So Long, Farewell ...
How do you say "Good-bye" to a wild critter?
20-Across. Wild "adios"?: MAÑANA PIRANHA. Tomorrow Piranha. Piranha are surprisingly small fish, but they have seriously sharp teeth.
24-Across. Wild "goodbye"?: LATER ALLIGATOR.
41-Across. Wild "auf wiedersehen"?: TSCHÜSS OCTOPUS. Bye-bye, octopi.
47-Across. Wild "au revoir"?: ADIEU COCKATOO. Toodle-loo, Cockatoo!
Across:
1. Use a swizzle stick: STIR.
5. Soothes to sleep: LULLS. I hope this puzzle and
commentary doesn't lull you to sleep.
10. Poker pot starter: ANTE.
14. Skin opening: PORE.
15. Starting lineup: A TEAM.
16. Read, as a QR code: SCAN. Did you know that the QR
stands for Quick Response?
17. Wide-eyed with anticipation: AGOG.
18. Hollywood headliners: MOVIE STARS.
22. "Cornflake Girl" singer Amos: TORI. Tori Amos (née Myra
Ellen Amos; b. Aug. 22, 1963) is a singer-songwriter and pianist.
23. Dodge pickup truck: RAM.
31. All-important: VITAL.
32. + or - particles: IONS.
33. "Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel" cable network: HBO.
Bryant Gumbel (né Bryant Charles Gumbel; b. Sept. 29, 1948) was born in New
Orleans. He was a co-host of the Today show for 15
years before hosting the HBO sports show.
34. Targets of Terro bait traps: ANTS. I am not familiar
with this particular brand of bait traps, but it was easy enough to find the
Ants.
35. Popovich who is the winningest coach in NBA history: GREGG.
Gregg Charles Popovich (b. Jan. 28, 1949) is the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs.
37. Track competition: MEET.
38. Emulate Eileen Gu and Lindsey Vonn: SKI. Eileen Gu (née
Eileen Feng Gu; b. Sept. 3, 2003) is a Chinese-American Olympic gold medalist.
She competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics for China. Lindsey Vonn
(née Lindsey Caroline Kildow; b. Oct. 18, 1984) is also an Olympic gold
medalist.
39. __ and rave: RANT.
40. Hunts, with "on": PREYS.
45. "Big Blue" on the Big Board: IBM. Why Big Blue?
46. Fill a position: HIRE.
53. Sign of stress?: ACCENT MARK. Accent Marks found in
French
ç – the cedilla (la cédille)
é – the acute accent (l'accent aigu)
â/ê/î/ô/û – the circumflex (l'accent circonflexe)
à/è/ì/ò/ù – the grave accent (l'accent grave)
ë/ï/ü – the trema (l'accent tréma)
55. French Quarter city, informally: NOLA. New Orleans, Louisiana.
56. Skinny tropical tree: PALM.
57. Take place next: ENSUE.
58. Bryce Canyon state: UTAH.
59. "Good point": TRUE.
60. Cook in the oven: ROAST.
61. Pad thai protein option: TOFU. Yummers! You, too,
can make your own pad thai.
Down:
1. Canned meat used in Hawaiian cuisine: SPAM. You can even
find spam treats at the gas station stores in Hawaii.
2. "Julius Caesar" costume: TOGA.
3. Multivitamin ingredient: IRON.
4. Meets on the river?: REGATTAS. The Head of the Charles rowing event in Boston will take place in October.
5. Actress Hedy in the National Inventors Hall of Fame: LAMARR.
Hedy Lamarr (née Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; b. Nov. 9, 1914 ~ Jan. 19, 2000) was not
only a movie star, but an inventor. Tinkering was one of her hobbies.
During World War II, she learned that radio-controlled torpedos could
easily jam and go off course. So, she and George Antheil devised a radio
frequency-hopping system that couldn't be jammed. The invention was
granted a patent in 1942. This later became the basis for the technology
used in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi. In 2014, fourteen years after her
death, Hedy Lamarr was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
6. Paradise: UTOPIA. The word Heaven also fits into the
spaces provided.
7. Jeans maker Strauss: LEVI. Levi Strauss (né Löb Strauß; Feb. 26, 1829 ~ Sept. 26, 1902) began making jeans for
gold miners in San Francisco in 1853.
8. Villain's hideout: LAIR.
9. Using questionable campaign tactics: SMEARING.
10. Inhaler user's malady: ASTHMA.
11. Campus sports gp.: NCAA. As in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
12. Road goo: TAR.
13. USN rank: ENS. As in Ensign.
19. Unexpected hiccups: SNAGS.
21. Yuletide song: NOEL.
24. Clickable connections: LINKS.
25. High point of a home tour?: ATTIC. Cute clue!
26. Deliberately deceive: LIE TO.
27. Ship captain's journal: LOG.
28. Org. exited in Brexit: THE EU. As in the European Union. Can you name all the countries in the EU?
29. Minds: OBEYS.
30. Turns rancid: ROTS.
31. Seemingly limitless: VAST.
35. Utility gauge: GAS METER.
36. Many ICU professionals: RNs. Registered Nurses will be found in the Intensive Care Units.
37. Snack food mascot with a monocle: MR. PEANUT.
39. Apply by massaging, as barbecue spices: RUB IN.
40. Politically motivated spending: PORK. An appropriate
clue to follow the barbecue spices.
42. Fugitive's plea: HIDE ME!
43. Repeated song part: CHORUS.
44. Unwelcome windshield item: TICKET.
47. Rights advocacy gp.: ACLU. The American Civil Liberties Union has been around for over 100 years.
48. "Let's ... never do that": UM ... NO.
49. The Madrigal family home in "Encanto," e.g.: CASA. A
continuation of today's Spanish lesson. Hi, Lucina!
50. Dog in Oz: TO-TO.
51. Norwegian saint: OLAF. Before he was known as a
saint, Saint Olaf was known as Olaf II Haraldsson, King of Norway (995 ~ 1030).
52. Pearl Harbor site: OAHU.
53. Well-put: APT.
54. Catmobile, e.g.: CAR.
Here's the Grid:
חתולה
FIRight. It's only Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteHardest word -- TSCHUSS. I thought that was Yiddish for prat.
Entertaining theme. After awhile, crocodile!
Alligator (8 species), Group Alligatorida, Family Alligatorida, Order Crocodilia, Class Reptilia
Crocodile (14 species), Group Longirostres, Family Cocodylidae , Order Crocodilia, Class Reptilia
Not only are they different Species, they're different Groups in different Families! A textbook case of convergent evolution!
I presume you are all aware of the Ogden Nash poem about Profssor Twist (conscientious scientist). I'll let someone else repeat it, so that you don't assume it's one of mine.
A SWIZZLE stick, for what it's worth,
Is called a STIRRER, around this Earth.
Comes with a "stirring"
Product Warning:
"Unusable by mice on December Twenty-fourth."
If you're not sure the denominator
Of a crocodile or an ALLIGATOR,
Consider the twist
Of the nickname, this:
If it comes first, it's a Croc-; -Gator comes later!
{A-, A-.}
Hi Y'all! Enjoyable but tricky puzzle & theme, thanks, Nancy. Very Amusing and informative expo, thanks, Hahtoolah!
ReplyDeleteLast fill was the SM in GAS METER/TSCHUSS/IBM crosses. DNK: TSCHUSS. Didn't remember IBM was Big Blue despite my brother worked for them.
Also DNK: what QR meant or HBO for Gumble. HIDE ME gave me trouble for a while.
But "sign of stress" didn't fool me this time.
I knew European Union was what UK pulled out of, but THE was unexpected.
Only chorus I'd heard on that play list was "Call Me Maybe". I am so not with it. And don't care.
I've been to Bryce, Zion, & Arches National Parks in UTAH. VASTly different sights in all three and very worth visiting.
Hi, this is Subgenius. Like PK, “tschuss” was unknown to me, but the perps made it necessary. Other than that, it was a very doable puzzle. FIR, so I’m happy . (BTW, TTP, I tried getting Chrome from the App Store and using it, but it didn’t help . I’m still “anonymous “ on my phone. But that’s okay, it’s no big deal. Thanks for trying to help, anyway.)
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteYay, no reveal to miss. Zipped right through this one, Wite-Out free. Recognized your illustrative style, Hahtoolah. Those facts about LEVI Strauss were riveting. Thought MR. PEANUT was killed of in a 2020 Superb Owl commercial. Enjoyed the puzzle, Nancy, and your tour, Hahtoolah. (Did you really catch a piranha?)
Good Morning, Crossword friends.
ReplyDeleteThe Tschüss was the only goodbye that threw me, but the perps convinced me that was correct.
Yup, D-O, I really caught a piranha. In fact, I caught 5 that day.
Stay safe from the heat today.
QOD: There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. ~ Aristotle, Greek philosopher
H2LA @6:22 AM Are they good eatin?
DeleteWow! Quick, easy, fun, great theme, few proper names….I zipped thru this CW and was astonished to find it took me 19 to FIR. Seemed like it went much faster! Only DNK TSCHUSS. And no W/Os. I really, really liked this CW, thanx NSW. Your usual fun and entertaining, always enjoyable write-up, thanx Hahtoolah.
ReplyDeleteFIR without erasure, but DNK GREGG or, like others, TSCHUSS.
ReplyDeleteI knew Blazing Saddles' Hedley LAMARR before I knew it was a takeoff on Hedy. Same with learning Bullwinkle's Kirwood Derby before I knew Durward Kirby.
I used to work on UTOPIA road in Phoenix, supporting a big telco switching system that was, well, less than ideal.
A local TV show did a special on refurbishing anchor chains from aircraft carriers. Sounds boring, but it was actually interesting. Each LINK weighs 350 pounds.
I used to tell my aspiring project managers to never start a VAST project with a half-VAST plan.
Why does he go by MR. PEANUT? Because his real name is Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe.
As soon as I post this, I'm applying liquid smoke and PORK RUB INto a PORK shoulder and putting it into a CrockPot. It sits on 6 pads of wadded-up aluminum foil, and will be ready for dinner tonight.
FLN - There's an easy way to add battery backup to your "electric chair". Just get an uninterruptable power supply (UPS) and install it between your chair and the wall. Just make sure that the UPS wattage or amperage rating is at least as much as the chair's. If one is rated in amps and the other in watts, just multiply amps by 100. Close enough for this application.
Thanks for the fun, but challenging, puzzle, Nancy. I loved "unexpected hiccups" for SNAGS. And thanks to Ha2la for the pictorial. (I had a neighbor with a vanity license NACLYK9. Salt - y - dog.)
Anon-T will surely seize an opportunity with Hedy
ReplyDeleteREGATTA was Saturday clue
WEES re. TSHUSS. Smooth sailing but as Fred said not speedy. Reading the tiny clues on newspaper slows me down. Maybe the PAD idea is worth a second look
Jinx, I don't get the aluminum trick? For separation from the pan I gather. How about potatoes instead?
Hahtoolah another gem and a pair of W's from Owen. Oh here's Ogden
I give you now Professor Twist
The conscientious scientist.
Trustees exclaimed, “He never bungles”
And sent him off to distant jungles.
Camped on a tropic riverside
One day he missed his lovely bride.
She had, the guide informed him later,
Been eaten by an alligator.
Professor Twist could not but smile.
"You mean,” he said “a crocodile.!
Ogden Nash
WC
A 'wild' one today with the clues giving away the theme. I aced 20 credit hours of German in college but TSCHUSS was an unknown word filled by perps. GREGG Popovich was the only other unknown filled by perps.
ReplyDeleteRAM has been a separate brand for over 12 years. It's the US truck made by what was formerly Chrysler, Then FCA (Fiat Chrysler), and now called Stellantis after FCA merged with Peugeot. Stellantis combines Groupe PSA's Peugeot, Citroen, DS Automobiles, Opel and Vauxhall with FCA's Fiat, Chrysler, Dodge, Ram, Jeep, Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, and Maserati.
Confused? It's still a Dodge. Remember when JEEP was made by the RAMBLER people (AMC)?
Signing out from NOLA.
This was a fun puzzle which filled quickly - I wasn't fully awake as I filled it - so as I looked back at 24A I wondered what in the heck is a LATERAL LIGATOR?
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan for the amusing blog- helped to further wake up! and to Nancy for the puzzle
ReplyDeleteIt took a bit but after awhile crocodile I figured out the second word of each clue was an animal right after PIRANHA... for a FIR...but I wouldn't TSCHUSS "TSCHUSS" if I had to TSCHUSS...🤔
SNAGS, I wanted snafu plural, but what's the plural of SNAFU...SNAFI? (Like Octopi), SNAFUS?, SNAFUES? . "Fugitive's plea" "It was the one-armed man!!"....it's TRUE, you LIEDTO me. "😺mobile"? Why not, there's a 🦇mobile TORI Amos becoming the new Yoko Ono of Crosswords? Was looking for something messier than a TICKET left on the windshield by one of these guys..🐦🦅
VITAL from the Latin VITALIS. Because it's "all-important" your hair ain't ever messed up. I hear MR PEANUT is now required to carry an Epipen when he greets the public. 🧐🥜
Àpopos that (USS) UTAH 🚢 crossed with OAHU's Pearl Harbor.
INANE..I asked myself the same question: LATERAL LIGATOR ? Some kind of surgical suture?
Corned beef sandwich..RUBIN
High school typing manual author.....GREGG
Took the Moms's role by acting ____ ..ASTHMA
Footwear...TSCHUSS
And without further ADIEU see yieu tomorrow.
😊
ReplyDeleteThank you, Howard, and thank you, Hahtoolah
Terro ant bait traps work. Kills the queen. Their sifter bag is easy to use on mounds outdoors.
"Well, I saw my baby walkin' with another man today
When I asked her what's the matter
This is what I heard her say"
(Fill in the missing lyric here)
subgenius, too bad that didn't work.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteThis was fun right from Mañana Piraña to Adieu Cockatoo, my favorite. What a clever theme to combine farewell expressions with creatures! Other than Tschuss, no unknowns and no w/os. The low three letter word count was a plus, as well.
Thanks, Nancy, for a fun solve and thanks, Hahtoolah, for the many chuckles and links. I heard of only two of those popular choruses; actually, I was surprised that I knew any!
FLN
Picard, you and Merlie must have nerves of steel. There isn’t enough money in the world to get me to stand on that rock. I got queasy just seeing the photo. 🤢
CanadianEh, what you’re referencing is a power lift chair which is used to assist people with health issues into an standing position. What I have is just an ordinary recliner that uses electrical power to raise and lower the chair/foot rest positions.
Wilbur, I think you would really enjoy using an iPad.
I’m having lunch today with three childhood friends, two of whom I haven’t seen in several years. We went through grammar and high school together and lived only blocks away from each other.
Have a great day.
Took 6:41 to say good-bye.
ReplyDeleteTschuss? There was no way that was correct....
TSCHÜSS: I know French, Spanish, Italian, and a little English. If only I were German or had studied it. Ach du lieber!
ReplyDeleteTerrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Nancy and Hahtoolah. I FIRed in good time and saw the rhyming wild goodbye (in different languages) theme.
ReplyDeleteOne inkblot to change Race to MEET. I waited for TOFU to decide between Olaf and OLAF.
It took a pause to parse 24A. What is a LATERAL LIGATOR? Hello inanehiker and Ray-o.
TSCHUSS reminded me that Spitzboov (RIP) would have explained the German word.
Another great clue for REGATTAS.
And I liked the clue for ACCENT MARK.
I held my nose and filled in METER.
Did anyone else try to fit Bug Splat into “unwelcome windshield item”? I see Ray-o did.
Does somebody really say “ Let’s UM NO never do that” or am I reading the clue incorrectly?
Ah, Irish Miss, thanks for clarifying re power chair.
Wishing you all a great day.
Really, I was deciding between Olav and OLAF! Autocorrect keeps changing the V.
ReplyDeleteCanadianEh!, have you noticed that a "bug splat" is rarely seen today? The insect population has been decimated. We'll probably live to regret it.
ReplyDeleteCanada ...I was thinking of something messier than a bug splat. 😉..lol.
ReplyDeleteSpitz would have definitely jumped in and helped us out with TSCHUSS.
My thank you should have been to Nancy, not Howard. Mea culpa.
ReplyDeleteJinx, sounds good. I've never done pulled pork in a crock pot. Definitely going to try that. The advantage I see in doing it your way is harvesting some of the juices to mix in with the store bought bbq sauce. One year, DW and I had a cookoff for a party. I made my pork shoulder in the smoker and she made hers in the overn. Both were very good and there was very little leftover.
No problem with TSCHUSS today. Commonly heard for goodbye in many parts of Germany. Gruss Got in Bavaria. In the standard German (more formal), it would be Auf Wiedersehen as also heard in Hatoolah's first video clip. Did I get that standard part right, Kazie ? The standard high, standard and hoch thing always confused me.
TTP, dw's mother was Bavarian, and her traditional good-bye was "Servus!"
ReplyDeleteLoved the theme. Got most of the animals before the good-byes. Big Easy, I have a minor in German from college and a German heritage, but Tschuss was new to me. The internet solidly supports it as a common German good-bye. Learning moment. Maybe I am not up on the informal lingo.
ReplyDeleteYiddish is TUSH for derrière. My students said, "I hurt my tushie," after falling.
I like living in a multicultural area. It has many interesting advantages. The only drawback is that some service providers can't communicate in English.
I think UM NO is in place of "Let's...never do that." The quotes tell us this is not a fill in the blank.
Susan, thanks for your usual fantastic blog. Thanks, Nancy, for a fun puzzle,
@TTP, mil would say "grüß Gott" as a greeting. I learned it doesn't mean "Great Scott!"
ReplyDeleteFLN,
ReplyDeleteSorry Anon-T, you were probably expecting the Christmas pudding video to be funny.
In way of apology, pls accept these silly theme links from todays nonsense...
obligatory cat link...
obligatory bad pun....
And a PSA for those who never know what to write in those damn goodby notes.
My fav is "Goodbye is never having to say your sorry...
And, for you Anon-T, I will just end it with a song...
Fln, Picard Grand Canyon pic…I echo IM
ReplyDelete"I got queasy just seeing the photo". 🤢
Re . Bug splat.. Tell it to the love bugs. It's seasonal.
I went to look up "What is a LATERAL LIGATOR?" , saw hemorrhoid surgery and decided TMI
WC
Thanks Nancy for a delightful Tuesday puzzle, and as this appears to be your first appearance here, congrats on your debut.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you Hahtoolah for another mirthful review. That Lab didn't fool me for a second.
Some favs:
14A PORE. I predict that we'll be penetrating far below the skin later in the week.
24A LATER ALLIGATOR. Like Inanehiker I filled this pretty much left to right and couldn't figure out was a LATERAL LIGATOR was.
32A IONS. Aww, atoms in love! 🧡💚
41A TSCHUSS OCTOPUS. Despite 5 years of German, I had no idea what TSCUSS was (turns out it's Plattdeutsch). But perps don't lie.
5D HEDDY. Just as HEDDY was an artiste/scientist, George Antheil, who billed himself has the "Bad boy of classical music", was an artist/scientist. Here's his "Airplane Sonata".
6D UTOPIA. A sociopolitical satire which advocates for "pragmatic idealism" by political influencers (in More's case to King Henry VIII). In the end however it cost him his head.
Cheers,
Bill
I’m signing in as Anonymous because I don’t know what URL means in the name/URL option. I have an e-mail address, but lack a web address. Help me out here; I’m a first-timer…
ReplyDeleteHello Anonymous!
ReplyDeleteOn the right side of the Blog, there is a wealth of information.
Somewhere in there is an "olio" section (crosswordese for misc. collecti9n of things)
One of which is this "how to"
TTP@8:30 "Since we met you're so much fatter!"
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ReplyDeleteD-O, thanks !
I learned gruss gott as both a greeting and goodbye, but apparently that was wrong. I was never comfortable saying it, so if it was someone I knew it was always tschuss, and if it was someone I didn't know well it was always auf wiedersehen.
I don't know how I could not have ever heard servus, and the reality is that I probably have, but just didn't get it. Especially with the numbers of in-laws here.
I found a video that explains it very well What Servus REALLY means | Feli from Germany
Anonymous @ 10:50, the Name/URL option is best thought of as an either/or proposition. Either a link to a webpage, or just a name. So you could select it and type in Joe, or Mary Lou or whatever, and that name will appear in black along with your comments.
Most commenters here choose to "Go Blue". It has nothing to do with the University of Michigan. It simply means that you are creating a Blogger Profile. You can add an image when your create your profile. Here's How to Have a Blogger Account .
Thank you very much! When next I opine I’ll be’Engineer.’
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ReplyDeleteUnclefred, funny, but no :>)
D-O would probably have the song on his music server.
This was a good puzzle, not overly challenging, but very little trivia, if any, and no OREO nor ERIE, which recommends the constructor very much!
ReplyDeleteTTP. you're great! Always so helpful to newcomers. I don't know what you do for a living (it's probably something in Tech, no doubt) but if you deal with the public, I'm sure you're great at it!
ReplyDeleteNice, fun puzzle this morning. I knew it was an hatoolah morning with all the cute little jokes.
ReplyDeleteStay cool everyone.😎
Delightful Tuesday puzzle, many thanks for this treat, Nancy, and welcome to the blog.
ReplyDeleteAnd loved hearing the song of the Trapp children right at the very beginning, Hahtoolah--thank you for that too.
Interesting to hear all the German discussion this morning. I grew up in Austria and spoke German until I came to the US on an army boat when I was 10 years old (my widowed mother married an American GI). There I got to play with American children every day for a week and by the time we landed in the States, I spoke English.
Fun to see MOVIE STARS in the puzzle.
Have a great day, everybody.
Fun theme. But I feel kind of dense. Are any of these actual things someone would say? Other than the well known LATER, ALLIGATOR? That one has a song. Hand up TSCHUSS just looked wrong. Learning moment to FIR.
ReplyDeleteHere I caught a PIRANHA.
I see I am not the only one!
Hahtoolah Thank you for the Picard CAPTAIN'S LOG! And for the CATMOBILE image. Am I correct that is at Burning Man?
Irish Miss, Wilbur Charles, AnonT Thank you for the comments about DW and me standing on the South RIM of the Grand CANYON. DW is actually quite risk averse. She was pushing her limits then! I am also risk averse about actual dangers. Life is about balancing risks and opportunities, yes?
From Yesterday:
ReplyDeleteHoward Barkin Thanks for stopping by late in the day. Your philosophy is sound: Puzzles should be a learning moment and a fair challenge. Looking things up should not be necessary with fair crosses.
Jayce Thank you for validating that Mr DULLES was one in a line of US officials who had a role in creating the refugees we see on our border now. People don't flee their homes just for the fun of it. Thank you.
Hola!
ReplyDeleteFun times from Nancy Serrano! That was clever using various "good byes" in several languages. I'm sorry that ADIOS didn't make the cut.
Irish Miss, no ACCENT MARK is required on PIRANA.
I've discovered that fried OCTOPUS rings are surprisingly good to eat. They are often an appetizer.
My skinny tropical tree was first a PALO then PALM became obvious. However, I take issue with that as most PALM trees are not skinny but rather have a hefty trunk. Looking out my window I see that they could be described as SKINNY because they are so tall, about 60 feet. On our property we have 66 PALM trees that have to be trimmed every year usually in August.
My home is all electric but most homes south of me have GAS METERS. I know from my sister's former home.
I love OAHU and have great memories of my visits there including one of having a picnic at Diamond Head.
OLAF or OLAV? Wait for perps. In this case, TOFU.
CSO to Hahtoolah and Big Easy at NOLA. I learned it was called that on this Blog.
One of my cousins lives on UTOPIA Avenue in Phoenix.
Have terrific Tuesday, everyone!
WC - TTP's got it. The balls of aluminum keep the roast out of the juices, supposedly to make it shred better. The juices can be poured over the meat on the serving plate, and I do that before I pour on a little BBQ sauce. To fix the leftovers I reheat the shredded pork, then pour a little roasted salsa verde and serve with refried beans and Spanish rice. I got careless last time and bought pita bread instead of tortillas, and it wasn't a bad experience. Just tore the pita apart and heated in a skillet like tortillas.
ReplyDeleteWe were saying a goodby to a coworker who was leaving IT and going to Sales Support in a different city. One of the wags toasted him, saying that the average IQ in both departments was going to rise. No, it wasn't me. Only because I didn't think of it.
Engineer, glad you got it. Welcome to the blog. Going blue is recommended and isn't that difficult, so give those instructions a try if you are so inclined. Whatever feels appropriate to you. The one caveat is that some iPhone users aren't able to use their Blogger profile for some unknown reason. So if you are an iPhone only user, you may go through the steps and find it doesn't work for you.
ReplyDeleteSubgenius, I'm blushing. Thank you. I try. What do I do ? I'm retired from 45A, so I'll take a few lines from Randy Bachman, as to what I really do now:
"I love to work at nothing all day
And I'll be taking care of business (every day)
Taking care of business (every way)
I've been taking care of business (it's all mine)
Taking care of business and working overtime, work out"
Actually, I'm doing laundry and inside household stuff today, as the temp is pushing 90 and the dew point is in the low 70s. The first of five days slated to be in the 90s. I realize it has been and is much warmer in some parts of the country. Hopefully this unusual weather pattern will break soon.
Engineer @ 11:40 ~ Welcome to the Corner.
ReplyDeletePicard @ 12:17 ~ I’ll take a pass on the opportunity to risk my life, thank you very much! 🤭🤣
Lucina @ 12:43 ~ I’ve become inured to Autocorrect’s corrections. Thanks for the learning moment! 🥰
TTP @ 12:57 ~ We’re sharing the same heat wave. It’s 91 here right now, Dew Point, high 60’s and at least four more days of 90+ temps.
I enjoyed meeting my friends for lunch, but was disappointed that the restaurant we chose was closed for vacation. No harm, we just went to another one right across the street. No Blood Marys, though. ☹️ 🍹
Musings
ReplyDelete-I loved the variations on the old Bill Haley song See Ya Later Alligator even with TSCHÜSS
-Have you ever used swizzle as a verb?
-LULLED? OHAU before 7:30 am 12/7/41. – Got NETFLIX? Pearl Harbor Attack, Minute by Minute is a must watch.
-Na and Cl are deadly before they bond ionically as salt, NaCl
-GREGG Popovich isn’t such a genius coach since superstar Tim Duncan left, same for Belichick/Brady.
-Some of that Hawaiian SPAM was probably made here in Fremont, Nebraska.
-M.S. science teachers do this to show IRON in cereal
-LEVI’s contribution was to patent (not invent) using rivets in jeans. Our Y bans them on exercise equipment seats.
-I guarantee that this wiil get rid of your ANTS
-Always fun, Susan!
A fine PZL from Ms. Wu, enlightened by Hahtoolah.
ReplyDelete(We can always tell it's Hahtoolah by the number of well-chosen cartoons!)
I knew TSCHUSS, but was unsure of its spelling. I think it must have originated as onomatopoeia, for the sound made by SKIs as one party leaves the other.
Downhill and quickly!
~ OMK
____________
DR: Three on the far side.
The main diagonal offers a curious anagram (14 of 15 letters) which I admit I am at pains to interpret.
I believe it refers to some bizarre form of dual partner Yoga (!), wherein postures require more than one person per Yoga mat.
Each practitioner must then refer to their mate as their...
"ASANA COHABITEE"!
d’o- we still get plenty of bug splats here in the Great White North. Maybe WC is right, and we have more love bugs up here!?
ReplyDeleteRay-o- I had to enlarge your emojis! Canada geese droppings would be a mess. A TICKET might be preferable.
YR- thanks for clarifying. I wondered about the dots, but now I think they were just creating a pause between the UM and NO.
WC- LOL re hemorrhoid surgery. Yes TMI re rubber band treatment.
Picard- I’m with your wife in the risk-averse section. She was very brave that day.
Great diagonal OMK!
Welcome Engineer. My DH is one, and we have several more here.
CED, thanks for all the funnies. I never take you for granted.
ReplyDeletePicard- re the themers: LATER ALLIGATOR is the closest to a phrase that somebody might actually say. The others are “takeoffs” of “goodbye” (or similar meaning) in the language of the goodbye in the clue, and then a rhyming animal word.
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Lucina- Adios made it into the CW in the 20A Clue.
Very late to the party today, due to an unusually busy schedule. I did do the puzzle early this morning and got a FIR as confirmed by Hahtoolah so well. So much fun seeing your additions to the puzzle fill explanations. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice debut, Nancy! I only knew LATER ALLIGATOR before, but appreciated your paired themers to add to my few. (After while, crocodile, for example.) A pretty grid since I had few WOs. Please comment about the puzzle and come back soon!
Welcome to Engineer, too. This is a great group to read regularly and share comments with. Friendly folk.
We're getting a big rain now with blinking power and flooding streets. I won't get caught in my recliner if the power does go out (Hi, Irish Miss) and I am grateful to be indoors and not driving or walking home at the moment. Be safe everyone!
Lucina, we could have had the well-known "adiós, muchachos" but not all muchachos are animales. Mainly the teenage ones.
ReplyDeleteI liked this puzzle, Hahtoolah's write-up, and all your comments.
ReplyDeleteHave never caught a PIRANHA but have caught lots of Crappies, Perch, Bluegills, and Sunfish ("Sunnies").
Started to enter HEAVEN at 6 down then thought I should check at least one perp first; ATEAM and TORI showed me it was UTOPIA, which opened up LULLS.
I positively love jokes about IONS.
Our late daughter-in-law grew up in Munich and spoke fluent Bavarian.
Our house has a GAS METER as well as an electric meter. Both of them can be "read" by the meter-reader guy without him having to get out of his vehicle. I can understand the electric meter being powered by the electricity, but I gotta think the gas meter must have some kind of battery in it to power the transponder. I guess they replace it from time to time.
The word I always start with in Wordle is ROAST.
BRIBES didn't fit in the PORK space.
Good wishes to you all.
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteNeat-O theme, Nancy. Thanks for the grid and congrats on the LAT debut.
Fantastic-O expo, Hahtoolah. LOL "I don't even own a bicycle."
WO: I put LAIR in LEVI's squares.
ESPs: TSCHUSS, GREGG
Fav: Hedy LAMARR graces a coaster on my desk.
{B+, A}
Cute DR, OMK
FLN - found the pic of AARON Judge fans.
Welcome Engineer. I assume by your moniker you are/were one - what type?
Jinx - The Hedy | Hedley gag in Blazing Saddles [Brooks] is a wonderful homage. And that goodbye to the office-mate is LOL.
C, Eh! - 'UM, NO' == 'Let's not' == 'Let's never'
CED - I know that when it comes to food, guitars, & flight simulators, there's no jokin.' Thanks for the Fish.
HG - for the ANTS down here, we use Amdro. //I have not seen ants in the house since living in IL
Gotta run. Cheers, -T
If anyone ever wondered what throwing shade meant then read the comment at 3:06 about Gregg Popovich.
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ReplyDeleteThank You Nancy Serrano-Wu for a very nice, and fairly easy Tuesday puzzle. I throughly enjoyed it. Tschuss was my only concern, but I thought it would be right .... I googled the word, after all the discussion, as above ... it is pronounced. 'Choos' ... which in Hindi/Urdu would mean, to suck something, like a drink.
Thank You Hatoolah for your cartoons and charming review ... your jokes were very apt and funny, and it was nice to see you and the piranha that you caught. I don't fish ... it takes too long ... but I do have a stuffed piranha which I 'caught' ... in a garage sale.
It was a Hatoolah QOD 'bargain' .... " An item you did not want, and do not need, but it was at a price you couldn't resist" .... It graces our mantelpiece, and is supposed to scare our grandkids...
Thank you CED for all your cartoons and funnies everyday , and thank you Ray O Sunshine for your Deft Daffinitions ( ... from the erstwhile Readers Digest, of long ago ....)
e.g. Alimony is ... Disinterest compounded monthly ...
Thank you Picard for all your photos of you and DW, doing various antics, on the rim of the canyons ( ha! ) and your unicycle mastery.
NaCl forms a very strong bond, but thank god, it breaks up into elelcrolytic ions in our body and supplies our cells all around. If you try to break a bond of NaCl in a water solution, through electrolysis, you are more likely to break up the solvent, water, itself into Oxygen and Hydrogen. The NaCl has to be melted or fused for the production of Sodium and Chlorine.
Thomas Moore coined the word, Utopia, ... intended as "a place that does not exist."... and it continues to be a mythical place, even in todays meanings.
Have a good evening, you all.
FLN - Luncina mentioned watching Billy Crystal on Colbert. I assume you, Lucina, also saw the (just now on YouTube) geo-political ice-cream kerfuffle with Canada.
ReplyDeleteC, Eh! - We demand to know where you stand on this travesty!! :-)
I'm only linking this 'cuz it's late. Cracker's MOVIE STAR(s) has been in my head since the morning's solve.
The lyrics:
Well the MOVIE STAR, well she crashed her car.
But everyone said she was beautiful even without her head.
Everyone said she was dangerous.
Well the chief of police kept the crime off the streets.
But deep in his heart, we all knew he felt differently.
We all knew he was an anarchist.
Well I'd
I'd like to devour you
But you
You'd probably
Devour me.
For your golden head, for your oat bran hair.
Deep in my heart
Girl you're a beautiful animal
I'll put a tag on your ear.
I giggle every time the last line hits.
Cheers, -T
Yes, I watched the entire dialog with Billy Crystal, cuz I luv him, and also the kerfluffle about the ice cream. Normally I only watch the monologue.
ReplyDeleteThe book I am currently reading is VIOLETA by Isabel Allende and is a bit of a departure from her normal style.
My doctor is upset with me because my blood numbers are too high. Sigh! I have been cheating with sugary foods. My argument is that I am far along in my life that I likely don't have too more years left and I'd like to enjoy them with a bit of ice cream now and them. At my great-grandson's party Sunday, I over indulged on birthday cake and ice cream.