Theme: Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle, or Mutilate - Okay, these four entries you can FOLD.
17A. Sunbather's spread: BEACH TOWEL. Shake your beach towel well be for folding.
29A. Cards to bet on: POKER HAND. LOL, you fold your poker hand if you don't have the cards to bet on.
45A. Brunch dish: HAM OMELET. Please mix the ham with the eggs before you fold it.
61A. Coupe-back contraption: RUMBLE SEAT. Folded up when not in use. Good place for backseat drivers.
39D. Instructions next to a perforated line ... or a hint to 17-, 29-, 45- and 61-Across: FOLD HERE
Argyle here. I have started my Christmas season with this present from Irish Miss and C.C.
Across:
1. "House" actor Epps: OMAR. See yesterday's puzzle.
5. Plant-sucking insect: APHID
10. Gala affair: BALL. Could be a BAsh.
14. Went by bus: RODE. No rumble seat but ... .
15. Wear away: ERODE
16. __ Day VitaCraves Multivitamins: ONE A
19. Spelling contests: BEEs
20. Intended: MEANT
21. Lend support to: AID
23. Wrestling surface: MAT
24. "In case you weren't listening ... ": "AS I SAID ... "
26. Like lambs: OVINE
28. Pat-on-the-baby's-back intended result: [BURP!]. I like that intended result.
32. Cut and pasted, say: EDITED
35. New York Harbor's __ Island: ELLIS
36. Penpoint: NIB
37. Tough problem: DILEMMA
39. Evergreen tree: FIR. Got your Christmas tree yet?
42. Jelly beans, e.g.: CANDY. Alternate clue: Canes for your fir.
43. Waiting for customer support, often: ON HOLD
49. Singer Fitzgerald: ELLA
50. Speak from the soapbox: ORATE
51. "Help!"-ful pot scrubbers?: S.O.S PADS
54. Texter's "I'm shocked!": [OMG!]. (Oh My Goodness)
55. Down in the dumps: SAD
58. Glee: MIRTH
59. Movie "Citizen": KANE
65. Yet again: ANEW
66. "Ditto": "ME, TOO!"
67. Try to persuade: URGE
68. "Women and Love" writer Shere: HITE. A book report.
69. What Buffy does: SLAYS. TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and she does.
70. Lowly worker: PEON
Down:
1. Poet's planet: ORB
2. Stooge with Larry and Curly: MOE
3. Tracy/Hepburn battle-of-the-sexes comedy: ADAM'S RIB
4. Proof of purchase: RECEIPT
5. Insurance giant: AETNA
6. Bit of expert advice: PRO TIP
7. "__ about that!": HOW
8. It's in your head: IDEA
9. Cold-cuts seller: DELI
10. Songwriter Dylan: BOB. HO, Ho, Ho! He didn't wrte this one.
11. Iron-poor blood condition: ANEMIA
12. Womack of country: LEE ANN
13. Withstood wear and tear: LASTED
18. Consumes: HAS
22. Wilde's "The Picture of __ Gray": DORIAN. First published complete in 1890. Wiki LINK
24. German automaker: AUDI
25. Large, innocent-looking peepers: DOE EYES
27. VCR format: VHS. (VideoCassette Recorder/Video Home System)
28. Batman player Affleck: BEN. Don't tell anyone but he's really Bruce Wayne.
30. Dutch airline: KLM. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.
31. Red Muppet: ELMO
33. "My Cup Runneth Over" singer: ED AMES
34. Eat in style: DINE
38. Cholesterol letters: LDL. (Low-density lipoprotein) Bad one.
40. Afflictions: ILLS
41. Nutritionist's fig.: RDA. (Recommended Dietary Allowances)
42. Camp bed: COT
44. Warms, as canned soup: HEATS UP
45. Pipe smoked in trendy bars: HOOKAH. If a hookah smoking caterpillar has given you the call ... Call Alice 555-4321
46. Fashion designer Giorgio: ARMANI
47. Fridge sticker: MAGNET. But not the ones with stainless steel doors.
48. Peppermint Patty, for one: TOMBOY. "Guess what, Chuck. Disaster time. Our teacher wants us to read a book during Christmas vacation."
52. Farm facilities: SILOs. Just down the road from me.
53. Opposite of post-: PRE
56. Hugging limbs: ARMS
57. Paces-and-pistols encounter: DUEL
60. Meadow mom: EWE
62. LIRR overseer: MTA. (Long Island Rail Road/Metropolitan Transportation Authority)
63. In the past: AGO
64. Boxing count: TEN. "He's out!"
Argyle
Hi everyone!
ReplyDeleteThanks to Agnes, C. C. and Santa!
Enjoyable puzzle. Only unknown was ED AMES.
Still sicker than a dog! Miss my swims.
Hope to see you all tomorrow!
Ed Ames was one of the Ames Brothers, plus he played Mingo on Daniel Boone. Does that help the memory? Or do I link the scene on the Tonight show where he showed Johnny how to throw a tomahawk?
ReplyDeleteNo prob with the puzzle, but needed the reveal to get the theme (theme today, not gimmick like PVX hates so much!). I'm so used to the first or last word being the target, I just looked at the final word : Folded TOWEL and folded OMELET still had the same meaning, but Folded HANDS are their position for prayer, while a Folding SEAT would be a collapsible one used for extra guests once the chairs or pews are full! It was only during a review of the puzzle for l'ickable words that I noticed the theme, for once, was for the entire entry!
ReplyDeleteCapturing crooks, cops had a DILEMMA!
But Mad MOE, the mad scientist, had an IDEA!
A highly precise, powerful MAGNET
Could focus and catch a fleeing bandit --
Unless he had iron-deficiency ANEMIA!
Bragged the entomologist, "It's just AS I SAID!
Ants are smart, or they wouldn't have LASTED!
They're selectively breeding
Their "milk cows" for eating --
Here is the proof -- a Texas Longhorn APHID!"
{A, C+.}
ReplyDeleteThanks to Irish Miss and C.C. for a puzzle that fell in place except for the SW corner letter H. Somehow I knew the sound of the word HOOKOH, but the final letter escaped me. HITE was new to me also.
Argyle, you have outdone yourself. First was RODE with people hanging on the back, and on top of the bus. We are so blessed. Give thanks. Ella sang my first Christmas song of the season, but there were more, each a jewel. People are referring to you as Santa. Why?
I found your first post on 1-10-09. Crosseyed Dave wrote the same day. I have just started on the Corner so don't know the inside jokes.
I digress, the trailer for Adam's rib makes me long for simpler times. The silo reminds me of my grandfather's farm in north western Ohio near Lima. I was raised near Cleveland so we would only visit a few times per year. They had a bank barn with a silo for their cows. I enjoyed the fragrance of the ensilage. On one visit we had just arrived when the barn caught oh fire. It was a total loss, and cows had to be put down.
To offset that thought, thanks HG for introducing me to the Russian Soprano Anna Netrebko. I am mesmerized by her.
FERMATPRIME339A Still sicker than a dog, I pray that you are back in the Prime of miss Jean Fermat soon. Get well girl! That's an order.
Dave
Hi. I'm Randolph the Redneck Reindeer, Rudolph's cousin. I want to set the record straight. Olive, the other reindeer, did laugh, and call Rudolph names, but "Then one foggy Christmas eve Santa came to say...." is not at all how Rudolph nosed out the competition. Also, the night was not full of amphibians. That would be a "Froggy night."
ReplyDeleteHere is what really happened. The whole family has the gift. We were invited to compete for brightest nose on the Polar Nonreality show Arctic Idle. Santa and two of his lead elves were the judges, and I swear they were high on candy cocanes.
My mother and Rudolph's mother are sisters. They sang a doet that was wonderful. When they put their heads together you had better have on your reinbans to protect your eyes. From the starting 12 participants, deer were eliminated till only 3 remained, Rudolph, my brother John, and me. I took it in stride when Rudolph won, but John was so envious that he added an "E" to the end of his surname to differentiate him from "You know who." He is still in John Deere Green!
And another thing, did you know that the eight reindeer that pull Santa's sleigh are female. Forget their stage names. They are really Beatrice, Paula, Monica, Susan, Charlotte, Anne, Althea, and Betty.
Please laugh wholeheartedly often. Santa registers this on his hohometer. Each chuckle is a vote to keep Rudolph and his coworkers pulling for Santa who is under pressure to replace them with jet engines. There is even a proposal to scrap the Santa delivery system completely, and use Amazon, and Fed Ex. Remember: A chortle in time saves nine, and a chuckle a day keeps Fed Ex away.
SINcerely,
Randy
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteThanx, IM and CC. Didn't notice the theme while solving, but found it later. Nicely done. You, too, Argyle -- you should've linked the tomahawk. It never gets old.
This year I switched my Medicare drug plan to AETNA. My previous plan suddenly went from most economical to one of the most expensive. If you've got a plan, I urge you to visit www.medicare.gov and see if it's still your best choice. Deadline is coming up soon.
I tried to steer Avg Joe onto some LEE ANN Womack music. He wasn't steerable.
I've developed a retinal "issue" in one eye. First available appt with a retina specialist is in two weeks. Fingers crossed (but not eyes).
Musings
ReplyDelete-A puzzle by Irish Miss and C.C. that matches the lovely weather we are having here on the Great Plains
-I looked for a theme in the first or second word only so…
-The philanthropic organization of Aksarben (Nebraska backwards) crown a very wealthy older man and a young girl who is the daughter of other wealthy people as King and Queen at their annual BALL
-We seem to send a lot of AID to countries whose leaders keep it for themselves
-Perhaps the #METOO movement can effect positive change
-Do you remember the TV show with a BUFFY whose doll was Mrs. Beasley?
-How has Joann LASTED living with me for 50 years?
-Famous COTS on display at the Smithsonian
-1950’s SILOS built for 120 bu/acre corn can’t hold today’s 280 bu/acre crop
ReplyDeleteGood morning all. Thank you Agnes, CC, and Argyle.
Down in the dumps...
I'll have to try to start a new winning streak tomorrow. BASH instead of BALL, any never read any of the down clues in that corner.
Loved the theme and how the reveal made it clear.
Reading Argyle's write up, I see there were other down clues I missed. Nuts !
And ED AMES, not EDA MES. Parsing error. DOH !
I guess I wasn't paying attention this morning. Also had SAF for "Down in the dumps" and that was surely a typo that should have been readily seen, so my "Paces and pistols encounter" turned out to be FUEL. DOUBLE DOH ! That sounds like a pizza crust option, doesn't it ?
See all y'all later n'at !
Another creative entry from CC and Agnes- had to wait for HOOKAH to get HITE. MEERSCHAUM just didn't fit when I was going to put it in a clear SW corner to start
ReplyDeleteHope everyone is doing well going into the holiday season - I am already a little tired of the music playing overhead at the office- probably because it plays in the same loop ~4 cycles a day!
Thanks Argyle!
FIR, but had to erase HOOKAs. READ THE DANGED CLUE, Jinx! Only unknown was DORIAN Gray. I appreciated RODE followed by ERODE. "When he took a virtual tour of Key West, Jinx E-RODE the Conch Train." Sounds like a CryptoQuip.
ReplyDeleteThe Tonight Show "hatchet job" by Ed Ames remains one of the funniest things I have ever seen on the idiot box.
Thanks IM, CC and Argyle. I forgot about the theme until I read Santa's list.
D-O best wishes for good news from your ophthalmologist. Retina issues are the scariest.
ReplyDeleteOMAR EPPS you rule - daily.
Argyle, Kazie, JD and so many people more began posting in 2008. In 2009 C.C. started getting blogging help.
Not an unknown in the bunch, thank you IM and CC.
What a treat! An IM and CC puzzle! Thanks, ladies for the fun. So many clever clues. I loved "Help" ful pot scrubbers. Haven't thought of SOS in years. And Coupe-back Contraption. When was the last time you saw one of those? Lots of memories!
ReplyDeleteI also had BASH before BALL, but it was easily corrected. I never remember how to spell DILEMMA but crosses kept me from going astray.
Thanks, Argyle, for all the pictures. I noticed you included one of yourself. Oh? That wasn't you at 12A?
Great morning! Many thanks.
Fast, funny, fantastic, CC and Agnes. Fine, fact-filled, felicitous, Argyle. Thanks to all three of you.
ReplyDeleteCSO to MOE. Hi, there.
I liked The Picture of Dorian Gray, both the book and the film.
The last American built cars with rumble seats were built in 1938 and 1939. I have never seen one on the road, but have seen plenty of them in the movies and in museums.
Shere Hite's sexology studies are famous, but I am glad I had to spell her last name, not her first name.
BASH before BALL, ball is better fill for the clue.
I needed time to parse LEE ANN and ED AMES as two-part names. No actual unknowns today.
DOE EYES is very descriptive. In square dancing we see deer in the headlights eyes from newbies who are lost. Also very descriptive.
DO, I am hoping for good news in re your retina. I understand the quicker it is treated the better the results.
Ferm, I hope you recover quickly from that pesky cold.
I hope to buy my Fraser fir next week. I would love to decorate in several batches, but my tiny Christamas closet needs to be emptied almost entirely to get at anything in particular. I can no longer stand going through this process more than one time, so I do it all in one shot or 2 over 3 days. When it is all done, I love the result and keep the decortations up until Janauary 6.
OMG! Agnes and C.C. together again! I love it. Well done!
ReplyDeleteYes, OMAR Epps has become a crossword staple so no DILEMMA there. In fact, none at all. This was a quick sashay embedded with fond memories of DORIAN Gray, ED AMES, KANE and RUMBLE SEAT. ELMO, too, for my granddaughter growing up with him.
I love Oscar Wilde's writings and The Picture of DORIAN Gray is particularly descriptive so that one has an image of him all the way through the story. The movie was good, too.
Thank you, Agnes, C.C. and Santa! Isn't it time to don your suit, Argyle?
Have a magnificent day, everyone!
My Christmas tree is stored in the shed and will emerge sometime in the next few days.
ReplyDeleteThanks to I.M. and C.C. for a easy, breezy, fun Tuesday. You two have become quite the duo!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Santa Argyle, for getting into the spirit so early! Loved the tunes!
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteLiked the various 'FOLDING" phrases. Well done, IM and CC. Favorite was POKER HAND. Some fresh fill: MIRTH, HOOKAH, SOS PADS. Was trying to figure out who EDAMES was; sounded like a character from Aïda, but then said "Oh" ED AMES; with quite a filmography for a singer as Argyle intimated.
KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij translates literally as Royal Aviation Company.
D-O - Best of luck with your eye issues. They are doing wonderful things now to solve eye problems.
Good morning to all!
ReplyDeleteThanks for today's puzzle, IM and C.C.. I did not remember ED AMES, and had trouble parsing his name from the perps. Splendid review, Argyle. You outdid yourself with musical links and photos today.
Fermatprime--So sorry you are still ailing. Best wishes sent your way for healing.
DO--Also wishing you the best for resolution of your retinal issue.
D4E4H (Dave)--Check out Argyle's avatar to see why folks refer to him as Santa.
Enjoy the day!
Hi Y'all! Great puzzle, Agnes & C.C.! Great expo, Argyle! Always a treat to see the names of you three at the start.
ReplyDeleteOnly unknown was Hite. Never heard of her. I read the link and wonder how anyone could spend their whole life studying sex and writing about it in a clinical manner. Where is the romance in that?
Last to fill was the "K" in POKER. Tried POwER. Duh! Forgot KLM. Think we've had it before.
For some reason, all the music links pictures on Argyle's expo were black and unplayable for me today. Wonder what is screwed up on my computer now.
D.O.: Hope you get your retina problem solved sooner than 2 weeks. I thought they always rushed a person immediately to a doctor with that problem. Is it detached?
Speaking of eyes, I think it must be time to get new glasses. I looked out the window of our cabin at the zoo park where we had our BAsh the other day. I asked my daughter if that was a shetland pony in with those sheep in a field about a block in distance away. She said, "Mom that's a cemetery over there." The gray stones looked like sheep grazing to me. Well, in my defense, the window was pretty dirty.
D4E4H: When you see a picture of Argyle, you will know why we call him Santa.
My only holiday decor this year will be a crystal ball with snowflakes on it and a lighted angel inside that turns different colors. I bought it from the little girl next door who brought over a catalog for a school fund raiser. It was the only item in the book that wasn't loaded with sugar. She was so excited to see it when she brought it to me. Very pretty.
Dudley (from yesterday)--Great story of the Smith College clock!
ReplyDeleteHusker Gary--Yes, I do remember the TV show "Family Affair" (late 1960's) with BUFFY and her doll Mrs. Beasley.
FERMATPRIME339A
ReplyDelete-There is no better medicine when you are sick than a dog that thinks its love will cure you. I have yet to learn the art of linking so here is a URL that you may enjoy. http://www.truelifewithgod.com/sicker-than-a-dog/
C.C.
-This comment from long long ago is so true of you. Thanks. I'm not happy at you. I'm happy with you.
I have been blogging here since Jan 21, pls come here often. I feel so comforted that many readers offer help to me, and I am happy that I can be of help to others.
It's fun.
C. C.
February 12, 2008 at 2:20 PM
-QOD "Washington is the place where nobody believes a rumor until it has been officially denied." Evan Esar
Speaking of the POTUS/FLOTUS they a being criticized severely for hanging mistletoe as part of their Christmas decorations. It's their house!
Dave
I was in on the same page with Agnes & CC. Got the theme quickly so HAMOMELET (I spell it OMELETTE, but whatevs) and FOLDHERE made for a fast fill. 9:27, my first LAT under 10 minutes (I've only been doing xwords for about three months).
ReplyDeleteOh, and I sprang for the NYT Black Friday special: $8/month for the whole shebang including crosswords. So now I have another time waster...
Hi Everyone:
ReplyDeleteJust got home after a busy morning getting a haircut, grocery shopping, and dropping my car off for inspection and service.
As you all know, Rich changes many clues but today's "Peppermint Patty, for one" threw me for a loop. Our clue for Tomboy was "She plays baseball not Barbies." I knew of PP but not that she was a tomboy.
Thanks to all for the kind comments and thanks to CC, as always, for being such a generous mentor.
DO, I hope your eye issue is nothing serious.
Ferm, best wishes for a speedy recovery.
PK, I'm still laughing at your cemetery sheep! Dirty window, indeed! 😉
Have a great day.
Good Morning all!
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU to IM and CC for the lovely Tuesday offering! As always with your puzzles, I enjoyed it too fast and was left wanting more. And thanks for the Bob Dylan Christmas song, Santa!
@F-Prime wishing you a speedy recovery
@Dudley I also enjoyed the story about the clock yesterday. Thank you for sharing.
@Dan Congrats on the time accomplishment and the Times purchase! I'm sure you will enjoy it.
@DO Hoping your retinal issue is resolved easily, although I don't know if I could wait two weeks. Your tolerance levels are much higher than mine.
No Christmas stuff - including the cut Douglas FIR - goes up until December 10 then down on the 26th or so. I enjoy it but I have so much that I get overwhelmed with the clutter. But I want it all out because I love Christmas and all the memories that come with each piece. It's a DILEMMA!
One song for you today - even the our weather does not reflect it, the spirit is there! Perry Como, 1958
Happy Tuesday!
t.
I just love the CW when I see CC and IM as I seem to be on the same page and always do well. The only problem I had was "Hookah" since I don't smoke a pipe. Ha Ha. and didn't know the writer Hite.
ReplyDeleteI think your clue for 'Tomboy' was better than P/Patty.
Most enjoyable puzzle;e. Thanks IM and CC.
I love Agnes and C.C. puzzles. Not only are they well constructed but they are also flush with humor and original imagination. I don't know if the clue for ON HOLD is theirs or Rich's, but I like it. And SOS PADS is brilliant.
ReplyDeleteArgyle, I know I don't say it enough, but I always appreciate your write-ups. Thank you.
Good wishes to you all.
MJ1046A, PK1053A
ReplyDelete-I commented a while back how Argyle, ?, and I looked just alike in our full beards. I too could have passed for Santa. I thought he might actually do that each year.
-Mistletoe: If a couple in love exchanges a kiss under the mistletoe, it is interpreted as a promise to marry, as well as a prediction of happiness and long life.
-The Randy report 543A explained: I volunteered as an Airport Ambassador working in the information booth. Each year at Yule time I would wear a red clown nose with antlers. People could see me from a distance as they came down an escalator. When people called me Rudolph I would reply "Oh no I'm Randolph his redneck cousin." I developed the Randy report as a handout. People loved it. I have a picture of me in an e-mail, but it would not copy to the comments.
Dave
I remember riding to Jones Beach with my Uncle Al when I was 10 years old in his RUMBLESEAT. No seat belts, but lots of fun for a young lad. I liked the theme and it helped me speed through the puzzle.
ReplyDeleteThis puzzle reminded me...
ReplyDeleteUh,, What kind of hotel were you staying at?
I saw a pic of a great way to fold a dish towel, that was captioned
"My mother always complains about how I fold the towels, so from now on I am going to fold them like a chicken..."
But it had some fowl words on the bottom I did not want to post,
So I am going with this instead...
More about the "equivalence" of mass and energy as expressed in E=mc². Don't read this if you have no desire to.
ReplyDeleteA good real-world example of this is our sun, which produces prodigious amounts of energy by the process of "fusion," the combining of two hydrogen atoms and two neutrons (I don't know where the neutrons come from) to form an atom of helium. You can say that hydrogen and neutrons are the fuel and helium is the waste product.
In the following discussion, the mass of the electrons in each atom is ignored, as it is insignificantly small.
The mass of a proton is 1.007276 units. The mass of a neutron is 1.008665 units. Each hydrogen atom has one proton, so its mass is 1.007276 units. Since the nucleus of a helium atom is made up of 2 neutrons and 2 protons, you could expect that its mass would be the sum total of two neutrons and two protons, which is 4.031882 units.
However, this is not the actual mass of the helium nucleus. Its actual mass is 4.002602 units, which is 0.029280 units less than expected. The difference is due to the energy that is released when the components are fused together. This corresponds to a lot of energy. It is the fusion of hydrogen into helium that powers the sun, as mentioned above. The sun does not lose a lot of mass each time an atom of helium is formed, but since the sun is so huge, it changes about 570 million tons of hydrogen into 565 million tons of helium through nuclear fusion, converting that "lost" 5 million tons of mass into energy every second.
I would like each of you to meet SOPHIA, the first humanoid (robot) to be declared a citizen of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. --SOPHIA--
ReplyDeleteGood Evening.
ReplyDeleteI am SOOOO late to this Corner party. Meeting, eye doc, brought in my five foot Christmas tree and added the lights--thought it was going to rain tomorrow and I didn't want to pick up a wet tree.
YAY!! At this point WES: and Thanks, Agnes and C.C. for a grand time. Argyle, you are always providing us with great insight. I suppose "Santa" is more appropriate now! A delightful late afternoon solve. I am a morning bird and have no idea how Anon-T et al. keep their late night hours. thinking of Romeo and Juliet--I am a lark; this is also a great spot for nightingales!
Enjoy your evening!
"Puzzling THoughts":
ReplyDeleteHi YR ---> thanks for the SO! And thanks, too, to IM and CC for the SO. Seems like MOE is used "mo' often" lately . . .
Late arrival; I had an early day at work and did the puzzle this morning, but couldn't find time to post.
Not much else to add other than a great puzzle and recap
Under mistletoe
You will find a great kisser.
Of course, his name's MOE
LOL!
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteThank you C.C. & IM for a ONE A puzzle. What Jayce said re: fun words and humour. However, I tried to follow your instructions -- my paper looks like a damaged origami OVINE, DOE, or CED's Chicken; where should I've FOLD'd again?
Thanks Argyle for a wonderful expo. Reciprocity... ED AMES as requested.
WO: ONCE (a) Day vitamins.
ESPs: ED AMES, LEE ANN
Fav: ELLIS Island. Great-Grandpa's BENnie's 1st stop in America. He was sponsored by his cousin Anthony and that's where Gramp's, Pop, & ME TOO got our names.
Runner-up: Rich, I liked the Peppermint Patty c/a. HOLD UP... I liked HOOKAH too - reminded me of my time in Cairo w/ buddies there.
{A, B-} {nice MOE}
Fermat - AS I SAID yesterday, get well soon. PRO TIP - Jack, honey, and TheraFlu :-)
D-O: I hope you don't really have to wait 2 weeks to get your EYES fixed.
MME DFRG - I get up every week day at 6:30 and hit the hay at ~1a; only 24 hours and 18.5 of them are filled with (mostly) fun stuff to do.
Jayce brought it up... Fusion put to music [TMBG] for those adverse to maths.
PK - Earlier, I still saw yesterday's NORM where ED is now in Argyles expo. I think it was a browser-refresh issue. Speaking of the aptronym NORM, [warning, tasteless-joke]...
What do you call a guy w/ no arms and no legs...
Who likes to swim?
BOB.
Who's knocking at your door?
MAT
//I'll see myself out
Cheers, -T
Quick solve today. Thanks for the fun IM and C.C., and Argyle.
ReplyDeleteWEES about the cross of HOOKAH and HITE.
I noted OVINE and EWE.
I can never remember MTA and LIRR.
I spell OMELET like Dan @12:44 (are you Canadian or British?).
AnonT, you gave me my laugh of the day imagining the folded paper!
Feel better soon fermat.
D-O, best wishes with the eye issue.
Enjoy the evening.
Good evening, folks. thank you, Agnes Davidson and C.C. Burnikel, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Argyle, for a fine review.
ReplyDeletePuzzle was actually easier than Monday's. Got through it very easily. Not complaining at all.
Theme appeared after I got 39D FOLD HERE.
HITE was unknown, but I knew HOOKAH, so it all worked.
I used to eat a lot of omelets with ham and other stuff in them. Not so much anymore. Since my dad died 27 years ago at age 66, I saw what he ate all his life and I decided to change my diet. I beat him and am now 71, almost 72. We will see what the future holds.
D-O. Best of luck with your retina situation. Sometimes a quick exam is worth the effort regarding optical stuff. I worked for five years for an eye foundation and saw a lot of emergency situations.
Home tonight, so I can relax a bit. Tomorrow night back to work. See you tomorrow morning.
Abejo
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Hello Puzzlers -
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone. I am delighted that so many of you enjoyed the Smith clock story yesterday. It represents an outcome that is just, well, right!
Husker - hand up for Family Affair. I remember Brian Keith and Sebastian Cabot as the father and the butler, but I can’t recall the young actors’ names.
Thanks Irish, C.C., and Argyle. Hand up for trouble parsing Ed Ames. Obvious, in retrospect, but it took me a little while...
native Americans
ReplyDeleteI am slowly making my way backwards to fill in the crosswords from our travels. This was a fun quickie from our home team!
ReplyDeleteELLIS ISLAND is where my family entered 100 years ago and they never looked back.
As a kid I built plastic model cars with RUMBLE SEATs.
The owner of our company gave me a BETA VCR when the company was sold. It was superior to VHS and that machine still runs after over 30 years.
Unknowns: LEE ANN, ED AMES, OMAR
Only know ADAMS RIB from these puzzles.
JAYCE: I am curious what prompted the presentation on mass/energy equivalence?
ReplyDelete