Theme: A TO Z (56D. All-inclusive, and a hint to 20-, 28-, 49- and 56-Across) - Each theme entry starts with A and ends with Z.
20. #1 in Major League Baseball career earnings: ALEX RODRIGUEZ.
28. 1970s joint U.S.-Soviet space flight: APOLLO SOYUZ.
49. Math class surprise: ALGEBRA QUIZ.
56. Musical genre of Tito Puente and Dizzy Gillespie: AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ.
Boomer here. Here I am on Tuesday, blogging on a puzzle by Hahtoolah and C.C.. This is their second collaboration.
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Across:
1. Longstocking of kiddie lit: PIPPI.
6. "Jason Bourne" star Damon: MATT. I prefer MATT Dillon played by fellow Minnesotan, James Arness.
10. Shell rowers: CREW. Speaking of the frozen tundra, CREW neck sweatshirts are appropriate attire this time of year.
14. Biting, as criticism: ACERB.
15. Sound reduced by carpeting: ECHO. ECHO was a vehicle from Toyota. I believe it failed. It was the size of a roller skate.
16. Hill worker: AIDE.
17. Earl Grey relative: PEKOE. C.C. loves tea. I used to like an occasional orange PEKOE.
18. Old Roman fiddler: NERO. I thought he was an Emperor. Didn't know he fiddled around.
19. Buttonlike earring: STUD. I used to see these sometimes on guys. Not me, I already have enough holes in my head.
23. Puppy's cry: YIP. Give it a bottle, shut it up.
24. Chaney of "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925): LON. Made a living being a spooky, scary guy.
25. Acidity nos.: PHS. Not for me. I get a
PSA blood test every month.
35. Function: ROLE. I was in a high school production once. My ROLE was Noah. I think P.J. Fleck wanted me to "Row the boat."
37. Actors' union, briefly: SAG. Of course if your body start's to SAG, they'll retire you.
38. Remove from office: DEPOSE. Many government officials are being deposed with questions from Congress. But they are not being removed from office.
39. Fortified city of Castile and León: AVILA.
41. Diamond stat: RBI. Anything over 100 is great in my humble opinion.
43. "MASH" corporal: RADAR. Gary Burghoff played a great role. Remember his first name on M.A.S.H. ?? Walter.
44. "Cape Fear" star: DE NIRO. My all time favorite De Niro Movie was "Casino". Hated Joe Pesci. glad he got whacked at the end.
46. Spinning toy: TOP. "STOP HEY What's that sound, Everybody look what's going down." (Buffalo Springfield).
48. Building bricks brand: LEGO. LEGO my Eggo!
52. Arles article: LES.
53. Salad dressing ingredient: OIL. That reminds me. My van is due for a change.
54. Sis or bro: SIB.
63. "See ya!": TA TA. "Well GO baby GO. And I leaned back, and I closed my eyes ... and she left. "The Hip Song" - Chad Mitchell Trio.
65. Acting independently: LONE. Clayton Moore was the LONE Ranger. I wanted to thank him.
66. "For real!": NO LIE.
67. "Um, that's fine": OH OK.
68. Villainous: EVIL.
69. Par-three clubs, often: IRONS.
Most par threes are over 100 yards. I normally use a 7 or 9 wood which
I carry. What can I say?? I am old and the irons just don't hit the
Titleist too far anymore.
70. Route-finding app: WAZE. I usually just use Google.
71. Risqué message: SEXT. Not me. I don't text and I don't tweet. I am too old to learn.
72. Common teen phase: ANGST.
Down:
1. Hemingway moniker: PAPA.
2. Eur. island country: ICEL. Minnesota climate is pretty close this year.
3. Chow kin, briefly: PEKE.
4. Voting substitute: PROXY. I always show up at the polls in November. I did have to Proxy a vote for Hubert Humphrey in 1968 from Fort Campbell.
5. Spanish airline: IBERIA.
6. Darn: MEND. Those Darn Hawkeyes spoiled the Gophers perfect record
7. Asian PC brand: ACER. I did not know it was Asian. I am looking at one right now.
8. Really excite: THRILL. THRILL of victory, the agony of defeat.
9. "I can't top that": TOO GOOD.
To be true. My High School Junior Varsity bowling team that I coach
finished second in the conference final last Friday. We had the lead
with one game to go, and the other team shot a 187 to our 150. Too bad
there is no defense in bowling.
10. Job for a judge: CASE.
11. Upscale hotel: RITZ. I bring these crackers to bowling on Mondays. My buddy brings the peanut butter and we snack between frames.
12. LSU URL letters: EDU.
13. Elope, say: WED. This is between Tues and Thur. You should probably wait for the weekend to elope.
21. They sometimes attract: Abbr.: OPPS. I did not know opposites have nicknames.
22. Racing giant Bobby: UNSER. Like father, like son.
25. Italian fashion house: PRADA. The devil wears this.
26. Crude abode: HOVEL. Add an "S" in front and you have a crude snow removal tool.
27. David's weapon: SLING. All you need to go Goliath hunting.
29. 10-Across tool: OAR. P.J. Flecks need these to "Row the Boat".
30. Rainbow flag letters: LGBTQ.
31. National gemstone of Australia: OPAL. I think this is my October birthstone.
32. Alpine melody: YODEL. LADY WHOO
33. Customary practice: USAGE. Thanksgiving is coming USAGE in the stuffing.
34. Binary system digits: ZEROS. There is only one in the Beetle Bailey strip.
36. Peace Nobelist Wiesel: ELIE.
40. Ann __, Michigan: ARBOR. Wolverines took care of the Spartans there Saturday
42. Debtor's promise: IOU. Ever wonder why this acronym is not IOY ??
45. Team nicknamed the Birds: ORIOLES. Legendary Brooks Robinson and Cal Ripken Jr. cannot help them anymore.
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47. Italian tower town: PISA.
50. Niche: ALCOVE.
51. Alphabetically last flower on a list of familiar ones: ZINNIA. Nice flowers. We might try them next spring.
55. Tennis great Borg: BJORN.
57. The Piltdown Man, notably: FAKE.
58. Operating system since the '60s: UNIX.
59. Orion's __: BELT. Pabst Blue Ribbon??
60. Sleep like __: A LOG. Sometimes yes - Sometimes not so much.
61. Cab alternatives: ZINS.
62. Lemon peel: ZEST. I used to use this soap in the shower. I did not know it was a lemon peel.
63. AAA service: TOW.
64. "Eureka!": AHA.
Boomer
I think they used all the letters from A to Z as well.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteHey, I was gonna say that! Yes, indeed, it was a pangram. Congrats, Hahtoolah and C.C. Now we know why Boomer and Hahtoolah swapped duties this week. Congrats, also, to Boomer for his youth bowling team.
HOVEL: When I was transferred to Houston one of the movers noticed a snow sHOVEL in our belongings and asked what it was for. Wasn't long before it went to the curb.
PEKOE: Why is Orange Pekoe tea black? Why is Earl Grey not grey?
Do you suppose that a YODEL
ReplyDeleteWould have as much of an ECHO
In the Alpen air
As in the narrow stair
Where Daddy stepped on my LEGOS?
MATT insisted it was NO LIE,
Numbers gave him an EVIL eye!
An arithmetic QUIZZER
Caused him to shiver,
"It's fibro-my-ALGEBRA!" he'd cry!
A SEXT with photos enjoins
An IRON response in his loins!
No, not of tits,
But H.O. scale kits
For his model train plat of Des Moines!
If NERO had mended his ways
And instead tried mapping a maze
Then, with imperial ZEST,
Commissioned G.P.S.,
He could have founded the Appian WAZE!
{A-, B (a stolen joke), B-, A-.}
FIW because of APOLLO SOYeZ x eSAGE. I first wanted "habit" for customary practice, so I had poisoned that well and didn't recover. I think USAGE is a little tricky, but not not of bounds even early week. I erased omni for RITZ and sleep like A dOG. Zoe sleeps more than logs ever will. But sometimes it's good for dogs to wake up and bark.
ReplyDeleteCSO to Abejo - PEKOE. Liked seeing that near PEKE.
Thanks to Hahtoolah and CC for the fun puzzle, and to Boomer for the fine tour. Oh Magoo you've done it again.
I guessed that Zins is a ride-sharing service since the acrosses had to be right. Didn't think of wines.
ReplyDeleteNice theme, fun solve, done too soon.
ReplyDeleteShout out to Hatoolah and C.C. for a fun puzzle. The theme was A to Z and the puzzle is a pangram. Cudos to the constructors!
ReplyDeleteFun run from A to Z! Only slowdown was wanting to spell APOLLO with two Ps and 1 -L!
ReplyDeleteThanks to Boomer for you fun blog and Hatoolah and CC for the puzzle!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Susan. Thank you, C.C. Thank you, Boomer.
Didn't get the theme until answering the reveal. Then checked for the pangram. Doubly neat !
Put in OARS for shell rowers. Took it out pretty quickly.
I've yet to attend an annual shareholder meeting, but do vote by PROXY.
Did not know that about ALEX RODRIGUEZ. One thing is certain. It will be eclipsed. I remember the commentary when golfer Tom Kite became the first million dollar winner. Now, a tournament champion can easily top that amount in single win.
Wasn't sure whether to spell SOYUZ with an e or a u, but USAGE made it clear.
Boomer, P.J. Fleck played high school ball at Kaneland HS just 15 minutes west of where I live, and played collegiately at Norther Illinois University, another 15 minutes west of there. Local boy does good story. I like the game he's brought to the University of Minnesota. He's also respected for his recruiting abilities, so I don't think this year will be an aberration.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteAha! The old Boomer and Hatoolah switcheroo! Fun puzzle today that I kind of thought was a Pangram but was too groggy to search for all the letters. Anyway, nice job, you two. I like the similar Acer ~ Acerb and Nero ~ DeNiro entries. I had Oars before Crew and then, coincidentally, Oar shows up later; that happens often enough to notice. I caught the theme almost immediately which helped me to parse the heretofore unknown, Afro Cuban Jazz. Nice CSOs to our many teachers/professors (EDU), Abejo (Pekoe) and HG and Jinx (any other golfers?) Irons.
Thanks, Susan and CC, for a Tuesday treat and thanks, Boomer, for lots of chuckles and witty observations. Congrats to your bowlers; they certainly have a dedicated coach.
Have a great day.
Thank you SS and CC for the puzzle and Boomer for the review.
ReplyDeleteWhen ever I see the name Susan I feel a special shout out to my baby sister . What a wonderful person she’s become . Our baby girl who lives 1500 miles away is in many ways a dead ringer for my baby sister. Seems always when I see baby sister I get lonely feelings for baby girl. Thanks for the SO .
My mind seems to have been overworked lately so I appreciated the doable steady filling puzzle.
Cheers
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteWhen first setting down the puzzle to solve it, as is my wont, I swept my eyes down to see who authored it; and I reacted with a big smile when I saw Susan's and C.C.'s names. Thanks for starting off my day.
Got the theme about half-way through, and pre-filled the A in A-Rods's name. FIR but had two wite-outs: 'oars' before CREW, and 'hoax' before FAKE. No searches were needed.
Anon @ 0616 - - Good catch.
Boomer - I chortled over your RITZ crackers. Good job as always.
Musings
ReplyDelete-A fun puzzle, ladies! Who found AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ? :-)
-As a sub, I have to refresh myself as I prepare kids for an ALGEBRA QUIZ
-I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched MATT in Good Will Hunting
-P.J. - the whistle I understand, but why is there a horse on your practice field?
-I see teenage ANGST all the time and yesterday an AIDE went into great detail about hers to me when she was that age
-34 Across would be 100010 Across using Binary numbers
-I’m playing golf today with a former ORIOLE teammate of Brooks Robinson
-PISA could straighten up that tower, but then there’s not much to differentiate it from other Italian towns
Lovely pic, Susan. Thanks to you and CC for a fine puzzle. I suspected the A to Z theme right off at 20A and 28A confirmed it. I didn't see the pangram, which made the theme special. Thanks, Boomer, for a fine expo.
ReplyDeleteOnly Afro Cuban Jazz was new to me, easily perped.
For this Meryl Strep fan, The Devil Wears Prada was a great movie. I saw it several times. Meryl's many roles have been quite varied, sympathetic characters and objectionable ones, funny ones and tragic ones.
Kids do not realize how much trouble sexting can cause. It will follow them for years, even into job interviews. Look at the unfortunately named Anthony Weiner. He was released from prison this year.
I went to the dance last night out of obligation, but sat on the sidelines. I think today will be almost regular. I am thinking about going for a haircut in a little while.
Since I was a kid, I have wondered about the orange in orange pekoe.
Why ORANGE pekoe?
For my friend desper-otto :
ReplyDeleteLuci Baines, she is no Jackie but then who complains. She may be tacky but she is the brains behind our foreign policy ...
Guess who all was there on my date with Luci Baines:
12 of Linda's roommates, 11 Life reporters, 10 Texas Rangers, 9 Supreme Court Judges,
8 Sting Ray salesman, 7 Secret Service, 6 Guided Missles, LYNDON B HIMSELF !
4 Beatles, 3 Congressmen, 2 Baptizing clergy, Luci Baines and me..
It has been a while, finally a completed puzzle with no crossout corrections. Suitable for framing.
ReplyDeleteI had to show my 9 year old grandson what a "Top" was ("it just spins?"). Also a yoyo and how it worked. I even recalled some of my yoyo tricks. No game console so he wasn't impressed. But he does love the "Lego" construction challenges.
We've gone through this before but "biting" seems more likely "acerbIC"
Always assumed Prada was a Spanish company like the Prado Museum. Also thought Earl Grey was the name of the tea company and pekoe was a variety of tea. Apples to Oranges.
Seems freestanding GPS is going the way of the horse & buggy. I still use mine but my cell phone Waze app is frequently more accurate when I think to the use it.
If a cabernet is a cab I guess a zinfandel is a zin.....No zin in that.
What fun! Thanks ladies! Susan I see you snuck in LSU. Hehehe. My favorite was Darn for MEND.
ReplyDeleteBoomer, great job. Thanks.
Owen, all A’s, stolen or otherwise.
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Hahtoolah and C.C., and Boomer.
ReplyDeleteI saw the pangram and the A to Z (that would be Zed for this Canadian) theme. FIRed quickly with only two inkblots (USAGE changed the E to U in SOYUZ, and Acrid changed to ACERB), but several smiles!
Hand up for thinking of a Cab ride (wanted Uber) before wine (ZINS).
My first thought with AAA service was a battery. OH OK, it refers to your American version of our CAA. Yes, I have a membership but fortunately have not needed a TOW recently.
They also have an app with GPS style navigation powered by Google Maps. I have not used WAZE. Yes, Ray-o-Sunshine, I find my free-standing GPS is not as useful as the apps.
Another hand up for typing this on my ACER.
This Canadian knows enough to not comment on 38A.
CSO to Abejo with the Earl Grey; I like Red Rose Orange PEKOE. (YR,thanks for that link from PEI, which refers to Red Rose tea and explains the Orange.)
AnonT gave me a hint last week to remembering Maryland's state bird, Baltimore ORIOLE.
DH won a door prize gift basket of gardening items last spring. One of the items was a package of ZINNIA seeds. I had never grown them, but had a bare spot in my vegetable garden and planted a row there. With no further care, other than the watering that the garden received, those seeds grew into a beautiful, colourful display of flowers. The plants were about 6 feet tall by September but required no staking; they flowered until frost. I will invest $3 to buy a package next year! They were great for bouquets also.
Wishing you all a great day.
Acerb or acerbic, alternate forms. As we used to say, "Es macht nichts aus."
ReplyDeleteThe zin my friends and acquaintances serve is the thinner sweet White Zinfandel. Not my cuppa tea, or wine.
Zinfandel grapes: The grapes typically produce a robust red wine, although in the United States a semi-sweet rosé (blush-style) wine called White Zinfandel has six times the sales of the red wine.
I prefer the more robust red variety.
Here are the Zinnias from my garden this summer.
ReplyDeleteZinnias
Today was great. Zipped through it. Did not have to look up a single one! Although never heard of the piltdown man, it filled itself in! I will be looking that up shortly. Fav of the day has to be the Zin. My daily go to with the hubster is a bold red zin, preferably from the Lodi area. I know it's early, but cheers!
ReplyDeleteLL'sM
YR - "Es macht nichts aus." Dat mookt nix. Daar is keen Unnerscheed. (There's no difference.)
ReplyDeleteHope you're feeling better. Lots of chicken soup. Vick's patch on your chest.
PHS - "During wartime, a chemistry teacher was recruited by the military as a radio operator. Soon he became familiar with the military’s habit of abbreviating everything. One day, as his unit came under sustained attack, he was asked to urgently inform his HQ what was happening.
He shouted the report over the radio, “NaCl over NaOH! NaCl over NaOH!”
“NaCl over NaOH?” asked his officer. “What do you mean by that?”
The chemist responded, “The base is under a salt!”"
YR, I think Prada was a great movie too. One of Streep's best performances.
ReplyDeleteC-Eh, Very nice zinnias. Thks for the pictures.
Boomer, more info is required now that you've opened the door.... did you date Luci???
Very nice puzzle today. I had one mistake - Seeing so many "zzzzzs" I gave Unser Z instead of an S.
ReplyDeleteCanadian Eh, loved the Zinnias pics.
Last year, DW said she was going to plant them around the mailbox. We had planted various flowers around it before, but the ground was hardpan, so I said I would go to the store and get a couple of bags of soil and till it in. She said no need.
Much to my surprise, they flourished. They were beautiful. This spring, I broke up the ground a bit with a spade, and then made a 8 foot semicircle around the base and then filled it in with topsoil. She was pleased when she got home from work, and planted the Zinnia seeds that evening. Oh my goodness ! This year they were even better !
Spitzboov, that's a funny story !
As for acerb or acerbic, mox nix for me, too !
A fun puzzle and a great write up. Ahhh, good stuff.
ReplyDeleteWhat a thrill to get a Susan and C.C. puzzle with a Boomer write-up. Tuesdays don't get any better than this. I had to work hard on this puzzle, but it all filled in and after getting a couple of Zs at the ends of answers I got the A to Z theme, even before the reveal. Nice to see RADAR O'Reilley--one of my favorite MASH characters. Never heard of WAZE but it had to be right, so I left it in. Will have to google to remember what a ZINNIA looks like. Anyway, wonderful experience, many thanks, Susan, C.C., and Boomer.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day, everybody.
Hola!
ReplyDeleteLate to the party today because I went for a blood draw. It's a quarterly event.
Nicely done, Susan and C.C.! I liked the AtoZ theme. Learning moment for me that Tito and Dizzy's genres were AFROCUBANJAZZ. It makes sense and recalls the movie, Celia, in which she sings and dances in that style.
I'm finally accustomed to ZIN referring to wine and saw one in the store called 7 Deadly Zins.
I liked seeing IBERIA and AVILA in today's puzzle. Also NERO and DeNIRO.
One of my nephews named his son BJORN. Why? No one knows. I mean, it's not Hispanic but I guess that is a sign of complete assimilation.
I, too, loved Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada and have watched it many times.
When I wrote in LGBTQ I wondered how those letters would be connected and was impressed by the cleverness.
Now that the temperatures are lowering I look forward to sipping some PEKOE at night.
Thank you, Boomer. I look forward to your weekly quips.
I hope your day is going well, everyone!
What is a “Piltdown Man”?
ReplyDeleteCrownvic89, you should LIU, it's an interesting read. Bone fragments were discovered near Piltdown, England, in the early 1900s. They were purported to be from an early human, perhaps even from the "missing link." It took 40 years, but by mid-century it was proven to be a hoax.
ReplyDeleteWhat does “LIU” mean?
DeleteIdunno...
ReplyDeletesome people get stoned on Pangrams...
ReplyDeleteNice to see a CC and Hatoolah puzzle today. It was all inclusive and entertaining. Boomer does equally well on Tuesday write-ups as he does on other days.
I caught the A to Z theme after ARod and Apollo Soyuz. So the last two A to Z's came easily.
The only total unknown for me today was AVILA which was filled in with perps. Perps also helped on spelling today.
When I lived in Philly the Eagles were referred to as the birds and when I lived in Maryland the Orioles were the "O's", rarely were they the "Birds". I wonder if the Cardinals and the BlueJays are called the Birds in their hometowns.
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) was the first collaborative project with the Soviet Union during the era of Detente. They were not the easiest partners to work with and their safety standards were not the greatest either.
Hope all goes well for everyone today.
LIU
ReplyDeletelook it up
looked it up
I find that looking things up, sets them more firmly in my mind for the next time they appear in a puzzle and it satisfies my curiosity. "Inquiring minds want to know."
CED, pandagrams? LOL
Haircut and PT today. Tomorrow my chores await.
Cute pzl, cute theme today. Thank you to the Smolinsky/Burnikel team!
ReplyDeleteA-TO-Z, eh? That just about covers it.
Crownvic89 ~ Piltdown Man (aka "Dawson's Dawn Man") was a group of bone fragments purported to be from an early human. It was revealed as a hoax, by Charles Dawson, in the 1950s.
Misty ~ RADAR was played by Gary Burghoff. Gary was an actor whom I cast in summer stock roles at the Belfry Players in Williams Bay, Wisc. He was called to New York before the end of our season--to audition for the title role in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown-- so I had to step in and play his last role.
~ OMK
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DR: A 3-way on the near side.
The central diagonal anagram mentions the visual effect caused when the resolution of recognizable images on the screens of IBM computers breaks down into its basic units, known as a...
"PC PIXILATION"!
I should have said, "It was revealed in the 1950s as a hoax created by Charles Dawson."
ReplyDelete~ OMK
Ol'Man Keith, what a cool story about your working with Radar/Gary so early in his career! Did you stay in touch with him over the years, by any chance? If so, tell him he has a big fan on your blog!
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon, folks. Thank you, Susan Smolinsky & C.C. Burnmikel, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Boomer, for a fine review.
ReplyDeleteGreat job, Hahtoolah! And your helper, C.C.!
Got through the puzzle pretty quickly. Caught the theme early on. Helped me with a couple long ones.
PEKOE was easy. Thank you all for the TEA shout outs. I only drink Earl Grey. It is possible that Earl Grey starts out as Orange Pekoe, and then after the ingredients are added it is magically converted. I liked the history as presented by Yellow Rocks.
ACER was easy. We just had that a week or so ago.
AVILA was with perps.
I have used WAZE. Works pretty good. It is on my phone.
Off to band practice tonight. See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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Whoot! I knew by Hahtoolah subbing for Boomer that we were in for Susan's puzzle this week. I didn't expect a pangram!
ReplyDeleteWonderful grid Ladies. Fun expo Boomer!
WO: SOYeZ (Hi Jinx!)
DNF: The L in AVILA xing ELIE. I wanted an N but wouldn't commit.
ESPs: BJORN, ZINNIA [really, no Ls in there?]
Fav: HOVEL is a fun word.
{A+, A, B, A}
Sweet, something I said stuck. Hi C, Eh! (ORIOLE)
Thanks for the link on Orange PEKOE, YR.
Every week, while grocery shopping, I pickup a bouquet for DW. Reading y'alls success with ZINNIAs, I'm putting them in next year. I'll save more money on flowers than with my (usually sickly) eggplants & cukes (they don't seem to like Houston heat).
Gotta build a dish for tomorrow's office Thanksgiving pot-luck. Play later.
Cheers, -T
I can attest to the fact that the St. Louis Cardinals are commonly referred to as "the Redbirds".
ReplyDeleteI am thinking of planting zinnias next year,too.
ReplyDeleteHey!, Look, I just found a sock that turned into a Tupperware lid :-)
ReplyDeleteI swear my casserole dishes had rubber toppers. //Sigh, I guess aluminium foil it is :-(
EarnieB, yes they (StL) are.
Cheers, -T
Boomer do you remember James Arrness' famous role? He sure did find a NICHE.
ReplyDeleteE=Mc2 is the key in golf. And when the c factor dims one needs more M. I don't play much but it did seem that my long iron play has suffered.
The perps were so strong I left ZINS stand and found out what "Cabs" S& CC were talking about in here.
WAZE popularity is smoke(y)-alerts
Like Lucina I had blood drawn. But, I had to cross the skyway and go to the bay pines VA. I managed to do the xword and begin the blog but when I got home it was nap time .
I'm finally able to post. "Susan" dawned on me as did the theme. There was some of the inimitable CC clueing. And the CSO to Swamp.
MRI tomorrow.
WC
Famous role? The Thing
Anon T, so what are you making for the potluck? Dying to know!
ReplyDeleteLL'SM
Hi Y'all! Leave it to our star crusiverbalists/bloggers C.C. & Susan to put together an all-inclusive & all-enjoyable puzzle! Bravo! Encore!
ReplyDeleteLL'sM - I got off easy this year...
ReplyDeleteI've got tons of vacation to burn so I wasn't even sure I was going to be in tomorrow until someone booked me for three "critical-path" meetings last week.
Anyway, two colleagues who coordinating this shindig cornered me and asked "What are you going to bring?" I responded, "What do you need?" They said corn casserole or stuffing.
I built the stuffing:
Stick of butter, onion, celery, garlic saute'd,
Mix in two bags Pepperidge Farm mix
Add some chicken-stock (that I made over the weekend)
Bake 350 for 45min
and Done!
Two years ago, I had signed up earlier and did Misty's Pear Salad. That was a pretty big hit.
Misty, I just checked the blog recipe section - the salad's not there(?)
Can you post it again - I recall most everything but the honey-vinegar dressing (I think that's what it was).
Cheers, -T
Impressed with your home made chicken stock! Hope your stuffing is the bomb! For future reference I have a fabulous corn casserole recipe if you ever need it. (smiley face) LL'SM
ReplyDeleteLL'sM - I only made the stock 'cuz DW bought one of those pre-cooked rotisserie chickens (I don't know why and know better to not ask).
ReplyDeleteI couldn't stand to let the carcass go to waste. So, I got another chicken (for the meat) and built stock, chicken-noodle soup base (to freeze) and, with some homemade noodles, soup.
Not for that set of events, I'd have just used box'd chicken juice :-)
Cheers, -T
Oh, and LL'sM, I'm always open for another corn-based recipe. Please post. -T
ReplyDeleteAnonT, I don't believe I ever posted a salad recipe on the blog. I make some decent dishes, but my salads are pretty ordinary and use recipes from books. Could it be someone else who posted the salad you're looking for? Sorry not to be able to help.
ReplyDeleteMisty - Oh, yes you did*... :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd I found it!
Hugs & Cheers, -T
*kinda, but I've got it now. Look at 1:07p. It was so good and you spark'd the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteDash T, "critical-path" sounds important :>)
Office to the cafeteria
Office to the bathroom
Office to the exit
Is that close to your three "critical-paths" ?