Today's constructor is veteran Lynn Lempel, who is known in the trade
as the "Queen of Monday crosswords" (i.e "easy puzzles".). By my count she has appeared in 3 Monday LA Times puzzles, the
first in October of 2021 and two earlier this year, all reviewed by Boomer
of course. However she got in the game long before her debut here,
appearing first in the Sunday New York Times(!!!) in December of
1979. Also Lynn and our very own C.C. Burnikel are two of the women constructors featured in a
collection of puzzles called Women of Letters, edited by our very own
Patti Varol.
Here's how you can obtain a copy of those puzzles.
Today Lynn ups her LA Times game a bit by moving to a Thursday, with the
cluing and fill being harder than the average Monday puzzle and, for
me at least, an even harder theme. I'll start with the reveal:
59A.
Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the
starred clues:
RUN AROUND.
As neither Lynn nor Patti provided any training wheels (AnonymousDNLC
will love this one)., it took a while to grok the meaning of 59A.
After staring at the fill for quite a while I saw that embedded within it
were 4 synonyms for evading pursuers:
25A. *Cut from the short loin: STRIP STEAK. STREAK. This form of evasion may be a bit too revealing for a family blog, so I'm skipping a video.
36A. *Finish loads of work?: DO THE WASH. DASH. A distance bound maneuver, e.g. who reaches the 50 yard line first.
50A. *Rust-Oleum product: SPRAY PAINT. SPRINT. A time bound maneuver, e.g. who runs the farthest in 50 seconds.
Here's the grid:
Here are the rest of Lynn's puzzle maneuvers:
Across:
1. Pea sheller's discard: POD. This sheller has a tendency to eat these green sweets before they ever make it to the kitchen.
4. Infatuate: BESOT.
9. Stands up to: FACES.
14. "To say they __ I dare not be so bold": Shakespeare: ERR. Shakespeare is obviously BESOTTED by the "Dark Lady" praised in Sonnet 131; this line implies that he cares not for the opinion of those who don't find her as beautiful as he.
15. Notable time period: EPOCH.
16. Chew noisily: CHOMP.
19. Bit part: CAMEO. Also a tiny pendant or brooch with a bas-relief carved from a multi-layered stone with contrasting colors. Perhaps the the allusion from films derives from the diminutive size of the cameo.
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20. Drinks with steep prices?: TEAS. The Brits don't steep their teas overly long, lest they become stewed.
21. Most populous NATO country: USA.
23. Major-leaguer: PRO. A particular sport generalized to a superlative.
24. Longish skirt: MIDI.
29. Light baked dish: SOUFFLE. Soufflé is French for "breath", and many cooks are afraid that if you breathe too heavily around one it will fall. This article has surefire instructions on preventing this from happening.
31. With resolve: STOUTLY.
32. Econ. measure: GNP. Gross National Product vs. Gross Domestic Product. What's the difference?
33. Peignoir trim: LACE. I think the principal purpose of the Peignoir is to BESOT the male of the species. I suspect that Shakespeare's "Dark Lady" might have worn one.
35. Secondhand: USED.
39. W/o delay: ASAP. As Soon as Possible, as opposed to STAT, which in medicalese means NOW!
41. Brain section: LOBE. Here they are:
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42. Lack of continuity: GAP.
45. Starts to come out of one's shell: OPENS UP.
48. Vacation spots: RESORTS.
52. Restraining order: HALT.
53. Cleveland NBAer: CAV. The Cleveland Cavaliers.
54. Org. that accepts returns: IRS.
55. Opera set in Egypt that debuted in Cairo: AIDA. The titular heroine, Aida, is among the Ethiopian slaves brought to Egypt, after her country was conquered by the Egyptians. Here is Aida, played by Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska, remembering better days in her fatherland in the aria "Oh Patria Mia":
56. Come to light: ARISE.
63. Take it easy: RELAX.
64. Laura Linney Netflix series: OZARK. Ozark is an American crime drama series created by Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams for Netflix. The series stars Jason Bateman and Laura Linney as Marty and Wendy Byrde, a married couple who move their family to the Lake of the Ozarks for money laundering. Things do not go well. Here's Wendy Byrde (and a CSO to our Wendy Bird):
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65. Feasted on: ATE.
66. Caught some z's: SLEPT.
67. Old TV parts: TUBES. The TV tubes that I recall seem to predate the Google era. All of the hits I found were about Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs), which were ostensibly the most important components of old TVs. But CRTs, today replaced by solid state flat screens, were a special type of what were generically referred to as vacuum tubes (or "valves), and there were many other types that comprised the circuitry that controlled the old analog TVs. You could usually buy them in drug stores, which also had testers for determining which was the culprit among the several that you suspected might have failed. You can still find them on eBay. And if you still have any, might be able to make a few bucks.
68. __ of averages: LAW. The Law of Averages is more a "rule of thumb" than a law, and may or may not be true in particular circumstances. It is often confused with the Law of Large Numbers.
Down:
1. "As __ my last email ... ": PER.
2. Formal discourse: ORATION. Here is one you might remember. Let's hope we all remember it.
3. Shriveled: DRIED UP.
4. Some twins: BEDS.
5. AQI monitor: EPA. Air Quality Index. Give this site your location and it will tell you its AQI. The site is run by the Environmental Protection Agency and partners.
6. Sir Carter, to Beyoncé: SON. Sir Carter is the SON of Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter and rapper Jay-Z, né Shawn Corey Carter. Sir has a twin sister named Rumi. The twins are about 4 years old and I haven't included any pictures.
7. Happen: OCCUR.
8. Project that must be defended: THESIS. E.g. a Masters Thesis. A Doctoral DISSERTATION, must also be defended, but it's much longer. By exactly twice as many letters.
9. Net-neutrality regulatory org.: FCC. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) must treat all Internet communications equally, and not charge users different rates based on content, website, platform, application, type of equipment, source address, destination address, or method of communication. This is not an easy task and is not in the interest of all Internet's stakeholders; and is thus fraught with complexity, controversy, and litigiousness.
10. Cry with a finger snap: AHA. Heard often around the Corner early in the morning.
11. Vie: COMPETE.
12. "Promising Young Woman" writer/director Fennell: EMERALD. Promising Young Woman is a 2020 American thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Emerald Fennell in her feature directorial debut. It stars Carey Mulligan as a young woman haunted by a traumatic past as she navigates balancing forgiveness and vengeance. I have not seen this film, but it has gotten rave reviews. It sounds pretty heavy to me. Hand up if you've seen it.
18. Innocent: NAIF.
22. Well-chosen: APT.
24. Sprinkle that adds umami, for short: MSG. Mono-Sodium Glutamate. Substantiated by the theory that taste buds were formulated to detect a specific taste, it has been widely understood, until recently, that sweet, salty, sour, and bitter constituted the four distinguishable, and therefore, "official tastes". However, in the early 1900s a Japanese scientist isolated a new flavor he called "umami". In 1990 the latter was "officially" recognized as the “fifth taste.” This flavor was associated with an amino acid called glutamate and could be used to flavor foods by the addition of MSG. Note however this mild dissent from the Mayo Clinic. Now that we've added a fifth taste, might we be ready for a sixth sense?
25. Louver part: SLAT.
26. __ support: TECH.
27. Makes soaking wet: SOUSES. Additional usages of SOUSE are "to make drunk" and "to pickle", e.g. pork, fish, or shellfish. The adjective "pickled" then comes back around as "drunk".
28. Derriere: TUSH. Another JPEG I won't be sharing.
30. Potter character: FLOPSY. At first I thought this was a J.K. Rowling's character, but it turned out to be a Beatrice POTTER character, the creator of the lovable Peter Rabbit series. Miss Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) probably earned as much during her lifetime as Ms. Rowling has in hers. Here's a trailer for Miss Potter, the remarkable story of this very charming woman.
34. Slithery fish: EEL.
36. Gillian's role on "The X-Files": DANA. The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The series revolves around FBI special agents Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena.
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37. Shabby: WORN.
38. Provide job support?: ABET. Providing support for a heist perhaps?
39. Clothes: APPAREL.
40. Overly submissive: SERVILE.
42. Not done all at once: GRADUAL.
43. Donald Glover series set in the South: ATLANTA. Atlanta is an American comedy-drama television series created by Donald Glover that premiered on September 6, 2016, on FX. The series centers on college dropout and music manager Earnest "Earn" Marks (Glover) and rapper Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry) as they navigate a strange, seemingly otherworldly version of the Atlanta rap scene.
43. Donald Glover series set in the South: ATLANTA. Atlanta is an American comedy-drama television series created by Donald Glover that premiered on September 6, 2016, on FX. The series centers on college dropout and music manager Earnest "Earn" Marks (Glover) and rapper Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry) as they navigate a strange, seemingly otherworldly version of the Atlanta rap scene.
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44. L.A. winter hrs.: PST. I don't understand why they want to keep a secret.
45. Awards for Hunt and Hunter: OSCARS. Holly Hunter received her OSCAR for Best Actress for portraying Ada McGrath in the 1993 film The Piano.
Linda Hunt received her OSCAR for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of Billy Kwan in the 1982 Australian Film The Year of Living Dangerously.
Both actresses also won "Best of " awards from numerous other cinematic awards organizations.
46. Global news agcy.: UPI. United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century. At its peak, it had more than 6,000 media subscribers. Since the first of several sales and staff cutbacks in 1982, and the 1999 sale of its broadcast client list to its main U.S. rival, the Associated Press, UPI has concentrated on smaller information-market niches.
47. Polly-syllabic pet?: PARROT. Polly wants more than a cracker. She wants to learn things.
49. One of Pittsburgh's three rivers: OHIO. A CSO to Vidwan I think?
51. Automaker named for a Japanese river: ISUZU. Behind the Badge: secrets of the Isuzu name and logo.
55. Sacred chests: ARKS. Constructed during the Israelites' wanderings in the desert and used until the destruction of the First Temple, the Ark was the most important symbol of the Jewish faith, and served as the only physical manifestation of God on earth. The legends associated with this object - and the harsh penalties ascribed for anyone who misuses it - confirm the Ark's centrality to the Jewish faith of that period; the fact that Jews and non-Jews alike continue to study and imitate it confirms its centrality even today. Some also consider Noah's Ark as a prefiguring (or "type") of the Ark of the Covenant, sheltering the remnant of God's chosen people (i.e. Noah's family) and the biosphere they they would need to survive and prosper after the great flood.
57. Drain: SAP. A verb. The noun usually refers to Maple sap. It takes about 40 gallons of Maple sap to produce one gallon of Maple syrup. Actually this figure can vary from 20 to 60 gallons or more depending primarily on sap sugar content. It also requires a lot of seasoned wood, which must be chopped, split, and burned. Maple sugaring is not an especially green practice, but if you have a stand of Maples and time on your hands in late winter, here's how you do it.
58. Office contact no.: EXT.
60. Arrest: NAB.
61. "__ you quite through?": ARE. Just one more clue ...
62. Drops on the grass: DEW. Like this puzzle, usually appearing in the early morning.
And as always, thanks to Teri for proofreading and for her constructive suggestions.
waseeley
Cheers,
Bill
44 comments:
FIRight. It's Thursday, but SO much easier than yesterday!
Nice theme. I needed the reveal to see it, tho, so I lost this one.
The RACER was CHOMPING at the bit,
Impatient AROUND the course to flit!
He would COMPETE
He was so fleet!
Tortoise drove an ISUZU Bellett.
Hare thought that, as Tortoise crept
He could RELAX. He even SLEPT.
A steady pace
Wins the RACE.
Tortoise past the sleeper swept!
This was no SPRINT, a marathon.
RACE and Hare's nap went on and on!
He awoke with a gasp,
And tried to DASH,
But GRADUAL Tortoise was long gone!
The moral is let no GAP ARISE
Before you can NAB your prize!
Should that OCCUR,
Alas, poor Sir,
In fables the underdog always wins. Surprise!
{B+.}
OwenKL, our master Nashean poet, is right. This puzzle WAS easier than yesterday's. And like waseely, our fine and humorous moderator, it took me a few minutes of staring at the grid to understand the gimmick.but I finally did. FIR, so I'm happy.
Good morning!
Yay, d-o read the reveal clue all the way to the end. He even managed to see the various runs -- DASH is an outlier, the others are neatly split in half. Don't believe I've ever seen STOUTLY as "With resolve." Thanx for the diversion, Lynn, and for the erudite expo, Waseeley. (Danny Glover is a famous actor, but I don't believe he appears in Atlanta.)
TUBES: Cheap table radios usually had a 50C5, 35W4, and 12AX7 -- the first two digits identify the filament voltage. The sum of these filament voltages was close enough to household power, so the filaments could be wired in series and powered directly without requiring a separate filament power supply.
Lynn Lempel had two NYT published in the pre-Shortzian era, the one in 1979 and another in 1981. Both were Sundays. She returned to constructing in a big way in 2002 in both the NYT and the LAT. Because 70 of her 97 NYTs appeared on Monday, so...I can find 257 published in many venues.
This played easier with fewer unknowns EMERALD FENNELL is quite famous as an actor and writer but her name did not jump to mind and as D-O points out the series ATLANTA is not that well known whether you believe Danny Glover was involved or not.
My highlights were some of the great informative links added by Bill (and Terri) thank you. Thank you Lynn, it is time we had a detailed conversation with you here at the Corner.
Good Morning:
Three cheers for a Thursday puzzle without circles, which made the solve more challenging and satisfying. I hope this approach continues for late week offerings. Not only was the theme well-hidden, but the revealer placement was perfect, thereby prolonging the Aha moment. The only unknown was Emerald, as clued, but a couple of stumbles at Attires/Apparels and Aide/Abet. Some fun duos with Apparel/Worn, EPA/FCC/IRS, Abet/Nab, Lace/Face(s), and USA/GNP. The Potter/Flopsy misdirect brought a smile, as did some other clever clues. CSOs to ATLGranny (Atlanta) and All Academics (Thesis).
Thanks, Lynn, for the special Thursday treat and thanks, Bill, for your always entertaining summary, not to mention the many learning moments. Coincidentally, the DVD of Promising Young Woman arrived yesterday from Netflix, so I’ll post my opinion after I watch it. I saw The Piano many years ago and either I didn’t realize or I forgot Holly Hunter’s character’s surname, McGrath, which is my maiden name. Thanks to Teri for her generous contributions.
FLN
Lucina, have a wonderful time.
Have a great day.
D-O @5:47 AM Well at least I got Danny's picture right. . And my apologies to you Donald.
FIR, but never got the theme.
Done in 7:19 with this piece of ART. [Dart]
Didn't know Emerald, Flopsy, Dana, or what a peignoir is. "Souses" crossing "stoutly" wasn't the best intersection, but a good Thursday puzzle overall.
I didn't see the theme until coming here.
I am so silly I did not pick up the Danny/Donald difference. That just popped out of my glove.
KS, no pictures as most are very sexy search on your own; a peignoir is a loose outer robe which is worn by women as a dressing gown. Classically, women have worn peignoirs while brushing their hair and putting on or removing makeup as they get ready to go out or go to bed. Also, Peignoirs are traditionally worn without underwear. This is a common wedding gift, so I am told.
Lemonade @7:24 AM Fixed!
This definitely filled more quickly for me - but WEES about needing the reveal/blog to put together the theme.
I have watched "A Promising Young Woman"- Carey Mulligan is one of the best actresses of the current era-and she does an amazing job in this movie - but it is not light entertainment. So don't watch if you're looking for a light diversion. Similar to "The Girl with Dragon Tattoo" she cleverly exacts revenges on those who've used date rape drugs in college women's drinks to take advantage of them.
Not taking away from Linda Hunt's OSCAR winning role - I was thinking of Helen Hunt's OSCAR win for "As Good As It Gets"
I enjoyed Donald Glover in the show Community- but didn't see ATLANTA.
Thanks Bill (and Teri) and Lynn!
FIR, but erased douses for SOUSES, emerges for OPENS UP, and changed "the FCC" in 8D to "FCC" in 9D.
Musical cues were ZZ Top's big hit "TUSH", and The Big Bopper's "Chantilly LACE".
Ma Bell didn't invent vacuum tubes but they did make them practical, which made long-distance calls possible. In those days the federal government allowed long distance rates to be artificially high to fund Bell Labs. In turn Bell Labs invented many devices that were important in the Allies efforts in WWII. Oh yeah, there was also that thing called the "transistor". I think I mentioned this book years ago. "The Idea Factory" by Jon Gertner is a very interesting read. D-Otto, I also remember the 12AX7, plus the 6DQ6 from my ham radio days.
I have one of those brain LOBE charts similar to those that Bill linked, except the chart has been redrawn by some male chauvinist pig. Largest LOBE in the female brain is "headache generator", while "sex" dominates the male brain. Minuscule areas are "realization of wants vs. needs" in the female brain, and "toilet aiming skills" in the male's. I'm so glad we are too enlightened to find such "humor" to be funny these days.
FLN - Have a great time in the Bay Area, Lucina. Remember what Twain supposedly said about The City By The Bay: "The coldest winter I ever saw was the summer I spent in San Francisco". And then there's Journey's big hit "Lights":
So you think you're lonely
Well, my friend, I'm lonely, too
I wanna get back to my city by the bay
Just remember that Starship "built this city on rock and roll".
Thanks to Lynn for the fun, workable puzzle. Just the ticket after yesterday's enigma. And thanks to Bill (and your 1-woman support staff) for the interesting explanation.
Note to aspiring SOUSES: Once a pickle never again to become a cucumber.
Couldnt help but think of Dion and RUN AROUND Sue
Oops I see a typo. I originally had GdP and when filling ORATION didn't correct the Econ meas. GNP is old school(as is UPI)
The frontal LOBE solves Mon-Fri. Saturday calls for the cerebellum
I love to see a solid fill like CAV* - perhaps LeBron will return to play with his SON
Then there's Gumperson's LAW. fe. When you go to pay the restaurant bill, 5 other couples have just decided the same**.
THESIS is a CSO to Misty
The CC AHA is a V8 can, fe. Beatrice not Harry
I'd forgotten Scully's first name until _AN_ perped.
We bought a PARROT who could talk remarkably well. But it's penchant for profanity led us to move him along. If it was just me…
I looked for evasions,, all I needed was synonym for RUN.
Solid W Owen. Nashean? How about fabled Aesopian explique-er
* And IRS, PST and the last four 3-letter clues
** In the parking lot only two people are leaving: me and the guy parked next to me
I FIR but didn't pay attention to the starred clues' track meet parts. The STREAK would greatly increase attendance. But RUN AROUND was filled by perps without reading the clue, even with ISUZU and ATLANTA filled as unknown guesses.
LACE- easily filled but peignoir was unknown
OZARK & Laura Linney, ATLANTA & Don Glover, EMERALD & movie, FLOPSY, DANA & Gillian, and Joe ISUZU as clued were unknowns filled with the help of clues.
SON- Sir Carter will definitely get nicknames or will end up like "A boy name Sue"
EMERALD- any sisters named Opal, Beryl, or Ruby?
D-otto, TUBES are in big demand for music guitar amplifiers.
Yes, a FIR Thursday treat today. Thanks, Lynn. Lots of fun fill. I found the RUN synonyms easily enough. As IM said, circles would make it too easy for a Thursday.
A slow down in the NE caused by entering extra/CAMEO and scarey/SPOOKY (I know, misspelled but not noticed in the down position.) MIDI finally filled after I considered maxi and mini first. Perps to the rescue. Appropriate to my age, Beatrice Potter was my first thought but it took three tries to get FLOPSY. Sigh. Clever clues from Lynn: "Drinks with steep prices" was my favorite. Thanks, waseeley and Teri for your review today. So much to learn from it!
ATLANTA is a good place to be this week with non-humid sunny days. Energizing! Hope you all have a good day whether you are travelling like Lucina or STOUTLY remaining at home.
This is a family Blog?
Oh well,
there is always one
in every family...
Gary Larson's (not the CW constructor) rake on the RAIN DANCE.
Take, not rake. At no time do my fingers leave my hand while I'm typing.
Musings
-Lynn and Patti’s proper names were very “gettable”. Nary a DUA LIPA anywhere!!
-Ya gotta go through a lotta PODS to get enough peas for a meal
-Some say the SUN DANCE made the Lakota feel invincible when they FACED Custer at Little Big Horn
-My physics classes came at the end of the vacuum tube era and the beginning of the transistor age
-Oh, this FLOPSY was a sibling to Mopsy and Cottontail and not a Harry Potter character
-“Women do get weary, wearing the same shabby dress”
-In 2004, the Huskers played Pitt while the OHIO was flooding all around the stadium
-Speaking of rape revenge, Netflix’s Anatomy Of A Scandal does it well. Downton Abbey’s Michelle Dockery is great
Musings 2
-A picture and some info on Lynn and our lovely ring mistress
Not having a "preview" is a real pain
Anyhoo
Not bad for a Thursday. But completely forgot to parse the theme...which now I C would prolly have sped right passed me anyway. 🙄
Inkovers: emerges/OPENSUP, api/UPI,
"She shells pea pods by the sea shore" (or something like that). What kyna "fish" do you "Bake light"?..oh wait that's dish☺ and then I thought it said "Gilligan's role"..👓 (He finally got off the island?) ... BEA was up to her TRIX with an almost Harry "Potter" clue
What's a STRuPSTEAK? ...oops it's thesis, not thesus.😳 ..... I think chocolate should be an official "taste" too 😋
"If you know your party's EXT you can dial it at any time" (what if I don't have a dial phone?). Are Californians PST about making DST permanent? 🤷♂️
My wife's cousin's grandson plays Jonah, Wendy Byrde's son on OZARK. I met him at a family reunion a few years ago. .
Per Husker's bio I see Lynn is an age contemporary thankfully explaining her avoiding "rapper" clues, "adorbs", "bae" etc... I guess she has no FOMO. 😁
Alumni at 20 paces...GRADUAL
Catalogue anew....RESORT
EMERALD city vehicles....OSCARS
Lots of interesting info Waz. You never answered the musical question "Is there a Pittsburgh River in OHIO?"
Perfect day, did the puzzle in shorts, sandals and a t-shirt on the deck. 🌞
"You could usually buy them in drug stores, which also had testers for determining which was the culprit among the several (tubes) that you suspected might have failed."
I remember doing exactly this but my father had to drive us to the drug store because I was too young to have a driver's license.
MalMan - I remember that TV repair men came to the house, because the big 26" sets were too big and heavy for most to bring in. If the set would turn on, the tech would change the most likely TUBE to solve the problem. If that didn't fix it, they would try the next-most likely. Repeat until fixed, or proven not a TUBE replacement fix. Once a TUBE came out of the box, you owned it. They never pulled a new tube when it didn't fix the problem. If new tubes didn't fix it, it had to go into the shop. Depending on the problem, the flyback transformer was often a likely suspect, because it sounded impressive and was quick and profitable to change out.
Ray-O - "Perfect day, did the puzzle in shorts, sandals and a t-shirt on the deck." I hate your rotten, stinkin' guts. Here the wind finally slacked off, but we are still going to have cold and/or rain until Sunday. Why did I leave Florida in March? For that matter, why did I move away from Phoenix? Maybe I hate MY rotten, stinkin' guts, not yours.
Gary - Transistors were easy for me because I understood triodes.
Delightful Thursday puzzle, many thanks, Lynn, for this treat. And I appreciated our helpful commentary, Bill, thanks for that too.
Liked all the art and culture items in this puzzle, with actors having to COMPETE AT the OSCARS, of course, and maybe giving an ORATION when they win, even if it was only for a CAMEO, maybe in a performance of AIDA.
Also some nice food references, like enjoying some TEA with a SOUFFLE, which would be fun to EAT, while waiting to CHOMP that STEAK for supper.
Wouldn't it be nice to also get a vacation, maybe at a RESORT where you can RELAX and where you might have SLEPT well.
Thanks for remembering that I had to write a THESIS to get my degree, Wilbur, as did Ol' Man Keith, probably.
And Owen, I love watching that sweet dachshund UNDERDOG in that campaign commercial every night--reminds me of my sweet Dust and Misty (yes, I took her name) back in the day.
Have a great day, everybody
Maybe it should be called "The Yellow AP". Front page in today's local fish wrapper screamed the headline "Defense of Roe Falls to Filibuster". The AP article goes on to state (in mid-article) that cloture failed 49-51, a majority, not a filibuster. ARRRGGGG! Regardless of how you feel about this hot-button issue, can't we agree that this crap coverage is destructive to open-minded discourse?
Thank you Lynn and Waseeley. Good stuff.
Waseeley, Chairman Moe and yours truly have past ties to Pittsburgh. Vidwan is a Cleveland area denizen.
Ray-O said, "Lots of interesting info Waz. You never answered the musical question "Is there a Pittsburgh River in OHIO?"
Fun fact. There is no Ohio River in the state of Ohio.
The Ohio River is in three other states, but not Ohio. It exists in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Kentucky.
As the boundary between Ohio and West Virginia... West Virginia owns the Ohio River.
As the boundary between Ohio and Kentucky... Kentucky owns the Ohio River.
Wait, there's more. Indiana and Illinois also cannot lay claim to the Ohio River. Further west, flowing along to the Mississippi River:
As the boundary between Indiana and Kentucky... Kentucky owns the Ohio River.
As the boundary between Illinois and Kentucky... Kentucky owns the Ohio River.
While most river boundaries are split down the middle of the river, it's not true for the Ohio River. It goes back to 1792. It's been through the courts numerous times. To the Supreme Court at least once.
So it's not wrong and not unusual to cross a bridge and see the "Welcome to Kentucky" on the railing before you even start to cross over the river.
Ray - O @11:09 AM Chocolate is more than just a taste. According to my D.I.L it's it constitutes the 4 basic food groups.
Puzzling thoughts:
FIR
My one write over was SKIRT STEAK/ STRIP STEAK
I solved this from bottom right to top left, so the reveal came early. I entered SKIRT STEAK as I initially thought the RUN AROUND had to do with avoidance, so SKIRT made more sense. Many of my puzzles are similar to this theme, so it was crystal clear to me what is the "real" RUN AROUND
Thanks to the constructor and recapper's (including Teri here, Bill!)
Yes, a CSO to yours truly @ OHIO. The state where I was born and the name of the river I've crossed hundreds, if not thousands of times
See y'all tomorrow. TTP, I forgot to give you a CSO - see if you "get" where
TTP: Interesting info about the Ohio River, but I believe that's a little outdated, as OH and IN can lay claim to some of it.
Here's the link (I don't know how to embed): https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/21/us/kentucky-indiana-and-ohio-end-river-boundary-dispute.html
And here's the relevant excerpt:
The agreement today gives Ohio and Indiana control of the river for a minimum of 100 feet from the present shoreline, and more than 500 feet in some places.
Anonymous @ 7:17.
TTP...
Our city of Utica NY is the county seat of Oneida County but the city of Oneida is in the next county over, Madison County, where the capital is Wampsville.(there's a name for yah). The adjacent suburb of the city of Oneida is called Oneida Castle, but it's in Oneida county.
In 1615, Champlain led an attack against the Oneidas at the Battle of Nichols Pond. Known as the Oneida Castle, it had high and thick walls, hence the term "castle". The Oneidas were well ahead of their time in the field of fortifications. The "castle" included such defenses as a water filled trough that ran through the walls to prevent fire. Champlain attempted to scale the walls and was unsuccessful. He built a wheeled platform and put his rifleman atop of this device. After hours of fighting, the Oneidas defeated the French
Anonymous@7:17, 1:58, I stand corrected, as it sounds that due to damming, some places along the river now belong to Ohio and Indiana. If I'm ever in a trivia contest again, I won't ask the question about, "Which states... Ohio River... ?" There are indeed some quirky boundaries in the US, like Kentucky Bend, and that place in Alabama that I think is in Tennessee...
CM, I forgot about your Ohio history. Good thing that you had enough sense to become a Steelers fan, rather than the team from the mistake on the lake :>)
Ray-O, I think I first learned of Oneida from kitchen flatware, just as I learned of Corning bake ware before I knew of that city and the Indian history. One of the guys I served with said he was from Horseheads, and I thought he was BS'ing me when he told me that.
I liked this puzzle.
TTP
That kitchen flatware company has an amazing history.
The Oneida Community was a communal open marriage perfectionist cult in Oneida NY from 1840's to 1880's It eventually evolved into Oneida Limited
There is a book called "Oneida, From Free Love Utopia to the Well-Set Table" 🙂
Horseheads NY exists, I attended a funeral there years ago.
A solid contribution from Ms. Lempel. Perhaps a bit EZ for a Thursday. But engaging & clever in places.
FIR w/o straining.
Nice to see the photo of Laura Linney, although she isn't usually shown with such glam makeup.
I knew her dad well. Met her only once, when she was a 7 YO.
Enjoyed the OZARK series very much--until this last season. The way they broke it in two parts (because of the pandemic), it was just too hard to follow.
Lisa Emery, a former intern of mine, is wonderful in it--playing Darlene, a brilliant hillbilly hag, quite an inelegant departure for her!
Too bad they killed her off before the finale (although as the villainess of the show we were happy to see her get hers).
~ OMK
waseeley@1:01 - I have always thought that the four basic food groups were crunchy, salty, chocolate and who cares.
Ray-O, thanks for that link. I had no idea.
NY had the extremes. From open communal love within the Oneida community to the mandated celibacy of the Shakers.
On a side note - and fair warning - with no other reason except that Yoko Ono appeared in yesterday's puzzle and I failed to comment, here is Yoko Ono's Cover of "Big Shot" by Billy Joel.
Jinx @ 12:04: IIRC, you had to be careful near flyback transformers. There was a capacitative charge somewhere around the CRT, which had to be discharged to ground, so it wouldn't ground through you.
Hi All!
Hand-up: Easier than yesterday's cluing / A&E
Thank you Lynn for a fun Thursday puzzle. I nearly missed the theme as I kept looking for RUN scattered in the themers //RUN amok? :-)
Great expo, waseeley. I enjoyed the extended info (and links #ISUZU) around c/as.
re: SAP - Years ago, DW & I went to Vermont for our aniversary. We went to Sugarbush Farms, got a quart to take home, and have ordered syrup from there ever since. I had to tell the girls, "Not so much! That's liquid gold."
WOs: N/A
ESPs & WAG: EMERALD | SOUTLY | SOUSES, AIDA, FLOPSY [oh, not the Harry Potter kid with a bunny]. I guessed ATLANTA after a few perps and "South" in the clue. ibid LACE (Peignoir?)
Fav: EPOCH - for time on most computers, it's Jan 1, 1970.
//time is counted as number of seconds since then. We'll run out of 32-bit time 19 Mar 2038. Can you say Y2K?
Runner-up: DW & I loved the X-Files. DANA was A&E I knew.
{A+}
FLN: Lucina sounds fun! Safe travels.
OK, Grey-er beards: You got me... I've seen TUBE TVs and TUBE amps [they make awesome sound!] but have never worked with them. I'd come up with something cool to build but, at $80(?) a pop,... Transistors will do just fine ;-)
WC - LOL cortex v. cerebellum LOBEs re: weekly solves.
Jinx - Nice call on TUSH. //I have mentioned I don't live far from Top 40 Ranch (Frank Beard (drummer / with out, ironically, a beard) lives there). During pandemic, I'd drive my '86 Alfa out there just for giggles.
Idea Factory is now on my reading list; thanks. Have you read Skunk Works? - Bell Labs for aviation.
Other than to agree News is lazy... Not going to touch that one #NoPolitics
Ray-O: Thanks for another book to put on my 'to read' stack near the BED.
TTP & @1:58p - Thanks for the interesting note re: OHIO river. I clicked on your ONO cover video and this ad with a PARROT (and Pete Davidson) played. Kismet?
Personal note - house I'm in is in total disarray as painters de-color it and tomorrow we're meeting with foundation guy at (potential) new house. I hope all this goes down just fine 'cuz I'm #Angst!
Cheers, -T
Terrific Thursday. Thanks for the fun, Lynn and waseeley (and Teri).
I FIRed but missed the theme. I was looking for RUN around the edges of the themers, and was too tired to pursue it.
I’ll blame it on the wonderful day that I had in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Gorgeous weather, the blossoms are out, Damn Yankees at the Shaw theatre was well-done and enjoyable, and dinner at winery was delicious.
Read you all in the morning. Must catch the end of the hockey game. Come on Maple Leafs!
Nerd Alert!
Space Nerds - If you've seen the reports of the image of a black hole today (or it's on the front page tomorrow!(?)) - This. Cheers, -T
FIR. Although I did need a few perps, I too thought that this puzzle was somewhat easier for me than other Thursday puzzles.
I didn’t recognize the theme. I saw ROUND DANCE and ROUND STEAK, and I didn’t even look at the other two, so I didn’t see that my assumption was incorrect. I’m blaming it on the absence of circles, so there!
Thanks, Lynn and Teri and Bill!
TUSH --- The Dom DeLuise studio scene at the end of “Blazing Saddles”
Throw out your hands
Stick out your TUSH
Hands on your hips
Give them a push
You'll be surprised
You're doing the French Mistake!!
VOILA!!
LEOIII - Your TUSH clip.
I think most of us can all agree Blazing Saddles was a hoot!
Cheers, -T
-T --- Thanks! I did a quick search for it, but when I couldn't find it right away, I just went with the lyrics. I was late to the party. It would have taken me forever.
Yes, that movie is in my Top 5!
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