23. Wry suggestion at breakfast about what to feed the cat when you're out of milk?: GIVE IT SOME JUICE.
34. Suggested which breakfast bread to brown?: PROPOSED A TOAST.
52. Sign of a sloppy breakfast eater?: EGG ON ONE'S FACE.
71. Secure a breakfast supply?: BRING HOME THE BACON.
92. Breakfast complaint about getting the oolong by mistake?: NOT MY CUP OF TEA.
107. Breakfast go-with that comes from a plant?: CREAM OF THE CROP.
124. Reference with rows and columns covering all varieties of a breakfast drink?: COFFEE TABLE BOOK.
See, Paul sure loves food and loves play with food. He's made a few puzzles with food themes.
Today's seven theme entries are all quite long and take lots of squares, but the fill is smooth.
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Across:
1. Kind of pool: TIDAL.
6. Arthur Ashe's alma mater: UCLA.
10. Clyde cap: TAM.
13. British bakery buy: SCONE. Breakfast item.
18. Antipasto morsel: OLIVE. Food again.
19. Insulted smack: SLAP.
20. Asian nurse: AMAH. I've mentioned before. Many households in Hong Kong have amahs. Most of them are from the Philippians and they have regular gatherings on Sundays in Central Hong Kong.
22. Welcome words to a hitchhiker: HOP IN.
26. "A Passage to India" heroine: ADELA. Played by Judy Davis. I watched it ages ago. So glad the guy was cleared in the end.
27. Nostradamus, e.g.: SEER.
28. Seagoing force: ARMADA.
29. Thumb-and-finger sounds: SNAPS.
31. __ center: REC.
32. Retired flier: SST.
37. Strike out: DELETE.
40. R&B's Boyz II __: MEN. Loved their "End of the Road".
41. Story featuring Paris: ILIAD. Not the city.
42. Choice group: ELITE.
43. A, in Arles: UNE.
46. Title sitcom bookstore owner: ELLEN. Turns out she's pretty tough in in real life.
48. Columnist Bombeck: ERMA.
56. Nine-digit ID: SSN.
58. Chit: IOU.
59. Code word: DAH.
60. "The Seinfeld Chronicles," e.g.: TV PILOT.
61. @@@@: ATS.
63. Intensified: AMPED.
65. Mex. miss: SRTA.
67. Brain scan letters: EEG.
68. Make __ of: botch: A HASH.
70. Mantegna's "Criminal Minds" role: ROSSI. Never saw the series.
76. Somewhat, informally: SORTA.
78. Beast of Borden: ELSIE.
79. One of the Reagans: RON. Remember Air America?
80. First-rate: TOPS.
83. Introduction: PROEM.
84. St. with a panhandle: IDA.
85. Monterey County seat that's the birthplace of John Steinbeck: SALINAS. We also have 8D. Truman's Missouri birthplace: LAMAR.
88. 50 Cent piece: RAP.
89. Handful: FEW. Still lots of buds in our lilies. So beautiful.
90. "__ voyage!": BON.
95. Family lads: SONS.
97. Advances: LENDS.
99. "Come again?" replies: EHS.
100. Apprehension: DREAD.
101. Video store section: SCI-FI.
103. It's game: TAG.
106. Damon appears as him in five films: BOURNE (Jason)
113. Sundial marking: III.
114. Curtain holder: ROD.
115. French Alps river: ISERE. Merges with the Rhone.
116. Humble: MENIAL.
118. Not that: THIS.
122. Like many elephants: ASIAN.
127. Cheesy snack: NACHO.
128. 1984 Peace Nobelist: TUTU.
129. Sitcom sign-off word: NANU.
130. Pan-fry: SAUTE.
131. Relatively cool heavenly body: K STAR. C/S STAR is cool too, right.
132. Damascus is its cap.: SYR.
133. Detect: SPOT.
134. Scarecrow stuff: STRAW.
Down:
1. Clothes: TOGS.
2. Tennis great Nastase: ILIE.
3. One may be done from a cliff: DIVE.
4. Put off by: AVERSE TO.
5. Floral necklace: LEI. My fresh lei from JimmyB.
6. World power initials until 1991: USSR.
7. Walk noisily: CLOMP.
9. Tarzan's realm: APEDOM.
10. Upsilon preceder: TAU.
11. Awry: AMISS.
12. Longtime Lehrer partner: MACNEIL.
13. Cascades peak: SHASTA.
14. Atlantic catch: COD.
15. Palais Garnier performance: OPERA. Palais Garnier was mentioned in "The Phantom of the Opera".
16. "Frasier" character: NILES.
17. Legislate: ENACT.
21. Like Irving's horseman: HEADLESS.
24. London art gallery: TATE.
25. Jest: JAPE.
30. What careful people take: PAINS.
33. Surgical tube: STENT.
35. Ten sawbucks: ONE C.
36. Gray's "The Progress of Poesy," e.g.: ODE.
37. Accomplishments: DEEDS.
38. "Enigma Variations" composer: ELGAR (Edward)
39. Jeanie's hair color, in an old song: LIGHT BROWN.
43. Allow to fluctuate, as a currency: UNPEG.
44. Whinnied, say: NEIGHED.
45. Immigrant's class: Abbr.: ESL.
47. Boxer's director: LEASH. Great clue.
49. Humdinger: RIPSNORTER. I've yet to use this word in my daily conversation.
50. Homer's hangout: MOE'S.
51. Autobahn auto: AUDI.
53. Baker: OVEN.
54. Brewery heads: FOAMS.
55. Believer's antithesis: ATHEIST.
57. Bust maker: NARC.
62. Storied Robin Hood target: THE RICH.
64. Debatable: MOOT.
66. Johnson of "Laugh-In": ARTE.
69. Elite unit: A TEAM.
72. Foot in a poem: IAMB.
73. Chan portrayer Warner __: OLAND.
74. Perk: BONUS.
75. Take __: rest: A NAP.
76. Nos. affecting UV exposure: SPFS.
77. Crumbled sundae topper: OREO.
81. Song of joy: PAEAN.
82. Fictional falcon seeker: SPADE. Sam Spade.
84. Essentially: IN EFFECT.
86. Alkaline solution: LYE.
87. "Same here": SO DO I.
91. Blends: OLIOS.
93. Bone head?: OSTE.
94. Large flying mammal: FRUIT BAT. Bats makes me nervous.
96. Govt. benefits org.: SSA.
98. Laughing gas, familiarly: NITROUS.
102. Key of Brahms' First Symphony: C MINOR.
104. Pinnacle: ACME.
105. Targets marked with flags: GREENS.
106. Tab: BILL.
107. Annoying, as a call: CRANK.
108. Gift for el 14 de febrero: ROSAS.
109. Decree: EDICT.
110. Substantial: HEFTY.
111. Ready to pour: ON TAP.
112. Instrument for Joel or John: PIANO.
117. Adjoin: ABUT.
119. Rush __: HOUR.
120. Letter before kappa: IOTA.
121. Bias: SKEW.
123. "Bingo!": AHA.
125. Cat coat: FUR.
126. Capital of Switzerland?: ESS. Just the starting letter: Switzerland.
C.C.
Thanks, C.C. Yes, I do love cooking. I'm a big fan of cooking shows - yesterday, I binge-watched Britain's Best Home Cook. It's wonderful how cordial Brits are with each other. I also love to eat, as my photo shows. But I've been losing some weight recently. Every day during the crisis, I walk to our local park, then run around its path, which is about a mile. It's usually deserted, so I don't have to worry about social distancing, like my sister says she has to do in LA. The running has produced results - I've gone down two notches on my belt. Yay!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, folks, check out C.C.'s lovely grid in the Sunday Universal, which you can access via the Today's Puzzles tab at crosswordfiend.com Oh, also by the way, the theme clues today were Rich's. Very different from mine and a total surprise - enjoyed them a lot.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteZipped through this one in short order. My only Wite-Out moment was changing LOAN to LEND. Interesting to see TUTU beside NANU and the CSO to CanadianEh! at 99a. IN EFFECT seems a stretch for "Essentially," but it does fit Merriam-Webster's eighth definition. Thanx, Paul and C.C.
BOURNE: There are five films? I've only seen three. Time to go searching.
ELGAR: I'm more familiar with this piece. It was listed as my favorite song in the high school yearbook.
It was actually the Enigma Variations that thrust Elgar from relative obscurity to fame at age 46. The "Enigma" of the piece is that the theme on which the variations are based is not stated at the beginning as is standard for this musical form. In fact the theme is never actually played. The variations are actually musical sketches of Elgar's close friends. The identity of the theme has I'm sure been the subject of more than one Ph.D. dissertation. Elgar himself was reported to have said that the theme "never" is heard, leading to speculation that is might be based on "Rule Britannia" by Thomas Arne, which has has the refrain "Britons 'never' will be slaves".
DeletePaul, I did not know Rich would change theme answers without discussion with the constructor. interesting. I am not sure people realize how many Sunday LATs you have created but along with Friday, it is one of your specialties. Speaking of which you have used THE FILL PROEM 4 years ago. We appreciate you stopping by (as the first poster today!) but no grandchildren update?
ReplyDeleteC.C., I think RIP SNORTER only from old westerns on TV. I will defer to Steve and any of our Brits, but I thought SCONES are mostly for afternoon tea, not breakfast. I also do not know how you have missed CRIMINAL MINDS which has been on TV and in syndication for so long.
Thank you both. Any word on Frematprime?
Dyslexia ...
ReplyDeleteLemonade - There's extensive give and take over theme material and fill, but editors control the clueing. They all make changes without consultation, almost always for the better. Mine were straight-forward; Rich's were much more interesting.
ReplyDeleteAs for Addie and Ava, thanks for asking. It was my son Dan's birthday on Fri., but we only had a video chat. The girls don't sit still more than a few seconds for that. Dan's back to stay at home orders now, quite rightly given the resurgence.
73D, how offensive is Oland's portrayal of Charlie Chan in today's environment?
ReplyDeleteAt first I was scrambling, waffling with my answers, and got jammed up. However, in short order I got on a roll, hashed things out, and the puzzle turned into a smoothie!
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ReplyDeleteThat was fun. Great job, Paul and C.C.
A long slog leading to a huge inkblot and a FIR result. Too many write-overs to list. I do it on paper, so I don’t get a time other than the many times my wife asks, “Are you still doing puzzles?” A very worthy challenge!
ReplyDeleteLots of fun. Great theme, Paul. Interesting blog, CC. I made steady progress except on the southeastern coast. I had rip snortin' instead of rip snorter and misspelled PAEAN. P&P gave me a FIR.
ReplyDeleteThe scones were said to be in the British bakery, not necessarily bought for breakfast. The breakfast items were in the theme answers.
I tried to read A Passage to India twice and gave it up. I didn't try the movie.
Palais Garnier was unfamiliar but perps and wags gave me OPERA. Very few unfamiliar words today.
We have a beautiful sunny morning today.
I just had a banana and coffee for breakfast. This puzzle made me hungry. I think I will have a hard boiled egg sandwich for brunch now. TTYL
Musings
ReplyDelete-Exceptional army meals – SPECIAL K RATIONS would have fit me :-)
-Top 10 Nostradamus predictions debunked
-18-yr-old grandson told me he is now binge-watching Seinfeld and enjoying it
-The time right now is IX:LIII
-AWRY – “The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft a-gley.”
-NILES on big box store – “You can buy French doors in one aisle and French fries in the next”
-Spring is when we most often hear ELGAR’s most famous work at graduations
-Chan portrayer OLAND was born in Bjurholm parish in the county of Vasterbotten, Sweden
-Shakespeare/SPADE – “Dreams are made on/of”
-Annoying calls have gone from CRANK to Robo
-“I want some red roses for a blue lady” in Spanish “Quiero unas ROSAS rojas para una dama triste”
-Thanks for the input Paul. Different cluing made me work to solve a puzzle C.C. and I had published
Good morning people. An easy theme to guess and after just a few perps the theme fills were even easier. K-STAR, everybody knows that. But I only got it after changing PRANK call to CRANK. ELLEN,ROSSI, & ADELA were the only unknowns today.
ReplyDeleteELITE & A-TEAM- Elite is the fill for 42A and clue for 69D. Rich slipped on that one Paul.
BRING HOME THE BACON-remember the Enjoli commercial about 40 years ago.
RIP SNORTER- knew it but haven't heard anybody say it in at least 50 years.
BobB- Oland being offensive it 'today's environment'? I guess Tarzan is next.
Liked the crossing food theme. This really helped FIR.
ReplyDeleteHad to change dudS to TOGS,stOMP to CLOMP, meSs to HASH
Seems like it's been a while for AMAH
Lived near LAMAR
Waited on_STAR
Charlie Chan would not be pc
Thank you crosses....OSTE,PAEAN,PROEM
Used RIPSNORTER once ,maybe twice?
Thank you Paul & C.C.
Hi Everyone:
ReplyDeleteWhat a pleasant Sunday morning breakfast treat this was! It was a very smooth solve with only these stumbles: Modest/Menial, Heavy/Hefty, and C Sharp/C Minor. Nice to see Iliad again and the CSOs to CC (Olios), CanadianEh (Ehs), and Lucina at ESL. There were noticeably fewer proper names than usual in a Sunday grid and all were known to me.
Thanks, Paul, for an enjoyable offering and thanks, CC, for the observations and commentary. Nice photo of you, BTW.
DO, I, too, love Pomp and Circumstance and was devastated when the Musical Director of our high school graduation ceremony decided to replace it with something I’ve long forgotten. The only thing I remember from that ceremony is the misery inflicted on the audience by 350+ eighteen year olds singing The Stars and Stripes Forever. “Singing“ might be a stretch.
Have a great day.
Hello everyone.
ReplyDeleteNot so hard today. Finally got it all. The breakfast fill was well executed. I've gotten to like Paul's puzzles over time.
CLOMP - Merriam gives no etymology. The Dutch have a word 'klomp' pl 'klompen' which means wooden shoes. That's certainly the sound they would make going over someone's deck.
Going out for ice cream later to Nookies. Great variety.
Good morning, all. Lovely puzzle. The NW and NE went very smoothly. It was a puzzle where several of the answers could be completed before looking at the clues just to confirm what was already known. A bit of head scratching with paean, tops and dread but nothing too time consuming.
ReplyDeleteIt was nice to see the Iliad for the second time in a few days. My high school literature teacher would be smiling. I am,too, remembering how just as he told the class we were about to have a "pop quiz" on the chapters that had been assigned as homework, a quiz for which I was, let us say, ill-prepared, a summons with my name on it arrived from the attendance office. A look skyward and a quick "Thank you." Mel used the same line a couple of years later in The Twelve Chairs.
Paul, great puzzle! I had never heard of PROEM before, and I was sure I had a wrong letter in there, but the crosses seemed solid. It's nice when the crosses make obscure words gettable.
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon, folks. Thank you, Paul Coulter, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, C.C., for a fine review.
ReplyDeleteStarted last night, late. Went to bed (actually, the floor), got up about 1:00 and worked the puzzle a little more, laid back down. Finished this morning.
Puzzle was mostly fairly easy. A few tough ones. Enjoyed the theme. Very good.
Learned a new word today, PROEM.
Remembered, after a couple perps, that John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, CA. Didn't East of Eden wind up there?
Been near Mt Shasta a few times. Near Redding, CA. Pretty area. LA, and the San Joaquin Valley, get a lot of water from Shasta snow.
Put in JUNGLE for 9D. Got replaced with APEDOM after a bit.
Anyhow, I have to run. Stuff to fro and I am tired again.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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PROEM was a learning moment for me; I FIW and learned from C.C.! For "Johnson of 'Laugh-In'" I tried Arty and Arti; should have known ARTE and would have learned sooner. Fun puzzle. Thanks, all! I'm going to HOP IN to the car and go to the rigorously masked, socially distanced, farmer's market, in search of the CREAM OF THE CROP.
ReplyDeleteI liked this puzzle a lot. I made some mistakes, it was able to correct them to reach FIR status. I had to change jungle to APEDOM, aversion to AVERSE TO, sheriff to THE RICH. I have never heard RAP in that context or PROEM. So, my vocabulary expands!
ReplyDeleteI frequently get so beaten down by difficult (to me) Friday’s and Saturday’s that a nice, long medium-hard (again, to me) restores my self-esteem a bit.
Thank you, Paul and C.C. for a lovely start to our leisurely Sunday. We have a Zoom cocktail party later today, so we can do some socializing while remaining safe.
This took me a while, but I finished it all eventually.
ReplyDeleteI also had to change DUDS to TOGS, STOMP to CLOMP, MESS to HASH, LOANS to LENDS.
And PROEM was new to me.
Also I thought AFRICA originally for Tarzan's domain.
Thank you crosses for: ADELA, ELGAR, OLAND, ISARE, ROSSI, CMINOR (I never know those music ones!)
Hah...another -STAR answer.
Did you use my: OBAFGKMNA (or OBAFGKMRNS) Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me (Right) Now Sweetheart
An impressive theme with so many long theme answers. Interesting to see how many food expressions we have in our language that work for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteHand up PROEM looked wrong. Learning moment. Never saw ELLEN. Learning moment she owned a bookstore in the show. Learning moment for that meaning of MOOT. Always just thought "having no practical significance". Just figured out the clue for TAG: You're IT. AMIRITE? FIR.
CC I don't blame you for being nervous around bats. This COVID-19 crisis should make us more aware of leaving bats and other wildlife alone. Still, I find bats fascinating and never missed a chance to see them.
Here I found my photos in Candidasa in Indonesia. A memorably amazing site of Hindu FRUIT BAT worship.
This was one of the most enchanting places I have ever visited. The last photo was at another site where I was able to hold one of these massive FRUIT BATs. I wonder if this sort of thing will continue in the future. As I say, I find them fascinating but we probably should let them be in peace.
BATs have an exceptionally strong immune system which allows exceptionally virulent diseases to live in them.
From Yesterday
ReplyDeleteMalodorous Manatee and Wilbur Charles thank you for your comments and explanations. Always glad to see Roddenberry noticed!
SwampCat did you see my reply yesterday to your question from two days ago? Not sure how often you check in here? Perhaps you can email me at earthmanrobert (at) gmail.com
Hola!
ReplyDeleteThis was really fun! Thank you, Paul Coulter.
What makes this puzzle special is the lack of obscure names or places. I didn't know ADELA as clued but it filled easily.
ROSSI is familiar as I watched many episodes of Criminal Minds until it degenerated into a gore fest. Then I quit.
I've never seen the Jason BOURNE series but certainly know of it from the many TV ads. It just isn't my taste.
"I dream of Jeannie with the LIGHT BROWN hair" is still going through my mind. By Stephen Foster, I believe.
NANU sadly reminds me of Robin Williams.
Some of my distant cousins live in SALINAS. We went there many years ago for a jubilee celebration and while there learned how they keep the memory of John Steinbeck alive. Also, most of our strawberries are grown there, hundreds of acres of them
I'm not familiar with UNPEG as clued. Any explanations, please?
Thanks again, Paul. And thank you, C.C. I love your photo.
Have a fantastic day, everyone!
Lucina, the value of the currency isn't "pegged" to a standard value. Some currencies are pegged to the U.S. Dollar.
ReplyDeleteLucina - re: UNPEG. It is a word you might see in the WSJ or other financial magazine discussing currencies' relation to one another.
ReplyDeletePor ejemplo, the Chinese might have a certain exchange rate with the dollar. Then, to say, increase trade in a certain direction, the exchange rate might be "UNPEGGED" to allow the relative values to 'float' so as to achieve a different exchange rate. The banks would handle that by the $$$ and Yuan they buy and sell.
This may be better explained by others but is offered by this MENIAL engineer in an to attempt to answer your question.
Proem? Like everyone else I've never run across it. Had the same write-overs as IM. FIR in good time, but watching golf at the same time makes it tad hard to concentrate.
ReplyDeletedesper-o and Spitz:
ReplyDeleteThank you. It makes sense the way you put it.
Picard:
As always, your photos are magnificent and tell a good story.
Nuts!
ReplyDeleteI slept thru Breakfast
(& Brunch...)
I guess I will have to do this puzzle for Linner..
(or is that Lupper...)
(hmm,
maybe I will just have it for a snack...)
Good puzzle , Paul. You beat me but it was a fun challenge.
ReplyDeletePicard, I’ve been trying to find an answer! You have changed my View, and that always hard.
You asked why I liked the episode I
Why did I like it? It was fun! The interplay and tension between the of philosophies of the Klingons and the Enterprise crew....and the final solution... was a satisfying experience.
After reading that looong article you linked I realize I was enjoying on a much deeper level also. The article also explained why I’m in love with Spock. He’s Roddenberry
Thanks for giving me your email. I’d love to discuss this further.
Picard, I have never heard of bat worship before and am amazed at your photo holding the bat! Like so many aspects of tourism that involve direct contact with animals (riding elephants and camels, swimming with dolphins, etc.), I agree this should be left in the past for various reasons, but it must have been an impressive experience.
ReplyDeleteSwampCat Oh, wow. "You have changed my View, and that always hard." That is the highest compliment any person can give to another. I am very grateful. Thank you so very much for taking the time to read that interview with Gene Roddenberry which indeed was very long. I am so happy that you got something important from it, including that Spock is Roddenberry.
ReplyDeleteYes, please do email me so that we can connect in the outside world.
Lucina thank you for the kind words about my FRUIT BAT photos. I feel so fortunate to have had so many wonderful travel opportunities. Often because of people I came to know. In that case I had an Indonesian girlfriend for a number of years and we had some fascinating travels together.
Thanks also for your memories of SALINAS. I have friends who live at the other end of the SALINAS Valley, near Monterey. So I pass through there at least once or twice a year. Several years ago I finally took the time to explore the actual city of Salinas and to visit the STEINBECK Center. I need to dig to find those photos.
By the way, the issue of a currency being UNPEGged has been very important in recent years. Greece uses the Euro. When they encountered financial problems, being PEGged like that gave them very little flexibility. They could not print more money or devalue their currency. They felt very much at the mercy of leading Euro countries, especially Germany. This has led to concern that the Euro and even the European Union might unravel. Brexit may be just the first example. I hope these problems can be resolved just for selfish reasons. It is nice to cross borders easily and not to have to change currency!
NaomiZ thank you for the kind words of interest. I have always had mixed feelings about these animal interactions. The "animal rights" people want to ban all human-animal interactions. They have successfully banned animals in circuses. For most Americans, the only way they come to know most animals is through a zoo or a circus.
I am not such a fundamentalist. I think humans do stand above other animals and I very much appreciate interactions like the one I had. I think the priority should be to minimize cruelty and stress on the animals and to keep conditions as sanitary as possible for all parties. And the top priority should be preservation of natural habitat so that most animals can live where they belong.
Concise, cogent explanation, Spitzboov. Just for fun, I might have suggested a Neal Stevenson novel or two that touch on the subject of /evolution of currency.
ReplyDeleteI liked the theme. Some of the cluing was iffy. Never heard of anyone using clomping in place of stomping/stepping noisily. Make a hash of? Never heard that one. Make a mess of. Yeah. Add one C, using menial for humble,and enough of the guessing the keys of classical music. The worst clue has to be the abbreviation for Mex. miss. SRTA. I'm sure these are in the dictionary somewhere but..yeah ok.
ReplyDeleteAt least I learned something new. Proem,and unpeg to name a few. All in all a typical Coulter puzzle.
Happy Sunday, Everyone! Thanks C.C. and Paul.
ReplyDeleteGot started off nicely. Figured out the theme, and I had no trouble with the ones up top, but couldn’t quite get the bottom three. DNF, but that’s OK. It was still a fun romp!
I had to read “A Passage to India” in college. It was in a summer school history class that was comprised mostly of reading a bunch of historical novels. I did not like Adela Quested, which is about the nicest way I can put it. It was certainly a reflection of colonialism, though.
Ah, Edward Elgar and “Pomp and Circumstance” --- In high school band (and I guess college too, but I didn’t do band in college), one spends three years playing it for the graduating seniors. Of course, the number of graduates in the procession dictates the number of times we have to repeat it, over and over and over again. Then finally!!! One day the others are playing YOUR song for YOU, and you just snicker as you walk past them. Truth be told, I always did like that music and enjoyed playing it.
Later….
Ludlum(Creator of BOURNE) casually mentioned in an introduction that after one of his fanciful creations British Intelligence came knocking on his door wondering where he got his top secret info. But he didn't reveal which book. I guessed "Matarese Circle". I believe later editions were edited or my razor sharp memory had a glitch.
ReplyDeleteNote: "A Man Called Intrepid" also seems to have been edited. I had likened Tolkien's "Strider" with Intrepid.
I see UNPEG was explained. Interesting that at Breton Woods* John Maynard Keynes idea for a World Currency was voted down and the default became the US Dollar.
Picard, I'll hunt for the Trek link. Perhaps it'll change my view too. For Trek I was in my Service years, and I found NG a bit boring. LeCarre and Deighton** are the type of thing I like.
And I haven't mentioned Paul's most entertaining xword. Gettable themes aided and finally grok'ing Robin's "target" and those ATs??? Yes, I know @ but…
WC
*From my days in N. NH, a familiar place. I read a book about the conference. I believe the site was where Rusdo-Japan treaty was concluded.
** A xword fav. I'm surprised he didn't get a knock on his door
Anonymous@5:10
ReplyDeleteYou have a dispute with SRTA? It's definitely the correct abbreviation for miss and widely used. I can't recall even seeing the entire word, senorita (I can't make a tilde). Just as we use Mrs. Have you ever seen Mistress written out instead of Mrs?
Please tell us why you object to SRTA?
Hi Y'all! Thank you, Paul, for an enjoyable early morning repast with some challenge. Thank you, C.C. for another great expo.
ReplyDeleteDNK: PROEM & some others. Didn't know what to call those ATS.
Interesting currency discussions today.
From the other day: a belated congratulations to Curmudgeon & spouse on 44 years of marriage. I've had this on my notes for days when I got here too late to post. Sorry!
My son's MIL had all the symptoms of a stroke recently including a useless arm. Took her to the ER 40 miles away. They did tests, concluded she had a TIA & gave meds & wanted to admit her for observation. MIL wanted to go on home. but was outvoted. They waited 4 hrs. in their vehicle in the hospital parking lot for the room to become available. Son is grateful he had a full tank of gas and a good a/c in 90* weather. Good news: MIL recovered without noticeable residual effects.
I liked this puzzle a lot and the breakfast items put smiles on my face. NACHO made me think of Keith's dog. The elephants weren't WHITE but were ASIAN. I had a lot of trouble in the CLOMP APEDOM SLAP area and resorted to red letters to complete it.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on losing girth, Paul.
I have heard it said that NOSTRILdamus was quite the progNOSTRILcator. (Hi, Jerome!)
Seeya.
How to make a Tilde
ReplyDeleteHey Spitz, that was helpful for Lucina I'm sure. Thañks. :>)
ReplyDeleteFinally got to this @5:45 (busy day)& finished just now. Clever & witty puzzle i.e. "Beast of Borden's" &"Brewery Heads". Only had to look for "The Seinfeld Chronicles"="TVpilots" (never watch sitcoms on commercial tv) Again,I really dislike loading up grids with pop culture and commercial tv clues (easy to look up, absolutely worthless to expand word knowledge, history, culture, etc). Oh, well... I'm old fashioned, I know!
ReplyDeleteNo, that does not work at all. When I press n/~/ctrl it takes me outside this site. I'll keep trying in case I'm not doing it right. Thank you, Spitz.
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