22. It happens without warning: SURPRISE ATTACK.
43. Reason for an ankle monitor: HOUSE ARREST.
96. It's more than right: OBTUSE ANGLE.
118. Fringe benefit for some reps: EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
14D. Frontier transport: HORSE AND BUGGY.
54D. Item on the best man's checklist: PROPOSE A TOAST.
Reveal:
67. Keyboard centerpiece, and a phonetic hint to six long puzzle answers: MIDDLE C.
I like that the reveal entry is placed in the very middle of the grid. Would be extra nice if every entry is like OBTUSE ANGLE where SEA is in the very middle of each themer. But it's impossible in this case.
Always great to see Pam Amick Klawitter, one of the most creative constructors in this country.
Across:
1. Reading aid: LAMP. My aid prior to 1981.
5. __ Office: OVAL.
9. Resort amenity: SPA.
12. Allergic reactions: ACHOOS.
18. DQ Blizzard flavor: OREO. Our neighborhood Dairy Queen is closed in winter.
19. Bridal gown decoration: LACE.
20. First one cast, usually: STAR.
21. Speaks in a boring way: DRONES.
25. Buzzard's snack, perhaps: VERMIN.
26. Avoid, as a puddle: STEP OVER.
27. Big piece: HUNK.
28. Truck propeller: DIESEL.
29. Finish off, as a cake: ICE.
30. __ Bridge, which connects Buffalo, NY, to Fort Erie, Ontario: PEACE.
31. Carnival destination: ISLE. Carnival Cruise Line.
32. Old car starter: CRANK.
35. "Tarzan" critter: APE.
37. Took off again: RE-ROSE.
39. Skeptical reply: AS IF.
46. Phishing target: USERNAME. And 122. Online break-in: HACK. And 17D. Identity theft target, briefly: SSN.
48. Payroll service co.: ADP.
49. Exam given intradermally, for short: TB TEST. Never had one.
50. "Chicago" actor: GERE.
52. "Do ___ to eat a peach?": Eliot: I DARE.
53. Cut the crop: REAP.
55. Salt on the Seine: SEL.
56. Word with bed or board: ROOM.
58. Bellyached: CRABBED.
60. "ABC World News Tonight" anchor David: MUIR. Also co-host for 20/20.
61. Rate of speed: CLIP.
63. Fond du __, Wisconsin: LAC. And 10. Member of the first Super Bowl-winning team: PACKER. If you go to Wisconsin Dells, stop by Ishnala Supper Club. Look hard, you might see D-Otto's footprints.
64. 90-Across garb: TUTU. And 90. See 64-Across: BALLET.
65. Hollywood tease: PROMO.
70. Loose, pants-wise: BAGGY. This just drives me nuts.
73. Blood donation unit: PINT.
75. Before, before: ERE.
76. "Piece of cake!": EASY.
78. Shapely school subj.?: GEOM.
80. Milk sources nowadays: ALMONDS. Not fond of the flavor.
83. One-in-a-million: RARE.
85. Young fellow: LAD.
86. Quotable "Star Wars" character: YODA.
87. "North Woods Law" critter: MOOSE. Wiki says "North Woods Law is an American reality television series that debuted on March 11, 2012, on the Animal Planet channel."
88. Head of the party?: HOST. Nice clue. And 51. Event host: EMCEE.
93. Short bylaw?: REG. Regulation.
94. "Wheel" coup: FREE SPIN.
98. Western skyline sight: MESA.
99. Skilled speaker: ORATOR.
102. Craft beer letters: IPA. After I graduated in college, I worked in Laiyan, Shandong Province for a short period. It's very close to Tsingtao. I liked the beer and the fresh seafood there. Some were too hot for me. Locals sure love hot red peppers.
103. Witherspoon of "Wild": REESE.
104. Pup __: TENT.
106. Directly: RIGHT.
108. Big name in luxury cars: BMW. And 121. Korean exports: KIAS. And 40. Swedish wheels: SAAB.
109. Nightly news segment: SPORTS. And 111. First name in '70s tennis: ILIE (Nastase)
112. Gets some air: BREATHES.
117. "I Love __": Irving Berlin song with the line "So you can keep your fiddle and your bow": A PIANO. Rare 6-letter partial.
120. "Othello" role: CASSIO.
123. Actress Campbell: NEVE. So innocent in "Party of Five".
124. New York's __ Island: STATEN.
125. Military VIP: GEN. Congrats on your 60-year-anniversary, Commander Spitzboov!
126. Products of 66-Down: ORES. And 66. See 126-Across: MINES.
127. Part of GPS: Abbr.: SYST.
Down:
1. Leader leader?: LOSS. Loss leader.
2. Stuck in __: A RUT.
3. Trifling: MERE.
4. Magical Mary: POPPINS.
5. Garden of eating?: OLIVE. Olive Garden. Not this garden with this sandwich.
6. Spray holder: VASE.
7. HP rival: ACER.
8. Michele of "Glee": LEA.
9. Position: STANCE.
11. Boat for couples: ARK.
12. Client: ADVISEE.
13. Fishing basket: CREEL. Never saw one in person.
15. Generous words: ON ME.
16. Trompe l'__: OEIL.
20. Little created by E.B. White: STUART.
23. Zoom: ROCKET.
24. With 112-Down, classic Faulkner story: THE. 112. See 24-Down: BEAR.
28. Examine in detail: DISSECT.
30. Preppy trio?: PEES. Just the three letters in Preppy.
32. Bracelet ornament: CHARM.
33. Arrived on wheels: RODE UP.
34. Childcare aide: AU PAIR.
35. Russian workers' cooperative: ARTEL. China had cooperative also. It's called Gung Ho, literally "working together".
36. Opening bout, for short: PRELIM.
38. Word for us: OUR.
41. Nagy of Hungary: IMRE. Died in 1958.
42. Put coins into: FEED.
44. Sneak off and hide: ABSCOND. I confused this word with ABDICATE.
45. Bering, e.g.: Abbr.: STR. Strait.
47. Calf catcher: RIATA.
50. World Cup cry: GOAL.
57. More mature: OLDER.
59. Actress/activist married to Ossie Davis: RUBY DEE.
62. Waterside sights: PIERS.
68. "Curses!" cousin: DRAT.
69. Bring to the majors, in baseball: CALL UP.
71. Presidential name in three centuries: GEORGE. Oh, Washington. Bush Sr. and Jr.
72. Alpine songs: YODELS.
74. Wearable ads, maybe: T SHIRTS.
77. Spicy dip: SALSA. Hahtoolah loves salsa.
79. Kid-lit "Maniac": MAGEE. Unknown to me.
80. Car radio letters: AM FM.
81. It's handed down: LORE.
82. Chili's competitor: MOE'S. Google shows they don't have a store in MN.
84. Flow counterpart: EBB.
89. Off-tangent link: ON A.
91. Arguing: AT IT.
92. Airport surface: TARMAC.
95. Floatplane feature: PONTOON.
96. Wild revelries: ORGIES.
97. Units of force: NEWTONS.
100. "Call the Midwife" nurse: TRIXIE. Unfamiliar with the show.
101. Crankcase reservoir: OIL PAN.
105. Bert's pal: ERNIE.
107. Barnyard mama: HEN.
108. Stella Artois alternative: BECK'S.
109. Minor fight: SPAT.
110. Italian tower town: PISA. Odd. I put "site:crosswordcorner.blogspot.com Pisa Gary" in Google but could not find Gary and Joann.
113. Human __: RACE.
114. Toon nephew: HUEY.
115. USPS stack: ENVS. Envelopes.
116. Editorial "let it stand": STET.
117. They run often in summer, initially: ACS.
118. ER graph: EKG.
119. MAX rival: SHO.
C.C.
I always enjoy a Sunday P. A. K., and C. C.’s writeup is icing on the cake.
ReplyDeleteFIR in 27 minutes. After yesterday’s debacle this was a walk in the park.
I’m not fond of the “See 11D” and at 11D it’s “See 23A”. I especially don’t like it when two of these cross, creating a potential natick, such as 112D & 126A. Today they weren’t too hard to grok but still not my favorite.
Never heard of MOES. I’m guessing they aren’t in IL either.
Lots of nice long fill. Fun.
67A: Oh, THAT kind of keyboard!
Lots of cars today.
I’m not sure how, but I didn’t hesitate at all when IMRE came up.
Don’t know the word ARTEL. Still not sure just what it means.
There was more, but it’s bedtime and I’m getting sleepy. ‘Night all.
FIW. ARTaL + SaL > E (ARTAL was unknown, SEL misremembered).
ReplyDeleteREs + MAsEE > G (REsolution, not REGulation, MAGEE unknown).
The theme: meh, unless there's more to it than I can SEA.
Once there was an ANGLE who was quite OBTUSE.
He could never understand any ideas abstruse.
Some teachers tried to make him right,
He learned by day, forgot by night,
Until they couldn't HACK what they admitted was no USE.
Once a pod of PEAS
Went to sail the SEAS.
A group of noble PEERS,
Met them at the PIERS
Now pea soup is what each noble PEES!
A shopper went to choose
A PAIR of leather shoes
But twas not to be
Because an ALLERGY
To leather turned the shoes into A-CHOOS!
{B+, P+, B+.}
Seeing PEES so close to THE BEAR in the write-up made me wonder if Smokey does that in the woods also? I'm sure he does, don't you?
ReplyDeleteI know every time I DARE to lay down in a TENT, the urge inevitably rises and I have to get up and STEP OVER someone to go out into the woods with my head LAMP ablaze. I often worry I'll come across some VERMIN or stumble upon a MOOSE or even worse, witness a SUPRISE ATTACK by that North American APE of LORE, the sasquatch. The fear has lessened with age but c'mon, admit it, you all have thought about that before, right?
Hi Y'all! Enjoyed this puzzle by Pam. Pretty much on her wave length. However, I thought the title "Water Music" was an OBTUSE ANGLE for plain ol' SEA in the middle. Meh!
ReplyDeleteLast to fill: "M" in VERMIN/ON ME. Duh, on me!
DNK: ARTEL, TRIXIE, BECKS, MOE'S, ADP, THE BEAR, IMRE, MAGEE. They all perped in pretty good. Several red-letter runs tho.
Still think cows do better milk than ALMOND trees. Nuts make me ACHOO.
C.C.: Great expo. Always wondered where the term "Gung Ho" came from. Soldiers came home from 'Nam using it, I think.
Griz: The last time I camped. On my midnight trip to the campground facilities, I was almost SURPRISE ATTACKed by a giant spider web strung across the path. Both the spider and the web were huge and looked capable of capturing & sucking the life out of large VERMIN like me. Fortunately, the light caught dew in the web so I stopped in time.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteForgot to read the title. Missed the reveal. Never got the theme. Trifecta! PACKER was slow to appear -- I was looking for a specific Packer. ARTEL is an old-timey cw staple. Anybody else who developed ITCHES before ACHOOS? Thought that "Short bylaw" might be a RESolution, but WAGged a G. Thanx for the diversion, Pam, and for the tour, C.C. (Yes, Ishnala used to be a favorite. Much better than the touristy attractions in nearby Wisconsin Dells.)
CRANK: I'm the crank who starts my old pickup.
MOES: Unknown. None in the Houston area, either. We just got a new Gringos Mexican restaurant nearby (ok, seven miles away). It's been open several months, but we haven't visited it yet. It's right nextdoor to a Chili's.
I also always enjoy a PAK puzzle. PK, the pun MIDDLE C for MIDDLE SEA explains the title.
ReplyDeleteLots of semi-unknowns, all listed by PK but all were filled by perps. Did not get the clue/fill Took off again: RE-ROSE.
C.C. I wonder if Oo's sauces would be too spicy for you? She does do Thai spicy, though often less for me.
The history of the US use of gung-ho predates Vietnam coming from the marines as the slang motto of Carlson's Raiders (2nd Marine Raider Battalion, under Lt. Col. Evans Carlson, 1896-1947), U.S. guerrilla unit operating in the Pacific in World War II, from Chinese kung ho "work together, cooperate." Widely adopted in American English in 1959.
Today's learning for me was reading much more about buzzards which are becoming more common even here.
Thank you Pam and C.C.
They have Moe's in these Texas towns:
ReplyDeleteARLINGTON
DALLAS
EL PASO
FARMERS BRANCH
GARLAND
HUNTSVILLE
LUFKIN
MIDLAND
RICHARDSON
ROWLETT
WACO
In Illinois they are in:
ReplyDeleteBLOOMINGTON
CARBONDALE
CHAMPAIGN
EAST PEORIA
HOFFMAN ESTATES
MOUNT VERNON
NAPERVILLE
NORMAL
PEORIA
Around here we use Gung-ho differently. For instance, my husband is usually all gung-ho about going camping where he PEES in the woods. I, on the other hand, prefer a nice hotel where I employ his EXPENESE ACCOUNT to enjoy some time in the SPA.
ReplyDeleteDoes Moes serve Curly fries?
ReplyDeleteNo, Moe serves while Curly frys.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning, C.C. and friends. Like many of the others, I wasn't keen on the title of today's puzzle, but getting the theme answers was easy enough.
ReplyDeleteD-O: I didn't have Itches, but I did try Rashes before getting the ACHOOS. I wanted Sneezes, but it wouldn't fit. Unfortunately for me, that was the direction I should have gone in.
I also learned that a Buzzard's Snack is not Carion, but VERMIN.
Additionally, I learned that Loose Pants are not Saggy, but BAGGY.
I remember STUART Little from my childhood. It was such a wonderful story, by the author of Charlotte's Web.
There is a MOE'S here. I have never eaten there, but it looks more like a fast food restaurant rather than an actual competitor to Chili's.
IMRE Nagy was the Prime Minister of Hungary and a leader in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Because of his role in the revolution, he was ultimately arrested and executed.
QOD: Seek not good from without: seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it. ~ Baroness Bertha von Suttner (June 9, 1843 ~ June 21, 1914), recipient of the 1905 Nobel Peace Prize
FIR, but erased sudden... for SURPRISE..., slab for HUNK, ewe for HEN, and had to fix DIScECT. Bad spelers of the world, UNTIE!!!
ReplyDeleteMOES is a cafeteria-style Mexican food chain. When they first open a new store, the entire front staff yells "WELCOME TO MOE'S" whenever someone comes through the front door. After three months it becomes "Welcome to Moe's". After six months it is "welcome to moe's", and after a year it is "next". Good food though, and a really good SALSA bar (which we had in a CW recently).
I assume that the PEACE Bridge commemorates the end of the Great Canadian-American War.
Eat A Peach is a fantastic ALMOND Brothers album. Jonathan Swift would argue about the bravery of eating a peach. Now the first oyster eater, there was a MAN!
The PACKERs won the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game in 1966, retroactively called the Super Bowl in 1970 after the merger. The PACK didn't know that they had won the first Super Bowl for four years, but you knew that.
THREE Coins in the Fountain was almost changed to Three PEES in the Fountain, but the editor marked it "STET".
Speaking of coins, it is illegal to FEED parking meters in Norfolk. There was a group of do-gooders who were using their own money to keep parking miscreants from being cited for overtime parking. The city went out of its way to make sure everyone knew that you can be arrested for doing so. It is also illegal here to FEED the meter in a time-restricted parking area, like if you buy an hour in a two-hour zone and need another 15 minutes.
I thought there was only one item on the best man's to-do list: 1) Bachelor's Party.
Ever wonder why there ain't no TARMAC in a modern airport?
I was trying to figure out an abbreviation for "junk mail" before ENVS forced its way in.
Thanks to Pam for the tough but Natickless Sunday puzzle, and to CC for the fun review.
Thanks C.C. and P.A.K. What a fun way to start the week.
ReplyDeleteThere's a "Mad Moe's" in my neighborhood. It's popular, but probably not related to the chain.
Time to check on Thiem and Nadal at the French Open. Anybody else keeping tabs on them?
Musings¬
ReplyDelete-¬I chose the right vowel for S _ L for my Seine seasoning, so I’m good! (ART_L was no help)
-SURPRISE ATTACK – Hitler thought the main invasion would be at Pas de Calais not Normandy
-EXPENSE ACCOUNT – Eat at McDonalds, turn in receipt from Tavern On The Green
-Even with Tom Hanks cast as the STAR, I really disliked this movie
-He was a good Walt in this movie about the creator of MARY POPPINS
-A colleague who CRABBED constantly got passed over at least three times
-I have a math degree but I am much better at ALG than GEOM
-We hope our grandnephew will soon get a CALL UP from the Phillies
-Pols go off ON A tangent when they get a question they don’t like
-C.C., I’d be glad to send you a picture of us in Pisa!
Good morning, folks. Thank you, Pam Amick Klawitter, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, C.C., for a fine review.
ReplyDeleteStarted this last night via cruciverb. Went pretty easily. Caught the theme with HOUSE ARREST.
I also have never encountered a MOE'S. Maybe some day. I love Mexican food. Learned that in California.
NEVE was unknown. Perps.
Liked IPA. And, I do.
Never heard of or saw North Woods Law. Got MOOSE with perps. I am also a Moose for many years. Many decades.
MUIR was not known. Perps.
Had SAL at 55A. Fixed that to SEL and got the Tada!
Gotta go. See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteIt took me awhile to connect the title to the reveal, but after thinking about it, it's appropriate, if a tad obtuse. I saw the Sea after the second theme entry, but the reveal was a complete surprise. My only nit is Rerose which I doubt has ever been spoken by man or beast. I had only two w/os: APBs/AMFM and Silo/Mesa. Actually, I had another w/o which caused a FIW, the crossing of Magee and Reg, which I filled in as Masee and Res. I never heard of Magee and the Res is a legal term, although not in the way the clue read. As usual with a Sunday grid, the proper names tripped me up: Cassio, Artel, Beck's, Trixie, and the Irving Berlin song and Moose that I I never heard of.
Thanks, Pam, for a challenging solve and thanks, CC, for your interesting and informative commentary. Your food photos are especially enjoyable. We have Moe's in this area, in fact, there is one about a mile from my house, but I've never been in it. It's very close to RPI, Spitz, so I'm sure it draws lots of students.
Have a great day.
Good morning. Thank you Pamela and thank you C.C.
ReplyDeleteNorth Woods Law has been on the Animal Planet all morning. It's about the game wardens and conservation officers in Maine and New Hampshire. I enjoy watching it and listening to the funny accents. LOL. :>)
My friend in Minneapolis calls the woods in the northern part of his state the North Woods.
My favorite is Lone Star Law. It will be on later. Same concept as North Woods Law. Game wardens enforcing laws. The difference is they don't have the funny accents. All new episode tonight at 8C.
Speaking of animals, a neighbor got this picture of a leash of foxes on her deck. They're prevalent in our area, aka "The Fox Valley". They're cute as can be, and good at keeping the ground squirrel population down.
Fox Family
Jinx, I know you know it's the Allman Brothers Band, but I'm curious about one aspect of the parking meter violation. Is it that the parker could have originally fed the meter for a 2 hour park, but if they initially opted for something less, they can't add to it later ?
IM
ReplyDeleteI know of a beast that has uttered REROSE. Scooby Doo uses it all the time when he brags about his basketball skills. "SCOOBY good at shooting REROSE"
FIR in many hours.
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday Cruciverbalists!
Thank you Pam Amick Klawitter for this challenging CW.
Thank you C.C. for your excellent review. I couldn't "C" the "Sea," sorry for me.
102 A -- The table of food looks wonderful even though I wouldn't be able to eat it, too hot!
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Really like the clue for 5d, Garden of eating. A punny play on the Garden of Eden.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of restaurants, there were a few today, eh? Did a little research to see that Dairy Queen reigns supreme with 6800 worldwide locations(4455 of which are in the US). Chili's has 1606, Olive Garden 892 and Moe's has a paltry 700+. My favorite however has just one. Newton's in downtown Waterloo, Iowa. Nice little cafe is more my style than those generic chain places.
Speaking of DQ, I found it interesting of the blog-centric connections it has documented in its wiki article. Its first location was in Joliet, IL via Kankakee for our Chicago community. Its headquarters are in Edina, MN which is just mere miles from C.C. and Boomer. And it is owned by Berkshire Hathaway of Omaha, NE, a close friend of Husker and Joe. Interesting, but I prefer the hard type of ice cream made in small batches by local shops such as Humphrey Slocombe in San Francisco or Graeters in Cincinnati.
Hola!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, Pam and C.C.! I would love to taste those spicy, hot dishes! SALSA and I are fast friends. In fact, it's time to make some with the peppers from my plant. They are very small and I collect them as soon as they ripen. Now I have a bundle.
I really like Pam's puzzles and have solved many of hers in the puzzle books I have. It was fun to sashay through this one and I actually saw the SEA after MIDDLE C appeared as did the connection to "water music."
I love TRIXIE and the other midwives in "Call the Midwife" on PBS. Many are nuns and others like TRIXIE are not. My first fill was TURNER because the Turners, husband and wife are also in the cast.
The SURPRISE ATTACK in Normandy was a well kept secret and part of a deception to force Hitler and his army to believe it would be in Calais. I learned this last night while watching "How a King fooled Hitler" on the National Geographic channel. I also learned that hundreds of American soldiers were captured and forced into slavery by the Nazis, all of whom, I hope, are now rotting in a very hot place for their cruelty and inhuman treatment of their fellowman.
I liked the fill, OBTUSE ANGLE and the clue, it's more than right! Geometry is one aspect of math that I enjoyed and mostly understood.
DRAT! I misspelled KIA as KEA and also TRIXIE as TRIXEE.
Chicago is one of my all time favorite musicals and Richard GERE is well, just spectacular in it.
There is so much to like in this puzzle but it's time to go.
Have a stupendous day, everyone!
Hello everyone.
ReplyDeleteA snappy salute to C. C. for her good wishes. Thank you
Did it on-line. Not hard. I enjoy Pam's submissions. Got the MIDDLE C easily but still did not pay attention to the middle SEA.
PEACE Bridge over the Niagara River - Very familiar with it. Have been over it many times and under it on several occasions. Occasionally commuted home over it when stopping on business at the River Control center above the Falls on the Canadian side. Our Navy Reserve Center was less than a mile upstream from it - always a splendid view. The River drops 5 feet or so in the short reach where the Bridge is, so the current velocity can exceed 10 knots. There is a canal, Black Rock, which bypasses the reach so commercial shipping can be accommodated to the Tonawandas and the NYS Barge Canal.
(This upper end of the Niagara River was the main subject of my Master's thesis.)
MOE'S - We have one in our town but I have never been in it. It stands next to an OLIVE Garden.
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Sunday Lurk say...
ReplyDeletePrescient of CED to link POPPINS' Banks mad supercalifragilisticexpialidocious rant FLN.
TTP - LOL re: Texas game wardens sans funny-to-you accents.
Lem - thanks for the history of Gung-Ho. I know I've said it many times but connotated it as "really keen on." I like the work together bit.
Jerome & Larry- Nyuck Nuyck Nyuck.
Jinx - Interesting about the parking meters. When Sugar Land installed meters we had parking fairies (seriously, they were dressed in tutus and wings and handed out candies) warning everyone that metering would go into effect next week (punctuated with their wand). My brother was bemused, "you guys live in weird rich-people place." //Like he's room to talk; He lived in Naperville (where there's a Moes apparently) and now in Highlands Ranch, CO.
@10:51 - I'm with you. Any "fast-casual" joint with more than 3 locations... The food becomes tasteless and probably really bad for you.
Y'all have a wonderful Sunday afternoon!
Cheers, -T
We have a pepper plant(garden?) in back. Phil throw them into anything; lately Dinty Moore's. I won't touch anything that comes near those red monsters
ReplyDeletePreppy trio? Amherst, Williams and Smith?
3 of the Five
WC posting so I don't lose it
Delightful Sunday puzzle, Pam--many thanks. Lots of nice references to familiar names and things. Once again another T. S. Eliot clue and got it instantly. I watch David MUIR on the ABC news every night, so that was easy too. I'm also a decades-long "Wheel of Fortune" watcher, though I needed a couple of letters before getting FREE SPIN. And that sweet YODA turned up once again. And, of course, there was Mary POPPINS slowly floating down from the sky. Even though I know my "Othello" pretty well, it took me a while to come up with CASSIO. And I can't believe that I have no memory of the PEACE Bridge, even though I went to graduate school in Buffalo, N.Y., and must surely have crossed it or seen it. But that was close to a half century ago, so memories are fading. Always happy to see your Sunday commentary and pictures, C.C.--many thanks.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend, everybody.
Hi everybody. I just finished reading CC's comments. Happy anniversary Commander Spitzboov!
ReplyDeleteI never heard of Maniac Magee or Moe's. Preppy Trio in 30 Down had me going for a long spell. The light bulb finally went on. My father had a creel. (One day he came to my fourth-grade classroom and whispered quietly to the teacher. I was worried that something was wrong or that I was in trouble for something. Nope. He asked the teacher if it was OK if he took me out of class to go fishing. I wish I had taken more opportunities to go fishing with him when I had the chance.)
Lucy, is that bad fire anywhere near you? I hope not.
TTP, cute phox foto.
Any thoughts about my comments (yesterday) about Mark Harmon and NCIS?
I was thinking of Mr Magoo. Nutty but not maniacal. And not kid-lit
ReplyDeleteOREOs,NEETONS and ?? MOOSE Munch?
"67A: Oh, THAT kind of keyboard!". Hmm. Is it a music reference?
Thanks to Misty I just grok'ed FREE SPIN. Although I too was looking for STARR or HORNUNG (for PACKER)- I can spot sports as fast as the "Wheel", CSI, Midwife spotters can spot their clues. Not to speak of Faulkner, the American Joyce.
Who was the "Him" in that quote: "Listening to him talk is like reading Joyce". I posted it and I forget who HE was.
Speaking of posting, I have another link and docs won't work with the blog.
WC
TTP, not a typo, just a result of intentional misuse of the language. I have a sailing friend whose last name is Almond, and I used to ask him about his Brothers and Sisters. Kinda like when I call the area between grocery shelves "the ISel". I forget and ask the stocking employee "what ISel are anchovies on"?
ReplyDeleteTTP, you have the idea. If you come across a 3-hour meter and it has an hour left, you can add up to two more hours when you park. But say you only add an hour (2 hours total on the meter) you cannot come back and add more time later. Same if the meter was expired when you parked. They are experimenting with meters that have a detector that will zero out any remaining time when a car leaves a space.
Spitz, how dare they put a MOE'S next to an Olive Garden. Everyone know that a Red Lobster is supposed to be next to the Olive Garden.
I hope my favorite restaurants in the Carefree / Cave Creek (AZ) area are OK. The smaller one is The Horny Toad. Just down the street is The Satisfied Frog. The Satisfied Frog added a brewery, and I loved their Frog Light beer. The house that Walter Cronkite had built was in the area as well.
ReplyDeleteWe just drove by the restaurant that used to be Moe's. It is now an Izzo's Illegal Burrito.
ReplyDeleteTTP @ 10:07 ~ Loved the picture of the foxes. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteShaggy said.....@ 10:21 ~ As I have never watched Scooby Doo, I'll accept your "rerose" quote. However, I haven't a clue as to what it means. Is it supposed to mean "free throws"? Was Scooby speech-impaired?
Bill G @ 12:54 ~ I don't watch "NCIS" so I'm not familiar with Mark Harmon's character's behavior or personality. I take much of what comes out of Hollywood with a few grains of salt. Interestingly, though, a former "NCIS" colleague, Michael Weatherly, was recently accused of verbal sexual harassment and intimidation by one of the female actors on his current show, "Bull." (She was written out of the show and awarded a substantial sum in lost wages, per her contract.)
IM - You asked... Scoobs Speach... //Isn't the interwebs great? :-) -T
ReplyDeleteZoinks IM!!! Your sleuthing powers are impressive. Scooby is always bragging about his free throw skills. He thinks he is Air Bud sometimes. You deserve a Scooby Snack.
ReplyDeleteJinx @ 1305 - - The Red Lobster is across the street from the OLIVE Garden and about 600 yds away. I think they're both owned by the same company.
ReplyDeleteBill G:
ReplyDeleteThank you for asking about the fire. It is well north of us in the mountains. After a delightfully mild spring with much needed rain, the temperatures shot up into the hundreds and all the foliage is now dry enough to feed that fire. (Shades of yesterday's CWD!)
As for NCIS, I can only say that watching a handsome man act sends me swooning so all objectivity is lost, I'm sorry to say, and Mark Harmon qualifies. Although I don't see him as frightening because his dialog is so sparse.
I loved 30D, PEES!
Our assistant priest, Father J.C., is such an inspiring speaker; his sermons are always brief but substantial and leave me thinking I want to be a better person. Today is Pentecost so he was on fire! (figuratively speaking)
I cant imagine why you would find something so trivial to complain about for two days in a row. Other than life is feeding you a load of crap at the moment. Thinking of you BillG and hoping things start looking up for you soon.
ReplyDeleteNice puzzle. Took me a leisurely hour to solve it. I not only saw and enjoyed the punny clue "Garden of eating" but also liked "Cut the crop." I don't think a crankcase is where the CRANK is stored.
ReplyDeleteI can't stand David Muir. The faux urgency and tension in his tone of voice just agitates me and raises my blood pressure. C'mon, news anchors, not everything is an urgent crisis.
LW and I were watching Thiem and Nadal at the French Open this morning. They are both very good players.
Bill G, after your comments last night I looked up the news about Pauley Perrette and Mark Harmon. After all that I still don't feel I know the whole story. The news media these days seems so intent on reporting how people feel about something that happened and what the response is that they forget to report what actually it was that happened.
Good wishes to you all.
Addendum to my comment @326p
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying harassment, either sexual or otherwise, is trivial. I'm just saying that there are injustices like that occurring daily and I'm not as concerned with those in Hollywood as I am with others nearer to my life. Sorry if I came off as ignorant or uncaring. My original intention stands. I hope life is good for you Bill.
Had to set up the hammock in the backyard to do the the Sunday puzzle,
ReplyDelete(fell asleep...)
Oh well,
JInx, TTP,
How I feel about Parking Meters..
Anon-T,
if Cool hand Luke is in tomorrows puzzle,
it is going to freak me out...
It wouldn't be unusual to see another Star Wars clue such as Yoda's student.
ReplyDeletePerhaps Laura's husband in GH.
WC
What an impressive performance by Rory at the Canadian Open today. Was really hoping he would shoot a 59 but that approach shot on 18 landed on the beach. Oh well, at least someone from the North was the winner.
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Anon, yup Rory was really bombing it today.
ReplyDeleteI was pleased to see that he didn't start playing it safe when the tournament was ICEd, but aggressively tried for that sub-60 round. What a work of art his game was today.
Where the Red Lobster formerly was located a slew of apartments were built but the Olive Garden is still there. Apartments have mushroomed in Scottsdale. No longer are there any vacant lots or in some cases, any strip malls, and many more are slated for destruction and replacement by apartments. This bodes badly for our already crowded roadways.
ReplyDelete"Cool Hand Luke." What a classic movie! And ultimately, so sad.
ReplyDeleteJayce, I understand and agree with you. Still, I don't know how anyone is going to be able to report on what actually happened. All we have to go on is what Pauley P. said happened. Her report meshes with my opinion about Jethro's character's personality, which in my opinion is pretty close to Mark Harmon's actual personality.
If you don't like David Muir, try NBC with Lester Holt. I like him pretty well.
Lucy, we have some of the same problems here in So.Fla with the building boom.
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed NCIS for many years, as did you Bill G., so your reaction seems extreme and based on a limited sample. Certainly, Michael Weatherley's behavior has gotten more bad press and reaction and action. Oddly, you choose a time when the character is undergoing soul searching about his own rigidity and coming to grips with his place in the world. Don't forget his character lost his wife and child to a murderer. Next year we will see how he deals with the return of his surrogate daughter - Ziva. I will keep watching even though it is not as great as it once was; neither am I. I will miss BIG BANG THEORY which also lost much luster but still had moments. IMO.
I had hoped for an explanation of "Keyboard centerpiece'(=MIDDLE C). Is it truly so blatantly obvious that to explain would insult????
ReplyDeleteI checked both qwerty and piano. Nuttn.
So, someone insult my intelligence.
When Rory's on his game, yep. Been awhile. I still like Jordan Speith who's TRENDing.
WC
Speaking of "I could been a contenda"
I had that one box on WATT. I had JD as in JD Drew instead of JJ WATT. Else FIR for weekend.
Noble Baron tried selling a fount
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It to his water spout;
There was never a doubt
He’d would pay, using EXPENSE A COUNT.
CSO to a former contributor MOE’s
WC - Middle C (the note and the key) is in the center of an 88-key piano. More than I wanted to know.... Cheers, -T
ReplyDeleteWC @6:01
ReplyDeleteI'm NOT musically inclined, but on a keyboard (piano), the middle key is the musical note "C" (referred to as Middle C).
Ok BillG, after your prodding for a couple days I decided to see what all the hubbub was about. I found this interesting article. While it may be biased opinion it seems in step with almost all if the articles I read. Mr. Harmon seems like a likeable guy, even a really likeable guy! It seems like the type where every guy wants to be him and every woman wants to be with him. He's been married to Mindy since forever and in Hollywood terms that is nothing short of incredible. Bad people dont have marriages such as their's. I vote that he is a good guy.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure why a character who is supposed to be severally damaged and flawed causes such a reaction from you. I not even going to try to understand why you dislike him as a person.
Btw great puzzle and WC, I'm not a musician but isnt there a key on the piano where all notes follow(aka centerpiece) called Middle C?
Linda
If anyone cares...
ReplyDeleteRed Lobster and Olive Garden were owned by the same parent company, Darden, which explained their once proximity in strip-malls, suburbs, etc. Losing customers in both restaurants, Red Lobster was
sold to Golden Gate Capital in 2014 for $2.1B (and, presumably all they could eat Cheddar Biscuits) so they (Darden) could focus on improving Olive Garden.
I've not been in either for >20 years as I don't find the food good enough to justify the price.
OK Linda, thanks for the article about Pauley Parrette and NCIS in general. Very informative. I see that things are more complicated than I had realized. (Isn't that almost always the case.) I don't think that anything I said (wrote?) was over the top. I think his character has an overconfident personality that I tend to react negatively toward. Did I get confused between his character's personality and Mark Harmon's personality? Maybe. Did he behave badly toward P.P.? Dunno. Anyway, thanks for the added insight.
ReplyDeleteI have eaten at both restaurants a couple of times and think the food is pretty good for popular chains. I'm a BIG fan of Red Lobster's cheddar biscuits.
As a trivial aside, the article had a sentence with "Abby, one of the most unique characters on TV." Since unique means "One of a kind," it doesn't make good sense to write most unique or very unique. Just my two-cents worth.
And you get the Cheddar Biscuits in the grocery store now.
ReplyDeleteBH and I took a Sunday drive on this beautiful day here to a nearby village, Ilion, NY, which sits astride the Erie Barge canal; to their Marina for an ice cream treat. While both eating delicious pistachio cones we were able to gaze at this maintenance tug, the Governor Roosevelt which was built in 1928; so it is 91 years old.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't eaten at the Red Lobster for a good number of years - since they served up French style green beans too al dente, even after sending them back twice for further handling. We didn't like their cheesy biscuits, either.
Olive Garden may be a bit pricey, but they do refill your soup as often as you like. At one time they gave veteran's discounts, but not now, to my knowledge.
Lemon, what is the name of the biscuits? Frozen? In what department? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteMy mother read this to me,
ReplyDeleteit made me love TugBoats ever since,,
(& BATHTUB toys...)
Actually,
ReplyDeleteThis video tells it better...
CED, I can see why you'd have fond memories of your mother reading that story to you. Didn't Walt Disney have a good tugboat cartoon?
ReplyDeleteMy early memories of bedtime stories include "Mike Mulligan and his Steamshovel." For our kids, it was "Goodnight Moon."
Bill G @ 8:10 PM:
ReplyDeleteLook in your supermarket, in the flour and sugar area. Right next to Bisquik in my market are boxes of Red Lobster cheese biscuit mix.
The fact that Mark Harmon has been married to Pam Dawber for several decades has to mean something. I believe he is a good person.
ReplyDeleteThanks for explaining MIDDLE C. -T's link if anyone went there (shudder) was certainly informative.
ReplyDeleteYes, I've remained musically ignorant all my life as well as artistically. The other"ignorance" is NCIS and all it's cousins.
Then again I'd never watched Seinfeld until the final episode then watched them all on rerun.
Btw, I was going to try to be a Rays fan and give up the Redsox. Uh-Uh. And....
The Bruins got back to old fashioned Bruins hockey last night. I watched the WHOLE GAME.
WC
Magical Mary!!!! Good grief it’s POPPINS. Dare I say your puzzle is practically perfect in every way.
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