18. *Steam: WATER VAPOR.
24. *Western capital: SALEM, OREGON.
40. *Systematic rumor spreading: WHISPER CAMPAIGN.
52. *Wite-Out alternative: LIQUID PAPER.
61. Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be?: TRAIL HEADS.
The word TRAIL can follow the last word of each theme answer: VAPOR TRAIL, OREGON TRAIL, CAMPAIGN TRAIL, and PAPER TRAIL.
Across:
1. A third of XXX, maybe?: TAC. One third of the phrase tic, tac, toe.
4. Rorschach image: BLOT. See the original images here.
8. Make oneself decent, so to speak: DRESS.
13. "That's rough": ALAS. One of those words we mostly see in books and crosswords.
15. Clothing store website category: MEN'S.
16. Spunk: MOXIE. Mr. Grant hates spunk.
17. Colombian coin: PESO.
20. One in a Hollywood crowd: EXTRA.
22. Yoko who voiced a self-named character in 2018's "Isle of Dogs": ONO.
23. Sedate, say: DRUG. Verb, not adjective.
28. PC file suffix: EXE. An executable file for Windows.
29. Skip over: ELIDE. Another word not heard very often. A second definition is to join together or merge.
30. Come clean, with "up": FESS.
32. __ buco: OSSO. Means "hollow bone." Traditionally made with veal but can also be made with beef.
34. Paul who founded a pet food company: IAMS. Perps - had no idea.
37. Utterly lost: AT SEA.
43. "Buffalo Stance" singer Cherry: NENEH. Had not heard of artist or this song, released in 1988.
44. Fail to enunciate: SLUR.
45. Love of money, to all evil?: ROOT. Good to see this correctly, as it's so often stated that money is root of all evil, rather than the love of money.
46. Faltering step: TRIP.
48. Condescend: DEIGN.
50. "So pretty!": OOH.
57. Made fun of: APED. I guess so.
59. Zero-__ game: SUM.
60. Hyundai sedan no longer sold in the U.S.: AZERA. Discontinued in 2018.
65. Work on text, maybe: EDIT.
66. They're rarely worth splitting: HAIRS. True enough.
67. Blue prints, e.g.?: SMUT. Haha. An informal definition of blue is pornographic or profane.
68. Do a fall chore: RAKE.
69. Tear up: SHRED.
70. With everything in its place: TIDY.
71. Young guy: LAD.
Down:
1. Records, old-style: TAPES. Verb.
2. Siri counterpart: ALEXA. Alexa vs. Google vs. Siri.
3. Daydreams: CASTLES IN THE AIR.
4. Munich-based automaker: BMW.
5. Bucolic setting: LEA.
6. En pointe: ON TOE. Ballet.
7. Taiwanese golfer Yani __, youngest to win five majors: TSENG.
8. It's known for lines, briefly: DMV. Department of Motor Vehicles. True story.
9. Fork locale: ROAD. The proverbial fork in the road.
10. Steel guitar device: EXPRESSION PEDAL.
11. Dakota tribe: SIOUX. The Sioux Name and Dialects.
12. Suit material: SERGE.
14. Postgame griper: SORE LOSER.
19. It may be pitched: ROOF.
21. ProvenÁal pal: AMI.
25. Dog in the comics: ODIE.
26. Raises: REARS.
27. Half-moon tide: NEAP.
31. Telescope toter: STAR GAZER. My favorite astrophysicist. Love the nod to Carl Sagan's pale blue dot at 2:18.
32. Come clean, with "up": OWN.
33. __-crab soup: SHE. Made with lump crabmeat and crab roe.
35. Commonly injured ligament for NFLers: MCL. A sprain or tear to the medial collateral ligament - which is a band of tissue on the inside of the knee that connects the thigh bone to the lower leg. The MCL keeps the knee from bending inward.
36. Riyadh native: SAUDI.
38. Freudian focus: EGO. Sigmund Freud's Id, Ego, and Superego.
39. Carpenter __: ANT.
41. Singer Collins: PHIL.
42. TV's talking horse: MR. ED.
47. "Don't be silly!": PISH.
49. Brewpub initials: IPA. India Pale Ale. 11 Questions about IPA You're Too Embarrassed to Ask, Answered.
50. They're taken on stands: OATHS.
51. Daytime TV mogul: OPRAH.
53. Knight adventure: QUEST.
54. MSG flavor: UMAMI.
55. "Get Out" actress Alexander: ERIKA. Greta in A Nightmare on Elm Street 5.
56. Like books on goodreads.com: RATED. Meet Your Next Favorite Book.
58. Very serious indeed: DIRE.
62. Drug whose effects are similar to psilocybin: LSD. Where I Stand on Magic Mushrooms by Michael Pollan.
63. July 4th letdown: DUD.
64. Pigs' digs: STY.
FIRight, and even got the theme before the reveal! OREGON gave it to me, there aren't many phrases that include that or SALEM. I can even take a CSO on that, since I grew up in Portland.
ReplyDeleteThe LAD was an egregious RAKE.
MEN'S magazine SMUT was his cake.
A WHISPER CAMPAIGN
He wouldn't DEIGN
To refute, his vile reputation at stake!
He'd OWN UP to each BLOT on his name!
He's FESS UP to each SLUR and shame!
He abused every DRUG,
An L.S.D. TRIP he dug,
He RATED it all as EXTRA fame!
Why did he revel at being bad?
In truth, he was a virtuous LAD.
Because he was top
Undercover cop!
And of MOXIE, he had a scad!
{A.}
FIR, but erased ten for TAC, neat for TIDY, acl for MCL, hush for PISH, and judy for PHIL. I like Genesis, but PHIL is no Judy Blue Eyes. DNK NENEH, PISH, TSENG, or ERIKA.
ReplyDeleteCSO to a bunch of Corerites at LIQUID PAPER. I'll stick to my Pentel Twist-Erase.
That's a very wordy clue for a very easy fill. "Yoko ___" is plenty at this point.
Yogi is famous for saying "When you come to a fork in the ROAD, take it."
Getaway day for us. It has been a nice 10 day trip in three locations, but it will be great to be home for a few days before setting out for New Bern.
An excellent Wednesday challenge, August. The long answers were fun but ellusive. Some of the
ReplyDeletephrases were unknown to me. For instance I had never heard the phrase CASTLES IN THE AIR. The phrase I wanted to fill in was the Hendrix song, which is similar in structure but also in meaning. Obviously, this did not fit the puzzle or the theme.
Castles Made of Sand
Melissa, I enjoyed your reference to the Don McLean song, that was not only enlightening but enjoyable.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteSALEM OREGON kept the great northwest from filling for some time. Even with most of the letters in place, d-o failed to see it. I've got a great nephew who practices dentistry there. D'oh. Finally saw all the trails, so this one goes into the win column. Thanx, August and Melissa Bee
BMW: Got one, and still don't understand why I can open the rear hatch with a cockpit button, but can't close it that way. After only two years d-o finally figured out how to keep the engine from going to "ready" state at a stop light.
ALEXA: The instructions say that my Fire TV Cube is Alexa-equipped. I've never initialized it. We only attempt voice control for the cats chez d-o. (It doesn't work.) I confess; I do use Siri to make phone calls in the car. I often have to call M-o-W clients who fail to answer the door.
Rainy this morning. The march through the 'hood may be a washout today.
Funny, that is how I feel about my Lexus. Cannot keep navigation on without my cell phone! Oh well!
DeleteFIW, once again proper names did me in: Tseng and Neneh. Yuk.
ReplyDeleteThis one evaporated in just under 8 minutes, though I didn't see the theme.
ReplyDeleteI'll own/fess to "ten" before "tac." I had no idea who the Taiwanese golfer was, nor would I on any Taiwanese golfer. Was able to immediately pull the name, but not the spelling of, Neneh. I don't recall hearing of an Azera either. I'm glad we had a puzzle with vapor, but didn't have to fill-in "e-cig."
TAPES in this sense is probably a noun. As a verb it's currently a synonym for record
ReplyDeleteI'm familiar with Yani but I'm used to Isao Aoki when a golfer is called for. Or perhaps Wei.
Somebody mentioned Dakota SIOUX FLN and I'd already solved. I stayed mum.
SORE as in LOSER. Why was that so hard. W/O but I can't make out what I originally inked
PISH??? Maybe I'll try that; lots of silliness out there
Yep, A for that triple l'ick
I had Ten but ALEXA cured that. Joan tempted me but I'm wary of J's
Yep, a true Wednesday challenge
WC
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't quite suss MCL; only knew of ACL. So, one letter wrong. Perped the other unknown names like TSENG. Liked the theme, and with just a couple letters, was able to fill in SALEM OREGON, which helped.
With my LIQUID PAPER I changed poor to SORE (LOSER).
DMV - NYS DMV has a very efficient website to allow most renewals on-line. The only time we had to go to DMV in recent years was to convert drivers's licenses to 'Enhanced' 2 yrs. ago.
Thanks MB for starting off my day.
Lovely puzzle, August. I sussed the theme with the reveal, but didn't look for the trail heads. Interesting blog, mb. Owen, A for your triple verses.
ReplyDeleteI solved 3/4 of the puzzle in a snap. The NW corner held me up. When I got Salem, Oregon the fog cleared. FIW regardless. I had Paul instead of PHIL, not knowing NENEH. I didn't notice that the I in TRIP ruled out PAUL.
Yes, fork in the road immediately brought Yogi to mind.
Carpenter made me think of Street, where I lived as a child.
Elide is quite familiar for us who are into English and foreign language pronunciation.
AZERA and TSENG, all perps.
There is a plethora of rumor-spreading these days, some of it intentional. But it is shouted or typed rather than whispered.
We have pork ossobuco often. Delicious sauce.
Some nits split hairs and seem inconsequential.
FIR, though a struggle in some areas. SALEM OREGON and TAC were my last fills. I had put pAPEr early on in TAPES's place and didn't change it even when I filled LIQUID PAPER, my easiest themer. Liked the reveal as I have been to many TRAIL HEADS. Nice puzzle, August! Lots of long fill.
ReplyDeleteHand up for thinking ten before TAC filled in but held off when I decided 1D was paper. My tone was pitched before ROOF finally came to me and solved my WATER VAPOR problem. And who knew there were so many musical Collinses? PHIL was the third one I tried. But FIR in the end. Thanks, Melissa B, for the clear and helpful review.
On to TIDY up things. Hope you all have a productive day.
FIR but with several of the same "liquid paper" moments as JINX. A couple of the proper nouns had to be completely perp'd.
ReplyDeleteTime flies when you're having fun. This is Friday right? End of my streak of one FIR (even after SWAGGING Ms NENEH). I was TORN between MCL and ACL. MCL worked fine with IAMS, which I used to feed to my goofy LABS by the ton, but which I'd never heard of. It sounds like it's synonymous with the more common ACL, which seems to be what the Mayo Clinic calls it. Hand up from one of the doctors in the house to illuminate the difference?
ReplyDeleteBut fair enough August, and thank you very much for a Wednesday challenge and a sparkly puzzle with lots of great clues/fill. And thank you Melissa for an incisive, interesting, and very illuminating review. Got all the themers and the reveal, but didn't see the theme. Thanx for 'splainin it.
Some favs:
4A The BLOTS were very interesting. See 38D for a related comment.
57A "Made fun of": APED as in MIMICKED. I believe that fill will be MIMICKED in a puzzle near here real soon now.
11D SIOUX. Great link explaining their origins and dialects.
25D Speaking of slobbering dogs, the reason we keep seeing ODIE for his 75:25 vowel:consonant ratio.
38D ID, EGO, and SUPEREGO were translated from Latin to English by Eric Berne and Thomas Harris in their ground breaking books, "Games People Play" and "I'm OK Your OK". I find their explanations of abnormal human behavior and how to fix far more useful and much less mystical than Freud's.
49D Excellent link on "India Pale Ale". I think I've got one left in the fridge downstair - it will be the perfect dinner drink this evening.
62D Polland's essay on dealing with the "drug problem" is very reasonable. We've finally admitted to losing a war that started in 2001. It's about time we did the same for the "War on Drugs", which began in 1971.
Cheers,
Bill
A clever puzzle August. The north east corner proved challenging. Never heard of Neneh before.
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteA few unknown's but a doable puzzle with some SWAGs.
Never heard of NENEH or AZERA.
Like many others I had TEN before TAC became evident.
I spent many hours in lines at the Maryland DMV. New York DMV wasn't much better. In Pennsylvania I can renew my license plates online or at a Tag and Title place or AAA. The only time I have to go to a state motor vehicle place is to get my picture taken for my drivers license. Usually goes pretty quick.
Have a great day everyone.
Wonderful Wednesday (with impressive15 letter fills at 3D and 10D).Thanks for the fun, August and melissa bee.
ReplyDeleteI FIRed in good time with the NE corner last to fall. Theme was easily identifiable (but no U in VAPOR just wrinkles my Canadian nose. Sigh!)
ALAS, I just noticed that I actually FIWed. I had Press instead of DRESS to make myself decent, and PMV looked as good as DMV (we have Service Ontario with similar lines after Covid expiry extensions).
I noted ALAS crossing ALEXA, IAMS crossing ODIE. We also had SLUR and ELIDE.
The “western capital” was a place, not money like PESO.
The ROOF is pitched, not a sale or a baseball. (Speaking of the latter, Toronto fans are saying ALAS as our Jays struck out to the Yankees last night and turned our playoff hopes into CASTLES IN THE AIR,)
TAC filled with perps, but I had to come here for the Aha moment (rather than the Roman numeral).
A plethora of names today; NENEH, ERIKA, TSENG were unknown but perped; PHIL, OPRAH, IAMS and CW favourite ONO were easier.
In IM’s absence (get well soon!); I will point out the O game today with. ONO, PESO, OSSO - plus the double O’s with ROOT, ROOF, OOH.
Wishing you all a great day. Beautiful fall weather here.
Musings
ReplyDelete-Wow! I was bewitched, bothered, bewildered and very entertained (a SH_/N_NEH Natick notwithstanding)
-The two vertical grid spanners added a big bonus
-Giving credit for today’s clever cluing: After contact with many constructors, we know they give a lot of credit/blame to Rich
-The DMV in our small town of 30,000 is usually a walk-up procedure and never has more than two people in line
-That WATER VAPOR that emerges when you open your microwaved popcorn is DANGEROUSLY HOT
-LIQUID PAPER – Did anyone else here use onion skin paper?
-Is “y’all” the most common example of ELIDING?
-IAMS is but one of a blizzard of options in this cat food aisle
-My mulching mower keeps the RAKE hanging on the garage wall
-People, like football coaches, still talk of “looking at the TAPE” even though it is likely a digital display
-Another Collins singer, JUDY, sang of Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream CASTLES IN THE AIR
Scene at the trailhead:
ReplyDeleteexhibit A
exhibit B
exhibit C
Husker @10:08 AM A cover for Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" I think.
ReplyDeleteCED @10:19 AM ROTFL! 😁
ReplyDeleteHusker Gary Hand up. FIW with NyNEH/SHy crab which seemed just as good. It would have been easy to offer a more fair clue instead of a double Natick crossing. AZERA/ERIKA also unknown Natick crossing, but got that. But I did enjoy the TRAIL theme.
ReplyDeleteCrossEyedDave Thank you for the amusing signs. But we really do have something similar on some of our local trails.
What is the point of such a sign as this?
Here is my full article for some context.
OPRAH lives here and we often pass her house on the way to some of our local TRAIL HEADS. But I have never once seen her, nor do I know anyone who has.
Hola!
ReplyDeleteThank you, August Miller, for the midweek challenge which I started at about 4:30 then returned to bed for a few more hours. Never did suss TAPES/TAC. I had PAPER/PAC since I did not parse XXX. That would not have happened a few years ago. Yes, I am chalking it up to age.
Not knowing TSNENG, I also had BLOB. If there is sports in the puzzle, the chances are high that I'll miss it.
I'll take a CSO at LIQUID PAPER of which I use daily but not today though I should have.
During the hottest part of the day in summer our TRAILHEADS are often closed and still many people die or pass out from heat stroke. It's difficult to understand how intense the heat is at over 100 degrees.
PISH is fun to say!
I saw an explanation on TV of how plaque advances across the brain and obstructs thinking and other functions. I believe that might be happening to me. I used to be able to think things through much more clearly.
Thank you, Melissa Bee. I'm happy to see that you are clear headed!
Have a wonderful Wednesday, everyone! My packing continues.
I found this a pretty tough Wednesday. DNK TSENG, NEHEH, AZERA. W/O TEN:TAC, which I got from perps, then couldn't figure out how TAC was "a third of XXX" until reading Melissa Bee's outstanding write-up. Another W/O ACL:MCL. Waseeley, MCL = medial cruciate ligament, ACL = anterior cruciate ligament. One on the side of the knee, one on the front. Thanx AM for this challenging CW, and thanx MB for the excellent write-up. Finally managed to FIR but took 25 minutes.
ReplyDeleteWaseeley, Google “ACL tear wiki”.
ReplyDeleteFun puzzle, August--many thanks. And always enjoy your commentary, Melissa.
ReplyDeleteLike others, I too happily began with TEN---oops.
But I also got Yoko ONO without any problem. Oh, and of course, MR ED.
Thought of "sedate" as quiet or serene--never DRUG. Shows you what an innocent I am.
But I got DEIGN for 'condescend' instantly. Also SERGE for that suit material.
The trickiest and funniest clue was 'Fork locale' for ROAD.
Congratulations on that A, Owen.
Have a good day, everybody.
unclefred @11:29 AM Thanks Unc!
ReplyDeleteQuick work of the puzzle today, not much PP but didn't know Neneh, and why does it have to be a SHE crab? 🤔. All of us who play the ever popular steel guitar would obviously be very familiar with the EXPRESSION PEDAL.😆
ReplyDeleteCan all the South American countries share their peso like the euro? Have you "made fun" of an ape if you APED an ape? 🙈🙉🙊
Theme was an obvious tail of trails.
Inlovers: calm/DRUG , road/ ROOF, end/SUM,
"Fork locale", which side of the plate? (left fits but is wrong right is correct but won't fit.) Thought it was "tears" like crying at first. Nothing worked. Did they burn witches who smoked cigarettes in SALEM OREGON? 🧙♀️🧹
So IAMS is his last name. When Paul was asked his name and he replied IAMS, thus began the famous retort "I know you are but what AM I?" 😁
Storm _____ ...SERGE
Hamlel or Great ____ ...DEIGN
One article of clothing....DUD
To share rabbit stew one must split ____ .. HAIRS.
Freudian breakfast shout "Leggo my ___!"..EGO
44 this am at 7 AM...Cold walk in short sleeves from the parking garage
Knee ligamemts for Waz
melissabee here, on a device that won't let me log in to blogger.
ReplyDeleteunclefred thx for ACL/MCL.
here's a good explanation with diagram:
https://www.absolutelifewellnesscenter.com/acl-vs-mcl-pcl/
wilbur charles my thinking was that records and tapes as verbs are used interchangeably as in "she records" or "she tapes." But as nouns - not so much. a vinyl record is very different from a cassette or 8-track tape.
Ray - O @12:02 PM I wonder if Paul had a Messianic complex? Isn't IAMS WHO AMS a riff on Exodus 3:14? 😉 Oh and speaking of things Biblical (shh), happy Name Day Raphael! One of my fav OT figures, he goes "under cover" to get Tobias hitched to his cousin in the Book of Tobit. My favorite OT story.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for the knee ligaments link. Must be a popular injury - third comment on this I've gotten today, and one from an authoritative source (no offense unclefred).
melissabee again
ReplyDeletemisty think of sedate as a verb instead of an adjective. "the dr. will sedate / drug the patient before the procedure."
melissabee again ...
ReplyDeleteray-o - only female crabs produce roe or crab eggs. she crab soup calls for crab meat and roe.
love crab but have never had the eggs. i like the little tiny ones in sushi - but not the big ones.
Lucina, I can relate regarding those plaques. We watch Jeopardy! every night after dinner. All too often it's, "Hey, I know that. Just give me an hour to recollect it." I'm amazed at the likes of Matt "Immodium," 1 Mil+ and the 3rd longest winning streak in Jeopardy! history.
ReplyDeletePicard, Your Lambs and Landings posting, article and videos were wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI forgot to compliment Owen for his A+ limericks today.
ReplyDeleteWaz
ReplyDeleteI used to have my own day October 24 😇 but now I have to share Feast of the Archangels September 29 with Mike and Gabe,
🤨
Hi Y'all! Thanks for the challenge, August. Thanks for making sense of TAC & other things, Helissa.
ReplyDeleteLiked the theme which I got after everything filled. However, I thought the two longest downs were part of the theme and wasted time trying to decide how.
The area that gave me fits & really slowed me down was NENEH/PHIL/TRIP/LIQUID/UMAMI/ QUEST/PISH/SMUT.
Hand up for DNK: TSENG, AZERA, ERIKA, of EXPRESSION PEDAL.
Thank you Mr. August Miller ( ... you're a month late - ) for a somewhat challenging puzzle, which was never-the-less, very enjoyable, and thank you Melissa Bee for very nice blog.
ReplyDeleteDr Ray, would a crucial cruciate tear cause excruciating pain ?
Cruciate means 'like a cross', looks like as if a pathologist like Galen would have, had to have dissected a knee, probably in an autopsy, to discover its exact shape...
What is the difference between anterior and posterior ...
... it depends on whether you have a acute behind ....
I wonder if ligaments are capable of repairing themselves, as bones often do ....
My first choice of X was ... HUG as in hugs and kisses.
The first time I have discovered that crabs are discriminated against based on sexual discrimination ....? After all, a crab is a crab is a .... its all only pincers / claws and legs... the rest of it is irrelevant.
have a nice day, all.
Ray - O @1:32 PM Not to mention the gazillions of Guardian Angels on October 2nd.
ReplyDeleteLucina @11:15 AM Yes but a good way to clear out some of those plaque-webs is a daily dose of cruciverbalism.
ReplyDeleteI recall the heat of the Summer in the West, as I worked in Austin once through the "10,000 degree Summer" (100 days of 100+ degrees). If you stepped into the shade of a tree it felt like an oasis. I suppose that climate change is making 10,000 degree summers the norm out West.
Thank you, A.M., for the great puzzle. A few challenges but perps to the rescue. Thank you, MelissaB, for the great expo!
ReplyDeleteSame dunno's as others have had, no need to rehash them.
Fav:3D Daydreams/CASTLES IN THE AIR. Makes me think of Bill Withers' Just the Two of Us. His phrase is Building CASTLES IN THE sky. Not exact, but close and a great song.
Today has been a great day! I've been spending time with a dog since the beginning of July who came into our clinic absolutely terrified of humans. If she'd had contact with people in her life is was very little and maybe not very good. I've spent time luring her to me with cheese (American cheese, NOT Velveeta, thankyouverymuch!) It took 2 months for her to let me touch her for a second. She would let me get close to her to put a leash on her to go outside. I'd bring her inside to get her used to walking on a tile floor, go through doorways, meet new people, get used to new sounds. We try to get dogs to go into a crate so adopters have a safe place to keep the dog at night, when they're gone and as a place for the dog to go to chill. It's easy to stick their head into the crate to get the treats, then it's pretty easy to put 2 feet inside. Yesterday Shelby finally got all 4 feet into a crate in order to get treats! Today she did it again in a different crate! Progress!
Have a wonderful day!
Push-posh
ReplyDeleteA grand poem today, Owen!
ReplyDeleteWorthy of its "A."
A fine PZL from Mr. Miller, neatly parsed for us by Melissa B!
~ OMK
___________
DR: Four diags today! Three near to hand, and one on the other side.
The main diagonal on the closer end is lacking in vowels, but the far side diag gives us a decent share.
It offers an anagram (12 of 15 letters) that might be taken as a designation of the entire order of folk who refuse, while claiming "personal freedom," to protect themselves and others by getting the COVID inoculation.
I refer, of course, to the...
"PISSANT CLASS"!
Mbee, my point was the word "old-style". Records evolved from vinyl to TAPES to CDs and now computer/cell phone.
ReplyDeleteI can see the other point except as pointed out it's not old-style to refer to "taping" a performance on a cell phone hard disk
WC
Pat - What a wonderful labor of love. It must be very fulfilling.
ReplyDeleteWC - "...on a cell phone hard disk." Just make sure that hard disk is set to the proper inches-per-second setting.
Ray-O: Just a word of advice from an old country boy: Never try to milk a gentleman cow.
Pat:
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful of you to do such gentle work with dogs! Many kudos to you and your co-workers.
Yes, that is exactly what I do, solve puzzles, and hope to delay the onset of those plaques and maybe push them back!
d-o:
I love watching Matt on Jeopardy! He is widely knowledgeable and so calm as he scans his encyclopedic mind. I'll have to record it while I'm gone.
LOL CED @10:19am
ReplyDeletePicard - I echo Husker Gary’s comment @1:05pm
Ray’o - LOL re rabbit stew 😁 HAIRS
Pat - I echo Jinx’s comment @5:24 (except of course I would spell it as labour😁)
Matt doesn't waste words.
ReplyDeleteHe often looks nervous even when he reaches the right answer.
He is a smart bettor, risking more when he's confident of the category, holding back when not.
He looks tired. No wonder, when you consider how the champ must do multiple shows all day, back to back.
The challengers have the advantage of starting fresh each time.
I would ask for a chair. A stool at least.
My wife doesn't like him. I do.
She has not liked any of the three top Jeopardy champs. I like both Matt and James. I wasn't watching back in Ken J's day.
~ OMK
I wondered about Matt's surname. I thought it looked Italian, so looked it up.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is an old Italian name, from Tuscany.
And get this: It comes from the expression "Che amo Dio," or "One who is loved by God."
Appropriate, I'd say.
~ OMK
Thank you all for the kind words. Yes, this is a labo(u)r of love! I have uploaded a few videos of her to my YouTube channel; how she greets me now, and her investigating the crates yesterday and today. I'll be back Friday to, hopefully, find a new challenge for her.
ReplyDeleteVttps://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC5mc4xm6Su6vdZoIxkVrp2Q/videos/upload?filter=%5B%5D&sort=%7B%22columnType%22%3A%22date%22%2C%22sortOrder%22%3A%22DESCENDING%22%7D
Never heard of ELIDE or PISH. Always thought the term was ZEROSUMGAIN, not GAME. Duh!
ReplyDeleteSorry, there is NO substitute for Wite-Out. I ALWAYS made a mess with LIQUIDPAPER.
…and the reason Yogi said that was because his house was in the middle of a loop, and one would get there by taking either fork. He was giving directions to his house to Joe Garagiola.
Got NENAH AND TSENG via perps. Even though my knowledge of Oriental names is limited, I was pretty sure of the G in the latter, but it wasn’t until I FINALLY figured out which western capital fit the puzzle that I confirmed it.
Conspiracy theorists have fun claiming that SIRI and ALEXA are instruments of Big Brother.
I also had ACL before IAMS (thank you, ODIE) made me change it to MCL. The knee just ain’t gonna bend when it’s hit hard from the side.
The origin of IAMS brand name was a revelation too.
Don McLean is my second favorite lyricist; Bob Lind is my favorite. Tom T. Hall (The Storyteller) is third. He just passed away last month.
Thanks, August and Melissa. Usual nice pics and info, Picard!
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteFIW - BLOb (Hi Lucina!) and a SHo-Crab(?)
Thanks August for the puzzle - I like the theme and the two spanning downs are impressive (and they both cross the center spanner at an "I"!)
Thanks for the excellent expo, mb. I needed to know what TAC had to do w/ XXX, I liked the MTM clip, and I knew most of the IPA Qs & As :-)
WOs: ACL-> MCL(?), LIQUID erase (whoops)
NoClues: TSENG, NONEH
ESPs: TAC, AZERIA, SERGE, ERIKA, PISH(?)
Fav: c/a for HAIRs & SMUT
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Cute, OMK
HG - your IAMS link is 404.
C, Eh! - LOL same as Jinx but with a U :-)
Great work Pat.
Nice pics, Picard. Do you know what the contraption is that the paraglider is in? I've never seen that.
Unclefred & Ray-O thanks for the info on MCL. I've heard of a torn-ACL but never even that the other existed.
LOL, CED. So glad your back!
Not only is Phil Collins a drummer and a singer, he collected Alamo artifacts.
Cheers, -T
Pat, FYI - you linked to where you uploaded them - your "studio."
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Cute rescue.
Cheers, -T
Lucina, I believe reading also helps keep the brain more alert. I had minor surgery after my last baby was born and the anesthetic fogged me. I could remember what I said to people but not what they said to me. I did a lot of reading and finally came out of the fog, but never had the almost total recall I had before the anesthetic. My mother read a lot in her later years and her mind was good. After she could no longer see to read, she slipped into dementia. I feel that reading really keeps the mind "in line".
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FIW; Natick at BLOT/TSENG
I’ve recently blogged an August Miller puzzle so I knew it would be difficult
Impressive 15’s
Favorite was 1-Across
PK:
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! I completely agree with you about reading. I always have a book or two on "the fire" so to speak. There is also a stack available next to my reading chair so that when I finish one, I have another to start. I subscribe to the newspaper and a couple of news magazines for the same reason. They keep me current on the latest opinions, news, etc. I've learned to separate the sensational from the kernels of fact. That in itself is an exercise in analytical thinking!
Pat@2:36 - what wonderful patience and love you have for pups, and now with Shelby - training her for a happy life in her forever home with her new owners. I'm sure you'll feel sadness when that day comes but also happiness that you've saved another "unadoptable."
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