Theme: ALMOST NEVER (60. Rarely ... or what each set of circled letters is?) - Each circled set is an anagram of four letters in NEVER.
17. Having the same ability: ON EVEN TERMS.
24. Touch and go, grammatically: ACTION VERBS.
39. "Guilty or not guilty?": WHAT'S THE VERDICT.
48. 1939 Stephen Foster biopic: SWANEE RIVER.
Boomer again. The incomparable Haltoolah (Susan) is in New England taking care of her dad's estate. She will be back next Tuesday. I'm happy to be here.
C.C. said this is a LA Times debut for Rafael Musa. Congratulations!.
Across:
7. Word with friendly or interface: USER.
11. NFL team leaders: QBS. We still have Cousins. Packers have that other guy.
14. Do very well: THRIVE.
15. Backsplash piece: TILE. A piece for Scrabble.
16. In the style of: A LA. KING ??
19. Prom rental: TUX. We all wore a white TUX while performing in the H.S. Glee Club. I'm on the most right.
20. Firefighting aid: HOSE. I water my garden and lawn with one of these.
21. On the __: being broadcast: AIR.
22. In the loop: AWARE.
27. Amount to take, in an Rx: DOSAGE. I have plenty of DOSAGES at this time.
31. Property claim: LIEN. I receive the Minneapolis Star Tribune daily. I cannot believe how many pages are mortgage foreclosures!
32. Acting together: AS ONE.
33. Gardener's bagful: SOIL. Ours is lying in front of the house. No bag.
35. "Good point": TRUE.
42. Back of the neck: NAPE.
43. D.C. helper: AIDE. Do they really need help??
44. Exams for Ph.D. candidates: ORALS.
45. Top line on many an application form: NAME.
47. Deny: NAYSAY. I never said that!
53. "Coco" studio: PIXAR.
54. Collectible records, for short: LPS. I have a few favorites, but nothing to play them on anymore.
55. "Roll Tide" school: BAMA. Crimson Tide.
59. Yalie: ELI.
64. Hoopla: ADO. Much ADO about nothing.
65. Brewpub array: TAPS. Or a bugle at a funeral.
66. In a scary way: EERILY. Doesn't scare me.
67. Dreaming sleep stage: REM.
68. Preferred brownie piece, for some: EDGE. Odd name for a FORD.
69. Spanish "You're welcome": DE NADA.
Down:
2. "Hmm ... no chance": UH NO.
3. Square root of nueve: TRES. 3 X 3 is 9
4. Pillars of Islam count: FIVE. I never counted them.
5. "__ had enough!": I'VE. Not yet, we have more clues.
6. King-jack, e.g., in bridge: TEN ACE.
7. Wombs: UTERI.
8. Polite title: SIR. "To Sir with love." Lulu.
9. West __: high-end furniture outlet: ELM. I have not heard of West Elm.
10. Back up, as a backup: RE-SAVE. I have RE-SAVED many baseball cards.
11. Doha's country: QATAR. Doha is the capital city.
12. Words on a jacket: BLURB. My jacket says 300 game and 830 Series. March of 2009.
13. Jazz woodwinds: SAXES.
18. __ for tat: TIT. No comment.
23. Stopped running, as a stream: WENT DRY.
24. A long time: AGES. What we all do every year. It never stops.
25. Tapenade ingredient: OLIVE. Popeye's girlfriend.
26. White or Blue river: NILE.
27. First light: DAWN. "DAWN, go away I'm no good for you." Four Seasons.
28. Workplace safety org.: OSHA. Changed a lot of warehouses years ago.
29. Source of some suds: SOAP. Operas on daytime TV. I never watch.
30. Rabbit ears: ANTENNA. I remember those on the TV. We don't need them anymore.
33. Less likely to speak up, maybe: SHIER.
34. Ref. work that added "freshperson" in 2021: OED. Oxford English Dictionary.
36. Narrow inlets: RIAS.
37. NCAA Bruins' home: UCLA. Basketball team is legendary.
38. Site for handmade gifts: ETSY. This is starting to claim fame.
40. Get under control: TAME.
41. Crowd eruption: ROAR. Major League Baseball starts April 7th.
46. Make fizzy: AERATE.
47. Like matryoshka dolls: NESTED. I never heard of these kind of dolls.
48. Asparagus piece: SPEAR. Taste pretty good !
49. Olivia of "House": WILDE.
50. Set theory truth: AXIOM.
51. "Uncle!": I LOSE.
52. Corp. honchos: VPS. Also one step away from President.
55. Swiss capital: BERN.
56. Asics competitor: AVIA. Pants and shoes. I think Walmart has them in stock.
57. Fuse: MELD. I believe you can MELD cards in Canasta.
58. "Game of Thrones" girl __ Stark: ARYA.
61. Chap: LAD.
62. New car stat: MPG. Also any car stat. With the price of gasoline it's a bit more important.
63. Word before a birth name: NEE. Maiden name.
Boomer
Notes from C.C.:
Today we celebrate a big milestone of our ATLGranny (Judy), who turns 80 years old. Thank you for always reading all our blog spots and comments so attentively, Judy, you make our blogging job such a rewarding experience!
FIRight. It's only Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteSpent half that time on the intersection of ON EVEN TERMS + RE-SAVE. I remembered commercials for West END furniture, so had that instead of ELM, with a high degree of confidence. That also left TInE unfindable.
Just googled it. West Elm makes furniture that is sold in West End furniture stores!
It's an AXIOM in cards or math,
Equal terms are EVEN TERMS, at last.
Jack and King, then 11+13 =
Equals ACE and TEN = 10+14.
That's a rule that's hard and fast!
TOUCH AND GO are verbs, correct?
But townhouses touch without sex.
So are both words
ACTION VERBS?
The decision's yours, WHAT'S THE VERDICT?
{B-, B.}
Rafael has been publishing in many other venues such as USA Today and Universal as well as many indie sites. Like HG, he appears to be a cat person.
ReplyDeleteRAFA'a assistant .
Welcome to the Corner.
West ELM was an unknown but was already filled; the theme was odd anagramming 4 letters from a 5 letter word, but it sounds very new. DOHA DOC was a regular poster until he moved back to the US, I am not sure where he is now.
ATL Granny, many happy returns; the weather has agreed with you and you look great. 80 is my next goal, though still a few years away.
Boomer, you are beyond an inspiration - be well.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteThis was an easy solve, though the Wite-Out came out to change ENDS to EDGE. Nice LAT debut, Rafael. (Cute assistant.) Thanx for pinch-hitting today, Boomer.
OED -- In my ute we visited Dad's cousin in Oconto. He had a dictionary so huge that it required it's own bookstand. Don't know if it was an OED, but it was an eye-opener to this street urchin.
HBD, ATLGranny. I've noticed that your pzl stumbles often match my own. (Great minds, and all that...)
FIR, but erased ales for TAPS and aeon for AGES. DNK Coco, king-jack (thanks, OKL), matryoshka dolls, ARYA, WILDE, tapenade, or the FIVE pillars. I sleep with two pillars.
ReplyDeleteHoopla again? We're getting knee deep in hoopla, right -T?
Bardstown, Kentucky has staged a summer stock production of "The Stephen Foster Story" for as long as I can remember. Worth a trip if you are ever in the area.
Didn't like RESAVE. Save As is how I make duplicate backups [sic]. I need a good cloud backup service. I fired iDrive because twice I thought I had both data and disc clone backups there, and didn't have either. Too difficult for amateur users to determine what is actually backed up. Now I don't have offsite backup. Any recommendations?
TIT for tat? Maybe I should get a tat. But not on my HOSE.
Thanks to Rafael for the fun. And thanks to Boomer, not only for the fine review but for filling in for Ha2la.
Sitting in our hospital waiting room while DW has a cardiac catheterization.
ReplyDeleteGreat theme, which didn't make sense to me till the key clue reveal. Rafael, welcome to the blog...too bad you spell your name wrong...😄
Inkover: I give/ILOSE, nine/FIVE
"West" ELMS? RESAVE? NAYSAY? ..."nay", I say (or should I say "NÉE")... WILDE unknown ("Oscar" would have been more Tuesday-ish)
Then there's the Limerick that ends...."there was no tit for TAT?" 🤭
Page or AIDE? perpwaited. "words on a (book) jacket? BLURB kinda iffy. Almost filled wELD but then where would BAwA be?
MPG, Canada eh, is that KPL?
DW saves the occasional near-burnt brownie EDGEs for me, a crunchy chocolate treat.😋
How old a female deer is ....DOSAGE.
Ping Pong "aka" Table _____ ...TENACE.
Cygnet filled stream...SWANEE RIVER.
Line skipper.....QATAR.
Not TAME...WILDE.
Happy milestone BD Judy (ATL granny)!🎂
How did I forget to wish ATL granny a HBD? HBDTY, ATLgranny. I always like your posts. I lived in Roswell and worked kitty-corner to the Perimeter Mall MARTA station before we built a new campus off Windward Parkway.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes to your DW, Ray.
Ugh, circles, but FIR, despite that.
ReplyDeleteClever theme- before the reveal I kept thinking I was filling something wrong since the letters weren't the same
ReplyDeleteGotta go but thanks Boomer for pinch hitting and Rafael for the fun puzzle- and congrats on the debut!
HBD Judy (ATLgranny)
Excited that Pujols is coming back to STL Cardinals for his final year in baseball!
I never said never in 6:44 today. Tougher than the usual Tuesday offerings, which is fine by me.
ReplyDeleteWasn't thrilled by the all the proper names in the bottom-right corner (Bama, Bern, Arya, Avia). I didn't know Swanee River or the person of House that wasn't the usual crossword-friendly "Omar Epps," but had seen "West Elm" in another puzzle recently - since no here remembers it, it must've been a NYT (by way of the Seattle Times).
Oh joy, circles.
Well, I danced the first half last night and sat out the second half. So much fun. I didn't want to push my luck by getting too tired.
ReplyDeleteELM filled itself, good thing.
ARYA was new to me.
I, too, thought of DOHA DOC.
I have a set of matrioshka dolls which I treasure.
IMO, DC aides do most of the work while many of their bosses just bloviate and can't be bothered with becoming acquainted with the details.
I made tapanade from a newspaper recipe. I love olives, both green and ripe, but the tapanade was way too salty.
BLURB was a gimme, very common to this book lover.
Happy birthday, Judy. I enjoy your posts.
Ray-o. best of luck to your DW with her heart procedure.
Interesting puzzle, interesting recap.
What a nice start to a new decade. A FIR in Rafael's debut puzzle and nice birthday greetings from C.C. and you early guys. The reveal explained why I couldn't get the circled letters to match. Clever new trick today, right, inanehiker and Ray-O? I also didn't know how many pillars and put Four/FIVE. (Laughed at sleeping with two pillars, Jinx!) And I definitely didn't understand TEN ACE, not being a bridge player. Thanks OwenKL for explaining.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Boomer, for filling in and writing an excellent review of this excellent puzzle. In the Glee Club picture you are the tallest and handsomest singer!
Glad to hear your outing went well last night, YR. And I hope the procedure goes well for your wife today, Ray-O. Hope everyone has an enjoyable day!
ReplyDeleteThank you Rafael Musa for a very nice crossword, with a twist that I did not get. I finished allright without the theme. I see your first name differs in spelling to RayO Sunshines' first name ... ;-)
Thank you Boomer for the pinch hitting, and best wishes and prayers to you and CC. Your review was the right amount of humor and commentary... ;-)
Good Luck and prayers and Best Wishes to Ray O Sunshine for your DW's Cardiac Cath procedure ...Hope everything goes well, and solves the problem for a long time !! I had a Cardiac Cath procedure done 15 years ago, but no stent was required. No problems, in that area since.
Happy Birthday, ATLGRanny ( Judy) ... 80 is a major milestone, have a great day and the rest of the month. I hope I can reach there in good health, myself.
Boomer mentioned mortgage foreclosures advertised in the newspaper ... I dont believe they are advertized publicly in Ohio ... maybe state laws differ on this subject. You have to go to the sheriffs foreclosure website to find out foreclosures in your 'hood.
I have atleast 6 sets of Matrushka dolls ... all from garage sales etc. I hope to give them away to my grandkids... I also have another 40 non Mats dolls, which I give away to girl's birthdays. Unfortunately, they are art objects and you cannot play with them, easily...
Have a great day, you all.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteThis was an unusual theme and very tight with the three different sets of letters used. The reveal was a true Aha moment. My only unknown as Arya, although I believe she has appeared before. Lots of pairs today with Nape/Name, Tres/Five, Dosage/Ages, Five/I’ve, Tame/Name, Air/Aerate, Sir/Lad, and the triple play, UCLA/Bama/QBs. We also had an A Game with Ala, Bama, (cute combo), Denada, OSHA, Antenna, UCLA, AVIA, and Arya. And, last but not least, CSOs to Ray O and Inanehiker (Dosages), Lucina (Denada), Misty and Keith (Orals), and the California Contingent (UCA).
Thanks, Rafael, for a fun solve and congrats on your LA Times debut and thanks, Boomer, for pinch hitting and entertaining us two days in a row.
Happy Birthday, ATLGranny, hope it’s a special day, as it is a special milestone. 🎂🎉🎈🎊🎁 I enjoy your posts and am glad you became a regular Cornerite! 😉 BTW, that is a lovely photo.
YR, hooray for you! Glad you could once again enjoy your passion!
Ray O, best wishes to your DW.
FLN
UncleFred, so sorry that your roof problems have gotten worse, but at least the roofer didn’t get hurt. I hope there aren’t any more setbacks.
TTP, I hope you’ve recovered from yesterday’s ordeal.
Have a great day.
Corrections: Was Arya and UCLA. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the LAT debut, Rafael. Great theme. I hope you stop by The Corner and say hi.
Thanks for pinch-hitting Boomer - you're no Hahtoolah but you're not half-bad either ;-)
Good to read you in fine spirits.
WO: SPrig -> SPEAR
ESPs: TENACE(?), ARYA, WILDE, SWANEE RIVER [alphabet-run / WAG in bold]
Fav: I'll go w/ Pixar. They basically invented computer animation with Luxo Jr. [wiki]. Luxo Jr. [2m]
Happy Birthday ATLGranny! I always enjoy your NEVER unkind takes on the days' puzzle.
{B*, B+}
*so in Bridge, face cards are not 10 like in Blackjack but keep counting up(?)
At "Coco" I was thinking TBS (Conan O'Brien's Team Coco)
DW purchased these nesting / matryoshka dolls on her trip to Russia a few years ago. Interesting thing about them, they tell a folk story / instill values.
For some reason, I knew WEST ELM. DW's Champagne-tastes?? ;-)
Ray-O: I've always heard the accolades on the back of a book-jacket as a BLURBs. What do you call 'em?
I too thought of the TAT Limerick ;-)
YR - so glad to hear you're back to dancing!
Back to work, play later.
Cheers, -T
Marcia's cardiac cath is normal, normal coronary arteries.
ReplyDeleteShe had experienced some jaw pain which led to a nuclear cardiac stress test with equivocal results so the catheterization was the next step.
FYI be aware that in women coronary disease can manifest with odd or atypical symptoms.
Glad this is behind us, thanks
I exchanged "ages" for "aeon" (Hi, Jinx!) and "tame" for "rein." And I was unfamiliar with Olivia Wilde. But, as usual, the perps came to the rescue. The meaning of the circles was a mystery to me until I got to the reveal, then all became clear. FIR, so I'm happy.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I'm a relative newcomer here, let me add my happy birthday and congratulations to you, ATL Granny. Both you and Irish Miss are two ladies who always brighten up this Corner!
ReplyDeleteYou missed the fact that the clue to 2 down violates the convention of not having a word in the answer also appear in the clue. https://mycrosswordmaker.com/how-to-make-a-crossword-puzzle, rule 9c. Crossword Fiend also missed this.
ReplyDeleteLemon, loved the crossword kitty pic!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday ATL Granny!
I hope to post a better cake for you each and every year,
and if we both stick around for another twenty years...
I dunno,
I am not sure,
but for some reason,
today's puzzle theme reminds me, of me!
Musings
ReplyDelete-Gimmick was so cool once I read the reveal!
-Steven Foster morphed the actual Suwannee River into the two-syllable SWANNE RIVER which fit his cadence
-I took a picture of all my meds and their DOSAGES so I always have them with me on my phone
-Can you see why most people misspell my wife’s NAME Joann?
-EDGE – On a fishing trip, we men all competed to see who would get the heel of the bread loaf
-Today I learned what TENACE is in bridge. I’ll bet Boomer has this baseball card
-Referees who respond to crowd criticism are said to have rabbit ears
-House went off the air in 2012. Its sexist and racist dialogue would not fly today
-Happy Four Score Birthday, Judy. I too love your contributions here.
Rats!
ReplyDeleteI link booboo'd again!
ATLGranny,
and if we both stick around the blog for another 20 years...
Anon T @ 9:42...you are correct about BLURB. it's such a general term and I was looking for something specific to a book jacket like a bio.
ReplyDeleteClay @ 11:26...good pick up..."no" in the clue and NO in the answer is a No-No.
2D. "Hmm ... no chance": UH NO
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Rafael (congrats on your debut) and Boomer(thanks for doing double-duty today).
ReplyDeleteTheme was only seen on the reveal.
My finish required one Google help, due to a Natick- cross (for me) of WILDE and SWANEE.
That area had several inkblots as I started to enter CEO, needed a plural, got a P from LPS etc., had RIcER . . . And I had already corrected ANTENas to ANTENNA (ok plural rabbit ears make up one ANTENNA)
I wrinkled my nose at SHIER without knowing that SHIER is American and Shyer is British/ Canadian.
I noted OTOH and UHNO , and FIVE and IVE beside each other. But even better was the number combo of TRES, FIVE, TEN ACE crossing ONE VENTERMS ( LOL parsing) - or we did have AS ONE also- would that be ALMOST NEVER?!
Would UH NO be a slangy version of NAYSAY?
I’ll take a CSO with DOSAGE. I suggested/checked many in my career. Working with seniors with reduced kidney function, required frequent DOSAGE reductions.
We had Basel yesterday and BERN today; Hoopla was the clue today.
YR- glad you could get back to square-dancing, even if only halftime yet.
Ray-o- good news re DW’s procedure, and a good FYI. No KPLs here; it is reversed L/100km. I presume because the number would be very small using the other ratio.
Happy 80th Birthday ATLGranny.
Good day all.
Delightful Tuesday puzzle, many thanks, Rafael. And how nice to see you doing your great commentary again today, Boomer. Your hard work is always a treat, thank you.
ReplyDeleteGot off to a good start with SAXES, which helped me get TUX. Maybe the guy playing the jazz woodwinds in his tux performed on the AIR.
I'd have to say I'm more familiar with Oscar WILDE than Olivia WILDE.
Yep, I do remember having to take ORAL exams back in the day. Must have passed them, because I got the Ph.D. Thanks for remembering Keith and me in your comment on this clue, Irish Miss.
Enjoyed your poems, Owen--thank for those.
Lovely smile, Judy.
Happy birthday, Granny.
Have a lovely day day, everybody. The sun is shining and the birds are at the feeder. Makes me happy.
Started slowly , my first ink was SIR then I inked End/ELM but UTERI bailed me out once I had the RI. And…
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't backspace hence line/TILE and…
Is it four or FIVE Pillars and HOSE not foam. Plus …
Spanish on a Tuesday?
Once I got all that straightened out the rest was indeed Tuesday with stalk/SPEAR an overwrite and DENADA all perps.
I like the EDGEs too especially with thin crust, crosscut pizza
So… If king-jack is a TENACE what's an Ace and a Ten?
UCLA didn't use Johnny Jazang like last year and were stopped by NC as was my brackets. Nothing like Duke and Carolina in the final four to keep the ADMEN happy*
I didn't know that about Pujols, good news for Redbird fans.
Happy birthday Atlgranny(Judy) as you enter your 8th decade. I'm a 44/62 guy like Misty
WC
P
** From a ditty I penned one insomniac night circa 1995
Absurdly long, this is one part(try to think of the Andrews sisters singing it
*******
I love those dear hearts and gentle people
The suits from CBS.
Those dear hearts and gentle people
That call the shots at CBS.
We must have Kansas
Alive on Sunday.
They make the sponsors beam.
And the Tar Heels from Carolina
The advertisers' favorite team.
Boomer Very glad to see you here today. Very sorry for all that you are going through. Good for you for carrying on with life as much as you can.
ReplyDeleteFIVE Pillars of Islam a gimme. I have been in several ISLAMic countries. FIVE is also the number of times each day the call to prayer is made on very loud loudspeakers. One is in the middle of the night. Bring earplugs.
What is a "BACKSPLASH PIECE"? Filled with crosses to FIR.
Here is my video of a FIREFIGHTING HOSE in use at a local forest fire.
I called in the fire which otherwise could have been a major regional disaster. Still no idea how it could have started. You can hear my visitor friends Virginia and Connie speaking to each other in Chinese at times in the video.
From Yesterday:
ReplyDeleteCrossEyedDave Thank you for the shout out about SPACE HEATERS and the STAR TREK episode "A Piece of the Action".
Amazingly, someone took the time to offer this complete transcript of that episode involving the SPACE HEATERS.
You are correct. That term is never actually used in the episode. But it is the only time I have ever heard of the term HEATER used to mean "weapon". That is why I suspected the constructors were thinking of that episode. But maybe it is just my limited experience.
Has anyone else heard of HEATER used to mean "weapon"?
If so, where did you hear it?
-T, thanks to OKL I got the bridge reference. Hand counts are useful to evaluate the player's hand for bidding purposes. They aren't rules of the game, but nearly everyone uses the same method, and violating the conventions can raise the ire of your partner (especially if said partner is also your spouse). I didn't know the convention in the puzzle, I was taught to count 4 points for A, 3 for K, 2 for Q, 1 for J. In that case, A+J=4+1=5, K+Q=3+2=5. Same idea, I guess.
ReplyDeleteMy mother and sisters were crack bridge players. I used to like to watch. I think I had a touch of OCD (before it was a thing), and didn't have the patience to learn all the conventions.
BTW, bidding in bridge isn't solely to try to win the contract and win the honor of naming the trump suit (or no-trump), it can be a method of communicating the strong suit and strength of your hand to your partner. Even if you have a crap hand, if your partner opens with 2 hearts, you CANNOT pass. Not that it is against the rules, but you WILL sleep on the couch.
Hola!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Atl Granny! 80 is such a milestone age! I hope you enjoy a special celebration.
Thank you, Boomer and Rafael Musa for today's entertainment.
I've never heard of West ELM furniture. I suppose it is regional.
One of my sisters and a friend visited QATAR and tell of paying $300 for a cocktail!
Our music teacher in elementary school must have loved Stephen Foster because we learned several of his songs.
Of course, if you visit Russia you must buy a set or more of those dolls. Mine have a Christmas theme so they appear once a year. I also have a mini version.
Before I buy a book I read the BLURB to ensure I want it. And speaking of that, I finished "Run, Rose, Run" by Dolly Parton and James Patterson. It's a good read.
Enjoy your day, everyone!
Thanks go to Mr. Musa for this Tuesday PZL. And to Boomer, in for Hahtoolah.
ReplyDeleteThis theme is a hoot! It seems to speak to the desperation of many a constructor. I imagine they sometimes feel they will NEVER figure out those last few *#@! fills!
Most folk enjoy the EDGES or ENDS, don't they? I like them burnt and crispy.
Fortunately my wife does not, so we are like Mr. & Mrs. Spratt.
Same with loaves of bread. She calls the EDGES/end pieces "Noses"; I always called them "Heels."
I'm willing to change, as I reach for a "nose"--to toast it.
~ OMK
___________
DR: Two. One per side.
The near diagonal gives us a curious mix of an anagram (11 of 15 letters), which is, as near as I can make out, a transgender Irish spirit ranking above a viscount.
I mean a ...
"BANSHEE EARL"!
Ray O @ 9:49 ~ Great news about your DW.
ReplyDeleteSubgenius @ 10:15 ~ Thank you for your kind words.
Picard @ 12:16 ~ Heaters for guns was very common in 40’s and 50’s gangster movies.
Picard, from dictionary.com, a "backsplash" is defined as: "Paneling, as of that tucked at the back of a stovetop or to the wall behind a kitchen countertop to protect against splashed liquids." It usually consists of tile of some kind. FYI.
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon. Thank you, Rafael and Boomer. Congrats on your debut at the LA Times, Rafael.
Happy Birthday, ATLGranny !
Me too, Owen, ENd before ELM. Also had the same two corrections that Ray-O had. All easily corrected.
Irish Miss, I am taking it easy today after yesterday. My back and both hips were barking at me this AM. In fact, after solving the crosswords, it was back to bed and I slept another two hours.
Husker, you asked, "Can you see why most people misspell my wife’s NAME Joann?" What do you mean ? I thought she did spell it Joann, so wouldn't most people that spell it that way be correct ? :>)
Chairman, there was a crossword shout out to you (your online handle) in today's Universal.
ReplyDeleteIrish Miss, in fact, I should be embarrassed. At my age, I got sore crawling around in the attic and climbing up and down the stairs all day, and we have ATLGranny at age 80 hiking and climbing Stone Mountain without complaining.
TTP, a lot of people think my lovely bride's name, Joann, is JoAnne, JoAnn or Joanne. Her twin was named Joyce and their mother wanted to have the same number of letters in both their names. Hence, Joyce and Joann.
ReplyDeleteThanks, CrossEyed Dave, for the special birthday cakes, including the future one. You've set us a goal!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks to the more recent posters of birthday wishes. You all are making my day a memorable one.
HGary:
ReplyDeleteYou're right. I would likely spell it Joanne.
OMKeith:
I am so amused by your daily diagonal solves which are so imaginative.
Interesting puzzle. I enjoyed solving it. Lots of 4-letter words today. Had to change SEED to SOIL and ALES to TAPS. For some reason I got USER right away.
ReplyDeleteThe dental hygienist who used to clean my teeth is named DAWN. She had to move to Puerto Rico because her husband got a job there. I miss her. The person who does it now is named Leslie but she only works there on Fridays.
Happy birthday, ATLgranny. Like Jinx, I always like your posts.
Good wishes to you all.
My whole family was good at bridge except for me. My brother used to make me go under the table and cry. I mean, that was my choice. The last time I said okay to filling a seat at Bridge in CO was when I trumped my partner's ace. Never again.
ReplyDeleteLemony, thank you for Jamie's imbd, I can't believe his Startrek credits weren't mentioned. He had lunch with Rick Berman today (producer).
I didn't stop acting to promote his career, his was doing great!! I got old and fat and ugly, and my agents dropped me. He actually was really good at using me the last good arc I had was on Charmed. I played Phoebe's boss at the newspaper. That was some fun because I only had to work with her. And other guests.
Oh yeah, I have come very close with black bears in CO. We have surprised the hell on each other on my front porch in CO. Three feet away.
Becks, you will never be old and fat and ugly. You did play well with Alyssa Milano. Charmed was one of my guilty pleasures and it launched many careers. I saw many references to all of Jamie's Star Trek credits. He worked on every one of the follow up series as well as a number of Trekkie documentaries. They may be buried a layer into the IMDB. Bridge does require paying close attention, so if you do not love it, it wil not love you.
ReplyDeleteAnother super day here in the southern paradise that will soon be supplanted with summer, but 60s at night and low humidity, with strong winds during the day make many of life's challenges seem ok.
I had lunch in a fancy Chinese restaurant here with two long time friends each of whom I have known for about 40 years. We talked all afternoon. Good times. We shared a pu pu platter and ordered Peking duck. Yummy.
ReplyDeleteHi Y'all! Fun puzzle, Rafael! Thanks for subbing, Boomer! Enjoyed both.
ReplyDeleteMost of the circles were not filled until after I got the reveal. That helped to fill the others I was struggling with.
DNK: West ELM or ARYA.
Happy Birthday, ATLGranny. You are a nice addition to our Corner.
Ray, glad your DW had good news.
YR, square dancing! You are like a dear energizer bunny. Wish I had your energy.
Uncle Fred: Termites come out of the ground. Are you sure they didn't nibble away your wall studs on the way up? Keeping my fingers crossed that they didn't.
-T @9:42: Thanks for the Luxo, Jr. pointer. I can see why the journeymen cel artists freaked out, as the detail in Luxo would have been a killer to do by hand.
ReplyDeleteAlso, re: matrushka dolls -- after 1991, there was a version that reflected and, perhaps, showed the inner depth of Soviet heritage. The iteration went like this: Yeltsin, inside of whom was Brezhnev, then Khruschev, to Stalin, winding up at Lenin. (Rather a gruesome array, that might have been derailed if Yeltsin had been other than what he turned out to be.)
C-Eh! @ 11:56. I had long wondered how mileage would be described metrically, as L/100km makes sense ... thank you for adding an answer to my wondering.
ReplyDeleteFIR, with no problems other than my needing some perps for the names. Oh, and had it NOT been for the circles, I might STILL be looking for the V in 24A, which is what salted away the NW corner for me!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rafael! Nice puzzle! Good job again, Boomer! Congrats on another trip around the sun, Judy!
I see that Rafael’s assistant uses the same crossword puzzle my cats and I use --- the same type of clipboard with a couple of weeks of puzzle on it.
My backup system is four flash drives to which I religiously save all my important spreadsheets (including my Crossword Corner one) and my important Word documents.
Since I haven’t played a single hand of bridge since the mid-‘70s, TENACE took a while. I was fairly good at bidding, not too shabby on defense, but I sometimes had problems bringing home tight contracts.
Picard, thanks as always for the pix. And.. "Packing HEAT" is the term so HEATER is a natural usage
ReplyDeleteI played a lot of bridge in college and even won a master point. My partner dropped me after my 5 diamonds, doubled and redoubled foundered when I couldn't get to dummy
And…In Chu-Lai a major thought he'd spotted a patsy* and wanted to play for a dime a point. $300 later he pulled rank. Bridge is like racing or golf, there's classes; the Major was out of his.
BTW, Jinx counting method is correct
WC
* I sobered up real quick at the scent of $$
Ps. I also was a gym rat hence my < 2.0 Gpa
ReplyDeleteHusker Gary, thx, I was remarking that your comment indicated that many people misspelled her name as Joann when you have previously written that Joann is exactly how she spells it. :>)
Jinx, I don't save to the cloud, but that's just me. I do save locally as you do, with different file names using Save As, but also save each of the computer's data to an external USB drive. So, if necessary, that one USB drive could be used to recreate four systems, but thankfully it has never been required. Knock on wood.
The only TENACE I ever heard of was Gene, Oakland A's catcher and 72 World Series MVP.
Ray-O: Good to hear re: your SO.
ReplyDeleteWC - Ha! We both started at SIR
That's interesting about how mpg is measured in Canada, C. Eh! Thanks.
I like the DR, OMK.
Picard the TILE or brick on the wall at the back of the kitchen counter top is called the backsplash.
//And Subgenius beat me to it.
I've seen LEOIII's clipboard ;-)
Well, Facebook suspended one of my burner-accounts. Time to go make another.
Cheers, -T
TTP, I'd forgotten Gene TENACE. When Charlie Finley tried to unload his stars Gene TENACE almost became a Redsox
ReplyDeleteBowie Kuhn nixed the sell-off
WC
Is NEE the new OSS?
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