23A. Fault a rearrangement of infielders?: BLAME THE SHIFT. Shift the blame.
35A. Gives surf ratings?: RANKS THE SWELLS. Swells the ranks. New phrase to me.
55A. Arranges for party chefs?: BOOKS THE COOKS. Cooks the books.
78A. Masters yoga?: RULES THE BENDS. Bends the rules.
97A. Ask, "You sure this is diet?"?: QUESTION THE POP. Pop the question.
114A. Emulate a Jedi?: ISSUE THE FORCE. Force the issue.
22D. What a nervous director may do?: PACE THE SET. Set the pace.
66D. Block an access road between hills?: BAR THE PASS. Pass the par.
Great to see Yaakov Bendavid back. Our blog shows that this is Yoni Glatt's debut. Amazon shows that he's "the former editor of the Jerusalem Post crossword and was a writer of The Movie Channel Trivia Game."
Plenty of A THE B phrases to choose from, but both A and B have to be a verb and a noun.
Across:
1. Brings from novel to screen: ADAPTS.
7. Like some captioning: CLOSED.
13. Energy bill letters: KWH.
16. See 117-Across: RUG. And 117. With 16-Across, elaborately designed decoration: PERSIAN.
19. Victim of Perseus: MEDUSA.Versace's logo.
20. MLB call-up, often: ROOKIE.
21. "With any luck": I HOPE SO.
25. "Mean Girls" writer and co-star: TINA FEY.
26. McCann of country: LILA.
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27. Sahara respites: OASES.
28. Mixer knob: FADER.
30. Michael who played Juno's love interest in "Juno": CERA.
31. Priest who reared Samuel: ELI.
32. Swear: CUSS.
33. Like the Sisters in "Macbeth": WEIRD.
34. "__ cryin' out loud!": FER.
39. Way to one's heart?: ARTERY.
42. "Lucas" co-star: SHEEN (Charlie)
43. Former Arthur Ashe Stadium neighbor: SHEA.
44. Ready, as a range: PREHEAT.
45. Uber alternative: LYFT.
48. Collection of maps: ATLAS.
51. Withdrew: RECEDED.
52. Have trouble with Sisyphus?: LISP.
58. Friend of Genie in "Aladdin": ABU. The monkey.
59. Dobrev of "The Vampire Diaries": NINA. Wiki says "She was born in Bulgaria but immigrated with her family to Canada at age two and grew up in Toronto".
60. Chaos: HAVOC.
61. "__ in!": LET ME.
65. Celtics star Walker: KEMBA. Learning moment for me.
67. Crafty site?: ETSY.
70. Vision starter: TELE. Prefix.
71. Lucy's sitcom pal: ETHEL.
72. Henry James, for much of his life: EX-PAT.
73. Inside job: DECOR. Nice clue.
75. Big ref. volumes: OEDS.
77. Link letters: URL.
82. Cruising: ASEA.
83. Freud's homeland: AUSTRIA. Misty was born here.
86. __ cords: VOCAL.
87. Brutal act of Brutus: STAB.
89. Equal share, maybe: ONE HALF. Our address is 84 1/2 Ave. North. Often problematic when filling in some on line forms.
90. Cupid counterpart: EROS.
92. "The __ Kid": 1950s TV Western: CISCO.
96. In need of companionship: LONELY.
102. Some H.S. classes: APS.
103. Sushi fillings: TUNAS.
104. "__ as good a time ... ": NOW'S.
105. Big name in Marvel Comics history: LEE.
106. "Toodles": TA TA.
108. Butler in literature: RHETT. "Gone With The Wind" was just removed from HBO.
109. Pursue: CHASE.
111. "Sick" insult: BURN. Sick burn.
112. Inability to smell: ANOSMIA. New word to me.
118. SoCal locale in a 1987 Cheech Marin title: EAST LA.
119. Harm's way: DANGER.
120. Sounds of disgust: EWS.
121. NBA's Cavs, on scoreboards: CLE.
122. Prepares (oneself), as for a crisis: STEELS.
123. Stable animals: STEEDS.
Down:
1. Unhurried bunch: AMBLERS.
2. Biblical betrayer: DELILAH. She betrayed Samson.
3. 2015 romantic fantasy role for Blake Lively: ADALINE. "The Age of Adaline".
4. Yellowstone predator: PUMA.
5. "Old Possum" monogram: TSE.
6. Took a pass: SAT OUT.
7. Pungent greens: CRESSES. Did not know it's plurable.
8. Give the slip to: LOSE.
9. Impressed crowd sounds: OOHS.
10. Emulate Olympians Miller and Vonn: SKI.
11. Statue of Liberty architect: EIFFEL.
12. Fine point: DETAIL.
13. Passed, as bad checks: KITED.
14. Machinery noise: WHIR.
15. Boo: HON.
16. Called the game: REFEREED.
17. App buyer: USER.
18. "Creations from la cocina" brand: GOYA. "Cocina" is kitchen. I buy Goya black-eyed peas from time to time. Just want to taste my childhood. My grandma made black-eyed pea soup often.
24. __ browns: HASH.
29. Many profs.: DRS.
32. "Woodstock" quartet, initially: CSNY.
33. Plentiful supply: WEALTH.
34. Rashida Jones facial feature: FRECKLES. See closer.
36. Iodine source: KELP.
37. Source of many dramatic quotes: Abbr.: SHAK.
38. Licks: WETS.
39. Mars: Pref.: AREO.
40. Issa of "Insecure": RAE.
41. Since Jan. 1, to CPAs: YTD.
44. Take from a sale: PROCEEDS.
46. "Criminal Minds" org.: FBI.
47. Tin-eared: TONE-DEAF.
49. At the drop of __: A HAT.
50. Golfer Ballesteros: SEVE. So good with his short game.
52. Canoeing venue: LAKE.
53. Curly-horned goat: IBEX.
54. Cesspool: SUMP.
56. Author with three 5-letter names: OATES. Joyce Carol Oates.
57. Dash alternative, perhaps: COLON.
59. Seven and eleven, in craps: NATURALS.
62. Like so: THUS.
63. Simply: MERE.
64. First name in jazz: ELLA.
68. "SNL"-like show that spawned many comedic careers: SCTV.
69. Start of a pirate chant: YO HO.
74. Intermission: RECESS.
76. Once-a-yr. reason for oversleeping?: DST. Ends on Nov 1.
79. __ pad: LILY.
80. Bane of Sideshow Bob: BART. "The Simpsons". Read more here.
81. Wells' fruit eaters: ELOI. "The Time Machine".
82. Rose's Broadway beau: ABIE.
83. Verizon subsidiary: AOL.
84. Game with Skip cards: UNO.
85. Lawmaking century: SENATORS. Not the time period "century". Just "a hundred".
88. Frankfurter's exclamations: ACHS.
91. Beethoven's 32 for piano: SONATAS.
93. Spare no expense: SPLURGE.
94. Strong-armed: COERCED.
95. Some operate remotely: OPENERS.
97. Montreal's prov.: QUE.
98. Lets loose: UNTIES.
99. Patronizes, as a diner: EATS AT. And 100. Snack: NOSH.
101. Suit fabrics: TWEEDS.
103. Honorific for Macbeth: THANE.
106. Bygone recording medium: TAPE. D-Otto told me about this tape. Solved my problem with the dryer vent leak.
107. One way to start: ANEW.
108. Dough in Tehran: RIAL.
109. A step down from "Funny!": CUTE.
110. Setting of many a "Far Side" comic: HELL.
111. __-tired: BONE.
113. Karaoke aid: MIC.
115. Leeds-to-London dir.: SSE.
116. "__ chance!": FAT.
Please continue keeping Abejo in your thoughts and prayers. He's going through some serious health issues and has a very important doctor visit tomorrow.
C.C.
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| Abejo and His Tuba |
50 comments:
Will you be my baby BOO?
I HOPE SO, I really do!
I feel HALF done
If you're not my HON,
So tell me that's how you feel too.
You know what? You are WEIRD!
I was fine till you appeared.
I'm not LONELY,
Your verse only
Reminds me of the way you leered!
Happy FLAG DAY .
My prayers and thoughts are with ABEJO and all those with health issues. After reading yesterday's COVID stories I know my family has been blessed. This is such a WEIRD virus anyone who has had a few bad days may have had it and been lucky enough to survive.
I highlighted weird because I thought the clue/fill Like the Sisters in "Macbeth": WEIRD was. I really enjoyed the theme and its execution from this new to us tandem of BENDAVID and GLATT . All of YAAKOV's puzzle publications are Sunday 21x21 with his first 6 in the NYT. YONI has published crossword puzzles and word games in dozens of publications worldwide. He is the former editor of the Jerusalem Post crossword and was a writer of The Movie Channel Trivia Game.
I also did not (and probably still don't) know ANOSMIA which is the loss of the sense of smell and can be a SYMPTOM OF COVID . I completely missed the lovely BLAKE LIVELY in THE AGE OF ADALINE .
KEMBA WALKER is one of the many great UCONN basketball stars who have done well in the NBA. CSO to me and HONDO.
Thank you guys and C.C.
Good morning Cornerites.
Carol and I have yet to start today's CW. I want to thank each of you who commented on my good fortune yesterday, and to thank -T for his review of his illness.
I will keep Abejo in my thoughts and prayers.
Ðave
Good morning!
Got 'er done, but the plethora of names almost did me in. Seve, Lila, Nina, Kemba, Adaline, I'm lookin' at you. I almost always forget to look at the puzzle title (what?), but today I really needed it to suss the theme. Cute. Nicely done, Yaakov and Yoni (sounds like a comedy duo), and C.C.
CISCO: All episodes of The Cisco Kid were filmed in color, which kept the series on TV long after it's initial run. Episodes usually ended with, "Oh, Cisco." "Oh, Pancho." But who remembers the horses' names?
Dash / COLON: There's a time or two when the colon's been known to cause a dash.
Beaten down by the names again. First, I blundered into SHEaN because of Kale instead of KELP. Then rAcE instead of LAKE and rISe instead of LISP and I was toast. There’s always tomorrow.
Good Morning:
I loved this theme and execution, especially Books the Cooks which cracked me up. The only one that took a few minutes to parse correctly was Ranks the Swells. That said, I had the worst FIW ever! When I didn’t get the Tada, I was certain it was because of the Lila/Adeline cross, both ladies being totally unfamiliar to me. However, when I hit clear the errors, an entire section went white. I had Lost/Lisp, Oryx/Ibex, Aru/Abu, Kelt/Kelp, Kymba/Kemba. Everything looked acceptable but, obviously, it was a total disaster area. The usual suspects of the proper noun cabal gave me some pauses: Lila, Adeline, Sheen, Anosmia, Areo, Medusa, Kymba, and Bart. I liked the abutting Steels and Steeds and Lila and Lily but I didn’t like Boo=Hon and the shaky Shak clue for The Bard. CSOs to Misty (Austria), Inanehiker (Nina), and Lily, Husker Gary’s favorite feline.
Bravo, Yaakov and Yoni, for creating such a clever theme that provided a truly satisfying solve and thanks, CC, for your professional and enlightening guidance.
Abejo, we’re thinking of you and sending positive and caring thoughts your way.
FLN
Bobbi, best wishes for your son’s speedy recovery.
Tony, your and DW’s ordeal sounds like a nightmarish experience. I hope you are both back to normal very soon!
Happy Flag Day every one. 🇺🇸
I also FIW because of the density of names. I didn't know ADALINE/LILA/SHEEN (as clued), and like Hungry Mother, I had KaLe instead of KELP. So the NW was a mess.
I didn't know KEMBA, either, and couldn't get LISP because I had KaLe in there incorrectly, so that part was a problem as well.
Having ADALINE, an obscure name, cross two other obscure names was one obscurity too many. If SHEEN had been clued less obscurely, that would have helped.
On a different note, an ARTERY isn't really a way "to" one's heart. It leads away from the heart. I guess the blood gets back to the heart eventually, but I would have saved that clue for VEIN rather than use it for ARTERY.
Even after seeing the theme, I still had errors.
kyMBA as Irish Miss described.
Lucked into LILA. Did not know CERA or GOYA.
Other than those, it was a park in the walk. C minus aka OKL.
June 14 is Stars and Stripes Day
Wishing only better days for Abejo
Thanks Y,Y, and C.C.
MO
Musings
-ADA_INE/LI_A and GOY_/CER_ to begin? At least NINA had solid perps
-The gimmick was ever so CUTE and helpful. QUESTION THE POP? Aces!
-Some low average hitters BLAME THE SHIFT
-The movie Saving Mr. Banks was about P.L. Travers extreme dislike of Disney’s ADAPTATON of her Mary Poppins to the screen
-I really like TINA FEY but not her insurance commercials
-LET ME IN earworm
-87 A – I knew this final Jeopardy question last week but none of the players did
-P, P & M sang of the Marvelous Toy that went WHIR(R) when it stood still
-A colleague got fired because he was putting some of the PROCEDES from the gate in his pocket
-Century as a cardinal number? How ‘bout Five score lawmakers?
-Which would I miss most – Garage door OPENER or underground sprinklers?
-Yes she is, Irish!
Anosmia came to mind because it’s one of the covid side effects. Sports figures’ names are always tricky for me since I don’t follow many sports. Good puzzle!
Great theme which helped the solve. Interesting fill. The NW did me in with all those names. I had scripts for quite a while before adapts. ADA-INE was all perps. I missed the nattick L in LI_A. LISA, LIZA, LILA. I pondered BOO meaning HON, but left it in. I never called anyone BOO and would not like to hear myself called BOO.
In other areas my wags turned out okay.
Drop of a hat. "The idiom may have come from the American Old West, when various fights, contests and duels began with a signal consisting of a man grabbing his hat and thrusting it toward the ground." Grammarist.
Anon @ 9:37 I agree about artery going FROM the heart.
Abejo, you are in my thoughts and heart. I'm pulling for you.
Anon T and DW, I hope your long ordeal is soon over. How awful.
Bobbie, best wishes to your son.
Good morning everyone.
FLN - Anon -T - Thanks for sharing your covid 19 experiences. Instructive for all of us. I might have missed it but where do you think it first came in contact with your family?
I hope you all get better soon.
Good Sunday exercise today. Catchy theme and ample; across and downs. Once the rhythm of it became clear it was possible to prefill several 'THE's . Lots of names like others said, but I got my share with ETHEL, CISCO, and RHETT. The rest perped in OK.
Good job by the constructors.
ACHS - Frankfurter - There is a Frankfurt an der Oder, and a Frankfurt am Main.
Abejo - Hoping for a good outcome.
This is the version of The Marvelous Toy that I remember.
Re: ARTERY - Guess I was thinking of stents. As I understand it the surgeon would start somewhere else, say, the groin, and then move the stent toward the heart if that was what was wanted. ie. Way to one's heart.
Taking a break from the NYT CW to stop m n by.
Attended our parish's first mass. Masks. Every other pew empty. No altar servers. Communion distributed down the empty pews by gloved eucharistic ministers so no line. No missals or hymnals. The cantor announced to sing by memory. (Memory? What's that?) One place I like to sing is church. So Lots of humming behind my mask..
"Hmmm...hmmm...Lord...hmmm....hmmm..gloria.."
PAX (ET BONUS SALUS) VOBISCUM
Hi Y'all! Thanks for a challenge, Yaakov & Yoni! Thanks for another great expo, C.C. Stay safe!
I got the theme with ISSUE THE FORCE which helped me go back and fill some others. Mostly I only got one word in the phrase, sometimes only THE. Finally, filled them all. Lots of white in the upper half for a long time.
DNK: 14 fills as clued, mostly names. I gather FADER was not about a food mixer.
Knew KEMBA Walker having watched him play, but only heard his name so wasn't sure of the first vowel. Also knew SEVE.
I really miss my antique PERSIAN-type RUG in my antique parlour in my old stone house on the farm. Primarily soft reds, navy, gold. Loved it. Made me happy just to look in there. My carpet now is beige. Blah! I didn't choose it.
Loved the CISCO Kid & Pancho on radio as a kid. No TV at our house.
D-O: laughed at your comment on an unfunny problem.
FLN: Thanks, AnonT, for the description of your COVID-19 ordeal. Hope it is soon over for you all.
Abejo: prayers for your health! Good luck tomorrow.
I have always loved The Marvelous Toy, especially when Peter, Paul and Mary performed it for an audience of kids. So much fun. DO, I like your version too.
NJ allows indoor church services under strict rules starting today, but we still had ours on Zoom. This week the vestry will decide how we will proceed. I am quite wary of participating inside the church. I might wait a few weeks to see how safe it is. I am also worrying how many cases the present protests and the hasty loosening up of restraints will cause. Alan is in a household of five health compromised residents, including him. If I wish to see him, even for porch visits, I can't be the bearer of disease.
I am also waiting for a much needed haircut until I see whether barber shops and beauty salons are safe. This has been a good chance to grow out my pixie cut for something new.
Hola! Happy Flag Day! Long may it fly.
My first impression of this puzzle was a Thumper but as I went along, cell to cell and it filled, that changed. Clever theme! Thank you Yaakov and Yoni!
I thought all themers were brilliant.
India Edghill wrote about DELILAH and brought her to life in her inimitable way. If you like reading about biblical women, she also wrote Wisdom's Daughter and Queenmaker. All are excellent reads.
One of my nieces has called her son BOO since birth and that is his nickname to this day. He is a pilot so unlikely he uses it on the plane.
LILA/ADALINE were lucky guesses. In fact, much of this puzzle depended on guessing.
I did not however, even try to guess ANOSMIA and left a blank cell. Drat! But thank you, C.C., for filling it.
Sheltering in place has left me too much time on the computer and then I SPLURGE. It has not been good for my bank balance.
TUNAS and CRESSES in plural made me cringe but I know, constructors must take license.
Aladdin has been often viewed by my granddaughters so ABU was no problem and that helped with IBEX and SUMP.
Abejo and Anon-T, my heart goes out to you and I pray for good news for all of you, including your family, Tony.
Thank you, again, C.C. I had no idea GOYA existed as a brand of food. It's not found here.
Have a happy day, everyone! No church for me yet.
Enjoyed the puzzle. FIR. I did head down the "wrong" path for a while on the themes because the first one discovered was Book The Cooks and I mistakenly thought that we would be riffing on sounds and not, as it turned it to be, sayings. There were too many proper nouns for my taste but the authors substantially redeemed themselves with the chuckle provided by Have Trouble With Sisyphus.
"In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be cress. However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be cresses e.g. in reference to various types of cresses or a collection of cresses."
"In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be tuna. However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be tunas e.g. in reference to various types of tunas or a collection of tunas."
from Word Hippo
The S plurals are used when speaking of various species.
Delightful and doable Sunday puzzle, many thanks, Yakoov and Yoni. No, I didn't get all of it, but I got a huge chunk of the middle and bottom and lots of small areas in other places. Very satisfying--thank you again. And, C.C., what a great write-up and a sweet mention of my coming from AUSTRIA. Helped me get ACHS today--a pretty small help, but fun.
There were lots of names, but it was fun to get ETHEL and RHETT, and ELLA and OATES. And how cool to see the connection between ASHE and SHEA.
I've now learned to connect UBER and LYFT even though I've never taken either of them.
Didn't know that EIFFEL designed the Statue of Liberty. Wonderful learning moment for me.
Sorry this was a bit tough for you, Irish Miss, given what a crossword hero you are. But your write-up was delightful as always.
Nice poems, Owen, but with very different moods.
Have a highly successful treatment and good recovery, Abejo.
And have a wonderful, Sunday, everyone.
Check kiting is illegal and can be prosecuted, therefore I think it is passing bad checks.
Wikipedia: According to the United States Department of Justice, check kiting can be prosecuted under several existing laws including those against bank fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1344), misapplication (18 U.S.C. § 656), or required entries (18 U.S.C. § 1005). It can draw a fine of up to $1,000,000.00, imprisonment for up to 30 years, or both.
It can involve something more sinister than postdating a check.
Mere-LY, not simply MERE.
Hi everybody.
Thanks Yaakov and Yoni. I enjoyed some of the fresh clues and answers. Very excellent!
Thanks as always CC for the review.
Best wishes and good thoughts for Abejo and Tony. And more of the same for those of us with health issues and various other trials and tribulations.
Cisco's horse was Diablo. Dunno about Pancho. (I found this on Google.)
[Conquistador was only a horse, but Leo Carrillo, the television and movie star who once owned a 1,600-acre ranch in North County, loved him.
"When Carrillo’s beloved palomino died, the steed was buried in a place of honor on a secluded knoll to the east of Carrillo’s ranch in what is now La Costa.
"Man and horse had ridden together in numerous Rose Parades and movies and in the 1950s television series, “The Cisco Kid,” in which Carrillo played the ever-faithful sidekick Pancho.
“The tall cross on the hill at my rancho marks the resting place of my greatly beloved Palomino horse, Conquistador,” Carrillo wrote in his autobiography.]
Bill G, you're correct about Diablo. I believe Pancho's horse was called Loco.
On behalf of Yoni and myself (we're not a comedy duo ... yet) - we're very happy that you enjoyed our puzzle. Thanks very much for taking the time to comment and for your kinds words. Your comments also help us become better constructors, so we're grateful!
(Yoni might chime in later)
Best wishes to Abejo.
All the Best,
Yaakov
WEES about too many obscure proper names. Spoils the fun a bit for me. Amazed to WAG them all correctly. Hand up the theme was clever and well done. Tried SALT before KELP. KALE is not food so it never would have occurred to me. Favorite clue was for LISP.
I am a huge fan of CSNY. David Crosby (the "C" in CSNY) lives in Santa Ynez, about 45 minutes from here in Santa Barbara and he often performs here.
I have shared this once before. Here I was honored to be able to meet CSNY musician David Crosby.
Abejo I do wish you the best.
Misty @ 12:23 ~ Thank you for your kind words. My downfall was of my own doing by plopping in Oryx so confidently and coming up with perps to work around it. Of course, they were all incorrect, too! Oh well, I still enjoyed the puzzle, No Tada and all! 🙃
Tomorrow you'll be brilliant again, Irish Miss. You're my crossword hero!
I meant to add that ANOSMIA I know well. One of our former professors at UC Santa Barbara told me she had ANOSMIA. It can be truly devastating for quality of life and can lead to increased rates of suicide. Another reason to avoid COVID-19.
From Yesterday:
Spitzboov thanks for the German word OORT (not ORT). I only know of the astronomical OORT Cloud.
Wendybird thanks for affirming that SKI HUTs can be a "Top of the slopes".
Ray O Sunshine thanks for further explaining your SKI HUTs experience.
Becky Please Google SKI HUT images and you will see that some are indeed like chalets.
Yellowrocks thanks for sharing your extensive reading experience with regard to ORT and ELHI. I meant to ask about ELHI, too. I have only ever heard K-12.
AnonT thank you for sharing your family experience with COVID-19. Good that your teens escaped without much harm. But your experience with your wife sounds awful. Glad you are both doing better now.
"Star", I thought might be an exaggeration for KEMBA. I guess he is one of the top. Relatively new to C's . Kyrie just didn't fit
Another EX-PAT is Tom Brady. That duct tape by Nashua is a CSO to moi as well as KEMBA for this lifelong Celtics* fan.
Satisfying FIR after my earlier weekend visits from Mr S. I left the NW blank but the reverse themes were a big help. QUESTION THE POP my fav. Mine are decaf and (UNsweet) tea. In fact…
I took a hit of regular coffee, just topped off and it took two days to come down. I did pen some poetry(c Jumble)**
I greatly enjoyed this Y&Y Collaboration. Anon-T, thanks for the details on Covid-19. Bobbi, I hope your son recovers and Abejo too.
WC
** I think I related my story of enthralling my dentist with takes of 50s Celtics especially acquiring Bill Russell for ice Capades dates. He forgot to charge me for laughing gas
** I dream of the Coleridge effect. He penned Xanadu after a hit of opium.
PS. re KITing checks. Familiar practice prior to PayDay loans. Starts with a $10 check on Tuesday followed by a $20 check to cover that on Wednesday; 40 on Thurs and finally covering by Friday's paycheck. Sometimes more than one bar is involved.
Super Sunday. Thanks for the fun, Yacov and Yoni (congrats on your debut), and C.C.
I finished this CW online and required a red-letter check to catch my error - Kimba/Ibix instead of KEMBA/IBEX. And I did not see the brilliant theme until C.C. revealed (and Washington Post site does not give a title). Yes, there were a lot of names today.
Like Sewsweet, I knew ANOSMIA as a possible effect of Covid-19 (but spelling required perps).
Smiled to see TINA (FEY) and NINA (from Toronto!).
Thoughts and prayers for Abejo.
AnonT - glad you and the family are recovering OK.
Dave & Carol - glad all tested OK at your place.
Wishing you all a great day.
You all may want to read up on the history of THE CISCO KID .
YR, while both check-kiting and passing bad checks can be charged criminally, they are not one and the same. The check kiter deposits a check in his bank which is not good at the time it is deposited but is a legitimate check. Most smaller deposits (>$1,500.00) the account holder gets credit within 24 hours while it can take 48 hours to process the deposit. The account holder can use the funds earlier than he is entitled to. A bad, or worthless check is given for goods and services and the writer knows it is bad.
Sorry, Picard, but I agree with Ms. Becky. A hut is a hut. Google can be bought. It is like gigantic savings, just hyperbole! IMO
Sunday Lurk Say:
I started my post last night with "This relation is not to minimize Covid by any means..." because for me, it wasn't that bad (by comparison). In fact, I thought I was getting low b/c everyday was wake, work, sleep, rinse & repeat.
It wasn't until DW started w/ same (but worse) symptoms 4 days later that I realized it wasn't depression or something-like that caused a (nearly all-day for 4 days in a row) sleeping spell. "We're only doing hot dogs for Memorial day and then I'm going back to bed."
"Yeah, dad, and you kept grabbing your chest... Remember?"
Spitz - no idea. We thought we were so careful [packages outside for a day kinda stuff]. We'd only interacted with
a) garden store [outdoors on 2 acres]
b) Auto service center [Eldest had a recall on her car and was heading to OU to clean out dorm] and
c) plumbers in the house to fix Eldest's sink [gotta use those things when they're off at college!].
We think the answer is C but I called the master-plumber and none of his crew were ever sick.
Irony is -- our neighbors were in NY when Broadway went dark, get Starbucks every morning, pool parties w/ their kids' friends, etc. And they didn't get sick?!?
While I really do appreciate it, don't worry for us -- we're on the mend.
Let's send all our Corner love to Abejo. God Speed friend.
On to more fun topics...
{B+, A}
IM - re: all the wrong but still interlocking fill: MIL & I call that "creating our own puzzle" :-)
BigE - Pop worked Detroit, Buffalo, and SPI back in the '70s. He said he could write a check on one bank, deposit a check in a different state and do the circuit so his Friday pay-check would cover the floating notes when things caught up 3 days later.
Pretty sure that's KITING as original checks were not properly back'd
Lucina - I feel your pain! Amazon seems to show up everyday here...
//like Christmas at 2 in afternoon! Even the same "this is not for me" disappointment :-)
D-O: Last line was LOL!
HG - I totally missed the mark on your "Let me in." Chicago jump'd to mind.
//are there any bands today with fat horns? [I finally got the kids to watch Blues Brothers last night and - that sound! Love it!]
Wishing all a great afternoon! -T
The theme was terrific, but there were too many unknown proper names for me. Still, I was able to FIR by asking DH a few sports related questions. Apparently I am only ONE HALF of a complete solver. Thanks for the entertainment, Yaakov, Yoni, and Cornerites!
Puzzling Thoughts:
I was all over the grid here; took way too long to get a foothold, so I looked up a few of the Proper Nouns (i.e., people’s names), and soon, was able to FIR ...
Way too many write-overs to list
I liked most all of the theme entries; BLAME THE SHIFT is probably my favorite, and was the one that helped me solve the others. QUESTION THE POP should’ve come more quickly, as I spent a fair amount of time in W PA (where any carbonated soft drink is called “pop”)
-T —> wow, man; scary story about you and your DW experiencing Covid... hope you all get cured. My SO and I will need to get tested again before we travel East to visit my daughter/SIL/new grandson. Still having doubts about travel; the driving will take three days ...
Today’s haiku does finally contain one of the crosswords:
Three Prague prisoners
Were set free by the guards. They
KITED some bad Czechs ...
Moe
Some of the proper names brought me down, too. So did SALT -> KALE -> KELP, and not knowing KEMBA, which of course blocked me from getting LISP. After doing some needed Googling I filled them, then chuckled heartily at the Sisyphus clue, for which I was trying to enter something like ROCK or FALL or PUSH.
I add my very best wishes to all of you with health problems.
Ok everybody: "Myth of Sisyphus" three times, fast. But... Please wear a mask when trying that one. Just imagining calls to mind a comedic character. Ivthunks it's Red Skelton and his tipsy guy. Let's LIU. Clem Kadiddlehopper
-T, we were late reacting to Covid in US. It was active in February and conceivably January.
WC
Anon T Could eldest hace brought it home from conlleve?
That is college
Diablo and ??
Did you read the article I posted about Leo Carrillo? It seems that “The tall cross on the hill at my rancho marks the resting place of my greatly beloved Palomino horse, Conquistador,” Carrillo wrote in his autobiography.
So maybe that wasn't the horse in the show. Either Loco was a different horse or they renamed it for the show 'cause Conquistador was too long and unwieldy.
Bill G, I read it.
Jayce, stop horsing around. :>)
I can find reruns of the old Cisco Kid tv shows on cable. Also, The Lone Ranger and a few others. They don't seem to hold up well though I watch them occasionally anyway. Whenever there's a chase scene (often), I'm always impressed with how fast the horses can gallop. I wonder if they shot those scenes at a slower frame rate so when they were played back at a normal rate, the motion seemed faster. ???
Conquistador played LOCO. He was very convincing
Good evening, folks. Thank you, Yaakov Bendavid & Yoni Glatt, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, C.C., for a fine review.
Got this done late morning. Not easy. Enjoyed the theme, however.
Lots of tough ones, I will not list them all.
Again, I could not sleep last night. Got up several times and worked a little of the puzzle, then laid down and tried to sleep. Had little success.
Anon-T: The best to you in your struggles with this Virus. I think that is what you had.
Thank you, everybody for your good wishes. I go to the doctor tomorrow morning to get the results of my latest procedures. I hope for good news. Last week Had a PET scan. One of the worst things I ever went through. Laying flat on my back for 30 minutes and not moving or flinching. Drove me nuts. I will advise how all this plays out.
Best Regards. See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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Microwave blew today- spent most of the day finding a replacement. Can't get one 'till mud-August. Fun puzzle, clevertheme! Only faltered on CIIKS THE BOOKS.Did NOT like SHAK as an abbreviation. Could someone
Oops: could someone explain 67a -ETSY (Crafty Site)???
ETSY.com is a website for selling hand-crafted items.
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