DAB is back with our second week in a row with an add a letter to the end of a phrase to create a new and fun phrase theme. He adds a really perfect reveal. You are directed to reparse ENDING into three parts - END IN G. As with all of his work, we get a variety of topics and some easy and some hard fill. He gave me lots of opportunities to link music so I had extra fun. Speaking of which, there were many 3 and 4 letter fill but lots of excitement with DELIGHT, OFF GRID, PERSONA, PRESETS, REMARKS, SARONGS, OBAMA CARE and PAVAROTTI.
18A. Didn't just knock?: ALSO RANG (8). Logical and for me, revealed the theme immediately.
29A. Barbecue dinner followed by dyspepsia?: RACK AND RUING (12). My favorite, as I see people suffering after bbq.
49A. Part for a robot vampire?: ELECTRIC FANG (12). Very cute image of the vampire.
62A. Eagerly excited for an extended period of time?: LONG AGOG (8). Is AGOG an A word?
73A. Conclusion ... or, in three parts, what four answers in this puzzle unexpectedly do: ENDING.(6).
Time for the rest
Across:1. Fencing needs: SWORDS. Did anyone think PANELS?
7. Soup holder: POT. Where you cook it, not serve it.
10. Web creation: SITE.
14. "Amen": SO BE IT. Another interesting array of letters. I am surprised we do not see this more.
15. Complement for a tango: TWO. The SAYING. The song...
16. Sharp: ACID. Like a tongue.
17. Fill with love: ENAMOR.
20. Like a male lion: MANED. A typical Friday stretch, correct but who uses it?
22. Housecleaning aid: SPONGE. This needed perps, there are so many.
23. Arctic trout: CHAR. Interesting not only this fish but a house cleaner in Britain.
25. Completely erase: WIPE. Interesting, not only what you do when you sell your phone, but one of the things you do with a sponge.
28. PC key above Shift: ENTER. Not CAPS LOCK.
32. Audibly amazed: AGASP.
33. Period: ERA.
34. Bad Ems and Marienbad, for two: SPAS. I knew MARIENBAD, (actually, it is Czech) but I never heard of BAD EMS.
38. Animal protection agent: FUR.
39. Public face: PERSONA. This from the Latin word - an individual's social facade.
43. Muhammad's son-in-law: ALI. He married Fatima. This is RELIGION but educational.
44. Ready to drive: TEED. I think you really need "UP" but it is a Friday.
46. Contend: VIE.
47. Trailer follower: MOVIE.
53. Prop for a Tell skit: APPLE. William Tell that is.
56. Label caveat: AS IS.
57. Wandering the range, say: FREE.
58. Thinking things: BRAINS.
60. Game with 25 squares: BINGO. I call Bingo for a 13 week winter season at our condo when the snowbirds are in town. Come on by, we have fun. I play Pat and Oo is Vanna.
65. Containing more lemon: TARTER.
68. O.T. book after Neh.: ESTH.er. Purim is coming.
69. Pedi pinkie: TOE.
70. French teacher: MAÎTRE. If you remember Zazie's French lesson, the circonflexe becomes an "S" giving us MASTER.
71. Remainder: REST.
72. "I think my love as rare / As any __ belied by false compare": Shak.: SHE. Another Friday Will S. This time a Sonnet. 130.
Down:
1. Memphis-to-Mobile dir.: SSE.
2. Outplayed an opponent: WON.
3. 2010 health statute, informally: OBAMACARE.
4. They may be nasty: REMARKS. Yes, they may, especially on Fridays.
5. Belmonts frontman: DION. From my childhood.
6. Thrown around: STREWN. Old English strewian, streowian "to scatter," from Proto-Germanic *strawjan- (source also of Old Frisian strewa, Old Saxon strowian, Old Norse stra, Danish strø, Swedish strö, Middle Dutch strowen, Dutch strooien, Old High German strouwen, German streuen, Gothic straujan "to sprinkle, strew"), from suffixed form of PIE root *stere- "to spread." Related: Strewed; strewn; strewing. I like this word.
7. School org.: PTA.
8. Hogwarts mail carrier: OWL.
9. Discard: TOSS.
10. Simple island garments: SARONGS. This will always be my image of a sarong.
11. "__ even!": I CAN'T. Valley speak.
12. Bit of color: TINGE.
13. Landscaping tool: EDGER.
19. Taking customers: OPEN. For business.
21. Completed: DID.
23. Boat, or the building of one: CRAFT.
24. World Court site, with "The": HAGUE. All that you need to KNOW.
26. Car stereo conveniences: PRESETS.
27. Continental currency: EURO.
30. Dictionary on a phone, say: APP.
31. Scottish John: IAN.
35. "King of the High C's": PAVAROTTI. A publicist long ago gave Luciano Pavarotti the sobriquet King of the High C’s, for his remarkable ability to hit and sing the heck out of one of the highest notes of the tenor voice. NYT
36. Dress style: A-LINE. A bit of the history. LINK.
37. "Iliad" topic: SIEGE. This was perps. The PLOT.
40. Party time: EVE.
41. Costa __: RICA. I have a friend who always says Costa Rico. I go crazy.
42. "Preacher" airer: AMC. No longer its original American Movie Classics name, this channel creates original TV programs like this one based on a DC Comic Book. Seth Rogen is one of the writers. LINK.
45. Gladden: DELIGHT.
48. Independent of public utilities: OFF GRID. Very important to SURVIVALISTS.
50. Singer Horne: LENA. A wonderful talent.
51. Tease: RIB.
52. Self-reflective thought: IS IT ME?
53. Not so ham-handed: ABLER. Ham-handed is such an old phrase; do you all know it?
54. Verse alternative: PROSE. Here we get both, with OKL starting off most days.
55. Slacks: PANTS.
59. PD ranks: SGTS. Police Departments.
61. Bread with tikka masala: NAAN.
63. "That's amazing!": OOH.
64. "That's interesting": GEE. A little tongue in the cheek fill from DAB to amuse himself about the theme.
66. Fish-eating bird: ERN. There are many fish-eating birds.
67. Brief rule?: REG.ulation.
We march inexorably to Spring, and once again DAB entertained us along the way. Hope you enjoyed. Lemonade out (somewhat frazzled).
49 comments:
Thank you Mr. David Alfred Bywaters for this challenging CW. I was able to FIR.
Thank you Lemonade for your excellent review.
Ðave
Dave, welcome back to the top of the mountain.
Hi Y'all! I flew thru D.A.B.'s opus in surprisingly short time for a Friday. Thanks for the fun! Lot of perps & WAGs that worked.
Thanks, Lemonade, for more fun.
Alas, I saw the strange phrases and read ENDING but didn't quit get the theme as END IN G. Of course they did. Double reveal with GEE down and ENDING across. Cute anyway. RACK AND RUING brought a chuckle when I filled that. I was RUING what I ate for supper last night. Think the banana was a bit too green. Pop pop fizz fizz to the rescue.
Warmer days here for a little while anyway. Hope we've seen the last of the worst. Knock wood.
Vlad the Impaler was a real NASTY old blighter,
Chopped fat people's heads off, to make 'em lighter!
To make the noggin a fright,
He'd mount it on a spike --
He wouldn't pay the head-tax, because Vlad was a piker!
A VAMPIRE auto thru Trans-ylvania was a stalker,
Draining Trans-mission fluid so cars ran hotter.
The hose he'd impale
With the fin on his tail --
He was the Chevy known as Vlad, the Impala!
The giant VAMPIRE went after ROBOT Queen Kong.
His FANGS were a good six feet long!
He bit at her neck
(An undead sort of sex)
But her 40-weight blood was just wrong!
{B, C+, B-.}
I don't often write these in PROSE.
It's my VERSES that everyone knows.
But I've had some reverses
Apropos being versus
Those adverse to how my verse goes!
{A.}
Slight hang-up in Middle East until ABC morphed into AMC and MOVIE appeared. ⭐️
Yes, Owen, your fourth is definitely an A. But I did laugh out loud at your first.
Did this CW seem pretty easy for a Friday?
Good morning!
I liked this one...the whole DAB of it. Tried TEEN for "Ready to drive" and ABC for that network, but both were easily fixed. No Wite-Out required. I misread "even!" as "event" making I CAN'T slow to appear. No, Lemonade, AGOG isn't an A-word; you can't GOG anything. Thanx, DAB for the cute puzzle. Lemonade, you really had your DJ hat on this morning. (Does your friend also say Cosa Nostril?)
SPAS: I immediately recognized Bad Ems, but Marienbad is so last year. DW brings bubble-bath home from her Munich visits: Badedas.
Anybody remember the Last Year in Marienbad?
FIR, but erased kid for RIB, meme for SITE, CHAd for CHAR, and muumuu for SARONG. SARONG has a much nicer connotation. "Muumuu" sounds like something the lady who sings the opera's last song would wear, while SARONG evokes Lemonade's vision. I love easy-opening containers, especially SARONGs.
Only knew that the OWL carries mail from CWs. Norfolk could use him - they just found a letter carrier's home stuffed with undelivered mail. Police searched her house after they arrested her husband for unrelated no-goodery.
Did anyone else want "loo" for Scottish John?
Sandyanon - You are probably right about this one being easy for Friday. I think I get about 20% of the Friday puzzles, and I got this one.
Thanks DAVID for a fun and doable puzzle.
Good feeling to FIR in reasonably good time on a Friday!
Thanks L714 for the review — only one thought—
If ALI borders on religion then OBAMACARE may border on politics :-/ — no worries—
WEES
Owen thanks for the chuckles
Sandyanon right on.
FLN About the dreadful pancreatic cancer- We’ve lost two ladies in the last few years to that disease.
As PK said these also were short fights . However we also know a man close to 70 years old who was diagnosed with it about two years ago and is up and around being treated with expermental drugs and methods. I don’t lnow much about it as he lives half a continent away . Strides in cancer treatment and care are being made all the time and IMO it’s worth the fight . I have lost a few friends and family to other kinds of cancer and it’s good to fight , but also okay to accept the inevitable when the doctors have done all they can.
Good morning everyone.
Easy for a Friday. FIR. No searches needed. Got the theme about half-way through. Many fine clues. I liked the cluing for the OWL / TWO cross. BZ to David.
CHAR - A very delicious fish. Fine-textured. Don't pass it up if it's on the menu.
The HAGUE - Dutch Den Haag; short for s-Gravenhage, (the Count's Court). Haag is the root in hagadoorn (English hawthorn).
STREWN - Lemon saved me a lot of work. We could add Yiddish סטרון (strun)
Have a great day.
lEMONADE, thanks for the I CAN'T explanation because it made no sense. Had to do an ABC run to fill it. The END-IN-G was an easy spot, but from everything I've read the "_"-spot cannot be found, according to medical professionals.
PAVAROTTI, I knew; but not the correct spelling. Really very easy for a Friday puzzle.
ESTH, AMC, & SHE- perps
I had gone down the west coast and across the bottom fairly easily at the coffee shop. I found the theme at LONG AGOG. It was slow going on the second half of this at the coffee shop. As soon as I came home and sat in my "puzzle chair" the east coast became clear, too. Funny how that always works for me. Part of my problem was ALSO RING instead of RANG.
Agog is not an A word, like awash or afloat. There is no gog and agog. I found the origin interesting. BTW, I love the colorful A words, such as awash and afloat and find them frequently in PROSE.
"English speakers have been clamoring over the word agog for over 450 years; it derives from the Middle French phrase en gogues, meaning "in a state of mirth." The "-gog" part of the word might make one wonder if "agog" has a connection to the verb goggle, meaning "to stare with wide or protuberant eyes, as in the manner of one who is intensely excited about something." That word actually has a different origin: the Middle English gogelen, meaning "to squint." In many instances, "agog" is followed by a preposition, such as "over" or "about." Merriam Webster.
I believe MANED is a common descriptor of animals with manes. "Some are maned like lions, some have young, keen faces, but all leave an impression of familiarity upon me. -from War's Brighter Side."
"The largest canid in South America, the maned wolf looks like a fox, is called a wolf, and is closely related to neither."
I drew a 5x5 grid to come up with BINGO.
Dorothy always come to mind for me, too, when I think of sarong.
I still see ham handed, especially in regard to people in leadership who do not understand their jobs or socially inept people. I picture people having hams for hands and so they bungle everything they touch.
Musings
-Lemon’s summative paragraph rings true here
-TWO to Tango – That’s why you shouldn’t engage snarky anon’s here
-Do kids today wonder why “Return” can also be used on that key for “ENTER”?
-Somehow, I know “bath” in German is Bad so…
-For many comedians their public PERSONA is very different from their private one
-Cage-free chickens? Fine by me. FREE range chickens? Come on…
-I DID my taxes two weeks ago. Why should it be that difficult?
-What long-running TV series features the lead character CRAFTING a CRAFT in his basement and never tells how he got it out of there?
-My favorite TV SGT carried this badge number
Good Morning:
I agree that this was an easier than usual Friday puzzle, although there were some snags here and there, e.g., I Can't Even. I entered I Call Even, thinking of a coin toss. I had Wash before Wipe and needed a few perps but the obviousness of the theme helped greatly. I liked the reveal a lot. Tinge appears again after Tinct and Tinge in recent puzzles. I found some of the cluing a little off, but that could just be me.
Thanks, David, for a fun solve and thanks, Lemony, for the informative and entertaining expo, especially the musical videos. My husband adored Lena Horne. We had tickets to see her on Broadway but the show was cancelled due to her being ill; DH was so disappointed. Luciano Pavarotti appeared in Albany several years ago, but we were in Florida at the time.
Jinx @ 7:42 ~ I almost fell off my chair laughing at your mail carrier's husband's "no goodery"! (As I've said before, my sense of humor is a little odd.)
Today is the day that I (finally) do my taxes. The relevant forms and paperwork were assembled about a month ago but I managed to find a daily excuse to ignore the task. Today is T Day, like it or not. 😁
Yes, as others have said, this was an enjoyable, easier than usual Friday puzzle from D.A.B. that I was able to suss the theme and actually finish the puzzle.
I had CUP, then PAN and finally POT for the soup holder (TUREEN didn't fit). I put in ALI because it was the only three letter name that I could think of.
It's International Women's Day. This global day celebrates the cultural, political, social and economic achievements of women. The day also brings international awareness to gender parity. According to the World Economic Forum, global gender equality is estimated to be achieved by 2133. Sooner would be better.
Another week has almost gone by and it's still winter. C'mon spring.
Have a great day everyone.
Husker Gary, I believe you're referring to Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
Meh. Though a flat puzzle is better than no puzzle at all.
The original phrases were bland and the new ones ending in g weren't funny or flashy either. Electric fang? C'mon man.
The best part was parsing the reveal. Hmmm. Pars in g? Is that a golf thing? Wait...thin g? What's that?
Misty: I'm thinking of your recent nervousness as I attack my assigned reading this week: my state driver's license manual. Got thru 12 pages last night. Only 90 to go. I'm taking it slow, hoping to retain more that way. No, I'm not. The plot's so bad, it's putting me to sleep.
RACK AND RUING made me chuckle! Thank you, DAB and Lemonade!
Yes, this was easier than usual for a Friday. I had the TEEN/TEED, GAB/REG, CHESS/BINGO write overs though I don't really know how many squares a chess board contains.
I love the PRESETS on my car radio. Number 1 for classical KBAQ and 2 for NPR.
Watching Dorothy Lamour is how I learned about SARONGS.
Also I didn't know tikki masala but it sounded like NAAN would be the answer.
Owen:
Whether it's poetry or PROSE, your genius shows through!
SPAS was my last fill and though we've seen them before I can't recall them.
Scottish John does sound like loo but the I was already in place so IAN made it.
Fun fill and enlightening commentary today.
Have a DELIGHTful day, everyone!
My taxes are filed and the State already posted my meager refund. No complaints, though.
I thought the puzzle was fun. Rack and ruing was cute, but took a while. This type of puzzle appeals to a certain kind of humor.
My taxes are waiting for us to resolve some investment issues. We are almost there. Next year having switched to T. Rowe Price there should be no more issues like this.
That leaves dealing with Alan's Supplemental Needs Trust which I do not understand completely. I will need an attorney. I hate paperwork of this kind.
Next comes transferring Alan's financial and medical paperwork to the group home.
I am updating my filing system and purging a lot. Three months from now my paperwork should be much simpler.
Alan is gleefully telling everyone he meets that he is moving.
I had long phone call with David about my taxes and investments and about replacing my printer. I am grateful for his expertise and caring. After that I couldn't get my momentum back up. I will read my mystery novel to find out where the missing toddler is and plan to start early again tomorrow.
Totally crashed & burned in the mid west,
as I misspelled/spelt Hauge...
Learning moment: online dictionary says misspelt is the past tense of misspell.
I thought it was just British vs American...
Just could not fathom 23d craft,
& 38a animal protection agent = fur rubbed me the wrong way.
(only because it was so dang sneaky a clue..)
Theme was easy enough, finding silly links to represent it
turned into a daring escapade.
For instance, This link ends in G...
Which led to...
which led to...
which always seems to lead to Cows for some strange reason...
I am Agog!
(Really, you should be alert, the world needs more lerts...)
Lucy, you need to expand your palate TIKKA MASALA is a delightful spicy curry dish. It is very similar to the Thai red curry dishes but in India, they use yogurt in the preparation.
OAS, your comment If ALI borders on religion then OBAMACARE may border on politics :-/ — no worries— makes some sense, but I did not link anything to Obamacare, only to the story of Muhammed and his son. Had I linked I would have made the same type of comment.
CED ... You da'man today with your links. LOL
Off to see the St. Petersburg, Firestone Grand Prix this weekend.
I'm sure there will be some "Stuff" I can "Toast Y'all" with. LOL.
Cheers!
Woohoo! I almost got this fun Friday puzzle--and ended up googling just one clue--PAVAROTTI. I knew it was a tenor and could picture him, bit the exact name just didn't spring up. But after that everything else fell into place, making this one of my best Fridays ever! Many thanks, David.
I got the G theme early, after ALSO RANG and RACK AND RUING fell into place. So when I came to the last word solution, I knew ENDING, END IN G, almost before I finished reading the clue. A total delight. I wanted to put EPEES for the first word, but realized it required one more letter, and WON gave me SWORD right away. I had a little trouble in the middle because I put KID for 'tease' and that was a problem before I put in RIB since that game had to be BINGO. Since I knew BAD was bath, the SPAS popped right up. And I loved seeing OBAMACARE fall into place for the health clue. So lots of fun all around, and always like your commentary, Lemonade--thanks for that too.
Thanks for reminding me that I have to do my taxes today, Irish Miss.
PK, I can't believe you remembered my driver's license worry a year ago. Good luck with your test and let us know how it goes.
Thoughtful and helpful pancreatic cancer discussion, Oas--thank you for that.
So glad Alan is excited about his move, Yellowrocks.
Your second poem cracked me up, Owen.
Have a great Friday, everybody!
L714
I always look forward to reading your exposition of a C/W and your corner comments. Your demeanour and fair mindedness takes me back to some of the times I noticed these same traits in dear Santa .
Musings 2
-oc4 - Gender parity always has been the order of the day in my classroom teaching profession. Now that extends to administrative jobs too. Our lady superintendent is leaving and being replaced by another impressive lady!
-Sandyanon – Ding, ding ding, we have a winner! Here’s a discussion about getting that boat out of his basement. BTW, the state patrolman did it!
-PK – That book is not going to entice you to buy a ticket for when it is dramatized, it is to keep you from getting a ticket! :-)
Friday fun. Thanks David and Lemonade. (Hope you will be unfrazzled soon!)
I finished this CW on our drive to babysit the grands and found it quite straightforward. (I had to wait until nap time to come here.)
Finding the END IN G was easy but I missed that other GEE (thanks Lemonade).
Loved your PROSE today, OwenKL.
Hand up for wanting Epees and thinking of Loo.
I had the -ION for Belmonts frontman and since I had no clue about the singing group, I thought maybe it was a Lion in front of the Belmont hotel. But I knew we could not have another MANED lion in the same CW. Now, Celine I would have known.
Same with that PC key; since I couldn't run and look at my keyboard and I had the starting E, I thought of Erase -- but that was used in the clue for WIPE.
Even this Canadian knew about OBAMACARE, although I am glad that I don't need it with our universal health coverage.
SO BE IT reminded me of ALBEIT from yesterday. . . and we had RIB again (but I won't rehash that!).
YR, thanks for the info on AGOG. I would have accepted the Goggle idea for its origin, as I think of it more as a state of amazement rather than a state of mirth. Interesting.
I'm glad Alan is excited about the upcoming changes. Good foresight on your part to prepare for the inevitable.
Wishing you all a great day.
This did seem easier for a Friday puzzle.
Markover...ADEPT/ABLER...rackandruinS/rackandruinG.....that was it.
YR....I’ve had my IRA with TRowePrice for years, never a complaint until this year....I wanted to increase my monthly withdrawal in order to have Federal and State taxes withheld.....they were happy to do the Federal but REFUSED to withhold State as “they don’t have to offer that in a non-mandatory withholding state”. Nice....they’re in the retirement business and refuse to withhold....I’m currently looking to switch the IRA to a company with a more professional approach.
From yesterday... Jim...you were of course correct, I had my “begins with a P” organs mixed....thanks.
Hello.
Thanks, David, for the fun and a doable Friday challenge. At this hour, I have to say, many of you have logged my thoughts; however, I spent way too much time preparing to drive at TEED!
Thanks for the tour Lemonade. I enjoyed the links.
FLN: Merci, TTP, C, Eh, and Misty.
Yes, Lemonade, we are heading into Spring. I didn't realize until today that we will have more afternoon daylight as of Sunday. Surprise, Madame!
Enjoy the weekend. Be well everyone.
Not BAD at all. Alternating between across and down got me the solve. The A in PERSONA ruled out LOO and ruled in IAN. Wanted BOARDS for the fencing need until WON won me over. Weirdly, when I got SOBEIT I thought of the retired actress LeeLee Sobieski. Sometimes my train of thought runs off the rails. I, too, put in MUUMUUS at first and had to change it, which actually made me happy because I wanted SITE rather than M-something for web creation.
LW and I finished up and e-filed our taxes yesterday. Sheesh, it was not straightforward. I agree with Gary: why does it have to be so difficult? It turns out our Federal tax burden was very slightly less than last year but our Calif state income tax was significantly higher. Double sheesh.
Good wishes to you all.
Lemon,
I could not get the Tikki Masala link to work properly.
it might be because of my Ad Blocker/Antivirus,
But it was intriguing enough to search further
Many of the sites had some one with such a heavy Indian Accent
that I could not understand what spices they were using, until I found this one...
Sounds delicious, but I am still confused.
Apparently it requires a spice blend called Garam Masala,
but when I look up how to create it, it looks like a list
of most of the spices she already used???
P.S. Fresh Coriander is better known around here as Cilantro...
Ta ~DA!
Mr. Bywaters' puzz is one of the DELIGHTful kind in which clues make no sense until, OOH, they just do! I truly had fun decoding this one from start to ENDING.
For those who are still sweating their tax filings, I offer my sympathy. As for my wife and I, we decided years ago to get the jump on this annual torment by arranging with our CPA for his earliest possible appointment. This year we filed on Feb 3, and our only problem was getting some required forms on time from companies required to send them to us.
It isn't just the tax payer who puts off the task. The worst, the very last form, was from Equity League, the 1099-R from my actors' pension. When I complained, they said they had just mailed them out. Grr.
Anyway, we DID it; it is done.
~ OMK
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DR: One diagonal, mirror side.
Today's anagram appears to be a warning, quite appropriate to this Corner of sophisticated cruciverbalists. If anybody hopes for simplicity of thought and sincerity of utterance among such a body of urbane and nuanced thinkers, they are well advised to remember that ...
"IRONIES ARISE"!
AH! Never mind!
This video explained it:
Garam Masala
AnonymousPVX, perhaps you should consider moving to a state that has no state income tax. Problem solved.
"There is no gog and agog." But perhaps there's Magog.
I was with son, Phil, so I invited him to solve along with me.
I quickly gave him DION(Thx Lemony) and he tried to give me PAGE before SITE perped in.
Next thing we were in Bob Evans and I was sailing thru and he was on a "hacking for dummies*" SITE.
The GEE helped with the LONGAGOG answer.
WC
* He's no computer dummy.
Using tThe correct case on 52-D would make the answer "Is it I?," not "Is it me?" Must we indulge ignorance in this puzzle?
I received my last document for my IRS filing on Feb. 28. I will have a larger than normal refund this year. My communication with my son who does my taxes is hindered by mansplain. Anything I may say is doubted. I am not good at having instant answers. Please give me time to process after months of not thinkng about this. I admit my paperwork is disorganized, but my thoughts are very organized. Even my broker does not need to patronize me. Finally both my son and I understand. I could not do this without him. Pluses and minuses.
I have long ago gained a great deal of respect from the medical profession regarding. Alan. I have even gained respect from car mechanics. Finally, after very diplomatic interactions, I am gaining respect from my son.
"Is it me" is coloquial, fair game in xwords. Even slang is fair game here.
Anonymous @3:00 ~
Yes.
C'mon, Anon...
"Is it me?" is a common error, often heard in casual discourse.
The clue might have indicated it as informal or slang, but this is sometimes just assumed in crosswords.
~ OMK
Lemon:
Thank you! That sounds delicious except I don't have a grill but I'll try baking the chicken and see how that works out. I love spicy anything. Tomato cream? Yum, can't wait for that. Today is meatless Friday so I'm planning on baked fish.
YR:
It's wonderful that Alan is exciting about his move! I hope all goes well with him.
CED:
Your links today are a DELIGHT!
I hope we hear from Lorraine today.
Taxes are done, finally. This was the very first time that the Standard Deduction was more than my itemized deductions. That's okay as it saved me time and I'm still getting a refund.
Madame Defarge, I hope you're feeling better.
YR, you must be so relieved that Alan is excited about his new "adventure." That bodes well for the upcoming transition.
P V X, Sorry,I do not involve T Rowe Price in withdrawals based on taxes. I like their concise reporting and personal contact responsiveness.
Hi All!
OK, OK, it was an easy Friday (musta been 'cuz I FIR) but I'm still pleased with myself.
Thanks DAB for the GEE-whiz grid. I caught the theme early because I filled END IN G b/f any themers were fully flushed out. Thanks Lem for the musical expo.
WOs: misspelled SWaRD, AGApe b/f GASP, wow b/f OOH, sHAd b/f perps fixed the fish
ESPs: RACK AND RUIN(G), MAITRE, DION.
Fav: REMARKS as clued
{B, C+, B+ ; A+}
YR - good news all around!
IM - I also laughed at "no-goodery." It's such a fun expression (much better than "evil-doers") that I will adopt it to describe bad-juju actors on the network.
Fun DR OMK.
ELECTRIC FANG sounds like a punk band. I searched Google and found disturbing but, oddly DELIGHTful, set of images on Instagram. YMMV.
CED - the ENDs with G was LOL!
Cheers, -T
PVX, et al: FYI, Vanguard has the same policy regarding state tax withholding.
I forgot to mention that I loved all of Owen's poems l lately. I especially like the C's .
WC
HG - I'm w/ you on Badge 714. //one of my favorite episodes. Cheers, -T
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