I am a great admirer of Pam's many Sunday publications here, and I did blog a Friday of her creation way back on New Year's Day, 2016. This effort was cute, the three themers are all nice homonyms of AIR. They are consistent with all the homonyms the first word of each fill. They are 12, 15, and 12. They each are amusing repurposing of the "air" phrases. Another three theme fill after Monday, this week. The rest of the puzzle does not seem like a Friday, with very few long words outside of the theme. ARRESTED, PARAGONS, SIXPACKS, and TEAR INTO being the set. I await your comments.
The theme:
19A. What "You're not leaving me enough!" demonstrates?: HEIR PRESSURE (12). Part of my job has exposed me to all too many unfeeling avaricious progenies. The worst so far was the son who ran home to steal his father's coin collection so he would not have to share with his sister.
36A. Learning to live with your mistakes?: ERR (again) CONDITIONING (15). They say you can be conditioned to do anything.
52A. Malady caused by overexposure to a Brontë work?: EYRE SICKNESS. Jane returns; have we been overexposed? And there you have the theme.
The rest.
Across:
1. Shopping club: SAM'S. The club created by the Walmart people named for the founder.
5. Assist, in a way: ABET. (again) Abet is often heard in the legal sense of "aiding and abetting" a crime and often has a negative implication. Although this is the most common use, abet is also used in a positive sense and is a more sophisticated way of saying "help."
9. With 43-Across, shipshape: NEAT. 43A. See 9-Across: AS A PIN. Also fitting with our Monday pin setting discussion.
13. Settled: ALIT. Picture a butterfly.
14. __ parade: PRIDE. Well placed as this month is Pride month. The month of June was chosen for LGBT Pride Month to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969. FIB 1.
15. Folksy Burl: IVES.
16. Pop opener: SODA. For you midwesterners Soda Pop.
17. Golfing nickname: ARNIE. 8D. Prepare to swing: TEE UP. Go, Boomer, Gary, and George.
18. Mariner org.: NASA. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
22. Saddlebag carrier: ASS.
23. __-been: HAS. never was. FIB 2.
24. __-Locka, Fla.: OPA. The area was originally named by the Native Americans “Opa-tisha-wocka-locka” meaning “a big island covered with many trees and swamps” but the name was quickly shortened to Opa-locka. It sounds like it was named by the Muppets. FIB 3.
25. Obstacle for salmon: DAM. Yes, this is tough when you are swimming upstream.
28. Rutgers' conference: BIG TEN. The famous midwest football conference and a New Jersey school.
30. Tundra neighbor: TAIGA. A Friday word: a swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes, especially that between the tundra and steppes of Siberia and North America. Dictionary.
32. Bit of intimacy in a crowd, briefly: PDA. Public Display of Affection.
34. J.R.R. Tolkien did some research for it: OED. Oxford English Dictionary.
35. Backup __: SINGER. A change from Isaac Bashevis. FIB 4.
39. Lock shops?: SALONS. Hah hah, locks of hair. Add an m and you have...
40. Chihuahua neighbor: Abbr.: TEXas. Has the state gone to the dogs?
41. Hill builder: ANT.
42. Ostentatious: SWANK. Hilary? She took three years off to care for her father who needed a lung transplant.
45. Artists Against Fracking co-founder: ONO. Artists Against Fracking is an association of artists initiated by Yoko Ono and her son, Sean Lennon, also including Mark Ruffalo, Robert de Niro, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, and Deepak Chopra
46. Pitcher feature: EAR. None bigger than Don Mossie's. For you Boomer and HG.
48. Cool relative: RAD. Already passé slang.
49. Bossy comeback: MOO. Cow humor.
55. Preacher's support: AMEN.
58. How much signing is done: IN INK. Also an integral part of my current work, but we use blue ink for a "wet" signature.
59. Coup d'__: ETAT. This is also like putsch: a secretly plotted and suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government. FIB 5.
60. Rocky __: ROAD. Ice cream. FIB 6.
61. Tars: SALTS. Both names for sailors.
62. Socially conscious: WOKE. Be alert to injustice in society, especially racism.
63. Dieter's count: FATS. Not calories?
64. This, in Toledo: ESTO. Lucina, how are you.
65. Do some parasailing, say: SOAR.
Down:
1. 2000s White House girl: SASHA. No politics, just a college kid.
2. Fleshy-leaved plants: ALOES.
3. Modest skirts: MIDIS.
4. Symbol for Macy's: STAR.
5. Checked: ARRESTED. We can debate this meaning?
6. Storage aids: BINS.
7. Tesla rival: EDISON. The SKINNY.
9. Important number in Sudoku grid construction: NINE. The key number, as our many Sudokuites would explain.
10. Actress Mendes: EVA.
11. DDE rival: AES. Adlai Ewing Stevenson II.
12. "3-1-1" enforcement gp.: TSA. Transportation Security Administration
14. Perfect models: PARAGONS.
20. 21st of 24: PHI. Greek letters.
21. There's often a colon in one: RATIO.
25. "Mangia!": DIG IN. Today's clecho with 57D. Mangia!": EAT. Usually heard as mangia, mangia! Italian home cooking can be some of the best meals you ever have whether they use sauce or gravy.
26. Deal maker: AGENT. Think actors and sports stars.
27. Helgenberger of "A Dog's Journey": MARG. China Beach and CSI
28. "Everything Tastes Better With __": Sara Perry cookbook: BACON. Does everyone agree? I do not eat bacon. FIB 7. She also has one about Garlic.
29. Fixes People, say: EDITS. The magazine, which you can tell by the capital P.
31. Former U.N. chief: ANNAN. KOFI from Ghana. An impressive man.
32. Shrimp kin: PRAWN.
33. 1964 Tony Randall title role: DR LAO. An odd movie.
35. Gym developments: SIX PACKS. I have one, but I keep it safe under a nice layer of adipose cells.
36. Exxon, formerly: ESSO. This is classic crosswordese.
37. Perfectly pitched: ON KEY.
43. Play areas: ARENAS.
44. Texter's "Beats me": IDK. I Don't Know.
47. Come to light: ARISE.
49. Empowerment hashtag: ME TOO. A movement.
50. Universal Studios Japan home: OSAKA. To compete with Disney Japan, I guess. USJ
51. Blender brand: OSTER. I like Oster toaster.52. Purposes: ENDS.
53. River sediment: SILT. A circular meaning as it is fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor.
54. It breaks quickly nowadays: NEWS.
55. Bit of dogspeak: ARF.
56. Bygone New Zealand bird: MOA. There is no more Moa. A dinosaur descendant. And there is no Moa of me today, but thank you PAK and all who read. Lemonade out, the grid below.
58 comments:
FIR, no write-overs Happy Friday!
Good morning!
D-o didn't ERR on this one. It was a clean sweep, top to bottom, and Wite-Out free. Yay. Thanx for the outing, Pam, and for the expo, Lemonade. (I wouldn't have noticed all those FIBs if you hadn't pointed them out.)
IVES: I remember him as Big Daddy in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
BACON: Haven't eaten any in years. I do put Canadian bacon on my Eggs Benedict, but that's more ham than bacon.
MOA: I think it's generally accepted that all birds are dinosaur descendants. The MOA were doing fine in New Zealand until about 600 years ago. That's when the first humans arrived on the islands. Apparently the MOA were tasty and easy to catch/kill.
Ditto, HM. Finished it right in a little over 16 minutes, a very fast Friday finish for me. Thanks, PAK, for a very pleasant and enjoyable puzzle. And thanks, lemony, for your usual erudite elucification, but I have to ask what the FIB's are for. Did I miss something?
A PUBLIC DISPLAY OF AFFECTION
Is unlikely to escape detection.
Keep it in check, Ted,
Or be ARRESTED
For blocking the intersection!
There are some who pronounce it as 'eyer': EYRE.
And some who pronounce it as 'air': EYRE.
And just to be mean
Some people are seen
To pronounce it as'eye-er-ee': EYRE!
{B+, B-.}
FIB is an abbreviation for Fill In the Blank. Part of my write-up concept is to point out things I notice in the puzzle presented. It has no great meaning, only an observation
Solving in advance I tend to forget details but my original impression was that this was very difficult. Looking back at the completed xword it doesn't seem so .
But the A in TAIGA/MARG was a WAG. I finished Saturday, I've got three WAGs there.
I take it we'll get an explanation of those FIBs later. And we did.
WC
I see I'll have to wait to comment. Time I got some shut-eye
Plus, I see the bug that prevents use of Preview (on Android) is back
Obviously Pam constructed a puzzle to 'air' out her grievances. WOKE, ME TOO, PRIDE, and a anti-fracking clue for ONO (as that crowd flies around in private jets)
I stumbled around filling this puzzle until EYRE SICKNESS was in place and worked my way up North. No way I would have ever filled DR LAO or MARG without the homonyms (homophones).
When did Rutgers join the BIG TEN? Never knew that.
MARG, TSA, DR. LAO, IDK- perped.
Fast Friday. Fun theme, Pam. Beautiful blog, Lemonade.
MARG and DR. LAO were my only unknowns with easy perps and a wag.
My LOCKs need a SALON bigly. That describes my hair, too.
I see today that some restaurants which opened are closed again because the staff has Covid 19.
It took me a minute to get soda. Nearly half of the country — 47 percent — refers to it as "soda," while 23 percent say "pop" and another 19 percent go the proper noun route and say "Coke." I have heard of SODA POP, but not often. It must be used by the remaining 11%. My southern college roommate would ask, "What kind of Coke (soda) do you want? I 'll take Co'Cola" We say soda.
OKL, PDA poem is great. Instead of PDA, more often we say, "Get a room."
TSA, Transportation Security Administration checks your bags at the airport before a flight.
The 3-1-1 rule is: Each liquid must be in a 3.4-ounce or less container (“3”), all containers must be placed inside one clear quart-sized plastic bag (“1”) and each passenger is only allowed one plastic bag (1).
Good morning everyone.
Always enjoy Pam's puzzles. This one did not disappoint. Got the theme easily with HEIR PRESSURE. Homonyms of 'air'. Only one ERRor, so; good for a Friday.
TAIGA - I've been to the TAIGA of northern Quebec to tour the LaGrande hydro complex.
BACON - BH makes BLT's every Saturday for lunch.
DDE - My ship was a DDE when I served on her. Stood for Escort Destroyer. Reverted back to DD in 1962. Not to be confused with the smaller Destroyer Escorts such as the USS Slater (Museum) displayed at Albany, a few miles from IM. See Escort Destroyer.
(The Bache, shown in the article, was a sister ship to mine.)
Hola!
I would like to say my grid is NEAT AS A PIN but had one w/o, AMBO changed to AMEN. otherwise it looks grand but only after a lot of thought. The clues were so generic I had to mentally process them before filling any cell.
Once realizing that "air" was the KEY, PRESSURE and CONDITIONING quickly emerged. I'll take a CSO at AIR CONDITIONING because that is how we survive in the desert.
Lemonade, thank you for asking; I am well only feeling cabin fever like everyone else during this time of sheltering in place.
CSI was my favorite show so MARG Helgenburger immediately appeared.
And the only movie where I have seen EVA Mendes is "Hitched" with her and Will Smith.
Thank you, Pam A.K. for the fun and Lemonade for the detailed analysis.
Owen:
Nice job!
Have a splendid day, everyone!
9 minutes flat today, which is a fast Friday for me. Got the airless theme fairly quickly.
Good puzzle.
Good Morning:
This was a clever theme but well below Friday difficulty in solving, IMO. My unknowns were Dr. Lao and Taiga. Sasha had to wait for perps because Malia and Jenna (Bush) were possibilities. Sam’s broke the logjam quickly enough. No w/os but a couple of dandy duos: ESSO/Esto and Ear/Err. Also liked the clecho Mangia cluing. My favorite C/A was Bossy comeback=Moo. CSO to HG at NASA and DO and Anon T at Tex, again!
Thanks, Pam, for a fun solve and thanks, Lemony for the entertaining expo and for the FIB explanation.
FLN
Gary, I’m glad you and Joann were finally able to visit your MIL. I imagine it was a bittersweet reunion.
oc4beach, yes, you certainly did get me hooked on Gibble’s chips! I haven’t bought any other brand for the last few years. A while ago, I was at my sister’s and had some chips that tasted (I use tasted very loosely) like cardboard might taste. I believe they were Utz, which has become a very popular snack brand in the local markets. As for Wise chips, many years ago they were my brand of choice but then, like everything else, they went downhill in flavor. Anyway, thanks to you, I am a happy potato chip addict!
Have a great day.
Saw The Seven Faces of Dr Loa when I was a kid. Loved it. Strange and weird but then again I am strange and weird.
FIR but it was a struggle, though not necessarily a slog. [Bossy comeback] went right over my head. Didn't know TAIGA or OSTER. I liked the theme and found this a satisfying difficult puzzle.
Quibbles: Surely the NE corner could've been a cleaner fill, given the lone fixture was the final E in HEIRPRESSURE. I'm sure we could've gotten better fill than AES and TSA (and maybe something more contemporary than IVES). Also, the NE and SW corners are only accessible via the theme answer, which makes for a difficult (in a bad way) solve, IMO. I prefer a grid with more connections among the various quadrants. Just my two cents.
Lemon: Nice, informative write-up and links. Good job!
What a FUN Friday puzzle. Really enjoyed the theme.
NEAT ... AS A PIN ... just the way I enjoy my Scotch, Rum and OUZO.
Hope everyone has a Great Weekend.
I'll be "Toasting" y'all at Sunset.
Cheers!
FIR. Changed dais to AMEN and uses to ENDS. Crosses filled the final A in TAIGA. Didn't really know MARG, but had to be.
2014. Rutgers joins BIG TEN.
No problem with preview, but I do have an ancient version of Android.
MO
Musings
-Cool weather and .70” of rain. What a change!
-No HEIR PRESSURE here. The memory place will have all of MIL’s money by November
-This Midwesterner has never said SODA POP, just POP.
-While on this subject, do you say pictures or photos? I’m in the former camp
-The persistent wind this month has made me TEE UP the ball lower
-49. Across - Our town’s semi-pro team
-My friend had the growth of his cancer ARRESTED
-27. Down - The town where I play golf named a street after their famous hometown girl
-1964 was when “UNWOKE” Hollywood was using Anglo actors for Asian roles
-Thanks Irish, one thing about Alzheimer’s is that she did not realize we had not seen her for three months
FIW.In key or on key didn't know dilao. Quite a few of the clues are “stretches” today.Definitely not in my wheelhouse, as I had no clue about the theme entries. Wheels42 said it all for me.
Finished in two minutes. NOT! his one ended up going from bottom to top as sometimes happens. Once Eyre appeared, it was smooth sailing back to the top. Favorite clue had to be bossy comeback. The cross at PDA and Drlao was last to fall.
What do we mean by "That clue is a stretch" ? To me it means the clue is not very reasonable. I think puns are delightful stretches, purposely unreasonable. Today the theme answers are delightful intentional stretches. Most other clues are not stretches, they are just not in our wheelhouse. Sometimes the constructor takes too much license and writes a bad clue, but not very often. I believe that clues that are not in my wheelhouse are fair. Those clues are gimmes for the techies and those into higher science and math. We others can learn something. We liberal arts and language people have our own wheelhouses. Then, some other solvers are into pop culture, sports, all different types of music or the arts and some are not. Because we never heard of a clue or answer doesn't make it bad.
The perps were very helpful today.
Every Christmas we watch Burl Ives in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, an enduring classic.
I kind of liked the four three letter words at 22, 23, 24 and 25 across and 45, 46, 47 and 48 across.
George,
As OMaxiN mentioned Rutgers joined the Big Ten in 2014. The bigger question is WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS TO THEIR TEAM .
Oh, money. The ideal of amateur athletics
Well, I had a great solving morning, getting my first-ever Diabolical Sudoku, as well as Kenken and Jumble without a problem. But, although many found it Friday-easy, I had to work hard on this crossword, and needed a bit of help. Ironically, I got the northeast and southwest corners quickly, but had trouble with the northwest and southeast. Still, lots of fun, many thanks, Pam. And thanks for your commentary, Lemonade.
I, of course, got stared with the EYRE, then struggled with the rest. In the end, EYRE SICKNESS cracked me up.
EDITS for "Fixes People" was funny too. Thankfully the capitalized People helped.
I also liked AMEN for 'Preacher's support.'
Have a good weekend coming up, everybody.
I enjoyed the fresh HEIR/ERR/EYRE this morning. There were a few unknowns, but eventually the perps solved it. Very satisfying when it feels almost impossible before I FIR! Thanks, Pam and Lemonade. You are clearly PARAGONS of your respective crafts. Others finished with PRIDE, and ME TOO!
Not only did I FIR with no inkovers the puns/wordplay were obvious which means this is more of a much earlier in the week challenge. Today's puzzle was like an eagle's nest...very Aerie and lately very. hairy with tresses, locks and salons.
Herr Mozart composed a lovely Air
LIU...the difference between taiga and tundra is the former has trees. Ostentatious is an adjective like swanky not SWANK which is a noun.
Yoko snuck (sneaked?) her way into the puzzle again... ONO!! Never heard or have seen the abbreviation PDA
Some friends use IDK when texting..not me, but IDK why?
Was thinking of Tesla the car not the man.
A pitcher has a handle. A jug has EARS but I can see how "checked" in the sense of stopped agrees with ARRESTED. My SIXPACK is waiting for me in the fridge.
Like the Griswolds in "Vegas Vacation" we took the DAM Tour (as in Hoover) with the family, same year 1997.
A PARAGON of inanity:
Fall from parasailing and you'll likely be quite ____ SOAR
The "joy bringing" nut on top of a Peter Paul candy bar ______ AMEN
Cockney greetings______ ALOES.
Mangia bene, ridi spesso, ama molto!
Water pitchers are sometimes said to have EARs, right?
I really enjoyed this puzzle even though I discovered I FIW after I was done- brain fade at DR. LAW/LAO which turned ONO into ONW (no idea, I thought it was an acronym).
Loved MOO as well as the theme answers
Learning moment was TAIGA. Now if I can just remember it.
Alice, I think that's where the expression "little pitchers have big ears" came from. Or maybe it was baseball...
Like others, I was able to do this good Friday puzzle. Usually I don't do so well on Fridays.
COSTCO and BJs didn't fit for the Shopping club clue, so SAMS it was. However it could have been PACE which was a follow-on to MAKRO which was not the first in the US, but was one of the earliest shoppers clubs. MAKRO was bought out by KMart and renamed PACE which was ultimately bought out by WalMart and became SAMS.
There was only one change that had to be made today to get the TA DA. IN ASL before IN INK (How many of you really do your puzzles in ink?).
The main reason that the BIG TEN brought Rutgers and Maryland into the conference was to get the New York and Mid Atlantic viewing markets for their BIG10 TV network. They brought in Penn State and Nebraska for their large, loyal fan bases. It's all about the money. HG do you like being in the BIG10?
IM, I'm glad you like the Gibbles chips. I do too.
Time to go out to the supermarket and expose myself to all of the pathogens floating around. Mask and gloves will be my shopping trip fashion statement.
Have a great day everyone and practice safe social distancing.
Jerry S. if you are weird you will fit right in here. Welcome anytime
Some pitchers have ear shaped handles. Yes, DO, I agree that is where the saying "little pitchers have big ears" comes form. Baseball pitchers with big ears. LOL.
eared pitchers
I solve in ink, but very lightly. Very occasionally I get an inky blob.
oc4beach, I solve the puzzles in ink, but I keep my trusty Wite-Out close at hand.
Lemonade- Rutgers? I wonder how many of their Big Ten games are played in their own stadium. All the football powerhouses schedule pushover teams to increase gate money, make their record look better, and give their benchwarmers a chance to play. But sometimes it backfires.
A couple of years ago, LSU lost to Troy State. Even worse than that was the year before Nick Saban went to Alabama, the Tide lost to Northeast LA (now UL-Monroe).
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY for the small school programs.
Oc4beach – Joining the BIG TEN was a real step up for the UNL both academically and athletically. Husker FB had a huge margin over BIG TEN teams and then when they joined the conference the BIG TEN got much better. It was still a great step for all.
A tough Friday slog from Ms. Klawitter (gotta love that name!) but, after several at-bats and countless swings (and no help, either from Googling or trash can lids), I knocked it outta the park.
Ta ~ DA!
YR ~ I also solve in ink. Sometimes I wish I had a lighter touch. When too many blobs stare back at me, I rely on memory (er, not the most reliable aid at my age...).
~ OMK
____________
DR: Only one diagonal, on the front end.
Its anagram seems to relate to current news events.
With all the attention nowadays to "Defund the Police" protests, and so many explanations that this may actually mean "Revise" how police moneys are to be spent, today's anagram seems calculated for a re-naming of your local station, as the...
"RETHINKERS' P.D."!
Good points.
Hi Big Easy: Rutgers gets the same number of home BIG10 games as the rest of the conference. The in-conference (East and West) games alternate each year so one year you go to the opponent's home stadium and the next year they come to your's. It's usually the first three games that are non-BIG10 games where they bring in the lambs for the slaughter.
HG: The original 10 don't really like your team and my team in their conference because we beat them more than they beat us. (usually)
Hi All!
Thanks Pam for a fine (doable) Friday puzzle. Like Misty, it wasn't "easy" but perps were friendly enough to "see" the word(s) like, T--RINT- is TEAR IN TO.
I guess I pronounce HEIR wrong; I say it like hair w/ a shorter H not like 'air.'
Informative(ish) Expo Lem! I coulda used a bit more help on Bossy | MOO meaning.
WOs: ---PeCK was presumptuous [and wrong PEC] as was EYe-S--KNESS. WOKo was me wanting to write an O even though METOO was already filled.
ESPs: TAIGA | MARG, DR. LAO, OPA
Fav: "Mangia!, Mangia!" "DIG IN, EAT!"
//Now that MOO has been explained, that's Fav.
{B+, B}
OMK - LOL!
Cool ship[shape) Spitz!
YR - Mom says 'SODA Pop' or even 'Sodey-pop.' Also, thanks for expo of 3-1-1. I was thinking municipalities and "how's TSA enforce that? Must be another TLA*"
"311 is a non-emergency phone number that people can call in many cities to find information about services, make complaints, or report problems like graffiti or road damage. Even in cities where a different phone number is used, 311 is the generally recognized moniker for non-emergency phone systems." [the Internet]
So, oc4 is the original Gibble's pusher, eh? It was IM's posts that got me to try them.
BTW, oc4. M-S, IN INK, with a black Pilot G-2 .05. And, unlike D-O, I literally WO (write-over) wrong fill [my grid]
A year or so ago, I had to ask Youngest "What's EYE-DEE-KAY?" She said, "I Don't Know." It took a few seconds for the penny to drop.
Cheers, -T
*TLA - Three Letter Acronym :-)
Looking at last years Husker schedule, we had 9 Big 10 games (of 12 total), 4 of which were away. IIRC, all teams in either division play each other yearly, alternating home field. And the teams from the other division rotate, so you meet the other teams at a rate of twice every 4 years, almost. Not sure how they resolve the extra 7th opponent situation... Rutgers and Maryland (the most recent additions) are no different in scheduling.
I'm not a rabid fan of any sport, but we have had FB season tickets for close to 20 years and have lived in Lincoln for 40 years, so I observe the mood up close and personal. I'd say that nearly everyone is happy about the switch to the Big 10, even though the record hasn't been what the fan base "expects" for quite some time. Part of that is due to an improvement in the quality of the other programs. Part can be charged to internal issues. But overall, the Husker Nation seems to like the result of the switch.
And then there's the fact that the Big 12 has become a dumpster fire.....:-)
-T, I will say your printing is neat, unlike my scribbling. When this subject ARISES I recall being told that a silver write a book about correcting. I also very my A and a. And not reading my OWN writing has caused FIW's.
I will think Rutgers may have been in t Big East once. The ACC grabbed the big plun, Miami and BC tagged along.
Notre Dame football stays indie;
One problem not often noted is verbal "contracts" with recruits. The good news was that Tom fell to the sixth round because Michigan had to play the other guy* per the "deal".
I recall Don Mossi from that 1954 Cleveland team the "Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant"(despite 103 wins). My BoSox didn't help losing 20 of 22 to the Indians and splitting with NY.
Re. unWOKE Hollywood: 30 for 30 just had a series on Bruce Lee getting passed over for Keith Caradine for a Kung Fu series.
WC
*A NY Yankee signee, tries to play two sports, neither very well
Can't blame it on Preview. It's working.
I went right through this non-Friday level puzzle, as many others noted.
Still a nice grid, though.
No write-overs today.
From yesterday.....
MEMENTO...that was one clever film. I was so impressed and entertained that I bought the Blu-ray. Also a plot that one doesn’t see often in this day of endless remakes and sequels.
On to Saturday. Stay safe.
DNF for me today,
gave up around the Natick: Tiaga/annan.
But I must say I was impressed with the many devious clues...
It's funny, but I can't show examples now,
because after the fact the make sense.
but, in trying to solve, they tied me up in knots...
My absolute fav chips...
Not dusty, hacking coff producing like Lays...
But lay beat them out of the market, & you can't find them on local routes any more...
Utz, is a close alternative, but only 50% as good, I would say
Lays is about 25% of Vickies, & probably useful for cleaning up oil spills...
MIsty,
I got into Sudoku when The Star Ledger ran a version
that also included a diagonal (X) 1 thru 9 reveal,
making solving much easier...
(no longer available)
But it made me search Google,
& there are Many, Many options out there...
I think, by far, the best was This version which I found to be the easiest to use.
I started using it to solve previous ink puzzles I screwed up on,
by typing in the printed puzzle. But lately,
I have been clicking on the samples, & choosing (medium is good) but Hard
will test your mettle...
& you can save it mid puzzle, by clicking save,
& typing (lets say) todays date Friday June 19,
& go crazy with possibilities but backtrack if you are wrong!
Note that this is the original Sudoku solver,
the updated version, is actually harder to use...
Try a hard sample puzzle, & click generate,
to reveal all the possible pencil marks.
If you get tired of all the possibilities,
click hint, for the obvious stuff you missed.
I have gone beyond pointing pairs,
hidden pairs,
triple pairs,
& even x wings (piece of cake!)
Now I am trying to find X-Y Wings (sometimes called Swordfish)
Good Luck!
One more tidbit:
Lets say you pick a number in a certain spot,
click "check" & it will tell you if you are right or wrong,
but also remove all other non applicable pencil marks!
If wrong, just erase & hit check again, it will replace the last pencil marks...
Using this solver, you will be looking for hidden pairs,
x-wings X-y wings, & even more before unknown logic
than you thought possible!
The complete story of the result of the 4 new teams have done in the BIG 10 ALL TEAM RESULTS.
I must apologize for the above
"good Luck" link.
While this guy has taught me much about Sudoku,
the above has to be the worst example of
how to find an X-Wing I have ever seen...
I was SCREAMING, but the positions a3 & b3 could also have been 8's!
Apparently, he is on some higher logic level than any beginner...
Just use the Sudoku Solver, & generate the pencil marks,
& use hints when you have to,
& you will come across many, many, instances
of things you would never have known to look for...
Have fun!
Irish Miss and oc4beach, where do you buy your Gibbles chips? I don't think our local supermarket (Ralphs) carries them.
YR, it is nice to see someone understood my intention with the pitchers with Ears. Don was a good relief pitcher but what a punum!
Miss Vickie's began in Canada when a potato farming family decided that most potato chips had no flavor. The recipe originated with Vickie and Bill Kerr, at their potato farm in New Lowell, Ontario. On February 1, 1993, Miss Vickie's was purchased by Hostess Frito-Lay. There is no escape. They are available in all Publix supermarkets.
As for Corner favorite GIBBLE'S that is another story.
Bill G. - shipmychips.com for the Gibbles. -T
Bill G., you can get Gibble's SHIPPED DIRECTLY TO YOU
Pretty funny -T
Fabulous Friday. Thanks for the fun, Pam and Lemonade.
This was a bit of a workout for me, but I FIRed and saw the Air homonyms.
I smiled at the marine mini-theme, with NASA (except Mariner referred to space!), 9A "shipshape", and 61A "Tars=SALTS". IM beat me to ESSO and ESTO.
Unknowns filled with perps and WAGs included TAIGA, MARG, BACON, TSA.
This Canadian did not know Rutgers and the BIG TEN.
Hand up for wanting a Dais (because pulpit was too long) for that preacher.
Depending on the diet, carbs, calories, FATS may be counted.
My favourite was the clue for MOO. I see it was a favorite for many of you.
Good evening all. (Yes, I like Miss Vickie's!
CEh! I like your schizophrenic favourite for you and favorite for us.
Thank you Lemonade for the picture of a 1964 Topps baseball card of Don Mossi. I once saw a movie with an elephant that had ears a little bigger than that and if he flapped them he could fly. I think it was just a little Mumbo Jumbo.
Good evening, folks. Thank you, Pam Amick Klawitter, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Lemonade, for a fine review.
Puzzle wet well. Caught the theme easily.
Haven't much time tonight. Ready to hit the hay. Had a big day today.
Saw my two new doctors and got the scoop. Radiation and Chemo for six weeks. Starting next week. Hope it goes well.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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God Speed Abejo! -T
The key to potato chips and cookies is buying on sale. Publix coined a word BOGO. But beware buy 2 get one free. re blueberries sell on average 3/10. They'll then sell them 2/3. But the new price is $4.99(*2/3=$3.33)!
Pepperidge farm and capecod are fixed at $3.79(outrageous). But their monthly bogos are worth stocking up in. The PP's I like are Sausalito macadamia.
But eaten in moderation.
WC
Abejo:
I wish you the best of luck and my prayers are with you.
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