Theme: "PC Lab" - C is changed into P in the starting letter of each theme entry. All first words go through spelling changes.
24A. Challenge for one with an array of walking sticks? : CANE MANAGEMENT. Pain management.
26A. Perspective on a heist? : CAPER VIEW. Pay-per -view.
52A. Farmer? : CROPPER NOUN. Proper noun. Somehow I thought "cropper" is a machine.
71A. Sweatshirt part with wrinkles? : CREASED HOOD. Priesthood.
95A. Anthracite storage site? : COAL VAULT. Pole vault.
100A. Judge? : COURT AUTHORITY. Port authority.
33D. '40s-'50s first lady with her dog? : CORGI AND BESS. Porgy and Bess.
37D. Place for a collection of pub mementos? : COASTER BOARD. Poster board.
There are ten P's in the grid, but none in the theme answer.
Sound
changes all occur in the first letter, all have spelling changes. You
would think CAIN MANAGEMENT works for the first theme entry, but it
doesn't. It would break the spelling change consistency.
Lots of creativity and hard work went into today's theme selection. No USA-style loosey goosey two BAR contained in front & one isolated in the back as Argyle highlighted two days ago. Rich would have rejected that puzzle immediately.
Across:
1. Don Rickles specialty : INSULT. Not my cup of tea.
7. Really wants : ACHES FOR
15. Reykjavik-born singer : BJORK. Aren't glad the answer is not Reykjavik?
20. Be relevant : MATTER
21. Sophist's forte : RHETORIC
22. Geometry measures : RADII
23. God, in Hebrew : ADONAI. Same root as Adonis.
28. Display aid : RACK
29. Chou En-__ : LAI. Loyal to Mao until the end.
30. Many a comic book collector : NERD
31. At a Lakers home game, e.g. : IN LA
32. Mortgage limitation : RATE CAP
36. Large chamber groups : OCTETS
39. Novelist Nin : ANAIS
40. Granite State campus: Abbr. : UNH
41. Hockey immortal : ORR. He'll always be a solid fill in my book. Same with OTT.
42. Hair cover : SNOOD
43. Former boxer Ali : LAILA
44. Adventurer Jones, familiarly : INDY. Indiana Jones.
45. 85-Across rival : RKO. And 85. 45-Across rival : MGM. I like when one of them is clued.
46. Writers' degs. : MFAs
47. God of lightning : THOR
49. Barrage from bleacher "birds" : BOOS
50. Opposin' : AGIN
51. Oktoberfest rocks : EIS. Ice.
56. Edge : BRINK
57. Session with a model, maybe : ART CLASS. And 42. Paint problem : SMEAR
59. Ore holders : VEINS
60. Pond growth : ALGA
61. Put back in : RE-ELECT
62. Clued in about : HIP TO
63. Clobber : TROUNCE
66. Like some collectibles : RARE. I like this better than his rookie card.
67. After-school helper : TUTOR. Hi Bill!
68. Joined : SIGNED UP
69. Man with a cube : RUBIK
73. Pal : BRO
74. Minuscule bit : ATOM
75. Hail in a harbor : AHOY
76. Baltimore-to-Dover direction : EAST
77. Set an example : LEAD
78. Mauna __ : KEA
79. Not out of the game : IN IT
80. Swiss peak : EIGER
83. Social division : CASTE
84. Stumble : ERR
86. One in a firing line? : AX MAN. Oh, Donald Trump style firing.
87. Just look : BROWSE. My specialty.
89. Fountain order : SODA POP
91. Tach readings : RPMs
92. North Sea feeder : YSER And 94. City west of Caen : ST. LO
93. Seminary subj. : REL
105. One may evoke ahs in spas : OIL RUB. Never had an oil rub.
106. Noted Beethoven interpreter Claudio : ARRAU. Guilty of using him in my own puzzles.
107. Rank follower, for short : SERIAL NO. Name, Rank & Serial number.
108. City known for wool : ANKARA. Angora goat is named after Ankara (also known as Angora).
109. Show prizes : TONYs
110. Immaculate : SPOTLESS
111. Test drive offerer : DEALER
Down:
1. Teacher's Apple : iMAC
2. "De __": "Gracias" response : NADA
3. Point on a train schedule : STOP
4. __ Reader : UTNE
5. Well-educated : LEARNED
6. Hot pot spot : TRIVET. Three-legged. Hot pot is very popular in Xi'An, winter or summer.
7. Like Delaware's northern border : ARCED. Learning moment to me.
8. Tobacco wad : CHAW
9. Farm girl : HEN. Cute clue. We also have 13. Farm sound : OINK.
10. Always there : ETERNAL
11. Mogadishu's land : SOMALIA
12. Brawl : FRACAS
14. Color TV pioneer : RCA
15. Like Marilyn Monroe's voice : BREATHY. Wish she had not left Joe DiMaggio.
16. Farr of "M*A*S*H" : JAMIE
17. Dedicatory opus : ODE
18. __ Tin Tin : RIN
19. Word after mess or media : KIT
25. Sweat __ : GLANDS
27. Org. with involved schedules : IRS. Indeed.
31. Pasta suffix : INI
32. Long sentence : RUN-ON
34. Oscar winner Alan : ARKIN
35. Jump with all four feet off the ground, gazelle-style : PRONK. New word to me. Pronking.
36. Burning : ON FIRE
38. How-__ : TOs
39. Group with many boomers : AARP. Baby boomers.
43. Cuts short : LOPS
44. Promises to pay : IOUs
47. Hint : TRACE
48. Large number : HOST. A host of.
49. U2 frontman : BONO
50. Present in court : ARGUE
52. Store employee : CLERK
53. 1980 Tony winner for Best Musical : EVITA. More familiar with the 1996 Madonna film.
54. Some picked-up pickups, briefly : REPOs
55. Brit's saltpeter : NITRE
56. Fair-haired : BLOND
58. Assertion : CLAIM
60. Specialized jargon : ARGOT
62. "Hip to Be Square" rocker Lewis : HUEY
63. Familia members : TIOS.
Uncles. I call my mom's brother "Jiu", but I call my dad's brother
"Da". Different words for aunts also: "Yi" for mom's sister, "Gu" for
dad's sister. All my Jiu, Da, Yi and Gu had arranged marriages, same as my own parents.
64. Manage, as a museum : CURATE
65. Lyrical work : EPODE
67. Home run run : TROT
68. __-Pei : SHAR
69. Lawn maintenance tools : RAKES
70. In __: awaiting delivery : UTERO
71. Bonzo, in a '51 film : CHIMP
72. "Paula's Home Cooking" host : DEEN. Paula Deen. Southern Cooking is foreign to me.
75. Zambia neighbor : ANGOLA
77. __ school : LAW
79. Driving force : IMPETUS
80. Use : EXPLOIT
81. Wicked : IMMORAL
82. Freeway sign word : GAS
83. Like crows : CORVINE. Also a new word to me.
86. Joint: Pref. : ARTHRO. Boomer
put Knox gelatin in his coffee yesterday. I heard it takes 3 weeks to
notice the effect. Do you have any tip to relieve the old age arthritis
pain?
87. Org. with Eagles : BSA
88. Prepare for more shooting : RELOAD
90. Impressive spread : ARRAY
92. Toys on strings : YO-YOs
94. Pace : STEP
95. Warehouse stack: Abbr. : CTNS (Cartons)
96. Commercial word with Seltzer : ALKA
97. Caspian feeder : URAL
98. Attract : LURE
99. One way to get to the top : T-BAR
100. "'Meow' means 'woof' in __": Carlin : CAT
101. Gold, to Gomez : ORO
102. Server with a spigot : URN
103. __ Arizona : USS
104. One may be seen from La Tour Eiffel : ILE. French for "isle".
Happy Birthday to Ergo (Husker Chuck). Chuck is the author of these three books. Gary is an expert in "Nursing the Corn" :-) Hope you all have a chance to meet someday. Also, Chuck, why did you choose Ergo as your avatar handle?
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C.C.
45 comments:
Morning, all (and Happy Birthday, Chuck)!
Got the theme early on with this one (CORGI AND BESS), which helped immensely throughout. Had a few missteps here and there, but overall a smooth Sunday solve.
PRONK?
Good morning!
Just a few stumbles this morning. BJORK started out as BJORN and ARRAY as ARRAU (got my N/S, E/W confused), and CTNS began as MDSE (I should have snapped that the first letter had to be a C).
I would call 59-24 a good example of a TROUNCE, wouldn't you, Avg Joe?
PRONK summons up a completely different image in my mind.
Learning moment: ANKARA is a variation of Angora. Thanks, C.C. And I certainly can't relate to BROWSE -- I'm a buyer, not a shopper.
Happy Birthday, Ergo! I wasn't aware we had a published author in our midst.
Good morning!
And Happy Birthday Husker Chuck! Nice to put a face with the name. I hope your day is special.
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C.C., I have become all too familiar with Paula DEEN and her southern cooking, out of necessity. DH keeps bringing home groceries that I never even knew existed, like pork rinds, turnip greens and shrimp boil. You would probably starve if you had to eat at my house!
Fun puzzle, but I struggled in spots. Yesterday we had a clue with “rabologist” in it, for the answer CANES. Today we have CANE MANAGEMENT. What’s next?
I had ANgoRA before ANKARA. Well, that’s what it’s known as, isn’t it? I bet you could make a nice sweater out of this one!
Have a great day, everyone.
Good morning all ! Thank you CC and thank you Drew Bannerman.
Wow. I had a heckuva time getting COAL VAULT. That SE corner nearly did me in. Had RELOAD, ALKA, and URAL down, and ANKARA and DEALER across. My brain replaced "one may evoke ahs in spas" with more familiar "oohs and ahs."
For "Like crows", I had no clue except that I kept remembering COR-iNE seemed to be right. Was it CORZINE ? No, that was the pol from NJ... But the i did lead to OIL and RUB, then TBAR and LURE, and the V was then obvious. Wow.
Just to the west, a first pass fill of GAUL ("city west of Caen") and GAIT ("Pace") was the only other area that held me up. Don't know why Gaul popped to mind. The key to that area was getting SPOTLESS from the starting and ending esses, and that disproved gait. I don't recall what my SERIAL NO was.
The collector was HIP TO CANE MANAGEMENT, due to his rabologist.
"Southern Cooking is foreign to me." CC, last night my meal was smoked beef brisket, collard greens, fried okra and hush puppies.
Happy birthday Ergo Husker Chuck !
The Week in Review:
M 6:41 T 7:37 W 7:53 T 7:46 F 19:56 S 21:45 S 26:51
A successful solve to a Saturday Siklie and a very enjoyable Sunday puzzle has almost erased the bitter taste left by Friday's deliberately misspelled words.
Today the SE was the last to fall with COALVAULT being the last theme fill. CORVINE was new to me but I'll try to remember it. It joins porcine, ursine, equine, bovine, etc.
It got down to 20°F last night here in the beautiful mid-Hudson valley. I'm not a fan of cold weather.
See y'all next weekend (if not before).
Thank you for the kind birthday wishes. The first two books I wrote ("Clods" and "Nursing the Corn") are not that good. But I learned a lot by publishing them. The novel "Alter Boys" however, totally rocks. If you are strong enough to absorb the subject matter, you'll be treated to a triple surprise ending.
C.C. --> I started using the avatar "Ergo" on another message board about 10 years ago. It seemed I earned a reputation for bringing resolution to tumultuous threads, and the moniker that meant 'thus' or 'hence' just felt right.
Lots of possibilities today. Initially had in "labor" for in "utero" and "elegy" for "epode" but figured it all out in the end. Fun theme. Usually my newspaper prints the puzzle too small. They must have had complaints because they really blew it up today, almost too big for comfort.
Hello Puzzlers -
Mostly zoomed through, but really got bogged down in the south and southeast. It took me waaay too long to see Coal Vault. Glad we had Snood within the past year or two, I was for once able to recall.
WBS: Pronk?
HBTY Ergo.
Morning Marti, a neighbor of ours is in a similar boat: she married a fellow from Alabama, and has therefore been required to (1) develop a taste for football, and (b) root for the Tide.
Morning C.C., the Ankara and Angora connection is new to me, thanks for enlightening.
How timely that Bono showed up in the grid today. Many of you will have heard that he was on board a Lear 60 descending into Berlin recently, and that the aircraft suffered a loss of the aft baggage door. Reportedly, two suitcases eventually tumbled out of the baggage area. As with the majority of small jets, the baggage space is unpressurized, so the loss of the door is no big problem for continued flight.
The NW corner fell easily enough, so the punnishment theme came early. And it helped a lot. Prone was new, but we've had Corrine and Arrau in the past, so those weren't total mysteries. Liked the clue for axman, didn't like the pairing of RKO and MGM as not clued.
Happy birthday Chuck, and many more!
Yes, DO, I'd call that a trouncing. And so did the Sportswriter staff at the Journal Star....right in the headline. But I'm guessing they only did so to avoid calling it what it was...a good old fashioned ass kicking. But, it should be noted that the sun did rise over Mudville this morning, though it was a couple hours late. I'd hoped for a good game regardless of outcome. Sigh! Maybe next year.
Pronk, not prone. #%£¥€{# autocorrect!
I thought this was an excellent Sunday with some of the theme really fun images, my favorite CREASED HOOD. My least favorite, CROPPER NOUN. I know farmers have crops the word just is not used.
I liked the cross of ARRAU and ARRAY though I did not recall arrau.
HBDTY HBDTY HBDDE HBDTY and many more.
Too much CANE for you marti, sounds like a Cane Mutiny.
Thanks BD and C.C.
TTP @ 7:45, can I send him over to your house for dinner tonight? It looks like he's marinating some kind of brisket, and has some kind of sausage out for appetizers.
Dudley, I'd love to see DH and your neighbor get together when Ole Miss plays 'Bama!
Lemony - "Cane Mutiny." Good one!
I got the theme early which helped tremendously. The only words new to me were PRONK and BJORK. The dictionary accepts PRONK, spell checker does not.
My grandson was great in the school play last night. Can't you tell I'm a proud grandma? The producer selected half females for the jurors, therefore they called the play 12 Angry Jurors. It did, however, stay true to the original story for the most part. About half the cast were seniors and veteran performers, thus the play was quite well done.
Kenny is very much into the BSA and plans to go for his EAGLE next year.
I find most of the time Rich and the constructors are correct in spite of our nits.
Isn't share CROPPER a kind of farmer? That's still a little stretch, but a wee one.
Using the dictionary yesterday, I see that FILET and FILLET are both proper spellings referring to either fish or meat.
The other day what made the misspelling theme puzzle acceptable to me is that the errors were not random, but typical or common mistakes.
I read Calico Joe and many other Grisham stories on my Kindle. I see the Kindle is automatically installing an update this week.
HBDTY Ergo. I am glad you joined us.
Happy birthday Ergo, I wasn't sure how old you are, ergo the cake...
Good Morning:
Had a few sticky spots but perps came to the rescue. Cutest clue: "Meow" means "Woof" in=Cat. CSO to Tin with Immaculate=Spotless, as in Villa Incognito after the recent cleaning frenzy!
Nice job, Drew Banneman, and great expo, CC, with lots of learning moments, I.e., Ankara/Angora, Corvine, but the jury is still out on pronk!
Happy Birthday, Ergo and congrats on being a published author.
Have a great day.
Greetings!
Thanks, Drew and CC. Cute theme!
Am trying desperately to get some more sleep.
Puzzle twice as long as last week. But finally got it w/o cheats. PRONK was all perps. Also, CORVINE.
Happy birthday, Ergo! Many happy returns!
Cheers!
RE 7 Down: My sister lives in Newark, Delaware. Their Old Court House marks the center of the circle forming the state's northern border. There is a lot of interesting history involved with it and the Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland.
A. Aajma said: "There is a lot of interesting history involved with it . . ."
Indeed there is, and this seems to be as good a place to start as any.
Great clip on pronking springbok:
Clip(2:37)
Hi everybody! This took me a while but I enjoyed the result. Some clever stuff as usual. My one complaint is abbreviations such as CTNS. I'm never sure which abbrvs to use and have to wait for enough crossing ltrs. I don't like 'em but I guess the contructors need 'em sometimes.
Thanks Drew and CC. HBD Ergo!
Marti, skip the turnip greens and cook beet tops instead. Really good!
Yes, tutoring continues to be an enjoyable addition to my retirement free time.
Good pronking clip Argyle. Thanks.
CC, regarding arthritis pain, I haven't found anything that works well except Ibuprofen. I took Glucosamine and Chondroitin for a while but I couldn't notice any improvement. Ibuprofen definitely cut the pain in half.
I stumbled out of the block on this one. INSULT and MATTER came easily but the cross of ADONAI NADA & STOP did me in. STOP was obvious but my brain kept wanting STN_ or STA_ not bothering to notice that there was no abbreviation in the clue, so no abbreviation was needed in the answer. Duh! The rest of the puzzle filled with just a few slowdowns.
I also had trouble in the SE and SW as ANKARA was the only logical word, CORVINE was a new word, and the way to get to the top, T-BAR, came after a brain freeze. I see Harold Hamm's wife found the time honored way to get to the top with that $1,000,000,000.00 divorce settlement.
The Solving of CAP & ARRAU was a guess since they were both complete unknowns. I absolutely hate clues like 45A & 85A where one answer is needed to solve the other, but no clue is given.
My grandson busted my RUBIK's cube two weeks ago. He said it just broke but I know he was trying to solve it physically. I now know that six screws hold it together.
I guess I will just RUN ON and watch football for the next couple of hours.
Marti @ 9:51, well heck yes, y'all c'mon over ! And bring that brisket. I've got the smoker !.
We took the easy road last night, and drove a half hour north of here to try Blues BBQ Co. It was real good.
CORGI AND BESS? Are you kidding me? That and all the other fill made for a fun Sunday after the Husker got TROUNCED yesterday. Nebraska doesn’t MATTER any more.
Musings
-The southern 1/3 was rife with erasures
-I hope I don’t need a CANE, walker or clapper for a while
-We wanted to see Paula DEEN’s restaurant in Savannah but walked within one block and missed it because we didn’t take the elevator up from the waterfront. Map?
-RHETORIC: haven’t we had enough sophistry?
-A lot of those BOOS are fueled by booze
-This is SMEARED ART
-How ‘bout this VEIN?
-RUBIK (today’s puzzle) KLEENEX BOX (yesterday’s Silk puzzle)
-Mauna KEA or LOA? Of course I got the A first.
-Think I could take a test drive here?
-I first saw JAMIE as an airman in No Time For Sergeants
-Greet a CLERK by the first name on their badge and watch them light up
-HBD to fellow Husker Chuck! I’ve had kids detassel a lot of that corn, not nurse it. ;-)
-In what 2009 movie did George Clooney play an AXMAN who fired people?
Greetings, weekenders!
Late to the party because the southern tip fried my bacon today. I had SPOTLESS, STEP and STLO, then finally, I looked up EIGER as it was inside my brain but shyly remained hidden. That opened the door to a finish. But wait, PRONK? I couldn't CAP it with a P only because it seemed unlikely to be a real word. Live and learn!
The northern hemisphere, equator and central filled nicely without much ado. I love the word SNOOD, one of my first conquests in the early days of my puzzle solving.
Thank you, Drew Banneman and C.C.
Happy birthday, Ergo Chuck Husker! Congratulations on your publications.
I hope you're all having a swell Sunday!
What do you make of the allegations against Bill Cosby? He got cancelled from a planned Letterman appearance. It's hard to guess at the truth. Is he a bad man who used his position of celebrity to take advantage of women or are the women just looking for a payday at his expense? I'm torn between "Innocent until proven guilty" and "Where there's smoke, there's fire."
I had a friend who thought his daughter could solve a Rubik's cube. I had my doubts since she seemed very unexceptional. Sure enough she took it into her bedroom and came back with it solved in about five minutes. I noticed that the correct colors weren't on opposite sides of the cube anymore. She had carefully removed all of the stickers and replaced them. Still, a pretty clever problem-solving approach...
Bill G.: "It's hard to guess at the truth".
You're not supposed to guess at the truth.
I fail to see what this has to do with crossword puzzles.
Don't know why Letterman cancelled Cosby's appearance. Would have been the perfect opportunity for two of the biggest self righteous creeps in show business to swap sexual harassment stories.
Hi All
I was just lurking today, but C.C.'s write-up piqued my interest. Single words for "Aunt on mom's side" and "Uncle on dad's side" seems reasonable. Are there words for "brother" from mom's 4th husband's 1st marriage? I need that word.
Also, Southern Cooking - add bacon or butter, done. Shrimp helps :-)
Argyle - The Nutcracker music behind PRONKING was perfect. Thank you.
Bill G. - Re: the 'Coz. I think of MLK and RFK and myriad of others; their contribution is not tainted by their personal lives. Time will tell.
Cheers, -T
Hello everybody. Whoo, what a fun journey today. My brain feels all twisted into knots, in a nice way. I like this kind of theme, perhaps because I like malapropisms and spoonerisms.
Since yesterday the word rabologist has been worming through my mind. (Maybe that's what's got it all twisted!) Anyway, I just can't shake the notion that rabology is the study of rabies. I know, I know ...
So is the study of scabies scabology? What does a babologist study?
I still like the music of Huey Lewis and the News. Does that mean I've come a CROPPER?
I'm with desper-otto@7:02 re PRONK.
My experience with Ibuprofen, Glucosamine and Chondroitin are identical to those of Bill G.
Best wishes to you all.
I get all proud 'n' stuff when my wife's brothers and sisters call me jie fu (big sister's husband.) It makes me feel very honored and respected and part of her family.
AnonT@3:38
Would that be step-brother? or step-brother three times removed?
HG - I just followed at your links. The Kleenex RUBIC's cube is wrong - there are two reds on the front-right corner. FAIL! (not you, the product).
Also, your Maserati link made me think of Joe Walsh. "...does 185, I lost my license, now I don't drive."
Oh what a car. Italians sure can design beauty (for function, we need [insert stereotype here])
I just saw a chiro-quack-ter on Friday. It helped my neck and back pain. I don't know arthritis yet, but the guy broke me down like a shot-gun and I've felt good for two days.
Cheers, -T
I'll throw this into the comments about ibuprofen. But with the caveat that I take it for lower back pain and neuropathy, not arthritis.
The Orthopods I've had face time with have all told me that ibuprofen only has anti-inflammatory properties and benefits at dosages of 600mg (or higher). Lower single dosage will only have analgesic benefits. So, when I do take it on occasion, I take 3 hits at once, one time, rather than taking one 200mg dose every 4 or 6 hours. From what I can tell,the advice has been good. It gives me significant relief using that method, whereas I get little or no benefit from taking lesser quantities.
I'd also add that I don't know the maximum daily dosage per the AMA since I've never exceeded 600mg in a day, but all pain relievers have the potential of causing liver damage, so don't overdo it.
Here's another instance of PRONK, more local for me than South Africa.
SO many great links have had me exploring Delaware's border history, PRONKing springbok, SMEARed art and Joe Walsh.
TTP, OMG, do NOT let DH see that smoker. I bought him one for Christmas a few years ago, and it looks so lame compared to that one. I know he would get a rise in his pants if he saw yours...
BTW, what I thought was brisket for dinner is actually meat for fajitas. Live and learn.
Doh! I forgot...HBD ergo! I'm not going to read your dead-baby-doll-cover book, but the one-liners volume is on the way. Cheers, -T
AnonT:
My post at 4:03 was written with tongue firmly in cheek. As far as I know English has no equivalent for those relationships as does Chinese and other languages.
Did anyone else, besides BillG, see today's Sunday Morning? One of the features was UGA, the Georgia Tech mascot. Though I've seen the word in crosswords I had not paid much attention to the actual bulldog. Really surprising as well was the fact it was the dog in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and the owner was also the judge in that film.
For those of you west of CST 60 minutes is extraordinary this evening. Ergo, it speaks to the topic of your book, e.g. But the best part is the interview with Mandy Patinken. During that interview, he goes on a rant where he names his favorite musicians, and most are on my list. However, he didn't mention Steve Earle, but he also didn't say "Yuck", so there's that. At any rate, catch it if you can.
Lucina - My impression - there's not a malicious bone in your body... I knew how to take it.
For the record, re my mom's legacy kids: I don't really know them. On the other hand, my "1/2" brother & sisters from pop's 2nd marriage are my "sibs." I'm >11 years older than the trio, but love them like my birth-mom bro. Nobody better get between any of us if they know what's good for them :-)
I've got to hit the road tomorrow, so I have chili and vegetable soup on the stove for everyone to eat while I'm gone. I must tend to it. Cheers, -T
Lucina, as I'm sure you would guess, I enjoyed the feature on UGA. Any dog that ugly, that drools and wheezes has got to be high on the list of adorable animals.
Seven or eight years ago, I came across a local photographer with prints for sale at a community fair. I bought a photo that's hanging above my computer right now. I came across it again as an award winner in an AAA photography contest. Here is the image. Sequoia and star trails
Happy birthday ergo..Husker Chuck!! ...always a tad late
CEDave, I LOVE that cake. It gave me a big laugh.
A dog enjoying himself in the snow. Happy dog
Photographing the Milky Way
Milky Way
Too much stress in your life? Try kitten therapy
Bill G - The Milky Way photo how too was way cool. Unfortunately, so was my chili - it whelmed. I added some extra spice and hope it will meld well before morning chili and eggs.
Donno if you get Rhyme's w/ Orange in your paper, but this comic exemplifies why I don't let DW play puzzles with me. DW can call out answers faster than I can read the clue. Cheers, -T
Good Monday morning, folks. Thank you, Drew Banneman, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, C.C., for a fine review.
I finished this late last night and was too tired to log in. So, Here I am.
The puzzle was fine. Theme was extra special, in my opinion. Really liked it. My first answer was CORGI AND BESS. Then I had the idea. Helped later.
Cannot remember what UTNE is, but I got it with perps.
ARRAU was a new one.
ST LO came after one letter.
PRONK was also a new word for me.
Was not sure on Sophists's forte. Wagged RHETORIC after I had most of the letters.
Since I am a day late, I will sign off now. See you later today, after the dentist.
Abejo
(1710)
The only way I can remember cropper being used is in the compound noun "sharecropper".
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