PUBS
39. Darjeeling, e.g. : TEA
42. Right-hand page : RECTO
43. Volcanic spewings : EJECTA. perps please.
44. Black and tan : COLORS.
45. Restaurant chain with a hot pepper in its logo : CHILI'S
46. Inveigle : ENTICE. what a great word.
48. "Thanks, already did it" : NO NEED
49. Stewed : SULKED
52. Cruise ship levels : DECKS
54. Like long emails from old friends : NEWSY
56. "I hate the Moor" speaker : IAGO. from othello.
58. Playpen player : TOT
59. Pince-__ : NEZ. style of glasses that pinch the nose, like this:
60. Scrappy-__ : DOO. scooby's nephew.
61. Beatle wife : ONO. yoko.
melissa
Morning, all!
ReplyDeleteWe got my 8-year-old an XBOX Kinect over the weekend to encourage him to do some exercise at home. I tried out the sports package last night and ended up playing Ping Pong for a couple of hours. I can barely move my right arm right now...
The puzzle today really wanted to be difficult, what with KALA, CLOTHO, COTTER, JETDEAU and KIX. And yet, I somehow managed to tame it in better than usual time. It helped that I actually knew CLOTHO and COTTER, and the perps were solid enough elsewhere to help with the total unknowns. All in all a very fun solve, although I kept wondering if I was going to get totally stuck at some point...
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Good Morning, MelissaBee and friends. I quickly got today's theme, and had fun with some really spectacular clues in today's puzzle. And it was a pangram to boot!
ReplyDeleteFavorite clues included: Long Rides = LIMOS.
Looked Like a Creep = OGLE.
It Comes Straight from the Heart = AORTA.
I, too, initially tried Ilial instead of Iliac, but was corrected when I got to the Sgt's subordinate.
I also initially tried Doled instead of DEALT for Handed Out.
Stay warm and out of the snow storm, which I think is being called Saturn.
QOD: I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw. ~ Willie Mays (Mar. 6, 1931)
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Good morning melissa, C.C. et al.
ReplyDeleteI loved the "Colors" link - Norah Jones is one of my favorites. And thanks for explaining the theme - I forgot to look for it today! "D'OH."
I raced through the top, but got stuck at the crossing of KALA and SKYPE, so I had to rely heavily on perps for those to appear. I also didn't know Scrappy DOO, so thank goodness TAE KWON DO took care of him.
I loved seeing AMORAL immediately following SODOM. Fun solve, as Barry G. said.
Happy hump day, everyone!
Barry pretty much described how I felt about the puzzle, although, I never did see the theme until I was done. Several unknowns, but all fixed by perps. Seemed just right for a Wednesday. Every time I get a bit smug about my puzzle solving ability, along comes the late week, where I often get my comeuppance.
ReplyDeleteytonibe
Willie Mays said that on the day he was born? How prescient!
ReplyDeleteMelissa: Nice write-up & links.
ReplyDeleteSince I'm AMORAL, I'd OGLE INGA's knockers ...
Robin: Thank you for a FUN Wednesday.
Finished before the AHA moment gave me the theme.
Fave today, 67-d, Where the wild things are, ZOO. Clever clue.
Any puzzle with Guinness PUBS and Hot TODDY's is OK by me!
Cheers!!!
Good morning everyone,
ReplyDeleteUnlike the previous posters, I found this puzzle difficult, but unlike Monday & Tuesday, I did manage to correctly solve it. Yabba Dabba Doo!
Never heard of KIX Brooks and would not have been surprised if it was incorrect. 64A started with Era before EON. For 58A it went from Tai.... to TAE..... Fastening pin was Common before COTTER
Liked Mystery Man/JOHN DOE & Long Rides/LIMOS.
I was thinking some kind of beverage for Black & Tan but can't recall its contents. Tin?
Another storm coming with all the usual a possibility.... ice, snow, rain & high winds. These weather events are quickly "getting old."
Happy hump day.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteNice writeup (as usual), Melissa. I, too, thought it should be ILIAL. Surprised myself by immediately entering ECCE (How do you pronounce that? I suspect it's not similar to icky.) and RAISA.
Here's the best song I've heard that includes "inveigle" in the lyrics. OK, it's the only song...
Good Morning Everybody, nice fun puzzle today. I too did not get the theme until I came here.
ReplyDeleteMy Tribune cut off the cluew s for 12D and 61D, but PERPS took care of that.
I liked
- 32D: Sound of alight bulb going on? AHA, and
- 35D: Long rides: LIMOS
59D Pince NEZ reminded me of Ellery Queen books. The characters often wore pince nez glasses. I really enjoyed reading those. Not the short story collections so much, but the actual Ellery Queen mysteries were great.
Have a Wonderful Wednesday!
this one tamed me. I had multiple natticks at sourDOUGH (no sport knowledge/interest), crossing with TARTLY/TAUTLY, INKA/INGA, NIA/NIH. Also did not know KALA or JOAD. Guessed JOOD/KOLA. I watched part of the Grapes of Wrath movie with my cousin in Hawaii when he was teaching it in 1971, but it seemed so depressing, I was never moved to read it, and in Oz we never studied any American literature, so never had to. I know it's come up here before, but this time the perp wasn't up to the task for me.
ReplyDeleteI obviously need to get back into the swing after the two week hiatus.
Good morning, folks. thank you, Robin Stears, for a swell puzzle. Thank you, Melissa Bee, for the great review.
ReplyDeleteCould not get started in the NW, so I headed way South. Finished the SE corner and spread up and to the west.
EJECTA was a wag and worked. A few letters helped.
ECCE was easy. We have had that before.
JOHN DOE. Very clever.
RAISA Gorbachev has appeared many times.
SODOM and AMORAL next to each other. Interesting.
QVC with perps. I am not much of a shopper.
My daughter shoveled snow twice yesterday. Thank you. I caught it this morning. Now I understand it is going to melt.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
(dityfir)
Hondo:
ReplyDeleteI was also thinkin' 44-d, Black and tan was referring to the drink.
With a shout-out to 38-d, Guinness servers, a Black and Tan is usually a blend of Pale Ale and a dark beer such as a stout or porter, most often Guinness.
As a result I needed every perp to get COLORS (and then I smacked my head with the V-8 can).
Cheers!!! (I hope "It's Five O'clock Somewhere!" arrives soon).
Hi Everyone ~ ~
ReplyDeleteI struggled with the center area of this puzzle and was surprised to see that I finished it correctly. I checked in here and found that my guesses were lucky ~ a wonderful write-up, Melissa! I echoed your thoughts in a number of places.
~ The JOAD and KALA crossing was my stumbling block.
~ I, too, wanted 'Ilial' instead of ILIAC - I guess both are correct. OPT seemed awkward. Backing out seems that you had already made the decision to OPT in. OPT out seems like the initial decision. I didn't word that very well! :-)
~ Needed perps for Scrappy DOO - only know Scooby. EJECTA is new to me.
~ I never would have known things like ECCE and MIENS before doing crosswords.
~ 53A in my newspaper looked like 'Jigger's 11/2.' I was trying to think of something related to November 2nd.
~ The only KIX I knew is the cereal I ate as a kid.
~ I finished everything before I realized I hadn't noticed a theme! It was easy to see when I looked back. I, too, thought of Dodo at that point.
~ Favorites: 32D - AHA and 37D - OGLES - great clues!
Black and tan? Coon dog didn't fit.
ReplyDeleteNever heard of Scrappy Doo. I had ERA for 64A and thought SCAPPY DRO was a rapper.
A few complete unknowns in this one for me. Clotho, Kala, Jet D'Eau, Recto. Had no idea what inveigle meant, so that had to be perped as well. But it all came out in the ejecta. Remembered that one from the Mt St Helens eruption. Factoid: Mt St Helens spewed a cubic kilometer of material into the atmosphere. That's a lot of stuff!!
ReplyDeleteAgree on the cluing for iliac/ilial and opt. Also agree that colic is a nightmare. 30 years later I still remember that aspect of our daughters early days vividly...Every night between 10 and 10:30 we braced for it. Miserable period. But like all the others, it passed:-)
I hope all in the storms path aren't hit too badly this time.
DOH! (:02) What a fun puzzle but talk about yer tough fill – CLOTHO, JETDEAU and KALA took help.
ReplyDeleteMusings
-I have spent uncountable great hours with PLAY DOH and short people!
-DECAF? What exactly is the point? Like kissing your sister.
-The Omaha-made ENOLA Gay helped to not put my dad’s life in jeopardy in ‘45
-Haven’t we all given in to PRIMAL urges?
-Very tall Michelle Wei and Blake Griffin are in KIA commercials but you never see them get in or out of the car
-Rory McIlroy admitted he was wrong in how he OPTed out of the Honda Golf Tournament last week.
-Walter Brennan’s LIMP was as big a part of some of his roles as his gravelly voice
-Joann and her twin sister used to get hot TODDYS with whiskey as sick children
-Mrs. Lot, don’t look back at SODOM! Too late, anyone need salt on your fries?
-Law can be infuriating when it seems to favor legal/illegal over right/wrong
-INGA’s knocker scene is always great.
-Ken Burns does his usual fabulous job showing the JOADS in this! If you didn’t catch it the first time, as you can see it’s on again on PBS in April.
-I grew up with KIX
-We have used SKYPE from coast to coast to talk to kids back home
-Heard at the Y? “I did not OGLE you, I was just admiring your, uh, reps!”
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteSeemed a little easy except in the SW where I had to think what ECCE meant. Two 'ent' words can mean 'inveigle; 'entrap' and ENTICE. Had to pick the right one. JOHN DOE helped nail EJECTA. Then @53a, my paper rendered the clue as 11/2, instead of 1½; but I guessed they meant 1.5 OUNCES.
There is a secondary road near Ft. Erie, Ont., called SODOM Road. There was a highway department (winter) salt PILE there protected from the weather by two large green cones. One day I was riding with my Canadian colleague and he termed it the Jolly Green Giant's girlfriend's brassiere.
Have a good day.
Willie Mays DOB May 6, 1931
ReplyDeleteThank you, Robin Stears ( What is Stear-ing, and where do you go from there ? ) for a very nice but challenging puzzle. Thank you, melissa b for your wonderful blog, and the 'unifier'. I was wondering why Tae Kwan Do, suddenly turned up....
ReplyDeleteKala, Tarzan's adoptive mother (?), means 'black' in Hindi - but of course, Edgar Rice Burroughs was probably referring to a word in Bantu or Swahili.
Cotter Pin brought back memories of studying machine design.
My newspaper also had "Jiggers 11/2" and since I have yet to meet a bartender, I put in 'Fifths' - hey, half of eleven, rounded down, is five ....
Palm toddy is a fermented juice from a sugar palm tree, common in Asia, and parts of Africa.
G'day all.
Morning all - A big DNF for me today. Lots of unknowns and not all were filled in by perps. Thanks for an educational cw today Robin. Now if I can remember them....
ReplyDeleteThe N/NE was pretty bare, so headed south and filled that in first.
Speaking of remembering - I can never think of HOI (polloi). But I did know ECCE from previous puzzles.
For 11D I had CODDER at first, but that was fixed by ACTOR, when I realized it was TT not DD.
Even though I had DEAU, DOH, DOE and DO, I didn't 'get' the theme.
My grandson is a Blue 1 in TAEKWONDO so that was an easy fill for me after I had the T, W and DO
Looked up 3 clues to see if it would help me finish, but no luck.
Great write-up Melissa, thanks for your input.
Happy Wednesday everyone!
hndstit
LA Times omitted clue for 61D!!
ReplyDeletewhy is right hand page, recto? I don't get it. also didn't know stewed and sulked were synonymous, but now that I think about it ... couldn't figure out 11 divided by 2, or November 2nd. I had ...etdeau but didn't know joad. all in all I did pretty well.
ReplyDeleteHello, All. Thanks, MB for your lovely explanations.
ReplyDeleteFun and easy midweek puzzle except for spelling SKYPE, SCYPE and therefore, CALA. Otherwise smooth sashaying all the way.
Like others I noticed SODOM followed by AMORAL.
Clever clue for AORTA.
ECCE homo is indelibly etched in my memory from when the Mass was entirely in Latin.
Other great clues:
Where the wild things are, ZOO.
Handed out hands, DEALT
Look like a creep, OGLE
Thank you, Robin Stears. A great puzzle today.
Many of my friends drink DECAF because of health issues.
Have a wonderful Wednesday, everyone! Lunch with AMIs today.
RECTO is from Latin rectus. At least 70% of English is based on Latin.
ReplyDeleteGot it. I was thinking of a type of haircut, or even a servant. Possibly to be signaled with the right hand.So, what's a left hand page called?
DeleteThis was an enjoyable puzzle with just enough of a bite for Wednesday. KIX was all perps. I thought Kix was a breakfast cereal. SCRAPPY was also all perps.
ReplyDelete-Every time I see ENOLA in a puzzle I feel sorry for the pilot’s mother, Enola Gay, for whom the plane was named. Even if you believe the bombing was necessary it is a very tragic thing to be remembered for.
-I knew the ALA but had to wait for the K in SKYPE to get KALA.
-ILIAC was my first thought.
-I had the LY in LYSOL, so it was an easy swag, knowing that LYSOL is a disinfectant.
-I had signed up for a dinner theater trip scheduled for last Friday, but I had to back out, OPT out, when I broke my rib.
-I liked black and tan=COLORS. It reminds me of our trip to England. The black and tan term for the drink is not so common in Ireland.
-How can I ever forget my firstborn’s experience with COLIC, every day for months? I felt so sorry for him. Added to that my MIL kept insisting he had to be fed, even when he had just been fed.
-We are awaiting another winter storm.
15 minutes.
ReplyDeleteLA Times dropped the final down clue. Tsk.
In languages written from left to right (such as English) the recto is the right-hand page and the verso the left-hand page. (Wiki)
ReplyDeleteA few nits but very minor here and there still a good puzzle. Near the end I thought that might be a clue somewhere for Homer Simpson.
ReplyDeleteD-oh!
Fun puzzle, Robin, though not a speed run. As others have pointed out, the LA Times left out 61D so I had to just pray it was asking for YOKO ONO. And because, unlike Barry, I didn't know either CLOTHO or COTTER, I struggled in the NE. I still can't believe there was a fate named CLOTHO, although I guess it makes sense since she was a spinner of threads.
ReplyDeleteBut in the end I got it all, and I even "got" the theme. Your DODO was a great way of announcing it, Melissa!
Have a great Wednesday, everybody!
Fun Wednesday! Raced through the top, stalled in the lower region.
ReplyDeleteOnly look-ups after the fact, CLOTHO is not in Webster's Collegiate, but is in American Heritage. Guess I'm not sure of my Fates!
Favorite clue-Long Rides = Limos.
No clue for 61D in print version, but the fill was known.
Also no space between the 1 and the 1/2 in 53A. Got the fill, but my CAD sensibilities read 11/2, some weird tempo for a jig?
But the, as usual, great write-up made sense of it.
Nice workout today. Hand up for ILEAL.
ReplyDeleteAlso liked Long Rides=LIMOS
and AMORAL and SODOM cross.
Didn't know COTTER and EJECTA.
Hubby and I saw Jet d'eau a few years ago on our Switzerland trip.
ECCE HOMO -Latin for "Behold the Man" - appropriate with Easter approaching.
Love SKYPE as it allows us to talk with son overseas and see granddaughter!!
Some talk of removing wrestling as an Olympic sport has upset folks around here as we have had some medal success in wrestling.
LOL Spitzboov @8:38 we have those green cones for sand/salt all over.
IF Recto is from Rectus then that is the first time I am realizing that my rear end is right-handed - or is it the other way around ?
ReplyDeleteSo, what about Homo Erectus ? Is it a right handed human or one with a prominent (rear - ) protuberance ? The latter, I have vouched for, quite often.
I have just finished the autobio of Sonya Sotomayor - the newest Assoc. Justice at the US Supreme Court. Its only upto when she becomes a Fed District judge in the Southern District of NY, downtown Manhattan.
Very chatty style. She was valedictorian in High School, graduated Princeton, Summa cum Laude, and made the Yale Law Review. Took a 30 percent pay cut, when she became a Federal Judge, off her salary as an associate in a well known law firm. She is extremely kind, loving and generous to her ex-husband, and her theme constantly reaches out to her everlasting love for her mother and her extended family in a typically Spanish context.
She is very frank in acknowledging that a Federal judgeship is so full of chance, politics and pure luck ( even if you do happen to be brilliant ) that she admonishes (younger) readers to 'never have an aim to be a Federal judge, as your goal or ambition in life'.
CanadianEh!:
ReplyDeleteAMORAL and SODOM don't cross.
They are next to each other.
To those with the LAT print version:
When you didn't have a 61-d clue, did you say to yourself: "O,NO!"
Hi gang -
ReplyDeleteVery uneven puzzle. A bunch of gimmes mixed with near impossible naticks; brilliant clues, as have been pointed out, mixed with the bad, lame and inaccurate: protect from cyber attack, egg head?, back (out), hot spicy drink.
But I learned that a firth is an inlet.
Mega-natick where CLOTHO and JET D'EAU cross ENCODE, which I only sussed by doing a vowel walk. Everything on a computer is ENCODED, one way or another. TSK!
Gary -
I only drink DECAF. Can't tolerate caffeine, alas. My sister is cute, but we don't kiss.
Cool regards!
JzB
Hi Everyone:
ReplyDeleteHad some problem areas but eventually finished w/o help, but no TADA. Discovered I had TAE KWAN DO, so it was a FIW. I thought it was a tad dicier than a usual Wednesday, but enjoyed it, so thanks, Robin, for a workout and thanks, MB for the fine expo.
Mari, did the storm affect your commute?
Happy Wednesday.
Good afternoon mb and all of you; this was not a day to belate posting as you all have said it all, except thank you mb for the Hercule Poirot picture.
ReplyDeleteMichael -
ReplyDeleteIt's possible to have x/2 as a musical time signature, but it hasn't been used much in the last 300 years, or so, though it is implied by the use of cut time in marched, frex. Also, lots of fast music written in 4/4 is counted as if it were in 2/2.
Since x=11 is possible, there can be music in 11/4 or 11/8, and there probably is, if you go looking for it. It would likely be subdivided as 3-3-3-2 [which could be gig with a LIMP] or 4-4-3. Alternating them might be an interesting effect.
Jiggers!
JzB
Yes! Looked at it as if the weird time referenced some Rain Forest dance. They do have some weird, but very cool, time signatures.
ReplyDeleteThanks JzB
Hi Y'all, Liked the puzzle, Robin! Thanks, Melissa!
ReplyDeleteI knew KIX Brooks. He and Ronnie Dunn had some great songs and made lots of money. Their "My Maria" was a favorite song to dance with my DH.
Did you ever hear HOI POLLOI spoken in polite conversation? I went on a bus tour of Southwest Canyons with a woman who used that term a number of times and I had to go home and look it up to be sure what she had been saying.
My youngest son won a trophy in TAE KWON DO. Not long after, he was ambushed as he left the dojo in his white uniform/jamies (whatever). His ambusher beat the crap out of him without his ever getting in a lick. He was so demoralized, he never went back to class. His teacher called to tell me what happened. I thought he'd been in a car wreck or something. He wouldn't say a word. The ambusher was the local H.S. drug runner. My son had ratted him out. I was glad he walked away. The drug kid & his dad had reputations as vicious.
I remember COTTER pin from my childhood. The wheel fell off the little red wagon. My dad took me to the hardware store to buy a COTTER pin. We put the wheel back on the axle and inserted the pin in the hole at the end of the axle. It had a head (loop) to keep it from falling through. The bottom was split and you had to spread the legs to keep it in place, somewhat like a brad. Small events lead to lifelong bonding and memories. (And crossword answers.)
ReplyDeleteJust because words contain the same syllables, they do not necessarily have the same origin or meaning. I had to be careful of jumping to this false conclusion when I studied Japanese. It was easier in English because I had a sense of English word origins.
MAL means bad or evil as in malign, malice, malevolent. But Malamute is not a bad dog and malachite is not a bad mineral.
Recto comes from rectus meaning right, but rectum and erect do not.
Good morning Melissa, C.C. et al,
ReplyDelete@Dodo.I haven't heard from her for about 3 weeks. At that time she had just spent 5 days in the hospital getting a blood transfusion. It started with a cold and some coughing. Seems that coumadin reacted badly to some kind of sulfa drug she was given for a bladder irritation.She said she was exteremly nauseated. Poor thing... and to top it off she says she has "unbelievable problems" with her computer. Wish we lived closer.
Enjoyed the challenge this morning.Lots of fun clues like long rides?Had to actually look up Kix because I couldn't perp that K in Kias.
Off to the park before the rain...
Hmm, I had 5 WAGs circled to check on the Blog. I actually got all of them except French crossing a book I have not read. I kept thinking a water fountain might start with "W"et, which made Grapes Of Wrath "Woad".
ReplyDeleteFor years I have tried to make a Black & Tan at home, to no avail,,, Then, watching this video, I realized I had been avoiding making a "head" on the Ale. I must go out & get supplies to try again. If you do not hear from me again today, it worked... (or maybe it didn't work.)
This is what I think of "Jetdeau."
Typical law enforcement stop, always after the dough.
Hmm, John Doe, would you give your name to the papers after you crapped out on the ice?
What kid would make this?
Tae Kwon Do,,, OK Manac. lets see you find a pic of a dog doing this to a cat!
I remember cotter pin from growing up on a farm. When hooked the wagons to the tractor we put a cotter pin in so the pin would not jump out and send the wagon flying.
ReplyDeleteAs I watch all the snow everyone is getting, glad not to be on the farm.
Thanks for the explanation of recta. I did not know that.
I learn something everyday
Hmm, i could not turn off my PC because there was one image left that I forgot to use.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your great comments!
ReplyDeleterobin, always nice to see the constructors drop in, thanks!
ReplyDeleteI remember from organic chemistry that molecules whose plane twists to the right are dextrorotatory, and those who twist to the left are levorotatory.
ReplyDelete-Robin, Thanks for dropping by! I enjoyed your combination of fun and learning today and am printing your picture puzzle as we speak! Very cool!!
ReplyDelete-Jazz, ah come on, give your sis a little DECAF smooch ;-).
-PK, I might have said that your son “turned that creep in” instead of “ratted him out”. Good for him. Failure to turn in bad guys (or fear of doing so) is killing neighborhoods all over the country.
-YR, COTTER keys held everything together on our old coasters and I hope they aren’t needed to repair your ribs.
An example of a farmer's cotter pin. Link
ReplyDeleteI got some of this year's maple syrup and saw a flock of geese headed north today. Yea!
I was flying along until the lower-left quadrant. Still, a very enjoyable puzzle. I thought "Long rides?", "Sound of a light bulb going on?" and several others were clever. WEES.
ReplyDeleteD-O, Barbara and I heard Lou Gottlieb, Glenn Yarbrough and the Limelighters at Cornell. Lots of fun.
Rose worked for years to develop the most beautiful flower in the deepest tone of pink; and, finally, at the flower show when her name was announced for the most rose rose, Rose rose to accept the award.
That previous sentence is from NPR's puzzle show. I appreciate that sentence’s cleverness because it contains four consecutive words spelled the same, each with a different meaning.
How many US Federal holidays are honoring someone's birth?
I took my car in for routine service this morning so I had an uninterrupted hour to work on the puzzle. Got it done, came home and checked the answers and FIW. OVa/OVO, NIa/NIH.TArTY/TAUTLY. I forgot to check it after I got a few perps. That's the way it goes sometimes.
ReplyDeleteThanks Robin Stears for the good time. Great write-up, Melissa B.
I played CELLO from 4th thru 12th grade.
I play enough cards that DEALT came immediately.
DH and I married 37 years ago today. Where has the time gone? We're going out for dinner tonight, just don't know where yet. He usually has me pick the restaurant so I want him to choose for a change.
I wish there were "Like" and "Dislike" buttons to click on the comments.
Pat
Pat
Happy Anniversary, pje. I hope you have a nice evening out to celebrate your anniversary.
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ReplyDeleteDidn't notice the theme. DOH!
ReplyDeleteDidn't know Scrappy-DOO or KIX Brooks.
Finished anyway.
I have a large tilt-top table which can be taken apart by removing a large wooden COTTER pin.
Happy Anniversary, pje; enjoy your dinner. (You got married the year after I did.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, Robin.
pje, Happy Anniversary! May you have many more!
ReplyDeleteGary, I never punished my kids for tattling. I figured they needed to tell things that were dangerous to them or others. As for the creep, he got off on probation which scared me. I figured he would be after my son again, but he didn't bother him--that I know about. He got sent to prison years later.
Millionaire had a question today on one of our clues yesterday: What genre of music was Patty Smith famous for? The contestant got it wrong. I yelled, "Punk" but he didn't hear me.
-PJE, Happy Anniversary! I too took my car in today. I had a sound under the front that was bothering me and I thought it was what I had fixed two months ago. I grumbled around pretty good about having to come back. They spent hours on it and it turned out to be a different issue but they fixed it and did not charge me anything. If I have been a 23-year-old girl, I might have been out $450! Ya think?
ReplyDelete-PK, I did not get the idea that you had punished your son but that you considered what he did to be wrong somehow – ratted out (negative connotation)/turned in (positive connotation). It was probably just semantics, my friend. His winding up in jail surprised no one.
PJE, happy anniversary!
ReplyDeleteAnnie, I didn't catch the dough thing either. D'oh!
my drink of choice is a DECAF toffeenut latte
Kala: one would have to be a real Tarzan fan to know that...or a good memory
Melissa, thanks always for the time it takes to do the write up. Loved your colors link. Here's mine.Grandmas, Hap Palmer is great!
Also, if you'd like a Playdoh recipe, e-mail me.
QVC- s-i-l is addicted. She always has her C'mas shopping done by the end of August!
Argyle, I've seen many of those farmer cotter pins...and installed a few. Plenty made of BW and #9 as well. The thing that surprised me most about the link earlier was that there were so many types called cotter. In my youth we called the split type cotter and most of the others were "spring clips". Welcome back Cotter! (Oh c'mon! Somebody had to say it.)
ReplyDeleteRe: migratory birds. An hour ago I was driving down I-80 past the Lincoln airport. A Bald Eagle flew right over me headed north toward the runway. Don't know if he filed a flight plan. I've probably seen 30 or more eagles around here in the past 15 years, but that was the first in the city limits. Pretty awesome sight!
Happy anniversary Pat.
pje:
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary! By now you are probably celebrating and I hope it was special.
Do you believe in six degrees of separation? Today I went to lunch with friends, one of whom is 84 and who has told me numerous times about her niece through marriage. She often sings her praises.
Today I met the niece and learned that she attended high school with both my brothers! Because of reading the obits she knew of my late brother's demise last April. It is a small world!
Holy Natick, Batman!!!
ReplyDeleteTHIS was a WEDNESDAY puzzle?
You guys thought it was EASY???
JazzB:"Mega-natick where CLOTHO and JET D'EAU cross ENCODE"
Man, I'm with you .
NEZ?
EJECTA?
OVO?
KALA?
Who the heck knows the ape that rescued Tarzan?
ECCE
I crashed and burned on this one.
Sheesh.
PLAYDOH- Student of Socrades, and Arisdodles mentor.
ReplyDeletePlus, if the time signature is 11/4
ReplyDeleteyou're probably at a Greek wedding.
PJE - Happy Anniversary - Hope you have a great time at your celebration dinner.
ReplyDeleteJD - I am reading a Ken Follet book now - World Without End. Trying to finish it before my 'loan time' expires. 61% read, 2 days to go. I haven't read him in quite a while - forgot how much I enjoyed his books.
Okay everyone - I have been racking my brain on some of your 'lingo'. What does WEES stand for and WAG (this may be 'a guess', but not sure). Thanks!
Welcome Michael Barrett. This is a fun group to be a part of.
Hi everyone , happy anniversary pje! Today's puzzle was very enjoyable ! Kix Brooks was known as he was half of my Dad's favorite country group , only sang lead on a few of their hits! It is so nice to see the constructors commenting on the blog , we so enjoy your work ! Unknown amount of snow due over the next two days , after the blizzard in CT, we are about out of storm patience !
ReplyDeleteHi All ! JOHN DOE here. WEES. Had a few WAGS, but it all worked out. Finished the puzzle by 6 AM, but had to get out and get the drive cleared, and then did a couple of neighbors. I think we had around 9 or 10 inches. Then a long day at work. Just settling in for the evening.
ReplyDeleteThank you Robin Stears and thank you Melissa Bee.
Cotter pin, cinch pin, clevis pin, woodruff key...
No one linked Bryan Adams "Straight From the Heart" ?
Once again I completed the puzzle but missed the theme. Perps helped clear up a few unknowns and mysteries. As Spitzzboov said, entrap and ENTICE... I think the constructors and Rich intentionally lead us astray mid to late week.
Happy Anniversary Pat !
My captcha is erstworn. Sounds like a real word.
Annie, what is your Ken Follet book, World Without End, about? I enjoyed all of his early stuff but haven't read anything by him lately. WEES is What Everybody Else Said and WAG is Wild-Assed Guess.
ReplyDeleteI hope the Lakers can get it together in tonight's game.
Tutoring was fun tonight. After we finished with the important stuff, I taught him how to play Sprouts and about Idiot's Multiplication.
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AnnieB8491 said... What does WEES stand for and WAG (this may be 'a guess', but not sure). Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat Everyone Else Said and Wild-Ass Guess.
Bill, World Without End is the sequel to Pillars of the Earth.It is in the same town of Kingsbridge around 1300 and incorporates the beginning of the 100 Yrs. War and the Black Death. I believe a mini series was made a few years ago.I read the 1st book of his latest trilogy, Fall of Giants but haven't delved into its sequel,Winter of the World as it's over 900 pages, and will be lighter in paperback form.Ah, maybe I can get it on my ipad.
ReplyDeleteThere was no clue for 61-down in my paper. Nothing about Yoko Ono, nothing at all. Clues down stopped at #60. Beyond that, not even a smudge.
ReplyDeleteArgyle, my point here is, why should we be blaming wild asses for our own stupidity. From last night, isn't it bad enough that we are forcing and mutating those poor wretched animals to gestate into mules and other hetro-exotic-zoologia that even God never intended. Now we blame them for our ignorance and silliness as well. What have wild asses done to any of us to deserve this demeaning insult. I suggest we now choose some other animal or bird to hang up our own inherent shortcomings. Since everyone here seems to be so enamored with cats, how about we start calling them Wild Cat Guesses.
ReplyDeleteQue ?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous at 8:47, you DID have the clue when 61D was deliberately not printed. It was supposed to be your predicted, automatic response, 'O No!'.
ReplyDeleteThis is a wed. puzzle, and the clues suddenly became harder. Live and learn. Wait until tomorrow, and you'll be crying Uncle - all the black squares will be imaginary ones.
I think you mean ¿Qué? or ¿Cuál?
ReplyDeleteAnd the numbers could be imaginary too...
I have been enjoying reruns of the old oater, Gunsmoke. In it, Festus, Marshal Dillon's deputy, rides what appears to be a mule. It seems perfectly satisfactory. I wonder why that doesn't occur more often? I'm guessing they're not as fast as horses but may be pefectly satisfactory in many other ways. Any thoughts or information?
Finalmente el gato esta fuera de la bolsa.
ReplyDeleteAmericanos locos realmente odia gatos.
Culpan a vosotros mismos.
Bill G,
ReplyDeleteEven Clint thought a mule was smart enough to To fight for
Translation of what Jose Manuel said...
ReplyDelete"Finally, the cat is out of the bag.
Crazy American really hates cats.
Blame yourselves."
Hmm,maybe,,, but I kinda like the idea of Wild Cat Guess
But when it comes to hard Crosswords, you can try, or you can complain...
Hello all!
ReplyDeleteNice puzzle, Robin! Swell expo, mb! Love the avatar, Robin!
Still suffering with nasty tummy and headache. Maybe due to undone taxes. Since I had approximately $8000 unreimbursed dental bills last year, it is worthwhile to get all of the vitamins, prescriptions, etc. into an Excel file. This is a horrible chore!
Pje: Happy 37th anniversary!
An old (young) friend came to swim today. She has gained an enormous amount of weight due to being on prednisone for horrible kidney infection. Feel so sorry for her.
Yes, I said previously that I watch (and really like) the new show Monday Morning. It is nice to see Jennifer Finnegan again! Cast is first-rate!
Cheers!
Please tell me more about "Monday Morning" and why I might find it interesting and entertaining.
ReplyDeleteWhat about the new show "Golden Boy." I haven't watched it but it looked as if it might be interesting.
Well, if the Lakers get into the playoffs and accomplish anything, one can look back at this game as a pivotal turning point. They were down 25 points and came back to win in the last couple of minutes. Very exciting!
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