Theme: "A&E Network" - A and E change position in each theme entry.
23A. Govern in Austin?: DIRECT TEXAS. Direct taxes.
25A. Set of rules for a jury?: PANEL CODE. Penal code.
38A. Volume subtitled "100 Good Excuses"?: BOOK OF DENIAL. Book of Daniel.
60A. Party garb for one going as a pollution inspector?: EPA COSTUME. Ape costume.
65A. Historic period with a lot of risks?: CHANCES ERA. Chances are.
90A. Cube-shaped stones for a fireplace shelf?: MANTEL BLOCKS. Mental blocks.
105A. Wizard's communications device?: MAGE PHONE. Megaphone.
107A. Braided Greek cheese?: TWIST OF FETA. Twist of fate.
This
is more complicated than our normal change a letter gimmick, as it
involves two letter changes. Is it hard brainstorming or did you write a
script for the word search, Paul?
Across:
7. Tried to get home, say: SLID. Baseball.
11. Boiling state: IRE.
14. Beliefs: ISMS. My pal Lesley copies "Heart Sutra"
every day to find inner peace. Any of you familiar with the term?
Vidwan? Not a lot of characters, so she can complete the whole text
every day.
18. Keys on a piano: ALICIA. The singer.
19. 100 cents: EURO.
20. "I, Claudius" role: NERO.
22. Texter's "Then again ... ": OTOH. On the other hand.
27. Sault __ Marie: STE.
28. Throttle: CHOKE.
29. Pretentious: LA- DI-DA.
30. Anthem contraction: O'ER.
31. Group name derived from the Dutch for "farmer": BOERS. They lost to the British in 1902. The Boer War. China also lost the two Opium Wars to the British Empire mid-19th century.
32. __ blanche: CARTE.
33. Like crazy: MADLY.
35. Graceful antelopes: IMPALAS.
40. Car bar: TIE ROD.
41. Bodies usually bigger than bays: GULFS.
43. Mercury Theatre co-founder Welles: ORSON.
44. Farm units: ACRES.
45. Lawyer's filing: BRIEF.
46. "The Texan" star Calhoun: RORY. Unknown to me.
48. The Eagle, e.g.: LEM. Lunar Excursion Module.
51. Eric the Red's son: LEIF.
52. Comedian Shecky: GREENE. Wikipedia says "He is known for his nightclub performances in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he became a headliner in the 1950s and '60s."
53. Currency exchange abbr.: USD.
54. Mozart's "__ Kleine Nachtmusik": EINE.
55. 17.2-million-square-mile area: ASIA.
57. __ metal: dark '80s-'90s music genre: DEATH.
59. Snakes' weapons: FANGS.
68. Bob of "Fuller House": SAGET.
69. Explode: BURST.
71. Full of slime: OOZY.
72. Breezed through: ACED.
73. Animation frame: CEL.
74. Family reunion attendee: NEPHEW. Looks like we can have a somewhat normal Thanksgiving this year.
77. Botch: MUFF.
81. "__ so you!": IT'S.
82. "No problem!": SURE.
83. Name of two presidents: ADAMS.
84. Privilege: HONOR.
85. Broadcaster: AIRER.
88. A lot: SCADS.
89. State bordering Baja: SONORA.
94. Overly optimistic: BLUE SKY.
95. "Chicago Med" pro: ER DOC. Also 111. Blood type, briefly: O NEG.
96. Location: SITUS. Not a word I use.
97. Clamorous: NOISY.
98. Color TV pioneer: RCA.
99. H.S. exam for college credit: AP TEST.
101. Brownish gray: TAUPE.
102. Cacophony: DIN.
110. Biblical plot: EDEN. Also an organic food brand. Their umeboshi paste is pretty good.
112. Lash mark: WELT.
113. Shade: NUANCE.
114. Fit together compactly: NEST.
115. Classified ad abbr.: EEO.
116. Comply with: OBEY.
117. Slow-moving mammals: SLOTHS.
Down:
2. Settled (on): ALIT.
3. Euros replaced them: LIRE. Italian currency.
4. Coolers?: ICE.
5. Winds also called ottavinos: PICCOLOS.
6. Result of keeping a cap on too long: HAT HEAD.
7. Goes after: SEEKS.
8. Elegance: LUXE.
9. 401(k) alternative: IRA.
10. Big affairs: DOS.
11. Out of gear: IN PARK.
12. Entertain at bedtime, as a tot: READ TO.
13. "Sixteen Tons" singer whose nickname is his birth state: ERNIE FORD. Tennessee
14. Games gp.: IOC.
15. Waited, not always patiently: STOOD IN LINE. We used to stand in lines for hours to get Twin's bobbleheads.
16. Roadster in the Henry Ford Museum: MODEL A.
17. Crow with Grammys: SHERYL. Here with Lance Armstrong.
21. Brit. lexicon: OED. The Oxford English Dictionary.
24. High spots: TORS.
26. Metal-threaded fabrics: LAMES.
29. Golden Triangle country: LAOS.
31. Shameless: BAREFACED. Lie.
32. Eye-opening cupful: COFFEE.
34. Spanish span: ANO. Year.
35. Emphatic type: Abbr.: ITAL. Italic.
36. They actually prefer fruit and grains to cheese: MICE. Really? Maybe I should put ripe banana on the mouse trap then.
37. "Frasier" actress Gilpin: PERI.
38. Kitchen counter staple: BLENDER.
39. Cocktail order: DRY.
41. Coll. senior's test: GRE.
42. One-eighty: UIE.
45. Cookout choice: BRAT.
46. Babe with a bat: RUTH. Babe Ruth.
47. Dept. of Labor arm: OSHA.
49. Tech sch. alumnus: ENGR.
50. Big butte: MESA.
52. Base figs.: GIS. Military base.
54. Fast bucks: EASY MONEY. 62. Seemingly forever: AGES AND AGES. Great fill.
56. Barfly: SOT.
58. Represented oneself to be: ACTED AS.
59. Casbah headgear: FEZ.
60. Morales of "NYPD Blue": ESAI. Tony Rodriguez. All went weird after he his ex-wife came back.
61. Agreement: PACT.
63. Lyft rival: UBER.
64. Paragon of stubbornness: MULE.
66. Denials: NOES. Also 104. Dundee disagreements: NAES.
67. Dairy grazer: COW.
70. Light fare: SNACKS.
73. Street edging piece: CURBSTONE.
75. Crash site?: PAD. 91. Game keeper?: ARCADE. Nice clues.
76. Royal Navy initials: HMS.
78. Pizzeria chain, familiarly: UNOS.
79. Motorist's decision point: FORK.
80. Donnybrook: FRAY.
82. Frites seasoning: SEL. And poivre.
84. Holiday guests, maybe: HOUSEFUL.
86. 1995 court VIP: ITO.
87. Go over: RECAP.
88. Cottontail's tail: SCUT. Learned from doing crosswords.
89. They usually don't have laces: SLIP-ONS.
90. Mythical males with tails: MERMEN.
92. Homeowner, vis-à-vis the bank: LIENEE.
93. Cooperstown's lake: OTSEGO. How many of you have been to Cooperstown?
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94. Attack, as of an illness: BOUT.
97. Foul: NASTY.
100. Saigon soup: PHO. Very similar to Cantonese rice noodle soup.
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101. Word game piece: TILE.
102. Bit of progress: DENT.
103. Allergic reaction: ITCH.
106. Tolkien creature: ENT.
107. Wee hour: TWO.
108. Information source, with "the": WEB.
109. __ Schwarz: FAO.
Extra notes:
1) Agnes continues to improve. She enjoyed some lobster rolls last week. I think she has her appetite back! She also got her booster shot and flu shot last Friday. Thanks again to those who continue to think of her, send her emails and cards.
2) Lemonade's youngest son Devin got married last Friday. Here are a few pictures. See here for more here. His oldest granddaughter Charlotte also turned nine yesterday.
C.C.
35 comments:
DNF. One letter I couldn't even WAG. And one wrong letter right next to the blank. Never heard of OTSEGO nor SCUT, and thought SITU didn't have an S at the end.
Took me too long to see the gimmick, and then only with the help of the title.
His lifestyle was LUXE, he felt LA-DI-DA.
His moves as graceful as gazelle or IMPALA.
He was, you know,
That anti-hero
To disprove "money can't make you happy", la-la!
If I were ERNIE FORD, would I drive a MODEL A,
Like the one that HENRY FORD put on display?
I rather think no,
Because I'd owwee myy soouullll --
To the company store, to this day!
{C, A+.}
Thanks, C.C. To answer your question, I can barely find my way around a computer menu, let alone write code. For themes like this, I use a site called quinapalus.com It's useful for comparing lists of words to find specific patterns. There are other such sites like one called wordlisted which I've heard fellow constructors mention.
Happy Halloween to everyone. It's my daughter Neena's favorite holiday. Mine is Thanksgiving. I love cooking the feast for my family and friends. These days, I love seeing my granddaughters in their costumes. What's your favorite holiday?
Good morning!
It took forever to see the theme, even with the title. But d-o got 'er done within the self-imposed time limit, so life is good. The themers were cute, though I think DIRECT TEXAS was the weakest of the lot. Anyone else try WALE before WELT showed up? Thanx, Paul and C.C.
DIRECT TEXAS: I mailed off our property tax payment last week, even though it's not due until January. I hate to have it hanging over my head, and in today's low interest rate environment, I'm not missing much income. Next on the to-do list, removing the water oak in our front yard. It's been looking sickly for a couple of years, and routinely drops large branches in the wind. Now two major limbs are completely dead, and my tree guy says it's time to go. It's 90-feet tall and over 36 inches in diameter, so I'm sure it'll cost a bundle to bring it down and haul it off.
Paul always fun to do your puzzles and see your comments. I agree that grandchildren make every holiday more special. I think it is time for you to share s>ome new pics.
Once the theme became clear this was a pretty stress free solve even though I did not recall OTSEGO which is also a City name in Minnesota, Michigan and others.
So happy Agnes is feeling better.
I also was interested in Paul's link for creating crosswords. I have many ideas and this program seems to take the fear out of gridding.
Happy Halloween all and be careful out there
Good morning !
SITUS instead of SITeS. The unknown word that deprived me of perfection on Paul's test today. One letter. Dadgummit !
Enjoyed it, Paul ! Keep 'em coming.
Also got the theme, but even with the title I needed TWIST OF FETA before I realized the other A and E swaps. As the theme answers were being completed, I kept thinking that they were odd compounds and phrases. Perhaps if I had paused a bit longer on any of them, I might have seen it earlier, but no matter now. Alles klar.
Thank you, C.C., and thank you for the update on Irish Miss. Glad she is returning to normal.
I noted a couple of occasions of having a word in a clue and the same word in and answer. But my mental notes are failing me now, because I can only recall one. DENIAL in the themer at 38A, and denials in the clue at 66D. Perhaps the clue for the latter should have been refusals or some such.
Not fooled by "Keys on a piano" - That girl is on fire.
Nor by "Crow with Grammys" - All she wants to do is have some fun.
We don't use our blender frequently enough to keep it on the kitchen counter, but I imagine that many restaurant kitchens do. As well, perhaps in larger designer kitchens that have the "appliance garages" on the countertops. Our counter appliances are stored in the antique kitchen sideboard, and the antique flatwall cupboard.
Still kicking my self for SITUS. Even though I didn't know that word, I knew that the tail on a cottontail was either a SCUb or a SCUT, and AP TEST gave me that needed T. I should have left the U alone when I filled in the incorrect SITeS.
Canadian Eh probably got that needed U. They have so many of them up there they add them to words all the time.
And with that, I'll leave U alone.
Yes, Halloween is a favorite for me, seeing all the young children dressed in their costumes and so excited. OTOH, there are the young teen boys that still want the treats but don't want to put any effort into dressing for the occasion. Most of them are fun to give a little good-natured grief to. It takes a village.
Desper-otto, did you happen to read the Great Goofs link CED provided yesterday ? Take a look at # 14
TTP, I did read 'em -- all 45 of 'em. I don't plan to bring down that tree, myself. No chance that I'll saw off the limb I'm sitting on. I'll have a local service company remove it. They helped me out in the past when an 80-footer gave up the ghost and lay down across the road out front. And they removed a 90-foot pine from our back yard when it succumbed to a beetle infestation following the East Texas drought about ten years ago.
Of those 45 fox-passes, I really liked the one about the guy cleaning out his bathroom sink. He was beneath the sink, and asked his 4-year-old son to get rid of the bucket full of dirty, scummy water. The boy did. He poured it down the sink.
Me, too, TTP! FIW with SITeS and SCeT. The bunny tail didn't seem quite right but SITeS seemed fine. Down fills are often my downfall, it seems. But being optimistic, I did feel good about avoiding other pitfalls and catching onto the themer letter switches. Overall a fast fun puzzle, Paul.
Thanks too to C.C. for the review and member updates. Nice wedding pictures, Lemonade. And such good news about Irish Miss! Lobster roll indicates great progress.
When I went to bed last night, Anon T, the Astros were ahead 2 to 0. Surprising news when I checked this morning. Now onto the Sunday news programs.
FIW, missing TOpS and PICCaLOS (bad spelars of the wrold, UNTIE!). DNK CALIPH, RORY, EINE, MERMEN, OTSEGO, frites, or that one could have a DO without an "a" before it.
I thought that automatic CHOKEs were unnecessary frills for drivers who didn't understand engines. And you trick-r-treaters, GET OFF MY LAWN!
My friend had a 1966 IMPALA Super Sport convertible back in my high school days. Sweet ride, but I think the 327 had an automatic CHOKE.
Figuring out CHANCES ERA evoked Johnny Mathis' fabulous love song.
I got yelled at here when I said that CHERYL Crow was a former Coral Reefer, so I'll just say that she played in Jimmy Buffet's Coral Reefer Band.
In New York they say "oN LINE". I've always heard it "IN LINE".
The best bait for MOUSE traps is peanut butter. My exterminator friend taught me that trick.
FAST BUCK Freddie's was a quirky department store in Key West. For a few years we did all our Christmas shopping there, and had them do the wrapping, tagging and shipping. As the Jimmy Buffet song goes, "I Used to have Money One Time".
We eat lunch at UNOS every Monday because they have $5 personal pan pizzas all day.
I still have my dad's FEZ. Does that mean that I can Rock the Casbah while rocking the FEZ?
My business law professor told us that legal BRIEFs are never BRIEF. Neither were my comments today.
Thanks to PC for the fun. BYA, Billie is my favorite Holiday. And thanks to CC for another fine tour.
Good morning everyone.
Good news about Irish Niss. Look to see your posts soon.
Not so hard today. Paul usually delivers puzzles that engage you and are fun to solve. No issues. Liked the theme.
ALICIA is my Hematologist's first name.
OTSEGO is a beautiful lake about an hour from our home. We have visited Cooperstown frequently over the years.
THROTTLES - - Our DD had Ahead and Astern THROTTLES to control each shaft. They were set based on the speed or RPM desired by the Bridge.
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CanadianEh! - - This weekend's WSJ has a nice lengthy article about the Niagara Peninsula and its wine culture. The writer mentions she stayed at the Prince of Wales at Niagara-on-the-Lake.
They have a picture of Lower Balls Falls (I had never heard of it.) and include its park in the write-up.
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Enjoy the day.
Paul ~~ very fine play on phrases with the transposition of A’s and E’s! FIR in about a half hour, I didn’t read the puzzle title till after I had solved so I never saw it was just the A’s and E’s, always amazed at the creativity of the constructors, and am always grateful for the daily mental challenge! Toward the end of yesterday’s blog someone sorta complained about the difficulty of Saturday’s puzzle, referring to it as “convoluted”. Personally I didn’t feel that way and I feel most of us want to be tasked with a degree of toughness. A while back I complained to the greens keeper at my local golf course (who is also a good friend) that his pin placements were too hard, his answer “Get better at the game!” Which is basically what Lucinda suggested to the complainer.
Yes I have been to the baseball HofF at Cooperstown, thought the area would be way more commercialized than it was, actually very low-key in very pretty surroundings.
D-Otto ~~ I had to take down a 90’ red pine and a smaller oak recently, I’m fairly adept with a chain saw but these involved two power lines so I contracted it out, $1,200 for felling and grinding the stumps, the HUGE mess is still there for me to clean up and I’ll eventually get to it :)
Been to Cooperstown several times, an easy 75-minute drive up the Mohawk Valley on US-20 from Albany.
Have only seen "in SITU", but Wiki says SITUS is a singular legal term.
I'll say either "in line" or "on line", there's a slight difference of emphasis on standing (on) or (in) line.
Pretty quick solve today.
The clever theme did help a little bit in a couple of places.
Thanks for the update on Agnes.
Musings
-Got all the fill, saw the gimmick and saw the title connection. Yay! Thanks for the puzzle and the insight Paul!
-An Atlanta runner SLID into second last night, went past the bag and had to recline so only his back was touching to avoid being tagged out
-College friend’s favorite joke, “On The Other Hand, I have a wart”
-Singers better get a big breath before the word OER, because the note for “FREE” awaits
-Hudson Bay is 470,000 sq. mi. and the GULF Of Mexico is 618,000 sq. mil.
-A football field in 1.32 ACRES. You’re welcome.
-“Houston, Tranquility Base here, THE EAGLE has landed.” Its lower half and five other lower halves are still there.
-C.C., your Heart Sutra reference? IT’S so you!
-BLUE SKY expectations for new Husker FB coach four years ago are now BURST
-My favorite PICCOLO piece
-Peanut butter has never failed me to bait a mousetrap
-RE endings - Poivre is pronounced “pwaa vruh”. Acre is “ā ker”. Ya gotta love language!
-Nice pix, Lemon!
Hola!
It's always comforting to see a Paul Coulter byline. His puzzles are usually fun and fair. I saw the A and E exchange but that did not give me DIRECT assistance on the solve. It was the usual Sunday sashay all the way. Strangely, I started in the eastern edge and continued down that entire strand.
BOOK OF DENIAL was my favorite entry. TWIST OF FETA is also a good one.
NEPHEW not niece or aunt was at the reunion! And I'm not familiar with UNOS pizza.
BLUE SKY as overly optimistic is a new term for me. I have heard rosy sky or rosy outlook.
Never heard of OTSEGA either. I thought of Oneida.
Very nice wedding pictures of Jason's son. Thank you for posting. And thank you, C.C. for the update on Irish Miss. I'm glad to know she is improving.
I believe California is a derivative of CALIPH.
Have a sparkling Sunday, everyone!
DNF,
Yes, that one dang letter...
W.e.e.s.
What Everyone Else Said
I also found some strange other things listed under W.e.e.s.
other people say this?
Well, I'm not Scottish, and I'm not rude,
so, what could I be thinking?
Thanks Paul for a cliffhanger FIR for a Sunday puzzler. Some chewy clues, but fair perps to offset them. I was snatched from the pit of despair when I asked Teri to look take a quick look at the one remaining clue I was having problems with. She immediately noticed a "typo" - I had pencilled in MERMEMn for 90D. When corrected, NEST then replaced MESH and ENT worked.
And thank you C.C. for your explication of the theme. "A&E Network" was staring me right in the face, as Sundays are the only day that the Sun lists it [blush]. Had I bothered to ponder what it meant, I'd have finished much sooner. And thanks especially for the link on the "Heart Sutra", which I have saved for further reflection.
31A BOERS. My British mother was also ashamed of the querulousness her fellow countrymen.
55A ASIA. A CSO to today's reviewer!
110A EDEN. Also "Garden of EDEN" salt-less blue corn chips, the only ones I'll dip in my homemade HUMMUS.
17D SHERYL. Here she is covering Rod Stewart's The First Cut is the Deepest.
31D BAREFACED lies. A PANDEMIC of them have washed over us in recent years.
49D ENGR. A CSO to Jayce, Picard, and Anon -T.
79D FORK. Also a divergent version of a SW package. Like Yogi always said, "When you come to a FORK in the road, take it".
Cheers,
Bill
Husker @11:35 AM Like the OTTAVINI pieces. I guess the ARMY wanted equal time.
92-D correction: The bank is the LIENEE; the homeowner is the LIENOR. Just as when a property is MORTGAGED, the owner is the MORTGAGOR; the bank is the MORTGAGEE.
Anon @ 1311 - I don't think so.
Merriam says: Legal Definition of lienee
: one whose property is subject to a lien
Fun Sunday puzzle, many thanks, Paul. And thank you for the update on Agnes, C.C.--so glad to hear that.
Funny to get two "hat" clues in the same puzzle, one ending in HARD HAT, the other in FEZ.
Always creeps me out a little to see DEATH in a puzzle. Words related to dying come up in puzzles all the time, but the word itself always shakes me a little. Can't really understand why.
But maybe that's why I appreciated BLUE SKY a little further down.
Have a great Halloween, everybody. We almost never get any visitors, but I always keep some candy handy anyway because if a kid or two does come by I don't want to have to say "Sorry, come back next year."
Thank you Mr. Coulter for a nice long and engaging puzzle ... appropriate for a Sunday, and some words I learnt along the way. The long answers were vaguely famiiiar, but I didn't get the A for E exchange, until I read the blog. Thank you for coming here and commenting.
My favorite holiday used to be Thanksgiving, but now, my diet is severly limited, and my food intake has reduced by 50 percent, so I take it in stride ....
Thanks CC for a great explanatory blog.
To answer your question on the Heart Sutra, I had never heard of it, but I did read the article on the Wiki ... I am not that religious, and my knowledge on other religions, is limited to Wiki, general knowledge. I am aware that devotees of many religions, .... write or orally recite prayers, daily, for inner peace ... to each their own.
On religion ...1 Across ... Leader who succeeded Muhammad ..was Abu Bakr ... M's father in law (one of the wives of M, was Ayesha ..) and confidant. Abu Bakr would not fit in the squares. Caliph(s) was the rank of nobility of all those who succeeded M.
I thought the Paragon of Stubborness was the ... ASS ... not the MULE. I thought the whole purpose of the hybrid bred Mule was to add stamina and remove the stubborn characteristic.
Have a nice day, and a good week ahead, all.
Sunday Lurk Say....
{B, B+}
D-O: My uncle in IL would get some buddies and fall that tree just for the firewood.
Find some rednecks up in your area. After Ike, I learned they are very good with chainsaws. [BIL had a lake house in Goodrich - we rode out Ike there. As soon as the rain stopped, you could hear chain-saws everywhere clearing the road]
HG - that Brave barely avoided the tag.
ATLGranny - if we don't win the next 3 games; it's all Atlanta.
Misty - "Come back next year." Yeah, if the 'Stros lose.
I grew up a Cubs fan so "Wait 'till next year" is part of my perpetual optimism.
Favorite Holiday is Christmas. It's like Thanksgiving (see: Paul's reasons) but with decorations. Other fav is Halloween - it's the only day a year all the folks in the 'hood are outside (in the front!) yard of their house and we're a 'community' again.
//Fourth of July was that way until fireworks were banned :-(
Neighbor & I put on a hella' show over the golf-course for the kids.
CED - links are LOL. Thanks!
Cheers, -T
My favorite holiday is St.Patrick's Day. At one time in my life, I was a professional storyteller (I had one paying gig, but a lot of volunteer sessions), and that was my favorite for storytelling. I had a raft of them, many from folk songs -- the Irish Bricklayer, Seven Nights Drunk, an original one about the shamrock. Halloween was second. A lot of campfire tales, but done over and over by others. Christmas was meh, and other holidays even more meh.
I often expect comments on my l'icks, and have become philosophical about not getting them any more, but my second one today I was sure would get a few. I loved Tennessee's basso, and would sing that favorite to myself often. And it worked, I did develop a resonant very low voice, which was good for storytelling. With my tin ear, I could never carry a tune in public, but I did love that chorus, with the drawn out "'cause I owe my soul..."
Thank you CC and Lemonade for posting the pictures of Lemon's grandkids and his son's and Daughter in law's wedding pictures. They make a very nice couple, but it doesnt seem like traditional surroundings ... no chuppah ... did he break the 'glass tumbler or wine glass' underfoot ?
Your grandkids are also really, really, cute.
Glad to hear that Agnes is improving. Continued good wishes for good health.
Spitboov, you're right ..... LIENEE, is the property Owner, DEBTOR ... who owes the money, which is the cause of the lien, and is, threfore, the Lienee.
The Bank or the Creditor is called the LienOR or the Lien holder.
I presume this is because it is the Bank Creditor, who 'puts out' or claims the lien, and is hence the owner of the Lien ... or LienOr. ( O = Owner ...)
Thus the Lien is the subject matter, not the underlying property....
As opposed to a Homeowner, ( Mortgagor ) who 'owns' the mortgage, that he took out, to borrow money from the bank ( Mortgagee )
Here, the mortgage is the subject matter, which happens to coincide with the (eventual -) ownership of the property.
Anyway, that is my non-legal understanding of this InRe matter ....
CC, yes, they love bananas. Don't leave them where they can find them.
I have "Throttle " as CHOKE using two hands much like brian Laundrie on Gabby
Winston Churchill* made his name famous in the Boer War
I knew someone would quote Yogi re. FORK
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In the middle of solving I got a call reminding me of a memorial. When I returned I used a different pen thus I saw that I did indeed correct LAMaS as I noticed DENIAL/DANIEL. So, FIW.
Paul thanks for dropping by. Am I right about CHOKE ?
Nice pics of lemonade family.
WC
* He had a famous escape. In LOTR(c. ENT), Gandalf escapes Saruman via Eagles. Did the Amerucans aid, covertly, Winston's escape?
I meant FIR
My favorite Holiday is Easter, originally a pagan celebration of fertility and the coming of Spring (Easter eggs were a carry over). Like Christmas, it was co-opted by early Christians - everybody else was having a good time and they hoped that no one would notice them!. It's celebrated on the first Sunday, after the first full moon, after the Vernal Equinox.
WC @4:59 PM I think it is related to THROAT, as in the locus of strangulation, or the THROAT of a carburetor, used to CHOKE an engine to pull in that initial spurt of gas to get things going.
Tonight the Demon Star Algol is rising on All Hallows Eve! 👻
Hi Y'all! Good Challenge, Paul, thanks. Didn't catch on to the theme, but that is what dear C.C. is for thankfully.
Filled it all in 53 minutes. Think I was too tired to understand the theme.
RORY was my favorite actor in teenage years.
I saved up my writing money and gave my husband a Piece of BLUE SKY, which is what they called the private pilot training program at our airport. He received it enthusiastically (with a few tears even) at Christmas and soloed on his April 2 birthday -- fastest anyone had done that for the trainer. So BLUE SKY symbolizes optimism for me.
Did not know OTTAVINOS, OTSEGO, CALIPH.
Yay, Agnes, keep on hanging tough!
I liked this puzzle a lot. I agree with Lucina: "It's always comforting to see a Paul Coulter byline. His puzzles are usually fun and fair."
Fave holiday is Thanksgiving because that's usually when we get family and friends together. An added plus is the good food.
Keep on taking care, all.
Wednesday(Thursday?) came on Monday this week. Not a beginner xword. LHF was unusually Sscarce.
WC
Did the puzzle late tonight while watching the World Series. Looks like they are heading back to Houston for game 6. Think the Astros have regained the momentum, just like they did against my Red Sox.
Nice Sunday puzzle with a cute theme.
TTP - EURO and STONE were both clues and answers. Sloppy editing in my opinion.
Thanksgiving Day is also my favorite holiday. It is completely family oriented and the food is always special. I really miss my mother's pumpkin pies which she made from actual pumpkins not canned.
Yes, RORY Calhoun was also my favorite actor in my teens along with Cliff Robertson. Oh, how I swooned over them in those days. Today I don't even care for westerns. Later in life I learned that many were filmed here in Arizona.
It has been a reflective day for me after writing the names of all my departed family and friends in the Book of Remembrance at church. They will be honored in prayer on All Souls Day.
Lemonade, your granddaughters are adorable and how they have grown!
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