Theme: "Extreme Weather" - Each themer is bookended by a bad weather term.
23. Many a character in "The Americans": SLEEPER AGENT. Sleet.
29A. Jenna, to Barbara: TWIN-SISTER. Twister.
55A. Amtrak service: HIGH-SPEED RAIL. Hail.
91A. Elegant carousel rider?: DELUXE LUGGAGE. Deluge.
112A. Bit of racket sport equipment: SQUASH BALL. Squall.
124A. "Enough already!": STOP RIGHT NOW. Snow. (Thanks, Paul!)
38D. Place to keep things: STORAGE ROOM. Storm.
45D. PlayStation 4, for one: GAME CONSOLE. Gale.
Rich
helped me with the deluge entry. I originally had another 13-entry
FLESH AND BLOOD (Flood). Rich said "Flood isn't weather, it's a
consequence of weather".
Would be cool to have tornado, monsoon, cyclone or blizzard, but I just could not find solid in-the-language phrases.
Across:
1. Navajo relative: APACHE.
7. Main points: GISTS.
12. They're thrown in anger: FITS.
16. Germany-based shipper: DHL. Last time when I talked to Splynter, he was expecting a new job offer.
19. Tank-emptying gadget: SIPHON.
20. According to script: ON CUE.
21. Burger King beverage option: ICEE.
22. Dinner order?: EAT. There was no black square between 21A and 22A when I started. Added it later as I just could not get clean fill.
25. "Seriously!": NO REALLY. 60. "My bad": PARDON ME. 73. "By all means!": PLEASE DO. 88. "Methinks ... ": I DARE SAY. And 94. "Pay attention": LOOK AT ME. I like spoken phrases.
27. Four years, in some cases: TERM.
28. Out of the sack: RISEN.
31. Teen heartthrob: IDOL.
33. Author Zora __ Hurston: NEALE.
35. DDE's wartime command: ETO. European Theater of Operations.
36. Martini go-with?: ROSSI. Rich's great clue. Lots of clues in my puzzles are Rich's creation. I had a straightforward "Martini's partner".
39. Flower in la Seine: EAU. Rich's "flow-er" as well.
41. Almost-ready software products: BETAS.
44. Premium beef: ANGUS.
48. Most likely: APTEST.
50. Today's fortysomethings, e.g.: XERS.
52. Empty storefront sign: FOR LEASE. And 54. Sellout sign: SRO.
59. Pin cushion?: MAT.
62. "To sum up ... ": IN A WORD.
62. "To sum up ... ": IN A WORD.
63. Photo sources: NEGS. Negatives.
64. Snowboarder White: SHAUN.
Very successful. A la Wik: He is a three-time Olympic gold medalist. He
holds the record for the most X-Games gold medals and most Olympic gold
medals by a snowboarder, and has won 10 ESPY Awards.
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65. Stud location: EAR.
67. Green Day drummer __ Cool: TRE.
68. Draw forth: EDUCE.
70. Punished, as a teen: GROUNDED.
76. Discover: LEARN.
77. Online forum VIP: MOD. Moderator.
79. Original "Nashville Now" airer: TNN.
80. Snap: CINCH.
83. Animal house: BARN.
84. University of Wisconsin city: MADISON. D-Otto's alma mater.
90. Blood system letters: ABO.
93. Eggs, to a biologist: OVA.
96. Neeson of "Silence": LIAM.
97. Tablet download: APPLET.
99. 1983 Michael Keaton role-reversal movie: MR. MOM.
100. 1836 battle site: ALAMO.
103. Delta rival: Abbr.: UAL.
105. "Here will __ me till the break of day": Shak.: I REST. Rich's clue, of course.
106. Common practice: LAW.
108. November birthstone: TOPAZ.
110. Due cubed: OTTO. Oh hi, how's the new TV? (Added later: Due is Italian for "two".)
117. Vacation twosome, perhaps: WEEKS. Also Rich's misdirect.
119. Acquired, with "by": CAME.
123. Get more points than: OUTSCORE.
127. Untruth: LIE.
128. Backup military org.: USAR. U.S. Army Reserve.
129. Heroic Schindler: OSKAR.
130. Play the piccolo: TOOTLE.
131. Covert __: OPS.
132. Lily variety: SEGO.
133. Can't do without: NEEDS.
134. World __: SERIES.
Down:
1. Part of ADA: Abbr.: ASST.
2. Tidy sum: PILE.
3. Copycat: APER. Gluey fill.
4. Lingerie top with spaghetti straps: CHEMISE.
5. Triple-jump element: HOP.
6. Calendario starter: ENERO. Calendar.
7. Dress like: GO AS.
8. Roles for young women: INGENUES.
9. Movie clip: SCENE.
10. Large wine cask: TUN.
11. Not get everything you want: SETTLE. Rich's clue as well. I tend to be confused with this type of "Not..." clue.
12. Done, in Dijon: FINI.
13. Desktop image: ICON.
14. Far from talkative: TERSE.
15. Get everything you want: SEE IT ALL.
16. Pec neighbor: DELT.
17. Robust: HALE.
18. Approx. 5.88 trillion miles: LT-YR. Light year.
24. Really peeve: RILE.
26. In unison: AS ONE.
30. Like nail polish being blown on: WET.
32. Shame: DISHONOR.
34. Playing hooky, say: ABSENT.
36. Carpentry files: RASPS.
37. "Queen Sugar" co-producer: OPRAH. The other producer is Ava DuVernay,
40. Business end of a cutting tool: AX HEAD.
42. "The Mod Squad" hairdo: AFRO.
43. Rise dramatically: SOAR.
46. Lexicographer's concern: USAGE.
47. Venn diagram regions: SETS.
49. Pewter metal: TIN.
51. N.Y. tech school: RPI. Spitzboov had a great suggestion for me: DREADNOUGHT.
53. Travels: RIDES.
56. Fed. agents: G MEN.
57. Tombstone lawman: EARP.
58. Resided: DWELT.
61. When repeated, rock group named for the villain in "Barbarella": DURAN. Learning moment for me. Rich's clue of course.
63. Skin flick: NUDIE.
66. Dance track, often: REMIX.
69. Falling apart: DECREPIT.
71. Like goals not attained: UNMET.
72. Doctor's order: DOSE. That Zytiga is sure toxic. It makes Boomer light-headed at times.
74. Real puzzle: ENIGMA.
75. Arm-leg connector: AND A. Gluey partial.
76. Delivery process: LABOR.
78. Sour cream blob: DOLLOP.
81. Stalagmite sites: CAVES.
82. Ritz-Carlton alternative: HYATT.
83. Soothing ointment: BALM.
85. __ mater: ALMA.
86. Fight with seconds: DUEL. Again, Rich's misdirecting "seconds". Thanks, Rich!
87. Rapa __: Easter Island: NUI.
89. Turkish dignitary: AGA. Also 91. West Asian capital: DAMASCUS.
92. Wound cover: GAUZE PAD.
95. Caffeine-rich nuts: KOLAS.
98. Exam monitor: PROCTOR.
101. The NBA's Hawks: ATL.
102. It merged with Coors in 2005: MOLSON. Their stock symbol is TAP.
104. Norse prankster: LOKI.
107. "__ fault is that?!": WHOSE.
109. Got up: AWOKE.
111. Some USAF NCOs: TSGTS. Technical sergeants.
112. Tune sung alone: SOLO.
113. One-liner: QUIP.
114. Western natives: UTES.
115. Act the blowhard: BRAG.
116. Sleek, in car talk: AERO.
118. Goofs: ERRS.
120. Opponent: ANTI.
121. Lawn problem: MOLE.
122. Woolly mamas: EWES.
125. "The Waste Land" monogram: TSE.
126. Plot device?: HOE.
Not
much updates on Boomer this week. No doctor visit or blood draw. He's
been busy sorting and moving various baseball cards, books and other
sports collectibles. Now I have my own dedicated bookshelves.
C.C.
Greetings!
ReplyDeleteThanks To C.C.!
Great puzzle!
Only had to perp: SHAUN, TRE, MR MOM. OPRAH, DURAN, ATL and TSGTS.
Had a good swim today!
Best wishes to Boomer!
Have a great day!
FIWrong. ADA means Americans w/Disabilities Act. Nothing fit. American Dental Asso.? that fit. I didn't get to Asst. District Attorney. oERM didn't look right, but I racked it up to a word I didn't know.
ReplyDeletecSGTS, no idea what type of sargent, but OcTO seemed pretty solid, even if I didn't know what language it was. After several red letter tries, I gave up and punched for the reveal.
Didn't find the theme until after I completed the puzzle, but doubt it would have helped. And I only found it by using the title/reveal.
The weather wasn't calm at all,
Upon that day with no refuge.
It started with a minor SQUALL,
Then grew to a DELUGE.
The STORM got worse with SNOW,
Mixing to slush with SLEET.
The wind kicked to a GALE blow,
Swept people off their feet!
The HAIL stones did some damage,
Put dings in cars all over town.
The final blow weather would wage
Was the TWISTER that settled down!
{A.}
C.C. - Great job on this one. By the way, STOW is highlighted in the write-up, instead of SNOW. Or I suppose that could be the skiing center STOWE, where we used to take winter road trips in my college days.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteHad the circles, but forgot to look at 'em. Also failed to read the title. I must be getting DECREPIT. We had a discussion about GALE STORM just recently. Time to own up. I can't believe I earned a DNF on this one. I missed OTTO! Can you believe it? D'oh! I'm so embarrassed. I had CSGTS (Hi, Owen. Knew it couldn't be MSGTS, but never thought of TSGTS.) After the events of the past week, it was interesting to see SETTLE and FITS in close proximity. I put a W in SHAUN; easily fixed. There was a villain in Barbarella? I just remember seeing a whole lot of Jane Fonda. Quite risqué for its time. Thanx for pulling double-duty today, C.C.
C.C., I think that new TV is smarter than I am. It can do all sorts of arcane stuff that I don't need. I just want it to display the video output from my home theater gear, and tune local stations during severe weather situations. Those "smart" features will remain unused. It does have a great picture, though.
Paul, thank you for having C.C.'s back.
ReplyDeleteThe puzzle was much fun to solve. Your ability to see this kind of theme amazes me. I also really appreciate all of the insight into the editing process. After all of your phenomenal success, new constructors should take heed and be prepared. A wonderful week with a published NYT, Universal and LAT.
Meanwhile, I see a bit of a clecho with 11D. Not get everything you want: SETTLE . And then, 15D. Get everything you want: SEE IT ALL. Was the second clue yours or was the combination all Rich?
I did not know TOOTLE and loved the double shout out you worked in for D-O.
Thank you C.C. and Zhouqin.
Good morning. Thank you C.C. Double duty for you today.
ReplyDeleteI loved it. Didn't have the circles, but spotted WINTER in TWIN SISTER and it seemed to fit the theme, so I looked for the other hidden words.
It was only in reading the review did I see that it was TWISTER. Well, winter has become a little extreme here in Chicago, and the next 4 days it's going to get worse.
Gotta get out and get the driveway clean before the temps drop, and before the next deluge hits tonight.
Anyway, I loved the puzzle. DELUXE LUGGAGE made me laugh.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteThis was an enjoyable and pretty straightforward solve with no w/os and only one truly unknown, i. e., Nui. I needed perps in several areas but everything fell into place rather quickly. That said, it was a DNF because of not knowing Otto and TSgts. MSgts and SSgts are the usual fill and, while I've heard of Tech Sgts., that never came to mind. Anyway, seeing Otto as the answer gave me a chuckle. Nice CSO to Spitz (and Moi) at RPI. Very apropos theme considering the weather roller coaster of the past year or so.
Thanks, CC, for a fun Sunday and for the inside info on the cluing and Rich's input. Best wishes to Boomer.
Ferm, glad to hear you're back swimming; you must have found a new companion.
Have a great day.
One red letter, and talk about embarrassing, I was in the Air Force! We called them chiefs even though they're actually CMSgt.s, but I thought OCTO was right. In what language is OTTO eight?
ReplyDeleteDarn good puzzle though.
Ok, crossword geniuses, please explain 110 across "due cubed" as otto. I don't get it! Mant thanks!
ReplyDeleteplease explain 110 across "due" cubed is otto. I don't get it. Thank you Crossword geniuses.
ReplyDeleteVery clever, C.C. I enjoyed this very much. I also messed up and put in octo instead of otto.
ReplyDeleteNote to unknown: due is 2; 2 cubed is 8. Unfortunately, I don't know what language we're dealing with. Maybe someone can help us both out.
Best wishes to Boomer and to all of you in the path of another storm. Very apt puzzle for today, C.C.
ReplyDeleteItalian.
From my last Tuesday's write up of Paul Coulter's puzzle for clue "Italian three":
Uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, setto, otto (desper-), nove, dieci.
Musings
ReplyDelete-I DARE SAY that single digit high temps this week will make for extreme weather
--Why paratroopers shout out the name of the most famous APACHE when they jump
-TMI, just give me the GIST of it
-A most likely outcome is not necessarily the APTEST
-This team makes money bcause it’s SRO for every game
-The opportunity to LEARN is a big benefit of doing puzzles and blogging here
-Here will I REST ME sounds like yesterday’s YODA SPEAK
-This PILE representes a tidy sum
-No CHEMISE Please (2:29)
-Oh mi, ENERO casi se ha ido (Oh my, January is almost gone)
-Sometimes those movie clips show the only funny scene in the film
-Final score – Bletchley Park 1 – ENIGMA 0
-TTP, I always read and enjoy your write-ups thoroughly and knew those cities (colleague was from Davenport) and should have responded
ReplyDeleteHusker Gary, I was just having some fun, but thanks for the vote of support !
TTP, I read your question, but even though I lived in Iowa for a spell, I couldn't come up with all four. I remember only Davenport, Moline and Bettendorf. Please don't "hang it up."
ReplyDeleteI guess my humor didn't come through, so I erased the comment.
ReplyDeleteThere are 5 Quad cities. Renaming the area the Quint Cities didn't get much support, so it remains the Quad Cities. The other two are Rock Island and East Moline. I believe it was Bettendorf that became the 5th of the "Quad" cities.
I wonder about the Quad-cities knowing quad represents 4 and I was told the area is made up of Davenport, Rock Island, Bettendorf, Moline and East Moline - 5 cities.
ReplyDeleteThank you C.C. for the continuing updates on Boomer and in this case - no news is good news.
How is that for timing. I was Tom Tommed by the Tom twins.
ReplyDeleteThank you, C.C. for both puzzling and blogging! You are a dynamo!
ReplyDeleteI saw the theme and in most cases filled the circles once I had at least two letters. The solve was as IM said, "pretty straightforward". Only SHAUN needed a w/o when I filled SHAWN and MILLER/MOLSON. The latter is unfamiliar to me.
OTTO (hi, d-o)also threw me off and I haven't heard of Technical SGT so left a blank cell.
LIAM Neeson had double billing today as he also played OSCAR Schindler. My heart still hurts for him on the sudden and untimely loss of his wife, Natasha Richardson.
C.C., I'm so glad Boomer is doing well.
Have a lovely day, everyone! I have a birthday lunch with one of my groups, all ex-nuns.
CC, I enjoyed the puzzle and your expo. Your grasp of English is amazing, even more so because it is not your native language.
ReplyDeleteI hesitated a while when perps gave me EAU for flower, then I saw why.
I like the clue for Rossi, Martini partner, better than go-with.
HG, interesting Geronimo article.
I thought of MSGTS and SSGTS. Now, too late, I remember having seen TSGTS. I did not remember that OTTO was 8 in Italian. It just seemed wrong. Ah, well, I see I am in plenty of good company.
Nice CSO to DO.
EDUCE, to draw out, the root word for EDUCATION. I would always draw out students to educe an answer. If they didn't know I would ask a simple question that they could answer, then a slightly harder one based on that and then keep building. I didn't accept "I don't know" and let their brains go back to sleep.
I don't mind normal winter weather here, but two sets of zero and single digit days in a week and a half is way too much. Someone of you farther west of here are in for an even deeper freeze. Try to stay warm and cross your fingers that the electricity stays on.
Some objected to Schindler's List as being too dark. I saw it as an example of lighting a candle in the darkness. We need to remember how dark it was and that there is always hope. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Some of you farther west, not someone of you. Tsk, tsk.
ReplyDeleteCongrats C.C. With the circled squares the bad weather was easy to see. I had a bad start at 1D, thinking American Disability Act, the American Dental Assn., before the Assistant District Attorney appeared. Being unfamiliar with "The Americans" and womens underwear, SLEEPER AGENT (aka MOLE), INGENUES, and CHEMISE were filled by perps, to go with the unknown Shakespeare quotes, I REST & I DARE SAY.
ReplyDeleteDURAN, TRE, OPRAH, SETS,and USAR filled by perps. Was thinking National Guard for the backups.
AGA--Considering the number of Greeks, Armenians, & Kurds that the Turks have slaughtered in the last 120 years, it's hard to imagine that any Turkish government representative could be considered a 'dignitary'.
desper-otto--TV smarter than you? New cars also have "all sorts of arcane stuff that I don't need". OR WANT.
Schindler- one of these days a clue will show up as a 'rival of Schindler' and the answer will be OTIS. Both elevator companies.
Hi Y'all! C.C., thanks for double our pleasure, double our fun, by gum!
ReplyDeleteThis was a fun challenge. No circles but I had read the title and TWI-STER blew into my mind right away, so I knew to look for other possibilities. Didn't help much with filling, but was fun when I got done. I looked in all the long words that weren't theme too. Had to laugh with GALE & STORM -- they were really "coming down".
Hand up for not getting Due cubed = OTTO. ESP Duh! DNK: DURAN, MOLSON.
Last to fill was the west central bloc. GISTS/GO AS/INGENUES/AGENT/SCENE/TUN/SETTLE. Thank you red-letters.
Did you know "women know enough not to eat Tide pods but they can't deter gents"? (Say it aloud several times if you don't get it the first time. I didn't.) Sorry, AGENT triggered that which a friend sent me.
Lemonade714, Davenport is in the middle of B1G country. If the Big Ten can have fourteen teams, five Quad Cities isn't as far off. Or they're both a sad comment on math education in the Midwest.
ReplyDeleteHello everyone.
ReplyDeleteDid it on line. CSO to my ALMA mater and IM's neighbor.
94a - Wanted Listen up! before LOOK AT ME! Perps ruled.
84a - MADISON. Made several trips out there in the 90's to visit daughter and SIL while he was going to U. of Wisc, Law School.
19a - SIPHONs - - Are commonly used to draw irrigation water from feeder canals.
68a - EDUCE - - Eductors are part of the equipment found in Damage Control lockers on Navy ships.
OSKAR - I've always remembered OSKAR Homolka in War and Peace (1956)
Have a great day.
Before I fell asleep last night, I wondered if we might get a C.C. Sunday puzzle today. Then read the funnies this morning and turned the page and Woohoo! There it was, a C.C. puzzle, and not only that, but a C.C. commentary as well. Weekends don't get any better than this, especially with Boomer doing okay and set to do a write-up for us tomorrow. Woohoo!
ReplyDeleteAs if all this weren't great enough, I found this puzzle wonderfully doable. Looked a little tough at first until I got NEALE and WET and SCENE and then things started filling in. I didn't remember that Jenna and Barbara were TWIN SISTERS, but it filled in all the same. Got ROSSI instantly, even though I don't think I've ever drunk a martini. All those verbal expressions were fun too. I kept thinking TOOTLE but didn't think that was a real word--but then there it was. Always nice to see OSKAR in a puzzle. So, all in all great fun, and then getting the circled theme when I came to the blog was the final treat. Many thanks, C.C. and Rich.
Okay, I don't get DHL. Some sort of initials? Favorite clue: Flow-er in la Seine--I got that one right away.
Nice to hear you're swimming again, Fermatprime.
Fun poems, Owen.
Have a great Sunday, everybody!
Misty @ 1253. DHL was actually founded by Americans Dalsey, Hillblom. and Lynn; hence the initials of their last names. It is now owned by Deutsche Post; hence the clue wording. (I wondered, too, about the initials so I LIU)
ReplyDeleteWhen I was commuting to go teach, a DHL van would precede me on the road EVERY DAY at exactly the same time I was driving. It would turn into a driveway not too far from our school. Uncanny, I thought.
ReplyDeleteSptiz:
Good to know. I never did LIU.
As YR mentioned, EDUCE is a part of teaching vocabulary and teachers quickly develop many techniques to EDUCE students into thinking.
C.C.
I also constantly marvel at your command of English especially since it is vastly different in relation to yours. I know Vietnamese is not the same, but it surprises me to no end that the nail techs I come in contact with make so little effort, or so it seems, to learn English. You must have been highly motivated to learn not just survival English which is what many immigrants struggle with but the very high level of language which you have acquired. I is more than impressive!
I always thought DHL stood for Dewey, Huey and Louie.
ReplyDeleteHi everybody. Wasn't Sunday Morning wonderful?! It was a 40-year anniversary and retrospective. It reminded me how much I loved and missed Charles Kuralt. He not only found wonderfully offbeat and interesting things to show us but he could describe them with prose that was akin to poetry.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking about siphons, I could use some ideas from you science-type people. What is the underlying principle that make siphons work? Is it gravity or air pressure? Or both? Or...? Would they work in a vacuum chamber? On the space station?
ReplyDeleteMartini go-with? OLIVE?TWIST?? I remember running out of Gin etc in Boston c1967 and drinking straight vermouth. A pre sage?
ReplyDeleteI see I blew it. AROSE/REEKS/OSSAR. When I rechecked I checked the Downs. Note: there's been many an awakening not followed by an arising as Curtis Wilkins can tell you
I was thinking of the English Beadle < PROCTOR. Remember Mr. Bumble?*
BTW, we had an AP TEST in Latin yesterday
tri-cities
was coached by Red in 1950**
Yesterday, Phil patiently EDUCEd SNES out of me
I see I missed T/CSGTS too. A Master Sgt in the Marines was referred to as "Top". OMK's sword talk recalled my experience which I posted on Saturday's blog
I was pleased to see CC's moniker. I can got some sleep so my brain reached 50% capacity.
Yesterday, it was dead. I got half and woke up about 2am and tried to finish NE but needed to wait another day. DNF on BOPIT
WC
*Oliver Twist
**Re. TTP and HG - That was a classic trivia question. TC's loss was Boston's gain. Ythink Pat's are hated, try 60s Celtics
Bill G @ 1505 - - Re: SYPHON. Basically the flow through the siphon would obey the Bernoulli Equation. In the case of irrigation diversion, the pressure and velocity terms would cancel out and friction in a short pipe is negligible so could be ignored. Then the flow would depend on the head difference and cross-sectional area of the conveyance. Just don't get it air bound.
ReplyDeleteFIR pretty quickly, but then the all-day rain and living in a small box took over my focus.
ReplyDeleteI liked seeing MOLE / SLEEPER AGENTS and APPLET / AP TEST / BETA. Of course, what most software firms call BETA is called "commercial release" by Microsoft.
We used to call a siphon hose an "eastern Kentucky credit card".
Male Cornerites cringed at SQUASH BALL.
Thanks to CC for the fine puzzle. The tour was great as well - I especially liked the revelation of Rich's input.
Sunday Lurk Say...
ReplyDeleteC.C. pulling double-duty... Actually, it's kinda nice, a constructor walking us through the clues, clunks, and had'ta-bes. Thanks C.C., and no news is Good news w/ Boomer.
Hi All!
{A}
Fermat, so glad to hear you are back to swimming... What IM asked, new companion?
HG - Thank you for the back-story on Geronimo. 1a - a CSO to moi and the company I keep?
And thanks Spitz for DHL. I knew it's an international shipping company but not why it was called that. In fact, I got a phish reported to me this morning from "DHL" saying "you're [sic] package is ready." Yeah, it was another password-stealing phisherman. //you beat me to the Bernoulli Eq dang it
So, Bill G., a siphon in space sans vacuum. And in a vacuum [6:33] with gravity.
WC - I have Zigler's Olive or Twist?.
PK - "deter gents." Good one.
Jinx - Priceless! Have you tried Office 365? Oy! It's in constant BETA. Agile development, I'm sure ;-)
Cheers, -T
Speaking of speaking Italian, did ya'll see Australian Open winner, Novak Djokovic, answer an Italian reporter's question post match? Its hilarious and nice to see humour is alive and well down under. If that scenario played out post U.S. Open, the PC police would have sent him to the shackles.
ReplyDeletehttps://sports.yahoo.com/not-too-bad-australian-open-150223271.html
Coda - Using Capillary effect in Sp-a-a-a-a-a-ce. -T
ReplyDeleteRafael: This WOP say...
ReplyDeleteThe Guardian has it sans ads. Funny stuff.
And before anyone moans about my use of Italian slurs, I is (1/4) one and knows-a OTTO is eight :-)
Cheers & Ciao, -T
Hi Jinx,
ReplyDeleteWe were watching Diners, Drive Ins and Dives on the Food Channel and they featured a place in Norfolk (Ghent) called Pendulum. Looked like a great place to eat. Very highly rated on Yelp and Google. Have you been there ? The restaurant then changes to a Ramen house called Alkaline for the evening hours that also has good reviews...
Thank you for explaining DHL, Spitzboov.
ReplyDeleteTerrific puzzle; I liked it very much.
ReplyDeleteBill G: You are aware that Charles Kuralt led a double life, don't you? He had a secret family that he hid from his wife and children. All this came out only after he died and his mistress came forward to collect what had ostensibly been left to his wife in his will.
ReplyDeleteYes, I had heard little snippets about that. I tried to ignore it and concentrate on his good points. Who knows if it's all true or what his wife and other family were like. "Judge not..."
ReplyDeleteYeah, what's the harm with a little affair now and then?
ReplyDeleteIf the Internet sends us material based on what we have looked at before, doesn't that tempt us to narrow our horizons and tend to lead to comfirmation bias. No wonder we are so polarized.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure how Rich schedules his puzzles, but for me, it was special to see OSKAR SCHINDLER on this INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY.
ReplyDeleteJanuary 27, 1945, is the date the Russian Army liberated Auschwitz.
NEVER FORGET .
PK, IM, Lucina, TxMs, MdF... Is my Mom doing this right? ? [blocking doilies 3:31].
ReplyDeleteShe made me look it up :-)
Cheers, -T
AnonT:
ReplyDeleteThe stretching looks right but I'm surprised she isn't using starch which is how I was taught. With only water I think they would be limp after drying. The starch gives them some body and keeps them stiff. I'd have to try at least one with water to see how it dries. Maybe I would use spray on starch after they dry.
YR - yes the interwebs know too much about us and feed us soma. [see: Huxley FLN :-)]
ReplyDeleteThe work of any man (or woman) is, to me, separate from their foibles... [See: 'Coz, Kennedy, MLK, et.al.; one day it will be females of power that men hash-tag against, we just ain't there yet - my $0.02]
Speaking of - D-O: if your Smart TV has WiFi; smash it. Or at least block it's MAC on your router. There's too many smart TVs hacked for fun & profit.
Lucina - I just called Mom back and chastised her on your behalf re: no starch. She (Mom) got me back saying "Boy, that video was made for retired Military wives who don't have time to buy starch." //um, they have time to crochet, ...oh, nevermind. Nite ma.
Lem, we will NEVER forget. Shalom.
-T
Thanks, CC, for a fun, doable puzzle. Rats, hands-up with a few others - penned in OCTO and never gave it a second thought. Don't know military ranks. But I don't understand Mr. Norris' reasoning - "I originally had another 13-entry FLESH AND BLOOD (Flood). Rich said 'Flood isn't weather, it's a consequence of weather'." We Texans consider a FLOOD (Memorial Day, Tax Day, and Harvey, technically a hurricane) more serious than SLEET. So, then, what's up with DELUGE? [end of rant].
ReplyDeleteWill read comments tomorrow. But Anon-T, that doily-blocking video 'bout put me to sleep! I noticed it had ONE review and NO comments - lol. Have to agree with Lucina. That was one of many chores I had as a kid - starching/blocking all of the darn doilies Mama loved to collect. Then I had to iron them (lowest setting) using waxed paper on top - it was humid in that farmhouse with no a/c. Um.. what's the reason behind researching doily-blocking?
TxMs - 'cuz Mom just put the video up and made me find it online while we were on our standing Sunday call... I thought it was odd but she's nuts and there you are.
ReplyDeleteI still love her dearly. -T
Anon-T at 2338: "Lem, we will NEVER forget. Shalom."
ReplyDeleteNo, we won't ... but the on-going 'tragediness' of life today means that a lot of the past -- especially the recent past -- just gets submerged, both because we get tired of the endless headlines ("Breaking News! 92 People Found Giggling in Poughkeepsie!"), and because we run out of 'cope.'