Theme: RECYCLE SHOP (54. Earth-friendly retailer ... and a hint to the
circled letters) -SHOP is scrambled inside each theme answer, moving one
letter at a time.
17. "Fingers crossed!": HERE'S HOPING.
24. American addition to Chinese cuisine: CHOP SUEY.
34. Vessel carrying soldiers: TROOP SHIP.
46. Steph Curry hoops specialty: JUMP SHOT.
Boomer here.
It's a little early for Christmas SHOPping but "Black Friday" will soon be upon us. I believe it got the name when retailers profits got into the black on that day. Might be a long SHOP (I mean long shot) this year .
Across:
6. Witch's incantation: SPELL. "I'll get you my pretty, and your
little dog too!" As much as I liked Costner's "Bull Durham", "Wizard of
Oz" is still my favorite.
11. Image file suffix: JPG.
14. Garden-guarding spirit: GNOME. We have a couple of glass owls
to scare the squirrels. They don't do the job however.
15. Free-for-all: MELEE. Vikings verses Bears tonight ??
16. Poetic "before": ERE. "And I heard him exclaim ERE he drove
out of sight."
19. Golf starting point: TEE. You get to the TEE and put your TEE
in the ground then TEE off.
20. Cattle identifier: EAR TAG. Female cattle get rings.
21. Puts dressing in, as a turkey: STUFFS. Coming soon to a
Thursday near you.
23. Painter or sculptor: ARTIST.
26. Face cover: VEIL. These days we might just call it a MASK.
27. Hawaii's Mauna __: LOA.
28. Watch over: TEND.
29. Shakespearean rumpus: ADO. "Much ADO about nothing."
30. Sad on the Seine?: BLEU. This word refers to BLEU cheese
also. Cheese is not Blue so if you spell it blue, you BLEW it.
39. Fibbed: LIED.
40. __ moment: revelation: AHA. I know you don't yell it, but
many of you think it when you fill a word that you were stumped on.
43. Yemeni port: ADEN.
44. Bumped into: MET. New York's AMAZIN' players in 1969.
45. Hoity-toity sort: SNOB.
49. Draw idly: DOODLE. "I'm a Yankee DOODLE Dandy !"
51. College grounds: CAMPUS. I have only seen a few, but they all
seem very elite.
52. Lighthearted banter: LEVITY. Sure, I get to 52-Across and get
called a word.
53. See 53-Down: PAL.53. With 53-Across, money transfer app:
PAY.
57. Consumed: ATE. The same letters are EAT. Thanksgiving
is coming.
58. Stay away from: AVOID. AVOID too much turkey and stuffing.
Pumpkin pie is okay.
59. Offends the nose: REEKS.
60. "Spot on!": YES.
61. Dots on a map: TOWNS. Timberwolves Karl Anthony TOWNS - AKA
KAT.
62. Doctrinal belief: TENET.
Down:
2. Smiled with disdain: SNEERED.
3. Fictional captain Hornblower: HORATIO.
4. "Bam!" chef: EMERIL.
5. Takes ten: RESTS. Bowls a strike, then rests.
6. Air quality issue: SMOG. Our suburban Minneapolis air is pretty
fresh. But occasionally full of white stuff.
7. __ talk: team motivator: PEP.
8. "Happy Endings" actress Cuthbert: ELISHA. ELISHA GRAY along
with Enos Barton founded Western Electric which became Graybar in 1929
when the employees purchased the distribution and sales portion of the
company. I owe them a lot!
9. Largo relative: LENTO.
10. Assistance, with "a": LEG UP.
11. Propellant for a flying fighter: JET FUEL. Is it unleaded
?
12. Roll call response: PRESENT. Or you may start purchasing some
on Black Friday.
13. "Who knew?": GEE. WHIZ.
18. __ trick: hockey player's three goals in a game: HAT. And
everyone tosses theirs on the ice.
22. SLR setting: F STOP.
23. "Selma" director DuVernay: AVA. Also Ms. Gardner.
24. Rhyming pair: COUPLET.
25. NFL stats: YDS. Viking Dalvan Cook has a bunch.
27. Zodiac feline: LEO. I was once in a bowling league with LEO
Mann. The guy was a PBA member but once in awhile I might sneak out a
win.
30. "Turn on the heat!": BRR. We had warm weather a couple of
weeks ago, but this week it's "Welcome to Minnesota".
31. __ Angeles: LOS.
32. "... __ loves me not": SHE.
33. Prefix with night: MID.
34. Local news hr.: TEN PM. Also Five and Six. More commercials
for us all.
35. Obedience school command: SIT. I like the lactose free milk
commercials where the guy says "If it wasn't real milk then those aren't real
cows." Then he tells them to "SIT ... I said SIT. "
36. Friend of TV's Sheldon and Leonard: RAJ.
37. Provide schooling for: EDUCATE. This is a real hassle for
schools this year. Especially with the recent spike in cases, I'm not
sure I would send school age kids to school. I do coach bowling to High
School kids but that has been delayed until spring, Or maybe next year.
Pfizer has hinted that a vaccine is coming, but needs to be stored at minus 80
degrees C. Wow???
38. Ewes and does: FEMALES.
40. "Subsequently ... ": AND THEN. "AND THEN Along came
Jones" - Ray Stevens.
41. Mount __: oldest Seven Sisters college: HOLYOKE.
42. Civil War prez: ABE. back when Minnesota was a new
state.
44. Red Square city: MOSCOW.
45. "It's pretty obvious": SO I SEE.
47. Nursery rhyme dieter: SPRAT. "Jack SPRAT could eat no fat"
48. Spanish omelet ingredient: HUEVO. Egg.
49. Joe Biden's st.: DEL. What did DELAWARE - She wore a brand
NEW JERSEY.
50. Unconcealed: OVERT.
52. Certain TV screens: LCDS.
55. Yang's counterpart: YIN.
56. Wash. winter hours: PST. State, not D.C.
Boomer
Good morning Cornerites.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mark McClain for your enjoyable Monday CW. I FIR.
Thank you Boomer for your excellent review.
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Good morning!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking D.C. for those "Wash. winter hours" resulting in a RECYCLE SHOE. Quickly fixed. I did notice the rotating SHOP in the themers. Thanx, Mark and Boomer. (I was only familiar with the Coasters version of Along Came Jones.)
ELISHA: I remember her best as Jack Bauer's daughter, Kim, In 24.
HAT Trick: Thanx for 'splainin', Boomer. I thought it was some subterfuge like a quarterback sneak (which I also don't really understand).
“Quarterback sneak” is when instead of passing the ball or handing it to a runner the quarterback tries a fast-count, gets sneaky and keeps the ball himself to sneak through the defensive line for that last yard or so needed for a first down.
DeleteFIR and nice to see DEL make the puzzle. I’ve seen a few lists of states that omit Delaware. It has less than a million residents and three counties, but a nice seashore and a great running scene. We sold our Delaware house in October and will miss being a snowbird.
ReplyDeleteVery fast today. I saw the revolving HOP right away. When I got to Washington hours I wrote EST, but RECYCLE SHOE didn't work. OH,PST, we are recycling SHOP.
ReplyDeleteLucina, in regard to your shoe comment several days ago, I had a closet full of heels. After shattering my foot and having it expertly restored, followed by two knee replacements, I had to recycle all of them. Now its flats only.
I have recycled tons this month and have tons of other stuff for the CLEAN OUT service.
I have read several Horatio Hornblower novels and others about the Royal Navy. Swashbuckling derring-do.
Many corporate campuses here have dog cutouts to deter the geese. I am not sure whether or not they work.
I like all of the blue/bleu cheeses, including gorgonzola, Roquefort, Stilton and others. All have veins of blue mold in them. They are especially good on salads and go well with balsamic vinegar dressings. Sometimes I substitute a blue cheese for mozzarella in Caprese salad.
I miss Picard and Fermatprime. I hope they are well.
YR, your comment about Stilton cheese, et al reminded me of the episode of "Chef" (of Chateau Anglais fame) who gets busted for procuring an illegal wheel of unpasteurized Stilton from a local farmer, rhapsodizing ecstatically with his eyes glazed over about how it's just not the same without all that tasty bacteria!
DeleteFIR today after a quick and mostly clean grid fill. I too fell into the eST/PST trap, YR, Boomer and DO. I soon saw it should be RECYCLE SHOP and fixed it since I had noticed the revolving SHOP early on. AHA! My other WO was HORAcIO, which ARTIST soon fixed. Boomer, I also thought of John Smoltz with SMOLTS. It was a nice Monday puzzle. Thanks Mark. And thanks to Boomer for getting us off to a good start to the week. You can keep your white STUFF. When it appears in Atlanta's air, it causes a great ADO!
ReplyDeleteIf it REEKS and, UGH, tastes awful, maybe you need a COVID test? Hope you all are staying well these days!
This was fast and breezy - I think reading Boomer's blog was about the same length. Around here we don't call them RECYCLE SHOP - but it was easily perped in. So many other names that are used around here: secondhand shop, thrift store, used goods store, flea market. They are popular around here - easy to get started for the owner and so many people have stuff they need to get rid of. Our kids in Seattle have half furnished their house from the Goodwill.
ReplyDeleteYR can understand and we just moved out of our house of 22 years - I hope to not keep that much stuff again and deal with it along the way!
Thanks Boomer and Mark!
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteLet me know when I can remove the dunce hat and when I’m allowed to leave the corner stool. This puzzle was so easy, the words practically filled themselves in and, therefore, many crosses were unnoticed. That led to a disgraceful Monday FIW due to confidently entering Smelts and not seeing the glaringly incorrect F Steps. I never heard of Smolts but you can bet I’ll never forget them in the future. The theme was obvious immediately and the revealer no surprise, but there were several cute crossings with Pay/Pal, Tee/Gee, and Educate/Campus, a CSO to several Cornerites. Mask came to mind before Veil, and Ted before Pep.
Thanks, Mark, for a humbling, stumbling Monday and thanks, Boomer, for making me feel better with your always cheerful banter and humor. Our weather pattern seems to be mimicking Minnesota’s. Some white stuff is in the forecast in some local areas tomorrow.
Dave, nice to hear from you. Hope all is well with you and Carol.
FLN
Ray O, Jayce, and CEh, thank you for your kind thoughts.
Have a great day.
Ray O, is your local Sunday paper The Times Union?
ReplyDeleteRay O and Spitz, do you get the Albany TV stations? I just learned that Channel 13 news anchor Jim Kambrich is retiring. I’ll miss him but I enjoy some of the other staff, as well.. One of these days, we’ll be saying goodbye to Bob Kovachick, too.
Good morning. Thank you, Mark, and thank you, Boomer.
ReplyDeleteWhen I became of age my mother called me to her side,
She said, "Son, you're growing up now pretty soon you'll take a bride"
And then she said, "Just because you've become a young man now,
There's still somethings that you don't understand now,
Before you ask some girl for her hand now
Keep your freedom for as long as you can now."
My mama told me, "You better shop around, (Shop, shop)
Oh yeah, you better shop around" (Shop, shop around)
Irish Miss, a Cary Grant mini marathon is starting Wednesday at 6AM on the Movies! TV Network.
Boomer, there was a series of quotes this morning about what Bears fans would like to see for play calling tonight. One Bears fan said something to the effect of "how about something other than 2 yard runs" and another said "quit calling 2 yard pass plays on 3rd and 8" while the last one said she hoped the Bears don't change a thing. Then she added that she's a Vikings fan.
Hola!
ReplyDeleteI really liked this puzzle with its plethora of interesting words and nothing seemed forced. It was surprising to see HUEVO but it seemed to appear smoothly for everyone since no one commented on it.
And Boomer, I enjoyed your LEVITY.
I've not heard of ELISHA Cuthbert so it took six perps to complete. That seems to me like an odd name for a FEMALE. SMOLTS was another one that filled itself.
YR:
You have my admiration for being able to purge your belongings. I wish I could get motivated to do the same. My office is especially cluttered and needs to be cleared of extraneous STUFF.
Dave:
It's good to see you! I hope all is well with you and your companions.
Enjoy your day, everyone!
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteIM - I do not get the Albany TV stations. Sorry you're losing a favorite personality.
Easy solve today. No problems in unravelling this one. The SHOP recycling was cute.
TROOP SHIP - - I spent several days aboard the USS Cavalier (APA_37) in Long Beach during my Midi cruise. Racks were 5 deep.
EAR TAG - Boomer offered that (per the picture) female cattle get rings. Not being able to see his 'accoutrements', I'm assuming we're looking at a bull here. The ring is used so a bull staff can be used to lead the bull in carrying out his assigned duties.
My doctor is urging me to get a shingles vaccine shot. Shingrex. Has any one here had it? It's supposed to be much more effective than the older Zoster vaccine
You need two Shingrex shots spaced about a month apart. I had no reactions other than a day or two soreness around the injection site. Our local pharmacy gives them for free if you have Medicare. From what I've heard Shingles is like Chicken Pox on steroids, much worse than any side effects.
DeleteI was big on HH* in my teens. Every book report was a HH. My buddy said to me "Another Hornblower?". Then my teacher cut me off. I liked Lieutenant H the best
ReplyDelete"Largo relative: LENTO"??? Need help here.
IM, SMeLT was a w/o for me. I managed to recognize FSTOP in time.
Mostly fast run through. I love Boomer Monday. Btw, somebody on FB posted Joe Morgan as Manager who left Buckner in. I'll bet you know off the top of your head.**
WC
*As Admiral in 1821, HH encountered French warships on the way to St Helena to bring back Napoleon. Horatio gave then his word of honor that Bonaparte had just died. The French believed him but instead of degradation Hornblower was saved by the fortuitous demise of the Emperor. Was he poisoned?
**John McNamara of course
Lento is Italian for slow, but not quite as slow as Largo.
DeleteFor a short while as filling in, on Rhyming Pair, I had CO-PL--. COWPLOW??
ReplyDeleteMonday morning and my brain wasn't working. Figured it out, of course, when I had CO-PLET.
Nice puzzle!
Musings
ReplyDelete-I thought SHOP might be followed by POSH, HOPS and PHOS (Vietnamese soups?)
-TROOP SHIP – Even Queen Elizabeth did her bit seen here bringing 12,000 American troops into New York Harbor
-TEE off – 60F+ this week on the prairie
-STUFFS – A two-person Thanksgiving seems to be our fate
-My doctor did REFER me to a surgeon in Omaha saying, “You don’t want local guys doing this!”
-Our local small university saved its CAMPUS by eliminating entire programs that weren’t paying their way
-Local TEN PM news shows seem to be rife with car dealer ads proclaiming, “NOW is the time to buy!”
Spitzboov, my doc told me to get the 2 part Shingrex shots but recommended I wait a full six months after my bout with Shingles ended. So that put me in February this year. Then I was dilatory. Then the outbreak, so I still haven't had the first shot. However, I got my flu shot a week and a half or so ago, and the pharmacist said that they have plenty of doses of Shingrex available and to come back in at any time.
ReplyDeleteOur resident doctor here at the corner (Dr. Nina) also recommended the two part Shingrex shots as being more effective for the prevention of Shingles.
I will say this. I don't want Shingles again.
Musings 2
ReplyDelete-Addendum to yesterday superstitious puzzle, does anyone remember a wildly successful move that contained this scene?
Alan and I both had two Shingrex shots last year. I have seen and heard of people with horrible shingles incidents. IM, is a case in point. My doctor highly recommends Shingrex.
ReplyDeleteLucina, I live in an 1800 sq, ft. condo with a garage now. I am moving to a 918 sq. ft. apartment with no garage. I had to pare down by 50% in order to fit in that space. Tough choices, but taking more is impossible.
Spitz, I had the two-part Shingrex shots a couple of years ago. No physical problems, but it was a problem finding a pharmacy that had the shots in stock. I'd had the Zoster vaccine a couple of years earlier, but my doctor recommended Shingrex. Beware, it's pricey. When I got it, Medicare didn't cover it. That may have changed since then.
ReplyDeleteNo real complaints today, but who's going to listen anyway? Started with ick at 1D which quickly turned to ugh with usher. Being a card carrying technophobe JPG came with perps as did the unknown Raj. Smolts, too, was unknown, but the familiar F-stop it filled itself. I liked the clue for blue as well. Just a bit slower than the usual Monday, but not by much. How about that performance by Dustin Johnson at the Master's yesterday, and did anyone see the "Hail Murray" pass at the end of the Cardinals game? Probably not. Not a slew of sports nuts here.
ReplyDeleteBleu, not blue.
ReplyDeleteEasy fast Monday...Inkovers: focus/FSTOP, creed/TENET. .....plus I actually sussed the puzzle theme RECYCLESHOP 4 times.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I need to station a few GNOME guardians in my garden next year to guard against rabbits and deer eating my hostas to the ground. .
Thought getting a LEG UP meant having an advantage in a given situtation, not assistance. AVA (du Vernay) is now hopefully burned into my long term memory.
HORATIO Hornblower...expected a picture of Gregory Peck. largo: means wide or broad, LENTO: slow. Musical terms from It.
It is thought that Shakespeare's original "Ado" title was "Much Rumpus over Bupkis" . It's LOA not kea cause the perp is LEO. Don't get GEE as a response to "Who knew?"
"Sad" in French is "triste". Not sure the French use the color BLEU in the same way mais je ne suis pas sûr
SMOLTS?
Spring month Hawaian necklace....MELEE.
Demitasse....COUPLET.
Mother's milker.....MOSCOW.
Outer space....AVOID.
Man cave...ADEN.
Thanksgiving plans cancelled. As of 2 days ago Saturday Massachusetts would require my daughter's family to self-quarantine if they drive to NYS once they return. Not possible. Expectation of a COVID surge after Turkey Day will likely spill into and affect Christmas plans as well. A piece of coal in the stocking. First year in many I have Thanksgiving and Christmas week off.
Irish M...I was trying to recall the name of one traitional Christmas Eve fish...that sounded like SMOLTS ..you inadvertently filled me in: smelts!..We get the Utica Observer-Dispatch. It carries the LAT puzzle Mon - Sat. But oddly prints a 2 week old NYT puzzle on Sunday which I do. Dont get Albany TV stations.
Ray-O, the Houston Barnacle does the same with the puzzles.
ReplyDeleteShankers, I'm stunningly ignorant about sports, but I hear you!
ReplyDeleteRay-O, thank you for the morning shot of joe: "Demitasse....COUPLET."
Spitzboov, I've had the two-dose Shingrex vaccine. No problems with it, and no Shingles to date.
YR, I love your accounts of downsizing. I am a perennial purger. I am fortunate enough to live in a large house full of art, but I know the two pieces I'd take with me to smaller quarters.
I used to shop at secondhand stores of all kinds, but never encountered the term RECYCLE SHOP. Still, easy enough to guess, along with a few other odd spots and stretches in today's puzzle. FIR and liked it.
Many thanks to Mark, Rich, Boomer, and all y'all.
Google says. "Blue Cheese or Bleu Cheese? Either is correct. Bleu is simply the French spelling of “blue”. There are a number of fromages bleus (blue cheeses) in France, and since the French invented the use of blue cheese in salad dressing, you're likely to find it spelled as “bleu cheese dressing” at the restaurant."
ReplyDeleteLeg up can be the assistance that gives you an advantage or the advantage itself. I had a leg up in school because our home was filled with books and language.
It both cases it isn't an either/or proposition but both/and, which is the case with many of our nits. English is not clear cut, black and white. Keeping an open mind helps and widens our horizons.
TTP @ 8:35 ~ Thanks for the heads up on the Cary Grant movies but, unfortunately, I don’t get that channel. I did notice, however, that Turner Classic Movies is featuring a slew of Humphrey Bogart oldies this week.
ReplyDeleteHG @ 9:38 ~ I’m clueless, so I’ll look forward to the reveal at some point.
Spitz: I got both shringix shots at Walgreens on Commercial Drive. Excellus prefers getting the vaccine at a pharmacy rather than MD office. (No office visit charge?)
ReplyDeleteIrish M..are you listening?
ReplyDeleteRe: SHINGRIX
I looked up coverage for our plan. YMMV
Shingrix 50/0.5ml Inj (Brand) ~ $161
Our plan pays the same.
D-O, so does approx $320 sound about right for what you paid ?
Yellowrocks thank you for the shout out. I still read Crossword Corner every day.
ReplyDeleteRe: Shingrex. Years ago we had the shingles shot available then. In July 2019, DH got shingles on his head, like IM, also affecting the eye on that side some. Observing his misery, I got the Shingrex shots that fall at CVS, when they were available. I paid about what you said, TTP, but it was well worth it to avoid shingles misery and when you factor in doctor visits and medication.... DH waited a year after his shingles attack and has had his first Shingrex shot and will get the second one in December. Yes, get the shot!
ReplyDeleteDelightful Monday puzzle, many thanks, Mark. I really like circle puzzles and it was fun to fill all those recycled SHOPs in this morning. And I always enjoy your write-up, Boomer, thanks for that too.
ReplyDeleteIt was a real pleasure to get HORATIO and EMERIL right away, even though I don't watch cooking shows. And yes, having EDUCATE and CAMPUS cross each other was another gift. So many easy three letter words made things a lot of fun, like PAY PAL. And the Shakespearean cue was also funny, especially since this puzzle didn't have much ADO about nothing. So, thanks again, Mark.
Have a good week, everybody.
Re: 54 across, why isn't shop in circles as the others are ?
ReplyDeleteI think because 54A is the reveal.
DeleteTTP, I looked it up, and I paid $163.90 per Shingrex shot in 2018.
ReplyDeleteThank yous Mark and Boomer.
ReplyDelete( Now, that sounds like a fancy store, that SNOBs might frequent.)
Boomer, your LEVITY is greatly appreciated !
Btw, what happens if the Pfizer vaccine warms up to Above Minus 80oC ?
Does it then, itself, cause Covid 19 ?
Might as well get it, and get it over with ...
What did DELAWARE wear ?
A white wedding dress, to marry Maryland.
and lose her Virginia. Oops, ribald.
I figured SMOLTS were perhaps, Older Smelts .. ;-)
When I became of age, my mother called me to her side
She said "Son, you're growing up now, pretty soon you'll take a bride"
and then she said," I know you've got finicky hands,
So, be sure to keep your fingers by your sides ..."
Alan paid nothing for Shingrex because he has both Medicare and Medicaid. I paid something out of pocket for my shots, but nowhere near $100+. BTW, how often do the shots need to be renewed?
ReplyDeleteAnd then, there was this lawyer who sued Shingrix (sp?) because it caused his shingle to fall off, and he lost 100 percent of his business.
ReplyDeleteA Big Bronx Cheer!
DeleteYR, it's supposed to be a once-in-a-lifetime innoculation.
ReplyDeleteHey, Jean Luc, good to hear from you!
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteI got the original shingles vaccine years ago. A couple years ago I got the SHINGRIX. Get the shots...you don’t ever want to get shingles. My brother did, he said it was worse than the time he stepped into a fire ant mound...and that hurt.
The Charleston SC paper also features the 2 week old NYT puzzle on Sunday.
I was watching both late games yesterday, back and forth, saw both late TDS in each game. The Cardinal one was just amazing, especially after the Bills had just scored.
Thanks for all the advice on Shingrex. Since I had a Flu shot last Thursday, I'm waiting a couple weeks for further shots. Ray-O, I checked with our closest Walgreens (Kellogg Rd.) and they do do the vaccine.
ReplyDelete(I called our drug plan, Express Scripts, yesterday, and they said I was fully covered; no co-pay. We'll see.).
2nd shot: 2 - 6 mos. later.
Ray O @ 10:58 ~ Yes, I’m listening. 🤔
ReplyDeleteI liked this puzzle. I usually like Mark McClain's work. When I saw the rotating SHOPs I thought maybe the reveal would be "Shop around." I see this thought occurred to TTP also.
ReplyDeleteLW and I got our first of the two Shingrix shots last month, along with flu shots. We're supposed to go in for the second Shingrix shot in February. No ill effects whatsoever. Medicare covers it.
Irish Miss, I dare say you've sat in the corner long enough by now.
Good wishes to you all.
Irish, That movie was Grease
ReplyDeleteWilbur Charles - 1986 I think, it was John McNamara who chose not to pinch hit for Bill Buckner. Mookie Wilson dribbled one through Buckner's legs in game 6, and the Mets went on to win Game 7 and the Series. McNamara passed away last July at the age of 88.
ReplyDeleteReally liked this CW for a lot of reasons: Monday-level, which is good for my middling skill; fun fill; and I even got the reveal!! What’s not to like? Thanx, Mark!! And thanx, Boomer for your as usual terrific write-up. BTW, I see people often using terms about the CW that I’m ignorant of the meaning, like FIR and others. If someone has a moment, can they please ‘splain the meanings of these commonly used terms? Thanx!!
ReplyDeleteMarvelous Monday. Thanks for the fun, Mark and Boomer.
ReplyDeleteI saw the anagrams of SHOP early in the game, which helped the solve.
4 inkblots today - all quickly fixed by perps. Lente to LENTO, Couples to COUPLET (I didn't think "rhyming pair" clue called for a plural answer), Huavo to HUEVO (my Spanish is very meagre; thanks Boomer for translating to egg for me).
The fourth was TDs (for touchdowns-yes Shankers, DH and I were watching the Masters and that football game) to YDS. I LOLed at my initial "American addition to Chinese cuisine"; C.C. would be horrified at my CHOPPED SUEt! But I will need some soon for my ancestral British Christmas Pudding recipe.
Hand up for thinking of Mask before VEIL.
Does that MOSCOW need an EARTAG?
YES, EDUCATES crosses CAMPUS, but it is also great that we have FEMALES right beside.
unclefred et al. - if you go to the main page and scroll down -on the right under OLIO, see Comments Section Abbrs
Wishing you all a great day.
Did anyone else think BICYCLE SHOP before RECYCLE SHOP as an "Earth-friendly retailer"?
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteD-O, thanks. Based on Spitzboov and Jayce's comments, it appears that Medicare now covers the Shingrix shots.
Spitzboov, "... We'll see." - While looking up my coverage to see how much it costs and whether or not I was covered, I noticed that they show that I have an approximate & 8.35 copay on my flu shot on Nov 5th. I was under the impression that there would be no copay. Still haven't got an invoice for that one, but we'll see. So, even though my plan says that they cover the Shingrix shots completely, I won't be surprised if I do end up with a copay. We'll see.
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Ron in LA@11:39
ReplyDelete54A is the theme reveal; circles are usually only used in the themers and not in the reveal.
Ecocyclist@1:52pm - yes I briefly thought of Bicycle.
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteSpitz @ 8:51 --> as countless others have said, yes, do get the Shingrex version of the Shingles vaccine. Two shots spaced 4-6 months apart. More effective than Zoster.
Wilbur Charles --> LARGO and LENTO are musical terms
shankers @ 10:07 --> I am a sports nut. Watched The Masters, but only bits and pieces of the Hail Murray game, as I was listening to the Steelers game on my Sirius radio app. Kind of coincidental that today's puzzle used an anagram for SHOP (HOPS) which is the nickname of the receiver who caught Murray's pass (DeAndre HOPkinS)
As Misty and oc4beach might attest, the term for what is either STUFFed in the T-Giving day bird, or served on the side, is called FILLING in South Central PA. Never had heard of this term before living there in the late 1950's - early 1970's
Good hearing from Picard; I kinda figured he was out there lurking, as was I when I took at hiatus from posting here a few years ago
Great puzzle / theme / recap today. I have used Mark McClain as a resource for critiquing some of my proposed crossword puzzles. He is quite helpful to those who are novices at construction, as is CC. Fun doing his puzzles as they are quite "clean".
Of course I had to RECYCLE this limerick from a few years back when I saw the "frommage" reference:
From the cockpit:
During flight, when he summoned the crew,
He asked them if there's anything new
To eat. Perhaps some cheese.
May I have Stilton, please?
"How 'bout Swiss?" They said, out of the BLEU ...
Boomer said:
ReplyDelete11. Propellant for a flying fighter: JET FUEL. Is it unleaded ?
Judging by the smell I sometimes get following other jets
around the Taxiway, I would say it was Kerosene...
Jet Fuel, more than you ever wanted to know...
(plus,it not very eco friendly at all...)
Ron in LA@11:39
did bring up an interesting question.
While I agree with CanadainEh that themers do,
and reveals do not get scrambled, Ron made me look at it again and,
why is the Shop in 17A not jumbled?
(shouldn't all the themers be jumbled?)
&, since we are being Eco-Friendly,
I must reveal the source of my material...
NaomiZ, CanadianEh, and C-Moe thank you for your comments. Sometimes, not always, I feel like I'm talking to myself looking in a mirror when it comes to certain subjects here. Oh well, it's just an honor to be among such an erudite crowd.
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ReplyDeleteMoe, I was going to make Chicken Marsala for the first time, and discovered I need Marsala wine. Who woulda thunk ? :>)
So I looked in the cabinet, and found that we have no Marsala in these different bottles of wine (gifts that we have received over time). I'm guessing that none of these will substitute, but I'll ask anyway.
White Zin - Fall Creek (TX) 1998
Merlot - Glen Ellen Reserve (CA) 2005
Red Raspberry Wine - Galena Cellars (IL) undated
Sauvignon Blanc - Barefoot (CA) 2017
Sweet Cherry Wine - Door County (WI) undated
Panacea Peach - Door County (WI) undated
Pinot Grigio - Lindeman's (Australia) 2016
Pinot Grigio - Blackstone (CA) 2005
White Port - Pichetti Reserve Angelica ? (CA) 2011
Do I need to go to the beer and wine store, and if so, any recommendations for a Marsala that I'm just going to be cooking with ? The recipe just said dry Marsala.
Interesting, I also found a bottle London Dry Gin ?, a bottle of Jack Daniel's, a bottle of Gluhwein, a bottle of Edel-Kircsch, a bottle of Glenlivet Scotch, a bottle of (Chalfonte ?) Cognac, a bottle of Stroh Inlanderrum (Rum ?) and a bottle of Bacardi Gold. Not sure where all those came from. She doesn't drink, and I only drink beer. I know she uses the Bacardi Gold for her rum cake...
PS, hand up for growing up hearing "filling".
CED, I use the same source.
ReplyDeleteBoomer, thanks for your stimulating commentary.
ReplyDelete19A ... and the ending point for golf is often at the 19th hole over a Long Island Tee.
8D While I think I would have preferred a picture of Ms Cuthbert to Mr Gray, I was happy to learn about the origin of the Graybar company. Many years ago I worked for a systems integration company that purchased quite a bit of equipment from Graybar. In fact my son, who still works for an offshoot of that company, happens to do a lot of telecommuting from our house (better WI-FI) and as luck would have it is here today. I asked him if they still do business with Graybar and he said yes, that their business has expanded over the years, and that he had recently had lunch with a 40 year veteran of the company. My son said that as an employee-owned company Graybar is a great place to work.
Nice and easy Monday puzzle. Thanks, Mark and Boomer!
ReplyDeleteThe Coasters’ and the Ray Stevens’ versions, back to back:
Along Came Jones
Delaware, of course, was the first state to ratify the constitution, and therefore carries that nickname.
Joe Biden was born in Scranton, PA.
Thanks for the JETFUEL story, CED. All that I was going to say was that it is basically kerosene, but yours is a much better and more comprehensive explanation, not to mention more than I ever knew about it.
I got my first shingles shot and my pneumonia shot back in September. I’m due for my second shingles shot and my flu shot this month. Medicare and my insurance are covering them.
TTP, I love chicken Marsala and so do my guests, Easy, quick and so delicious. I think it is worth a trip of 20 minutes or more one way to get the real thing. Of course, here almost anything is less than 20 minutes away. Here is some research on substitutes, if you, like Montana, are many miles from a liquor store.
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TTP...Add all the wines you listed to make sure the closest to Marsala is included.
ReplyDeleteYou made me curious about Medicare's coverage of Shingrix. It is not covered by Medicare Parts A or B (your Medicare Supplement plan will do you no good). It may be covered by your Medicare Advantage Plan (Part C) or your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (Part D). Costs would vary depending on the particular plan you purchased. In my case, it is covered by my Part D Drug plan as a Tier 3 drug -- since my routine prescriptions are Tier 1, zero copay, I normally don't touch my $445 Part D deductible during the year. I'd probably have to pay full retail for Shingrix. The only consolation is that it'd count against my deductible. Big woo. Bottom line: check with your Medicare Advantage or Part D provider if you're concerned about how much the shots will cost you.
ReplyDeleteBoomer, right except (and I just remembered the name) and here I quote:
ReplyDelete"During Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, Red Sox manager John McNamara left Buckner in the game rather than replace him with Stapleton for defensive purposes, leading to the Mookie Wilson ground ball that went through Buckner's legs, giving the New York Mets a come-from-behind win in the tenth inning. The Mets went on to win the Series four games to three."
I don't know if the "Curses" were counted but this was the fifth or sixth with several to go.
TTP, Tin says he'll be right over.
WC
TTP @ 3:12 ---> easy peasy. Go to your local supermarket and pick up a bottle of dry marsala cooking wine. Holland House, or any brand will do. Cost you about $5 or so. Jewel's, Trader Joes will carry it
ReplyDeleteAs for your wines from the list you sent (see comments in bold text):
White Zin - Fall Creek (TX) 1998 dead; discard
Merlot - Glen Ellen Reserve (CA) 2005 probably dead, but you could use it to deglaze a pan next time you cook meat and or saute mushrooms
Red Raspberry Wine - Galena Cellars (IL) undated - no comment
Sauvignon Blanc - Barefoot (CA) 2017 - probably drinkable; don't wait any longer. This could be used in your Marsala recipe but it wouldn't taste the same, just similar
Sweet Cherry Wine - Door County (WI) undated I doubt this would taste very good
Panacea Peach - Door County (WI) undated what's up with Door County wines??! I know that when I lived in your neck-of-the-woods Door County was a popular summer vacation spot for Chicagoans
Pinot Grigio - Lindeman's (Australia) 2016 should be OK; drink soon
Pinot Grigio - Blackstone (CA) 2005 discard
White Port - Pichetti Reserve Angelica ? (CA) 2011 not sure about this one
d-otto @ 4:11 --> the cost of my Shingrex shots was covered in part by my Medicare Advantage Plan, and never affected my Part D. I was covered by a Blue Cross/Blue Shield at the time (Florida Blue) and if memory serves, I paid about $60 OOP for each shot
ReplyDeleteTTP part two, the spirits:
ReplyDeleteInteresting, I also found a bottle London Dry Gin ?, a bottle of Jack Daniel's, a bottle of Gluhwein, a bottle of Edel-Kircsch, a bottle of Glenlivet Scotch, a bottle of (Chalfonte ?) Cognac, a bottle of Stroh Inlanderrum (Rum ?) and a bottle of Bacardi Gold. Not sure where all those came from. She doesn't drink, and I only drink beer. I know she uses the Bacardi Gold for her rum cake...
All of these are fine or should be. "London" Dry Gin refers to "style" (features a goodly amount of juniper). The Chalfonte Cognac is good stuff. Tin and I would drink it in a heartbeat! Glenlivet is certainly one of the better, top shelf Scotch Whiskys. If it's 18 yr old and unopened, I will email my address and will pay for you to ship it here! Stroh Inlander Rum could be re-labeled, JET FUEL! It's 160 proof or 80% alcohol. By comparison, your beer is around 4-5% alcohol by volume. Be very very careful consuming this one!! Edel-Kircsch is a cherry liqueur from Germany. I would think that Spitz has some familiarity with this, but it is quite good and pricey.
Interesting collection of wine and spirits for a teetotaler and a beer drinker
Jayce at 1:08 ~ Thank you! I was getting pretty bored!
ReplyDeleteHG @ 1:11 ~ No wonder I was clueless; I never saw Grease. Thanks for sharing.
TTP @ 3:12 ~ Every chef I have ever watched gives this advice: When cooking with wine, only use that which you would drink. My advice is to make a trip to the liquor store, or change your menu. 😉
Moe, THANKS !
ReplyDeleteI'll be ditching based on your recommendations. Just added Holland House Marsala to my Walmart shopping list. $2.18 for a 13.1 oz. bottle.
Of all those different wines and spirits, the only ones that are open are the gin, the Bacardi rum, and the Edel-Kirsch. I think she used that for making the filling for some cookies or something. I think that the gin came from a neighbor so he wouldn't have to go home to make another drink.
The Door County wines ? She'd go feed a neighbor's cat when they went to Door County every year. She let them know after the second bottle that we don't drink it. She and friends went to Galena some years ago, so I assume that's where that one came from.
I looked. The bottle of Glenlivet says 12 years old. Sorry.
Good thing I checked ingredients as I was getting ready to make my mess-in-place :>). (Sorry Wilbur, Mise en place.)
Tonight it will be frozen pizza. The Chicken Marsala will be delayed.
Irish Miss, I've heard that too, but since we don't drink wine except on a very rare occasion...
Thank you, too YR and Ray-O. I'll just get the Holland House.
To IM @ 4:57 --> your chef is correct regarding the cooking wine. Marsala is a horse of a slightly different color though. And in all cases, if the cooking time is long enough the alcohol will burn off leaving just the flavors of the wine in the meal. But one can go a bit too far when cooking with really expensive wine. I drink the wine from the bottles that cost $15 - $30; if I were a chef (and having worked in a restaurant that earned a 3-star Michelin rating) I would cook with boxed wine (3 liter package). They used Francia, believe it or not
ReplyDeleteTo TTP @ 5:16 --> the Glenlivet 12 YO is a phenomenal, Single Malt Scotch. It runs about $40, +/-, so it's nothing to sneeze at. The Stroh Inlanderrum and Chalfonte Cognac have me intrigued as I've never had them and the reviews are quite favorable.
Respectfully submitted, your Cornerite Sommelier, Moe
Husker Gary ~ Was that TROOP SHIP the original Queen Elizabeth? The QE1?
ReplyDeleteI sailed on that very liner on my first voyage to England in the fall of 1960. She sure looked neater when I was aboard, with my berth on D-Deck.
Then she was "Ship-Shape + Bristol Clean"!
Nice easy Monday pzl.
POSH, as in the old days of sailing out from the UK to the east--and return. I have to say that sailing (as opposed to flying) instilled in us a greater respect for the distance involved. But even 5 days was a serious speed-up from the two months-plus it took the Mayflower to make the passage.
~ OMK
Yes indeed, OMK, that was the QEI being put into WWII service.
ReplyDeleteChairman Moe, I have very much enjoyed reading your comments today.
ReplyDeleteThe QEII was requisitioned as a TROOP SHIP in the Falklands War. Its transit from the UK all the way down to the Falklands was kept a secret successfully, including a much needed refueling stop at Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa.
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark for the grid; cute theme. Thanks Boomer for the expo; fun stuff.
Hummm - Takes ten (5d) at TEN PM; seems a bit late for a nap (but I've done it :-))
WOs: TDs b/f YDs (Hi C, Eh!), Yen->YIN
ESPs: ELISHA, LENTO, HOLYOKE, SMOLTS, ADEN
Fav: EMERIL - loved watching & learning from him
Runners-up IM already called-out: PAY xing PAL & EDUCATE | CAMPUS
Anyone else take a sip of coffee and immediately choke at 1a's clue? "Wha? You don't take an 'escort' to a wedding..." :-)
Nice to read you D4! You too Picard.
Funny C.Moe - I do recall that ku.
OK smarty-pants: What do you think of Bonanza? Buddy recommended and DW seems to like it (like TTP, I'm a beer guy - I'm enjoying A Little Sumpin' Sumpin' now)
That said, I do like a good scotch...
TTP - I'll take that Glenlivet off your hands //ahhhh, C.Moe called dibs. :-(
Neighbor and I just replaced the "Good Neighbor" (that's where it looks the same on both sides) fence between us. When I took my 1/2 over, he offered me some scotch. I had to decline - it was only 2:30pm I was still working.
waseeley - YR's Stilton remark evoked Python's Cheese SHOP sketch [5:28] :-)
Inanehiker - DW & I used the thrift-shops to furnish our 1st apt in college. Now we donate stuff. Eldest now visits thrift-shops for her dorm -- I keep wondering when I'll see something I dropped-off :-)
Cheers, -T
Ray-O-Sunshine @10:14AM--The original French of l'Amour est Bleu (Love is Blue) refers to the blue of the sky. So bleu is not used for sad in French. Now, les blues is something else altogether.
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Dash T
ReplyDeleteLagunitas is a very good beer. Little Sumpin Sumpin was one of the first craft beers I carried when I owned a wine/beer/liquor store back in 2010. They’ve unfortunately gone the way of Balllast Point and were acquired by a large corporation. Beer is still ok but no longer a small guy. I kinda think the corp’s (suits) make poor changes when they go big
When I clicked on the Monty Python link I got an ad for spanx. Wouldn’t let me see it
Jayce, thanks!
C.Moe - you couldn't see the spanx ad? :-)
ReplyDeleteI'll reply what every IT guy says first - "It works for me." :-)
Lagunitas' Sumpin Sumpin now comes in a can - doesn't seem the same (and the "art-work" is blurry :-))
My other go to is St. Arnold's Art Car IPA. They're right here in Houston.
Scotch story:
On the flight home from Aberdeen, I was so enamored with the newfound taste (and burn) of scotch, I had some on the plane ride back to US.
I fell asleep enjoying a little rolling around my palate.
I had Cap'n Crunch mouth for a week! //you know, where the roof of your mouth is shredded and little bits of skin hang down.
Go ahead - point and laugh :-)
Cheers, -T
Oh, C.Moe, I do like Ballast Point's Sculpin too.
ReplyDeleteAnd, when I get back to IL, I always look for 3 Floyds.
TTP - if you haven't tried it, ask about.
Cheers, -T
Dash T
ReplyDeleteI may have had 3 Floyd’s back when I lived in OH. Top notch microbrew. But my
The St Arnold’s looks like a solid beer. I’d probably choose the Elissa IPA as my beer off choice, although I do like the tropical/mango style of the Car IPA
Right now I think I have a few bottles of Founders Porter, some Deschutes Black Butte Porter, and some Firestone IPA in the fridge, along with some of their 805 lager. I’ve unfortunately become a beer snob. Belgian Ales are my favorites. I don’t drink Coors, Miller, or Bud anymore. But I do use them for cooking Kielbasa and brats ... 🤡
Like wine, there’s so much to explore in Craft Beer. I’m heading to a Total Wine tmw to pick up a bottle of an Islay Scotch; heavy on the smoke and peat ..