Welcome to Dan Schoenholz' world where things always fit together; or do they?
This is his 9th LAT publication along with 26 NYTs of which 11 are Sundays. He started here with a Sunday back in 2010 and has never ventured into end of the week themeless grids. He has commented that he likes "interlocking" theme answers and this is a doozy. (Maybe?) How to "suss" his fill?
We start with16A. Reason for a robot's knee trouble?: JOINT RUST (9). Well that makes sense, but JOINT TRUST is also a real method of Estate Planning. You just need to borrow the T. hmm.
So we moved on to
29A. Drinking espresso before bed, say?: NIGHT ERROR. another simple fill as strong coffee will keep most awake, but NIGHT TERROR is also very real as night terror, also called sleep terror, a sleep disorder causing feelings of panic or dread. (I had my sleep study on Monday, results in 10 days). hmm2
Next we find
36A. Flushing problem?: TOILET ISSUE would be a difficulty if you could not flush, but TOILET TISSUE is very much an important concept in the loo. hmm3
Next
43A. Babe who never lied?: HONEST RUTH; I never heard that about the ballplayer but I do know of the phrase HONEST TRUTH which is a bit redundant. hmm4
Finally
57A. Mom and dad's rhythmic genre?: PARENT RAP, my kids have never needed to fear hearing style of music from their parents but the Movie PARENT TRAP (twins seperated at birth) did further Haley Mills' career and then spawn the Patty Duke Show (identical cousins). hmm5
Thank you C.C. for teaching me how to deal with the new rules for using the XWord info site which allowed me to show these long non-theme fill: ARSENAL, PGA TOUR, PODCAST, SPHERES, TREEBOA, ON PATROL, SANTA ANA, BEG FOR MERCY and NINTENDO WII. An impressive array. If Dan does not stop by we are our own, and may never know what he had in mind, but I had fun.
Across:
1. Exhibit wanderlust: ROAM. It was for me and many others I guess a joy to start with filling 1A.
5. Graceless sort: OAF. Boom, there was 5A and we are going great.
8. Settled things: DEBTS. Oops, time to begin to work. The noun not the verb.
13. Revolution site: AXLE. The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round Now we already are confronting Friday misdirection, not a coup, but a coo.
14. Church niche: APSE. If you have been in a church you know the large semicircular or polygonal recess where the altar is. If not, now you do.
15. Beethoven wrote just one: OPERA. The STORY. The music.
18. Behind bars: CAGED. This is easy fill if you think of historic zoos; a bit dicey thinking about human prisoners; not very popular thse days for either group. mb, thoughts?
19. Figure (out): SUSS. A word crossword solvers could not exist without that was stolen by a famous constructor...
20. "Gross!": ICK. This first appeared in this quotation in 1965. "Together we dragged [the fish] flopping on the grassy bank, where it smacked its tail and made Lecia sidestep with an odd daintiness. She actually said ick. "— Mary Karr. ICKY goes back to 1929.
22. Gratified: FED. If you think of an ego this makes more sense.
23. Run things: MANAGE. That is why they are called managers.
26. Ad for a good cause, briefly: PSA. Public Service Announcement.
27. Japanese port city: KOBE. We leave out basketball and beef for this old CITY.
28. Yellowfin tuna: AHI. Aha! Ahi is back. All you need to know to be a bit more informed and confused. LINK.
32. Orange County seat: SANTA ANA. The double A caught my eye but was not part of the theme.
35. Tibetan priest: LAMA. The one "L" one; hello Dahli.
39. Hang: PEND. Many judges do not rule on the spot.
40. Like beat cops: ON PATROL. This concept dates back to the 1690s and is from the French words meaning "to go the rounds in a camp or garrison, march about as a guard," from patrouiller ‘paddle in mud.'
46. Greek X: CHI. So much to know about a single LETTER.
47. Chances: ODDS.
48. Vacuum's lack: AIR. Or hoses.
49. Biological catalyst: ENZYME. A substance produced by a living organism which acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction. Dictionary.
52. Sgt., e.g.: NCO. Non-Commissioned Officer.
53. Little mischief maker: IMP. The definition of an imp is a young demon (historically) or a child (in modern times) who misbehaves just for the fun of misbehaving. An example of an historic imp is a very small mythical creature that plays tricks on people. An example of a modern imp is a five year old child who hides from their mother in a grocery store.
54. Penélope who is the only Spanish actress with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: CRUZ.
55. Georgia rivals of the Tide: DAWGS. Georgia won the big game this year.
62. Like many elephants: ASIAN. Both species are endagered. In Africa, there are approximately 415,000 individuals left whilst in Asia, a mere 40,000.
62. Like many elephants: ASIAN. Both species are endagered. In Africa, there are approximately 415,000 individuals left whilst in Asia, a mere 40,000.
63. Former partners: EXES.
64. Flow like lava: OOZE.
65. Clown elevator: STILT. I really like this clue.
66. Source of early glistening: DEW.
Dew Is Glistening
67. Low-level worker: PEON. I hope I never get peed on.
Down:
dew is glistening, morning Sun
caressing Earth where we are one
step away from feeling something new
by Lawrence
67. Low-level worker: PEON. I hope I never get peed on.
Down:
1. Indian friend of Sheldon and Leonard: RAJ. Koothrappali. In real life he married a beauty queen.
2. Big name in kitchenware: OXO. A very common fill.
3. Ring master: ALI. Not the circus but the boxing ring. Muhammed and his daughter Laila.
4. Organization name that means "table" in Latin: MENSA. The word mensa translates “table” in Latin; similarly, mens means “mind” and mensis means “month.” The name “Mensa” is reminiscent of “mind, table, month."
5. Magnum __: OPUS. The plural is opera.
6. Animal in some fables: ASS. Aesop's moral of the ass who dressed in a lion skin to scare others, "A fool may deceive by his dress and appearance, but his words will soon show what he really is."
7. Amulet: FETISH. This is an inanimate object worshiped for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit. Similar: juju, talisman, charm, totem, icon, idol or image. Think about that when you look at your icon.
8. Park on the water?: DOCK. Another fun clue/fill.
9. Clean Air Act org.: EPA. Environmental Protection Agency.
10. Seek leniency: BEG FOR MERCY. This is a debut in the LA Times.
11. Amazonian arboreal snake: TREE BOA. This appeared in the LA Times only in a Sunday, February 24, 2013.
12. Further down?: SADDER. So true.
14. Longtime Tottenham football rival: ARSENAL. Do we have many football fans here besides or British contingent?
17. Pull: TUG.
21. Popular adoptee: CAT. What you need to KNOW.
23. Miguel's more: MAS. Spanish lesson.
24. Reaction to a light bulb turning on?: AHA. Metaphorically? An idea? Or finding your partner in someone else embrace?
25. GameCube successor: NINTENDO WII. Wiki's HISTORY.
26. Gp. with many of the best drivers: PGA TOUR. Gold for HG, Moe and others.
27. Brat go-with: KRAUT. A bad word in the 30s and 40s.
30D. Like Beethoven's Sonata Op. 109: IN E.
31. Snow queen in "Frozen": ELSA. My granddaughters have been obsessed with the sisters.
33. Eases, with "down": TONES. If you are going to complain, do it reasonably; tone down your attack.
34. Helps out: AIDS. From the French.
37. Acct. earnings: INTerest.
38. Ranges of influence: SPHERES. Your sphere of influence (“SOI” or “sphere”) are the people in your personal and professional network with whom your opinion holds some weight. More to it in politics.
39. Online entertainment: PODCAST. My oldest boy loves them as he drives.
41. Omega, in physics: OHM. Ohm on the range.
42. Fail to be straight: LIE. A bit obscure.
43. Pilots on the road: HONDAS. Where else would you find an automobile?
44. One might be doffed in Dundee: TAM. Tam o'shanter cap.
45. Muscular: RIPPED.
50. "The Sound of Music" extra: NUN.
51. "Tres Hombres" band: ZZTOP. The full album.
45. Muscular: RIPPED.
50. "The Sound of Music" extra: NUN.
51. "Tres Hombres" band: ZZTOP. The full album.
53. Ain't proper?: ISNT. An old favorite clue/fill.
54. Captain's help: CREW. Make it so.
56. Milk purch.: GALlon.
58. Let go: AXE. Fire, a spray deodorant, or my old band client.
59. Anonymous plaintiff in a landmark case: ROE. No politics!
60. __ dye: AZO. They create pretty colors but are DANGEROUS.
61. Home near a barn: PEN. Do not be a pig about it.
Another month about to slide into the record books; HBDTY nephew Jonathan; good luck to the world and all of us; keep Boomer and any who ail in your thoughts and prayers and take time to enjoy life. Thank you Dan, Lemonade out
54. Captain's help: CREW. Make it so.
56. Milk purch.: GALlon.
58. Let go: AXE. Fire, a spray deodorant, or my old band client.
59. Anonymous plaintiff in a landmark case: ROE. No politics!
60. __ dye: AZO. They create pretty colors but are DANGEROUS.
61. Home near a barn: PEN. Do not be a pig about it.
Another month about to slide into the record books; HBDTY nephew Jonathan; good luck to the world and all of us; keep Boomer and any who ail in your thoughts and prayers and take time to enjoy life. Thank you Dan, Lemonade out
FIRight! For me, this was easier than a typical Friday.
ReplyDeleteThe theme was both clear and confusing. Was the overlapping word supposed to be related or not? (not sure). Was the transition letter always T? (yes). Was the truncated first word supposed to be another word? (yes maybe). If so, was it supposed to be related? (not sure).
A genera of tropes are movies of horror,
Unknown to the characters is the NIGH TERROR!
What the audience sees,
That will give them unease,
Is how they messed up, and made a NIGHT ERROR!
Parenthesis are a computer program map,
To isolate child processes in a (PAREN TRAP).
The outer routine
May be messy or clean,
But if it don't work, it's a PARENT RAP!
{B, C-.} Sorry, it's been too long since I had to deal with parent functions and child routines.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteYay. D-o got the make-T-do-double-duty theme, and romped to victory. Seemed easy for a Friday, but who's complaining? Thanx, Dan and Lemonade.
Time to start working on the taxes... Only missing one brokerage statement, but that isn't promised until the end of Feb.
FIR,breezed through and loved the theme!
ReplyDeleteFIR, but erased opps for ODDS and ask, instead of BEG, FOR MERCY. DNK Tottenham, and waited for the cross for IN _.
ReplyDeletePlease tell me that -T isn't missing!
Thought of Johnny Mathis' beautiful love song "Chances Are".
Hand up for thinking that this one was easy for a Friday. Methinks Rich will kick my butt tomorrow.
Thanks to Dan for the fun, and to Lemony for another interesting tour.
This went fast because of solid footholds. Like RAJ and a J to quickly get JOINT.
ReplyDeleteI don't know much Spanish but remember Duran's "No MAS"
KRAUT not wurst. INT not INcome. ROE not dOE
As usual you've underrated Owen. Solid W's, both
WC
Yep, HONEST Babe never his his philandering. Much ado in the Sports world with big Papi making hof. His PED use though obvious was not "officially" recognized. Is Sports politics verboten? I'll just say "Oh what tangled weaves we weave .."
Author?
"Hid his ...
DeleteFinished this in 7:01. It seems too easy for a Friday, and definitely tougher than yesterday's word ladder.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't familiar with "fetish" in that context; always struggle with axle or axel; and, wouldn't have been able to get "azo" if I had to (so, thank you perps).
FLN for TTP & D-otto---re; Johnny Horton's song "They ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles. They ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go. We fired our guns and they kept a coming." Within the next hour I will be passing the Chalmette Battlefield where all that action took place in 1815, not "in 1814".
ReplyDeleteWilbur- Duran's "No MAS" - I'll also be passing the Superdome where he decided to say that on the way to Chalmette.
Dan's shared Ts were noticed at NIGH-T-ERROR, which made the rest of the puzzle a lot easier to MANAGE, and as Edith Ann would say, that's the HONES-T-RUTH. CRUZ was the only unknown filled by perps.
AXIS had to change to AXLE for the NW to fill.
I knew the meaning of arboreal but never heard of TREA BOA.
PGATOUR- drive for show but putt for dough. Not how you drive but how you arrive.
CHI- my cat's vet's name (Chinese) and also my cardiologist's wife's name (Vietnamese). Both had children who played in DW's tennis league.
This PEON is outta here.
Is it rove or ROAM, cad or OAF, moor or DOCK? Once I SUSSed those out I was on my way and finished to a “T” in a little over 18 minutes which is about half the time it took me on Thursday’s XWord. Anonymous—your times are always impressive! After filling the first couple themers I saw the JOINTed words, but didn’t even notice than the common joiner was a T till the expo. Thank you Dan for the morning test, nice grid with all the 7 and 11 letter non-theme words!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lemonade for your informative synopsis, your time and thought you put into these is much appreciated!
A FIR Friday for me again. Yea! I saw the T in the themers and like OwenKL looked to see if both words were real words regardless of which one used the T. That worked until the last, PAREN TRAP, so doubling the T was the gimmick. Some new and interesting fill. Thanks, Dan.
ReplyDeleteLemonade, your review was helpful and fun. Thanks! I noticed lots of Xs and Zs but no pangram since he didn't use a Q today. It's been a while since we had one.
The weekend begins. Hope you all have a nice one. Wine and cheese for us tonight!
Hola!
ReplyDeleteI did ROAM through this one and noticed the strange confluence of Ts. Sometimes I wonder what constructors are thinking. Oh, he gave an interview to tell us!
It did not take long to finish.
CSO to my granddaughter whose surname is CRUZ. And one of those HONDAS on the road is mine.
I believe yesterday was the anniversary of KOBE Bryant's tragic death according to last night's news.
So many Zs but no q to form a panggram.
Have a wonderful day, everyone! It's back to bed for me.
Thank you, Lemonade, for your excellent, detailed review!
ReplyDeleteHere I was congratulating myself for finding this easy, only to realize it really was easy for a Friday. The gimmick was a big help.
ReplyDeleteTake a common two word saying, the first word ending in T and the second one beginning with T.
Drop one T and redefine the result. The meaning of the original two word saying is beside the point.
Fun misdirections. Interesting blog.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteI agree that this was on the easy side for a Friday, maybe because the theme was evident from the get-go. My unknowns were Tree Boa and ZZ Top and my w/os were Moor/Dock and Sty/Pen. Cute duos were Axe/Axle, Ine/Int, and Aha/Ahi. CSOs to CEH (Imp and Cat), Lucina (Mas and Nun), Cali contingent (Santa Ana), and the Golfing Gang (PGA Tour ). On the plus side, there were numerous long answers but on the negative side, there were too many three letter words. Overall, though, it was a fresh and clever theme, executed well.
Thanks, Dan, for a fun Friday and thanks, Lemonade, for a very informative expo. I learned several interesting tidbits from your concise, yet precise, details.
Ray O, enjoy the sun and fun of the Sunshine State! 🌞 🌴
Have a great day.
Agnes, most of Florida will have temperatures below freezing by Saturday night/Sunday morning. Where I live will be somehwere in the 30s (single digit Celsius)also.
ReplyDeleteLucy, the 27th of January is also the anniversary of the LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ . The link reflects the horror as felt by the soviet army as they saw what Hitler's Germany had done. If you have not, please read...
Hmm,
ReplyDeleteno IM shout out to me?
Well this is making me feel extra Impish!
I would respond with lotsa silly links,
But I am late for my Shingrix shot appointment.
Hope to "Apris Ski!"
L8r
Fabulous Friday. Thanks for the fun, Dan and Lemonade.
ReplyDeleteI FIRed and saw the Double the T theme, but there were plenty of inkblots.
I waited for perps to decide between Rove or ROAM (hello YP). ALI was an AHA moment.
NE and SE corners were the last to fill. Gated changed to CAGED. Ich have changed to ICK.
Sty changed to PEN, Crux to CRUZ. I fought the double Z there, the double A at SANTA ANA (I was parsing differently and wanting SAN Diego.)
I smiled at AHI crossing AGA, EXES crossing AXES., CHI and OHM.
We can win at Scrabble today with our plethora of Xs (EXES?) and Zs. (I WAGGED at Wordle yesterday at one, but required all six today.)
We are a Q short of a pangram (hello ATLGranny, Lucina).
You all know that Canadians do not purchase milk in GALlons. We have choices of 237 ml, 473 ml, 1 L, 2L cartons, and here in central Canada, 4 L bag (contains three 1.3 L bags).
CSOs to Pat (CAT), CED (IMP), IM found more.
LOL Jinx re missing -T!
Wishing you all a great day.
CED- IM gave your shout-out to me through a typo! I am happy to regift it to you.
ReplyDeleteWe wait for your silliness.
I finished the puzzle and the computer told me that I had done so correctly. I did not figure out the theme during he process but, subsequently, after staring at the grid for a few minutes I was able to "grok" it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great write up, and the (living) history references, Lemonade.
Never again.
I don't have much to say about the puzzle today. I figured out the gimmick with the first long answer "Joint rust." "Settled things" gave me a little trouble before I figured out it was "debts." And with the first "z" I figured the band had to be "ZZ Top" although I'm not familiar with their songs (what other band starts with a "Z"?) FIR, so I'm satisfied.
ReplyDeleteMusings
ReplyDelete-Themers were fun but the double T gimmick (and not just the dropped T) got by me until my friend Lemon pointed it out. Speed kills!
-PARENT (T)RAP - I had an intense crush on Haley Mills as an adolescent.
-Our adopted CAT needs to be gratified every morning around 5 am
-Vacuum – Parachutes are useless on the Moon
-College FB fans would like to see someone other than the DAWGS, Bama and Clemson be national champs
-Professor Harold Hill sang of his preference for The SADDER But Wiser Girl
-Tony Kornheiser is my favorite PODCASTER. I know a lot of you sports peeps my age would also love it.
-The International Space Station CREW have to get along with each other for months on end in cramped quarters
-You better protect your lemons from the freeze, Lemon!
Thank you Dan for a sparkly Friday FIR. Saw the dropped T theme with the first themer and it helped with the rest of the fill.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lemony for a most informative review, with lots of links to explore, and illuminating illustrations.
A few favs:
13A AXLE. Nice misdirection.
14A APSE. In addition to the larger domed structure where the sanctuary and altar are housed, the term APSE is also used for the smaller recesses along the walls of the church, usually housing a statue of a saint, candles to be lit, and kneelers for offering intercessory prayers.
15A OPERA. Lemony's selection of the MARCH from FIDELIO provides a light moment of relief from an OPERA which is otherwise somber, at times terrifying, and ultimately inspiring. Beethoven created only one OPERA, but it stands as one of the greatest ever written.
49A ENZYMES. These are one of two major classes of PROTEINS. ENZYMES catalyze the complex biological reactions that comprise metabolism and STRUCTURAL proteins are the building blocks of cells, muscles, tissues, organs, etc.
5D OPUS. As Lemony pointed out the plural of OPUS is OPERA, as the latter are a collection of ARIAS, CHORUSES, INTERLUDES, and BALLETS, each of which may be thought of as a separate WORK. But the best OPERAS are unified works that seamlessly combine all of the kinetic art forms.
14D ARSENAL. We only recently got interested in British football (what we in the US call SOCCER) when one of my grandsons started to play it. Teri and I often take him to games and are real NOOBS re the rules and strategy of the game. It's like basketball on steroids, if you can imagine that.
Cheers,
Bill
Word of the Day: Saturday
ReplyDeletePronunciation: sæ-dêr-day
Part of Speech: Noun, proper
Meaning: The seventh day of the week.
Notes: All the names of weekdays are proper, so don't forget to capitalize them. This word may be used as a verb in the very limited sense of "volunteering to work Saturdays" in the early days of the former Soviet Union. A Saturdayite is the translation of Russian subbotnik, a person who made this patriotic sacrifice.
In Play: Saturday is the first day of the weekend, but when you retire, life becomes an eternal weekend. The days of the retirement week are Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Sunday. We may pluralize this word: "Saturdays I relax, watch television, and snooze off and on."
Word History: In Old English this word developed from sæternesdæg to sæterdæg. The original was a compound noun consisting of Sætern "Saturn" + dæg "day". This phrase was a loan translation of Latin Saturni dies "Saturn's Day", i.e. the day of Saturn, the agricultural god of seeds and sowing.
See Alpha Dictionary for more info.
Bill's comment:
I'm afraid have to part company with Dr. Goodword on retirement being seven days of Saturdays. I've never been more busy in my life (except for the daily SIESTA of course).
Yooper Phil, thank you, though I don't think they're impressive. I enjoy the timing aspect of the solving experience, though many don't. However, there are some solvers out there with freakishly fast solving times. I like that you post your times too, which seem to be in the same league as mine, but look out for Uncle Fred - he's been known to pull an occasional upset.
ReplyDeleteOwenKL @3:49 AM Sounds LISPISH to me. {B,A}.
ReplyDeleteJinx @7:09 AM Thanx Jinx, you made me see this whole puzzle as an extended CSO to -T!
Lemony @9:45 AM Thank you for the reminder on the liberation of Auschwitz. The Holocaust was a gaping wound to all of humanity that the World has still not recovered from. "Never forget!"
CrossEyedDave @9:45AM Awwright, here's the horn solo from Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks.
Subgenius @10:15 AM Zappa, Frank?
Husker @10:15 Loved the Music Man clip.
I love it when I get the 1A fill to start the solve. Coulda been ROAM or ROVE, but perps quickly solved that. I sussed the theme with the first theme entry JOINTRUST, which helped with the other theme fills. WMOS, I thought the CW easier than yesterday, which is not a complaint. I very much enjoyed this one, thanx DS for constructing this fun CW. FIR in 22, with no W/Os for a change, leaving a nice clean paper fill. Thanx too to Lemonade for all the work that went into his wonderful write-up. And hand up for the “Never Again” sentiment expressed by many today.
ReplyDeleteLemony @ 9:45 ~ I’m sorry to hear of your cold temps but I think Ray will still enjoy some sun and fun! 😉 I remember a December in Florida that got so cold that there were icicles on the shrubs and flowering plants. FL&P was forced into rolling power outages. IIRC, it was Christmas Day and meal preparation was a challenge without electricity.
ReplyDeleteCED @ 9:45 ~ Mea Culpa for the typo but you should have known it was meant for you! CanadianEh may have a cat, but she is definitely not an Imp! (Thanks, CEH for catching my typo and reaffirming my CSO to the resident Imp.)
Thank you Canadian Eh for the regift, and Waseeely for the horn solo.
ReplyDeleteBut, Awww Nuts!
I was just about to post when I saw IM's typo confession, and I had gone to all the trouble of being Extra Impish in my silly links search.
Oh well, I hope you don't mind if I use them anyway. But beware, they are extra impish. (The first might even be too risqué...)
Now, what could cause a robots joints to rust?
Night Error?
Flushing problem? again with the robots...
Babe who never lied? ever see a picture of a baby where it wasn't lying? On a rug, or something...
And honestly, the idea of Parent Rap makes me nauseous... Does it makes you feel like dancing?
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteFIR with a minimal amount of w/o’s: BEND/PEND. And I left that in for some time as I really thought that BOD CAST would be a good answer for “on-line entertainment”!
STY/PEN; TIE/AZO (never heard of AZO)
Learning moment: plural of OPUS is Opera
My daughter - an LSU grad who’s a professor at UGA - spells the Georgia cheer: “Geaux” DAWGS!
Further down = SADDER? Very clever
No problem getting the theme today; excellent work by Dan, and a thoroughly informative and entertaining recap by the soon-to-be “frozen” Lemonade. As a FL memory for Moe, 12 yrs ago as I was contemplating buying a business in the Ft Myers/Naples area, that year’s winter seemed historically cold. I’m pretty sure low temp records were set.
Speaking of which, any chance that Frostfree, FL defies its name this weekend?
Wanted to cry "foul" over amulet-fetish but decided to 10D instead. FIR which on a Friday for me is rare so hand up for easier today. Wait for tomorrow! LOL
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly manageable puzzle this morning, many thanks, Dan. And always enjoy your commentaries, Lemonade--thanks for that too.
ReplyDeleteAlways nice to see OPERA in a puzzle.
Since I live in Orange County, SANTA ANA was a gimme (is that what they call it?).
Don't know much about sports, but I figured that BABE had to be RUTH.
Since I don't know many Penelopes, I also got CRUZ.
Ah, those delightful NUNS in "The Sound of Music."
I first had PET for 'popular adoptee,' before putting in CAT. My first beloved pets were CATS, but one after another was hit by a car, and I finally decided it was safer to have DOGS, who could be kept in fenced-in back yards and wouldn't run into the street. So what happened? Coyotes got them. After losing my two beloved dachshunds, Dusty and Misty (yes, I took her name) to coyotes, I decided no more pets. But I still miss them.
Have a great weekend, everybody.
Tough but doäble PZL for this Friday...
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the "interlocking" fills, a different sort of wordplay.
Nice to see Orange County's capital city getting a bit of recognition. Yes, the double "a" seems maybe part of today's theme, but it is not. The thing to remember when speaking Spanish names is to collapse the double vowels into a single sound. Hence, we get a city that sounds like "Santana."
~ OMK
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DR: One diagonal, close to the vest.
But WHAT a diagonal!
Seems just a few days ago I was complaining about the lack of vowels for making a decent anagram.
What was that? Only two vowels, or three?
Well, today Mr. Schoenholz has set a new record--with a single vowel. Just one "I"!
And just look at all those "n"s and "z"s!
For today's anagram, you'll find me in a bit of a ...
"TIZZ"!
Thanks to all who wrote of "Auchwitz Remembrance Day." My mother (God rest her soul!) was Jewish, and of course, that whole side of my family is, so I am extra-sensitive to anti-Semitism. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteI see I spelled "Auschwitz" wrong. And I particularly want to thank you, Lemonade714 @ 9:45 a.m. for bringing that remembrance to my notice. As others have said, "Never again!"
ReplyDeletewaseeley ~~ your explanation as to the meaning of Saturday for retirees is spot on, its everyday! Nobody’s agenda but your own as to what you wanna do and what commitments you may wanna make. A coworker who retired a few years before me told me the best part about retirement was that he got to start every day with a nap, now I know what he meant 🤣
ReplyDeleteAnonymous ~~ yeah I’m very attuned to the time it takes me to complete a puzzle as I like to finish them in one sitting. Tougher ones that are stumping me I usually do a walkway to clear the brain, which I find invariably helps on my return. But to each their own on that, as I know a lot of solvers just take the leisurely approach. And you are right about unclefred, he’s a sleeper who clocks in with some amazing times!
👋🏼 Canadian Eh! Thanks for the SO!
And as far as the subject of the day, Antisemitism, I have never understood the animosity directed toward Jewish people, they have given so much to the world in the fields of medicine, science, the arts, and the list goes on. We can never let anything resembling Nazi ideology take a foothold, it’s what our fathers and grandfathers ultimately defeated in WWII.
ReplyDeleteEverything's OK, Jinx... -T is here. :-)
ReplyDeleteHi All!
Thank you Dan for a delightful puzzle. I SUSS'd my 1st themer at HONEST [T]RUTH and fill came faster.
Fun expo, Lem -- ZZ Top is still playing in the background :-)
WO: ARSENel until I parsed SANTA v. SAN TA_NA (Hi C,Eh!)
ESP: AZO
Fav: ZZ TOP filled sans perps
Sparkle: HONDAS' clue, FETISH as clued, ARSENAL, POD CAST, BEG FOR MERCY
Extras in Sound of Music? Starts with an N? oh, only 3 letters...
{B, A- //you want LISP ;-)}
BigE - DW's friend (and our dentist) is named also named Chi.
CED - LOL IMPish comics. Thanks.
Waseeley - re: Saturday. My trainer is ~26yrs old. He'll put on classic rock for me if no one else is in the gym. Today, Chicago's Saturday in The Park and he lost it, "This is awesome! Who is this? Are all the songs this good?" It's good to see that good music is still appreciated.
Cheers, -T
Wordle 223 4/6
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Wordle 223 X/6
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Failed to get today's Wordle for the first time!
Fetish has two meanings
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a form of sexual desire in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, item of clothing, part of the body, etc.
"Victorian men developed fetishes focusing on feet, shoes, and boots"
Similar: fixation, sexual fixation, obsession, compulsion, mania
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an inanimate object worshiped for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit.
Similar: talisman, charm, amulet
Easy for a Fry day..(our traditional fish fry day) 🐟
ReplyDeleteso BEGCLEMANCY fit but was an OWIE (BEGFORMERCY)...lol....other inkovers: axis/AXLE,
SANTA ANA: When I was in training, reading films from St. Anne's nursing home in Rochester with a Jewish attending MD. He asked me if St. Anne was the grandmother of God. 🤔
Will Penelope CRUZ's real cousin please stand up!!🤣
JOINTTRUST, an affliction of the Tin man. Glad the answer to "fail to be str8" wasn't gay. Liked the "ring master" clue..the short 3 letter answer helped "suss" it.
!Quien es MAS macho!
Rapper (we get a lot of these clues) Nickie....MANAGE
Implore erstwhile baseball great Young....BEGFORMERCY.
Electrical resistance mantra....OHM
Toss shucked pea casing.....PODCA.
Sated US gov't agent....FED
Ahhs go with.... OOZE
IM et al...Realize there will be a sudden dip in temp on the island next week but my DW relatives staying with us always provide more than enough "Hot Air"🙄...plus the following week should bring more seasonal temps. ☺
"Pronunciation: sæ-dêr-day" The T in Saturday is pronounced as a D? That can't be right.
ReplyDeleteD-O @4:07 PM Only in Amurica.
DeleteI enjoyed the heck out of this puzzle. I guess I like that kind of wordplay. Only writeover was UGH to ICK.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lemonade, for your informative and thoughtful write-up.
Wishing all a good day.
Most Americans say "liddle" for little. it's not correct but common.
ReplyDeleteATLGranny or Anon-T : How'd you manage to "print" your Wordle results and paste them into your comment? Neat trick. Took me 5 chances today.
ReplyDeleteDO @ 4:14 PM I shared it to email, then copied and pasted it to the blog. AnonT, do you have a better way?
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Excellent puzzle! Loved the clueing!
ReplyDeleteATLGranny - That (cut-n-paste to email draft (I draft in email #SpellCheck)) is what I did and then posted (sans preview). I wasn't sure it would work; it was kind of a test.
ReplyDeleteNote: the pretty Wordle graphic is black-n-white blocks on one of my devices (Win7 box in the Garage) so the display is browser / plug-in dependent.
Cheers, -T
How is it that when I go to:
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it's one word per day, but when I go to:
https://wordlegame.org
I can play repeatedly, as much as I like?
SandyAnon - your 1st link is the original written for fun & NOT profit (no ads, no hype, just 'here you go world; have some fun').
ReplyDeleteThe real fun of one/day is the whole planet plays the same one on the same day. Kinda like the LAT :-)
All the others are knockoffs cashing in. Trust Me :-)
//I got hornswoggled out of $0.99 when I learned of Wordle and, in my haste, bought someone's app.
Cheers, -T
Well, T, they're both direct from the web and both free. And I haven't seen any ads. So it's a puzzlement.
ReplyDeleteOK, I was trying to stay away But I got it(Woedle) in 3. W doesn't like PENUS
ReplyDeleteSandy, I think the J helps, eh?
ReplyDeleteDash T, when I saw your 2:49 comment with your Wordle results, I knew that it wasn't (couldn't be) an embedded image, so I did a test and created the result by using emojis. But as I was doing that, I thought, well, if they are emojis, then it should work with just a copy/paste, as long as I don't preview.
So much easier than manually creating them with the emojis. :>)
The difference in our colors is that I play the game in Color Blind Mode, so I get blue for "present" and orange for "correct". In normal mode, it is yellow for "present" and green for "correct" as you and ATLGranny have.
Anyway, glad you gave it a shot and tried it.
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Thank you Dan Schoenholz for a very nice and easier Friday puzzle - got the 'idea', and loved it. Enjoyed it very much.
Thank you Lemonade for your thoughful and inspiring review. Did not know that today was the Auschwitz Liberation day. Sad memories. Never Again. Unfortunately, the concept of genocide will remain with us, forever and forever.... many genocides since WW II.
BTW, Jan 26th is India's Republic Day, so I will not forget this date, the next year around.
I was surprised that penelope Cruz is the only spanish actress/ and actor ? on the Walk of Fame ? What happened to Desi Arnaz, for example ?
CED, I loved your inks. Ray O Sunshone, have a happy holiday ( 4th one this year ?...) in Florida ... and bring back some warm weather when you return ...
I was going to write a long diatribe about my feelings for the role, Raj Koothra----- and why I dont ever watch the TBBT show, because of the way he has been characterized.... But its kinda late, and I dont think it would serve any purpose. He has become, in my opinion, the MOAS ... the Mother Of All Stereotypes. Anyhoo,
Have a happy evening, and a great weekend, you all.
Wordle 223 3/6
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FIW, with only two incorrect squares --- both of which I should have known. The good news was that I actually finished a Friday puzzle, and I even got the theme. That’s proof that it was a little easier than a normal Friday, but I won’t complain.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dan and Lemonade! I did enjoy both the puzzle and the expo!
“That Little Ol’ Band from Texas” – ZZ Top – lost its bassist, Dusty Hill, last July. He died in his sleep at home at the age of 72. Great loss!
Vidwan, you took the words right out of my mouth. It’s just like, “The war to end all wars” WASN’T. As Pete Seeger wrote, “When will they ever learn?”
Lemonade, I had a college professor who had been with the USArmy which liberated one of the death camps. He spoke of the horrors. After being in Germany, they sent him to the Pacific where he contracted malaria. He had a bad malaria attack while I was a student. He told me that when the fever of malaria was bad, he relived the horror of the German death camp. Very dark era in history.
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ReplyDeleteAnother way to look at soccer, is that it is rugby without the emergency room ....
I believe Rita Moreno has a star in Hollywood. Of course, if one is differentiating between "Spanish" from Spain and Latina, that would be a distinction. Ms. Cruz is from Spain and Ms. Moreno is from Puerto Rico but both are Latinas in my opinion.
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