21 A. Fast clip around the racetrack : BLISTERING PACE. A very fast horse.
40 A. Fast clip from the pitcher's mound : DIZZYING VELOCITY. A 100+ mph fast ball
60 A. Fast clip down the slopes : BREAKNECK SPEED. Downhill ski race.
Consider this -
Or this -
On the other hand . . .
Here we get the theme continuity from the clues rather than the fill. Not a common approach, but you'll see it once in a while. Long theme fill, with a grid spanner in the middle. Not a lot else to say. Each two-word entry indicates extremely fast motion in a sports context.
Hi gang, JzB here. Never known for my speed. This time I swear to give you today's puzzle, the whole of today's puzzle, and nothing but today's puzzle - or help me, 'cuz I'll need it. Let's proceed at whatever pace you find comfortable, and see what else we can catch up with.
Across
1. Filet mignon source : LOIN. A superior cut of beef.
5. __ price : ASKING. What the seller desires.
11. Ran together : BLED. As of patterns on a dyed cloth.
15. Actress Paquin of Netflix's "Alias Grace" : ANNA.
15. Actress Paquin of Netflix's "Alias Grace" : ANNA.
16. Tremble : SHIVER. Quake.
17. Slick : OILY. Slippery or lubed, literally or figuratively.
18. Team first managed by Casey Stengel : METS. Casey had previously managed the Yankees for many years. My favorite baseball trivia question: What was Casey Stengel doing in 1927 when Babe Ruth of the Yankees hit 60 home runs? [Answer at the bottom.]
19. Volcanic archipelago state : HAWAII. Everybody knows this - right?
20. Eyelid bump : STYE. A painful bacterial infection of an oil gland in the eyelid.
24. Internet subdivision : DOMAIN. An identifying web address.
25. Feathered layer : HEN. Of eggs.
26. USPS assignment : RTE. Route.
29. Eagerly took in : ATE UP. Literally or figuratively
30. Flutist of Greek myth : PAN. Half man, half goat, Pan is the god of the wild, fields, fertility and Spring, and companion of the nymphs. Apollo made better music on his lyre - and that's the truth!
33. Romanov rulers : TSARS. Russian royalty.
35. Classic shoe polish brand : SHINOLA. You know from SHINOLA - right? What you might not know it that the brand name now belongs to a Detroit company that makes high-end watches, bicycles, jewelry, leather goods and accessories.
39. Surmounting : ATOP. Straddling, perhaps.
45. "Field of Dreams" setting : IOWA. Regarding a baseball field in a corn field.
46. Lowered the grade of : DERATED. As in creditworthiness.
47. Take potshots : SNIPE. With a gun or one's tongue
49. Simple survey answer : YES.
50. Poetry Muse : ERATO. Her name comes from the same root as erotic, and indicates beauty and desirability.
55. Own, to Burns : HAE. I guess this means "have" in highland dialect.
56. Craven of horror : WES. The director who brought us Freddie Krueger of Elm Street fame, The Hills Have Eyes, etc.
59. Mental haze : STUPOR. Confusion.
65. "Toodles!" : CIAO. Greeting or parting word from an old Italian root meaning "I am your slave."
67. Evening get-together : SOIREE. From SOIR, the French word for evening.
68. One-named Deco artist : ERTE. Romain de Tiroff. ERTE is the French pronunciation of his initials - and mine.
69. Curved paths : ARCS. Observable with baseballs, footballs, basketballs, tennis balls, and golf balls.
70. There for the __: easy to get : TAKING. Come and get it.
71. Plug-in vehicle, briefly : E-CAR. Electric powered conveyance.
72. Chinese toy : PEKE. Small dog variety, not a child's plaything. Take your pick.
73. Comes down hard? : SLEETS. Frozen rain does this. Clever clue and an unpleasantly chilly experience.
74. Dines : SUPS. Eats supper. Or dinner. You decide.
73. Comes down hard? : SLEETS. Frozen rain does this. Clever clue and an unpleasantly chilly experience.
74. Dines : SUPS. Eats supper. Or dinner. You decide.
Down
1. Greek letter whose lowercase indicates wavelength : LAMBDA. Uppercase Λ, lowercase λ.
Mandatory nerd joke: Q: What's 𝛎? A: C/ λ, same as always.
[Translated: Q: What's new (nu, frequency)? A: The speed of light / the wave length.]
2. Developer's unit : ONE LOT. A plot in a plat.
3. Early enough : IN TIME. Or ON TIME.
4. Bahamian capital : NASSAU. Or a town on Long Island.
5. Pale as a ghost : ASHEN. Wan.
6. __-Pei: wrinkly dog : SHAR.
7. Fuzzy fruit : KIWI.
8. "Ghostbusters" director Reitman : IVAN.
9. Secretariat utterance? : NEIGH. Secretariat was an American thoroughbred race horse that in 1983 became the first triple crown winner in 25 years.
10. Complaint : GRIPE. Grouse.
11. Anjou kin : BOSC. A pair of pears.
12. Intelligentsia : LITERATI. Specifically those with an interest in literature.
13. English cathedral town : ELY. This town is about 80 miles north of London. The church community dates back to the 7th century, with the present building dating from the 11th century.
14. Easter egg dip : DYE. To color the shells.
22. A bit buzzed : TIPSY. From imbibing alcohol.
23. Aardvark snack : ANT. Or termite.
27. Bouncy gait : TROT. A horse's or person's rapid stride. Less than a CLIP, though, I'm guessing.
28. Best Game or Best Play : ESPY. Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award, granted by ABC Sports, and previously by ESPN, to recognize outstanding individual and team achievements.
30. Christmas candle scent : PINE.
31. Fit to be tied : ANGRY. Feeling choler.
32. Super stars? : NOVAE. A super NOVA is a transient astronomic event in the last stages of a star's evolution that involves catastrophic destruction via a huge explosion. NOVAE is the plural. Clever clue.
34. Plant pouch : SAC. Animals have them, too.
36. Put out of sight : HID.
37. "I'm game" : LET'S do it.
38. Newcastle Brown brew : ALE. A decent brown ale produced by Heineken.
40. Wolfgang Puck creation : DISH. As in entree, not a piece of porcelain dinner ware.
41. New Rochelle college : IONA. Affiliated with the Congregation of Christian Brothers, locared 20 miles north of Manhattan in Westchester County.
42. Twice-baked bread : ZWIEBACK. Here in MI, it's Trenary Toast, from the U. P.
43. Hit with a laser : ZAP. or warm in a microwave oven.
44. "Awake and Sing!" playwright : ODETS.
48. Farm mom : EWE.
51. "Slumdog Millionaire" money : RUPEES. Indian currency.
52. Brief summary : APERCU. It should make an illuminating of amusing point. From the French verb meaning "to percieve."
53. Line dance step : TOE TAP.
54. Military instructions : ORDERS.
57. Bridge seats : EASTS. Bridge table locations are indicated North, South, EAST and West. In a tournament, there are several tables. The N-S pair stays put, while the E-W pair travel in one direction and the pre--dealt cards travel the other way.
58. Scandinavian toast : SKOAL. Traces back to an Old Norse word meaning "bowl." Possibly filled with brown ale.
59. Surfboard stabilizers : SKEGS. A SKEG is a fin underneath the rear of the board.
61. Got up : ROSE.
62. "Just do it" brand : NIKE. Athletic shoes.
63. Niagara Falls source : ERIE. Ohio's great lake.
64. Penny : CENT. One hundredth of a dollar.
65. Ballplayer's hat : CAP.
66. Choler : IRE. Ill humor.
This was not a speed run for me. How about you?
In 1927, when Yankee great George Herman [Babe] Ruth hit a record-setting 60 ARCS into the outfield seats, Charles Dillon [Casey] Stengel was in my home town managing the Toledo Mud Hens. Stengel went on to manage the Yankees from 1949 to 1960. The following year, when Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, the Yankees manager way Ralph Houk. Stengel managed the Mets from 1962 to 1965.
In those days I was a Yankee fan. Forgive me, I was young and didn't know any better.
Cool regards!
JzB
Hi Y'all! Slow pace for me, but liked the puzzle. Thanks, Roland! Cleared my mind from a very nasty flu-induced nightmare.
ReplyDeleteThanks for another enjoyable expo, JzB.
NW was last to fill for the 2nd time in two days. Wanted "beef" before LOIN. Had only ANNA first pass & NASSAU on second look. Couldn't think of LAMBDA. "Reds, Soxs", before Mets. "Drunk" before TIPSY. "His" before HAE. Getting nowhere on BLISTERING then.
Tried "Food" before DISH. Didn't Puck have a set of pans for sale? That would have been my third guess.
SKEGS not "keels"? Never heard the word. Didn't know ELY, IVAN, ESPY or APERCU. Not sure how to spell ZWEIBACK. Thought it ended with "H". Perps settled most questionable fills though.
Didn't see the clue or fill for HAWAII until JzB 'splained it. And I always wanted to see HAWAII. LOL!
Expected sunshine here. Hope everyone get some of that lovely stuff.
There was a snowbird from IOWA
ReplyDeleteWho didn't like the snow he saw!
"I'd like to drift,
But not these drifts!"
So he packed up and drifted to NASSAU!
New Zealand is the land of the KIWI,
And one moved north to HAWAI'I.
But climate so super
Left him in a STUPOR --
Moved to IOWA find his LITERATI!
An English educator from ELY
Averred the proper plural was emojii!
ANGRY abecedaries say, "No way!"
Some nearly went NOVAE!
"That's not SHINOLA, that's 💩, and it won't fly!"
{A, B+, A-.}
ReplyDeleteI'll leave this here:
ReplyDeleteFor Neil
and Caroline
Good Morning Coffee-nerites,
ReplyDeleteThere has been much "Joe Jacking" lately about whether, and how to drink coffee. Here is a fresh cup.
I'm too sleepy to do more.
Dave 2 cups a day
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteI've been playing hooky this week; lots going on. But today's a free day...
Came out of the gate with LOON. Four-letter fruit ending in "i" -- UGLI, right? Wrong! Otherwise, this one came together smoothly. I liked it. Thanx, Roland and JzB.
PK, I also thought there might be an "h" at the end of ZWIEBACK. Sounds like it should be a broken down horse, doesn't it? Secretariat in later years?
Good morning and thanx Roland for a difficult and almost doable Wed cw. Only truely unknown was LAMBDA . Wanted on time for 3 D eventually saw INTIME and looked up LAMBDA tho it had filled in by then. APERCU filled with the crosses . Spent some time on DIZZY but it came together okay. Drive safe , love always OAS
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ReplyDeleteGood morning. Thank you Roland Huget and JazzBumpa.
BREAKNECK SPEED would describe the BLISTERING PACE with which I filled the squares enroute to a second consecutive TADA-less finish. Typed in SOPS instead of SUPS as I finished and knew it was wrong the moment I entered it. Too late. No TADA.
Must have been using ZWEIBACK brot to SOP up the goulash gravy.
FIW again. Had CaiO. Bad spellers of the world untie!
ReplyDeleteDidn't know ZWIEBACK, APERCU or ECAR. My first thought for "ran together" was "sack race". I had trouble with plurals today, erasing NOVAs and struggling to stretch RUPEE to fill six squares until the V8 strike. Like D-O I had ugli before KIWI. I liked the onomatopoeia "sIZZlING VELOCITY" for a fastball, but erased it too. I misread Reitman as Reiner and had to erase Carl for IVAN, who directed Howard Stern's "Private Parts".
If I recall correctly Secretariat's heart was much larger than those of most horses. Unknown until he was autopsied, the implication is that this abnormality explains how he became so much better than any of his competition. I never learned to ride comfortably on a trotting horse. That gait always rattled my teeth.
Thanks for the fun puzzle, Rowland. My favorites today were PEKE and NEIGH. And thanks to JzB for the recap, although I have to eschew the links because of data limits while I'm on the road.
Private Parts was directed by
DeleteBetty Thomas.
Nice puzzle today, I enjoyed it. Secretariat won the Triple Crown in 1973, not 1983. Greatest race horse I've ever seen. I've gone back and looked at his races on YouTube, and the speed and power is incredible, especially the Belmont Stakes race that he won by 25 lengths or so.
ReplyDeleteA nice puzzle that was filled today at a BLISTERING PACE from the NW to the SE. Only two unknowns solved by perps. I may not have known ANNA Paquin ( or Alias Grace) or ever heard of ZWEIBACK bread but I do know shit from SHINOLA, which most of the Intelligentsia and LITERATI who preach from their lofty abodes don't seem to be able to determine.
ReplyDeleteI was tempted to fill ASKING again in 70A after KING was in place, as I've heard "There for the ASKING" as often as "There for the TAKING"
D-O, loved the horse joke with the swayback & ZWEiBACK.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteHit a few bumps here and there but finished in normal time. Only w/o was Demoted/Derated and the only unknown was Skegs. Was pleased as punch to see Shar (Pei) and Peke after Monday's Arf Arf and Tuesday's Yip. Tomorrow might bring a Woof Woof! CSO to Abejo with Erie.
Thanks, Roland, for putting us through our paces and thanks, JzB, for keeping is in our lanes!
PK, glad to hear you're feeling better. Get plenty of rest and drink lots of liquids and get well soon! 🌺🌸🌷
Have to run ~ I'm off to the fun house, AKA, the supermarket.
Have a great day.
Musings
ReplyDelete- Downhill skiers going at BREAKNECK SPEED (90+mph on a sheet of ice) are crazy/brave!
-A pitcher with BLAZING SPEED? Yes. DIZZYING SPEED? Never crossed my path.
-A novice runner that starts out at a BLISTERING PACE soon learns his lesson
-The HAWAIIAN archipelago was formed by the Pacific plate moving over a fixed “hot spot” volcano. Hey, I got to teach something today!
-IOWA casinos ATE UP my friend’s life savings
-Run for office and you’ll be the SNIPER and SNIPEE
-My daughter loves her E-CAR but didn’t trust it to go 100 miles in last week’s cold
-SLEET kept one newspaper carrier from doing his RTE yesterday
-Yes! Secretariat was this much better!
-APERCU, this is OTIOSE. OTIOSE, this is APERCU.
Jazz: Excellent, informative write-up.
ReplyDeleteI was a NY Yankee Fan back then too ... Still am!!!
I'm with Husker re: BLAZING SPEED and NOT DIZZYING VELOCITY.
There is a reason they tell Downhill Racer's that they are going at BREAKNECK SPEED.
Cheers!
I loved the Amazin' Mets in 1969. During Stengel's time I was rooting for them as the underdog. So the series win was all the more thrilling.
ReplyDeleteMy mom gave my younger sibs zweiback toast to teethe on.
IM, CSO to you at PEKE and SHARPEI.Loved the pictures.
New clue for ERIE. We went to Niagara Falls two years ago. Spectacular.
I remember aprecu because it seems so strange. It's one of those words more often read than spoken in everyday life.
I was amazed at how many perps it took me to recall Lambda. Lambda Chi was one of the main frats on our S.U. campus.
Thank you, Jazz and Roland.
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteNo problems solving, although the SE was a bit clumsy to parse with SUPS, ERTE, and E-CAR with the APERÇU crossing. But it got sorted out. Good job, Roland.
ZWIEBACK - My parents called it 'twieback'. From German ZWEI; L.German TWEE. Brought to this country via E. Prussia by the Mennonites who spoke a Low German-like language.
Thanks JzB for the intro, and for Casey Stengel's connections.
Woohoo! I got a Wednesday puzzle without any cheating! Thank you, Roland, for a fun experience--I really enjoyed doing this. And thank you, JazzB, for your fun write-up.
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess I'd better own up to being a LITERATI or lover of literature since I'm off to teach my first spring course at our local Senior Center this morning. It's on a poem by Marianne Moore, called "The Steeple-Jack." Hope my senior students enjoy it.
Have a great day, everybody!
Not a speed run for me, but filled with few problems. Changed PITCHING to DIZZYING once DISH appeared.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Roland Huget and JazzB for a fine APERCU.
Have a delightful day, everyone! I'm expecting a friend soon. TTYL
I read a little more into this than what was apparent. Blisters if you run too much. Breaking your neck if you ski too fast. And Dizzying velocity brought to mind Dizzy Dean.
ReplyDeleteThe clue "team first managed by Casey Stengel" is a bit ambiguous – that could be the YANKS or the METS, depending on where "first" applies. Or is that just crossword puzzle "fair confusion/deception"? But if we're going that route, why not make the answer NY?
ReplyDeletePK: Glad you are feeling a bit better. Too bad about the nightmare. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
ReplyDeleteGood Wednesday challenge and enjoyable theme. But I kept feeling there might be something more to the theme?
Hand up I originally just knew SHINOLA from the pithy saying often used by my father. I was surprised one day to see him using the actual product and I burst out laughing. I am surprised to see the company went out of business in 1960. My father was using it at least ten years later than that. Even more amusing to see a high end company is using the name now! Learning moment, JzB!
Here are some of my photos from HAWAII in 2011. I was there for an intensive Lucid Dreaming workshop.
The sea turtle in the final photo looked at me from the sea floor. It swam straight towards me and snuggled against my chest. The next day I talked to the guy I booked the dive boat trip with. He was astonished. He had never heard of such a case in his decades on the job.
Here I was at NIAGARA FALLS in 2009.
I have some other interesting photos and videos from the occasion. Maybe another time.
JzB: Thanks for the nerd humor about LAMBDA and NU! Enjoyed NOVAE, too. Good to see science once in awhile! Learning moment about SKEGS. Lots of surfers here. Never heard the term.
Unknowns: ZWIEBACK, ELY, HAE, ANNA, IONA, ESPY, WES.
Thank you Roland Huget for this workable CW which I FIR.
ReplyDeleteThank you JZB for your fine review. "Long theme fill, with a grid spanner in the middle." This made the CW 16 wide. No corner to corners today, and that is a shame too because there were hidden messages.
1A Your steer is not wearing a "Skirt Steak." that is because Skirt steak is a thin, long cut of beef from the diaphragm muscles of the cow which don't show in the side view. Let's take a deep breath now.
19A Volcanic archipelago state : HAWAII -- Geology 101: "At(the) 4545 miles radius, the (Baffin Island) seismic circle cracked the earth so that the Hawaiian and Midway Islands chain of volcanoes was formed. The Burma Impact seismic circle at 10515 kilometers also passes through the Big Island of Hawaii, which may explain why it is bigger than the rest." Scroll till you find the picture of the Hawaiian Islands right on the circle. Wow!
Dave 2
SKEGS and SKOAL - Both of Norse origin.
ReplyDeleteSKEGS are also used on snowmobile skis as wear bars and control on ice.
ReplyDeleteLots of WAGs, all panned out...
ReplyDeleteLearning moment=Skeg
Also, I must argue that Alaska fits as a volcanic archipelago...
Never heard of Zweiback, Why bake bread twice?
Did not do the puzzle that fast, must have been the ink blots...
Although, I have done puzzles like this...
I fininished at a fairly fast clip. "Apercu"? Seriously? Fortunately that one solved itself. I thought "demoted," as in reducing one's salary grade. As a native Michiganian, I believe Great Lake should always be capitalized. Lastly, who can forget: "Is this heaven?" "No, it's Iowa." Turned out to be both.
ReplyDeleteHappy hump day, all.
I would argue that HAWAII is the only archipelago state where people butter their toast, too. (It's the only state made up of islands.). Other states such as Rhode Island, Washington, and Alaska include archipelago-like areas, but are not, of themselves, archipelagos.
ReplyDeleteCED re: ……panned out……. Was a flute involved? :-)
Wednesday workout today but no GRIPEs (oh, SNIPEs). Thanks for the fun Roland and JazzB.
ReplyDeleteHand up for Ugli before KIWI. We had more fruit with BOSC.
I have never heard of SHINOLA but have KIWI and Tana products in my polish box.
I moved from TaTa to CIAO, meal to DISH, and eats to SUPS.
New clue for ERIE (hi Abejo). I'll take a CSO with Niagara Falls. Nice photo, Picard, but that is the American Falls behind you and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls are more photo-worthy. Better post another one. LOL.
Having seen the Falls often, starting in childhood, one can become jaded to its beauty. Taking somebody to see it for the first time is a wonderful experience.
I'm with you Reg about Great Lakes. And ERIE is bordered by more than Ohio; add Ontario, New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan!
Anna Paquin is Canadian-born but became a KIWI in childhood. But appropriate to have a role in Canadian author, Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace.
SKEGS was a learning moment today.
I spelled ZWIEBACK as Zweiback (and I see many of you are doing the same) and had to trade the E and I to get my Tada. CSO to Spitzboov who says it comes from Zwei (why is the spelling not consistent??)
CSO to our poets with ERATO.
Misty, I LIU and I think I would enjoy your talk on The Steeple-Jack. I'll have to satisfy myself with this.
TheSteepleJack
HAE was one day early as Robbie Burns Day is tomorrow.
Enjoy the day.
Anon at 6;24 a.m.: Thanks for the Neil Diamond clips. So sad that Parkinson's is retiring him. Nasty disease. My brilliant brother has it. He's lost his operatic singing voice down to a hushed speaking voice. I read that Diamond plans to continue recording, so wonder if his voice is affected.
ReplyDeletePicard: loved your turtle story and the HAWAII pix. Are you telepathic? The turtle whisperer?
Excitement here today. I went out to haul the trash can to the curb and found cops at the house two doors east of mine. A little old lady lives there and has disappeared. The female mail carrier called them because the mail has piled up. Cops went in and searched an empty house. They were calling hospitals to no avail. They called ambulance service. She has no family except for an ancient father-in-law in Florida, but told me she wouldn't go there. I haven't seen her for two years, but have seen signs of her more recent than that. None of the neighbors have seen her this winter. She seemed to have no friends. Great mystery. She doesn't own a car so someone hauled her somewhere.
Canadian Eh! - re: ZWIEBACK. I feel your pain. From a web recipe site: "The name comes from German zwei ("two") or zwie ("twi-"), and backen, meaning "to bake".[2] Zwieback hence literally translates to "twice-baked". " I think inconsistancy in spelling is what happened. In English we have ei words ie. 'receive' and ie words ie 'piece' , each with vowel quality of 'ee'. German prides itself with its phonetic consistency, but there seem to be exceptions. The 'i' in 'ich' and in 'Ritter' comes to mind. (The former sounds like a long e; the latter like the short i in English. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteSecretariat won the Triple Crown in 1973. Amazing horse!
ReplyDeleteWas it Seabisquit that also had the oversized heart?
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, a nice Wednesday puzzle, another (2 days in a row) with the unobtrusive theme, always a plus for me.
I enjoyed solving this puzzle. Many gimmees, including ANNA Paquin, HAWAII, PAN, ERATO, and even LAMBDA. APERCU and ZWIEBACK were crunchy, especially the latter. I thought of SWIPE as well as SNIPE, but that would have made two IOWAs. I also briefly entertained the thought that DIZZYING VELOCITY, clued as being from the pitcher's mound, might have a relationship to Dizzy Dean, but I could see no similar hidden meaning in the other two theme entries.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of E-cars, I just read an article citing a study that concludes if just 25% of a community goes electric the power grid serving that community will fail. In other words, the existing power grid can support only up to 25% of vehicles being plug-ins. Interesting. So much for the goal of going 100% electric.
Interesting about CIAO, Jazzbumpa. Thanks for that tidbit.
Good wishes to you all.
Allow me to emote about emojis with which I am enamored.😊 We think they are new, but they emanated long ago. Ie. "Et tu 🐮 ", or "To emoji or not to emoji, that is the question." Then there is the all time fav, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a flying emoji."
ReplyDeleteWith these credentials I feel fully able to assist
Mr. OwenKL 542A
Limerick #3: One emoji, two emojii, three emojiii ad inemojiitum.
Then there is the last line. "That's not SHINOLA, that's 💩, and it won't fly!" How you think that " 💩, " "Soft serve chocolate ice cream" is supposed to rhyme is beyond me. You might as well have written "Orange."
I want to take a moment to rate your work B+, A-, A+, A, A, A, B, A+, B+ A, A, A, ETC+ . ? ! 🐫 One hump or two, and did you want cream?
Anon 624A
If you only had a name, I could thank you in Avatar. Alas or Alad I can only say I picked up what you left. Wasn't it nice for Laurence Olivier and Lucie Arnaz to witness Neil singing "Amerigo Vespucci," and how sweet can Caroline get?
Dave 2
Hi Puzzle Pals!
ReplyDeleteWhew, certainly not a RACE to the bottom of Roland's Friday(IMHO)-level puzzle.
The whole WEST coast and South was a wag-fest. But OMK's P+P paid off.
Thanks Roland for the challenge that needed two cheats (I'll get to 'em) to finish but I liked it. I thought of the theme like @11:14 did (Track @HS/blister, baseball/Dizzy, Skiing/killing yourself) -- it's much more elegant than meets the eye. Roland care to say YES/no?
Thanks JzB for the sparkly expo to kick-off the after-party and the ν joke.
WOs: ANNe, ANtsY b/f ANGRY, CaiO (hi Jinx!), and I played Laser tAg b/f I got ZAP'd
ESPs: Only about 1/2 the grid.
Cheats:
1) I had to look up the spelling of sWeyBACK(?) 'cuz of TAG and
2) I had to look up the spelling of LAMBDA 'cuz I had nothing solid in the NE. Ideas (METS, DOMAIN, and ATE UP worked but...).
Then the "Wait, wha?" I was expecting 2Ms - who stuck a B in lamda [sic]? For the record, in all my EE notes, it's simply spelt λ.
Fav: SHINOLA. [I know I just linked this, but apparently C,Eh! missed it :-)]
{B, A, A+}
Glad to hear you're feeling a bit better YR.
That sounds like a wonderful class Misty. Is it on the web too? [what's the DOMAIN name?]
Cool pix Picard - I forgot to list your lucid-dreaming exercises in sans-coffee stuff you do [wait... That one makes sense :-)]
Back to work. Play later.
Cheers, -T
Anon ai 11:29, YANKS could not be right, as Casey managed the Dodgers and Braves to a string of second-division finishes before he became a genius with the Yankers
ReplyDeleteCanadien Eh, I’ve wondered if there’s any connection between Robbie Burns and Albany NY. There’s a large bronze statue of him in Washington Park.
AnonymousPVX, Seabiscuit (no “q”) was a pretty small horse. I haven’t seen any mention of him having an oversized heart
Dave2, I think you need to cut down on the meds. Or increase 'em. Not sure.
ReplyDeletePicard, do you have a "green screen" where you project images and then you stand in front of it for photographs? You remind me of Hank Snow, "...been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota...I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere."
Got your back D-O: Hank Snow.
ReplyDeleteSorry PK, I meant I'm glad you feel a bit better. Cheers, -T
Larry Jordan is right. IVAN produced Private parts, he wasn't the director.
ReplyDeleteAnd the horse wasn't small (he was nicknamed Big Red beacuse he was big and chestnut colored).
He was said to have a big heart: "(Secretariat) was necropsied at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Thomas Swerczek, the veterinarian who performed the necropsy, claims that he found that Secretariat's heart was the largest he had ever seen in a horse—approximately twice the size of a normal horse's heart." newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Secretariat
Oh, no! desper-otto you are on to me! Yes, I never leave home. Just use a green screen! It even lets me appear to be riding the unicycle!
ReplyDeletePK: Glad you enjoyed the turtle story. It truly was magical. And my underwater camera had just died. The screen had gone black. I pressed the shutter with no idea if it was going to actually take a photo at all. That turtle photo was the last photo before it completely died! That is quite a mystery about your neighbor. Do let us know how it turns out.
AnonymousT: Glad you remembered the Lucid Dreaming work. Yes, caffeine would not be helpful.
CanadianEh: Yes, we visited both the Canadian and American falls. It was hard to get a photo of me from the other side. My then girlfriend only had a single-entry visa to Canada so we had to be careful not to cross the border more than once. As it was, we had a horrific experience when we re-entered the US near Detroit.
Here is a short video clip I made of the Canadian NIAGARA FALLS
We also did the Maid of the Mist boat ride that you see.
Here is another short video clip I made of the Canadian NIAGARA FALLS
I think these videos capture the thundering power of the falls in a way that is hard to capture in photos.
Got the puzzle with much effort. But it was good. I enjoyed the challenge and appreciate the skill that went into its creation. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteJzB...thanks for the fun!
Owen, you were the icing on the cake! All As. I think! How DO you think up these images!?
billocohoes - I LIU and found info re a Mary McPherson who left money for a Robbie Burns statue to be built in Albany. Apparently due to her Scottish heritage and love of the Bard. Sorry I can't link properly on my iPad.
ReplyDeletehttp://albanynydailyphoto.blogspot.ca/2009/05/robert-burns-washington-park.html
AnonT- LOL re Shinola. Learning moment for me.
Picard- yes the video captures better the majesty of the Falls. Canadian side now has Hornblower doing the boat rides (American side still has Maid of the Mist). Quite the experience!
Here you go C, Eh! - Robert Burns in Albany.
ReplyDeleteThe idiom "He doesn't know S*** from SHINOLA" is popular in the US to describe a moron. In the Great White North how do you describe a dope? [does it involve Maple Syrup? - "Doesn't know his Mrs. Butterworth from Maple Sap" or some such?]
Cheers, -T
I always wondered why ZWIEBACK was spelled as it is. Like CanadianEh, I thought it should be spelled ZWEI... as in the German for "Two."
ReplyDeleteBut no.
Not everything is logical.
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Diagonal Report: Nothing today, zip either way.
Spitzboov, thanks for the elucidation on zwei v zwie. I never noticed that it was spelled that way. Got it right today because of the perps, but I would think I would normally spell it zwei for the "two" derivative, as I did in my apercu.
ReplyDeleteSpelled as it is, I would guess it was Brot gemacht mit Zwiebel ! That's good too !
Jayce, have you considered a hybrid ? We couldn't cost-justify it based on the miles we drive annually. My nephew lives near you. His justification was the "green driver" driving and parking incentives in your area. He spends a lot of time downtown at various locations, and also drives up to the other side of Redwood City on a regular basis. He was talking about replacing his hybrid with a Tesla.
AnonT:
ReplyDeleteOften I don't have time to look at everyone's links but when I do and look at yours, you fill the missing gaps in my education! e.g., SHINOLA
Thank you, Bud.
Spitz:
Interesting about zwei vs. zwie. Thank you.
And shouldn't it be "ien, zwie, drie" ... oh, probably it is, in some dialect like Frisian or Lower Saxon.
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