27A. Museum piece depicting a songbird battle?: WREN WAR PAINTING. Renoir painting.
40A. Turkey concerned with the details?: TECHNICAL FOWL. Technical foul.
65A. Supply for a bird-of-prey flu epidemic?: ILL EAGLE DRUGS. Illegal drugs.
84A. Target audience for squawkdates.com?: SINGLE PARROTS. Single parent.
103A. Troupe of pink entertainers?: FLAMINGO DANCERS. Flamenco dancer.
16D Where seabirds grab buses?: PETREL STATIONS. Petrol station.
47D. Bird skilled at long hoops shots?: THREE-POINT TERN. Three-point turn.
Hey, I got all the original phrases without asking D-Otto. Success!
This type if theme is the hardest for me as sometimes the replacement is a full homophone, sometimes it's just sound-alike. But they're all so imaginative.
Across:
1. Col. Potter on "M*A*S*H," to pals: SHERM. Sherman T. Potter.
6. Where Biles balances: BEAM. The amazing Simone Biles.
10. GQ stat: CIRC. Circulation.
14. Jokes around: JAPES.
19. Anne of "Psycho" (1998): HECHE.
20. Something up your sleeve: ULNA. Fresh clue angle.
21. Sign of hollowness: ECHO.
22. Idaho's Coeur d'__ River: ALENE.
23. 1944 Italian beachhead: ANZIO. No idea. It's south of Rome.
24. Standing lead-in: LONG. Long-standing.
25. Broadway lighter: NEON.
26. Terra __: COTTA.
30. Tabloid-worthy: LURID.
31. Key fruit: LIME.
32. Grafton of mystery: SUE. And 80. "__ for Innocent": Grafton: I IS.
33. Mexican menu meat: CARNE.
34. Bayou sound: ZYDECO. What does this word mean?
35. Pageant accessories: SASHES.
37. "Hulk" star Eric: BANA.
38. Games go-with: FUN.
39. KFC choice: LEG. KFC entered Xi'an market around 1992. McDonald's a decade later. But Xi'an now has Uniqlo and Muji. I bet most of you still don't have those two in your area.
44. Ed.'s inbox fillers: MSS.
45. Oregon city namesake: ASTOR.
48. Bank acct. item: INT.
49. Reach, finally: END UP AT.
51. "High Hopes" lyricist: CAHN (Sammy)
52. Quietly keeps in the loop: BCCS.
54. Dugout sight: MITT.
56. Khan of Rufus: CHAKA.
59. Item in a Blackpool boot: TYRE. Not familiar with this British city.
60. Massage response: AAH.
61. Spot for an icicle: EAVE.
62. Rockies roamers: WAPITIS.
64. Find a purpose for: USE.
68. Cards with pics: IDS. Star Tribune said only that 10% of the Minnesotans have applied for Real IDs.
69. Like Purell-treated hands: ASEPTIC.
71. "Archie's Pals 'n' __": old comic book series: GALS.
72. El Al's home: Abbr.: ISR.
73. Tip-top: A ONE.
74. World Golf Hall of Famer Nancy: LOPEZ. She used to appear regularly at the 3M Champions Tour event. Annika was there also.
75. Frees (of): RIDS.
76. __ jure: by the law itself: IPSO.
77. Genetic chains: RNAS. Spell check does not like the plural form.
78. Soapbox address: ORATION.
81. Blood pressure raiser: IRE. Not mine. Nothing raises mine. Absurd. I eat pickled stuff almost every day.
82. Talks like Daffy: LISPS.
83. Knight supporter?: PIP. Gladys Knight.
89. __ star: TIN.
90. Is afflicted with: HAS.
91. Those, south of the border: ESOS.
92. Vital lines: AORTAS.
95. Bluff and bluster: HOT AIR.
97. "Now you've done it!": I'M MAD.
99. Lane target: PIN. Bowling.
100. Snack with a Green Tea version in China and Japan: OREO. Nailed it.
102. Fighters: ANTIS.
106. Runs rampant: TEEMS.
107. Panelist Love of "The Real": LONI. Learning moment for me also.
108. It's high in France: ALPE.
109. MGM motto ender: ARTIS.
110. Sleeper's option: SERTA. Hey, we fixed our box spring undercover fiasco with tacks rather than those hard-to-operate staple guns. D-Otto just knows everything.
111. "More than a beauty company" company: AVON.
112. Gritty film genre: NOIR.
113. Persian faith: BAHAI.
114. Uncertain ending words: OR NOT.
115. Titanic problem: BERG.
116. Virtually never loses to: OWNS. Oh, like owns the game.
117. Well past its prime: STALE.
Down:
1. Prayer garment: SHAWL.
2. Matisse and Rousseau: HENRIS.
3. Aloe target: ECZEMA.
4. Imitation gem: RHINESTONE. Great fill.
5. "Where's my cat treat?": MEOW.
6. Plant associated with the infant Moses: BULRUSH.
7. Tie the knot on the run: ELOPE.
8. "Frozen" princess: ANNA.
9. Performance with tricks: MAGIC ACT.
10. Primary: CENTRAL.
11. Trap during winter: ICE IN. Lots of snow here on Friday/Saturday.
12. River at Avignon: RHONE.
13. D.C. group: CONG. Just short for "congress".
14. She played Kelly on "Charlie's Angels": JACLYN (Smith)
15. One way to read: ALOUD.
17. Baits: ENTICES.
18. Salty sort: SEA DOG. Salt-y. Boomer is jealous of Spitzboov's white uniform.
28. "Just wait __!": A SEC.
29. Baby spoiler, often: NANA.
34. Last letter in radio lingo: ZULU. And 36. That ship: HER. All for Spitzboov, who uses "Brave Zulu" at times.
37. Hoppers: BINS.
38. Email abbr.: FWD.
41. __ market: NICHE.
42. Threw a party for: FETED.
43. N.Y. neighbor: ONT.
44. Half a luau serving?: MAHI. Huge.
45. Real: ACTUAL.
46. Tells it like it is: SAYS SO.
50. HMO doctor designations: PCPS. Primary care physicians.
52. Java neighbor: BALI.
53. H.S. math course: CALC.
54. Etail alternatives: MALLS. I just want Uniqlo to come to Minnesota. This is the best I've worn. So comfy. It's like you're wearing nothing.
55. Currier's partner: IVES.
57. Take badly?: KIDNAP.
58. Take stock of: ASSESS.
61. "Yikes!": EGAD.
62. Gutless one: WUSS.
63. Farming prefix: AGRO.
65. Chichén __: Mayan ruins: ITZA. Hahtoolah was there.
66. Kept in a cask, say: AGING.
67. Not as green: RIPER.
70. APB subject: PERP.
73. Upper crust type: ARISTOCRAT.
75. Hermione's guy: RON. "Harry Potter".
76. Nest egg plans: IRAS.
79. Royal until 1917: TSAR.
81. Music player with many generations: IPOD NANO.
82. Ptr. paper size: LTR.
83. Initiate: PIONEER.
85. Legendary migrator: LEMMING. Forgot. We had him before.
86. "Ozark" actor Morales: ESAI.
87. 2020 Vegas NFLers, if the new stadium is ready: RAIDERS.
88. Chaplin of "Game of Thrones": OONA.
89. "Oh, really?": THAT SO.
90. Warn, feline-style: HISS AT.
93. "Queen of Soul": ARETHA.
94. "To be continued" story: SERIAL.
96. "We __ please": AIM TO.
97. Valentine message words: I LOVE.
98. Estate centerpiece: MANOR.
99. Drop by: POP IN.
103. Trainer's concern: FLAB.
104. What embers do: GLOW.
105. Arrests: NABS.
C.C.
Dear Agnes lost her older sister Anne on January 11. May you rest in
peace, Anne!
Agnes also developed some eye issues. Constantly tearing. It'll probably take a few more days for the artificial tear to work its magic. Get well soon, Agnes! We need you on the blog.
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| L-R: Anne, Agnes, Eileen, Mary, and Peggy. March 2019 |
Typically entertaining PAK puzzle and CC expo with a delightful theme, but I have to ask what a petrol station has to do with catching a bus. I don't get it.
ReplyDeleteI'll Have to admit that answering 57D sent a cold chill down my spine. When I was three, I was kidnapped by mimes. They did unspeakable things to me. To this day I can't talk about it. OK, I'll let myself out now.
Cya!
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteDNF. There, I said it. Ohio and New England were snow-covered, and I couldn't find my snow shovel. ALONG/ALOUD, SEAMAN/SEADOG, SHAKA/CHAKA, and the "invisible" FOWL did me in this morning. I get "three pointer," but not sure what a THREE POINT TURN would be. I saw that PIN CSO to Boomer. Ya got me, Pam. Thanx for 'splainin' my mess, C.C.
Chichén Itza: Went there years ago, for dw's 40th I think. You could still climb the pyramid in those days. Dw made it to the top, but came down on her butt, afraid to stand up.
Zydeco: Here's an example, C.C.
Wake up! Happy Sunday all. My sincerest condolences to Agnes. May your memories of your sister be a blessing
ReplyDeleteI really liked THREE POINT TERN .
C.C., the Navy archives say the strategic importance of the Battle of Anzio in the liberation of Italy is well documented. The two German corps engaged on the Anzio front were originally destined for Normandy. The success of the Allied landings on the beaches in France in June 1944, was due largely to the tenacity of the Allied forces at Anzio.
I have never heard of Panelist Love of "The Real": LONI either the program or the person.
Thank you C.C. and PAK
Tom, THREE POINT TURN
ReplyDeleteFun puzzle! I was able to get ASTOR as the "Oregon city namesake" from the crosses, but I'm still a bit confused. Is the "Oregon city" Astoria? I've never heard of it before. Is that a town I should know? I only got it from Googling "Astor Oregon." It's quite small; it only has 9500 people in it.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like a pretty obscure way of cluing ASTOR. There are many other options.
Good Morning, C.C. and friends. It took the FLAMINGO DANCERS for me to get the theme.
ReplyDeleteHere's another example of Zydeco music. Here's a brief history of Zydeco.
Thanks for the CSO to Chichén Itza. We took my parents there in 2004 when it was still possible to climb to the top. My 74 year old parents were up to that challenge.
I first tried Artists for Matisse and Rousseau, which allowed me to fill in Tiaras for the Pageant Accessories. It took That Ship to set me straight. I then moved on to the BEAM on which Biles Balances. Great clue!
A beautiful stray tiger cat has decided it wants to live with us. It hangs out in our yard and cries.MEOWS at our door every morning asking for its Cat Treat.
QOD: Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. ~ Dolly Parton (née Dolly Rebecca Parton; b. Jan. 19, 1946), American singer and musician
FIW, a bunch. Missed the Natick PETRyLSTATIONS x ZYDyCO, sONG for LONG, ESaS for ESOS, I Luv u for I LOVE, and TECHNICAL FOuL for FOWL. I blame the last one on yesterday's great basketball game between Kentucky and Arkansas. UK had given up the lead late in the game when the refs made a really bad FOuL call. UK's Coach Calipari threw a fit and got two TECHNICAL FOuLS, resulting in his ejection. UK then went on a 15-0 run to win by nine.
ReplyDeleteErased laine for ALENE, tiaras for SASHES, msg for LEG, uno for IDS, islam for BAHAI, and wimp for WUSS. Waited for cotta/firma and rna/dna.
If I were Matisse or Rousseau, I would probably say "who you callin' 'ornery', chump?"
I hate it when our members of the House of Representatives insist on being called "congressmen". Their title is "representative". All the networks and print media play along.
CSO to TIN, a star here. Spitz, you should get the vanity plate NACLYK9. Salt-y dog. A guy on our block has the Virginia version or I would order it.
IM - so sorry for your loss. May your memories sustain you.
WC - 27 and 441 run concurrently toward Leesburg, so we're talking about the same marketplace for fleas.
Thanks to Pam for the fun challenge, even though I mucked it up. And thanks to CC for the good review.
Thanx, Lemonade. It's the only way to make a uey on a narrow street; I didn't know it had a name.
ReplyDeleteGood morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteFinally got almost all of it. Need RLH in the central east with 3 letters. Didn't help that I spelt FOWL with a 'u'. It was FUN tho. The theme must have needed a lot of work to get it just right.
I'm probably past my prime but don't think of myself as STALE. A bit Luddite, maybe.
Not really a SEADOG with only a couple years at sea; not compared to those with a sea-going career. But I do enjoy things nautical.
Jinx - My vanity plate displays my ship's hull #.
Bravo ZULU - From a Navy site: "The term originates from the Allied Signals Book (ATP 1), which in the aggregate is for official use only. Signals are sent as letters and/or numbers, which have meanings by themselves sometimes or in certain combinations. A single table in ATP 1 is called "governing groups," that is, the entire signal that follows the governing group is to be performed according to the "governor." The letter "B" indicates this table, and the second letter (A through Z) gives more specific information. For example, "BA" might mean "You have permission to . . . (do whatever the rest of the flashing light, flag hoist or radio transmission says) "BZ" happens to be the last item in the governing groups table. It means "well done".
Irish Miss - So sorry to hear the news about the loss of your dear sister. Please accept our condolences.
After a slow start, I gained some steam and got through it. Some clever theme answers, mostly homophones, so I thought SINGLEPARROT was a bit out of place, but maybe being a little picky. Overall, a fun puzzle!
ReplyDeleteWas thinking of skiing today, but a bit gloomy out there this morning. So staying home and waiting for the football games, but I think KC and SF will both win easily.
History of Astoria, Oregon.
ReplyDeleteClatsop Indians lived there for thousands of years. In 1792, Capt. Robert Gray found the mouth of the River and sailed in with his ship, the Columbia Rediviva. In 1805, Lewis and Clark led their Expedition here and spent the winter at Fort Clatsop, just south of town.
Astoria is the oldest American settlement west of the Rockies, dating from the fur trading post set up by John Jacob Astor’s men in 1811.
A hundred years ago, Astoria was the second-largest city in Oregon with a population of 8,975. The population now is just over 10,000.
FIW. ILuVu for ILOVE (LuNI was unknown, and BuRG was the looser of battling perps) and missed-WAGged ElAI+ElOS. The unknown Spanish word I may forgive myself, but the crosswordese ESAI I should have known even if I wouldn't know the actor from Adam.
ReplyDeleteASTORia is where I used to go surfing from where I grew up in Portland, Oregon.
The WREN WAR PAINTING was long in coming due to BULRUSH being an unknown and I was thinking POLS or SENS before the CONGress (HOT AIR) finally completed the puzzle. My only other problem was the I LUV U instead of I LOVE causing the unknown LONI to be LUNI and BERG to be BURG. Had to change that one. But from what I've heard about "The Real", The View, ...etc, maybe LOONEY would describe some of the people on those shows.
ReplyDeleteLONG standing lead-in; TYRE-Item in a Blackpool boot- great clues but PIP for Knight (Gladys) was the best.
ZYDECO- that's a term for Cajun music that was originally played by black musicians in SW Louisiana. Rockin' Doopsie Jr. does very well and tours the world.
You can't call anybody a WUSS these days without the PC police claiming you are insensitive. The PC Police- I'll always think of them as RETARDED. Oh, I can't use that word either.
Real IDS- my passport works fine but as you stated C.C., very few people have them. To get one in LA you need to provide the following:
Legal Name
Date of Birth
S.S. Number
two proofs of address for you principal residence ( or is it principle?)
Ancient avians- Crow magnons
ReplyDeleteFowl crimes- Robin banks
What the preacher said after sermonizing- "Now let osprey"
Poe might have been stark raven mad
"Who's that bird?"- "My starling, Clementine"
I apologize, Jerome
Tyre is British spelling for tire. Boot is what we call trunk.
ReplyDeleteThis flight of fancy was fun, and completed at one sitting without lookups. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAgnes, Irish Miss. Condolences on the loss of your sister. Love the picture. Pictures conjure up fond memories.
ReplyDeleteMusings
ReplyDelete-What a delightful struggle! I had no idea on PETREL but it built itself despite vowel struggles on ZYDECO and ALENE.
-Coping with Pam’s cluing also provided fun challenges
-Every American media outlet seems addicted to LURID royal stories
-I had REG first for KFC because my DW chooses that over extra crispy
-Learning - Antiseptics (n.) kill bacteria while ASEPTIC (adj.) means sterile
-I well remember Gary Cooper throwing down his TIN Star in High Noon
-“Now you’ve done it! You stepped on my blue suede shoes!”
-I bought boxes of AVON Skin-So-Soft for my detasselers to repel mosquitos
-When my partner hits his ball into the BULRUSHES on our course I tell him to look for Moses while he over there
-ELOPEMENT is what nursing homes call patient’s trying to get outside.
-New bills in Congress are dropped into the HOPPER before the ORATION/HOT AIR begins
-So sorry to hear of your trials Agnes!
My 38 year old special daughter who lives with us has daily challenges. But has a job and many friends who similarly struggle and like her don't like being labeled RETARDED.
ReplyDeletedon't like being called RETARDED.
I got lucky on HMO abbrev. I had a msg from my Urologist that my Blue Cross Primary Care Physician had to be update and she used that very term. But ..
ReplyDeleteEven, PERUSING the grid I had some dumb errors. I didn't fill OONA with the N and completely missed that ten pin that Boomer and TTP left for me. Nor to speak of that non ELSA princess up top that should have been perped with ULNA or at least LONG. Three bad boxes today. Aaarrgggh!!!!
Oops, AGRi sb AGRO - Latin always throws me because I elected French in HS- but I do know IPSO as in facto. Duh, four.
I originally thought of (parallel)BARS for Biles. She's pretty good at that too.
Jinx, I come East on hwy 27 from Dunellon but I did notice 441,301 and 27 concur North from Ocala. Betsy's probably there right now.
This was quite an inky adventure. I had CAVE thinking of stalactite looking like an icicle. I thought Purell treated CHAPPED hands. I thought Pam might be looking for OCHOA which was a spelling nightmare. My fav is Morgan Pressel; what a cutie as a youngster.
WC
What a clever Sunday puzzle, Pam--many thanks. My first success came in the southeast, where I put A ONE and LISPS and then AORTAS. Then I changed DNAS to RNAS and Voila! I got ARISTOCRAT and then ARETHA. Pretty soon after that I got the DANCERS and had to laugh when FLAMINGO filled in. But I didn't "get" the cute bird theme until much later. I also knew SUE Grafton, and A SEC and ELOPE (nope, Rowland and I got married right in our back yard with our dachshunds as "bride dogs") and all that helped with the northwest. And so it went, with still lots of cheating to finish in the end. But a lot of fun. Never heard of ZYDECO and the Knight clue drove me crazy because I didn't know Gladys or the PIPs. Your commentary is always a delight, C.C., thank you for that too.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear of a sad experience, Bluehen.
And I too loved the sweet picture of Agnes and her sisters.
Have a good Sunday, everybody.
Loved this very punny theme.
ReplyDeleteLONI and BANA were ESP. I have heard of ERIC as The Hulk, but not his surname. Perps to the rescue. I have heard of ZYDECO and got it with two perps, although I knew nothing else about it.
Ray, my son also objects to that word used as an insult for other people.
I learned three point turn as K TURN and assumed they were the same thing.
I am allergic to Avon Skin So Soft. When member of our hiking club wore it to repel mosquitoes
I had to be antisocial and lag behind the group in order not to suffer. After an hour or so it became bearable.
I have read about the battle at Anzio.
Agnes. so sorry to hear of the passing of your beloved sister. I hope your continuing eye problems are soon solved.
The term congressman seems to be ambiguous. Wiki says," In referring to an individual lawmaker in their capacity of serving in the United States Congress, a bicameral legislature, the term Member of Congress is used less often than other terms in the United States. This is because in the United States the word Congress is used as a descriptive term for the collective body of legislators, from both houses of its bicameral federal legislature: the Senate and the House of Representatives. For this reason, and in order to distinguish who is a member of which house, a member of the Senate is typically referred to as Senator (followed by "name" from "state"), and a member of the House of Representatives is usually referred to as Congressman or Congresswoman (followed by "name" from the "number" district of "state"), or Representative ("name" from the "number" district of "state"). Although Senators are members of Congress, they are not normally referred to and addressed as "Congressmen" or "Congresswomen" or "Congresspeople".
ReplyDeleteIMO, because of this ambiguity many people do no know that Congress actually refers to both bodies, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
This was faster than many Sundays for me - creative, punny theme answers for the most part.
ReplyDeleteIf you take a tour of the Pacific Northwest - ASTORia has a lot to see due to it's history being at the mouth of the Columbia river with the Pacific Ocean: maritime/ whaling museums, the Astoria column, a neat bridge over the river from Oregon to Washington and nearby Fort Clatsop and Fort Stevens- significant in history!
Thanks CC and Pam!
Sorry to hear of your loss Agnes - good that you can celebrate her long life! Hope your eyes are better soon too!
CC - I like Uniqlo too - but only option is to order on-line near me!
Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Pam Amick Klawitter, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, C.C., for a fine review.
ReplyDeleteIrish Miss: My deepest sympathies to you on the loss of your sister. May God be with you.
Got a slow start with this puzzle. The theme was daunting. I bounced around and got the easy ones which helped. I finally hit the theme at FLAMINGO DANCERS. OK, now it just became easier.
ZYDECO was strange to me, but I knew ZULU was a good answer. So, I stuck with the Z. The rest fell with perps.
I knew ECZEMA because I had it years ago. The doctor told me to quit taking a lot of hot showers. She said hot water is the worst thing for your skin. So, I followed her instructions and have not had any eczema since. I wash up with a washcloth in the sink. An occasional shower is taken and does feel good.
CALC H. S. Math course? Not in my high school.
IPOD NANO took me a while. I wanted some kind of piano.
Have to run. See you tomorrow. No school tomorrow so I can sleep in a little. MLK Day.
Abejo
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YR, I think that the reason that "many people do no know that Congress actually refers to both bodies, the Senate and the House of Representatives" is that the people who control high school curricula devalue civics education. Students can name 12 human genders and use class time to march in support of the cause of the day, but they have no time to learn how many US senators their state has or how compound interest works.
ReplyDeleteHola!
ReplyDeleteAgnes, I am so sorry to hear of your sister's passing! Please accept my heartfelt condolences. I can't imagine the pain of your loss.
Finally, I can concentrate on daily puzzles! Though I've started on Thursday, Friday and Saturday I have been unable to fully concentrate and finish because of the ongoing problems with ATT. Yesterday I heard from a supervisor who sent me instructions on how and where to file a claim. Whew! I hope to have all the documentation in the mail tomorrow. Also State Farm sent me a check to have the ceiling repaired where rain damaged it.
Today's puzzle was the first that I've been able to enjoy solving this week. Thank you, Pam K. and C.C. I love puns so this was really fun. I see, however, that I had DRAGS/WASS instead of DRUGS/WUSS and didn't notice.
Just yesterday the newspaper had an ad about Gladys Knight planning a concert here in the near future so her PIPS emerged. It was nice to be reminded of ARETHA, too.
I liked the clue for ALPE, it's high in France.
LOPEZ was my mother's maiden name so it wouldn't surprise me to find Nancy somewhere in the family tree since my LOPEZ grandmother had nine siblings and they are from New Mexico. Her maiden name and married name were both LOPEZ. Need I say LOPEZ is a common surname?
It is so nice to be back at the Corner and find out what you all have been up to though I'm sorry about Agnes's bad news.
I hope you are all enjoying a pleasant Sunday!
I enjoyed this puzzle immensely, partly because I like the wordplay. Laughed out loud at FLAMINGO DANCERS.
ReplyDeleteI see I'm not alone in holding onto I LUV U; I ,too, did not know LONI Love so LUNI looked fine to me. No way of knowing how a person might spell their name.
I also got caught by Terra FIRMA, which I thought was right because I saw from SEADOG it ended with an A. Also had HAUT as the "High in France" answer for quite a while too.
Loved the clues for BEAM, ULNA, LIME, TYRE, IRE,and PIP, among others.
I learned (or re-learned) that BULRUSH has only one L. BINS reminded me that in England "bin" is also a verb.
That mahi-mahi is a weird looking fish.
Like Abejo, I wanted some kind of piano until IPOD NANO emerged.
The RAIDERS moving to Las Vegas caused a ton of angst among their devoted Oakland fans.
May you always have good memories, Irish Miss.
I was so proud of myself to get through the entire puzzle sans mistakes. Then I checked C.C.’s tour and realized I’d made a few after all. ILUVU for ILOVE, which made BURG and LUNI wrong. IPADNANO made ESAS wrong, and AGRI for AGRO made IPSI wrong. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteWRENWARPAINTING made me chuckle - my favorite theme answer.
One of my sisters, her daughter and I visited Chichen Itza many years ago and even stayed overnight at the small hotel right near it. The next day as we prepared to return to Merida we were informed that the bus arrived daily at 5:00. Well, 5 came and went and by 7:00 all the workers emerged from the hotel and told us that sometimes the bus didn't come. They invited us to join them in their truck so we could catch a bus at the nearest town. They politely dusted off the bench for us to sit and we chatted with them all the way. It is one of my warmest memories of that trip.
ReplyDeleteMy bad, I meant to offer my condolences, Agnes (IM), also I've missed your sparkling commentary.
ReplyDeleteAll my mistakes were correctable but there's so I much territory to cover.
WC
Sunday Lurk say...
ReplyDeleteIM - I am saddened to hear of your loss. Peace be with You.
And, Godspeed to your eye.
BigE - principal/principle address? - 'primary' residence. I always change word-choice when stuck at which is witch.
PAL - like the principal of your school [if you were a "good" kid :-)] is the only thing I remember re: distinction.
Jinx - and those stupid lapel pins House Members wear to show they're "special." Remember when it was 'just' and American Flag PIN?
//and, IIRC, I read that it's illegal for anyone outside of Congress to wear "the special Pin"; what a bunch of putzes.
Jayce - i thought that Mahi-Mahi had a pretty big head too :-)
Lucina - glad to hear ATT is finally coming through.
Jerome - LOL! Nice, er, BZ as Spitz might signal.
Misty: Gladys Knight & The Pips -- Midnight Train To Georgia for you.
Y'all have a great Sunday evening.
Cheers, -T
Born in the UK and mystified by Blackpool boot! Tyre, yes we spell it like that! Lol
ReplyDeleteJinx, I taught this in the fifth grade. A parent censured me in a letter saying that the Congress was solely the House. How ignorant of me! In an upper class, highly educated school district another parent said I was crazy for saying there are numbers below zero.
ReplyDeleteAlaska this winter has had shockingly below zero temps.
It is difficult to combat most people's life long convictions passed on to future generations.
However, I do admit that teaching of civics and government is more neglected now. Even in the"olden days" these lessons were not effective.I think that,even then, there was no passion among educators about this. We are reaping the whirlwind.
Wow! AnonT--those PIPS really knew how to dance! And Gladys sings pretty well too. First time I ever saw or heard them--many thanks for the link!
ReplyDeleteI went all around the mulberry bush with sirs/CIRC;(then)contest/CENTRAL; ache for hollow sign; and sens/Cong. Note I had RHONE all along after checking that it wasn't Loire or Saone(Rhine would be a dupe of RHINESTONE, no?
ReplyDeleteWC
PS, Trig seemed more apt than CALC but I did have intro to calculus senior year
Also,
I had a soul period in my early 20s (60s) but Gladys Knight (and the) PIPS went right past me
Hand up these puzzles involving homophones are a challenge for me. Clever theme and puzzle. FIR. Several name heavy bits but did WAG correctly. Got MSS with perps but did not understand until I Googled it just now. Manuscripts. Anyone else get that?
ReplyDeleteJerome I loved your bird puns!
ZYDECO was a gimme. It is my favorite music for swing dancing, even though it was not created for that purpose. Our local group is called JT and the ZYDECO Zippers.
Here I was at Chichen ITZA. A fascinating experience.
From Yesterday:Husker Gary glad you have experienced the Sandhill Cranes directly!
Here is a direct link to a two minute preview of the film with them.
Just magnificent.
Super Sunday. Thanks for the fun, Pam and C.C.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this CW and smiled at the first themer - WRENWAR. My favourite.
This Canadian knows boot and TYRE, but we use trunk and tire. Did anyone notice petrel/petrol also for the British theme.
I will take a CSO at 65A, although my involvement was legal!
I had some Canadian disadvantage:
Biles was not familiar to me but BEAM perped.
ASTOR was not familiar as clued. Oregon is not well-known to me. (Thanks for the info Lemonade)
We may have had ZYDECO here before but it took a while to appear. I learned IRAs here long ago. We have RRSPs.
The Canadian Rockies have Elk rather than WAPITI (but I already have the latter stashed in my CW memory).
I did an alphabet run and back to C for the D.C. group (Dong, Gong, Kong, Pong?) before lightbulb moment with CONG. (Thanks for the info YR)
And this Canadian has no HMO; I have a family doctor (although sometimes the term Primary care physician is used).
I thought I had mixed up 83A & 89A because TIN fit my thoughts for Knight supporter? (thinking of the armour) and PIP made no sense. LOLed when I read C.C.'s explanation of PIP. (I do know Gladys!) I also smiled at BANA crossing NANA.
It is better to have a cat MEOW for a treat than to have one HISS AT you.
My granddaughters have taught me that ANNA in Frozen is pronounced AAH-na not An-na.
Hand up for thinking of Terra before COTTA, seeing Piano before IPOD NANO (not NANA).
I tried to fit Be Mine onto the Valentine candy before I LOVE.
Misty - Bluehen@7:11 was not serious with his mime KIDNAP joke, but it took me several readings to see the "unspeakable things" giveaway. (I knew he was joking with the "I'll see myself out now")
Thanks for both links Picard!
Irish Miss - So sorry to hear of the loss of your sister. Sisters share a special bond and memories. Thought and prayers for you and your other sisters too.
Good evening all.
IM, Agnes, prayers for you over the loss of your sister Anne. My her memory be a blessing to you.
ReplyDeletezydeco is wonderful music out of creole Louisiana.
ReplyDeleteGoogle Clifton Chenier or Buckwheat Zydeco or others for samples this "makes you happy" music.
CanadianEh, I had a feeling Bluehen was joking, but wasn't sure--although I should have seen the mime/unspeakable give-away. Not my brightest Sunday morning, still a bit sleepy when I did the puzzle, but thanks for clearing it up for me.
ReplyDeleteMisty - I can see, with a cursory reading, that one might miss Bluehen's joke. I thought you were joking when I read your sorry to 'hear'.
ReplyDeleteBluehen - I tried to pull the joke on DW... "I just recalled a traumatic childhood event..."
I couldn't play it straight and ended up cracking myself up 1/2 way through. Thanks :-)
Cheers, -T