22. Show for which Erika Slezak won six Daytime Emmys: I LIFE TO LIVE. One Life to Live.
28. Films with depth?: III D MOVIES. Three-D movies.
34. Video poker basis: V CARD DRAW. Five-card draw.
57. It's not good to be behind it: VIII BALL. Eight ball.
59. It's usually attached to a house: II CAR GARAGE. Two-car garage.
74. Certain incumbent's rally cry: IV MORE YEARS. Four more years.
76. 1995 Hugh Grant film: IX MONTHS. Nine Months.
96. Symbol of untouchability: X FOOT POLE. Ten-foot pole.
106. Set of schools that includes Vassar: VII SISTERS. Seven Sisters.
115. 2000s series set in a funeral home: VI FEET UNDER. Six Feet Under.
So nice to see Mike's byline again. I always associate him with Wednesday puzzles, probably because he made a lots of Wednesday puzzles when I started blogging.
The numbers are not in order, probably because he did not want to give us free letters. Guess how many I's in this grid?
Across:
1. Learn to fit in: ADAPT.
6. Wilson's predecessor: TAFT.
10. Eponymous 2000s TV sitcom: REBA. McEntire.
14. Runs for it: LAMS.
18. Chili __: dish with green sauce: VERDE. Never had it. Looks yummy.
19. Early Arizona natives: PIMAS. And 21. Siouan people: OTOE.
20. Tourney format, briefly: ELIM. Elimination.
24. Amt. rarely charged: MSRP. Mostly cars.
25. Lahore tongue: URDU.
26. Carried out: DID.
27. Theater sight: POSTER.
30. Hayride seats: BALES.
31. Hammed it up: EMOTED.
33. Border range: URALS.
38. Home security giant: ADT. Our neighbor has a "Secured by ADT" in their lawn.
39. Tom Joad, e.g.: OKIE.
41. Kolkata wrap: SARI.
42. Heavy marble: STEELIE. It does sound heavy.
44. Slime: GOO.
45. Inflation spec: PSI. Tire.
48. Capital north of Syracuse: OTTAWA.
51. Window treatment: BLIND.
52. Rolled up: FURLED.
54. Scand. country: NORW. Norway.
56. Gospel singer Winans: CECE. Gimme for me.
63. Former Hanford overseer: Abbr.: AEC. Atomic Energy Commission. Dissolved in 1975.
64. Key, perhaps: ISLE.
65. Management deg.: MBA.
66. Charmingly rural: FOLKSY.
67. Takes in, say: ALTERS.
70. La Méditerranée, e.g.: MER.
71. Hall of Fame pitcher Blyleven: BERT. Known for his curveballs. Twins' color commentator. Boomer often picks on Bert's gaffes. Like "This is the second debut of ...".
73. One always reaching for the Skyy?: SOT. And clue echo at 59. Reach for the Skyy: IMBIBE.
79. Década components: ANOS. Decade/years.
80. Pride and envy: SINS.
81. Barry Gibb, for one: BEE GEE.
82. Wing it: AD LIB.
83. Aggravate: NETTLE.
87. Immigrant's subj.: ESL.
88. Soup legume: PEA. Can't wait for the fresh peas at our local farmers' market. Pretty and tasty with rice.
90. Transmission need: GEAR OIL.
93. "I'm on it, I'm on it!!": OK OK.
94. Ratted: SANG.
95. Nevada Northern Railway Museum city: ELY.
99. Stand for a canvas: EASEL.
102. Swallow: INGEST.
105. Exhaust __: FUMES.
108. Sun-Maid product: RAISIN.
110. Portland summer hrs., perhaps: EDT.
113. Theta follower: IOTA.
114. El __: PASO.
117. Shut (up): CLAM.
118. Alaskan island in the Eastern Hemisphere: ATTU.
119. "Sorry, not for me": I PASS.
120. Barrel racing milieu: RODEO. Not familiar with barrel racing.
121. Flag: TIRE.
122. In the order given: Abbr.: RESP. Respective?
123. Sassy: PERT.
124. Whence the Israelites fled: EGYPT.
Down:
1. Lifelong, as a fan: AVID.
2. Seller of dogs: DELI.
3. Like the Namib: ARID. Southern African desert.
4. Adobe file format: PDF.
5. Disc golf starting point: TEE PAD. I think Mike is an avid golfer.
6. Attacks, knight-style: TILTS AT.
7. Friend of François: AMIE.
8. Green Bay legend: FAVRE. Brett Favre's final season was with the Vikings.
9. Mao __-tung: TSE.
10. Sent in: REMITTED.
11. Pitcher of milk?: ELSIE. Fun clue.
12. Pudelpointer, say: BIRD DOG. Never heard of Pudelpointer. Wiki says "It is a pointing breed that came from a cross between the German hunting poodle (pudel) and the English Pointer.
13. Time toggle: AM PM.
14. Site of Pei's pyramid: LOUVRE.
15. Glass-roofed lobbies: ATRIA.
16. Runway walker: MODEL.
17. Grinch creator: SEUSS.
19. Toughies: POSERS.
23. All __: including everything: TOLD.
28. One of the halogens: IODINE.
29. "Yes, yes, Dominique": OUI OUI.
30. __ Scurry, 1999 Women's World Cup championship U.S. team goalkeeper: BRIANA. Also new to me.
32. Evil intent: MALICE.
34. Brandy letters: VSO.
35. Siamese, e.g.: CAT.
36. Museum works: ART.
37. Online program: WEBCAST.
40. 2001 Peace Prize sharer Annan: KOFI. Graduated from Macalester College here in MN.
43. Poem of loss: ELEGY.
45. Hospital supply: PLASMA.
46. Word with best or book: SELLER.
47. Cars in jams, say: IDLERS.
49. "Star Trek" franchise Klingon: WORF. Drew a blank.
50. 2012 Best Picture: ARGO.
53. DH's stat: RBI.
55. Former 49ers coach Bill: WALSH.
57. Nix: VETO.
58. Bakery workers: ICERS.
60. Alpine goats: IBEXES.
61. Monterey neighbor: CARMEL. Clint Eastwood was their mayor ages ago. Jesse Ventura was the mayor of our Brooklyn Park before I came here.
62. Old-time cinemas: RKOS.
63. Collection plate alternative: ALMS BOX.
67. French 101 verb: AVOIR.
68. Jockey strap: REIN.
69. "Auld Lang __": SYNE.
72. Dress (up) fancily: TOG.
74. Mosaic pieces: INLAYS.
75. Prevents, by law: ESTOPS.
77. Sherpa, commonly: NEPALI.
78. Suffix with ump-: TEEN.
79. Astaire and a singer: ADELES. "Hello, can you hear me?"
82. Survey category: AGE GROUP.
84. Fight stopper, for short: TKO.
85. Online response to humor: LOL.
86. Barely manage, with "out": EKE.
89. Disturb: AGITATE.
91. Most up in the air: IFFIEST.
92. Botches, with "up": LOUSES.
94. Option at the bagel shop: SESAME.
97. Forget to mention: OMIT.
98. Academic job security: TENURE.
99. Throw out: EVICT.
100. Its name is derived from Provençal words for "garlic" and "oil": AIOLI. So thick. What do you use the sauce for?
101. Stringed Asian instrument: SITAR.
103. Homes in the woods: NESTS.
104. Nonsense: TRIPE.
107. Engage in verbal jousting: SPAR.
109. In the distance: AFAR.
110. Marine hazard: EDDY.
111. Word with sleep or freeze: DEEP.
112. Pace with a wide range of speeds: TROT.
115. Guest in a team owner's skybox, often: VIP.
116. Eggy beverage: NOG.
C.C.
30 comments:
Hi Y'all! This was a toughie all right! Thanks for the challenge, Mike! Great expo, C.C., thanks!
Caught onto the Roman numerals early on which certainly helped build the theme phrases. Whew!
Never heard of a pudelpointer, so BIRDDOG was a big surprise when it perped in. One scary moment I had when I was doing newspaper writing for a hunting-fishing edition happened while interviewing a guy who raised & trained BIRDDOGs. He told me to get in his old beat-up pickup and we'd go out to the lake to watch his DOG work in the water. I climbed in and slammed the door. In the middle of the old bench seat was a huge blood stain. I wondered if my life was in peril. He was a rather strange guy. But I survived without a problem. Watching that happy dog work was a joy to behold. He loved the water, splashing in and fetching the dummy bird. Think he was a black lab.
NAMID: who dat? Didn't know that was a desert until ARID became apparent. Did not know BERT. Some others also unknown.
Speaking of numerals...
I saw on Yahoo this morning that when writing out today's date in numbers we get a rare palindrome. 02022020 It is also unusual since this works whether in Rome, Italy or Rome, New York. The month/day order will give us the same result. This hasn't happened since November 11, 1111, just about 900 years ago. Fun!
Also re color commentators. Ever since I begin listening to a friend do play by play on the radio for a local minor league club, I have become less critical. It is a very tough gig. Only the very best make the jump to the pros. Imagine if everything you say in broadcasted and analyzed for every slip of the tongue, improper grammar or stutters and sums. We all stumble constantly when speaking. Whether its pausing to think of the right word or not being distracted by something happening if front of us. Theses guys who have to talk for hours at a time without any gaffes have my complete respect. Like Mr Buck and Mr Aikmen will have to do for about 30 million here in several hours. Only the best of the best can do that live without a net.
Now these talking heads we see on the news each night don't get the same respect or admiration from me. They have hours to prepare a script and get to regurgitate it in a quiet studio with a controlled environment. Yet there seems to be glaring mistakes at least once or twice a week...
Good morning!
Caught the theme at "I LIFE TO LIVE," and I was off and running. Turned into a Wite-Out-Free day. Yay. Thanx, Mike and C.C. (That AIOLI looks like it could be a decent wallpaper paste.)
ADT: I read the other day that you should only put a security sign in your yard if you don't have a security system. Otherwise, it gives the bad guys a heads-up on how to disarm yours.
POSERS: Took me some time to figure out that those "toughies" were questions.
RAISIN: Country singers wax eloquent that "the roots of my RAISIN run deep."
Play-by-play: Years ago on Guam we were broadcasting a live Air Force/Navy baseball game. My buddy Nick was doing the play-by-play, and I was running the board back in the studio. "The count is 2 and 0 -- two strikes, and the batter has no balls on him... [Snicker]...[heh, heh]...[oh boy]...we'll be right back after this..." And I refused to take it back to the studio. I made him suffer for a full minute.
Good Morning, C.C. and friends. I just Loved, Loved, Loved today's puzzle. I didn't catcht the theme until near the end of the first Across pass with the VII SISTERS. Then I was able to go up and fill in the other theme answers.
I liked the misdirect with the Portland Summer Hrs. I correctly answered with the Portland in Maine, but my niece recently moved near the Portland in Oregon, so I have been thinking of the west coast.
QOD: When all else fails, men turn to reason. ~ Abba Eban (né Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban; Feb. 2, 1915 ~ Nov. 17, 2002), Israeli diplomat
Good morning.
I didn't use any Wite-Out either, but I had to change CPI to PSI for inflation spec. And me too on toughies for POSERS.
There weren't a whole lot of toughies in this relatively easy Sunday, but it was still fun, even though Roman numerals generally turn me off. Especially when they involve math questions, of which I know no relevant use, except in crosswords. But there were none today, so alles klar.
Also had to change sEC to AEC. Had -EC in place. Didn't know Hanford. Figured it was some publicly traded company with misdeeds, so S went in.
My sister competed in barrel races. Don't think she ever won one. Wrong kind of a horse. She still had fun competing.
Yes, respectively.
Good things the perps were kind, because I never heard of a WORF. Never had an interest in any of the Star Trek sequels. The original was the best.
Loftiest wouldn't fit, but IFFIEST did. Trash before TRIPE.
Thank you, Mike and C.C.
NORW....pfft
Fastest Sunday I ever solved- XV minutes. Caught the Roman numerals at ONE LIVE TO LIVE. I was expecting L,C,D, & M for 50, 100, 500, & 1000 but they never showed. Back in the Stone Age (50 years ago) I always used abbr. of C, D, or M when pharmacists 'called' in their orders orally. Faster than writing 100, 500, or 1,000.
ELIM- I''ve heard of Single elimination, double elimination, and round-robin tournaments but never just plain ELIMination.
PIMAS, RESP., BRIANA, WORF, were unknowns solved by perps.
ELSIE's company declared chapter XI bankruptcy last week. Don't cry over spilt (spilled) milk.
Wanted KObI, probably due to fellow Lower Merion graduate Kobe's tragedy. Also wanted OTToWA for no reason. The theme was lots of fun. I enjoyed this failure more than some victories.
Good Morning:
Filling in I Life to Live + the title made the theme obvious immediately, but did nothing to detract from a very enjoyable solve. In addition to the simple, yet clever, theme, the very noticeable lack of unknown proper names made me very happy. Sunday grids can be notoriously proper noun laden, a pet peeve of mine. There were several catchy duos that caught my eye: Avid~Arid, ADT~EDT, Tog~Nog, TKO~RKO(s), OK OK and Oui Oui. I also liked Isle above Mer and the shout out at CeCe, to our CC. Only two unknowns of Worf and Briana, and the wrong guess at SEC before AEC. (Hi, TTP.) With all the positives Mike gave us, I think Resp and Norw can be given a pass, especially on Super Bowl Sunday! 🏈
Thanks, Mike, for a fun and pleasing romp with my usually dreaded Roman Numerals and thanks, CC, for your usual keen observations and insight.
PK, it appears you and Mr. Sandman are still waging the sleeping war!
FLN
YR, so sorry to hear of Alan's latest upset. I hope he'll find some peace and calmness. I wish you luck in making the decision about your future living choice. It's a difficult position that we all will probably face, sooner or later.
Have a great day.
FIR, but erased hies for LAMS, rustic for FOLKSY, and though I got the theme on the first clue, I had to fix I LIFE ii LIVE. Had to wait for BERT/BuRT, EDT/PDT and PSI/cpi.
Anonymous Marty Brenneman, "your" color man Joe Nuxhall taught me more about baseball than all the coaches I had over the years. His pet peeve was pitchers who couldn't bunt and would just leave the bat on his shoulder and watch three strikes go by. "At least close your eyes and swing", he would intone. Missing the cutoff man was his second source of disgust.
Never been to ELY. My favorite train museum is the California railroad museum in Sacramento. Last time I was there I took Amtrak across Donner Pass and into Reno. Played blackjack and craps all night, then flew back to Burbank in the early morning.
VI FEET UNDER was one of the few network shows that were appointment TV for me. Now it's Capitals hockey, UK basketball and The Five.
I thought that the town was pronounced carMEL until I heard Dirty Harry pronounce it CARmel on a TV interview.
Thanks to Mike for the tons-o-fun puzzle. My favorite was IV MORE YEARS. And thanks to CC for another fine review.
Along with excess mayo, peas in rice is another peeve of mine. Although those fresh peas in white rice is ok vs peas in fried rice-a no-no in Bostonian "Chinese"* restaurants.
I picked up the theme right off the bat. Clueing was rough but there were just enough perps to keep the fill going. CECE for me was all perps although BEEGEE shouldn't have needed five.
Wow, Jinx. From an outfielder's perspective, cut-off men were the bane of my existence. In softball I could curve the ball around them. They just have to get their grimy mitts on that ball.
Was this XW difficult? I thought today and Saturday fairly easy but the last two Fridays were disasters.
** Noted for heavily msg laced "lobster" sauce and the ubiquitous Chows(Mein and Suey).
Well, I got both the northwest and the southeast corners, but the rest was here and there and everywhere, with a fair amount of cheating. My favorite clue was that pitcher of milk ELSIE. So SKYY is some sort of liquor? Never heard of it--I drink a few glasses of wine every evening. I knew SEUSS, of course, but accidentally spelled his name wrong for a while which made that corner tougher. And knew Tom Joad was an OKIE--is it okay to call him that? Anyway, fun puzzle, many thanks, Mike. And your commentaries are always a pleasure, C.C.
Enjoying a sweet weekend with my son, daughter-in-law, and 15 year old grandson. Had a fun game of Scrabble last night.
Have a good Sunday, everybody.
I really liked the theme but that's as far as it went. Way too may proper names, abbreviations,and multiple clues modified with say and perhaps. Add the made up abbreviation for Norway to some of the iffy cluing turned this into a slog.
Forgot to say thanks, Marty, for pointing out the 02022020 pattern. Cool!
Hello everyone.
Was thinking of skipping the puzzle since it is not in our Sunday paper. But DRAWn like a moth to a flame, I finally downloaded and solved it. Mike offers good puzzles as C.C. stated. Interesting theme schtick.
61d - Had to pause at the Monterey neighbor but after 3 perps CARMEL came to me. Names like CECE and BERT were perped.
The NETTLE (plant) is on the coat-of-arms of Holstein and so, is on the Schleswig-Holstein flag. L. German Nettel.
Musings
-A very clever and satisfying puzzle, Mike!
-Ubiquitous Minnesota TV pillow maker has a “Made In USA” mantra but bypassed Arizona PIMA cotton for Egyptian Giza cotton
-MSRP of TV’s - $495 for 21” RCA in 1964. Yesterday we got a 32” HDTV for $138.
-REBA is lovely and very FOLKSY but her TV show was just TV TRIPE
-Oh, THAT Portland
-Super Bowl pre-game festivities? I PASS. Tell me when it kicks off
-Rules for pronouncing FAVRE and LOUVRE?
-POSERS to me are those with exaggerated opinions of themselves. They come out in elections years!
-You can’t sue a newspaper if they can show they had absence of MALICE
-Our Siamese CATS – Muffin – 17 yrs, Emily – 16 yrs, Lily – 7 yrs and counting
-The CARMELITE nuns in CARMEL By The Sea have pretty good views
-TENURE is a two-edged sword
-60˚F on the prairie today!
Every Trekkian knows about WORF,
The Klingon on starships that warp.
Andorians are blueish
But Worf was raised Jewish,
And so liked fresh gagh in his borscht!
Starting from the bottom up, it had to be Seven (VII) Sisters and Six (VI) Feet Under. So the gimmick was set up and the puzzle was solved quickly for a Sunday.FIR
I found a few perps available to wag Scurry (What an apt name for a goalie!) WORF, BERT and BRIANA. I got NORW from just the N, what else could it be? I loved pitcher of milk/Elsie.
Rachel Maddow puts in hours of work before each show. Agree with her or not, she puts in much effort.
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I liked this puzzle and the theme gimmick. My nose did wrinkle a bit at NORW and RESP but all the rest I liked.
Regarding the date; I had forgotten, but I checked and found I posted this, in part on Jan 2:
"Figured out we have a palindromic date coming up with Ground Hog Day. 02022020."
Super (Bowl) Sunday. Thanks for the fun, Mike and C.C.
Marty@5:39 beat me to posting the interesting info on 02022020. I remember the year 1961 being a palindrome if you inverted.
I saw the Roman numerals and agree that having them in order would have been a giveaway.
Unknowns included WALSH, AEC, BERT, ELY, PIMAS, CARMEL, BRIANA. But I got OTTAWA,
That pyramid was in the LOUVRE not EGYPT.
I SMILED AT OKOK and OUIOUI (hello IM).
Like Misty, I didn't know Skyye, but once I got IMBIBE, SOT was easy.
I thought the inflation spec had to do with cost of living; oh, tires!
I wanted Tiles before INLAYS in my mosaic, and Messes UP before LOUSES. (Shouldn't that be Lice LOL?)
Nor, Fin, Den, Swe, or NORW, Finl, Denm, Swed. We have had Swed before. Gluey fill I think C.C. calls it.
We have RESPs in Canada - Registered Education Savkngs Plans. But few of you Americans would get a clue like that.
Parents, grandparents can put in money for child from age 0 to XVIII, government will also add some more; money is taxable to the student when withdrawn for post-secondary education (and presumably a low tax bracket). You can have a family plan and split between children - maybe one child will get scholarships and not need as much. Good way to save for kids' education.
Off to a Super Bowl party.
Enjoy the day.
Sunday Lurk Say...
{A+}
TTP - TNG is head-and-shoulders above the original Trek. The other spin-offs are meh. I got into TNG w/ buddies & their Prof (who had a HUGE! TV) in the CS dept. at LA Tech; even DW liked TNG.
What Youngest does for Groundhog Day.
HG - Funny LOUVRE
When I think of FAVRE, I thing of Frank Caliendo's send up of colour [for C, Eh!] commentator John Madden (among others :-) [5:47]
Carmel - Lucina and I (at separate times) have enjoyed the same Italian Restaurant there.
Did I ever tell y'all about the time we (the fam) rode to Carmel from Monterey?
On bikes?
Rented bikes?
On Father's Day? (2017)
Today's a palindrome... I Palindrome I [TMBG - 3:25]
Play tomorrow!
Cheers, -T
Hola!
This was fun! Thank you, Mike Peluso. Starting at the top, I thought it would be impossible so I slid to the bottom, solved one after the other, caught the theme at VIISISTERS and then I was off!
Unknown sports names usually frustrate me but I soldier on and eventually perps fill the blanks. BERT, BRIANNA, and WALSH almost tripped me.
The PIMA Indian Community are my neighbors to the east.
I take Stinging NETTLE for allergies.
IIIDMOVIES and VIFEET UNDER were the funniest but all the theme answers are really clever.
100% error free today though I did have to employ my eraser a few times.
I learned on CBS Sunday Morning that the tournament trophies are made by Tiffany.
d-otto:
I'm surprised you don't use AIOLI in your cooking to inject flavor. It's good.
Have yourselves a pleasant day! No football for me; I'll watch a good movie.
One of Boomer’s early nicknames was Bert “be home” Blyleven.
I guess an ELIMination tournament contrasts to a round-robin.
Best Super Bowl ad so far: the Hyundai Smaht Pahk
Here I am—late to the (Super Bowl?) party again. I actually finished this one shortly after I got up today (at 3 PM) but am just getting around to the blog now.
Yes I very much enjoyed this puzzle, even though it took me quite a bit longer than the usual Sunday. I caught the Roman numerals early on, and that helped. There was one clue that I consistently misread and that slowed me up. Durned if I can remember now which one it was. I miss my memory. ;-)
I knew Skyy Vodka because of seeing it on tons of billboards a while ago. The spelling caught my eye and I guess it just kinda stuck.
D-O: “the roots of my RAISIN run deep”...sheesh. :P
PK, I loved your encounter of the dog kind!
D-O again: very funny story about your announcer friend. I had sort of the same reaction to JOCKEY STRAP in today’s puzzle.
>snicker<
>snort<
Prolly just me.
Enough of this. I need to get some work done. Bye.
I have watched a few episodes of Star Trek and mainly to hear the deep, melodious voice of WORF. It used to make me tingle!
Never got to attempt the puzzle today,
because I was designated driver to take half?
of family to Granma's 89th Birthday celebration lunch
in Brooklyn.
This is no easy feat, since she has almost completely
recovered from the broken neck surgery of last year.
Aside from weight loss, she is back with friends and family,
and it seems like a miracle compared to what we were faced with
last year.
In attendance were family, and friends,
& three of the priests who visited her regularly in rehab...
It is great to see her back to normal
after such a traumatic experience...
Hard to post anything silly after that,
but just to keep my place as to how far I read the Blog,
I squirmed at "90. Transmission need: GEAR OIL."
Yes, it is true, a transmission needs gear oil...
But have you ever climbed a big hill,
with a heavy load,
and your car begins to smell like it is burning!
It is because you have overheated your TRANSMISSION FLUID!
Even tho you do not have a clutch to burn,
the liquid used in a torque converter
can get severely overheated by friction,
even though it is a liquid!
When I have more time, I will (retell)
the story of our trip to Maine,
& we disconnected the speedometer,
but the transmission fluid leaked out,
& what happened next...
Forgot to mention that February 2, 1882 was James Joyce's birthday. Happy birthday, Mister Joyce!
Picard: thanks for confirming to the rest of the community that Worf really was raised Jewish, and I wasn't just over-extending my poetic license there! That l'ick probably took me a couple hours, rather than the normal 15 minutes, which is why only one today. I so desperately wanted a final rhyme for Worf, but dwarf and wharf and Düsseldorf didn't fit with what I wanted to say. The back of my subconscious knew there was some food item that fit. But I needed a word that was either Klingon or Yiddish, so none of my usual rhyme dictionary sites were any help. And then finally Erato flashed my mind! Beet soup! Perfect milieu for blood worms!
Folks:
I just finished this puzzle. Very clever with Roman numerals.
I have no time to comment further. See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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