Dear Monday, I want to break up. I'm seeing Tuesday and dreaming about Friday. Sincerely, It's not me, It's you.
17. "Peanuts" outburst : GOOD GRIEF. Good Friday - the Friday before Easter.
26. Distress call at sea : MAN OVERBOARD. Man Friday. From Wikipedia: "Robinson Crusoe names the man, with whom he cannot at first communicate, Friday because they first meet on that day. The character is the source of the expression "Man Friday", used to describe a male personal assistant or servant, especially one who is particularly competent or loyal."
45. Off-the-cuff comment : CASUAL REMARK. Casual Friday.
67. Pre-weekend shout ... and a hint to the first word of 17-, 26-, 45- and 60-Across : TGIF. Thank God it's Friday.
Melissa here. A Tuesday-level solve, about Fridays. Some fun words - GOOD GRIEF, ME TIME, DUDE, and WHEE - and a few unknowns thrown in for good measure.
Across
1. Big celebration : BASH. Who else tried GALA first?
5. __ guy: dependable sort : GO TO
9. Paper size : LEGAL
14. Village People song with arm motions : YMCA
15. Samoan capital : APIA. Unknown to me.
16. Send packing, as a delinquent tenant : EVICT
19. Towel material : TERRY
20. Arg. neighbor : URU. Plugged in a few possibilities before perps set me straight.
21. Fruity soft drinks : ADES
22. Student's organizer : BINDER
23. Self-indulgent period : ME TIME.
25. Grooves from wagon wheels : RUTS. The most prominent ruts along the Oregon Trail were gouged deep into sandstone and preserved inside Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site near Guernsey, Wyoming.
32. Where many a lanyard is woven : CAMP
35. Two-handed hammer : SLEDGE. Can you believe it's been nearly 30 years since this video? It won nine MTV Video Music Awards in 1987, the most of any single video.
36. __ Claire, Wisconsin : EAU
37. Spectral array : HUES
38. Zig when you should have zagged, say : ERR
39. Dry as the Mojave : ARID
40. Tax-auditing org. : IRS
41. Maritime measure : LEAGUE. Once a unit of length in Europe and Latin America - the distance a person could walk in an hour - it's no longer an official measure.
44. Zippo : NONE
48. Hunter's target : PREY
49. Discuss again and again : REHASH
53. Regular on the slopes : SKI BUM
56. Slope overlooking a loch : BRAE. One of my unknowns. Brae = A hillside, especially along a river.
58. "Who, me?" : MOI
59. Makes less difficult : EASES
62. Those girls, in Spain : ELLAS
63. Word of honor : OATH. This is one of those words that can have opposing meanings, like cleave, which can mean to split apart, or to adhere firmly. An oath can be a solemn promise, or a profane expression. Gotta love the English language.
64. First chip in a pot : ANTE
65. Rodeo rope : REATA
66. Sledder's cry : WHEE
Down
1. Old-fashioned "How about that!" : BY GUM
2. Love, to Luciano : AMORE
3. Talent finder : SCOUT
4. Consumed : HAD
5. Flower exhibits : GARDENS
6. TV role for Ronny : OPIE. Ron Howard's role in The Andy Griffith Show.
7. Garbage bag closers : TIES
8. Bungler : OAF
9. Beatles title after "Speaking words of wisdom" : LET IT BE
10. Despite that : EVEN SO
11. Encircle with a belt : GIRD
12. Orchard measure : ACRE
13. Space travel dist. : LTYR. Light Year.
18. Explorer Vasco da __ : GAMA
22. Town : BURG
24. Little pranksters : IMPS
25. "The Shining" mantra : REDЯUM. Murder spelled backwards - from Stephen King's novel, The Shining.
27. Chicago Fire Mrs. : O'LEARY. The great great granddaughter of Mrs. O'Leary tells the real story.
28. Brink : VERGE
29. Prefix with space : AERO
30. Picnic spoiler : RAIN. Tried ANTS first.
31. "C'mon, bro!" : DUDE
32. Stylish : CHIC
33. Otherworldly radiance : AURA
34. Sticky situation : MESS
39. Pharaoh's cross : ANKH
41. Hall of Fame manager Tony : LARUSSA
42. Grade sch. level : ELEM
43. Common swimmer's ailment : EARACHE
46. In high spirits : UPBEAT
47. Smell really bad : REEK
50. Mixed in with : AMONG
51. Conductor Sir Georg : SOLTI. British conductor, died in 1997 at 84.
52. Part of HDTV, briefly : HI-DEF
53. Visionary : SEER
54. Curly cabbage : KALE
55. Land surrounded by agua : ISLA
56. Boring : BLAH
57. Hourly charge, e.g. : RATE
60. Present decoration : BOW
61. Thug's gun : GAT. Tried ROD first.
Enjoy your Tuesday.
I don't want to build a life and career, where I spent five days a week waiting for the weekend. No!
I want to enjoy my life, and don't wish any weekday away. I want each day to matter to me, in some way, even if it's a small tiny way.― Akilnathan Logeswaran
49 comments:
Greetings!
Thanks, Janice and mb!
Nice puzzle. No problems. Interesting factoid about fire.
Nothing new here.
Hi Melissa! I thought your description of Janice Lutrell's puzzle was hilarious; informative too. We have tickets this upcoming Sunday afternoon for the world premiere of an opera based on Stephen King's "The Shining," at the Ordway Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Based on information given to me by C.C., I now know whose puzzle I'll be solving that morning.
Filled, no ta-da, but found the errors easily just by reviewing entries, so no reds, no lookies.
Needed the reveal to get the theme. CASUAL FRIDAY had been considered when I tried to figure it out, but GOOD FRIDAY and MAN FRIDAY didn't come to mind, and I had discarded that idea by the time I got to BLACK FRIDAY.
THANK GOODNESS IT'S FRIDAY, he said with relief!
His work-a-day world close to brought him to GRIEF!
None working nor shopping
Meant his job was stopping --
Weekends are ME-TIME for this cat-burgling thief!
We all know that R. Caruso was tidy
Since he got his work finished by FRIDAY.
Christmas shopping was done
In November, BY GUM,
Since he had that, too, done by BLACK FRIDAY!
The YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS
Run youth hostels in city locations.
While away from the 'hoods
At SCOUT CAMP in the woods
The boys shout SCOUT OATHS at mosquito formations!
{B+, B, B-.}
Morning, all!
A couple of missteps kept this from being a speed run (GALA before BASH and LASORTA before LARUSSA), but not too bad overall. I didn't guess the theme until I got to the reveal, but getting the reveal did help me go back and fill in some blanks, so that was nice.
Starting with GALA didn't help. Spelling ADES as AIDS (for some reason; wake up brain!!) didn't help either. And LAROUSA turned to LAROSSA and finally LARUSSA. Eventually got 'er done, but not in a timely manner. Still, fun CW, thanx, Janice! And very nice write-up, thanx, MB!! I remember very well the terrific video, too, hard to believe it is that long ago. Oi. Owen, you're off your feed a bit today with the limericks, I'll give 'em a c, c, c. Still enjoyed 'em, though, and still far better than I could manage.
Good morning!
Hand up for GALA once AMORE and ATE (oops!) were in place. Nicely done, Janice, and good to see you, MelissaBee.
So the Hall of Fame needs a manager, and his name is LARUSSA. Who knew?
BRAE reminds me that I used to live on Braewick drive. With my mastery of Scottish, I assumed a BRAE must be a candle.
BY GUM evokes memories of Walter Brennan repeatedly saying "By Gob!" in some old-timey movie. Does anyone here remember just what movie that could have been? I don't.
Enjoyable Tuesday run about Fridays. I was going to try to figure out what the movie with Walter Brennan where he said "By gob" - the first thing Google brings up, D-O, is when you made the same comment on the blog for BYGUM for a October 4, 2015 puzzle by Amy Johnson. Gave me my morning chuckle - now that is consistency! LARUSSA was a gimme as I live in Cardinal Country. WEES about GALA for BASH.
Enjoyed your write-up Melissa ( though I thought we might have a little morning LET IT BE or SOLTI instead of SLEDGE hammer :)) )
and the puzzle Janice!
Thank you Janice and Melissa.
Hand up for gAla, which turned into BAll, and then to BASH. Not quite a word ladder.
Desper-otto, funny you should mention that, because I had written, "Didn't Walter Brennan say "BY GUM" or "dadgummit" or something like that ?"
I keep thinking it was a movie he was in with John Wayne and Patrick Wayne or Dean Martin where he played the aged deputy.
TTP, I believe that movie is "Rio Bravo" with John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky nelson, Walter Brennan, John Russell, Claude Aikens, etc. Supposedly a classic, but too long, too far-fetched, and too much singing for me. Can't say I didn't enjoy it though. Sometimes the companionship trumps the quality of the movie. Don't remember a catchphrase from Walter Brennan but there may have been one.
Working on the cheater risotto recipe. Will email CC.
Cya!
That was a real quickie for me today.never saw a theme,so thanks Melissa for the enlightenment. Loved the quote you added . Life is too short not to enjoy each and every day.
I'm sitting here waiting for the John Moore (Call John and get Moore!) guy to come and unclog a drain. Tom Lehrer had an appropriate uplifting quote: "Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it." I'm hoping to be able to put something into it later today.
Nice workout for a rainy day here. Thanks, Jance, for a fun puzzle with some interesting fill. BY GUM is sure an oldie. I always choose the wrong way to spell REATA on my first fun through. The dry weather before the Chicago Fire was quite a culprit--even worse for Pestigo WI, about 200 miles east of EAU CLAIRE. There was more loss of life in Pestigo than Chicago. I think the Chicago Fire is still the reason a fire will lead the news here. It's also the reason for all the brick homes--a shock to my husband's New England family when they visit.
Thanks for a delightful tour, Melissa. Great links. I especially like the photo of the RUTS on the Oregon Trail.
Have a pleasant day--sun or not where you are.
Good morning everyone.
A little fast out of the chute this morning. Plunked down 'gala' and had to white it out and enter BASH. Every thing else went smoothly; slicker than snot on a doorknob. No searches were needed.
MAN OVERBOARD - When reminded of it, I can't help but remember an 18 yr. old Fireman of our ship's crew who was swept over the side and lost to a very choppy rough sea as we neared Ambrose Light approaching New York for a few days R & R. The date was 17 March, 1960. I did not know him personally but will not forget his name. (Sorry if this seems maudlin.)
Melissa bee: Excellent write-up and links. Good Job!
Janice: Thank You for a FUN Tuesday puzzle. Really enjoyed the TGIF theme.
OK, I admit this was solved in about Thursday time.
Needed ESP to spell ANKH correctly ... again.
Faves today were SKI-BUM and RED-RUM.
Cheers!
Good Morning:
Another pleasant offering from JL. Hand up for gala/bash and Lasorda/LaRusso; other than that, smooth sailing. Cute theme which needed the reveal but didn't affect the solve at all.
Thank you, Janice, for a Tuesday treat and thank you, Melissa B, for a fun and informative expo.
Spitz, what a terrible memory that must be. So sorry.
The ending quote reminds me of my mother's adminition every time I would say something like "Oh, I can't wait for summer" or "I wish Christmas would hurry up and come": "Stop wishing your life away!" Whoever said "Youth is wasted on the young" was certainly a wise person.
Was any other fan of The Good Wife disappointed in the finale? I certainly was.
Have a great day.
HI ALL
This went more quickly for me than yesterday, though I also started with GALA.
Tommy LASORDA bled only Dodger Blue after spending more than 50 years with that organization.
The only Walter Brennan catch phrase I recall was NO BRAG, JUST FACT .
THanks Janice and ARGYLE
I stopped watching The Good Wife a while back, so no comment but I was very underwhelmed by Sunday's GOT.
Go Steph Curry
My experience today was pretty much what everyone else said. Enjoyable solve and I liked MB's explanation. I didn't get the Friday significance until she explained it.
Like Madame Defarge, I liked the picture of the RUTS. On a tour of western National Parks a few years ago we stopped to look at the RUTS. It was just a little side trip because we were ahead of our schedule. It was interesting to see and I wondered how many wagons and years that it took to wear down the stone to get grooves that deep. Also it appeared to me that the pioneers could have gone around the hill rather than go up over it. But I wasn't there at the time and they must have had a reason.
I think I'd rather be a Beach Bum than a Ski Bum. Too many clothes required.
Have a great day and I hope your weather is better than it is here.
WHEE! I sailed through this and withheld filling GALA until being sure of the perps then AMORE/SCOUT confirmed BASH. However, SHIP seemed more fitting for lanyards but, no, it was at CAMP.
After that it was across/down to the finish. LARUSSA required every perp.
Thank you, Melissa; it's good to see you again! And thank you, Janice, for a quick workout today.
Have a terrific day, everyone!
Irish Miss, I agree. The finale for The Good Wife was very underwhelming , although they probably wanted us to make up our own scenario. Humbug! Wonder what the summer replacement will be.
Some nice new ways of cluing some familiar words today. Cool puzzle. Hand up for entering GALA and ATE and then having to change them. Didn't get the theme until getting the reveal and thinking about it for 10 seconds.
There is a town between here and San Francisco called Millbrae.
I didn't like the Good Wife finale either.
Good to see you, melissa, and thanks for the quote by Akilnathan Logeswaran. Cool ruts!
Best wishes to you all.
Hello Puzzlers -
What Jayce said. Hello, MBee, thanks for 'splaining! Loved the links, and hand up for the wagon ruts.
Until today I hadn't gotten that annoying robocall some have mentioned, the one in which an accented guy warns you you're in trouble with the IRS. Has anyone learned what the actual scam is? I assume they're trying to harvest "fines" that stave off legal action.
EAU Clair - I think that's close to Kazie's bailiwick.
Good Wife - I agree with the other comments. After it ended, It seemed like the writers really had no idea about how to end it, and were just filling up air time. I did like the cameo appearance of David Boies but wished he had more lines.
Bluehen,
You are correct. Rio Bravo is the movie I was thinking of.
Dudley, take a look at IRS Warns of Continued Scams
RE: The Good Wife
Ditto on the ending. It was certainly incomplete and unsatisfying.
Madam Secretary, OTH, left me quizzical and excited. Will it be renamed to fit the position?
Well, I recorded The Good Wife finale, one of my favorite shows, and now I find I'm apparently going to be disappointed. I would have preferred things wrapped up in a fairly neat, relatively happy bundle. What's up with the producers and writers? I'm guessing that's what most people would have preferred. (I hate cliffhangers too.)
Downton Abbey had a good ending. Friday Night Lights had a good ending. Boston Legal had a good ending. Rats...
Well, that GALA beginning got this puzzle off to a bit of a tough Tuesday start, especially since ATE and YMCA weren't going to work together. But the bottom filled in pretty quickly and in the end I did get the whole thing, thank goodness. So many thanks, Janice, and you, too, Melissa, for the fun expo.
I've never watched "The Good Wife," but was intrigued that there were two articles about the ending in the Calendar section of the LA Times this morning, with the television critic concluding "As it is, Alicia Florrick's final hour will no doubt leave many fans angry and outraged while others will feel some sort of closure."
So you're not alone, blog watchers!
Have a good Tuesday, everybody!
Some unknowns for me (EAU, BRAE, REATA, SOLTI), but managed to get through with perps. Had never heard of MAN FRIDAY, but I already had MAN OVERBOARD by the time I made it to TGIF, so it didn't much matter.
Happy Tuesday, everyone.
JD @ 11:34 - I don't hold out much hope for a decent summer replacement for TGW. I don't think a Sunday night 9:00 o'clock time slot in the summer months is that successful and summer replacements are hit or miss as far as quality and appeal. Of course, that's my personal opinion and I'm sure there have been exceptions.
Hi Y'all! Thanks, Janice & melissa!
Just to be different I started out with FETE before bash. But with only _YG___, I got BY GUM! My dad used to say that.
I had a GOod guy before GOTO. Never remember APIA, Samoa.
Took ESP to get SOLTI & LARUSSA.
For some dumb reason I tried AUE before EAU Claire. Knew better.
Didn't see "The Shining" no idea what that was.
Glad to hear the truth about the O'Leary's & fire in Chicago. I always wondered who would put a lantern low enough for a cow to kick it. High-steppers, they're not.
Wouldn't you hate to be in a wagon going down that rut incline? I'd get out and walk, I think. OC4Beach, I bet many did go around and the ruts have filled in.
Yeah, GALA and FETE would have worked, and so would BALL and even FUSS. But perps popped in immediately to rescue most of us. I try to make it a habit of not starting a pzl, not inking anything in, until I am sure I'm covered in two directions, preferably three. With that in mind, my first entry today was OAF - triangulated from the ends of GO TO, APIA, and GOOD GRIEF. Confidence rose as soon as I saw it was a familiar Xwd answer.
That this kind of mental processing occurs inside a split second fascinates me. I enjoy observing how the brain (well, mine, at least) responds to these challenges. I can't yet tell why sometimes the answers come after a dogged and dutifully logical pursuit, while at other times they're grokked in some kind of holistic flash. And of course there are times when they don't come at all.
TTP - that pretty well confirms my suspicion. I'm sorry that there are people naive enough to get swept up in these schemes.
GOT is on Sundays at 9
Misty, how did your lecture go yesterday?
As for Madame Secretary, there's an ad touting a new show by the same creators, called Brain Dead. We'll see.
Ol' Man Keith, I agree the brain is an amazing thing. I also sometimes wonder how it is that I can get something so quickly sometimes and am so dense at other times and in other circumstances.
Lemonade, what the heck is GOT?
Three ladies were discussing the travails of getting older.
One said, "Sometimes I catch myself with a jar of mayonnaise in my hand while standing in front of the refrigerator, and I can't remember whether I need to put it away or start making a sandwich."
The second lady chimed in with, "Yes, sometimes I find myself on the landing of the stairs and can't remember whether I was on my way up or on my way down."
The third one responded, "Well, ladies, I'm glad I don't have those problems. Knock on wood," as she rapped her knuckles on the table. And then she suddenly said, "That must be the door, I'll get it!"
Bill G:
LOL!! That's really funny!
You might like the ending of TGW. Hold your judgment until you see it. I'll be interested.
Game of Thrones (GOT) on HBO would be my guess.
Argyle, I think you're right. Thanks.
Bill G, good one.
My condolences Spitzboov. Man overboard must be a chilling announcement. Here is a VIDEO that appeared a
on another blog I follow. Would there have been a announcement as to this incident? What do you think went wrong. I read a comment that it had to be poor maintenance of the anchor brake. Must've been over 1000 tons of steel heading to the bottom!
Also Saw this devastating picture of Lincoln NE
Funny how certain news items hit closer to home because of this blog...
Bill G @ 4:46 - Thanks for a good laugh-out-loud rib tickler. It far surpassed the minor chuckle I got upon reading the email from the United Nations awarding me $1,500.000.00 from some so-called poverty reparations fund. Funny, I didn't know I was poor! 🙃
Jayce @ 4:34 - Brain Dead is from the creators of The Good Wife and is being touted as a comic thriller. Sounds oxymoronic to me and I think it throws in a little Sci-Fi, as well. Not my cup of tea. ☕️
As far as the finale of TGW, I'd like to state my feelings about why I was disappointed, but I don't want to spoil it for Bill G or anyone else who hasn't watched it yet. Let me know when it's safe to speak out, okay? 🙊
Hope the Plains people are not in the path of those terrible tornadoes. (Is it os or oes?)
No worries,
well, maybe one,,
I can never spell riata right.
(or is it lasso?)
In this case, perps to the rescue. because I have never eaten Kali...
Spitz, Just exactly what does a fireman on your boat do?
18 years old, Dang! In memory, can you tell us his name...
PK, The Shining was a horror movie, pure & simple, except...
Steven King is the King of Horror stories...
+ Stanley Kubrick makes movies that make you think...
Put the two together, & you get one hell of a ride...
Hmm, that rut pic makes me wonder how there is no rock jutting up from between the wheels.
unlike these pics of ruts found in solid rock in Turkey that must be thousands of years old???
CED - The Fireman was a boiler tender striker. Equivalent rank to Seaman. His last name was Hosselkuss.
JAA - Interesting video. Gives a whole new meaning to brake failure, doesn't it.
Oh nuts!
I forgot to post my TGIF link...
What TGIF means to Mr Moms who work 24/7...
Wanted Gala to start, with 2 and 4 down proving it. But like Keith, I waited. And with YMCA being a gimme, that idea went out and waited for more proof. And so it went. Fun puzzle, where the reveal was needed to get the theme. Thank you Janice, and Melissa B.
Last night was nothing short of interesting in these parts, but not overly damaging. The worst damage is from hail, and the tornadoes were pretty mild. No structures lost and no one hurt very badly. I happened to be about a mile from the storm late afternoon, and saw the clouds swirling as it was getting its act together. I beat feet out of there, and did not see the funnel, but my direction home was away from it all, so no real danger. The sirens went off 3 separate times, but it didn't prove all that bad. Even got a double rainbow just before sunset as a bonus.
Hi All!
The daily puzzle and the Corner is a little slice of Friday everyday - Thank Goodness today's pzl is a Tuesday :-)
Thanks Janice for a GOOD puzzle w/o GRIEF. Thanks MB for the fun writeup and SLEDGEhammer; love that song.
Following Lucina's steps kept me from attending the gala and the ERR; the beer BASH I GOTO'd was more CASUAL.
WOs: NONE DUDE, like tote... The A in LARUSS[o|A] was a WAG.
ESPs: 15 & 20a and 51d. Perps were on the MARK.
Fav: LET IT BE (there you go inanehiker. BTW - that was 31 years ago!) [Is Mother Mary's roach RE-HASH?]
Runner up: BLACK GOLD, Texas Tea. WTI closed at $44.70 today!
OKL - {B+, D [R's surname is spelled Crusoe - trust me :-)], B}
Well, it ain't Friday - the world is still on. Back the the BLAHs & RUTS...*
Cheers, -T
*kidding - I love my work... WHEE!
Well this puzzle was certainly not BLAH! Thanks Janice and Melissa.
Hand up for Bash and Ate initially. I wanted AURA for 37A but needed it for 33D.
58D MOI reminded me of Miss Piggy.
Needed ESP for LARUSSA.
Dudley @12:00 Canadians have been getting similar phone calls but using Revenue Canada instead of the IRS.
Past few days have been busy with Mother's Day, babysitting granddaughters - recovery day today!
Musings
-Too much, too much, too much today to get the cwd done and blogged in good time!
-A fun puzzle where the theme required the reveal.
-As I’ve said before, everyday is CASUAL FRIDAY for teachers at school. OK by me.
-Every warm-up show at every theme park has the YMCA
-Pre-retirement ME TIME was non-existent but is more plentiful these days
-PREY – I can’t even shoot the annoying starlings in our backyard
-She has a very attractive SKI BUM
-Does anyone remember his TALENT SCOUT show?
-I’ve been called DUDE but never CHIC
-Tony LARUSSA revolutionized how a MLB bullpen is utilized. The KC Royals used some of that to win a World Series last year
Bill G - don't read this [re: TGW]
IM - I asked DW what she thought re: TGW finale. She said "That wasn't the final episode..." I said the blog said it was. "It better not be, that would suck." She checked her phone and sulked. I'll give her some ME TIME to let it sink in... C, -T
Congratulations Grandma!
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