JW returns quickly and gives us another CSO puzzle, this one for our own Ron and his talented trombone. The use of a single clue for all theme answers is not uncommon, but Jeffrey brings it home with 4 themers that are all grid-spanners! He injects some nice 8 letter fill in the corner with two stacked long ones crossing a single down fill. APPRISED, SHUT OUTS, PARISHES, RING TOSS, IN SPIRIT and CASSETTE are the 8s, with triple 6s intersecting double 6s in the other corners. A very nice grid with very few short fill.
17A. Slide : MICROSCOPE MOUNT (15). Obviously sussing the theme is not an issue, but how the fill was going to become four different types of slides was the fun. We begin in the lab.
30A. Slide : PLAYGROUND CHUTE (15). Next we go back to our childhood.
45A. Slide : RUNNER'S MANEUVER (15). Of course the slide in baseball is an integral part of the game, reminding me of Dizzy Dean who said of Phil Rizzuto in the 1938 world series, "He slud into third."
59A. Slide : TROMBONE SECTION (15). How about the entire orchestra.
1. Without markup : AT COST. The big lie in the car business.
7. Informed : APPRISED. A big word in the law, as judges are fully apprised of the premises.
15. Like the Godhead : TRIUNE. Definition: consisting of three in one (used especially with reference to the Trinity).
16. Where flocks assemble : PARISHES. Parishes are flocks, or they are part of a parish, but they assemble in churches, chapels...
19. "Defending Liberty Pursuing Justice" org. : ABA. American Bar Association.
20. Org. for Sharapova and Kournikova : WTA. Women's Tennis Association...a dupe for you purists? Tricky using two Russian Tennis Pros.
21. Base or case closer : MENT. A suffix clue.
22. Exaggerates, as a résumé : PADS.
24. Follow : ENSUE.
27. Ref. with quarterly online updates : OED. Oxford English Dictionary.
34. Respond to a failed delivery : RESEND. A Friday tortured clue.
35. Not your average joe? : LATTE. A really fun clue, especially if you know coffee is know as joe, as in a really good cup of joe. You ask WHY?
36. Video game hero with a kart : MARIO. I played and lost often when my boys were growing up.
40. Epic including the Catalogue of Ships : ILIAD. The Catalogue of Ships (Ancient Greek: νεῶν κατάλογος, neōn katalogos) is an epic catalogue in Book 2 of Homer's Iliad (2.494-759), which lists the contingents of the Achaean army that sailed to Troy. WIKI.
41. Willing to take risks : DARING.
50. Shocked letters : OMG.
51. Colleague of Ruth and Sonia : ELENA. The three lady justices, again!
52. Trillionth: Pref. : PICO. Learn the history of the nomenclature. International System of Units
53. Kit Carson House site : TAOS.
56. Texter's "Keep the rest to yourself" : TMI. Too Much Information.
58. Moo __ pork : SHU. The dicitionary says the name comes from the Mandarin mùxū, the fragrant flowering shrub Osmanthus fragrans (because the scrambled eggs in the dish resemble the shrub's blossoms in shape and color. It is a Northern Chinese dish, how about this RECIPE C.C., Barry G.?
64. Way to be there when you can't be there : IN SPIRIT.
65. Looked for a school, perhaps : SEINED. What a break that this word appeared in yesterday's puzzle; of course with a Friday twist in the clue.
66. Tape container : CASSETTE.
67. Jousting mounts : STEEDS. Not...
Down:
1. Bank smartphone offering : ATM APP. I had no idea there was an APP to find ATMs....
2. Type of chief or custom : TRIBAL.
3. Noisy bug : CICADA.
4. "In __ Time": Hemingway story collection : OUR. An interesting HISTORY for Papa.
5. White fall : SNOW.
6. Quality control personnel : TESTERS.
7. Mil. mail drop : APO. One of three special Postal Addresses Army/Air Post Office (APO), Fleet Post Office (FPO), Diplomatic Post Office (DPO).
8. Unchallenging reading material : PAP. Comes from bland soft or semiliquid food such as that suitable for babies or invalids. This led to "reading matter or entertainment that is worthless or lacking in substance."
9. Specialized undergrad track : PREMED.
10. Frosty film : RIME.
11. Will go ahead as planned : IS ON.
12. Walter Johnson's career-leading 110 : SHUTOUTS. More baseball.
13. Yet, poetically : EEN. I am also confused by this meaning. Yet higher - even higher? I guess.
14. Summer hrs. : DST. Daylight Savings Time.
18. Boat better not rocked : CANOE.
23. Many a recent refugee : SYRIAN. No politics.
25. "Arise, fair __, and kill the envious moon": Romeo : SUN. Shakespeare is back with JW with one of my favorite scenes...
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she."
26. Sturm __ Drang : UND. And in German, It was a literary MOVEMENT.
28. Incredulous rebuke : ET TU. And you too, Brutus?
29. Believe : DEEM. Another favorite word in judicial orders.
31. Amethyst source : GEODE, The inspiration (maybe?) for geodesic dome made famous by Buckminster FULLER.
32. "I Fall to Pieces" singer : CLINE.
33. Inhibition : HANG UP.
36. Catalan surrealist : MIRO. When I was little my uncle had a Miro print in his office. I thought it was silly.
38. Fair game : RING TOSS. An unfair game at the fair. "The Ring Toss: The rings are just a hair wider than the neck of the target bottle or spike, ...and are made of hard plastic to facilitate extra bouncing. If the carny shows it can be done, you should suspect he's using a larger ring than you're given or that he scores by dropping it from directly overhead, a move that, like the Basketball Shoot, is virtually impossible from the player's position." LINK.
41. Broadband letters : DSL.
42. Gallic soul : AME. It would be better if you saw ÂME. 62D. Août season : ETE. We are in August, and it is summer. See how much easier it is with the accent.
43. Agitated blog posts : RANTS.
44. Muddled : IN A MESS.
46. One often has a golf course : RESORT.
47. Clear Eyes rival : VISINE. Eye drops and a CSO to one of the ones who are gone.
48. Seconded : ECHOED.
49. Hospital routines : ROUNDS. An important function at the hospital where a doctor goes round and visits his in patients. Also, part of grand rounds when the doctor has other doctors and medical students along to learn.
54. Tour gear : AMPS. Rock and roll tour.
55. Drama prize : OBIE. Off Broadway.
57. TV co-star of Hargitay and Belzer : ICE T. Again.
59. Spasm : TIC.
60. Usually single-stranded molecule : RNA. RiboNucleic Acid as opposed to the double helix of DNA.
61. Trivial thing : NIT. I wonder how he picked that clue?
63. Draw : TIE. Correct me if I am wrong, Steve or NC, but I believe in Cricket a tie and a draw are different.
Well another JW Friday; the long fill really helped leading to a fairly quick Friday. Hope you all had as much fun as I did. lemonade out.
Greetings!
ReplyDeleteThanks to Jeffrey and Lemon!
Not the usual JW impossibility. Got the TADA with no troubles.
Cheers!
Morning, all!
ReplyDeleteWhile I wasn't fond of yesterday's puzzle, it's true, all is forgiven with this wonderful (and challenging) effort. There were parts that I blew through, but those were equaled by the parts that really threatened to stump me. I didn't realize that PAP could refer to reading material as well as food, but I didn't have any real NITs overall.
I got the theme right at the outset, but with each theme answer I could only come up with the first part of the answer up front. I knew that "slide" was associated with MICROSCOPES, PLAYGROUNDS, TROMBONES and RUNNERS (IN BASEBALL), but had a devil of a time coming up with the specifics in each case. Fortunately, the perps were all fair and I eventually got through everything unscathed.
Had HOAR before RIME, which held me up a bit in the NE. Also misread the clue for 43D as "Animated blog posts" instead of "Agitated" and tried VINES before RANTS.
OK, one minor NIT after all. The clue for ICE-T uses the last names of his two co-stars, but ICE-T is his full name. Well, sort of. It's certainly not his last name, whatever it is...
Morning, all!
ReplyDeleteWhile I wasn't fond of yesterday's puzzle, it's true, all is forgiven with this wonderful (and challenging) effort. There were parts that I blew through, but those were equaled by the parts that really threatened to stump me. I didn't realize that PAP could refer to reading material as well as food, but I didn't have any real NITs overall.
I got the theme right at the outset, but with each theme answer I could only come up with the first part of the answer up front. I knew that "slide" was associated with MICROSCOPES, PLAYGROUNDS, TROMBONES and RUNNERS (IN BASEBALL), but had a devil of a time coming up with the specifics in each case. Fortunately, the perps were all fair and I eventually got through everything unscathed.
Had HOAR before RIME, which held me up a bit in the NE. Also misread the clue for 43D as "Animated blog posts" instead of "Agitated" and tried VINES before RANTS.
OK, one minor NIT after all. The clue for ICE-T uses the last names of his two co-stars, but ICE-T is his full name. Well, sort of. It's certainly not his last name, whatever it is...
Hmmm... Not sure what just happened there. :(
ReplyDeleteHi Y'all! Fast for Friday, thanks JW! Over a minute faster than Wed. & Thurs. this week. Really enjoyed this one. What Barry & his "copycat friend" said about solving the themes, except I had SECTION first. Then perped TIC & RNA so TROMBONE slid into place.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lemony, for everything especially the tunes. Ah, Patsy! Had the first name before CLINE. Was a great fan at one time long after she died. Played her tape over and over to help me go to sleep during a bad stretch. "Crazy" but gave me "Sweet Dreams".
Good Morning, Lemonade and friends. This was a fun, and somewhat easier-than-usual, Friday puzzle. My first theme answer was the PLAYGROUND CHUTE. Nice shout-out to our friend, JazzBumpa with this theme.
ReplyDeleteHand up for Hoar before RIME.
My favorite clue was Not Your Average Joe = LATTE.
I also liked Fair Game = RING TOSS.
SEINED is an unknown for me.
A tornado hit New Orleans yesterday and caused a lot of damage.
QOD: It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both. ~ Guy de Maupassant (Aug. 5, 1850 ~ July 6, 1893)
Not sure what made this Friday level, other than 4 grid spanners.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteI really zipped through this JW offering. Stumbled a little in the SE wagging AGREED/ECHOED, FISHED/SEINED and MURINE/VISINE, but the errors didn't last long. Lemon, thanks for 'splaining how "slide" could be a RUNNER'S MANEUVER.
In my ute Murine was packaged in a triangular plastic bottle with the words "Murine for your eyes" on it. It was a yellow liquid, so we naturally had to scratch off that pesky M.
Last month my no-fee ATM was out of service, so I had to go back to Chase to get cash. Chase charged me an additional $3, and I wondered if I was going to get that back. But sure enough, at the end of the month, Ally posted a $3 credit to my account. Didn't even have to ask. And unlike Chase, Ally even pays interest on my checking account -- almost $80 so far this year!
Funny Murine story D-O.
ReplyDeleteHand up for being very satisfied with Ally. Like their rates and online banking.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteWhile this wasn't a typical JW stumper, it had enough of a crunch to challenge the gray matter. Four grid spanners deserve a special mention. Nice CSO to JazB and to our baseball-loving CC. Nice family photo, Ron.
Thanks, Jeffrey, for a fun Friday and thanks, Lemony, for the solid summary.
Another hand up for a positive experience with Ally. Speaking of banking, a friend recently tried to make a deposit at a local bank for someone who was unable to do it in person and the bank would not accept it without ID. Talk about customer service!
Have a great day.
A parish is the area where the flock lives, not where it assembles.
ReplyDeleteMusings
ReplyDelete-Once PARISHES replaced PASTURES I was off and running
-Lemon’s summative paragraph needs no enhancement
-These CHUTES are now artifacts of my DARING yute
-A runner is out if he fails to SLIDE on a close play in grandson’s baseball league
-Suggestive AT COST film
-Are BASEMENTS as common in your area as they are here?
-Ricky tells Lucy to stay away from the club, Lucy gets a disguise, hilarity ENSUES
-A PADDED resume’ cost him a big coaching job
-If we can’t be there, we appear IN SKYPE
-Organic chemistry seems to be the true test for PREMED students
-I love Facebook to keep current on friends and family but despise agitated blog RANTS
-IN SUM, I probably saw my surgeon on ROUNDS about a half hour during my 10 days in the hospital
Hi gang.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the call out, Lemony.
Along with me in that pic are Danny, Alexa, Amanda, and Ryan, with Samantha Emily and Nate in front. That was taken the evening of our patriotic concert the Thus. before July 4.
Oh, my . . .
https://crosswordcorner.blogspot.com/2014/08/tuesday-august-5-2014-ron-toth-and-cc.html
Exactly 2 years ago today the LAT puzzle was SLIDE, done by C. C. and me. TROMBONE was my seed entry, of course, but didn't make it into the final version. The other three of todays theme entries echo ours in some way.
We also had Patsy CLINE and ELENA Kagan in the fill.
Make of it what you will.
Cheers!
JzB
This was a fairly easy JW puzzle! Usually he pummels me to the ground. I started with RETAIL but that soon gave way to AT COST. I have no NIT with PARISH because it is often interchanged with church.
ReplyDeleteI thought 12D might be STATISTIC but it didn't work. One letter too many.
The clue for SEINED was clever and Lemonade, when it comes to French, no accent will help me. In some ways it's close enough to Spanish though and a good guess is often enough.
Thank you, Jeffrey and Lemonade, for a great SUMmation.
Have a marvelous day, everyone!
For you southerners, beware of cicada sounds in the evening. They attract copperhead snakes who feed on the larvae. This phenom happens from June thru September each year. Recently a herpetologist here in Houston collect 40 snakes one evening. The larvae buffet most often happens around the base of oak trees.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning,
ReplyDeleteThanks for a doable challenge, Jeffrey. RIME came easily as it was my first guess for SNOW. Don't even ask, why? Favorite: SEINED. Taken, hook, line, and sinker. I was in a place involving a college search. HA! Wait, we just had SEINE. Kinda V-8-ish, for me!
Loved the shout out to JazzB. My brother played trombone. I was excited when he took it up because I loved the Big Band sounds in the home of my youth. However, it took a bit of time before he could produce those smooth notes. ;>) JzB, Interesting story about your previous puzzle.
Lemonade, this was another terrific tour and explication. Thanks.
Have a fine day everyone.
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteTreated to another puzzle by JW and it was worth the Stürm UND Drang to get it done.
Loved the theme. 4 great slides. The SE became quite crunchy until I finally sussed SEINED. Who would have figured 2 days in a row? I wouldn't use TMI quite the way it was clued, but that would be a NIT.
UND - Frequently abbr. as u. But we need not worry because LAT requires minimum of 3 letters/ entry.
Have a great day.
At one point, I was looking for some sort of AVALANCHE slide but didn't find it. Maybe next time. Landslide.(4:21)
ReplyDeleteWell, well...time for deep thinking;
ReplyDeleteJzB + C.C. SLIDE 1
Tough one today, I got hung up halfway down the slide...
ReplyDeleteLearning moment: Cicadas & Copperhead snakes.
Frida is my busy day, I will try to be back later if & when I find time to look for silly pics...
An excellent puzzle from Jeffrey Wechsler today. Loved the clever clues!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Lemonade and Anonymous @ 8:05 AM on PARISHES, however. A parish is an area served by a church. The church is where the parishioners assemble.
I don't see what the hubbub is on parish. If the flock assembles in a church as some perceive, and the church is in the said parish, it is still assembling in the parish.
ReplyDeleteLouisiana is subdivided into parishes. When a flock of egrets assemble to transit to the next bayou, they are arguably assembling in a parish. IMHO.
ReplyDeleteGot it done today. Tough but doable from JW. Many perps were needed to fill it in.
The only Across fills that I had on the first run were OED, MARIO, ELENA, PICO, SHU and STEEDS. I thought it was going to be a DNF based on my initial success. However, the down clues were much more forgiving and provided the hooks to fill it all in eventually.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Lemon
ReplyDeleteIn regard your question concerning draws and ties in CRICKET. There is "TMI" below, so I separated the non-essential by **s.
In international "TEST CRICKET"*, each match lasts for a maximum of 5 days**; and each team has a maximum of 2 INNINGs (usually played alternately), in which all 11 players on the team must bat. In order to WIN the match, Team A must "bowl out"*** ALL**** members of TEAM B, do this TWICE (once per INNING(s)), and score more RUNS than Team B. If one team fails to bowl out the other team twice after 5 days, then the game is declared a DRAW, irrespective of the total number of runs scored by each team.
Typically, several hundred RUNS are scored by each team, so that the probability of both teams scoring the same number of runs is extremely low. I suppose in this highly unlikely event, the game could be called a TIE.
There are variants which are now becoming common, some "made for TV", where players abandon the traditional white for garish TV colors. For example, there is "limited overs" cricket (an over is 6 balls bowled from one end), including "20:20", in which each team bowls 20 "overs" (i.e., 20x6=120 balls). Here, an equal number of RUNS is much more likely, but I think in that case the game would only be declared a TIE if both teams had had the same numbers of batsmen bowled out.
*You can tell it is "TEST CRICKET" when all players (from both teams) play in traditional all-white clothing. In addition, because the game lasts 5 days, there are morning "drinks" break, a lunch break, and an afternoon "tea break" – with sandwiches and biscuits. Play starts around 9-10 am and continues until the evening or when "bad light stops play".
**there is no extension for rain delays; the game is only played in good natural (day)light.
*** RUNS: The batsmnn scores RUNS by hitting the ball in any direction and then running to the 2nd wicket (=base), while the 2nd batman runs to the 1st wicket. This process may be repeated 2-3 times, but a batsman can be "run out" as in baseball if the fielder throws the ball to the wicket before the batsman gets there. There is also a boundary line around the "oval" perimeter of the field. If the batsman hits the ball directly over the boundary (similar to a "home run" then he scores 6 runs; if the ball crosses the boundary after hitting the ground he scores 4 runs; in both cases, the batsmen do not need to actually run – they stay where they are.
OUT: Instead of a "base-plate", there are 2 physical wickets, each comprising 3 wooden "stumps" about 28 inches tall with 2 "bails" spanning them (total width of 9 inches). The bowler must hit the stumps with the ball (and dislodge the bails) for the player to be "clean-bowled" (typically, the bowler bowls the ball into the ground in front of the wicket so the bounce makes the ball's flight even more unpredictable; the ball has a "seam" as in baseball so that it can be made to curve in flight. The batsmen can also be "out" if the ball hits the batsman's anatomy (including gloves) and the umpire decides that the ball would otherwise have hit the stumps – this is called "LBW" for "Leg-Before-Wicket". He can also be caught out as in baseball if the ball does not touch the ground after being hit.
****Actually, only 10 of the 11 players need to be bowled "out", since there must be 2 batsmen on the field at one time.
Thank you, JW, for a fine challenge for a Friday am. Like Barry G, got the beginning of the theme answers, and waited for perps to help solve the rest. RINGTOSS just didn't make sense until DH explained it!
ReplyDeleteNice write-up, Lemonade! Thanks for the tour.
Ah yes,
ReplyDeleteI remember frying my butt on those steel playground slides on a hot summers day...
Sliding into base, do they give points for style?
And dem bones, dem bones, they can give you a headache...
Speaking of Trombones, you don't often hear Bone Solos.
This guy blew me away, literally...
& then there's...
The trombone has a slide, yes, but the trombone section is not a slide. I don't think I am nitpicking here, either.
ReplyDeleteProof that a CICADA can make you buggy-
ReplyDelete"What could I use as a punny fill word for what should have been Katharine's name in "The African Queen"?
"AIDA, C.C."
I thought I would have trouble solving a Friday Wechsler, but this was easier than I expected. Frankly I feel at least one of the theme answers seems unnaturally forced, namely PLAYGROUND CHUTE. Who actually ever says that? I know, it satisfies the definition theme, but it still seems to be a made-up phrase. All the other theme answers feel this way, too, but not as strongly. Frankly I like C.C. and Ron's puzzle better. However, I think the clues for SEINED, IN SPIRIT, RING TOSS, and LATTE were excellent.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes to you all.
I was SLIDing around today but no RANTS. Thanks Jeffrey and Lemonade. Nice CSO to JazzB.
ReplyDeleteE'en and Seined again but I smiled at the Seine clue.
I also smiled at the CANOE clue. You've heard my Pierre Berton quote. Here are a few more.
CanoeQuotes
Like Husker G, my literal flocks assembled in Pastures before PARISHES.
I wanted Moo GOO gai not SHU pork.
The Government of Canada resettled 25,000 Syrian refugees between November 2015 and February 29, 2016. This included government-supported and privately sponsored refugees. Things have slowed down considerably and less than 5000 have arrived since March.
It's hot here today. You know it is hot when you hear CICADAS.
The entire right half took effort, and a nap between sittings, but it eventually all fell unassisted!
ReplyDeleteOverslept, then running errands with LW all day, so no time to post earlier. Also hoped to compose some better poems than this dreck from last night, but no time. Off for more errands shortly.
{C-, C+, C.}
A SHUT OUT is when one team will shut down with no win,
Shut up is a rude thing to shout at a shut-in.
Being very non-subtle
With words that I shuttle,
I imaging some wish I'd shut off my rhymin'!
The pub ROUND the block, the priest came to cherish.
Without his libations, he felt he would perish!
But he was offered a FLOCK
If he'd swear the stuff off --
The classic decision, to be pub-ish or PARISH!
A popular game was old Space Invaders:
Aliens descending, like CHICADA raiders!
As the DARING Earth-gunner
You'd MANEUVER your RUNNER
And shoot them down, like insectoid Darth Vaders!
What about 35a , a SO to our regular poster here who is in fact our Avg Joe?
ReplyDeleteA tough but doable Friday challenge. Clever and well-constructed.
ReplyDeleteEasy sailing except for the NE corner. Has 16A pastures. Finally realized that 10D had to be rime or hoar, and that didn't let pastures
ReplyDeleteGood, tough stuff from Mr. Wechsler.
ReplyDeleteGlad to have learned PICO (I can never keep those numerical prefixes straight), and get set right about TAOS.
Hands up, those who were at least thinking LAOS before TAOS. Among other gaffes, I had DIVINE before TRIUNE, DALI before MIRO, TONY before OBIE, CARTRIDGE before CASSETTE, and even tried SHOTPUTS before SHUTOUTS.
But I stuck it out and reached Ta-DAH! on my own, so this turned out to be a winner all 'round! Thank you, JW and Lemonade!
Since I'm the one around here who is usually hung up about exact definitions (that are almost always wrong), let me just be the one to say:
ReplyDeleteparish [par-ish]
noun
1. an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
2. a local church with its field of activity.
One section (piece) of the trombone is called the slide.
ReplyDeleteThank you NC, that is the most complete explanation of cricket scoring I have seen and I have gone to matches here (they built a cricket stadium in Lauderhill!) LINK
Two clever, well-constructed and enjoyable puzzles in a row, capped by two thoroughly entertaining expos. Well done, everyone. No nits here, just a lot of pleasure in solving.
ReplyDeleteCicadas and Copperheads. Wow. That's new to me. I haven't heard any cicadas yet, but copperheads are about the only venomous snake we have around here although not many of them at that. Nevertheless I intend to alert all my friends (that won't take long).
Went back to see the sawbones Tuesday. My recovery from the hip replacement is not going well at all. When I saw him one month after the surgery (June) x-rays showed that the prosthesis had driven further into the femur and my right leg was then 1/2" shorter than before. He suggested that we meet again in early August to further assess the situation. In the meantime, I was to put as little weight on the hip as possible, stress it as little as possible, and maybe the prosthesis and femur would "marry". Well, x-rays Tuesday showed that was not the case. The prosthesis has driven even further down into the femur, it has not married and moves, if only microscopically, with every step I take. The pain will definitely get your attention. So, Monday I go back in for surgery to replace the prosthesis.
I can hardly wait. I just love losing consciousness and being hacked up.
Oh, well Cya!
Bluehen @ 2:38 - I am truly sorry to hear that you have to endure another surgery. I hope this time the result is more favorable. Thoughts and prayers heading your way. (My hand surgery last September wasn't totally successful, either.)
ReplyDeleteLongbeachlee @ 1:15
ReplyDeleteNot the Orchestra section, the section of the disassembled trombone, which is called a slide.
Thoughts and prayers Bluehen for a successful replacement this time
ReplyDeleteHi all!
ReplyDeleteWoot! Just 2 lookups (WTF is a Godhead? - I was thinking the front of a ship) and Patsy CLINE who got me going in the east-central (I thought LATTE but wouldn't commit). Thanks Jeff Wex - It was super crunchy but fun.
Thanks Lem for the expo. No idea who MIRO was - I do now; at least until I sleep.
The cluing was dastardly. 16a -- 1st thought was PARISHES then I second guessed going w/ birds. Same (sans birds) with MENT, ETTU, ECHOED (ok, that one took a perp), and maPS, er, AMPS. IN SUM, I was IN A MESS with myself (me TU Ton-y?) and much ink ENSUE'd.
I was sure 17a had something to do with cOURT -- as in the judge let you Slide on that charge.
Fav: c/a for LATTE.
I've oft heard, and used, "Joe" for a cuppa but had no idea why. I still don't even w/ Lem's link.
On the topic of caffeine, I had a physical scheduled today that the Doc nix'd due to my BP (too high ). He said I need to stick to 1 Joe/day. I inquisitively asked if he MENT [sic] one pot... I typically drink two or three pots throughout the day. Doc was not amused and SHUT me OUT.
HG - Few basements in HOU unless you count pools. They're the only things below grade at home. And, even if you had a basement... it would be a pool.
CED - thanks for digging up that video. Now, as I'm APPRISED of snakes around my trees, I'll stay away. I do, however, like the sound of CICADAs; they == summer.
JzB - perhaps your puzzle was Jeff Wex's seed. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Longbeachlee- The Slide is a part, er SECTION, of a TROMBONE.
I'll play/RANT later - it's Friday nap time.
Cheers, -T
Bluehen, wish you the best of luck this next time. What a bummer!
ReplyDeleteRe: trombone sections --
ReplyDeleteThe group of trombone players in a band or orchestra are referred to collectively as the trombone section.
And since we are unpicking nits, the slide section of an individual trombone consists of the inner slide and outer slide. It is detachable from the rest of the horn, which is known as the bell section.
I have a horn with both slide and valve sections, though only one may be attached at a time.
With the valve section attached is looks pretty much like this:
http://musicedforall.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/valve-trombone.jpg
Cheers!
JzB
Got letters in all the boxes, but missed two. Misspelled maneuver and thought Clino must be the last name of either Peter or Gordon. I like Patsy Cline, but she was a little before my time. I don't know anything about Asian food, and tried to spell the eyedrops as Vizine.
ReplyDeleteBlue hen's wrap-up. Ditto. Owen. #2 is an A+. I was afraid I might have to fill in
ReplyDeleteI don't think The Scooter slud in 38, I'm guessing the year is inverted. Anybody familiar with"The rule of nines"?
I'm surprised no one had CHURCHES which fit with the immovable SHUTOUTS. It didn't help that I misread 11d as under'found'???
Patsy's a fav of mine and I still needed a perp. Not to speak of not spelling MANEUVER right
CC, keep the baseball coming. Speaking of the ILIAD cricket is Greek to me
Finally, what words can describe the Steve/Anonymous juxtaposition?? Mme D?
Darn. This dumb phone insists on correcting That SB underground.
ReplyDeleteI need to clarify something.
ReplyDeleteMy original comment could be taken to mean that I was accusing Jeffrey of something. Given certain things that have happened in the cross word world, this is a very sensitive issue, and could be cause for alarm.
I want to assure Jeffrey and the rest of the world that I was not accusing him of anything, and regret that my carelessly worded post could have been taken that way.
There is a large, but finite, number of theme ideas in the universe. Similarities will crop up, and even high degrees of duplication have occurred.
Obviously, I was struck by the similarity of the concept [and a bit envious that he got trombone in, when we couldn't make that work - dang!] But the execution is very different, and one has to admire the grid spanners.
Jeffrey is a top notch constructor, and I always look forward to his Friday entries.
Cool regards!
JzB
I wondered about SECTION for trombone, but then I realized that the SLIDE is a piece or section of a trombone. See Lemon's picture and JzB's post above with which I agree.
ReplyDeleteWould you say, "I'll meet you at the parish tomorrow morning"? (sic) Parish is synonymous with church when you are talking about the people or even the concept. I don't use it for the actual building.
"parish [par-ish]
ReplyDelete"2. a local church with its field of activity."
Yes, of course; however, "church" used in this sense does not refer to the church building, but conceptually to the church as the body of believers. So, still not a reference to a place of assembly.
I am firm in my conviction.
Though men assail me, I shall not be moved
8-)
"Puzzling Thoughts":
ReplyDeleteSo late in the day - for me, anyway - that there isn't much left to say that someone hasn't already posted. But to add to others comments, a great SO to JzB (and yes, it appears that JW "borrowed" some of his clues/fills from Ron's entry on 8/5/14), Avg Joe, and of course, a great recap from Lemon.
Hand up for HOAR before RIME; and I thought IMO fit for 56a instead of TMI. And when I started filling in 59a, I misspelled OBIE with the character's name from the Andy Griffith Show (OPIE) in 55d, and that NATICK threw me off to thinking that somehow the word TRAMPOLINE belonged where TROMBONE resided! Oh, well. The puzzle was filling in too easily today, and I needed the final copy to look more "Friday-like"!
For some reason, this week has been giving me flashbacks to limericks I penned a few years ago. And today was no different when I saw the clue (Where flocks assemble = PARISHES) in 16a. And while the only word in the limerick that matches anything in today's LAT puzzle is a "clue" word, it's still one of my favorites. Hope you don't mind the "re-run" . . .
A young hooker ran into a priest,
Shortly after her "John" had deceased;
She confessed, she had sinned,
But she felt no chagrin,
There were scores from his flock she had fleeced!
Enjoy your weekend, all . . .
Interesting puzzle, and a bit easier than typical for a Friday. The fact that all the themers were grid spanners was most impressive.
ReplyDeleteThanks Spitz. I guess, as Orwell wrote, some animals are more equal than others.
Bluehen,
ReplyDeleteThinking of you. I get it! I have to have mine replaced because of cobalt and chromium issues. Recalled prostheses. Yay! I can't wait to do that again. I'm with you 100%. Let us know how you are doing as soon as you can. Lots of thoughts and many prayers.
xoxo, Madame D
Chairman A+ inre hooker.
ReplyDeleteWe spent 5 hours in the ER today resulting in an immediate medical problem being averted.But there is an elephant in the room.For four months Alan has been very sad and anxious producing physical symptons. I need to convince the powers that be this depression is not situational or related to worries over his health. It IS depression, clinical or not, with poor quality of life. There are so many inter-connected symptoms and conditions that the doctors have trouble sussing them out.
Not only a CSO to one of my favorites among current posters, but also one to my all time favorite, inimitable Clear Ayes. RIP.
ReplyDeleteMust have been a relatively easy Friday, because I finished it in 20 minutes. I don't usually.
Blue Hen, best toughts and wishes.I hope this time is the charm.
ReplyDeleteBluehen, I'm sure sorry for what you are going through and for what lies ahead. I'm hoping for the best possible outcome.
ReplyDeleteBarbara went in the hospital Wednesday for bladder surgery. It had been planned for a robotic approach but excessive bleeding meant reverting to a more traditional approach. The doctor said all went well. She will be in the hospital for about a week. During my visits, she is still pretty well out of it and a bit loopy from the pain medication. (Thank goodness for those pain meds.) I'm hoping the worst is behind her. I've worried myself sick about all of this which is why I haven't been posting much. Best wishes for her recovery, for Bluehen's upcoming operations and for everybody else's health concerns. Good luck to all of us...
Good evening, folks. Thank you, Jeffrey Wechsler, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Lemonade, for a fine review.
ReplyDeleteWell, I did this this evening, being busy all day at the Schaumburg Farmers Market, manning the Master Gardener Information Desk.
Puzzle was a good one. Liked the theme and the four grid spanners.
Had a few errors as I proceeded through the puzzle. Tried PASTURES for 16A. That entire corner was not working. Eventually PARISHES won out.
Tried NANO for 52A. PICO won that battle after a while.
Tried VIZINE, but VISINE was the winner.
Tried REFUND for 34A. RESEND became the right word.
SEINED again so soon?
I remember the CICADAS well. They emerge every 17 years.
Anthow, it is getting late and I am going to crash.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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I said I'd play later, but nap, dinner, and a movie (The Big Short) at home w/ DW got me to... OMG It's 1am!
ReplyDeleteI've got to remember to read "in between" posts from when I start drafting to finally posting. Bluehen - I'm so sorry to read you have to do it again. Same YR w/ Alan. Sometimes I think Docs really are "practicing" medicine.
Longbeachlee - again, I should have read the in between posts - Sorry, I didn't mean to pile on re: Slide part for 59a. Go blue and come play.
Bill G - I'm feeling you -- I can only imagine if it was my DW. Stay strong mate and feel free to vent / tell us about lunch :-)
OKL A (for meta), B, A+ - I could see the invaders sliding down my screen as I read).
Y'all know I like music that moves - so here's Chicago with a TROMBONE SECTION. I had the LP not the CASSETTE.
Cheers, -T
D'oh - I forgot C. Moe!
ReplyDelete{A+ & LOL}
BTW, I know you do distribution. Do you like IPAs? Ever had Stone Brewing's "Stone IPA?" I'm having one now and I've never had a fruitier bouquet of hops. Quite yummy. C, -T
-T @ 1:15
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliment on the limerick!
Yes to my liking and enjoying craft beer. I don't sell it (just wine) but I love drinking it. I've become a beer "snob" of sorts as I really don't care for the major brands (Bud, Miller, Coors, et al) now that craft beer is available.
I love Stone; in the top 5% of craft beer IMO. Shoot me an email and I'll give you a list of others to try. As a starter, if you're into the "fruitier" flavor of hops - and those are perfect for summer drinking - try Ballast Point Mango IPA. Their Grapefruit IPA is pretty good, too, but the Mango is worth the $.
Anon-T @ 0108 - thanks for the Chicago - ended up listening to a whole bunch more tunes too. Amazing to see those guys who looked sort of like I did back then. I wore out the 1st album & had to replace it. Loved them & BS&T. But they didn't have a trombone section, just one, the great James Pankow - such a nice easy fluid sound, like the extreme high register was no sweat at all. I think some of his solos on the album were missing in these live versions, and was a bit annoyed that the camera just sat on the guitar & drums, even when the trumpet, trombone & sax were musically prominent. But all in all great nostalgia.
ReplyDeleteHand up for DALI before MIRO. I never thought of MIRO's genre as being surrealist in the style of Magritte, Dali or de Chirico.
ReplyDeleteFun and challenging theme!