Husker Gary here, taking you on a tour of Jeff's pleasant Humpday offering. He takes the word WIDE and spreads it out in two different arrangements (2/2 and 1/3) and then provides fill in the divide to literally cause WIDE to be SPREAD out as you can see in the grid below:
The clincher is his reveal
64. Far-reaching ... and a literal feature of the answers to starred clues : WIDESPREAD - The insatiable Emerald Ash Borer that arrived here in crates on the coast from Asia is WIDESPREAD and still expanding
THEME FILLS:
17. *Rain-X auto product : WIPER BLADE - This is not a Rain-X product but ya gotta love it!
21. *Manhattan theater district locale : WESTSIDE - So, you want to see Hamilton at The Richard Rogers Theater on Manhattan's WESTSIDE tonight? No problem, StubHub can get you in the very back starting at $965 per seat
54. *Many a military spouse : WAR BRIDE - Although told not to, Japanese women did fraternize with "the enemy" and tens of thousands of them became WAR BRIDES
Now let's see how Jeff filled in those WIDESPREAD spaces in the rest of the puzzles
Across
1. Anemic : WEAK
5. Dukes not among royalty : FISTS - Our cwd friend Burt Lahr dared anyone to put up their Dukes! I resisted putting in DAISY Dukes.
10. Huge production : EPIC - Ben Hur always leaps to my mind
14. Rod in a hot rod : AXLE
15. Kate's sitcom pal : ALLIE
16. Pilaf base : RICE
19. Like port, usually : AGED - If you can spring for those Hamilton tix, maybe this 70-year-old Port in a handblown bottle for $965 would also interest you
20. Lacking a key : ATONAL
23. Proofer's mark : STET
25. Feathery layer : HEN
26. Oomph : PEP
29. Set apart from the group : ISOLATE - The Amish practice of shunning even your own children seems particularly cruel to me
33. Org. with the staff of Aesculapius in its logo : AMA - This doctor's group might also call this the staff of Caduseus
36. Big name in gas : AMOCO
38. Slam-dance : MOSH - Ya gotta know going in what could happen!
43. See 22-Down : ELKS and 22. With 43-Across, fraternal order : THE
44. Mane area : NAPE
45. Like some buckets : OAKEN
46. Cotillion girl : DEB - An anachronism?
47. Move more product than : OUTSELL - Here's the rankings
49. Absorb, as a cost : EAT
50. Nonpro sports gp. : AAU - Kobe Bryant hates the Amateur Athletic Union BB program because it makes kids play all year long
52. Trapper's trophy : PELT - Something I could never do
59. Subtle difference : NUANCE - The NUANCED looks of Meryl
63. Continental coin : EURO
66. Brought up : BRED
67. Like nocturnally counted critters : OVINE - One sheep, two sheep...
68. Unrestrained party : ORGY
69. Cotton bundle : BALE - Tote that barge and lift this
70. Archibald and Thurmond of the NBA : NATES - "Tiny" NATE Archibald played here before they moved to Sacramento
71. Water testers : TOES - I have put my "TOES in many waters" with varying results.
Down
1. Bedtime drink, in totspeak : WAWA - Don't we all remember Gildna Radner when we hear this?
2. Freeway sign : EXIT
3. Chop House dog food brand : ALPO
4. Laments loudly : KEENS - An old Irish or Scottish term for screams of women heralding a death OR a card in a Duel Decks Game
5. Sources of morals : FABLES
6. Not in the pink : ILL
7. Cabbage dish : SLAW - KFC has some great SLAW
8. Laundry room brand : TIDE
9. Views : SEES
10. Dry-__ board : ERASE
11. Risky purchase, metaphorically : PIG IN A POKE - Have you ever used Craig's List?
12. Tea preference : ICED
13. Relinquish : CEDE - Land CEDED in my state
18. Be frugal with : RATION
24. Alley scavenger : TOMCAT
26. Handled clumsily : PAWED - "Honest, I was just reaching for the popcorn!"
27. Writer Zola : EMILE
28. Special-interest government spending : PORK BARREL - Some say he got as much as anybody
30. Aerial maneuvers : LOOPS
31. Not paying attention :
ASLEEP
ASLEEP
32. Howe'er : THO
34. Greek sorceress : MEDEA - The tale of her and Jason would make for a great soaper - Ημέρες των ζωών μας (Days Of Our Lives)
35. Cut taker : AGENT
37. Sue Grafton's "__ for Corpse" : C IS - In my last writeup, I posited Sue could have used C AS IN Corpse
39. 1988 Motown acquirer : MCA - ...and then there was a suit and then...
41. Safari grazer : GNU - There's a bottomless pit of these
42. Arrive by auto : ROLL UP
47. Sharer's word : OUR
48. You can see right through them : LENSES
51. Dwelling : ABODE
53. Deck that's worth a fortune? : TAROT
54. "Dragnet" star Jack : WEBB
55. Subtle glow : AURA
56. Triumphant shout : I WON - Said by 1 of every 76,000,000 lottery players
57. One who insists on the spotlight : DIVA
58. Ready for print : EDIT - Even Tom had to EDIT
60. Fictional sleuth Wolfe : NERO - Not the piano player or the Roman emperor
61. "La __ aux Folles" : CAGE
62. "Grand" ice cream brand : EDY'S
65. Denver-to-Des Moines dir. : ENE
Now, how 'bout some WIDESPREAD and far ranging comments:
A few pix from our trip last week to D.C.
This is Joann and I at the WWII monument with the Lincoln Memorial in the background. If you go to D.C. take the night tour as it is an entirely different world.
This is Joann and I with U.S. Senator Ben Sasse at the Nebraska Congressional Breakfast. We have known Ben since he was nine and I started calling him Senator Sasse when he was in grade school!
Here we are with our Congressman Jeff Fortenberry. Our daughter has had three of Jeff’s girls in fourth grade at St. Joe’s in Lincoln.
Now, how 'bout some WIDESPREAD and far ranging comments:
A few pix from our trip last week to D.C.
This is Joann and I at the WWII monument with the Lincoln Memorial in the background. If you go to D.C. take the night tour as it is an entirely different world.
This is Joann and I with U.S. Senator Ben Sasse at the Nebraska Congressional Breakfast. We have known Ben since he was nine and I started calling him Senator Sasse when he was in grade school!
Here we are with our Congressman Jeff Fortenberry. Our daughter has had three of Jeff’s girls in fourth grade at St. Joe’s in Lincoln.
Greetings!
ReplyDeleteThanks to Jeff and Gary!
Pretty quick. Had neck before NAPE. Otherwise OK.
It's going to be 90 degrees here tomorrow.
May swim, cough and all.
Have a great day!
Thanks for the good wishes yesterday!
ReplyDeleteGood morning.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jeff and Gary. Fun.
I tried counting. It didn't work.
FIE (Finished It Easily). Saw the theme very quickly, so was expecting WIDE AND OUTSIDE. That didn't fit, so went to FAR AND WIDE. Perps dragooned it to WIDE SPREAD.
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What you can't do in a skirt or a dress
Is Man-SPREADING across two seats breadth!
Fems may well CEDE
There's really no need
To complain, while they powder their noses two abreast!
WEAK FISTS do not SELL OUT an EPIC
But the star was AGED and dyspeptic
Did the film need more PEP?
The answer was yep!
In the ORGY, he fell ASLEEP in mid-lick!
The duck and the HEN were having a to-do
About, of the two, whom was better than who!
The chicken, upset
Stole some shoes from "Dragnet".
Stomped back and said, "Now I'm WEBB-footed, too!"
In myth, a WAR BRIDE and sorceress, MEDEA
Was jilted, which was not a real good idea!
Her rival must go!
She read her TAROT,
Then gave Jason the DEB -- chopped in a tortilla!
Hello Puzzlers -
ReplyDeleteChugged right through this one, pretty much all familiar territory.
Some comments pertaining to yesterday's posts: first, YR, Husker, and others, I'm with you. "I couldn't care less" is the only phrase that makes any sense. The other way is just wrong.
Wilbur Charles, no, the town of Dudley is perhaps 40 miles away, not far from where our much missed HeartRx lives. Dudley Doright was a nickname applied to me by an older brother when I was little.
Lucina, what a nice nugget of family folklore! Riveting is an art, and a nice bit of work is something to point to with pride. Relatedly, I have long thing arms, and I am just barely able to reach into the skinny space under the floor of a Cessna. This is important when riveting in replacement seat tracks. I had to do a set last month.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteMissed the reveal, as usual. Didn't get the theme. Didn't have any problems. Thanks Jeff and Husker.
Interesting that for the electrician Black is "hot," but in electronics black is ground. I used to use an ohmmeter to check the resistors when I was building kits. Color-blind people don't do well with color-striped resistors.
Spitz, interesting tidbit about Lisinopril yesterday. I've been taking it for years with no side effects.
Anon-T, yesterday my music server decided to upgrade firmware -- no more problems with TuneIn. Might just be the reboot after the upgrade, though. Thanks for the tips.
I read yesterday that starting next month Amazon will collect sales tax, nation-wide, in all states that have a sales tax. Can the rest of the e-tailers be far behind? Alas.
Slow start this morning. Had to start with epic and cede Only two unknowns so it went ok. Coffee still warm so on to the Sudocu . Spring is here things are warming up . Thanx for a fun puzzle . Catching the theme helped some .
ReplyDeleteYR - From yesterday, can you imagine if we had to go to a WWII-type food rationing system? It was before my time, but I remember being awed by the leftover coupons of my older siblings. Today's self-indulgent snowflakes would have us reduced to a German colony rather than having less than every single thing they want. (Rant over)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun puzzle today! Only erased I WiN for I WON. Only unknowns were KEENS and EMILE Zola.
Communications systems use the color code blue-orange-green-brown-slate. I too find the use of black for hot in AC circuits and for negative in DC circuits odd. Black doesn't always mean ground in DC circuits - diesel trucks used to have positive ground systems, and red wires always lead to chassis grounds.
I'm off to continue my courseware work-up. I'll chime in Monday.
Husker: Wonderful write-up. Very informative. Nice DC photos.
ReplyDeleteJeff: Thank you for a FUN Wednesday puzzle. Enjoyed the WIDE SPREAD theme.
Fave today were those TOES used as "Water testers."
Also, had a laugh at PIG-IN-A-POKE and PORK BARREL ... mini-theme?
Cheers!
I noticed the WI on WIRING and WEST but didn't make the W-I-DE connection. The puzzle filled rapidly with KEENS being a complete unknown. I've heard people say 'He's KEEN on her' meaning he likes her but never as a scream. The rest was a speed run.
ReplyDeleteI have two friends whose mothers were WAR BRIDES, one German and the other Japanese.
OUTSELL- I think KFC sell more in China than the US.
PORK BARREL- Strom Thurman, D-SC, ran a close second to Robert Byrd.
HG- your WIPER BLADE is funny. I know those rear wipers are good for snow country but down here they only get damaged in car washes. They are useless for rain.
HG- you have friends in high places but I'll stay with Garth Brooks 'Friends in Low Places, where the whiskey runs and beer chases my blues away....."
Good morning all!
ReplyDeleteNice offering from Jeff today. Got the theme and reveal easily enough.
Thanks Husker Gary for a witty write up! A lot of great links and info today. Had to Lol at the Arnold WIPERBLADE ;) The WIDESPREAD Emerald Ash Borer infestation is terrible. The last time we were driving through the Great Smokey Mountains, we could see the devastation. This was over six years ago, so I can't imagine what it looks like now.
I would love to see "Hamilton" but at those prices, I'll have to pass!
I also like KFC's slaw but it's not as good as it used to be, IMO. I do love it from Bob Evans and will often buy a pint of it when I need it for a side dish. Mine never turns out that tasty, so worth the "cheat" :)
Looks like your trip to D.C. was great fun- thanks for sharing your photos! I've never been there but it's on my list of "someday".
Only unknowns (and perps) - FISTS, AAU, NATES and MCA.
Fun to see the swine fills of PIGINAPOKE and PORKBARREL in the puzzle.
Favorite clever clues : "Nocturnally counted creatures"> OVINE, " Deck that's worth a fortune" > TAROT and "Water testers"> TOES . 43 days until DH and I get our TOES in the sand and water :)
Thank you for the kind comments regarding my post yesterday. I truly appreciate it!
YR- glad you found your planner. I like that your Mother called hers "her brain" I feel the same way about mine! My husband tries to get me to use my calendar and "reminders" functions on my iPhone but I prefer to write everything down in my planner. I use the Midori Travelers Notebook. I love that it holds my calendar, pages for jotting down ideas/sketches and a lined journal section to write in during vacation and pockets for receipts, small souvenirs, etc. I'd be lost without it.
Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
Fine puzzle and expo. Off to Alan's commute. I'll write more later. But I am dying to share this:
ReplyDeleteMom often used the expression pig in a poke. She said poke means bag and was used more often when she wasa kid.
-A poke is a sack or bag. It has a French origin as "poque" and, like several other French words, its diminutive is formed by adding "ette" or "et"-hence "pocket" began life with the meaning "small bag". From en.wikipedia.
Interesting origin of pocket. In colonial times a pocket was separate from the garment and ladies tied them around their waists with ribbons under their dresses.
Good Morning;
ReplyDeleteThis came awfully close to a DNF with the MCA/MPEG crossing as I've never heard of either, but a Wag on the M saved the day. Phew! Some other trouble spots were Faiths/Fables, ACC/AAU, and I Win/I Won. I caught the theme but wasn't sure what the reveal would be.
Thanks, Jeff, for a fun solve and thanks, HG, for being such an entertaining guide. Nice pictures of your DC trip.
So far, the promised sunshine for today has yet to appear. 😔
Have a great day.
Among the many amazing ways C.C. has created and sustained this blog is in her choice of bloggers for each day of week. Discounting her choice for Friday, the tireless work of Argyle with his Monday and Tuesday expositions bringing some joy to the early week, supplemented by dear Melissa are perfect. Then as we transition to midweek, the extra efforts and wonderful wit of both HG and JzB balance the increase in difficulty to make Wednesday a treat every week. Steve and his personal globetrotting experience and his unique perspective make Thursday a treat even if the puzzle was too obscure. Saturday and Splynter with the special challenge of no theme and his personality help even those weeks that the puzzle looks all white. Then we begin the week with our founder, the queen of Sunday construction.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Jeff's puzzle and loved the write up.
Summer is here.
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteD-O - I've been taking Lisinopril in conjunction with Norvasc for almost 25 years and it seems to do a good job in keeping blood pressure normal. I noticed more somewhat coughing after getting on the regimen, but for me, it's a worthwhile tradeoff.
Solved the puzzle w/o assistance. Didn't really 'see' the theme until coming here, but, no matter.
Favorite clue was for TOES.
"Puzzling thoughts":
ReplyDeleteI guess you could say that I parred this puzzle, as I did have a couple of write-overs that were easily corrected. But overall, the puzzle was very straightforward, and I solved it with no cheats. And this may be a first: I actually got the theme and reveal!! This is not usual for me, so I feel pretty proud! :-)
My only two mistakes were in 36 across, where I put in CITCO before AMOCO and in 67 across, I put OVIAN > OVINE.
What others said, I liked the connection between 11d and 28d. I also thought there could've been a connection between 3d (ALPO) and 18d (RATION). Does anyone out there remember this brand? Our family hound ate this IIRC ...
Today's limerick DOES center / pun around one of the crossword answers. Enjoy!
When our president James up and spoke
To the Congress, as well as all folk:
"I hope no one objects
That Texas we annex
From Mexico." It's no "PIG IN A POLK" !!
Lemonade @ 10:13
ReplyDeleteHey man, you do a yeoman's job on recapping Friday, which for me is usually the toughest of the "work-week" puzzles; don't sell yourself short ... although you aren't very tall ... said the pot to the kettle!! 😜😜
And you are correct - summer appeared this morning heat-wise, but it still isn't summer-like humidity. But that's right around the corner I'm afraid ...
BTW, glad you liked the CSO lim the other day ...
I agree, the write-ups are invariably amusing and informative.
ReplyDeleteI had JPEG. I thought perhaps JLo had bought a music company with her spare change.
NATE Archibald helped the rookie, Larry Bird rejuvenate the Celtics in the 80s. Of course, the miraculous additions of Parrish, Mchale, Danny Ainge and DJ helped. The first two courtesy of Dick Vitale*.
Mayo ruins SLAW.
So, Owen, a whole new meaning for 'lick, eh?
WC
* Long story. Yes, that Vitale.
Ps. I thought xword was a little sticky.
Maybe I was just a little slow this morning
Hmm. Polk today, ZACHARY Taylor the other day. They all run together. Perhaps a snappy Millard Fillmore 'lick is next.
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Irish Miss, I had the same hang up at MPEG and MCA. I know only JPEG. I Googled Motown and then remembered having seen MCA before. V8 can moment. Otherwise this one was easy and fun.
ReplyDeleteGary, great info and pictures. Meryl Streep is one of my favorites. She has played many varied roles.
Kate and ALLIE- Alan likes to watch reruns of this and all the old sitcoms. His favorite is Reba.
Jinx, I remember rationing. People today would find it very difficult, especially gas rationing. It really kept us home. We were six siblings always outgrowing our shoes. We stinted on the sugar so mom could exchange sugar coupons for shoe coupons with the next door neighbor.
Likewise, during the Great Depression Roosevelt's CCC (Civlian Conservation Corps) provided jobs for out of work young men who sent most of their earnings home. I have seen the CCC's work at many of the state parks which were built by them. The men lived a simple life in the woods, far from entertainment and under strict discipline. I can't imagine that more than a tiny handful of today's out-of-work youth would be willing to live like that.
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Hi Y'all! Great puzzle, Jeff! Great expo, Husker!
ReplyDeleteI didn't get the theme before Gary pointed it out. Didn't get the great clue "nocturnally counted critters". OVINE (by perps)? Deer aren't OVINE, are they? I was thinking of deer in the headlights on our country roads. Duh! Okay, count sheep to sleep. I get it.
KEENS: the loud wail among Kansas fans when KU lost in the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Ducks beat Jayhawks? Who were those imposters who couldn't sink baskets and what did they do with our great winning team?
Gary, great pictures. At age 20 we were passing through Washington, D.C. and decided to tour all the famous sites at 2:00 to 3:00 a.m. before resuming a lengthy hurried trip. Most memorable to me was sitting on the throne in a tiny unisex bathroom in a filling station, trying to hold the door shut (no lock) against a huge black man insistent on coming in. Hard to pull up jeans and hold door shut too.
Big Easy, did you know Low Places is an actual bar in a Kansas town where one of Garth's band members was raised? Drove past it many times. Alas, I don't have any friends there.
Thank you, Jeff Stillman! I enjoyed your puzzle though it was FIW, drat! I only know JPEG so MPEG/MCA proved to be a Natick.
ReplyDeleteFISTS had a fresh, new clue. And pilaf RICE gave me an idea for tonight's menu. That's what I'll make.
I liked seeing NUANCE and I've actually heard of the NATES mentioned.
Dudley:
CSO to you with LOOPS; do you ever do that?
YR:
That's interesting about the origin of pocket and PIGINAPOKE. I believe I'd heard that POKE meant bag but the pocket bit intrigued me.
Though it was many decades ago, I vividly recall the coupon era during the WAR. My mother swapped them with her neighbors usually for shoe coupons since we also were so many. And I have a friend from Japan who married a general there; she was his secretary and at her parties I've met many other Japanese women who also married our military men. She is a brilliant woman who worked for Motorola as an engineer.
Gary, thank you for the excellent expo and for sharing your photos. I agree that our capital city is a beautiful and impressive place.
Have a fine day, everyone!
Very easy for a Wednesday. Always a fun solve. No problem with the theme answers without having the reveal yet.
ReplyDeleteI was going to come on the Blog raging
ReplyDeleteabout how this was the most poorly edited
puzzle I had ever seen!
Color was spelled wrong!
How could someone make such a stupid mistake
in a nationally printed crossword as to
spell color as coler?
And in the main theme answer too!
Wiring coler code???
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Closer examination when I had calmed down
revealed that I had (repeatedly) read the clue for
22d: with 43 across, fraternal order
but (repeatedly) looked at the space for 32d.
(the/tho)
Never mind...
(I tend to make my own puzzles...)
So far this has been a terrific week, with great puzzles on each day, including today. Thank you so much, Jeff--this one was a lot of fun! And Husker Gary, your pics were so plentiful and interesting this morning--with the Meryl Streep NUANCES among my favorites.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed working on this puzzle, but would never have guessed the theme without the reveal. Even then, it took me a few minutes to see how the WIDEs were split up and spread out.
We rarely have just rice, prefer rice pilaf. Used to love "Kate and Allie"-- who were the actresses who played them? Can picture them, but can't remember their names. I haven't thought about Jack WEBB or "Dragnet" in years, but remembered his name.
What a great trip you had to Washington, D.C., Gary.
Have a great day, everybody!
Misty @ 1:56 - Susan St. James and Jane Curtain.
ReplyDeleteYR and Lucina ~ Nice to know I wasn't alone on the MCA/MPEG fill.
It's 3:30 and the sun is desperately trying to peek through the clouds, but I'm afraid it's a lost cause. [Grrr!]
Thank you, Irish Miss! Jane Curtain's name rang a bell right away, but I had to look up Susan St. James and of course recognized her immediately. What a role those old TV series played in our lives! I watched an old episode of "Friends" the other day, and now that song ("I'll be there for you") is playing like an earworm in my ear.
ReplyDeleteHeld back for the longest time by filling BROADWAY at 21A. WEST SIDE is a bit of a stretch (no pun). It covers most of Broadway and the Lincoln Center area, but leaves the Public Theater out, as well as the Village's off- and off-off-Broadway shows. We usually think of Broadway or maybe Times Square as the most concentrated home for NY theater.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate Jeff Stillman's clever pzl, nonetheless. I didn't get the theme until reading HuskerG's explanation. Well, I "kinda" got it, but it was no help because I finished before recognizing it, and I only noticed the front part (WI) before logging on.
OK?
OK.
This was a good one, Mr. Jeff Stillman. I enjoyed solving it.
ReplyDeleteHusker Gary, great job on the write-up. Thank you.
I remember when I first started taking Lisinopril I had a slight dry cough for several months until I became fully acclimated to it. I agree with PK about getting your head low to cough out the junk. Sometimes I have benefited from lying on the bed with my upper body hanging over the edge so my head is lower than my chest. Gravity helps get it out.
Being an electronics engineer, I used to have a hard time remembering that for an electrician black is the "hot" wire. My boss likes to use a green wire for "ground," which drives me nuts and causes confusion among our technicians such that sometimes they don't know which way to connect a voltmeter!
Interesting about "pocket."
Best wishes to you all.
Irish Miss, I wish I could send you some of our lovely sunshine today. Enough of gloomy weather! I have been chauffeur most of the day. It was a fine day to be out and about, but I am happy to be home now. Our cherry blossoms and forsythia haven't even started to show any color. That cold week with the blizzard set them back.
ReplyDeleteGary, nice DC pictures. I am sure you loved it. This week would be a good time to be in DC to see the lovely cherry blossoms. Were they budding while you were there, Gary? I have been to DC 4 or 5 times. My last visit was the best with my most simpatico sister (although I dearly love them all) and her friend. Alan came, too. We stayed outside the city with easy transportation available. The top notch concierge where we stayed had excellent advice for us so we made the most of our trip, better than ever before.
I learned this nursery rhyme as a child.
Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it; Not a penny was there in it, Only ribbon round it.
As a child I couldn't imagine how you could lose an attached pocket. When we toured a place similar to Williamsburg we saw a demonstration of colonial women's clothing with the pocket detached and tied underneath the dress. The pocket was accessible through a slit in a seam of the dress or petticoat. Steamy novels make imaginative use of this slit, specifically since drawers were not worn then.
According to legend Lucy and Kitty were courtesans. I can't decide whether Lucy's pocket was carried or worn around her waist.
I didn't get the theme until I read the re-cap summary. Very clever.
ReplyDeleteYou can call me Anonymous TTP.
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jeff for a fun puzzle with fresh clues. Thanks HG for the expo. Great pics in DC!
WO: puLL UP b/f ROLLUP
ESPs: EMILE, AAU, NATES, THO - I didn't get that from the clue until filling. V-8.
Notable c/as: 5a, 25a, 35d, and 53a
Fav: PIG IN A POKE. I just enjoyed inking that in (and realizing right!)
{B,B-,B,A-} {Ha!}
DO - It was my brother-in-tech, TTP, that METE'd the advice yesterday [Funny, Anon TTP].
YR - Cool re: Pocket etymology. Thanks.
CED - I really thought as I read your post you were going to complain about the lack of U in colour. Maybe that's just C, Eh! :-)
Cheers, -T
Good evening, folks. Thank you, Jeff Stillman, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Husker Gary, for a fine review.
ReplyDeleteJinx: Good job on the color code. I hooked many a wire to that code, probably 100's of thousands.. Also White Red Black Yellow goes with it. I dug out my old V.O.M. today. I have to fix our Invisible Fence by Friday. My wife and daughter are getting home from Texas with our new dog.
Of course I wrote in BPO at 22D and ELKS at 43A. Of course I had to later change BPO to THE. Oh well. I am a 45 year member of that fraternal group and old habits are hard to change.
KEENS was unknown. Got it with perps.
Theme was clever. I could not figure it out until I came here.
Husker Gary: Liked your D.C. photos. I have been there many times. Lots to see.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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Very late to the party but I did want to thank Jeff and Husker Gary for the fun.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos in Washington, Gary.
I thought I saw the theme but realized when I got here that I hadn't actually seen the WI DE (and I was not on Mensa without circles LOL!). Like others, I had a FIW with cross of MPEG and MCA.
I smiled at clues for OVINE, TAROT and HEN. Favourite was LENSES= You can see right through them! I detected a double meaning with "see right THROUGH them" and "see RIGHT through them".
CED@1:19 - color is spelled wrong here all the time LOL! Yes, AnonT, I was thinking he was going to complain about that too.
Enjoy the evening.
Lucina - Er, no, I'm not skilled at acrobatic flight. It's a real specialty. I've ridden along on such adventures a number of times with skilled pilots, but on my own I would be dangerous.
ReplyDeleteI noticed the long answers began with W and soon got the theme! Fun!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite clue: Feathery layer for HEN.
My pet peeve once again: Edy's which is a regional brand. I looked it up and it is called Dreyer's out here in the West.
Never heard of either of the NATES. Never heard of AAU, either. Sports.
I thought AMOCO is no longer a company? If so, shouldn't it be "Ex-"?