Theme: "Making A Dent" - DING is added to each theme entry.
23. Fraudulent budget increase for cleaning supplies?: BRILLO PADDING. Brillo pad.
33. Those waiting for Facebook friend acceptance?: PENDING PALS. Pen pals.
40. Pre-flight pandemonium?: WILD BOARDING. Wild boar.
65. Banking at a beach ATM?: FUNDING IN THE SUN. Fun in the sun.
91. Growing bulb?: BUDDING LIGHT. Bud Light.
97. Major curves on a mountain road?: EPIC WINDING. Epic win.
113. Ocean trip for relationship strengthening?: BONDING VOYAGE. Bon voyage.
I remember we had a DING deletion theme a while ago. Not a DING addition.
Great title! Our standard Sunday word, black square count. A bit heavier on names in the fill.
Across:
7. Honi's comics dad: HAGAR. "Hägar the Horrible".
12. Jungian concerns: PSYCHES.
19. Ricky Martin's surname, by birth: MORALES. Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales.
21. Mindless: INANE.
22. Stuffed meat dish: ROULADE. Is it a familiar dish to you?
25. Together: EN MASSE.
26. Walk in the park, say: AMBLE.
27. Ending with neur-: OSES.
28. Role for Ingrid: ILSA. "Casablanca".
30. False __: STEP.
31. Lucie's dad: DESI. Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem play Lucy and Ricky in "Being the Ricardos".
32. Start of a classic dramatic question: ET TU.
36. Iain's negative: NAE.
38. Concerning: IN REGARD TO. Or "with regard to".
44. Big spreads: ESTATES.
49. Challenge, as testimony: IMPEACH.
50. Air issues org.: EPA.
51. "I knew it __ you": WAS.
53. "Oy vey!": AH ME.
54. Seal the deal: SIGN.
55. Hungry request: MORE. Next Tuesday is Chinese Spring Festival. I'm hungry for jiazi.
57. Fire: CAN.
58. Folding ladder feature: A FRAME.
60. H, to Kronos: ETA. Who's Kronos? I'm more familiar with Cronus spelling.
61. Word of accusation: LIAR.
63. Mil. rhyme for "Yahtzee": ROTC. New clue angle.
64. Lost steam: SLOWED.
69. Shape-fitting game: TETRIS.
72. "The __ Show": GONG. Here's Gong Li, the most famous Chinese actress.
73. Feed bag bits: OATS.
74. Deg. of distinction: PHD.
77. Just about: ALMOST.
78. Letters to a lender: IOU.
79. Part of CPA: Abbr.: CERT. Certified.
81. Modeling supply: GLUE.
82. Stray: ROAM.
83. Atl.-based network: CNN.
84. Shut out: BAN.
85. Embrace, as a custom: ESPOUSE.
88. Ancient Assyrian capital: NINEVEH. No idea. Wikipedia says it
"was the largest city in the world for approximately fifty years until
the year 612 BC. Today, it is a common name for the half of Mosul that
lies on the eastern bank of the Tigris."
93. First Black person to host a successful TV variety show: FLIP WILSON.
96. Whole lot: TON.
101. Record speeds, for short: RPMS.
103. "__ Smile": Hall & Oates hit: SARA.
107. Park way: PATH.
108. Scott of "Hawaii Five-0": CAAN.
109. "Oh": I SEE.
110. Statehouse official: Abbr.: LT GOV.
111. At Notre Dame, say: IN PARIS. Notre Dame de Paris.
117. Saw-toothed: SERRATE.
118. Strand at a chalet, say: ICE IN.
119. More frivolous: SILLIER.
120. Like a best friend: CLOSEST.
121. One of the Allman Brothers: GREGG. He was married to Cher for sometime.
122. Lots: PLENTY.
Down:
1. Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit: I'M BAD.
2. "Chestnuts roasting ..." co-writer: TORME.
3. Exam no-nos: CRIBS.
4. Tony winner who portrayed TV's Barney Miller: HAL LINDEN.
5. Vogue alternative: ELLE.
6. __ gratias: DEO.
7. Use to conceal, as a bed: HIDE UNDER.
8. Added conditions: ANDS.
9. Chicken, in a Cantonese dish: GAI. Moo goo gai pan.
10. Wilson of Heart: ANN.
11. Saskatchewan capital: REGINA.
12. What a chair does: PRESIDES. Chairperson.
13. Spoken sounds: SONANTS. Learning moment for me.
14. "Delish!": YUM. Yummers on our blog.
15. Simple fastener: CLASP.
16. "__ mañana": HASTA.
17. Car that didn't go far: EDSEL.
18. Percolates: SEEPS.
20. Precise location: SPOT.
24. Moving: ASTIR.
29. Pres. or CEO: LDR. Leader.
32. Fed. anti-discrimination org.: EEOC.
33. __ Palace: castle on the Portuguese Riviera: PENA. Another learning moment.
34. Word with white or cream: EGG.
35. "America's __ Talent": GOT.
37. Legal gp.: ABA.
39. Ready: RIPE.
40. One way to crack: WISE.
41. "You found the right person": I'M IT.
42. Patti Tavatanakit was its Rookie of the Year for 2021: Abbr.: LPGA. She's a Thai.
43. Jazz pianist __ Jamal: AHMAD.
45. Quarterback Rodgers: AARON. Packers.
46. Soften: THAW.
47. One-named body-image advocate: EMME.
48. Sesame __: SEED.
51. Bulb measure: WATT.
52. Nightly news figure: ANCHOR.
56. Where it all started: ORIGIN.
57. One side of an issue: CON. And PRO.
58. Mgr.'s second-in-command: ASST.
59. Wintry strains: FLUS.
61. California's San __ Obispo: LUIS.
62. Part of MIT: Abbr.: INST.
63. Fix: RIG.
65. "The most striking figure in Starkfield," in a Wharton classic: FROME. Ethan Frome.
66. Twelve, half the time: NOON.
67. African antelope: GNU.
68. Polished off: EATEN.
69. Alpine lake: TARN.
70. Weena's race, in a Wells classic: ELOI. "The Time Machine". Morlocks eat them.
71. IRS agent: T MAN.
74. Bit of talk show self-promotion: PLUG.
75. One may fall over a crowd: HUSH.
76. Something specific, informally: DEET. Detail.
79. Heels: CADS.
80. Showing support for: ENDORSING.
81. Take a limo, say: GO IN STYLE.
83. Special occasion service: CHINA SET. Carmen's special Spring Festival flowers. I don't know the name of the flowers in that big red Fortune vase, Carmen said they were very pricey.
84. Sofia's home: Abbr.: BULG. Bulgaria. They produce the best roses.
86. Some NCOs: SGTS.
87. Arafat's gp., once: PLO.
89. Group for ex-GIs: VFW.
90. Brings forth: ELICITS.
91. Recycling receptacle: BIN.
92. How deals are usually sealed: IN PEN.
94. Kissing at the bar, briefly: PDA. Public Display of Affection.
95. Hit the jackpot: WIN BIG.
97. Protestant denom.: EPISC.
98. Group of experts: PANEL.
99. Geek Squad member, for short: IT PRO.
100. Burns a little: CHARS.
102. Parts of gigs: MEGS.
104. Word from a coach: AGAIN.
105. Where to find words for words: ROGET.
106. Label giant: AVERY. By the way, where do you get your return address labels?
109. "Gotcha, man": I DIG.
110. Loaf: LOLL.
112. Pop's Carly __ Jepsen: RAE. "Call Me Maybe" .
114. Text-scanning tech.: OCR.
115. Called before: NEE.
116. Limo passenger: VIP.
Boomer's radiation went well last week. He did scare me on Monday when he had a fall inside the radiation room. His left knee sometimes buckles, even with the walker. Thankfully no more accidents after that. He handled the extreme cold and long walks like the old Boomer!
We start more rounds of VA hospital visits on Feb 7, not daily, just two to three times a week for his PT, OT, chemo (will know more soon), MRI and other scans, neurosurgeon follow-up, spinal cord injury follow-up, diabetes visit, etc.
C.C.
46 comments:
A quick follow-up on yesterday's puzzle: I was kind of surprised at the lack of familiarity of 20A ZENDA, on this blog and elsewhere. The Prisoner of Zenda was still a popular book in my youth, and it has been made into a movie three times (1937, 1952 and 1979). It was also spoofed in a Get Smart episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0587587/.
I thought that it was a gimme with Z as a bonus, but I guess that the world has moved on from it!
No competition on this one. I had to turn on red letters about half-way thru, and keep them on until I finished.
I did spot the theme early, and it was helpful in completing the rest of the theme entries.
"H, to Kronos: ETA. Who's Kronos? I'm more familiar with Cronus spelling." Cronos was a Titan God, Kronos is a town in Greece.
Nineveh is mentioned often in the Bible, and in particular Jonah. God ordered Jonah to preach in Nineveh, but he didn't want to, so traveled in the opposite direction, where he wound up in a whale. When he did go to Nineveh, he was ultra-successful at converting the city from evil to good!
Good morning!
Slogged through this one, top-to-bottom, with only a few hiccups. I still maintain it's signed WITH a PEN IN INK. Tried to spell NINEVEH with a final VAH. Nope. This one came in under the time limit...but barely. Thanx, Matt and C.C. (Haven't bought any return address labels in years. We get so many free ones in the mail.)
Good to hear that Boomer is forging ahead with his medical regimen. Hope it brings him some relief.
Brian, I had no problem with ZENDA yesterday. Came to me almost immediately, but I failed to make any mention of it.
Almost all good news for Boomer, excellent!
Brian, like D-O, Zenda was easy fill for me with Douglas Fairbanks and Ronald Coleman playing Rupert, followed by a parody with Peter Sellars. There were more versions than the three Brian mentions.
Thai women have embraced golf and produced many successful players in the last few years including Ariya Jutanugarn who was number 1 for a while. They are playing this week in Boca Raton and it is obviously too cold for most of their players, especially the Korda sisters.
Thank you Matt; enjoying you resurgence here in the LAT.
Good morning.
Glanced at the title and moved on. Didn't notice the added DING at first.
The first E in NINEVEH was my last letter and a guess. I expected the congrats message, but didn't get it. Directly above it, a typo with n instead of m in ROAM.
On Friday, we had Penelope CRUZ, and today C.C. references Javier Bardem in his "Being the Riccardos" role. Overnight, I watched "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" with Cruz, Bardem and Scalett Johannson. An engaging film that slowed today's solve considerably.
Beef ROULADEn and Spaetzle ? I'm all in. Rotkohl mit das, bitte. DW and SIL both make rouladen. Just thinking about it makes me hungry for (55A) MORE.
C.C., are Jiaozi the same as we call pot stickers ? The place I got the steamed bao buns also has pan fried pot stickers made with vegetables and pork, and served with a ginger sauce. The Chinese food from this new place is so much better than our old regular.
Jepson's worldwide hit "Call Me Maybe" spurred so many parodies and lip dub videos. An internet phenomenon at the time. So much fun back then.
I am glad to hear Boomer is progressing in his treatments and is able to handle the long walks to get to them.
From yesterday:
Brian, I missed out on commenting. A very fine and enjoyable crossword. No problem here with Zenda.
As far as Wordle...
Wordle 225 3/6*
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From yesterday:
Dave, I know some people have strategies of using the same starting words, but for me it's fun to just enter any five letter word and see what happens. See the link below.
Canadian Eh, NIL on your first TWO entries yesterday ? Nice recovery to get it in four ! Kudos !
The Wordle Fad Is Affecting Relationships !.
Will this fun, fast little daily game ever become passe ? Who else still plays "Seven Little Words" ?
Yesterday, I started poking around in the Wordle code. It took a fair amount of time, but I figured it out. I now know how to get the daily Wordle in ONE try. I won't, because that would be cheating, and it would spoil the fun of the game for me.
FIW, missing TARa x asNEVEH x ELOs and BeD(DING) LIGHT. WOW! I Could Have Had a BUD (DING) LIGHT! Should have known ELOI, and maybe BULG. DNK that The Velvet Fog wrote music. Too many other unknowns to mention, but perps took care of those.
I used to laugh at all the Southern Californians who pronounced it "San Looie Obispo", since even I knew LUIS is a Spanish name. I was once sailing in a race from Marina del Rey to San Diego with a buddy who was a native Los Angeleno. I asked him what the lights were on shore. He looked at the chart and replied "La Jolla", pronouncing like "jolly" with an "a" instead of a "y". The rest of the crew had a field day with that one, and he earned the nickname "La Jolla Joe" (as he would say it) or just "Joe", for as long as I raced with him. (His name was Mike.)
PDA, short for "get a room".
Thanks to Matt for the challenge. Too hard for me, but I enjoyed trying. And thanks to CC for the report on Boomer, and for the solid explanation of Matt's work.
The many names in the puzzle almost got me, especially in the NW corner but I had a FIR in the end. Also, it was a challenging Sunday theme, Matt, which I figured out with BONDING VOYAGE. Thanks for my morning fun.
Thanks, C.C. for the update on Boomer as well as a helpful review. It sounds like the next week will be more restful for you both. Like DO, I get plenty of free address labels in the mail.
WOs that slowed me down were putting clay/GLUE, to be/ ETTU, and all/TON. My last fill was AMBLE which gave me my missing names.
TTP@8:21 AM I still play 7 Little Words and find it challenging because they don't divide words by syllables. And working my way through the Wordle Archive, I have done 70 so far. Addictive? Maybe.
Brian@3:56AM I had no problem with ZENDA as it was the first word that came to me.
Have a sunny Sunday, everyone.
A tough one to FIR today with the NW the last to fall. MORALES was unknown and HALLINDEN seemed like a strange last name. Oh, it was HAL LINDEN, duh.
The DING was noticed added to PEN PALS but it wasn't that much help. WISE and FUN were slow in coming to mind to add to unknowns-AVERY, NINEVEH, ROULADE, AHMAD, PENA Palace, EMME, SONANTS, FROME, LPGA, CAAN.
I worked the puzzle while watching -LIVE- the 4th &5th sets between Nadal and Medvedev in the Austalian Open Finals. They were still playing after 1AM in Melbourne, Australia and none of the crowd left. Nadal won the last set 7-5, his 21st Grand Slam win.
ANCHOR- who watches the 'nightly news' these days with all the cable news shows? I don't.
"AVERY. By the way, where do you get your return address labels?" I have hundreds that are sent from every charity wanting money. I put them on luggage, my phone, and anything I don't want to lose.
Good luck Boomer.
This was in the moderation filter:
Unknown commented on "Sunday June 13, 2021 Matt Skoczen"
46 mins ago
TO: MATT SKOCZEN The first Black person to have a successful TV variety show was NAT "KING" COLE, 1956-1957. (Not Flip Wilson.)
Well, the great Subgenius finally had a FIW, for a change. "Deo" as opposed to my mistaken " Dio.". Oh, well, you can't win them all, I guess!
Greetings from cold and snowy DE, fellow cornerites. We got about 8" of "softly falling silent shroud of snow" so far. The snow has stopped but no one has been out to shovel yet, probably because the temp. is 21 deg at 11:22 AM, and I just read in the neighborhood blog that our development will not get plowed out, today or ever. Why shovel out your driveway if the streets aren't clear? Bummer. I glad now I spent 6 yrs. in Oswego, NY and learned how to drive in snow.
Sounds like Boomer is still progressing. Know that our thoughts and prayers are with you, big guy.
Fairly easy puzzle today. Finished in 41 min. which is a little quicker than average. I didn't notice a plethora of proper names, maybe because they didn't stump me. Thanks for the Sunday workout, Matt, and the entertaining review, CC. Incidentally, since no one else has taken a CSO at 27A, I will.
Today is my favorite day of football watching for the entire season. Two championship games for the price of one, and both are usually better than the Superb Owl. Tonight's menu is Cotelette de porc Normandie avec Colvados creme, truffled rice pilaf, roasted asperges, salade, and peanut butter pie with a chocolate crust for dessert. It sounds like I may be cooking instead of watching tv, but that isn't necessarily the case. The pork chops are already seasoned and seared and waiting in the oven in a pan with the braising liquid for a long, slow, tenderizing braise. The rice is seasoned and set up in a rice cooker with a delay start, the eldest young lion of the pride will be responsible for the asparagus, and the pie was made yesterday. I'm off to watch tv. Hmm, I wonder if Calvados would make a good Sidecar. I'll let you know.
Cya
A more challenging Sunday offering than usual.
Thanks for the update and the recap, C.C.
Valerie and I went south to Orange County (Westminster) yesterday for a Tet outing to "Little Saigon". Not quite like being in HCMC or Hanoi but lots of fun, good food and lots of traffic both pedestrian and automobiles. All that was missing were the mopeds and motor scooters.
I am afraid Wordle is distracting me from today's puzzle, as I am spending more thought on it.
As distracting as "ding dong ditch" may be,
I have never seen a childish prank carried this far....
My Wordle today starting with adieu!
Wordle 225 5/6
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TTP,
Will this fad last?
I dunno, but it is a lot of fun.
But being once a day gives time for thought.
(Always dangerous occupation for me)
And rather than dig into the archive,
I do other people's wordle backwards...
(I do a lot of things backwards, )
So, hopefully without giving to much away,
My guess is that your second last guess was "grunt."
And your first guess was "flume."
(How"d I do?)
Hmm, curious,
Is anyone else seeing question marks instead of color squares?
The only thing I did different was I x'ed out out the wordle stats
because I already forgot the final word, and then went back into the stats
again to share...
Hmm curious,
Today, CBS Sunday did a story on Wordle. Will Shortz said he always starts with the word “arose.”
Like Big Easy I receive tons of free address labels, only use about 5 a year.
Totally missed the end “ding”. Stay well!
Good to her from you BlueHen. Sorry now that I failed to return my RSVP to your repast.
Very good, David. You were oh so close. Don't preview your comments if you intend to use emojis. The Wordle squares are emojis.
ATLGranny, I still enjoy 7 Little Words. I try to figure out what the words are w/o looking at the clues. I haven't gone backwards to do the old Wordles, but I am on a mission to complete all of the Moderate level crosswords at Best Crosswords. There are 44 pages of them, 25 to a page, so about 1100 crosswords. I just started the 8th page, so I've done maybe 177 or so.
There were only 13 crosswords in the Hard Category :>(
CC Thanks for the mouth watering review with your jiazi dumplings and Moo Goo GAI Pan. I have had the latter many times. And thanks for the learning moment about Cher and GREGG Allman. I had no idea. And thanks for the GONG Li photo. Gorgeous. Learning moment.
I knew NINEVEH from this fun song by Danny Kaye. Anyone else?
Stuck with TAME before THAW. Anyone else?
Here I was hiking at Bishop Peak in San LUIS Obispo on my way back from San Francisco.
San LUIS Obispo is a lot like our little town of Santa Barbara, but without the ocean. Good food, good hiking, college town.
From Last Sunday:
I forgot to note that ADOBO is actually originally from the Philippines, not Mexico. DW makes it.
PS: Curious if anyone watched our GOAT video last Thursday?
For all the unknowns I encountered, which included MORALES, ROULADE, SONANTS, OCR, IMPEACH (as defined by clue), PENA, and I didn’t know Patti Tavatanakit was in the LPGA, or that AVERY was a big name in labels, I was still able to manage a FIR in 34 minutes with immense help from the perps, about an average Sunday time for me. Matt ~~ I liked your theme and clues, and the title definitely availed, thanks for the challenge!
I also get return address labels from charitable donations, and I probably have enough for ten lifetimes, and I still find myself handwriting them out 🤷🏼♂️. I don’t mind donating but it seems they spend the money on postage to solicit more, then sell your name to other charities till you are inundated with requests, some very obscure, can’t do them all.
Nice write-up today C.C., many learning moments for me! Also glad to hear Boomer is holding his own and in good spirits, hopefully will keep improving by the day!
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Musings
-Fun theme and devilish cluing. What’s not to like?
-OSES is a perfectly understandable “any port in a storm”
-TO BE is out and ET TU is in and a _ M A N is not a G
-It’s 41F and raining in Saint Andrews, Scotland. There’s NAE chance for Iain to play golf
-CAN – A rookie English teacher is not having her contract renewed. She doesn’t join us for lunch anymore
-My DW is so glad the FB season is ALMOST over.
-CLAY was wrong for _ L _ _ modeling supply and TNN was wrong Atl. Network at _ N N
-5’ 6” Scott CAAN may be the shortest lawman on TV and BAD Michael weighed 135lb
-I watched LPGA golf yesterday in 50F Boca Raton with 18 mph winds and loved all the Asian golfers
-AARON’S impression of Hamlet is getting old
-VFW’s are hard-pressed to come up with members for veteran’s funerals
-Gotta go fix lunch. I’ll read you during the KC game.
Musings 2
-Hi Brian, glad to see you again! I’m familiar with ZENDA but have no idea about the book or movie
-BTW, I spend most of my days with kids who never heard of The Beatles or Beach Boys
-BTW 2, I know I was assigned to read Ethan FROME but can’t recall any of that either
-CRIBS on tests didn’t bother this teacher who gave “open-note” tests
-“Get a room” stops 14-yr-old boys from wrestling with each other
-Black TV star with …W I _ _ _ _ was not WINFRY
-Bluehen – YUM from the Great Plains
-We had to find someplace to put Return Address labels on our 23 and Me boxes we mailed yesterday
Challenging puzzle for me today. Not only too many unfamiliar names ( for me) but I made a couple of dumb guesses which screwed everything up. RAVIOLI for ROULADE, SEARS for CHARS, Started FUND with SUN. Took me awhile to unscrew!
Also, what does OCR stand for? I kept hoping the comments would ‘splain. I did learn some new stuff and thought the theme was fun.
Thank you, Matt, and thanks as always, C.C. For the interesting tour. I atill think you should do a cookbook of your recipes!
Best wishes to you and Boomer as you go through this next challenge. You two are an inspiration.
Jack and I have fallen into Wordle. It’s fun, and we like the once-a-day format so we can’t waste too much time. My “method” is to start with a word that has at least two vowels, preferably three, so I can eliminate the ones that don’t work right away. Still, I have yet to do better than 3 tries to get the “Splendid” message. Jack frequently gets it in two - annoying!
Bright, sunny Sunday. Rams - Forty Niners on TV with friends joining us (all fully vaccinated and boosted!). GO RAMS!
TTP @10:47 AM Perhaps "Unknown" and Matt Skoczen need to split the difference on 93A, re the operative word "successful". Nat King Cole did have a variety show in 1956 on NBC, but the show fell victim to the bigotry of the times and was canceled after one season; few sponsors were willing to be associated with a Black entertainer. Times were different by 1970 and The Flip Wilson Show ran for 4 seasons.
Word of the Day: high-falutin'
Pronunciation: hai-fê-lut-ên
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: (Regional slang) 1. Highly pompous, bombastic (speech). 2. Showing off, ostentatious, pretending to be above one's station in life, putting on airs.
Notes: The amazing thing about high-falutin' it is that is not a high-falutin' word itself for it is usually pronounced with a colloquial twang. However, it has survived long enough to be treated as a legitimate word that may be pronounced standardly, high-faluting, if it makes you feel better. It may be used as an adverb with or without any doctoring: "Benny can talk as high-falutin' as any of them.
In Play: This word is not only slang but slang used predominately in the southern US states: "Lana Georgia thinks that using high-falutin' words will convince people that she is a high-class lady." Although most commonly associated with speech, today's Good Word is at home in many other contexts: "Cindy Mae Lovett hasn't talked to any of her old friends since she started waitressing in that high-falutin' restaurant on Nob Hill."
See Alpha Dictionary for more info.
Bill's comment: I thing we saw high-falutin' in a clue on the Corner recently.
Wendybird, OCR is Optical Character Recognition. It's an electronic scanning technology that I believe was originally developed to read and digitally record data from bank checks.
Bill, I looked up Nat King Cole after I read that comment that was captured in the moderation filter. I knew who he was but never knew he had a TV program.
Hi Y'all! Very tricky puzzle, Matt! Counted 16 names & things I didn't know. Got 'er done, but wasn't sure I liked it. I saw all the ING's early but missed the DING theme entirely.
C.C., great expo. Sounds like you and Boomer will have a busy February. Bless you both!
We used to watch the Flip Wilson show but I didn't remember he was the first black to have one. Lots of learning moments in this puzzle that were interesting. Some I didn't really need to know. Probably never will have a chance to taste Roulade.
Thanks Matt for a sparkly Sunday puzzle. I think I'm on a roll, but unfortunately it's headed down hill, DINGED by MS BERGMAN: of all the "gin joints in the woild" she had to show up on the Corner and was so STUNNING that couldn't remember how to spell her first name. And even though I knew SONANTS, I WAGGED an E in the second syllable. Great theme though, which I picked up on right away.
And thank you C.C. for an illuminating review and for your update on Boomer. We pray for him daily and I'm glad to hear that Somebody up there is listening.
A few favs:
22A ROULADE. Yes and it is YUMMERS. Our local Sushi restaurant serves something that looks like that, but I don't recall the Japanese name for it.
25A EN MASSE. Today Teri and I went to MASS EN MASSE with PLENTY of other people in our MASSIVE Cathedral.
31A DESI. We've heard good things about "Being the Ricardos", but we haven't been willing to watch it. Kidman and Bardem are great actors, but Lucy and Ricky were INCOMPARABLE.
32A ET TU. Wanted "TO BE", but it didn't perp.
55A MORE. I'm with D-O - jiazi look just like "potstickers". One of my granddaughters loves 'em.
72A GONG. MS GONG appears to have a certain "je ne sais quoi"!
79A CERT. I wonder if I could become a CPA. I've been told I'm CERTIFIABLE.
80A NINEVEH. I'm with OwenKL on JONAH's success in Ninevah. After walking a full day into the heart of Nineveh crying "Repent, the end is is near", the citizens did the unthinkable: they actually REPENTED!
62D INST. A CSO to Picard.
67D GNU. It's not UNIX! But it does look suspicially like an operating system.
68D ELOI. So they were "polished off" by a bunch of MORLOCKS?
76D DEET. Learned this usage here. Also an insect repellent.
105D ROGET. I guess it's a synonym for THESAURUS, which didn't fit.
114 OCR. Optical Character Recognition. This online freebie is pretty good.
Cheers,
Bill
TTP @ 2:45 PM One of my grandsons is into RETRO music and really loves NAT KING COLE. We gave him this album by NATALIE COLE for Christmas. She sings duets with him by overdubbing her voice on a lot of his old songs. Great stuff.
TTP @8:21 AM You say you hacked into Wordle. What's it written in? I've been able to stay away from it, but Teri loves it. She's a big Jumble fan and a lot of the skills seem to transfer. Oh and I loved the Wordle meme. So far I think our marriage is safe!
Bluehen, you need tyo get out in that snow and build walls, a fortress steep and mighty, that none may penetrate.
TTP, are you sure about banks developing OCR? I thought that they used the similar Magnetic Ink Character Recognition, not optical. I remember learning about MICR (MY-car) ink and printing, and almost bought a MICR toner cartridge for my laser printer to print my own checks. Just in the nick of time, online bill pay was introduced and I have written very few checks since.
Bill / TTP, ironically, that album was our dinner music last night. Verifying the Bluetooth link between my new phone and the RV's dashboard radio. Nice first album to use for the system's proof of performance test. I have always loved the album.
I liked this puzzle a lot.
Hola!
DING! DING! DING! Yes! I see them! But sadly, it all reminds me that I had a DENT on my car two weeks ago and also on a neighboring car. It is all fixed now and I plan to be much, much more careful when parking although some of those parking slots are sooooo narrow. That was part of the problem. At church today I had plenty of room to park because I always arrive a bit early. And speaking of that, the church was much more full than it has been for the last year. It seems people are finally venturing out. I get very distracted by the redheaded family of eight children who sit in the pew ahead of me. They are so well behaved but occasionally one will poke another and they start squirming. They sit in descending order from the tallest to the shortest and there is a baby in his father's arms who plays with his daddy's ear. So cute!
The puzzle was fun. Thank you, Matt. HAGAR came to me immediately as I read the comics every day. Also HAL LINDEN. I used to watch Barney Miller regularly.
CSO to my beautiful niece, REGINA. Another CSO to my nephew, AARON.
TETRIS was the first game my daughter played on the computer.
I can still watch FLIP WILSON on TV. He was really funny especially in his GERALDINE role.
ENDORSING next to IN PEN was appropriate.
I've never before seen DEET meaning detail.
When I am writing I rely heavily on my ROGET thesaurus.
C.C., thank you for the progress report on Boomer. It's good to know he is responding well to his treatments.
I still watch the news just to have an idea of what is going on in the world.
Amen to receiving TONS of return address labels, enough to paper an entire room. I use the most at Christmas time because I send Christmas cards and birthday cards, too. I'll be sending Valentine cards to my friends and will use some then.
Have a sensational Sunday, everyone! HASTA luego!
PK, have you ever had a Hostess Ho-Ho ? That's an example of a sweet version of a roulade. Jelly rolls etc. But for my nickel's worth, give me the beef rouladen every time.
Jinx, I stand corrected. yes, that was MICR for checks, not OCR.
Bill, HTML, JS, and CSS, although I didn't pay attention to any CSS.
BTW, how much snow did you get ? We haven't had any, but one forecast later in the week calls for 8 to 10 inches, and I may get to use my snowblower again !
Those along the NE coast and inland must have got plenty, because I think we've only heard from Dave. Maybe the storm has stretched all the way into Ontario, because we haven't heard from Canadian Eh, either.
Sorry, Dave AND BLUEHEN !
Superb Sunday. Thanks for the fun, Matt and C.C. (Thanks for the update on Boomer . . . continued thoughts and prayers for you both).
Officially a DNF today as I required a Google lookup and red- letter help (I was online not IN PEN today) to finish the NW corner.
But I got the theme.
I had neur itis before OSES, hand up for Clay before GLUE.
I noted I’M BAD and I’M IT, TON and PLENTY (No Lots today).
We had Rick the other day and ISLA today.
Will it be a WILD BOARDING if we are EN MASSE?
Some Canadian content with RAE and REGINA. NOTRE Dame could have been in Montreal not PARIS.
I say YUM and MORE to Bluehen’s menu. I’m sure everything will be EATEN.
I have EATEN ROULADEN at the home of a German friend. Another YUM.
C.C. I can’t identify Carmen’s flowers either, but they are beautiful. They are tulip- shaped but grouped on stem differently, and the stems and leaves are tall like a gladiolus.
Cheers here for Canada’s win in the World Cup soccer qualifier.
Wishing you all a great day.
I tried CED’s ADIEU today for a starter.
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TTP- no new snow here. We are sunny and cold. Our 50 cm. from Jan. 17 is still on the ground; we have had just enough small snowfalls over the last two weeks to keep it looking fresh and white. Beautiful in today’s sun. But so cold for those soccer players in Hamilton this afternoon. I’m not sure I would want to do a header with a cold, hard soccer ball!
Yuman, I also put the free address labels on the shafts of of my golf clubs. Golfers are notoriously leaving wedges and putters behind.
Thank you Matt Skoczen for a nice Sunday puzzle. I completed it, without discovering the AHA theme of the -DING additions. I remember reading HAGAR, the horrible, in cartoons, a while ago, and MORALES was a faint memory in the mind. Some words like DEET, I had a tough time figuring out...
Thank you CC for a comprehensive review. Glad to know Boomer is doing better, and hopes and prayers that the incoming sessions will be less traumatic.
At a certain age, Falls by older people, from many reasons, become quite common .... and quite debilitating ... it is the first question most or all nurses ask of me, every time they do a physical exam.
Brian Paquin, ... I too, had no problem with Prisoner of Zenda ... I am familiar with the book, the film and a computer adventure game of that name.
This Wordle game, has me and my DW, quite hooked. I proceed as methodically as possible, so I am always on the lookout for a set of starting words,... right now, I favor, ADIEU, FRONT, MUSHY and PLUCK to get the popular vowels and common consonants out of the way ...
I dont guess blindly, but rather ploddingly ( a word?) ... I may never get it in 3 tries, but generally in 4 or 5, but I know I tried it by the numbers.
Return Address Labels ... I need a lot of them, on clear plastic, for lots of federal and state forms. I buy envelopes/packages of clear plastic lables in various sizes from Avery, and Dennison, and have my address printed out on my laser printer. I generally print over a 1000 labels in a day, and it keeps me 'in stock' for the rest of the year...
Have a nice Sunday, you all, and a great Monday, tomorrow.
I have sent "get well" and sympathy cards to certain cornerites so you have seen my return address labels. Memo to self: buy valentine cards. I have some for international use, too, for my far-flung friends abroad. In my travels I have been fortunate to meet some wonderful people with whom I correspond.
That reminds me of one I shall send soon.
Thankzs, TTP and Waseely, for the explanation of OCR. Bow I wonder if I’ll remember it!
Canadian Eh,
I am guessing,
Your next word guess after adieu was trust...
I trust, I am correct...
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CED- yes, you are correct!
Sorry, can't watch football and figure out a crossword puzzle. Crashed and burned with MANY gaps. Tossed it and concentrated on the games. Got a lot more satisfaction cheering my teams.
Wendybird @6:05 PM OCR scans non-editable pictures of text (e.g. jpegs) and outputs editable text. Check out the link in my comment above for an actual way to do this.
Puzzling thoughts:
Late to the party
FIR with just two w/o’s
CC, glad to hear Boomer is responding well to radiation; continued prayers from this end
Happy with the outcome of the two NFL games today. Should be an entertaining Super Bowl
Got Wordle done in the nick of time; I really wrung my brain today 😂😂
Guessed TEARS first; ROUGH second
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