Double, Double, Toil and Trouble. The circled letters can be "mixed" around to give you the word CLONE, which is a Double of the original. Dolly the Sheep was the first CLONEd mammal.
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19-Across. Historic U.S. Olympics hockey victory, familiarly: MIRACLE ON ICE. CLONE
On February 22, 1980, the United States Hockey team beat the Soviet Union team and won the Gold Medal at the Olympics that were held in Lake Placid, New York. Wow! Can that really have happened 42 years ago!!!
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27-Across. Satirist who redefined the word "truthiness": STEPHEN COLBERT. CLONE
46-Across. Police storage facility: EVIDENCE LOCKER. CLONE
And the unifier (of sorts):
52-Across. Tennis format with man-and-woman pairs ... and a hint to each set of circles: MIXED DOUBLES. Clones are "doubles" of the original. Bit of a stretch, I think, but if you see something deeper in this theme, please let us know.
Across:
1. Acting credits list: CAST.
5. Start to crumble?: CEE.
As in the letter "C".
8. "__ of a Salesman": DEATH. A 1949 play by Arthur Miller (Oct. 17, 1915 ~ Feb. 10, 2005).
13. "The Godfather" enforcer __ Brasi: LUCA. Luca Brais is
the fictional character from The Godfather. In the movie, he
was portrayed by Lenny Montana (né Leonardo Passafaro; Mar. 13, 1926 ~ May.
12, 1992), a professional wrestler.
14. It's true: FACT.
15. __ City Music Hall: RADIO.
16. Singer Lambert who sometimes sings with Queen: ADAM. Brian May (b. July 1947), an original member of Queen, is apparently not keen on
working with Adam Lambert (b. Jan. 29, 1982).
17. Thing to scratch: ITCH.
18. Equipment, on a balance sheet: ASSET.
22. Tolkien trilogy, to fans: LOTR. As in Lord of the Rings. You either love the trilogy or hate it.
23. Hosp. crisis area: ICU. As in the Intensive Care Unit.
24. Peter and Agnes: Abbr.: STs. Both are Saints. Hi,
Irish Miss!
31. Rd. or hwy.: RTE. A Road and a Highway are both Routes that will get you somewhere. But, "if you don't know where you
are going, you might wind up someplace else." ~ Yogi Berra.
32. Brontë's Jane: EYRE. Jane Eyre is a 1847
novel by Charlotte Brontë. I probably read parts of it back when I
was in high school.
33. Unpeaceful, queasy feeling: NAUSEA.
34. Structure with a keystone: ARCH.
36. Some school RAs: SRs. Some college Resident Assistants
might be Seniors in College, or just Seniors in the community. Many
colleges allow older folks to be the dorm house "parents".
38. "__ Yankees": DAMN.
39. Iroquoian people, or a hairstyle named for them: MOHAWK.
42. Enjoy an e-cig: VAPE.
45. Admin on Reddit: MOD. As in a Moderator.
49. Formerly named: NÉE. A crossword staple.
50. "The Simpsons" outburst: DOH!
51. Comics villain __ Kadabra: ABRA.
57. Fast: RAPID.
60. Red gem: RUBY.
61. Move like molasses: OOZE. In 1919, a steel tank of
molasses in Boston, Massachusetts ruptured, ultimately killing over 20 people
and injured scores of others. This Molasses Flood did more than just ooze along: it moved rapidly through the city.
Dennis Lehane wrote about this event in his novel Any Given Day.
62. Garlicky spread: AIOLI.
63. Votes for: YEAS.
64. Shrek, for one: OGRE.
65. Welcome at the door: GREET.
66. Std. paper size: LTR. Letter is the standard paper size.
67. Pained whine: MOAN.
Down:
1. Chowder ingredient: CLAM. Clam Chowder can be white (New England) or red (Manhattan).
2. Car with a four-ring 54-Down: AUDI. Audi's origin story. // And 54-Down. See 2-Down: LOGO.
3. Injury reminder: SCAR.
4. Leaf-wrapped masa dish: TAMALE. Hi, Lucina!
5. Wedding hires: CATERERS.
6. Shoe brand that sounds like a sound: ECCO. The company
makes shoes designed for comfort.
7. Word before origin or identity: ETHNIC.
8. Van Helsing nemesis: DRACULA. I had no idea, but I did
visit Dracula's castle 6 years ago.
9. Facility: EASE.
10. They pop up too often: ADs. Yup! lots of
advertisement pop-up when searching on some websites.
11. Draw: TIE.
12. Sweltering: HOT.
14. Extremely, as rich: FILTHY.
20. Deal (with): COPE.
21. Emoji, for one: ICON.
24. Key tahini ingredient: SESAME. Tahini is a Middle Eastern condiment made from Sesame Seeds.
25. Quake aftershock: TREMOR.
26. Rise: STAND.
27. Tried hard (for): STROVE.
28. Geek Squad member: TECHIE.
29. Stomach or guts: NERVE.
30. Flower harbinger: BUD.
31. Collegian's diet staple: RAMEN. I ate my share when I
was in grad school.
35. Ate: HAD.
37. Counter offering Italian, French and Russian options: SALAD BAR. Cute clue! Salad dressings from around the world!
40. "Congrats to us!": WE DID IT!
41. "Goldfinger" fort: KNOX. You can visit Fort Knox, but they don't give out samples.
43. Nawlins subs: PO'BOYS. Better than your traditional
submarine sandwich.
44. Beige look-alike: ECRU.
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| Shades of Beige |
47. Women's Basketball Hall of Famer Miller: CHERYL. I was
unfamiliar with Cheryl Miller (b. Jan. 3, 1964).
48. Comics explosion: KA-BOOM.
52. "Walk a __ in My Shoes": Joe South hit: MILE.
53. Two piece?: DUET. Another cute clue.
55. Poet Pound: EZRA. Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (Oct. 30, 1885 ~ Nov. 1, 1972) was a controversial figure.
56. Noticed: SEEN.
57. "The Entertainer," e.g.: RAG.
58. Word with bag or ball: AIR.
59. "The Raven" writer: POE.
Here's the Grid:
חתולה
FIRight. It's Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteCLONE theme, meh.
FIR, means Right, I Finished it.
FIW, means Wrong, I Finished it.
These letters suggest
Our crosswordy success.
DNF is worst, Did Not Finish it.
When we think a puzzle is due for the grave,
A trip to the I.C.U. may still save.
Take a break to rest,
Let your mind process,
And the puzzle's DEATH you just may waive!
{B, B.}
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteThis was a quick romp. Saw CLONE after finishing, but it played no part in the solve. I'll take a CSO at D'OH. Is our puzzle setter Mr. Hoang-Kim, or Mr. Vu? Nicely done, in either case. Thanx for the tour, Hahtoolah. (I don't think RAMEN had been invented back when I was in college.)
OOZE : That molasses flood was featured on a recent Jeopardy! episode.
ECRU : Don't know if it's my monitor, Hahtoolah's chart, or more likely my color-blind eyes, but in that color chart I see no difference between ECRU and BEIGE nor between CAMEL and BRITISH TAN.
First, thanks to all your words of support and advice yesterday. I actually felt stronger from them.
ReplyDeleteFIR, but erased "see in" for GREET. DNK ADAM, ABRA, tahini or van helsing. CSO to Irish Miss (Agnes) and, if he had a drink that wasn't "neat", to Tin (MIRACLE ON ICE).
I loved "unpeaceful, queasy feeling. Where's Weird Al Yankovic ("Achy Breaky Song", "Eat It", "Stop Draggin' My Car Around", "The Rye or the Kaiser", "Yoda") now when we really need him.
I think that CHERYL Miller was a more valuable player to USC than her little brother Reggie was to UCLA, and he was great. CHERYL seemed cooler under pressure.
Thanks to Vu for the fun, Monday-easy puzzle. And thanks to Hahtoolah for the visuals, and for pointing out that I too am rich.
"You either love the trilogy or …" Have never read the books. When first introduced circa 1974 I scoffed; then read cover to cover twice.
ReplyDeleteThey don't say "Route" in FLA but actually say , fe. State Road(40)
The damn Yanks won every Pennant between 1947 and 1964 except '54,'59.
I ESCHEW CLAM Chowder in FLA restaurants. Best is where you find it as in an obscure Inn near Maynard, MA.
"For one who has lived a single lifetime, you're a wise man, Von Helsing"
EZRA perped and I checked the clue to see if it was biblical or poetic. Since he was a mentor to Joyce it's a CSO of sorts to Misty.
Owen, #2 is an accurate portrayal of the Saturday Solver. Or "Lost and Found" a Crucicerbalist's Journey.
WC
Good Morning, Crossword friends.
ReplyDeleteJinx: It would truly be a Miracle on Ice if Tinbini put Ice in his drink! I hope he stops by; I've missed him.
I lived in Boston for years and never heard about the Molasses Flood until I read Dennis Lehane's book a few years ago.
QOD: Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the golf clubs and fresh air. ~ Jack Benny (né Benjamin Kublesky; Feb. 14, 1894 ~ Dec. 26, 1974), American actor and comedian
I really dislike circles in puzzles, and this one would have been a very nice puzzle without them. I found the theme to be a stretch. Yuk!
ReplyDeleteI worked in "double" time, finishing in 4:07 today.
ReplyDeleteOh joy, circles. No need for them today, as KS said.
Just a point of clarification: the Miracle on Ice team beat USSR and then had to play against Finland in the gold medal game.
A Tuesday quick solve, with only one WO. Maybe because I am originally from the Midwest, I first put "corn" before CLAM. But perps saved my FIR. I started off with white space but the NE could be confidently filled. I saw the jumbled CLONE but needed the reveal for the exact phrase. Overall, I liked the puzzle, Hoang-Kim Vu. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah, as usual you added so much to the day's enjoyment with your review, not to mention learning moments!
DO, I saw that Jeopardy show too about the molasses flood. Didn't know about the book. Also, I think it is your color blindness since I can easily see a difference in the colors.
OwenKL, thanks for limericks related to puzzle solving today. Hope everyone has success this Tuesday doing just that!
Amusing puzzle and theme- I didn't need the circles to solve, but I never would have seen the CLONEs otherwise.
ReplyDeleteMy son sent me this video explaining interstates, routes, US highways, etc - it's informative but also hilarious. My favorite line, "I-5 (in California) has a leading zero in our hearts"
I thought of many of you as different areas of the country were highlighted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fn_30AD7Pk
Thanks Susan and Hoang--Kim Vu!
FIR, my last to fall was the NW because I kept CORN for too long. I dislike corn chowder, but love both kinds of clam chowder. I am not a purest in most things. Variety is the spice of life.
ReplyDeleteToday there is more truthiness than truth in the U.S. Almost everyone believes their truthiness is the truth. We have let our emotions overtake our brains and truth has become whatever one says it is.
Susan, well done, fun review. I especially liked Edith Ann. The molasses story was enlightening.
I find the color charts on the computer are usually not accurate. The old fashioned color strips in the paint store are more like the real thing.
I am surprised that no one has mentioned the purple MOHAWK on one of the Jeopardy! contestants. I like him.
When Kenny was a toddler I used to hold him horizontally a few inches above the bed and drop him, saying KABOOM. Always he gleefully said "Again!"
I suppose I use DNF inaccurately for finished with help.
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Hoang-Kim and Hahtoolah.
ReplyDeleteI FIRed in good time, but could not unscramble the Word Jumble. D’OH!
Oh well, CLONE was a little weak anyway.
Was DUET an Easter Egg?
Actually, that was my only inkblot. Dual changed to Duel, and finally to DUET.
I saw the CSOs to AGNES, Lucina and Tin.
Like Jinx, I will be humming the Eagles’ Peaceful Easy Feeling all day.
ER was too short; ICU fit. Both can be a Hosp. crisis area.
Has anyone else noticed the plethora of Jeopardy tie-ins to our CWs. ( like d’o). Current winner has a MOHAWK.
The Shaw Festival in NOTL is performing DAMN Yankees this season. We have tickets.
I noted a medical sub theme today (but rather grim!). Our condition starts with ITCH, HOT body, and NAUSEA, but worsens with TREMOR, RAPID pulse, and gasping for AIR. We cannot STAND, and MOAN over our SCAR that OOZEs, and end up in ICU, near DEATH. We need a MIRACLE ON ICE.
If you like murder mysteries and/ or are a John Grisham fan, his latest book, The Judge’s List is a pageturner.
FLN, Jinx, there is a wealth of experience and empathy here at the Corner.
Helen of Marlowe, our thoughts and prayers are with you also.
Wishing you all a great day (from Canada under The Emergency Act!)
LOL, I see that YR beat me to the MOHAWK!
ReplyDeleteGood Morning:
ReplyDeleteI just lost my lengthy post so I’ll try to recreate it as best as I can remember.
The jumbled Clone was evident early on but the reveal was a surprise. The theme/reveal connection was unusual but not objectionable, IMO. I filled in the Acrosses so easily that I had to go back and read the filled in Downs. The only unknown was Cheryl and the only w/o was See In/Greet (Hi, Jinx and thanks for the CSO). Cute duos were Eyre/Air, Hot/Air, and ECCO/Ecru. I think we had a record breaking number of CSOs today: ICU (Ray O and Inanehiker), Cast (Keith), Mohawk (Ray O), Mod (TTP), Tamale (Lucina), Po Boys (BigEasy and Hahtoolah, Ice (Tin), and all of our Technical Wizards (Techie). The icing on the cake was the tasty, mini food theme: Caterers, Aioli, Ramen, Clam, Tamale, Sesame, Salad Bar, and Po Boys. Even though I’m a New Yorker, I much prefer New England Clam Chowder.
Thanks, Hoang-Kim, for a Tuesday treat and thanks, Hahtoolah, for the commentary and visual eye candy and the CSO. Favorite cartoons today were the Evidence Locker Ants and the Alien parent/child. My first awareness of the Boston molasses disaster was also from Dennis Lehane’s book. I liked all of his novels.
FLN
Uncle Fred, I listened to about 30 seconds of Janis Joplin and, to me, her voice sounded like a cat with a sore throat trapped in a room full of rocking chairs. I know she was a big star but I don’t see the attraction to her voice. My taste in music is admittedly more genteel. 😇
Helen from Marlowe, so sorry to hear of your heartbreaking news. I hope you’ll consider leaning on our shoulders at any time you feel the need. My heart and prayers go out to you.
Have a great day.
Hola!
ReplyDeleteBack at you, Hahtoolah! Thank you for the CSO. I really liked your cartoons.
This was a fun and fast romp. Thank you, Hoang-Kim Vu.
I saw CLONE in the circles but only after MIXED DOUBLES had filled. Clever.
I've had to employ CATERERS a few times in my life: my mother's 80th birthday, with Mariachis, too, and my daughter's first wedding.
For us TAMALE season is still far away.
One big change, DRAWER to LOCKER.
Have a terrific Tuesday, everyone!
Visits from both Edith Ann and Lola were a nice way to start the day. Oh, and the puzzle was enjoyable, also. Thanks to all involved.
ReplyDeleteGreat puzzle, thanks. Didn't know doh.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to today's puzzle, my knowledge of women's basketball is abysmal. But when I got the "Che" I figured it was probably "Cheryl Miller" and I was right. The rest of the answers were pretty straightforward. I must say I didn't get what the circles indicated until I read the reveal and looked back over them again. Then I saw the anagrammed "clone" which, after all, is a kind of "double." The reveal made sense to me, then. FIR, so I'm satisfied.
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteThanks Hoang-Kim for the fun puzzle; A nice way to enter Tuesday.
//DRACULA & ABRA Kadabra go KABOOM? What's not to love?
LOL Expo, Hahtoolah & with Zapp's in the snap for the win on the Po'Boy pic. While I love me a good fried-oyster Po'Boy, I'll schlep the extra MILE for a muffuletta from Central.
Oh, and I'll still boil up a 25¢ packet of RAMEN for a quick bite :-)
WO: sHERYL until Attack of CLONEs. I never get RAMaN right.
ESPs: [ibid] spelling AIOLI. ADAM who? [Brian May's side-hustle is as an astrophysicist - I'll take his word on working with Adam], CHERYL
Fav: May I go meta? RADIO [Lady?] GaGa.
One more thing, Hahtoolah, that alien kid needing a human at the 11th hour is all too familiar :-)
And another thing! I hope BillG shows up for Joplin's RAG; we're both fans.
{A+, B}
Jinx - we're always here for you Bro.
ATLGranny - where in the Midwest? I grew up in SPI and a good Corn chowder warms December...
But..., not as much as Lucina's TAMALEs. Lucina should go nation-wide 'cuz thems so good.
YR - cheating b/f a Finish is DNF in my book 'cuz you/me couldn't finish w/o it. [See my every Saturday fill re-cap bloviation]
IM - Don't put that Janis hate on UNCFred. That was me. And, no, not her best song but I love it. Kids today want AUDIs :-)
Well, there went the power again. It's not ERCOT / TX's grid fault this time - foundation guys have tools that keep tripping breakers. Good thing for battery backups, eh?
Cheers, -T
1st:
ReplyDeleteInanehikers Hwy link,
(75 is very familiar to Floridians but I bet none of them knows where it goes)
And odd Spurs was very helpful,
but I had to look as never being able to figure out 95's extra digits.
The L.I.E. "Is" a Lie!
2nd
I did want want to click on the Ezra Pound link
as after 10 years of Xword puzzles I know everything about her...
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteFIR with zero w/o's
Not familiar with the constructor but their puzzle was perfectly OK in my book. The reveal was fine; nothing too clever but it certainly fit the bill. Maybe had they used "HELLO DOLLY" somewhere in the grid ...
Susan as always delighted us with her recap, chock full of links and visual aids. And as other already noted, tons of CSO's within the puzzle
Speaking of CSO's, a couple years ago I would've taken one @ AUDI. I owned two of them during this century. My second one, an A5, was a very, very fun car to drive. 6-Speed manual gear box; 265+ horsepower. Her name was Gretel. I miss her
LOTR - saw the movies; did not read the books
PO' BOYS - used to get 'em at Chimes in Baton Rouge when my daughter attended LSU
My daily Moe-ku; has nothing to do with the puzzle:
Serena's father,
Richard, wrote book. Used pen name:
Tennis C Williams
3rd,
ReplyDeleteSherry @ 9:31 said
"Didn't know Doh."
How could you not know Doh?
it has become ubiquitous!
Which brings me to (3-1/2?)
All these years I have been using "Dang" to be PC,
and this constructor puts "Damn" right in the middle of the puzzle?
Damn!
My three and three quarter thoughts were...
ReplyDeleteI was finishing up the (vey enjoyable) puzzle,
when I started thinking (I know...)
Xworders hate circles.
What if if I constructed a puzzle with the words
"Going around in circles."
Inside circles, going around in a circle?
Hmm,
Except, the circle would be shaped more like a square,
or a rhomboid? And how many letters is "going around in circles anyway?"
How would a fit a reveal?
Anywho,
All this thinking made me click out of the puzzle
before really completing it because I forgot to look for the clones
in the circles...
Dang!
(Um, er, I mean damn...)
Anon T @ 10:18 ~ I wasn’t referring to your post yesterday, Tony, I was replying to Uncle Fred’s suggestion at 2:41 to listen to Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janice Joplin’s rendition of Summertime. 😉
ReplyDeleteFun Tuesday puzzle--many thanks, Hoang-Kim. And I always enjoy your commentary with all your clever pictures, Susan.
ReplyDeleteLoved all the literary and artistic references in this puzzle--"DEATH of a Salesman," Jane EYRE, "DAMN Yankees", RADIO City Music Hall. And, of course, my favorite, as you guessed, Wilbur--the important, if problematic, poet EZRA POUND.
Sadly didn't get the Tolkien trilogy, LOTR.
Also, liked seeing some food references: TAMALE, CLAM, RAMEN, AIOLI.
Never had an e-cig, and so did not get VAPE.
But I figured out Peter and Agnes (Hi, Agnes) had to be Saints, STS.
Yellowrocks, it has been fun watching the guy with that dramatic MOHAWK on "Jeopardy," hasn't it? Hope he keeps winning and staying on for a while.
Crazy, fun verse, Owen.
Have a great day, everybody.
Just wanted to toot my own horn for once: FIR in 8:20 with no WO. My fastest time ever!
ReplyDeleteThanks Vu for a pleasant Tuesday morning puzzle. The theme circles were helpful in that midway through the second themer I could see what letters were probably missing. After unscrambling the anagram for CLONE, i.e. a "double", the reveal made perfect sense. But then I guess that the themers revealing the reveal. 🤔
ReplyDeleteThank you Hahtoolah for another fine, funny review. Favorite clip was EDITH - Lily was the STAND UP star of R&M's revue.
A few favs:
22A LOTR. #WhatWilburCharlesSaid. I've read the series twice, once to my son, and he has read it three times to his children. The characters and stories in Tolkien transcend reality.
33A NAUSEA. Reminded me of this song.
34A ARCH. A CATENARY ARCH doesn't need a keystone.
46A EVIDENCE LOCKER. If the security of this vital storage facility is BREACHED, PERPS will often go free.
59A POE. As everyone knows, POE is the mascot of the Baltimore Ravens. But he's also a CO-STAR in "The Queens of Mystery". Watch carefully and you'll see his two brief cameos in this trailer.
Cheers,
Bill
Word of the Day: misophonia
ReplyDeletePronunciation: mi-sê-fon-i-ê
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Selective sound sensitivity syndrome, intolerance of certain sounds, less impactful than phonophobia "fear of sounds".
Notes: Although introduced by two audiologists (see Word History), this word hasn't settled in the medical jargon. In fact, the definition (see above) hasn't become widely accepted. When it is, we can expect that the adjective will be misophonic and/or misophonical, and the adverb will be misophonically.
In Play: The definition of this word suggests it is a severe annoynce rather than a medical condition: "Let's not invite Janine to dinner; she suffers from misophonia for the normal sounds of people eating." Since it has not firmly established itself in the medical vocabulary, we are free to use it in everyday English: "The sound of most politicians' voices elicits severe misophonia in many people."
Word History: Today's Good Word was introduced by the Polish-born American audiologists Pawel J. Jastreboff and Margaret M. Jastreboff in "Hyperacusis", an article in Audiology Online, June 18, 2001.
See Alpha Dictionary for more info.
Moe: The Chimes is still running its Beer U, which makes a great accompaniment with its fried alligator!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mr. Vu, for the fun puzzle and thank you, Hahtoolah, for the great write-up! I needed help to finally see the "clone" in the circles.
ReplyDeleteOnly 2 w/o's today. waSAbE/SESAME and seE aT/GREET.
Fav clue/answer 1D Chowder ingredient/CLAM. I made a pot of it a couple weeks ago. A few years ago DH asked me to put some other seafood in it so I cut the amount of clams in half and add some shrimp and scallops. Mom taught me that, when making a cream soup, thicken it with instant mashed potatoes.
I went to a women's lecture with Lily Tomlin as the speaker. At one point she had to stop her routine because the ASL translator was laughing so hard she couldn't do her job.
Jinx, I'm sorry for your wife's condition. I also hope you can get some respite help. As my mother's health slowly got worse, a brother and sister took turns going to see her every day to make sure she got her meds, got something to eat, had the strength to get to bed. Once a month I would drive up on Friday, come home on Monday and sibs each got 4 consecutive days off. It helped them cope.
Respite care: my Dad did care through Catholic Social Services. He had a couple people he would sit with for a couple hours so the spouse could leave the house and do whatever.
After our rain/sleet freezing into cement, we're getting above 40*, maybe up to 60* by Thursday, everything will finally melt!
Have a great day!
PTs2:
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah -> last time I was at Chimes was when Margaret and I drove from FL to AZ on my move west in Dec 2019. Our I-10 route took us closer to the one called "Chimes East". Definitely a different venue layout than the one on campus. IIRC I had the Red Beans and Rice while Margaret tried their Crawfish Etouffee. It was her first exposure to authentic cajun food; she LOVED it!
BTW, I tried using the enroll button on the Chimes website 'Beer U' link you sent; the 'Beer U' page did not exist. Pretty sure I know more than the basics about beer though!! ;^) Love me some of that Abita Amber ...
AnonT@10:18AM
ReplyDeleteI grew up in a tiny village north of you, in IL close to the WI state line. (Very different from where I ended up here in the land of iced tea and one of the busiest airports in the world!)
Terrific Monday-level CW on a Tuesday! LOVE it! FIR in 15, last letter was the "R" right in the center of the CW. No W/Os. Very much enjoyed this entertaining CW, thanx, H-KW. Susan, your write-up never disappoints, always an enjoyable read. The "Walk-a-mile" reference makes me think: never criticize someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes. Once you've walked a mile in their shoes you can criticize them all you want, because you're a mile away and have their shoes! Only got the "CLONE" theme after I'd finished the CW and went back to have a look.
ReplyDeleteATLGranny, back in '78-'79 I lived in Lindenhurst west of Waukegan. Did you live nearby? Fox Lake? Antioch?
ReplyDeleteIM - Oh, yeah. UncleFred's link. Honestly, I couldn't take more than 30 SEConds either :-)
ReplyDeletePat - you gotta tell us more about Lily's show. I loved her Operator sketches
May I speak re: comedy finders?
Lorne Michaels could pick talent and Jon Stewart knew it when he saw it...
SNL & Daily Show still give us the best. #Colbert.
//Even w/ CBS's purity laws, Colbert brings it home.
Story you didn't ask for? Sure:
DW didn't know what hit her when she met my paternal Granny. Grams was a hoot...
"Tony & me went to a strip club in Tahoe. I gave him a dollar to put them dancers' G-string.
"He kept missing her belt and had to reach down her knickers to pull it back up so she'd see it.
Did you get a sensation?!"
"Shut up old woman."
'Cuz if you did you had to pay for it!"
DW was flummoxed but still stay'd w/ me :-)
I only introduce Grams' humor 'cuz two pics my (CEO) Bro sent me this morning...
One is of his X-RAYs b/f knee surgery...
The other is after
with a third knee. //SIL musta paid extra for that!
Cheers, -T
A pleasant PZL from Hoang-Kim Vu, explained by Hahtoolah...
ReplyDeleteNice to have a link to the life of Dolly, the first CLONEd mammal. I enjoyed reading that Dolly lived a normal life (and gave birth to her own natural offspring), although she had to be euthanized when she--and others of her flock--developed a serious, but natural, disease.
Along with CrossEyedDave, I too was shocked ("shocked," do you hear?!) to see the word DAMN (39A) smack-dab in the middle (well, actually to the right) of the XWD.
Whatever happened to DANG and DARN?
Why was everyone so thrilled by Rhett Butler?!
~ OMK
____________
DR: A three-way on the near side.
The central diagonal anagram (12 of 15 letters) strikes me as the perfect stage name for a wannabe female centaur.
Ready for...
"AURORA BRONCO"!?
DO@2:30PM
ReplyDeleteI grew up in the farmland north of Rockford but left 10 years before you were in Lindenhurst. Looks like you were in a nice area with all the lakes nearby. I did visit Lake Geneva a couple of times.
Also, I loved the story about the molasses. Even though I'd seen it before, it is just so bizarre! Speaking of bizarre, just what is that thing between Edith Ann's legs in the video clip? Doesn't look like anything a little girl would have!
ReplyDeleteAnon-T @ 2:52, that show may have been 10-15 years ago! All I remember is that it was off-color. Sorry, I can't be more helpful than that.
ReplyDeleteHatoolah @ 12:26 -- I usually check out pointers here to various restaurants (for Houston, thanks, -T), but Cheers beer menu! Beyond anything I've ever seen here on the West Coast ... really serious range and depth. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWord of the Day: misophonia
ReplyDeleteWaseeley, isn't that the sound of Japanese soup?
I liked this puzzle and solved it mostly by acrosses alone. Didn't see many of the down clues/answers until going back to read them. I liked how ARCH, MOHAWK, ABRA, ECCO, DRACULA, FILTHY, and SALAD BAR were clued. I'll take the CSO at TREMOR.
ReplyDeleteI like the current Jeopardy champion. His personality and dry humor, as well as his Mohawk haircut, are entrancing.
Good wishes to you all.
Way too busy to nuzzle the puzzle yesterday. Belated Happy St. Valentines Day 💕. Almost didn't make today's puzzle either
ReplyDeleteFast Tuesday. but the circled theme: lonce? colen? oncle? (uncle in Fr), nocle? no... CLONE of a clone of a clone. Aren't we spose to refrain from Wordle chat?
The GREET picture reminded me of my annual prostate exam with my urologist.😆
On a college trip me and a Frat brother were almost thrown out of a Maine restaurant when he asked for CLAM chowder, Manhattan style, 😲
TAMALE I know, but "a leaf-wrapped masa dish?" a bit over the top for a Tuesday. IM and her patron saint get a CSO. Used to be your saint's day (onomastico oh-no-MA'-stee-coh) in Italy was more important than your birthday (compleanno).
Inkover: dressing/SALADBAR. (The ultimate sign of the end of the pandemic will be the re-opening of the SALAD BAR.)
DEATH above RADIO reminded me of this
Lately it depends on its truthiness....,FACT
He had a "Bunker" mentality....ARCH.
Everybody doesn't love....RAMEN
School of hard ___ ..KNOX.,
Strong cocktails....MIXED DOUBLES
Scardy cats tend to ____ ..TREMOR
"Raven" author's favorite Nawlins sub ___ Boys....POE
See you all TAMALE.😉
CrossEyedDave @11:14 AM Thanks for "The Interstate's Forgotten Code". Now I can ditch my stupid GPS and go back to my trusty compass.
ReplyDeleteWaseely,
ReplyDeleteThe interstate code was courtesy of Inanehiker,
I just made it "blue."
Musings
ReplyDelete-Back from 18 holes on a 61F day. Golf in February is a big bonus here!
-Unlike me, COLBERT I see idiocy on both sides of the political aisle.
-Death Of A Salesman was a book that really made an impression on me in H.S. English
-Yesterday I taught part of William Golding’s LOTF not LOTR
-The transgender student I have now is Ash (nee McKenzie). Yesterday I told her to “be a good girl today” and then quickly changed it to “be a good person today” and Ash smiled broadly and thanked me for the effort.
-Those harbingers will be here very soon!
-Restaurants where we eat, rarely offer Russian dressing
-There was a fabulous segment on 60 Minutes about Tony Bennett who has Alzheimer’s and Lady Gaga
-With no salary cap, The Damn Yankees bought those pennants. That formula doesn’t work very well these days.
inanehiker @8:05 AM
ReplyDeleteCrossEyedDave @ 4:50 PM
Sent the link to a buddy of mine. This was his response.
:)
ReplyDeleteI first saw Death of a Salesman at the San Francisco Actors Workshop, the first Equity Resident Company on the West Coast, a pioneer of LORT (the League of Resident Theaters).
ReplyDeleteI went with my high school drama class.
The title role (Willy Loman) was played by our school's tech director & stage crew teacher. The role of his son, Happy, was played by Jules Irving, who directed the show--and who was soon to be my undergrad advisor at SF State.
In just a few years (8 or 9 by my reckoning), I wrote my Yale doctoral thesis (D.F.A.), A Critical History of the Actors Workshop, in which that production of Salesman played a prominent role in the early development of the company.
8A was a gimme.
~ OMK
Hi everybody.
ReplyDeleteAnonT, you’re right about Scott Joplin. You and I are BIG fans. I would have enjoyed hearing some of his rags instead of the performers at the Super Bowl halftime. Ah well…
Jinx, my very best wishes for you, your wife and your sad labor of love. My mother had dementia. I did my best to be supportive and helpful. It was the toughest period of my life.
~ Mind how you go…
FIR and figured out the MIXED DOUBLES.
ReplyDeleteLOTR --- Well, really you either loved it or hated it --- or NEVER READ IT! (My sister loved it and always tried to get me to read it. Maybe I will – one of these days.)
Clam Chowder --- Manhattan only. I don’t like warm milk!
“The Raven“ IS my favorite!
I much prefer a DNF to a FIW. A DNF is something I really, really don’t know. Most of the time a FIW wrong is a stupid mistake or a proofreading/spelling mess. Occasionally, a FIW will be choosing the wrong letter (most of the time a vowel) in something I simply don’t know. Yesterday, I got lucky with CRECHE/REA.
I’ll defend Sherry! It should be spelled DUH! Oh, and I've never watched a single minute of The Simpsons.
ReplyDeletein re DOH. The clue referenced The Simpsons. You don't hear DUH on the Simpsons.