Buddy, can you Spare a dime? The circled letters can be rearranged to spell out the word Spare.
18-Across. Spicy condiment: PEPPER SAUCE. Tabasco sauce is our favorite pepper sauce.
23-Across. Astronaut's milieu: OUTER SPACE.
35-Across. Lawn areas lacking grass: BARE SPOTS.
53. NYC's World Financial Center architect: CÉSAR PELLI. I was not familiar with César Pelli (Oct. 12, 1926 ~ July 19, 2019). He was an Argentine-American architect best known for designing some the world's tallest buildings, including the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lampur. I recognized many of his designs.
And the unifier:
59-Across. Coins in one's pocket ... and what literally happens in each set of
circles: SPARE CHANGE.
When was the last time you actually used cash to make a transaction?
I rarely carry money anymore.
It is strange to see a Bruce Venzke puzzle without seeing Gail Grabowski's
name too.
1. D.C. insider: POL.
4. Anxious feeling: ANGST.
9. "Silent Night" words before calm and bright: ALL IS.
Now is the season for the Christmas songs.
14. Actress Gardner: AVA. Although Ava Gardner (née Ava
Lavinia Gardner; Dec. 24, 1922 ~ Jan. 25, 1990) was in many films, for my
generation, she is probably best known for her marriage to Frank Sinatra.
15. More rational: SANER.
16. Africa's Sierra __: LEONE. Sierra Leone is a country on the West Coast of Africa. It is one of the
poorest countries in the world.
17. "Star Wars" sequel trilogy heroine: REY.
20. Pay off illicitly: BRIBE.
22. How a scary-movie watcher might recoil: IN HORROR.
26. Deserved, as recognition: DUE.
27. Keep separate from the rest: ISOLATE.
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28. Restaurant chain with an owl logo: HOOTERS.
31. Horne of jazz: LENA. I initially misread this as
Home of Jazz. Lena Horne (née Lena Mary Calhoun Horne; June 30, 1917
~ May 9, 2010) makes frequent guest appearances in the puzzles.
32. In the manner of: À LA. Today's French lesson.
34. Oktober endings: FESTS. Oktoberfest in 2022 will be held from September 17 to October 3. The countdown is
on! The first Oktoberfest was in 1810 in celebration of the marriage between Crown Prince
Ludwig to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
39. Perth __, NJ: AMBOY.
42. LBJ's boy beagle: HIM. President Lyndon B. Johnson
(Aug. 27, 1908 ~ Jan. 22, 1973) loved dogs. When he was in the White
House, his most well-known beagles were named Him and Her.
43. Big brass: TUBA. This makes me think of our friend
Abejo.
47. Greets with guffaws: ROARS AT. // And 49-Down.
Far from a guffaw: TEE-HEE.
50. Features of some cruise ships: CASINOs.
52. Heavy weight: TON.
55. Working together as one: IN TANDEM. Like this couple
who have 67-Across. Wed on the sly: ELOPE(d).
58. '90s candidate __ Perot: H. ROSS. H. Ross Perot (né
Henry Ross Perot; June 27, 1930 ~ July 9, 2019) ran as an independent
candidate in the 1992 presidential campaign and as a third-party candidate
in 1996.
62. When doubled, a Latin dance: CHA. The Cha-Cha, or
the Cha-Cha-Cha?
63. Fix in the crosshairs: AIM AT.
64. Knighted composer Edward: ELGAR. Sir Edward William
Elgar, 1st Baronet (June 2, 1857 ~ Feb. 23, 1934) is probably best known
for Pomp and Circumstance.
65. Showy pond fish: KOI.
66. Stacks like Tupperware: NESTS.
68. Vicious with a bass: SID. Sid Vicious (né Simon John
Ritchie; May 10, 1957 ~ Feb. 2, 1979), was the bassist for the Sex
Pistols. He is probably best known, however, for being charged with
brutally murdering his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen (Feb. 27, 1958 ~ Oct. 12,
1978). He died of a heroin overdose before going to trial for
the murder while out on bail.
Down:
1. Partially cook, as rice: PARBOIL. The How's and Why's of Parboiling Rice.
2. Employ excessively, as muscles: OVER USE.
3. Overdo the flattery: LAY IT ON.
4. Last word of Kansas' motto: ASPERA. The full motto
is: Ad astra per aspera. It translates to
mean: to the stars through difficulties. It apparently
represents the struggles Kansas faced with issues such as slavery, Indian attacks, and the inevitable war that were debated prior to statehood.
What is your state motto and what does it mean?
5. Macduff rebuff: NAE. Lord Macduff is a character in
Macbeth. He was from Scotland, hence, his rebuff is Nae.
6. Econ. measure: GNP. As in Gross National Product.
7. Old photo hue: SEPIA.
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8. Battlefield furrow: TRENCH.
9. "What's more ... ": ALSO.
10. Norman who created Archie and Edith Bunker: LEAR.
Norman Milton Lear (b. July 27, 1922) is still involved in producing
television shows. He will be 100 years old next summer.
11. French pilgrimage site: LOURDES.
12. Trying a case, say: IN COURT.
13. Prophetic woman: SEERESS.
19. Prefix with stat: RHEO. As in a Rheostat.
21. Overdo, as a point: BELABOR.
24. Twinkler: STAR.
25. Soccer standout: PELÉ. He make occasional guest
appearances in the crossword puzzles. His given name is Edson
Arantes do Nascimento (b. Oct. 23, 1940). He is the only soccer
player to hold 3 World Cup winner's medals. He won the award in
1958, 1962 and in 1970.
29. Frequently, to a bard: OFT.
30. More irritable: TESTIER.
33. Fireplace grate buildup: ASH.
36. Shakespearean cries: AYs.
37. 12-point type: PICA. More than you ever wanted to
know about Printing Types.
38. Actor Epps: OMAR. Omar Hashim Epps (b. July 20,
1973) played a doctor on the television series House.
39. Craftsperson: ARTISAN.
40. Marshmallowy treat: MOONPIE. MoonPies are a Southern
thing. Everything you wanted to know about a MoonPie, but didn't know to ask. They even come in Pumpkin Spice.
41. Little chickens: BANTAMS.
44. Disengages the bolt for, as a door: UNLOCKS.
45. Russian ballet company: BOLSHOI.
46. "Let me reiterate ... ": AS I SAID.
48. "High Voltage" band: AC/DC. Everything you wanted to
know about the band's logo, but didn't know to ask. The band was formed by brothers Malcolm
(Jan. 6, 1953 ~ Nov. 18, 2017) and Angus Young (b. Mar. 31, 1955).
51. Round figure: SPHERE.
54. Little: SMALL.
56. "I smell __!": A RAT.
57. Ping-Pong supplies: NETS. Not the ball, but the
Nets. I know, the clue indicates a plural.
60. Private aid prog.: NGO. As in a Non-Governmental Organization. What's the difference between an NGO and a Non-Profit?
Find out here.
61. Space between outfielders: GAP.
Here's the Grid:
חתולה
Hi Y'all! Thank you, Bruce for a fun puzzle. Enjoyed it. Thank you, Hahtoolah, for another masterpiece expo.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to look for the theme in those circles. Pretty simple. I still use cash if I have it to pay my yardmen. They lose my checks. Think they launder them.
Tried several spellings of BANTies before remembering BANTAM. Neighbors had some with a fierce rooster when I was growing up.
68 SID was filled before I read the clue. Never would have guessed it.
DNK that architect.
Loved Ava Gardner movies.
ASPERA was a gimmee. Kansas never allowed slavery. It entered the Union as a free state just before the Civil War altho there was a fight about it in congress. Other than a few raids by lawless Missourians, the war was not fought on KS soil.
Thanx BV for this fun, Tuesday level CW. DNK CESARPELLI, or ELGAR, needed all perps. I managed to FIR in 20, once again I’m sure winning the booby prize for slowest solve, but I did it with no W/Os, a real rarity for me. I got the theme early, which helped. Last cell to fill was the “G” in the NGO/ELGAR cross. Hahtoolah, what an amazing write-up, thanx for all the time and effort you put into it.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteOK, let's see the hands of those who remembered/recognized CÉSAR PELLI. That's what I thought. D-o zipped right through this one until IN UNISON demanded a Wite-Out application. Even so, the train arrived at the station in good crossword time. I enjoyed it. Thanx, Bruce and Hahtoolah.
AVA: She married three famous guys -- Mickey Rooney and bandleader Artie Shaw before Frank Sinatra.
HIM: LBJ got plenty of flak when he lifted the pup by his ears.
PEROT: Can't think of him without picturing Dana Carvey in the role.
PICA: I used to enjoy watching the linotype guy at our little weekly newspaper. He'd type a line, then manually insert blanks to fill it. Finally, he'd pull the handle to cast the line into type. I was easily amused.
PARBOIL: I always parboil the parsnips (maybe that's where the "par" comes from) before sautéing them in butter. Yum. They're just fancy carrots; why are they so expensive?
I've been doing crosswords for decades, but I wish I could remember when they started the gimmick of using circles! Oh well, my age is showing.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning, Crossword friends. There was some crunchiness in today's puzzle. Glad I'm not the only one not to recognize César Pelli.
ReplyDeleteStay warm, everyone. We'er just on the edge of winter.
QOD: When you grow up, who you were as a teenager either takes on a mythical importance or it’s completely laughable. ~ Julie Buntin, American novelist
FIR, but erased baldSPOTS, looseCHANGE and BANTuMS (UNTIE!). More later; it's getaway day.
ReplyDeleteZipped through this Tuesday offering - for some reason I was thinking this was a different day of the week - probably because it's my last work day for the week!
ReplyDeleteWEES about PELLI.
The motto of Kansas was my gimme for the day - I spent my grade school years on the Kansas side of the KC area and learned all those facts when you learn state history. "Ad Astra per Aspera" "To the stars through difficulty" was a very apt phrase as there was a lot of violence leading up to Kansas being a free state rather than a state that allowed slavery like neighboring Missouri.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleeding_Kansas
Thanks Susan and Bruce!
I agree with all that it is sad to be reminded that Gail is gone, and amazing what Susan finds and features in her write-ups. I will await someone saying that they remember the architect without their fingers crossed and will continue to be amazed at the world of LANA TURNER and AVA GARDNER . THE TW STARS . Apparently it is very hard to be that admired as a sex symbol. I met Ms. Turner's 6th husband, Robert Eaton through a business associate years later.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bruce and Hahtoolah
smallCHANGE became looseCHANGE before SPARECHANGE (Lots-a-changes)
ReplyDeleteHola!
ReplyDeleteIt's been a few days since I have been able to post though I've done the puzzles. My sister was here for the weekend and we went shopping, to church, then more shopping. She returned to Charlotte yesterday to be home for Thanksgiving. Saturday night we attended a Mariachi concert and she came home with me.
Circles don't help me very much and I zipped through the puzzle anyway. They weren't needed. After the reveal I went back to look at them. Counting church money yesterday we had lots of SPARE CHANGE because the votive light boxes were emptied. The bills were tightly crumpled to fit into the SMALL slots.
OMAR Shariff will always make my heart beat fast. What a handsome man he was.
I'm sure Canadian Eh will want a U in BELABOR.
Many students in my classes from Haiti and South America were named Winston, presumably after the great soccer player.
I hope you have all been well these past few days. Have terrific Tuesday!
REY to me will always be king in Spanish.
Thanks to Bruce for the fine puzzle and Hahtoolah for a fun and lively interpretation! I loved the cartoons.
ReplyDeleteWinston? Where did that come from? I meant EDSON.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning:
ReplyDeleteI share Hahtoolah’s thoughts about Gail’s absence. I also share her misreading of Home for Horne of Jazz. I was all set to enter Utah. I saw the Spare jumble immediately and thought that we had this theme not too long ago. Am I misremembering? César Pelli was a complete unknown but perps were favorable. No w/os, no other unknowns besides Pelli, and no complaints. I did notice the preponderance of two or more word entries which I find unusual in a weekday grid. CSOs to YR and CED at Amboy, Hahtoolah and Lemony at In Court, and Wilbur at Nae. I can’t see that word without associating it with Wilbur.
Thanks, Bruce, for a fine Tuesday solve and thanks, Hahtoolah, for another gem of a summary. The cartoons were especially cute today, especially the Shrimp Cocktail and the Children (Eggs) in one basket. Brava!
Have a great day.
Same for CESAR PELLI, also tried Kylo REn (a villain) instead of REY.
ReplyDeleteImportant baseball language: a ball hit between infielders is "in the hole", a ball between outfielders is "up the GAP" or "in the GAP." Confusing them shows you're not a real fan.
Knew Pelli but not his first name, filled with perps. Elgar was a complete unknown.
ReplyDeleteA Tuesday FIR delight from Bruce and Hahtoolah! My first WO was starting PreBOIL before seeing where that was going. I did know about PARBOILed rice. The other WO was more problematic: OUT in SPACE interfered with the circled letters. When perps corrected that error, I saw the theme was SPARE CHANGE. (It could have been varieties of fruit, "pears," etc., I thought at first.)
ReplyDeleteWe were IN HORROR earlier this fall when army worms attacked our front lawn, making ugly BARE SPOTS. Those are nearly gone after treatment, filling in with new green grass. Hope you're ANGST free today. Enjoy!
Musings
ReplyDelete-Am I the only one that first saw PARSE? I thought I would have to PARSE PARSE
-Where does OUTER SPACE begin? I tell the kids it’s where the sky changes from blue to black and you can see STARS at noon. They don’t twinkle any more because you’re above the atmosphere.
-“The good is OFT interred with their bones”
-In H.S. I always used PICA type to do papers because it took up more space
-BANTAM weight boxers range from 115 lbs to 118 lbs
-I read that it is rare that a Mexican police officer would accept a BRIBE
-LAY IT ON - Eddie Haskell come to mind?
-BELABOR - “I heard you the fourth time!”
-I once forgot a password and it took a long time to UNLOCK it after too many guesses
-Nebraska’s motto is “Equality Before The Law”
-The GAP clothing stores often puts ads on outfield fences in the, uh, GAP
Thanks Bruce for the puzzle. Todah rabah, Hatoolah, for the informative, amusing, and eye-catching recap. And yes, another hand up for having to "perp" César Pelli.
ReplyDeleteTerrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Bruce and Hahtoolah.
ReplyDeleteI finished in good time and saw the SPARE CHANGE theme. (Hand up for not carrying or using Change for the last 20 months.)
Like HG, I saw Parse (and Pares) in those circles. SPARE appeared with the reveal.
But I guessed at R instead of Y in the cross of AMBOY and AYS; officially a FIW.
I changed GDP to GNP with SANER.
S’Mores was too short; MOONPIE was the marshmallowy treat.
I noted PELLI (yes, unknown to me) and PELE.
Those “little chickens” crossing NESTS was cute too.
Thanks for thinking of that missing U, Lucina.
I recalled ASPERA with a couple of perps. Our provincial motto for Ontario (I had to LIU) is "Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet" – translates to “loyal she began, loyal she remains.” Apparently representing loyalty to England and Canada.
Wishing you all a great day.
I, too, thought it was 'Home' of Jazz. And LENA a new nickname.
ReplyDeleteKerner the Hawks (StL) owner didn't feel that Missourians were ready for black basketball players(1956) and took two Boston Celtics for the Russell pick. That left Rochester whose persuasion was Ice Capade dates.
IM, my spellchecker automatically caps NAE
I loved all the links and pics today, hahtoolah
WC
Arizona's state motto is DITAT DEUS, God Enriches. It's been too long so I had to LIU.
ReplyDeleteI had to pause my wrapping of gifts while my sister was here so it continues today. The turkey is in the sink thawing. My daughter is allergic to onions so that flavor will be missing but I hope the celery and spices will compensate. It's been years since I baked pies but the ones from the store look good.
Did fine.. no fuss no muss. Always forget how to spell REY so perwalked it. Never heard of CÉSARPELLI. ELGAR a frequent knight visitor but had to perpwalk as well. Do PICA and "elite" have any relevance with the hundreds of word processor fonts today? (We were the first HS class to use electric!! typewriters in typing class...1967)
ReplyDeleteThe clue implies there's more to the theme than unjumbling the word SPARE..."59A Coins in one's pocket ... and what literally happens in each set of circles". Could it mean that the SPARECHANGE is jumbled up in a pocket? 🤔
Thankfully my barber says my BARESPOT hasn't enlarged in years.💈 Add me to the list..I also initially misread "Horne" as "Home" 🙄...We must go to the same ophthalmologist 🥸...(there! spelled correctly!)
New York States motto is Excelsior! Google say it's softwood shavings used for packing fragile goods or stuffing furniture. 😲
Also from Google: "Perth AMBOY is usually regarded as the place where the first African American person (Thomas Mundt Peterson) voted (March 31, 1870) in the United States.".
Wonder how much longer coins will be around? I have a piggy bank for the occasional CHANGE I accumulate..🐷
1940's movie "The Road to ____" RHEO
Add "rocks" to a drink.....ISOLATE
Making honey....BELABOR
Flat tire need....SPARECHANGE
Tarzan's son's reponse to his name inquiry..AMBOY
Course with more exams....TESTIER
FDR to his cringing Solid Geometry classmates.."The only thing we have to fear is _____ itself" ....SPHERE.
H2LH Thanks for the time you take making us TEEHEE and ROARAT your cartoons. 😅
I wasn't sure, so I left it blank until
ReplyDeleteSpare emerged. But originally I thought it was
"Mixed" change, & the word "change" might change... (but too many letters....)
Just my two cents worth:
I went down memory lane trying to remember why
I immediately knew "bantam" when I did not know it was a chicken?
Somehow I am familiar with bantam books,
But as a child, I remember my mother had shelves of penguin books.
I think it might be 5th grade, when our teacher made us purchase books by mail,
For a class book project, and we got to choose from a huge list. I think they were all Bantam books!
So,
in conclusion...
Hahtoolah: Wonderful write-up. I especially enjoyed the cartoons.
ReplyDeleteHope everyone has a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving.
I'm having Bar-B-Que Ribs ... I make enough for 4 meals.
A "Toast-to-ALL" at Sunset.
Cheers!
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteFIR with no write-overs
Thanks Susan for the entertaining recap. I toured the Tabasco PEPPER SAUCE factory back in 2000 or 2001 when my daughter was at LSU. Quite the place. Was where I learned the truth about the “baton rouge” in its relationship to Tabasco Sauce
I guess I am the only one - so far - to see SPEAR in the jumbled letters
14 7-letter fills in the verticals and another 4 in the across words. 18 in total. That’s a bunch! And all were filled with fresh words. 194 letter count is quite high for a Tuesday puzzle. Great work, Bruce!
Thank you Bruce for SPARING us a struggle for a FIR this morning.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you Hahtoolah for a very thoughtful review. While it still has your trademark humor, I was touched by your willingness to not SPARE us from an occasional CHANGE to a minor key, e.g. your CSOs to GAIL and ABEJO, your choice of music: Crosby's rendition of "Brother can you spare a dime"; "SPARE CHANGE" by the new to me Ingrid Michaelson, a singer/songwriter I will definitely be exploring; even the dip into the turbulent love life of Frank Sinatra; and the mournful Victoria.
28A HOOTERS. Of late things may be have gotten TOO hot to handle for HOOTERS management.
62A CHA. Looks like the HOT Cha Cha to me!
64A ELGAR. The piece that put Sir Edward on the map was "The Enigma Variations" (too long to play here). The "enigma" was that Elgar never explicitly revealed the actual theme he was varying. Some think it was a veiled version of "Rule Britannia" from Thomas Arnes' opera "Alfred" (CSO to D.A.B this past Sunday. Elgar reportedly once said, "The theme never is heard", as in "Britains never, never shall be slaves ...".
4D Maryland's motto is “Fatti maschii, parole femine”, usually translated from the Italian as “Manly deeds, womanly words.”
6D GNP. Had to wait for perps as GNP has been obsoleted by Gross Domestic Product.
7D SEPIA. Victoria never really got over the loss of her beloved Prince Albert.
48D AC/DC. If you can't handle the "High Voltage" you can always use a RHEOSTAT to control it, but check the video at 19D for special considerations regarding AC devices.
45A BOLSHOI. We saw them perform in Baltimore once, and fearful of ODing on BALLET, never saw another one. An OPERA jones is bad enough.
Cheers,
Bill
I had only two answers that were unknown, filled by perps and wags, Rey and Cesar Pelli. Even seeing them does not ring a bell. No hang ups. LENA and ELGAR were filled quickly. I saw the jumbled SPARE from the beginning, but needed the reveal to get the point.
ReplyDeleteEarly in our marriage we lived five miles from Perth Amboy. Now I only pass by that exit on the highway when I go down the shore.
David belabors most points, even when the initial idea is quickly understood. I used to think of it as mansplaining, but men and kids get the same lectures. Now I just accept it as a quirk of his.
I became acquainted with AVA in 1951 in Show Boat and in many movies on screen and TV after that. When I was older I heard about her marriages.
DO, we lived in a small town as a kid. Like you, I dropped into the workroom of weekly paper publisher to watch the linotype man. I found it fascinating.
NAE, National Academy of Engineering or nae, Scottish no.
Experian just downgraded my credit rating from excellent to very good because I charged a large dental bill. It was only a very small portion of my available credit. My rating will likely be excellent again next month when I have ordinary bills.
Thanks to Bruce and Susan for a delightful morning romp.
Fun puzzle with a typical Tuesday difficulty, thank you Bruce and Rich, and thanks Hahtoolah for the very informative and entertaining synopsis. When I deciphered the first couple SPARES (never thought of SPEAR as C-Moe did), thought it may be a CSO to the resident kegler :). As others I wasn’t familiar with CÉSAR PELLI (not nearly as prevalent in CW’s as IM PEI). NGO was a new one for me and needed the perps for ASPERA. My state of Michigan’s motto, a rather bland “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look abut you”, and actually there are two peninsulas.
ReplyDeleteAs a relative newcomer to the Corner I never really heard any news from the crossword world, and I am quite saddened to hear that Gail Grabowski passed away last December. I always enjoyed her work, she was so prolific in the field having constructed more than 1,700 grids. I had noticed that I hadn’t seen her byline in a while but thought she might be just taking a break. Belated condolences to her family and friends, who I’m sure there are people on this blog who knew her personally.
Lucina @7:55 AM You mean the guy who invented the light bulb?
ReplyDeleteLoved the easy beginning of this Tuesday puzzle--many thanks, Bruce. And great pictures, Susan, thanks for those too.
ReplyDeleteNice reminder of Christmas coming up, putting the tune of "Silent Night" into our ears with ALL IS CALM, ALL IS BRIGHT,
Never heard of a HOOTERS restaurant chain, but can understand why it might have an owl for its logo.
I fondly remembered LBJ's beagles, HIM and HER.
Thank you, Norman LEAR, for all those funny Archie and Edith Bunker sitcom shows.
Have a great day, everybody. My son, daughter-in-law, and grandson are coming today to visit for Thanksgiving--a real joy!
waseely@11:55
ReplyDeleteNo, that was EDiSON. EDSON Arantes do Nascimiento is the soccer star's full name. South Americans, Haitians and others from the Caribbean nations admire him and name their children after him. At the time when I was teaching I didn't realize it and wondered where that name came from.
In fact, some of my students were named ELMER and I still don't know why Hispanics would be so named.
Why the Hooters Chain is likely to close soon: Hooters is slang for TATAS, JUGS, BOOBS, not cool in the ME TOO era.
ReplyDeleteLink text
Nancy Spungen died 10-12-78, not 1979.
ReplyDeleteLucina @12:33 PM I've got to bone up on EDSON over the winter, as my 2nd oldest grandson is a soccer fanatic. On my bucket list is to stream this film.
ReplyDeleteNot about today's entry: on Saturday, I complained about summer camps being called "sleep away" camps. I asked on Facebook about the term. Three replies said they attended one as a child ....all were from the Southeast! Regional colloquialisms are still alive! Who would'a known??? Well, hang ten everyone ( from SoCal)!
ReplyDeleteI liked this puzzle. Didn't even see some of the clues/answers because they were already filled. WEES about GNP and CESARPELLI.
ReplyDeleteThe California state motto is simply "Eureka".
Good wishes to you all.
An excellent Tuesday PZL from Mr. Venzke, operating on his own today.
ReplyDeleteDontcha just love how HOOTERS tries to distract the prude patrols by pretending their establishments have something to do with Owls?
I directed the Scottish play twice, and played Macduff for the Pittsburgh Public--funny how I never noticed how I spelled "Nay" with an "E."
~ OMK
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DR: The single diagonal (NW to SE) today offers a rare JACKPOT, a full-scale anagram (15 of 15 letters)!
When decoded, this anagram reminds us that whenever we spot a whirlpool, or even a smaller turbulent eddy, we are likely to see ALSO to the right or left its resultant offspring, in the form of a...
"SPIRAL BYPRODUCT"!
In NJ and PA, we called them sleep away camps.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bruce Venke for a cruchy Tuesday puzzle, I enjoyed it very much.
ReplyDeleteThank You Hahtoolah for your delightful, funny and info-filled review and cartoons, which I enjoyed even more than the puzzle itself.! I especially liked the carrying of the 'children', all in one basket. ;-)
The Ohio State motto is ,'With God, all things are possible'...
.... Which could also mean, in a contrarian view, ... that even without God, ...SOME things are possible.
To discuss this, even further, ad infinitum ad nauseum, ... well, that would be religion, which is, thankfully, taboo here. ;-)
I clicked on the link, and read all about PARBOILed rice ... persian style. The concept of making parboiled rice, especially in muslim countries is, perhaps, because...
a) everybody, generally segregated by sex or gender, is supposed to eat out of the same big platter,( to show equality - ), .... thus the pilafs, polos and biryanis, so ....
b) the cooked rice grains must not be sticky or mushy so that the fingers remain about as 'clean' as possible, for hygienic reasons... ( Drier rice dishes are generally eaten, directly with fingers.)
However, in south india,.... especially in states, where there is a surplus of rice production, .... Par boiled rice, has another, completely different meaning, .... it is rice that has gone through a hot water treatment, .... before the rice grain has been husked and milled in the factory... with the bran still on the rice.
Thus the rice still retains some of the coating of the husk, and has a faint greyish brown color. It also costs a little more.
The 'par' in this case, means pre-boiled as a treatment, and the cooked rice grains are very light and fluffy and easy to chew and digest, and can be consumed in much more quantities.
I would explain that it is like the difference between eating a bagel - that is chewy and heavy ... and a croissant, which is light and easy on the tooth...
Howver, the rice loses most of its starch, and some of the vitamins, and all the gluten ....
In my opinion, this is very wasteful, and a big loss of energy and nutrition, ... but some people get used to the easy 'mouth feel' and prefer to consume it. Its almost an acquired taste.
Have a nice evening, all.
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteTuesday FIW - AMrOY | rANTAMS.
Thanks Bruce for the very crunch Tuesday puzzle. Byline missing your puzzle-partner in crime was a grim reminder... R.I.P. Gail.
Thank you Hahtoolah for a very humorous and extensive expo. It helped lift the cloud of our past puzzle pals (Abejo too).
WOs: IN TANDuM, some ink under the TEE (HEE)
ESPs: LOURDES, CESAR PELLI | BOLSHOI, ELGAR
Fav: I'll go with AC/DC. Dirty Deed (Done Dirt Cheap) [4:47 - I give WC 0:11 :-)] has been playing in my head all day.
SPARE CHANGE?
//At the beginning of the pandemic, I heard there was a change shortage so rolled >$800 to take to the bank. #CivicDuty :-)
inanehiker - Overland Park area? Just curious - I consulted for a company that had a large presence there (their HQ was on the MO side of KC).
Texas motto: Friendship
Gotta run - Cheers, -T
Proverbs 26:17
ReplyDeleteHe that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
My sisters were deaf, so both married deaf husbands. Tho I never saw him at work, one of my B-I-Ls was a linotype operator, and so I learned the it was a common field for deaf employees, because the operation was so loud that it would damage the ears of hearing employees.
The official motto of New Mexico is Crescit eundo. Translated from Latin, it means "It grows as it goes"
WAGed CESAR with a few perps, but PELLI was ESP.
NAE must have been corrected/filled by perps without my noticing. I had put in LAY, for the Shakespeare line "Lay on, McDuff, and damned be him who first cries 'enough'!"
In typing class, we were to type a phrase (quick brown fox?) 100 times perfectly. I didn't complete it in class, so finished it up on our typewriter at home. Teacher gave me a failing grade. when I asked why, she said all she gad to do was look at how the margins didn't line up. I pointed out that our class typers were smaller elite type, while my home machine was the larger pica. She apologized and gave me a passing grade.
ReplyDeleteDash T - After your comment yesterday (that I read today) of "How-many-times-have-I-told-you?", the song that has been playing in my head off and on all day is Eric Clapton - "Forever Man". And then in this puzzle, we get 46D, "Let me reiterate ... ": AS I SAID.
My birth state of Ohio has the unique distinction of having the only state motto that is taken directly from the Bible. "With God, all things are possible." Another unique distinction is that it has the only non-rectangular state flag. It is a burgee.
Louisiana's motto is: Union, Justice and Confidence. There was an attempt in the last 2021 legislative session to change it to "We live an die for those we love." It never made it past the floor debate, however. Louisiana also has a state beverage.
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ReplyDeleteI grew up in what we humorously referred to as the Kansas suburbs of Kansas City, MO (KC,KS was 30-40 min away- where as where I grew up was 1/4 mile from a road named State Line)
The area and school district was called Shawnee Mission which included the towns of: Prairie Village, Leawood, Mission, Overland Park, Shawnee, Mission Hills, Lenexa, Merriam, Fairway, Westwood, Westwood Hills, Roeland Park, Countryside, Lake Quivira, and Stanley.
Overland Park is by far the largest of those cities.
Similar to LA, where the San Fernando Valley as a ton of towns in it and all could be addressed Los Angeles, CA or the more specific Encino, etc.
What company did you consult for?
That's a good, useful proverb, Owen.
ReplyDeleteOf course the trouble with it is that a young interpreter--like, say, an armed teen from a dull homeland (like IL)--might just remember that he has a dog in the hunt in another somewhat-more-agitated-state (like WI).
Maybe the proverb-master should have been more specific, perhaps adding in something against crossing boundaries (state lines?) in search of distant, un-belonging strife.
~ OMK
FIW. I thought this puzzle was kinda tough for a Tuesday, but it was fun. I did not know ELGAR/NGO. I knew BOLSHOI, but didn’t know SID VICIOUS, so I vacillated between I and Y, and chose the wrong letter. Well, NO! That's not quite correct! I had the I in there, but at the last minute, I changed it to Y. I thought maybe with a name like SID VICIOUS, it might be SYD. Duh!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Bruce and Hahtoolah. Yes, I also miss Gail's name up there with Bruce's.
Gotta go! Except for Thanksgiving Day, I’m working the rest of the week.
OMK: No believe in our Justice system, eh?
ReplyDeleteI thought the Florida state motto was pig latin: Andstay Eryay Oundgray "Stand Yer Ground" 🌴
ReplyDeleteH2LH I figured the state beverage of Louisiana would be the "Hurricane" nope it's the "Rum Runner" 🍹
The List of unofficial cocktails of all 50 states
I'm starting with with Alabama....
Oregon State Motto Timeline
ReplyDelete1987 - "Alis Volat Propiis" = "She Flies With Her Own Wings"
1957 - "The Union"
1854 - "Alis Volat Propiis" = "He uses His Own Wings"
Since I was born in 1950, I grew up with both of them.
Ray-O, your list doesn't indicate any state official drinks, but 3 local official drinks for New Orleans, LA; the Preakness in MD; and Raleigh, NC.
Curious DR, OMK.
ReplyDeleteTTP - last night, when I typed it, I was thinking of Bill Cosby's butt whoopin' momma.
IL - your current state and where I grew up - "State Sovereignty, National Union." Makes sense in The Land of Lincoln.
inanehiker - Ferrell North America (nee Ferrell Gas). They now own Blue Rhino too.
//it was funny, 'cuz FNA was my 1st client as a consultant (after leaving DOD at Tinker AFB in OKC for Houston) and King of the Hill was on the air.
PK - I don't think establishments like Hooters are in real trouble. Here in Houston, in the last 5 or so years we also have "Twin Peaks" and "Bombshells" open up.
Cheers, -T
I think I am late enough in the day that this won’t be a Jeopardy spoiler.
ReplyDeleteToday’s Final Jeopardy question was “An annual event called Winterlude includes skating on the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in this city.”
Neither of the two remaining contestants answered correctly, but I hope many of you would know.
Alex Trebek would have known!
Yellowrocks @ 12:58 : It's sure amazing what a little bit of silicone can do for a restaurant's ambiance.
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