Theme: "Divine Inspiration" - Seven goddesses are hidden inside the theme entries.
22. *Daikon, for one: WINTE RRADISH. I knew "terra" is Latin for "land". Never knew Terra is Goddess of the Earth.
28. *"Pay attention!": LOOK ALIVE. Kali is the four-armed Hindu goddess.
44. *Protective sorts: GUARDIAN ANGELS. Diana was Roman goddess of the hunt. Artemis in Greek.
66. *Meme featuring a cartoon dog sitting calmly in a room on fire: THIS IS FINE. Egyptian goddess
Isis.
69. *Pre-anthem request: PLEASE RISE. Eris is the Greek Goddess of discord.
90. *Roku service: VIDEO STREAMING. Greek Dawn goddess.
104. *Hairstyle made famous by Jennifer Aniston: THE RACHEL. Greek goddess Hera.
Reveal:
115. Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues: INNER GODDESS.
We've had hidden Norse Gods in the past. I don't recall a goddess theme. Fun!
The
goddess that comes to my mind is of course Chang'e, Chinese goddess of
the moon, but it's probably too obscure, plus no phrases to hide her. I
can't even find a workable one to hide NIKE.
Across:
5. Bronze finish?: PATINA. The sheen on a bronze statue. "Antiques Roadshow" drew a huge crowd when they stopped in Minneapolis a few years ago.
11. Swindle: SCAM.
15. Shade tree: ELM.
18. "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" writer/illustrator Carle: ERIC. Passed away last year.
19. Tequila-based cocktails: PALOMAS. Wikipedia ingredients: Agave tequila, fresh lime juice, salt & pink grapefruit soda.
20. [Sigh]: AH ME.
21. Nanny's bleat: MAA.
24. __ beer: ROOT.
25. With 110-Down, geometric style: ART. 110. See 25-Across: DECO.
26. Bagel option: SESAME. Here's the sesame grinder that I use.
27. 23andMe sample: DNA.
30. Substance: DEPTH.
33. Collects little by little: GLEANS.
35. [Sigh]: ALAS.
36. Braz. neighbor: ARG.
39. Old Testament prophet: NAHUM. Boomer might know him.
41. New Orleans nickname, with "the": BIG EASY. Hi there George!
48. Extinguishes: DOUSES.
52. Red Muppet who refers to himself in the third person: ELMO.
53. Time to hustle?: DISCO ERA. Nice clue.
54. Marketing jargon: ADSPEAK.
55. Specifics, informally: DEETS. Details.
57. "Dateline NBC" anchor Lester: HOLT.
58. Watchdog warning: GRR.
59. "Waitress" composer Bareilles: SARA.
60. Collaborative site: WIKI.
62. Ice cream purchase: PINT.
63. Fibber's admission: I LIED.
65. Diner fave: BLT.
71. Chewie's shipmate: HAN. Also the largest ethnic group in China. In the world too. I'm a Han.
72. Posh digs: SUITE.
73. Faint: PALE.
74. Grasps: SEES.
75. Half of zwei: EINS.
77. Singer Orbison: ROY.
78. "Project Runway" fashion icon Tim: GUNN.
82. Swindles: FLEECES.
84. Permanently, informally: FOR KEEPS.
88. Breathing organ: LUNG.
89. Saint of Ávila: TERESA.
92. "3.15.20" hip hop artist Childish __: GAMBINO.
94. __ wool: STEEL.
95. Quaint contraction: TIS.
96. Top spot: ACME.
99. How detectives might act: ON A TIP.
102. Stiff "Me too": AS DO I.
107. Evergreen tree: FIR.
109. Talking head: PUNDIT.
113. Rotten: BAD.
114. "Succession" cousin: GREG. Learning moment for me. Played by Nicholas Braun.
118. Singer Grande's debut fragrance: ARI.
119. Tomato type: ROMA.
120. Spotted: NOTICED.
121. Jackie Robinson Stadium sch.: UCLA.
122. SHO subsidiary: TMC.
123. Maker of some Chromebooks: ACER. Our monitor also.
124. Like some experimental music: ATONAL.
125. Skyrocket: SOAR.
Down:
2. City halfway between Buffalo and Cleveland: ERIE.
3. Transgressions: SINS.
4. Set of eight: OCTAD.
5. Norm: PAR.
6. Ga. neighbor: ALA.
7. Mary __ Lincoln: TODD.
8. Chatting on Slack, for short: IMING.
9. Stuffy-sounding: NASAL.
10. Fire proof?: ASH. Gimme for regulars.
11. Some beach wraps: SARONGS. Malaysian-style.
12. Pick: CHOOSE.
13. Frantically: AMOK. With Run.
14. Like a crossword clue that refers to itself: META.
15. "Inbox zero" hindrance: EMAIL.
16. Cocoon creator: LARVA.
17. Partners: MATES.
19. Like some cellphones: PRE-PAID.
23. Correct, as text: EMEND.
28. First name in boxing: LAILA.
29. Simple buckets: LAYUPS.
31. Pad see ew cuisine: THAI. Pad see ew uses wider rice noodles. Pai thai uses thin rice noodles.
32. Attila and his colleagues: HUNS.
34. Critic whose final blog post ended, "I'll see you at the movies": EBERT.
36. Kept underground, say: AGED.
37. "No jumping on the couch," e.g.: RULE.
38. Walk-off home run, e.g.: GAME WINNER.
40. Word before learning or language: MACHINE.
42. 221B Baker Street, e.g.: ADDRESS. Sherlock Holmes.
43. Shipwreck signal: SOS.
45. Indian flatbreads: ROTIS.
46. Nary a soul: NO ONE.
47. Hanukkah coins: GELT.
49. Laura Hillenbrand book about a racehorse: SEABISCUIT. Tobey Maguire played the jockey in the movie.
50. Some "Bridgerton" characters: EARLS.
51. Do figure eights: SKATE.
54. Solo for a diva: ARIA.
56. Hits the slopes: SKIS.
58. __ club: GLEE.
61. "You betcha!": I SURE AM.
62. Feel sorry for: PITY.
63. Malady: ILLNESS.
64. Judge to be: DEEM.
66. Robbery: THEFT.
67. Track and field great __ Gebrselassie: HAILE. Ethiopian.
68. Verizon bundle: FIOS.
69. Breadcrumbs choice: PANKO. Gimme. All our grocery stores now carry Panko. Pan = Bread. Ko = Powder/Flour.
70. Domain: REALM.
73. Free of contaminants: PURE.
76. Folk legend Pete: SEEGER.
78. Title character who is never onstage: GODOT. "Waiting for Godot"
80. Latin years: ANNI.
81. Brand of sheepskin boots: UGGS.
83. Farm-to-table endeavor, briefly: CSA. Community-Supported Agriculture.
84. Big exam: FINAL.
85. Jazz great James: ETTA.
86. Board mtg. exec: PRES. President.
87. Vanilla bean, e.g.: SEEDPOD.
90. Salad dressing component: VINEGAR. Has any of you tried Trade Joe's Sesame Dressing?
91. For all to hear: ALOUD.
93. "Rent" song "La Vie __": BOHEME. The Bohemian Life.
96. Up, in baseball: AT BAT.
97. Bracelet dangler: CHARM.
98. Combat doctor: MEDIC.
100. Otherwise: IF NOT.
101. __ bean: PINTO. Refried beans.
103. River through Pakistan: INDUS. Originated in the Tibetan plateau.
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105. Taj Mahal city: AGRA.
106. Gator kin: CROC.
108. Bridle strap: REIN.
111. "Godmothered" actress Fisher: ISLA.
112. Ruler until 1917: TSAR.
115. Cookbook writer Garten: INA.
116. Early TV brand: RCA.
117. Come together: GEL.
Belated Happy 75th birthday to Bill (Waseeley) and Happy 52nd birthday to Tony (Anon-T)! I'm so sorry that I missed both. Been a hectic week.
Today we celebrate the birthday of my brilliant mentor and friend Don G. Happy birthday, Don!
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| Don G and his wife Barbie |
Tomorrow we have four more appointments at the VA. Hopefully the x-rays turn out good so Boomer can take the sling off. Also hope that Boomer does not have too much side effects from the new bone strengthener infusion this time.
C.C.
FIWrong. Misspelt VINaGeR and crossers.
ReplyDeleteDid get the theme before the reveal, and it even helped me get a couple letters in before I'd gotten the entire words.
I don't time myself, but this one took a typical hour-and-a-half.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteThis one ran right up against the time limit. But at least the dreaded DNF was avoided. Those ROTIS look like TORTILLAS. Are they similar? The only CSA I'd recognize would be "Confederate States of America." Thanx for 'splainin' it, C.C., though I've already forgotten what you said it meant. The source I used to print the puz said that 56d was "Equipment for 54-down." Couldn't see how SKIS would be equipment for a 54d ARIA. Misprint? Thanx for the puzzling puzzle, Amie and Christina, and for explaining it all, C.C.
Happy belated birthday to Waseeley and Anon-T. Happy birthday today to Don Hard-G.
Yes, that #56 down clue made us crazy
DeleteDNS. When I saw the Amie and Christina byline I scanned the clues for inane clues. Then I decided to print this one out and put it on the bottom of my clipboard, to be tackled some day when I don't have much else going on. Being on the road a lot, it is not unusual to not have internet access, which means no puzzles. This one looks to be better than nothing, but not interesting enough to tackle right now. On to Monday.
ReplyDeleteWe thought the DISCO ERA was dead,
ReplyDeleteAnd good riddance is what we said!
But twas not to be,
We sometimes still see
Disco dancers, like zombies to dread!
Carefully wrought, to be gifted FOR KEEPS,
The silver service made the bride weep!
But the next generation
Shows no veneration.
The way they're abused would make a FORK
"EEP!"
{A-, B.}
I had one Natick and did an alphabet run. M or F looked possible and I chose M. My WAG was wrong so FIW today after a thirteen day streak. THIS IS FINE. What irony! But it had to happen sometime, so tomorrow is a fresh start. Thanks, Amie and Christina, for a fine Sunday puzzle. The theme was a help after I noticed the circled names weren't scrambled.
ReplyDeleteThanks, C.C., for an interesting review today as well as the updates. Good luck on hearing good news about Boomer this week. Hope the schedule is less hectic for you, and thanks for the birthday reminders.
Happy belated Birthday, Anon T. Hope your move is going well.
And Happy Birthday to Don G. Any puzzles in the pipeline for us?
Good plan, Jinx, to have this puzzle in reserve for a less busy day.
And nice poems, OwenKL. I thought the second one particularly apt.
Hope everyone has a fine Sunday!
I normally don't do the Sunday puzzles, but tried one today, and oh joy, circles.
ReplyDeleteTook me 14:21 to finish, although I would've guessed it was longer.
I wanted "This Is Fire" at first, but the "n" in "Machine" overruled that.
"Haile" crossing "Eins" is a "foreign cross" that should've been avoided.
I didn't know "Palomas" or "CSA".
The "Greg" character on Succession is hilarious.
I enjoyed the "disco era" clue ("Time to hustle?").
I finished it confused because the clue in my newspaper (LA Times, actual paper) for 56-down was "equipmemt for 54-down" ("solo for a diva"). Hard to get "skis" out of that.
ReplyDeleteI had the same problem.
DeleteTry to see the movie "Seabiscuit." It's fun and amazingly true-ish.
ReplyDeleteWish constructors would stop with entries dealing with hip-hop, rap, or whatever it's called. No one of us listens to or cares about [c]rap "artists." I know, we're so cosmo.
I managed to FIR, probably the GODDESSes helped me because the unknowns filled by perps were plentiful today. I'd never heard of KALI or knew that TERRA was a goddess. PALOMAS, WINTER RADISH, NAHUM, THE RACHEL, GREG, BOHEME, GAMBINO, ERIC Carle, SEA BISCUIT, GUNN, ROTIS, EARLS, HAILE (Gebrselassie sounded like the former Ethiopian emperor), CSA, FIOS, or ISLA Fisher were filled by perps or guesses. but SKIS was the weirdest fill.
ReplyDeleteIn my newspaper the clue for 56D was not "Hits the slopes:" but "Equipment for 54D", which was ARIA. But the perps for SKIS were solid.
BIG EASY- Hi there C.C.
Musings
ReplyDelete-I know PALOMA from the song La Paloma Blanca (The White Bird)
-This opening for BBC’s Poirot will give you all the ART DECO you could want.
-I have GLEANED a lot of info from my 23andMe DNA sample, mostly on paternal grandmother’s side
-McGwire said, “I LIED” about steroids and is back in baseball. Sosa didn’t and is persona non grata.
-24-hr “news” networks give PUNDITS continuous employment
-With the addition of UCLA and USC, the “Big 10” (now 16) spans from California to New Jersey
-Grandchildren and I are IMING quite frequently. That’s how I set up a golf date for this Friday.
-Baseball fans know of Bill Mazeroksi’s and Bobby Thomson’s famous WALKOFF home runs.
-HAILE Selassie is not the Ethiopian in our puzzle today
-Kids with an “A” average are sometimes excused from taking a FINAL
-Best wishes to Bill, Tony and Don and good luck to C.C. and Boomer tomorrow!
A fun puzzle - I’m especially fond of goddesses ;-) In the print LA Times 56D clue is “equipment for 54D” - made me a little crazy when fill didn’t answer clue; so I’m glad to see I’m not crazy after all.
ReplyDeleteAnd, re: TJs Sesame Dressing - a tad too sweet for my taste, and it’s a nice, rich nod to sesame — great with tart-sweet fruits in salad, and good as chicken marinade
Never checked the circles. coNe for PINT never let me get a hold in the middle. NAHUM, SARA, GREG and GAMBINO were unknown.
ReplyDeleteCC, if you want a phrase for your goddess, try "the more things CHANG'E" (the more they stay the same)
I woulda, coulda, but I missed the palomas and the pews. But thanks to yesterday’s Thai lesson, I was ready for 31 down.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, very enjoyable and doable puzzle.
Best wishes to Boomer for his appointments tomorrow.
Thank you Amie and Christina for an inspirational circled Sunday sermon. Sadly I got an EFF on this puzzle with an FIW. I've never played LASER TAG, but I've read a lot of comics and their guns always go POW! And ironically I'd filled ERIC for 18A, but changed it when I finally got to 1D.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you C.C. for your well illustrated explanations of the theme, although as the Sunpapers includes the theme title on Sundays, I saw the hidden goddess as soon as I got to KALI. And thank you for the belated HBD. As it turns out I'm headed out the door for another belated celebration by my SON and GRANDCHILDREN, who were away when I completed another orbit around the SUN.
Lots of great stuff in this one ...
22A WINTER RADISH. Didn't know TERRA was the Roman goddess for LAND, but the equivalent Greek goddess for EARTH, GAIA was too short. Shredded Daikon is one of my favorite parts of sushi meals.
39A NAHUM. There are at least 3 other 5 letter OT prophets and this one was new to me. He prophesied the fall of Assyria, an enemy of Israel.
66A THIS IS FINE. "If you're cool, calm and collected, when everyone else around you is running AMOK, maybe you don't understand the situation". And its corollary, "Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean that everyone really isn't out to get you.
71A HAN. You are OUR shipmate C.C.
115 INNER GODDESS. Our INNER GODDESSES: Patti, Christine, and C.C. keep the Corner running.
93D BOHEME. "Rent" is the English for a single line taken from Puccini's LA BOHEME. The musical is a modern remake of the opera. It's Act I and the Bohemians are freezing their tails off in their drafty apartment when they hear a knock at the door. They open it to find the landlord "Benoit", who utters just one word: "Affito!" ("Rent!"). They proceed to get him drunk with cheap Bordeaux and then get him talking about his lovers. When he accidentally mentions "mia moglia" ("my wife"), they shove him out the door in mock moral indignation and head off to a grand party in the market place in Act II.
Cheers,
Bill
Was very much puzzled by the very wrong clue printed in the LA Times for 56 Down. Oh, well, THIS IS FINE. Thanks, C.C., for being the puzzle GODDESS that you are. Best to Boomer.
ReplyDeleteThe Tampa Bay Times had the same wrong clue for SKIS. The only aria equipment I could see that fit was SKIN, but that's pretty much required for any human activity!
ReplyDeleteHi Y'all! Thank you, Amie & Christina, for a cute theme & interesting challenge. Thank you, C.C., for a great expo.
ReplyDeleteLast to fill was the the NW Center block: PATINA, PALOMAS, RADISH, PAR/IMING/NASAL/ASH. Thought ASH for "fire proof" was clever but tricky. Took red-letter runs to fill this area.
PEWS? don't hear that myself. Had 12 unknowns besides those listed above, but managed to WAG & perp my way thru in much less time than yesterday's puzzle took.
FOR KEEPS stumped me but not permanently.
STEEL wool took perps. I used so much of this stuff when I was stripping paint off of furniture and wood work in my old house, I blame it for the reason I don't have finger prints. And I used gloves.
Happy Birthday, Tony. Did I miss your birthday?
Delightful Sunday toughie, many thanks, Amie and Christina. And your commentary is always great, C.C. I hope Boomer gets good results from his medical visits next week--will keep him in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteNice to see Lester HOLT in this puzzle, and not just on the news every night.
Glad I'm not the only one with 54 D and 56 D craziness in my puzzle. Surely that diva doesn't have to SKI to sing her ARIA.
Half of zwei--that's DREI--made me happy that I still have my German.
So whose ADDRESS was that on 221 B Baker street again? Sherlock Holmes or somebody else?
Happy belated Birthdays to all those we missed.
And have a great Sunday, everybody.
221 Baker St. does not exist! Never did!
DeleteMy newspaper had 56D clued as "Hit the slopes." Better than a diva's equipment, but wrong tense for the answer of "skis."
ReplyDeleteSunday Lurk say...
ReplyDeleteBoomer & C.C., good luck tomorrow with all those appointments.
Happy Birthday Don G.
//We took care of you on 9/6, waseeley ;-)
PK - we all missed my BDay ;-) See: ==Story==, below.
@4:07 - but what about 221B? :-)
//Baker Street
{A, B}
FLN:
Late last night, I finally DNF'd Kyle's fun puzzle for a peek at HG's grid (MARTS not swap-'meets'). I did pretty well otherwise.
Fav: BLUES-Y Tribute to Robert Johnson at 2013 RRHoF [Johnson "King of the Blues" wrote Crossroads that Cream, et.al covered - Johnson's name is mentioned by Chuck D & Run DMC at 0:17 & 0:38 of 7m]
CED - my asterisk connected to the "time" element of my So I Married an Axe Murderer link (Somebody needs A HUG [@1:38*|*but watch all 3:42])
=== Story ===
DW & I were at the 'new house' yesterday (taking a car-load of boxes) so we could check on the house, lawn, retrieved the mail, and scope out new-to-us restaurants.
We found an Italian place (I'm always leery) that turned out to be pretty dang good and only exists in Conroe (original) & Spring [both of these AREAs are north bits of Houston].
Anyway, there was a large group celebrating a Birthday and the whole joint sang HBD to 'Zoe.'
When I got up for a re-fill, I stepped over to Zoe's table...
"Zoe, how old are you today?"
"I'm 8 years old."
"Really?, 8? That's awesome! ... I'm 52 years old today. Happy Birthday."
The parents, surprised, asked "Really??!!?"
I said, "Yep - 7/9/70."
Turning back to the kid I said, "Zoe, you have the best birth-date, ever!"
And that was that.
//Well, they (parents) wished me an HBD too but that's really not part of the story ;-)
Cheers, -T
I liked this puzzle. By the time I turned on my computer to work the puzzle, the clue for SKIS read, and currently reads, "Hits the slopes." So I didn't have that craziness to deal with.
ReplyDeleteAlmost a Natick for me at BOHEME crossing GREG and GAMBINO (--MGINO/GO HOME/GROG?), but the light bulb lit up just in time to enable me to see BOHEME.
I saw the "selassie" in Gebrselassie" so when I got HAI-E the power of reasoning led me to that L, which incidentally revealed FLEECES.
At the lower left corner I solved the downs first, so I never even saw BAD, ARI, or TMC.
They key to my enjoying this puzzle is the aforementioned phrase "the power of reasoning". To me the whole point of crossword puzzle solving is to be able to use the power of reasoning, combined with general knowledge, to figure out the answers. A crossword puzzle should not be simply a game of Trivial Pursuit, nor should it be a game of "Ha! I gotcha! See what a clever cluer I am!"
When I filled BIG EASY I immediately thought of, well, Big Easy, of course.
When I saw the word "Pad" in the clue "Pad see ew cuisine" I remembered the lesson I learned from yesterday and knew it was THAI. In addition to that, I have had and enjoyed Pad Thai many times.
We have never tried Trader Joe's Sesame Dressing.
Enjoyed your verses today, OwenKL. Actually, I enjoy them every day even though I don't say so every day.
Happy birthday wishes to you who had birthdays recently, and good wishes to you all.
Anonymous T, I enjoyed your === Story ===.
ReplyDeleteJayce: I agree with you about CW puzzles. I prefer solving the ones that require the power of reasoning and general knowledge to solve. I don’t mind a couple of trivial pursuit ones, but not more. One of my problems is in the last few years we’ve watched very little television, so I miss out on a lot of name clues.
ReplyDeleteJinx You made the correct call to Do Not Start. I loved the INNER GODDESS theme. But an absurd amount of impossible Natick crossings.
ReplyDeleteJust one over the top example: BOHEME/RACHEL/GAMBINO/CSA/GREG. All crossed. All proper names that you just would have to know. I did WAG PANKO/GUNN but it easily could have been PAIKO/GUIN. Ugh. No excuse for this. Ugh. An otherwise beautiful puzzle spoiled for no reason. Yes, I wanted to let you know how I feel!
I did enjoy seeing DAIKON. Hand up from earlier comments that it is not a salad without RADISH!
This beautiful young lady sells us DAIKON sprouts at the Farmer's Market across the street from our house. I love her hair!
Even though we are regulars at the Farmer's Market doing FARM TO TABLE I have never, ever heard of CSA. Has anyone?
Picard, I already forgot what CSA stands for.
ReplyDeleteLet me be the LAST to comment on this CW. Managed to FIR in one hour and seven minutes. Quite the struggle. Too many DNKs to mention. I only managed to FIR via some very lucky WAGs. Several places could have gone wrong. As Picard said, lots of crossing unknowns. Now it’s 2:57am Monday morning, time to sleep. Thanx for the nice write-up, C.C. Best wishes for your and Boomer’s challenging day today.
ReplyDeleteStarted this drudge at 11 AM just after brunch --- took two hours for pizza with grandkids tossed it at 1 AM with a few holes in the NE & SE. Remember: I use no computer cheats, only my library of reference books so many of the glitzy clues based on pop-culture drivvle went beyond my meager abilities. I won't claim a DNF since the gaps were few and explainable. Why do I continue this struggle? As a "Puzzle Purist", I'll remain on my quest to make crosswords a test of general knowledge,, not a plethora of cutesy references to Pop Culture drivvle
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