Theme: You may have a concussion - Are you seeing stars everywhere?
20A. Where to see stars in school : ASTRONOMY CLASS
37A. Where to see stars in the service : MILITARY UNIFORM
53A. Where to see stars in theaters : HOLLYWOOD MOVIE
¡Hola! Argyle here on Cinco de Mayo. This near pangram(missing a Q), has the unifier in the clues today, like a little twist of lime to give it some zest.
Across:
1. Mar. 17th honoree : ST. PAT.
6. Amazed : AWED
10. Gray timber wolf : LOBO
14. Pasta sauce brand : PREGO
15. Sonny's partner : CHER
16. Et __: and others : ALIA. (neuter plural)
17. Word before PG or PG-13 : RATED
18. Sacred : HOLY
19. Bismarck is its cap. : N. DAK
23. "__ will be done ...": Lord's Prayer : THY
24. Summer zodiac sign : LEO. The big cat in the sky.
25. Of the flock : LAIC
26. Actress Taylor, familiarly : LIZ. I had LIV at first. Must have been thinking Tyler.
27. Hearty dish : STEW. Is there a special dish for Cinco de Mayo?
29. Concealed : HID
32. Knives' sharp sides : EDGES
35. "Gone With the Wind" plantation : TARA
36. Yoko from Tokyo : ONO
41. Chinese chairman : MAO
42. Get beaten : LOSE
43. "Honest!" : "NO LIE!"
44. Capone and Capp : ALs
45. Voice below soprano : ALTO
46. Pres. between HST and JFK : DDE
47. __ gin fizz : SLOE
49. Regret : RUE
50. Unit of work : ERG
57. Coffee, in slang : JAVA
58. __ Crunch: cereal brand : CAP'N
59. Tolerate : ABIDE
60. "Um, excuse me ..." : "AHEM..."
61. Fired : AXED
62. Memoranda : NOTES
63. __ avis : RARA
64. One lacking experience : TYRO
65. John of tractors : DEERE
Down:
1. Jack who ate no fat : SPRAT. His wife ate no lean.
2. Garbage : TRASH
3. Trivial, as a complaint : PETTY
4. New __: modern spiritualist : AGER
5. Slate of errands and chores : 'TO DO' LIST
6. Sound evoking "Gesundheit!" : "ACHOO!"
7. Hemingway's "For __ the Bell Tolls" : WHOM
8. Slippery : EELY
9. Launder, as a suit : DRY CLEAN
10. Polynesian porch : LANAI
11. Like some conservative teaching methods : OLD SCHOOL
12. Prejudice : BIAS
13. Mighty tree : OAK. I hear he was just an acorn when he started.
21. Pince-__ glasses : NEZ
22. Attorney's field : LAW
26. Floral necklace : LEI
27. Authority : SAY SO
28. "That's a good point" : "TRUE". Usually followed by "but".
30. Crucifix letters : INRI. (Latin: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum)
31. Bowl-shaped roof : DOME
32. Actress Thompson : EMMA
33. Rotary phone part : DIAL
34. Handle superficially : GLOSS OVER
35. Home run jog : TROT
38. Prowling feline : ALLEY CAT
39. Extremely popular : IN DEMAND
40. Enemy : FOE
45. "You've got mail" company : AOL
46. Firecracker that doesn't crack : DUD
48. Andean animal : LLAMA
49. Sonata movement : RONDO. English from Italian, from French (a little circle, appropriately)
50. Online party request : EVITE
51. One on horseback : RIDER
52. Canada honkers : GEESE
53. "That's funny!" : "HA-HA"
54. Like crayons : WAXY
55. Abbr. on a phone's "0" button : OPER. (operator) Do they still exist live?
56. Double-reed instrument : OBOE
57. Cookie container : JAR
Argyle
A STAR in the sky was smitten
ReplyDeleteBy a STAR, a HOLLYWOOD kitten.
He wanted to date her
To a drive-in theater,
But alas, such a role was forbidden!
For he was a ball of flaming gas
While she was a mortal human lass.
An impossible mix
No one could fix
So their passion never came to pass!
He'd live a thousand million years,
ReplyDeleteIn sixty or so she'd leave him in tears.
But a star can't cry
It must remain dry
Or its flame might go out, one fears!
While on Earth, the movie STAR, for her part
Knew the rays from the astral STAR's hot heart
Would wrinkle her skin;
No more parts would she win,
So she refused for the sake of her art!
Morning, all!
ReplyDeleteSmooth Monday solve. Hand up for LIV before LIZ (which I immediately wondered about since LIV isn't short for anything as far as I know). Also got bogged down ever so briefly in the SE when I forgot that Memoranda was plural and couldn't understand why NOTE didn't fit until the light bulb went off. Hey -- it's Monday morning...
A story like this should have a moral
ReplyDeleteIt may be, if your relationship's normal
Don't get all sweaty
Over differences PETTY
You're more alike than you know, so don't quarrel!
Thank you for the puzzle, Kevin. Thank you for the review, Argyle.
ReplyDeleteI thought this puzzle was easy, even for a Monday. I solved it in less than my normal Monday time. I didn’t see many of the Down clues because the Acrosses filled so well, except for the long answers.
Not much to say about the puzzle, so I think I’ll link a song for today.
Monday Monday
Happy Cinco Dr Mayo. The puzzle was fun, I liked Al Capp and Al Capone being together in a clue. Elizabeth 'Liz' Taylor was such a superstar my whole life.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kevin and Argyle, have a good week all.
Good Morning, Argyle and friends. Very easy Monday puzzle. LEO is a constellation of STARS in the Sky.
ReplyDeleteMy only stumble was to try LOST in lieu of LOSE for Get Beaten.
EMMA Thompson was Great in Saving Mr. Banks.
Nice shout out to our friend JAVA Mama. We miss you, come back!
Also thought of Abejo with INRI.
CHER still look good at nearly 68.
QOD: A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life. ~ Christopher Morley (May 5, 1890 ~ Mar. 28, 1957)
Paging Dr. Mayo.....Dr. Mayo.
ReplyDeleteGood morning, folks. Thank you, Kevin Christian, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Argyle, for a fine review.
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah, thanks for the I.N.R.I. note. By the way, the constructor's name is Christian.
Zipped through this puzzle pretty easily, of course it is a Monday.
Liked I.N.R.I., as I mentioned above. (Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudeorum)
RARA, lots of Latin today.
DEERE is real big in Illinois, especially in Moline.
I have a morphing TO DO LIST. Keeps changing. Plus, mine has tea spilled all over it. (Earl Grey, of course)
My voice is still shot from barking commands at the cornerstone laying ceremony on Saturday. The weather turned out fine, though. Great lunch at the Medical Center.
Lots to do today. Church this morning to work through offering counting logistics with the new Secretary. Off to Evanston tonight for a meeting. Hope to cut the grass in between, if it dries up.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
(dstuny may)
Hahtoolah:
ReplyDeleteLiked your Q.O.D. That was great, and true.
Abejo
Good morning, group!
ReplyDeleteZip, zip, done. Hand up for reading "Tyler" and entering LIV. Also had SADA before EMMA showed up. Otherwise, it was a strict read it, write it affair.
Argyle, thanks for 'splainin' INRI. But I'm sure I'll remember to forget it next time.
Later...
Not just typos. Errors in syntax and grammar are very common also.
ReplyDeleteGood morning all!
ReplyDeleteI zipped through this one and didn't even stop to think about any of the clues. All straight-forward and no late-week misdirection.
Dame Elizabeth Taylor was such an icon, as Lemony pointed out. She is one of the few child stars who made the transition to adult roles with ease and grace.
Not much else to say about this one, except thank you Kevin Christian for easing us into the week!
Good morning everybody!
ReplyDeleteNice, easy puzzle today. I didn't know the meaning of "TYRO". Otherwise, smooth sailing.
Have a great week!
Why are you obsessed with every little mistake Lemonade makes & overlook the hard work he puts on this blog every week?
ReplyDeleteHe has been through a few health problems & has a very bad eye. You have absolutely no heart.
You're being a cyber-stalker!
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteNice smooth easy puzzle today. For some reason, ended up filling the right side before the left. No matter. Did not know TYRO but I think we've had it before. No searches no strikethroughs, no nits. And that's NO LIE.
Have a great day.
Musings
ReplyDelete-One letter short of a pangram and one cell short of 3 grid spanners on this just right Monday puzzle
-PG-13 RATED allows one F-bomb as an expletive
-My fav BISMARCK has frosting and raspberry filling
-As you can see, LEO’s head resembles a backward punctuation mark
-How’d you like your team to LOSE by this much?
-Is there a worse way to “teach” than to give NOTES? Print the dang info out and give it to the kids
-This implement invented by John DEERE revolutionized farming but is hardly used any more
-I can golf today after I address my TO DO LIST
-George turns a sneeze response (1:02) into an issue
-I only know LANAI from watching these ladies on theirs in this show
-How many of these OLD SCHOOL rappers do you recognize? I knew cwd’s DR DRE
-SAY SO poster
Good morning all.
ReplyDeleteLIV cost me the TADA. I handled the clue superficially. You might say I "GLOSSed OVER" the clue. Never saw NEZ down. Doesn't look like making that error will be a RARA AVIS today. It's really a TYRO's mistake.
OOH OOH, I have one !
Where to see stars in crossword puzzle write ups ? Why, at CC's crosswordcorner.blogspot.com of course ! Superbly led off each week by Sir Argyle.
Thanks for linking Nelson. HA HA. I thought of him as well. Some vindication after struggling yesterday or Saturday with Simpson judge (3 letters). I thought I knew most of the characters on the Simpsons. Couldn't remember a judge though.
Thank you Kevin Christian.
Have a great day everyone !
Fast and easy Monday puzzle. Smiled at Canada Honkers. Hand up for LIV before LIZ. Maybe because we just had LIV a few days ago?!
ReplyDeleteMy mind immediately went to this song for 38|D.
AlleyCat
ReplyDeleteMorning everyone,
Nice easy start to the week. No issues, no nits, just a thought.
We tend to rate puzzles on not only content, but the difficulty factor. Got me wondering if a constructor has a harder time creating an easy puzzle than one more complex. Or is it the same. My thinking is a Monday puzzle might be the more difficult.
What say you Marti?
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Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice, easy-breezy start to the week. Thanks, Kevin Christian, for a fun romp and thanks, Argyle, for a fine expo.
Lucina from last night: I did that fun John Lampkin puzzle last Sunday; it was in the NY Times.
Have a great day.
Hondo, I've always said that Monday puzzles are the hardest to construct, because of the limited vocabulary you can use. So, words which might be perfectly fine (even encouraged) in Friday-Saturday puzzles are strictly off-limits for Monday ones!
ReplyDeleteI have had my share of LIV and LIZ problems while solving crossword puzzles - fortunately not today. Liv Ullmann http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liv_Ullmann who acts in Ingmarr Bergman movies, is another fammous actress
ReplyDeleteHello Puzzlers -
ReplyDeleteEasy enough. A few entries - Rara, Tyro, Alia, and Laic were familiar only because of crosswords. I guess that's a benefit of having done the LAT every day for the last six or seven years.
Hi Gang -
ReplyDeleteAs mentioned, nice easy start to the week. The long downs are a bonus feature.
I remember somebody saying that on the beaches near HOLLYWOOD some people would lay on the stars and look at the sand.
Not much to add.
But I wonder why "double reed instrument" is never bassoon?
Cool regards!
JzB
Hondo @ 8:46 am: Good question. Thanks for answering it Marti.
ReplyDeleteRidiculously easy, even for a Monday. Would prefer to have a little thinking going on while completing the puzzle instead of just filling in "rote" answers.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, theme was fine, so thanks, Kevin.
Nice write-up, Argyle, as usual.
Whatever became of pince nez spectacles?
ReplyDeleteOr of the Monocle for that matter.
I love a speed run on a Monday morning--many thanks, Kevin! And you too, Argyle, for your always fun expo.
ReplyDeleteWe're back from our little Huntington Beach vacation, where we had a great time. Missed the Corner, but did get to do a rare NY Times puzzle on Sunday. Great fun.
Owen, that has to be the most outlandish romance I've ever seen in a poem. Very imaginative.
Have a great week, everybody!
Hello, puzzlers.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kevin Christian, for a fun time sashaying through this in one fell swoop, so to speak.
Barry:
Liv is usually short for Olivia.
IrishMiss:
Yes, that puzzle was really clever and fun to do.
I'm sorry I can't actually celebrate Cinco de Mayo because it is such a non holiday perpetuated by American interests. I do applaud the Mexicans who fought valiantly at the battle of Puebla.
Have a wonderful Monday, everyone!
Good morning all,
ReplyDeleteThanks Kevin and Argyle for a speedy Monday. It filled faster than most, but since I misspelled cap'n (capt) , I left a hole in tyro, not knowing rondo either. I KNOW it has been in Puzzles a zillion times, but couldn't see it with that blasted t !
WBS pretty much sums it up...
ReplyDeleteAstronomy Class
I have heard of stars on military uniforms, but really?
Wishing on a (Hollywood) star...
Seeing Stars...
Seeing Stars Better....
C.C. said:
ReplyDelete"Why are you obsessed with every little mistake Lemonade makes & overlook the hard work he puts on this blog every week?
He has been through a few health problems & has a very bad eye. You have absolutely no heart."
I can't speak for the other anti-lemony anons, but for me its called Karma. Where was jason's heart when he stole all that money from all those retirees? And the other 2 cases of hime stealing from his clients? And that whole cruise ship/teaching scam he helped levy on those poor immigrants.
At least the Florida Bar had the decency to kick him out regardless of his so called hard work.
Anon @ 7:24/7:26
ReplyDeleteYou are giving your Mother a bad name...
Hola Everyone, A speed run for me today. I hardly slowed down and didn't have to read the clues because answers were filled in with the across fill.
ReplyDeleteA quick Monday puzzle always makes me feel really smart.
Thanks for the expo, Argyle. I always enjoy your take on things.
Our Cinco de Mayo celebrations here in San Jose got out of hand and several people were arrested yesterday in a crowd mentality sort of rampage. How some people can take a celebration as a ticket to run wild is beyond my understanding. It spoils the fun for everyone.
Have a great day, everyone.
Jazz-because Bassoon has too many letters!
ReplyDeleteHi, this is Kevin Christian. Glad you all enjoyed the puzzle!
ReplyDeleteMy original version of this puzzle had 4 themers, with the addition of GOOD HOMEWORK, i.e. teachers put stars on homework that is particularly well done.
My original version also had GENERAL'S UNIFORM instead of MILITARY UNIFORM, in reference to the specific rank being symbolized by stars on the uniform.
See ya!
Thank you, Kevin, for letting me feel like a genius! A sweet, smooth puzzle today.
ReplyDeleteHand up for LIV/LIZ. Maybe I should slow down and really read the clues. Nah!
Have a great week! It's starting off well with sunshine and comfortable temps.
Pat
CED,
ReplyDeleteThose military decorations (N Korean?) would seem to obviate need for any Kevlar undergarments.
Happy Monday everybody!
ReplyDeleteHow easy was this puzzle? For the first time EVER, I was able to finish with only one across pass and one down pass....
Don't know about y'all, but my to-do list eventually morphs into multiple to-do lists, that eventually get combined back into one. Call it ebb and flow....
OMK, apparently the monocle is making a comeback among "hipsters"....
CSO at 44A to Cyone...?
Finally, it seemed ironic to me that the Number 1 amateur night for drinkers, ST PATs, appeared right off the bat in the crossword puzzle for the day of the Number 2 amateur night for drinkers, or as we used to call it, Cinco de Drinko....
ReplyDeleteC.E.D. You're the greatest - even better than Muhammad Ali.
I look forward to your links and wait for them, breathlessly. They give me more pleasure than a dozen clue attempts attested to by other bloggers.
To the Anon who hates Lemonade. Let it go. The problem is not him, its you. Remember, Karma works both ways.
Argyle, where o where is your delete button.
Hi Y'all! I did this puzzle just after midnight, singing to myself, "Starry Starry Night". Ah, the simple pleasures. Thanks, Kevin, nice of you to stop by! Thanks, Argyle!
ReplyDeleteA fun, easy puzzle today (of course, Monday puzzles are always easy).
ReplyDeleteOwenKL, once again, a great poem.
I was really surprised that so many were confused between LIV and LIZ. She's LIV TYLER, not TAYLOR.
Have a nice rest of your day.
CED
ReplyDelete"You are giving your mother a bad". So true!
Oops. Left out "name."
ReplyDeleteRe: MILITARY UNIFORM stars. Also we have stars on gravestones of flag rank servicemen. Here is the headstone of Fleet Admiral Nimitz at the Golden Gate National Cemetery. I understand ADM Spruance ADM Turner and VADM Lockwood are buried nearby. Think about it: 16 stars on one little cemetery knoll. (They all served in the Pacific Theater during WWII)
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see Monday! Had a couple I didn't know, TYRO, RARA , ALIA, and for a minute, for Sonny's Partner, I was trying to remember Tubbs' first name on Miami Vice. Oh, and didn't know LAIC, have to add those mentioned to my crossword puzzle drawer in my brain. Which is pretty much a sieve.
ReplyDeleteNice start to the week. Thanks for the expo, Argyle and for the learning moment with INRI.
ReplyDeleteThere's no special dish for Cinco de Mayo mainly because it's not really celebrated, especially not in Mexico. I was in Mexico City a couple of years ago on May 5th and was expecting a night of jollities. I was surprised, to say the least, when I went out that evening and it was a regular and peaceful Tuesday night.
I decided to hold a one-man celebration and drank a few "banderas", or "flags". You get three shot glasses - one with tequila (white), one with sangrita, (red) and one with lime juice (green). You shoot them one after the other and "drink the flag".
@River Doc - LOL at "Cinco de drinko".
I thought this was a beautiful puzzle. The theme was adequate, but those long downs were all winners and the fill was very smooth. Great construction, KC.
ReplyDeleteANON @12:54
ReplyDeleteDo you believe in forgiveness, redemption, reconciliation, reformation? Can a person not repent and change his life around? Must even the smallest action of every moment of a person's life forever after be condemned. If so why should anyone try to better himself? Your lack of forgiveness and hardness of heart is hurting YOU the most of all. Like the Grinch your heart is two sizes too small. Forgiveness is liberating.
Yellowrocks@4:50: Thank you. Very well said.
ReplyDeletePat
yeliumclothAnybody else out there from Arizona.Yesterday's Arizona Republic's crossword was by Ronin Stears and completely different than the one on the Corner and the other sites. If it is a new one I think you will like it.
ReplyDeleteKerry_in_Carefree
oops typed the cat chums in the text
ReplyDeleteK_i_C
Hello everybody. Been busy; no time to write comments. I've enjoyed all the puzzles the last few days, especially last week's NYT Sunday puzzle by John Lampkin. Best wishes to you all.
ReplyDeleteLAT had Robin's Sunday puzzle earlier. Dance Partners Is that the one you had?
ReplyDeleteYoung, naive Yellowrocks, to answer your questions: no, then, yes.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, Jason's online criminal history spans over four decades and may even be ongoing if you read about his current escapades. This suggests to me not the "smallest action of every moment" but rather a way of life. And, if you read the archives from the earlier days of this blog, you'll see he represented himself as a practicing lawyer even though it is now clear he wasn't. He has never explained himself and quietly changed his profile from "Occupation: lawyer" to "Industry: Law" with nary a peep. This and many other comments show me a lack of remorse for his crimes and his misrepresentations.
You live you non-judging life and I'll live my petty, grumpy existence.
I seldom post here, but I have been reading here for years. I just don't understand why anyone like Anon, who is unhappy here , would keep coming back.
ReplyDeleteLemonade, I love you! Your comments make me happy! And, no, I do not know anyone here personally. I am just a happy lurker. I don't really care who anyone is. We are all just crossworders who enjoy the puzzles and each other.
Unhappy Anon, why do you come here? I really don't understand. Do you think your hateful comments make a difference to anyone? I can assure you they do not.
And you had a typo in your message, too.
Lettuce move on.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Let us...
ReplyDeleteSome useless humor
ReplyDeleteMy To-Do List
In Demand
Old School
Alley Cat
What??? Did you really think I would post a cat pic?
Greetings!
ReplyDeleteSwell puzzle, Kevin! Great expo, Argyle!
Loved the theme!
Got LIZ immediately. No comparison with Liv.
Am listening to a KUSC (non-commercial classical music) pledge drive. They are giving away a 3 CD set of music of John Williams. They need several more $90 pledges (for a year) to match another donation before 10:00.
I has suddenly turned cold here (about 70 degrees.) My fibromyalgia ridden corpse is not pleased.
Cheers!
Surely you can't be serious.
ReplyDeleteThak you Manac for the comic relief.
Hi all!
ReplyDeleteWow! And its not even Friday yet...
Happy 5/5 all -- one of 12 days of the year Europe and US write the date the same...
Thanks Kevin for a great puzzle and for stopping by. But, NO LIE, a DNF for me. 1a bOBO? and I guessed the wrong DAK. I can hear HG's HAHA from here.
AHEM...
Thanks for the writeup Argyle!
The NE was the hardest for me, and to be RATED-H for honest, the I in LAIC was a pure WAG.
Fav. clue was 19a - My 1st thought, 4 letter "Who uses donuts for currency?" "Cops."
Hahtoolah - re: QOD - I'm a huge success with DW! :-)
Keith - funny link. DW was ABD for 7 yrs. In her defense (HA!) there were two kids in between.
CED - Different globular cluster. ACHOO!. Warning - don't click if you can't ABIDE some gross.
Quick story - Youngest (11) brought me a 1TB external USB drive and said, "Dad, I need this floppy disk for school." I pulled out an old 5.25" to show her what a floppy was (I don't have an 8" floppy).
Wait, that doesn't sound right...
Cheers, -T
It can't go without saying "The Dude ABIDES". C, -T
ReplyDeleteremember when we would post our captchas?
ReplyDelete[celeaga]
So sorry to be PETTY.
ReplyDelete[kingadj]
Anon@3:01 Stop with the constant attacks on lemony! Leave it alone.
ReplyDeleteHey! I hit my number!
ReplyDeleteThe Anons seem to be over-caffeinated tonight!
ReplyDeleteMaybe their meds need to be adjusted.
You missed it again.
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