Theme: Here it is from Hans and Franz.
Let's lift up the unifier first. 59 A. Overpowered ... or how the Across answers with circles might be described?: OUT-MUSCLED. Out-manned and outgunned - unable to compete. In the puzzle, significant muscles are abbreviated and featured as book ends in the theme fill. Hence the use of "OUT" to indicate that the muscles are severed in the grid. [Ouch!]. So let's build them back up.
24 A. Opposite of a roast: GLOWING TRIBUTE. In a roast, the guest of honor is humorously showered with [presumably] good-natured disrespect. So, definitely the opposite. GLUTES come in large, medium and small varieties, as illustrated in this cut away, and they follow you wherever you go.
29. Fictional legal secretary: DELLASTREET. From the old Perry Mason TV show, played by Barbara Hale [1922 - 1917].
DELTS are shoulder muscles and also travel in threes.
42. Three-horned dinosaur: TRICERATOPS. This behemoth wandered in North America between 66 and 68 million years ago.
The TRICEPS, as the name suggests, also are a trio, located in the back of the arm.
49. Job for the police: LAW ENFORCEMENT. Responsibilities for enforcing laws, maintaining public order, and managing public safety. The Latissimus Dorsi Muscle, aka, "LAT," is a large, flat triangular muscle that is not used strenuously in common daily activities but is an important muscle in many exercises such as pull-ups, chin-ups, lat pulldowns, and swimming.
Hi, Gang. JazzBumpa here to do the heavy lifting. Let's exercize our grey muscles and see what we can build up.
Across:
1. Site-hop, Webwise: SURF. You can find anything on the web. Just be skeptical.
5. Watched closely: EYED.
9. Beetle relative: JETTA. Volkswagen Marques.
14. "Small world": OH, HI. Spoken at an unexpected meeting.
15. Fish that ought to go well with a cobbler?: SOLE. An entrée, a desert, a shoe part and a shoe maker, all together in neat word play.
16. Paddled: OARED. Moved a boat by arm power. Which muscles are involved?
17. Not at all biased: FAIR.
18. Yeast-free loaf: QUICK BREAD. Bread made with a leavening agent (such as baking powder or baking soda) that permits immediate baking of the dough or batter mixture.
20. Au courant, with "in": TUNED. Aware, maybe even woke.
22. Common lunch hour: NOON.
23. Instrument for Este Haim of the pop rock trio Haim: BASS.
27. "When They See Us" creator DuVernay: AVA. Ava Marie DuVernay is an American filmmaker. She won the directing award in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film 'Middle of Nowhere," becoming the first black woman to win the award. When "They See Us" is a 2019 American crime drama television miniseries created, co-written, and directed by Ava DuVernay for Netflix, that premiered in four parts on May 31, 2019
28. Become less brilliant, as colors: FADE.
35. Org. impacted by the Real ID Act: DMV. Department of Motor Vehicles.
38. "CHiPs" actor Estrada: ERIK. Henry Enrique "Erik" Estrada [b 1949] is an American actor and police officer. He is known for his co-starring lead role as California Highway Patrol officer Francis (Frank) Llewelyn "Ponch" Poncherello in the police drama television series CHiPs, which ran from 1977 to 1983.
39. Kitten's cry: MEW.
40. Place in an overhead bin, say: STOW.
41. Not looking good: WAN. Pale, so therefore not looking healthy.
46. Self-__: CARE. The process of taking care of oneself with behaviors that promote health and active management of illness when it occurs.
48. Hoppy brew letters: IPA.
5. Watched closely: EYED.
9. Beetle relative: JETTA. Volkswagen Marques.
14. "Small world": OH, HI. Spoken at an unexpected meeting.
15. Fish that ought to go well with a cobbler?: SOLE. An entrée, a desert, a shoe part and a shoe maker, all together in neat word play.
16. Paddled: OARED. Moved a boat by arm power. Which muscles are involved?
17. Not at all biased: FAIR.
18. Yeast-free loaf: QUICK BREAD. Bread made with a leavening agent (such as baking powder or baking soda) that permits immediate baking of the dough or batter mixture.
20. Au courant, with "in": TUNED. Aware, maybe even woke.
22. Common lunch hour: NOON.
23. Instrument for Este Haim of the pop rock trio Haim: BASS.
27. "When They See Us" creator DuVernay: AVA. Ava Marie DuVernay is an American filmmaker. She won the directing award in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film 'Middle of Nowhere," becoming the first black woman to win the award. When "They See Us" is a 2019 American crime drama television miniseries created, co-written, and directed by Ava DuVernay for Netflix, that premiered in four parts on May 31, 2019
28. Become less brilliant, as colors: FADE.
35. Org. impacted by the Real ID Act: DMV. Department of Motor Vehicles.
38. "CHiPs" actor Estrada: ERIK. Henry Enrique "Erik" Estrada [b 1949] is an American actor and police officer. He is known for his co-starring lead role as California Highway Patrol officer Francis (Frank) Llewelyn "Ponch" Poncherello in the police drama television series CHiPs, which ran from 1977 to 1983.
39. Kitten's cry: MEW.
40. Place in an overhead bin, say: STOW.
41. Not looking good: WAN. Pale, so therefore not looking healthy.
46. Self-__: CARE. The process of taking care of oneself with behaviors that promote health and active management of illness when it occurs.
48. Hoppy brew letters: IPA.
56. DEA agent: NARC. The Drug Enforcement Agency deals with narcotics, hence the ugly nick-name for their agents.
57. Valley: DALE. The name is used when describing the physical geography of an area. It is used most frequently in the Lowlands of Scotland and in the North of England;
58. Application of small drops: SPRAY. As paint or nasal decongestant.
62. Bends: ARCS. Smooth curves.
63. Surg. holding area: PRE-OP. Last stop before surgery.
64. Save for later, as a TV show: TIVO. A digital recording device.
65. Pacific salmon: COHO. One of 5 Pacific salmon species.
66. Puts in the work for: EARNS. An honest day's work for an honest day's pay.
67. Appear: SEEM. Look like.
68. Suffix with Jumbo: -TRON. A video display using large-screen television technology. It is typically used in sports stadiums and concert venues to show close up shots of an event or even other sporting events occurring simultaneously.
Down:
1. What Germany has that Greece doesn't?: SOFT G. Phonetics, peeps.
2. DIY mover: U-HAUL. Commercial truck and trailer renting company.
3. Mighty mammal with keratin horns: RHINO.
4. Rite of passage involving hot embers: FIRE WALK. Walk bare foot over hot embers. Where does this happen?
5. Law firm abbr.: ESQ. Esquire: a title appended to a lawyer's surname.
6. Kits and cubs: YOUNG. Animal babies.
7. "Silas Marner" author: ELIOT. George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans [1890 - 1880.]
8. Interior design: DECOR. The furnishing and decoration of a room.
9. Role: JOB. Position in an organization chart? I don't understand this.
10. iPod accessory: EAR BUD. A very small headphone, worn inside the ear.
11. Showed, as a good time: TREATED TO. Picked up the bill.
12. Rag on: TEASE. I don't think so. Teasing is playful, ragging on is hostile.
13. Puts into the mix: ADDS.
19. Carver's tool: KNIFE.
21. Soprano superstar: DIVA. A famous and highly regarded female singer in opera or pop music
25. Rapper Lil __ X: NAS. Montero Lamar Hill [b. 1999), known by his stage name Lil Nas X, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.
26. Upside-down sleeper: BAT. They hang around in the day time and get active at night.
29. Dawn phenomenon: DEW. Moisture condensing on grass and other plants.
30. Slice of history: ERA. A period of time notable for some important person or characteristic.
31. Author who wrote the Thongor fantasy series: LIN CARTER. Linwood Vrooman Carter [1930 - 1988] was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor, poet and critic.
32. "That's enough!": TMI. Too Much Information: tell me no more.
33. Word with hall or room: REC. Short for recreation.
34. Woolly mama: EWE. Female sheep.
36. Unruly head of hair: MOP.
37. 9-Across et al.: VWS. Volkswagen vehicles.
40. Short-lived 1765 legislation: STAMP ACT. The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. The act, which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came at a time when the British Empire was deep in debt from the Seven Years' War (1756-63) and looking to its North American colonies as a revenue source.
42. Amount past due?: TRE. Two and three in some European language.
43. Tears to shreds: RENDS.
44. Rocker Ocasek: RIC. Richard Theodore Otcasek [1944 – 2019], known as Ric Ocasek, was an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He was the primary co-lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and frontman for the rock band the Cars.
45. Goodall subjects: APES. Jane Goodall is best known for her 60-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees since she first went to Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania in 1960, where she witnessed human-like behaviors among chimpanzees, including armed conflict. The chimpanzee is a species of great ape native to the forest and savannah of tropical Africa. I
47. "You gotta be kidding!": AW, C'MON. Gimme a break.
49. Linney of "Ozark": LAURA. Laura Leggett Linney [b. 1964] is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of several awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards and five Tony Awards.
50. Indisputable evidence: FACTS. Things that are known or proven to be true.
47. "You gotta be kidding!": AW, C'MON. Gimme a break.
49. Linney of "Ozark": LAURA. Laura Leggett Linney [b. 1964] is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of several awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards and five Tony Awards.
50. Indisputable evidence: FACTS. Things that are known or proven to be true.
51. Skateboard leap: OLLIE. Here is how to do it.
52. Christopher who played Superman: REEVE. Christopher D'Olier Reeve [1952 - 2004] was an American actor, director, and activist, best known for playing the titular main character in the film Superman and its three sequels.
53. Boot on a diamond: ERROR. Misplay a batted ball in base ball.
54. Cheesy chip: NACHO. A dish of tortilla chips topped by or dipped into melted cheese and often also other savory toppings.
55. Cicely of "Roots": TYSON. She [1924 - 2021] was an American actress and model. In a career which spanned more than seven decades, she became known for her portrayal of strong African-American women.
56. "Ain't gonna happen": NOPE. Slangy denial.
60. Market advances: UPS. When the indexes are rising. So far, so good, this week.
61. Bubbly title: DOM. Part of the name of a champagne brand.
53. Boot on a diamond: ERROR. Misplay a batted ball in base ball.
54. Cheesy chip: NACHO. A dish of tortilla chips topped by or dipped into melted cheese and often also other savory toppings.
55. Cicely of "Roots": TYSON. She [1924 - 2021] was an American actress and model. In a career which spanned more than seven decades, she became known for her portrayal of strong African-American women.
56. "Ain't gonna happen": NOPE. Slangy denial.
60. Market advances: UPS. When the indexes are rising. So far, so good, this week.
61. Bubbly title: DOM. Part of the name of a champagne brand.
That does it for another Wednesday. I had a rather difficult time finding footholds with this one, but it all worked out [so to speak] in the end. Also had a couple nits, but overall, a fun puzzle. Hope you didn't strain anything.
Cool Regards!
JzB
50 comments:
FIRight. Had two problem areas -- the NE corner had nothing but BREAD in iy, until got to 37d, VWS! I'd omly been thinking of insects, so that broke the log jam!
The other was 49a, which I had as ABH_NFOR_EMENS . ABS instead of LAT in the circles, 4 unknown proper names and 1 foreign word crossing, and OH C'MON instead of AW. I eventually worked through it to get LAW ENFORCEMENT, but it took P&P.
Thanks to the bubbles, the theme was easy, but the only time I tried to use it as a help, it led me astray instead.
How did IN TUNE become the incomprehensible IN TUNED?
Good morning!
August provided a suitable mid-week workout. Nice CSO to Lucina at DALE. D-o had the circles and found the pulled muscles, though they played no role in the solve. Thanx, August and JzB. (Mary Ann must've lived fast and died young!)
OARED: An awkward example of noun verbification. In The Ballad of Ira Hayes Johnny Cash says Hayes was "speeched and honored." First time I'd heard speech used as a verb.
It's guaranteed to get wet later today, but should be fine for our morning march through the 'hood.
A little more trouble than it started out as, but it eventually came together to FIR in 30, which included several interruptions. 9A and 61D are particularly fun clues. Thanx, AM for the a.m. entertainment. And thanx, JzB for the great write-up, and review of our muscles! Is there a reason you omitted 18A QUickbreAD in your summary of theme answers?
BTW, 52D Christopher REEVE is why I do not go horseback riding: too dangerous. After all, it’s what killed Superman!
Don't forget to add the QUick BreAD for the QUADs, another MUSCLE group.
Here it is, a new dawn in Virginia. Here I am, reporting a FIR with only one erasure (tsa-->DMV).
After my recent weight loss I've noticed I have no glutes. I suffer from the heartbreak of noassatall, sometimes called Calista Flockhart disease.
Following yesterday's vote, LAW ENFORCEMENT is still a job for police, even in Minneapolis.
I have many UPS units in my house. Basically, if a piece of tech needs to be reliable or is expensive, it gets an Uninterruptible Power Supply.
JzB - Many times a person's position on an org chart doesn't reflect their actual JOB, or their role in the effort or organization. I retired as "Senior Member of the Technical Staff" but my role/JOB was being a project manager. Now can you explain the connection "desert" has with SOLE or cobbler? I hate grit in my food (but I love grits). Maybe autocorrected from dessert? Thanks for the fun read.
Thanks to Mr. Miller for this August puzzle. My favorite was my last fill, "amount past due" for TRE.
A smooth FIR. With the second themer, figured out what was up. OUT MUSCLED clinched it. No WOs and puzzling fill was understood before JazzB's helpful review. (TRE, for example) All in all a great start to the day. Thanks, August!
Lots of GLOWING TRIBUTEs in the Atlanta paper today, thanks to the Braves. Sorry, AnonT. Maybe next year? Hope you all are doing well this week.
This was a tougher than expected work-out, taking me 10:18 to pull a muscle.
Oh joy, circles.
Didn't know the author or his work, which caused real confusion when paired with "oh c'mon" instead of "aw c'mon".
Good morning everyone,
Had to dip around a bit for a foothold, but there were many. Started with ERIK; and then SOFT G (which was in yesterday's WSJ, so it was still in my brain's cache.). Went on to get it all w/o aid. FIR. Only wite-out was I had TSA before DMV. After finishing, I sussed the theme; didn't help me though during the solve. Not real fond of slangish contractions like AW'C'MON.
OARED - We've had it a lot, but I agree about noun verbification. 'Gifted' has been around awhile, but I still don't like it.
RHINO - I think most mammals' horns are keratin. I know the mighty ones with udders are.
Good puzzle, tho. Thanks JzB for highlighting it for us.
I had to hold back from commenting on facts being "indisputable evidence" in today's world. I guess that I haven't completely held back.
Loved the clue for tre.
Good Morning:
Thanks to the circles, the theme was obvious early on but the reveal was still a nice Aha moment. My only unknown was Lin Carter and my only w/o was Rowed/Oared. I liked the fun trio of Dew/Mew/Ewe. CSO to Lucina at Dale and CED at Mew. Overall, a typical Wednesday solve, though simplified by the circles.
Thanks, August, for a mid-week treat and thanks, JazB, for putting it all into laymen’s terms so succinctly.
FLN
Thanks, CED, for the Corgi hi-jinks video. No wonder why Queen Elizabeth is so fond of that breed, as they are certainly cunning little charmers.
Saw my doctor yesterday and was surprised to learn I lost 9 pounds since my last visit in early October, right after my hospital stay. (I won’t ruin your day by dwelling on the food I was served while in the hospital.)
Hopefully, the just-completed elections will temper the frequency and negativity of TV political ads but, unfortunately, we’re condemned to another month of Joe Namath, George Forman, and Jimmie Walker spouting all sorts of pie-in-the-sky benefits of certain health insurance plans. And, now, to rub salt in the wounds, we have to listen to “Martha” who would be a great spokesperson for the sour pickle industry. End of rant! 😇
Have a great day.
Good morning. Been out of town for a week and as this was my first puzzle I wasn't paying attention to the circles until I noticed TRICEPS as part of TRICERATOPS. Then I noticed GLUTE & DELT. There were a few easily solvable unknowns- QUICK BREAD, BASS- and some total unknowns filled by perps-LIN CARTER, LAURA Linney. NAS shows up very frequently in puzzles.
OUTMUSCLED- never saw it coming.
DMV & Real ID-got it and carry my passport when traveling.
Jinx- you and I have the same condition, noassatall or behindless butt. But I'm not wearing suspenders yet. And my U.P.S. that I used to power my ATT Gateway modem died. You don't want power fluctuations on something that runs internet, television, and the telephone.
Thnx for the anatomy lessons, JzB.
Always nice to come across a Triceratops. As a kid,one of my favorite books was "The Enormous Egg."
CC has another puzzle (USA Today -"Coast to Coast") today or, possibly tomorrow.
Musings
-No idea on LIN CARTER, thought Self CARE was weak and AH C’MON didn’t work but all’s well that ends well
-Perry Mason is married to DELLA STREET in the 1936 movie The Case Of The Velvet Claws
-“OH HI” is a phrase I hear when people are surprised to see me in the school hallways
-Clue for BASS – “Left handed instrument for Paul”
-These now seemingly puny first stadium TV’s were far from being JUMBO-TRONS
-Calling a cosmetic nose procedure a RHINOplasty paints a weird image
-EAR BUDS proliferate in today’s H.S. hallways
-My childhood was in the Eisenhower ERA
-TMI – What golf companions who think we want intimate details of their operation provide
-OAR, OAR, OAR your boat gently down the stream
Double play on words. Clever.
Sole can be a fish.
Sole can also be a shoe part that a cobbler mends.
"The Case of the Silent Secretary"
"Barbara Hale proves that an actress also serves who only stands and waits"
What does that mean?
Sounds to me like someone needed a better secretary.
-Anonymous @8:01 and @now.
Anon@10:25 -- It's a reference to John Milton's poem On His Blindness.
Workout Wednesday. Thanks for the fun, August and JazzB.
I FIRed in good time and saw the MUSCLED theme.
The SW corner was the last to fall, mostly due to the unknown neighbours, LAURA and LIN CARTER. (I saw the LIN—A and parsed incorrectly, giving me LINDA RTER and Self dARE, until I saw the light.)
Hand up for being misdirected to insects, and not understanding JETTA until I got to 37D VW.
TRE filled with perps, but lightbulb moment gave me the Italian numbers.
I’m not familiar with BOOT as a baseball term. (Congrats ATLGranny on your team’s win!)
DMV was all perps also. This Canadian wants to know why it would require a Real ID Act to ENFORCE the use of real ID (vs. Fake?) to get your driver’s licence? One would think that Real ID would be a given.
If I recall my American history correctly, the STAMP ACT was the start of British attempts to raise money from the colonies; this culminated in the Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party, which led to the American Revolution. Some of my ancestors were United Empire Loyalists.
Lots of slang today with NOPE, AW C’MON, TMI, OH HI, TIVO (another verbification?).
Good to have IM back to point out MEW, EWE, DEW; and she is even feeling well enough to rant!
I noted a fishy odour today with BASS, SOLE and COHO in the SURF.
Wishing you all a great day.
Oh c'mon seems to me like something I would
Say to someone pulling my leg...
Aw c'mon seems like something I would
Say to the cop who pulled me over for speeding...
Outmuscled?
I am not sure why this puzzle
has me reflecting on my life....
Can someone explain the TRE answer? Two, three, how does that relate to amuont past due? It's not clicking for me.
JT, in Italian "due" is two and "tre" is three.
ATLWgranny @ 7:30 - Congratulations to your Braves. Normally, unless the Yankees are in contention, I have little or no interest in the pennant race or World Series. This year, though, I was rooting for the Braves because Ian Anderson is one of our local heroes. So, many kudos to your team! ⚾️🏆
Fun Wednesday puzzle--not totally easy, but very enjoyable--many thanks, August.
And always enjoy your commentary, JazzB, thanks for that too.
I loved getting DELLA STREET. I still watch "Perry Mason" regularly, and keep wondering why they don't get married.
Had to laugh when I saw SOFT G as the difference between Germany and Greece. Should have figured that one out.
Kits and cubs--of course they're YOUNG.
Have a great day everybody.
CED - Saw a tee shirt at the Marion County Flea Market stating "Guns don't kill people; Fathers of pretty daughters kill people".
JT "due" is Italian for "two". TRE is Italian for three.
C-Eh! - RealID is our federal standard for state-issued IDs. Mostly, proof requirements are the same for RealID as for a passport. My wife couldn't get one because she only had a copy, not the original version, of our marriage license documenting her last name change to mine 30 years ago. She carries a Virginia drivers license, but without the RealID insignia. Good enough for driving, but not for entering some federal buildings and nuclear power facilities, and for boarding airliners. Didn't apply to me - my name didn't change when we married, so I carry a RealID license. I now have a "duplicate original" of our marriage license, so we'll probably just replace our expired passports. Valid passports work as well as RealIDs.
Jazzb, just a note to say that I think Barbara Hale died in 2017, not 1917. Typos plague me too, all the time.
What an inky humpday mess even though I FIR and muscled through the theme. One of the major problems was holding onto "Unleavened" for QUICKBREAD too long (What's that? 🤔)..Didn't get JETTA till I filled VWS.
Hans & Franz: "Listen to me now and believe me later"
OARED, (DO) a frequent CW verbified noun that no one uses in real life.🙄 "What Germany has that Greece doesn't?"..."Snows" wouldn't work. Thought "Small World" referred to the maddening Disney earworm tune. 😖
inkovers: bad/WAN, nra/DMV, tut/TMI
RHINO and REC both abbrv. answers not found in the clues. 😲
When I was a kid I thought her name was Dellas Treet.
FACTS ...are no longer indisputable evidence. NOPE...☹
Peko and lemon lift.....TEASE
A John in Seville....WAN
Taste just the Lee brand icings..TRICERATOPS.
Rhinoceros in name only RHINO
and plagiarized...
"It's MY cheddar,... _____ cheese!" NACHO.
Saw the orthopod today.. The walking boot is officially off..fibula nearly healed..then got my "over 65" flu shot💉. Off to Florida Friday for a week if American Airlines doesn't cancel.🤞
Hi gang -
Ah - typos. I make more than I catch.
Speaking of not catching - there is no excuse for missing QUAD - but, that's what happened.
Lo siento.
Cool regards!
JzB
Thank you August for a Wednesday walk in the park, albeit with a few detours to exercise the "leetle gray cells". The circles and the reveal made the MUSCLES obvious, but I didn't see the bookmarking as "OUTing" the inside fill.
And thank you JzB for the illustrated anatomy lesson and lots of good puns.
I'm afraid I can't hang around, as we're celebrating my Mother's life this weekend at an All Souls service at her Church, and I'm writing a GLOWING TRIBUTE to her ordinary birth and an extraordinary life.
Cheers,
Bill
MM @9:52 AM Today's the day.
An enjoyable (& muscular!) Weds PZL from Mr. Miller, nicely explicated by JzB!
Nice to see LAURA Linney's name. I met her at age 7 (her age, not mine) when her dad, Romulus Linney, brought her with him to see my staging of one of his plays.
It turned out to be the first of several Linney plays I was to produce over the years, including the premiere of his drama Childe Byron, about Lord Byron and his daughter, Ada Lovelace.
(Small world dept.: Laura later played the role of Ada when her undergrad school, Brown University, produced the play.)
Like Jinx, my fave clue was 42D, "Amount past due?" It actually took me several minutes after I filled it to figure it out.
~ OMK
___________
DR: Two diagonals, one to a side.
The near diagonal offers a two-word anagram (13 of 15 letters) that is admittedly somewhat awkward.
It contains an old-time imperative, a word belonging to a past era. I imagine it might have been a frantic wish, uttered mentally by the victim of an unpleasant medical condition who was highly impatient for the arrival of a cure or palliative for his (or her) ailment.
The dated phrase is...
"HIE, ANTI-HERPES!"
JT @11:31 AM If it's any consolation, it was a head slap for me too. 😀
Ray, glad you leg is healing and the boot is removed.
Agnes, so wonderful to you are healing and back to participating in the blog. You were missed.
Ray, LOL @ "When I was a kid I thought her name was Dellas Treet." When I was a kid I thought God's first name was Howard. "Our Father, who art in heaven, Howard be thy name..."
Good news that you gave the boot the boot.
Thank you Mr. August Miller for a fine, anatomically correct and challenging CrossWord. I really enjoyed myself, but didn't wait for the musculature. For that, I have to thank JazzBumpa and his excellent pictures, to refresh my memory on human anatomy.
A small typo, Barbara Hale ( 1922-1917 ?) .... but she did live a long time, long enough to act as her real son's mother, in an acting role ... I read Perry Mason books, very, very, avidly as a kid, but was not in this country, at the time, to see the TV series.
My first book, that I read, of the series, was.... The case of the Demure Defendant...
As an aside, the very fact that Triceratops were and Rhinos are, herbivores ... is a very strong case, that even vegetarians ( I am not ...) can grow up to be big and strong...
This CW was notable in its paucity of sports refs and less musical terms. (hooray!)
Thank you Desper-Otto @ 10.46 for Miltons - 'On His Blindness', ... They also serve who stand and wait. I always thought that was coined during the WW One, by reservists, waiting in England, to be posted to the Continent...
Canadian-Eh! ... Real ID ( I had forgotten the name , actually ) also called 'Compliant' Starred Drivers Lic's ( in Ohio ) are those Driver Licenses, where all the info has been verified thru original sources .... Name, DOB, Citizenship, Name change, S S Number etc.
It has to be done, only Once, and all subsequent Driv Lics are automatically Complaint.
The U S Congress passed a law, 2018?, effective about year 2023 ... because
a) State Drivers Lics were based on info that was not always verified on original details, through carelessness ....
and b) Too many americans, were using their driver's licenses as a substitue for US Passports ... especially while travelling to Mexico or the Carribean.
also c) Too many illegal aliens had managed to get US state drivers licenses.
have a nice day, all.
Hola!
Late to the party but I had my own feast with this puzzle. Lots of fun. Thank you, August Miller and JazzB with your always detailed commentary.
Changed HOT COALS to FIREWALK and CARE to MADE. Not familiar with LIN CARTER but we've seen L'il NAS many times.
Such a tragedy when Christopher REEVE was injured and lingered for so long with his broken neck.
ERIK Estrada continued as a heart throb in Mexican novelas after his CHIPS JOB ended.
Thank you all for the CSO at DALE!
I have a DVR not TIVO.
Time to go as I have much on which to catch up. I could not sleep last night until the wee hours so of course slept late this morning.
Have a great Thursday, everyone!
My earlier post was too long ... what else is new ? I am writing-verbose-handicapped ...
About Fire Walking ....and the relevant physics (!) of the entire phenomenon, thereon etc., ...
.... And Thimithi, certain south indian hindu festivals, esp in Singapore, occurs in early November ... that, would be, about NOW
... this has been prevalent long ( see the 2 wiki articles) in world, in Mexico, Greece, and in India, especially Sri Lanka, Japan (2016 ! See short Wiki film ...) and Singapore.
Was once popular among rare sects of hindus and buddhists ... but overall very rare. i witnessed an episode 30+ yrs ago ... I believe, that they were paid performers, probably high, zonked out on cannabis, and had thick carbunkled soles on their feet, due to, perpetually, walking without shoes - bare footed etc. They seemed to bear the fire walking quite all right. An incident, I'd rather forget.
The custom, needless to say, like self-flagellation etc., IMHO ... is totally Barbaric.
NOTE:: This note, following a CW clue, is about religious practices, but not a religious discourse.
Stamp Act
When I lived in Italy in the 70s every official document needed a canceled "stamp" bollo. This meant going to a special store that sold the stamps or buying carta bollata pre-stamped paper, then to a government agency standing in line just to have the stamp cancelled. One time I mentioned to the agent that in America we had fought a rivoluzione over this...He was not impressed.
Jinx @ 2:21 "Howard" be Thy name 🤣🤣🤣 .. ...When He was in heaven His name was Art...where if there were "no trespassing" signs we'd have no problems.
I liked this puzzle. I had ----- FOR CEMENT and wondered for too long what kind of job (ROLE?) for police that was. Had to get VWS before figuring out JETTA. At least I wasn't fooled by SOFT G or TRE.
Yep, TIVO seems to be another noun that has also become a verb. OARED is just plain ugly.
"Over hill, over DALE as we hit the dusty trail..."
"Why so pale and WAN fond lover?"
NACHO made me think of Keith's dog.
Never heard of LIN CARTER. I looked the name up to learn more about this person, who for some reason, perhaps from the name Lin, I thought was a woman.
Waseeley, I'm glad you are celebrating your Mother's life this weekend at an All Souls service at her Church. Just 2 weeks ago our son and family celebrated his wife's life; about 50 people participated. It was quite an uplifting experience.
OwenKL, you asked, "How did IN TUNE become the incomprehensible IN TUNED?" Maybe the constructor meant TUNED IN. "Turn on, tune in, drop out": Timothy Leary.
Good wishes to you all.
Lucina, what make and model is your DVR?
WooHOO!
Solved!!
I JUST NOW figured out Sunday's NY Times Magazine crossword, "Choice Words." This is the one that had five long, unintelligible fills.
The answers made no sense--until NOW! You know how good it feels, fellow cruciverbalists, when suddenly the enigmatic theme answers click into place.
Ahhh....
Yeah.
~ OMK
Jayce, I'll bet that I'm thinking the same thing as you. I think most DVRs use Tivo technology and the royalties to do so are built into the price.
JETTA, duh. That kind of beetle.
I inked OARED right off then started to overwrite.
Uh oh, I had DMc. AHA, I had cWS thinking that odd insect clue was typical CrossWord-ese. I see "Beetle" and I think I need to know Entomology. I did, after 3 pwrps grok TRE as 1 past Due.
DW rode for years, competed but another rider took a spill and died. Her folk pulled her out. She'd taken a bunch of spills prior.
Should we name those things RayO does like Try Sara Tops. Just call them RayO 's?
I just bought a DVR on my way home from VA. I checked Goodwill but connections have been cannibalized. Bought it at Walmart for $30.00. DW found a cache of DVDs
Good to see IM posting like VINTAGE* IM
WC
*Caps from yesterday
Ray-O @ 1:16:
"What Germany has that Greece doesn't?"..."Snows" wouldn't work"
Not only doesn't 'snows' not fit; it's not correct.
Look at your map of Greece. Find Thessalonika. Look to the east -- there's 3 peninsulas pointing out into the Aegean. The easternmost is Athos, the monastic center, named after Mt. Athos, which is around 5000 feet high, and which had snow on it in October when I was there. The "sunny" Mediterranean isn't always sunny and warm.
Remember the VCR machines? So easy to hook up and record Over-The-Air (OTA) programs onto VHS tape cartridges to be viewed later. I have been searching but as yet been unable to find a similar device that could record the currently digital Over-The-Air broadcasts into flash memory with the same ease that the VHS devices used to. So far, the only one that even comes close is, you guessed it, a Tivo recorder called the TiVo Roamio OTA, which actually looks like a pretty nice product, albeit rather outdated. It's expensive $500 price includes a lifetime "subscription" so there are no recurring monthly fees. Unfortunately, my dear wife, to whom price is the primary metric (if not the only metric) in shopping, has firmly put the kibosh on our buying one.
NACHO thanks you for remembering him, Jayce.
In fact, I hear him barking outside right now. I think he must be reading our minds.
~ OMK
Michael @ 5:31 You are absolutely correct. Visiting cousins in Greece, (a few miles outside of Rochester, NY) only in summer explains my ignorance.
Last year snowfall in Greece NY: 75.2 🥶 sometimes canceling class at the former three high schools:
Greece Athena
Greece Arcadia &
Greece Olympia
jayce:
My VCR is a FUNAI but I am not sure what model. It plays both CDS and DVDs. My digital recorder is from DirecTV. Both are many years old. In fact I'm sure the VCR is more than ten years old. I bought it at a store that has since gone out of business.
Thanks to Jinx and Vidwan for explaining Real ID.
Ray-o- Try Sara Tops LOL! Glad your fibula is healing and you don’t need the BOOT.
OMK- great story re LAURA.
I had a whole bunch of clues with question marks beside them, but the kind perps and a couple of good guesses gave me an FIR! I certainly wasn’t confident at all that I was successful.
Thanks, August Miller and JazzB!
I had no problems with the muscles or the reveal.
Having spent over 30 years in credit and finance, I DID have trouble with TRE. Never had to call a customer and tell him that we couldn’t ship because his account was TRE. The perps convinced me to leave it there. Ah, NOW I understand! Didn’t have a clue!
Jinx! I’m STILL laughing! Thanks!
Hi All!
Wow - I'm posting after LeoIII today... I guess it is late :-)
Thanks August for the puzzle (Five themers + reveal? - nice) and thank you JzB for the fine review that I read over 12 hours ago (RIC's Cars are still in my head :-)).
WOs: NoS -> NAS (I thought it was an O...), OUT MUSCLEs
WAGs: WAN, TYSON. Them & their perps were ESPs.
ESP: LAURA. And, I'll be honest - took a while for DELLA STREET to come into view
Fav: AW C'MON, clue for SOLE was cute.
Cool about LAURA, OMK. Cryptic DR :-)
DALE - Lucina, who do I know that's a CSO to? :-)
BTW - Jinx is right. Most DVRs license TIVO's (now Xperi) patents [cite]. Full disclosure - I have a buddy that worked at TIVO.
ALTGranny - Fried had the Astros' number last night... A 1-0 shutout I could take. 7-0? That's a hard pill...
C, Eh! - Baseball color on the radio - "He BOOTed the ball there." Usually, hit his foot instead of glove.
Re: RealID - non-citizens can get drivers licenses in some states [found this for cite]. RealID is a federal mandate on what documentation is acceptable for a state to issue a REALID DL including legal status and SSN. There's also a mandate around making sure RealIDs are harder to counterfeit.
//cute fishy last line :-)
Jinx - Paternal Grandma said, "All you boys (from Gramps on down) have noassatall disease."
UPS? - Only on the cable modem. Anymore, all our computers are laptops and have their own battery.
Jayce - Ditto re: Lin. LIU and, 'oh, it's a dude'.
Role / JOB - What would you say you do here? [Office Space 1:18]
Y'all have a fine night.
Cheers, -T
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