My mind is a bit Foggy today.
21-Across. "When Harry Met Sally..." screenwriter: NORA EPHRON. Nora Ephron (May 19, 1941 ~ June 26, 2012) was an American journalist, writer and screenwriter. She is best known for her rom-coms, such as the one in the clue.
33-Across. Annual LGBTQ celebration: PRIDE PARADE.
44-Across. Mug for the camera: STRIKE APOSE.
55-Across. Slippery slapstick prop: BANANA PEEL.
And the unifier:
68-Across. Thick fog metaphor ... and what each set of circled letters is?: PEA SOUP. Rearrange the letters in the circles to get Pea Soup. It's a nice thick soup to eat on a FOGgy day.
Across:
1. Frightened cry: EEK.
4. The-lower-the-better MLB stat: ERA. Earned Run Average.
7. Relay segment: LEG.
10. James Bond, for one: SPY.
13. Wannabe IRS agent's test: CPA EXAM. A CSO to all our busy CPAs.
15. Glass of "This American Life": IRA. This American Life is a series on NPR. Ira Glass (b. Mar. 3, 1959).
16. Make, as a knot: TIE.
17. Vitamin capsule material: GELATIN.
18. Prayer books: MISSALS.
20. Crystal ball gazer: SEER.
23. Turkey roasting instruction: BASTE.
25. Name for a man going either way?: OTTO. Hi, Desper-Otto!
26. Full range: GAMUT.
29. Puts up with: ABIDES.
36. Sign of success: SRO. Standing Room Only. The Fire Marshal probably has something to say about this.
39. Help: AID.
40. Green New Deal co-sponsor, initially: AOC. As in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (b. Oct. 13, 1989).
41. 35mm camera type: SLR. The Single-Lens Reflex camera has become a crossword staple.
42. Bagel go-with: LOX. Yummers! We have lox and bagels nearly every weekend.
43. Frodo's sidekick: SAM. A reference to the Lord of the Rings series.
47. "Be right there!": ONE SEC. I usually say: Just a sec.
49. Cedar Rapids resident: IOWAN.
50. Taj Mahal city: AGRA. We all know what the Taj Mahal looks like, but do we know where it is in India?
52. Pandora's box emanations: EVILS.
59. Slide on the icy road: SKID. Even penguins can skid on ice.
63. Like dark clouds: OMINOUS.
64. "Quiet!": SILENCE.
66. Lair: DEN.
67. Many pop-ups: ADS.
69. Joule fraction: ERG.
70. Home run, for one: HIT.
71. Put two and two together: ADD.
72. Recipe amt.: TSP. As in a Teaspoon.
Down:
1. Heart charts, for short: ECGS. As in an ElectroCardioGram. Often seen as EKG. Do you know the difference between an ECG and an EKG?
2. Blunt-tipped sword: ÉPÉE. A crossword staple.
3. Popular smoothie veggie: KALE. Very trendy, but has disappeared from our menus.
4. Business card no.: EXT. As in a telephone Extension number.
5. Drizzles, say: RAINS.
6. Playground retort: AM NOT!
7. __ bean: LIMA.
8. Part of HOMES: ERIE. Can you name all of the Great Lakes without the aid of HOMES?
9. [OMG!]: GASP.
10. Paces oneself, maybe: STARTS SLOW.
11. Amelia Earhart, e.g.: PILOT. Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 ~ disappeared July 2, 1937) led a fascinating life. Her disappearance in July 1937 has sparked all sorts of theories of what happened to her. She was officially declared dead on July 5, 1939.
12. Like 20 Questions questions: YES/NO. This is becoming a crossword staple.
14. Jogger's speaker: EARBUD.
19. Clog or Croc: SHOE. What's the difference between a Clog and a Croc?
22. Stern, at sea: REAR. Here's to our pal Spitzboov.
24. "Relax, soldier": AT EASE.
26. Student stats: GPAs. As in Grade Point Averages.
27. "Nessun dorma," e.g.: ARIA. This is an aria from the final act of Turandot, an opera by Giacomo Puccini. We will see this opera at the Houston Grand Opera this May.
28. Common coffee break time: MID-MORNING. For some people, any time is ripe for a coffee break.
30. Revel (in): BASK.
31. Just sitting around: IDLE.
32. Knock off the track: DERAIL.
34. Plant places: POTS.
35. 43,560 square feet: ACRE.
37. Parks who took a seat to take a stand: ROSA. Rosa Parks (née Rosa Louise McCauley; Feb. 4, 1913 ~ Oct. 24, 2005) was an American civil rights activist best known for the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott. After her death in 2005, she became the first woman to lie in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda.
38. Team in a yoke: OXEN. Oxen have to be taught to work in teams.
45. Slurpee rival: ICEE. There is no difference between a Slurpee and an Icee. Who knew?
46. Wild West enforcers: POSSES.
48. Bread with palak paneer: NAAN. This tasty bread is becoming a crossword staple.
50. Condo or co-op: ABODE.
51. Minecraft player: GAMER.
53. Italian scooter: VESPA.
54. "That part was made-up": I LIED.
56. Ark builder: NOAH.
57. Q5 automaker: AUDI.
58. Soft "Over here!": PSST.
60. Sea speed unit: KNOT.
61. Hosp. areas: ICUs. As in Intensive Care Units.
62. "Pirates of the Caribbean" star: DEPP.
65. "Wee" boy: LAD.
Here's the Grid:
חתולה
FIRight. It's Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteTheme: meh. After getting the second set of bubbles, the gimmick sorta stands up and slaps you.
Ah, for summertime, to BASK by a pool;
A dip to get wet, and BASTE like a fool!
But while winter ABIDES,
To our ABODES we are TIED,
And the weather ties in KNOTS -- not cool!
Woe is the student whose G.P.A.
Causes parents to GASP in dismay!
Summer school
May be the rule --
What you learn will help on crosswords, one day!
{B+, A-.}
I have to admit, I checked out the reveal after I got the first circles, and figured out the theme right away. A pretty easy puzzle, as befits a Tuesday. FIR, so I'm happy.
ReplyDeleteFIR without erasure, but I didn't know MISSALS. I thought Frodo's sidekick was Don Lemon, and that the annual LGBT celebration was the Dinah Shore golf tournament.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Catherine (the other CC) for the easy Tuesday romp, and to Hahtoolah for the visual treat.
Thank you Catherine for allowing us to BASK in an easy PEAsy Tuesday puzzle. PEAS are one of those vegetables that take a lot of patience (they're not easy to train), but the reward is SWEET, especially when eaten right out of the pod. In my case they rarely make it to the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you Susan for another comic filled Tuesday. I always look forward to Tuesdays. Oh and thanks for the Pavarotti.
I've got a busy morning, but I'll try to check in later with some favs.
Cheers,
Bill
Good Morning, Crossword friends. It looks like a late winter storm is headed towards the northeast. Stay safe!
ReplyDeleteQOD: A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (Mar. 8, 1841 ~ Mar. 6, 1935), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Word of the Day kleptocracy
ReplyDeletePronunciation: klep-tah-krê-si
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A government characterized by rampant greed, thievery, and corruption.
Notes: We are more familiar with the word kleptomania than we are with today's Good Word. A rotten politician who steals or takes bribes is a kleptocrat, but the noun from this word (kleptocracy) may refer to the complete panoply of political corruption: bribery, thievery, and any other form of corruption. Kleptocrats behave kleptocratically, the adverb from the adjective kleptocratic.
In Play: It is easy to find hyperbolic uses for today's word: "The Russian government is such a kleptocracy these days, the decision to go into politics has become an economic one." The government's control of large sums of money attracts thieves: "A cynical ring of kleptocrats have controlled the political process long enough to rack up a large per capita debt."
Word History: This word was created in the early 19th century from Greek kleptes "thief" + kratia "power, rule" = "rule by thieves".
For more info see Word of the Day
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteSaw the circled letters, and thought maybe today was Edgar Allan Poe's birthday. Nope. Easy romp, even so. I'll take a CSO at OTTO and also at "Cedar Rapids" -- lived there for about five years. Thanx for the outing, Catherine and for the well-illustrated expo, Hahtoolah.
"Nessum Dorma" -- d-o is not an opera fan. (Surprised?) But Nessum Dorman seems fitting in a late scene of The Sum Of All Fears when the evil-doers get their just deserts. Slit throat, gunfire, car bomb, oh my.
Had to wait to see the reveal to suss “APE” or “PEA”. Tremendous Tuesday CW, thanx, CC, just the right difficulty for a Tuesday. NORAEPHRON unknown to me, all perps, but managed to FIR in 16. Also DNK SAM; perps to the rescue again. Wonderful write-up, Hahtoolah, great cartoon choices, thanx. I love bagels and lox, and I love capers, but hadn’t thought of adding them to bagels and lox. Great idea, thanx. Today was supposed to be the start of my roof replacement. Delayed yet again.
ReplyDeleteFought a bit, but FIR.
ReplyDeleteI split this one in 4:09. Didn't see the theme, as I try to ignore the (oh joy,) circles.
ReplyDeleteI was briefly confused what "time" starts with "m," but midmorning came through, well, in time.
I'm guessing OAC was born in 1998, not 1898.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteWhy is everyone up so early this morning? This was an easy pea-sy romp and chuck full of fodder for me. Let’s start with the numerous fun pairings: Add/Ads, Lima/Pea, ECGs/ICUs, Audi/Vespa, Hit/ERA, Evils/Ominous, CPA/GPA(s), Yes No/Exam, ICEEs/ICUs, IRA/ERA, Abides/Abode, and SRO/SLR. On top of all of those duos, we have an impressive A Team with: ERA, CPA, Ira, Nora, Agra, Banana, Pea, Lima, Aria, Rosa, and Vespa. And, last but not least, several CSOs: DO (Rear, Knot, Otto), Ray O and Inanehiker (ECGs, ICUs), Naan (Vidwan), Ray O and Anon T (Vespa), Hahtoolah, Lemony, Picard, and MalMan (Lox). The Pea theme was obvious but the Pea Soup reveal was a surprise. My initial thought was Split Pea but that wouldn’t work.
Thanks, Catherine, for a Tuesday treat (I love split pea soup!) and thanks, Hahtoolah, for an outstanding review. As usual, your visuals and links were top notch but I especially enjoyed (that means laugh out loud funny) the cartoons for Banana Peel, Seer, Shoe, and Noah. The video of the poor Penguins was hilarious and Pavarotti performing Nessun Dorma is always goose bump inducing. And the final Computer Cat cartoon was the cat’s meow! Thanks for the much needed and much appreciated levity! 🤗
DO @ 5:58 ~ My personal reference to Nessus Dorma is as the background music in The Killing Fields. The juxtaposition of that beautiful, haunting music amid the horrors being depicted was breathtaking.
Have a great day.
Another morning without the internet but I'm getting used to doing the puzzle on my phone. And by the way I FIR. The reveal made it clear which way to rearrange the circled letters (Hi, unclefred) and I thought the other themer CPA EXAM was appropriate as we're in the middle of the tax season. There were some of the usual fill, but enough twists and new words to make it interesting. Thanks, Catherine.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Hahtoolah, for your Tuesday tour de force. Your links and cartoons are helpful as well as fun. I always look forward to your reviews!
Our weather has turned OMINOUS, but just rainy, not foggy. Hope you all find some sunny spells in your day.
Fast solve today even compared to Monday- like IM I thought the theme would be split pea- but that didn't slow the solve.
ReplyDeleteI chuckled at the link about the ECG vs the EKG difference- in my head I was thinking "Nothing" so looked at the article to see what it was going to say
Thanks Susan and Catherine!
My husband was going to IOWA for a conference Sunday and came back tonight - glad he avoided the tornado and had already arrived before the snow - my heart goes out to those who lost loved ones and homes through all that
I forgot to checkout the theme(D-Otto syndrome?)
ReplyDeleteNo clip-ons for that dude. On top of everything who can keep up with wide vs narrow styles
Mr S, suggested airBUD and KeLp
I perked up when I realized hahtoolah was our guest. Always enjoy her links.
Numerous fill revealed on the write-up since I solve all over the place and miss many clues early week
WC
ReplyDeleteIrish Miss, please see the latest comment on Saturday's puzzle.
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Catherine and Hahtoolah.
ReplyDeleteI FIRed in good time and got the PEA SOUP theme (although I don’t exactly get the SOUP connection to the scrambled letters?).
I smiled to see SKID right after that BANANA PEEL, and SLR camera right above STRIKE A POSE.
We had a TIE today, not a clip on. We also had KNOT! (Previous rules allowed dupe of Knot in clue for 16A and answer at 60D since meanings differ, so no nit from me.)
IM beat me again to the pairs. But I had a triplet of AIDS, ADD, ADS. Also smiled at NORA and NOAH.
This Canadian also smiled and entered ECG (normal usage in our ICUS).
(FLN, TTP - RCMP fills immediately, although I need more perps for the “Vancouver event”? I don’t think I mentioned Barb Olson’s name in my post, and I can’t remember the date I posted to find it. But I may have written her off too soon.)
Wishing you all a great day.
I enjoyed the solve, Catherine. Only SAM was new to me. Susan, I loved your expo and all the cartoons and pics, as always. You brighten up every single Tuesday for me. It is hard to choose my favorite as all stand out. Thanks for the skating penguins and Pavarotti.
ReplyDeleteMy adult grandson continues to be partial to Icee drinks ever since he was a toddler.
I have seen When Harry Met Sally several times. Fun. Men and women can be platonic friends. One of my best friends is a man. Relaxing with no game playing, no expectations.
My parents loved fish and seafood. I thought lox and bagels would be a treat for them. Not. One of my favorites, but not theirs.
I make a crust less cheddar-spinach quiche which is very popular. One time I found at the last minute I had no frozen spinach so I substituted kale. No one noticed. They still raved over it.
Rosa Parks was not the first.
Not the first
TTP @ 8:37 ~ Thank you so much for alerting me to that post as I never would have seen it otherwise. I always check the previous day’s post but only once and definitely not three days later. Susie is not only a sweet niece but one of my five Godchildren. Thanks again for your eagle eye! 🤗
ReplyDeleteEasy Tuesday. Not a lot of people's names that I didn't NOAH. Thought the theme might be 4 PEAS in a pod though. Just one inkovers: lap/LEG.
ReplyDeleteLiked the OTTO clue. You mean an OTTOman?
Who took the picture of Rosa Parks sitting on the bus?
Big difference if you "drizzle" hot fudge on ice cream rather than RAIN it down on. KALE "smoothie"...sounds delicious (NOT!! 😝) but I'd prefer an ICEE ('cept for the brain freeze). 🛵 VESPA ("wasp")
The grandkids call me ____ .....ATEASE.
"...IDLE.
Crystal Ball gazer's words....ICEE
phobia....AGRA.
"The Exorcist" prop....PEASOUP.
Missal..MASSl
This past Sunday my second Parish in the Adirondacks by request of the Bishop brought back the leonine prayers recited after mass up till the late 1950's for "the conversion of Russia". now resumed for the people of Ukraine. Nostalgic to hear prayers I haven't heard since I was around 10 years old. IM you probably remember
Thank you Catherine for this Tuesday treat which I triumphed in 9 minutes! Yesterday I knew that SAM was the Cheers bartender, today I learned that he is also Frodo’s sidekick.
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah ~~ as always a humorous and informative synopsis with your usual array of photos and cartoons, extending our enjoyment well past the solve!
As far as pea soup, not a big fan of the green split variety, but there is a brand from Canada, Habitant, that make a delicious yellow version which I can’t find locally anymore but is available on eBay when I Googled it. (CanadianEh!, are you familiar with this brand?)
Musings
ReplyDelete-Going APE never seemed right and it wasn’t
-I LIED - the 11 biggest lies in history
-With expensive gas and no place to park in Rome, a well-dressed, beautiful woman on a VESPA is not uncommon
H2LH, I do the puzzle on quick breaks but worth the time to get a laugh just from your "toons"
ReplyDelete😄
Ray O @ 9:55 ~ Yes, I do remember those prayers. In fact, I believe we recited them every day in Catholic school before class began.
ReplyDeleteYooperPhil @ 10:27 ~ I remember Habitant pea soup as my brother loved it. Haven’t seen it in years, though. I just checked 3 local chain supermarkets and none of them carry it.
Another item missing from shelves is Howard's piccalilly although I see Amazon has it
ReplyDeleteWilbur ~~ as you mentioned Piccalilly, my favorite is also missing from the shelves, Crosse and Blackwell, I emailed the company and inquired why. Smuckers bought them out and discontinued a product that originated in Britain a few centuries ago, my family has eaten it for 4 generations. Tried to make a recipe from online but not the same.
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteGot it done right without really noticing the circles. Good puzzle and Hahtoolah's tour through the grid was enjoyable and I loved her cartoons.
I was wondering, can't you be an accountant without taking the CPA Exam? Do IRS employees really need to be CPAs? DW has an accounting degree but never took the CPA Exam. She worked as a financial manager for NASA doing a lot of accounting functions, but was not a CPA. As I pondered this issue I did a Google search (actually DuckDuckGo) and came up with this blog that says you don't necessarily need to be a CPA. Question answered.
There should be more MISSALs and fewer missiles in Ukraine. What a travesty.
Like IM, I like Pea Soup and just about any other kind of soup. Not so stuck on Kale, though. I've had pea soup at the highly touted Andersens in Buellton CA. It's good soup, but, I've had really good pea soup in Pennsylvania Dutch country and at home also.
Have a great day everyone.
Neat Tuesday puzzle, many thanks for the fun, Catherine. And loved your cartoons and pictures, Hahtoolah, thanks for those too.
ReplyDeleteI too had a lot of MISSALS in my Catholic school days.
Seeing Bagels and LOX makes me wish I had something other than my Raisin Bran cereal coming up.
Got the neat crossing of LOX and OXEN, but didn't even need that to get ROSA Parks.
So sad to read about Amelia Earhart's disappearance.
Enjoyed your verses, Owen.
Have a great day, everybody.
Bill,
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should "accidentally" call Teri "Delilah". Or maybe not.
Jinx @11:55 AM It all went well. We went to Teri's hairdresser, who is quite a character. As she clipped the last few snips, she proudly announced "There, you look just like a little boy!" [avec in moustache]. She also threw in a book of poetry by an engineer/naturalist) - all titles were names of butterflies,spiders and birds. Her front yard is adorned with pink flamingos. In her bathroom was a poster of a lady soaking in a tub with the saying "There must be a few things that a hot bath doesn't cure, but I can't think of any"
DeleteGAMIT was Gays At MIT when I was a student, now expanded to promoting LGBTQ safety and comfort. The whole GAMUT.
ReplyDeleteHere is one of my photos from the San Francisco PRIDE PARADE that is probably G-Rated.
Hand up I enjoy PEA SOUP. Santa Barbara County is home to Andersen's PEA SOUP. Has anyone else enjoyed it? There used to be signs for it for hundreds of miles along Highway 101.
From Yesterday:
Wilbur Charles Sorry I missed that you already had linked to SUNSHINE Superman by DONOVAN! Glad you were amused by DW and me holding up the ATLAS Rock!
Jinx, LEO III Thanks for validating the value of real MAPS!
By "soup" I believe they mean letters jumbled together, like when you throw a bunch of diverse ingredients into a bowl together any which-a-way to make a "soup." That's my opinion, anyway.
ReplyDeleteActually, that should be "thrown together in a pot," because it's in cooking the soup that the diverse ingredients come into play.
ReplyDeleteoc4beach mentioned eating Anderson's pea soup at their Buellton CA location which appears to be close to Santa Barbara, Picard. The basic recipe does not appear to use a ham bone.
ReplyDeleteWe did get more lox references but I am a nova guy. The cream cheese needs to be very good and wife loved it with capers, lettuce, tomatoes and more.
A very fine selection of cartoons, Hahtoolah! Laugh-worthy & informative...
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, I wanted a VESPA. I dreamed of riding one. Turns out, I never did get one. But I now own a couple of other scooters, simply as mobility aids. My favorite is a light-weight tricycle. Only 40 lbs and speedy! It doesn't require special disability equipment, as it fits inside any car.
Two of the fills--TIE & KNOT--bring to mind a running complaint of mine:
Why is it that nowadays neckties all seem to show a flash of white shirt collar above the KNOT?!
Is it that we men are just getting sloppy and not pulling the KNOT tight enough?
Take a look at movies from almost any time before 1990, and you'll see the top of the KNOT meets the neck directly, with no intervening embarrassment of shirt.
The only time you'd see shirt revealed between KNOT and neck in those days would be when the guy was reeling drunk--and incapable of keeping his act together.
I can offer only two possible explanations for today's slipshod, ill-fitting look:
Either 1) The top button is placed too high these days, with collars cut higher,
or 2) men have all grown careless, allowing ties to loosen as the "new norm."
All for now! No diagonals today.
~ OMK
OMK @2:51 PM A third alternative is that they can no longer button the top button. Nobody I know of course.🤫
DeleteIrish Miss, Lemonade Yes, I also prefer Nova to traditional LOX. But I think Nova is still called LOX. I remember as a kid during the space program when they talked of liquid oxygen as LOX. LOX was too expensive for our family. It was a very special treat when we were at a wedding or bar mitzvah.
ReplyDeleteYes, Buellton is about 45 minutes up Highway 101 from us. I remember sitting at Andersen's enjoying their PEA SOUP and there was a family at the next table down from the San Francisco Bay Area. About a five hour drive! They just had a YEN for PEA SOUP! Note that Andersen's has an "e" not an "o". They are Danish and probably part of the original Danish settlement at nearby Solvang.
VESPA
ReplyDeleteA group of us American students decided to take the train from our University town to Rome. They planned to rent Vespas as a quick way to zip around. I was 21 (1971) and too embarrassed to admit I had never even ridden on a motorcycle or knew how to drive a standard shift car.
We got to the Vespa rental shop in Via Torino. I quickly admitted to the owner I had no idea how to drive the Vespa and got a 5 minute lesson. Nearly got killed around an enormous traffic circle nearby. But eventually got the hang of it and later that year ended up buying the tiniest used 2 cycle1 motorcycle they made in Italy a Cimatti off a bud when I got back.
Mine had a seat, no pedals (not a moped), the fuel went into the down tube but looked just as rusted up as this one
You drove up to the gas station and dialed in your oil/gas mixture, filled up in seconds and off you went. (Riding on cobblestones was murder)
I liked this puzzle and everyone's comments, especially Hahtoolah's cartoons from which I get great pleasure every week.
ReplyDeleteOl'Man Keith, I would love the know the make and model of that light-weight tricycle you mentioned.
I love smoked salmon, tomato, and capers on a toasted, buttered, bagel half.
So, Misty, you have no control over when and what you have for breakfast?
Good wishes to you all.
Easy enough Tuesday puzzle, but I messed up two squares and didn’t proofread well enough. Got the theme.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Catherine and Hahtoolah!
I knew NORAEPHRON from all of the rom-coms she has written. In fact, last week there was a Facebook posting about them, including possible alternate endings for “When Harry Met Sally.”
Picard, if that was the G-rated, the rest of the parade must have been a doozy!
Just got a note from the boss that I have a 38 kids’/38 adults’ tour scheduled at the museum Friday. THAT should be interesting. Looks like the weather forecast is not favorable, but it’s really too far out to know. I’ll worry about it Friday morning.
Hahtoolah, will the Houston crowd get to see you in May? If you’re at all interested in commercial aviation history, come by the museum, and I’ll give you the grand (cough, cough) tour.
Hi, Leo. Which museum do you work at? The 1940 Air Terminal museum or the Lone Star Flight Museum? We'll have to check it out when we are in Houston.
ReplyDeleteI'm at the 1940 Air Terminal Museum, but if you have the time, LSFM is neat too.
ReplyDeleteWe are in Houston's original municipal airport terminal building. The building operated from 1940 until early 1955, when the first part of the current terminal building across the airport opened. We do Houston's commercial and civilian aviation history, while LSFM does military stuff. We have a website and Facebook page.
If you can visit us, please just let me know a day or so ahead of time, so that I can be sure to be there. The same goes for anyone else who happens to visit Houston.
Quite late to the game, but I did want to post on Hah2's review....
ReplyDeleteThank you Catherine Cetta ( second CC ) for an easy Tuesday puzzle. I did not look up the circles, but they do make sense. I love, love, pea soup but of the yellow (ripe) variety ... more like pidgeon peas split - Toor Daal. I eat it 3 days a week.
Thank you Hatoolah for your fun filled cartoons, and the penguins on ice ( seems tough !) and the plethora of cats. I must make new friends soon, ...of whom atleast one of them must have a cat.... hmmm
Agra, and the abutting city Fathepur Sikri, was the capital of the Mughal empire from Tthe Emperor Akhbar ('the Great') 's time ( ruled 1540-1605),
through his son Jehangir ( ruled 1605 1630 )
, and his grandson Shah Jahan (ruled 1630 --1666 ??) who built the Taj Mahal.
Since then Delhi took over, as the Mughal capital,... until 1857....
and now Agra still a sleepy little town with a ton of tourist shops. most of whom will cheat you blind.... ;-o)
I think it was abandoned because lack of potable water, though the same river Jamuna also flows through Agra, and later on through Delhi ...
In other news, you dont have to be CPA to prepare tax returns, and most IRS agents are NOT Cpas... however, most IRS auditors are very good at what they do .. they are familiar with all the IRS regulations and laws and most courtcases...
To prepare tax returns of the commmon individual variety... for the public ... all you have to be is an Enrolled Agent ( pass the exam etc.) and be state licensed.
Have a nice day and evening folks,
Enjoyed your recap, Hahtoolah. Easy solve as others have noted.
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah's last cartoon (internet and cat) reminded me of the hilarious West Texas zoom hearing: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=i+am+not+a+cat+lawyer&&view=detail&mid=B209B855CBA3450C0BE6B209B855CBA3450C0BE6&rvsmid=55FFED8A510A2E17948455FFED8A510A2E179484&FORM=VDQVAP
Yooper Phil- if I don’t make my own pea soup when I have a ham bone (using yellow peas), I use Habitant pea soup (plain or with ham). They make a great minestrone soup too. Canadian advantage here! Worth a visit for you and IM.
ReplyDeleteSub genius- thanks for the soup- jumble- explanation. That helps explain the SOUP part of the theme for me.
FIWrong. Three clumps of errors. UNIte < UNIFY, and MeNtAl < MANIAC, and SCOch < SCOOT. A bit many for a Wednesday, tho abetted by the plethora of names.
ReplyDeleteTheme was good. It helped a bit. The reveal, 57a, wasn't labeled as such, so I just thought it was another themer, which it was, besides being the reveal. I do like it when reveals do double duty!
When a BUTTE ABUTS a mesa,
Does the mesa stay a mesa?
Or contribute
To one big butte?
Not a problem in IOWA!
When your I.O.U.s come DUE,
Is that a day that you will rue?
For C-NOTES
Do you grope?
But if you've the cash, just say I DO!
{B, B.}