Theme: Five-letter Jumble - Use circles if you got 'em.
60A. Lakota chief at Little Bighorn, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles: CRAZY HORSE
17A. Golf stroke played from sand: BUNKER SHOT
40A. Tire-inflating aid: AIR HOSE
11D. "Wish me luck!": "HERE'S HOPING!"
25D. Historic educational center of Paris' Latin Quarter: THE SORBONNE
Argyle here(in very nice company). The circles span two words and don't (I believe) spell any actual words. And where else can you find an entry like "Neener neener!"?
Across:
1. Foot-in-mouth incident: GAFFE
6. Blue ox of folklore: BABE. Worked with Paul Bunyan.
10. Pork or lamb cut: CHOP
14. Indian or Iranian: ASIAN
15. Tag sale condition: [AS IS]
16. Helen of Troy's mother: LEDA. Somebody just had to sneak a Troy reference in.
19. Wrinkle remover: IRON
20. Remarkable times: ERAs
21. Homes of blue-plate specials: DINERS
23. "The Simpsons" creator Groening: MATT
26. Apple mobile platform: iOS
28. __ fit: tantrum: HISSY
29. Readily available: ON HAND
31. Jerry of "Law & Order": ORBACH. It's been thirteen years since he died.
34. Act division: SCENE
35. Irritated incessantly: ATE AT
36. Canadian Thanksgiving mo.: OCT.. CSO, eh.
39. Hesitant sounds: UH's
42. Part of rpm: PER
43. John of England: LOO
44. Softens, with "down": TONES
45. In an unfriendly way: ICILY
47. Bitterness: RANCOR
49. Skippers on ponds: STONES. Year round sport.
50. Torah teacher: RABBI
52. Napoleon or Nero: Abbr.: EMP. (emperor)
54. Rainbow flag letters: LGBT. (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender)
55. Digital library contents: E-BOOKS
57. Bone-dry: ARID
59. Hit the runway: LAND
66. Skin breakout: ACNE
67. Poker pot starter: ANTE
68. Longtime NBC newsman Roger: O'NEIL
69. Classic Jaguars: XKEs
70. Recent returnees to Los Angeles: RAMS
71. Oft-poached fruit: PEARS. So many recipes.
Down:
1. Chatter away: GAB
2. Sun Devils sch.: ASU
3. First sign of a shark: FIN
4. Faux glow: FAKE TAN. "Lady's eyes go off and on with a finger full of glue
Lips are drawn upon her face in come-to-me tattoo
Creamy suntan color that fades when she bathes" - Greasy Heart by Jefferson Airplane
5. Part of DOE: Abbr.: ENER. (Department of Energy)
6. Low voice: BASSO
7. Blond shade: ASH
8. Short life story?: BIO
9. Abbr. on a cornerstone: ESTD. (Established)
10. Treatment facility: CLINIC
12. Smells: ODORS
13. Cultivated violet: PANSY. Think spring.
18. Roach spray brand: RAID
22. Critic's harsh words: "I HATE IT!"
23. City in northern Iraq: MOSUL
24. Dried chili pepper: ANCHO. When fresh they are referred to as poblanos. Anchos are flat, wrinkled, and heart shaped. The ancho is the sweetest of the dried chiles; and is most commonly used in authentic Mexican cooking and is a staple in red chili and tamales.
27. "Neener neener!": "SO THERE!"
30. Clutter-averse type: NEATNIK
32. Vintage cars named with the initials of their company's founder: REOs
33. Music majors' degs.: BAs. (Bachelor of Arts)
35. River of Florence: ARNO. Ponte Vecchio.
37. Fanzine figure: CELEB
38. Romantic rendezvous: TRYST
41. Org. with a five-ring logo: IOC. (International Olympic Committee)
46. Brewski: COLD ONE
48. Dwellings: ABODES
49. Agile: SPRY
50. "Just chill!": "RELAX!"
51. Taken __: shocked: ABACK
53. Puzzles with dead-end paths: MAZES
56. Lasting mark: SCAR
58. Chain famous for breakfasts: IHOP
61. Genetic letters: RNA
62. All-hrs. cash source: ATM
63. Belfast-born actor Stephen: REA
64. McCartney's title: SIR
65. Golf Hall of Famer Ernie: ELS
Argyle
Greetings!
ReplyDeleteThanks Irish Miss, CC and Santa!
You have a typo, Santa. It's 13 years since ORBACH died. I was heartbroken.
No nits to pick.
Supposed to be sunny tomorrow!
YR: hope David is better!
Have a great day!
FIRbTD. Filled it in easily except for the center west. Even though I read it in the headlines every day, I couldn't recall the second vowel in MOSUL, never heard of ANCHO before, and er um ur ah oh UH 39a had too many possibilities. I had to use trial and error to Ta-Da with the correct hesitation.
ReplyDeleteFilled it in so fast I hit the reveal before I even thought to look for a theme.
{B-, B+, C+, educ., A-.}
A dawn-ERA band was the STONES.
Banging rocks don't have many TONES.
But some sticks, not too green,
Could enliven the SCENE
On a xylophone made out of bones!
There once was a maiden named Missy
Who was so exceptionally prissy
When asked to a TRYST
She presented a list
Of ODORS that would cause her a HISSY!
NEATNIK Uranus has moons orbiting in files.
Saturn's moons cut her rings making aisles.
Jovially and ICILY,
Circling precisely,
Are numerous sister-satellites of IO'S!
A mild Mexican chili pepper called poblano
Can be roasted for a dish called rellenos.
But when dehydrated,
CHOPPED and grated,
They're a flavoring powder called ANCHO.
MATT loved his ABODE of adobe
When he left his adobe ABODE, he
Would lock up the door
Till next he'd adore
His home and his guard-dog, a dobie!
Speaking of dogs
DeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteSaw the circles, and was pretty sure this one had to do with the SHORE. Nope. CSO to Lucina with ASU in nearby Tempe. Tried AIR pump before HOSE became obvious. In the end, I worked my way to a DNF. Never watched Law and Order, didn't recognize the actor's name, and figured the musicians got MAs. ORmACH looked fine. Bzzzzzt! "Well done" to I.M., C.C. and Argyle.
Forgot to add...
ReplyDeletePANSY reminded me. Why do we say violets are blue? Shouldn't the doggerel go, "Roses are red, violets are violet...?"
Fun puzzle today. Erased loin for CHOP and tenor for BASSO. The only Canadian holiday I knew before today was Boxing Day. Other unknowns were Jerry ORBACH (but I recognized him from his picture), THE SORBONNE (assumed it was two French words - (THESOR BONNE) and poached PEARS. Poached? I knew that Ransom Olds was a car pioneer, but never him to the REO. I remember Diamond Rio concrete mixer trucks, and Google says he was the Rio half of that, too. Thanks, Agnes and CC, for the wake-up challenge.
ReplyDeleteArgyle - Another fine expo. I loved Jefferson Airplane, then Jefferson Starship, and still sorta love Starship. My favorite Airplane tune was White Rabbit. Thanks for the memories.
Argyle: Nice write-up.
ReplyDeleteIrish Miss & C.C. Thank you for a FUN Tuesday puzzle. Enjoyed the CRAZY HORSE theme.
Had no idea what the clue "Neener neener!" was referring to ... but the perps got me SO THERE.
Fave today, of course, was 46-d, Brewski for COLD ONE.
I've been known to have one (or more!) of those from "time-to-time."
Cheers!
I don't know as much popular culture as C.C., I don't know how she does it! Maybe this time it was I.M.'s influence too. I've never heard of neener neener. I guess you had to have attended an elementary school here. I also forgot ORBACH's name and had no idea about the chili pepper. I try to avoid all over-spicy peppers ever since I dried some we'd grown, and used the blender to grind them up. That wouldn't have been so bad, had I not opened the lid too soon with my face too close to it: result...face looking like I'd been in the sun too long and stinging for a week. DH loves hot food, so since then, actually years ago, we freeze them, and since I don't want to cook them, they often get relegated to being boiled down and sprayed on our arbor vitae to discourage deer from decimating them. Whether it works or not? I'm not sure, but at least I don’t have to touch them!
ReplyDeleteHuge snow headed this way tonight, so more cabin fever for me tomorrow!
Good day to all!
ReplyDeleteLike desper-otto I thought we were looking at some sort of mixed up "shore". Realized my error when I came to the unifier. Jerry ORBACH was 100% perps. And no "ta-da" for me today, as I misspelled MOSUL as MOSeL, and eHS seemed perfectly fine as a hesitant sound. Thanks to Irish Miss, C.C., and Argyle for the morning's fine puzzle and expo.
Enjoy the day!
Good morning all!
ReplyDeleteFound this to be fun with just a bit of crunch- thank you Agnes and CC!
Thanks Argyle for a great expo :)
I also thought the theme might be "shore" until the CRAZYHORSE clue.
This Memorial is quite impressive
I couldn't remember Jerry ORBACH's last name but could picture his face. Didn't help that I had MAs for BAS
Other perps were ONEIL and CELEB. I've never heard of 'Fazine figure'
I have many SCARs and feel they are badges of honor earned in my battles from so many surgeries :)
@YR- thinking of you and your sons and sending well wishes and healing vibes. What a lot you've been through!
The cold weather is creeping back here. I heard snow mentioned in the forecast but decided to ignore it for now. My thoughts are with those in the South hit by the tornadoes. Especially the family in Georgia whose two year old is missing after that horrendous storm. I haven't heard if they've found him yet.
Have a wonderful day! I'm off to organize my neglected craft room. My creative efforts are easier to find in a less chaotic setting than what that room is now :)
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ReplyDeleteI'll try again with this
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteArgyle, thanks for the primer on chiles.
BZ to IM and C.C. on a fine collaboration. How could you not like a theme revolving around horses?
Neener not in my toolbox, so messed up with the 's'. Didn't know IOS either. Loved the long downs; especially THE SORBONNE.
My first year at the 'tute, I saw the movie: "Helen of Troy" starring Rossana Podestà. Never forgot it.
HERE'S HOP[ING those involved got through last night's storms safely.
Musings
ReplyDelete-Me too on SHORE before HORSE in this fun Tuesday puzzle with C.C. and Irish Miss!
-HERE’S HOPING he got out on this BUNKER SHOT
-CRAZY HORSE monument will eventually dwarf Rushmore
-Miss Piggy has an effective Pork CHOP for self defense!
-I suspect the Chicago Trib had a lot of these still ON HAND
-ARID California seems to be getting out of its historic drought
-What BASSO evokes for me. (4:18)
-Last year Aaron Rodgers spelled out R-E-L-A-X after a bad Packer start
Hello Puzzlers -
ReplyDeleteWhen I was playground age, we had a variety of taunts, but I never heard "Neener neener" until adulthood. I knew right away what it was. It was fun to hear Stephen Hawking taunt Sheldon with it on TBBT.
Thanks IMCC for an enjoyable, smooth solve!
In my town, we are trying to buy a chunk of unused railway so that the bike trail can be continued (it's nearly contiguous from New Haven, CT). I've given halfhearted consideration to opening a trailside café on the site of the old passenger platform; in recognition of the aches and pains suffered by the older bike rider, I thought to name the place The Sorbonne Café.
Well C.C. and I.M, you got me today. I had no idea what a dried chili pepper was called- ANCHO- and had not ever watched 'Law & Order' so it could also have been ANCRO or ANCMO due the cross of either UM, UR, or UH. I chose 'R'. Did our musician have a bachelor's or master's degree. I thought he was a Master so it was ORMACH since it made as much sense as ORBACH. As for the circled HORSE it was a lot easier than making a good BUNKER SHOT. That helped me finish (incorrectly) the center because the expression 'Neener Neener' is one that don't know. "And that's the truth"
ReplyDeleteNEATNIK- our grandkids call us NEAT FREAKS because there is never anything on the floors or rugs and all the dishes are immediately washed and put away.
D-O, I also wrote AIR PUMP before HOSE and that didn't help me fill the center with the two unknowns- SO THERE & ORBACH. Don't anybody have a HISSY fit and I don't want to cause any RANCOR but I can't believe that LGBT and PANSY were in the same puzzle.
Fine puzzle, Agnes and CC. On this wintry day I was expecting to go "down the SHORE", instead we were riding a horse.
ReplyDeleteI, too, forgot how to spell MOSUL and I tried to perp the pepper. So I had ERs instead of UHs crossing MOSEL, which did look dubious, and ANCRO, no idea.
IOS, too was all perps.
I am aware of the taunt, NEENER, NEENER, but never actually heard it said. To me it has several nasty childish connotations. Edith Ann was the perfect image for SO THERE.
David grills the most delicious lamb chops I ever ate.
Our nor'easter was not a big deal right here. The wind was fairly moderate. When we left the square dance at 10:30 last night it was sleeting. The roads were well salted from earlier in the week so they were not slippery. Just the driveways and sidewalks were icy. There were delayed school openings this AM.
Alan and I are back on schedule at the gym. It feels good. Maybe I will return to the Y pool soon.
At first I was looking at a sea of white but then things started to fall into place. My newspaper arrived just as I discovered that we needed circles on the Mensa site so I shifted over to pen and paper to find the HORSES. Thanks for the fun Agnes, C.C. and Argyle. No HISSY fit here.
ReplyDeleteThanks also for the CSO. One of the great things about this blog is that we can learn so much from each other, so hopefully you can learn about the Canadian holidays also. I posted re Thanksgiving on OCT.10 2016 and we had a lovely discussion about Thanksgiving food.
At first I thought I might have another CSO immediately following but UHS fit the clue better then Ehs! Ehs are NOT hesitant.
Hand up for AIR pump before HOSE.
I did not know ANCHO either. Perhaps Lucina will comment on them.
Is that a Pork CHOP on that DINER plate?
XKES and REOS for the car lovers.
Those PANSYS remind me of the tiny little flowers we call Johnny-jump-ups (Violas) which are not cultivated but grow wild in my vegetable garden. They are very hardy and are usually the first thing to brighten my spring.
Good morning all!
ReplyDeleteWell done IM and CC! I enjoyed all of it and giggled at the "John of England" after I realized it wasn't in reference to a person. I'll admit I got extra excited when I saw the constructor names.
Lots to do today so I'm off to be productive. Great job, ladies!
t.
I got to this one late last night and was pleased to see the names of the constructors. I had a good time as expected. No circles at Mensa but once I saw CRAZY HORSE, I decided to try to find the theme words without the circles.
ReplyDeleteIt's cold (64) in the family room this morning. I turned on the furnace. It reminded me of Garrison Keillor telling about a fellow Lake Wobegonian who never turned on his furnace until, he said, he couldn't break through the skin of ice in his toilet by peeing on it.
As you may remember, Jerry Orbach played the father in 'Dirty Dancing.'
Hi Everyone:
ReplyDeleteLate to the dance due to chores and the time-consuming, but necessary, unpacking and storing a major grocery delivery from Shop Rite. Phew!
Thanks, Argyle, for your cheery commentary but I plead innocent on the Troy clue; that was Rich's, as was neener neener, which I have never heard of in my life. And even though I had a part in constructing this puzzle, I had a few stumbling blocks, believe it or not. It's amazing how much you forget between submission, acceptance, and publication.
Thank you all for the many kind comments and I am pleased that you enjoyed our efforts. Many thanks to CC for being such a marvelous mentor and cool "partner-in-crime!"
Have a great day.
Congratulations, Irish Miss and C.C.! Well done and fun to solve, too.
ReplyDeleteArgyle did a great job explaining ANCHO chilies and yes, it's what we use for tamales in the dried form. Lately the price has risen exceedingly high, $6.99 for one bag and we require three or four bags. My sister, who is the chile master, boils them in water then blends them until no bits remain. After that, the meat is added and it's cooked over medium heat with much garlic and some salt. Aye, mama mia. It is to die for!
Thank you for the CSO at ASU. It's less than ten miles away from me.
This was a fun solve, thank you again, Agnes. I sashayed quickly downwards on the west side in an L pattern and found CRAZYHORSE then slid upwards. I really don't know neener, neener so that was not easy and I had NOT HERE and missed IOS as well.
And I loved Jerry ORBACH both in L & O and in Dirty Dancing. My girls, daughter and granddaughters, love dancing in any form so that is one of their favorite films which they watch frequently.
Am I wrong in thinking that music majors earn a bachelor of fine arts degree. BFA? That held me up for a while, too until AIRHOSE emerged.
It was awe-inspiring to see the CRAZYHORSE monument progressing and understandable why it takes years to complete.
Did anyone else see BUNKERSHOT followed by IRON?
Have a wonderful day, everyone!
Thanks to all that provided an alternate site to the slow as molasses LA Times. Although I don't belong there, mensa.org has been a wonderful change. Now it doesn't take near as long for me to get stuck.
ReplyDeleteThe theme halped with supplying the constant five letters scrambled. As others, I thought it was "shore. " I didn't know the ANCHO pepper, but will look out for it now.
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteFinished the puzzle right after the paper dropped. I was up all night as these antibodies are Anti--T :-(
Thank you IM & C.C. for the fun distraction. I thought I was headed to a DNF in the central (Rivers in EU?, Names? Neener?[love it!], etc.) Once REO came to me so did ORBACH. Two WAGs later the pen was down.
Thanks Argyle for the expo; Nice company indeed.
WOs: HERE'S to??? @1st; ATM in RNA's boxes; MFA b/f BAS.
ESP: There were a bunch of names and 25d.
Fav: LOO; I'm more familiar w/ that closet post medicine. The cure is worse than the ailment [ok, I admit, I like breathing AIR].
{B,B+,B-,C,B-}
@9:30 - LOL PANSY GAFFE
Good news YR!
D-O: Glad you got your shutter fixed...
Roses are red,
Violets ain't
C.C. and Agnes gave us
A CRAZY grid to paint
{F+}
Here's a CRAZY HORSE and how he does it.
Cheers, -T
I meant to comment that the yellow PANSY flowers in my patio are spectacular especially after all the rain.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of all season sports, skipping stones on a frozen pond creates an amazing sound which the curious listener is invited to track down on You Tube.
ReplyDeleteYes, two pork chops on the blue plate special with collard greens and mac & cheese.
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ReplyDeleteA really neat puzzle from IM & CC. It took a little while to get going but eventually I was able to "Circle" in on the solution. Argyle did an interesting expo.
I had some of the same stumbles that others mentioned. AIRpump before AIRHOSE, LOIN vs CHOP, and ERS vs UHS.
I remembered the conversation with CanadianEH! about the Canadian Thanksgiving a few months back, so OCT filled in quickly.
A couple of years ago we went on a tour of National Parks out west and saw Mount Rushmore and the Crazyhorse Monument. They were impressive. The Crazyhorse sculpture is more of a show than just a massive sculpture.
Have a great day everyone.
Woohoo! Woohoo! A Tuesday Irish Miss and C.C. puzzle! What a great way to start the day!
ReplyDeleteMind you, this was at least a little crunchy. I did fine on everything, and got the reveal and the fun CRAZY HORSE theme, but had a little trouble in the middle because I didn't know ORBACH or NEENER NEENER. But it all worked out, and I found the puzzle a lot of fun, with a lot of variety. Loved the violet/PANSY item--I didn't know a pansy was considered a violet. So, many thanks, Irish Miss and C.C. for giving us a morning delight.
Thanks, too, Argyle, for explaining ENER (got it, but didn't "get" it). And for the lovely ARNO pic. Rowland and I had a hotel room once with that same view.
Have a great day, everybody!
Desper-Otto:
ReplyDeleteRoses are red, violets are violet
Sugar is sweet, I want a pile of it?
ReplyDeleteGreat job CC and Irish Miss !
Thanks Argyle. I bookmarked the Flower Meaning website from your PANSY picture.
Also have never heard of "Neener, neener!"
Yellowrocks, good to hear that your son only needed the lesser surgery.
A fun puzzle from IM and CC and a great reveal by Argyle. It's going to be a good day. The puzzle had just enough of a challenge to be entertaining, but in the end was doable in not much more than usual Tuesday time. I had the same missteps/write overs that others have mentioned. When I first read the reveal clue, I thought "Sitting Bull", but a letter count proved me wrong. Well, it sure as heck isn't "Gall". Besides that, I think I remember that Sitting Bull was Hunkpapa Sioux. Was Crazy Horse there? The letter count was correct, and lo and behold, so was the answer.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, I remember reading where the name "Crazy Horse" bespoke of the white man's disdain for the native Americans. Crazy Horse, like many Indian shamans and chiefs, could put himself in a trance seemingly at will. In these trances, he would be astride a prancing horse and could envision the future. Crazy Horse's Siouan name would more accurately translate to "Enchanted Horse".
Heading out to our favorite brewpub for "Half-price Burger Night". 8 oz. beef burgers any way you want them with all the fixin's you could want, one side, and 1/2 price Happy Hour craft-made GBA award-winning beer. It IS going to be a good day!
Cya!
fermatprime @4:00am & Lucina @12:15pm,
ReplyDeleteI miss Jerry Orbach too. Glad to be reminded of him in this pzl from C.C. and Agnes Davidson. I was lucky enough to see him in two Broadway shows--Chicago and 42nd Street.
Ah, memories! - I was in the audience for 42nd Street on opening night, when its director, Gower Champion, died. What theatrical timing! Producer David Merrick came on stage to make the sad announcement. We were stunned.
"Neener Neener" kept me from a full Ta-DA! I had NOWHERE instead of SO THERE, thinking of my fill as a proper response in a kid's game like Hide-and-Seek.
(You know, instead of "Warm," "Warmer," and "Cold!" you could call out to a kid that he's getting "Nowhere"!)
When I saw this was an Agnes and C.C. collaboration I anticipated a good puzzle. I am not disappointed. Thank you, you two. HERE'S HOPING, THE SORBONNE, NEATNIK, FAKE TAN, and AIR HOSE are terrific. The clue "fanzine" has C.C.'s fingerprints all over it.
ReplyDeleteAlso thought SHORE would be the theme. Actually, the other circled letters are jumbles of SHORE, as is HORSE itself.
I learned that a PANSY is a type of violet. I learned about ANCHO chilis from watching Rick Bayless on TV.
Both our grandchildren are graduates of ASU.
I agree the online puzzle at the LA Times website is awful. Not only slow but burdened by ads. They even pop up a 15-second ad in the midst of solving if you pause too long, and there's no way to skip the ad.
Best wishes to you all.
Definitely a fun puzzle,
ReplyDeletewith a few crunchy spots.
(i was hoping for more gimmes, but you made me work for it...)
Last fill was 35a, irritated incessantly = a teat?
(hmm, I had to be weaned before I could parse this properly...)
I never would have known neener neener without The Big Bang Theory.
& here are 12 minutes of horsing around...
"Troy clue"? What was that one again?
ReplyDeleteUM, I mean ER, what was that pepper? I knew Jerry Orbach, but thought a music major would have a MA.
My routine is knock off one half, run and do my thing, finish, login to blog, run around etc.
So I never got to post yesterday. I'm not sure if I "Got" C-Moe's Bends lick. Good one, good two in fact. And I agree Owen's Calliope poem could be published.
I saw Agnes and tried to recall which of our"Misses" that would be. I was not disappointed though I should have tried to guess the circle theme before making a mess with AIRPUMP
GOTTA GO
WC
16A. Helen of Troy's mother
ReplyDelete"Puzzling Thoughts"
ReplyDeleteGood job IM and CC - very challenging for a Tuesday puzzle for sure. I FIW by not knowing MATT / MOSUL (spelled it wrong) / ANCHO and UHS. Since it spanned two downs and one across, could I refer to this as the "Framingham Natick"?? I had MITT / MOSEL / INCRO / ERS instead. Should've known that it wasn't MOSEL, as that is better known as a River and German Wine Region . . .
Other write-overs included CLINIC / LEDA as I first penned AIDA into 16A; other was putting STET before SCAR; but at least I knew it was HORSE and not SHORE
A lot of WAGGing going on today, but I didn't need to Google anything. Definitely more of a Thursday-ish difficulty. Having played "WORDS w FRIENDS" with IM, it did not surprise me of her "lexicology" today. Beware if you play her in that on-line version of Scrabble. She's good!
Enjoyed the recap, Santa.
Lucina - Good catch BUNKER SHOT / IRON. Though, purists might argue wedge [C. Moe, HG?]. If (who am I kidding, when) I hit the beach, I just pick the dang'd ball up after one swing - my foursome hasn't the time for me to "get it right."
ReplyDeleteT. Paw - Wasn't it W.C Fields that said he wouldn't want to be part of any club that would accept him :-). Play on Mensa; you're proll'y smarter than the average bear.
C.Moe - FLN; I was too dense to bask in the Pun. I knew MOSUL today - my brother (Army) has been there more than once :-(
WC - IM lives in Troy, NY.
IM - I know what you mean by not feeling ownership [and goofin' your own pzl!], but you added your $0.02 to a larger effort. And that's what makes "meh" good and good Great. Thanks. C, -T
Wilbur Charles @ 4:44
ReplyDeleteHope you got to see the explanation I posted for yesterday's "Bends" limerick, as I may have been stretching that PUN a bit too far. The last line was hard to make fit the story, as well as rhyme, as well as be the pun. Not too many actors named MERCEDES, so when I saw RUEHL used on Sunday, I figured it was now or never to try out my PUN. I had a couple of iterations to get Mercedes "Bends" as the PUN for Mercedes Benz. But finding a rhyming scheme (in true, limerick format) and a story that "made sense" was tough.
Obviously, I tip my cap to OwenKL who day-after-day seems to come up with a poem using both daily puzzle words as well as PUNS. I guess I am more self-critical about keeping the "anapest" meter when I create a limerick, rather than to create a poem. On the other hand, the one I did using the word "cosine" was far more straightforward, and easier to fit into a limerick form.
My limerick with a word from today's puzzle is an "oldie" of mine. I think I may have posted it when I first "joined" the Crossword Blogger:
We all know the old nursery rhyme "drill";
When two kids carried water uphill.
Are you taken ABACK
That you didn't know Jack
Has never really fallen for Jill?
-T @ 5:11 --> I just now saw the BUNKER SHOT - IRON continuation. If it wasn't intentional, then what a great "accident".
ReplyDeleteSo, technically, a wedge IS an iron. And usually, when playing a shot from a FAIRWAY bunker, one will choose an IRON that will advance the ball as far as you can, given the lie, stance, the lip of the bunker, and your ability, of course! ;^)
But if I got into one of bunkers, I would definitely use a wedge (Sand Wedge or Lob Wedge), and probably play out backwards!
Meant to say "these" bunkers in my last post . . .
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if anyone mentioned this, JERRY ORBACH was the father of Tony Orbach who is a crossword puzzle constructor for the New York Times, a very good one.
ReplyDeleteCute puzzle I.M. And C.C., I enjoyed it.