15. Test format with options: MULTIPLE CHOICE.
21. Dojo move: KARATE CHOP.
47. Nocturnal bird that woke up Vinny in "My Cousin Vinny": SCREECH OWL.
55. Cocoa butter confection: WHITE CHOCOLATE.
33. Bat specialty, and what you need to find in four long answers: ECHO LOCATION.
Melissa here. The word ECHO is split across each two-word phrase, in the same way - E-CHO - thus ECHO LOCATION. This is the final Wednesday puzzle edited by Rich Norris. It has been quite a run, hasn't it?
Across:
1. L.A. Rams' __ McVay, youngest head coach to win the Super Bowl: SEAN.
5. Fly high: SOAR. The clue is making me hear the theme from Rocky, 'Gonna Fly Now,' in my head.
9. Old NCAA football ranking sys.: BCS. Tricky for people who aren't sports fans. The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system was in place for the 1998 through 2013 seasons and in 2014 was replaced by the College Football Playoff.
12. Regarding: AS TO.
13. Limerick's land: EIRE.
14. Coagulate: CLOT.
18. Grassland: PRAIRIE.
19. Using pointe shoes: ON TOE. Literal translation from French is cutting edge.
20. Didn't stick around: RAN. Great clue, I bet it's Rich's.
24. Card game requirement, maybe: ANTE.
26. __-pitch: SLO. Hm. Well again, not being a sports fan, I'm not sure if this refers to the variety of softball in which the ball is pitched with an underhand motion at moderate speed in an arc that rises at least six feet above the ground, because I don't usually see it spelled without the W, or the Canadian TV Show that IS spelled that way. What do you think?
27. Farm female: HEN. Not ewe!
28. Roman who defeated Hannibal: SCIPIO. Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus was a Roman general and statesman, most notable as one of the main architects of Rome's victory against Carthage in the Second Punic War. Who knew this? I needed perps.
31. Triage areas: Abbr.: ERS. Emergency Rooms.
38. Name in "Kill Bill" credits: UMA. Uma Thurman.
39. Military jeep successor: HUMVEE. The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV; colloquial: Humvee) is a family of light, four-wheel drive, military trucks and utility vehicles.
41. Aid for the lost: MAP. Haha.
44. They're not from around here, briefly: ETS. Extraterrestrials. Originating, existing, or occurring outside the earth or its atmosphere
46. Lowly worker: PEON.
51. Messenger __: RNA. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a molecule similar to DNA.
52. As is fitting: APTLY.
53. 41-Across, e.g.: DIAGRAM.
58. Golfer's pocketful: TEES.
59. Sell on the street: HAWK. Hawk vs. hock.
60. Series finale: Abbr.: ET AL. Latin phrase meaning “and others.”
61. "__ the ramparts ... ": O'ER. Contraction of over.
62. Dire March time: IDES. But why?
63. Slithery swimmers: EELS.
Down:
1. Longtime Agassi rival: SAMPRAS. Pete Sampras held the Open Era record of six year-end No. 1 rankings—all earned consecutively, from 1993 to 1998.
2. Online GEICO alternative: ESURANCE.
3. Brit's pond: ATLANTIC. The Atlantic Ocean borders on North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. It is the world's second largest ocean, while the Pacific Ocean is the largest. Interesting facts.
4. "It wasn't me": NOT I.
5. Photo tint: SEPIA. A reddish-brown color, named after the rich brown pigment derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish. The word sepia is the Latinized form of the Greek σηπία, sēpía, cuttlefish.
6. Persian Gulf ships: OILERS. In the United States Navy, an Oiler is a Combat Logistics ship that replenishes other ships with fuel and in some cases food, mail, ammunition and other necessities while at sea, in a process called Underway Replenishment or UNREP.
7. Word shortened to its middle letter, in texts: ARE. How r u?
8. "Parks and __": REC. NBC TV series from 2009 - 2015.
9. Devil-may-care: BLITHE.
10. Protective covering: COCOON. Chrysalis vs. cocoon.
11. So inclined?: STEEP. Another great clue.
14. Large sea snail: CONCH.
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17. Soil-moving implement: HOE.
22. Jack Ryan portrayer before Harrison: ALEC. Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford - in the Tom Clancy books-turned-movies.
23. Holy scroll: TORAH. First five books of the Hebrew Bible.
25. Book after Galatians: Abbr.: EPH. New Testament, Ephesians.
29. Chit: IOU. Phonetic acronym of the words "I owe you," refers to a document that acknowledges the existence of a debt
30. Ancient Mesoamerican: OLMEC. The Olmecs are best known for the statues they carved: 20 ton stone heads, quarried and carved to commemorate their rulers. The name Olmec is an Aztec word meaning the rubber people; the Olmec made and traded rubber throughout Mesoamerica.
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32. Guy found running through the alphabet?: STU. The letters S-T-U. Clever clue.
34. Court recitation: "I swear that the evidence that I shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God."
35. Little terror: IMP.
36. Give credit where credit isn't due: OVERRATE.
37. Like early childcare: NEONATAL. Newborn.
40. Glossy coats: ENAMELS.
41. "Scorpion" co-star Katharine: MCPHEE. Also, runner-up on the fifth season of American Idol.
42. More pretentious: ARTIER.
43. Pummels with snowballs: PELTS.
45. "Us, too": SO DO WE.
47. Handled: SAW TO.
48. Watch closely: EYE.
49. Candlemaker's supply: WICKS.
50. Mekong Valley language: LAO. Sometimes referred to as Laotian, it is spoken in Laos, where it is the official language for around 7 million people, as well as in northeast Thailand, where it is used by around 23 million people
54. Musical series set at McKinley High: GLEE.
56. City with two MLB teams: CHI. Cubs and White Sox. Why two?
57. Possessed: HAD.
FIWrong. But it's midweek, and only one cell.
ReplyDeleteBrainfart, ORS instead of ERS. The cross was unknown, so no help.
Came across the reveal before I'd looked for the theme, but repeated letters is one of the first things I check for, so I'm sure I would have found it quickly. Nice reveal c/a.
A bit of prescience, I used SOAR in yesterday's poem here, and PELTS in yesterday's poem at JumbleHints.
Never heard of a movie KARATE CHOP (about a pig that learns karate?), never seen My Cousin Vinny or Kill Bill, I watched Scorpion for a few episodes, until I couldn't suspend disbelief any longer at the contrived and implausible plots. OTOH, I suspect I'm one of very few people who knew SCIPIO right off. I remember his name because it's so close to scorpion.
Once there was a raptor bird,
Would SOAR and then strike unheard.
His agent shipped
His manuscripts
To publishers, to HAWK Hawk's words.
Bill Clinton lives a devil-may-care life,
Kept in check by Hillary, his wife.
His birth-name shows
How his time goes --
'Twas BLITHE, altho he spelt it Blythe!
{B-, C.}
I am one of those people who never heard of "Scipio" and it took me a minute to find the "echoes" the reveal was referring to. I figured it out, though, and FIR, so I'm satisfied.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteThen there's the guy who never read the full reveal clue failed to "hear" the hidden ECHOes. Fell into the STAN/SEAN and EWE/HEN traps, but Wite-Out prevailed. BCS was all perps, as was my final fill -- the P in SCIPIO. Thanx, Joe and Melissa Bee. (I think those "Persian Gulf ships" are simply big ships that haul oil.)
Taxing day...the last one.
FIW. Scipio defeated me too!
ReplyDeleteFIW, missing the double-Natick SCItIa x EtH & aLMEC. Until COVID-19 I DNK messenger RNA, but I knew it today after having four shots at it (2 vacs and 2 boosters). Erased ewe for HEN, mad for HAD, and KARATE kick for CHOP. Fooey. Or should I say suey.
ReplyDeleteA round's complement of TEES is no more than 20, and for me, about 10 will do on most courses. Not even a quarter of a pocketful. Tee boxes with hard ground usually cause the tee to break, but soft ground lets the tee flip up during the drive, usually without damage.
CONCH (pronounced "conk") is probably known better for its shell which is used as a horn in movies than for the delicious stew made from the slug itself. Unless you frequent the Keys.
Thanks to Joe for the almost-easy puzzle, and to Melissa B for the informative tour.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the solve but I’m always disappointed with a revealer that appears at the halfway mark, as I prefer to be surprised, or at least “puzzled” about the theme. That said, my only w/o was Ewe/Hen and, surprisingly, I remembered Scipio and Olmec from previous puzzles. Joe gave us lots of fun duos today with ETs/Et Al, Sean/Eire, Ewe/Hen, Hoe/Toe, and Ran/RNA. He also gave us a mini creature theme with Hen, Ewe, Owl, Hawk, Eels, Cocoon, Conch, and Pelts. CSOs to Ray O and Inanehiker (ERs), Golfing Gang (Tees), Lemony, Hahtoolah, Picard, and MalMan (Torah), and CED, our resident IMP.
Thanks, Joe D, for a mid-week treat and thanks, Melissa, for an informative expo. Any recent pictures of Jaelyn and Harper to share? Maybe in their Easter finery?
I’m getting my second booster today. Sore arm tomorrow, for sure, but a tiny price to pay, considering.
FLN
YooperPhil, welcome back and thank you for the birthday wishes.
Anon T, glad youngest is safe and sound. I have a couple of nieces and nephews in the city but they’re in Manhattan.
Have a great day.
For the first half of the 20th century there were two major league baseball teams in five US cities (CHI, StL, BOS, PHI and a third in NYC) for eleven of the 16 teams.
ReplyDeleteSCIPIO was a gimme for an old Latin student.
"My Cousin Vinnie", though a comedy, has been shown in law schools as an example of how to cross-examine witnesses
Years of Latin and a son who studied the Classics made SCIPIO a gimme and made it easy to recall OLMEC . Our regular themeless specialist Joe D has transitioned to the themed world bringing his gridding skill to the rest of the week.
ReplyDeleteGridspanners dominate this rare 14x15 presentation.
Melissa thank you and Joe keep up the good work
Thanks for 'splain' things, Melissa.
ReplyDeleteI am always put off a bit when they use OILER when it ought to be TANKER...but I'm used to it by now.
This kind of breezed along - which is good as I'm working today after 2 days off earlier this week. Fun to see all the phrases that would have ECHO in the mix. I'd forgotten about the bird in "My Cousin Vinny"
ReplyDeleteThanks Melissa and Joe!
Finished in 5:17, correctly, thanks to a fortunatECHOice for guessing the "o" in "Scipio" crossing "Olmec." Don't recall ever hearing of either. "Eph" didn't help any either.
ReplyDeleteI used to umpire SLO pitch softball in the 70s
ReplyDeleteSCIPIO won one battle but it was the last one. Hannibal was defeated by his Carthage support group.
I don't have my paper version to check but I originally had oRS and didn't grok ALEC at first.
Enough clever clueing to make for an enjoyable xword
WC
Musings
ReplyDelete-Our Mass. supply chain manager has supplied us with a fun puzzle, puzzle, puzzle…
-Ignorance of SCIPIO, guessing wrong on ESH (for Esther) and haste gave me a bad cell
-Our very dry PRAIRIE has been erupting in grass fires this spring
-A serious Achilles injury finally convinced my 35-yr-old son-in-law to give up SLO-pitch
-Those TEES poked a hole in my favorite jacket pocket. Some Home-Ec kids fixed it for me last week
-The ATLANTIC Ocean is widening by 1.5”/yr and “Hello” in LAO - ສະບາຍດີ - sabaidi. You’re welcome.
-Neither affirming nor swearing an OATH to tell the truth will deter liars
-NATAL was recently the Wordle answer and the kids mostly got it. They always ask me how I did.
I saw the theme with the second theme clue, 21A, which was a help with the reveal clue, 47A & 55A. DNK McPHEE or SCIPIO, needed perps. COW, EWE, HEN had to wait on one perp letter. I did manage to FIR in 20 with just one W/O: tried to fill ARTSIER but then saw it wouldn’t fit so “S” gotten written over by “I”. ARTIER doesn’t sound right to me. Thanx JD for this fun CW, and thanx Melissa for the terrific write-up.
ReplyDeleteThank you Joe for a Wednesday puzzle that didn't require me bouncing off the walls to get a FIR. And thank you MB for another delightful review.
ReplyDeleteA few favs:
28A SCIPIO. Hands up for knowing this. Sometimes I think my life is just an ongoing game of trivial pursuit.
38A UMA. Not one of my favorite films.
44A ETS. Just finished a book called "The Roswell Incident", co-authored by language school founder Charles Berlitz and a ufologist named William Moore. Let's just say it was "out of this world".
51A RNA. RNA is the basis for the bio-tech used in most Covid-19 vaccines. Here's how they work.
61A OER. The words "Oer the ramparts" were penned on a ship in the Baltimore harbor during a fireworks display in 1814.
Cheers,
Bill
Word of the Day ruffian
ReplyDeletePart of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Roughneck, bully, troublemaker, tough guy.
Notes: Ruffian has a huge lexical family. The quality of one may be designated as ruffianage, ruffianship, ruffianhood or ruffianism, and ruffians may be referred to collectively as ruffiandom. This word has three adjectives, ruffianly, ruffian-like and the now obsolete ruffianous (with its noun ruffianosity). Someone slightly like a ruffian may be called ruffianish. Some of these may be old fashioned, but all are in the Oxford English Dictionary.
In Play: Today's word doesn't always refer to bad guys: "Is it still true that soccer is a gentleman's game played by ruffians and rugby is a ruffian's game played by gentlemen?" That's because ruffians are less menacing than scoundrels: "Fear always attracts bullies and ruffians."
Word History: Today's Good Word was borrowed from French ruffian "pimp, lecher, bawd", which French had borrowed from Italian ruffiano "pimp, flatterer".
For more info see Word of the Day
Nice puzzle, fairly typical of mid week which I managed a FIR in 11:41, thank you Joe Deeney for your construction! DNK SCIPIO or OLMEC, the O crossing being my last fill and a total WAG. Not familiar with the term Mesoamerica either so that was a learning moment after I LIU. Also in the first couple of themers I saw the CHO but not the preceding E, so I thought the reveal may be pertaining to actor or actress John or Margaret CHO, duh by me. CHO is also the airport code for Charlottesville VA in case you ever needed to know that.
ReplyDeleteMelissa ~~ thanks for you insights to today’s puzzle! I do believe that SLO-PITCH is referring to the type of ball game that you describe, (although we can let CanadianEh think that it refers to the TV show north of the border ☺️). It’s much more laid back version than regular baseball which I played into my early 50’s.
Irish Miss ~~ TY for the welcome back and for connecting the dots on today’s puzzle, always look forward to your take!
FIR, FIR, FIR today. And I found the ECHO after the reveal. I started out WO free but then had to change inre/AS TO, Est/EPH, gps/MAP and so on. I really liked the new clue for UMA and that a different native American was asked for: OLMEC instead of Incan, Aztec or Mayan. Lots of fun, Joe. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMelissa B, you did a great job today and I appreciated your links for more information about COCOON and HAWK, for example. Thanks! Oh, I liked the clue for STU, too. Fun!
No one else thought of "sow" for farm female? SCIPIO looked likely as I filled the perps. It was lurking in some far recess of my brain. I wondered if it were pronounced like science or scoop. In American English it is like science.
Hope you all are doing well!
Scipio,Olemic,& Eph all together in the west corner did me in. Otherwise enjoyable 😉
ReplyDeleteGary , the next day we had RAFA Nadal on CC
ReplyDeleteI suppose SCIPIO could be pronounced either way much like Tack I tus vs Tassitus for the Roman historian Tacitus. The latter still gives the best description of how politics works
WC
I too knew Scipio from Latin and classics studies, but I’m usually lost when it comes to sports terms and names. So it all evens out in the end.
ReplyDeleteHola!
ReplyDeleteAs one who had to translate the Punic Wars in high school I knew SCIPIO. Who knew all that labor in Latin would help solve puzzles?
The rest of the puzzle also filled in easily. I laughed at SCREECH OWL today. Yesterday we had Marisa Tomei both from the same movie.
How well I remember those NEONATAL classes even 44 years later.
I'm proud of myself for remembering Pete SAMPRAS but have no idea about BCS. Thank you for that, Melissa.
HEN was a last minute arrival. I thought of SOW, COW, EWE.
Thank you, Melissa, for your clarity and detail. It all helped me understand the theme better. And thanks to Joe Deeney for today's gem.
Have a wonderful Wednesday, everyone!
I love BATs, so this ECHO LOCATION theme was a treat for me! Unfortunately, WHITE Nose Syndrome is killing vast numbers of bats with no end in sight.
ReplyDeleteVery happy to see MAP today instead of GPS! I like to see a DIAGRAM of where I am!
Yesterday I got my fourth MESSENGER RNA COVID vaccine. After three Pfizers, I switched to Moderna, thinking it might give extra protection to mix and match. So far no problem.
BCS, SEAN unknown sports bits. Learning moment about unknown SCIPIO and HANNIBAL. Cross with EPH a bit of a Natick for me.
Travelling across the PRAIRIE in South Dakota I spotted this PRAIRIE dog poking up to look around.
PRAIRIE dogs have very complex social structures.
OATHs in the US are supposed to be free of religious references. When I was asked to testify as a witness I asked for one free of such references. The judge reached down below her bench and pulled one out. It said that I would promise to tell the truth under the penalty of the perjury laws of California. It seems to me that one should be for everyone.
From Yesterday:
CrossEyedDave Glad you enjoyed my "Mad" CRAB!
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteI'll just ECHO what many others said
Today's puzzle was "ripe" for Naticks
Good EYE, L714, for noticing that this is a 14x15 grid. All of the entries and the theme/reveal were even-numbered. A 16x15 grid might've worked but this size fit just fine. And for what it's worth, 60 of the puzzles' 174 total letter spaces were consumed by the entries and reveal. That is a HUGE number. Kudos, Joe Deeney
I hope Rich stops by before Sunday to say adios. I've always wanted to ask him why there always seems to be the same words show up multiple times each week in different puzzles. A mini spoiler alert: there are some of today's words in Friday's puzzle
But if Rich doesn't stop by, I'd certainly like to thank him for accepting one of my puzzles before he left
Bill, Ruffian is also the name of my favorite thoroughbred filly of all time. She dominated all of her 10 races, then broke down in a match race against Kentucky Derby winner Foolish Pleasure and was put down. Very sad then, and still is today. Sort of a Billie Jean King / Bobby Riggs match without the happy ending.
ReplyDeletePicard, I totally agree with you about the oath. The intent isn't to put the fear of God into the witness, it's to put the fear of perjury prosecution into them (can't say "him or her" anymore for fear of cancellation).
Rich was not only to be thanked for buying a puzzle from you Chris, but his acceptance of the C.C.'s early work with Don Hard G. was the beginning of the dynasty. There are by my count 15 make that 16 cornerites who had their debut puzzle publication here as a collaboration with C.C.
ReplyDeleteImmodestly, I do recall I was the first on April 6, 2014.
Not in any order we have Argyle (RIP), Spitzboov (RIP), Husker Gary, JzB, Steve, D-otto, Rainman, Jayce, Big Easy, Irish Miss (the most prolific), Melissa B., Hahtoolah, -T, Splynter, and Jimmy B. If I have forgotten anyone, please let us know. Also we have HeartRx, Peg Slay, and some others who are slipping through my mental haze and apparently Moe, who has gone direct with his mentors and on his own.
She has accomplished so much and we are all grateful. We also continue to add our thoughts and prayers for better health for Boomer. All appropriate on a week that is important to so many.
Dee-lightful PZL from Mr. Deeney, the kind that surprises you with the things you never knew you knew.
ReplyDeleteCleverly clued too, alternating EZ hints with far-out associations. MelissaB matches wits well.
I didn't catch the ECHO theme till re-reading 33A. All I noticed were the "CH" reps. Doh.
The only thing wrong with today's grid was its asymmetry (14x15) obviating any chance for diagonals.
~ OMK
BTW, THANK YOU RICH NORRIS !!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Y'all! Thanks, Joe Deeney & Melissa. Liked the ECHO theme & fill.
ReplyDeleteStarted out rough when I didn't know SEAN & SAMPRAS. When I had enough perps to WAG SAMPRAS, I tried StAN. NOPE. Well, "E" was acceptable.
"The OLMEC Head" was a favorite book of mine about 30 years ago, so a gimmee. Can't remember who wrote it but I reread it several years in a row.
SCIPIO was a lucky WAG when I had PIO. No idea how I got that.
Thanks, Rich, for providing so many fine mental exercises to help ward off senility.
I liked the ECHO theme and the associated answers/clues. The crossing of SCIPIO and EPH as well as not knowing Mr. SAMPRAS prevented me from solving that area, so DNF. I flat out never heard of BCS and it filled solely from the perps, which is the way I think crossword puzzles should work. INRE before ASTO, EWE and COW before HEN, HUMMER before HUMVEE, and VEND before HAWK.
ReplyDeleteHumpday fairly easy FiR ...But cannot DEE-NEY I'm the only one who thought the theme was: echolocate the chocolate.(which I will do Sunday rummaging through Easter Baskets.)😋
ReplyDeleteInkover: pawn/HAWK. The clue for ARE Kyna strange although I use that abbr. as well,, must confess.
Ancient Mesopotamians: OLEMEN?..(almost). UMA was great as Arianna Huffington in "Pumped UP, The Battle for Uber" Last episode" in the series" (ET AL) just aired... Highly recommended.
IM I see lotsa 3 letter answers in the puzzle mid section put there just to IRK you.😆
Would ECHOLOCATION help me find where I parked my car I frequently lose in Walmarts lot?🤔....I love CONCH (konk, not konch Jinx) fritters when in the Sunshine State. 🐚
Informal affair....NOTI
Orchard full of Macintosh....APTLY,
Reaon to spray paint on Mom's Mom...DIAGRAM
Got asked to fill in this week... colleague needed the week off.. super busy.
FIR. My only problem was SCIPIO/OLMEC. I started with AZTEC, but I soon realized it was incorrect, and I couldn’t remember SCIPIO at all (even though I had for some reason Googled Hannibal a couple of months ago.) Goes to show how long my retention span is these days. Anyway, once I convinced myself that UMA had to be correct, I was stuck with SCIPIO/OLMEC, for the WIN!
ReplyDeleteI had no problem with the themers or the reveal.
Thanks Joe and Melissa!
MCV is one of my favorite movies (even though I had to wait awhile to come up with SCREECHOWL). “Kill Bill” is OK, but once I had seen the entire trilogy, the only part I even bother watching again is the very end between Beatrix and Bill.
Jinx, Ruffian’s breaking down is one of those terrible moments seared in my memory. Broke my heart! It pretty much put an end to match races.
Thank you Joe Deeney for semi-challening Wed puzzle, which I enjoyed, as I completed it ... and even got the theme before I solved theclue for Echo=location.
ReplyDeleteThank you Melissa Bee for a lucid review on your blog.
I did not know SCOPIO or OLMEC. but I will not, hopefully, forget them either. I did not know about the last days of Hannibal, only that he was gracious enough ( ... is that the right word ?? .... ) not to sack Rome.
I remember UMA ( ...Thurman, very well ) since she is the only Hollywood star with an indian, er hindu, first name. Her father was apparently an ordained buddhist priest or Guru, in Massachusetts, and gave her that name, at birth. Wiki says she was very embarassed abot it ... and I sympathize with her entirely.
The Conch(es) blown by temple priests and other musicians in India, are of a different genus than the one pictured ... and I'm pretty sure they dont eat the meat. If I remember it right, the blowing involved te puckering of the lips. or tounging, ( double lip embouchure --) as in blowing a reed instrument like a clarinet, or more like an oboe is played.
Ive seen My Cousin Vinny three times and more, But I dont remember the Screech Owl. I though he was woken up by a train passing thru town..
Have a nice evening, all you all.
Wonderful Wednesday. Thanks for the fun, Joe and melissa.
ReplyDeleteI FIRed in good time and saw the ECHO theme.
I’m late to the party after another busy day. But I had to pop in to tell YooperPhil that I knew SLO pitch baseball, but not that Canadian show. But thanks for thinking of me.
I also noted something that Irish Miss did not comment on. We had a plethora of double E words - HUMVEE, MCPHEE, EELS, TEES, STEEP, GLEE. But I have never heard that Eword, ESURANCE!
Hand up for Ewe before HEN.
I smiled broadly at the clue for STU.
Every day, I thank the CW constructor and our blog host. But I just realized that I have never thanked Rich for all his work in editing. I hope he will pop by the Corner this week to accept our thanks and best wishes for retirement.
Wishing you all a good night.
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the puzzle, Joe. Thank you for the fine expo mb (I knew that about CHI ;-))
FIW - SCIPIa
WOs: - donno, I left my puzzle at the office
ESPs: see FIW, SEAN, MCPHEE
Fav: I thought STU was cute
{C+, B}
Eddie Izzard AS TO Hannibal [TV-MA, language(s)]
I enjoyed reading everyone!
Cheers, -T