Theme: FITNESS, NOT FATNESS. The first word of each theme answer describes a fitness activity, in a phrase that is repurposed from its surface meaning.
16. Work out like a hairdresser?: PUMP UP THE VOLUME. Play your music louder. Alternatively, a hairdresser can give you a puffy do. Also, the verb relates to weight or resistance training.
30. Work out like a bartender?: LIFT YOUR SPIRITS. Literally, to make someone more cheerful. Spirits are alcoholic beverages that one might imbibe festively when the bartender lifts the bottle. LIFT is what one does with free weights, a type of resistance training.
38. Work out like a fine artist?: SWEAT THE DETAILS. Pay close attention to, or perhaps worry excessively about the minor aspects of some activity. This one doesn't quite fit the pattern, since SWEAT is the result of physical activity, not the activity itself. Oh, well.
57. Work out like a stockbroker?: EXERCISE OPTIONS. An OPTION is the right to buy or sell a security at a given price within a given time frame. To complete that transaction is to EXERCISE the OPTION. In the theme context, EXERCISE is any physical activity designed to improve health and fitness.
Hi Gang, JazzBumpa here. I'm not qualified to be a physical training instructor, though I do work out most days. So lets move forward and work out the rest of this puzzle.
Across:
1. Expand, as bread dough: RISE. It pumps itself up5. Lift option: T-BAR. A type of ski lift to glide you up the hill.
9. Guard's order: HALT. Stop.
13. Responsibility: ONUS. The weight of duty or responsibility that must be exercised.
14. It borders It.: AUSTria, home of Hans and Franz.
15. Crown-wearing literary elephant: BABAR. Elephant King from kiddie lit.
19. Time worth naming: ERA. As, frex. jazz, occurring 100 or so years ago, when jazz music and dance styles were sweeping America.
20. Late time, in ads: NITE. Night, mis-spelt.
21. Bills worth a hundo: C-NOTES. Worth $100; but hundo?!?
22. Enjoy a La-Z-Boy: RECLINE. I am sitting in my La-Z-Boy recliner with my lap top as I write this,
24. "Didn't hear you" interjections: EHs. So pump up the volume.
25. A lot, to Auden: OFT. Often, I suppose, but I don't get the reference.
26. Mother of life, in Greek myth: GAIA. In Greek mythology, GAIA is the personification of the Earth, and one of the Greek primordial deities. GAIA is the ancestral mother of all life.
27. Needing to be settled: DUE. As a bill.
35. Evidence of shortages, for short: IOUS. I owe, I owe . . .
36. Catch, as a flick: SEE. Watch a movie
37. __ menu: EDIT. A list of operations available in computer software.
43. Good buddy: PAL.
44. Little winged singer: WREN. Any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, especially Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere
45. Slice (off): LOP.
46. Crew implement: OAR. Used in the sport of racing human propelled boats, called rowing, or CREW in the U.S. In this sport, the Oars are attached to the boat by oarlocks.
47. Top-flight: CLASSIC. Of high quality.
51. Training song in "Flashdance": MANIAC.
55. Protagonist of the "Divergent" novels: TRIS. Never read them. Divergent is a series of young adult science fiction adventure novels by American novelist Veronica Roth set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian Chicago. There is a parallel movie trilogy, realized in March of 2014, 2015, and 2016.
56. Exec with the purse strings: CFO. Chief Financial Officer.
60. Be worthy of: MERIT. What one has earned.
61. Cons' counterparts: PROS. For, as opposed to against.
62. Destine for failure: DOOM. Experience a terrible fate.
63. Partner of ends: ODDS. Those things in your junk drawer.
64. Avonlea adoptee: ANNE. Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl, who is mistakenly sent to two middle-aged siblings, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, who had originally intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea in Prince Edward Island, Canada. The novel, "Anne of Green Gables," was published in 1908.
65. Numero dopo le sette: OTTO. The number after seven is eight, especially in Italy.
Down:
56. Exec with the purse strings: CFO. Chief Financial Officer.
60. Be worthy of: MERIT. What one has earned.
61. Cons' counterparts: PROS. For, as opposed to against.
62. Destine for failure: DOOM. Experience a terrible fate.
63. Partner of ends: ODDS. Those things in your junk drawer.
64. Avonlea adoptee: ANNE. Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl, who is mistakenly sent to two middle-aged siblings, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, who had originally intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea in Prince Edward Island, Canada. The novel, "Anne of Green Gables," was published in 1908.
65. Numero dopo le sette: OTTO. The number after seven is eight, especially in Italy.
Down:
1. Rodeo performer: ROPER. A person who uses a lasso to catch an animal, especially in a rodeo.
2. Accustom (to): INURE. Accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.
3. Component of the spice blend za'atar: SUMAC. Sumac is a spice that is popular in the Middle East. It is related to the poisonous shrub by the same name, but the culinary variety is safe to use and easily identifiable by its vibrant red berries (poisonous sumac is white).1 The berries are turned into a coarse powder and sold as a ground spice.
4. Medium ability: ESP. A medium is an individual held to be a channel of communication between the earthly world and a world of spirits, by using Extra Sensory Perception. A 4 foot 2 spiritualist on the lam is a small medium at large.
5. Take advantage of: TAP INTO.
6. Raised landform: BUTTE. AKA: Mesa or table land
7. Tennis immortal: ASHE. Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. [1943 - 1993] was an American professional tennis player who won three Grand Slam singles titles.
8. U.S. __ 1, East Coast hwy.: RTE. Route.
9. Saintly symbol: HALO. A disk or circle of light shown surrounding or above the head of a saint or holy person to represent their holiness.
10. Share a border with: ABUT. To touch or lean on. The human butt ABUTS the lower back. A BUTTE, on the other hand, ABUTS nothing.
11. Tinseled fabric: LAMÉ. A type of fabric woven or knit with thin ribbons of metallic fiber. Not to be confused with lame, which might describe a trombonists attempt at humor.
12. Half of seis: TRES. Six and three en Español.
15. Literally, "tray planting": BONSAI. The art of growing ornamental, artificially dwarfed trees or shrubs.
17. Bring together: UNIFY.
18. Parental control option: V-CHIP. A computer chip installed in a television receiver that can be programmed by the user to block or scramble material containing a special code in its signal indicating that it is deemed violent or sexually explicit.
23. Much, casually: LOTSA. A compressed form of "lots of."
24. Relaxed: EASED.
26. Golfer's target: GREEN. The smooth grassy area at the end of a golf fairway containing the hole.
27. Gregorius of the Phillies: DIDI. Mariekson Julius "Didi" Gregorius, OON*, is a Dutch professional baseball shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. He previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds, Arizona Diamondbacks, and New York Yankees.
* Orde van Oranje-Nassau, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɔrdə vɑn oːˌrɑɲə ˈnɑsʌu]) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the Queen regent Emma, acting on behalf of her under-age daughter Queen Wilhelmina. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has earned special merits for society.” [Wikipedia]
28. Either of two Monopoly properties that can't be built on: Abbr.: UTILities -- Water Works and Electric Company
29. Ballpark figs.: ESTS. Estimates. "In the ballpark" indicated a reasonable approximation.
30. Have trouble with one's sisters?: LISP. Or perhapth one'th thithters.
31. Where much of "Children of the Corn" was filmed: IOWA.
32. Coal, for one: FUEL. Material such as coal, gas, or oil that is burned to produce heat or power.
33. Arena worker: USHER. A person who shows people to their seats, especially in a theater or at a wedding.
34. Harvests: REAPS.
39. Like many a Broadway musical: TWO ACT. A two-act play consists of two parts with an intermission in between. This allow for more complex sets, since the stage crew can set up a new scene during the intermission.
40. Bingham of "Baywatch": TRACI. Traci A. Bingham (born January 13, 1968) is an American actress, model, and television personality. Beginning her professional career in the early 1990s, Bingham is best known for her role as Jordan Tate on the NBC action drama television series Baywatch (1996–1998).
28. Either of two Monopoly properties that can't be built on: Abbr.: UTILities -- Water Works and Electric Company
29. Ballpark figs.: ESTS. Estimates. "In the ballpark" indicated a reasonable approximation.
30. Have trouble with one's sisters?: LISP. Or perhapth one'th thithters.
31. Where much of "Children of the Corn" was filmed: IOWA.
32. Coal, for one: FUEL. Material such as coal, gas, or oil that is burned to produce heat or power.
33. Arena worker: USHER. A person who shows people to their seats, especially in a theater or at a wedding.
34. Harvests: REAPS.
39. Like many a Broadway musical: TWO ACT. A two-act play consists of two parts with an intermission in between. This allow for more complex sets, since the stage crew can set up a new scene during the intermission.
40. Bingham of "Baywatch": TRACI. Traci A. Bingham (born January 13, 1968) is an American actress, model, and television personality. Beginning her professional career in the early 1990s, Bingham is best known for her role as Jordan Tate on the NBC action drama television series Baywatch (1996–1998).
[Wikipedia]
41. Conic section: ELLIPSE. A regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points (the foci) is constant, or resulting when a cone is cut by an oblique plane which does not intersect the base.
42. Canapé base, often: TOAST. A canapé is a type of hors d'oeuvre, a small, prepared, and often decorative food, consisting of a small piece of bread, puff pastry, or a cracker wrapped or topped with some savoury food, held in the fingers and often eaten in one bite. TOAST is sliced bread browned on both sides by exposure to radiant heat.
47. Sing like Michael Bublé: CROON. Hum or sing in a soft, low voice, especially in a sentimental manner.
48. Slide (over): SCOOT.
49. Otherwise: IF NOT. Else
50. "Fun Fearless Female" mag: COSMOpolitan. An American monthly fashion and entertainment magazine for women, first published based in New York City in March 1886 as a family magazine; it was later transformed into a literary magazine and, since 1965, has become a women's magazine.
51. Company message: MEMO. Short for memorandum, a usually brief written message or report .
52. Cut: AXED. Either literally with an ax, or figuratively, as in sacked or fired.
53. "__ alert!": NERD. It's used to signify learning, reading, being smart, acting dorky, or “geeking out” to your guilty pleasures.
54. Centenarian fashion icon Apfel: IRIS. An American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion icon [b 1921.] In business with her husband, Carl, from 1950 to 1992, Apfel led a career in textiles, including a contract with the White House that spanned nine presidencies.
55. Fork-tailed flier: TERN. Seabirds in the family Laridae that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands. There was a boy who went to the shore to throw rocks at them. He was so efficient he left no TERN unstoned.
58. Relaxing resort: SPA. A commercial establishment offering health and beauty treatment through such means as steam baths, exercise equipment, and massage.
59. Courtroom affirmation: I DO. Swearing to tell the truth.
So - another Wednesday heads for the shower. Hope this puzzled exercised your brain, and maybe gave you a lift.
Cool regards!
JzB
Good morning JzB, good to see you back in your Wednesday saddle. Stella our power-lifting puzzle maker created a fun puzzle with a couple of speed bumps but no road closures. The theme was so appropriate for this young lady who could deadlift a few of us all at once. To present in 4 gridspanning themers is always impressive.
ReplyDeleteIRIS APFEL was a struggle to recall but if you read the link it might stick.
I love the resurgence of Babar and the extra insights you provide with comments like the OON for Didi Gregorious perhaps the most successful Dutch baseball player ever.
Thank you both
OKL posted today's comments yesterday, and I know you don't want to miss them:
ReplyDeleteFIWrong. 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.
Theme 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.}
March 9, 2022 at 3:33 AM
I had no idea what "Numero dopo Le sette" meant so "Otto" was a very WAG. And at first I thought the phrase was "exercise caution" but it turned out to be "exercise options" In the end, I FIR, so I'm happy.
ReplyDeleteJinx, Thank you for re-posting my comments, put to the wrong day!
ReplyDeleteNow for my stuff:
ReplyDeleteFIR, but has UNIte for a long time. Knew LIFT eOUR couldn't be right, so I put down the puzzle, did a couple of sudokus and the King Features Crossword, and returned. Voila! So Auden must be some kind of poet, and OtT became OFT and UNIte became UNIFY!
Also DNK hundo, tris, Avonlea, dopo le sette, zaatar, DIDI, Bingham, Buble, and Apfel. Fortunately they didn't cross.
I thought ROPER was the landlord on Three's Company.
Unlike A1A, US RTE 1 isn't really a coastal highway. When it gets to my area it is about 100 miles inland. But I think it runs through East Coast states, so I guess that makes the clue copacetic.
Just curious - has anyone used the VCHIP? If so, how did it work out? Tipper Gore's contribution to decency, IIRC.
FLN - Bill, I'm glad your visit to the beauty parlor worked out.
Thanks to STELLA! for the Thursday-level challenge. My favorite was the fresh clue for I DO. And thanks to JazzB for the funny fun. Nothing LAME about it.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteStella!! (That was my best Brando imitation.) Actually got the theme. Really. Needed Wite-Out to fix UNIte/UNIFY and elide/SCOOT. The full-width themers definitely helped with the solve. Thanx, Stella and Jzb. (Esoteric, as usual. I enjoy your "lame humor.")
And so it begins. A routine root canal procedure went sideways yesterday, so the dentist sent me to an endodontist. (Didn't know there was such a thing.) After a cursory exam (at $100/minute), he pronounced the tooth not worth saving and should come out. Naturally, he doesn't do extractions. So I'll be off to an oral surgeon in two weeks. On the brighter side, I may have enough medical expenses this year that some of 'em could be deductible.
Taxing day. Gotta run...
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever and apropos theme from Stella, highlighting her avocation. There was a definite crunchiness due to the cluing for Iris, Cosmo, and Traci, plus the totally unknown Tris and Didi. I also went astray at Unite/Unify and Erne/Tern. I liked the duos of Wren/Tern and Tris/Tres and, also the four grid spanners. CSOs to CanadianEh /Ehs) and DO (Otto).
Thanks, Stella, for the workout and thanks, JazB, for the informative summary.
Have a great day.
I raised the bar in 8:58 today.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know: Avonlea, dopo le sette, zaatar, Didi, Bingham, and Apfel.
I thought lame was, well, lame. Otherwise, a fine Wednesday puzzle.
FIR, but the puzzle itself, MEH!
ReplyDeleteYes, Jinx, W H Auden (1907-1973) was a British-American poet and Pulitzer Prize winner in Poetry for "The Age of Anxiety"
ReplyDeleteStella made me work for it on a Wed. which made it fun. I still had one bad cell, the D crossing EDIT and DIDI. I had EXIT MENU and DIXI. No one raises a techie NERD ALERT when they see me. LOL
ReplyDeleteSWEAT is a little off the theme, but thinking of it as a verb helps.
Lamé is a type of fabric woven or knit with thin ribbons of metallic fiber. The acute accent mark on the E makes the clue not lame.
NITE is acceptable informally, not misspelt.
The preschool director renting space in our church insisted our site gave one of her kids poison sumac. We had no sumac of any type there. Both kinds of sumac grow quite tall. The poisonous kind only grows in very wet areas. Eventually we convinced her.
The kind the kind that grows vigorously along rural roadsides is staghorn sumac, not poisonous. It has red berries and is beautiful in the fall.
Tough Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteCSO to Misty right out of the barn with AUST
ReplyDeleteI first saw Arthur at the US Doubles in Longwood MA circa 1965. Vs Emerson&Stolle
In the South instead of RTE they call them State or County roads or I(nterstate)
I found this slow going, esp for a Wednesday. Enough footholds and grok'able themes for FIR
LISP and LAME' caused trouble. I had LOTtA and UNIte. NERD for ___ alert was typical Stella
Thorough write-up by JzB and two excellent l'icks from Owen
WC
Wasn't going to post
ReplyDeletebecause I thought I got up on the wrong day...
Excercise?
I only do it in self defence...
Curious,
ReplyDeleteI thought I made a typo?
Is it defense, or defence?
Help me out Yellowrocks,
the dictionary is not making any sence...
Musings
ReplyDelete-Gotta love a Stella puzzle with four grid spanners!
-LIFT YOUR SPIRITS – Some adolescents can do that and others, not so much
-C-NOTE – It’s all about the Benjamins
-EDIT – It’s so much easier for kids with Word Processing today to do this. It’s a higher grade drivel. :-)
-The plain label WRENS share our feeders with our red and yellow finches
-Judah Ben-Hur didn’t like using his OAR
-“CLASSIC” radio stations are now playing songs that were popular after I retired
-I don’t think I could ever become INURED to watching ROPERS work on those calves
-The Pacific Coast Highway is State RTE 1 and ABUTS the beautiful Pacific Ocean
-If you have an electric vehicle in our town, COAL is being burned to provide you electricity
Thank you Stella Zawistowski for a challenging Thursday puzzle, which I enjoyed very much. Some of the names were off my chart but slowly it all came together.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jazz Bumpa for a humorous and punning and charming review. Your jokes were not lame at all !!!
I have been very familiar with lame' .... because those materials are often used to clothe the many actresses photographed on the red carpet at the Oscars etc. I dont care for the actresses per se', but I did look up what this lame' material was .... In India, pre-1960, certain saris were often had metallic inlay threads, and were called brocades ,,, after 20 or so years, due to inflation, the the threads which were made of silver with a coating of gold, became very valuable, ..... like an investment, as you may say, in a secondary market....
Have a great Thursday, you all ,, and Onto Friday tomorrow....
Internet working so able to print the puzzle this morning, but alas, FIW. Did not know DIDI and EDIT menu didn't come to mind. Used "exit" menu (Hi, YR) but thought Dixi a strange nickname for a Dutch guy. Otherwise, only a few WOs: UNIte/UNIFY, uHS/EHS, and IneS/IRIS. Perps straightened me out quickly. Thanks, Stella, for your usual challenging puzzle. Enjoyed it. And thanks, JazzB, for stepping up to do the review with informative and smile worthy comments.
ReplyDeleteFinished the puzzle this morning but life got busy when I planned to comment. Looking forward to checking in later to read more from you all. Have a good afternoon.
Clever theme and construction. Impressed to find double meaning phrases for EXERCISE that exactly span the puzzle. Hand up UNITE before UNIFY had me stuck. NERD ALERT was a common phrase in the land of the NERDs at MIT. I had no idea it was known anywhere else!
ReplyDeleteAlmost DNF with TRIS and ANNE and TRACI, IRIS and MANIAC. I love MANIAC and did not recognize it as clued. FIR.
For me, ELLIPSE will always evoke this scene in DC across the street from the White House during the US War in Vietnam.
The ELLIPSE is a huge park across the street from the White House that is popular for large demonstrations. This is one of several of my father's photos there, taken in May 1970. My DW was just an infant then.
I am sorry to share the news that Merlin, the father of my wife Merlie, has died.
Here we were together on Merlin's little farm that he loved so dearly.
I had mentioned here that he got COVID and suffered a stroke as a result. He seemed to be recovering for a few days. But ever since then he suffered a series of seizures and other setbacks. The grandchildren who he helped raise were tending to him 24/7. It will be very hard for them now. He was 83 years old and I thought he would live at least another ten years.
From Yesterday
ReplyDeleteoc4beach Sorry I missed your post about Andersen's PEA SOUP before I made mine! Thanks to Lemonade for pointing it out!
LEO III Oh, yes. That PRIDE PARADE photo indeed was tame compared with my other photos there! San Francisco had no law at all against nudity at that time. They now do have a law. But they make an explicit exemption for the PRIDE PARADE and for Bay to Breakers! I have some memorable photos of that, too!
Picard, as your friend I want to send you my condolences on the passing of your father-in-law. It sounds like he was well-loved, and for good reason.
ReplyDeleteDelightful Wednesday puzzle, Stella, with a few toughies, but lots of fun items. Many thanks. And your commentary is always a pleasure, JazzB, thanks for that too.
ReplyDeleteWilbur, I have to confess that I had a moment's hesitation before I put the A in front of UST, even though I really wanted it to be AUSTria. So thank you for not only getting it, but also for remembering the country of my childhood.
Arthur ASHE has become such a regular that he's becoming not only a 'tennis immortal' but also a 'puzzle immortal'.
I guess a bartender's work does include having to LIFT YOUR SPIRITS.
Was stumped by "Having trouble with your sisters?" What? LISP? Oh, okay, I guess you do have trouble saying all those eSSeS if you have a LISP.
Had no trouble getting I DO for that courtroom affirmation.
Clever verses, Jinx, thanks for those too.
Have a great mid-week, everybody.
Wonderful Wednesday Workout. Thanks for the fun, Stella and JazzB.
ReplyDeleteI finished and saw the EXERCISE theme, but arrived here to discover that I FIWed not once, but twice!
I did not know MANIAC, and since my first dance entry was CanCan, I had Mancan, Chris and Trani, not the unknown-to-me IRIS and TRACI.
plus I had Lotta not LOTSA, which had me questioning iout. Oh IOUS, for money shortages. D’uh.
(Evidence of shortages here is our gas (FUEL but not coal) price of $2.05 per litre!!
I’ll take my CSO for EHS, although that clue is only one of many usages for the word in Canada.
This Canadian knew ANNE of Avonlea. Our PEI visit when my daughter was 12, included all the ANNE of Green Gables sites in Cavendish, plus the musical in Charlottetown.
Hand up for Unite before UNIFY, and smiling at the clue for LISPS.
My rodeo performer was a Rider before a ROPER.
SUMAC was a learning moment. Thanks JzB.
This Canadian wanted the arena worker to be a Zamboni driver, but it wouldn’t fit. USHER!
Canada “shares a border with”, ABUTs, the USA.
Perps were needed for OTTO, DIDI, TRIS.
I noted a dupe of LIFT in 5A clue and 30A answer. Sigh.
We had a TERN and a WREN. I saw a Robin on our lawn today. Spring is coming.
CED- your Defence has run afoul of the British/American spelling. We use the C and you use the S.
Picard- Sorry to hear of the death of your father-in-law. Condolences to you and your wife.
Wishing you all a good day.
Misty, those were OwenKL's verses. He inadvertently posted them to last night's comments, so I just copied and pasted them to today's board, citing him. But I agree - they were quite clever, as usual. All my poems seem to start "there once was a girl from Nantucket..."
ReplyDeleteAll my poems end with
ReplyDelete"Barnacle Bill the Sailor..."
ReplyDeletePicard, sorry to hear of your F-i-L's passing away. With all those grandchildren, I hope they are old enough to survive and cope on their own. Death is always most difficult on survivors. Sincere Condolences.
Your photo of the White House ellipse, across from the road, brings back memories as well, although I would not dream of demonstarting out there ...
As Re: Comment in a courtroom, :: I Do ....
I am reminded of a joke, pre 1940's when a fedrl Judge actually questioned applicants for US Citizenship. BTW, at that time, communists and anarchists were not allowed to be naturalized as citizens in the US.
So the judge asks, this poor ethnic woman, 'Do you advocate the overthrow of these United States, ...by subversion or violence ?'
And the woman seems confused, so he repeats the question. ...
After a minute the poor woman answers, 'Violence...'
Old joke, Fedl Judges only administer the citizenship oath ( jointly, to the entire group - ) nowadays, the rest of the mundane paperwork has already been done by minions beforehand.
Onto Thursday tomorrow, Have a nice day and evening folks,
A fine job by Ms. Zawitowski, well answered by Jazzbumpa!
ReplyDeleteI rec'd a BONSAI kit for Christmas.
I have yet to open it. I think I should first open the kit for making a model windmill that I rec'd for Christmas 2020...
Misty ~ I hesitated before AUST too.
I wondered, shouldn't it be ÖSTE...?
~ OMK
____________
DR: One diagonal, far end.
The anagram (11 of 15) speaks to one's reaction when spotting a jerry-built shelter, one hastily erected from materials that were natural and ready to hand.
"Oh," one is apt to say, "that thing is just ...
SO TREEHOUSE!"
Usually baseball and other sports clues are easy if you're into sports but DIDI took some perps.
ReplyDeleteIF NOT was tricky too. Btw, no relief in sight on Thursday
WC
And a Weschler on Friday with another obscure baseball clue.
DeleteIs it me? It's TBTimes fault for not having the top hitters, hr leaders etc
Did I mention DIDI played for the Yankees?
Winning streak ends ☹. DNF: baffled by the Mid East. "Gregorius of the Phillies" (Wasn't he a pope?) "Monopoly properties", "Menu" (edit?,guess that was correct after all, oh well 😒), "settled" (debt, differences, or argument, , obviously not)
ReplyDeleteInkovers: unite/UNIFY (tricky), Gaea/GAIA,
Arthur ASHE makes a cameo after a bit of an absence. More EHS than ever trying to hear through our masks. I agree, what's up with "hundo"? Will we have to suffer with that as a future answer to a clue? 🙄
A "canapé" isn't simply a single can 'o peas? or a cloth patio coverng? 😄
Picard sorry about your FIL
Playground shout, "it's my ___ !" .....TERN.
Too many IOUS, means ____ lot of money....IOWA
______ that keg and get the party started....TAPINTO.
A good soprano can hit the high ones...CNOTES
Listen to me naow and hear me laytah... Have a nice day to all you "girlymen" and women.
In the United States, people spell it with an “s”—defense. An American would write something like this: Of course our team won; we had vastly superior defense . In parts of the world where British English is used, they use the spelling with a “c”—defence.
ReplyDelete~Grammerly
Welp, I had to resort to looking up Mr. Gregorius's name because the nearby answers didn't help. I would have needed to look up Ms. Bingham's name too, but the perps there did help.
ReplyDeleteI always SWEAT THE DETAILS in addition to SEEing the big picture.
I'm not going to learn Italian just so I can solve a crossword puzzle. OTTO filled solely from the perps.
"Hundo"????? Sheesh.
Speaking of endodontist, I just got back from taking my wife to one today.
Good wishes to you all.
Yes, I'm with CanadianEh! when it comes to the likely provenance for EHS.
ReplyDeleteI believe in the States, we are more apt to use UMs. At least I am, along with the folk I hear around me in SoCal.
And heard years ago along the upper East Coast. We were all more likely to hum--"UMmmm"-- (or sometimes "UNh"?) when uncertain what we were hearing, or stuck for a thought or word.
~ OMK
HUNDO, new to me, but perpable. LIU "Urban slang, An increment of 100 dollars. Normally used when refering to spending habits."
ReplyDeleteWe just watched African Queen, an old favorite, seen many times. I still enjoy it.
I usually just ask, "What?" I stopped wearing my hearing aids because they often popped out when removing my mask. We don't need a mask here any longer, so I wear them and can hear again.