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IOU an A, E
Dr. Ed is back with a letter substitution (A to E) sound-alike puzzle that plays a little easy for a Friday. The themers are all pretty funny puns. Ed is a master of entertaining no matter what day of the week. The puzzle does not have much long fill - EMPERORS and FACELIFT are the only over 6 letter non-themers, though it is sprinkled with some difficulty. Cluing is Friday vague in places and having a central gridspanner always adds a touch of class to the effort. The icing on this cake is all the changes are from EA to EE.
Yummy. Enjoy.
23A. What EEE signifies?: NO SMALL FEET (11). No small feat is an expression that can be found in many FORMS.
39A. Cesar Millan's gift?: THE HEELING TOUCH (15). My favorite pun, as the dog whisperer substitutes for this TREATMENT.
49A. Blind date?: MYSTERY MEET (11). As someone who went to boarding school I have eaten more than my share of unidentifiable meat products.
61A. His-and-hers concert souvenir?: TEE FOR TWO (9). TEA for Two is a song composed by Vincent Youmans with lyrics by Irving Caesar and written in 1924.
The fun is done and now to work.
1. Japanese car whose name means "reward" in early German: MIATA. Don't we all hate it when 1 across is an unknown. In Japan it is called Roadster, but here it comes from the Old German 'miete' for reward.
6. Infielder in a comedy routine: WHO. He is on first!
9. Conviction: FAITH. A place for this FAITH 52D. Group's belief: TENET.
14. Joins, as a team: YOKES. Oxen anyone.
15. On fire: HOT.
En fuego!
16. Big name in foil: ALCOA. My June 18 comment was "15A. Portmanteau metal producer: ALCOA. No, no, no! AL CO A, aluminum company of america is not words mashed together!
19. Items often checked: COATS. A fun clue.
20. Flying Solo: HAN. While HARRISON FORD was killed off as Han, he has a new INDIANA JONES movie coming.
21. Brute's rebuke: ET TU.
22. "Will it play in __?": vaudeville phrase: PEORIA. Origin- (1) The phrase originated during the vaudeville era and was popularized in movies by Groucho Marx, or (2) The question derives from a theme repeated by characters in Horatio Alger Jr.'s novel Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret, which was first published in 1890.
25. Birthplace of St. Francis: ASSISI. Very common fill.
29. "Who, me?": MOI? I really wanted a Miss Piggy GIF here.
30. Pound product: POEM. Ezra, not a personal hero. POUND HISTORY
31. Fabric with metallic threads: LAMÉ . The earliest historical records of lamé fabric date back to Ancient Assyria, which was a nation in the Middle East that existed between 2500 BC and 600 AD
34. Musical E equivalent: F FLAT. Ron can you explain why?
42. Doomed biblical city: SODOM. What Gomorrah can you say about this biblical city?
43. Calf-length skirt: MIDI. Midcalf.
44. See 36-Down: OAHU. The dreaded random referential set with 36D. Feast on 44-Across: LUAU.
45. Pot pie veggie: PEA. The recipes from Pillsbury, Betty Crocker and Campbell's Soup all use frozen mixed vegetables - corn, carrots, green beans and peas. Nothing fresh.
47. Holds dear: VALUES.
55. Films partly made in stages: OATERS. Another pun, this one relating to the stage coach scenes in Westerns.
56. Deal with creases: IRON.
57. Audibly grieve: SOB.
60. Texas HQ of Frito-Lay: PLANO. Frito-Lay North America is the $13 billion convenient foods business unit of PepsiCo (NYSE, PEP), which is headquartered in Plano, TX. Learn more about Frito-Lay at the corporate website, www.fritolay.com. It was created initially by a merger of Frito and Lay.
63. Articulate: UTTER. The verb.
64. Company abbr.: INC.
65. Texans' neighbors: OKIES. Seems unbalanced as Texans are not a nickname and Okies are.
66. Old times: PASTS.
67. WWII carrier: LST.
68. "Old" language that gave us "blunder": NORSE. mid-14c., "to stumble about blindly," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse blundra "shut one's eyes," perhaps from Proto-Germanic *blinda- "blind."
Down:
56. Deal with creases: IRON.
57. Audibly grieve: SOB.
60. Texas HQ of Frito-Lay: PLANO. Frito-Lay North America is the $13 billion convenient foods business unit of PepsiCo (NYSE, PEP), which is headquartered in Plano, TX. Learn more about Frito-Lay at the corporate website, www.fritolay.com. It was created initially by a merger of Frito and Lay.
63. Articulate: UTTER. The verb.
64. Company abbr.: INC.
65. Texans' neighbors: OKIES. Seems unbalanced as Texans are not a nickname and Okies are.
66. Old times: PASTS.
67. WWII carrier: LST.
68. "Old" language that gave us "blunder": NORSE. mid-14c., "to stumble about blindly," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse blundra "shut one's eyes," perhaps from Proto-Germanic *blinda- "blind."
Down:
1. Bit of fiction: MYTH. In college we debated the TOPIC myth is reality and reality is myth.
2. "The Music Man" setting: IOWA. The author Meredith Willson was inspired by his boyhood in Mason City, Iowa.
3. Related: AKIN.
4. First and __: TEN. A football concept and one of the very first HBO original series, I think. It began with JASON BEGHE and and UF graduate DELTA BURKE.
5. Quakers in Colorado?: ASPENS. Ha ha, tree humor.
6. Puts an edge on: WHETS. Sharpens with a stone, from the old days.
7. Poppycock: HOKUM. Derives from Hocus Pocus, but if you google you get all kinds of irreverent images.
8. Extra NFL periods: OTS. OverTimes.
9. Cosmetic surgery procedure: FACELIFT. I like my face right where it is, but for those with more money than sense, be careful what you wish for. mirror, mirror
10. Distant: ALOOF. Did you know loof (now spelled luff) is the windward side of a ship. Smart sailors wanting to avoid a hazard on the leeward side, who go to the other side, holding themselves aloof.
11. Comforting affirmation: I CARE. I really care cornerites about each and everyone of you.
12. Funny Fields: TOTIE. She died young.
13. Starts to fight: HAS AT. Meh.
18. Star over Paris: ÉTOILE. French lesson. 星位 Chinese lesson.
22. Abbas' gp.: PLO. PLO
24. Improve: AMEND.
25. Much urban housing: Abbr.: APTS. Apartments, and condos will probably not sell well in Florida for a while.
26. NYC art district: SOHO. South of Houston (howston in New York).
27. Apple core?: SEED. You think this was his seed entry?
28. Letters before a view: IMHO. In My Humble Opinion. Why Humble?
32. Revlon cosmetics brand: ALMAY. ALMAY
8. Extra NFL periods: OTS. OverTimes.
9. Cosmetic surgery procedure: FACELIFT. I like my face right where it is, but for those with more money than sense, be careful what you wish for. mirror, mirror
10. Distant: ALOOF. Did you know loof (now spelled luff) is the windward side of a ship. Smart sailors wanting to avoid a hazard on the leeward side, who go to the other side, holding themselves aloof.
11. Comforting affirmation: I CARE. I really care cornerites about each and everyone of you.
12. Funny Fields: TOTIE. She died young.
13. Starts to fight: HAS AT. Meh.
18. Star over Paris: ÉTOILE. French lesson. 星位 Chinese lesson.
22. Abbas' gp.: PLO. PLO
24. Improve: AMEND.
25. Much urban housing: Abbr.: APTS. Apartments, and condos will probably not sell well in Florida for a while.
26. NYC art district: SOHO. South of Houston (howston in New York).
27. Apple core?: SEED. You think this was his seed entry?
28. Letters before a view: IMHO. In My Humble Opinion. Why Humble?
32. Revlon cosmetics brand: ALMAY. ALMAY
33. Customizable Nintendo persona: MII.
35. Have on, to a Brit: FOOL.
37. Bleed (for): ACHE.
38. Consequently: THUS. Ergo.
40. Supreme monarchs: EMPERORS.
41. Provide generously, as one's time: GIVE OF.
46. Triage areas, briefly: ERS. Emergency Rooms.
48. When a classic film gunfight started: AT NOON.
49. Attend to a spill: MOP UP.
50. 1945 "Big Three" meeting site: YALTA. Didn't I just link this.
51. E and FG, in sports: STATS. Error and field goal both of which work in various sports.
53. Appearances: MIENS. Like its synonyms bearing and demeanor, mien means the outward manifestation of personality or attitude.
54. Build: ERECT. This name always reminds me of The Taj Mahal.
57. Recipe directive: STIR. Beat; Dice; Sear; Melt; Sift: Bake; Boil...
58. Is beholden to: OWES. More Gary Cooper?
59. Big name in audio systems: BOSE. My bedtime music comes from a Bose.
61. "Open 9 __ 5": TIL. Sing it Dolly!
62. Original "King Kong" film studio: RKO. This is part of the Kennedy family Legacy. LINK.
We have wended our way through another fabulous, fun, Friday Frolic and since Moe is out and about you have me again next, same Bat Time, same Bat Station. Lemonade out!
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteI was right on Dr. Ed's wavelength this morning. My only Wite-Out moment was correcting HONES to WHETS. Had I looked at 6a first, it would've been Wite-Out-free. Thought of Sally, but remembered TOTIE in time. Even knowing the EA/EE swap, the theme answers didn't jump out as they sometimes do. Nice one, Dr. Ed and Lemonade. (On a piano keyboard there's no black key between E and F, so F flat, becomes an E.)
HAN: The last Indie Jones movie was pretty awful. That franchise has been alternating: 1 -- good, 2 -- awful, 3 -- good, 4 -- awful. Maybe 5 will be a winner. Hope springs eternal.
TWIN PEEKS: I've got the soundtrack album from the Twin Peaks TV series on my music server. Very relaxing, for the most part.
FIR, but erased hooey for HOKUM, then for THUS, sOP, dOTIE and EMPoRORS (UNTIE!).
ReplyDeleteI like that Pepsico sticks to selling drinks, foodstuff and salty snacks. I don't buy Coke products for home any longer, but I'll order whatever brand a restaurant sells. Except for HoJo Cola.
There is an acronym shortage here in the Corner, so I'll introduce a new one. POOMA (for "pulled out of my nether regions") ASSISI and LAME.
Like TWIN PEEKS? Want to see Barenaked Ladies? They are playing today at the NJ Balloon Festival. I'd go If I Had a Million Dollars.
Contributing Cornerites should mostly leave out the "H" in IMHO, IMO.
And thanks to Lemony for another fun tour. DNK where "luff" comes from, just that is was the front edge of a sail (the other edges are the "leech" and "foot"). Makes sense now.
Thanks to Ed for another gem. My favorite was "films partly made in stages" for OATERS. Least favorite was "star over Paris" for ETOI.
I think the clue for 21A is shaky; ET TU was directed at BRUTus, BRUTE is from Latin grammar, but if you were talking to a real brute, I don't think you'd use Latin.
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ReplyDeleteI can always count on Ed for some fun wordplay and/or a tricky theme. The theme today practically jumped off the screen, but the solve was still enjoyable and satisfying. My favorite C/A was Blind Date=Mystery Meet. I also liked Oahu crossing Luau, Oaters/High Noon, and Faith/Tenet. Ed also gave us an O Team with Who, Plano, PLO, No, Two, Soho, IMHO, and RKO. CSO to the Texas contingent at Plano and to DO, well, sort of, at Utter!
Thanks, Dr. Ed, for a fun Friday and thanks, Lemony, for adding to the fun with your Bon mots and Joie de Vivre. Thanks, also, for pinch hitting for Moe.
Have a great day.
So many fun puns as themers and otherwise. I saw the A changed to E at HEALING which helped me with TEE. Thanks, Ed. This was easy for Friday. I solved it while watching the Olympics Parade of Nations.
ReplyDeleteWHO and ASPENS signaled a fun ride.
Lemonade, thanks for an informative blog. Interesting about ALOOF.
Et tu, Brute was a gimme. REBUKE called up which BRUTE was intended and told me we needed Latin in the answer.
MIATA is my wish for a Walter Mitty car. Impractical but cool.
Lemon, I second the small nit at 65A. I thought of OKIES right away, but held off for perps because TEXANS is not a nickname.
Great morning all. Thanks for an enjoyable workout this morning Ed Sessa.
ReplyDeleteHad to change Makes to YOKES. Good clue.
Also tried Sally but changed to TOTIE.
The theme showed up early but finished the grid with an error at LAME and MII . Didn’t know either one so left it as Lace and CII.
Thanks for the write up Lemonade.
Cheers
Fun puzzle. Always enjoy Ed’s wordplay.
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ReplyDelete1A- first fill-MIATA- pronounced MEE-ah-ta- was an early WAG that made the NW easy.
A to E changed to EE- either way, the second vowel is silent, unlike many German words in which the first vowel is silent.
An easier than usual Friday by Ed with just a few unknowns- MII, FOOL, ALMAY
68A-last fill- NORSE-another WAG-WELSH wouldn't work
I knew Nintendo made the WII but MII was unknown; thanks LAME
FOOL- all perps; never heard it or seen it
Changed THEN to THUS to complete puzzle
TOTIE or TODIE- thank you perps
ALMAY- didn't know it was a Revlon brand. Revlon was a top brand but you don't hear much about it these days
HOKUM- wasn't sure if it would be C or K; wait for the perps
Jinx- where's the nearest Howard Johnson to your residence? HoJo cola
A nice Friday level puzzle to wrap up the work week. Work?
ReplyDeleteLemonade, as stated above, entertaining word play. Also, very good job laying out the mechanics of the construction. Thanks.
That was a fun FIR Friday from Ed today. I saw what the theme was from TWIN PEEKS. The next one was harder to get since I had HOKey coming down, giving me NOSy _LL FEET for a while. Other WOs were Honda/MIATA, ohio/IOWA, and donate/GIVE OF, all fixed by perps. Thanks Ed for today's puzzle which took a little time to figure out. And many thanks to Lemonade for the helpful review and for filling in for CMoe.
ReplyDeleteHope you all are doing well and looking forward to a sunny weekend.
Learned on Jeopardy! last night that there's only one remaining Howard Johnson's restaurant -- Lake George, NY. The hotels are a separate entity, part of the Wyndham empire.
ReplyDeleteGood morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteFLN - Owen; Cadillac was French. Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. Born in southern France.
I like Ed's puzzle, too, even when their hard. Finally got it all, OAHU LUAU took awhile, but gave great satisfaction when parsed.. FOOL was new to me, but it perped OK. Liked the clue for YOKES. POEM was devilishly clued, too. Had 'lit' before HOT.
F FLAT - - D-O explained it. E is a half-note below F.
SODOM. - - Canadian Eh! - I frequently would take the SODOM Road between Ft. Erie and Chippawa on business. The Highway entity there maintained 2 large cone-shaped storage bins for road salt that were painted green. My Ontario-Hydro colleague called them the Jolly Green Giant's girlfriend's brassiere.
Spitzbov, on Hwy 50 between Montrose and Gunnison, CO there used to be a large, dome-shaped storage bin for road salt. When my kids were very young they called it "Clifford's Dogloo". It was a good thing, apparently, that there were not two of the structures or I would have had some 'splainin' to do,
ReplyDeleteA thoroughly entertaining Ed Sessa Friday concoction. As Lemonade said, "Friday vague in places". My thoughts exactly as I slowly peeled away the MYSTERY to reveal the puns - producing real chuckles! Thank you both.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite entry was "NO SMALL FEET" but "MYSTERY MEET" was equally humorous.
I had a hard time with the Vaudeville phrase. I knew it was a small town reference but I had to wait for the perps to fill in the answer.
I love crosswords. One the the most amusing attributes is they can ring current events in my life. I had watched Music Man again just last night. This was my father's favorite film and soundtrack of his life. He was born in Moberly, MO and his mother was from Iowa. He always said the movie, like all classic art, captured the heart of his mid-west upbringing. The music demonstrated artistry by combining two songs with different tempos and lyrics into one delivery.
Enjoy the Olympics!
Got a chuckle out of the puns. A fun theme even though a DNF. I had no idea who Cesar Millan was,couldn't get the obtuse clue for 28 down,and yet again tripped up by a foreign language clue.
ReplyDeleteE O'T, for you. CESAR MILLAN .
ReplyDeleteAnd, CESAR IN ACTION . And for my brother from another mother, VIDWAN827, Cesar was born on my 21st birthday.
ReplyDeleteYeah!!! I loved the puzzle. I was able to get Ed's theme and finish the puzzle in reasonable time.
I had one misstep along the way. I started with HONDA before MIATA became evident when I started the down clues and MYTH appeared.
It's too bad that the HoJo restaurant chain went the way of the dinosaurs. I always liked their hot dogs in the unique New England style bun in the HoJo cardboard holder.
HoJo's isn't alone in it's demise. There are a number of restaurants that I liked that are gone or almost gone. Some have barely survived because some former franchisee's took up the mantle to keep their stores open, like a few Roy Roger's and Bennigan's.
Oh well, you can't fight progress. If that's what it is.
Thanks Ed and Lem for an enjoyable Friday.
Have a great day everyone.
Great theme today, esp. NO SMALL FEET and MYSTERY MEET (although at first I had SOP instead of MOP and MALTA instead of YALTA so MYSTERY was my last fill).
ReplyDeleteNot only do I love Cesar's Dog Whisperer show, but also Jackson Galaxy's MY CAT FROM HELL! Gotta see that in a future puzzle.
Thanks Dr. Ed for the gentle BREAZE into a Friday FIR. And thank you Lemony for an another illuminating review. Loved the Vids.
ReplyDeleteMy take on the theme became obvious after 17A: "replace EA with EE" (BTW another CSO to -T). I guess this is equivalent to replacing the A with an E, as all the original vowel pairs were AE. It was a piece of cake compared to yesterday's theme. At least it was explicit. And very PUNFUL. I had TWIN PEEPS until HOKUM fixed it (looked for the irreverent images Lemony, but couldn't find any)
I too struggled to get MIATA (FIAT is Italian, NISSAN doesn't fit). Had SEISMS (Hi Jayce!) for ASPENS, but everything came out in the perps. SPITZBOOV - waiting for your etymology on this Old German word.
25A St. Francis of Assisi is one of those "saints for all sects".
30A POUND was a piece of work. Had he not been famous, he probably would have been shot.
67A LST - Landing Ship, Tanks were large ships that carried the "Landing craft, utility" (LCUs) and remained offshore. The "LCUs", were the ones that the troops and vehicles actually came ashore in.
12A TOTIE, buried somewhere in my sub-conscious. What a HOOT!
28D Speak for yourself Jinx. I have a lot to be HUMBLE about!
33D "All about MII, I learned in a previous puzzle." - Yoda
36D LENT was the first thing that popped into my mind, but there is not a lot of feasting going on in LENT. Both crossed clues ended in a U. My be a HAWAIIAN thing.
46D Boy those were the days. All the six shooters had HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES.
57D Last week STIR was a British prison.
61D You don't usually associate Dolly with women's lib, but between her, Jane, and Lily they had Dabney all tied up!
Cheers,
Bill
Fun Friday puzzle, many thanks, Ed. And thanks for your always helpful commentary, Lemonade.
ReplyDeleteGot HAN instantly--off to a good start. Then on to the middle with SODOM, MIDI, and OAHU, which helped with a series of downs.
But I was sure it was SALLY Fields--nope, didn't work. And was sure the Pound product was going to be some sort of dog or puppy--nope, Ezra POUND--for goodness sake, modern poetry is part of my profession, I should have gotten that POEM instantly.
But the clue that cracked me up was "Quakers in Colorado"--had to be some religious sect, right? Nope: ASPENS. Lots of fun, thanks again, Ed.
Anyway, very enjoyable. Have a good weekend coming up, everybody.
Hurray!! FIR, although it took a 32 minutes struggle. Last to fall was the LUAU/OAHU cross. When I saw two clues referring to each other crossing, “NO FAIR!” involuntarily erupted from my pie-hole. W/Os included MALTA:YALTA, which I can’t seem to keep straight in my PEA-brain. Also struggled with EMPERER:EMPOROR: EMPEROR:EMPORER. Oy. Poor ol’ pea-brain. PERPS to the rescue. DNK: ALMAY, MII, MIENS, or who the devil Cesar Millan is. I got the E for A trick immediately with TWINPEEKS, which with PERPS led me to fill THEHEELINGTOUCH. FFLAT and VALUES eventually lit the lightbulb over my head to get the LUAU/OAHU cross, which was the last fill. Very clever cluing, ES, thanx for the mental workout. Jinx @ 7:13 mentioned Barenaked Ladies. I was bitterly disappointed the first time I saw the band and discovered no bare naked ladies. This CW seemed a bit easier than yesterday’s, which seemed Saturday level to me, and made me cheat. Today FIR on my own. Outstanding write-up as always, thanx, Lemonade.
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ReplyDeleteEnded the "week" strong, FIR, no inkovers and them's no YOKES!! 😄
As themes go much easier than yesterday so it seems themes don't follow the get-harder- as-the-week-progresses rule.
You'd have to be at least an ole timer like me to remember TOTIE Fields' stand up on The Ed Sullivan's Show. Apple core: "Jobs" fits but is wrong.
Thought Abbas' group were the "Mamma Mia" singers, the apostrophe position shoulda given it away. AMEND is to make changes...not necessarily improve (depending on your POV).
Harrison Ford? a new Indiana Jones movie? "Indiana Jones and the Nursing Home of Doom"? 🤣.. Mal M and Spitz..TWIN PEAKS or as the French say "Grand Tetons"..
On call during training they fed us MYSTERY MEAT we called TLS: "turkey-like substance" 🤢
Lucina I have a cousin who lives in Peoria,AZ....LUAU/OAHU, (Irish M). Like Big Easy...knew Wii but not MII.
Optician offering.....ICARE
Stressed Spanish/Italian affirmative....ASSISI
Digitally destroyed....ERECT
Hope the whether man is not indecisive this weekend and delivers two nice days 🌞
Hola!
ReplyDeleteBeing serenaded by falling rain is music to my ears! The monsoon finally arrived in full force and we desperately need it.
I started this puzzle very early this morning, got half way through it and returned to bed. When I again got up, it was a breeze to finish. WHETS had held me up as I had LIT (Hello, Spitz) until it changed to HOT. HOKUM is a fun word.
The vowel exchange was also amusing and I especially liked MYSTERY MEET and TEE FOR TWO. Also ERECT/TEE crossing.
Very clever, Ed Sessa.
Half a CSO to d-o at UTTER.
Sadly there will be flash floods and inexperienced drivers will be caught in it. It's been raining for 24 hours and is predicted to continue until Sunday. That's good and bad.
Have a stupendous day, everyone!
Thank you, Lemonade. Enjoyable narrative as always.
ReplyDeleteWaseeley @ 1106 - - Sorry, I'm not up on etymology of Japanese-English words from Old German. Modern German does have 'mieten' which means lease, hire, or rent.
ReplyDeleteHowever, on a hunch, I found that English has 'meed' which means a fitting return or recompense. It comes from the Old High German MIATA meaning reward. (according to Merriam Webster.)
Modern German for meed is Lohn or verdienst, similar to L. German and Dutch. Guess that cognate has been lost in modern German.
Big Easy - Thanks to D-O I know that he nearest HoJos is a mere 550 mile drive, making HoJo Cola still far too near. Had HoJos had great management there probably wouldn't be a Cracker Barrell chain now. That was HoJos turf, and they couldn't adapt. There is a Far Side cartoon that showed a meeting of the dinosaur brass, with the one at the podium saying something on the order of "Gentlemen, the future is bleak. The climate is cooling, mammals are taking over, and we have brains the size of a walnut." No photoshop in those days, so someone sitting in my office used wite-out to change the sign on the podium to read GTE.
ReplyDeleteAnybody familiar with Washington PD Chief Robert Contee? Saw him on TV a few minutes ago. Incredible charisma and TV presence. Should he run for mayor I'll send him a check.
This puzzle seemed a little easy for Friday, but fun nonetheless.
ReplyDelete"Cesar Millan's gift" was a learning moment for me, but THE HEELING TOUCH fit it nicely regardless of the meaning of the clue. Thank you, Lemonade, for enlightening us.
Thank you, Ed Sessa, for a fun puzzle.
ReplyDeleteThis Friday Sessa grid presented the usual challenges of both day and author.
Write-overs…EMPORER/EMPEROR (no coffee yet), TEESHIRTS/TEEFORTWO….before I saw the theme.
Otherwise no issues.
Friendly’s is/was another restaurant chain that managed to mismanage their way to oblivion. They expanded their menu to the point where it took forever to get a shake and a BIG BEEF cheeseburger. Sad.
See you tomorrow.
Before I comment on your comments, I must point out the extreme prejudice in Florida against people like me. I have attached an article setting out the LEMONADE battle.
ReplyDeleteThe LEMONADE stand is a quintessential American example of childhood initiative and free enterprise. But local regulations in Florida can turn young entrepreneurs into unwitting criminals. While more than a dozen states have sought to clarify this uncertainty by passing laws explicitly exempting kids’ lemonade stands from any licensing requirements, Florida has continued to leave lemonade stands in a legal gray area, subject to a nebulous patchwork of state, county, and municipal regulations.
LEMONADE laws in Florida:
Consider a child in Miami who starts a lemonade stand in her front yard, 19 feet away from her driveway. Under the law, she could be subject to crackdowns from law enforcement. The city of Miami makes it illegal to sell beverages “on any street, alley, sidewalk, or public park within the city” unless one acquires a business tax receipt. Vending is also prohibited within five feet of the entranceway to any building and within 20 feet of any driveway. Violators can be charged with a misdemeanor and face fines of up to $500 per day, as well as prison sentences of up to 60 days, for each day the violation continues. In Orlando, the municipal code states it is illegal to sell any “thing of value” unless the seller registers beforehand with the Orlando Police Department. There is an exception for sales conducted by a school, college, or university. But this exception wouldn’t protect ordinary lemonade stands.
Part II
ReplyDeleteAside from local prohibitions, Florida state law penalizes any person who engages in any occupation or business without first obtaining a local business tax receipt. Exemptions are limited to “any charitable, religious, fraternal, youth, civic, service, or other similar organization” engaging in occasional fundraising activities. Notably, in 2018, police in Lake Mary stopped three high school football players who were selling calendars to raise money for their team. While the police determined eventually that the state exemption covered the football players, the very fact that the police were confused about the statute is telling. While there are no recorded instances in which Florida police have shut down a child’s lemonade stand, such incidents have occurred in other states over the past decade. In 2015 in Texas, police shut down a lemonade stand run by two sisters because they had not procured the necessary $150 permit or health inspection. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2019 signed legislation to protect kids’ lemonade stands.In 2011, six children in Montgomery County, Maryland, were issued a $500 ticket for operating a lemonade stand outside a country club where the U.S. Open golf tournament was being held. And in 2018, Denver police shut down a group of brothers’ lemonade stand because they lacked a $125 permit (the lemonade stand had raised $200 for charity before it was forced to close). In Illinois, an 11-year-old who sold lemonade to raise money for college was threatened with fines if she did not cease operations. In June, the Florida legislature passed – and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed – the Home Sweet Home Act, which preempts local regulations and restrictions on homemade “cottage food” sales. However, the new law clarifies that cottage food operations still “must comply with the conditions for the operation of a home-based business,” which in turn include a requirement that “[a]s viewed from the street, the use of the residential property is consistent with the uses of the residential areas that surround the property.” This appears to rule out a lemonade stand that is conspicuous to people passing on the street – and indeed, a previous draft of the legislation said that “[a]ny business transactions conducted at the business must not take place in view of the street.” But a lemonade stand could not sell much lemonade if it were not visible from the street. One thing is for certain: The legal landscape for lemonade stands in Florida is complex, filled with overlapping and interlocking rules at the state, county, and municipal levels.
SODOM reminded me of Lot's nickname for wife: SALTY(Credit to RayO)
ReplyDeleteLays seems to be trying to edge out Cape Cod potato chips for display space
Jinx, wherever did you find a HoJo(who's demise was caused by land making capitalized value gt stock price and brits swooped in )
Friendly's was quality until it wasn't
I thought this hard ????. Now having completed Saturday I thought it was easier than last week so everyone will think hard
WC
What a delightful Friday PZL from Mr. Sessa!
ReplyDeleteFIR, I enjoyed solving this one all the way through.
The first clue 1A seemed the strangest of them all. It made me suspect trouble ahead. But it was the outlier; all the rest were good clean fun.
~ OMK
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DR: One diagonal--on the far side.
Its anagram (12 of 15 letters) makes one think of such European equivalents as "Tschuss" and "Ciao."
It is the Hawaiian version of the same--the...
"ALOHA EPITOME"!
Musings
ReplyDelete-18 holes finished today at 10 am because of impending heat wave.
-Dr. Ed’s puzzles are always a delight and his clever gimmick and Friday cluing were a hoot
-MYSTERY MEAT and Roast Beast were a staple of college cafeteria
-Is Who’s On First? the funniest comedy routine of all time? YES!
-Francis’ cathedral on top of the hill in ASSISI is stunning but I still hesitate to arrange his S’s
-The bravest of the brave were carried by Higgins Boats on D-Day. The LST’s came later
-ABBA is a POP group but Abbas is whole ‘nother kettle of fish
-New APTS are being built all over Lincoln and Omaha. No one want to mow or blow snow!
-There are an incredible number of EMPERORS today who need to be told they have no clothes
I was going to go to work for FRIENDLY's in their home office until my brother talked me into going to law school. In 1970 they were doing very well. Howard Johnson was also there until it wasn't
ReplyDeleteIt's still raining here and will continue! Oh, happy day! Of course, there are problems of fallen trees including one just outside our pool. No telling what damage is further down and around the property.
ReplyDeleteLemonade:
Could it be that big businesses don't want LEMONADE STANDS intruding on their turf?
Ray @12.23, while Le Parc National des Grand Teton may or may not be my favorite national park (there are so many and varied among which to select) it is certainly my favorite name for a national park. Hey, Jacques, check those out! Pierre, mon ami, je pense we have been in the back country for far too long, non?
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ed for very nice (BobLee - I think you meant GREET) Friday puzzle. Enjoyed the wordplay but I missed the theme until TEE FOR TWO 'cuz I can't spell -- PEEKS looked just fine :-)
Thanks for the Friday expo, Lem.
WO: I started Lit @HOT and then got very careful
ESPs: YOKES (oh, that team), MIENS(? - thanks Lem), TOTIE
Fav: I'll go w/ c/a @ OATERS. I saw O-T-RS and thought OATERS and then re-read (for the 10th time!) the clue. Oh!, the YOKES on me.
Runner-up: I could see Marty Feldman at Putting [Have] on [@:34]
Cute DR, OMK.
No idea who Cesar Millan was (Vaudeville actor?) but 39a made sense. Lem @10:25 - thanks and I think puppies will play in PEORIA.
LEM - I stand with you re: kids' lemonade stands. I started franchising mine w/ friends in other neighborhoods. #Entrepreneurship How else do kids learn to fail small? //lost $25 of my paper-route money investing in their supplies, I did :-)
oc4 & waseeley - I was going for Mazda b/f AKIN filled. At least I had the right maker of the model. :-)
No one wanted HOOha? It was NO SMALL FEET to set me straight.
There's no link for Abbott & Costello? Are you thinking to many times? No. No such thing... WHO's on first.
Cheers, -T
Oh, and it did come true: Hu's on first. :-)
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One of my favorite Chinese style restaurants is Hu's . . . on National Blvd.
ReplyDeleteLemony, that treatise was nice work. But why did you focus on Florida, when you wrote "While there are no recorded instances in which Florida police have shut down a child’s lemonade stand, such incidents have occurred in other states over the past decade." Why not rag on those other states where it has actually happened? Guess what - you CAN get a ticket for driving 56 in a 55, you CAN get a ticket for riding a skateboard on the sidewalk (at least you can here), you CAN get a ticket for running a stop light or stop sign on a bike, you CAN get a ticket for using your car's horn to wake up the guy in front of you that is reading his text messages at the green light, but you won't. I guarantee that no cop would ever bust an innocent lemonade stand unless ordered to do so by elected officials.
ReplyDeleteI loved this puzzle. Classic Sessa. Good stuff. The only answer I didn't understand until coming here was MII. I had BOXES for "Items often checked" until TOTIE made me give that idea up. "Had on" is a common British way of saying got FOOLed: "You really had me on there."
ReplyDeleteI wasn't fooled by those quaking ASPENS.
I don't think I've ever heard or seen written the phrase "9 til 5." It was always "9 to 5," as in the Dolly Parton song that Lemonade provided. I know I know: (1) It's just a crossword puzzle (and a good one at that,) and (2) two-letter answers are not allowed.
The MIATA is a fun car, but I flat out couldn't squeeze myself into one.
It seems there are many names ending in "AC" in southern France, including place names Cognac, Pauillac, and Armagnac, and people's names such as Balzac, de Bergerac, and of course Cadillac. The first three are towns famous for producing brandy.
Here's wishing you all a super day.
Jinx, I was merely moved by the confluence of the absurdity of arresting kids with lemonade stands and my nom de plume. I ragged on Florida because I have lived here 50 years now! Both things amaze me
ReplyDelete-T, thank you. I appreciate your kind words and all you guys have done to improve the blog. I just spent 15 minutes touring all the photos that come up when you click on the new blog mast head, and the minipuzzles. 13 years! Awesome memories of the history of the blog, the bloggers and the posters.
ReplyDeleteLemony, I had forgotten that you are a denizen of the Sunshine State. Makes sense now.
ReplyDeleteI worked with a guy in Dallas who had a golf course home. His 2 kids set up a lemonade stand on his own property. Golfers had to go right past the stand. For a few days the kids did great, but then the golf course management sic'ed the HOA on him. Turns out the course restaurant, which also operated the beverage carts, didn't like competition. I'd rather be harassed by cops than by an HOA any day!
BTW, his name was Van Brown. His everyday vehicle was a van. A brown van. No joke.
A coupla days ago someone asked if anybody really says "Cab" and "Zin" and so on in reference to wines. I'll answer by saying yes. Yes, at least in this neck of the woods people really do say Cab and Zin and, not as commonly, Chard. In fact, two Zinfandel makers even name their products "Sin Zin" and "7 Deadly Zins."
ReplyDeleteHas anyone here ever actually used the word OATER?
ReplyDeleteSeen it or heard it anywhere except in these crossword puzzles?
-T @3:44 PM Thanks for that clip. I took one look at the length, and thought it was a bit long, but then it went like a frozen rope to BECAUSE! I could even watch it into extra innings. Absolutely the GOAT of comedy routines.
ReplyDeleteThank You Mr. Sessa for a challenging puzzle and Lemonade for a charming review, with all the links and your attempts to bring cheer into the puzzle.
ReplyDeleteI found the CW difficult, but solvable, and eventually got most of the puns and the jokes.
I did get MIATA, PEORIA, LAME, OAHU, LUAU, and PLANO, immediately. I have three nieces in Plano, Tx.
Re: That Cesar Millan (Who?) shares our birthday, 21 yrs apart is nice to know. But the most important person, I know, who shares/d our b'day was Mother Teresa. I feel privileged because of that. I read last month, during my wiki history week, that a terrible massacre on the Indo=Pak border took place on the day we were born. And I was born less than 120 miles from there...
I emphathize with you on the city and state over-regulation of, among other things, Lemonade stands. To be honest, I think some of this has, also, to do with the personal injury lawyers and the ensuing tort laws. Cities are also scared of being sued because of food sold by pedlars and street hawkers.
I live in an upper class neighborhood, and we've have had lemonade stands, on driveways. I once went around and bought three glasses of limeaid, and paid them a dollar each, with silver quarters or silver dollar coins ... and pointed it out to them, so hopefully they would preserve the coins.
Im sorry to say, my health has been indifferent, lately, so I may have to stop posting, every day.
It happens.
Have a nice rest of the day, and a great weekend, all.
Bill. I agree for all 8 minutes and 3 seconds; their timing is amazing.
ReplyDeleteVidwan, please take care of yourself and feel better. Posting should not be a chore but a moment of joy. Grant Vidwan a r'fu-ah sh'lei-mah, a complete recovery. May healing come speedily. May the knowledge of Your love and ours give added hope to them and to their dear ones. Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, ro-feh ha-cho-lim . We praise You, Eternal God, the Source of healing and health.
ReplyDeleteLemonade, I did not expect an answer, and that too, right away. Thank you for your prayers, your empathy and general kindness.
As Hahtoolah's Quote of the Day, this past Tuesday, says ... we should all learn to be grateful, there are always alternatives that could be far worse.
Or, as Edward FitzGerald, paraphrased for Omar Khayyam, in his Rubaiyat :
The Moving Finger, writes; and having writ,
moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit,
shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears, wash out a Word of it.
Vidwan827:
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear you are unwell. You shall have my prayers for your good health, too.
Whew! The rain finally stopped but it will likely resume sometime over the weekend. We had as much rain in 24 hours as we normally get in a year; most years, anyway.
Did anyone catch PBS's documentary on Rock n' Roll photographers? It was followed by a look at Queen's Night at the Opera [52:45].
ReplyDeleteGrowing up, I remember PBS only had squares like Lawrence Welk my Grands would have on. //were they FOOLing me? :-)
Oh... Wait, does that mean my kids don't really like Queen? And that's square?
*shakes head*
Nah, Eldest (Vocal music major) will still bolt Bohemian Rhapsody at karaoke.
Jayce - re: wines... you said it better than I could. My Bro will abriv CHARD and CAB in conversation. 7 Deadly Zins is something DW enjoys.
Waseeley & Lem - The most important thing in comedy [TIMING] is... :-)
Vidwan - God speed. We at The Corner hope for you with all our good wishes. We'll also enjoy you popping in when you can. You provide a unique POV that is very welcome. I hope your 'health indifference[s]' is only passing.
Cheers, -T