Theme: Company Slogans
17. "Am I coming in loud and clear?" (Verizon): CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
28. "Waiter, isn't my steak ready yet?" (Wendy's): WHERE'S THE BEEF.
47. "Don't settle when it comes to personal potential" (U.S. Army): BE ALL YOU CAN BE.
63. "No fakes here" (Coca-Cola): IT'S THE REAL THING.
Boomer here.
Last year, the Superb Owl came to Minnesota and if you read the news, it cost the city and state around 55 million dollars (however I believe hotels, restaurants, cabbies, Uber, and MSP Airport did just fine.) This year, Minneapolis' U.S. Bank stadium is hosting the NCAA Basketball Final Four, and rumor has it that we are spending 110 Million bucks on security, traffic control and various protections. I cannot afford a ticket but it's nice to know that my tax money is paying for something worthwhile.
Last year, the Superb Owl came to Minnesota and if you read the news, it cost the city and state around 55 million dollars (however I believe hotels, restaurants, cabbies, Uber, and MSP Airport did just fine.) This year, Minneapolis' U.S. Bank stadium is hosting the NCAA Basketball Final Four, and rumor has it that we are spending 110 Million bucks on security, traffic control and various protections. I cannot afford a ticket but it's nice to know that my tax money is paying for something worthwhile.
Congratulations to our L.A. Times own Rams for their victory in overtime and a trip to Superb Owl number LIII. (If you are not Roman that's 53.) Good Luck!!!
Across:
1. Broadway auntie: MAME. "You charm the husk right off of the corn."
5. Sean Connery, for one: SCOT. The original 007. I think I saw every 007 movie when I was a kid.
9. Strong winds: GALES.
Reminds me of Dorothy Gale who was blown to Oz by a strong wind. Then
there was Gale Storm - "My Little Margie". Interesting weather related
name, but I doubt it was real.
14. Words while calling a bet: I' M IN.
15. Any volume of Hume's "The History of England," e.g.: TOME.
16. Banded marble: AGATE. We had steelies, peeries, and agates. Kid fun was great before computers and smart phones.
20. Boutros-Ghali's successor: ANNAN. Served in the U.N. Kofi just passed away last fall.
21. Happen as a result: ENSUE.
22. USCG officer: ENS. Whenever I see this answer, I think of Ensign Parker in McHale's Navy.
23. __ Tomé and Príncipe: SAO.
24. Round Table title: SIR. But
how do you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume? It
isn't easy, but I'll try. It was a Lulu of a hit song.
26. Bluesy James: ETTA.
34. The Vols' sch.: U TENN.
35. Astronomical red giant: S STAR. I have never heard of this, so I Googled it, Now I still don't know what it is.
36. "The Wizard __": comic strip: OF ID. Not the Wizard that Dorothy Gale visited.
39. Gawk: STARE.
I suppose this is an "E" Star. Sort of like an "S" Star but part of
one of those stupid constellations that everyone talks about.
42. Like Cheerios: OATY.
I like GM cereals, but I have to admit, I buy the off brand copies. I
bowl with a guy who retired from General Mills. I think I will ask him
if they make the Wheat, Rice, and Corn Chex, and package them in a
different box for Aldi and other grocery stores. They sure look and
taste the same.
43. Sonata movement: RONDO.
45. Flu symptom: FEVER. Peggy Lee - "Fever in the morning, Fever all through the night".
51. Cylindrical cheese: EDAM. I love cheese, but I never buy round chunks.
52. Genetic "messenger" initials: RNA.
53. "Morning Edition" airer: NPR. One of C.C.'s favorite news channels
56. Letter before omega: PSI. Omega is the final letter. Graybar retirees (like me) belong to "Older More Energetic Graybar Associates" Aka OMEGA.
59. Largest Greek island: CRETE.
61. Drink served with marshmallows: COCOA. I have to drink my cocoa straight up. Marshmallows have too much sugar.
66. Shire of "Rocky": TALIA.
67. London art gallery: TATE.
68. A single time: ONCE. Upon time there were three bears, Mama, Papa, and baby, Oh, never mind, you have all heard that story.
69. Precipitous: STEEP. I think we make tea this way.
70. Flock's "Absolutely!": AMEN. So be it!
71. Garden scrapers: HOES. Garden waterer - HOSE
Down:
1. Layered minerals: MICAS.
2. Appliance brand: AMANA. Famous manufacturer in Amana, Iowa.
3. Bait fish: MINNOW. I bowl with a Minnow. His real name is Marlowe, but everyone calls him "Minnow".
4. One-named New Age singer: ENYA.
5. Consecutive alphabet trio that spells a name: STU. A big husky guy may be called Beef Stu.
6. Easy to understand: COHERENT.
7. Black cat, to some: OMEN. A strange movie about a weird young boy.
8. It includes cups, a pot and a sugar bowl: TEA SET. Don't forget the Barbie Doll.
9. Reproductive cells: GAMETES.
10. 242, for the USA: AGE. 71 for me. (A baby boomer), Happy I am old enough to remember and enjoyed all the hoopla surrounding 1976.
11. Narrow street: LANE. "On Penny Lane there is a barber sharing photographs"
12. Berkshire school: ETON.
13. Puts in stitches: SEWS.
18. Initial stage, as of the flu: ONSET.
19. Baseball's Babe: RUTH.
The "Bambino" among other nicknames. It is scary to think how good he
might have been if he stayed in shape and laid off the brew.
25. More than annoys: IRES.
27. Soak up: ABSORB.
29. Gathering around the quarterback: HUDDLE.
In the old days, the guy with the single digit number called the plays.
Now I think they have speakers in their helmets and call what the
coaches tell them to do.
30. Big mess: SNAFU. In high school we had a goofy guy named Anthony who we nicknamed Snafu. I suppose every high school had a snafu.
31. In-flight approx.: ETA. Maybe a little early if with the wind.
32. "Dig in!": EAT. Please pass the chicken.
33. Cook in oil: FRY. I mean, please pass the FRIED chicken.
36. Heavenly body: ORB.
37. Them, vis-à-vis us: FOE.
38. Once-lifetime link: IN A. Once in a lifetime.
40. Make over: RECREATE. The fried chicken plate is empty. Please recreate more.
41. "Dear __ Hansen": 2017 Best Musical: EVAN.
44. British buddy: OLD CHAP.
46. Legislate: ENACT.
48. Easily maneuvered, at sea: YARE. Umpire talk - "YARE OUT"
49. Mafioso code of honor: OMERTA.
50. Affluent Los Angeles district: ENCINO.
I don't know much about the logistics of Los Angeles. I hope the
teachers can get back on the job and schools become more to their
liking.
54. Explorer __ de León: PONCE.
55. Fits of anger: RAGES. Argue with an ump and he may call "YARE OUT" (of the game.)
56. Indy service areas: PITS. I wonder if they allow "SPIT" in the PITS.
57. MD's "Now!": STAT.
This comes from Latin "Statum" which means right now. For some reason
medical professionals needed to know Latin. I think they used to write
prescriptions Quaque die.
58. "Cast Away" setting: ISLE.
With Gilligan, the Skipper too, the millionaire and his wife. The
movie star, the professor and Mary Ann here on Gilligan's Isle.
60. Angels or Saints: TEAM.
We know about Albert Pujols' Angels. St. Paul, MN has a low level
minor league team called the Saints. Apologies to Drew Brees.
62. "Oops!": OH OH.
62. "Oops!": OH OH.
64. Game with no winner: TIE. I have a few neck ties that are winners.
65. Actor Cariou: LEN.
Boomer
Notes from C.C.:
1)
Happy 71st birthday to our young Madame DeFarge (Janice)! So glad you
bumped into Abjeo.
2)
Happy 11th birthday to our blog! Thanks for being here for me all
these years. I can't imagine what my life would be without you guys.
The cosplay party was in the swing!
ReplyDeleteAnime, super-hero, and furry being!
A big orange party-crasher,
His skin a disaster,
Was greeted by shouts, "IT'S THE REAL THING!"
The firemen's calendar had a set motif
Each man posed wearing only his briefs.
The photog, Ms. Sheridan
Was a crusty old harridan.
She slammed thru the door, crying, "WHERE'S THE BEEF?"
Hamlet emoted, "To be, or not to be?
Please, can you spell 'shibboleth' for me?
Are two B's enough,
Or not up to snuff?
Don't stint, but BE ALL YOU CAN BE!"
Thru dozens of cases the judge had to plow
The backlog of cases made him wrinkle his brow.
Petitioners would implore
At the courtroom door,
"I've waited so long, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?"
{A, A-, A-, B+.}
ReplyDeleteGale Storm was born Josephine Owaissa Cottle. I guess she didn't want to be Cottled.
ReplyDeleteA,B,A-,A
ReplyDeleteEspecially like No. 1. No. 4 is so pertinent.
FIR, but erased I see for IM IN and IRkS for IRES. The only SAO I know is Paulo, where DW once had an office. Did I get to go there? Nooooo, I got to go to Caracas.
ReplyDeleteLearning moment was YARE. Maybe I'll remember this one since it is fro the language of the sea.
Thanks for the nice, easy start to the week, Kurt. I really liked remembering the old-time ad slogans. And thanks to Boomer for the punny review. I especially liked the "To Sir With Love" segment. A real Lulu.
Thanks to CC for starting and guiding this blog. Great picture of some of my favorite regulars.
Good luck to the quitters. I stopped smoking 40+ years ago with the aid of the American Heart Association. They had me rubber-band a piece of paper around my pack and write down what was going on when I lit up. What I was feeling, where I was, what I was doing, etc. Within a couple of weeks I was done. That was before the patch and other cessation aids. Whatever works, just don't smoke.
ReplyDeleteA nice little speed run today with the slogans from Kurt. Boomer added the background and humor.
Only one change was necessary today. I wanted IRKS vs IRES.
It's cold here in Central PA. It was below zero when I got up this morning. Looking forward to a high of 12 degrees today. We had 9 inches of snow over the weekend, but it also rained which made for a wet heavy snow. My snowblower was able to handle it, but the temperature dropped from 32 degrees to 23 degrees in the hour and a half that it took to clear the snow. So the snow on the vehicles turned to a block of ice thereby making it hard to clean them off. The slush that the snowplow deposited at the end of my driveway will probably be there until spring. Oh well.
Time to go to the cardiologist for my annual check.
Have a great day everyone and please stay warm.
Back to easy peasy Mondays. The slogans were fun. The only fill new to me was EVAN, easily wagged and perped. I knew YARE from reading many sea stories of the old Royal Navy, sailing ships, sea battles and pirates.
ReplyDeleteThe LAT puzzles surely give AMANA plenty of name recognition.
These days names of streets do not necessarily match the actual meaning of the word. Lanes sometimes are wide and avenues sometimes are narrow.
I love Edam cheese. It comes in short round cylinders wrapped in a red wax.
Happy birthday, Madame D. I enjoy your posts.
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteThanks Boomer for your usual bright lead-in.
Easy enough solve. Kurt's puzzles are usually quite doable.
32d "Dig in!" - EAT -- Many times, my Dad would say: "Hau rin!". Translates as "Hit it" or "Cut into". (Hau pronounced as English "how").
-T - Don't give up. My dad was a life long smoker - cigarettes, pipe, and cigars when out with the family on a Sunday drive. When he was 79, he needed surgery on his lower abdomen. Surgeons don't like to deal with smokers because of anesthesia issues. So when I saw him before his surgery, he said "Maybe I'll stop smoking now." (He lived on for 7 more years.)
Yellowrocks- Did you ever hear George Carlins' bit about why do we park in driveways and drive on parkways...
ReplyDeleteGood Morning.
ReplyDeleteThis was a real relief after the last few puzzles. Madame even realized the theme immediately. Verizon in the clue tipped me off--CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? Well, I'm not exactly a wizard with the themes, so, indeed, cracking the code may for an easy spin here. Thanks, for the relief, Kurt.
Boomer, you outdid yourself with your commentary. Very Punny!!! I think you might find that the Aldi products may well made by various mainstream companies. It seems to me that the labels are so close to the look the national brands, that if not, there would be room for some sort of copyright infringement.
You're right about QB's I noticed Drew Brees adjusting his helmet a couple of times at the line of scrimmage. I don't think his helmet was fitting badly.
71, eh? I thought I was older than you. ;-)
OKL--Hate to be contrary, but I'd say straight A's!
Anon T-, I'm pretty sure you are going to tire of all the advice here; however, C, Eh may have a point. I have plenty of knitting friends who took it up when they quit smoking. I taught all my grands to knit. Actually, the boys caught on faster than the girls. It's great for tracking and small motor skills as prep for reading. That was my goal. Knitting is very mathematical. You wouldn't even need a calculator to figure anything out. [Yeah, I do. ;-( ] You could knit scarves--the easiest, which you certainly don't need in Houston, but you could send them farther North where Homeless folks would appreciate them. Now that I've established your plan, you'll have no more idle hands looking for a cigarette. ;-)
Thanks, C.C., and speaking of old advertising tag lines, I hope this means not older but better (Lady Clairol--even though my grey is naturale.)
A special thank you for establishing this amazing hang out.
It looks like a high of 15 today. Stay cozy!!
Have a cozy day.
Forgot:
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Madame DeFarge. Hope you have a great, special day.
We had -14º this morning.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteAh, the failings of memory. I heard Clara Peller crying, "Where's the meat?" Easily fixed. No other problems this morning. I'm late to the party after installing all security updates that the Tax-Aide program requires for my PC and laptop. Thanx, Kurt. Boomer, your expo was a Lulu.
GALES: I've got Gale Storm's Dark Moon on my music server.
RONDO: I've also got Don Rondo's White Silver Sands. Both from '57.
HOES: I was shocked to learn that you cannot buy a garden HOSE at the Wally-World garden department.
TALIA: Do you s'pose she got that part in Rocky because her last name is really Coppola?
Happy Birthday, Mme Defarge!
Hello Puzzlers -
ReplyDeleteFirst, HBTY Madame Defarge!
Next: what’s this? Was nobody else stumped at yare? I don’t recall seeing it in a puzzle. Spitz, this is probably one for you.
HappyBirthday CROSSWORD CORNER and a happy 71st to you, Madam Defarge .
ReplyDeleteI groked the theme very quickly which is unusual for me...liked it. Enjoyed your humor, Boomer.
Happy Monday all and a Happy Martin Luther King Day!
One of these days I have to figure out how to get Google to recognize me on my iPad so I can keep up with all of you.
We have seen it before, Dudley.
ReplyDeleteMusings
ReplyDelete-Rich allowed some very generous clues by naming the advertiser instead of “Am I coming in loud and clear on Madison Ave.?” Maybe he felt bad about Saturday. Nah.
-I’m the only one who put in BOND for SCOT?
-The light from Earth’s G STAR was completely blocked last night casusing this fabulous sight
-FEVER – is it really necessary for anyone else to sing it? :)
-Laser light is coherent but that it is now easy to teach/understand
-This Congress is about Them vs Us and not ENACTING much
-Love that picture!
-Happy Birthday to your blog, C.C. We’d be lost without you!
Football Musings
ReplyDelete-Much sturm and drang will ENSUE after the non-call in the Ram’s win yesterday
-The Chiefs haven’t been in a Superb Owl since Moby Dick was a MINNOW
-Very unsatisfying that the Chiefs didn’t even get to touch the ball after the TIE in regulation.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteThis was an easy, breezy Monday with one w/o, Gusts/Gales. I never saw Yare until the expo. Liked Omen/Amen duo and the Omertà fill near Talia from "The Godfather." The slogans were all easy to get, especially Verizon's. If I had to vote on the most annoying and most ridiculous commercials, I'd be hard-pressed to choose among the worst: Geico, Progressive, or Liberty Mutual. There are others but these three are over the top, IMO.
Thanks, Kurt, for starting the week off so nicely and thanks, Boomer, for a top-notch review and the always appreciated chuckles. Happy Birthday to the blog and a big, big thank you to CC for bringing us all together. My life has been greatly enriched since I stumbled into this Corner eight years ago.
Happy Birthday, Madame Defarge, hope it is special. 🎂🎁🎉🍾🎈
FLN
Bill G and Lucina ~ Based on your comments and DO's, I think my initial doubts about "Wallender" have been confirmed. I'll try to find something less dark and deviant.
BTW, where is TTP?
Dudley @ 0958 - No, it's not for me, either. We never used it. It is used mainly in books that YR reads.
ReplyDeleteMerriam says for etymology: "Middle English, from Old English gearu; akin to Old High German garo ready". German uses gar in many ways, but it does mean ready or done (in cooking). L. German goor or gaar.
58D: Not to mention Tom Hanks!
ReplyDeleteMadame Defarge, studies have shown that knitting is like yoga for the brain. It is very calming and relaxing, unless you drop a stitch. It also keeps me from eating, can’t knit and eat pizza at the same time. I live in the desert, so everything I knit is sent up north to the Navajo Nation.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!
Jerome, fun! We actually did park for a long time on the Garden State Parkway going down the shore on summer weekends. We called it the Garden State Parking Lot. Being retired and choosing a weekday solved the problem.
ReplyDeleteHere is your answer.
Why
The Old Royal Navy yarns of the 18th century were thrilling. YARE is archaic. To be authentic the authors used old fashioned terms. At first I would LIU these words, That sets them in one's mind. If you read enough of these books, you pick up some of the lingo.
Marvelous Monday. Thanks for the fun, Kurt and Boomer.
ReplyDeleteThis was refreshing after last week's offerings. But I did have a few inkblots.
Hand up for Irks before IRES. But the clue did say "More than annoys" and IRES is stronger that irks.
I changed I see to I'M IN, and Renovate to RECREATE.
YARE and ENCINO filled with perps thankfully.
I thought of yesterday's football games with HUDDLES, Saints TEAM, Game with no winner=TIE (but yesterday OT decided the winners in both games).
You Americans will LOL, but this Canadian wondered if 10D "242, for the USA" referred to the Area Code!
37D "Them, vis-à-vis us=FOE" reminded me of this famous Pogo quote.
Pogo
Happy Birthday, Madame D. (And yes, I thought you would approve of AnonT taking up knitting!)
Happy Birthday to the blog and thank you to C.C. for creating and nurturing it.
Happy Martin Luther King Day to my American friends.
Enjoy the day. We are very cold here, currently -17C (1.4F) with wind chill of -26C (-14.8F). Needless to say, I am staying indoors. Apparently, Ottawa was the coldest capital (and that's not cash!) in the world on Saturday.
ColdestCapital
Delightful Monday puzzle, many thanks, Kurt. I did have one stumble, putting IRKS instead of IRES (glad I wasn't the only one, Jinx and CanadianEh). I loved the way the theme answers just popped right up in each case. Wasn't there a TV show in the old days that had a theme song with the words "the 'MINNOW' would be lost" (or something like that)? And I enjoyed your fun write-up, Boomer. Loved seeing the picture of Sean Connery in his SCOT outfit, and nice evocations of GALE Storm and Peggy Lee.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Madame Defarge, hope you have a wonderful day.
And Happy Birthday, Blog, with heart-felt thanks to C.C. for bringing us all together here over so many years. What a wonderful community you've created!
Lovely poems, Owen.
All the talk about smoking reminded me about how I stopped when I started my first teaching job at the University of Tulsa. I was the first woman hired in the department, and the way I stopped smoking was to switch from cigarettes to cigars, and stop inhaling. It worked after a few months. But my colleagues told me that some of them had freaked out when I showed up to the first department meeting and pulled out and lit a cigar! Didn't stop them from hiring more women after I moved on.
Have a great day, everybody!
Gary,
ReplyDeleteAgree with you 100%. The Chiefs should have been given chance. New Orleans got "jobbed" in the first game on a very obvious penalty that the refs did not call.
Happy birthday, Mdme Defarge! I hope you have skeins of fun!
ReplyDeleteAnd happy birthday to our Blog! C.C., thank you for creating it; I, too, would be lost without it.
And happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to all!
Lastly, thank you to Kurt and Boomer. This puzzle was a hoot! I recalled all the slogans. And there is my favorite SCOT, Sean Connery. What a guy!
I agree with C Eh! about irks/IRES. That was my only w/o. And YARE slipped by me completely. I only noticed it in Boomer's write up. I don't recall ever seeing it. EVAN, too, as clued. Luckily the across fill was quick and easy so those unknowns filled themselves.
Have a warm and cozy day all you northerners! Good day to everyone else!
The first international production of Dear EVAN Hansen begins March 5, 2019 at Royal Alexandra Theatre (Mirvish Productions) in Toronto.
ReplyDeleteDearEvanHansenCanadianProduction
Thanks all for the “yare” input. I kinda figured it would be remembered from past puzzles, and a quick check of the special dictionary in my tablet shows it was typed in at least once before, most likely right here. Porous memory!
ReplyDelete11 years of the Corner, an amazing feat for C.C. Congratulations. When I first stumbled upon the blog trying to explain why an answer was correct, it never occurred to me that I would become part of this wonderful cyber family, let alone be part of creating and publishing puzzles. Little did C.C. know she was celebrating Madame DeFarge's birthday when she uploaded her very very first CROSSWORD CORNER . To say that is has grown is an understatement. To say that she has become a force of nature in the crossword world in an understatement. To say that she has befriended and brought together a band of puzzle lovers is a fact. To say it has been our pleasure would be true. Perhaps this is not an anniversary that reshaped the world, but it reshaped mine.
ReplyDeleteBoomer we love your write-ups but I was surprised when you had a puzzle that had both GILLIGAN's Island and MINNOW and did not link THIS SONG
Thank you
I forgot to say how much I like that picture of our four stalwart Cornerites! What a lucky coincidence that Abejo connected with them.
ReplyDeleteI liked this puzzle. Didn't remember YARE so it was new to me. Hand up for IRK before IRE. Happy birthday, blog. Bless you, C.C. and Boomer. Happy birthday, Madame Defarge.
ReplyDeleteYes, I too forgot, great picture. Nice when reality intervenes.
ReplyDeleteThank you CC, for creating and nurturing this wonderful blog. Besides giving us an opportunity to associate with other logophiles and crossword lovers to exchange ideas and knowledge, you have created a virtual family. Kindness and camaraderie reigns, unlike at many places in the blogosphere. I can't wait to finish my puzzle each morning so I can join in the fun. I appreciate all the hours of time you give to this blog. Also a word of appreciation to the witty bloggers of the day and to all you virtual friends who share your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to The Corner.
Lemonade, thank you so much for giving us the link to Gilligan's Isle! I just loved having a chance to hear that theme song again, and see all those great pictures of the actors and scenes from the show! A total treat!
ReplyDeleteYR @ 2:48 ~Well said and my sentiments exactly! (Did you cancel the square dance gathering?)
ReplyDeleteI didn't read all the Fleming authored books. JFK's fav
ReplyDeleteFrom ID they came
Of cartoon Fame
The wizard and the jester.
Playing a riddle game
Which had no name
The Wizard posed this tester.
On Charlesbank dine
With choice of fine wine
Pick of salads galore
The roast beef so tender
Good service they render
All this midst exquisite decor
Got it said the Sot
With scarcely a thought
Rib Room Hotel Sonesta*
I'll stop here and read posts
WC
* From an old Boston radio limerick contest, circa 1974
Well, it was nice to get a solve after the Saturday disaster. No markovers today either.
ReplyDeleteI remember “yare” from the Philadelphia Story when Hepburn is talking to Grant by the pool about their yacht. Looked it up then and never forgot it for some reason.
Hard to believe the ref missed the most obvious (1) pass interference and (2) hit to the head penalties ever on the same play. I’d love to see his bank account today....or maybe the NFL should conduct eye tests and also require the refs to be in as good physical shape as the players. An all time pathetically bad call right on national TV in a championship game. I’m not even a NO fan, but they got cheated big time.
On the other hand, the AFC game was quite exciting start to finish, and they even got the “muff” call correct.
Happy birthday, Madame Defarge!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Boomer, for posting the cover of David Hume's TOME, The History of England. I knew Hume as a philosopher and didn't realize he was an historian. I see the first volume goes up to the "Revolution of 1688," AKA the "Bloodless Revolution."
It was "bloodless" because Parliament, in getting rid of James II, who was just "too damned Catholic" for his own good, welcomed the "invasion" by his nephew, Protestant William of Orange, who, with his wife Mary, accepted the throne with Parliament's blessing.
Thanks too for congratulating the Rams. It's good to see them back in L.A. and re-building their strength so quickly.
Amazing how close yesterday's games were, with four closely matched teams--and two separate games decided in OT.
I wonder with all the fuss kicked up about yesterday's blown pass-interference call whether it is time to get serious about changing the means for crying foul?
I mean, now that we have the ability to replay every moment instantly and from multiple angles, maybe fouls should all be called from the booth and announced by a buzzer--instead of a thrown pocket flag.
Or would that just steal all the fun & thunder from fans' post-game arguments?
~ OMK
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DR: One near-side diagonal.
Today’s anagram appears to celebrate Aesop’s memorable donkey, the creature who, like the modern elephant, never forgets.
What is the secret to the donkey’s memory? It is very good at associating visual, aural, and odorific cues with items to recall. This is why Aesop’s beast is known as the…
“MNEMONIC ASS”!
Good afternoon everyone! Haven’t commented in a while, although I do enjoy reading the write-ups and posts every day. Now that I’m retired (YAY!) I hope to visit more often. Just had to stop by and wish a Happy Blog Birthday to the Corner and thank C.C. for all she does to make it happen. Also Happy Birthday to Madame DeFarge.
ReplyDeleteToday’s puzzle was a nice, smooth solve after the stumpers late last week. Thanks to Kurt and Boomer for the fun. Got the theme at “Can You Hear Me Now?”, and the rest followed easily. Hand up for GUSTS before GALES – perps to the rescue. Like AnonPVX, the term YARE brought The Philadelphia Story to mind.
Looking forward to a break from the frigid temps tomorrow, even if it means more “wintry mix” may be on the way. Stay warm, all!
I've always wondered: is "you give me fever" the same as "you make me sick"?
ReplyDeleteOwen, I agree with Sandy, #1 is terif. What actor played that role?
ReplyDeleteYR, I was a big Hornblower fan as a teen. My buddy at book report time said "Another Hornblower?". Then the teacher said "enough!". Not to speak of my Mel Martin baseball series.
Re. Saints vs Rams
I said this fifteen years ago I'll repeat:
You can't have an officiating body reporting directly to the profit center eg Ownership.
1/21/2008. Google says it was a Monday.
Yep. Just did the leaps in my head.
Misty, you got the answer to your"Minnow" question I see
WC
Hbd Mme DeFarge and congrats on the the successful Saturday solve Assuming you're a no-lookup P&I solver .
Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Kurt Krauss, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Boomer, for a fine review.
ReplyDeleteFirst: Happy Birthday, Madame DeFarge, and many more. It was fun meeting you and your husband. And the other Chicagoites that we could find. There are still a couple more to dig up.
Second: oc4beach, where are you in Central Pennsylvania?
Puzzle was fine. Good Monday level. Liked the theme. Knew all the slogans.
I have been near the AMANA Colonies in Iowa. Was at Cedar Rapids for an Automatic Electric Installers Reunion, many years ago.
YARE was a new word for me. However, I am not very nautical.
All the places I worked in Southern California, I never worked in ENCINO. Maybe it is a Pacific Telephone property.
My cold, cough, and runny nose are finally easing up. Now my wife has it. I guess I am guilty.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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Hand up Happy Martin Luther King Day! I am just back from over four hours of festivities here for the occasion.
ReplyDeleteIndeed today's puzzle was a nice break from the recent challenges!
Hand up learning moment about YARE. Other unknowns: LEN Cariou, TALIA Shire, EVAN Hansen.
We see EDAM fairly often. But did you ever stop to think that it is really MADE backwards?
Boomer thanks for the amusing bits!
CC congratulations on 11 years of the blog and thanks for the group photo!
Here I was with my father in Edinburgh. The round structure in the first photo is the TOMb of David HUME
Learning moment that HUME wrote a series of TOMEs of history. I only know him as a famed philosopher.
From yesterday
ReplyDeleteWilbur Charles thank you for your experience trying to solve the Saturday puzzle.
It seems that no here one was able to get it all solved without help or mistakes.
IM, I canceled the dance tonight to much relief and many thankyous. It is brutal out there. The cold water line to my washer is frozen. My long time plumber told me to turn up the room thermostat as high as possible and to turn off the water at the meter if I left home.
ReplyDeleteIt will likely thaw with no damage. It did so about ten years ago.
Cross your fingers.
WC, I read a lot of Hornblower. I had to limit my students to reporting on only one book by any author.
Came home after work and expected to race through a Monday puzzle. Unfortunately I put "irks" instead of "ires" (can't believe that is actually a word!!) Even though the perps made no sense so technically DNF
ReplyDeleteOMK, the Revolution of 1688 was (nearly) bloodless only if you’re talking about the English, and not all those pesky Scots and Irish (Jacobite Rebellion, Battle of the Boyne)
ReplyDeleteHi everybody. I first learned YARE from doing an LAT crossword a few years ago. If I remember correctly, it means a ship that is easy to maneuver, responsive, agile.
ReplyDeleteAbejo: Encino is in the San Fernando Valley, about twenty minutes north of LAX, straight up the 405 freeway.
Picard: We visited Edinburgh about 45 years ago. We loved Scotland. An elderly Scotsman dressed in a tweed suit was proud to direct us to the statue of Greyfriars Bobby. He was very proud of his country.
We went to the Edinburgh zoo to see the penguins being taken for a walk. The zoo is a pale comparison to some of the ones near here but the penguin's walk is fun. Everyday, at exactly 3 pm, the penguins crowd around the gate to their enclosure. A zookeeper opens the gate and walks slowly backward around the grounds. The penguins follow him, waddling slowly in an orderly fashion queue. Wonderful!
billicohoes ~
ReplyDeleteSorry. I was only addressing the "Bloodless" or "Glorious Revolution of 1688." The Battle of the Boyne was a reaction to it, and the Jacobite Rebellion was over 50 years later.
I appreciate that one could argue that every event depends on everything that preceded it, but history writers have to draw lines somewhere.
I'm not necessarily pro-English despite my surname. I am mainly Cornish and Welsh, so I've got my own grievances.
~ OMK
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kurt for the quick Monday run. Did you think about putting just the company names in parenthesis and not providing addional cluing?
Thanks Boomer for after-party I was anticipating :-) Fun expo!
WO: N/A
ESPs: GAMETES, LEN, EVAN, HUME as clued.
Fav: After yesterday's Talking Head's STOP Making Sense, it's gotta be Once IN A lifetime @38d. [5:39 ]
Runner-up: Clue for STU.
{A, B+, B, A+}
I guess we don't get YARE that often. Last time was 3/13/16 & 12/10/2015, before that 9/8/2011.
Happy Birthday to the Blog C.C.. YR @2:48 said it better than I could.
BTW, did anyone go back to the early expos. One or two comments. By the end of the year, 72 comments and some of the regulars had already found The Corner.
Thanks again everyone for the moral support. I made it 'till 7:38p before a puff; limiting myself to one a day (rationed verrry slowwwwwly :-)) this week.
Picard - did you get a snap of the moon last night? Youngest & I watched it but never saw it as striking as HG's link.
OMK - Liked the DR :-)
Happy Birthday Madame DeFarge! Wonderful picture of y'all!
Cheers, -T
Thank you Kurt Krauss and thank you Boomer. Nice easy puzzle with memorable tag lines and a fun review by Boomer.
ReplyDeleteBoomer, you forgot to add in your bowling scores. I get to bowl Thursday night. I'm hoping for a good set. Anything 600 or better and I'll be happy.
Happy Birthday Madame ! It was really nice meeting you and WikWak that day, and visting with Abejo again. I was thinking that (of us) WikWak has been here at the Corner the longest, closely followed by Abejo, and then me. That makes you the newbie. Happy Birthday newbie !
Abejo, I think oc4beach said that he was in the State College area. Not too far from Johnsonburg.
Irish Miss, I'm still around. Just been busy with other things, plus it takes time cleaning up after the latest 6 or 7 inch snowfall ! Madame Defarge is closer to the lake where they got additional accumlations of lake effect snow.
Dudley et al, I found YARE as an answer on:
Saturday December 18, 2010 James Sajdak,
Thursday, September 8, 2011 Bill Thompson and Ann Thompson Richter and
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015 Don Gagliardo and C.C. Burnikel
Anonympous PVX,
Garlic Girl said the following about YARE in her comments on the December 2010 puzzle:
I just wanted to say the only time I ever heard the word yare used was in one of my very favorite movies,
"The Philadelphia Story"...Katherine Hepburn to Cary Grant, "My she was yare, wasn't she?"
Happy Birthday to the Corner! This is an important part of my daily life. I have advanced from doing the easy puzzle first, then fighting with this one, to rushing to this one and doing the easy one later. I love the write-ups and comments.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kurt K. for the fun puzzle. I even got the theme for a change. Great write-up, Boomer.
This puzzle is a welcome relief from Friday and Saturday's torture sessions. I almost feel smart.
Java Mama-nice to see you again. Where in Cincinnati are you? I'm in Anderson Township.
YR, thanks for cancelling the dance tonight. I think it's always to err on the side of caution. Not good weather for anyone to have car trouble.
Good evening everyone.
YR, do you remember when Hornblower intercepted the French ships on the way to Saint Helena to bring Napoleon back to France to start the whole business over again?
ReplyDeleteHornblower said, "I regret to inform you that the Emperor is dead"
The French Captain said "Is that the word of honor of an English gentleman?"
Hornblower was lying to save peace even if his future reputation was ruined
Lo and behold Napoleon just happened to die at that same time.
I think that was from Midshipman H.
WC
Hi Y'all! Thanks to Kurt & Boomer.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Madam! Happy birthday to C.C.'s great Corner! May they have many more years of joy!
Bill G thanks for sharing your Edinburgh memories! When we were there in 1972 it was still a poor city. The buildings were all black with soot from coal. I am guessing it is different now. But I very much enjoyed being able to wander all around as a teen and feel safe on my own.
ReplyDeleteAnonT thanks for asking about our view of the eclipse last night. I was too lazy to use my tripod and I just got a few photos.
Here are my lunar eclipse photos from last night.
Nowhere near as impressive as the one posted by Husker Gary. But we did get the blood red effect as you see. Immediately after I got that last photo the clouds moved in so I felt lucky to get that shot!
Husker Gary that eclipse photo is stunning! Where did you get that?
TTP 8:02 - thanks for doing that research. Don’t remember a thing from those examples, darn it.
ReplyDeleteDudley - You skipped right over me? :-) //TTP's YARE was more complete; funny we had the same idea at the same time.
ReplyDeleteThanks Picard for the Wolf-Blood-Super Moon Photos; my iThing didn't get a good shot - looks like a UFO...
WC - is that really true re: Hornblower & Napoleon's coincidental death? //I LIU. See: gullible in the dictionary; my picture may be there :-)
Cheers, -T
AnonT and TTP:
ReplyDeleteThank you for researching the use of YARE. I don't recall any of it! It may be in my personal cw dictionary. I'll have to check.
Picard:
Thank you for the pictures of Edinburgh. Memories from many years ago spring up and pictures now residing in my albums. It's a lovely city to visit.
Bill G @ 6:51: "Abejo: Encino is in the San Fernando Valley, about twenty minutes north of LAX, straight up the 405 freeway. "
ReplyDeleteOnly true from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m.; otherwise, the 405 is a seriously longer drive to the Valley.
Dash T, we did post those search results about the same time. Also, yes, I have previously gone back to the beginning of the blog and read many of the early reviews and comments.
ReplyDeleteDudley and Lucina, you are welcome. I didn't remember yare either. Now I want to watch that Hepburn / Grant movie "The Philadelphia Story."
Fun theme and smoothe solve! I know BANG from computer programming. I have never heard it used elsewhere, though. I smiled when I saw it!
ReplyDeleteHere is Weird Al's tribute to YODA!
In our foothills there is a most peculiar place called The Hermitage. One man lives there alone and collects hilariously funny art. One area of his estate hosts various forms of PUNCTUATION!
Here are a few views of this Hermitage PUNCTUATION from several different hikes adjacent to the property
You can see a BANG and a question MARK.
On one unique occasion the owner opened his property to the public as a fundraiser. I was privileged to spend some time there. I have quite a few photos from the inside of the property. But, oddly, I don't seem to see any PUNCTUATION photos! I may have to do some more searching!
From yesterday:
ReplyDeleteLucina thank you for the kind words about my Edinburgh/HUME photos! Glad they brought back happy memories there!
AnonT thank you for the kind words about my "Wolf-Blood-Super Moon Photos"!
Here is a sequence I shot during the 2015 lunar eclipse
Here is a sequence I shot during the 2018 lunar eclipse
Some of the images look totally fake like a balloon! Or a UFO, as you said!