My first wrangle with Ross Trudeau and my first time dealing with a theme that is in the clues as well as in the fill. His initial LAT was the New Years Day puzzle. Ross is the son of the cartoonist Garry Trudeau, the Pulitzer-winning creator of "Doonesbury." Ross is a digital media producer in Cambridge, Mass. He has had many NYT and the new Puzzle Society puzzle publications. Ross did stop by in January and revealed his full name is Richard Ross Trudeau (R Ross Trudeau) in his H Ross Perot puzzle. He has added a wonderful array of 7 and 8 letter fill. AVENUE C, CONTENT, DEROSSI, DOG LIKE, ETONIAN, I-PHONES, LEERERS, LIVEN UP, MARIANO, RAT HOLE, REACT TO, CINNAMON, ENSNARLS, ENTREPOT, and INTEGERS. The solve was fun, and I enjoyed the double duty requiring both the auto-correct of the clue and the fixing of the automobile required in the fill. We also had an accent on words with accents.
17A. Blub needing replacement: BROKEN TAILLIGHT (15).
24A. Dashbaord warning: CHECK ENGINE (11).
36A. Prolbems caused by nails, maybe: FLAT TIRES (9).
48A. Resutl of lengthy nonuse, maybe: DEAD BATTERY (11).
The reveal:
57A. Suggestions in a text message ... and what 17-, 24-, 36-, and 48-Across may require, literally and figuratively?: AUTO CORRECTIONS.
The bonus fill:
12D. They might offer 57-Across: i-PHONES.Across:
1. Summer refreshers: ADES. Even though it is not a real word, I love starting with a CSO to me.
5. Hot tub features: JETS. The water jets.
9. Welcomed to one's home: HAD IN. As opposed to 'ate out'.
14. Anti-fur-farming org.: PETA. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
15. Taking care of business: ON IT.
16. Split to get together?: ELOPE. Really cute thoughtful clue/fill.
20. GM navigation system: ONSTAR. The LINK.
21. Maiden name indicator: NÉE. From the French.
22. Parcel of land: LOT. Part of the US/Canadian SYSTEM.
23. Chi follower: PSI. You want to LEARN.
27. Father of the Edomites: ESAU. This is close to RELIGION.
29. Not well done: POOR. Rare? Nope.
30. Scratched (out): EKED.
31. Eggnog spice: CINNAMON. Combine milk, cloves, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, and cinnamon in a saucepan, and heat over lowest setting for 5 minutes. Slowly bring milk mixture to a boil.
In a large bowl, combine egg yolks and sugar. Whisk together until fluffy. ...
Stir in rum, cream, 2 teaspoon vanilla, and nutmeg.
34. __ Park, Colo.: ESTES. The HISTORY.
38. Cheering loudly: AROAR. Meh.
40. Tangles: ENSNARLS.
44. First name in stunt cycling: EVEL.
45. No longer exists: ISN'T.
47. "I Am __": Jenner reality show: CAIT. Sorry, I missed this, or is it still on?
52. "Appropriate for all children" rating: TV-Y. For programs designed to be appropriate for all children.
53. The Vitamin Shoppe alternative: GNC. General Nutrition Centers.
54. Santa __ winds: ANA.
55. "Faust" dramatist: GOETHE. This author's appearance was foreshadowed this week.
61. Evoking the past: RETRO. I think I may be the personification of this trend.
62. Popped stopper: CORK.
63. Fingerprint, perhaps: CLUE. Often used by Edgar awarded writers.
64. Disdain: SCORN.
65. Pard's ride: HOSS.
66. Didn't go bad: KEPT. Food, not a juvenile delinquent.
Down:
1. Msg. for a squad car: APB. All Points Bulletin.
2. Portia of "Arrested Development": DEROSSI. She married Ellen.
3. James Bond or George Orwell: ETONIAN. Famous GRADUATES of Eton.
4. Nordstrom competitor: SAKS.
5. Whale of a guy?: JONAH. A very cute biblical clue.
6. Import/export port: ENTREPÔT. I did not know this word which means a port, city, or another center to which goods are brought for import and export, and for collection and distribution.
7. Aunt in Madrid: TIA. And in my extended family.
8. Smashed: STINKO.
9. Launcher of many ships?: HELEN. For all the newbies (less than two years reading the blog) we coined the standard for admiring female pulchritude - the milihelen. 1000 is a more complete review than one to ten.
10. Foreman rival: ALI.
11. Resembling a dingo: DOGLIKE. Be careful around these WILD DOGS.
13. Earned: NETTED.
18. And so on: Abbr.: ETC. Yadda, yadda.
19. Ogling ones: LEERERS. My favorites are Tom and Norman.
23. Bench press muscle: PECtoral.
25. Tweets, snaps, pics, etc.: CONTENT.
26. Passes with mediocrity: GETS A C. Hmm, 38D. Street in Manhattan's Alphabet City: AVENUE C. HISTORY.
28. Prepare to fly, as a flag: UNFOLD.
32. Like: À LA. JzB gets his accent grave..
33. Legendary Yankees closer, familiarly: MARIANO. Rivera, the all-time baseball saves leader. LINK.
35. Kamala Harris, e.g.: Abbr.: SEN. No politics, but a rising Democrat STAR.
37. 5 and 10, e.g.: INTEGERS. A whole number.
39. Laugh at, say: REACT TO. nearby 42D. Add zip to: LIVEN UP.
41. Filthy dwelling: RATHOLE. Unpc for the poor rats.
43. Filthy dwelling: STY. An odd clecho.
44. Mystery awards: EDGARS. Named for the acclaimed first mystery writer, Edgar Allan Poe.
46. Symbol of stiffness: STARCH.
49. Brunch sizzler: BACON.
50. Ice in a pub: ROCKS.
51. Thus far: YET.
56. Clock sound: TICK. Tock.
58. NHL legend Bobby: ORR. Don't you love this next to?
59. Outback hopper: ROO.
60. Game-match link: SET. Game-set-match and such is the end of my game today as well.
Well, that was fun; welcome to Friday Ross and we have finished off another month. I thank you all for your birthday wishes and for solving and writing here. Lemonade over and out.
75 comments:
EDGAR wasn't that eager to ELOPE.
He did love CAIT, that was no joke.
But his HOSS would shy
And not stay nearby.
So her Dad volunteered to hold on to its rope!
{B+.}
From yesterday:
Research into "pistol" synonyms (not exhaustive):
GAT, gatt, heat, heater, piece, roscoe, thang, metal, steel, strap ("Are you strapped?"), deuce, deuce-deuce, 357, Tre, Tre-five, Tre-five-seven, 5, point-5, 45, 6-shooter, 8, 9, milli, m&m, mac, mag, magnum, Emmet Smith, Smith, tone, toner, pea shooter, bean shooter, flame thrower, pocket rocket, nose, biscuit, equalizer, llama, cuete, tool, ratchet, joint, grip, sidearm, firearm, jammy, jimmy, pound, chrome, iron, scorcher, burner, banger ...
- and even Thumper.
(I guess if you can't say something nice about a body ...
- you just ice his a$$.)
~ OMK
Hi Y'all! Found this puzzle more user-friendly than yesterday. Thank You, Ross. Thank you, Lemony with the starting CSO.
The theme would be familiar to any car owner. I don't know how bus/bike riding Picard found it. DEAD BATTERY is almost a shout out to me since I've had so many this year. I noticed the misspelled clue words briefly in passing, but didn't associate them with the theme reveal. Thanks for 'splainin', Lemonade.
Last to fill: "J" in JONAH/JETS cross. Duh! "Whale of a guy" made me think of weight, not fish. I've never been in a hot tub so I forgot about the JETS.
Proud to get GOETHE with no perps. Didn't know I knew that. The "G" then allowed me to get INTEGERS which I didn't know what it meant but had heard of.
ESTES PARK was a gimmee. My daughter & SIL go there every year and my brother & SIL live in Colorado and are there often. One of their friends on Facebook posted a security camera video of a bear ambling into the lobby and trying out the furniture before leaving a hotel both couples stay in. Well, they have a beary good time there.
Forgot eggnog had cinnamon in it. Never made it.
Did not know: DEROSSI, ETONiAN, SEN Kamala Harris, GNC, TV-Y, MARIANO, ENTREPOT (looks like the powder room in the foyer, but probably pronounced "PO" like in depot.)
Bear in the hotel link: https://www.facebook.com/ilike9news/videos/210025866538313/UzpfSTE1NDU1Nzg2Njk6MzA2MDYxMTI5NDk5NDE0OjEwOjA6MTUzNTc4NTE5OTotNjQxMjc2NDk1NzUyOTcyNjYzNg/
PK's LINK
Good morning Cornies.
Thank you Mr Ross Trudeau for this "Correct" Friday drive. I FIR in 27:13 min..
- - I attempted to make Mr. Trudeau the Prime Minister-designate of Canada, but that person is Justin Pierre James Trudeau MP (wiki)
Thank you Lemonade for your educational review.
Ðave
Enjoyable and vexing (not sure why, but had trouble with the NE corner!) Eventually filled in with PERPS. Lest we not forget that Mr. Trudeau's mom, is none other than the incomprable Jane Pauley! Thanks for the Friday Fun, Lemon and Mr. Trudeau! Loved ENTREPOT (and yes, last part of the word pronounced like HOMEDEPOT....) Have a nice Labor Day Weekend, all.
Good morning!
ENSNARES, SNORT, WERE, and UNFURL slowed me down this morning. Wite-Out saved the day. The train arrived at the station on time, so life is good. Thanx, Ross and Lemonade.
DEAD BATTERY: Immediately thought of you, PK. I had one a few weeks ago. Got the truck started, and knew I didn't dare shut it off during my M-o-W route. Darn battery was only six years old!
CINNAMON: Does eggnog contain rum? I thought the addition of rum turned eggnog into a Tom & Jerry.
MARIANO: Don't recognize the name. Wanted to add a C. Is he "all day, all night," Mariano?
ENTREPÔT: Is this a first-time appearance in the LAT? Recognize the word, but don't recall seeing it in a cw before.
CHECK ENGINE light? Totally useless but a great money maker for dealers who charge $100 to check it. Go to AutoZone- they do it for nothing. The Check Engine warning has been on my old Murano for at least 40,000 miles. The mechanic checked it (for free) and said it was for two oxygen sensors- $89 & $149 just for the parts- and told me to ignore it because it ran just as well without the sensors.
DEAD BATTERY- had one last week on the same day as my dead washing machine.
Good morning. Caught the AUTO CORRECTIONS theme immediately but had a few hiccups before finishing. DEROSSI, CAIT, & MARIANO were unknown people and ENTREPOT is a new word for me. All solved by perps. But I do remember BRUCE Jenner.
ESTES PARK- PK, I was there earlier this month. I'm glad that bear that entered the Stanley Hotel lobby didn't come through the open window in our bedroom.
ddbmc- You beat me to the Jane Pauley acknowledgement.
FLN re. What is a cheat? If Terri Gross is interviewing NIA Vardalos that's not cheating it's a miracle. And.. I was once in Publix and steered into the OTC aisle hoping to see a certain xword pharmaceutical.
And... I'm a P&I guy who makes those big inky messes. Part of the challenge, after two years, is anticipating the constructor, like the electrician who won't shut off power. Aaarrgghhhh!!!
WC
FIR! Tough for me though. My steak was rare (not well done) before it was POOR. But then again I was stoned before I was STINKO. Maybe because of these factors I responded before I REACTed TO. (I thought about stringing them all together and stealing -T's semicolon joke from last night, but didn't have a CLUE as to how to be funnier than his original.) Way too many unknowns to list, but the construction was so skilled that the perps saved me on every one of them.
PETA is headquartered in Norfolk. Great neighbors, even if they occasionally do some destructive and wacko things.
Thanks to Ross Trudeau for the tough, fair and fun puzzle. I have always been a big fan of your mother. My favorites were DOGLIKE (I LIKE anything DOG), and "5 and 10" for INTEGERS. Yes you had me thinking of dime stores, and I'll bet that was your objective. And thanks to Lemonade for another fine tour. Like PK, I mist the mistpellings 'till you highlighted them.
So much easier than yesterday. The names were more common and crossed good perps. Only completely unknown was TVY. I had to wait for the spelling of CAIT. I have seen entrepot, but needed quite few perps to recall it.
I saw the misspelled clues with transposed letters and expected to see the same in the answers.
The reveal showed me that the fill contained actual auto parts that might need to be fixed, not their spelling.
We read the Gretchen episode in Faust in German class. I could not begin to tackle that today. I have retained quite a few things I learned in school by having to teach them, but I didn't teach German.
Lemon, thanks for the info on Edom.
On my Kindle the auto corrections are so quick, I don't get a chance to choose. The results are idiotic.
From last night, I, too, solve across and down together, even on easy puzzles. I started that way in my teens and can't change. Often there are many possible answers and perps tell which one is wanted. Also, they jog my memory. I solve with paper and pen. If I get a huge inkblot I go online, or if I find it impossible to finish I go online and get a red letter or two to help.
Off to Alan's commute. He is till going great.
.Good Morning:
What fun to solve a puzzle with a theme in the puzzle itself AND in the clues! Constructors never to cease to impress me with their creativity. No real hiccups but I had Elide before Elope and needed perps for Entrepot, Esau, as clued, and TV Y. The only TV rating I'm familiar with seeing is TV MA. I also needed a perp for the Avenue in Alphabet City. CSO to Tin with the Rocks for _ _ _! I did notice and smiled at the Orr ~ Roo entries. Clever theme and lots of fun to solve.
Thanks, Ross, for an enjoyable and entertaining offering and thanks, Lemony, for your fun and fact-filled summary.
I think Jane Pauley is one of the most talented, poised, intelligent ladies who ever graced the small screen. Her voice is soft, modulated, and pleasant to the ear, and her smile lights up a room. I love seeing her on the "CBS Sunday Morning" show.
I'm not a fan of egg nog but I'll never turn down a Blooy Mary! 🍹
PK @ 4:34 (Yawn/Dawn!) ~ I saw that bear episode on the nightly news and chuckled. That hotel was the setting for "The Shining" with a crazed Jack Nicolson and his trusty ax (axe?)
FLN
Jinx, thanks for explaining that cryptic (to me) post.
Have a great day.
Good morning everyone.
Excellent expo, Lemon. BZ.
Eventually FIR. Had to change stinky to STINKO; lechers to LEERERS, and ensnares to ENSNARLS. Very clever theme after I made the right leap.
STINK - German, L. German and Dutch infinitive: stinken
Lemon: Nice, informative write-up.
Ross: Thank you for a FUN Friday puzzle. I liked the theme.
Fave today was the CSO to one of my favorite NY Yankee, MARIANO at 33-d.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Labor Day weekend.
A "Toast-to-ALL" at Sunset.
Cheers!
The publication curse strikes again. This morning I awoke to a DEAD BATTERY.
The day is redeemed by the wonderful Crossword Corner community. Thanks, y'all. And happy solving!
RT
Good morning, folks. Thank you, Ross Trudeau, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Lemonade, for a fine review.
Well, this puzzle was strange, but clever. I tried to outthink it. I was thinking the answers had wrong letters. Wrong! What made me think that was I had SAKS as SACS for 4D. That gave me BROCEN TAIL LIGHT. well after I pored through the puzzle and tried to put wrong letters in for the other answers it made me reconsider. I then spelled BROKEN TAIL LIGHT correctly and realized I had SAKS wrong. OK.
Some unknowns also made it tough. CAIT, TV Y, DE ROSSI, ENTREPOT, MARIANO, SEN. Thank you perps.
Fermatprime: How is Harvey? I sent you an email, but maybe you did not see it. I missed seeing him in Indianapolis.
Crossed 69 kids this morning. Busy Busy.
Weather is beautiful in NE Illinois today. See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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Hi everybody. Thanks Ross and Lemon. I enjoyed that.
I worked the puzzle from the Mensa site. Apparently, I finished the whole puzzle and never noticed the 'typos' in the clues, only the answers. I almost couldn't believe I did that. Geez...
Ross T., well that is most unfortunate about your battery but it makes some sense in a cosmic world. We are happy to add a few smiles to your day.
Hand up with Yellowrocks: When I saw the misspelled clues, I was expecting some misspelled answers. It took awhile to get past that. I was very slow to make the connection between AUTO on the phone and AUTO on the road. Very clever theme!
PK I actually do own an AUTO. But not a phone! (At least not one with texting and AUTO correct.) When I had my first car it was so little used it did indeed end up with a DEAD BATTERY.
I dread getting emails from people with "smart" phones. The problem with AUTO CORRECTIONS is that the result looks correct but it can be utterly incomprehensible. I would rather have the misspelling. Better yet, type on an actual keyboard. My motto: The right tool for the right job.
Here are a few of my photos at and around the EDGAR Allan Poe grave in Baltimore.
Never heard of the EDGARS before. Never heard of TVY. Never heard of MARIANO. Nor ENTREPOT. Learning moments!
Ross Trudeau Thanks for the fascinating puzzle and thanks for stopping by!
I have photos at ESTES Park. And some TICK photos from hikes. Perhaps another time.
Bill G., you and the others who did not see the typos in the clues, suffer from TYPOGLYCEMIA .
I do not think anyone has notice my "TITLE" was spelled TTILE, which is sadly a common error I make, though today it was deliberate
Musings
-Ross LIVENED UP this puzzle enough to make for a delightful struggle!
-BROKEN TAILLIGHTS of the 1950’s were a snap to fix. Today, not so much
-If I have a FLAT TIRE, I just call American Family and that’s that
-iPhone does everything that fee-based ONSTAR does
-Have you ever walked out of a POOR movie?
-Our HeartRx Marti used to rail against “A” words like AROAR. I miss her too.
-I once put paprika instead of nutmeg on my egg nog and now I get, “Dad, remember when…” every Christmas
-I never miss I AM CAIT, never watch it, never miss it
-A GNC clerk gave me some free diet pills and ten minutes later I was so hyped up, I could hardly drive
-What onomatopoeia follows this lyric, “I’ll show him that a Cadillac is not a car to SCORN”
-GETS BY, ENSNARES, SPICE UP and UNFURL were speed bumps
-Jacket weather here again today
-Enjoyed Lemon’s write-up and was surprised that Tinman let ROCKS go by
From yesterday:
Yellowrocks, Wilbur Charles and Mike Sherline Thank you for the kind words about my recovery! After being hit by the car, people would say I had a "bicycle accident". I would gently correct them and say, "No, I was hit by a car." The bicycle did not injure me.
Some friends also suggested I bike less and drive more. I said that would just transfer the risk from me to others. That seemed unethical to me.
Yes, who knew that officers of the law would show bias against bicyclists. It is not as if they ever show any other bias. I am grateful that body cameras are starting to help with some bias. Perhaps I should get a helmet camera to deal with this kind of bias. I would hope I never need it again, but that is probably naive.
Mike Sherline The Red Rock DIVERS and JUMPers are in pools along the Santa Ynez River in Santa Barbara County California. Yes, I know there are many places called Red Rock(s). I have lots of other photos in that area, including of the actual red rocks.
AnonT Thanks for the Scotty Principle video clip! I had totally forgotten that scene from Star Trek back in 1992. My employer who always said yes worshiped my employer who always said no. I tried to educate the yes guy, but his habits were stuck. He worked ten times harder and ended up with an endless stream of unhappy customers and employees. And with a lot less money.
Husker Gary Thanks for the reminder about the Cadillac/Nash Rambler Song! I remember hearing it on the Doctor Demento Radio Show.
Here it is in all its glory, complete with animation!
Hand up for getting stuck with GETS BY, ENSNARES, and UNFURL. I was amused at your CAIT comment. Never heard of it, never missed it either!
DEROSSI also unknown.
Woohoo! Woohoo! I got this terrific Friday puzzle entirely correctly without any cheating--a huge relief after yesterday's bear. Thank you so much, Ross, and so glad you stopped by! I saw BLUB and thought 'The LA Times better get a spell checker--this shouldn't be happening in a crossword puzzle.' Then I saw PROLBEMS and thought 'Not again!' By the time I got to the reveal, I had figured out that this was all part of the joke--very cute and funny. My only question, though, concerns 48 across, which doesn't look wrongly spelled to me. Did anyone else doing the LA Times puzzle notice this? Or am I missing something? Anyway, wonderful Friday puzzle, and neat commentary, Lemonade. I thought you were going to tell us all about Helen of Troy, but your note was more subtle and clever.
Like Yellowrocks, didn't know TV Y--never heard of it.
So, I did go to a different eye doctor yesterday, an optometrist not an ophthalmologist (weird spelling, had to look it up), recommended by a neighbor. Instead of 15 minutes, she spent literally an hour and a half, explaining my eye problem to me and making recommendations. The only weird thing was her computer didn't have a printer, and she had to write all her suggestions for me on a piece of paper in pencil. But it is a different regimen than the one I've had and I'm certainly going to try it. Wish me luck
Have a great day, everybody!
Misty Congratulations on completing this with no cheats!
You seem to be suffering from Typoglycemia. Thanks to Lemonade for that link.
Please re-read the first word in the 48A clue, Misty! Pretty interesting! I had the same thing happen. It is not just you!
Lemonade: I noticed your TTILE but after you explained about the other misspelled words, I figured you were just getting in the spirit of things.
Picard: FLN Read your accident report this morning. Ouch isn't sufficient for the owies. I see you still managed to smile for the camera, but your gown wasn't as pretty colored as your usual shirts. I knew you have a car, but preferred the bus or bike.
Misty: I got some new eye drops last week, put some in and went around with burning eyes for about an hour. I thought of you. I haven't tried them since, but will need them later today, methinks.
IM: yep, another strange sleep. 4:30 p.m. yesterday to 2:37 a.m. today. I may have been up briefly a couple of times, but went right back to sleep. I dragged myself out at 2:37 to eat because i felt my blood sugar was very low. Had another nap around 9 a.m.
Misty, good luck with your new regimen. Certainly worth a try.
Picard, I wholeheartedly agree with your opinion of cop cams. Good for all sides, maybe better for cops than civilians. Helps disprove false claims, and helps them weed out the bad apples. I also agree with the helmet cam idea. Lets you prove that you don't run stop signs or red lights as many cyclists do, as well as being evidence if you are wrongfully injured again.
Thank you, Picard. So, is "Result" spelled wrong? I still don't get it. But then English isn't my native language.
PK, how sad that your drops burned your eyes for so long. You might want to check with your eye doctor before trying them again. I'll keep my fingers crossed that things get better for you.
PK, I have a prescription eye drop that I must use twice a day and they burn like hell but I am trying to hang on to some vision. Burning is not necessarily bad, but ask whoever prescribed them if that is normal.
MISTY it is spelled RESUTL not RESULT.
I was sure the dingo ate Elaine Benes's baby. I did see it on a reputable news source. No fake news for me!
Good luck Misty!
The set of Integers also includes the negative whole numbers.
I'll have to read comments later.
I mostly liked this puzzle though my solve was choppy. Since I solve across/down simultaneously as much as possible, the fill eventually came together. Surprisingly, I thought of MARIANO after a long while and with the M and O in place. I couldn't recall CAIT, had CATE and messed up that section. Thank you, Lemonade, for setting me straight.
I got the theme eventually and was able to anticipate FLAT and DEAD with the end words in place.
So, if Ross Trudeau is Gary Trudeau's son, his mother must be Jane Pauley.
Thank you, Ross and Lemonadae. This was mostly fun though a bit frustrating in places, i.e., ENTREPOT.
Have a lovely day, everyone! Later.
Misty & Lemonade: my eye drops are OTC.
Thank you, Jinx and Bill G. And PK, if the burning continues, maybe try some different eye-drops.
Lemonade, in my copy of the Los Angeles Times this morning, 48 across begins with the word RESULT, not RESUTL. I wonder if Ol'Man Keith gets the LA Times and if he could weigh in with his reading of the word? But I know I'm not reading this incorrectly, and I'm hoping for a good RESULT to this dilemma, not a bad RESUTL.
Misty - 48a - A resutl of "lengthy nonuse" of an automobile could be a DEAD BATTERY. Modern cars have systems (clocks, locks, computers, warning, ETC.) that consume a trickle discharge from the battery. So if the car is not driven over time to recharge the battery, it becomes DEAD.
Yes, I'm with Misty on the Resutl/Result issue. The editors of the LA Times apparently overrode the crossword editors and went with the correct spelling, "Result."
This had me puzzled for the longest time, as I was trying to find the missing incorrect word. I managed to complete the entire pzl (Ta- DA!), but the theme broke down for me because of this silly error.
Otherwise, Mr. Trudeau's challenge was enjoyable, requiring perps to solve several unknowns, but also rather playful in the cluing.
~ OMK
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Diagonal Report: Again none. Zip. Nada. Zilch.
Misty, I'm with you. I read and reread that clue in my LA Times after the comments, and for sure it says "result", not "resutl". Maybe an overzealous copy editor thought it was a typo, but didn't notice the others???
Okay...from yesterday.... C-EH...no worries. It’s always difficult to judge intent in a blog or text.
Jinx...I had a 72 Norton Commando Combat....clutch on left, front brake on right, rear brake on left, shifter on right....plus shift was 1 up, 3 down. They were all standardized about 4 years later to the current standard.
Big E....your car may be running but those oxygen sensors tell the computer how much gas to use....so your fuel mileage may be less than it should. Further, a too rich mixture will destroy the catalytic converter. Despite what the counter genius told you, I’d have them replaced.
Wow....lots of mark overs today....STONED b4 STINKO, UNFURL b4 UNFOLD, DEM b4 SEN, SNEER b4 SCORN. Crosses fixed all.
Thought this easier than yesterday but still a challenge.
ENTREPOT needed 8 perps. When I read lemony's write-up I said"????".
Then.. I come to realized that the clues needed auto correct*
Who went to Degrassi HS?
* The blogger autocorrect makes a mess and invariably I hit below the line and lose it
So I use text and when I go outside that box I merely send a msg to self. Self! Disregard last text msg.
DNF,
Saw Blub, never saw the rest,
must be that new word I learned today, Typoglycemia!
Due to The Rule of Thumper,
I will let the puzzle comment on itself today:
("I thought 6d was 8d!")
The tail light is not broken!
(it just needs some air...)
Is this you?
They never had these problems in the old days...
The reason why your battery is dead...
Auto correction,
Honorable mentions:
(A)
(B)
(C)
And D)
As mentioned, I posted before reading any comments so I'm sorry to repeat the info about Jane Pauley which at least two of you already informed us.
I'm going to see Crazy Rich Asians with a friend. It sounds like fun; let you know later.
I loved the semicolon joke, FLN.
Jinx in Norfolk at 8:16 AM
- - Wrote "And thanks to Lemonade for another fine tour. Like PK, I mist the mistpellings 'till you highlighted them." - - I imssde hetm aslo. I read each one as they should read, duh!
Lemonade714 at 11:21 AM
- - I definitely am suffering from Typoglycemia. I need to make high fructose typos.
Ðave
This one was ON IT. 5 and 10 times better than yesterdays POOR, STINKO crossword. EKED out this one.
Sorry EKED yesterdays
CE Dave ~
Careful. I'd be cautious about invoking the rule of Thumper, in light of our new understanding.
Further thinking on the screw-up regarding "Result," I have to acknowledge the degree of difficulty involved in fending off a newspaper's own copy editors.
I wonder what sort of markings are employed by the Norris/Lewis team to persuade a paper's editors to leave things alone? Do they write "stet" by purposely misspelled words?
Do they use some other code, or does it usually involve face-to-face meetings?
~ OMK
CED, I appreciate your humor daily, and especially @1;27 today. It is time I thanked you,
because every day I eagerly AWAIT your posts. (I'm an A word fan.)
I must have typoglycemia, My typing is deteriorating by the week. Most of my errors are in letter order, like these clues.
Picard, thanks for the Nash Rambler song, a trip down memory lane.Cute cartoons, also.
Misty and OMK, my paper had result, not restul. I must be hard for the editor to indicate not to fix intentional misspellings.
That's my guess, too. I'll have to show the clues to my son who is dyslexic . I knew if Misty, almost alone, picked up on the typos, she surely noticed the non-typo .
Btw, my TBTimes had Resutl .
WC
Many thanks to you all, for your kind support for the RESULT of my reading. It's a great relief to be reassured that I'm not typoglycemic!
Printed from LAT site: Resutl
Printed in Norfolk Virginian Pilot: Result
Our local paper has a proud history of fake news, literally going back to the Wright Brothers' first flight. Horrible paper, but I'll miss them when they are gone. Their new owner Tronc is putting a bunch of folks into rental facilities and plans to sell off the office buildings.
It didn't take too long for Kris Jenner to get the hang of the Kardashian Money tree and pull his own switch*. Brilliant. Legit? Moot.
HELEN I knew back of my mind but I needed the _ EL_ _. Milihelen is redundant,no?
Deighton (Len a regular) had Berlin Game, Mexico Set,London Match as his first of three trilogies.
No, Owen. One of your best. W+
I had a feeling ESTES Park would be a gimme for many. It does ring a bell
A Brunch souser might be MAI-TAI. Too many and 8D perhaps. Btw, I rarely see "var." on a clue. Any one recall that used a lot?
That was EVEL, Ross. Did you call ALA?
Picard, my millennial son is exactly like you. "If you want to take a picture, use a camera". Hates texting (almost as much as the phone, period, which should only be used for gaming, for which said games have communication built-in
CED, where do you find them. LoL
Elaine was referencing a Meryl Streep line
WC
Pardon the pun
I just had to look up Pilot on the pilots
WC
Ps, how dare they misspell my name
WC
Hi All!
Wow! This puzzle nearly AUTO-filled. I totally benefited from Dyslexia today; I read every clue "straight" not even realizing the transpositions until Lem's Expo.
Thanks Ross for this fun Friday puzzle. Re: your parents, I recall (I think, I can't seem to find it) your Mom on Letterman and Dave said "Your husband is that, uh, that cartoon boy." What an understatement! I read you Pop every Sunday in the funnies and he's spot-on. I'm a bit jealous of this puzzle; you're 13 years my junior and pulled off a smooth grid. Thanks for dropping in and sorry about you BATTERY.
Thanks Lem for the expo. I didn't notice the TTILE either. I'll check your links later-- Friday Night Lights* starts today and I need a nap before the game.
WOs: at IT b/f ON IT, RA-R (crap!), and GETS by @26d (Hi HG!). That started a cascade of spilt ink.
ESPs: DEROSSI, ENTEPOT.
Fav: c/a for ELOPE was not POOR at all
{B+}
Misty - Good luck w/ the new script. Houston Chronicle has Resutl. I almost caught that as I looked at it 4x trying to see if the type was just too close :-)
WC - LOL "f Terri Gross is interviewing NIA Vardalos that's not cheating it's a miracle."
HG - LOL on I am CAIT! I call AAA for all my breakdown woes; family plan is $250 or so and, with 4 folks and 5 cars, it SEEMs to pay for itself.
Spitz - so right. The radio in the '86 Alfa draws so much battery that, after a week, it's dead. My Brother's best-man (the car is a family affair) installed a disconnect "valve" on the positive-post - just remember to unscrew it when done playing. #T-FAIL
Damn it CED, you stole my
"Engine?"
"Check."
Cheers, -T
*Real: Youngest dances at the game so we have season tix //sigh
Whinging:
Once in a while I'll be watching some talk-type show on TV. One of the guests might be a chef or cook or ??? They will produce some really good-looking dessert or other food item. They then proceed to eat it and and the host and other guests ooh and aah over it. Meanwhile, my salivary glands are working overtime and I'm drooling down the front of my shirt. In real life you would never eat something without offering it to the other folks. Rude and inconsiderate. We all learned that back in kindergarten. I find it very annoying when it happens on a TV show.
Bill G. Stop watching food-porn! :-)
Now, about that nap... -T
I enjoyed this puzzle greatly; I had to spend a much longer period of time on it than usual, but it was fun.
Clearly the comment of the day. As a part time foodie I do not watch cooking shows. However, when you think etiquette remember these shows are scripted so they do what they are told do
Crazy Rich Asians is an entertaining movie with a believable story tucked inside. Showing my ignorance, I suppose, I was surprised at how tall most of the actors are. My impression of Asians and Asian-Americans is that they are short including three of my very good friends. Not surprising, is how good looking all are and very good actors. Michelle Yeoh is the only one familiar to me from Memories of a Geisha and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon also Ken Jeong.
After reading all your comments I realized that I read the theme clues like AnonT, in a dyslexic manner so they seemed right to me. I have a bit of that. Result was spelled correctly in my newspaper.
Watching the news and seeing the horrendous flooding especially i Pennsylvania my thoughts and prayers are with all facing the horrors of nature.
CED:
It's good to have you back! LOL!!!!
Bill G ~
I agree - emphatically. How rude of them to keep it all to themselves!
But then they may be suffering from the delusion that seems so common to TV types. I mean the weird sense that we are occupying the same space - and if we aren't choosing to help ourselves, I guess that's our own fault, right?
They usually tip us off to their fantasy at sign off, when they say something like, "See you next time" or "I hope to see you again soon."
I sometimes yell at them, "No, you fools, I can see you, but --!"
My admonition goes for nought.
~ OMK
Greetings!
Thanks to Ross and Lemonade!
FIR, but struggled with: ENTREPOT, MARIANO and TV Y.
Abejo: Harvey no longer does the marching thing. He is 89.5 yrs. old!
My ophthalmologist says to use Visine before prescription eye drops, because they hurt like hell!
Ross: nice of you to drop in!
Have a great day!
CrossEyedDave Those AUTO CORRECTION images were hilarious! Thanks!
Misty Way interesting that you discovered that your version of the puzzle had AUTO CORRECTED the misspellings. How appropriately inappropriate!
And good luck with you new eye care person. Is the no-printer situation just temporary?
So... What is your native language? I always feel like an interplanetary visitor myself!
PK Thanks for taking the time to read about my adventure of being hit by a car. I have two thick binders of medical records compiled by the lawyer. They have been used by brain researchers, too (where they currently reside)! I think there were over 100 separate injuries. Pain is so non-linear. If I stub my toe it hurts a lot. If I get over two dozen broken bones it hurts a lot.
Yes, it was amazing how I could keep on smiling. Very few people survive being hit at that speed. I was truly born again. No gods required! As days turned into weeks, my then girlfriend started bringing me colorful shirts to wear in the hospital! (She was a visiting professor from Germany who moved away a few months later.)
Yellowrocks Glad you enjoyed the "Beep Beep" song (that was the answer to Husker Gary's question).
Wilbur Charles It gives me hope that your Millennial son shares my perspective on PHONEs and on cameras! My Millennial nephew has gone one step further: He uses a film camera! I think that is one step too far!
Jinx Glad you agree with the virtues of cameras for keeping people honest.
Biases can be so sneaky that we don't even know we have them. One of the sneakiest is Confirmation Bias. Once you "know" that redheads or red cars are more likely to break the law, you will keep noticing every time a redhead or a red car breaks the law.
We forget to notice all the non-redhead and non-red cars that do the same. And we forget to notice all the times the redheads and red cars do obey the law.
This recent study showed that bicyclists are actually slightly more law abiding than motorists.
Here is another recent study that showed the same thing.
Interestingly, there was one difference between law-breaking between bicyclists and motorists in these studies.
Motorists tended to "break the law mainly to save time". Eg speeding or running red lights.
But bicyclists "often break the law out of concern for their own safety". Eg riding on the sidewalk when they perceive no legal safe place to ride.
The article also noted: An experiment has been done where bicyclists were given safe, legal places to ride. They indeed tend to be more law-abiding in that experiment. It is called Copenhagen.
Picard at 11:45 AM
- - Thanks for mentioning Dr. Demento and linking the Cadillac/Nash Rambler Song. I hadn't heard the "Beep Beep" for many years.
Ðave
Never noticed the misspellings in the clue, but the discussion reminded me of something.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, is taht it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervy lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh, and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Bill G,that reminds me of the mom tasting the baby food and saying,
"Yum, yum" You are supposed to follow the chef and spoon up your own bit which you make. If it is not appealing you will not make it.
I appreciate and protect bicyclists. Motorcycles intimidate me when they weave erratically in and out of traffic. They do not allow time for their intentions to register with me the way cars do. I hang back to let them get way ahead. I believe that they do not realise how dangerous their suddenly movements are.
Fabulous Friday. Thanks for the fun, Ross and Lemonade. Thanks for dropping in, Ross; sorry about your DEAD BATTERY - we do have prescience of the blog here.
I started out well and thought this was going to be a quick solve. But then the inkblots started. But eventually I saw the AUTO and was able to fill in the theme entries.
Hand up for Unfurl (even tried Unroll) before UNFOLD, Stoned before STINKO (yea, Canada is getting new cannabis legislation in the fall), Ensnares before ENSNARLS.
My symbol of stiffness was a Board before STARCH, and I waited for perps to decide between EXED and EKED for "Scratched out" (although often we just have XED).
Dave - wiki is outdated Justin Trudeau was Prime Minister-designate of Canada in October 2015 but is not longer designate as he became Prime Minister in November 2015. (MP stands for Member of Parliament.)
IM- I think you needed AUTO CORRECTIONS for your Blooy Mary! ��
My newspaper must have had an AUTO CORRECTION of their own since Result in 48A clue was NOT misspelled as Resutl. I see Misty's paper (and others) had the same Result! Not Typoglycemia.
Thanks AnonPVX. I agree that the tone of a blog or text can be misinterpreted.
YR - glad Alan is still doing well.
Picard - What a scary and life-altering accident. Glad you have recovered. I only ride my bicycle on bike trails. I don't consider myself a great biker (just recreational) and I avoid riding on the side of the road. Even designated bike lanes scare me although they are better than nothing!
I'm a little late to do anything other than wish you all a Good Night!
billocohoes ~
Thanks for the clear & amusing example of how wrod lteter oderr matters so little.
Of course, the key, as you point out, is to keep the first and last letters in place. Otherwise, our Jumble solvers might have something to say about it.
~ OMK
CED: loved your auto correction links! Especially liked the dog looking out the tail light and the big band aide.
I was driving a mauve Nash Rambler when that song was popular.
billocohoes: I could read every word. Hmmm! And at the one newspaper I worked for, we paid a proof reader to do nothing but catch the typos. She was such an eagle eye.
BillO - that was hilarious; I caught on at Cmabrigde :-)
Back from the game and the girls did much better dancing at halftime than the boys did on the field all game.
Now to go look at everyone (sans CED's; his are too funny to wait!) links. -T
“In all the proof that has reached me, windrow has been spelled window. If, in the bound book, windrow still appears as window, then neither rain nor hail nor gloom of night nor fleets of riot squads will prevent me from assassinating the man who is responsible. If the coward hides behind my finding, I shall step into Scribner’s and merely shoot up the place Southern style.” — American author Gordon Dorrance (1890-1957), note to his publishers
“By the way, would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-down patois which is something like the way a Swiss-waiter talks, and that when I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will remain split, and when I interrupt the velvety smoothness of my more or less literate syntax with a few sudden words of barroom vernacular, this is done with the eyes wide open and the mind relaxed and attentive. The method may not be perfect, but it is all I have.” — Raymond Chandler, to the editor of The Atlantic Monthly
Bike riding is mentioned in tomorrow's _J poem.
OKL - Love it! Those brilliant observations on usage reminded (RETRO'd(?)) me of a book that I, a while back, recommended (Word by Word) by a real lexicographer for the Corner to take in. The story is brilliantly funny and aligns w/ your Chandler quote. IIRC, YR enjoyed it too. -T
I see there's a whole chapter entitled(My fav word btw):
IRREGARDLESS
WC
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