Theme: 8 Days Late - patriarch party
16. Madonna hit with the lyrics "I'm keeping my baby" : "PAPA DON'T PREACH"(4:31)
26. Like some family-owned businesses : FATHER AND SON(3:06)
41. 2003 Eddie Murphy movie about an entrepreneurial stay-at-home parent : DADDY DAY CARE(2:12)
52. Propose marriage : POP THE QUESTION(3:14)
Argyle here. It feels like Jeff phoned this one in and so I'm phoning my review in, too. Neat look to the grid. Bonus song.(3:04)
Across:
1. Little fight : SPAT
5. Scurries, old-style : HIEs
9. Prefix with chute : PARA. My MOS in the service was 0451 PARACHUTE RIGGER.
13. Other than that : ELSE
14. __ buco: veal dish : OSSO
15. Hieroglyphics bird : IBIS. 3D. Hieroglyphics snakes : ASPS
19. Lacking : SANS. Sans Souci, "without concerns".
20. Choose (to) : OPT
21. Roast host : EMCEE
22. Add up to, in arithmetic : ARE. I tried to make it harder than it is.
23. Skinny swimmer : EEL
24. Live-in nannies : AU PAIRs
29. Kindle buy : e-BOOK
30. Hops-drying oven : OAST
31. Woolf's "__ Dalloway" : MRS. Mrs Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional high-society woman in post–First World War England. It is one of Woolf's best-known novels. Wikipedia
34. Narrow cut : SLIT
35. Bake, as eggs : SHIRR
37. Veggie that can be pickled : BEET
38. Title time traveler with Bill : TED. "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"
39. Fellas : GUYS. Like the two totally excellent dudes above.
40. Hardship : RIGOR
44. Cast maligning remarks at : ASPERSE. verb
47. Watch closely : EYE
48. Sleuths, for short : PIs. (Private Investigator)
49. Meager : SCANT
50. Tavern brew : ALE
51. Ladies : SHEs
56. Olympian's blade : ÉPÉE
57. Baseball tactic to advance a runner : BUNT
58. Desire : WANT
59. Stereotypical techie : NERD
60. Make less intense, as one's breath : BATE. Look it up.
61. Iowa State city : AMES
Down:
1. Unlike bosom buddies : SEPARABLE. Bill and Ted are inseparable.
2. Smallish celestial body : PLANETOID. Another term for asteroids.
4. Beverage leaves : TEA
5. Showy publicity : HOOPLA
6. "This __ working" : ISN'T
7. D.C. winter clock setting : EST
8. Soak (up), as sauce : SOP
9. Merchant whom Simple Simon met : PIEMAN
Simple Simon met a pieman,
Going to the fair;
Said Simple Simon to the pieman,
"Let me taste your ware."
Said the pieman unto Simon,
"Show me first your penny."
Said Simple Simon to the pieman,
"Indeed (Sir), I have not any."
10. Beaded calculators : ABACI
11. Potato cutter : RICER
12. Lenten symbol : ASHES
17. Couch potato's opposite : DOER
18. Move to a new container, as a houseplant : REPOT
19. Least dangerous : SAFEST
23. Startled cry : EEK
24. Hebrew winter month : ADAR
25. Cold War country: Abbr. : USSR
27. Selling really well : HOT
28. Clangorous : NOISY
31. Cheerleader's sound booster : MEGAPHONE
32. Adjusts the position of : REORIENTS
33. Emphasize : STRESS
35. Soap bubbles : SUDS. Did you see the bubbles in the "Daddy Day Care" clip?
36. Jekyll's murderous other self : HYDE
37. Ballpoint brand : BIC
39. Brooks of country music : GARTH
40. Pastrami sandwich bread : RYE
41. A little banged up, fenderwise : DENTED
42. Backspace over : DELETE
43. Yes votes : AYEs
44. Colorado ski resort : ASPEN
45. Range : SCOPE. Tried STOVE first.
46. Origami medium : PAPER
50. Em, to Dorothy : AUNT. (Wizard of Oz)
51. Former name of Thailand : SIAM
53. Flow back : EBB
54. Sine __ non: essential : QUA
55. Pan Am rival : TWA
Argyle
37 comments:
Morning, all!
A little late for a Father's Day tribute, but that's OK. Struggled a bit out of the gate when I went with TIFF instead of SPAT, but once I fixed that it was mostly smooth sailing. Mostly. DINGED before DENTED also closed a slowdown and I really wanted AUNTIE at 50D, so much so that I actually went with ANTY before common sense came to my rescue.
Smooth sailing, except, like Barry, DINGED before DENTED. Never heard of SHIRR, all perps, and it looked wrong to me, but there it is. In spite of mostly smooth sailing, I still managed to take longer than my usual Monday time. Rats!! Nice fun CW, thanx, Jeff!! Terrific write-up, thanx, Argyle!!
Good morning!
No surprises in this one, though ASHES didn't immediately POP to mind. I always seem to have trouble coming up with the rite answer. Was required to read Woolf's To The Lighthouse back in the day. That was plenty. Wite-Out free, and off for the morning "march"...
Good Morning!
I'm with Argyle on this one. Looks like Jeff and Rich over slid the Fathers' Day base. Easy Peasy as I remembered PAPA DON'T PREACH from my kids' days. Normally, theme fills take me a bit of time to suss. Favorite: ABACI--no particular reason, I just like the sound of it.
Thanks, Argyle.
Have a fine start to the week.
Typical Monday, about what I would expect from early week puzzles. To me it does not seem "phoned in" (little effort put into making it.)
ASPERSE is a neat word that is more common in "cast aspersions." A little spicy for a Monday.
SHIRR also adds a little spice. I know of shirred eggs but never make them. I prefer something quicker. To me a more common use of SHIRR is in sewing.
Link shirr
For FATHER AND SON, I, too, thought of Sanford and Son.
It's just 8 days late for Father's Day, but then, our fathers are important 365 days a year. So no harm, no foul.
Hello Puzzlers -
WBS. Exactly.
Morning, Argyle, did you ever jump with one of your own chutes?
Smooth sailing today and not a sports clue in sight I'm happy to say. Oh, wait, BUNT sneaked in but one I can handle. Thank you, Jeff Stillman, for this belated FATHERS day tribute.
However, SEPARABLY slipped in and since I failed to analyze it, this was a Monday FIW! Drat!
It's too early for me. That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.
Thanks, Argyle. You're as chipper as ever.
Have a delightful day, everyone!
Good morning everyone.
Argyle, nice intro. Re; PARAchute Rigger; how does it feel to be trusted?
Easy solve today. SE was a bit knotty - wanted bull horn but letter count pointed to MEGAPHONE. The BIC / BEET cross brought it home. SHES then became clear.
Good start to the week
Excellent write-up Argyle. Enjoyed the "tunes" ...
Jeff: Thank You for a FUN Father's Day Puzzle ... (did I sleep for 8 days???)
Fave today, of course, was RE-POT ... though some would say: "That's just a buy."
Cheers!
Good Morning:
Easy, breezy run through, no complaints. Theme showed its face early on which led to a quick solve.
Thanks Jeff and Argyle for starting the week off so nicely.
Spitz, a belated Happy Anniversary to you and Betty and best wishes to Betty for continued progress and recovery.
Did anyone see "Hello, My Name is Doris" with Sally Fields? I thought it was supposed to be a comedy but, while there were some comical moments, it was a serious look at love, loss, friendship, and resilience. Tyne Daley, one of my favorite actors, was in it, also. After this, " Room" and "Spotlight", I'm ready for a comedy!
Have a great day.
Thank you Jeff Stillman and Argyle.
I too had a Monday FIW.
Filled in BITE for make less intense, as in "Bite your words." Of course, that wouldn't be quite correct either, as it generally would mean to refrain completely rather than temper. Anyway, should have read the entire clue and the 'as one's breath' qualifier would have led to the proper fill.
Trisha Yearwood to GARTH Brooks, "Can you hand me those pinking shirrs ?
Couple of Monday's ago I totally zoned out about an appointment. Not this morning. Gotta run.
See all y'all later n'at !
Fun Monday romp with a few "spicy" (thanks YR) entries like ASPERSE, PLANETOID, BATE.
Thanks Jeff and Argyle.
Hand up for Dinged before DENTED.
We had SUDS and ALE and TEA to suit all our Corner thirst!
SHIRR filled in with perps and I did not see it. Like YR, I associate it more with sewing than eggs.
Because DH POPped THE QUESTION and I said Yes, we are celebrating 35 years today.
Asteroid and planetoid are no more synonymous than planet and asteroid. You must have been asleep while Pluto got demoted. Words have meanings.
Good morning, folks. Thank you, Jeff Stillman, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Argyle, for a fine review.
I have been absent from the Blog for about a week. Sorry. I have done the puzzles via my IPad while in South Carolina, but had trouble getting to the Blog in the evenings. We were off the beaten path. Andrews, SC. We were on a church mission trip to rebuild some houses that were flood damaged last year. Got home last night after a 15 hour drive.
I still have last week's puzzles on my IPad. If I find the time I may go in and report. However, I do have to cut the grass today, as well as weed the garden, etc.
Got through this puzzle quite easily. Caught the theme and agree it was a week late, but that is OK. Us papas like a double treat now and then.
AU PAIRS took some perps. As did PLANETOID. I was looking for ASTEROID, but it would not work.
ASPS, our old Egyptian favorite.
I even got ADAR all on my own. Anything but French.
Going to activate my new I Phone today. My current one stopped allowing the touch screen to work. So, I cannot do anything hardly with it. It works once in a while. That is it! Very frustrating.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
Boy, I wish these Anon's would list their web sites so I wouldn't have to rely dictionaries.
As part of our schooling, we did have to jump with a chute we had packed ourselves and with a reserved chute packed by a fellow student. These were non-static line jumps(free fall). And yes, riggers do get respect from the pilots.
Curious to hear the reasoning as to why this one feels "phoned in". Puzzles take such an amount of efort to create(especially to make it easy and smooth enough to rate as a Monday level) that I think it is impossible to just phone it in.
According to Northwestern Education Project the largest asteroids are called planetoids.
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According to Wiki: "Historically, the terms asteroid, minor planet, and planetoid have been more or less synonymous."
It was merely the theme seemed "phoned in". The grid and the fill was very good. Or maybe it is jealousy for not thinking of the theme myself. But seriously, the DAD theme must have been done before?
Hi Y'all! This theme just sorta POPped out at ya. Good one, Jeff!
A PARAchute rigger is certainly a VIP in the life or death SCOPE. Thanks for your work on the blog too, Argyle.
This was so fast, I just slowed down for REORIENTS & ASPERSE and let the perps point the way. Also needed perps for the last syllables of SEPARABLE & PLANETOID.
Didn't know MRS. (wanted a name) or SHIRR. I didn't know it the last time we had it either.
CanadianEH: Happy Anniversary!
Guess Owen didn't make it out of his "dad gum" bed.
Some pretty good fill in this puzzle, as well as a number of familiar ones. A nice quick solve in spite of my over-insistence on CUKE instead of BEET.
Congratulations, CanadianEh! Best wishes to you all.
{A, B, B.}
PAPA was a tinker who liked BEET juice to drink;
But he sometimes drank ALE, to hear the glass clink!
POP in his cups
Was jolly enough,
No one ELSE laughs as much as a PICKLED tink!
Mother, MRS. Murphy, ran an upscale boutique
But one day a snake came and made her scream EEK!
FATHER made it disperse,
Said, "I don't like to ASPERSE,
But that ISN'T an ASP, it's an EEL from the creek!"
Mommy said Junior was causing such STRESS,
She needed some help so that SHE could rest!
An AU PAIR seemed dandy,
But she 'distracted' DADDY,
So instead Mom got Junior a couple of pets!
Just back from 18 holes on a day where the humidity is 82%! Yuk!
Musings
-Our reunion EMCEE last Saturday was this lovely 2001 grad who played pro basketball, and is now teaching in Tokyo. Fascinating to talk to her!
-I’ve heard of the noun ASPERSIONS but not the verb ASPERSE and the adjective BATED but not the verb BATE. Go figure.
-Some of the coldest Saturdays of life have been spent in the old open bleachers in Ames watching the Huskers. Nebraska is 82–17–2 against the Cyclones.
-52% of Brits told the EU “This ISN’T working” last week
-A fun riddle with a tricky answer I used on my kids about going to St. Ives not the Simple Simon’s Fair.
-Apollo 13 had to REORIENT itself several times in novel ways to make a safe return to Earth
-Happy anniversary and good luck in the recovery process Spitz and Betty!
Happy 35th to you also Canadian!
-Every time I see Jeff Stillman’s name, think of a character named Captain Stillman played by John Larroquette. Can you name the movie?
CanandianEh: 🇨🇦. Happy 35 th to you and your DH! 💍 💞
Ahhh, an easy Monday puzzle. Thanks, Jeff, for getting my morning off with a good start. Thanks for the expo, Argyle. I didn't see a theme until you explained it to me. Duh!
My biggest hang-up was the pickled veggie. I went with cuke/BEan/BEET. I don't like beets so it didn't occur to me until the perps forced it.
CanadianEh: congratulations on 35 years of marriage!
Spitboov and Betty: belated Happy Anniversary! Betty: I hope you have a speedy recovery.
At 7:30 a.m., when Maggie and I left for our morning walk, it was 77* with 70% humidity. Not pleasant at all. Tomorrow we're supposed to cool off and the humidity drop. I'm ready for it.
Have a great week!
Pat
Thank you Argyle for a very nice and lots of songs, blog. Made my day.
Thank you Mr. Stillman, for a very nice puzzle.
Happy Anniversary Canadian Eh!, and may there be many more, with joy and happines.
Husker, I think only one person ( that is, me ) was going to St. Ives. The alternative is much too complicated for a high schooler. ( = 2401 ).
I thought of John Larroquette in Night Court, which wasnt exactly a movie, anyway. But I googled the answer, and it is wrong. So, let someone else get the answer.
Good day, all.
-Me too on enjoying the songs and the write-up, Argyle!
-Hint: Here is a picture of John Laroquette in that role with the name Stillman stenciled on his uniform. I’d wager our Jeff Stillman would know the movie.
I found the theme "Right on Time" as I'm taking a Daddy-day. DW, see, SHES outta town and I'm in charge of DAY CARE (they're teens - it's easy; they want little to do with me :-)). I'm going to ride my bike, drive the Alfa, cook (pasta-salad SANS BEETS is already melding), swim, and just enjoy life ala Ferris Bueller.
I'm not even going to let my FIW bring me down.
Thanks Jeff for the puzzle; spicy like YR said. Thanks Argyle for the write-up. I got your MEGA-PHONE it in ref. The music was a nice touch on a Monday.
The "spice" in this puzzle are words one doesn't get to play with oft. HOOPLA is a fun word, SHIRR (near miss for me, I had 24d as ADAh) is cute, and BATE (D'oh!, I had BiTE too TTP) is always confused w/ baited-breath (that would be a caught fish, no?) ASPERSE is just cast upon us (great c/a) for even more giggles.
Fav: TED, as clued, is most excellent dude.
{A-, B+, A}
Happy Anniversary C, Eh! And a belated HA to Spitz FLN.
Abejo - Re: SC. It's GUYS like you that make the world a better place. May you be canonized.
Argyle, I too wish Anons would list their websites as I am intrigued by their ideas and wish to subscribe to their newsletter.
Cheers, -T
22a add up to, in arithmetic = are?
(I don't get it...)
Sorry I missed yr Anniversary yesterday Sptiz,
I tried to find a hip replacement cake, but they were kind of gross...
How about a cake topper instead...
& one for you CanadianEh.
hmm, this cake looks familiar...
Happy anniversary, Canadian Eh!
Happy anniversary Canadian Eh and spouse. Are you doing anything special?
2 and 2 ARE 4.
I like ARE better than "gazzinta,"which I despise. 8 gazzinta 16 two times.
Argyle, enjoyed your pics and songs. Owen, good rhymes.
I was dismissed from PT today. Torn bicep is almost healed and getting stronger. IT band is relaxing allowing normal motion without deep pain, although it still stings after 14 months. It wasn't sciatica, after all. My patella fracture is almost closed. Pretty nearly back to normal. I have been square dancing the last 12 months, regardless.
Just in time for the several trips we have planned this summer. Alan is "up" for it, too.
Delightful Monday puzzle, Jeff--many thanks! Loved the theme, and found the grid impressive, over all, with those long downs: SEPARABLE, PLANETOID, MEGAPHONE, REORIENTS. Nice expo, too, Argyle. Thanks for explaining PLANETOID.
Have a wonderful anniversary celebration, CandianEh!
When I was in London last week, some friends invited us to a small plate dinner at the DALLOWAY CAFE, in the Bloomsbury Hotel. MRS Dalloway should be pleased!
Have a great week, everybody!
Area of a Circle = π r squared?
No. Pie ARE round.
I'll see myself out. Cheers, -T
I had BULLHORNS > MEGAPHONE.
Thought it was a veggie that can be picked, so I was looking for a tree-grown one. BEETS grow on trees?
A joke so old, it's venerable:
Little Johnny was doing his math homework. He said to himself, "Two plus five, that son of a bitch is seven. Three plus six, that son of a bitch is nine."
His mother heard what he was saying and gasped, "What are you doing?"
The little boy answered, "I'm doing my math homework."
"And this is how your teacher taught you to do it?" the mother asked. "Yes," he answered.
Infuriated, the called Little Johnny's teacher the next day, "What are you teaching my son in class?"
The teacher replied, "Right now, we are learning addition." The mother asked, "And are you teaching them to say two plus two, that son of a bitch is four?"
After the teacher stopped laughing, she answered, "What I taught them was, two plus two, the sum of which is four."
Veggies that can be pickled - me & Tinbeni ;-) (sorry to drag you into this mate).
Anyone see John Oliver on the Brexit last night on Last Week Tonight? Branson (of Virgin fame) is calling for a Regretxit. I called it 1st. I don't know about y'all, but I'm more poorer on PAPER today.
OKL - LOL. Did I tell you the story about DW explaining to Eldest that it's not "a bench" someone called her friend? DW couldn't let our 14yro (at the time) go on misunderstanding Biiiiitch (K&P MA)
Today was fun! OK, so my Alfa is just a baby Ferrari but a) I can afford it; b) Enzo had his hand in both companies; and c) it brought back memories of Bro & me getting donuts at 5 AM after a night of (ARE the statue of limitations up?).
My baby is washed and back in the garage; no need to reset the ODO (:51) - I own this biiii :-)
Cheers, -T
Owen, I loved the poetry! All A's for Me!
But I loved the hairy old joke just as much!
I thought the puzzle was fun.....just a bit of crunch. No phone in sight. Thanks Jeff.
Argyle, the many tunes were wonderful! Thanks!
Getting back to the dance.
Argyle 10:15 - interesting! I had a feeling there would be a time at which a rigger had to rely on his own work...sure drives the point home!
The great unread: After the disbursing officer I'd guess the parachute rigger would be the guy not to piss off
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