Theme: "Support Groups" - Words that can precede "band" turn backward and up. See this Answer Grid.
23A. *Hotel convenience: PARKING ARAG. Backed up to 7D. "Good grief!": EGAD. Parking garage. Garage band.
40A. *Address essential details: GET DOWN TO ARB TACKS. Backed up to 12D. Stand-up types: CLASS ACTS. Get down to brass tacks. Brass band.
56A. *Wannabe lawyer's milestone: PASSING THE AB. Backed up to 54D. Dorm figs.: RAS. Passing the bar. Bar band.
85A. *Keep one's identity secret, say: STAY UNDER VOC. Backed up to 72D. Overhaul: REVAMP. Stay undercover. Cover band.
96A. *Prepare emotionally for, as something unpleasant: ETS ONESELF AGAINST. Backed up to 80D. Beat it: FLEE. Steel oneself against. Steel band.
Reveal:
118. Miami Sound Machine and others, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters: BACKUP BANDS.
Complex theme from Paul. We normally just see back or just up approach. Not such a combo.
I hope your local paper have circles. It would be too difficult to figure out the theme without circles.
Across:
5. Rest of the afternoon: SIESTA.
11. "Beat it!": SCAT.
15. Big first for babies: STEP.
19. Wellsian race: ELOI.
20. "Life of Pi" director: ANG LEE. We had him last Sunday.
21. "Boo'd Up" singer __ Mai: ELLA. Just not many ways to clue ELLA.
22. Mani mate: PEDI. And
25. Manicurist's assortment: NAIL FILES.
27. Beholden: INDEBTED.
28. George who plays Stokes on "CSI": EADS.
30. Minneapolis' Target Center, e.g.: ARENA. Home to the
Timberwolves & Lynx. We also have Target Field for the Twins. Target
is headquartered in Minneapolis of course.
31. Roger of "Cheers": REES.
32. Stand: BEAR. Can't stand it, e.g.
34. Hotel offerings: SUITES.
37. Cat's attention-getter, maybe: PAW.
45. Caspian feeder: URAL.
47. Novelist Rita __ Brown: MAE.
48. Pitcher John on three different MLB championship teams: LACKEY. Wikipedia says his career ERA is 3.92.
49. Bonanza find: ORE.
50. Scholars: LITERATI.
54. Roofing support: RAFTER. Always amazed to see guys working on the roof without some sort of support.
55. Really cool: EPIC.
59. Most clever: SLICKEST.
61. Brian of rock: ENO.
62. Evening affairs: SOIREES.
63. NYC congresswoman, in headlines: AOC. Her Met Gala dress.
64. Saint-Saëns's "__ Macabre": DANSE.
66. Paid informer: FINK.
67. EPA-banned chemicals: PCBS.
71. Swing site: PORCH.
75. RN workplaces: ERS. VA is offering Boomer a booster shot. We'll take it next week.
77. Nantucket arrivals: FERRIES.
79. "... __ he drove out of sight": Moore: ERE.
80. Board game bonus: FREE SPIN.
87. Big name in chips: LAY'S. Beijing duck flavor.
88. Enmity: ANIMUS.
90. Place for an anchor: NEWSCAST. Remember Harry Smith? My collaborator for a NYT puzzle.
91. Denver-to-Omaha dir.: ENE.
92. Eyepiece: OCULAR.
93. Reverence: AWE.
95. Kid's retort: AM SO.
102. What "/" may mean: PER.
103. Prepared for cooking, as corn: HUSKED.
104. Consort of Psyche: EROS. Aka Cupid.
105. Yours, to Yvette: A TOI.
107. Carry away: ELATE.
109. Biblical scribe: EZRA.
111. Exhibits unease, maybe: STAMMERS. Not STUTTERS. Remember Medavoy?
115. Harbormaster's chart: TIDE TABLE.
121. On deck, perhaps: ASEA.
122. High-tech workers: BOTS.
123. Words from behind a door, maybe: IN HERE.
124. Blue hue: CYAN.
125. Go on: LAST.
126. Acronym on a protective vest: SWAT. Special Weapons And Tactics. Daryl Gates of LAPD created his SWAT teams after the Watts riot.
127. Battery terminals: ANODES.
128. Back talk: SASS.
Down:
3. Byron's title: LORD.
4. Stingy sort: PIKER.
5. Important coastal drainage river in South Carolina: SANTEE. Wikipedia says it's named after the Santee tribe.
6. Swallow: INGEST.
8. 35mm camera type: SLR.
9. Leaves in a cup: TEA.
10. Sea at one end of the Dardanelles: AEGEAN.
11. Texter's button: SEND.
13. "Aladdin" prince: ALI.
14. 1960s chess champ Mikhail: TAL.
15. Ornamental shrub: SPIREA. Pretty.
16. Astronomer's tool: TELESCOPE.
17. Fall place: EDEN.
18. Galileo's birthplace: PISA.
24. "__ your pardon": I BEG.
26. Like many rich foods: FATTY. I like all kinds of pickled and fried food.
29. School room encouraging creativity: ART LAB.
32. Fancy neckwear: BOA.
33. Dolly, for one: EWE.
35. "Family Matters" nerd: URKEL.
36. Spain's peninsula: IBERIA.
37. Mashed, as oranges: PULPED.
38. Grande dame of pop: ARIANA. Ha. Dame.
39. Doyle's narrator: WATSON.
41. Composer Shostakovich: DMITRI.
42. Big galoot: OAF.
43. Singer Kristofferson: KRIS.
44. Breakaway group: SECT.
46. Arles article: LES.
51. Choir supports: RISERS.
52. Mayo is in it: ANO. Mayo the month.
53. "Hooray, the weekend!": TGIF.
55. Big name in kitchenware: EKCO. What does EKCO stand for?
57. Chick magnet?: HEN. Cute clue.
58. Distressed cry: EEK.
60. Thickets: COPSES.
65. Goes out with: SEES.
67. One in a pod: PEA. Have you tried wasabi peas?
68. Call out: CRY.
69. Asian sultanate: BRUNEI.
70. Cosecant's reciprocal: SINE.
73. Game stick with a net: CROSSE.
74. Jamie of "Bosch": HECTOR. Unknown to me.
76. "In the Bedroom" Oscar nominee: SPACEK (Sissy)
77. Some mil. bases: FTS. Forts.
78. One of eight Eng. kings: EDW. Edward.
81. Carry on: RANT.
82. Antiglare wear: EYE SHADES.
83. Occupied: IN USE.
84. Alexandria's area: NILE DELTA.
85. One often seen in curls: SURFER. OK, Google shows that curl is "The actual portion of the wave that is falling or curling over when the wave is breaking"
86. TV pioneer: RCA.
89. __ de mer: MAL.
92. Attack: ONSET.
93. Back: AGO.
94. Is no longer: WAS.
97. Best at putting things away?: OUTEAT. Another great clue.
98. World's largest peninsula: ARABIA.
99. Mother of note: NATURE.
100. Middle ear bone: STAPES. Also new to me. I don't really know my ears.
101. Archaeological find: TOMB.
106. Apple varieties: IMACS.
107. List-ending abbr.: ET AL.
108. Three-time WNBA MVP __ Leslie: LISA.
110. Gusto: ZEST.
111. List of appts.: SKED. Schedule.
112. "Only Time" songwriter: ENYA.
113. Old food label nos.: RDAS.
114. IRS IDs: SSNS.
116. Sit-up targets: ABS.
117. Fiddle stick: BOW.
119. Taylor of fashion: ANN.
120. Sulu portrayer John: CHO. On the left.
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| Left to Right: Valerie, MM, Merlie & Picard 9/14/2021 |
Chair Moe (Chris) made today's Universal puzzle, click here to solve.
C.C.
DNF. The tiny SW corner got me. ElAtE and AsEa had tricky clues that tricked me. lIsA was a sports name I'd never heard of. And the one cell I filled in wrong, OU_E_T, with "best" in the clue, had to end in EST, right?
ReplyDeleteThe bubbles spelling back and up I got fairly quickly, but didn't think to look at what the bubbled words had in common, so the reveal took me a while to get. As usual on a Sunday, I forgot to look at the title until after I finished, but I don't think it would have helped me any anyway.
Could Huckleberry Finn BEAR the weight of a roof?
Like Atlas of legend who kept Sky, from Earth, aloof?
It sounds quite amiss,
But LITERATI insist --
Huck was a RAFTER on the Mississip' as proof!
When a manicurist gives a mani-PEDI,
She keeps all of her tools at the ready!
Her clippers to trim,
Polishes for any whim,
A collection of NAIL FILES to keep digits pretty!
{A, A-.}
Hi Y'all! I usually like Paul's cwds and found this harder than usual but still liked it in the end. I got the gist of the theme with BRASS on first pass which helped with the others but it took the reveal to really understand the theme. Thanks, Paul, for a mind-stretcher.
ReplyDeleteGreat expo, C.C. Can you buy those products with Chinese characters on the packaging in the USA?
I did know LISA Lesley, but there were a plethora of "famous" names that aren't famous with me. DNK: ELLA, EADS, REES, LACKEY, AOC (should have known her), SANTEE, TAL, ARIANA, DMITRI, CROSSE, HECTOR, SPACEK movie, ENYA song.
Took me just over an hour to fill.
Thanks,C.C. I liked the idea of turning theme words both back and up. Originally, I planned to use real backup bands like the Heartbreakers, but there aren't many well known examples, and most are long. Turning Miami Sound Machine like this would have been downright diabolical and not much fun for solvers. Hey, there's an idea. Down and Right.
ReplyDeleteMy older granddaughter Addie started kindergarten last week. She loves it. Especially making new friends after all this isolation. She tells me there was a little boy crying at recess because no one was playing with him. So of course Addie, who is the nicest little girl, befriended him.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteCaught the gimmick early on, but still managed to go wrong in several areas: TIDE TIMES/TABLE MISER/PIKER and GYMRAT/SURFER. Wite-Out to the rescue. Took longer that usual, but several minutes short of my Sunday cutoff limit. Thanx, Paul. (Addie sounds like a winner!) Enjoyed the expo, C.C.
RAFTER: This summer was a bonanza for the roofing companies. We had a 30-second hail storm a few months ago, and "free inspections" resulted in hundreds of new roofs. Aah, there's nothing like the sound of hammering and the smell of asphalt in the morning. I felt sorry for those guys in the near-100-degree heat. Tough way to make a living.
EKCO is named for it founder Edward Katzinger Company.
ReplyDeleteMusings
ReplyDelete-I managed to find a safe harbor in this brilliant puzzle that had a sea of proper nouns
-Eschewing Ms. Fitzgerald for ELLA Mai to intersect with obscure chess player TAL?
-My kitty’s PAW is an “I’m hungry” wakeup call for me around 5 am every morning. No problem.
-I would have better remembered Whoopie Goldberg’s Oda MAE Brown from Ghost
-Duck flavored?
-After 4 minutes in a microwave the sweet corn ear just slides out of the HUSK
-Using a TIDE TABLE let me tell my kids whether they were likely to find many shells at Cocoa Beach well before we went there
-The Hubble Space TELESCOPE works above the distorting atmosphere which gives much better images
-My neighbor is in charge of HENS laying eggs for our chicken factory. He said every rooster “services” ten HENS
-Oh, now I get it, a CROSSE is the stick that is used.
-SPACEK not SPACEY. SPACEY and COSBY may be forbidden in puzzles now.
-OUTEAT – Ah, best as a verb
-Great picture!
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to look forward to Coulter crosswords. Theme wasn't my cup of TEA, (actually a nose wrinkler) but I can see the amount of work that must have gone into it, and the fill was fun to find and on the fresh side. Agree; the circles were very important. BZ for a fine job.
Wanted …est, ending at 97d -which seemed to suggest a superlative. Perped into OUTEAT, and then couldn't parse it. Finally saw oh, "OUT EAT', and it was done. Had 'aft' before AGO for Back at 93d. Also had Teresa before NATURE.
SPIREA - BH loves them.
HUSKED - CSO to Gary.
ASEA - CSO à moi.
FTS - We have Fort Drum near us. Before the Army took it over from the National Guard, it was Camp Drum.
Ray - O - Sorry to hear about your mishap. Bummer. Hope you mend quickly
Had trouble because I had 48A "LestEr", who was on three MLB champions but only for two teams (two with the Red Sox, one with the Cubs) and anyway spells his first name "Jon"
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ReplyDeleteSpeaking of GARAGE, after another full day of moving stuff, washing down walls with TSP (substitute), and painting, I'm down to the final stretch. It didn't seem to take this long 10 years ago.*
Anyway, another fine Paul Coulter puzzle and nice review by C.C. Glad to hear that Boomer has been contacted for a booster.
I struggled with this one, but finally got 'er done without error. Last to fill was the A in ELLA and TAL.
Ray-O, sorry to hear of your mishap. Maybe you should get some sea urchins to do that job. At least according to the clue in 1A.
Very nice puzzle at Universal today, Chairman Moe. Fun solve.
C.C. (Zhouqin) made today's USA Today puzzle, click here to solve.
* Part of the issue is the TV in the garage now versus 10 years ago. Yesterday I watched Nebraska at Oklahoma, then Tulsa at Ohio State and then the buildup to the Auburn at Penn State game. Could have easily finished the job without the distraction, but there's no deadline.
AFAIC, this is the best time of year to watch ESPN SportsCenter on Sunday mornings. Film coverage of exciting Saturday college football games and big play replays. Coverage of MLB scores and exciting pennant and wild card chases. Previews and commentary on the upcoming Sunday NFL games. Apple pie slices and coffee for breakfast.
Have a great day.
Owen, you're not alone. The SW corner also got me. LISA was unknown and I stupidly loked at the clue for "High tech workers" instead of "On deck" for 121A. I'd already filled BOTS by perps. DNF.
ReplyDeleteAs for the BACKUP BANDS I noticed it at PARKING GARAGE- thank you circles. No real problems finishing the rest of the puzzle with the usual group of unknowns-EADS, REES, ELLA, TAL, URKEL, SPACEK, LACKEY, HECTOR.
PK- all my solved unknowns were 'famous' names-all eight of them.
Coulter- not many bands these days are known as "XYZ singer and his boys". I went to the Eric Clapton concert last night and it was just "Eric Clapton".
ART LAB is a new term for me.
CROSSE- only heard of LA CROSSE.
Changed ERKEL to URKEL; NEWS ROOM to NEWS CAST; ANKA to ENYA.
AOC- who's dumber? AOC or the ones who put her in office.
ENE- I knew it would be E_E; wasn't sure which was farther north.
KEPI- haven't seen that one in a while.
Not my cup of tea today; in theme, fill nor cluing.Not one ounce of enjoyment. Too many proper names and iffy clues.
ReplyDeleteC.C. has a puzzle today and so does our own Ch. Moe (Universal). Quite a feat for the home team! Reminds me a bit of Pinky and The Brain:
ReplyDeleteWhat Do You Want To Do Tonight?
Today's LAT crossword did take a bit to figure out the theme but, as a consolation prize, the theme did help. The last to fall was a Natick (for me) with Tal and Ella but after getting all but that A where they crossed and knowing that it had to be a vowel it was easier to take a guess that turned out to be correct. As mentioned, above, some of the cluing did engender a bit of head scratching.
Thanks for stopping by, Paul, and thanks for the recap, C.C.
Gave up after the arcane theme and the Ella/Tal Natick. What is with up with creators expecting us to know artists in unfamiliar genres and 50 year old chess champions?? Grrrrrrr
ReplyDeleteToo arbitrary as far as the gimmick. Was not a fan.
ReplyDeleteCC Thank you for sharing the photo of us with Malodorous Manatee and Valerie! Way cool that you published a NYT puzzle with NEWS CASTer Harry Smith! Your miso soup with KELP looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteI thought the theme was very creative and clever. But hand up for way, way, way too many proper names. Would never have been able to solve it without finally getting the theme. Never heard of MIAMI SOUND MACHINE, so at first I thought it was a TEAM not a BAND. Anyone else?
Hand up TAL/ELLA cross as clued very unfair. Did WAG it to FIR. I have a friend whose first name is TAL. He was a co-founder of the Edhat regional news service where I publish most of my articles. His name is Hebrew. Sure enough, our unknown chess player was also Jewish.
Earlier this year I was biking across campus and heard music coming from a huge parking GARAGE. I went into the GARAGE to meet the BAND. It gave a new meaning to a GARAGE BAND!
Here is my playlist of the local Closeout BAND playing in a huge parking GARAGE on the UC Santa Barbara campus!
From Friday:
Chairman Moe I agree with everything you said!
Vidwan I think you missed my question to you. You twice wrote DIEGO GARCIA instead of DIEGO RIVERA. Were you thinking of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean instead of the famed MURAL artist?
I thought I was going to give up after my first pass, but kept working it. Eventually grokked the backup theme when I figured out BRASS and then GARAGE in the circled letters.
ReplyDeleteI think my favorite clue/answer was Chick Magnet? HEN
Usually like Paul’s puzzles, but this one was a lot of work and not a lot of fun. Some really arcane answers.
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul for a Sunday challenge, with a few clever clues that I didn't suss and thus landed an FIW. I really liked puzzle and the theme and reveal and found it helpful for solving once I figured out what was going on. Missed only one themer and that due to a lazy proofread. And as C.C. suggests, this theme would be impossible without circles. Didn't know some of the P&Ps, but Paul supplied enough perps to get what I needed to fill them.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your review C.C. and special thanks for the link to your collaboration with Harry Smith in the NYT. I really like Will Shortz's stat boxes for constructors (a CSO to Anon -T to whip up something like that for the LA Times!��). I didn't realize just how many puzzles you've had published with the Times C.C., and those numbers were as 12/5/2017.
Lots of good clue/fill. Here's a few that stuck out:
64A Camille Saint-Saëns's "DANSE Macabre"; Saint-Saëns is the only great composer I know of who doesn't have a recognizable style. When you hear one of his works for the first time, you know it's by a genius, but it doesn't sound like anyone you know, not even Saint-Saëns! It's as if each one of his pieces is by a different composer.
103A is a CSO to our HUSKER GARY.
115A If I'd had a TIDE TABLE, I might not have drowned in the SSW!
33D Not "Hello", not Ms Parton, but DOLLY, the world's first clone!
73D CROSSE Lacrosse is one of Maryland's sports and I have a nephew who played it at JHU. I know what a LACROSSE STICK is, but didn't know that CROSSE was a synonym. But perps rule.
100 STAPES, as in "Malleus, Incus, and STAPES", aka "Hammer, Anvil, and Stirup".
Cheers,
Bill
Usually enjoy these puzzles but thought this one was too gimmicky. I tam old school enough to believe that every answer in a crissWORD puzzle should be an actual WORD.
ReplyDeletePaul. Oulter puzzles always intimidate me, it I enjoy trying to solve them. The theme was really clever and took me lots of head scratching to figure it out. Too many names I didn’t know - the least enjoyable aspect of many puzzles IMHO. Cat’s attention getter/PAW was cute - they really do pat your knee or arm to get your attention. Thanks Paul, and thanks as always C.C. For the tour.
ReplyDeleteI usually don’t post personal stuff, but my recent surgery may help someone else who waits much too long to ask for medical help. I had been having increasing pain in my lower legs, becoming unable to even walk from store to store in the mall. Calves screaming with pain after short amount of time. Also swelling of feet and ankles, which would subside after a night’s rest. I kept trying to work through it, even taking reformer Pilates 4 days a week to gain flexibility and strength. As a lifetime athlete, I couldn’t figure it out and just assumed it was another aspect of (gasp!) getting older. ANYWAY, finally told my doctor; she ordered an ultrasound which revealed a significant narrowing of the main arteries in my legs; referred to an artery specialist; his eyebrows shot up when he saw my ultrasound pictures. He said it was very fixable, and I had the 3 hour surgery last week - it was a complete success, with my arteries now “flowing like a river”, and I am beyond ecstatic! My message is, do NOT assume all aches and pain are just “part of aging” - get stuff checked out. Anyone want to hike with me?
Have a great day, everyone.
My favorite kind of puzzle...where I solve the revealer last for that AHA moment. Thank you, Paul! (And Addie is my kind of girl!)
ReplyDeleteWendybird: words of wisdom, thank you!
After many "step away and come back to try agains" today, I made a couple of guesses on vowels and started reading C.C.'s excellent review. Wow! FIR! My vowels at unknown REES SANTEE crossing and the TAL ELLA one were right. There were many other troublesome areas and much ink was expended. I did see what was happening with the themers but needed the reveal to understand what the circled words had in common. I don't mind a challenging puzzle and thank Paul for his puzzle. I'm sure he spent more time creating it than I did solving it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Wendybird for sharing. Glad you found out what the problem was. Hope you all are doing well. See you tomorrow!
Hola!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Paul Coulter, for the Sunday challenge! As usual, I started before going to church (almost everyone was unmasked)then finished after coming home and eating.
It was all very doable and what I did not know I guessed at and got correctly. My newspaper does have circles so that was helpful. I laughed when the reveal was BACK UP BANDS.
I agree with Gary that Oda MAE would have been more familiar and I know the name George EADS from having been an avid CSI fan.
Learning moment for me, also, that CROSSE is the stick.
In Spain almost all business closes for the traditional SIESTA in the afternoon. My memory is dim but I believe it is from one P.M. until three.
C.C., thank you for the commentary! That is really wonderful to have collaborated with Harry Smith in a puzzle.
Paul, Addie sounds like a beautiful soul.
At the NAIL salon the tech first uses an electric file then a manual one to finish the job.
HECTOR also filled itself as I have no idea about"Bosch".
Bob B:
Thank you for that information about EKCO.
I hope you are al having a spectacular Sunday!
WendyBird:
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your experience. I know I shall benefit from it and soon.
I struggled with this puzzle but liked it in the end. Last to fill was the A crossing TAL and ELLA. I also couldn't figure out ELATE, ASEA, and OUTEAT, and didn't know LISA. Only until Gary explained that "Best" in the clue is a verb did OUTEAT make any sense. The term BAR BAND is also unfamiliar to me.
ReplyDeleteMAL (de mer) went in, came out, went in, came out, and finally went in and stayed in. CRIMEA had to be changed to ARABIA, which allowed IN HERE.
Gotta go. Good wishes to you all.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mr. Coulter for a very challenging puzzle, and CC for an explanatory review.
I had a tough time with this puzzle and had to Google a lot - especially names, of all kinds, of musicians, pro-players of all sports, argot, and many other things. I finally completed it, ..... assisted.
I definitely KNEW Mikhail TAL, because he was a genius in his day, was the most prominent jewish chess player from the USSR, ( so, was Gary Kasparow - half Jewish anyway - ) and .... he had the shortest surname ... how many people do you know with a last name of 3 letters ?
He was iconic in his own way .... and I dont even play chess, but follow chess grandmasters like a roadie follows a pop star...
BTW, A.O.C , the NYC congresswoman,.... her full name is Alexandra Occasio-Cortez ... who I would have no reason to know, since I dont follow politics, much anyway. She is apparently the youngest in the U S House, at 29 years old. Call me biased, but I wouldn't vote for a 29 yr old, if he had been Einstein.
Picard, from yesterday .... why did I keep calling the muralist, Diego Garcia ??
I know this sounds so stereotypically stoopid, but I just confused Riviera and Garcia .... and never discovered my mistake ... they just sounded so alike to me... a hispanic last name. I know its terrible, but atleast I did not say they looked alike .... one is an island !!
I know there is a (late) Garcia, founder from The Grateful Dead, and has an ice cream flavor named after him.
Diego Garcia, as you noted, is a teeny-tiny, excuse-for-an island, waay south of India and Sri Lanka, and is the most important strategic outpost in the world, and is vital for controlling the sea lanes in that part of the world. The British owned that island, after WW2, and they kicked out all the islanders to other islands and Reunion island etc., and then 'sold' it to the US. But that is politics, and you can read up on it in Wiki.
Wendybird, Im glad you got your symptoms resolved, ... I've learnt some symptoms, like pain, should not be ignored too much. The body is sending you an urgent message.
have a great week ahead, all.
Waseely, thanks for hammer, anvil and stirrup - I remembered that from biology but was clueless about the Latin (?) terms.
ReplyDeleteOne more thing about my recent surgery - I ignores the pain for more than a year before finally getting a clue. Very stupid! My dad raised us to never complain, bit I took it to ridiculous extremes.
ReplyDeleteThank you for giving us some very good advice, Wendybird. Very happy to hear about the very good outcome.
ReplyDelete@ 11:07 -- "AOC- who's dumber? AOC or the ones who put her in office."
ReplyDeleteHey, I thought no politics is the rule.
Wendybird @5:06 PM I'm glad to hear that you had a successful outcome for your surgery and will keep your advice in mind. I too am "getting up there". Someday I hope to get "all the way up there"!
ReplyDeleteI add my thanks to you, Wendybird.
ReplyDeleteMichael @ 6:31, are you truly offended?
ReplyDeleteMichael,
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Jayce @ 8:16 -- Yes, a bit offended, but mainly just finding out if the rules are real.
ReplyDeleteFinally a Sunday afternoon with nothing on my schedule but my fav pastime:LAT puzzle started ai 11:40 a.m ...it is now 2:30 a.m. MONDAY!!! What an hodge-podge of archane defs. and elitist drivvle! I have so many arguments with Coulter's defs. It would take a two volume dissertation to cover them. LAT editors: please realize that your audience shrinks every time you allow these unsolvable puzzles to be published. Yep! I'm really STEAMED about the recent quality of your puzzles!
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