Theme: DO THE MATH
18. Math teacher's favorite sport? : TIMES TABLE TENNIS
31. Math teacher's favorite brew? : SQUARE ROOT BEER
47. Math teacher's favorite hat? : PIE CHART TOPPER
62. Math teacher's favorite cut of beef? : PERFECT CUBE STEAK
Melissa here. Two grid-spanners, and a few tricky clues made this a satisfying solve. When I first saw TIMES and SQUARE, I was looking for a theme about New York. Nope.
Across
1. Like most cookies : BAKED
6. Director of the final episode of "M*A*S*H" : ALDA
10. Food inspector's concern : E-COLI
15. Jazz singer O'Day : ANITA
16. Osso buco meat : VEAL. Italian for "bone with a hole," braised veal shank.
17. Swerved at sea : YAWED
21. Diplomatic bldg. : EMB. Embassy.
22. Flying off the shelves : HOT
23. Praise to the heavens : EXALT
24. Rock's Grateful __ : DEAD
26. Fiat fuel : GAS
28. Perspire nervously, say : REACT
36. Arrowhead Stadium NFL team : CHIEFS
36. Arrowhead Stadium NFL team : CHIEFS
38. Mark for deletion : X OUT
39. Sellout sign letters : SRO
40. Very confident : CAN DO
41. Chanel competitor : DIOR
42. Museum worker : GUARD
44. 1869-'77 pres. monogram : USG. Ulysses S. Grant. "I have never advocated war except as a means of peace."
45. Place for private dining? : MESS. Great clue - see 6-Across.
46. New York hockey team : SABRES
51. Bathtub outlet : DRAIN
51. Bathtub outlet : DRAIN
52. Product prefix suggesting winter : SNO. Or sugar.
53. Activist Parks : ROSA
56. Minds someone else's business : PRIES
59. Slice of history : ERA
61. Old conductance unit : MHO
67. As scripted : ON CUE
67. As scripted : ON CUE
68. World Golf Hall of Famer Isao : AOKI
69. Cosmic comeuppance : KARMA
70. Gives a hand, in a way : DEALS
71. Editorial override : STET. Latin for "let it stand."
72. Hog caller's call : SOOEY
Down
1. With __ breath : BATED
Down
1. With __ breath : BATED
2. Japanese art genre : ANIME
3. "L.A. Confidential" Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner : KIM BASINGER
4. Bastille Day time : ETE. French Summer.
5. Short run : DASH
6. Gamer's game face : AVATAR. Another great clue.
7. Syr. neighbor : LEB
8. Half a chipmunk team : DALE
9. "Roots" author Haley : ALEX
10. Shoelace hole : EYELET
11. Cambridge student, informally : CANTAB. Short for Cantabrigian.
12. Have title to : OWN
13. Luau loop : LEI
14. TSA requests : IDS. And shoes.
19. Roman robes : TOGAS
20. Major Arcana deck : TAROT
25. Kicked out of the game, informally : DQED. Disqualified - boxing.
27. Gender-specific, to some : SEXIST
29. The Joker portrayer on TV : CESAR ROMERO
30. __ Haute : TERRE
32. Many a tabloid pic : UFO
33. Fowl poles? : ROOSTS
34. Possessive word : OUR
35. Fishing gear : RODS
36. Lingerie size : C CUP
37. Member of a strict Jewish sect : HASID
41. Article written by Marx and Engels? : DER
42. Break : GAP
43. App offering fare estimates : UBER
45. Wildly excited : MANIC
46. Future fern : SPORE
48. Downy amount : CAPFUL
49. New faces around the water cooler : HIREES
50. In the slightest : ONE BIT
54. Disgrace : SHAME
55. Fine : A-OKAY
57. Flight sked data : ETAS
58. Many a bagpiper : SCOT
60. Wants to know : ASKS
62. Sci-fi escape vehicle : POD. Not UFO.
63. St. Louis-to-Indianapolis dir. : ENE
64. Label for Elvis : RCA
65. Hula strings : UKE
66. Lao Tzu ideal : TAO
87 comments:
Greetings!
Thanks to David and mb!
No problems with this one! The theme suited me just fine!
Hope to see you all tomorrow!
YR: I too memorized Jabberwock. Still get most of the words. Now my near memory, now that's another thing. Sorry about your friend. Does she have a CD player? Some nice classical music would be wonerful, perhaps.
FLN: Jabberwocky as I first heard it 50 years ago! I sing Jabberwocky in the car when I get bored while driving. Over the years, I've varied the tune a lot, but the main thing is to sing the first verse in a menacing, creepy way, and the last verse as bright and joyous! BTW, the meta-theme: Frumious B. Andersnatch.
There was a CANTAB named ANITA
Who'd EXALT in CUBE STEAK in a pita.
When served in the MESS
With ROOT BEER, she'd confess
"It's a PERFECT SQUARE meal -- with tequila!"
There once was a skeptic named SNOW --
Well, except for the blue U.F.O.!
Not to be an alarmer,
Still, it was his KARMA
To be abducted -- so said the TAROT!
{A-, A-}
3D Wondered who Kimba Singer was. DOH!
Hi Y'all! Interesting and enjoyable puzzle, David. Theme was fun.
Hand up for miss-parsing KIMBA SINGER. Did the crosses and KIMBA sat without a last name for awhile. Too funny.
Didn't know CANTAB or MHO. Is that Cambridge as in England or Harvard?
Last fill was the "E" in MESS/DER, Duh! Article as in parts of speech! OKAY dokey!
BAKED came easy for cookies. However, we used to make some "boiled" cookies with sugar, chocolate & peanut butter brought to a boil then add oatmeal and drop in blobs on wax paper to cool & dry. Yum! Disappeared from the house quickly. I ate my share. Still carry them on the waistline probably.
Now I'm salivating.
Much enjoyed the workout this morning. Thax David and M B . Looked difficult at first pass, several unknowns, but after checking the spelling of Kim's last name and changing exult to exalt , looking up Cambridge it fell into place okay. Mcd's coffee still warm, time to head out. Semiretirement for self employed means busier than ever!BTW clever clue on Artcle by Marx and Engels , had me thinking some published work!:-)
OOPS, forgot to thank Melissa for her work on the expo.
Afraid to look at the temperature this morning. Didn't get above 13* yesterday. Sheet of ice an inch thick on the driveway started to melt a little under the sunshine, but didn't run off and refroze more bumpy. Schools closed & very little traffic on slick roads. Supposed to get above freezing today. Yay, I guess!
Good morning! [Brrrrrr!]
No problems with David's puzzle. CANTAB was unknown, as was DQED -- apparently has nothing to do with Dairy Queen. Only had to change SEXISM to SEXIST on my way through. Looking back, there are lots of clues I didn't see, because they were already filled in. Thanx, David and MelissaBee.
MHO: Conductance is the reciprocal of resistance, so somebody thought it'd be cute to name it OHM spelled backwards.
EYELET: That's the thingee the aglet goes through.
Easiest puzzle of the week, at least when viewed through my glasses. Like Bob Niles and PK I wondered who KIMBA is. Didn't know ANITA O'day, and had to guess that Arcana was somehow connected to TAROT after a few perps.
I used to tease my friend that his Fiat used almost no gas. It was in the shop so much that he rarely had to fill 'er up.
My favorite fill today was C Cup, mainly because there is still some 13 year old school boy snickers remaining in these old bones.
Thanks to David Poole for the fun puzzle, and thanks to Melissa for another fine review.
I agree with the comments on the cluing for DER. Having it cross MESS (as clued) was tricky and fun. Fowl poles is a cute baseball reference.
The rest was good. Thank you, David and mb.
Have a little time before the help arrives . Loved your theme today David. First to fill was times table , then cube steak. Last was pie chart . Liked that one :)) Thanx M B for your lesson of Italian menu. Osso made me think bear , but bear in spanish has one s. Oso Stay safe
Is the hat a CHART TOPPER or just a TOPPER? If the latter, then the answer is not consistent with the other long answers, where the middle word was both part of the math phrase and the second part, eg SQUARE ROOT and ROOT BEER. Anyway, easy for Wednesday, butnot a particularly interesting puzzle IMO.
U can please Some people all of the time , all people some of the time, but not all people all of the time. Also some people none of the time
Thank you, David Poole, for the mathematical review.
I found this difficult in spots especially, CHIEFS and SABRES, couldn't recall HASID, don't know CANTAB but it all worked out. That is except CANTAB. I had EBOLI and BANTAB? Why not? It looked good to me.
I saw L.A. Confidential long, long ago but KIM BASINGER is unforgettable.
It's good to see ROSA Parks and I enjoyed the cluing for ROOSTS. Many years ago I drove through TERRE Haute and recall hoping to never return. The blare of horns was incredible and the traffic hopelessly crowded.
Thank you, Melissa!
Have a splendid day, everyone!
Good Morning, Melissa and friends. Loved this math-themed puzzle. Good thing I knew all the math terms, since I live with a mathematician. I also really enjoy the Before-and-After themes. We haven't seen too many of these puzzles recently.
I wrote in BAKED for the cookies, but it seemed a bit of an odd clue.
A nice CSO to Lucina with the DALE.
Another sprinkling of snow here in south Louisiana. It is the second snow this winter! Youch! It was 13F when I awoke this morning. It is now 15F. The interstates are closed, as are most other roads. Good day to stay under a blanket with a good book.
QOD: I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I’m up and down those stairs all the time. That’s my exercise. ~ Betty White (b. Jan. 17, 1922)
This was a fun puzzle to solve. I got the theme at TIMESTABLETENNIS, and the theme helped with the rest of the clues. With *QUAR, I filled in SQUAREROOTBEER immediately. Made sense. I did PERFECTCUBESTEAK before PIECHARTTOPPER. Had to work the perps for it. With so many letters filled in, it wasn't hard to figure out the other clues.
I never watched the tv show, but KIMBA wasn't in my memory. I didn't 'get it' until I came here this morning. Duh!
Keep warm & stay safe, everyone,
Montana
Morning all,
Got through today with minimum issues. Did take a while for SABRES though. Kept trying to figure out how to make either the Rangers or Islanders fit. Light eventually went on.
Growing up, CUBE STEAK was always the Friday meal at home. They were a lot more to my liking then fish.
I had a few DQ's in my day, but only from basketball ( I think). Never understood why the pro's were allowed six fouls and amateurs only five.
CANTAB is Harvard & Eli is Yale. Everything is included in that rivalry.
Been a while since I said this, but thank you for the write up Melissa and belated congrats on your marriage.
More snow today. This has been a winter......just like it is supposed to be. I'll take it over the HHH of summer.
Musings
-Plenty of challenges (CANTAB?) on David’s fine Wed. exercise for this math major
-Joann makes a mean chicken-fried steak out of CUBED STEAK
-E.COLI is keeping me out of here!
-The ash borer has caused many trees to receive an X-OUT mark here
-Husker VB stadium seats 7,904 with 200 SRO’s and sells out for every game
-ROSA was just tired of “giving in” and her simple, defiant act helped launch the career of the man we honored on Monday
-Is opening a door and holding it open for a lady SEXIST?
-Talk about yer Jokers!
-Marks’ DAS Kapital let me to that article first
-Waiting to be ASKED to help is sometimes not a good plan
-They weren’t safe in the POD as HAL read their lips
-Me too! KIM BASINGER!! Doh!!
I liked your theme, David. Interesting write up, mb. Thank you DP and mb.
Really, DO? MHO is OHM intentionally spelled backward? Too funny. That one needed ESP for me.
PK, I haven't thought of this in 50 years until you reminded me. My mom made no bake chocolate cookies. I have no idea what went into them.
I had EBOLI first, but realized it is EBOLA, in the news a few years ago for the outbreak in Africa; e coli is an intestinal problem related to bacteria in food.
I WAGgged Chiefs after a perp or two. The NY hockey team was not our local Rangers or Islanders, so it had to be the Buffalo Sabres.
CANTAB needed ESP, totally unfamiliar to me.
I liked seeing X OUT with STET below it.
Ferm, thanks for the CD suggestion.
I have enjoyed Osso Boco in a restaurant. The marrow in the bone greatly adds to the flavor. My son and DIL are gourmet cooks. They sometimes make this.
jfromvt, I get your point. The middle word should apply to the last word, as well as to the first word. Do you have any positive feedback on this puzzle? Did you like it or the review?
Although the township road to our development has been cleared of snow for quite some time, my street and driveway have just now been opened. Alan is eager to go out.
Greetings!
Fun puzzle, with lots of clever cluing. Did not know a Harvard student was a CANTAB. Thanks for today's challenge, David, and thanks for a great write-up, Melissa.
Enjoy the day!
Well I'm glad I came to the Corner today because I kept wondering who the perped KIMBA SINGER was, and isn't that KEVIN SPACEY on the right of KIM BASSINGER? Hello Bob Niles, PK, Jinx, Montana. CANTAB- never heard that one before. The rest of the puzzle was a cakewalk.
There is no such entity as an 'un-PERFECT' CUBE. Or an 'un-perfect circle. They are circles, cubes, and squares that are PERFECT by definition. Apologies to Perfect Circle Piston Rings.
To those who think 'Gender-specific' is SEXIST, get a life. Males and females of humans and all animals are different.
MHO is what we call it in physics. 1/Ohm=MHO
Hahtoolah- it was raining in New Orleans last night and started sleeting. Woke up and it looked like it snowed but it was just frozen sleet. 20F today. The cat's water was frozen solid.
Good Morning.
Thanks, David, for a bit of a challenge. I had to solve the Math problems backwards. I needed the pun to get to the math!! I love Osso Buco; another of those "throw away" cuts that were so cheap in my childhood, and families on a srious budget made use of everything Too expensive now! CANTAB was new to me.
Thanks, Melissa. I, too, thought UFO before POD.
D-O: Your definition of EYELET came to me also.
Hahtoolah: Great quote today. I'll keep it in mind when my doc asks me about exercise. Love Betty White!
Do the Buffalo SABRES have a stadium, or do do they just play outside where there's always lots of snow to bank an ice rink!? Tee Hee. I'm not making fun. In Chicago we have a football stadium an no team!
Stay cozy, everyone!
Good Morning:
I guess I'm out of sync with my fellow Cornerites this morning but I'm going to invoke the Thumper rule.
Thanks, Melissa, for illuminating David's offering.
Have a great day.
It SNOWED!
Okay, I'll calm down now. To those of you who are house bound til the plow comes by, I'll apologize. But it happens so seldom down here it is a treat. Of course the whole town shuts down because no one knows how to walk on icy sidewalks or, heaven forbid, drive! Hahtoolah, I'm jealous you had two snows this year.
The puzzle was fun but too much for my mathematically challenged brain. I tend to think in terms of a little bit, a few, more than that, a whole big bunch. I did get the theme with TIMES TABLE TENNIS. Thanks, David. MB, thanks for explaining the hard parts.
Stay warm everybody!
A perfect cube does not refer to the solid figure called a cube.
The definition of a perfect cube is a number that is the result of multiplying an integer by itself three times. In other words, according to Reference.com, it is an integer to the third power.
A perfect cube is 8, 2x2x2
A perfect square is 4, 2x2
Good morning everyone.
David Poole has been busy. The WSJ has him today, too.
The theme fill seemed to make the overall solve a little easier. No searches needed today. Only white-out was I had plus before C-CUP. Reminded me of 'zaftig'.
DER - A German would probably overthink this if he/she had the 'E' crossing of 'MESS'; des, dem, den. Being a Wednesday, DER was a good choice.
Don't hear HIREES much; usually hires as in "new hires".
All the comments about snow from the folks on the Gulf reminded me of a 7th grade student I had many years ago. He and his family had just moved to the Chicago suburbs from southern California and (other than on TV) he had never seen snow. Our first snow that year was picture-perfect and it started while his class was in my room; he just couldn't keep his eyes off the windows. Right there and then we dropped the subject at hand and enjoyed the moment--he watching the snow and we all watching him.
Frumious B. Andersnatch?! I love it!
WEES about everything else, except that I correctly parsed KIM BASINGER. Thanks, David and MB, for a fun Wednesday.
Hello Puzzlers -
Very glad to learn I wasn’t the only person stumped by Cantab. Everything else fell into place. I did pause a minute to make sure the team name was Sabres rather than Sabers. Since it was vertical fill, it looked odd.
Morning, M. Bee, thanks for ‘splaining!
PK 6:50 - Hand up! My mom made those no-bake cookies, too. It was the sort of thing we kids would take to a party at school, after sampling the batch for quality assurance.
Hahtoolah:
Thank you for the CSO. DALE is almost becoming a CW staple akin to ALDA, AOKI, et al. LOL.
Wednesday workout today for me. Thanks for the fun David and melissa bee.
I got the math theme.
Did we almost have a pangram? I am missing only J and Z.
Hand up for not knowing CANTAB. CANDO took a minute to parse. MHO was another learning moment. YR, I noted STET and XED OUT as well.
I moved from Abets to DEALS, and through His, Her to OUR (a gender neutral pronoun not SEXIST!)
Thanks you Hondo for explaining SABRES (spelled properly, WooHoo). Duh moment since many Toronto Maple Leaf fans attend the Buffalo games (in the KeyBank Center) when Toronto is playing there.
Thanks goodness we had USG the other day. This Canadian is needing to memorize the American presidents for use in CWs.
I am smiling at all the snow and ice comments. Just typical winter for us. But I do see the difficulty when you do not have plows and sanders to cope with it.
Enjoy the day.
I am full of "thanks" today LOL. Can I blame it on autocorrect.
Actually, the inconsistency of 47A bothers me. PIE CHART - CHART TOPPER. Rather than the clue "Math teacher's favorite hat" it could be "Math teacher's favorite hit song."
Chart topper is not a hat.
I have been thinking of our favorite math teacher, Bill G. Hi there, Bill.
Changing the favorite hat to favorite song to give PIE CHART TOPPER would work for me. What say you all?
The full name is CANTABridgians. As in Cambridge England and adopted by Harvard located in Cambridge MA.
Surely everyone is familiar with CHART TOPPERs.
Owen, your Jabberwocky link took me to interesting territory. If you missed it there's a great Al Yankovic piece. Followed by the Utah choir doing their version of Jabberwocky. I can get buried in that stuff.
This was a pleasurable xword from David and a nice recap by MB. At first it seemed very easy but got sticky as I moved west. I thought Cosmic was Cosmetic and read Future fern as future fem. That would be one advantage of using PC or smartphone.
Two Wilbur rules I need to follow:
Best reading glasses. 2.0 or higher. None of this progressive crap.
2. Pen and real ink. My ink pen has run out. It was my bathroom pen for the NYT.
Hence the term "I'm a 'pen and ink' man*."
YR, you're getting pretty good at the sports clues. I had to think twice before sussing SABRES.
Welcome back Isao Aoki. You'er more famous than Arnie, Jack or Tiger in this world.
WC - In early because I'm still sick. Skipped church and a mtg.
* No apologies if deemed SEXIST
jfromvt & YR: I wrote the same complaint, but then realized I was misinterpreting the theme. The clues are just for the final word alone. The sport is TENNIS, not table tennis. A brew is BEER, not root beer (though my Dad did try "brewing" root beer. The bottles tended to explode while maturing), and a cube steak wouldn't likely be described as a "cut of beef" while a STEAK would be. Chart topper was different in being the only one that couldn't be misinterpreted, tho.
I was once a MATH TEACHER and enjoyed the theme!
As an electrical engineer MHO is familiar to me. It is OHM spelled backwards. Puzzled by "OLD". Learning moment the unit is now called SIEMENS.
I did know the term CANTABRIGIAN and I suppose my brother and I both were CANTABRIGIANS. He was at the liberal arts school with the famous square and I was at the tech school along the river. But I have only ever heard that term used for the CAMBRIDGE in England.
Here I am with friends at the CAMBRIDGE square in the US.
I don't know anything about Arrowhead Stadium.
But there were plenty of CHIEFS at this Pow Wow we attended a few months ago.
Unknowns: AOKI, DALE, SABRES, ARCANA
Glad that Jabberwocky is still getting so much discussion! Not sure if there are any other Star Trek fans here. In the episode "Plato's Stepchildren" Spock is forced to recite Jabberwocky.
I can't find a video of it, but this article makes reference to it.
OKL, I see your point. Table tennis, root beer, cube steak and CHART TOPPER would be so much more clever and add another layer. I wish David Poole would weigh in.
Well, this was a toughie for me and although I got almost everything in the end, I goofed on CHIEFS (thought the team might have to do with CHIcago and didn't know DQED). Should have guessed UFO as the tabloid pic. Didn't know CANTAB but perps helped, and I did get all the theme answers after a bit of work. So, all in all, found this a fun puzzle--many thanks, David. And nice pics and write-up, Melissa.
Got DER right away--my German sure comes in handy at times.
Liked both of your limericks this morning, Owen.
Irish Miss, what is the 'Thumper rule'?
Have a great day, everybody!
Regarding SQUAREROOTBEER:
My family loves going up to DC every summer for the Washington Post Hunt, put on by Dave Barry and friends. And there was a puzzle involving square root beer.
Arrowhead Stadium is in Kansas City, Missouri, the home of the Kansas City Chiefs. My son-in-law was at one time director of food service at the college where the Chiefs hold their summer camp.
Just saw a Monarch butterfly flitting over the milkweed in my back patio. In January! I guess they're not going south in the winter any more, like they did for so many years. Global warming?
Thanks Melissa for the write up and thanks to everyone else for their comments. Glad you enjoyed the puzzle. For the record, the original clue for PIECHARTTOPPER was "Math teacher's favorite #1 hit." I'm not sure why Rich changed it in the editing process.
If only I had entered SRO first, I wouldn't have misspelled Cesar Romero (I was sure I had counted out the letters correctly). Cantabrigian! Of course! Who (else) didn't know that? LOL. A good mid-week challenge.
I very seldom like the goofy theme puzzle. Despite getting the solve with no issue, this puzzle did not change my mind.
DNF, in a fog.
Couldn't parse Sooey if you paid me
Lingerie size? (I thought it was CCC,)
Lingerie size that ends in "P".
(boy did that tie my brain up in a knot...)
Sexist is not in my wheelhouse,
Possessive words also,
Fragrance line? (there are so many I can't get the stink out of my nose...)
But, private dining was excellent, and I should have got it...
Anywho,
I am a day behind. I went to bed yesterday at 4pm, & thinking of going
back now. Massive head cold that traveled to my chest. (no fever...)
But, before I do, Irish Miss! (from yest.)
I signed up for animal foster care, but DW wont let me.
However I keep getting the Emails.
I do not expect the above link to work, as that would be a serious breach of security
(just Testing...)
Anyway, I get pics of Doggies galore that need foster care, and it's killing me...
Re: CatsKills,
When the 1st Daughter was born, (no 2nd yet) we went to a family campground
in the CatsKills. It was a big open field, with a river on one side, and a railroad track on the other...
Imagine, if you will, This scene, but in tents...
it also was not very comfortable...
Melissa: Wonderful write-up. Good Job!
Irish Miss: I'm in the D-N-F Thumper camp also.
I had a fave today. SQUARE-ROOT BEER was close enough to booze here at Villa Incognito.
Temp is NOW below "Florida Freezing" ...
Cheers!
Canadian Eh! ...From yesterday.... I also loved Light between Oceans! But I don't want to see the movie because I'm afraid it won't be the same. Is that cowardice?
(before I go back to bed...)
Math teachers favorite sport?
I always thought a Math Teachers favorite brew would be something stronger...
Math Teachers favorite hat?
Sorry,
I couldn't find a smaller link...
Fav cut of beef?
For Irish Miss...
And as long as I am at it,
For Splynter?
That's it, I think I am feverish, going back to bed...
David P., maybe the hashtag was the problem. Does it mean anything in HTML?
Some hard root beers. PIC
hi all,
just popping in from work to say hey!
either no one noticed, or no one said anything - i realized my comment at 45a "Place for private dining? : MESS. Great clue - see 6-Across." didn't make sense. the clip i originally used for 6A ALDA was this one, in the mess tent.
thanks dudley for the congrats (and everyone else, too).
thanks TTP for the tune last time, loved it.
work has been even busier than usual since this article made the rounds on social media.
hope everyone's year is off to a good start.
Well, here's a fine How-d'ye-do!
The Ta- DA! came easily today, but something seemed off to me.
I tried several times to find and fill some opening diagonals, whether from NW to SE or maybe some mirror reversals.
But fuggedaboudit! Today's grid, courtesy of Mr. David Poole, is out of kilter. The normal daily Xwd size is 15 by 15 squares, but today's is 16(wide) by 15(deep).
How often does this happen? Melissa B, have you seen this before with a weekday pzl? It isn't obvious on first inspection, as the publisher has shrunk the total pzl area, squeezing it to fit the usual allotted space.
Sorry
I meant the publisher of the LA Times.
Hi All!
Well, it certainly took a CAN DO attitude to get the ENE Coast filled today. CANTAB xing REACT [I'll Thumper that c/a] xing -ESA-ROMER- was the last to fill. SOO-EY! /that's for Arkansas fans.
Thanks David for a puzzle who's theme was filled long before the fill was. Thanks mb for 'splainin' CANTAB and confirming it wasn't ETdS/dOKI [I thought that would be a silly name so I went w/ ETAs. Whoot!]
WOs: TERRa Haute before rattlin' the SABRES (my favourite spelling C, Eh!); started dele @ XOUT (like, literally the D is X'd); LyBia b/f LEB.
ESPs: AOKI, CANTAB
Fav: How will you REACT if I say C-CUP? GUARD'd claims of SEXIST!?!
//actually, I really liked the c/a for MESS.
mb - that's not only amazing what you did for your brother but for others. Not to get political but we need to do something about our incarceration-industrial-complex... And you are. God Speed.
CED - oh, not you too. Get well soon you silly kitty.
PK, Dudley, et.al... I really don't know about y'all's Half Baked [Trailer] cookies. Tin?
The office said they were going to open today and they did. I don't think anyone outside the loop could make it in. Houston Traffic Map; UM, yeah, NO. At least the thaw has started... I can't believe I'm saying this... 35F is warm.
Picard - didn't know about SIEMENs but knew 1/OHM. Thx.
Cheers, -T
David P.
Interesting, as your clue was consistent with the others, while Rich's was not as your clues all referenced the two words added, while his (Hat) only reflected the "topper." Fun and as you can see appealing to all the math nerds we have here.
BTW, Jabberwocky fans,
you may be interested in knowing that the poem's metrical pattern lends itself perfectly to a hiphop rendition.
A few years back, I was asked to assemble a team of university arts students to go into Orange County (SoCal) high schools to interest young artists and performers in a college education. We were essentially a propaganda force, so we knew we first had to grab the kids' attention - through entertainment.
Among our most popular skits was our rap version of Jabberwocky
Try it, with the appropriate added grunts and dance bumps:
'Twas brillig - (yeah!)
And the slithey toves did gyre and gimble
in the wabe. (uh-huh!)
Allll
mimsey /
Were the borogoves (Unh!)
And the mome raths /
(Pause 1 beat))
Outgrabe! (Hah!)
ol' man keith - i have seen 15x16 on a weekday before, although it's uncommon. did not even notice it today.
thanks david p., for chiming in. curious that rich would change the clue in this case.
anonymous t, thank you.
sports fans enlighten me - is DQ used outside of boxing? just wondering because the clue is "kicked out of the game," whereas boxing is a match, not a game.
Headline "Report: Softball Team DQ'd Over Social Media Post Hours Before Championship Game"
"The Atlee (Va.) Junior League softball team was disqualified from the World Series just hours before the championship game because of a social media post, according to a report from the Richmond Times-Dispatch."
I, too, loved the novel, "Light Between the Oceans." Usually I find movies inferior to the novels they are taken from, but I would risk seeing this one. I didn't realize they made a movie of this.
thanks YR
I agree!
Good day Cornerites,
I'm in a drunken stupor which I will explain after I (------?) {comment on} this fun CW by David with the excellent review by Mellisa. Thanks to each of you. I FIR.
You commenters have been busy with 61 as I write. I am too sleepy (drunk) to read them now, but I have found something that I wish to share with any of you who are not sleeping well. I have many physical problems, but feel that most of them would resolve if I could ever sleep.
Back some time ago Picard wrote about "Lucid dreams" sleep, asking if any of us could report having had same. I don't recall any reports of it.
I stumbled on a video of music intended to allow me to have Lucid dreams, and it did help me to sleep. I have found one I like even better. It has the words --Tibetan Music--in it.. I feel that it, and others shown with it will help me sleep. Stay (tooned) or stay tuned.
Dave 2ned
I liked this puzzle. WEES about CANTAB. I so much wanted DAS for the article written by Marx ("Das Kapital") that it impeded my progress for a long time. Interesting that excerpts from DER Rosenkavalier was on the radio yesterday. Interesting that the Italian word for "gas" (Fiat fuel) is also "gas."
DW makes delicious osso buco from lamb shank. I love it. I also love Not Your Father's Root Beer. (Our son calls it Not Your Dad's Root Beer. Get it? Ha ha.)
So, if I understand it, a cube is "perfect" only if it is an integer cubed. So, for example, 3.4 cubed (= 39.304) in an imperfect cube?
Best wishes to you all.
Sorry, "in an imperfect cube" should be "is an imperfect cube".
melissa it is wonderful how well your project has progressed.
Golfers, tennis players- all kinds of athletes can be disqualified.
First, let me preface - I don't partake of the Wacky Weed... Second - I think Stoners are funny. My favorite moment's from Half BAKED...
MacGyver, Jon Stewart, and, of course, Willie.
If you've never seen the movie - don't waste your time. Those are the best clips :-)
D4 - can I asked what you partook?
//Can I change my Fav to BAKED :-)
-T
I got it. I finished it. Good one from David and I enjoyed MB's explanation.
Just a few hitches along the way. I had GERMS vs ECOLI, SWEAT vs REACT, and SOOIE vs SOOEY. Perps changed them and a few others.
I do have a problem with SOOEY. If you look up the DEFINITION OF SOOEY you will see that it is not the SOOIE that is used in pig calling.
MB you deserve all the accolades in the world.
The snow is done here so I'm heading to the beach tomorrow where it is still snowing, but will quit by tonight.
Stay warm and dry everyone.
SOOEY - Definition of sooey
—used as a call to pigs
--From Merriam-Webster
Hi everybody.
Thanks David and Melissa.
(Hi YR.) I don't think of myself as a mathematician or a math nerd (though I can derive the quadratic formula). I'm just somebody who can explain algebra, geometry and trig to anybody who wants or needs it. Like Gary does too.
Off on a tangent. Do you make a distinction between uninterested and disinterested? I do. I was taught that uninterested means that a person doesn't care about something. Disinterested means impartial, like a good judge. Just another example, I think, where the subtleties of English get muddied by misuse over time.
Spitzboov, I promised you a reply. Our son's father-in-law had both chemo and radiation therapy. His treatments went on for a couple of months. I don't know anything about the chemotherapy other than that it made him feel very sick and made his hair fall out. The radiation was very strong and actually burned the skin on his neck. I think he had it three times a week then a week off, then three times a week, and so on. Since the cancer was aggressive and fast-growing, it required aggressive treatment. He could not speak or eat, and required a feeding tube, which he hated. The radiation killed all the hair follicles on his face, so he has no facial hair at all below the nose (his eyebrows are intact). It's nice to never have to shave again, but he misses his mustache which he has had for decades. Imagine Tom Selleck without a mustache! Sorry I don't have more detailed and technical information for you than this.
The good news is that the skin on his neck has healed and he can talk and eat solid food again. The better news is that the latest PET scan shows no evidence of any tumors, and they think he might be tumor-free. The expectation was that the treatment would shrink the tumor enough to make it operable, so this is an even better result. He's due for more scans soon to determine with greater confidence whether he is cured or still needs surgery.
More tangential stuff. Do you remember learning about the difference between affect and effect? That doesn't seem very significant these days, at least when listening to the news on TV and radio. Affected has been replaced with impacted. Have you noticed that too? I guess impacted has a more zippy feel than merely affected.
Jayce, best wishes for your son's in-laws. What a terrible thing to have to go through.
Is English changing? Yes, indeed. Is that a bad thing. No, sir.
Hoe language changes
Jayce - Thank you for the information. Sounds like he has some good doctors and a good medical team looking out for him.
Jayce - So sorry to hear about your friend. I wonder about Chemo and if it's just not the latest tech we use for "medicine." What I mean is, I watched Loomis and Tuxedo Park last night on PBS and they were using RADAR for all kinds of ailments as Edison et.al. used "electricity." Not that I want to go back to leaches (hey, who's the Barber here? [SNL 6m) but... The cure shouldn't be worse. Did you see my link to Vice the other night?
"MHO. MHO. MHO...." Mantra for dyslexics on the OAT.
YR - My, first the vowel shift and now the w->e shift :-)
//ducks and sees self out.
Of course there're idiots that spell non-possessive moment's [sic] (@4:48p).
Cheers, -T
melissa bee 231P
Thanks for sharing info about your brother. I listened to the audio clip from your profile. I feel like I did after 9-11, overwhelmed with the sadness of the incarceration system with no ability to help. You have earned my "Sister of the year" award. Please keep the faith.
Anon T 448P
Wrote "D4 - can I asked what you partook?" Sure you can. You also may ask. The answer is hidden in my post. I was so sleepy that I felt drunk. That is unheard of for me. I want more, and will succumb soon. Stay tuned tomorrow.
YR 718P
Wrote "Hoe language changes." This reminded me of the following: "Another pioneer bread is commonly referred to as “Hoe Cake.”
This is a cornbread that was literally baked on the curved metal side of a hoe. The hoe was parked next to the fire and the hot iron cooked one side of the hoe cake while the heat from the fire cooked the other side."
Some wonder if this could be true, but as for Grandpa and me, we believe.
Dave 2
Melissa:
What a wonderful and worthwhile endeavor! Congratulations!
D4E4H - thank you. i wade through my share of negative reactions - the positive ones are so appreciated.
thank you lucina!
What a fabulous, heart-warming story, Melissa!
SwampCat and YR- re The Light Between Oceans- yes, I am not sure that the movie can do justice to the book and was hoping someone here had seen the movie. I may risk it as online reviews praise the acting, scenery, and plot seems to follow the book.
Melissa, the plight of the innocent incarcerated is heart rending. I have read some of the horrors and successes of the Innocence Project. What you are doing so compassionate.
I saw the Hoe for How mistake too late and was too tired to delete it and publish again.
YR - I know you know better. I also know you know 1/2 of what I type is in jest. The other 1/2 is just misspelt.
And the other 1/3 (Square that circle) is lost in all the papers around my chilly workbench {B+, A}. And with that, the day is done.
Wishing everyone a Happy Thursday & solve. Cheers, -T
Ol'Man Keith, the performance of your "Jabberwocky" must be a hoot! Thanks for posting it.
I saw the movie and had previously read the book, The Light Between Oceans. I enjoyed the movie and could insert missing details. It's interesting to me how actors interpret what had been in my imagination while reading. They did a good enough job; I would recommend it.
Thanks for the recommendation Lucina.
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