17-Across. City near the Great Salt Lake: OGDEN UTAH. Nut.
25-Across. "Be yourself," nowadays: KEEP IT REAL. Pit.
36-Across. Casino advantage: HOUSE EDGE. Seed.
51-Across. "Be right with you": JUST ONE SEC. Stone.
And the Unifier:
61-Across. Earth's most central geologic layer ... or what can be found in each set of puzzle circles: INNER CORE.
Across:
1. Watering hole: BAR. Some are quite literally watering holes.
4. African language group: BANTU. Swahili is a Bantu language.
9. Suddenly took interest: SAT UP.
14. Québec street: RUE. Today's French lesson.
15. Future oak: ACORN.
16. Way to go it: ALONE. Time for a musical interlude.
19. Has to have: NEEDS.
20. Biceps exercises: CURLS.
Charles Atlas (Oct. 30, 1892 ~ Dec. 24, 1972)
21. Hosting a show, briefly: MC-ING. As in being an Emcee, short for Master of Ceremonies.
23. Tennis do-over: LET.
24. Breyers __ Cookies & Cream: OREO. A fresh new clue for our old crossword staple.
27. Arnaz-Ball production company: DESILU. The production company is a combination of Desi and Lu(cy).
29. Muss, as hair: TOUSLE.
30. Magazine VIPs: EDs. As in Editors.
31. Adjust to one's environment: ADAPT.
35. Old fast fliers: SSTs. As in SuperSonic Transport, a crossword staple. Why the Concorde was retired.
39. Fleshy fruit: POME. According to Webster's, a Pome is a generic term for any fleshy fruit "consisting of an outers fleshy layer and a central core with usually five seeds in a capsule." The best known example of a Pome is an Apple. In fact, in French, the word for Apple is Pomme. Other examples of Pomes, include: pears, quince, loquats, and pomegranates.
42. Barbecue spot: PATIO.
43. Can opener: TAB.
46. Feathered friends: AVIANS. The obvious Birds was too few letters.
49. Beethoven's "Tempest," e.g.: SONATA. Time for a musical interlude. This piece is also known as Sonata No. 17 and was composed by Beethoven around 1801/1802.
55. Chimps and gorillas: APES.
56. Furry sitcom extraterrestrial: ALF. Alf (Alien Life Form) was a sit-com ran from the mid-1980s to 1990. I never watched it, but am familiar with it because Alf makes frequent guest appearances in the puzzles.
57. Chutzpah: MOXIE. Chutzpah is that quality in the man who kills his mother and father, then throws himself at the mercy of the court because he is an orphan.
58. Stick with a pin: PRICK.
59. Early American crop: MAIZE. Scientists believe that maize was first domesticated in the Americas, probably in Mexico. A large cache of ancient maize was discovered in a cave in New Mexico over a hundred years ago.
63. Geographer's volume: ATLAS.
64. Tokyo-based watchmaker: SEIKO. I had a Seiko watch like this one.
65. No-frills bed: COT.
66. Filters (through): SEEPS.
67. Jacket material: TWEED. I initially tried Denim.
68. "Very cute!" sounds: AWs!
Down:
1. Tacit rules of male friendship: BRO CODE. If it is tacit, why is there a book about the Code?
2. Was a sign of: AUGURED.
3. Set right: REDRESS.
4. Passes a law against: BANS.
5. Pressure prefix: ACU-. As in AcuWeather, which allows you to learn of weather conditions where you live.
6. "I'm innocent!": NOT ME!
7. Barely detectable amount: TRACE.
8. Far from cool: UNHIP.
"I recommend hip replacement surgery for men who aren't as hip as they used to be."
9. Serenaded: SANG TO.
10. Stein filler: ALE. Time for another musical interlude.
11. Like many summer shoes: TOELESS. I prefer sandals.
12. Still being shuffled: UNDEALT.
13. Tablet crushers: PESTLES. Tricky clue. I was thinking along the lines of an iPad, which I certainly wouldn't want to crush.
18. "The Time Machine" race: ELOI. A crossword staple. I have never read The Time Machine, but apparently there are two-post humans existing in the future and the Eloi are one.
22. Little point to pick: NIT. No names in today's puzzle for nit-picking.
25. Spiral-horned antelope: KUDU. These animals are native to Africa.
26. Tricky plan: RUSE.
28. Vientiane people: LAO.
32. Poisonous African snake: ASP. It was the death of Cleopatra.
33. Stew morsel: PEA. If you're a princess, it will keep you awake at night.
34. Vietnamese New Year: TET. A crossword staple.
36. Cookbook verb: HEAT. Stir probably used more often in the cookbooks.
37. Spinal segment: DISC.
38. Bit of baby talk: GOO.
39. Often-abbreviated attire: PAJAMAS. As in PJs, or as we say in my house: Jammie-Jams.
40. Produce eggs: OVULATE.
41. Put in the wrong folder: MISFILE.
43. Pudding choice: TAPIOCA. I think of Tapioca pudding as a comfort food.
44. Was humiliated: ATE CROW.
45. Laundry holders: BASKETS. Do you use a laundry basket or a clothes hamper?
47. "Easy to clean" ad claim: NO MESS. I initially tried, No Muss.
48. __-Cat: winter vehicle: SNO.
50. DEA agent: NARC.
52. Live: EXIST.
53. Muscular power: SINEW.
54. Start of a counting rhyme: EENIE. A final musical interlude.
58. Cattle poker: PROD.
60. Microwave: ZAP.
62. Squeeze (out): EKE.
Here's the Grid:
QOD: In conversation, remember you’re more interested in what you’re saying than anyone else is. ~ Andy Rooney (né Andrew Aitken Rooney; Jan. 14, 1919 ~ Nov. 4, 2011), American television personality
Here's the Grid:
QOD: In conversation, remember you’re more interested in what you’re saying than anyone else is. ~ Andy Rooney (né Andrew Aitken Rooney; Jan. 14, 1919 ~ Nov. 4, 2011), American television personality
Note from C.C.:
Happy Birthday to dear JD, who used to be very active on our blog. Now she's busy with four grandkids and other volunteer work. We miss your daily presence, JD!
30 comments:
FIR, but erased tin (as in tin can) for TAB. Remember pop tops? Remember the Coors push-in circles that were early alternatives to them? I still have a red plastic tool made to push in those in. I could push in the big sipping circle with my thumb, but the small vent circle was too much for my bare hands. DNK POME, BRO CODE, AUGURED, or KUDU.
When I sailed out of Marina del Rey I had a boat named MOXIE. Fast little racer and easily handled by two for afternoon pleasure sailing. It was a Canadian-built Martin 242. Probably the most fun boat of all that I owned.
Thanks to Roland for another fun romp, and to Hahtoolah for the fun visual review.
Saw the theme right away and tried to get the circles filled early. Very smooth solve and very enjoyable.
Good morning!
Yay. D-o saw the circles, read the reveal, and even got the theme. Amazing. The toughest area was the top left; then it turned into a speed run. Thanx, Roland and Hahtoolah. (Ours is just a laundry basket.)
MESS: Hand up for MUSS. (Hi, Hahtoolah.)
ASP: Something to bet on.
Well a great LSU morning to everybody. What a great game last night. Oh, the puzzle. I blazed through it like Joe Burrow took apart the Clemson defensive backs last night. One unknown- BRO CODE. We had a wild weekend to be in NOLA's Vieux Carre (aka French Quarter) with LSU playing for the National Title. Partied with both LSU & Clemson fans. Hahtoolah, too bad they weren't playing in Baton Rouge.
INNER CORE- filled by perps before the clue was read and after I looked at the circled squares it was an obvious unifier.
One side note about 24A- Bryer's OREO Cookies & Cream ice cream. I bought some two days before Christmas and of all the generic cookies & cream ice creams I've bought over the years it was the worst. Tasteless. The ones who ate it after the rest of the Xmas dinner agreed with me.
GO TIGERS!!!!!
Enjoyed the puzzle and the write-up Susan!
Late for work , but happy birthday JD!
I enjoyed the Andy Rooney quote. I always considered him a Grumpy Old Man, like myself. For that reason, when I was asked to write a column for mnbowling.com, I chose the name "Randy Ooney" as a pseudonym. It took five to six months for my bowling friends to figure out who Randy Ooney was, but now I have kept the name and column for over ten years. RIP Mr. Rooney.
Neat puzzle, Roland. CSO to Misty. Informative pics, Susan.
Not only are the theme answers the inner core, but after the second one I noted that they are all seed related. A stone or pit is the hardened endocarp of a drupe, a fleshy fruit such as cherry, peach, plum, etc. The stone or pit contains the seed. A nut does not come from a drupe, but the its hardened shell contains the seed.
The earth has an inner core, not germane to this theme.
I scoffed at toeless shoe until I saw Susan's picture. I never saw anything like it. How uncomfortable! More common are open toe or peep toe shoes which still have a toe box in which the top is open revealing the toes.
Good morning everyone.
Thanks for all the comments on yesterday's pictures. You are a good group.
Happy Birthday to JD. Hope your day is special.
This puzzle was not the PITs. Not hard (like the words in circles) but with a bit of an EDGE. No help was needed.
English words of BANTU origin include: banjo, chimpanzee. basenji, goober and gumbo. KUDU is also of Bantu origin.
-DEAL- - - related to L. German deel and German teil.
Long ago I came through OGDEN, UTAH via UP passenger train. On a sunny Sunday morning the cars went through a train wash. UP ran a First Class railroad, and arguably still does.
Doing the puzzle in the airport waiting for my escape to Gulf Coast Florida. A brief two week respite from frigid Central New York State.
Two corrected errors.. as above...tin instead of TAB. Also spelled MOXIE with a ey.
Never heard of a BROCODE...do ladies have a "bra-code"?
REDRESS..what I do when I spill tomato sauce on my shirt.
Lead in to POME. Tomato in Italian is pomodoro from pomo d'oro..golden apple.
Which takes us to
Our Italian professor claimed she ate boiled mice during her tour of the midwest...after scratching our heads we realized she meant corn on the cob...in Italian "mais" (mah-eese).
But if one "ATECROW" how bad can a boiled rodent taste?
Hey, Hahtoolah! How ya feeling this morning? Geaux Jeaux and Oeaux! Thanks for the tour and thanks Roland for this crunchy Tuesday. Took me much longer than usual but I finally got it all without cheating. After yesterday’s easy peasy I guess I needed this.
A typical Tuesday, easy to get the theme with the circles. The reveal was a bit disconnected from the answers I thought, since the answers were food related.
I bought a Seiko years ago, was over $100 which was more than I usually spend on watches. As typical, I lost it fairly soon thereafter, on a golf course somehow. Now I stick with Timex, much cheaper and they work just fine.
Musings
-Congrats to LSU! Ed Orgeron is a great fit at LSU and I have never really cared for Dabo!
-We wish Joe Burrow had played for the Huskers like his dad did
-Joan Baez sang of giving her love “a cherry that had no STONE”
-Sometimes called Preacher CURLS because the position is like a preacher extending his arms over the pulpit
-One morning I shoveled 4” of snow predicted to be just a TRACE
-Do modern druggists even use a mortar and PESTLE?
-TOELESS, MISFILE and UNDEALT are not going into my fill hall of fame. Once again - Any literary port in a puzzling storm.
-Who ATE CROW? Chicago Tribune headline writers on the day after the 1948 election
-Lovely write-up Susan and Happy Birthday, JD! I still regret that you were traveling when we went through your town!
Hello friends, enjoyed today's puzzle and funny pics/comics in the write up.
While in college in Orlando I was a black jack dealer at Church Street Station. I shuffled a lot of cards before they were dealt!
On big laundry days here I fill up 6 laundry baskets with sorted laundry after collecting it all from multiple hampers. Those are fun days!
FLN, thanks for the kind words after my epic saga of SIL's SCTP. This corner got me through alot of it as one of my limited sources of contact with the outside world. Thank you all.
As for the other dog and Lucy Loo that was a challenge on top of the big challenge we were dealing with. The other dog is young and wanted to play and my LL was not feeling very well. The young one kind of tortured my girl to her end.
I shared so much with you all because I had to keep going with the program, no
time for grieving.
I shamefully admit that I resented the other dog for months after Loo was gone. But I am not a grudge holder. Life is too short and she is a cute goofball, so I have grown fond of her.
Don't tell anyone!
Did I mention she ways 80 lbs and sheds more than any animal I have ever encountered? Oops, need to rein in my snarkiness!
Thanks again friends!
LL'SM
I have used a few compounding pharmacies for unusual medicines. The best was a marvelous burn salve made especially to the pediatrician's order.
"You’ll find glass mortars and pestles in use in the pharmaceutical industry to prepare liquid products, he said, and ceramic ones are used to grind powders in pharmacy. And yes, the compounding process still occurs in independent pharmacies and in some chain pharmacies, he said." - The Blade August 2. 2015
IMO, the theme emphasis is more specific than food. It is on seeds and their coverings. I like this theme.
Interesting that crowing about something is prideful and eating crow is humiliating.
Hola!
First, happy birthday, JD; I hope you read the Blog!
Thank you, Roland Huget, for the pithy puzzle. It was easy and though I've never heard of the BROCODE, it filled quickly. No, as far as I know there is no code for women, we are simply "sisters".
Oh, my, those sandals look horrifically uncomfortable. I have a closet full of sandals but most are flat. Only during these few cold weeks do I wear enclosed shoes and sometimes even resort to boots. In winter night time especially can be cold and they are comfortable then.
ACORN is the outlier in the puzzle since it contains a seed but it is not itself one.
I have seen a KUDU at the zoo.
Like Hahtoolah, I have not read "The Time Machine" but have encountered ELOI in many puzzles.
As for laundry, I sort it from the hamper into BASKETS. My granddaughter does not sort. She just throws everything in together. It drives me crazy! She did not inherit the Sandoval OCD trait of organization.
I love PAJAMAS and have three drawers full; some are for summer and some for winter and some I use only when I travel. My sisters and I have a matching set we take on trips.
I see that I misspelled EENIE/MOXIE. I have ENNIE/MOXIN and did not notice.
In the past I have received tax information from OGDEN, UTAH but haven't lately.
Thank you, Hahtoolah, for your insightful commentary.
Have a splendid day, everyone!
This Tuesday grid went quickly, with no write-overs.
Clemson D was outmatched, as was every other team that played the LSU scoring machine. Curious that Clemson DB #1 was given zero help on D the whole game. LSU just kept going his way with that huge receiver.
And on to Wednesday.
Delightful Tuesday puzzle, Roland--many thanks! (And how kind of you to remember my sweet Rowland, thank you too, Yellowrocks). I worked my way through this puzzle with a lot of pleasure, and it was interesting to run into some unknowns like KUDO and POME (they were unknown to me too, Jinx). Lots of neat long words like TAPIOCA and UNDEALT and AUGURED. Great fun, thanks again, Roland. And your write-ups with all those fun pictures are a delight, Susan--my favorites included the one for that pool-side BAR and TOUSLE.
Liked your CROW and CROWS comment, Yellowrocks.
Have a wonderful birthday, JD.
And have a great day, everybody.
Good afternoon, everyone! I enjoyed this just right for a Tuesday offering from Roland Huget. Hahtoolah, your write ups always enrich the puzzling experience for me with all the additional info and fun links you provide. I’m with you on preferring sandals to those tortuous toeless shoes!
FIR without too much trouble. Only speed bump was misspelling TOsSLE, which had me scratching my head for a while over RSS__ for a Tricky Plan at 26D. Favorite clue/answer of the day was Often Abbreviated Attire = PAJAMAS; my first thought was Mini-Skirt, but it wouldn’t fit. Lucy Loo’s Mom, your mention of Church Street Station brought back memories of visiting my sister and BIL in Orlando back in the day – fun times at Rosie O’Grady’s on “Nickel Beer Night”!
HBTY, JD!
Have a wonderful day, all!
Happy birthday, JD. It's good you are keeping busy.
I enjoyed this puzzle, possibly even as much as Misty did. Some nifty words in it. Never heard of BRO CODE, and, like Hahtoolah, also wonder why, if it is a set of tacit rules, why there is a book about it. Like "bromance," I suspect it is a made-up term for the purposes of marketing.
"No, no, nurse! I said PRICK his boil!"
I googled a Happy Birthday JD cake,
but it looks more appropriate for Tinbeni...
The Puzzle?
I got the theme, but got a little stuck in the NW corner...
So I prepared 2 links,
one for if I DNF'd
& a possible second one if I figured it out.
Now, 4D. Passes a law against: BANS, had me going for a while
because I had "Bars." So then 1A watering hole could not be Bars....
Brocode/Augered & redress are not in my daily Lexicon,
Never thought Oreo would be part of the Bryer name-
haven't exercised anything in years, so finally coming up with
"curl" broke open the corner...
1D had me confused...
But finally letting go bars for bans
allowed me to slake my thirst at 1A,
& Ogden was dredged up from my memory of mining in New Jersey.
All in all, working this puzzle NW corner was something like this...
I know, I did promise you a link for if and when I figured out
the NW corner, but this is the best I can do right now...
Jayce (and Susan)
the BRO CODE was a slang expression for an unwritten set of rules for etiquette between men friends - but the TV show HIMYM ("How I Met Your Mother") had one of it's characters who was always referring to it - Barney Stinson. It became so popular in the show - that it's creator then wrote a book (ostensibly written by the fictional character Barney Stinson/Matt Kuhn) later incorporating many of the "rules" that had been mentioned in the TV show. My milennial sons both think the show and the code are hilarious.
The crow comments made me think back to when I was around ten... my neighbor Jim V. was a couple of years older and had rescued a baby crow (corvidae or corvid family). He named it Old Caw. It wasn't old and it did more than just caw. Jim actually taught it how to say several words, how and when to come and land on his forearm, how /when to fly away then come back to him when prompted... an amazing feat of training, I thought. Jim's teachers at school (SW Okla.) were also impressed, allowing him to bring Old Caw to school daily on Jim's shoulder. I think this went on for the better part of a year. Our schools had no cooling systems so the windows were often open. One day, Caw decided he would graduate, so he flew out the window of school never to be seen again. A few years ago at a class reunion, I ran into Jim and, sadly, he was slow to recall Old Caw at first, but when he did, tears welled up in his eyes. He loved that crow. The crow had imprinted (is that the word?) on Jim. Maybe both ways. Someone asked me what is the difference between a raven and a crow (stop me if you've heard this) and the joke is that a raven has one more pinion, the outer part of the birds' feathers, than the crow. Thus, the difference between a raven and a crow is a matter of a pinion. In reality, I believe many birds can be taught to do stuff, but there are not many of us who just do not have the know-how. Best to all.
Excuse the grammar tense mistake. I do know better.
Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Roland Huget, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Hahtoolah, for a fine review.
PJ: Happy Birthday, and many more!
Puzzle went fine. Did it on the train to Elgin and then the bus to Elgin Community College.
Caught the theme and it worked out well. Found all the Inner Cores when I had finished.
I worked in OGDEN UTAH once for a while. At an Army Base. Got some good tours of Mormon places there.
POME. Liked the photo of the POMEGRANATE. I love those. Learned to eat them in Iran. They are very popular there. They are called Anar. Their juice is Abanar.
AUGURED is a new word for me.
I missed Monday's puzzle. Was too busy. Maybe later today.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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Hey Rainman,
Thanks for the Crow story,
(& your Pinion...)
Sad that after all that time he just upped & left.
But I guess the mating urge must have kicked in...
Part of the puzzle made me think back & relearn an old skill.
Sinew,
Here is a ten minute video that may be of interest
to survivalists. I learned this many, many years ago.
& he sums it up perfectly when he describes Sinew as
the primitive version of Duct Tape! (so many uses...)
When making bow strings, Sinew is best because it creates its own glue
when wet. Strongest string ever!
"If," this interests you, be sure to see the special Bow Knot
around the 7 minute mark that allows you to use one length of string
without cutting it to size.
(important as sinew string will vary in length with humidity conditions...)
Here ya go!
"In fact, in French, the word for Apple is Pomme.". And a pomme de terre is a potato
Basket for me since it actually is a basket
This was a testy Tuesday (AUGUR etal); lots of Tuesday fill to help with Thursday clueing
I went to sleep after halftime. No surprise on final result. Btw…
Why doesn't MLB simply NOT record the catchers signals. Who expects people to ignore that which can help them. I remember the chemistry teacher had the periodic table smack in the middle of the blackboard. When I needed valences was I expected NOT to read them? And…
Was I supposed to tell the captain of the football team NOT to copy my answers?
MLB would say "Guilty and guilty!"
WC
Interesting crow story, Rainman.
Hi All!
Late today; lots going on in the CYBER-world (and it's mostly bad).
Thanks Roland for the puzzle to keep me entertained while computers whirl'd.
Great illustrated Expo, Batman! Thanks Hahtoolah!
WO: TOsSLE until RSS forced a REDRESS (Hi Java Mama!)
ESPs: RUE & AUGURED - took 2 ABC-runs to settle on U
Fav: I enjoyed the cluing for PAJAMAS (Hi again JavaMama :-))
Happy Birthday JD! Stop in once in a while.
I guess this is called a hamper. DW gets two buckets and I put all my stuff (black splunk/under-tees, socks, drawers, and jeans are about all that go in) in the third. Sorting solved :-)
Jayce - LOL!
Nice to see you back CED; you too Rainman.
WC - I assume you're talking about the Astros' (and now Red Socks') sign stealing. I don't think those were MLB cameras on the catcher's fingers. As much as I hate seeing A.J. Hinch leave, that he let that stand is beyond me. There is a right way and a wrong way to steal signals. A camera in center-field with a monitor in the tunnel is the wrong way. My 2¢
Youngest's car saga... Tonight she drove a Camry, Corolla, and a Honda Civic. She fell in love with the Civic; we should have it tomorrow!
Cheers, -T
Honda must be the workhorse of the automobile world. My granddaughter's boyfriend is driving one that had belonged to my son-in-law. I'm sure it must have hundreds of thousands of miles on it. Mine is still in the baby stage, with only 54,000 miles.
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Roland and Hahtoolah. (I smiled because your ATLAS photo for 20A could also have been used for 63A!)
FIRed and saw the INNER COREs. I had more success going down than across, which led to a couple of inkblots.
My cookbook was instructing to Beat before HEAT.
"What on earth starts with yv?" was my question before AVIANS became obvious as the feathered friends. Learning moment today: American spelling is PAJAMAS, but this Canadian spells it the British way, Pyjamas. (Add that to the list along with the added U, re instead of er)
YR- is MCING today like our OK okay discussion yesterday. I really wanted emceeing, but it was far too long.
You beat me to answering HuskerG's question about whether PESTLES are still used by druggists. I'll take a CSO although I am emeritus now. I have a small collection of them.
I'm with Lucina about those TOELESS Sandals. I wanted Open- toed.
Happy Birthday JD.
Good night all.
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