Theme: Hitting for the CYCLE (38. With "the," rare batting feat whose components begin the answers to starred clues)
17. *Selling point for a used car: SINGLE OWNER.
28. *Going out with another couple: DOUBLE DATING.
44. *High club in a deli: TRIPLE DECKER.
58. *Metaphor for the perfect person for the job: HOME RUN HIRE.
Boomer here.
I hit .477 to lead my Babe Ruth Baseball League as a 15 year old. But I can honestly say I never hit for the cycle. I believe you need to be a fast runner to get a triple.
This morning as you all solve this Monday puzzle, I am on the golf course testing to see if golf balls fly further in 90 degree heat. The weather man is very strange though. Our neighboring state to the Northwest, North Dakota is enduring triple digits!
Across:
1. 10-year-old Oscar winner O'Neal: TATUM. "You know it's only a Paper Moon"
6. Head lock: TRESS. I used to watch pro-wrestling for hours and I never heard it called a TRESS.
11. Title for Lee or Grant :Abbr.: GEN. An interesting pair of
Generals. Lee was a West Point scholar, while Grant was so so. However
when the civil war ended, Lee surrendered to Grant.
14. The Colosseum, e.g.: ARENA.
15. Beyond bad: WORSE. I think our Twins have gone from bad to WORSE.
16. Messenger molecule: RNA. I am no doctor but this is some kind of acid.
19. Homer's "rosy-fingered" dawn goddess: EOS.
20. Jacob's twin: ESAU. Incredible story of thousands of years ago. One guy sold his birthright to the other but I can never remember who was who.
21. "Young Sheldon" network: CBS.
22. Beauty's beau: BEAST. C.C. is the Beauty and I am the BEAST. Grrr!
24. Part-time player: SEMI-PRO. The Twins have a few of these playing. About 10 of the original roster are now on an injured list.
26. Raise, as sails: HOIST. We have a bracket near our garage door, so we do not need to HOIST it.
32. In the stars: FATED.
35. Lena of "Alias": OLIN. Were these the original OLE and LENA ?? I have heard a few stories about them.
36. Expected in: DUE. I believe rain was DUE in Minnesota today but it may have evaporated before it hit the ground.
37. Old-school "OMG!": EGAD.
40. Note to the staff: MEMO.
41. Villain Luthor: LEX. Mean old LEX hated Superman.
42. Work bound to sell?: BOOK.
43. Former Swedish cars: SAABS. I never owned one. I believe they stopped making them in 2014, SOB!
48. Krall of jazz: DIANA.
49. Power failures: OUTAGES. Nothing recent here. Keeping our air conditioning running.
53. Former senator Lott: TRENT. From Mississippi.
55. Bad firecracker: DUD. 4th of July is coming. These things are illegal in Minnesota, but people import them from other states. Not me though.
56. Hair clump: TUFT. I wish I had enough to call a TUFT.
57. Anthem contraction: OER. OER the land of the free, and the Home of the brave.
62. Printer problem: JAM. I like Strawberry. Sugar-free please.
63. Chris of "Captain America": EVANS. DALE of Roy Rogers fame.
64. Arnie __, Don Draper's neighbor on "Mad Men": ROSEN.
65. Suffix with direct: ORY. Directory.
66. Dentist's request: RINSE. Then spit.
67. Wind: Pref.: ANEMO.
Down:
1. Uses a stun gun on: TASES. I knew a stun
gun was called a TASER. We had an incident just south of us in Brooklyn
Center a few weeks ago when a lady police officer killed a man with her
gun because she mixed it up with her taser. We had a few protests in
our city but things have settled down.
2. Come about: ARISE.
3. Coffee break hr.: TEN AM. After coffee. This is my tee time, "Fore!".
4. Like a tour without a leader: UNGUIDED.
5. Prefix with ware: MAL.
6. Pair of shillings, in British slang: TWO BOB. I thought it was all EUROS across the pond.
7. Uses oars: ROWS. Been there, Done that. 14 foot cedar strip fishing boat.
8. West end?: ERN. Western.
9. Fresno-to-L.A. dir.: SSE. Yup, California coast line runs Southeast. Actually, Reno Nevada is further west than L.A.
10. Belgrade native: SERBIAN.
11. "Wish I'd thought of that!": GREAT IDEA.
12. Grandson of Adam: ENOS. The only ENOS that I remember is ENOS Slaughter of the Cardinals. I believe he was a many times All Star.
13. Creator of the GOP elephant: NAST.
18. Hosiery hue: ECRU.
23. Approx. number: EST. Earlier, due to Covid, I think the
Twins were allowing 8,000 fans in at Target Field. I think they are now
drawing about 6,000.
25. Whale group: POD. We did not plant peas this year. A few green peppers and cucumbers only.
26. Satan's realm: HELL.
27. "Garfield" canine: ODIE.
29. Age of Reason philosopher John: LOCKE.
30. Anesthetized: NUMB. After our two mile walk at Lake Harriet a couple of weeks ago, My legs were already numb. No Anesthetic needed.
31. Most '90s Prizms: GEOS.
32. Pool table surface: FELT. Also Craps and Black Jack tables. How do I know this? I think I read about it somewhere.
33. Stress or worry, it's said: AGER.
34. Wildlife preservation method: TAXIDERMY. After many, many
years of hunting in Minnesota, my father shot a 12 point buck. Of
course he had the head mounted, but Mom was kind of so so about the
whole thing.
38. Either "Fargo" director: COEN. Many trivia shows ask the
question about where the movie "Fargo" took place. Of course the
contestants answer North Dakota but I know better.
39. Film wise man with his own grammar: YODA.
40. Very long race: MARATHON. Never ran one of these. They have
a big one in Minnesota each year. Not 2020 and we all know why. The
26 mile route goes around three lakes plus.
42. Nonsense: BLATHER.
43. Wimbledon unit: SET.
45. Bowling target: PIN. This clue is right up my alley. -- I mean LANE!
46. Golfing venue: COURSE. I am there right now. By the way, you can "Go Bowling" but you "Play Golf". You do not GO GOLFING or PLAY BOWL.
47. Spiral-horned antelope: KUDU.
50. Pretense: GUISE.
51. Zimbalist Jr. of "77 Sunset Strip": EFREM. "Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb".
52. Shorthand pro: STENO.
53. WWII Japanese general: TOJO. Sorry, I am not old enough for WWII history.
54. Raise, as kids: REAR.
55. Animal lairs: DENS. Also we met there when I was in "Cub Scouts".
59. Egg: Pref.: OVI.
60. __ cave: MAN. We do not have one in our house. I have to go to the Bowling Center.
61. New Deal agcy.: NRA.
Boomer
Argh! DidNotFinish! On a MONDAY! FOUR cells! FIVE naticks! One of them a THEMER! Aarrgghh!
ReplyDeleteKUD_ ⊞ did not remember.
_ _ _ ⊞ too many possibilities.
HOMER _ _ HIRE ⊞ no idea.
_ OSEN ⊞ never watched the show.
_ NEMO ⊞ no idea.
Simple theme, reveal told us the last one would be HOMER instead of FOURTH. Except that it WASN'T! @#$%^&*!
In trying to write this simple verse,
It's hard to decide which was WORSE.
An unknown natick,
A tricky tactic,
Or a crossword clue that's just perverse!
It's always lonely when you're SINGLE.
DOUBLE DATING helps to mingle.
A TRIPLE threat
To assuage fret
Avoid Homer's* old Greek lingo!
* as opposed to HOME RUN.
{A, B-.}
FIR, but the SE corner was a tough patch for me. Lots of names to endure. I skipped yesterday’s puzzle because of the anticipation of a plethora of trivia to plough through.
ReplyDeleteGreat way to start Monday is with a Boomer write-up
ReplyDeleteTricky Natick in SE as Owen lamented, a regular Trojan Horse. I WAG'ed NRA which left ROSEN. As Boomer could tell you the clue could have been "Ex Indians 1953 MVP. Al". I bet Boomer has his card
When "Pesky held the ball" in 1946 Enos* was tearing around 3rd on a single. Fans forgave Johnny and named the RF Foul pole in his honor
A SEMI PRO is merely a guy who gets paid to play a Sport but not enough to make a living at it.
WC
* Somebody brought that up at lunch when I said I was from Boston
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteNo. Not on a Monday. But it's true. D-o had EFROM/ROSON and let it stand -- my print copy failed to turn red. Rats! Thanx John (Dont' recognize the name, are you new?) and Boomer. (Good luck as you go golfing today.)
TUFT: Got 'em. The lady who cuts my hair claims that my cowlicks have cowlicks.
M-o-W today. Hope the rain holds off til after lunch.
FIW. Again crossing two proper names, Rosen and Efrem, did me in.
ReplyDeleteWhat youse said
ReplyDeleteMusings
ReplyDelete-My fill for “Pretense” was GUILE not GUISE and EFREM/ROLEN looked good enough to me. EGAD! So many names!
-Ok, but that car’s SINGLE OWNER used the vehicle to pull out tree stumps
-Hmmm… If GEN Lee had won, would there be a country where the stars and stripes were banned?
-I remember my old dentist’s spit sink. Now the dental assistant just uses a suction wand
-We are leaving for Branson in an hour. We have an UNGUIDED tour scheduled for this attraction
-GREAT IDEA: For years my Keurig has made coffee that is way too hot. The other day I turned around with the coffee and realized the solution was right in front of me!
-I was at the finish of a MARATHON and saw pained runners cross the line and immediately strap huge bags of ice on their knees. Hey, ice cured my coffee issue.
-Now I must gird my loins for a seven-hour drive.
Oops, FIW. I had GUILE /GUISE. Clever trap by Rich.
ReplyDeleteRe. Madmen. Here's an interesting article re.
"psychological sets" and "Pfc Dinkin(s)". "psychological sets" was a MADison Ave technique(alleged*) to invade the subconscious to suggest buying a product.
WC
** By the real Pfc Dinkin to explain his prediction of the JFK assassination
So easy until the SE. Off one cell, that S. Like HG and WC, I had guile instead of guise. I did get NRA. I don't know ROSEN.
ReplyDeleteI liked work bound to sell/book and head lock/tress.
David spent last week down the shore and my brother and SIL went camping, one week too early. Starting yesterday we are having summer weather this week.
This was a quick theme to pick up, so it solved quickly even with the crunchiness here and there.
ReplyDeleteMy husband started running marathons once a year when he was around 40 when he had too many injuries with basketball - so that's 20+. Boomer, he did run the Twin Cities Marathon - which is supposedly the most beautiful urban marathon in the country. It was nice meandering among the many small lakes and ponds. He has also run Grandma's marathon up in Duluth, Minnesota, one of the countries oldest marathons.
Thanks Boomer and John!
HG - I would say stop by on your way home from Branson - but that would take you 2 hours out of your way! Our kids went to camp many years down on Table Rock Lake, so we know route!
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteNo muss, no fuss, no wite-out. FIR w/o incident. A bit choppy in the center, but it worked out. Pre-filled TRIPLE. Remembered EFREM. Knew TOJO from news reports at the time. He was hanged as a war criminal.
Head lock, lock of hair on head, or tress
ReplyDeleteI also had HOMER at first, but for 61 Down New Deal agency I could only think of TVA and SSA.
ReplyDeleteI figured it had to be HOME RUN, so N-A? NRA didn't sound right as the rifle association wasn't part of it. I had to look it up: National Recovery Administration. Oh.
Otherwise a nice easy Monday (and I appreciated the single, double, triple, home run being in order!)
This trend of crossing proper nouns is becoming an issue,but constructors and editors keep not paying attention to it. Proper noun pile-up in the middle seems poorly planned. Almost naticked in the middle part with the name pile-up,*odie,olin,yoda,coen,and diana* and the baseball term cycle.
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteToday was not an especially hard puzzle except for the Natick with the crossing of ROS_N and EFR_M. I didn't guess the right vowel, so it was an official DNF, and on a Monday to boot.
I didn't know a number of the proper names but perps filled them in except for the above mentioned Natick.
I got the theme answers once I saw the SINGLE and DOUBLE so I filled in the TRIPLE and HOME RUN. I didn't know that it was called a CYCLE though.
Have a great day everyone.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteI liked the theme, themers, and reveal but I thought a few entries were above a Monday level, to wit, Rosen, Anemo, and Kudu. I saw every episode of Mad Men and have no recollection of Rosen; he certainly wasn’t one of the many main characters. When was the last time you heard Anemometer and Kudu? Those snags, plus the 20 three letter words, were a tad annoying. There was a related sports sub-theme with Arena, Course, Semi Pro, Set, and Pin. CSO to Boomer (Pin) and our resident Manatee (Mal).
Thanks, John, for a fun start to the week and thanks, Boomer, for the usual wit and wisdom. Hope the links treat you well.
I called about my medical alert equipment problem on Saturday and after 45 minutes of testing and troubleshooting, the tech said he would send me a replacement unit. I just got an email saying it’s on the way via FedEx and will be here tomorrow. I really appreciate this prompt solution, especially in today’s Murphy’s Law climate where it seems even the most simple task or minor request becomes Mt. Everest!
FLN
TexasMs, thank you for your kind words. I’m happy to hear that I’m not the only one who recognizes and enjoys DO’s devilish deeds!
Have a great day.
Have the week off.. Leisurely doing the puzzle on the deck. Almost a perfect FIR but one inkover: eta/DUE. My favorite clues wild life preservation (can be taken in entirely opposite ways) and bound to sell.
ReplyDeleteTheme was Monday level. Glad I perped "low mileage" (too short anyway) for SINGLEOWNER...Didn't know Thomas Nast came up with the GOPachyderm nor the fact that FDR founded the NRA (EGAD,how many guns did he own?)...ANEMO? (one clownfish or sub captain?). STENO: Had a fast talking HS history teacher. When we asked him to slow down to keep up with note taking he would always say: "Cut off your arm and write shorthand"...🙄
TWO BOB...took a student level trip to London from university in Italy with a bud in early 1972 just after the changeover to the metric money system. From wiki: "On 14 February 1971 that year, there were 12 pennies to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound. The following day all that was history and the pound was made up of 100 new pence."...Confusion and Elizabeth II still reigned specially for two Yanks 😳
(Chris EVANS' mom's maiden name is Capuano explains why he's such a hot lookin' guy.😉)
When the Swedish auto factory closed there was no lack of _____ SAABS.
Fire the blind Greek poet!!....HOMERUNHIRE
"_____ 'n' Dolls....GUISE
Kinda for.....SEMIPRO
Gets too old for.....OUTAGES
Thanks Boomer...Today is "throw anything you want to the curb and the town will pick it up day". means DW and I will argue over the same hoard of junk we didn't toss out last year and won't this year..😲
Hola!
ReplyDeleteIn spite of being baseball related I had no trouble finishing today's puzzle. The blasts from the past helped, TATUM and EFREM Zimbalist, Jr (wonderful actor).
Lena OLIN was also in Chocolat. I loved the play on words at TRESS, head lock!
One of my cousins, who is a hunter, had a room full of TAXIDERMY trophies. They ranged in size from a small squirrel to a large buffalo. No KUDO, though.
I never saw Mad Men but ROSEN emerged with perps.
Boomer, it's just wonderful to hear that you are out enjoying yourself! Thank you for the witty commentary.
Gary, safe travels!
Have a magnificent Monday, everyone!
Thank you John and thanks Boomer. Looks like the truth has finally come out Boomer - you really are an ALLEY CAT!
ReplyDeleteDidn't bother with the theme, as I was having so much fun with the puzzle and I finally, finally FIR. Like the ORIOLES, who beat the TWINS last week after finally, finally breaking a 14 game losing straight.
Selected goodies.
27A Boyd Campbell was the SINGLE OWNER of our HOUSE until DW and I bought it in 1977. Since it was Spring and we were waiting for our FHA loan to come through, he gave us gardening lessons (just in case the loan fell through HE would have a garden). When the day was finished he'd serve us a glass of Seagrams 7 and 7-UP, AKA a "Seven and Seven". Boyd always toasted us with a sparkle in his eye "It makes you feel SINGLE and see DOUBLE!"
20 ESAU came out first and as the oldest, he got the birthright. But he sold it to JACOB for a bowl of stew. ESAU went on to found the EDOMITES and JACOB went on to found ISRAEL. Anybody here besides Bible scholars ever hear of the EDOMITES?
28A My first DATE with DW was a DOUBLE. I think she was trying to fix me up with the other guy's DATE.
49A We freeze most of the vegetables that Boyd taught us to grow. During storms in both Summer and Winter, power lines are often brought down by falling limbs from all the trees in the neighborhood. Thus we've had frequent OUTAGES in recent years, 2 lasting over a week. As a result we had to have a 14KW generator installed. The vegetables are all organic, but they sure cost a bunch.
57A OER. That word was penned by Francis Scott Key, a captive of the British onboard a ship moored in the BALTIMORE harbor, as he observed the bombardment of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812:
"And the rockets' red glare,
The bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night,
That our flag was still there,
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave"
Orioles fans still shout out the O in "O'er" when the Star Spangled Banner is played at the start of home games.
62A JAM. I've always said that IT Support would be a piece of cake were it not for PRINTERS. Never trust anything with moving parts.
40D My son is a MARATHONER and has also run the 50 Mile JFK Memorial race. His answer to the question "Why is a MARATHON 26.2 miles?" is always "Because any more would be CRAZY!".
Cheers,
Bill
Ray-O @10:39 AM Let me guess. You want to keep it all?
ReplyDeleteActually WAZ....I can't figuratively pry it out of DW's grip...
ReplyDeleteand
FLN
VIDWAN..you are too sly 😏
I was referring to the ominous prediction of NOSTRADAMUS that in AD 2076 a woman born in 2021 would ascend to the English throne and also be elected US president. Exactly 300 years after declaring independence Americans would be once again British subjects and forced to make tea in pots nestled in tea cozies sitting on trivets rather than in a chipped cup with a bag. (Canada Eh's revenge) but provoking a second Boston Tea Party. ☹
🫖
Irish Miss @10:32 AM KUDU is a word I will never forget. When I was studying ceramics in college, an old fellow traveler named Charles crafted a slab built jar with ceramic pencil drawings of KUDUs grazing on the Savannah. Atop it was a lid surmounted with a beautiful sculpture of a KUDU head, the delicate horns spiraling upward to a total height of about 18". The piece was made out of an EXTREMELY FRAGILE clay body called RAKU, which is fired by inserting it with long tongs into a front loading RED HOT gas-fired kiln and then removing the RED HOT pot and placing it on a bed of combustible material like leaves or pine needles to "flash it". We all thought Charles was CRAZY, and the likelihood of his pot surviving this process was ZIP. But when it was all over the KILN GODS had smiled on him and he had produced a truly magnificent work of art. Later I saw that he had it for sale for $200 at a craft fair we were both showing at. Apparently he thought that at that price no one would buy it. When I produced a check book to purchase it he demurely declined, saying he couldn't take my money.
ReplyDeleteAs someone once said "An ARTIST is not a special kind of person. Every person is a special kind of ARTIST." Charles was a very special kind of artist and person, and I hope that his creation still adorns someone's mantel piece to this day.
Fun Monday puzzle, many thanks, John. And hope you had a great time golfing, Boomer.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite clue was "Work bound to sell" for BOOK. Liked the SINGLE, DOUBLE, TRIPLE sequence and wondered was the fourth one was going to be: oh, a HOME RUN (hire?). Sad to see wildlife preservation become TAXIDERMY. Number of other animal references in this puzzle: BEAST, DENS, PODS, GOP elephant.
Loved your first poem, Owen.
Have a great week coming up everybody.
Hand up for SE problems and a FIW. I forgot NRA (how could I?), put EFRon, , MARATHaN, didn't know ROSEN or ANEMO. Maybe next time I will. A tough lesson learned on a Monday, for sure. I liked your first poem, OwenKL, as it summed things up. Thanks, Boomer, for explaining everything, including the CYCLE meaning. Thanks, John, for the Monday challenge. New here?
ReplyDeleteFinished all this early but had to run to my PT appointment, thus posting later. Hope you are enjoying the golf course, Boomer! And enjoy your Monday, everyone else....
ReplyDeleteWaseeley, would that ceramic art be called a kudo to Kudu ?
Following the retelling of your story on Esau's 'giving' away his birthright .... I looked up birthright, and still can't understand it. Its not as if they had a Dept of Vital Statistics and a birth certificate in those days. What would it mean, once he gave away his birthright .... would he then become birth-left handed or ambidextrous ?
These old tales leave even more mysteries behind ...
Ray-O-Sunshine,
From last night, I was truly befuddled by that statement about the Queen and the US President.
I was thinking more as a Queen of the Rose Bowl Parade, or someone belting out Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody in an alto voice. For now, it seems more likely that this newborn has a better chance of replacing Kim Kasdashian as the future Queen of ????
By the same analogy, had Prez Obama's father been around, and given him, his genealogical tree, Prez Barack could have had a second career as a Mau-Mau chieftain, or a Masai tribal leader ....
Also From Yesterday ... (Golf ) ... Lies, more lies and statistics ...
In India, I had a math teacher, who was somewhat foggy on his english grammar.
Once, while scolding a female classmate, in class, he said,' Young lady, I know you too well to be fooled. Please don't lie with me in class ...'
Most of my classmates did not get the joke. ( It must be a regional thing.)
have a nice day, all.
Manic Monday. Thanks for the fun, John and Boomer. (I smiled when I saw PIN!)
ReplyDeleteOwenKL said it all today. Naticked on a Monday!😮
And if we are really going to complain, we have GEN. at 11A and general in the clue for 53D. EGAD!
I saw the SINGLE, DOUBLE progression and filled in TRIPLE, but fixated on HOMER and couldn’t decide between On or In HIRE. D’uh!
I knew WC would know CYCLE. (Easter eggs to the number theme with TWO BOB and TEN AM.)
Plus, I don’t know my American senators, and Brent sounded as good as TRENT (and TOJO was also unknown).
This Canadian can never remember NRA (glad to see that some of you Americans have the same problem), and ANEMO was unknown.
But I knew Canadian DIANA Krall. Beautiful smoky voice.
I don’t recall if we saw KUDOs among the BEASTs seen on our safari. I dislike TAXIDERMY.
We had TRESS and TUFT, DENS and MAN cave.
Debated between an A or an O but RINSE made it an I for OVI.
Ray-o- LOL re the Tea Party! Nostradamus prediction😮🤣
waseeley- great story re the KUDU sculpture.
Wishing you all a great day.
ReplyDeleteA bit of crunch came with this Monday grid, no extra charge.
No write-overs today.
I remember Efrem from Sunday nights long ago, his show “The FBI”. I believe it was a QM (Quinn Martin) production and from my memory I do believe it was one of the first shows with ACT 1/2/3/4 Epilog (spelled that way) shown on the screen.
Have a good day.
FLN, Anon-T, that KitchenAid is the one we've been looking at. That's probably the route we'll ultimately take. I'm pretty sure I could handle the "install" on that unit. I'm not sure why downdraft venting adds so much ($1K or thereabouts) to the price of the cooktop. Looks like a pure case of "what the market will bear." Grrrrr.
ReplyDeleteSpitz: (...lemme...catch...my...breath...)
ReplyDeleteJust pushed/slid the 2 ton 36 inch CRT TV to the curb for Whitestone to pick up.
By myself! 😓
Time for a 🍺
Ray-O you are crazy! As Oo would say "don't do dat." PVX, you are corect on all fronts about the FBI.
ReplyDeleteIt is odd for it to be that hot where you all are located and not here
I questioned the use of "Beer me." Poof, it was in the opening of a story in the latest EQ magazine
Hand up for stumbling in the SE corner.
ReplyDeleteI got ANEMO because I thought of 'anemometer' which every weather station has one of.
ReplyDelete92º here @ 1513. Painters have secured for the day.
yes Lemony I made a mistake it's Whitestown (not literally) not Whitestone 😄
ReplyDeleteDesperotto: I give up. What does M-o-W mean?
ReplyDelete>> Roy
Vidwan827, as the eldest son, Esau was entitled to the right as head of the family after his father Jacob's death. He "sold" it to his younger twin Jacob, for some stew. Later, near death, (and blind) Isaac tells Esau to go and hunt up some meat for supper, after which he'd give him his official blessing. When Esau took off, the twins' mom cooked up some food, dressed Jacob up in hairy clothes, and sent him into Isaac where he got the blessing intended for Esau...and subsequently became the head of the family and heir to God's promises to Abraham. (More than you wanted to know, I'm sure!) :-)
ReplyDeleteNever heard of a TRIPLE DECKER sandwich, although it's inferable from the clue. Just know it as a type of bus in Europe or house in Boston. Nice write-up, Boomer, thank you!
WARNING! JUMBLE REVEAL!
ReplyDeleteThe first word is the common spelling of our recent GISMO.
>> Roy
Roy/Curmudgeon: M-o-W stands for Meals-on-Wheels. I volunteer with them at least once, and sometimes more, per week.
ReplyDeleteA technical quibble - billiards and card tables aren't usually covered in FELT, the cloth used is BAIZE, a stiffer and more durable material.
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ReplyDeleteThey might not know that Meals on Wheels is a delivery of food to disabled people. By the way, where do you get the food?
When my sister did it in Charlotte, she made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches which she then delivered though I don't recall where she got the information for delivery. I just recall helping her the time I was visiting.
Triple decker sandwiches are popular everywhere I have ever lived. They contain THREE pieces of toast. They are often called club sandwiches. When they are served here I pull out one slice of toast to discard and reassemble the sandwich.
ReplyDeleteTriple decker
Like Spitz, I sussed ANEMO from anemometer which is still a current weather instrument.
"Officers were checking seven wind-detection machines, known as anemometers, as the balloons proceeded down the route from West 77th Street and Central Park West to the grandstand at Herald Square."
Seattle Times Nov 28, 2019
Roy/Curmudgeon, feel free to post with us on the jumble(hints.blogspot.com)
ReplyDeletePoetry not required.
WC
Lucina, there's a national M-o-W organization, and we have a strong "chapter" in my county. In urban areas of our county the clients get a hot meal delivered to their home five days a week. In rural areas (which is where I live) clients receive frozen foods (5 or 7 meals plus fruits and beverages) delivered once weekly. They also provide daily hot meals to the various Senior Centers in the county. The same van which brings food to our local Senior Center also carries the meals to be delivered on the routes. The meals come from donated funds, from the county food bank, and also from supermarkets which donate over-stocks and about-to-expire foods. Most volunteers take the same delivery route(s) every week. I have an assigned Thursday route, but also often pick up additional routes when the regular volunteer can't make it.
ReplyDeleteMet my Waterloo in the SE like many of you. _OSEN (I sure don't remember this character), _NEMO (never heard of it), N__ (never heard of this either).
ReplyDeleteHey, Rich, help us out! It's Monday!
Thanks for the rest of it, John! Boomer, your review is a delight.
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteFIW w/ two bad squares - EFRon.
Thanks John for the puzzle - other than the SE it was enjoyable rounding the bases.
Thanks for kicking-off the afterparty, Boomer!
WO: TAXoDERMY
ESPs: TATUM, OLIN, KUDU, TOJO, DIANA, BOB.
Fav: BOOK's clue was cute
Runner-up: MARATHON [RUSH 6:33]
{A+, B}
Enjoyed the Kudu ceramic story waseeley.
D-O: I don't know if you have an induction cooktop now, but we had electric prior. If all your pans are copper-bottom, you will need new pans. Seems the copper reflects the heat back to the burner and the burner turns itself down.
BTW if you have the connections (we don’t :-( ), KitchenAid has a gas model too --
Ray-O:
DW - Why don't you throw away some of those tools to make more room; you seldom use them.
Me - Why don't you throw away those old shoes; you seldom wear them.
This is why we pay for storage :-)
Cheers, -T
-T @5:51 PM Some tools are rarely used, but when they are the only solution to a problem, you're glad you have them.
DeleteAn excellent PZL today, from Mr. O'Brien
ReplyDeleteDon't feel so bad, Owen. I got slowed down--considerably so!--in the exact same corner. I had to overcome my belief that a KUDU was the very same as that grow-like-crazy vine, KUDZU.
~ OMK
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DR: One diagonal today, far side.
Its anagram (13 of 15 letters) asks, "How many shots of that life-saving, jump-starting, fight-for-survival fluid do you need when you're in a battle for supremacy or even just survival against King Kong?"
ANS. - "ADRENALIN, ONCE"!
Hi Y'all! Fun one, John O'B & Boomer. Thanks. Enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteNever heard of ANEMO, KUDU, ROSEN. Tried Tito before TOJO--knew better, too. Forgot NRA.
Once had a crush on Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Love that name. Forgot how to spell it.
Once did a story assignment with a prize-winning taxidermist who had a number of projects in various stages of work in his shop. I've always had a strong stomach so was surprised when nausea insued. Managed to finish the interview, but couldn't eat the rest of the day. Got it written & published. The taxidermist told my boss that I got pretty pale-faced & he worried what I would write, but liked the story. I enjoyed seeing his unique finished mounts.
Middle 80's predicted today, along with rain. Latter didn't happen, but I toddled out at dawn to uncover my A/C in case. Got by with ceiling fan only. Hope A/C works with hotter weather predicted.
Road crews came back and finished their work from Friday of filling our pot-hole trench. Looks pretty good. So glad to have it done after many years of the big bump.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kelly Clark for the explanation on Esau selling his birthright and all the sort of scamming that followed. I read through all of it this morning, on Google. (again -).
I was just wondering whether there was a point to all these stories.
Certainly, not very inspiring, to say the least. No lessons to be learnt here.
And, this is not unique to any particular religion.... it occurs in all types of religious stories.
No more discussion on religion.
First thing I did was somehow print the wrong CW. It was a VERY difficult affair, and I came here prepared to complain that we had a Saturday level CW on a Monday. I looked at Boomer’s write up and thought, “Wait!! What the &@$%#?” I went back to my online SFSS and Boomer’s CW solution is for the CW that’s in today’s SFSS newspaper. I haven’t figured out what I managed to screw up there, where I found that wrong very difficult (for me) CW. Then the termite people came snd drilled holes in my interior wall, the one with the seascape mural painted on it. These holes are gonna be even harder to hide than the ones in the floor! Anyway, finally, at 10:08pm EDT I set out on the correct CW for today. Oy. FIR in 19 which is VERY long even for me for a Monday. Very nice CW, thanx, John. I like the clues, the design, and the theme of baseball. BTW, Confucius say baseball wrong: man with four balls cannot walk!! (Ha-ha!) Very nice write-up, Boomer, thanx so much for all the work u continue to put into it for a CW serf like me. I did not have time to read everyone’s comments tonight, unfortunately. I’m too poopered-out; ready for sleep. TTET.
ReplyDeleteUncleFred, perhaps the xword you stumbled upon is Wednesday's Julian Lim.
ReplyDeleteBTW, is it cheating to skip down to the reveal clue? Also, re. Xword critiques. I think it was right here where I learned that xword editors are being encouraged to appeal to a wider audience, ie millennial.
Hence rap, slang etc. Yadig?
And... As usual, looking back I respond, "That wasn't so hard "
If I was better at Spanish it would've been easier
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WC @12:13am Actually the first CW I printed and struggled with is one by Richard Shlakman and Brad Wilber, with a tossed coins theme. I don’t know the date or how I managed to print it out thinking it was Monday’s CW. A bit of a mystery. I also printed the wrong Jumble and that had a date of 11/6, so maybe the CW was also 11/6, which was a Friday. Who knows. Maybe the termites I’ve been struggling to kill managed to get into my blockhead?
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