17. Pirates' offensive: SEA ATTACK. SEA DOG, aka seal --> not to be confused with THIS Seal. ATTACK DOG. Examples: Rottweiler. Originally people bred these dogs for cattle protection. Bullmastiff. Dogs of this breed are known for their physical strength. German Shepherd. These dogs are bold, confident, powerful, and fearless.
23. Tour amenity: GUIDE SERVICE. GUIDE DOG / SERVICE DOG. Kind of one in the same, no?
32. Homing pigeon, e.g.: DOMESTIC BIRD. DOMESTIC DOG / BIRD DOG Though I am not a hunter, I owned a Springer Spaniel once, and she was primarily a domestic dog with great birding skills. Fireworks and thunder scared the crap out of her, though .... literally
41. Newlyweds' adventure, maybe: HOUSE HUNTING. HOUSE DOG / HUNTING DOG. Is this another example of "doubling" in this puzzle?
51. Happy ending to a kidnap saga: POLICE RESCUE. POLICE DOG / RESCUE DOG many Police Dogs are German Shepherds. My favorite RESCUE DOG has a treat for me!
And the unifier: 61. Schoolyard dare intensifier ... and a hint to the five other longest: DOUBLE DOG And away we go ...!!
Across:
1. Protective wear for swimmers: VEST.
5. Disaster response gp.: FEMA. They are johnny-on-the-spot to assist after natural disasters
9. Jessica of "The Politician": LANGE.
14. Turner and a president: IKES. "I like Ike" was a popular campaign slogan back in the 1950's
15. Cockpit calculations, briefly: ETAS.
16. Think tank output: IDEAS. These puzzles usually provide me (and OKL, I presume) the IDEAS for our poems, limericks, and haikus. And even Ray-O-Sunshine, too, with his witty, homonymic puns!
19. "Drop it!": LET GO.
20. Popular ISP: AOL.
21. Fabled broom rider: HAG. She doesn't resemble a HAG, to me:
22. Trees with light wood: BALSAS. As a kid, I used to build model airplanes using this wood
27. Sicilian mount: ETNA.
28. Copy room purchase: REAM. 500 sheets. My printer paper is 99.99% jam-free. Not sure about whether it's peanut butter-free ...
29. Sign of spring: BUD. Was thinking Aries or Robin
37. Pioneer in canned soft drinks: RC COLA. Did not know this. More info on Wikipedia.
40. Pool toy: NOODLE. Is this better than a VEST?
45. Emotional poem: ODE.
46. Cat's back shape, at times: ARCH. I prefer this ARCH myself
47. Wanders (about): GADS. GADS? Gadzooks!
55. Gambling spot: CASINO. They are much different nowadays with social distancing
58. Tot's little piggy: TOE. And this little piggy cried
59. USDA section: Abbr.: AGR.
60. Drama Desk Award cousins: OBIES. Would you wear one of these when receiving this award?
64. Starbucks offering: LATTE. I drink my coffee black, thank you.
65. Rubik's __: CUBE.
66. Trig function: SINE.
67. Trick alternative: TREAT.
68. Hawkish god: ARES.
69. Gives a bit: SAGS. As I get older, the sagging is more pronounced. I've got "Dunlop's Disease": My belly Dunlop-ped over my belt
Down:
1. Face: VISAGE. According to dictionary.com, the usage of this word is increasing. Really??
2. Barely manage: EKE OUT. This wouldn't be a C Moe recap without a haiku!
After seeing mouse3. Keep from escaping: SEAL IN. When I worked for 3M, we always used tape
The poor woman had trouble
Getting the EKE OUT
4. Org. using wands: TSA. Haven't been on an airplane since last fall
5. Greek salad toppings: FETAS. We had FETA yesterday. FETAS today. Can we please have a different cheese tomorrow??!
6. Tchotchke stand: ETAGERE. Perps filled this one in for me. Tchotchke? Etagere? No comprende ...
7. It's big at the Golden Arches: MAC. iPhone? Yes. MAC? No. PC for me
8. "That's a big __": ASK. When C.C. "ASKed" yours truly to join the blog team, I said "Yes"!
9. Spring scent: LILAC. We had a lilac bush growing up next to our house ... hmm ... Yellowrocks: That doesn't sound right. Please help me with the grammar here!!
10. "Rolling in the Deep" singer: ADELE.
11. Barclays Center hoopsters: NETS.
12. Bonkers: GAGA. I guess there were enough proper name clues already. LADY ____ could've worked
13. Those, in Taxco: ESOS. In case you wanted to know where this is
18. Start of many Grisham titles: THE. I guess there were!
22. Chain in the Bahamas: BIMINI. We usually hear of these islands during tropical storm season
24. Workshop grooves: DADOS. We hear that Bugs Bunny prefers rabbet grooves
25. Hi-__ audio: RES.
26. Dye holder: VAT. I might have guessed T-Shirt if the solve was 5 letters instead of 3
29. Bit of eBay input: BID. Less popular than "Buy it Now"??
30. It might be bookmarked: URL.
31. '50s pres. monogram: DDE. Another double from PAK? See 14 across
33. Yolanda's "Yay!": OLE. A complete WAG; Yolanda? Anyone care to explain??
34. Hawaiian thanks: MAHALO. If you use the words MAHALO and ALOHA in Hawaii, you might not be thought of as a HAOLE*
35. Trick: CON.
36. MLB Hall of Famer Wade: BOGGS. Hall of Fame third baseman who played for both the Red Sox and Yankees. I'm guessing that Wilbur Charles and Tinbeni can fight over which team he helped more
37. Pi follower: RHO. ... Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, ... Pie follower: an antacid!
38. Fish with chips: COD. I've fished with worms and lures before, but not chips
39. Signal to enter: CUE. I wonder if you'd use a CUE to let your opponent know it's their turn, when shooting pool??
42. Ocean State sch.: URI.
43. __-1701: Starship Enterprise markings: NCC.
44. London Underground: THE TUBE.
48. Park near Bar Harbor: ACADIA. Beautiful part of the NE. Can't wait to see Picard's photos from here!
49. Manatee cousin: DUGONG. Perps filled in this. For more info on the difference, check out this
50. Suit fabrics: SERGES. Do sergeants wear serge?
51. Michelangelo work in St. Peter's: PIETA.
52. Start: ONSET.
53. Bedroom closet hangers: ROBES. My better half prefers it when I wear one of these around the house. But even they are pretty confining when it's 80 degrees inside, and 110 degrees outside. TMI?
54. Sushi bar fare: EEL. aka "Unagi"
55. Wild West weapon: COLT. As in Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company. Founded by Samuel Colt in Hartford CT in the mid 1800's. Not this:
56. It's often walked into in jokes: ABAR. A termite walked into a saloon and asked: "Is the bartender here?"
57. Browsing target: SITE.
61. Reagan Airport code: DCA. Cockpit view of a landing at DCA. Full Flaps!
62. Word for us: OUR.
63. Soft opening?: ESS.
*A mainlander.
Well, hopefully you all had as much fun with this puzzle as I. Looking forward to poking a few eyes out as one of your new Crossword Bloggers!
Chairman Moe
Good morning...or is that Moe-ning?
ReplyDeleteYay, d-o read the full reveal and then went back and actually figured out the theme. Didn't have a clue about it until then. I wondered when I saw "That's a big AS_." I, too, like black coffee. The only acceptable additive is Irish whisky. Thanx, Pam. Impressive debut, Chairman Moe (Yolanda is a Spanish girl's name, thus the "Ole").
REAM: I usually buy a 3-ream box. Only need to do that about every other year.
VISAGE: Evokes the old man in the mountain in New Hampshire. Gone now.
DADOS: I've got a set of dado blades for my table saw, but I actually prefer to make dados at the router table. They're cleaner with a flatter bottom.
Chairman Moe says, "One in the same." I say "One and the same." I suspect one of us is wrong. Probably me.
I wish D.D.E. were back at the helm
ReplyDeleteThen maybe events would not overwhelm.
We'd stay cool as ice
And trust in IKE
To keep peace and order in the realm!
Popeye the sailor to SEA would go
The witchy sea HAG would be his foe.
It gave her much pleasure
To hijack his treasure,
But he'd always win it back, ho ho!
{B+, B.}
ReplyDeleteFIW with DOUBLEDiG and DUGiNG cross stumping me. Played very hard today and never got the theme, obviously.
ReplyDeleteD-O I think you are correct, one AND the same.
ReplyDeleteI think of GUIDE dogs helping the vision-impaired while SERVICE dogs help people with other disabilities
Pam, fun puzzle. I filled DOG in last, so I didn't get the theme until the reveal. I thought I remembered DUGONG but waited for all the perps to confirm it.
ReplyDeleteGreat debut, Moe. You're a natural. I wonder how they got all those dogs to stay on the chairs at the same time. Thanks for showing us the difference between DUGONG and MANATEE.
My answer: I would just eliminate UP, a lilac bush growing next to our house.
I read that "one in the same" is sometimes used for "one and the same", but it’s not the standard phrase and is widely viewed as a misspelling.
Wiki: A montera is the hat traditionally worn by many males and females in the folk costumes of the Iberian peninsula. It has come to name also but not exclusively the ones used by bullfighters, introduced to the event in 1835 by Francisco "Paquiro" Montes as accompaniment to the traje de luces, or "suit of lights".
IMO, A service dog is a dog specifically trained to perform work for a person with a disability of any type. A guide dog is a service dog for the visually impaired.
Lately, instead of salad, I dip crudités in light salad dressing or olive oil. I am tired of lettuce and all its cousins. Adding cheese makes the lettuce more tempting. I like feta, blue cheese or Gorgonzola crumbled on my garden salad.
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteA bit cranky here and there, but got through it OK to FIR. Knowing the theme actually helped to get DOMESTIC BIRD.
Good job, CM.
SEA DOG - is slang for a sailor.
COD - To an at-sea force with an aircraft carrier in company, it means: Carrier Onboard Delivery. (COD) is the use of aircraft to ferry personnel, mail, supplies, and high-priority cargo, such as replacement parts, from shore bases to an aircraft carrier at sea.[1] Several types of aircraft, including helicopters, have been used by navies in the COD role. The Grumman C-2 Greyhound has been the United States Navy's primary COD aircraft since the mid-1960s.
Once, in Norway on a catamaran cruise along the coast from Trondheim to Kristiansund and back, we passed a lone fisherman in a dory. I guess we made his day because he reached down and grabbed a 5 ft COD and waved it at us. Beautiful country.
This puzzle had some Wednesday crunch - like starting off with VISAGE - but certainly doable!
ReplyDeleteI think of SERVICE dogs as the larger category and GUIDE dogs as a subcategory for the blind. Other SERVICE dogs categories e.g. help brittle diabetics be aware of low blood sugars,help those with mobility issues, PTSD, seizure disorders.
Since I drink coffee - decaf with milk (but no sugar!) I am definitely on the wimpy end of the coffee spectrum!
Thanks Chairman Moe and congrats on your debut blog! And thanks to Pam - always a creative constructor!
A bit of a challenge but FIR. Thank you Pam and Moe.
ReplyDeleteDUGONG, I gnu that from other crosswords and was lucky enough to recall it after a few seconds memory scanning.
Does anyone else remember the very early soda cans that were cylindrical on the bottom with a conical top and had a bottle cap on top of the cone?
Musings
ReplyDelete-Long pants and long sleeves this morning again! Love it!
-ATTACK, SERVICE, BIRD? Uh, not badminton
-Drop It! I heard you the fourth time
-Will Trick or TREAT be eliminated this year?
-I learned and, so far, retained ETAGERE and its rich cadre of vowels here in Puzzleville
-I trimmed my neighbor’s 6’ tall “leggy” LILAC back to 1’ tall and it is flourishing
-The PIETA in St. Peters now resides behind bullet-proof glass after vandalism
-We got COVID-19 tests despite no ONSET CUES
-You landed the write-up just like the plane at DCA, Moe!
Musings 2
ReplyDelete-I called a repairman to get my dishwasher running and he said he could be here Friday between 10 and 1 with a minimum charge of $125. I went to the internet to see how to clear the AE code on an LG dishwasher and five minutes later it was up and running.
-I had to get some window screen plungers fixed and so I took them to a glass place that charges about $10/screen to do it. The manager turned out to be a former student and he did all of them for $5 while I waited.
-So today would be a good day to hit me up for a loan
Thank you Pam for an easier ( at your standard -), yet novel puzzle.
ReplyDeleteChairman Moe. congrats, for an excellent debut !!
Tchotchke(s) is a yiddish word ( from Kurdish !) for baubles or trinkets, and other generally (otherwise) useless items ... only good for viewing or admiring. It could be used as a slang for young pretty woman, or an endearing little child. It helps to live in a Jewish neighborhood. with older folks, or in NY City to learn yiddish slang.
An Etagere is a fancy french word for a set of shelves, sometimes covered with glass for dust protection or theft protection... to display those baubles or ornaments.
Personally, this hits hard close to home !! I have a ton of such T's and a dozen Etageres would not help. As a result, my tchotchkes remain in their newspaper wrappings for over five years or more.
I am constantly reminded of Hahtoolah's QOD ( Quote of the Day) about buying bargains .... " A bargain, especially at a garage sale ... is an iten you do not need, and do not want ... but, it is at a price, you cannot resist". Thank you H.
Finished with the G in AGR. DUGONG
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with the Chairman about 1d. & 6d. and thanks for taking on the project.
Love Hawaii MAHALO, but sailing The Abacos is our fav.
Caught the the DOUBLE DOG theme at the very end.
Fun puzzle.
MO
Thanks for the write-up, Moe! Enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteDid not know ETAGERE, DUGONG, or BIMINI, but no complaints from me. I'm always impressed with a theme like this where both parts of the theme entry relate to the revealer. The revealer helped me piece together some of the trickier theme entries, too.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteI agree with Inanehiker about the bite but nothing so difficult to impede the solve. A few perps needed for NCC, Mahalo, and Dugong, but no w/os. I liked the diverse duos of URL/AOL, URI/URL, Bid/Bud, Cod/Con, Rho/Toe, Ess/Esos, and Etna/Feta(s). Coincidentally, I have two great nephews and one great niece who are students at URI. One hails from Massachusetts, one from Long Island, and one from this area. I found some of today’s fill fresh and not often seen: Visage, Etagere, and Bimini. Needless to say, I loved the theme, as Wilbur predicted yesterday.
Thanks, Pam, for a doggone, chewy solve and thanks, Moe, for ‘splainin’ it all with such witty humor and devilish derring-do! Congrats on your debut; you certainly met the challenge, and then some!
Have a great day.
For a Wednesday a bit sticky I thought. To begin had suit before vest at 1A, facade before visage, Leo before bud at 29A. What really threw me was 34D where I guessed wrong with vahalo which turned out to be the last corrected square changing to a "m". It took a while, but FIR in the end. Wouldn't it be nice to have Ike back in office today? I have no doubt he wouldn't tolerate any of the chaos we're experiencing now.
ReplyDeleteIt’s funny to see the blogger’s use of the expression ‘one in the same,’ which is meaningless. The proper expression is ‘one and the same.’ I know because I recently looked it up to end an argument. G
ReplyDeleteFIW...
ReplyDelete... couldnt get passed guestSERVICE for GUIDESERVICE. Knew "sealen and sado made no sense and a novel name probably wouldn't start with "tht (but maybe I missed some weirdly titled Grisham novel?). Think of pool NOODLES more as flotation devices rather than toys. But...
The theme? Dog? Needed the narrative explanation.
My problem is once I complete the solve and the clue isn't needed to solve I don't go looking. My brain needs a rest.
Have seen lots of basking manatees in the marinas at Captiva Island, Fla..no malodorous DUGONGs though. That answer was hidden in the cobwebs of my cerebrum.
Amazing ....kids have gone from BALSA airplanes to drones. A SINE 'o the times.
My mom called it a knick-knack rack..once they are expensive enough they're called ÉTAGEREs
Sign of spring...like the chairman noted...not a zodiac sign or a robin..... but a beer! Interesting. BUD or Bud lite?
And while toasting (can you toast with a beer?) to a covid free spring next year....
Meatball's father-in-law .....ARCH.
Gestational MDs ...OBIES.
Alpine cough drop .....RCCOLA!
Question to a man with a deer rifle "_______?" HOUSEHUNTING
Have a happy Humpday
Wonderful Wednesday. Thanks for the fun, Pam and CMoe (congrats on your blogging debut).
ReplyDeleteCrunchy for me today after an easy fill yesterday. (I was AWOL due to celebrating my mother’s 98th birthday).
Officially a DOUBLE DOG FIW today. I had GUIDES adVICE, and DUlONG (this Canadian did not get the USDA/AGR initials decided properly.
But I did get the theme, although I thought Dog Advice was an outlier. LOL
I had Caps before VEST. Does not swimmers in the clue imply a plural answer. Perhaps thinking of swimmers as a group not individuals.
I noted FEMA crossing FETAS, and CUBE crossing TUBE.
I also noted THE and slight dupe with THE TUBE.
Malodorous Manatee had a CSO.
Wishing you all a great day.
ReplyDeleteA nice puzzle from Pam and a great job of 'splaining by Chairman Moe. Definitely a Wednesday-ish puzzle with a bit of crunch to it and some fresh new words.
I had two "a's" where I needed to have "E's" today. ETEGaRE and PIaTA were ultimately fixed by perps.
I think the "Christmas Story" exchange where they went from the Double Dog dare to the Triple Dog dare is hilarious.
Unlike D-O I buy paper by the 10-ream case. DW is into genealogy and she downloads and prints a lot of stuff which she puts into 3-ring binders. I also keep a couple of toner cartridges handy for the laser printer. Inkjet cartridges wouldn't last very long when she gets into some heavy research.
I wanted HONEYMOON CRUISE for the newlywed adventure, but it was too long. Plus I don't think HOUSE HUNTING is what I would consider as an adventure. It may have started out as an adventure, but it never ended that way.
I had an aunt who had a houseful of Tchotchke. They weren't in glass enclosed stands though, so they were really just dust-catchers. My dear aunt was always dusting them.
Finally getting some rain which we need.
I hope you all have a great day and please wear your masks.
Welcome to our world Chairman.
ReplyDeleteRay, my first thought about ARCH was also Archie Bunker and especially of a great character actor ALLAN MELVIN who I enjoyed from forward.
I would have sworn we have seen DUGONG before, but I guess not in the puzzles, just living in Florida.
Thanks, PAK and Chris
SOMEHOW Sgt Bilko disappeared from my comment...
ReplyDeleteRemembered BIMINI from 50 odd yrs ago when controversial NY Congressman Adam Clayton Powell moved to his retreat there.
ReplyDeleteBJ's sells super REAMS of 750 sheets printer paper by HP. One lasts a year or so for BH and me.
ÉTAGÈRE means 'shelf' or 'book shelf' in French.
Good one, Pam. Thank you and congratulations, Chairman Moe. I wondered what the seasoned solvers would say about making articles part of the answers for THE TUBE and A BAR, but I hear no objections. No worries. DNK DUGONG but FIR. One and the same ... six of one, half a dozen of the other!
ReplyDeleteGood point, NaomiZ. A BAR was far more questionable, to me, than was THE TUBE because The Tube has always been The Tube, at least to this tourist.
ReplyDeleteBy now someone has pointed out the IKEs and DDE. I misread "monogram" and thought it was an actual dup.
ReplyDeleteI had a golden appropriately named Goliath. Up in the woods of NH he went into "Point". And there 60 feet away was a big ugly moose. She stared, Goliath never moved, nor I and she ambled off. Pregnant I think. Yes, "Good Dog" was spoken.
I actually inked TEDS as Turner and Roosevelt were correct.
"Homynimic"!. Nice one, speaking of what we learn in here
If Starbucks prefers not to brew decaf they offer a cafe americano at same price. Espresso and boiling water, much better
The 'passe simple,' of voir is vis. Thus like adding "age" is like our adding "ic" or "ish"
Tchotchke Stand. Yep, looks just like an etagere as in 'etages' or 'floors'. Ironically le premier stage is the second floor*
Wow, Mr G. certainly is prolific.
C-Moe, don't forget that WADE also played for the Yankees. The Redsox mired him in the minors for an extra year or two. Being a TBay guy he fit perfectly on the (Devil)Rays. A classic pure hitter. He would have hit .400 with the gimmick shifts employed today
NCC - maybe that'll bring Picard in.
Manatees love to be sprayed with a hose.
NH, wouldn't spend the money to repair the old man. Penny wise, pound foolish.
Great debut, C-Moe and thanks for the Moe-ku. Your version of Splynter's legs
WC
Naomi @ 11:24
ReplyDeleteAs I now know, it’s one AND the same, not one IN the same. But I suspect that my blogs will always contain a malaprop or two ... I’ll reveal my true Norm Cosby many more times!!
Just now solved tomorrow's USA Today puzzle. The constructor was familiar to me - and to all here. Good puzzle with a couple of learning moments.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Pam, for an interesting puzzle. I always learn something new from you, and today I added DUGONG to my vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteA BAR refers to the many many jokes that begin, “ A (fill in the blank) walked into a bar. They are always short and usually groaners. “A horse walks into a bar. The bartender asks, “why the long face”. Want more? Didn’t think so.
Thanks for the excellent debut, Ch. Moe. I loved listening to Adele and learning the difference between manatee and dugong.
I found lumps in my breast last Wed. and saw a breast specialist today. Good news, it's not cancer. Remember my colorful VIBGYOR breast? The bruising left non dangerous hematomas behind. The doctor was surprised at how spry I am and with just minor pain after breaking three ribs only 3+ weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteIf all my health problems resulting from the accident were paid by my health insurance, I would be billed just $10 per visit. Having to go through the auto insurance I will have to pay 20% of the bills.
So sad about the Old Man in the Mountain. What a loss! Glad I got to see it years ago when we rented a vacation home on Lake Winnepesaukee. Lovely country there.
Hola!
ReplyDeleteMAHALO Pam A.K. and Chairman Moe! Nicely done, CMoe. Congratulations on your debut.
Count me in for TEDS before IKES. My wite-out pen to the RESCUE. No other write overs. All filled smoothly.
I love Jessica LANGE and it's a treat to see her in the puzzle. She is such good actress.
My experience with an ETAGERE occurred when I bought a lovely bust called La Mujer (the woman) and needed a place to display it. I found one with glass shelves and it is now filled with family photos as well. My tchotchkes (I love that word!) are in another, enclosed ETAGERE. But the dust still sneaks in there.
CSO to my youngest sister, Yolanda, and yes, that is why OLE appeared. Yolanda is very much a Spanish name.
No, I didn't take time to parse the theme, so again, MAHALO, CMoe, for explaining it in such thorough detail.
Lesson learned today is that RCCOLA pioneered the soft drink can!
Have a bright and sunny day, everyone!
YR @ 1244 - - I was just out for a short milk run to the grocery and, while driving, I wondered how you were recovering. Something must have synced up because when I just returned, there was a progress report. Glad you're improving.
ReplyDeleteThis was really fun and satisfying. Thank you Pam and Moe.
ReplyDeleteGreat write up! As a long time volunteer with Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) I can say there is a difference between a Guide Dog and a Service Dog. CCI trains Service Dogs who perform physical tasks for people with disabilities such as picking up dropped items, opening doors, turning on lights. They also train Hearing Dogs for people with deafness and hearing impairments. Service Dogs are expected to follow commands at all times.
ReplyDeleteGuide Dogs are typically trained for the visually impaired and are taught to follow commands unless that command puts the person in danger, like crossing a busy road. It’s called “intelligent disobedience.” Cool! I’m intelligently disobedient on a regular basis.
Unfortunately late to the party, as I
ReplyDeletehad to drive D#3 into the city (along with D#2)
for her last ride in with groceries, for the long haul
to come. She visited her new classroom today (& I think the desks are
too close together) just IMHO... Too put up some motivational
posters for the kids.
Still has no WIFI, as the self install PKG was delivered two days ago,
but somebody stole it...
Also, I was advised that if Spectrum installs the WIFI, it is $50-
but if you do it yourself they only charge $10-???
(it's not WIFI, it's WTF-IFI...)
Welcome, And Thank You Chairman Moe for the edification.
But I must ask, did they double dog dare you to take this responsibility?
C-Moe, your Cue lead in was ripe for a silly link,
& I went looking for a pic of some one poking somebody with
a pool cue, but alas, no avail... But I did come across this
Mantra that may help you with future Blogs...
Oh, the puzzle!
I hate it when it all comes down to an Alphabet run thru a Natick!
Dugong via AGR gave me Arg!
&, an aside to Stinky Dugong,
Tx for making me look askew,
but I am not "that" old...
Speaking of looking askew,
I am CED, already looking sideways,
keep those dang poky fingers away from me!
Bright Wednesday to you all! It’s gorgeous here after a rainy day yesterday (and boy, did we need the rain).
ReplyDeleteI always cringe inside when I see this constructor’s name on a puzzle, because I have such dichotomous (!) experiences with her. Some I find quite difficult while others seem to be right in my wheelhouse. Fortunately, today’s puzzle was one of the latter and went pretty quickly.
C. Moe, your debut was a rousing success! How does the Corner look from the other side?
I always seem to get the Eisenhower entries right away; probably because he’s the first president I have personal ’rememberies’ of. His term went from my third grade year through most of high school.
HG, you’re in rare form today. :P
For a puzzle that went so quickly for me, it took nearly forever to suss the theme. I had completely finished it (FIR!) but it wasn’t until five minutes later that the shoe finally dropped. Very clever and fun.
Every time I see AOL in a puzzle it makes me wonder whether it is still as big as it used to was. Doesn’t seem so from here but that’s just me.
We were fishing with our grandson* the other day when a mom and her young (five-ish) daughter went by in a kayak. Mom was using a double-bladed paddle and daughter was copying her moves using a pool NOODLE. Very cute.
BUD/BID made me smile.
D-O, I agree completely with your router vs table saw comment.
Be happy, wear a mask, and stay healthy.
*Sounded like we were using him for bait... we weren’t.
Well, Pam got me twice this week --- Sunday and today!!! Nice job, Pam and Moe!
ReplyDeleteFor MY troubles, I got a great big DNF!
I really did do better than I thought I would. Started early this morning, and then went back to sleep, and finished my DNF around noon. I really only couldn’t suss the NE corner. None of the stuff I tried up there matched, so I finally looked up “The Politician” and up popped Jessica LANGE, so the rest was easy. Then I was mad at myself.
I’ve told you before that I pay little or no attention to anything that comes out of Hollywood on either network TV or in movies. To prove my point, the last Jessica Lange vehicle I watched was “The Postman Always Rings Twice” with Jack Nicholson (1981) way back when.
Yeah, also had TEDS before IKES. Neat clue!
ETAGERE was an unknown. So was DUGONG (I’ve got dozens of photos of manatees taken from my brother’s condo overlooking the Banana River, but no DUGONGS). I also don’t know any ADELE songs. I’ll go to my grave saying, “We had the best music!” Perps got all three.
Didn’t know BIMINI was a more than one island; I only heard of it in an old, old Kingston Trio song:
Bimini - Kingston Trio
DCA is on my bucket list for planespotting. I haven’t been to Washington since I graduated from Turtle U in 1970 (flown over it a few times), long before I got into aviation photography. Gravelly Point is one of the best planespotting venues in the country!
Gravelly Point
Also, I saw the DOUBLEDOG answer, but I didn’t make the connection. I got all of the long fills. Maybe if I had looked harder, I could have figured it out. I mean, it was kinda obvious. However, I only gave myself until noonish, because I have things to do today. Uh, look what time it is now!
ReplyDeleteFLN...cheeses made backwards....EDAM.
Manatees are polygamists.
ReplyDeleteDugongs have one mate and live as a couple for life.
Manatees have an average lifespan of 40 years.
Dugongs live an average of 70 years.
There's an obvious correlation here.
WC, this Manatee is a very much a sprayer as contrasted with being a sprayee. ;-)
ReplyDeleteCED, this Dugong very much appreciates the link that you shared, above. I had tried, without success, to find similar images online. I am happy to confirm that my recollection was not merely a figment of my imagination.
Yes, Shankers, it would be interesting to see what Ike could do to resolve today's mayhem. Thanks for commenting Shankers since it appears no one else could care less speculating
ReplyDeleteI stand with Hungry Mother.
ReplyDeleteI mean, C'mon: whoever heard of DUGONG?
If you perped it, you can count yourself lucky *. I had DOUBLE DIG, 'cuz I'm pretty sure that was called in Christmas Story as much as DOUBLE DOG.
Oh, well, this was an otherwise decent humpday treat. So, my thanks go to Ms. Klawitter.
~ OMK
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PS. * Yes, I mean you, Malodorous Manatee (what? some kinda nepotism here?!), Yellowrocks, &c.
I liked this puzzle and loved the theme. which at first I thought had something to do with doubling letters as in SEAATTACK. Hand up for putting in TEDS before IKES, and for noticing THE and THE TUBE. Also hand up for having GUIDES ADVICE at first, which led me to Hi-DEF audio, onto which I hung for too long. Thanks for the terrific puzzle, Pam.
ReplyDeleteThank you and congratulations on your debut, Chairman Moe.
Stay well, all.
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteFirst off, thanks to all for the kind comments on my debut. It was a lot of fun doing the blog, and look forward to my next assignment ...
A few random "replies":
Yellowrocks@8:47 I actually meant to say, it was the house in which I grew up that had a lilac bush growing next to it. I am pretty bad with grammar!
Vidwan827@9:33 Thank you (and anyone else, too) for the detailed Etagere and Tchtchoke explanation!
CED@2:13 re; the silly link ... hey, pal, I gotta leave some of these alone for you to respond!! ;^)
WikWak@2:15 it actually looks pretty much the same on the other side. Learning and/or refreshing my HTML language is the most challenging ... C.C. and TTP helped me with the final edit ...
LEO III@2:30 speaking of plane spotting, this place looks like it would be a lot of fun to be at, when a plane comes in for a landing ...
shankers@2:49 maybe the "no politics rule"? FWIW, I have always thought that I aligned more with Eisenhower and perhaps Teddy Roosevelt in my political views. BTW, from reading some of your other posts, am I correct in guessing that you live in Maricopa County? Me, too, if so.
A late FIR solve today after many "look agains" during the day. The NW was my slow section, having put in teds instead of IKES. EKE OUT gave me the break I needed and all was well. Saw all the DOUBLE DOGs in the theme entries after the reveal. Before getting DOG I too noticed the TT in ATTACK and thought double letters was the gimmick.
ReplyDeleteProofreading saved me when I saw REAk didn't make sense just before I read Chairman Moe's blog. Thanks and good job, CMoe. Look forward to next time. And thanks for the challenge of the day, Pam. Enjoyed the puzzle.
Chairman Moe @ 12:01 Maybe your "followers" didn't get the "joke" that you made when you offered Norm COSBY as your "role model" for malapropisms instead of Norm CROSBY? Funny stuff. Anyone else remember his shtick?
ReplyDeleteYolanda may be a name common to Spain but I'm not sure it is a Spanish name, certainly not exclusive to Spain...
ReplyDeletehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolanda_(name)
Chairman Moe, yes. Specifically Scottsdale. Of course, Lucinda is around here somewhere too.
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteGreat debut C.Moe! Try to live-up to that every week and you'll burn yourself out :-)
Pam - You got me. GOES @47 messed up the Manatee's BUD & the park. That corner was a WAG fest. FIW.
WOs: Hi-def b/f RES (hi Jayce!), USS b/f NCC (D'Oh! - I know this; just read the clue wrong).
ESPs: ETAGERE, LANGE, MAHALO, BIMINI(?), SERGES
Fav: I'll go w/ C. Moe's expo.
{A, B}
Oc4 - your Christmas Story link reminds me of 1st grade. We had a "ramp'd" sidewalk next too the school that was fun to "shoe-skate" on when winter ice'd it over. One kid tripped on an imperfection. When he pulled himself up, his lip was still stuck to the ice.
A (literal) bloody mess.
On my paper route, there was a C-Store about 2/3rds way through. It was owned by a nice guy [he'd give me the insides of magazines b/c he could still return the cover for full-credit] who taught 11yro me, when I didn't have the cash for winter's hot-coco, "Take coffee w/o cream nor sugar. If you can develop a taste for it, you'll have a drink anywhere in the world." I later learned in life, in Cairo, he was right!
That's all for now - more work awaits but I need a nap 1st.
Enjoy'd reading y'all whilst my computers where a-thinkin'.
Cheers, -T
Wow! All comments stopped at 5:24. Interesting. I was watching movies so perhaps others were too.
ReplyDeleteShankers and CMoe:
Yes, I live in Scottsdale on Thomas Road likely south of you, Shankers, And please note that my name does not contain a "d". Thank you.
Lucina @ 1:14 -> I live in Mesa, E of the 202. Close to Usery Mountain Regional Park. Thanks for the Yolanda explanation ... I kinda figured that was why!! 😀
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