Theme: None
Words: 64 (missing Q,X)
Blocks: 37
Some
nice cluing deception today, with about a half dozen of them fooling
me. We last heard from Mr. Johnson in July, and this is #5 for his LA
Times Saturday constructions. No Google, no red-letters, and I wrapped
this one up in half of my personal allotted time. Today's grid reminds
me of a Christmas package bow, with two pairs of central 11-letter
spanners and climbers, with a pinwheel of four 10-letter fills
surrounding;
7. Engine part often connected to a flywheel : CRANKSHAFT - I was thinking the other end, as in CLUTCH PLATE, which didn't fit
38. Shaking one's head, maybe : FRUSTRATED - This is me; I was hoping to get a head start on saving for a house now that I make better money with the new job, and then my landlord tells me two weeks ago that he's selling the house; now I am under the gun to get a place to live. I did find the perfect "fixer-upper", so say a prayer that I can find the money to afford it.
29. Some partners' workplaces : LAW OFFICES - NEWS CHAIRS fit, but I didn't think that was right; still, most broadcasts featured two people bringing the nightly news; growing up, I remember Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel on Ch. 7
38. Shaking one's head, maybe : FRUSTRATED - This is me; I was hoping to get a head start on saving for a house now that I make better money with the new job, and then my landlord tells me two weeks ago that he's selling the house; now I am under the gun to get a place to live. I did find the perfect "fixer-upper", so say a prayer that I can find the money to afford it.
27. Desk accessories : NAMEPLATES
29. Some partners' workplaces : LAW OFFICES - NEWS CHAIRS fit, but I didn't think that was right; still, most broadcasts featured two people bringing the nightly news; growing up, I remember Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel on Ch. 7
Hoping your news is good news....
ChO7NeWsARD~!
ACROSS:
1. __ cord : SPINAL - extension and umbilical cord did not fit. SPINAL Tap~!
7. Considered, with "on" : CHEWED - oops, not STewed
13. Leader of the track : PACE CAR - my mind was on foot race to start
15. "To the end of the block! C'mon!" : "RACE ME~!"
16. Immediate slap shot after receiving a pass, in hockey : ONE-TIMER - this one was right in my wheelhouse, and a great play to see in any hockey game
13. Leader of the track : PACE CAR - my mind was on foot race to start
15. "To the end of the block! C'mon!" : "RACE ME~!"
16. Immediate slap shot after receiving a pass, in hockey : ONE-TIMER - this one was right in my wheelhouse, and a great play to see in any hockey game
Alex Ovechkin may be the best at this
18. Biology notebook doodle : AMOEBA - good WAG, but then again, most doodles look like amoebae
19. __ Mahal : TAJ
20. Parsons School sketches : DESIGNS - "parson" made me think "deacon", and it fit - I even tried to find a "sketch" of a "deacon"
23. "A Jug of Wine ... " poet : OMAR - filled via perps
25. Brought along : TOOK
26. Plural contraction : WE'RE - not gonna take it~?
30. Blue ghost in Pac-Man : INKY - the others were Blinky, Pinky and Clyde
31. Recycling center debris : GLASS SHARDS - Sssss - and the new job contributes mightily towards this
33. Opposite of hastens : SLOWS - had it, took it out, put it back in
34. Gets under control : TAMES
35. "This doesn't concern you" : STAY OUT OF IT
37. Order of encyclopedias : A TO Z - oh, well, duh - So easy, it was hard for me to see
42. Cook seen on TV specials : DANE - ah, not a 'cook', but Dane Cook, the comedian
43. Cut down : FELL - not HEWN
44. Cover on the street : PAVE - another deception; I was thinking news team, again
45. GI grub : MRE - Meals, Ready-to-Eat
46. Like the most substantial sum : TIDIEST - I didn't think LARGEST was going to stay, but maybe the "-EST" would
49. Social post : PICture
50. Leaning to the right, in a way : ITALIC - ah, nothing political, just political
52. Cheese from the Italian for "sheep" : PECORINO - Italian 'sheep' is pecora; I thought it might be something "ovine"; Bzzzt
54. Entertain lavishly : REGALE
55. Strength : POTENCY
56. Puts up : ERECTS - curious that potency should be followed by erects....
57. Golfer's short irons : WEDGES - OK, I tried EIGHTS
DOWN:
1. 100% correct : SPOT ON - only if it's 100% 100% correct, right D-otto~?
2. Southernmost location in continental North America : PANAMA - ah, NORTH America, not US America; I tried to figure out what is the last place you can visit in Florida before you hit the Keys - and isn't Panama in central America~? Meso-America~? Doesn't matter, here's Van Halen~!!!
3. It may delay river traffic : ICE JAM - LOG was not going to work with my hockey one-timer
4. Realize : NET - dah~! not GET
5. Sour : ACID
6. "That's so weak!" : LAME - I find "Sour" for "Acid" a bit lame
8. Stage embarrassments : HAMS
9. Prefix with tourist : ECO
10. Time off for many : WEEKENDS
11. Boards a ship : EMBARKS
12. Dallas plaza in 1963 headlines : DEALEY - I did not know this; the website
14. Lead-in to a promise : REST ASSURED
17. Gets out of control : RIOTS
21. Calls it a night : GOES TO SLEEP
24. Do some window maintenance : REGLAZE
26. Evidence-gathering device : WIRETAP
28. Tactic : PLOY
33. Opposite of hastens : SLOWS - had it, took it out, put it back in
34. Gets under control : TAMES
35. "This doesn't concern you" : STAY OUT OF IT
37. Order of encyclopedias : A TO Z - oh, well, duh - So easy, it was hard for me to see
42. Cook seen on TV specials : DANE - ah, not a 'cook', but Dane Cook, the comedian
43. Cut down : FELL - not HEWN
44. Cover on the street : PAVE - another deception; I was thinking news team, again
45. GI grub : MRE - Meals, Ready-to-Eat
46. Like the most substantial sum : TIDIEST - I didn't think LARGEST was going to stay, but maybe the "-EST" would
49. Social post : PICture
50. Leaning to the right, in a way : ITALIC - ah, nothing political, just political
52. Cheese from the Italian for "sheep" : PECORINO - Italian 'sheep' is pecora; I thought it might be something "ovine"; Bzzzt
54. Entertain lavishly : REGALE
55. Strength : POTENCY
56. Puts up : ERECTS - curious that potency should be followed by erects....
57. Golfer's short irons : WEDGES - OK, I tried EIGHTS
DOWN:
1. 100% correct : SPOT ON - only if it's 100% 100% correct, right D-otto~?
2. Southernmost location in continental North America : PANAMA - ah, NORTH America, not US America; I tried to figure out what is the last place you can visit in Florida before you hit the Keys - and isn't Panama in central America~? Meso-America~? Doesn't matter, here's Van Halen~!!!
Panama
4. Realize : NET - dah~! not GET
5. Sour : ACID
6. "That's so weak!" : LAME - I find "Sour" for "Acid" a bit lame
8. Stage embarrassments : HAMS
9. Prefix with tourist : ECO
10. Time off for many : WEEKENDS
11. Boards a ship : EMBARKS
12. Dallas plaza in 1963 headlines : DEALEY - I did not know this; the website
14. Lead-in to a promise : REST ASSURED
17. Gets out of control : RIOTS
21. Calls it a night : GOES TO SLEEP
24. Do some window maintenance : REGLAZE
26. Evidence-gathering device : WIRETAP
28. Tactic : PLOY
32. "The Kite Runner" boy : AMIR - filled via perps
33. Pre-metalworking period : STONE AGE
35. First course : STARTER
36. Spring festival focus : TULIP - couldn't see this with HEWN in the way
37. Esteem : ADMIRE
39. Recording : TAPING - I still refer to my DVR shows as ones that I "taped"
40. Show clearly : EVINCE
41. Red herrings, perhaps : DECOYS
46. Arcade game ender : TILT - pinball, not Pac-Man
47. Harbor hauler : SCOW - made me change my golf club; from an 8-iron to a wedge
48. Handy bag : TOTE
51. "Hotel du __": Anita Brookner novel : LAC
53. Light color : RED - traffic light, clever; not the 'tone' or intensity of the color
Splynter
33. Pre-metalworking period : STONE AGE
35. First course : STARTER
36. Spring festival focus : TULIP - couldn't see this with HEWN in the way
37. Esteem : ADMIRE
39. Recording : TAPING - I still refer to my DVR shows as ones that I "taped"
40. Show clearly : EVINCE
41. Red herrings, perhaps : DECOYS
46. Arcade game ender : TILT - pinball, not Pac-Man
47. Harbor hauler : SCOW - made me change my golf club; from an 8-iron to a wedge
48. Handy bag : TOTE
51. "Hotel du __": Anita Brookner novel : LAC
53. Light color : RED - traffic light, clever; not the 'tone' or intensity of the color
Splynter
55 comments:
The time is 129A on 11/25. I am stunned. My Corner honeymoon is over. I was raped by a cyber bully yesterday at 632P. My ears are burning, but the rest of me is somehow comfortable. I know this is my rage.
I opened the Corner just now in case I want to look up a point, and above the Title Line is an advertisement I had never noticed. In white letters on a black background are the words "(3) people unfriended you" I know one. Who are the other two? I'm not on any kind of social medium. Is this an omen?
I have 3 e-mail addresses, and realized that I wanted to be on D4E4H. I moved, and when I reopened the Corner, now there is en emoji by the ad with a red face scowling at me. I don't need this kind of grief to my psyche. BTW I also opened the Corner on my third address, with a pleasant generic ad above the title.
I found the Corner sometime in Oct., and wrote to C.C. on 10-30 asking questions. My first post was on 12-12 at 258P, and I have posted daily since then. I have enjoyed reading and posting. What am I to do now?
I'm going on a rant for a minute about @ which was chosen to identify an e-mail address to computers. If @ meant "at", it would not exist. It was used in commerce long before cash registers when everything was written in cursive. You remember cursive don't you? Samples of @ follow:
2 pears @ "at the rate of" .30 " per pear" = .60
3 lbs of flour @ "at the rate of" .10 " per lb" = .30
Every word in the quotation marks is implied in @ so the cashier only needed to write as follows:
2 pears @ .30 = .60
3 lbs of flour @ .10 = .30
Please limit the use of @ to e-mail addresses, and return to using "at" which has 6 meanings. The first is a place, ie. I was at the store. Saying the play will start @ 6:00 really irks me.
The mark @ has no name however "Strudel" has been proposed because it too is rolled up.
At this time on previous days, starting on Nov. 12, I would be working the puzzle on the L A Times site that one goes to from the corner. That site is very user friendly. I don't want to today. The bully has robbed me of this fun that continued on the Corner. Everyone cares so much about each other. I felt right at home and happy.
I am stopping for now, hoping to sleep, perchance to dream
342A Well that didn't work. I just lied there and fumed. I have paper puzzles I could do but I don't want to.
I'm over the posted line limit, and I don't care. Thanks C.C. for all you do. 430 Ears still hot. Dave
Boy, the blog likes sticking you in the spam folder.
Very nice write-up Splynter, the new job obviously suits you. I also found the puzzle easy for a Saturday with no unknowns, though I too did not think of Panama. In my mind, it is in Central America. Of course, it is, but the clue says "continental North America" which would add that strip to North America. Okay then.
Dane Cook appears to have fallen off the radar. I never found him to be funny, but that is just me. My MRE experience is post- Wilma. Not great but the meals were hot. Actually, I did not know Hotel du Lac but it was filled when I got there.
The Dealey Plaza is a few days late...thank you Greg and Splynter, your gratuitous leg photo is in my top five favorites from all the years you have been linking.
FIW¡ SPIgAL + gET was my downfall¡ I had SEE from the start at 4d, just changed it to get near the end. I was thinking spiral or spiegel and just not seeing SPINAL.
Dave: I think you'll be an asset to the Corner once you get a little more acclimated! You already are, but your manners still have a few rough edges that need to be smoothed out. In the meanwhile, don't take the trolls too seriously! Some people do like to find nits. For example, I found it interesting your first post will be on 12/12, two+ weeks into the future from now! 😄
I'm curious about the "unfriending" message. It may be my ad-blocker's doing, but I've never seen that sort of message on Blogspot. Even on Facebook, I had to add on a special app to let me know if I'd been unfriended. And following up on them, I've found nearly all "unfriended" me by unfriending everyone and deleting their FB accounts! Nothing personal about it!
Golfing WEEK-ENDS TOOK OMAR away from work's stresses,
Tho he spent less time on the green than in hedges!
He was FRUSTRATED
By traps he hated,
So hit a wild shot with one of his WEDGES!
The ball hit the wizard's window hard!
The floor was littered with tiny GLASS SHARDS!
The wiz uttered a phrase
The pane to REGLAZE,
And another turned the golfer to a St. Bernard!
{C+.}
Good morning!
Late to the party due to morning chores while DW is out of town. Those darned cats insist on being fed! And they're not SPRY about it.
Thanx for the Saturday quickie, Greg. Nothing too arcane to suss. Hand up for stEWED/CHEWED, Splynter. 100% 66% correct. Had no problem with PANAMA, in fact, it was my very first entry. The cluing for RED was an interesting red herring.
Back in '63 we learned more about DEALEY Plaza than we ever wanted to know. And who was that mysterious figure on the grassy knoll? Was there a guy atop the triple-underpass? How did that bullet remain so pristine? What's a Zapruder, anyway?
So, I guess it's just me and my moral compass. I'll consider myself in good company since lemony and splinter aren't here.
I enjoyed this puzzle for the grid and execution. Well done Greg. It's a shame they forgot to bookmark you at the end. It's like they think the write up is more important than the construction. It's become that more and more lately. Then there's the comments begging for attention. Oh well...
I didn't find this puzzle very difficult for a Saturday. REST ASSURED the long fills were easy guesses and usually I have to fill about, walk away for a few minutes, and then come back to finish. But today it was a speed run for a Saturday. I completed it too fast to get FRUSTRATED this morning. In the West I only had to change Paula DEEN to DANE Cook.
I WAGged NAME PLATES, LAW OFFICES, STONE AGE, & GOES TO SLEEP correctly and that made the west fill easily, although ONE-TIMER was all perps. No Ice Hockey in New Orleans. The East was a little tougher. INKY, AMIR, LAC & PECORINO were unknowns filled by perps. The NE was the last to fall, having to change DAILEY to DEALEY Plaza. In the SE I changed SKOW to SCOW to get PECORINO only because I don't ever recall seeing an Italian( or Frenchor Spanish) word containing the letter 'K'.
PANAMA- many people forget that there is no CENTRAL America. It's NORTH America and don't realize that a lot of SOUTH America is actually NORTH of the equator.
D4E4H-I've never seen an ad above the title. I'm curious as to what you are referring.
Continents(7):
Asia. Europe. Africa. Antarctica. Australia. North America. South America.
Nope. No Central America on the list.
Clue stands.
Big Easy.
Great minds...
Do you think only men read your blog? I find the picture for 37 down offensive.
Good Morning.
Ah, well, let's just say I started on the wrong TRACK all around. I really needed a PACE CAR. It all began with logJAM for ICE JAM. Thanks for the fun solve in the very long run, Greg. I especially liked ITALIC. PECORINO was easy, but my wires were mostly crossed today.
Thanks, Splynter, for all the clarifications. I always enjoy your tours.
Have a sunny day! I am going to bring some Christmas up every time I go into the basement to switch laundry loads. Multi-tasking. . . . Ho. Ho. Ho.
Addenda, a third verse to today's poem:
Omar found he liked being a dog!
No more OFFICES, with NAME PLATES and jobs!
No more strident phone,
He just CHEWED on his bone,
It was nice to EMBARK on not being a cog!
{No change on the grade.}
FIR, faster than a normal Saturday. No cheats. I liked the misdirections, Greg. Splynter,thanks for your always interesting blog.
I could not dig up DEALEY, even though it has been in the news quite a bit this month. DOH! Perps to the rescue. INKY and DANE were ESP.
ECO tourism brings to mind Costa Rica . What a lovely spot.
SOUR/ACID is okay by me. Dictionary.com "SOUR...having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar"
Sour stomach/acid stomach. Also "disagreeable in temperament" Acid posts /sour posts.
D4E4H, don't let the sour trolls get you down with their ACID remarks. We appreciate you. Please continue posting. REST ASSURED that the unfriending did not come from this blog. The trolls's comments got me down when I was new here. Now I laugh at them.
Prove me wrong and you add to my knowledge. I love a rational difference of opinion. Invective and put downs are so unintelligent they make me laugh. Thanks to Swamp Cat and Lucina for supporting me last night.
PK, thanks for asking. David is still walking around in a great deal of pain. His condition is rare and he is being ultra careful to find the right surgeon to re operate.
Anon at 7:59- Splynter won't stop displaying his fantasies in public. He just will not grow up.
What I find even more dismaying is that intelligent men like Lemonade think it's cool to display a form of soft porn on a crossword blog, or any blog, in light of recent horrific scandals. That includes you as well, C.C.
As long as this is allowed to continue I'm through with this site. It's integrity is gone.
Enjoy yourselves, but just do not take long looks in a mirror.
Shouldn't the clue for PAVE be "Cover the street," not "Cover on the street"?
Argyle422A
Thanks for help with spam.
OKL644A
If my manners have rough edges, there may be no hope for me. I am an old dog, and you are asking me to learn new tricks. I have never fit in anywhere I have been. I'm clearly not from around here. I have always said that everyone does it like me on my planet. If my humor is too offbeat or I unintentionally offend you, I am sorry. I'm just having fun and do not intend to do so at your expense. Conversely, and on the other hand, if there are gems of Corner wisdom that you can impart to me, please do so.
Thanks for editing my time travel. I'm back from the future.
I had the Corner open on AOL (oh great, now you know my e-mail address D4E4H@AOL.COM) whom is known for excessive ads. Why the ad was so scary is my concern.
If I read your limericks correctly, Omar is now a St. Bernard.
BE655A
Re ads, Look up two paragraphs above.
MD82a
You just had to bring up Christmas didn't you.
YR853A
Thanks for your words of encouragement.
Dave
Good Morning:
This was a record-breaking (18:44) finish, even though I got held up in the NW corner. Spinal took forever to materialize because I held on to See/Net so long. Hand up for Ice jam before log fell into place. Only truly unknown was Inky the Pac Man. My speedy solve was due to the easy-to-suss long entries: Law Offices, Stay out of it, Stone Age, Glass shards, Weekends, etc. Overall, a satisfying solve but, if I had my druthers, I would take a 30 minute brain boggler from our much-missed Barry Silk.
Thanks, Greg, for a pleasant Saturday offering and thanks, Splynter, for the detailed expo.
Mike, FLN, thanks for your input on the meds issue.
PK, FLN, I hope that book (and that idea) was fiction.
I would like to thank the person who recommended the movie, "Megan Leavey". I watched it last night and really enjoyed it. (I'm sorry, I can't recall exactly who mentioned it.)
We have a nice sunny day, mild for late November but a little on the breezy side. As long as there is no "white stuff" swirling about, all is well.
YR, I hope Alan continues to enjoy good health. Sorry to hear that David is facing another surgery.
Have a great day.
Yea! I finished before I have to leave for lunch at a friend's house!
Thank you, Greg Johnson and Splynter! I'm glad you explained RED light; that had me baffled. Otherwise most of the puzzle FELL into place.
Anything I know about golf and hockey I owe to crossword puzzles so ONETIMER and WEDGES fall in that SLOT today. Also didn't know that PECORINI was named for sheep. Spanish didn't help because that's borrega. AMOEBA spelled out, yea! DEALEY Plaza is forever etched in my memory from watching a full weekend of the Kennedy assassination.
I'll read you all later!
Have a splendid day, everyone!
I found this one faster than usual, but Greg beat me in the end. Lots of clever misdirections like "light color" for RED. I caught that one, but others did me in. Thanks for the fun, Greg. Splynter, your new job seems to be a good fit for you. I hope the fixer-upper works out.
Owen, the offerings today were chuckle worthy so I think you are too hard on yourself. I liked them!
Is it just me or are there an awful lot of Anon postings today? Who are you guys?
Musings
-Oh I get it, PECORINO IS a cheese and RED is a traffic light color! Got ‘er done!
-NAME PLATE quotation from Rich Hall
-Lt. Colonel Henry Blake: “Radar, tell me the truth. Do you understand any of this?” Corporal Walter Eugene O'Reilly: “Uh, I try not to, sir. It SLOWS UP the work.”
-A famous A TO Z logo
-I activated an MRE for my science kids and it got too hot to handle in seconds
-Pro golfers are only allowed 14 clubs and some still carry 4 WEDGES
-S.I. Hayakawa – We should keep the PANAMA canal. We stole it fair and square
-Our city uses coal dust or dynamite on Platte River JAMS
-REST ASSURED, the Huskers will have a new FB coach next year
-I had to turn down a ticket offer from inanehiker yesterday to meet her in Lincoln but we had a funeral to attend. I love that she made the offer!
"Puzzling Thoughts":
I had to cheat just once, and that was to complete the SE corner. I couldn't recall that a red herring was a DECOY. EVINCE is also a word I rarely use in day-to-day conversation.
But aside from that, my grid was pretty clean for a Sat puzzle. My only WO was PLAN > PLOY
HG ---> lots of coaching changes coming this year. There are 5 or 6 alone in the SEC. I think that UF will make a big move to get Frost away from Central Florida. Chip Kelly just signed with UCLA. Nebraska is certainly a program that should afford to get back to a relevant status; I think their problem is being in the Big Ten. They never should've left the Big 12
I tried coming up with a limerick regarding the following pun, but a Moe-ku made more sense, and was easier to construct:
"C'mon Dorothy,
Our ship leaves. Toto can't come."
Her Auntie EM, BARKS
I've been coming here for several years but don't comment often. To those of you who complain..usually anonymously..no one forces you to come here. If you can't appreciate the amount of work the Bloggers do everyday to explain and enlighten those of us who are not as savvy, well... I'm sure you can find a short pier somewhere nearby. To the Bloggers and commenters, thank you for your efforts, humor and sense of community. I do have a nit today however. Splyter, there was no link to the "legs" today. At least, not when I got here anyhow. Now I have to wait until next Saturday!!! Have a great weekend everyone.
JB2
Hi Y'all! Very interesting puzzle, Greg!
Thanks, Splynter! No leg show on my screen so don't know what the troll was screaming about. Boys & girls, we have something to celebrate: the troll announced he/she/it was leaving us and not returning. Woohoo! D4E4H: scary, but probably not fatal, recognition of you.
As to the puzzle, many of the fills couldn't be done without perps which were hard to get if none of the clues gave you any fills. FRUSTRATION. But in the end, I did fill it all with only two RED letter runs on the sheep cheese.
Drive SHAFT before CRANKSHAFT. Never heard of DANE Cook. Like others, PANAMA had to perp itself to grab my recognition.
Recuperating today. Yesterday's festivities left me "knackered" as our British friends say. Glad I ate big yesterday. I'm almost out of food and too tired to grocery shop.
D4E4H @9:53
There is a reason for the limits on postings, both in number and length: so no one person takes over the blog as you seem to be trying to do. The prohibition against discussing politics and religion is to keep the conversation friendly.
I suspect that's what Owen meant by rough edges. Post once or twice a day about the puzzle and you'll be fine.
"PT, 2":
There was no legs/stockings photo when I first posted, so I'm a bit perplexed at the Anon's comment earlier this morning. If it was removed, by one of the mod's perhaps, I'd be FRUSTRATED. Those clips are Splynter's signature, so to speak.
Good morning everyone.
Easy Saturday today. No searches needed. Perps helped get LAC and DANE.
ICE JAM - Also impedes hydro power generation. Also river traffic, some ocean traffic, and stream flowage causing flooding. Also may encumber too much volume in a glass such as to impede the correct concoction of a proper adult beverage.
Splynter, great illustrations. Much appreciated.
Goodbye Anon @0904. Hope you find a more compatible mooring spot.
LOG jam before ICE, TART before ACID, THE office before LAW, and (53D) TAN before RED.
Otherwise, an easy Saturday run. Best part : “Theme: None” haha.
Nicely if deceptively clued, the NW the last to go for the solve.
Spitzboov , I echo your goodbye to Anon at 9:04. I reread his original comment and am confused about his saying we should not look in the mirror. Believe me, when I look in the mirror I do not see anything like Splynter's illustrations! Hehehe
I very much liked the fresh, sparkling, and long fill today, such as STAY OUT OF IT, GLASS SHARDS, REST ASSURED, and CRANKSHAFT. Great stuff. Hand up for having to change LOG JAM to ICE JAM. Put LAME in at 6d, took it out, put it back in. The only 6-letter word preceding "cord" I could think of was BUNGEE, but obviously that was very wrong. I think this is maybe the first time ATOZ did not fool me.
I just checked and see that Pecora is not related to Peccary. My brother used to hunt peccaries when he lived in Tucson many years ago, where they call them Javalina. Those guys can happily chomp on prickly pear pads in spite of the thorns. They must have lips like leather.
Best wishes to you all.
This is a blog founded and maintained by C.C. She has the final say on what appears in our write-ups. Over the years, the attitude about double entenders and nudity has changed. We have gone from morels and aereole/flower pics to a very tame site. Splynter was here before and the distinction has become difficult. Some do not approve of censorship, but this is C.C.'s site. We have lost regulars because we no longer push the envelope, and we have lost regulars because we do. Thank you for the comment that I am "intelligent." I am not offended by nudity - male or female - I am offended by violence. That is just me.
Back in the day the San Diego Zoo had a peccary that they'd named Gregory. I thought that was cute.
Anons at 0759 & 0904:
Admiration of human beauty is not exclusive to men, nor is it childish; depictions of same are not soft porn and have nothing to do with the recent horrific scandals. Besides, there is no picture in today’s blog for 37-D.
From The Bill of No Rights (LIU):
ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country was based upon freedom, and that means freedom for everyone-not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc.
Really, what happens to you when you’re offended? Absolutely nothing - your life goes on. Don’t try to make it equivalent to being harassed or even assaulted repeatedly by someone who has authority over you.
I’m constantly offended - by the increasingly widespread use of ’s for plurals, the expression “where you’re AT” even by broadcast professionals, and the general degradation of language. Yellowrocks, you seem to be more tolerant of this, seeing it as evolution, but I just don’t like it. Color me a curmudgeon. The point is, what good would it do me to whine and kvetch about it? Absolutely none.
You can enjoy the blog and ignore what you dislike, or just don’t read it, but mostly your complaints reap only ridicule from those with more open minds and better senses of humor (cf. SwampCat’s 1223 post).
Enjoyed the puzzle despite the unknowns of inky, pecorino, onetimer, scow, evince, Omar.
Irish Miss: it was I. Enjoyed Mudbound on Netflix.
Mark
Mike, thank you for a thoughtful argument. In some ways I agree. On the other hand there is the right of the originator of the blog to determine what she will allow on her blog. She has the right to have her blog represent her choices. So we have competing rights. (PS the pic in question has been removed.)
In some ways this reminds me of the argument that graffiti taggers have the right to express themselves. But, conversely, I have the right to express myself by owning and
maintaining a pristine building free of graffiti.
Thank you, Mike for the intelligent way you disagree with my tolerance for the evolution of language. I am sure you know you have raised a red flag , and here is my response.
Evolution of the English language
This kind of colloquy is what I like about this blog. I am trying to promote the examination of ideas as opposed to insult slinging.
D'Oh! How does that go? Close only counts in horseshoes, handgrenades, and small nuclear weapons... DNF.
My downfall, of all things, SCaW @47d. The A wouldn't let me see POTENCY nor EVINCE - only the NC in EVINCE was missing at the end.
2d - el pAso -> bajA, ca. ->PANAMA. Splynter, I too 'heard' Van Halen when the penny dropped.
15a - RACE ya. 12d was every permutation of Dailly I could conjure. Hand-up logs b/f ICE JAM'd the river.
44a - "on the street." So is this slang? What's 4 letters for "got your back?" OR is street "stock market?" Oh, "call" to cover short-sales? Really, PAVE? not even TARS? OK.
So thanks Greg, this was a fun trip through the grid / byways of my mind. Thanks Splynter for the tunes and, FWIW, I missed the PIC; it was down before I got here. Oh, and Clyde - I'm glad 30a wasn't looking for him, he's the only I couldn't name.
{B} {very nice C.Moe}
HG - LOL Rich Hall QOD.
HG & Lem - MREs, hot? They musta changed since my day ('87 TO '93). You want your dehydrated-pork patty, 1EA, warm ya add water and put it in the sun.
While many anons have ++comments other's should just STAY OUT IT or go blue. WE'RE getting a bit FRUSTRATED with the same snarks' sans NAME PLATES WEEKEND rants.
"I know it when I see it," Justice Stewart on porn / obscenities.
"I don't know art but I know what I like," Cleese, Live at Hollywood Bowl :-)
TILT? Oh, yeah. This is part of my cycling-playlist (did 10mi this am - once in a row), "Never TILTs a ball, that deaf, dumb, blind kid, Sho plays a mean pinball [3m]
Cheers, -T
Mark S @ 2:58 ~ Well, then, thank you, personally, for the "Megan Leavey" recommendation. I haven't seen "Mudbound" but the book is sitting on my bookshelf; I read it when it was first published in 2008.
Anon@9:27 Cover the street seems less awkward than cover on the street for PAVE. Some anons have valuable points. Snarky anons, boo hiss.
Ah! After three days of turkey cooking/eating, preparing ribs for tailgating, game day ... finally a day of rest watching college football (0 volume), two cups of freshly ground gourmet coffee and a delightful LAT Saturday puzzle. Pretty straight forward, though I, too, got hung up on the new quad. Well time to doze off before I start with the Christmas lights. (Is it THAT time already??)
After an extremely difficult Saturday puzzle,
I was looking forward to Splynters write up.
Which would not be complete without a set of great legs...
I have no idea what was wrong with todays pic,
but could you at least leave it on the Blog and let ME decide?
I mean, how bad could it be? it's just legs for crying out load...
I have been appreciating a great set of legs from very young age...
And, guys legs? I don't see it. Whats to like here?
Oh well, if I am going to be bleeped off the Blog anyway... You should know I have a great set of legs...
anon@9:04
" display a form of soft porn on a crossword blog"- GROW UP what I say. If you are a Shaker the you might be excused but I don't think the rest of us still have our 'innocence'. I see a lot more risque ads on television ads and reporters' cleavage on television newscasts which I rarely watch. Jeopardy is more interesting.
Mike Sherling- "where you’re AT"- very familiar with that saying living in New Orleans. I used to tell people 'between the A and the T'. They didn't get it. They still don't.
Legs? Is there a problem? Not in my book. Why do women wear HIGH HEELS? To make their LEGS look longer so that the rear end won't look as big proportionally.
We haven't been out to lunch much lately but here's today's report. We went to a new little Thai restaurant. We had Thai iced tea, battered soft-shelled crabs, fried rice with steak and shrimp, and a coconut pudding for dessert. Very tasty.
Legs! I vote with CED and others.
OMGoodness! Auburn just beat Alabama! That never happens! Both end zones emptied onto the field and it is a mass of humanity. College football is so much more fun!! No, I'm not an Auburn fan. It's just fun to see anyone beat unbeatable Alabama! Okay I'll go back under my rock now.... (Please be kind. The football season is sooooo short!! )
Big Easy, yes, we do hear "Where ya AT" all the time....but surely we all know it is incorrect. I sympathize with those who cringe when they hear it!
Legs? Are we voting? I'm in the FOR camp. We all have them. What's the big deal?
CED... My late husband had great legs, too. You go, guy!!
Greg Johnson, bless his name, caught me out in two places. But at least he did it by the rules, so I'm happy to record my admiration for this Saturday-worthy pzl!
And good for you, Splynter for riding this bronc so smoothly! He just had too many trick moves for me - incl. zigs when I wanted to zag...
I went for DELAYS instead of DECOYS down in the SE sector, but my real undoing was settling for something called LAG OFFICES (WTF?) instead of LAW OFFICES. "Partners" wasn't a sufficient clue for me, as I assumed that any business type can have one or more partners, and on the perp side I accepted SLOGS as a better "opposite" (than SLOWS) to "hastens."
(Earlier, I had LAD OFFICES, because I really liked PLODS vs. "hastens." But you can't have everything!)
Happy Recovery Day (after the T'Giving stuffing) everybody!!
Auburn beat Alabama?!
If true, could it be a harbinger of Alabamian upsets in other arenas?
I will not say "politics," because we are well advised to eschew that subject.
But still ... ?
Ol' Man Keith...harbinger? We'll say no more!
Old Man Keith, you are so thinly veiled. You must have been an EMOTER on stage. A real HAM, so to speak. The political forums are elsewhere. Find one.
YR,FLN608P
-You spelled it spaetzles. I had spatzles. Does your spelling mean it doesn't need an umlaut?
PK,FLN938P
-Your GDR met Alex Marsalas. Tell me about him. My google search didn't help.
AT,FLN1047P
-The salad and the pizzelles look delicious. What are they for? Other than eating I mean.
HG1019
-I had never heard of Pecorino cheese. It is one of 1831 specialty cheeses world wide. I would like it's buttery, nutty flavor. It is made from ewe's milk. Milking goats is common practice, but I had never heard of milking sheep. This reminds me of our Jersey cow Henrietta. When I milked her I would give the cats a treat and squirt them. They stood on their hind feet and lapped as fast as they could. Their faces were white. They loved it.
-Rich Hall didn't say what it meant to be nameless. What condition is even less than poor?
-Amazon really does cover all. I had only seen yhe smile til today.
CM1133A
-Poor Toto. Groan
ANON1142A
-Please use a screen name so we can look forward to your comment. JB2 will do for it. You lost me when you said you have to wait till Saturday. Why?
ANON1152A
-Thank you for your kind words of guidance. They would mean so much more if you used a screen name.
Dave
CEDave:
That last set of legs (as well as the rest of him) you posted is scrumptious! Though I'm of an advanced age, I can still appreciate a male body.
What an interesting discussion I missed but spending an afternoon with two friends was just delightful. One I've known for 65 years since we were in high school and though she's two years older than I am, she has grown in wisdom!
Sean Hannity@ 7:29
I see no partisanship in OMK's remark.
SC123P
-I avoid mirrors. They show an elderly feeble man, not me, a vibrant youthful spirit.
YR302P
-Thanks for the article on "Evolution of the English Language." From it I learned why the rhyme goes Pease porrige hot etc. Pease is the plural of pea.
AT328P
-Thanks to "She plays a mean pinball" I have a new earworm. Now I can't remember the old one.
Dave
No.
You are a poster.
Argyle is a blogger. Melissa is a blogger. Splynter is a blogger. Etc. You are only commenting. Ergo, you are a poster, not a blogger.
D4E4H: My granddaughter was telling me from across the table in a chatter noisy room who she met. I knew who she meant but couldn't remember his 1st name or how to spell the family name. I was too tired to look it up before I posted. Sorry. Google said Ellis Marsalis Jr. is the man, father of Wynton & Branford who I had seen on TV years ago talking about their dad. Granddaughter is enrolled in jazz business studies at Loyola, New Orleans, LA.
In re spaetzle, it is written with an umlaut, but ae can be used instead.If you search recipes you will see it spelled with an ae. The o with an umlaut would be written oe. U with an umlaut would be ue.
Ok I am gonna post this short thing tonight, I haven't done the puzzle yet.... Tomorrow or late tonight I will....
Auburn beat Bama 5 times in a row some time back. The 5th win was called the thumb...
At the American legion hall in Saraland Al. where I was living at the time they had a pool going and if you bought a square for 25 bucks you could drink free and eat all you wanted... Needless to say they had a few hundred people in the hall.... Not all bought a square but had to pay the regular price for drinks and such......
Yes Auburn won their 5th straight game. There was a guy sitting next to me and asked me if I had a pen... I did and loaned it to him.. He drew the perfect thumb ona bar napkin and gave it to me....
Artists have a hard time drawing a human hand.. It is the most difficult part of the body you can draw... This guy was a talented artist.....
What no legs I hear ????
More tomorrow
Plus Tard from Cajun Country ~!~!
Good Sunday evening, folks. Thank you, Greg Johnson, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Splynter, for a fine review.
Well, it took me an extra day to finish this. Tough puzzle.
Unbelievably, my only inkblot was ICE JAM. I had LOG JAM to start.
OMAR?
Wanted RACE YA. RACE ME worked (of course).
Best Clue/Answer RED 53D.
Since I am a day late, I am sure no one will read this, so I am bailing out. See you Monday.
Abejo
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Still finishing up these Thanksgiving puzzles!
Hand up for LOG JAM before ICE JAM. I was on a riverboat once stuck at a LOG JAM.
Had DRIVE SHAFT before CRANK SHAFT.
Fairly smooth ride for a Saturday. Last to fall was PECORINO/RED crossing. Never heard of PECORINO. Learning moment. PROVELONE did not quite fit.
I finally decided RED was just a color of the spectrum of LIGHT. But I missed the traffic signal meaning. Thanks, Splynter!
The "offensive" image seems to have been deleted by now. No image showing for ESTEEM.
I was once a DANE. Never heard of DANE COOK. Other unknowns: INKY, LAC, PARSONS SCHOOL, AMIR, Hockey SLAP SHOT.
Was thinking of a reporter for COVER ON THE STREET.
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