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Nov 2, 2020

Monday November 2, 2020 George Jasper

 

Theme: YOU SEE (50. "It's like this," and a phonetic hint to the five longest Across answers) - Each theme pattern is in the pattern of U* C*:

18. 1980 Travolta/Winger film set in Texas: URBAN COWBOY

23. Aristocracy: UPPER CLASS.

39. Previously owned auto: USED CAR.

53. Pandemonium: UTTER CHAOS.

59. Where a quarterback may line up: UNDER CENTER.

Boomer here. UNDER COVER from Minnesota. You see, we had a problem with our DirecTV. After the snow cancelled everything for a day, when we got it back, we could not receive about half of the channels.  DirecTV sent out a technician and installed a new satellite dish, a new receiver box and a new remote.  The cost was 0.00!  I guess our monthly bill will cover it in a few months.

Bad news from Big Easy.  At least the tree did not fall on your house, but these storms are ravaging Southeastern U.S. like crazy this year.

Across:

1. Brutus' 300: CCC.  Boomer's 300 - X X X X  X X X X X X X X. The first four are all 300 rings from different years. The fifth one (blue color) is a 299 ring. The next one is another 300 ring. Next to it is an 800 Series ring. The last one is 1987 Twins World Series replica ring

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4. Florida city on its own bay: TAMPA.  Tampa's MLB team still has a mascot RAY swimming outside the outfield fence.

9. Actor Charlie or his dad Martin: SHEEN.  Martin is now in some goofy RX commercials.  You would think he could retire and does not need a new job.

14. "Oh, I get it now!": AHA.

15. Schoolbag measuring stick: RULER.  Measuring stick ???  I was hit once or twice by the Christian Brothers.

16. Overly theatrical: HAMMY.  Not for Thanksgiving.  You need a TURKEY.

17. "Frozen" collectible: CEL.  Happens here in Minnesota.  I have baseball cards in the garage.

20. Asian island capital: TAIPEI.

22. Bring to mind: EVOKE.

26. Fateful March day: IDES.  Julius Caesar was assassinated Mar 15, 44 B.C.

29. London district: SOHO.

30. NBA tiebreakers: OTS. Our "Row the Boat" Gophers played one of them last Friday in a 45-44 loss to Maryland.  I guess they are competing with the Vikings for the worst record this year.



31. Agassi of tennis: ANDRE.  I remember "Andre the Giant" - a professional wrestler.  He seemed to be tough and a bit overweight.  He died at age 47.

32. Cat burglar's undoing: NOISE.  WHAT!!

35. Con artist's target: PIGEON.

36. Fond du __, Wisconsin: LAC.  A bit south of Green Bay and Oshkosh B'Gosh on Lake Winnebago



41. Fla. summer hrs.: DST.  Did Y'all turn your clocks back last Saturday?

42. Top NFL player: ALL PRO.  I don't think any Vikings will make the list this year.

44. More out of sorts: ILLER.  Beware of Covid-19.

46. Smelly emanations: ODORS.  Or Rangers Roughned's family.



47. Tulsa sch. named for an evangelist: ORU.  Named for Oral Roberts.  I don't know what position he played though.

48. "Avalon" author Seton: ANYA. And more: 66. Novelist Deighton: LEN. 10. "A Brief History of Time" author Stephen: HAWKING.

52. Freelancer's encl.: SASE. Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope.

56. Cybermoney: E CASH.  Heard about it, never used it.  I prefer green paper with pictures of Presidents on it.

58. Chickpea dip: HUMMUS.

63. Language suffix: ESE.

64. Like a nasty remark: SNIDE.  Remember Rocky and Bullwinkle?  Snidely Whiplash was 
Dudley Do Right's arch enemy.

65. Waze suggestion: ROUTE.  Get your fix, on ROUTE 66

67. Trait carriers: GENES.  Then there are leg carriers called JEANS.

68. Editorial second thoughts: STETS.

69. Up until now: YET.  Not YET!

Down:

1. Plant seen in Road Runner cartoons: CACTUS.  Did the coyote ever catch him?  meep, meep.

2. Bargain-basement: CHEAPO.  We have three CHEAPO Records stores in the Metro.  I have a few CDs and LP Records but they are heirlooms for me.  Not for sale.

3. Islamic leader: CALIPH.

4. More factual: TRUER.  TRUER words were never spoken.

5. Bond foe Goldfinger: AURIC.  James Bond (Sean Connery) Rest in Peace, Age 90, October 31.



6. Org. with A's and O's: MLB.  I get it, but TWINS does not have an A or O.

7. Veggie in a pod: PEA.

8. James of "Gunsmoke": ARNESS.  James, "Marshall Dillon" was born in Minneapolis in 1926.

9. "Beat it!": SHOO.  Did you know that there is a SHOO SHOE Store in Milwaukee, WI.

11. Attached to a military unit, as a journalist: EMBEDDED.  Normally pests. They should SHOO them.

12. Angsty music genre: EMO.

13. Bronx team, initially: NYY.  I hear they had someone named Ruth playing for them.

19. Walgreens rival: CVS. I get my prescription meds in the mail.  Over- the-counter stuff is usually a bit high priced at the drug stores.  We go to Target or Walmart.

21. Low-level laborer: PEON.  I do not like that clue or word.  I was a caddie at the Country Club, A counter guy at a 15 cent hamburger place, and a pizza delivery guy.  It paid for my 1955 Olds.

24. Drop, as weight: LOSE.

25. Was humbled: ATE DIRT.

27. Bow-wielding god: EROS.

28. Mailed: SENT.  We sent our absentee ballots to the state over three weeks ago.  Minnesota laws were generous.  I feel sorry for those in the TV reports standing in line for hours.

31. Billion suffix: AIRE.

33. Yours and mine: OURS.  In our home, everything is OURS.  Except C.C. doesn't use my bowling balls.

34. Personal ad "looking for": ISO. In Search Of.

35. Good buddy: PAL. First name PAY?

36. East Asian country: LAOS.

37. Alan of "M*A*S*H": ALDA.  "The game of life is hard to play, You're gonna lose it anyway."

38. Approached for a raid: CLOSED IN.

40. Board game with a candlestick: CLUE.  I think it was done in the hall, by Miss Scarlet, with the rope.

43. Lead up to: PRECEDE.

45. Former Chicago mayor Emanuel: RAHM.  Or really good golfer on the PGA Jon.


47. "Plays well with __": OTHERS.  My Monday golf league was excellent and I enjoyed many different old duffers like myself.  Looking forward to April.

49. For instance: NAMELY.

51. Agree: ASSENT.  I usually just nod my head.

53. Sch. near Hollywood: USC. University of Southern California .

54. Scarlett's Butler: RHETT.  I've heard of him but I think it was before my time.  I think he's Gone with the Wind.

55. Heals: CURES.

57. Greek war god: ARES.

59. Post-Civil War pres.: USG.  I used to think President Grant's first names were United States until about the fifth grade.

60. SSW's opposite: NNE.

61. "__ on my watch!": NOT.

62. U.S. Election Day: Abbr.: TUE.  The Sun'll come out TOMORROW,   Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, There'll be sun. Andrea McCardle.

Boomer




53 comments:

Boomer said...

Good Morning, Boomer here. I guess I need to munch a word. I do believe that Dalvin Cook will be an All Pro. I remember back in the 60s, I lived and worked in Hopkins, MN and delivered pizza to help pay for my 1955 Olds. When the Green Bay Packers came to town, they stayed at the Hopkins House every year. A nice Hotel with a party room, and they always ordered pizza from Chalet Pizza in Hopkins. I never saw Bart Starr or Vince Lombardi, but I was always paid generously by Paul Hornung or Ray Nitschke. I always remember those days when the Vikings play the Packers, and yesterday was a surprise as the Vikings went to 2-5 while the Packers record changed to 5-2. My wife has really got it rough 'cause Saturday would be enough, but Sunday's a tale we know too well, a doubleheader in the NFL.

desper-otto said...

Good morning!

Oh no! A DNF on a Monday -- the shame of it. My cat burglar was undone by a NOoSE. (Maybe because we found one of our cats in our woodlot last week with her throat slit.) Thanx for 'splainin' ISO, Boomer, I was bearish on that OSO. ILLER was just Ugh-ly. Otherwise, this was a fine monday offering. Thanx, George and Boomer. (The little town where I grew up is near that "70" under "Green Bay" on your map.)

Lemonade714 said...

Good morning. I missed posting yesterday as the world thought I was supposed to work all day. I very much enjoyed the first half of an extended doubleheader with a C.C. puzzle and write-up and today's Boomer tour and added insight. Dalvin Cook is the only good player to come out of FSU in a while.

Although he was always known as “Ulysses” during his youth in Ohio, Grant's given name was actually Hiram Ulysses Grant which would make him HUG . USG sounded better for for a General, I think.

I have a first cousin who married a lady from Laos. The food has many similarities.

Thank you, Boomer and George.

Hungry Mother said...

Thanks for all of the names, especially ANYA. FIW, thought ANnA. What is the point of putting all the trivia in? What does it test? Why is this good? Who is editing this stuff? I always liked the LAT puzzle for mostly staying away from this crap.

Hahtoolah said...

Good Morning, Boomer and friends. I liked today's puzzle. I saw early on that the theme was U C.

HM: Anya Seton is known for writing historical novels. I have read several. I bet several of our regulars have read her books.

D-O: How horrible that your cat was killed in such a gruesome way. Recently here, people have been finding that their pets are being poisoned.

QOD: I hate looking backward, but every once in a while it sneaks up on you. ~ Burt Lancaster (Nov. 2, 1913 ~ Oct. 13, 1994), American actor

ATLGranny said...

Early FIR today, thanks to the time change. The puzzle filling went smoothly and I saw the UCs with the third theme entry. I had a slow down with ANne/ANYA, until the perps cleared that up, YOU SEE. I am not familiar with the position of UNDER CENTER for a quarterback, but will have to wait until DH comes back from walking to ask him. Nice variety of clues, George. Thanks for today's puzzle. And thanks to you, Boomer. You have quite the collection of rings. Well done!

Hope everyone is rested up and ready for an eventful week.

billocohoes said...

Grant’s nickname at West Point was “Sam” (from Uncle Sam). Simpson was his mother’s maiden name

Wilbur Charles said...

I thought it was Anne Seton. Changed that to Anna. I knew I needed UC as the unifier but never thought to change it to ANYA. FIW.

I've been off a box for a week now. One-box Wilbur. So that's what ISO means. Here's another search. Searching for Bobby Fischer

Or..A residence of a generous half dozen of RHETT impersonators.*

So, "Simpson" was an invention for U.S. Grant? DW still mourns for her cat taken by an owl. But throat slit????

UNDER CENTER is the opp. of "Shotgun". Does that help?

WC

** House of Seven (Clark) Gables




Madame Defarge said...

Good Morning,

I haven't been around for about three weeks. Vacation, prep for it and getting back in order meant I didn't do my crosswords. So this was a good start. Thanks, Jason for a fairly smooth re-entry.

I, too, followed suit here and took a minute to get to ANYA. I also started with Anne. It also took me a V-8 can to get to the theme clue. Hmmm. Need a little WD-40 for the Brain.

Thanks, Boomer, for the tour. I was impressed with your rings. The Gopher Coach came from my alma mater, Northern Illinois University.

Looks like a sunny start to November. Have a good day and stay well.

inanehiker said...

Nice quick Monday - although I waited for for perps to decide whether it was going to be UPPER CLASS vs. CRUST. I also had to wait for perps to suss out the ISO, NOISE, ATE DIRT answers in the center.

Thanks Boomer and George! Sorry to hear of your cat D-O!

Yesterday there was an easy but very creative, timely CW on the Sporcle site - I was amused but wondered how long it took to come up with appropriate crosses for the constructor!
https://www.sporcle.com/games/rer2121/sunday-crossword-2020-election

Spitzboov said...

Good morning everyone.

Was going to comment on ILLER but decided not to. It speaks for itself. We've had it before.
Mostly an easy solve. The U-C theme came out early and so was able to prefill a couple cells. Unknown like ANYA and unsure like LEN came from perps. Had 'crust' before ……CLASS.
AURIC - Gold symbol AU - From Latin Aurum.

Good job, Boomer. Thanks.

Bob Lee said...

I was stuck with the SE quadrant, not knowing ANYA or LEN, until 'I saw' that the theme was UC->YOU SEE. LOL - I loved it.

Ray - O - Sunshine said...

Grrreat way to start a snowy Monday. All hits, runs and no errors. Nice 'n neat. No inkovers..Plus, YOUSEE,..(trumpets blare!) I got the theme: U C ..Another U. C. ...my Alma Mater

EROS with arrows. USED CAR is now a pre-owned vehicle. ATEDIRT not an expession I'm familiar with ...sounds like bit the dust which has a completely different meaning. Thought a CALIPH was a secular Arabian title but "Imam" too short, "ayatollah" too long. SHOO anagram of SOHO?

Never heard the term UNDERCENTER. ILLER? ...seriously? C'mon!! Where are those faceless publishing editors when you need 'em?

Shoulda brought in the patio furniture sooner...🌨

Don't know the song ______ a few bars...HUMMUS
Milking machine malfunction leads to _____UTTERCHAOS.
Siamese wages....TAIPEI.
Bond quote, "Alas poor _____ I knew him well"....AURIC
Smallest ECASH coin...ASSENT.
Letters between Q and T..... ARNESS

On to Nov 2. If you haven't already do, the puzzle while you stand in line to vote.

Ray - O - Sunshine said...

Meant November 3

Tinbeni said...

Boomer: Great write-up. I like the rings.

Fave today, of course, was 4-a, TAMPA since I live in the "Tampa Bay Area."

A "Toast-to-ALL" at Sunset.
I'm stuck with a beautiful 65 degree, sunny day.

Cheers!

oc4beach said...



Reasonable puzzle for a Monday. Even saw the theme at the end when I solved the reveal. Nice tour, Boomer.

Only needed to electronically erase a few words today. SCAT before SHOO, and AGO before YET. Other than that the known answers and a few perps filled the bill today.

Boomer: If you shop at the pharmacy at Target, you are actually shopping at CVS. CVS purchased all of the Target pharmacies and operates as a store-within-a-store at Target.

We didn't do Halloween last night. We just kept our outside lights out and the few kids that were in our neighborhood just passed by the unlit houses. I do have candy for our little neighbors across the street, though that I will give to them later today. The little girl was born on Halloween and her little brother was born on Christmas, so we make a big deal of their birthdays with candy and gifts.

I did C.C's Sunday puzzle in pencil and paper and was almost able to finish it. I got everything except the NW corner. My brain was just too worn out to finish it, but I did enjoy the puzzle.

I hope all is well for everyone. Please be safe and wear your masks.


Husker Gary said...

Musings
-URBAN COWBOY – My BIL’s tempestuous 1980’s marriage looked just like Winger’s and Travolta’s
-UTTER CHAOS – Covid and elections. At least one will be mostly over after tomorrow and I hope CURES for the other is CLOSING IN
-I put some aloe on my forehead where I slapped it for CCC
-Athletes say they have a bad HAMMY when they hurt the muscle under their thigh
-This week’s 70F+ weather will EVOKE memories of summer
-Prof. Harold Hill saw a whole town of PIGEONS
-AURIC was not as memorable as Honey Ryder. Ursula sold that iconic bikini for $30,000 a few years ago
-HAWKING I knew from my science teaching and LEN I knew from here. ANYA no idea but that’s 67%
-With no fans and low TV ratings in 2020, MLB and the NBA may have to adjust next year’s salaries
-James ARNESS scared me to death in this 1950’s movie
-In late summer our course’s water ways dry up and you can see hundreds of EMBEDDED golf balls

Spitzboov said...

RAY-O @ 0908 wrote: Milking machine malfunction leads to _____UTTERCHAOS.
I've never seen a milking machine do it but barbed wire or their hoof over a teat while a cow is trying to get up will do it. Most are real careful but there's always a clumsy one in a herd.

Lucina said...

Hola!

Quick and easy Monday, thank you, George Jasper! And the icing on the cake, Boomer's commentary. What a nice collection of rings!

I'll just say right now that ILLER and HAMMY displease me but it's small potatoes compared to the clever fill in this puzzle.

It is satisfying to see Stephen HAWKING, ANYA Seton whose novels I have enjoyed and the tennis star, ANDRE Agassi. Also Peter ARNESS, what a hunk! And Alan ALDA is probably one of the funniest actors alive.

RHETT Butler of course evokes images of Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind.

ATE DIRT is not familiar to me; I was looking for ATE CROW.

Two deities, EROS and ARES, one for love and one for war.

The History Channel offered a biography of USGrant a while back and I learned a good deal about the general especially how devoted he was to his family.

Have a bright and sunny day, everyone!

Shankers said...

Not to be presumptuous, but aren't Anya and Len frequently found as cw answers? Only change was atecrow to atedirt. Otherwise a smooth, quick fill for a FIR Monday. Another toasty week in Phoenix as we tied the record of 96° yesterday and are slated for above 90° the rest of the week. I'll take it any day over hurricanes and fires. Stay healthy and safe, and wear your masks especially if you're bowling---CSO to our incomparable Boomer!!

Irish Miss said...

Good Morning:

I breezed through this easily with only a slight hiccup with Crust before Class (Hi, inanehiker and Spitz.) I liked the unusual entry of CCC, but I wish Iller would disappear, never to be seen again. Shouldn’t Fla. summer hrs. be EDT? The theme was evident early on, but the reveal was a surprise. I liked the duos of MLB and NYY and Pea and Peon.

Thanks, George, for a pleasant start to the week and thanks, Boomer, for your wit and wisdom, as always. Those rings are pretty impressive for not only their attractiveness, but for the achievement they represent. Many Congrats!

Welcome back, Madame Defarge. I hope your stay in Maine was a pleasant one, considering our current circumstances.

DO, I’m so sorry about your tragic loss.

Jayce, today’s offering is a perfect example of my three letter pet peeve. There are 22 of them and 15 are either abbreviations or initialisms. I equate their presence while solving to a swarm of gnats flying around me, distracting and annoying.

I checked my calendar yesterday to see when my furnace checkup was scheduled and, lo and behold, I forgot to write it in, so I called this morning and was told that it had been scheduled for tomorrow but due to the heavy volume of emergency calls, it had to be rescheduled to Nov. 20th. We’ve had some high winds and heavy rainstorms and snow in the higher elevations, so I guess that explains it.

Have a great day.

SwampCat said...

Thanks, George, for a lovely Monday-easy offering. I’m always amazed, but not surprised, that we have such different Experiences to draw from in answering the clues. Lucina, I agree with everything you said! I love the books of ANYA and LEN, and I wanted ATE crow before ATE DIRT.

I also appreciated the football clues, my favorite pastime. I didn’t think UNDER CENTER was unknown. I’ll start an argument here and say when my very favorite QB is UNDER CENTER I know the Saints have a good chance. No, I won’t discuss yesterday’s game, but maybe some Bears fan can explain to me how hitting a guy in full pads and helmet...twice! ... is a good idea! A win is a win.

Boomer, I thought of you when I heard of the Vikings win. Maybe your tide has turned.



CanadianEh! said...

Marvelous Monday. Thanks for the fun, George and Boomer.
I FIRed and saw the theme, but found this a little crunchy for a Monday.
No inkblots, but I had to think harder and consult DH to understand the sports (see below).
Perps were needed for ISO, USG, USC.
I LIUed re the S in USG; interesting info re "the origin of the misnomer".
SinUSG

Plenty of sports today: tennis with ANDRE, NBA OTS, NFL ALLPRO and UNDER CENTER (QB is under cover of the Centre player per DH), MLB NYY (Yankees per DH), plus A's and O's (Angels and Orioles per DH).

Mini election theme also (No politics please) with Mailed=SENT ballots, TUE election day and possible 58A while waiting for all those SENT ballots to be counted. This Canadian will not comment on the complexity of your voting procedures as I don't understand them. Canadian federal elections are all administered by Elections Canada with the same procedures/rules in every province & territory.

You all know that I held my nose and entered ODORS and CENTER. But HAMMY and ILLER were just the Illest!

There is a recipe for Steve's HUMMUS in Olio, Blog Recipes.
StevesHummus

d'otto- how terrible about your cat! and with Misty's Dusty - sad.
MadameD - welcome back.

Wishing you all a good day.

CanadianEh! said...

I'll try that first link again
Grant


waseeley said...

FIW, but confused about 49D "For instance" = "NAMELY". I think of these terms as respectively equivalent to "e.g" and "i.e.", which do not have the same meaning. Here is something I scraped from the web that defines these abbreviations:

"i.e. is the abbreviation for the Latin phrase id est, meaning “that is.” This abbreviation is used when you want to specify something mentioned previously; it can be used interchangeably with “specifically” or “namely.”

e.g. is the abbreviation for the Latin phrase exempli gratia, meaning “for example.” This abbreviation is typically used to introduce one or more examples of something mentioned previously in the sentence and can be used interchangeably with “for example” or “such as.” The use of e.g. implies that there are other examples not mentioned in the list."

from

https://www.aje.com/arc/editing-tip-using-eg-and-ie/

Can someone help clear up my confusion?

Thanx,
Bill

Misty said...

Neat Monday puzzle, many thanks, George. And your write-ups are always fun, Boomer.

I loved seeing Desper-otto's early post because I too wrote NOOSE instead of NOISE--my only silly error in today's puzzle. But I got lots of the names without any problem--ALDA, a favorite of mine, and SHEEN, ANDRE, and, of course, RHETT, who's been showing up a lot in puzzles lately. Also got the two gods, EROS and ARES. And I got the two universities--ORU because I had my first teaching job at the University of Tulsa and learned about Oral Roberts University, and USC because I live in California now.

Have a good week coming up, everybody.

AnonymousPVX said...


No issues with today’s grid.

It would seem to be sound advice to keep ones pets inside. I let my cats out into the screen room but that’s it. Between hawks, coyotes and cruel people it seems best. If I had a dog he’d be inside too, only outside when I’m there to watch or walk. Too many predators, some on 2 legs.

Yellowrocks said...

DST Daylight Saving Time

CrossEyedDave said...

Boomer,
you made me watch Roadrunner/Coyote cartoons
I have not seen in 55 years!
I was going to post them, but thinking of Misty,
I decided against it.

The 1st was quite funny, but was a two parter that
somehow made both unsatisfying. The third was absolutely
great, but the last 2 seconds made it impossible to post here on
the "no religious" grounds...

(note: I will post both here upon request, but you will have to beg me...)

HG! Enjoyed your Honey Ryder link!
I once saw that iconic bikini in the Smithsonian Museum,
& I can tell you,
it is nothing without what went into it...

Silly theme link?
Well, I dunno about you,
but I have a real problem with people that post this kind of crap!

Wendybird said...

This puzzle was a little crunchy for a Monday, but I FIR without much trouble. Like others, I thought crust/CLASS and crow/DIRT, but perps came to my rescue.
When we lived in Minneapolis, a close friend lived in the house that James Arness and his brother, Peter Graves (Mission Impossible) had grown up in.

So sorry about your cat, DO. How grisly and how horrible m.

Canadian Eh, I envy your sane and efficient election system. Here, I can’t wait for this week to be over!

Chairman Moe said...

Puzzling thoughts:

Monday went for a walk with my honey, and then settled into the xword after a shower and breakfast ... TMI, perhaps??!!

Thx to George and Boomer; George, the UC/YOU SEE was quite clever. Boomer --> great ring collection. Nice CSO on your multiple 300 scores! I guess you'd say that there's both a CCC and a C.C. in your house, but I am betting that C.C. has the upper hand! ;^)

As Ray-O said, my grid too was completely void of any errors or ink blots.

Agree that ILLER should be put to pasture

Irish Miss - also agree that the clueing for 41-across is off. EDT is a more accurate answer for Fla. summer hrs. A great clue for DST might be: "what AZ and HI don't observe"

Margaret and I watched Dr. No yesterday (Pluto TV has a slew of Sean Connery 007 reruns), and Honey Ryder was prominently on display. It is so comical to view the movies of the early '60's, and see what kind of technology was used, compared to today's films. The depiction of a nuclear reactor was way too funny

When I saw HAMMY, I at first thought of this Cartoon Character, but then realized he spells his name "Hammie"

Echoing Lucina and shankers, the "Valley" is getting much higher temp's this week, but after Friday, the forecast is much more seasonally cool. Daytime highs will only reach 70 and overnights lows will be in the 40's. Still not all bad. Maybe we can resume our hiking in the desert

CSO's to WC and Tinbeni, our resident TAMPA guys

Not sure I recall the last time that HAWKING was used as fill in a crossword, but seeing it made me think of this erstwhile comedy hit. The "sequel" Young Sheldon returns this Thursday for its 4th or 5th season ...

LEO III said...

Well, actually today's puzzle was sorta an easy one for me. Didn't take too long to do it; saw and got the theme; knew I had a chance when my first fill was URBAN COWBOY (the movie came out right after I got transferred to Houston, and YES, I've been to Gilley's, which no longer exists); too many names, but since I knew all of them but ANYA (perps got it), I shan't complain.

UNDERCENTER is an old, old football term, which seems to have fallen into disuse, probably because nowadays most plays from scrimmage begin with the quarterback in shotgun formation.

IM and CM, the western part of the Florida panhandle is in the central time zone. On I-10, the time zone changes at the Apalachicola River, just west of Tallahassee. Therefore, the clue was correct. (I had to stop and ask myself the same question, and I've only driven back and forth from Houston to Florida more times than I can count.)

Irish Miss said...

YR @ 12:29 ~ I was under the impression that EDT, Eastern Daylight Time was used during the Daylight Saving Time period to differentiate from EST, Eastern Standard Time, along with CDT Central (CST) , MDT Mountain (MST), and PDT Pacific (PST). As the clue specified Miami, an Eastern city, I didn’t hesitate entering EDT, based on my understanding of the aforementioned designations and was, therefore, surprised that DST was the answer.

Irish Miss said...

Correction: The clue specified Fla, an Eastern state, not Miami, but my reasoning is still valid, as DST applies to almost every state, not just Florida.

Irish Miss said...

Leo III @ 1:30 ~ Please read my last two posts. Technically, the clue is correct, if overly specific, but would have been clearer if it was just “Summer hrs.”

Chairman Moe said...

LEO III and IM

Yes, Leo, you are correct that part of FLA is in the Central Time Zone, and therefore, as an entire state it observes DST. And as IM states, the clue can be misleading to those who identify FL as only an "Eastern" time zone state.

If I ever use that abbr. in one of the puzzles I create, I will use my clue "what AZ and HI don't observe". Unless of course I wanted to refer to a well-known sorority called Delta Sigma Theta instead!

Husker Gary said...

Musings
-Just back from 27 holes on a spectacular day!
-In the Gore/Bush presidential race, some networks called the race for Gore because they thought the Florida vote total was complete. Turns out they didn’t know the panhandle was on CST, were still voting and those results were not in yet. Oops! Can you say "hanging chads?"
-If Lily goes outside, we go with her and we also have a tracking collar on her in case we look away for a while. She is 8 years old and knows where she has it good and so she doesn’t stray very far. Everyone in the neighborhood knows her and two have called when they thought she might have wandered.

Jayce said...

I saw the UC right away. "You too, Brutus?"

Yep, lots of names, and yep, lots of 3-letter stuffing. Names names names, ya either know 'em or you don't, and because names are often spelled in different ways, sometimes it takes all the perps to fill 'em. I agree with Hungry Mother and others that it becomes more of a trivia quiz than a crossword puzzle. I also agree that ILLER should be retired. Forever.

CanadianEh, I like how you start your posts with an alliterative adjective and the day, such as "Marvelous Monday" for today.

Throat slit? Jeez!

Of all the James Bond movies I liked Goldfinger the best. "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" And how 'bout that top hat that Oddjob wore? And threw.

Take care, all, and stay well away from any and all persons who aren't properly masked, including those who cover the mouth but not the nose.

LEO III said...

I certainly agree that the clue, while technically correct, was misleading.

More from my Fountain of Useless Information

After I posted my comments, I Googled US time zones. I knew we had more states with split time zones. I live in one, but the other time zone is WAY out there - like 600+ miles away. In fact, depending on where in Texas one is (how close one is to the Central/Mountain split), the part of Texas in the central time zone is referred to as Texas Time. I learned that little quirk when I live out in Midland. My response the first time I heard it was, "Huh?"

It looks like there are a dozen states with split time zones. Hopefully, we'll NEVER see this clue again!

NOW, what really surprised me is that for all these years, we've been told that Arizona does not do DST. Well, to confuse the issue further, the Navajo Nation in the far northeastern corner of the state does do DST, because it also extends into New Mexico and Utah. However, the Hopi Nation, which lies WITHIN the Navajo Nation, does not do DST. (I'm not sure either Navajo or Hopi Nation considers itself part of Arizona anyway, though.)

Anonymous T said...

Hi All!

Thanks George for the Monday grid.

Boomer - Love your 300! Thanks for the expo.

WO: RhaM
ESPs: ANYA, ISO, LEN, AURIC
Fav: CACTUS. Here's mine.
Runner-up: HAWKING [Star Trek] - read all his books.

ATE DIRT == ATE CROW ≠ Bite the Dust [Queen]
//see what I did?
Brian May (Queen's guitarist) is ALSO an Astrophysicist :-)

Welcome back MdF!

inanehiker - we had the same sticky-spots in the Central area.

D-O: was the cat's demise on purpose or an accident? I can't imagine someone doing that to something they're not going to eat.

Ray-O: D'Oh! Will the snow melt soon enough?

C. Moe - yep re: DST c/a.

CED - Beg, Beg, Beg.

Cheers, -T

Lucina said...

Anon-T:
That cactus bloom is beautiful! Even here they don't look that lovely.

Anonymous said...

Isn't someone here from UC?

CrossEyedDave said...

Anonymous-T,
you do like to get me in trouble...
Oh well, for you I cannot refuse. (Misty, look away)

(hmm, & Jehova Witnesses too...)

&, as a disclaimer, that I only post for the silliness factor,
(working on Ludicrous...)
in the longest stretch possible of the theme "you see"
I give you the real reason toilet paper disappears in times of crisis...

Oh, & I should have mentioned,
in order to watch the above clips,
you must sign a non disclosure agreement
certifying that you did not watch the entire last 36 minute clip,
as it would be much easier just to build a Still...

Ol' Man Keith said...

My family & I turned in our ballots two weeks ago, using the drop box at our library.
I am thankful that in California we can be notified when our ballots have been accepted and counted. All three of us were notified within 3 days.

Good pzl today. Simple but fun. Thanks to George Jasper!

ORU. My first artistic director job came with a staff already in place, including a young man in charge of scheduling events who was a graduate of Oral Roberts U.
I admit I was surprised.
I had no idea a theater person could come out of Oral Roberts.

I have only been to Tulsa once . It was to interview and to hire a Pawnee (a real warrior, a veteran of WW2) named Brummet Echohawk, who joined our company in Virginia to play Sitting Bull in my production of Arthur Kopit's play, Indians.
Brummet was a brilliant man, a natural actor. He and his wife greeted me with wonderful hospitality.
They formed my only impression of Tulsa, OK.
~ OMK

desper-otto said...

OMK, "I had no idea a theater person could come out of Oral Roberts. " -- sounds like that scene in Alien.

Thanx for the kind words about Lulu. Like all of the cats we've had, she was a rescue animal who'd spent most of her life outside. She was already adult when we caught her, got her fixed and innoculated, and adopted her. Yes it's dangerous for them to run loose, but it's almost impossible (cruel, even) to keep them locked up in the house. I suspect she got caught in a snare trap (or something like that), and somehow managed to get loose and made it most of the way home before she bled out. I think if an animal had killed her, she'd have been that animal's breakfast. She wouldn't have let a strange human get close enough to hurt her. She must've wandered into misfortune, somehow.

Anonymous T said...

CED - I aim to please -- and my TP will stay on the roll unless I get really desperate :-)

Thanks Lucina. So many years w/o Grandpa's CACTUS flowering and, now, sometimes I get two a year. //yeah, that was my grandfather's cactus and I got it after he passed. I also have seeds from his poppies in the fridge (in an old Rx bottle! :-)). I've tried a few a couple of times to grow 'em but so far nuthin' (the seeds are 25+ years old but I won't, even to the chagrin of DW, toss 'em out).

D-O: I'm sad for you & Lulu but relieved to know no one in your 'hood is that cruel.

OMK - you made me lookup Brummet Echohawk . Even the synopsis paints him as a real hero. Adding that book to the list. Thanks.

Cheers, -T

waseeley said...

Great stuff Leo III - you're really a saint! :-)

What's really a nightmare is trying to program networks of distributed computer servers to automatically switch to/from DST at 2 AM the morning after. Usually works fine in the Spring: just bump the clock up an hour. Not so fine in the Fall: the computers are in TLT (Time Less Time) for an hour, i.e. not doing anything that might be logged with a timestamp (what time would it be?). The solution was always to automatically shut the servers down for an hour, timed to reboot an hour later. Never did seem to work quite right. I thought I was going to miss IT when I retired, but I've never looked back. I always try to look forward. :-)

Bill

waseeley said...

Thanx CED. I haven't had so many laughs since "Bambi Meets Godzilla"!

waseeley said...

All of my grandchildren's 3 cats are outdoor cats and they've thrived. They live in the garage and can get out to roam through the slightly raised door. I've warned the two youngest boys (5 & 3) that if they ever see a "dog" alone in the woods to stay away from it and bring any cats with them home. Believe or not Coyotes have made it as far East as the Western shore of the Chesapeake and they have been known to attack pets and even small children. While a Coyote could make short work of Butterscotch or Poco Loco, it would regret tangling with Rascal. Rascal is a large tawney and might not be able to kill a Coyote, but could certainly tear him up. That said, Rascal is absolutely the sweetest, most affectionate cat I've ever known.

Malodorous Manatee said...

Marv Newland produced by Mr. and Mrs. Newland.

A true classic, Waseeley.

Anonymous T said...

Just finished dinner - we made ourselves sick on Potato Soup (1&&frack12; cup of cheese and 1c of cream ++ham - two bowls of it and I'm hurting).

CED - and I should have watched WileE's personal crisis clip before dinner. I'm laughing too hard.

waseeley - did you say before you were a NetAdmin and I missed it? That was my 1st PROfessional job followed by SysAdmin (Netware, WinNT & Unix), Network Engineer, programmer (when no one else was available), architect, etc. Now I do CyberSecurity -- They will be taking me out in a straight-jacket as I near retirement.
Tell me about pottery again... :-)

Cheers, -T

JohnB said...

In reference to Agree or Assent, former Louisiana Governor Huey Long once said, "Never speak what you can nod, never nod what you can wink, and never wink what doesn't need to be said."

Anonymous T said...

CED - Re: TP booze. I just recalled - TP is cured/fluffed with formaldehyde.

//Story follows...
In college DW & I went to Petit Jean State Park with another couple from school. No one remembered the coffee filters & DW's friend thought TP would work.
Worst coffee ever!

Down from the mountain the park is in we could see Arkansas Nuclear One. Um, OK(?)

Our second night in the cabin, we were playing scrabble. About 3/4 of our way through the game I stopped everyone:
"Guys - um, meta?"
On the board was 'nuke', 'meltdown', 'disaster', and other prescient(?) words.

Hum...

Next morning we used a paper-towel for coffee and had a wonderful hike. Great trip!

Cheers, -T