Themeless Saturday by Agnes Davidson and C.C. Burnikel
After quite a few collaborations, our Irish Miss and C.C. have now come up with a Saturday Themeless containing three famous artists and a modicum of movie/tv characters. I ERRED twice for two bad cells but had a good time! Speaking of duos:
Here is Agnes' lovely note:
Hi Gary: Glad you enjoyed our puzzle. This was submitted so long ago that when I received Rich’s heads-up on the publication date, I was shocked. I believe this is the only themeless that CC and I collaborated on and my contribution was the cluing, a lot of which, as is normal, was changed and/or tweaked. I’m glad you’re blogging our puzzle because you do such a great job explaining any ambiguities, obscurities, etc., as well as providing relevant illustrations and links.
Hope all is well on the Plains! Ear tickles to Darling Lily!
From C.C.: We originally had MOAIS for 40-Across, clued as [Easter Islands figures]. Turns out the plural form of MOAI is still MOAI. Thankfully Rich caught our goof and redid that section.
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1. "Broad City" co-creator Jacobson: AB_I and 3. "Nonsense!": _OSH - I had no idea on ABBI but had heard TOSH used as "Nonsense" in England. Give me a bad cell.
5. Goya's "Duchess of __": ALBA - Goya did portraits where she fully clothed and nude. Here the Duchess is wearing two rings, one bearing ALBA and the other one GOYA and she is pointing down at Goya's signature. Their story and other paintings of her
9. Edit, in a way: ERASE.
14. Coin collector: SLOT - Tommy Glenn Carmichael bought SLOT machines and made "tools" to beat them. He stole millions before he was caught. How'd he do it?
15. Hero's home: DELI - Subs, grinders, hoagies,...
16. Foot specialists?: POETS
17. Became unpopular: LOST FAVOR.
19. One-piece dresses: SARIS.
20. Rendered less valuable: CHEAPENED and 40. He surpassed Ruth: MARIS - Some claimed that the HR record was CHEAPENED because Roger needed eight more games to break the Babe's record
22. Kunis who voices Meg on "Family Guy": MILA.
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| A native of Ukraine |
23. Turned blue?: ACTED SAD.
25. Olympic gymnast Raisman with six medals: ALY.
25. Olympic gymnast Raisman with six medals: ALY.
26. Brings under control: TAMES.
28. Show dissatisfaction with: YELL AT.
28. Show dissatisfaction with: YELL AT.
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| Just don't say the "magic word" |
30. Throw on: DON - Like "gay apparel"
31. Word with engine or pipe: STEAM.
35. Target division: AISLE.
35. Target division: AISLE.
36. Nana's babysitting observation, perhaps: I'M TOO OLD FOR THIS - Seeing three O's in a row gave me pause
39. "Rizzoli & Isles" actress Alexander: SASHA.
39. "Rizzoli & Isles" actress Alexander: SASHA.
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| Angie Harmon and SASHA (nee Drobnjakovic) |
41. 10, at times: Abbr.: OCT and 12. 2014 drama that earned Julianne Moore a Best Actress Oscar: STILL ALICE - Holding out for STILL ALIVE kept me at OVT instead of OCT for way too long.
42. Brownstone features: STOOPS
44. It's often iced: LATTE.
46. Quite a long time: EON.
47. First word of #1 titles by Donovan and John Denver: SUNSHINE - I'm sure Sunshine Superman is just fine but John's song gives me some real comfort.
46. Quite a long time: EON.
47. First word of #1 titles by Donovan and John Denver: SUNSHINE - I'm sure Sunshine Superman is just fine but John's song gives me some real comfort.
51. Stuff: CRAM.
53. Powerful ruler: POTENTATE.
56. Some game pieces: TILES.
58. Major Southeast Asian financial hub: SINGAPORE.
56. Some game pieces: TILES.
58. Major Southeast Asian financial hub: SINGAPORE.
60. Prefix suggesting thrift: ECONO.
61. Neutral shade: ECRU.
62. "Ella Enchanted" villain: OGRE.
61. Neutral shade: ECRU.
62. "Ella Enchanted" villain: OGRE.
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| 43. "How ya doin'?": SUP, Ella |
63. "The Dance Class" painter: DEGAS.
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| Fine Art at Wal Mart |
64. Ditch: SKIP - I never did ditch/SKIP class
65. Take to __: criticize: TASK.
Down:
1. Soundless speech syst.: ASL.
2. Alliance: BLOC.
4. Computer support provider: IT TEAM - Now we're talking gender neutral
5. Eventually learns to live in: ADAPTS TO.
6. Bank barrier: LEVEE - With scant snow this winter, the river LEVEES should be just fine this spring
7. Like some locks: BLOND - A convention not usually followed in American and Canada
4. Computer support provider: IT TEAM - Now we're talking gender neutral
5. Eventually learns to live in: ADAPTS TO.
6. Bank barrier: LEVEE - With scant snow this winter, the river LEVEES should be just fine this spring
7. Like some locks: BLOND - A convention not usually followed in American and Canada
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A convention not usually followed in America and Canada |
9. Short albums, for short: EPS - Extended Plays
10. Knock about: ROAM.
11. Drone product: AERIAL SHOT.
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| Our house is in the yellow trapezoid |
13. Final, maybe: ESSAY TEST - Hated taking them and correcting them
18. Dove output: FACE SOAPS.
21. It breaks every morning: DAY.
24. Annual salutation: DEAR SANTA - Yes Virginia...
26. "Old Fashioned" Campbell's soup: TOMATO RICE.
27. Icky-sounding snack: ANTS ON A LOG - I think the ingredients are self-evident and look tasty to me
18. Dove output: FACE SOAPS.
21. It breaks every morning: DAY.
24. Annual salutation: DEAR SANTA - Yes Virginia...
26. "Old Fashioned" Campbell's soup: TOMATO RICE.
27. Icky-sounding snack: ANTS ON A LOG - I think the ingredients are self-evident and look tasty to me
29. Smashed: LIT - Euphemisms for intoxicated
30. Analyzed in detail: DISSECTED - My kids learned a lot by DISSECTING a chicken wing and comparing it to a human arm
32. National Mall tree: ELM.
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| One of the survivors from the Original 333 planted in 1930's |
33. Nabokov novel: ADA - Lolita is a novel about a love affair with a teenager and ADA is about one with a sister.
34. Short creator?: MFR - ManuFactueRs are creators
37. Discovery word: OHO - AHA, It's OHO!
38. Body-building routine: OILING UP - Google if you must
45. Spout spot: TEAPOT - C'mon, I know what you're singing to yourself!
48. Bouquets: NOSES - Here ya go: Bouquet is also a part of “NOSE”, however it is often mistaken with Aroma, Bouquet is term used to describe the overall complexity in wine, not its fruity characters but instead the flavors of aged and developed wine, usually from more matured wine.49. Stay on: STICK.
50. "The Dance II" artist Matisse: HENRI - Goya, Degas and now Matisse!
52. "Aladdin" star Massoud: MENA - Rotten Tomatoes critics gave it a 57%. It was made for $187 M but grossed over $1B so...
54. __ party: TOGA.
55. Goes off: ERRS.
57. Brand name that looks like it has a missing period: SOS - I never noticed it before. Why no last period?
59. "Mouse in the house!": EEK.
Irish Miss, how could you this to me!
ReplyDeleteGot the N+NW and S+SE, but a lot of holes in the rest when I gave up and hit the red. EVERY BLOODY CELL that I had filled in the NE went red! Even keeping the red on, it still took me a long time to get the rest of the puzzle.
Words are what a POET, by the FOOT, TAMES.
If he's good, he can get away with "dames".
But even the best,
I'd tender a guess,
Would be YELLED AT for rhyming "tames" with Thames!
I'M TOO OLD FOR THIS hard a grid!
I forget words, they're lost in my id.
I get confused by SARIS and TOGAS,
Mix up HENRI MATISSE with DEGAS!
When I'm found by a natick, I flip my lid!
{A+, B+.}
Thanks for the fun this morning, as well as the write-up with the great pics. The S.O.S trivia was something I never noticed before and haven't had much chance of remarking upon during the last 22 years. Love xwords and this Corner for giving me a little peek into my birth nation.
ReplyDeleteBest to all from Sweden, where it's getting sunnier faster by the day. Great time of year.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteGot 'er done, but that second B in ABBI was a pure WAG. BOSH? Really? Pish-Tosh, I say. I'M TOO OLD FOR THIS seemed to be lacking its final word. d-o fell into the OHO/AHA trap. Fixed. No theme or reveal to miss. Gotta love it. Thanx, I-M, C.C., and Husker.
SASHA Alexander: I remember her from the first two seasons of NCIS. I enjoyed the interplay between Caitlin and Tony. It was shocking when she took a bullet to the forehead in the season cliff-hanger.
BLOND: That would be d-o, except for all the gray.
POTENTATE: Is there an impotentate?
Well, folks, I redeemed myself from the debacle of yesterday. Although I could hardly believe there was a person named "Abbi" it was the only thing that made sense, and it turned out to be right.
ReplyDeleteTook 15:50 for me to finish-ish: "Still Alive" made perfect sense to me, even if it were perfectly wrong. Seems "OVT" wasn't correct either. I was unfamiliar with a lot of the proper nouns today (Abbi, Alba, Ada, Mena,....).
ReplyDeleteAnd like D-O, I mistook "oho" for "aha" at first, but eventually came around right. FIR, and it feels so good to be able to say that again!
ReplyDeleteDNF, thanks to the NE corner. Took a WAG on "bosh" which paid off.
ReplyDeleteThank you Agnes and C.C. for a Saturday challenge, which I somehow lucked into a FIR. The only downside to this puzzle, is that we won't get a capsule review from Irish Miss. Or will we? Looking forward to your review tomorrow C.C.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you Husker for your usual Saturday TOUR de force of this fine puzzle.
5A ALBA. Smart move including the reveal in a link Husker, away from the prying eyes of Blogger's AI.
14A SLOT. Carmichael sounds like the Capn' Crunch of SLOT machines.
16A POETS. This one had me fooled right up to the end. Couldn't figure out what POITS were. BTW, did you shoot that AERIAL SHOT of your house from a drone, or clip it from Google Earth?
40A MARIS. My son claimed Roger lost a lot of hair in 1961.
42A STOOPS. The white marble steps of Baltimore are one of its iconic features.
64A SKIP. Also Brit slang for a garbage container.
7D BLOND. My sisters are jealous of me because I'm the only SIB who kept their BLOND hair (what's left of it). BLONDE is also the name of a varietal of GUINNESS brewed right here in Baltimore (you may have to reveal your age to see this site).
48D NOSES. Also a type of floral bouquet.
50D HENRI. The Baltimore Museum of Art's Cone Gallery has an extensive collection of Matisse's paintings, plus works by Degas and Goya.
Cheers,
Bill
Word of the Day revanche
ReplyDeletePronunciation: ri-vahn(t)sh, rê-vawNsh
Part of Speech: Noun, mass (no plural)
Meaning: The capture of a previously owned territory that had won its independence or was taken by another nation or territory.
Notes: For a word not completely naturalized in English, this word has a substantial family. Some still use the French adjective, revanchard, but most prefer the English adjective, which also serves as a noun: revanchist "(a person) supporting revanche". The abstract noun is revanchism.
In Play: In "The Long Game", an article in The Economist, of September 6, 2014, today's contributor read: "Mr. Putin's revanchism must therefore be stopped in Ukraine." Revanchism differs from expansionism in that the acquired territory once belonged to the aggressor. Ukraine historically was a region of Russia, hence the old name "the Ukraine". Another example was the Spanish revanche of the Muslim controlled regions (caliphates) of Spain in the 15th century.
Word History: Middle French had two words for "revenge", revenche and revanche. English borrowed its verb from Middle French revenger but nicked revanche in the late 19th century in its current meaning.
For more info see Word of the Day
Bill's comment: Definitely FRAWNCH.
What a treat! A Saturday puzzle from Irish Miss and C.C. It was a worthy challenge and I had the same problems as Husker Gary. However, I guessed right on ABBI and BOSH. No such luck with STILL ALIvE and OvT. OvT made no sense and OCT, the tenth month never came to me. Thanks for clearing that up, HG. So a FIW for today. But many thanks to our constructors for a fun puzzle with appropriate misdirections and twists. Hope to see another one from you all soon.
ReplyDeleteCelebrate your FIRs, Subgenius and DO. Well deserved. Nice to hear from you, SwenglishMom. Our son has lived in Germany that long too. Time flies.
Hope you all have good weather this weekend!
Nope. Gave up.
ReplyDeleteMILA* was the rare pop-cul name I knew (from 70s Show)
ReplyDeleteI remembered STOOP from Nero Wolfe's brownstone
Drat, it was AERIAL SHOT not SHOw. LATkE made no sense. Ironically it was a mental alpha run that gave me ALY/ESSAY, why didn't I alpha this one(actually Dr S. asked that)
I remembered Donovan's Sunshine Superman from way back to the Summer of 66 I spent on Falmouth Heights
TEAM not Tech. Yes, I'll give you an A+ for #1, Owen. Liked #2,too. OK I liked the twain.
WC
* Jackie Burkhardt showed rare sitcom growth. She was a spoiled rich kid who's wealthy father went to jail for stock fraud. She learns humility. Jackie
FIR, but I had to put it down a couple of times because I couldn't make sense of STILL A LICE. At first I thought it must be "life", but "...OLD FOR THfS" was clearly wrong. Then decided it must be STILL Louse", but that was obviously still wrong. On my third restart the V8 can fell off the top shelf and hit me on the very top of my thinking cap.
ReplyDeleteGuessed right at both my Naticks: SASHA x ANTS ON A LOG, and MILA x STILL ALICE.
I don't know SASHA, but I've had her sister Brandy Alexander many times. Not for the last six years, though.
Thanks to IM and CC for the fun. For me, this one was easier than Thursday's or Friday's grid. And thanks to HG for the fun tour.
Bill, I've spent a few hours sitting on my stepson's STOOP in Locust Point. Who needs a neighborhood watch program when there are plenty of eyes up and down the street observing everyone who comes and goes.
ReplyDeleteWilbur, is that where the Black Shield of Falmouth gets its name?
ReplyDeleteOnly two bad cells for GARY? About30 for me. I was dead in the water today. Too many unknown proper names and A&E fills. ABBI Jacobson, ALY Raisman, SASHA Alexander, NILA Kunis, MENA Massoud, Lolita's sister ADA, Ella Enchanted & OGRE, the movie STILL ALICE, the candy ANTS ON A LOG, and TOMATO RICE soup by Campbells. Never heard of the movie, candy, or the soup.
ReplyDeleteFalse starts. INSPECTED instead of DISSECTED; REINS instead of TAMES; LOLL instead of ROAM.
At least I filled everything below STOOPS & LATTE.
But don't worry C.C. & I.M. I'M not TOO OLD FOR THIS. Don't make so tough next time.
Another red letter day!
ReplyDeleteIn fact, I doubt I could have finished without them.
It figures Irish Miss would get me in my impish weak spot.
(Or it could have been CC, or even Rich...)
But 52 down. "Aladdin" star Massoud: (=Blank ENA)
Crossing 51 Across. Stuff: (=CRA Blank)
Oh C"mon!
Everyone knows "Stuff" = "Crap."
(I shoulda left the red letters off and taken the FIW...)
Easiest Saturday in an EON but a lot of you-know-it-or-you-don'ts. "Jacobson", "Moore's Oscar", "Raisman", "Rizzoli", "Meg" "Aladdin"
ReplyDeleteInkovers: aline/SARIS, stairs/STOOPS, odors/NOSES ,
BOSH for "nonsense" that's just tosh.😒. The "Dove" clue sounded singular. OILING UP is for the contest not the routine 🏋️♂️. S.O.S ("Save Our S?)...Shrek is once again OGRE-shamed. DELI very brief home for a HERO. Does a POTENTATE (it. potente, "powerful") abdicate if he gets ED?
Put POETS cuz of perps but not sure why
Clever: Target division, DEARSANTA
WAIT WAIT,😲 just saw who authored the puzzle. Ignore everything I said above.... Pure genious!!.. Fantastic incredible clues! The authors should be inducted into the CW hall of fame immediately!! 🏆
Part of a BLOC....ALY
Verbal regrets....SARIS
"Da" preceder...LATTE
What yesterday's puzzle lacked...DEGAS
Seriously great job!! (but still don't understsnd OCT 🤔)
A fine collaboration, thank you for the Saturday challenge C.C. and Irish Miss ☘️! DNK ABBI, ALBA (as clued), or SASHA but the perps helped with the fill and I managed a FIR in 18:45, a good time for me on a themeless as I had a typical slow start. BOSH?? New word for me.
ReplyDeleteAgnes ~~ I didn’t realize you were involved in the constructing side of CW’s, though with all your keen insights into the details of the daily grids, It makes perfect sense. And I imagine it’s probably a joy to work with C.C. 😊
HG ~~ thank you for another sparkling review, always nice that you have the puzzle creators lead off the comments, always good to know their inspirations!
unclefred ~ a frustrated terse comment today, but I would say don’t give up, if you’re stumped just do a walk away for a spell and return with a clear head, amazing the revelations that come that were missed on the first attempt!
ReplyDeleteRay-O ~ 10 = OCTober (not sure if you were kidding or not)
Yoop...
ReplyDeleteActuallyn quite STOOPid of me..I was hooked on Dec or Dek "for 10 at times".. 🙄
I knew this would be a clever, tight puzzle when I saw the constructors - thanks IM and CC for the puzzle (This is totally irrelevant - but I just realized that both the abbreviations of your names are medical abbreviations as well- intramuscular and cubic centimeter)
ReplyDeleteSo many favorites here - love DEGAS and HENRI Matisse; made many batches of ANTS ON A LOG when my kids were little - good, fun way to have them eat fruit/veggies; first concert I attended in person was John Denver and knew most of his songs by heart.
I would highly recommend the fiction book "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova, though I know many people wouldn't necessarily want to read a book about a person with dementia. The author has a phd in neuroscience and has tons of experience interacting with people with dementia. It's one of the only books that is first person from the point of view of the person with dementia (most are written by a spouse, sibling, child of the person). The author does an amazing job of actually changing her voice, grammar, thoughts as the dementia progresses and explains how the person is feeling looking out. It has helped me in my interaction with my patients who have cognitive deficits. The movie is good - but you can't hear her thoughts.
Thanks HG for another fun write-up!
Inane..
ReplyDeleteMoore did a stellar job in "Still Alice"
Another great film in a similar vein.
Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor Oscar 2021 for "Father" (with Olivia Coleman) which deals with dementia from the point of view of the victims own mind.
How exciting to get a Saturday puzzle from Irish Miss and C.C. Thank you both for this delightful treat, even if it was a Saturday toughie for me. And thanks for the helpful commentary, Gary.
ReplyDeleteI got the Duchess of ALBA instantly--Woohoo!
But the hero's home and the foot specialists stumped me. When I finally got DELI and POETS, it cracked me up. How cool!
Got Nabokov's ADA right away, as well as HENRI Matisse.
But the Dove output stumped me. Kept thinking of the bird, not the FACE SOAP.
Finally it was fun seeing DEAR SANTA at the beginning of March.
Enjoyed your poems, Owen, many thanks.
Have a great weekend, everybody.
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteHow many PN’s did I not know? Most of ‘em! Well, not MARIS or DEGAS, but there were far TOO many of them to allow me the pleasure I anticipated from today’s puzzle. I love Agnes and C.C. to death
INSPECTED/DISSECTED; ALI/ALY; LOSE/LOST FAVOR (my bad, though; should’ve seen the verb tense)
Despite not knowing her, I got ABBI in the NW Corner. Some sections filled out perfectly fine once I looked up the answers I didn’t know. And ABBI/MENA/SASHA/ADA/STILL ALICE/MILA will be forgotten by this evening
Agnes, I know you and CC designed this quite awhile ago, but can you share which word(s) and or phrase(s) fueled the puzzle idea? A “themeless” is something I’ve wanted to tackle …
Nice puzzle. On the easy side for a Saturday except the NE. Had a hard time understanding some of the clues but in the end got through it.
ReplyDeleteStill Alice is an absolutely wonderful book.
ReplyDeleteBecky
Yeah,
ReplyDeleteI second Chairman Moe @ 1:07
1) love you guys!
2) which part is your crap...
(Um, er, I mean, how did you manage to CRAM so much stuff in...)
What yooperP said. I was stymied in NE , walked away and ESSAY TEST dropped. Now, a little more patience would have yielded LATTE(I've never had one)
ReplyDeleteWhat is the ANT? Raisin? How about red and black M&Ms
Difficult? I rate it average Saturday. It helped to know rge painters, MARIS*, Donovan. It breaks every morning was cute. EPs? Somewhere between a single and an album. "Financial measure" would've clued it.
WC
* For baseball aficionados, Maris is renowned for a defensive play. In the bottom of 9th in 1962 WS he held Matty Alou at 3rd on a double down the line. McGovern then lined out to end it for the Yankee win
DeleteMcCovey, not McGovern. The latter couldn't hit for beans. Struck out big time in 72
DeleteHi Everyone:
ReplyDeleteLate to the dance due to errands, a visit to my sister, Peggy, and a very late lunch. Thanks for all the kind words and I’m glad to hear that most of you had a positive solving experience. As I mentioned in my note to HG, there was a long time span between submission and publication and that, coupled with revised clues, made this a challenging solve, even for me. I noticed some pairings that I didn’t recall, i.e., Saris/Toga, Degas/Henri/Alba, and the anagram of Steam/Tames. Also, there was the bittersweet Dear Santa reminder of Dear Argyle and CSOs to Moe (Noses), Levee (Louisiana folks), Poets (Owen and Moe), and IT Team (You know who you are).
Many thanks to CC for sharing her talent and knowledge so generously and many thanks to HG for always enlightening and entertaining us so distinctively, especially with the many pleasing visuals and links. BTW, HG, m clue for Don was Wear gap apparel!
Yooper Phil @ 10:28 ~ CC and I had several collaborations previously and I believe today’s was the last one that was accepted. And you imagine quite correctly that CC is indeed a joy to work with.
Moe @ 1:07 ~ I know absolutely nothing about grid layout or construction. That’s CC’s expertise. My contributions were suggesting themes and cluing, both often polished and improved by CC. Thank you for your high praise and Ditto to CED’s echoing it.
I join the Still Alice fan club, as well as The Father, as Ray O mentioned.
Have a great day.
Corrections: My clue and Gay apparel. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteSuper Saturday. Thanks for the fun, C.C. and IM, and HuskerG.
ReplyDeleteThis CW required the usual Saturday level of P&P (plus a couple of Google visits for unknown names).
But it was an enjoyable solve.
Hand up for Aha before OHO. (I should have known it would be (H)OHO with DEAR SANTA).
I debated between Oak and ELM for those trees.
Anyone else (Misty?) think of a different Dove output? But that might be better clued as Canada geese output (and was one letter too short).
I am OK with either BLOND or Blonde, but of course FAVOR ERRS.
We had a EA quartet with IT TEAM, STEAM, TEAPOT, and CHEAPENED, but AE in AERIAL SHOT.
Hand up for agreeing that STILL ALICE is a wonderful book.
Ray-o- did you get the POETS feet yet? Think of another CW favourite, iambic.
Wishing you all a great day.
A Saturday toughie indeed from Agnes & C.C.!
ReplyDeleteCount me in for a mere 40% completion.
Lotsa unknown names today.
Fave clue? 16A - "Foot specialists?"
Fave moment-of-discovery? 57D "Brand name that looks like it has a missing period"
Thanks for the link, Husker G! The supposedly true explanation for why S.O.S left off the final period is a perfect example of "legal technicality" at work. Or, how the law can warp our brains.
~ OMK
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DR: One diagonal on each side.
The near side anagram (14 of 15 letters) speaks of "adding insult to injury," as the two word phrase can only be applied when a sad fate is administered to somebody who has already failed in an enterprise.
What would you be if you had missed the mark badly, then returned home to find somene had torn through all your possessions?
Poor you! You would be a...
"RANSACKED LOSER"!
I enjoyed this puzzle very much. Full of trickiness and deviousness, with some terrific fill. Somehow I can see the constructors' fingerprints all over it. Like Gary, I held onto STILL ALIVE (and OVT) for far too long. After fixing it everything made sense in hindsight, and then I remembered I had actually seen that Julianne Moore movie. Sheesh.
ReplyDeleteI was off to a slow start. When I saw over a dozen proper nouns right off, it psyched me out of all P&P, even though I knew a few. It felt like a chore and I slogged through it with a few LIUs.
ReplyDeleteI liked the memoir, Still Alice. It is a wonder Alice was still lucid enough to write about her experiences. I believe, that many, like my mother, were still lucid enough for a time to grieve their loss and to realize more than we suspected they were capable of.
I loved essay tests and tutoring students to write essays. I loved doing research papers. In college we had one essay test where the answers to one question filled three bluebooks, (remember them?) The answer needed to cover many specifics. Those who could not organize where lost.
Nabakov's ADA was about a boy and girl who were cousins. They fell in torrid love, which was acceptable then. They each married other people. Even when they discovered they were brother and sister, which was forbidden, their love affair lasted a life time.
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteTwo days in a row I've hoisted the white flag... *sigh*
I was going to give up earlier today but... I mean, I know the constructors. Surely, I could get on their wavelength. Right?
No dice.
//This morning, I even told the hair-cut lady I eKnow the constructors; I don't think she cared.
Ramblings....
FLN - Thanks Moe for the expo. Thanks Cornerites for entertaining me; it was a GAS.
FLN - D-O: Your .mil Alice's Restaurant radio story never gets old. #Peace
++ Pop pulled a Bush Jr. His boss-man got him in the Air Guard the day his number was drawn.
FLN - Moe. Star Trek is SciFi. Marvel is super-hero [DELI] stuff. //y'all really need to get your universes straight, IM* ;-)
{B+, B}
FLN - Ray-O: I have a mini-Pieta my aunt gave me from her trip to Rome. [CEO] Bro and I broke off her fingers whilst horsing around. I'm not sure which ring Dante will put us in for that.
//You should have called me re: microwave. I re-soldered a board in mine a year ago and still no fire.
FLN - Waseely - re: Grand's talent: I didn't know he's Jewish [Carson Axe]
Since it's a big-fat DNF, I'll just go w/ Fav: MARIS. Before my time, but I knows my Baseball (just not as well as WC!)
Runner-up: SKIP == Ditch. I ditch'd 1/2 of my Sr HS year. [to be] DW got a GED in Dec and would phone me out of class ala Ferris Bueller.
{A, A+}
waseeley - you know of Cap'n Crunch and his 2600Hz whistle? Ever short the mouth piece for another nickel?
Thanks, HG, for another excellent expo and dropping a another quarter in the SLOT [me cheating] so I could get some extra-play [not SOAP SUDS-!??].
I also enjoy'd your Vegas Cheat video link; I know enough to pull it off but nobody(!) should F* w/ those guys' security.
//the elevators & hvac systems, however, are fair game.
Irish Miss & C.C., y'all are so nice online. What burning evil did yous have to ERASE to start the grid w/ ABBI & ALBA?* :-)
and OCT == 10? OK, sure the month... but to me OCT is base-eight.
Thank you both for a puzzling grid. IM, you're a treat and, C.C., you the best at bringing us to fruition.
I did have fun with the grid and playing with my inkpen but, 1/3 way through,... *sigh* I'M TOO OLD FOR THIS (isn't that a tag-line in (FLN) LEATHAL Weapon? :-))
Here's to a great day for all y'all!
Cheers, -T
*I hope you took that in with the jest I meant :-)
-T @4:11 PM. LMAO on the Carson clip.
DeleteKnew that Capn' Crunch was the original hacker. I assume that shorting the mouthpiece would lower the pitch - would that allow you to call long distance without priming the SLOT with a nickel?
Anon.T
ReplyDeleteI shoulda sent the microwave to you for the simple replacement item install. The shipping costs woulda been cheaper.
Would I get a Cornerite discount on the repair?
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Thank you CC and Irish Miss ( Agnes Davidson ) for a challenging Saturday puzzzle. I had to Google some stuff (~~ CRAM ...) but I managed to complete it in 47 minutes or so. My mind does not work as fast anymore.
ReplyDeleteThank you Husker Gary for the complete review. I have not been able to post many times this week, becuz my sleep is so intermittent ... I hope that is the right word ... and a couple of CT scans, umteen blood draws and a biopsy thrown in.
I have not read Still Alice, but I have the movie and have watched most of it. It is quite thought provoking. I have had several relatives go thru dementia, prior to death, especially our females, specially my mother RIP 2001, who live so long ... our men dont live that long, that is true of most societies anyway. Women are the super sex, er super gender, and after age 79, there are 22 of them for every surviving male, atleast in the US.
The puzzle had lots of names, the artistes were familiar, but some of the cluing for relatively simple words threw me completely for a loop ... I guess thats the Saturday for you.
Inannehiker, when i was being given anesthesia a couple of weeks ago, Versed abd Fentanyl BTW, the a'tist put a jet plastic mask for Gen Anesth on me,
and I kept singing .....I'm leaving on a Jet Plane, dont know when I'll be back again ... so Kiss me and smile for me, and tell me that you'll wait for me, and hold me like you'd never let me go .., I have heard that John Denver song atleas 50 times since then...
Onto to SUnday tomorrow !!!
Have a great day, all you folks.....
Vidwan @6:33 PM Loved that that Denverian reverie. ✈️
Delete-T, I had a van full of Philly fans. I threw them my fav trivia ?
ReplyDelete"The year I won my 2nd Batting Championship with Philadelphia, I took 37 'Days off'". They were stumped until one of the girls said "Was there a baseball player named Ferris?".
Yes, FERRIS Fain with the Philadelphia Athletics in 49,50
Also…Speaking of Hacks…
I got an email saying "Thank you for you $559.00 subscription to McAfee
?????
Is there a McAfee scam out there?
WC
WC.. I send to "mark as spam" a daily email from McAfee (I don't subscribe) stating that my service is running out. Been going on for a month. 🤬
ReplyDeleteHi Aunt Agnes aka “Irish Miss” (who knew??) I am so proud of your word skills and especially your clue developing. So lucky to have been included in your work this past weekend, though I arrived a bit late to the site! Congratulations on another fantastic puzzle and collaboration with C.C. ❤️ Susie
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