Theme:
10D. *Italian pistols: BERETTAS. (Beret) In the early James Bond novels, his pistol of choice was a Beretta 418, but a firearm expert and a fan of the books wrote to Ian Fleming criticizing his decision as the weapon had no real stopping power. Fleming replaced the firearm with a Walther PPK in Dr. No.
11D. *A skeptic's wont: TO QUESTION (Toque) I was impressed that Timothy found a way to use the proper name for the tall chef's hat, among other styles.
28D. *Quaker Oats cereal with a naval officer on the box: CAP'N CRUNCH (Cap)
38D. *The Sunshine Skyway Bridge spans it: TAMPA BAY (Tam). The bridge was involved in a tragic incident in 1980 when a freighter collided with it during a thunderstorm and brought down a large section.
38A. Partners of tails ... and what's found in the answers to starred clues: TOP HATS. See the picture of the royals below.
Happy Thursday, everyone, and I'm thinking a particularly happy Thursday for the constructor, as I believe this is his debut for the LA Times. The theme is simple, but nicely done. The theme entries are all in the downs so that the hat can sit "on top." as the reveal suggests.
[Edit: It's actually Tim's second LAT).
Let's see what else we've got:
Across:
1. Ancient gathering place: STOA
5. Warm place to chill: HOT TUB
11. "Waterfalls" pop trio: TLC. I know the song, I had no ideal that was the name of the group.
14. Medical breakthrough: CURE
15. Revolt: UPRISE
16. "That looks good!": OOH!
17. Dict. label: ABBR.
18. Not as nice: MEANER
19. Sine __ non: QUA. An "essential condition or necessary component" for you non-ancient Romans out there.
20. Impressive vocal quality: RESONANCE
22. Spew: ERUPT
24. Have a feeling: SENSE
25. Reason for a warm eye compress: STYE
26. Race town near Windsor Castle: ASCOT. Gentlemen are encouraged to dress formally for the annual Royal Ascot meet in June. Here's some royals being, well, royal at Royal Ascot. Prince Harry looks like he just got off a horse.
29. Information to process: DATA SET.
32. "Sounds fair": DEAL
33. Berth place: MARINA
36. Greek cross: TAU
37. ChapStick target: LIP
39. Doctrine suffix: -ISM
40. The Stratford, in TV's "Newhart": INN. Here's the Waybury Inn in Vermont which was used in the show "acting" as the Stratford.
41. Pupil surrounder: AREOLA. Quiet at the back.
42. Frost lines?: POEM
43. Flatters: BECOMES
45. Masculine: MANLY
46. Cheats, with "off": RIPS
47. "__ always makes it better": Anne Burrell: BACON. I never heard her say it, but didn't take long to figure this one out.
50. Throat dangler: UVULA
52. Aboveboard: ALLOWABLE
56. Solder component: TIN along with lead, or silver and copper for lead-free solders, and commonly with a flux core.
57. Caviar source: BELUGA
59. Morsel on a shellfish platter: CLAW. Depends how big your crustacean is. The biggest lobster caught on record was a 44lb behemoth off Nova Scotia in 1977. Those claws are certainly not "morsels"!
60. Anti-apartheid org.: A.N.C. The African National Congress.
61. Landfall for Noah: ARARAT
62. Word before and after sweet: HOME
63. Part of a snarky laugh: HEH
64. Approvals: YESSES
65. Terminal info: E.T.A.S
Down:
1. Emotional trauma consequence: SCAR
2. Skin cream holder: TUBE
3. Poetic spheres: ORBS
4. Spray starch dispenser: AEROSOL
5. Likely to err, eventually?: HUMAN. You can be divine, and forgive though.
6. Hits theaters: OPENS
7. Vestige: TRACE
8. Spork prong: TINE
9. Finish, with "up": USE
12. __-garou: werewolf: LOUP. First mentioned in 60 B.C. by Roman author Petronius, so they've been around a while. Before the invention of firearms and silver bullets, they pretty much had the run of the place at full moon time. Apparently you can bludgeon one to death with a blunt silver object, but I'd prefer to keep my distance.
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13. Facebook option: CHAT
21. Safety feature at a trapeze school: NET
23. Scandinavian rug: RYA. Thank you, crosswords past.
25. Seasonal visitor: SANTA
26. Stage surprise: AD LIB
27. River with 37 bridges in Paris: SEINE. I was going to tell you how many bridges cross the Seine in total, but when I went to Wikipedia I realized I'd be here all day counting them. Just know, there's a lot!
29. Retro phone part: DIAL
30. Conference room stand: EASEL. For the flip chart. Still a fixture in these days of whiteboards and flat-panel TVs.
31. Tot's ache source: TUMMY
33. Social customs: MORES
34. Imitates: APES
35. Letter before sigma: RHO
42. Grand style: PANACHE
44. Safflower __: OIL
45. Cut grass: MOW
47. Gets fuzzy: BLURS. Gets fuzzy, not Get Fuzzy:
48. Diet for some aquarium fish: ALGAE. The Siamese Algae Eater is described on one website as "easy to keep, and will eat anything put in the tank". I hope not, they'd eat all the plants, the other fish and the treasure chest if that was the case.
49. Paint layers: COATS
50. Arches National Park state: UTAH
51. Hollywood crosser: VINE. Here's the iconic Capitol Records tower seen from the intersection. There's a flashing light on the top of the mast which spells out "Hollywood" in Morse Code.
52. "Oh dear!": ALAS
53. Ink smudge: BLOT
54. Revered Tibetan: LAMA
55. Farm females: EWES
58. "Blood hath been shed __ now": Macbeth: ERE. On seeing Banquo's ghost.
10D. *Italian pistols: BERETTAS. (Beret) In the early James Bond novels, his pistol of choice was a Beretta 418, but a firearm expert and a fan of the books wrote to Ian Fleming criticizing his decision as the weapon had no real stopping power. Fleming replaced the firearm with a Walther PPK in Dr. No.
11D. *A skeptic's wont: TO QUESTION (Toque) I was impressed that Timothy found a way to use the proper name for the tall chef's hat, among other styles.
28D. *Quaker Oats cereal with a naval officer on the box: CAP'N CRUNCH (Cap)
38D. *The Sunshine Skyway Bridge spans it: TAMPA BAY (Tam). The bridge was involved in a tragic incident in 1980 when a freighter collided with it during a thunderstorm and brought down a large section.
38A. Partners of tails ... and what's found in the answers to starred clues: TOP HATS. See the picture of the royals below.
Happy Thursday, everyone, and I'm thinking a particularly happy Thursday for the constructor, as I believe this is his debut for the LA Times. The theme is simple, but nicely done. The theme entries are all in the downs so that the hat can sit "on top." as the reveal suggests.
[Edit: It's actually Tim's second LAT).
Let's see what else we've got:
Across:
1. Ancient gathering place: STOA
5. Warm place to chill: HOT TUB
11. "Waterfalls" pop trio: TLC. I know the song, I had no ideal that was the name of the group.
14. Medical breakthrough: CURE
15. Revolt: UPRISE
16. "That looks good!": OOH!
17. Dict. label: ABBR.
18. Not as nice: MEANER
19. Sine __ non: QUA. An "essential condition or necessary component" for you non-ancient Romans out there.
20. Impressive vocal quality: RESONANCE
22. Spew: ERUPT
24. Have a feeling: SENSE
25. Reason for a warm eye compress: STYE
26. Race town near Windsor Castle: ASCOT. Gentlemen are encouraged to dress formally for the annual Royal Ascot meet in June. Here's some royals being, well, royal at Royal Ascot. Prince Harry looks like he just got off a horse.
29. Information to process: DATA SET.
32. "Sounds fair": DEAL
33. Berth place: MARINA
36. Greek cross: TAU
37. ChapStick target: LIP
39. Doctrine suffix: -ISM
40. The Stratford, in TV's "Newhart": INN. Here's the Waybury Inn in Vermont which was used in the show "acting" as the Stratford.
41. Pupil surrounder: AREOLA. Quiet at the back.
42. Frost lines?: POEM
43. Flatters: BECOMES
45. Masculine: MANLY
46. Cheats, with "off": RIPS
47. "__ always makes it better": Anne Burrell: BACON. I never heard her say it, but didn't take long to figure this one out.
50. Throat dangler: UVULA
52. Aboveboard: ALLOWABLE
56. Solder component: TIN along with lead, or silver and copper for lead-free solders, and commonly with a flux core.
57. Caviar source: BELUGA
59. Morsel on a shellfish platter: CLAW. Depends how big your crustacean is. The biggest lobster caught on record was a 44lb behemoth off Nova Scotia in 1977. Those claws are certainly not "morsels"!
60. Anti-apartheid org.: A.N.C. The African National Congress.
61. Landfall for Noah: ARARAT
62. Word before and after sweet: HOME
63. Part of a snarky laugh: HEH
64. Approvals: YESSES
65. Terminal info: E.T.A.S
Down:
1. Emotional trauma consequence: SCAR
2. Skin cream holder: TUBE
3. Poetic spheres: ORBS
4. Spray starch dispenser: AEROSOL
5. Likely to err, eventually?: HUMAN. You can be divine, and forgive though.
6. Hits theaters: OPENS
7. Vestige: TRACE
8. Spork prong: TINE
9. Finish, with "up": USE
12. __-garou: werewolf: LOUP. First mentioned in 60 B.C. by Roman author Petronius, so they've been around a while. Before the invention of firearms and silver bullets, they pretty much had the run of the place at full moon time. Apparently you can bludgeon one to death with a blunt silver object, but I'd prefer to keep my distance.
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13. Facebook option: CHAT
21. Safety feature at a trapeze school: NET
23. Scandinavian rug: RYA. Thank you, crosswords past.
25. Seasonal visitor: SANTA
26. Stage surprise: AD LIB
27. River with 37 bridges in Paris: SEINE. I was going to tell you how many bridges cross the Seine in total, but when I went to Wikipedia I realized I'd be here all day counting them. Just know, there's a lot!
29. Retro phone part: DIAL
30. Conference room stand: EASEL. For the flip chart. Still a fixture in these days of whiteboards and flat-panel TVs.
31. Tot's ache source: TUMMY
33. Social customs: MORES
34. Imitates: APES
35. Letter before sigma: RHO
42. Grand style: PANACHE
44. Safflower __: OIL
45. Cut grass: MOW
47. Gets fuzzy: BLURS. Gets fuzzy, not Get Fuzzy:
48. Diet for some aquarium fish: ALGAE. The Siamese Algae Eater is described on one website as "easy to keep, and will eat anything put in the tank". I hope not, they'd eat all the plants, the other fish and the treasure chest if that was the case.
49. Paint layers: COATS
50. Arches National Park state: UTAH
51. Hollywood crosser: VINE. Here's the iconic Capitol Records tower seen from the intersection. There's a flashing light on the top of the mast which spells out "Hollywood" in Morse Code.
52. "Oh dear!": ALAS
53. Ink smudge: BLOT
54. Revered Tibetan: LAMA
55. Farm females: EWES
58. "Blood hath been shed __ now": Macbeth: ERE. On seeing Banquo's ghost.
"...The time has been
That, when the brains were out, the man would die,
And there an end. But now they rise again
With twenty mortal murders on their crowns
And push us from our stools. This is more strange
Than such a murder is."
I don't have a lot of sympathy for Macbeth - he didn't just push Banquo off his stool, he pushed him off his mortal coil.
And with that thought, here's the grid!
Steve
One should not wear a TOP HAT in a HOT TUB.
ReplyDeleteIt tends to make it wimpy, inappropriate for club.
The hat will so impress,
The tub will feel distress,
And a depressed Jacuzzi will not make bubbles, bub!
Would a panoply of RESONANCE display PANACHE?
An opera star certainly would not throw it in the trash.
But when your offspring teen
Turns on the drama queen,
Such histrionics should be in a Broadway cast!
Thank you Timothy Schenck for this pleasant Thursday CW. I FIR in 26:45 min.
ReplyDeleteThank you Steve for your excellent review.
Bill G. and Barbara, you are in my prayers.
41 A - AREOLA again?
52 A - Aboveboard: ALLOWABLE : I thought the clue said "Overboard."
Ðave
Welcome to the LAT Timothy. You have a name even OKL could not rhyme.
ReplyDeleteA very doable Thursday with a fun theme, highlighted by Steve's excellent write-up and a picture of the Royals in their TOP HATS I cannot recall ever wearing one and my favorite memory is this MOVIE SCENE .
I wonder how much longer the reference to HOLLYWOOD and VINE will last? Speaking of which, the Corner's one-time guilty pleasure AEREOLA is back again.
WEREWOLVES and the affliction of lycanthropy were apparently first recorded by Petronius, but the LOUP-GAROU is embedded in French and Cajun culture and was big in the stories I heard to scare little children into being good when I was young, A LINK .
I never heard of ANNE BURRELL who has said "I always use my 'Holy Trinity' which is salt, olive oil, and bacon. My motto is, 'bacon always makes it better.' I try to use bacon and pork products whenever I can." I guess as a good Jewish boy, that is not so surprising.
Thank you, Steve and Timothy
Good morning.
ReplyDeleteThank you Timothy Schenk and thank you Steve.
The first thing that caught my eye was the author's last name.
No real problems except for the northeast corner. Got the TOQUE part because of the reveal. Didn't know the trio and never heard of the song. Don't use Facebook and it took too long to think of CHAT. That gave me the OOH but still had to guess the trio needed an L for TLC and thus the werewolf answer would start with the L.
Had two Bs light up when I changed the game to normal. Both where an N should have been. At VINE and at INN. Don't know whether it was a typo each time or my finger slipped off the trackpoint mouse.
Speaking of, "...they pretty much had the run of the place..."
Coyotes, not wolves, are quite common around here. Still, a sighting is sure to cause a post to Nextdoor, the neighborhood social media app. This post caught my eye. Look who responded to Fran !
Coyote Sighting
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteUnlike TTP, I knew LOUP, but had to wait on the _HAT to get the C in CHAT. Tried EGEST before ERUPT. TIN, CSO to, well, TIN. Recognized RYA -- we must've seen it before. If this is a debut, it's a good one. Nicely done, Timothy. Steve, enjoyed the tour. (AREOLA once again proves that what goes around comes around.)
Nice bit of crunch with a fun theme today! I had to wait for perps for TOP HATS as I had "heads" stuck in my brain as a partner of "tails" and couldn't get it unstuck even though I knew it didn't have the right amount of letters!
ReplyDeleteI also had to wait for perps for LOUP- GAROU because I kept wanting it to be spelled like "lupus" from "canis lupus lupus" the genus/species name for wolf.
Thanks Steve and congrats to Timothy!
I rushed right by the reveal. I got TOP HATS but didn't think to look for them in the themers. Very clever. Therefore, I missed the TO in toque and the Ch in Chat. Duh!Looking for hats would have easily given me togue. I don't use Facebook, but CHAT could have been sussed. I liked Frost lines = poem.
ReplyDeleteI always object to the use of morsel in the LATs. A morsel is very small. Synonyms are mouthful, bite, nibble, bit, small piece, soupçon, taste, sample, spoonful. Most claws are more than a mouthful. Rich gets the "something of high quality and much desired" part, but frequently misses the smallness part.
BTW, until the mid 19th century lobster was scorned as poverty food to be fed to prisoners, indentures servants,and the very poor. Prisoners resented being fed lobsters.
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975–78 and starred Robert Blake.
Good morning, folks. Thank you, Timothy Schenck, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Steve, for a fine review.
ReplyDeleteThis puzzle went easily. I am not used to a fast Thursday. Took about an hour.
Caught theme with CAP'N CRUNCH. The rest appeared easily, except for TO QUESTION. That corner came last.
Tried TOOTH for 31D before TUMMY worked better.
Tried CLAM for 59A. EWES game me CLAW. I do not really like clams or oyster claws. However, 47A BACON I love. I can eat a whole
Pound of it cooked crisp. My favorite sandwich is a BLT, no mayo.
12D LOUP was tough. I wagged TLC and that fixed that corner.
Didn't we just have AREOLA the other day? No problem, just wondered.
Supposed to get up to 58 degrees in Johnsonburg today. Nice.
See you tomorrow in Illinois.
Abejo
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Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteMy kind of puzzle with a well hidden (and clever) theme and an Aha reveal! My only unknown was TLC and I stumbled on Egest/Erupt, Epsom/Ascot, and Clam/Claw. I can never see Santa without thinking of our dear Argyle. I, too, liked Frost lines=Poem.
Thanks, Timothy, for a fun solve and congrats on your debut and thanks, Steve, for the grand tour.
Have a great day.
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteGood steady solve. Never focussed on the theme. Last to fall was TO QUESTION (since I didn't know TLC) but I finally thought of it in the right context. The whole thing had a nice fresh feel to it. A big BZ to Tim on his first LAT foray.
Liked AREOLA - Vowel rich.
TAU - Besides being a griechischer Buchstabe (Greek letter), it also means "rope" in German.
Good job, as always, Steve. Thank you.
Fairly easy, with the exception of the impossible top right corner...
ReplyDelete(and trying to fit Agora in 1a ancient gathering place.)
I just could not get Facebook option 13d = Chat.
(I gave up that timesink ages ago...)
Without chat, I didn't have a chance at loup, to question,
ooh (wanted yum) qua, and Rya. Also got thrown for a loup
(or thrown to the wolves) by guessing eject for spew instead of erupt.
Sigh...
Oh well,
at least I can still dance...
meanwhile, when no one is looking...
Bill G & Barbara, you are in our thoughts and prayers.
TOP of the mornin' to you. A crunchy puzzle that I was very lucky to finish. I never noticed the TOP HATS after they were filled but the top hat fill completed RHO. Why anybody other than physicists should know the Greek alphabet and its English spelling has always baffled me.
ReplyDeleteBut like TTP, the NE was a hard one to work out. Like Steve I knew the song but not the group. Facebook CHAT was a WAG after ruling out YUM & HMM and filling OOH. But the LOUP garou was a total unknown. Lemonade, in S. Louisiana it's called the ROUXgarou, but since ERUPT was in place 'roup' wasn't any word I'd heard and a COUP-garou sounded like a Cadillac model, so LOUP-garou it was. For some strange reason, I remember RYA from past puzzles.
DNF, running aground on the Maine coast. Looked up TLC and finished without further mishap.
ReplyDeleteErased epsom for ASCOT, raw data for DATA SET, harbor for MARINA, odes for POEM, clam for CLAW, norms for MORES, and uvela for UVULA (bad spellers of the world, UNTIE!).
I wanted "tequila always makes it better", but it wouldn't fit. One of us is wrong.
I didn't think of Rbt Blake for BERETTA, but I did think of "don't do the crime if you can't do the time."
Nice puzzle, Timothy. My favorites were INN and SANTA, both because of their nostalgic value. I wonder if Larry, Darrel and Darrel worked crosswords. And thanks to Steve. You really earned your BACON today.
Another CSO with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge clue leading to the TAMPA BAY answer.
ReplyDeleteBTW, after the "Old Bridge" was hit it was replaced by a NEW beautiful bridge.
OPENING DAY ... one of my favorite days of every year.
PLAY BALL !!!
Cheers!
Great puzzle. The picture of the lobster, however, is very sad.
ReplyDelete"Hats Off" to the author!
ReplyDeleteMusings
ReplyDelete-Easy Wednesday followed by a challenging Thursday for me
-Knowing TOQUE was a big help for _ _ QUESTION
-Medical breakthroughs really influence this chart
-I suppose one does UPRISE in an UPRISING
-The RESONANCE of my voice is a great teaching asset
-$24 for Manhattan? DEAL! -Really?
-BECOMES? “Does this ___ make my ___ look ___?”
-When you say “To err is human”, does ERR rhyme with hair or her?
-The LOUP (named that by French trappers) River flooded Columbus, NE this spring
-Our birds love sunflower seeds but turn up their beaks at safflower seeds
Good morning, Steve and friends. Fun puzzle. I learned the word TOQUE from doing the crossword puzzles.
ReplyDeleteI also noticed the double CSO to Tinbini with the TAMPA BAY and TIN.
More than you ever wanted to know about Lobsters.
Anne Burrell (b. 1969) was a complete unknown. I thought her quote might have been a little more profound than BACON.
Bill G: I saw your posts from last night. So sorry to hear of your travails. I wish you and Barbara all the best in your recovery.
Just a note - Timothy, aka Tim, the constructor emailed me to say that this wasn't his debut, he had one published on October 24th last year. His name was "Tim" on that one hence my search for "Timothy Schenck" came up blank. Glad to set the record straight. (He also had nice things to say about the bloggers and commenters here at the Corner).
ReplyDelete@Alice - very large lobsters are also very old and are generally released back into the ocean. In some states, such as Maine, they have a legal minimum and maximum size that a lobster can be kept and not released.
ReplyDeleteThis Thursday puzzle was bit tough in the NE for me. Never saw the theme, as usual I guess, and did not get the T in TLC. Had to look it up after.
So an incomplete for me. Stuff happens.
Best wishes to Bill and Barbara.
CrossEyedDave at 9:05 AM had a questionable link in black face. I hope it doesn't want to run for public office.
ReplyDeleteWould you like to see the living room of my home, Wesley Manor. Here 'tis with the "Devastating effects of dementia" video.
Ðave
Terrific Thursday. Thanks for the fun, Timothy and Steve.
ReplyDeleteGetting to 19A without filling in a thing made for a discouraging start. But then I started doing the Downs instead and got a foothold. It took a little longer to get a TOP HAT! But not too many ink BLOTs. Then I arrived here to see that I FIWed; my morsel on a shellfish platter was a Clam and I did not even see the EWES clue that would have corrected me. OOH or HEH!
I wanted Agora instead of STOA; I still think the actual gathering place was the Agora, and the STOA was the portico, walkway. But apparently, as things progressed, the STOAs became two-storied and were also used for shops, religious gatherings, art displays.
I wanted PTSD for "emotional trauma consequence", but nothing indicated an abbreviation in the clue, and perps directed me to SCAR. Hand up for Egest before ERUPT.
Owen, I LOLed at your TOP HAT in a HOT TUB. And I see that you too were reminded of panoply (from the other day) with PANACHE. (I wondered if the word origin was similar but I LIUed and apparently not.) PANACHE replaces another CW staple, Elan.
I smiled at your photo of the Royals, Steve. Very appropriate that we had ASCOT, home of the race known for the gorgeous (or outrageous depending on your taste) HATs worn by the ladies. I believe that may be a TOQUE that Kate is wearing.
The definition of a TOQUE is varied (French word origin with meaning of HAT); we can choose between a tall chef's TOQUE, a small-brimmed hat (or no brim), a flat mortarboard, and of course the classic Canadian TOQUE (Knit and with a tassel or pom-pom on the crown)!
Favourite today was 62A HOME sweet HOME!
Least favourite was 52A Aboveboard=ALLOWABLE. "Legitimate, honest, open" vs. "permissible" does not seem entirely equal to me. Aboveboard holds itself to a higher standard than ALLOWABLE IMHO. I could think of some examples in both politics and business.
HuskerG - this Canadian pronounces Err to rhyme with Hair.
Rivière-du-Loup is a city in Quebec named after the nearby river, whose name means Wolf's River in French.
Enjoy the day.
Thanks to Timothy Schenck and Steve for today's entertainment!
ReplyDeleteI loved all the TOP HATS and for me it's a treat when I see the theme. That doesn't always happen.
AD LIB reminds me of the time I took my daughter to New York and we saw A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Whoopi Goldberg forgot her lines at one point, turned to the audience and said, "I just forgot my lines." We all laughed as she composed herself and resumed her role.
I also love BACON and would eat it every day if it wouldn't kill me.
BERETTAS also reminded me of the Robert Blake show.
LOUP-garou is completely unknown to me as is TLC trio. That was my Natick.
Our swimming pool has been used all this week since the weather is warming. People are out there right now.
Have a glorious day, everyone!
I loved this puzzle, Tim--give us many more! I thought I might have gotten a perfect score in this one but I didn't know BERETTAS and so goofed on two of the acrosses (hey, I don't know guns and don't want to know them). But it was a delight to work through this one and the TOP HAT theme made it a lot of fun to search for all those TOQUES and BERETS and CAPS and TAMS (okay, just one of each, I know). Also liked seeing Frost's POEM. Steve, I loved the picture of those royals at ASCOT. But I didn't remember that INN from "Newhart." Lots of fun, thank you both.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day, everybody!
For Steve@11|:17 and Alice@9:55
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to a Canadian lobster (not as big as Steve's) story and photo. My brief look at the Atlantic Fishing regulations seems to specify a minimum length before a lobster can be kept but no maximum. "King Louie" in the link was estimated to be 100 years old. How could you throw him into boiling water even if you had a pot big enough!
VeganBuys23LbLobster
No idea who tlc or waterfalls were. Loup was a lucky guess.
ReplyDeleteCan anyone explain 69a in todays Newsday crossword? It's ignored in alphabetisation. Les?
Anon@1:21 - I don't do the Newsday crossword but here's my explanation of what you wrote.
ReplyDeleteLes is French (plural) for The. When alphabetizing (LOL my Canadian spelling) a list, you would ignore The in front of the (business, organization) name.
Lucina at 1:07 PM
ReplyDeleteWrote "Our swimming pool has been used all this week since the weather is warming. People are out there right now."
CanadianEh! had posted just before you, and I thought I was reading about her swimming pool.
Ðave
Lemonade:
ReplyDeleteLet's hope a non-golfer is Timothy Schenck,
He couldn't drive, but only shank!
d-o: "AREOLA once again proves that what goes around..."? LOL!
Tried to look up the "My Fair Lady" scene at ASCOT, but apparently my memory conflated two different scenes.
wolf translates to French LOUP, Spanish lobo, Italian lupo, Latin lupus. My point is that LOUP, or most of it, was probably sussable for many solvers.
ReplyDeleteTIN - German Zinn, L. German Tinn, Dutch tin.
"Death BECOMES Her" is a 1992 movie with Streep, Willis, and Hawn..
I liked this puzzle. The L crossing TLC and LOUP was the last to fill; I should have done better at figuring LOUP would mean wolf. Totally forgot RYA but since I already had E-UPT it had to be an R.
ReplyDeleteLucina, I'm with you about BACON. I would eat lots of it every day if it wouldn't kill me. I have recently discovered that pork belly sliced, seasoned, and fried the Korean way is as tasty as bacon but apparently doesn't have all that nitrate stuff.
CanadianEh, I had the same experience and thoughts you did with regard to PTSD and ALLOWABLE.
Good wishes to you all.
More confirmation that my brain is fading. I not only did I solve this DEBUT PUZZLE I commented on the name twice!
ReplyDeleteArrgh. Thank you Tim/Timothy for clarifying
ReplyDeleteSchenk is a German word for gift.
The Yankees and Mets are on a pace to win 162 regular season games this year !
The way I pronounce ERR it rhymes with hair. Excellent clue for it.
ReplyDeleteHi y'all! Did the puzzle and liked it, Tim, thanks. Thanks, Steve.
ReplyDeleteI looked in vain for the theme and never caught onto the TOPHAT. Duh! 78 is much dumber than 77 was at my house.
I often get ARARAT and Arafat mixed up. But Fluffs wouldn't fit, and BLURS would.
ReplyDeleteA fun puzz from Mr. Schenck.
I still have pain in my right knee from the fall I had a couple of weeks ago. I ordered a pair of crutches to see if I would heal faster if I kept weight off that leg. They just arrived.
Now I find that crutches aren't all that easy to use.
Why did I ever think this would be a breeze?
~ OMK
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DR: One diag, mirror side.
Today's anagram celebrates air travel for a passel of chorus girls, perhaps on their way from Vegas to Atlantic City, aboard their chartered...
"CHORINE PLANE"!
(Now serving bubbly and BELUGA Roe in Business Class!)
Close but no cigar...
ReplyDeleteHi All!
Thanks Timothy for the fine puzzle but that NE was just too much for me. I got the TOQUE but didn't know TLC, LOUP, QUA, and had 'posT' as my face-book option. Otherwise, quite the fun puzzle & theme.
Thanks Steve for the expo - quip about werewolves b/f gun-powder was delightful.
WOs: I got my caviar from RussiA, had a CLAm (Hi Abejo & IM!) and thought that was the nORmS 'till the idea was EjecT'd.
ESPs: N/A; I would have a longer list if I finished the NE.
Fav: if POEM's clue'da fooled me for a second, that would be it. I'll stick with PANACHE - fun word.
{B, A+}
Interesting lobster tale Hahtoolah. Thanks.
D4 - I read overboard at least 10x before ALLOWABLE showed :-)
Cheers, -T
Re. Skyway Bridge
ReplyDeleteI believe there was a (school) bus that couldn't stop in time and went into the drink
PC alert on "flip" chart, Steve.
In 1962 I had a job shucking lobsters. I can identify with those prisoners. By day three I was looking forward to my baloney sandwich . Btw, the morsel in the CLAW is in the knuckle. We didn't bother, we had a binful to shuck.
We don't often see the next higher grade of Panache: Duende. I think of Ted Williams of Redsox fame as the best example
No problems today although I too had CLAM<CLAW.
WC
WC:
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of duende used in that way and just LIU. I'm only familiar with the Spanish meaning, sprite. Interesting.
Ol'Man Keith, so sorry to hear about the pain in your leg and the difficulty using crutches. Hope you can get some help to get some relief before too long--I can imagine this makes for difficult days for you.
ReplyDeleteKeith: When I had my broken foot a few years ago, the PA told me people over 50 almost never are able to manage crutches. I sure couldn't. Messed up my shoulders worse than they were. I did fine on crutches when I was 30. Good luck!
ReplyDeletePK - your post reminds me of a Story...
ReplyDelete25(ish) years ago DW was on crutches and employed them to assist in clutching my (std. transmission) car to visit me at Ft. Hood [this was during Dessert Storm]. After her arrival she was crossing the quad and pegged a snake-hole -- hurt her other foot. Oy!
Outside of juggling [come back Picard!], I'm not that coordinated. I could never manage playing with her crutches.
Good luck OMK. Word to the wiser - just kick back and take it easy...
TTP - Astros are on their way to 162 too! [sorry Tin].
Cheers, -T
So interesting to see how people get carried away with the opening season vapors....
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