Theme: "Honoring Our Veterans". An always fitting tribute to our service men and women and the GI BILL in a charming Sunday package by our head Word Warrior C.C. This reenforces our duty to honor these men and women "Lest We Forget". It is still at work today:
As you can see, she built the puzzle around nine two-word phrases in which the first word begins with a G and the second with an I. I had a couple of rough patches but thoroughly enjoyed my odyssey.
23A. High-end bar? : GOLD INGOT - Like these in Fort Knox that Auric Goldfinger tried to steal
25A. IRS Schedule C, line 7 : GROSS INCOME - I totally get having a GROSS INCOME!
39A. Search feature that shows results as you type : GOOGLE INSTANT - Google attempt at 84. Down - Debatable "gift" : ESP?
50A. "Massaging" Dr. Scholl's product : GEL INSOLES - Are you gellin?
67A. Broad appeal : GENERAL INTEREST - Not appealing to colonels and majors?
87A. Popular Aegean vacation spots : GREEK ISLES - Spectacular!
97A. Teacher of the Year awardee, say : GOOD INFLUENCE - Usually
116A. Exodus prohibition : GRAVEN IMAGE - Exodus 20:4, KJV. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any GRAVEN image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heave above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth"
119A. "That could work!" : GREAT IDEA - Hmmm...
And the theme reveal:
101D. Legislation signed 6/22/1944 by FDR ... and, initially, what the nine longest across answers in this puzzle comprise : GI BILL
Hut, two, three, four, let's march on to see what other cleverness C.C. has for us in her salute to our fighting men and women and their well deserved benefits
Across
1. Queens swingers : METS - Swingin' since 1962
5. Like New York's Waldorf Astoria : DECO - More familiar as ART DECO
9. Ball queen : BELLE - This is Disney's Belle in her signature color (all Disney Princesses have a signature color)
14. Sought-after guests : A-LIST
19. "The African Queen" co-screenwriter : AGEE - TOMMY Agee made two spectacular catches in the 1969 Series for those Queens Swingers.
20. Bring in : EARN
21. "The sharpest-sighted Spirit of all in Heaven," in "Paradise Lost" : URIEL - Satan, disguised as a cherub , tricks archangel Uriel into guiding him to Earth
22. Jazzy Jones : NORAH
27. Religion of most Malaysians : ISLAM - 60.4% of 'em
28. Shower sponge : LOOFA - Most here will recognize this LOOFA scene
30. Telecom unit : NSEC - Nanosecond - One billionth of a second
31. Tot perch : KNEE
32. Like some kisses : STOLEN - Most famous in history?
34. Annual theater award : OBIE - Best of off Broadway
36. Bullet point : ITEM
38. Start of an assembly : STEP A - "I don't need no stinkin' instructions"
44. "I knew it!" : AHA - "I should'a read the stinkin' instructions"
45. Frustrating waiting time, facetiously : EON
47. Loads : A TON
48. 21-Across, in Le Havre : ANGE - Our friend Uriel above. Lovely cross reference
49. Marker : IOU
53. Goes (for) : OPTS
55. Polish prose : EDIT
56. Clark Kent's father, in 1950s TV : EBEN - I guess Ma and Pa Kent were called Sarah and EBEN in a 1942 novel and the TV series. Just when I thought I knew everything Superman...
57. Arthur of "Maude" : BEA - BEA Arthur
58. Takes by force : WRESTS
60. Sleekly designed : AERO - prefix
61. By and large : AS A RULE - AS A RULE, I follow Ann Landers' advice, "Is anything any better because I say/do this?"
64. Talk pioneer : PAAR - He told Dick Cavett that leaving The Tonight Show was the biggest mistake of his life
65. Time __ : WARNER - Our cable/phone/internet provider
71. Eastern temple : PAGODA
74. Like-minded group : CULT - Two entrepreneurs outside the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco, TX
75. Bungler : SAD SACK - I'll bet even he could take advantage of the GI Bill
78. Tiger's ex : ELIN - Mother of his children
79. Riles (up) : STEAMS
82. Rescue pro : EMT - They saved a life at our Memorial Day outdoor cemetery
83. Heavy wind : GALE
85. Historian seen in "I, Claudius" : LIVY - Titus Livius Patavinus - 59 BC - 17 AD
86. League, e.g. : UNIT - 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea is 69,000 miles but the title refers to the horizontal distance the Nautilus traveled while under the sea not a vertical depth.
90. Vacation time in Versailles : ETE - We never seem to see the others
91. Pusher's nemesis : NARC
93. Regrets : RUES
95. __ es Salaam : DAR - If you know the name of the country with this city and its 1.4 million people, you're a better geographer than I am. I had to look it up.
96. Edge : LIP - Having a putt stop on the LIP of the cup is heartbreaking!
100. Prepare to surf : LOG IN - All my LOG IN's use my mom's name except for my financial sites
102. Doesn't keep : ROTS
103. Quick kiss : PECK - Definitely not what's going on in 32 Across
104. Roger, for one : RABBIT - Who Framed Roger RABBIT was a 1988 movie that Rotten Tomatoes gave a 98%
106. Maestro Klemperer : OTTO - Sarge's dog or director Preminger work better for me ;-)
108. Milky stone : OPAL
111. Mr. Wrong? : LOSER
113. Let's Move! campaign launcher Michelle : OBAMA - All first ladies seem to initiate programs that get more headlines than results
121. Gives a thumbs-up : LIKES - Was your first thought of Roman Emperors or Siskel and Ebert? BTW, the latter gave Roger Rabbit two thumbs-up.
122. Colorful swimmer : TETRA
123. Shore acquisitions : TANS
124. Wildlife refuge : LAIR
125. Put forth, as effort : EXERT
126. Hook's look : SNEER - Who did it better than Cyril Ritchard?
127. Go ape : SNAP
128. Ancient strings : LYRE
Down
1. Wise guys? : MAGI
2. They may clash on a team : EGOS - How Shaquille O'Neal's, Kobe Bryant's and Phil Jackson's EGOS all fit into the Staples Center ARENA is a mystery to me.
3. Lies : TELLS TALES - I got hung up on Lies being a noun for a while
4. Calm : SEDATE
5. Wildlife refuge : DEN - Did anyone here belong to one of these DENS
6. Duffer's dream : EAGLE - Two under par. Usually only three strokes on a Par 5
7. Sing jazz standards, perhaps : CROON - He couldn't dance but Bing could CROON
8. Aware of : ONTO
9. Cause of fear : BUGABOO - Merriam Webster lists bête noire as a synonym
10. Mess up : ERR
11. Big name in little trains : LIONEL - A set to go with one of my favorite Christmas movies
12. Not as costly : LESS - It costs LESS but would you mistake it for Edy's?
13. Further : ELSE
14. "King Kong" heroine : ANN - Kong had the hots for the only blonde he had ever seen!
15. Picture holder : LOCKET
16. "Brave New World" band : IRON MAIDEN - Their 12th album released in 2000
17. Diner's "I'll have that also" : SAME - What ELSE were Vinnie Gambini and Mona Lisa Vito gonna say?
18. Friend's address : THEE - Ah, your Quaker Friends (Religious Society of Friends)
24. "Nothing planned for that day" : I'M OPEN - What every wide receiver tells the quarterback in the huddle
26. Sweet finish : ICING
29. Pays, as the bill : FOOTS - I had two daughters and had to FOOT the bill for two weddings
33. Asian nation surrounded by five countries : LAOS - Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and about 100 miles of border with the home country of our constructor
35. Uninformed : IGNORANT - Will Durant - "Education is the progressive discovery of our IGNORANCE"
37. Mao __-tung : TSE - A founder of the Chinese Communist Party who also invited a man from the biggest capitalistic country in the world to visit
38. Grain-free cat food brand : SHEBA
39. Earth goddess : GAEA
40. Gobbles up : EATS - A baseball manager can say of a durable pitcher, "He EATS innings"
41. Technical sch. : INST
42. Bete __ : NOIRE - That which is very feared or disliked (Black Beast in French)
43. One-on-one helper : TUTOR
44. __ restriction : AGE - There are many PG-13 AGE restricted movies I wouldn't attend with my 13 year old grandson
46. Blue-blooded : NOBLE
51. Really hurting : IN AGONY - Two weeks in a hospital after having innards rearranged for me
52. Look like a wolf : LEER - Looking has a time limit and then it turns into a LEER
54. Impudent : PERT
55. Wildlife markers : EAR TAGS - Seen in cattle feedlots too
58. Knocks 'em dead at the jazz club : WAILS
59. Volvo home: Abbr. : SWED.
62. Light color? : RED - Was the red car driver texting?
63. Some, in Havana : UNAS
64. Damson source : PLUM TREE - A type of plum and learning for me
66. Obstinate beast : ASS - In the movie, Patton had an brutal way to move obstinate asses off a bridge
68. Berry promoted as a superfood : ACAI
69. Salinger character who said, "I prefer stories about squalor" : ESME - From the Crossword Hall Of Fame
70. Wrote customer reviews on, say : RATED
71. Pequod co-owner : PELEG - in 1956 Mervyn Johns played PELEG to Gregory Peck's Ahab in Moby Dick
72. Kennedy associate : ALITO - One of the Supremes. Probably doesn't know the words to Baby Love
73. Approximately : GIVE OR TAKE
76. Retire : CALL IT A DAY
77. Big name in fashion : KLEIN - Do you remember the answer to this question?
80. Territory : TURF - American Pharoah (spellchecker doesn't like this misspelling) is the King of the Turf
81. Env. stuffer : ENCL - Enclosure
82. Celtic language : ERSE - Fáilte is Welcome
87. Spokescritter with a British accent : GECKO
88. Longtime TV journalist Marvin : KALB
89. 1950 sci-fi classic : I ROBOT - Isaac Asimov hated this adaptation of his robot stories
91. Petty peeve : NIT - None here, right?
92. Williams of "Happy Days" : ANSON - Anson and some other cast members sued CBS for millions for the sales of Happy Days items. They each got $65,000 and a promise to honor their contracts henceforth.
94. Ambiguous : UNCLEAR
98. Mulligan : DO OVER - We usually give one per nine holes played. It's often on the first drive of the day
99. Doing some binge-watching, maybe : UP LATE - Dang Godfather trilogy!
104. Played again : RERAN - See above
105. Sports center : ARENA
106. Look like a wolf : OGLE
107. Cheerios shelfmate : TRIX - Yeah, yeah, I know who they're for!!
109. Commodities trading areas : PITS - Like in Trading Places
110. ''You said it!'' : AMEN
112. Pepper et al.: Abbr. : SGTS - Bilko, York, Schultz, Friday, et al
114. '70s Israeli prime minister : MEIR
115. It passes between Swiss banks : AARE - These Swiss banks are holding the River AARE not secret bank accounts. Very cute!
117. Body shop no. : EST - Give or take a grand...
118. Ph.D. hopeful's hurdle : GRE - Graduate Record Exam
120. Once-sacred snake : ASP
Halt, two, three four! Proceed onto the next page for comments. Company, Disssss-missed!
Husker Gary
Note from C.C..:
As I mentioned yesterday, Husker Gary had a relapse last Wednesday when he returned home from the reversal surgery. He wrote today's post before the surgery, so there was no mention of his setback.
He told me that "Joann is my angel and taking care of me along with 6 doctors, 10 nurses and various other technicians. My radiologist today was a former student."
Gary has his laptop with him, but I'm not sure he has the energy to read us. Thanks for your prayers and good wishes. I hope he can go back home and resume his golfing & musing routine soon.
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| Joann & Gary |
Greetings!
ReplyDeleteGreat puzzle, CC! Great expo, Gary! (I knew that was Gary, but wondered how that could be. Glad it was explained.)
No real problems. The B in SHEBA was a WAG. ANN was perped.
Very fast Sunday!
Cheers!
FIW today, which was still better than yesterday's fiasco. I had ALSO instead of ELSE, which also meant BELLA instead of BELLE, and gibberish which I assumed was simply a word I didn't know, instead of NSEC, which I wouldn't have recognized in this context anyway.
ReplyDeleteThere once was a SAD SACK, the dismay of his SGT.
Worse than a GOLD brick, more an INGOT of agt.
When assigned to K.P.s,
He'd scarf M.R.E.s,
And that's how in time he became such a large gt.
The G.I. asked his girlfriend, "How should I kiss you?
A PECK on the cheek will wipe off with a tissue.
A STOLEN kiss
May be hit or miss,"
Said she, "Any way except Government Issue!"
Morning, all!
ReplyDeleteThought we'd have a Father's Day theme for sure today, so the theme remained hidden until the very end. Got through the puzzle pretty easily regardless, however. Minor missteps along the way (TIP for LIP), but nothing serious. Had to guess a few times with stuff like PLUM TREE.
Off to have breakfast at IHOP with the family in honor of Father's Day. Catch you all later!
Excellent puzzle today. Thanks Gary (and get well soon!) and C.C.! The famous Eisenstaedt picture is appropriate to the puzzle theme.
ReplyDeleteWorst problem today was I'M FREE instead of I'M OPEN, which slowed down that area. Also GAIA before GAEA but that wasn't a problem. The cross of SHEBA/EBEN was a complete unknown, that's my NIT for the day.
Father's Day trivia: OTTO Klemperer was the father of Werner Klemperer of "Hogan's Heroes" fame.
Excellent puzzle, CC. I caught on to G.I. in the first few minutes, so that sped me along. Gary, great review. I wondered how you could have accomplished this while you are in the hospital. I am glad CC explained. I wish you good health.
ReplyDeleteOTTO KLEMPERER was my first choice. I enjoy the classics on NPR.
African Queen is one of my all time favorite movies.
Gary, seeing your poster, I realized L'hiver (winter) looks like, but does not sound like shiver. I usually like winter, but the 2014-15 winter was terrible.
A guest at a million dollar wedding at the Waldorf Astoria had a gun tucked in his pants. At the very start of the reception the gun accidentally went off just grazing a woman in the head. The SAD SACK passed the gun off to a friend who took it off the premises. The reception was canceled because the police were searching the hall for the gun. There was much WAILing from the chagrined bride.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteHand up for I'M FREE. Hand up for GAIA. And dang it, Howard, I was planning to mention that trivia about Werner -- especially since Husker had already mentioned Sgt. Schultz. That'll teach me to sleep in.
ELIN came back for her second appearance in as many days. Odd, how that happens.
I use 1Password to manage my LOG-INs. It generates a different password for every site. Just click the icon within 1Password, and it takes you to the site and fills in the log-in information. I like it.
Here's some trivia in honor of 7d CROON. The Andrews Sisters often recorded with Bing Crosby who was known familiarly as "Der Bingle." In their 1945 hit, Rum and Coca Cola you'll hear the line "When she hear Der Bingle croon" at the 1:55 mark. But if you look at any on-line listings of the lyrics, he's mistakenly called Der Bingo. The song was written by Morey Amsterdam. You may remember him from the old Dick Van Dyke Show. Some radio stations refused to play it, because it was just too sexy. How times have changed!
Gary- Get your butt out of the hospital and back here where you belong... writing clever and intelligent commentaries here. Yeah, you can go home first, but if you pull another disappearing act I'm comin' to find you.
ReplyDeleteIf your golf buddies don't allow you a mulligan and you pout, are you having a mulligan stew?
I had the same lingering question as I read the write up. How'd he do dat? Thanks for the explanation, and I hope you get out of there very soon Gary.
ReplyDeletePretty smooth sailing today. Needed a lot of perp help, and some of the downs were hard to suss with partial fill..."tellst....."For example really wanted to be "tell stories". But it all worked out, and the theme was very helpful once the first two emerged. Thanks for a nice Sunday challenge, C.C.
Happy Fathers Day to all that qualify. But also, condolences to those that have lost children, mothers and fathers. This can't always be a day of celebration. Shared grief can hopefully ease that pain.
The Week in Review: M 5:01 T 5:32 W 7:56 T 5:47 F 10:40 S 51:34 S 20:49
ReplyDeleteSaturday: Whew! Another roller-coaster. Despair. Hope. Despair. Hope. Despair. Hope. Despair. V8. "TaDa!". The final fill was the SILENT W.
Mr. Bill (formerly Tropical Storm Bill, formerly Hurricane Bill) arrived in the beautiful mid-Hudson valley last night. Torrential rain but the sun's out now. Well, in and out.
Speaking of the sun, the June solstice (aka the summer solstice) occurs today at 12:38 PM EDT. Interestingly, it's not the day of the earliest sunrise (that's already occurred) nor the day of the latest sunset (that hasn't occured yet).
See y'all next weekend.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteAlas, this was a FIW for the same reason Owen cited. Compounding that error, I had rerun instead of reran. Errors aside, I really enjoyed the puzzle. Saw the G I theme but not the significance until the reveal.
Nicely done, CC; it's always a pleasant surprise when I see your byline. Kudos to you, too, Gary, and tons of best wishes for a speedy recovery and homecoming.
Happy Father's Day to all. (Gary, you were lucky; my BIL has six daughters whose wedding's he "footed!")
Have a great day.
Your "G.I." was a nice Sunday puzzle and I guess 'gastrointestinal' would have been a tenth G.I. extra.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes H.G. and hope for a speedy recovery.
After filling GOLD INGOT and GROSS INCOME, the GI was apparent. As I worked my way down I had a few writeovers and left a few blanks with some unknowns requiring WAGS, namely the cross of PELEG and LIVY, the cross of SHEBA and EBEN, all four being unknowns and the cross of UNIT and ENCL. I was thinking of a 'league' as a group and the envelope stuffer as a person- SECT. To add to my misery I wrote GOOD INSTUCTOR, leaving 'R' and not noticing my mistake. Those messed with my mind and took longer to correct than the rest of the puzzle took to complete.
Other unknowns were AGEE, IRON MAIDEN ( I was thinking HUXLEY), UNAS, ANN, and the 'Damson' clue. AARE is a fill I have not seen in a while. And I see we have ELIN two days in a row.
I don't know if C.C. or Gary meant it or even noticed but the OBAMA and LOSER next to each other could be taken as either 'losing weight' or she is a 'loser'. Marvin KALB- don't leave out little bother Bernard.
I have three grandkids over for the weekend so I am 'FOOTing' some bills- go-karts, golf, restaurants, ...etc. GOOGLE INSTANT- I use it but never knew the name, but there are A TON of things we all don't know but learn by doing these puzzles. So it's time for this SAD SACK to say good bye, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, aloha, ciao, arrivederci, tata, sayonara, and adios amigos.
Hello, friends! Happy Fathers' Day one and all to whom it applies!
ReplyDeleteAnother fun opus from our revered leader! Thank you, C.C. I sashayed rather quickly but had a Natick at EBEN/SHEBA as I just don't recall anything about Superman's background and I don't have cats. Otherwise this was a truly enjoyable romp. GOLD INGOT and GROSS INCOME gave me the theme and it definitely helped to initiate some of those long answers. Good stuff.
Learning moment for me was PLUM TREE, damson.
Have a stupendous Sunday and Fathers Day, everyone!
Why do I remember Clark Kent's adoptive parents as John and Martha Kent? I wasted a lot of time reading DC Comics in my ute, and those are the names I remember. Why would those TV people screw around with "history?" Because they could, I guess.
ReplyDeleted-otto,
ReplyDeleteDang it, you made me consult Wicked-pedia. You're correct, Jonathan and Martha Kent are Superman's parents in apparently every version except the 50's TV series, in which they are Eben and Sarah (appearing in only the first episode), and a 1948 movie as Eben and Martha.
Thanks, C.C. for a very nice, doable puzzle. I didn't get the theme until the reveal (101D), then all filled in very nicely.
ReplyDeleteHG - Very nice write-up. Please hurry back!
Happy Father's Day to all of you dads out there!
Please lay off on the attacks on Michelle O. For shame! IMO she is neither a LOSER or someone who needs a diet.
ReplyDeleteHello Puzzlers -
ReplyDeleteHand up for I'm Free before I'm Open. Also tried Mosque before Pagoda, but it was hopeless. Got there eventually.
Hello C.C., thanks for 'splaining Gary's unexpected appearance today, and thanks for another Sunday Special!
Husker, if you're tuned in, remember your whole cyber family is pulling for you.
Agreed, YR. I'm not sure which part of "no politics" is hard to grasp. But clearly the message hasn't gotten through.
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon everyone.
ReplyDeleteGood puzzle C.C. This puzzle had GENERAL INTEREST.
No significant problems. Not familiar with GOOGLE INSTANT, but perps were ample. Once the gimmick was clear, went ahead and default started the longer across fills with a 'G'.
55d. EAR TAGS - All our cattle sported an EAR TAG after being vaccinated for Bang's disease.
Thanks for the Father's Day good wishes.
Excellent puzzle! A lovely mix of fun clues and interesting answers. I didn't catch on to the theme until I reached the reveal, then I was, "Oh yeah, wow!" Also got stuck on the EBEN/SHEBA cross. Happy Sunday to you all.
ReplyDeleteHappy Fathers' Day out there. If you aren't one, certainly you have one--maybe even one who passed on wordsmith DNA! Mine was a serious puzzler. He did the Chicago Daily News BLANK puzzle every Thursday. Now that DNA I missed!!! He'd be 101 today.
ReplyDeleteThanks C.C. Late to the game today as I treated for DH and SIL's breakfast this am. My ever sharp daughter didn't split the bill with me because she said they have a joint account and her hub would be paying. Clever gal with a buck, that one!
Favorite: Swiss banks! Otherwise WEES at this point, including another call for HG to get well and return to work here! :)))
Have a sunny day even if it's cloudy where you are!
Oops. I want your comments emailed forgot to check the box. Sorry for the redundancy.
ReplyDeleteFun puzzle. Thanks CC and Gary. I'm looking forward to your musings again on a regular basis. Good wishes and thoughts heading your way.
ReplyDeleteLucina, the weather here has been hot too. It's been near 100 inland but being near the coast has kept the weather much nicer where I am. It will be in the 70s today. That house is still available. It has a great view and a nice sea breeze...
I got to cook omelets for Father's Day. Barbara did most of the work with the preparation but I did the final creations.
Very difficult do get a timeout to do todays puzzle (Txs CC), but even better to hear a HG write up. (even tho it was post dated...)
ReplyDeleteI am stealing time away from family to post this. As a matter of fact, I had to run upstairs from the basement because everyone was singing Happy Birthday to DW a few minutes ago...
Dang it CC, A CW on Fathers day?
Everyone is wondering where I am...
Ack! Gotta go!
P.S.
ReplyDeleteNo I didn't make her a cake!
(That was daughter #2s job...)
Enjoyed this puzzle. Thanks C.C. and Gary (best wishes for improved health).
ReplyDeleteAnother hand up for I'M free. Not familiar with Sheba cat food either.
Favourite clue was Start of an assembly=Step A.
Beautiful day for Father's Day here. Hope it was a happy one for all the Dads.
Good Monday evening, folks. Thank you, C.C., for a fine puzzle. hank you, Husker Gary, for a fine review.
ReplyDeleteI did most of this puzzle on Sunday while traveling from Chicago to Louisville, CO. Our church group came here on a Mission Trip for a week. Finished Monday night.
Enjoyed the puzzle. I got the GI theme after a while and that did help a lot with the puzzle.
Had ELITE for 14A for a long time before A LIST came to mind.
Never heard of NORAH. Perps.
Tried LOGON before LOGIN worked.
Never heard of what is made from the PLUM TREE.
We worked hard today in northern Colorado. Outside all day. Thank goodness the weather was outstanding.
I will now try to get the Monday puzzle done.
Sorry Jazzbumpa about you losing your mother. May God be with you and your family.
See you later tonight, I hope.
Abejo
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