Theme: None
Words: 68 (missing J,K,Q)
Blocks: 29
I
bounced back from last week's disaster pretty well with Mr. Sessa's
latest, even though it did not look promising to start - but I have to
admit to one Google in the NE. Again the grid was replete with proper
names, but I was pleased with myself for getting some of the longer fill
right off, and that gave me some traction in the other corners - big
chunky corners of 8x5s and nearly 9x6s, and two 9s and two 10s in the
Down as well. The two "B" climbers;
9. Britain's Yeoman Warders, familiarly : BEEF EATERS - I knew the term "beef eaters", but not the 'proper' name for the now ceremonial royal guard - the Wiki
ACROSS:
1. Alaska's Alaskan Malamute, for one : STATE DOG - It fit, so I went with it
9. Have rounds all around : BAR HOP - The "P" showed via perps early, so I pondered "something - UP"....bzzzt
15. Locks maintenance : HAIRCARE - tresses or transportation for ships~?
16. Tennyson's "lily maid of Astolat" : ELAINE - my one cheat....the Wiki
17. Volcanic glass : OBSIDIAN - nailed it
18. Omitted from a speech? : ELIDED
19. Calms : ALLAYS - I had --LA-S, and was tempted to go with RELAX(e)S - har-har
20. Spells out : DEFINES
22. __ United: English soccer team : LEEDS - my dad was a Manchester United fan
23. Serious order shortage? : MELEE - stared at this too long, then the V-8 can flew; when a riot breaks out, there's little order to be found
24. Ideal: Abbr. : STD
26. Where Andorra is : IBERIA - nailed it, but then SPAIN didn't fit at the true clecho; 36a. Where Andorra is : EUROPE, so I contemplated ESPANA - dah~! Europe is too easy~!
28. __-American : AFRO
29. Picketing displays : PLACARDS
9. Have rounds all around : BAR HOP - The "P" showed via perps early, so I pondered "something - UP"....bzzzt
15. Locks maintenance : HAIRCARE - tresses or transportation for ships~?
16. Tennyson's "lily maid of Astolat" : ELAINE - my one cheat....the Wiki
17. Volcanic glass : OBSIDIAN - nailed it
18. Omitted from a speech? : ELIDED
19. Calms : ALLAYS - I had --LA-S, and was tempted to go with RELAX(e)S - har-har
20. Spells out : DEFINES
22. __ United: English soccer team : LEEDS - my dad was a Manchester United fan
24. Ideal: Abbr. : STD
26. Where Andorra is : IBERIA - nailed it, but then SPAIN didn't fit at the true clecho; 36a. Where Andorra is : EUROPE, so I contemplated ESPANA - dah~! Europe is too easy~!
28. __-American : AFRO
29. Picketing displays : PLACARDS
33. Iranian city known for its carpets : TABRIZ - OK, so I went with PERSIA, which IS Iran, I know....
35. Rest : REPOSE
37. Ascribe (to) : IMPUTE - one of a few new words for me today
38. Few are chosen : SURNAMES - ah. Clever.
40. Hamlet : DORP - went down the four-letter list; TOWN, BURG, BURB - but this one is new to me; it's Dutch
41. "Moulin Rouge" (1952) co-star, familiarly : ZSA-ZSA - once I had a "Z"....
43. Storm dir. : ENE - total WAG, considering the combinations, but this one always fits best
44. __-wip : REDDI - I knew that the "ready" part was spelled wrong, but never noticed the "H" was missing from the other half
35. Rest : REPOSE
37. Ascribe (to) : IMPUTE - one of a few new words for me today
38. Few are chosen : SURNAMES - ah. Clever.
40. Hamlet : DORP - went down the four-letter list; TOWN, BURG, BURB - but this one is new to me; it's Dutch
41. "Moulin Rouge" (1952) co-star, familiarly : ZSA-ZSA - once I had a "Z"....
43. Storm dir. : ENE - total WAG, considering the combinations, but this one always fits best
44. __-wip : REDDI - I knew that the "ready" part was spelled wrong, but never noticed the "H" was missing from the other half
45. Underhanded undertaking : THEFT
50. Bonus : THROW-IN
52. Southwestern native : PUEBLO - oops, not NAVAJO
53. Hyphenated frozen food brand : ORE-IDA - I like mini-taters
54. Ear-piercing : OVERLOUD - what do you wanna do with your life~?!?!?
50. Bonus : THROW-IN
52. Southwestern native : PUEBLO - oops, not NAVAJO
53. Hyphenated frozen food brand : ORE-IDA - I like mini-taters
54. Ear-piercing : OVERLOUD - what do you wanna do with your life~?!?!?
I wanna rock
56. Analgesic rub : BENGAY - this was in another Saturday puzzle not too long ago
57. Gave the business : TORE INTO
58. Auto options : SEDANS
59. Blows : EXPLODES - I just watched the "Lego Movie", which was really funny in parts - Batman especially - but the explosions were done with the blocks, too, and I can only imagine the work that went into them - the ocean waves, too
The Kra--gl-e~!
DOWN:1. Marine hazard : SHOAL - ah. Not sToRM
2. China setting : TABLE
3. Theater access : AISLE
4. F-A-C, e.g. : TRIAD - musical reference; I got it, but only because I play guitar; leave off the open e string from the chord below, and you have F-A-C. I've been toying with this song, which has really great power chords
5. One barely working? : ECDYSIAST - this is new to me, too - according to Dictionary, it's a euphemism for stripper - one "bare"ly working....
6. Place of honor : DAIS - or the pole, if you're part of the previous clue's working class
7. __ pro nobis : ORA - also a learning moment; "pray for us"
8. Pair in many languages : GENDERS - um....
6. Place of honor : DAIS - or the pole, if you're part of the previous clue's working class
7. __ pro nobis : ORA - also a learning moment; "pray for us"
8. Pair in many languages : GENDERS - um....
10. "Hyperbole and a Half" blogger Brosh : ALLIE - all perps and a WAG
11. __ check : RAIN
12. Avoids being seen by : HIDES FROM
13. Private sign? : ONE STRIPE
14. __ XING : PED
21. "The Good Wife" crisis manager Gold : ELI - I don't watch the show - IMDb
23. Rx : MEDication(s)
25. Drops off : DOZES
28. Yellow Pokémon species that ultimately evolves to Alakazam : ABRA - total unknown; and the "B" was my last fill
29. Roaring group : PRIDE - Lions, get it~?
30. What "love is like," in a 1960s hit : LEMON TREE - before my time; I can't justify posting it here along with Twisted Sister - so here's a link
31. Take in : APPREHEND - ah, not the ALTER clothing kind
32. No small feat : COUP
34. Bare : AU NATUREL - I think a woman is sexier in clothing
38. Bad news metaphor : SAD NOTE
- and on a "Sad Note", the hockey season is over, and unfortunately,
the trophies were awarded to the "wrong" players....just one Ranger
fan's opinion....
39. Eponymous weapon : UZI
42. Star Wars, initially : SDI -Space Strategic Defense Initiative - I do that all the time....
44. Godzilla ally, at times : RODAN - how I miss those Saturday afternoon matinees
11. __ check : RAIN
12. Avoids being seen by : HIDES FROM
13. Private sign? : ONE STRIPE
21. "The Good Wife" crisis manager Gold : ELI - I don't watch the show - IMDb
23. Rx : MEDication(s)
25. Drops off : DOZES
28. Yellow Pokémon species that ultimately evolves to Alakazam : ABRA - total unknown; and the "B" was my last fill
29. Roaring group : PRIDE - Lions, get it~?
30. What "love is like," in a 1960s hit : LEMON TREE - before my time; I can't justify posting it here along with Twisted Sister - so here's a link
31. Take in : APPREHEND - ah, not the ALTER clothing kind
32. No small feat : COUP
34. Bare : AU NATUREL - I think a woman is sexier in clothing
39. Eponymous weapon : UZI
42. Star Wars, initially : SDI -
44. Godzilla ally, at times : RODAN - how I miss those Saturday afternoon matinees
46. Prefix with tropic : HELIO
47. FDR bought the first one in 1941 : E BOND - "war" bonds - the Wiki
48. Champagne holder : FLUTE
49. Kerfuffles : TO-DOS - more MELEE
51. University of Latvia locale : RIGA
52. Lineup member, hopefully : PERPetrator, not the perpendiculars of crossword fame
53. Delivery pros : OBStetrician - I had "OB-" early, so it was not UPS
55. __ populi : VOX
47. FDR bought the first one in 1941 : E BOND - "war" bonds - the Wiki
48. Champagne holder : FLUTE
49. Kerfuffles : TO-DOS - more MELEE
51. University of Latvia locale : RIGA
52. Lineup member, hopefully : PERPetrator, not the perpendiculars of crossword fame
53. Delivery pros : OBStetrician - I had "OB-" early, so it was not UPS
55. __ populi : VOX
Splynter
Note from C.C.:
I made today's Daily Celebrity Crossword. You can click here (Washington Post site) to solve online if you're not on Facebook. The puzzle is co-edited by Amy Reynaldo (Diary of a Crossword Fiend) and Trip Payne (3-letter ACPT champion). The grid is smaller than our weekday puzzle, only 13*13.
Let me know how long it takes you to solve or where your trouble spots are.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteThere were WAGs galore, but mostly golden ones. That made this a quicker-than-normal Saturday solve. Made a couple of missteps. Hamlet was not a DANE, and "bad news" wasn't SADNESS. Quickly repaired. Thanks Ed.
As a former apps guy, I'm familiar with IMPUTE in the payroll sense -- imputed earnings.
So, Splynter, are you the coon or the gator sailing onward? Reminds me Aesop's scorpion and the frog.
Morning, all!
ReplyDeleteECDYSIAST, DORP, ALLIE, whatever. Insane, but at least there were fair(ish) crosses. But TABRIZ crossing ABRA? Textbook definition of unfair, as far as I'm concerned. And yes, I'm probably the only one who doesn't know either one of them.
I gave up at that crossing, but earlier had to turn on the red-letter help to get DORP. With the R solidly in place I went with the only sane option, which was BURG. Refused to let that go, so couldn't get anything else in that section to work (especially with ECDYSIAST waiting in the wings). I was pretty proud of myself for guessing LOTUS TREE at 30D, which obviously didn't help matters. I actually know the song LEMON TREE, but I don't think the words quoted in the clue ("love is like") actually appear in the lyrics anywhere, so it didn't occur to me.
Seriously, though, ABRA crossing TABRIZ? And DORP? ECDYSIAST? I won't say that this was a piece of crap that I hated, but I can't promise I'm not thinking it, either...
FIR! A few obscurities, like the Afrikaaner word for a hamlet, or the name of a pokémon species. And as a New Mexican I call foul on Southwestern native for PUEBLO. A PUEBLO is a town (a Hispanic DORP, if you will) which is inhabited by Puebloans, who may be better DEFINED as Hopi or Zuni or many others, but the people are not PUEBLOs!
ReplyDeleteSome interesting pairings: ECDAYSIAST v. AU NATUREL, OBS v OBSIDIAN, Andorra twice, political PLACARDS are often SURNAMES...
Not very inspired this morn. {F(Andorra), F(Andorra), F(SHOALS), F(ECDYSIAST), F(PLACARDS).} The only one printable was
{B.}
They say that an angel by the name of Gideon
Will blow OVERLOUD on his horn of OBSIDIAN!
But instead should he toot
On an ivory FLUTE,
The Apocalypse is postponed while God's watching GILLIGAN!
Whoa! That was a toughie, but I prevailed by not giving up. My new word today was ECDYSIAST. I now remember there was such a word, but had no idea what it was. My perps filled it in, but I remained confounded with a Huh? Thanks, Ed.
ReplyDeleteNicely done, Splynter. Loved the PLACARD pic!
Everyone have a sunny day. Happy Fathers' Day!
Hello Puzzlers -
ReplyDeleteThis was one toothy, hairy, hungry bear of a puzzle. Oh, I finished it, but only by filling in the perps that made the most sense (such as Hair Care) and living with the results (Ecdysiast, I'm looking right at you) and being pretty darned surprised to hear a TaDa.
Barry G, nope, I didn't know them either.
Morning, Splynter, you are so right! The clothes are no hindrance.
Soundly, roundly, thoroughly, worldly,
ReplyDeleteBeaten 'bout the head and shoulders.
Clueless, wordless, hopeless, copeless,
Buried 'neath OBSIDIAN boulders.
Crossword, loss word, no-word, faux-word,
Beaten by this crossword molder.
ecdysiast (n.)
ReplyDeleteH.L. Mencken's invented proper word for "strip-tease artist," 1940, from Greek ekdysis "a stripping or casting off" (used scientifically in English from mid-19c. with reference to serpents shedding skin and molting birds or crustacea), from ekdyein "to put off one's clothes, take off, strip off" (contrasted with endyo "to put on"), from ek (see ex-) + dyein "to enter, to put on."
ecdysis
The shedding of an outer integument or layer of skin, as by insects, crustaceans, and snakes; molting.
[Greek ekdusis, a stripping off, from ekduein, to take off : ek-, out, off; see ecto- + duein, to put on.]
TABRIZ
ABRA (ability-psychokinesis, bending spoons)
unclefred: Great poem! At least as good as my best, and possibly even better than that! I think the limerick format was cramping your style!
ReplyDeleteI think it was Strategic Defense Initiative.
ReplyDeleteVery fast for a Saturday. Started out with a solid NW. I knew ecdysiast, a memorable, fun word. Owen KL, interesting info.
ReplyDeleteI went round the grid counterclockwise with few hangups. I needed perps and wags for ABRA, ALLIE and ELI. When I wagged them, MELEE was the last to fall. V-8 can moment on MELEE.
I read a novel about Persian rug making in TABRIZ.
I like to read about the native Americans. I have often seen the tribes termed Pueblos and my research confirms that. Sometimes I see just PUEBLO for the plural. "The PUEBLO can be divided into several different tribes." I also see them referred to as PUEBLO Indians. There are so many expressions for the same thing.
I have read about human sacrifice among the ancient Aztecs using OBSIDIAN knives. Chilling and graphic. "The Aztecs would perform a series of rituals on nearby tribesman, sacrifice them using an obsidian knife, and then donate their blood to the Aztec god Acolnahuacat." from Wiki.
Hi all ! Multiplexing this AM. The US Open and the Saturday Crossword. I love simple pleasures.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't quite remember, and I entered OBSIsIAN for "Volcanic glass." Never heard of ECDYSIAST. That was my failure point.
Big slow down area was having DENOTES for "Spells out." After stepping away, EATERS then BEEF looked worthy for the otherwise meaningless clue at 9D. It fit. That was enough to change to DEFINES. Then D'OH ! for not thinking of RAIN check and BAR to complete BAR HOP. Around here, they do BAR HOPS in the city, and train pub crawls on the commuter lines. The intersecting L at ELAINE and ALLIE had to be. Otherwise, those also meant nothing to me.
HA ! Answered "Bare" with AU NATUREL, and thought that the perfect opening for Splynter and one of his hosiery pictures.
Filled in BOND and waited. Had LAID INTO until PERP told me LAID should be TORE.
The clue for SURNAMES was cute.
Had ONE, so wanted ONE CHEVRON before ONE STRIPE, but it wouldn't fit. Neither did Manchester, but LEEDS did.
Splynter, I'm pretty sure it was Strategic Defense Initiative and got dubbed Star Was by the press. Time or Newsweek or some such devoted an entire magazine issue to it, and each of the seemingly futuristic imperatives. Wish I still had it. It was great theater. Perhaps Reagan's greatest role, and perhaps a factor that led to taking down the wall.
C.C., your celebrity puzzle took about 5 minutes. My sticking point was the unwieldy online solving experience. I much, much, much prefer to solve on paper. After finishing the puzzle, I saw there was an option to print it out. Too late.
ReplyDeleteWow, thanx, Owen, especially coming from you, my limerick god, what a compliment!! Yeah, I tried to make a limerick out of it, but that takes a special talent, far more than just making a poem, that I really struggle with, but you have mastered. You still wear the crown, but geez, what a compliment!! Thanx again, oh great master!! (How's that for a compliment complement?)
ReplyDeleteI think you two oughta get a room!
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ReplyDeleteYep D-O, Imputed income showed up on my W2 every year for excess life insurance coverage that was paid for (THROWn IN ?) by the company. BTW, how much do you prefer solving on paper ?
Hi CC, I forgot until D-O mentioned it. The online timer showed 5:43. About as fast as I could enter them and correct typos. Not used to the cursor jumping over a letter than has been filled in by a crossing perp. Three of the business moguls came to mind easily. 23D did not, but easily perped in.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteWell, this was a finish but definitely a finish that required help in that pesky NW corner. Shoal was a long time coming as was State Dog. I didn't know states had dogs. I also stuck with Takrit before Tabriz until it finally dawned on me that Takrit is in Iraq. (I think.). Never heard of Abra, either. I have seen the word ecdysiast but never knew the meaning.
Thanks, Ed Sessa, for the workout and thanks, Splynter, for the write-up.
We're heading into some very hot temps but nothing compared to Phoenix. How are you holding up, Lucina?
Have a great day.
9D: when I visited the Tower of London, the first thing the Yeoman Warder tour guide said was: "We are not Beefeaters; we are Yeoman Warders. So perhaps this is a bad clue.
ReplyDeleteBarry G. @6:47am, "I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree"
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ed Sessa, this was awesome! After the fact I had to look for ECDYSIAST to ensure its validity and sure enough, according to Webster it was coined by HL Mencken in 1940. Great learning moment.
ReplyDeleteKnowing that BEEFEATERS were the Yeomen Warders started me on this odyssey and quickly the eastern seaboard flared out. ABRA held me hostage for a while until SURNAMES popped up and finished it. But I had DOSED for some reason and ended up with TABRIS which I know is wrong. Drat!
PUEBLO Indians are a legitimate reference. Sorry, Owen. DORP also threw me off and looked that up to verify it in Webster and learned it is a village in Dutch.
Today I also learned that the malamute is Alaska's STATEDOG and LEEDS United is a soccer team.
Thank you, Splynter; I, too, laughed at the PLACARD sign.
Have a beautiful day, everyone!
Irish Miss:
ReplyDeleteThank you for asking. In these temps I go out only if absolutely necessary though A/C is available everywhere. Watering plants takes place late at night. Monday a funeral is scheduled for a distant family member and I'm still undecided about going. It's forecast to be 118 degs.
Hi, C.C.:
ReplyDeleteYour Smartypants puzzle was lovely and also took 5 minutes. I learned one new name. Thanks to d-o's post I looked for the print option which is always my preference.
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteThanks Splynter for a good intro. Initially found it daunting, but eventually cobbled together a solve. Only white-out was for Hamlet. I had Dane before DORP. Perps got me the new word at 5d, but I can't remember it.
DORP - Demonstrates the High German sound shift:
DORP - English
Dörp - Low German. Related to English thru Anglo Saxon.
Dorf - German
similarly:
Ship - English
Schipp - Low German
Schiff - German
After 6” of rain, high winds and hail last night, Ed’s puzzle seemed tame but challenging!
ReplyDeleteMusings
-BAR HOP wasn’t SETS UP and FAC wasn’t a CHORD
-A use for sharp edged OBSIDIAN. I had to closely monitor kids when they held a piece in class
-I’m much better when you SPELL OUT what you want me to do
-If Cleveland wins the NBA Championship, there might be a MELEE on Lake Erie
-I cannot see the value of hyphenated American labels
-DANE and TOWN didn’t fit and DORP looked stupid but…
-We just bought a car and the THROW-IN was a hat
-Dr. Jules Bengué gave us that balm with the pungent aroma
-As usual this character is giving someone “the business” in this 10 sec. clip
-The keeper said this lion was just playing (:19) and wouldn’t have hurt anyone
-E _ _ _ _ I was pretty sure FDR was too early for an EDSEL
Re: CC puzzle:
ReplyDelete9 minutes
other than gates/jobs, I did not know the names.
but perps were easy.
(with the exception of zoe/???)
(whoever that other guy was, total Natick that made this a DNF...)
Hmm, in rereading my post,
ReplyDeleteI should add that I enjoyed the puzzle very much...
I am taking a Thumper on Ed Sessa's puzzle...
Wow, I had serious difficulty with this puzzle. Threw in the towel after a while and simply looked stuff up. The last to fill was the B crossing ABRA and TABRIZ. I agree DORP just looks silly; I suppose if I knew Dutch it wouldn't, but I don't and it does.
ReplyDeleteIn many languages GENDERS are a TRIAD, if you will – masculine, feminine, neuter – e.g., French, German, Polish.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous @10:04 AM: Thanks for that. I did a little research and it turns out that I learned the Kingston Trio version and not the peter, Paul and Mary version:
ReplyDeleteWhen I was just a little boy, my father said to me,
"Come here and learn a lesson from the lovely lemon tree.
My son, it's most important" my father said to me,
"To put your faith in what you feel and not in what you see."
vs.
When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me,
"Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree."
"Don't put your faith in love, my boy", my father said to me,
"I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree."
No idea which version came first, but my folks were huge fans of the Kingston Trio and I never even heard of Peter, Paul and Mary until I was an adult.
Re C.C.'s Daily Celebrity Crossword puzzle: 6 minutes 9 seconds. Trouble spots (not really all that much trouble) were 26A and 32A, which took perps to get. Knew all the tech mogul names based on the companies named in the clue. Mostly a very easy puzzle due to the explicit and non-devious cluing.
ReplyDeleteSpent all morning with my son going through his Pokemon Cards to hunt down the elusive 28D.
ReplyDeleteTough one. Had to check the spelling of "au naturel". Haha, that just took 3 tries to type as spellcheck kept changing it. It's been a tough week.
ReplyDeleteHappy Father's Day to all it applies to.
D'oh~!
ReplyDeleteI do that all the time with abbr. clues like SDI - I make up my own definitions for them....'course, I grew up with Star Wars, so I can understand why.
Splynter
Saturday puzzles are not among my favorites. This one seemed about typical. Perfectly OK and doable with some Googling and red letters. I did know ECDYSIAST but not TABRIZ, DORP or ABRA. SEDANS is common enough but the clue seemed off. ED, thanks for your professional effort and thanks to Splynter.
ReplyDeleteLucina, good luck with your miserable heat wave. Here too but not quite as bad for us somewhat near the coast. The 'valleys' and the local desert areas like Palm Springs will be miserable too.
CC, I finished your Celebrity CW quickly with no trouble spots.
Not much to say about the Saturday puzzle. It was really hard for me. But some are just like that!
ReplyDeleteC.C., I finished your puzzle in 6 mins 40 sec. Easy, not much of a challenge.
Happy Father's Day to all you Dads out there in puzzlelandia.
Barry G. et al.
ReplyDeleteDo not forget the refrain of the Lemon Tree song:
"Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat."
Sort of sums up lust, love and many a marriage - not mine of course.
NC
• The English equivalent of DORP is THORP (or THORPE) - e.g. ALTHORPE (Princess Di's old place), SCUNTHORPE, etc., which is common in many English place-names, chiefly in the pre-Norman division of Britain called the DANELAW (for obvious reasons).
ReplyDeleteI cannot think immediately of U.S. examples - I assume there must be plenty in New England.
Got 'em all - except the two where proper names hinged upon a single letter.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't familiar with the names, TABRIZ and ABRA, so there was no way except a WAG or a cheat to hit the right solution. Counts in my favor, I say...
(I settled for TARRIZ & ARRA.)
Otherwise, a neat challenge and suitable for its Saturday toughness. Let's thank Mr. Sessa for a fine workout - with a single exception, below -->
DORP bugs me. I got it, but C'mon!
We deserve a hint when a foreign word is required, esp. one that's not in common English usage. Thanks, Lucina, for pointing out that it is in Webster, but I'm pretty sure our fellow cruciverbalists (masters, all, of normal usage) will find it an outlier among even obscure vocab lists.
We might allow an exception for "Hamlet" if the foreign language happened to be Danish (although that answer, "Landsby," wouldn't fit), but Dutch? C'mon!
Bud, being OVER LOUD, DROVE LOU crazy
ReplyDeleteEating menudo is having ONES TRIPE
What unclefred said.
ReplyDeleteI'd appreciate a word like ECDYSIAST on a Thurs w/ (mostly) solid PERPs; that would be a learning moment. But amid a sea of white? XING "What's a Malamute?" (is that an Archipelago? A bay?) I did think TABLE for China but was none-to-REDDI to ink it.
Thanks Splynter for the writeup and stopping the madness.
Of the ones I did get, I liked the c/a's for PRIDE and PERP. Of course, BEEF EATER is my favorite always-in-stock gin.
Lucina - I thought of you yesterday when I heard Phoenix was forecast for 120F. But, it's a dry heat, right? /ducks
Have a great day all.
Cheers, -T
"Puzzling Thoughts":
ReplyDeleteWJCS (what Jayce said); this was a CF from the get go. Was happy to get the entire SW Corner with no cheats, but little else filled in with no assistance from Google. I wanted NUDE MODEL for 5 down but nothing fit in the PERPS.
Thought of Tin with BAR HOP and BEEFEATERS. My first Martini was made from BEEFEATERS and I am still a big fan of the British Gins. Boodles is my favorite martini gin now; neither shaken nor stirred, as i enjoy mine on the rocks (I won't use the I word). Garnish choice is an olive, a cocktail onion and at times a tomatillo. I've enjoyed habanero stuffed olives as well as Bleu cheese stuffed olives. If I choose an anchovy it's the "real" thing, not the paste
Never heard of the word ecdysiast. When I looked it up and checked out the images on Google I wondered if maybe "pole dancer" wouldn't be a better definition! ---> note, the hyperlink is PG-13 at its worst.
An early HAPPY FATHER's DAY to all the dads here at the Corner. Enjoy! See ya next week
Moe
Life in England let me speed through BEEFEATERS and LEEDS United, but it was all downhill from DORP.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to encounter ALLI Brosh - I wouldn't have thought she was that well-known. And judging by the comments, she isn't :)
I'm a fan, but she's definitely not to everyone's taste. Here's her blog post about giving her DOG a canine IQ test.
Thank you for all the nice condolences regarding our temperatures but then, I hear the same from some of you in winter when some are snowbound. Extreme heat or extreme cold, we each have one or the other. And yes, a dry heat is much preferable to dense humidity. The worst I've ever experienced was in Hong Kong.
ReplyDeleteOMK:
Believe me, I understand when coming across words like DORP but then we see so many unusual, at times obsolete or rarely used words. For me, that is the challenge and the joy of puzzle solving. Will I ever use DORP? Not likely, but if I come across it in my reading I'll know the meaning. That's satisfying.
Judging from this puzzle I think Ed Sessa must be an anglophile.
NC:
Thank you for that Thorpe parallel to dorp. It's interesting.
Lucina- Most people think of Arizona heat as "dry Heat". A lot of the time it is. But when those summer monsoons come it's very humid. One of the few things I miss about Arizona are those monstrous anvil shaped thunder clouds and the lightening and roaring and rain so heavy you'd think it's the end of the world.
ReplyDeleteI worked outside in the Arizona desert for 10 years. I've also worked outside in the mountains and high plains where it's bitter cold. I'll take the heat over the cold any day.
Oh... and those Arizona sunsets... wow!
Jerome:
ReplyDeleteI forgot to tell you how much I laughed at your joke/anagram about menudo!
You're right about the occasional July/August humidity but it's tolerable.
No way I could finish today. DORP and ABRA were totally unheard of. OVERLOUD is an expression I've never heard, 'overly' loud maybe. AU NATUREL would not naturally pop into my brain, so I watched golf. I got ECDYSIAST by all crosses.
ReplyDeleteI surrendered today.
Greetings!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ed and Splynter!
A natick at TABRIZ and ABRA. (Boy, spellcheck doesn't like that word.)
Loved your puzzle, CC, but it took me 7 minutes, since I kept screwing up and pressing tab! Will there be more?
Cheers!
Lucina - I was in Phoenix once on a layover from SFO. I smoked at the time, so I went out through security to secure my habit. I had maybe 1/2 the cigarette before giving up. Dry or not, it was HOT! Like sticking-your-head-in-an-oven hot! Stay cool.
ReplyDeleteI just introduced Eldest to Stripes. I forgot about the nudity but she's 17 and can deal; I think me being there made it more squeamish for her. Other than that, she enjoyed the movie and That's the fact, Jack!
Cheers, -T
Dorp reminded me of two novels about South Africa. Cry the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalatopee.
ReplyDeleteAt 900am hopeless. 1100-1200 a few more squares. Never give up. Finally NE done just that darn kerfuffle?? Ear piercing? Well OVERLOBE of course, where else do you Pierce'em. Had VAX and NATURaL, the first from my DEC days.
ReplyDeleteAfter houseDOG, and SheepDOG and a whole bunch of perps I end up with ECDYSIAST??
Likewise DORP not town. I asked my son the Pokemon question. Response: "I only know 150". Took me forever to remember ELAINE. Love that Idyll. If she'd only known about the LEMONTREE.
I love to finish a Saturday, it's really out of my depth. I'm a Thursday level guy
Great poetic effort today. Fred you have talent as Owen mentioned. Ironically, the limericks are supposed to be easier.
The PLACARDS caused a KERFUFFLE
The TODOS vs won'ts in a scuffle
But the fight couldn't last
When an ECDYSIAST
Did her famous ZSAZSA shuffle
All Unread of course😞
AnonT:
ReplyDeleteYes, that's a good way to describe it: head in the oven!
Wilbur Charles:
Nice effort especially using the word of the day, ECDYSIAST.
W.C. We don't not read the late posts:
ReplyDeleteI, and many others,
Usually check
in the AM
to see what was said
after we go'd to bed.
{F-}
I enjoyed all the prose today. Unclefred hit a chord re: today's puzzle. OKL I can only image what you souldn't / wouldn't post. Naughty, Eh? nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
Cheers, -T
Thanks for not chiding me about having the last trump blown by Gideon instead of Gabriel, as I just noticed now!
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