All Aboard!
37-Across. Freight train components ... or a hint to each group of circled letters: BOX CARS.
Note that the circles are arranged to make a "box". Rearrange the letters in the circles and you get a make of car. Altogether, we get six different cars. Top row, left to right, we get an Audi, an Opel, and a Jeep. Bottom row, right to left, we get a Mini, an Alda (or possibly a Lada), and a Ford. [Both the Alda and Lada seem too obscure for a Tuesday puzzle.]
1. Uber alternatives: CABS. Not wines, this time.
5. Thyroid, e.g.: GLAND.
10. Managed music for a wedding reception, briefly: DJ'ED.
14. Sword handle: HILT. // And 16-Across. Olympic sport with two accents: ÉPÉE.
15. Lasso wielder: ROPER.
17. Biblical birthright seller: ESAU. The story of Jacob and Esau can be found in Genesis 25:19-34.
18. Tylenol competitor: ALEVE. Both are pain relievers. The active ingredient in Tylenol is Acetaminophen; in Aleve, it's Naproxen.
19. Warning from a reckless driver?: FORE. A golfing reference.
20. Lost traction: SLID.
21. Runs out of steam: TIRES.
22. MP3 player: iPOD. Sadly, Apple no longer makes iPods.
23. "__ now!": "Seinfeld" mantra spoken by Frank Costanza: SERENITY. Episode 159, Season 9. It was first aired on October 9, 1997.
25. Many an IRS worker: CPA. A shout out to the Certified Public Accounts who read this blog.
27. Artemis program org.: NASA. A program of the future.
28. Storm warning: THUNDER.
32. Medicare section for ambulance services: PART-B. There are 4 parts to Medicare.
35. Rossini's "William Tell" has a famous one: OVERTURE. Sometime mistaken for the theme song to the Lone Ranger.
36. Tavern tipple: ALE.
40. 911 responder, briefly: EMS. Emergency Medical Services. There are many types of EMS's.
41. Its trill begins "Rhapsody in Blue": CLARINET. A musical composition by George Gershwin.
43. D sharp equivalent: E-FLAT.
45. Singing, dancing and acting: TALENTS. We found some hidden talents last Tuesday.
46. Draped dress: SARI. Everything you wanted to know about the sari, but didn't know to ask.
48. "Yuck!": UGH. Nothing Ugh about this puzzle.
49. Really botched: MESSED UP.
53. Sous-chef's job: PREP. A sous-chef is to the chef as the vice president is to the president.
56. Decree: EDICT.
58. __ song: cheaply: FOR A.
59. Wild West Wyatt: EARP. Best known for being involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
60. Back biter?: MOLAR. Cute clue. I just had to have a filling replace in one of my molars.
61. Far from flashy: DRAB. Hand up if you tried Dull before Drab.
62. Gallic gal pal: AMIE. Today's French lesson
63. Carne __: taco filling: ASADA. Today's Spanish lesson. Hi, Lucina!
64. Manet medium: OILS. Not to be confused with Monet, who also painted in oils.
65. Ilk: KIND.
66. Designed to punish: PENAL. Franz Kafka wrote a short story about a penal colony. It was quite gruesome.
67. Pole on the Bounty: MAST.
Down:
1. "The Queen's Gambit" game: CHESS. The Queen's Gambit is a 1983 novel by Walter Tevis. It was later made into a Netflix miniseries.
2. Flier's seat option: AISLE. I prefer an aisle seat when I fly.
3. Major's successor: BLAIR. Tricky clue for those of us on this side of the pond. Tony Blair succeeded John Major as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
4. Nero, to Seneca: STUDENT. Seneca was an ancient Roman philosopher. I wonder if he taught Nero to play the violin.
5. On the house: GRATIS. Today's Latin lesson.
6. Nabokov title girl: LOLITA. A book that has been banned in many countries.
7. Mimic's forte: APERY.
8. Actress Campbell: NEVE. She is often seen in horror films.
9. Fran of "The Nanny": DRESCHER. She has a very nasal and annoying voice.
10. Insubordinate: DEFIANT.
11. Genre for some Tokyo-based bands: J-POP.
12. Designer Saarinen: EERO. He used to make frequent guest appearances in the crossword puzzles.
13. Monopoly card: DEED.
24. Apprehending: NABBING.
26. Maritime money handlers: PURSERS.
28. FDR power project: TVA. The Tennessee Valley Authority was created as a part of Franklin D. Roosevelt programs during the Great Depression.
29. "Hamilton" climax: DUEL. He wasn't using an épée.
30. Funny Bombeck: ERMA. She wrote a syndicated column that appeared in many American newspapers.
31. Remainder: REST.
32. Treaty: PACT.
33. Penne __ vodka: ALLA. Today's Italian lesson. Can you guess what it is made of?
34. Actual: REAL.
35. Canadian Thanksgiving mo.: OCT. Hi, CanadianEh!
38. In a position of fame: ON THE MAP.
39. Ballot marks: X'ES.
42. Signed on for another tour: RE-UPPED.
44. Feudal lord's domain: FIEFDOM.
46. Cuban-born Grammy winner Jon: SECADA. I'm not familiar with this musician.
47. Starlike: ASTRAL.
49. Italian fashion center: MILAN. How Milan became the Fashion Capital.
50. Ill-fated ship Andrea __: DORIA. The SS Andrea Doria, which sank off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1956, was named after the Genoese admiral Andrea Doria.
51. Eurasian range: URALS.
52. Blue Ribbon brewer: PABST. Everything you wanted to know about Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, but didn't know to ask.
53. Pinnacle: PEAK.
54. Malek of "Mr. Robot": RAMI. He also portrayed Freddie Mercury in the 2018 film, Bohemian Rhapsody.
55. St. Patrick's home: ERIN. Also known as Ireland.
57. Medicine amount: DOSE. A spoonful of sugar will help the medicine go down ...
Tell me what you learned.
חתולה
No ta-da, so I searched until I found the error: EMt < EMS. Hadn't noticed the perp. I'd call that a FIRight, but others might not. Also had KPOP < JPOP < KPOP < JPOP.
ReplyDeleteGot the reveal before looking for the theme, but it was simple enough I would have found it without the reveal help, but the bubbles were essential!
A walk in the green you can have FOR A
Song. Observing all the local flora.
But beware the fauna,
Those that wanna
Break par, you can hear them call "FORE"!
The main theme begins, OVERTURE fades under,
It starts with a high-voice soloist battling THUNDER.
Is that an oboe set?
No, today it's a CLARINET!
Such TALENT makes the thunder stop in wonder!
{C+, B.}
Good morning all. Just thought I would check in on this beautiful winter day in Minnesota. I believe the outdoor temp right now is about 15 degrees BELOW zero with a wind chill lower than that. In a few hours C.C. and I will be on our way to the VA hospital for a second episode of Radiation. It's a long walk to the outpatient entry but that's the only way to get in due to Covid, but when we leave it's only a few steps to the car. Radiation only takes about 10 minutes and I hope it works. Friday is my final day and then it's on to bigger a tougher stuff. See you all next Monday.
ReplyDeleteWas a typical Tuesday test difficulty wise as I managed a FIR in a little under 12 minutes. Without the circles I probably never would have located the 6 vehicle names. Thank you David for the nicely constructed grid!
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah ~~ as always, an informative write up which did provide me with a few learning moments. Was unfamiliar with Penne ALLA vodka, first thought was it was a drink and not a dish (which in your link looks pretty tasty). Since vodka doesn’t impart much flavor, I’m wondering what properties it would add in cooking? Also DNK who Jon SECADA is, or that there was once a French made vehicle called an ALDA. And I now know the active ingredients in ALEVE (my first thought in the solve was Advil) and Tylenol, which I assume are both different than ibuprofen? All in all, an educational start to the day! Thank you!
Boomer ~~ nice to see you this morning! Brrr 15 below, that’s Minnesota! Makes my current 5F seem balmy by comparison. Hope you respond well to the radiation. Take care and stay warm!
ReplyDeleteI wish your docs good skill, Boomer.
ReplyDeleteFIW, carelessness at EMt x REtT. OKL showed one reason that solving on line is better than solving on paper. Had to wait "ie" or "ei" a couple of places. Never heard of a LADA, and spent some time trying to figure out where I had erred. Now I see that if you liked your Yugo, you'll love your LADA. Well, lahdida.
CSO to our Maricopa County denizens at Pinnacle PEAK, a major scenic highway north of Phoenix. I've eaten many a steak at a cowboy restaurant on that road. IIRC, if you entered the establishment while sporting a tie, they would cut it off and staple it to the ceiling.
LOLITA reminded of the classic hit "Don't Stand So Close to Me" by The Police:
"It's no use, he sees her
He starts to shake and cough
Just like the old man in
That book by Nabokov"
Thanks to David Poole for the fun puzzle with just enough spice for a Tuesday, and to Ha2la for another fine review.
Morning report from Winter Haven: Wind chill temperature: +50 degrees Fahrenheit.
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ReplyDeleteGood morning. David Poole and Hahtoolah to start the day. What's not to like ?
Did not know there was an auto named ALDA. Wouldn't have seen it but for the circles. In fact, I wonder if I could have found the others w/o the circles. Maybe, but it probably would have taken a fair amount of time to find them. And then I would have totally missed ALDA. Of course, some people solve without considering or caring about the theme. To each their own.
Only now, after revisiting the BOXed CARS, I think it's more likely that the car is the LADA. Never heard of that one either, but each of the other cars can be read in a clockwise rotation. Alda would have been the exception, and I don't think David would have one theme answer that didn't follow suit. I looked up LADA and it was a Russian produced car.
So then I read the blog. Hahtoolah, did your search engine for images break ? Talk about a dramatic change in style :>)
Canadian constructor David attempts to give us an American disadvantage with the Canadian Thanksgiving clue :>)
Boomer, can't you sneak in that exit door when someone else is coming out ? Better not try, I guess.
I too was (a) happy to hear from Boomer; (b) thinking ALDA was too obscure;(c) wondering where the cartoons went.
ReplyDeleteSince the squares were not needed to solve it was a fine Tuesday though I wonder if we have enough Seinfeld fans for this CLASSIC GEORGE ?
Thank you Susan and David
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteGuess who overslept by an hour this morning? Guess who missed reading the full reveal clue? Guess who almost turfed it in south Texas? SECADA (Cicada?) was a learning moment. ON THE MAP seems awkward, given the clue. And then there was that obscure LADA. Finally tripped to the MOLAR "back biter," or that area would've never filled in. BLAIR would've made sense had d-o read "Major's successor" rather than "Major success." Got 'er done, but it wasn't one of d-o's finest moments. Thanx, David Poole and Hahtoolah. (Was that you, Susan? Will the real Hahtoolah please stand up?)
Did not understand "alda" because all the other cars rotated clockwise, so I stared at "lada" and scratched my head.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning, Crossword friends. Both the Alda and Lada seemed too obscure for a Tuesday, although the others easily jumped out at me.
ReplyDeleteKeeping you in my thoughts, Boomer, as you enter your latest round of treatment.
QOD: Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ~ W. Somerset Maugham (né William Somerset Maughan; Jan. 25, 1874 ~ Dec. 16, 1965), British author
Thought ASA_A / SECA_A was a Natick. I think LADA was an Iron Curtain make of car.
ReplyDeleteYou're a classical music fan if you can hear the William Tell OVERTURE without thinking of the Lone Ranger, whose theme (The March of the Swiss Army) is only the last few minutes
Took 5:30 to finish the box.
ReplyDeleteYou know how I feel about circles.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteOur speed-solver, Anonymous, is not going to be happy with two days in a row with his annoying circles! Oh, well, it’s a Tuesday. 😉 The theme was evident immediately but the reveal was still fun to fill in. Never heard of Lada or Secada. My only w/o was EMT/EMS. I liked the Pabst/Ale and Duel/Epee duos and the numerous CSOs: HG (NASA), Lucina (Asada), Ray O and Anon T (Milan and Alla), CanadianEh (Oct), Dose (Ray O and Inanehiker), Sari (Vidwan), and Fore (Our golfing gang).
Thanks, David, for a Tuesday treat and thanks, Hatoolah, for an enjoyable expo. Favorite cartoon was the “Thinking Cat.” One of the Nuns who taught in my school would always preface an exam with “Now, class, put your thinking caps on”.
Boomer, keep on keeping on!
Have a great day.
Aha, he beat me to it @ 7:44!
ReplyDeleteSuccess, but this seemed more Thursday like, actually more interesting than most Tuesdays.
ReplyDeleteI was concerned about ALDA. I didn't know LADA either, but, at least, the cells were right because the perps were strong. TTP. I agree it was meant to be LADA because it follows the pattern.
Dresher's voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard.
"Serenity now," was new to me, but "on the map" was very familiar - "to make a place, a person, etc. famous or well-known The story has put our little town on the map."
SECADA was all perps.
Susan, I loved the cute thinking cat cartoon. My last cat was so cuddly, that I couldn't bear to replace her with another cat.
BTW, I hear many people say, "That is a whole nother thing," instead of another."
Fun puzzle with the BOXED CARS - definitely needed the circles whenever it goes over two lines. I think the car was supposed to LADA - it's kind of the VW Bug of Russia -very cheap and held together with chicken wire - one of the most popular used cars in not only Russia but other formerly Communist countries.
ReplyDeleteI chuckled at the last cartoon - wondered what kind of work required surgical gloves to carry out but then was okay to have cat hair and dander around?!
Thanks Susan and David!
Lada - Russian car
ReplyDeleteI almost MESSED UP, but proofreading saved the day. FIR for me after all. Last fill was BLAIR, SERENITY and APERY. I had entered APing and the UK Prime Ministers didn't occur to me. Learning moment #1. Other slow spot was MOLAR. I toyed with the thought of ON THE toP, but ASADA was a solid perp. I have heard of Jon SECADA so that worked. I agree with TTP about the clockwise position of the cars being consistent with LADA. Didn't know about ALDA. Learning moment #2.
ReplyDeleteTTP also pointed out the paucity of pictures in your blog today. The many blue links distracted me from noticing the change. Was your quote of the day explaining why you were shaking things up today? No problem. Thanks Hahtoolah, for a learning moment filled review today, and thanks David for a fine Tuesday puzzle. I enjoyed it even as I was Writing Over and Over letters in some squares. New pen to the rescue as my ink ran out. Hope you all warm up some. 48 degrees here now, not sunny but bright enough.
Good Morning.
ReplyDeleteThanks, David, for a pretty breezy Tuesday. I ignored the circles so my lack of knowledge concerning the ALDA or LADA didn't affect my solve.
Thank you, Hahtoolah, for the tour. I remember the Andrea Doria. I liked PABST because while we usually think of Italy for "il vino," they also have a Blue Ribbon "Birra." Peroni--Nasto Azzurro. Literally Blue Tape (ribbon). Since the mid 19th Century. Something relatively NEW from the OLD! country.
Thanks for checking in Boomer. We're all on your side.
Have a sunny day.
Thanks, Hahtoolah. I have been calling it a Cat Hat. Now I know that it is a Thinking Cat.
ReplyDeleteThanks for checking in, Boomer. See ya' Monday.
It took far longer to FIR than a typical Tuesday, at 25 minutes. Entering MCED at 10A really befuddled the NE for the longest time. CPOP seemed as good as JPOP to me. And REALLY feeling dopey it took me SO long to see JEEP for that “boxcar” since I DRIVE a JEEP!! Oy. DNK SECADA or LADA. Had ONTHETOP for 38D messing me up in south-central until I finally figured out the clever clue for MOLAR. Wasn’t sure if it is ASADA or OSADA so that ignorance didn’t help either. Anyway, a challenging Tuesday, thanx, DP. And a terrific write-up, thanx Hahtoolah. Good luck to Boomer today. Having grown up in Wisconsin, I don’t miss those -15* days at all. 63* here in FLL as I write this: that is cold enough! Took down my Packers flag for another year yesterday. Sigh. Pack always seems to lose the next game after they have time off, which in the playoffs, is fatal. Their special teams have played poorly all season and killed them again Saturday. Rats.
ReplyDeleteLet me see if this computer will let me post a comment, then I'll continue. Okay, it seems okay now (there was a glitch before.) I pondered deeply whether it was "carne asaDa" or "carne asaNa" but figured that since an "asana" is a yoga posture it was probably "asada" and I was right. Also, like others have said, at first I had "EMT" but the perps made it "EMS." And I had "Andrea DorEa" before the perps made it "Andrea DorIa." Thank Zeus for perps! In the end, I fired, so that was fine.
ReplyDeleteWhoops! Not "Andrea Dorla" but "Andrea Doria". But I bet you folks already knew that.
ReplyDeleteI am very impressed with this BOX CARS theme. As noted by TTP, KS and ATLGranny the BOX CARS all read clockwise from upper left. Quite a construction challenge!
ReplyDeleteI am very familiar with the LADA. Good comparison to Yugo. But I agree it may be obscure to many Americans. Learning moment that ALDA was also a European car.
Can someone explain why FORE is for a RECKLESS driver? Isn't shouting FORE the responsible thing to do in golf?
Here I was in another of my DRAB shirts as I led a hike ten days ago.
Boomer Best wishes for success with the radiation and the yucky stuff to follow. May there be success and years of good health to follow.
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, David and Hahtoolah (loved that thinking cat!).
ReplyDeleteI FIRed in good time with no inkblots, and saw the BOXCARS.
My fellow-Canadian constructor gave you American disadvantage today, not only with OCT (as TTP has already pointed out), but with LADA. I was familiar with the brand of Soviet vehicle, and wondered why you Americans did not recognize it. Autoweek informs me that LADA was available in Canada but not in USA (popular especially in the 1980s with LADA Nova). But not sold in Canada since 1998.
But he threw in American Medicare to make me guess/perp the A (and TVA which I have learned here).
ROPER was a meh for me (like our previous Oarer). But I guess if a PURSER can hold the purse, a ROPER can hold the rope.
I wanted Aping before APERY. Was that what got Jacob Panetta dismissed from his hockey team?
My favourite clue was for MOLAR. Hand up for SECADA being unknown.
We had a musical mini theme today DJED on our IPOD to showcase TALENTS, but hopefully not FOR A song so our artists, like SECADA, can survive. Do we prefer an OVERTURE in E FLAT with CLARINET (no oboe today LOL), or JPOP, or musical “Hamilton”with a DUEL?
Perhaps we can go on another trip (and I will try not to get my countries MESSED UP today!). We can meet an AMIE in any French-speaking country, eat ASADA Carne or Penne ALLA Vodka (great- looking recipe) with our Spanish and Italian friends, visit the URALS, sing Jon SECADA’s music in Cuba or enjoy JPOP in Tokyo. Let’s try on a SARI in India, celebrate March 17 in ERIN and OCT Thanksgiving in Canada. Plus a visit to EARP’s Wild West. Then come home for some SERENITY.
YooperPhil- ALEVE contains naproxen (as Hahtoolah said), while brand names for ibuprofen include Motrin and Advil. These are NSAIDS (non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs), while acetaminophen (Tylenol) is not. Washing down NSAIDs with ALE will be hard on the stomach, while ALE/acetaminophen combo may be hard in the liver.
Onward Boomer. We’re rooting for you.
Wishing you all a great day.
From Sunday:
ReplyDeleteLEO III Thank you for mentioning QUARK from Star Trek. Creator Gene Roddenberry was a Humanist and he loved to poke fun at the absurdities of 20th century capitalism. QUARK was the representation of this.
Wilbur Charles Wow. Your STUNT PILOT helicopter experience sounds terrifying. Glad you survived OK! At least he didn't fly upside down!
And I indeed also had RAD for COOL, before FAN. Great minds think alike!
I’ll blame auto-correct ; it should be LADA Niva.
ReplyDeleteI’m surprised you knew it, Picard!?
Anyone else think of the "other" atomic bomb dropper when we got BOXCAR? The plane that delivered Fat Man to Nagasaki was "Bockscar". Kinda like the ship we usually get in Columbus' fleet is the NINA, or the Great Lake we we usually get is ERIE.
ReplyDeleteWell I see ALDA was really LADA as others have pointed out, not noticing the clockwise letter sequencing and never hearing of either vehicle, neither made sense to me.
ReplyDeleteCanadian Eh! Good eye, spotting the international flair contained in today’s puzzle, those kinda things always escape me.
Musings
ReplyDelete-Circles don’t bother me but I wonder if the gimmick would be found with only the reveal
-Seeing hundreds of people line the fairway for drives off the tee box seems very risky even with pro golfers
-After a hard game, I think the Buffalo Bills’ defenders had grown TIRED for overtime
-My throat is still a little sore after five, period-long NASA presentations yesterday
-I would think any serious clarinetist would want to learn that Gershwin piece
-Nebraska is considering my town for its much-needed new PENAL facility
-My PABST memory
-Grandson’s Lincoln Youth Symphony played that part of the Overture and had no idea about the masked man
-Thanks for the update, Boomer!
-Menards Lumber asks us to enter way on the west and exit way on the east end where the checkers are but the EXIT electric door opens when we walk up and so we just park on the east side and go “in the out-door”. What rebels!
Unfortunately, the computer I use during the week (at my Day Program) uses an old browser which cannot access the "Wordle" site. I suppose I could access it by use of my phone, but I have been reluctant to use my phone for puzzles, ever since I got that "data warning" that time (fairly recently). So I may not try it. But we'll see. Time will tell whether I decide to give it a whirl or not.
ReplyDeleteFun Tuesday puzzle, many thanks, David. I actually really appreciate circles in puzzles, so many thanks for those too.
ReplyDeleteBoomer thanks so much for checking in again today, and hope all goes well with your upcoming procedures.
Cool to see Nabokov's LOLITA right in the top middle.
Can't believe I remembered Fran DRESCHER, since I never watched "The Nanny," and I even spelled it right.
Had to laugh when "Back biter" turned out to be MOLAR.
Oh, and I also remembered the Andrea DORIA.
Have a good day, everybody.
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteFIR with just one w/o: PRADA/MILAN. That still qualifies that I MESSED UP
As other said, LADA was not a familiar vehicle; the others were. I owned two AUDIs (from 2003-2020). Loved them both but they were expensive to maintain. FORD is actually an acronym for Fix Or Repair Daily
I’m sure this puzzle grid was a challenge to create. Not only do the BOXed CARS’ names perfectly rotate in a clockwise fashion, they also are in the exact symmetric location, top to bottom, side-to-side. Great work, David!
Where’s our whimsical cartoon copier Hahtoolah today??! Susan, I missed your graphics. But I also realize the time needed to find all of those images, and then pasting them perfectly into the blog HTML. I sometimes wonder if the readers of this blog realize how many hours are spent writing a recap?
Boomer - good luck with the radiation treatments
From yesterday: inanehiker and Dash T: thanks for the Wordle info. Tony, I have the big green W icon on my iPhone. And as if I need another word game, I was able to suss today’s in 4/6.
Thank you David for a fun puzzle with a helpful theme. I finished the NW corner before going on and noted that, reading clockwise, the BOX of circles spelled the CAR AUDI. The circles are justified as they are an actual part of theme definition. I'm with TTP and others that the South Central car spelled clockwise is LADA. Also like the other CARS it is still manufactured, whereas ALDA isn't. OTOH, if this box is wired AC/DC I guess it could be ALDA as well.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you Hahtoolah for DJing the review. Your sparse ornamentation didn't fool me one bit, as your writing style is distinctive and very informative. Here is what I learned:
27A NASA plans to put a woman and a person of color on the Moon sometime in the future. This is a good idea, but as preparation for a trip to Mars, not so much. I'm hoping that ELON MUSK will go there first, and stay.
35A OVERTURE. "An intellectual is someone who doesn't think of the Lone Ranger when they hear the overture to William Tell". Now it's someone who doesn't think of "Here I am at Camp Granada" when they hear this ballet by Amilcare Ponchielli (the theme starts about 2 min. in).
41A CLARINET. That on Sunday we learned how a TRILL is notated in music, and today we have an example of one (note "wavy line" NE of the key signature).
66A PENAL. That Kafka was a lot scarier than I thought.
6D LOLITA. That Lolita was banned in France, but not in the US.
47D SECADA. That he originally wrote this song for Ricky Martin. Before today I didn't know him.
Cheers,
Bill
Nice Tuesday challenge with cars parked in all four quadrants....last to fall was the DEFIANT Northeast!😡 thought it was K POP and that the sword, not the sport, was ÉPÉE. (ÉPÉEry?)⚔
ReplyDeleteThe LADA didn't cost a lada money and still a lada them on the road.
How can you "weld a lasso"?🤔...wouldn't the rope just burn up?...what? huh? oh..nevermind 🤣
Inkovers: aping/APERY, "Many an IRS worker"..SPy?/CPA (Tryna spell Fran's last name goofed me up). Our old friend, EERO makes a cameo appearance (where yah been bud?😊). "Back biter" great clue 😏
Pass...OVERTURE
Squished in ....PACT
17 year buzzer...SECADA
Three's Company landlord...ROPER
busy day..
Word of the Day: roundheel
ReplyDeletePronunciation: rawnd-heel
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: (US Slang) A pushover, softie, an inept person, easily persuaded, outwitted, or overpowered.
Notes: Here is a US slang expression found only in the Merriam-Webster dictionary and a few British dictionaries. The Oxford dictionary has it well-documented from 1923 to 2009. We haven't decided how to spell it: two words (round heel), hyphenated (round-heel, or one word (as above)? It is often used in the plural referring to one person, a 'little miss roundheels'. The adjective is roundheeled.
In Play: The general meaning of today's word is "pushover": "Clay Potts is such a roundheel for blondes, he'll do whatever they tell him to do." When applied to women, it usually implies sexual promiscuity: "Carmen Ghia is a roundheel specializing in older men of questionable sexuality."
For more on this word see the Alpha Dictionary.
FLN,
ReplyDeleteTTP, re: Owens 9 lines
I only show four lines. I have noticed there is a discrepancy
in Blog layout, appearance, and what pops up first ever
since I changed the text size to make it easier to read.
Today,
I am not sure why, but this box car
reminds of Picards parade floats...
I was reading up on Bocks Car, as to the name spelling vs the nose artwork,
and was surprised to learn about pumpkin bombs...
anywho,
Fun puzzle, and a good time was had by all...
P.S.
Thanks for the update Boomer!
Good Luck!
(and will that radiation penetrate your Anorak?)
(hmm, undressing may be as tedious as the walk in...)
Hi Y'ALL! I enjoyed this puzzle, David! Also enjoyed your expo, Hahtoolah, even if you just went with the basics. It was all we really need.
ReplyDeleteLaughed at "backbiter" = MOLAR. I have a MOLAR that has bitten me for the past three days so that I couldn't chew. Liquid diet. Managed an egg today after much brushing & swishing with Listerine.
DNK: Penne ALLA, ALDA or LADA, J-POP, SECADA. How to spell DRESCHER -- thought it had an "N".
Boomer, thanks for the update. Keep that great attitude. Reminded me of when I took my dad for radiation treatment years ago. With an hour of driving to the hospital and another hour coming home, this gave us time for some of the most heartfelt conversations of our lives.
With all my looking cack at my time here I am reminded of dear JD who was mentioned recently by C.C. JD told us she had a notebook into which she would place aphabetically the new fill (answers) she learned with the clues.It is a great way to avoid being surprised by those areas you do not have a direct interest in. I am using the comment today by billocohoes said..."Thought ASA_A / SECA_A was a Natick" I think all the appearances here would suggest CASADA is not a complete unknowa. Your thoughts? Anyway, after all the comments about forgetting things, maybe JD's system would help. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteAdjective on taco truck menus
lat Kevin Salat Sat Aug 01, 2020
Carne ___: steak dish
lat Yaakov Bendavid & Yoni Glatt Sun Jul 19, 2020
Carne ___: burrito filling
lat Matt McKinley Mon May 18, 2020
Carne ___: taco filling
lat Norfleet Pruden Mon Apr 06, 2020
Carne ___: burrito filling
lat Bruce Haight Tue Jun 11, 2019
Carne ___
lat C.C. Burnikel Sat Dec 22, 2018
Carne ___
lat Robin Stears Sun Aug 26, 2018
Burrito filling word
lat Tracy Bennett & Erik Agard Sat Aug 18, 2018
Grilled, in Mexican fare
lat Erik Agard Sat Jun 02, 2018
A fine Tuesday PZL by Mr. Poole.
ReplyDeleteI never knew till now that ÉPÉE needs two accents.
Well, I suppose that goes along with my general ignorance of this blade. Back when I fenced for SF State (ages and ages ago--in the 1950s!), it was only with foils and sabers.
Seems the *#@! ÉPÉE hadn't been invented yet...
Fave clue? 60A of course. My last filling as well.
~ OMK
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DR: Only one diagonal, on the opposite end.
It yields an interesting anagram (12 of 15 letters), one that speaks of a faultfinding escort--an over-quibbling nitpicker!--to certain ladies (of the night).
Yes, not to mince words, I mean a...
"PIMP KVETCHER"!
FIW on DcED/mcED/DJED.
ReplyDeleteI was lost until FORE/DEFIANT popped. FORMER is a great clue. I should have used the auto-reveal to catch JEEP.
There appears to be correspondence between Seneca and St Paul.
It's been so long I forgot the vowel arrangement on EERO
In addition to Serenity now, Seinfeld had a skit on Andrea Doria
WC
ReplyDeleteI was eating carne asada antojitos long before I started solving crosswords :>). Shoot, before I was a teeenager, I'm sure.
The little place down the street makes delicious tacos, among other traditional fare. You can get:
- tacos pollo (chicken),
- tacos lengua (tongue),
- tacos pastor (pork), or
- tacos asada (beef),
with your choice of salsa fresco (pico de gallo) or salsa verde (tomatillo based).
My standard order is three tacos asada, arroz (Mexicano style), and frijoles. Makes me hungry just thinking about it.
Dave, Owen was counting the blank lines as well as those with text.
ReplyDeleteOoh, and I forgot, the senoras also have menudo on the order board, but it is not one of my favorites.
Old Man Keith, your comments today were caught by Blogger's filter and held for moderation. Probably because of the combination of words in your diagonal report. I just released them.
Wilbur Charles @3:06 PM Thanks for the link on Seneca and St. Paul. Writer Walter Wangerin Jr. explores this correspondence in his "Paul a Novel", a series of chapters each written through the eyes of someone who actually knew him. A fascinating read.
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteIs it me or are there a LOT of names in this grid? I got lucky and got 'er done. Thanks for the puzzle, David.
A cartoonless Hahtoolah expo? Say it ain't so!
Just kidding, Hahtoolah, I enjoyed the links (so naughty lights in France put MILAN ON THE MAP?) and your re-cap.
WO: EMt
ESPs: lets just say 2/3rds of names and move on.
Favs: Clues for FORE and BLAIR were cute.
{C, B+}
Enjoyed reading everyone today (LOL cat in the box-car, CED!).
Boomer, we're all in your Corner. Update us when you're up for it.
Cheers, -T
Wordle #220 - 5/6
I enjoyed this puzzle, but like several of you I got tripped up by that LADA which made me doubt my answers. It turns out that SECADA and ASADA were right. Also, after realizing the circles were brands of cars, I changed CEEP to JEEP and MCED to DJED.
ReplyDeleteAfter that opening CLARINET trill the clarinetist does what is called a "smear" to make that long slide up to the high note. I imagine it takes a lot of skill.
Thanks again for your write-up, Hahtoolah. I continue to wish you well, Boomer.
ReplyDeleteBoomer, thanks for your note er, post, and glad you're doing OK. Continued good wishes and prayers for a good prognosis. I underwent Proton therapy for 84 days ... and didnt feel a thing ... but effects may vary.
Canadian Eh! ... thanks for the info on analgesics and NSAIDS. If I might add, in addition to effects in the stomach, NSAIDS are also very hard on the kidneys, to those of us, with serious kidney problems. But on the other hand, NSAIDs, especially Aspirin, is a very good, and a std bood thinner, in small doses.
Curiously, my first job was in a pharma co, that manufactured Acet aminophen. Before Tylenol had even been named/marketed or merchandised, it was a Rx drug, Panadol. We should be extremely grateful to Juius Axelrod. Nobelist, and his team for proving the efficacy of Tylenol and its relative nontoxicity, other than its effect on the liver. But, for people like him, Tylenol might not have seen the light of day.
Thank you David Poole for a reatively easy puzzle. Altho' EMS set me back a couple of minutes .. haha. Your cute boxed cars are duly noted and were very elating. LADA, the russian car, was originally designed, concieved and manufactured by the italian FIAT.
Thank you Hahtoolah for your wonderful review.
I did miss the cartoons,.... BUT, your links were soo useful and delightful, that they more than made up. Thanks for the Medicare Part B info ... and THANK YOU for the Google Arts and Culture article on SARIs !!@@!!! I emailed that article to a 114 of my 'best' friends, because it was so well written and so picturesque !!@!! There are a lot of things I learnt about saris, including 101 ways of tyeing them in 7 different unconventional manners. ;-O)
My DW does not wear a sari, but once a year, and her style of tying them, is in the usual manner ... not the 'funny' styles shown in the article !
I know this for fact ... most IRS workers are not CPAs ... but, with training, they are very good at their jobs !!
The Queens Gambit, is one the best Netflix miniseries that I've seen. As good as Mrs. Maisel !
Your 'Thinking Cat' is so cute and cuddly ... I wonder if I could just rent-a-cat for a month ...?
Have a nice day, all.
Waseeley @ 12:18:
ReplyDelete"This is a good idea, but as preparation for a trip to Mars, not so much. I'm hoping that ELON MUSK will go there first, and stay."
Sure ... but he's got to leave all that bourgeois cash.
Hola!
ReplyDeleteWhew! I almost missed the party! It's been a full and busy day today! First thing, I went for a blood draw early this morning since I have to fast. Though I was early I waited 90 minutes for my turn. It was that busy. Then came home, ate some breakfast then took a nap. Or maybe it was the other way around. Then did some errands. Came home then took another nap. Doctor's appointment. Rested a few minutes. Time for dinner so I went to pick up a pizza. HOA meeting followed. It was nonstop all day and not until after the meeting did I get to the puzzle.
I liked the puzzle and realized the circles were BOX CARS. Fun. I recognized AUDI, OPEL (I had a friend who drove one), FORD and MINI? JEEP, LADA?
Anyway, thank you, David Poole and Hahtoolah, for the entertainment today. It was a very long and eventful day but working on the puzzle tonight was a crowning achievement.
I thought of Canadian Eh at Canadian thanksgiving in OCT. Remembered that she had mentioned it in the past.
It's good to hear that Boomer is doing well and complying with his appointments. I wish you all a good night.
Picard:
ReplyDeleteI am certain you do not own one single DRAB shirt in your entire wardrobe. I like your colorful shirts.
Wow! This puzzle was tough for a Tuesday. It took me forever, and I used another batch of Wite-Out! There were more than the usual number of unknown names, and my last fill was the completely unknown LADA. Also, without the circles, I wouldn’t have gotten Minnesota! I had to try all combinations, before I found the AHA moment. Texas was tough for me too. Perseverance paid off, because I did get a FIR.
ReplyDelete“Rhapsody in Blue” is one of my absolute favorites!
PABST also makes a non-alcoholic beer, which sells for considerably less money than the other refineries’ NA beers. It was VERY instrumental in weening me off of Coors Light, which was something I needed to do. I rarely do any of it anymore.
Yes, Picard, shouting FORE is the responsible thing to do. I think the clue was referring more to those who have occasion to actually have to shout it. Yours truly is a prime example.
Thanks, David and Hahtoolah!