Words within words. This was a very clever theme, but I am not clever enough to come up with a good title, so here's your challenge: Name this Puzzle! And the winner is TTP for is entry of:
Indifferently Different
17-Across. Playful but egocentric?: SELFISHLY ELFISH.
27-Across. Hopeful but insubstantial?: MEAGERLY EAGER.
44-Across. Terrible but legal?: LAWFULLY AWFUL.
58-Across. Impolite but uptight?: PRUDISHLY RUDISH.
Across:
1. Barton who wrote "A Story of the Red Cross": CLARA. Clara Barton (née Clarissa Harlowe Barton; Dec. 25, 1821 ~ Apr. 12, 1912) led a
remarkable life. [Name # 1.]
6. TMI part, briefly: INFO. Textspeak for Too Much Info.
10. Tibetan priest: LAMA. As Ogden Nash has informed us:
The one-l lama,
He's a priest.
The two-l llama,
He's a beast.
And I'll bet
A silk pajama
There isn't any
Three-l lllama.
14. Refueling ship: OILER.
15. Juice extractor extraction: PULP.
16. Actor Bana: ERIC. Eric Bana (né Eric Banadinović; b.
Aug. 9, 1968) just celebrated his 54th birthday. [Name # 2.]
20. Egyptian boy king: TUT. The tomb of King Tut (né
Tutankhamun) was discovered 100 years ago. [Name # 3.]
21. "hehe": LOL. More textspeak. Laughing Out Loud.
22. Jot down: NOTATE.
23. Blue cheese from England: STILTON. Everything you wanted
to know about Stilton Cheese, but didn't know to ask.
26. Diagnostic test for epilepsy, for short: EEG. As in
the ElectroEncephaloGraphy. Everything you wanted to know about the EEG but didn't know to ask.
33. Words in the title of some tribute poems: ODE TO.
35. "__ your head!": "Think!": USE. // Change one
vowel, and you get 57-Across. Can. neighbor: USA.
36. Start all over: REDO.
37. Horseback game with a namesake shirt: POLO.
38. Like pet birds, typically: CAGED.
40. __ Millions lottery: MEGA.
41. Starting on: AS OF.
42. Heavenly sphere: ORB.
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43. Cheat: COZEN. Definitely not a Tuesday word.
48. Mucky stuff: GOO. // And 62-Across. Exude, as
confidence: OOZE.
49. Spot for a pingpong table: REC ROOM.
52. Pampers all the time: SPOILS.
56. Links org.: PGA. As in the Professional Golfers Association.
63. Human rights lawyer Clooney: AMAL. Amal Clooney (née
Amal Alamuddin; b. Feb. 3, 1978) married George Clooney in 2014. She was
born in Beirut, Lebanon. Her speciality is international law and human
rights. [Name # 4.]
64. Jeff's wife on "Curb Your Enthusiasm": SUSIE. Susie
Essman (née Susan Essman; b. May 31, 1955) plays Susie Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm. [Name # 5.]
65. "Terrible" time for tots (and their parents): TWOS.
66. Solitary: LONE.
67. Joyful shout: CHEER.
Down:
1. Is priced at: COSTS.
2. Fire dept. rank: LIEUT. As in Lieutenant.
The fire pole is a traditional feature in the fire station, but it also presents a
safety risk to the firemen.
3. Coldest temperature on record, e.g.: ALL TIME LOW. What
is the coldest recorded temperature in your state?
4. NWSL official: REF. Hand up if you knew that NWSL stood
for National Women's Soccer League. Referees are needed for the soccer games.
5. Melber of MSNBC: ARI. Ari Melber (né Ari Naftali Melber;
b. Mar. 31, 1980) hosts The Beat with Ari Melber, which airs on
MSNBC. [Name # 6.]
6. Apple device featuring Siri: iPHONE.
7. __ and void: NULL.
8. Travel by air: FLY. Flying is not fun anymore.
9. Carefully attentive: OPEN-EYED.
10. Skipped town: LEFT.
11. Opera solo: ARIA. My favorite aria
from Carmen.
12. Fine spray: MIST.
13. Dull pain: ACHE.
18. Uphill climb: SLOG.
19. Stadium section: LOGE.
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24. Release, as steam: LET OFF.
25. Chinese philosophical principle: TAO.
26. "What __ is new?": ELSE.
28. Sport with scrums: RUGBY. The perps gave me enough
letters to let me guess Rugby. I know nothing about this game.
Apparently scrums is short for scrummage.
29. Under __: sports apparel brand: ARMOUR. I am not
familiar with this sportswear, but I have seen the logo.
30. "Heavens to Betsy!": GEEZ, LOUISE! Also the name of
a clothing boutique in
Gulf Shores, Alabama.
31. Advantage: EDGE.
32. Speckled horse: ROAN. What exactly is a Roan horse?
33. Hot springs gemstone: OPAL. How opals are formed. Australia is a huge source of opals. Hi, Kazie!
34. Lentil pancake in Indian cuisine: DOSA. You, too, can
learn how to make Dosa.
38. Mammoth: COLOSSAL. The Colossal of Rhodes was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
39. Folk singer Guthrie: ARLO. Arlo Davy Guthrie (b. July
10, 1947) is the son of folk singer Woody Guthrie. Arlo is probably best
known for Alice's Restaurant, but he also sang The City of New Orleans. [Name # 7.]
43. Ozone-depleting chemical, for short: CFC. Short
for ChloroFloroCarbons.
45. Aptly named hybrid fruit: UGLI. The Ugli is a hybrid of a tangerine or orange and a grapefruit.
46. Diamond-shaped pattern: ARGYLE. Also a reference to our
dear Santa.
47. Have on: WEAR.
50. Davis of "Do the Right Thing": OSSIE. Ossie Davis (né
Raiford Chatman Davis; Dec. 18, 1917 ~ Feb. 4, 2005) was an actor and a civil
rights activist. He was also married to actress Ruby Dee. I
saw Do the Right Thing when I was living in France. It
didn't translate well. [Name # 8.]
51. HBO's "Real Time With Bill __": MAHER. Bill Maher (b.
Jan. 20, 1956) is a comedian and political commentator, known for his satire.
[Name # 9.]
52. Catch sight of: SPOT.
53. Ship's front: PROW.
54. Liqueur with a licorice taste: OUZO. Everything you
wanted to know about Ouzo, but didn't know to ask.
55. Mid-month day: IDES. Beware the Ides of March.
56. Course of action: PLAN.
59. Managed care gp.: HMO. As in a Health Maintenance Organization.
60. The Trojans of the NCAA: USC. As in the University of Southern California.
61. "I think we all know that!": DUH.
Here's the Grid:
חתולה
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Sandwich, Massachusetts is the oldest town on Cape Cod. The law enforcement officers there are the Sandwich Police. |
Notes from C.C.:
Happy birthday to Joseph (MM), who has been wittily guiding us on Thursdays. Here's a picture of him in Chiang Rai. He said "On that trip we spent time in Langkawi, Penang, Bangkok, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Krabi, Siem Reap, Phnom Penh and Singapore."
Chiang Rai, 2017
FIWrong. 2 bad cells. EKG < EEG (no excuse), DOH < DUH (well, duh).
ReplyDeleteTheme was okay. Must have been fiendishly difficult to come up with.
In the workshop the Little People, the ELVISH,
Are free with their work, never SELFISH!
To help, they are EAGER
Tho LONE effort be MEAGER,
Together, their result may be COLOSSAL-ish!
Whenever I'm working with GOO,
I'm careful, lest some OOZE thru
Out to where Robby
Watches movies as a hobby
Then the goo, as the Blob, ate SUE!
{A-, B+.}
Finished this puzzle fine, but didn’t get the “turnover “ that means success. Then realized I hadn’t read one of the clues, and replaced “use” with “USA”. That did it. FIR, so I’m happy.
ReplyDeleteTook me a while to get the first themer (having TIER instead of LOGE at first made me think we would have phrases of the form ___ YET ___). FIW because of 64A (I had S_S__ and filled in SASHA, then I got DUH and typed SUSAN and CHEER without checking the downs). Quite a few names in this one (though CLARA was gettable, even crossing LIEUT which I've never seen abbreviated that way). I can see the COZEN/ROAN crossing being tricky for some, luckily I remembered the crosswordese ROAN. GEEZ LOUISE was a fun bonus entry.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteSailed through this one, though the boat went aground on a few rocks. Read NWSL as NSFW. Oops. DOSA (sounds like something Ray-O would order) and COZEN aren't Tueday-friendly. I'm sure CanadianEh! appreciated the spelling of ARMOUR. Enjoyed the wordplay, Gary, and your well-illustrated expo, Hahtoolah. (Methinks the three-l llama would be chili.)
LIEUT: The CEO of our radio station group lived in Mpls. He installed a firepole from the upstairs hallway into his kitchen for his two sons.
ARLO: He also sang,
"Coming into Los Angeles
bringing in a couple of keys
but don't touch my bags if you please
Mr. Customs Man."
Apparently he was concerned he might be locked out of his house.
ARGYLE: RIP, Scott. Hard to believe you've been gone more than four years.
Happy birthday, Mal-Man, world-traveler and raconteur extraordinaire.
FIR, but erased mahar for MAHER. DNK COZEN, SUSIE, NWSL, ARI, DOSA, and, like Bonnie on the sitcom Mom, only knew AMAL as "that chick who bagged Clooney." Had to wait for liv/PGA. We got FLY again today, but with the usual meaning.
ReplyDeleteAt long last, a clue that is accurate for OILER.
Aren't CFCs a category of chemicals, not a chemical?
I think that PROW is British. During my boating years I have only heard that part called the "bow", but I've seen PROW in print.
Thanks to Gary C for the challenge, and to Ha2la for the visual treat.
Good Morning, crossword friends. Today's puzzle was rather name heavy. I think I found 9, but most were known to me this time.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Manatee!
QOD: Happiness is a way station between too much and too little. ~ Channing Pollock (Aug. 16, 1926 ~ Mar. 19, 2006), American magician
Once again I am reminded of a favorite poem of mine from yesteryear, this time from September 2, 2015:
ReplyDeleteAn ALARMING Poem
(With regards to Ogden Nash)
The ONE-L lama, he's a priest,
(For L's in lamas, that's the least)
The two-L llama, he's a beast,
(For adding L's, we haven't ceased)
But I will bet a silk PAJAMA
(This is said to add some drama,
And to use an Oxford comma)
There's things AFIRE at a three-L lllama!
Puzzle Name? How about Dual-ly Noted?
ReplyDeleteAnon-a-tom
Took 6:32.
ReplyDeleteCozen? Dosa? Elfish? Is it Tuesday?
I thought "blue cheese" was Bleu Cheese.
Lieut? No, it's Lt.
Creative puzzle - once I got one theme fill it sped up the overall solve time.
ReplyDeleteGotta go -
but thanks Susan for the always humorous cartoon filled blog
and HBD to MM!
ReplyDeleteGood morning. Thank you, Gary, and thank you, Hahtoolah.
"An Indifferently Different Puzzle"
The rumor on the street is that Gary doesn't care if you find his puzzle a bit odd. He's indifferent. No, that's not true. I just made that up. I can't recall another puzzle that used an adverb/adjective scheme like this. I vaguely recall similar rhyming schemes. C.C. would know.
FIW. For some reason, the front of my ship was a PROe, and the terrible time for tots and their parents were TeOS.
Hahtoolah, I didn't really notice the names even. I didn't know a few, but they perped in easily enough. Fun review. I also liked today's QOD.
At 26D, "What ELSE is new ?" I wanted to answer the question with York, Jersey, Mexico.
Happy Birthday, Malodorous Manatee ! Any special or exotic seagrasses on the menu today ? Also, is that a calf on the other side of that cow that's hosing you down ? I thought you had to be especially careful with mama elephants.
Musings
ReplyDelete-COZEN and DOSA? LAWFULLY AWFUL, but they went quietly.
-The castle used in Downton Abbey is actually Highclere Castle and was the home of the fifth Earl of Carnarvon who financed the finding of Tut’s tomb in 1922. He died the next year.
-Dizzy Dean alternate on EEG – “They x-rayed my head and found nothing”
-The ALL TIME LOW for Nebraska on August 16th was 53F in 1993.
-I told Siri to call my golf club an hour ago and was shocked to learn our golf league had been cancelled for today
-I showed my kids the path of a laser with a MIST of air freshener
-Our coal-fired electric plant LETS OFF steam loudly periodically to clean off the pipes in the boiler
-MAHER is one TV host who lambastes both sides of the aisle
-HBD, Joseph. It looks like you are coming clean in that picture.
-Thanks for the tour, Susan.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteThe theme was sort of meh, IMO, but I appreciate the effort in the execution and the perfection in the cluing. Cozen was totally unfamiliar, as was Susie, as clued. I never saw Curb Your Enthusiasm and, judging by the video, I haven’t missed a thing. Also, Open eyed seems forced. I stumbled over Seed/Pulp, Much/Info, Tier/Loge, and Doh/Duh.
Thanks, Gary, for a Tuesday treat and thanks, Hahtoolah, for a sparkling review and the usual spot-on cartoons. Today’s fave was the Roman Cheerleaders. I also appreciated the musical interludes of Carmen and Ode to Joy. I was surprised by André Rieu’s subdued direction but I guess that piece of music speaks for itself. Thanks, also, for the nostalgic reminder of our dear Argyle.
MalMal, best wishes for a very Happy Birthday! 🎂🎁🎈🎉🎊
FLN
Moe, sorry to hear that you and Margaret are facing a change of housing but, as you mentioned, at least you have some time to plan the move. Good luck in finding an acceptable alternative.
Jayce, I enjoyed reading about your luncheon and extended visit with all of the new family members. Congrats to the newlyweds.
I hope Tony’s absence is due only to the demands of relocating and that he pops in soon.
Have a great day.
9 names, is that a record for a Tues.? Didn't know Cozen, had to capitalize or it would be corrected.Liked the questions.
ReplyDeleteInteresting phrasing twists in the clue answers, 'cept for RUDISH. (DUH!!)...(Hope that word doesn't sneak onto the CW lexicon.) Actually kinda hardish for a Tuesday but no inkovers. The long clue answers once parsed provided lotsa perp fodder.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't yah know it, my stomping grounds ...The record low for New York state is −52 °F (−47 °C), set at Stillwater Reservoir on February 9, 1934 and at Old Forge on February 18, 1979
"Melber", "Indian lentil pancake", unknown or forgotten. Love it when SUSIE and Larry go at it.
According to noted Egyptologist Stephen Glen Martin (see H2LH's "documentary") King TUT was actually born in Arizona, then moved to Babylonia. Found buried in his "jammies" along with a donkey. He became the professor's favorite "honky". 😅 King TUT
"Under"ARMOUR must come from a Canadian speaking country eh?
Started to write dicTATE..oops too long.
If fireststions were converted to one story. The sliding fire poles could be eliminated and donated to strip clubs where they could be repurposed..🤣
Yet to be paid....ODETO
Friend of the Tinman.....OILER
He cheated and went out with her ____.... COZEN
We succeeded with the PLAN due purely to ____ ....ARGYLE.
Pillage LIEUT.
H2LH, great toons, we should call you Haha2lah. 😄
H P D Malman!!
I meant. H BD... Mal.
ReplyDeleteAnon T must be doing some serious moving to abandon us for so long.
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Hi Y'all! Thank you, Gary, for an easy & amusing puzzle. Always great expo, Hahtoolah!
ReplyDeleteI finished the puzzle at midnight & thought there were no unknown names in it. Reading the expo, I realized I'd filled at least five unknown words with perps and never read the clues: BANA, SUSIE, NWSL, ARI, DOSA.
Liked well-known CLARA to start.
Never heard of a LOGE in a stadium, just concert halls/opera houses. Hand up for "tiers".
Happy Birthday, MalMan! May you have many more fun expos for us.
I liked the theme, Gary. I found it about halfway through. Very funny, Susan.
ReplyDeleteA mispelling in the SW tripped me up. I know Bill Maher, but spelled it Mahre, so I missed Susie, Cheer and USC. Now that I see it, I remember the Trojans from USC which would have set me straight. I wonder how many jokes the Trojans have to endure.
I think of SCRUM as a disorderly crowd of pushing, shouting reporters. I have heard of its use in rugby.
I think the lama limerick came from Oden Nash.
I figured NWSL was sports related and REF was more likely than UMP.
I learned COZEN from its appearance in Bible verses. I see the many quotes for it come from literature.
It is usually called the COLLOSUS of RHODES. It took 12 years to build and didn't last very long. "The statue, which took 12 years to build (c. 294–282 bce), was toppled by an earthquake about 225/226 bce. The fallen Colossus was left in place until 654 ce, when Arabian forces raided Rhodes and had the statue broken up and the bronze sold for scrap." But it has lasted in renown for more than 2000 years.
AMAL Clooney has been in the news.
DOSA totally new to me.
They used to sell UGLI tomatoes, much more flavorful than most in the winter. At first they were very inexpensive to encourage buyers to overlook their looks. As people began to enjoy them prices rose steeply. Now the Florida Tomato Committee has blocked their sale outside of Florida saying their looks don't meet the tomato standard. Really, the committee is protecting Florida's tomato growers.
Have you noticed that even the farm stand tomatoes are not as flavorful as they used to be? "We are processing the flavor out of our produce so that it has a sort of what we think is a magazine photo shoot appearance in the supermarket." My local farmer agrees.
"Words within words."
ReplyDeleteI don't think there is, or could be, a better title theme...
In fact, Hahtoolah, you've outdone yourself today!
Your imbeds had me GeTE
(Hmm, Gete sounds kinda creepy...)
I would have been LOL, but DW was on a business call so all I could do was Grin Ear To Ear...
GETE?
Vidwan!
Being incredibly lazy, I have been trying to make pita bread at home easier. I saw an Indian recipe that was only flour, water, and salt. The trick was adding too much water so that instead of a dough you just have a batter that can be poured into the pan like a pancake batter. Makes an easy tortilla substitute, but quite honestly, it is the yeast and fat that makes these things taste good.
Anywho, I am working on a lazy man's bread recipe. Will let you know if I ever succeed.
Malman! happy Birthday!
Wow, I got the theme with the first theme clue, and then sailed right through this CW, FIR in 13. The other theme clues seemed obvious to me, I WAGed them each correctly. Very clever CW, GC, thanx. I didn't even notice all the proper names, they seemed to fill themselves. Thanx too to Hahtoolah for the usual cartoon filled entertaining write-up.
ReplyDeleteFIW with just one UGLI square at ?OZEN & ?FC. I agree with unclefred @ 11:48. "The proper names seemed to fill themselves."
ReplyDeleteThank you for the fun write-up Hahtoolah.
Happy Birthday Malman!
CrosseyedDave @ 10:58. I make sourdough pita bread using my pizza stone in the oven. I use olive oil and 1 Tbsp of honey. My method is probably not "easier" but it's fun watching them puff up!
Terrifically Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Gary and Hahtoolah.
ReplyDeleteI FIRed and saw the “words within words”.
I didn’t even see REF and ARGYLE, as they were already perped.
I thought the SE corner might be a Natick cross with the unknown to me SUSIE, MAHER, OSSIE, but perps were fair.
I entered Much before “briefly” in the clue dawned. OK, INFO.
Not Roti, not Naan . . . we are eating DOSA today. Perhaps Vidwan will enlarge.
“Carefully attentive” evoked ALL EarrED for me. EYED fit.
Who else automatically entered Espy before SPOT?
I haven’t seen COZEN recently.
Yes d’o and Ray-o, although I am quite familiar with Under ARMOUR, I had not noticed that an American company was using that spelling. It brought a smile and a thumbs up!
I also smiled at GEEZ LOUISE crossing SUSIE.
Is Gary Canadian? We use the LIEUT abbreviation. Lt. is used by the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Forces (CF), and LIEUT is used in non-DND/CF writing. Plus, in military and government use, we pronounce it Lef-tenant! (But most of us use Loo-tenant as you do in the USA.)
Although White River advertises itself as the coldest spot in Canada, apparently the record is held by Iroquois Falls in January 1935, with a reading of -58.1C (-72F). I’ve seen that sign in White River in our Christmas travels, and sometimes it seemed as if it was that cold. Brrr!
Happy Birthday, MalMan.
Wishing you all a great day.
"The chick that bagged Clooney" is actually a lawyer of world renown!
ReplyDeleteMalMan Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteHand up words like COZEN were not Tuesday level. But the theme helped with the solve and was amusing.
This Alviso Mud Flats hike near San Jose was MUCKY with GOO and OOZE!
Hahtoolah Thank you for the many illustrations and links. Interesting to learn about how OPAL forms.
From Yesterday:
LEO III Thank you for the kind words about my video of my friend Danielle trying not to SUCCUMB TO GRAVITY on that Scary Rock. I was grateful for her going ahead of me and showing the way. Very glad that no one FELL!
"Lawful and not Awful"
ReplyDeleteERIC met CLARA in their REC ROOM
and soon there their romance did bloom.
He invited her to hear an ARIA, feeling sure
That this would allure and incite great ARMOUR.
He wrote her a poem as a romance OILER
but it sadly turned out to be a spoiler.
But she still bought him a beer,
and together their romance they do CHEER.
I liked this puzzle except for that RUDISH. Last to fill was the C crossing COZEN and CFC; for some reason I put in PFC at first.
ReplyDeleteNames I knew:
CLARA Barton
TUT
AMAL Clooney
ARLO Guthrie
OSSIE Davis
Bill MAHER
Names I didn't know:
ERIC Bana
SUSIE
ARI Melber
But the latter three all filled via perps.
TTP, "Indifferently Different". Nice!
OwenKL, "COLOSSAL-ish". Nice!
Even Hahtoolah's photo of a LOGE is at an opera house, not a stadium.
Happy birthday, Malodorous Manatee!
If you find yourself feeling useless, remember it took 20 years, trillions of dollars, and four U.S. presidents to replace the Taliban with the Taliban.
ReplyDeleteMr. Cee's Tuesday PZL provides Hahtoolah with plenty of opportunity for her excellent illustrations.
ReplyDeleteCOZEN is a favorite Elizabethan word. Can't say I have ever seen it in modern times.
AMAL Clooney is getting a lot of press these days. In game show answers too.
Bill MAHER speaks his mind, usually pointing to the follies on the left as well as the right. His concluding essay last week--on the error of keeping actors in their own ethnic and sexual "lanes"--was a gem.
~ OMK
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DR: One diagonal in opposition.
Its anagram (12 of 15 letters) describes the behavior of the kind of party-goer who, in a state of CHEERful inebriation, takes to censuring other guests.
He or she...
"GROGGILY 'TUT'S"!
Just a correction:
ReplyDelete(I'm not really that lazy, don't tell DW.)
But the experimentation with batter based breads was for camping, when you do not have an oven.
here is the recipe I tried, but I could not get it to "puff up."
I think it was because I did not thin the batter out enough in the pan. One thing I did find out from researching other videos is that the sugar is important as it makes the bread softer. ( just don't overdo it)
I can't wait to try this again, but possibly substituting liquid butter for oil.
I have made the tastiest pita bread, and it puffs up beautifully. But if there were a way to create such a flatbread from a batter, it would make camping after a long hike a lot easier.
P.S.
ReplyDeleteI have already made these 5 mistakes,
Now I am trying to make it work with a liquid batter. ( which this guy says is mistake #1, but I love his technique!)
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteBack from moving Eldest to Fairfax* and, Oy! I forgot what an unpacked mess new-house is. I almost have my study in serviceable condition - my goal for today. I also got caught up on bills - apparently the 15th happened while I was OOO.
//Have I ever mentioned how I love traveling on Mondays? Not only do I buy & solve LAT, WSJ, USAToday, & NYT (in ink on newsprint) -- I look like a genius doing it. 'Cuz, you know, Monday! :-)
Thanks for the puzzle Gary. Little iffy in spots but I got 'er done. Nice to be greeted back by a Hahtoolah expo too; thanks!
WOs: LOUIE, PPO->HMO ("Humble, My Opinion" - Yoda(?))
ESPs: LOGE, COZEN, PROW, LIEUT, ERIC, DOSA
Fav: SUSIE - the 'great' AUNT SPOILing who spoils the Girls //Susie sent Eldest a tree for her new apt.
Runner-up: CSO to Santa aka Argyle
{A, B+}
Ha! DR, OMK.
HBD, MManatee! I enjoy your expos & posts. Glad you stayed and played at The Corner.
IM - Curb is a more cringy version of Seinfeld (Larry David's hand in both) - I can only take it (Curb) in small doses.
*Chef's Kiss* re: title, TTP.
Back to un-packing. I'm trying little by little to get one room at a time tidy and then NOT put anything back in that room... Guess what AREA will be declared an environmental hazard soon? ;-)
Cheers, -T
*The Saga of the Move(s):
Last Sat we moved 99% to new house. Sunday moved kids moved last 0.9% but I stayed at empty Old-house for cleaners to come Monday am. Stayed Monday night for big-trash pickup on Tuesday. Took last 0.1% of stuff (and slept!) at new-house Tuesday night.
Wed AM: Woke, picked-up rental moving van, packed it, and left for Lafayette at 6:30pm. Thursday, woke and drove to Chattanooga. Friday, woke and drove to Fairfax.
Saturday - unloaded van into Eldest's apt. Did Lowes, Walmart, Ikea, PetSmart (new 55g turtle-tank for Frankie). Sunday - rinse & repeat ++got all Ikea built. Monday was visit time and a few loose ends before flying back to H-Town. Today was sleep in and putz about.
ReplyDeleteYellowrocks, I'd never heard of UGLI tomatoes, but in light of Hahtoolah's Sandwich Police photo, it does seem that everything is getting regulated these days :-).
We also have a Sandwich Police Department on US Rte 34, and it's about 3 miles down the road from the Plain O' Police Department. The latter is kind of nondescript. It's actually Plano.
Phone rings at the SPD: "Hello, this is the Sandwich Police Department. Chief Wiggum speaking."
Caller: "I have a crime to report. I just ordered the Plano Hot Dog sandwich and they put all the toppings on it. Including ketchup !"
SPD: "OK, we'll get right on it. Where are you ?"
Caller: "In Plano. At the Plano Sub and Deli"
SPD: "Sir, you have to call the Plano Police Department"
Caller: "But I thought you specialized in Sandw-"
SPD, interrupting: "Sir, we do, but that are is outside of our jurisdiction"
Caller: "PK, thank you. Can you patch me in to the Frankfort Police Department ?"
SPD: Chief Wiggum hangs up the phone. "One of these days, Bart Simpson. One of these days !"
Thanks, Jayce and Dash T. I was just trying to respond to Hahtoolah's request for a title.
ReplyDeleteDash T, welcome back. It's a good thing you are young and all Type A and all of that. That fitness training you've been doing paid off. Perhaps kick back tonight and tune into the big game ?
For any other baseball fans, the best pitching match up in MLB this year is tonight as the # 1 and # 2 American League Cy Young contenders face off. Dylan Cease goes up against Justin Verlander. In his last 14 starts, Dylan has been Bob Gibson-like, setting the all time record for consecutive games started without allowing more than one earned run. Overall, the Astros have the much stronger team and far better defense, and they have the bats. Plus, they are starting Verlander, who is, well, Justin Verlander. What an unbelievable season he's having.I'm hoping to see a pitching gem for the ages.
Wilbur Charles, have a safe trip back. Hope you don't miss the big game tonight.
Long ago a regular gave us an excellent recipe for Stilton cauliflower soup. I love it. I saved the recipe, but unfortunately not the writer. Bill G maybe? I thought I would remember, but senioritis strikes again. Thank you, whoever.
ReplyDeleteTTP - Workout regime only did so much for this old body. I strained my 'lap-band'(?) [that bit above the hip that connects the back to front - twist wrong and Oy!].
ReplyDeleteI'll recover.
I'll have to listen to Astros / Yanks on the radio - no cable TV yet [it's the 'Jayce challenge' I've been meaning to do for years] just all the 'streaming' services feed the boob-tube for now.
In college, I had the Monty Python video game. The DRM (Digital Right's Management) was enforced by making sure you knew your cheeses - you had to lookup pageX and enter the cheese in the corner of the leaflet that came with the box'd game to continue play.
STILTON [@2:01], I knew.
For the Foodies in the DC area - check out Dulce Crepes in Fairfax -- just one of our fantastic starts to a new moving day.
Cheers, -T
Thank you all for your kind birthday wishes.
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah, I was late here today because I was working on a recap. In that puzzle was LLAMA. Guess what I used in the explanation. If you guessed Ogden Nash you were correct. Now I must go back and come up with something else!😃
Dash T, if you have an internet connection, you should be able to watch the game on one of your monitors, if you have one set up. I can't imagine that you wouldn't by now.
ReplyDeleteWatch Verlander, Cease face off FREE on MLB.TV
I have MLB TV on my cable package, but I also signed up years ago for an MLB.COM account. It's free. I've watched free games using my browser in the past. I think you should only have to create a profile and then you should be able to watch the game on your browser.
MLB.COM MLB TV Help Center - Steps to View Content ?
I know you are a 'Stros fan. But you have to see Dylan pitch. When he's on, you'll see the best slider in the game. It looks as if he's throwing a whiffle ball.
Good luck.
ReplyDeleteExtraneous question mark.
I'm making beau coup typing errors today.
ReplyDeleteThank You Gary Cee for a relatively east Tyes pule - I really enjoyed it amd completed it in short order.
Thank you Hahatoolah for your very interesting review and your lovely appropriate cartoons, that charm my socks off.
on the Cw puzzle, I have heard of Eric Bana from the CWs and some movie, whose name I cant remember ...
I know of UNDER ARMOUR ... we bought some T shirts for our grandkids, rather expensive, considering its only a t shirt ... One of our n'bors kids wears only Under Armour T shirts .... he's a good kid, but somewhat spoilt.
I only know of LOGEs, when we were invited to one at half a dozen football games at the old Cleveland Stadium, ... we got in coz of a drug company, and the food and furnishings were very luxurious.
It is almost illegal, if not immoral, for drug companies to sponsor such events now.
Have a good day, you all.
Happy Birthday, MalMan .... Hope for many, many more. The picture of the elephant spraying you, is one to remember !!
I think the shadow behind the male? elephant is one of the mahout, the elephant minder. Asian elephants are, by and large, very tame and docile, and they have been extensively domesticated, especially in Thailand.
ReplyDeleteEspecially for CED ... I enjoy pretty much whatever you post....
The Youtube on cooking Phoolkas ( fool-kaa-s ) was quite interesting. The difference between a Roti and a Phoolka is that ....
.... a Roti is sauteed on a pan, with a little more oil, and never baked on a naked flame, and it is generally not puffy.
A phoolka, is only 'half' cooked, and without oil, and the final broil is on a naked flame... so generally it must be eaten hot, and as soon as it is made ... somebody has to keep making them, while the rest of family is eating and enjoying them. Not very convenient in an american style eating pattern.
CED, if you dont mind the richness, oily-ness and calories, I would recommend that you try and buy (Raw -) Parothas/ Parattas/ Paratas ... in most indian stores, they cost about $7 for 25 frozen, in 5 sealed packets, generally made in BanglaDesh.
Buy the PLAIN ones, not the Mooli ( white radish filled ) or Aloo ( potato filled ) etc. Heat them at low heat in a nonstick pan, for 4 minutes on each side. They have All the Oil required kneaded into the dough !!! Heat at low heat cuz they can burn very quickly. You will still need some sort of curry / vegetable or meat dish to go along with.
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Regarding DOSA:: This is the Most common breakfast in (south, southern ) India, especially in restaurants. The site that Hahtoolah linked to ('Swasthi's recipes') is also one of the most popular cooking sites, that I have used.
There are 3 basic Dosa-s Plain, Multigrain (modified -) and Rava ( Cream of Wheat -) The last 2 do not require fermentation.
I make Dosas for my current family, of two, about once a month, and once the dough is fermented, the dough, refrigerated, lasts us about ten to fourteen days, 4 dosas per meal, once a day .... or until I get really sick and tired of it,... and throw the whole mess out ....
I use dehusked, split Urad Daal (black bean -) ~~ 40 pct. Mung Daal (split.dehusked) ~~ 30 pct, and rice flour powder 30 pct.
Soak and grind the above, and keep for 6 hours. Its ferments pretty quickly !!
For yeast and fermenting, ... I use a teasp of yeast,plus half a white bread slice, plus some old boiled rice on hand, ... plus a TblSpn of puffed or parched rice (Poha),+ ten grains of fenugreek,+ half TeaSpn Sod bicarbonate, etc. In winter I keep the dough in an unheated oven.
Rest, follow directions in any of the 10 indian websites,
NOTE::: This also requires some curry, veg or non-veg .... and some chutney / sauce/ dipping sauce etc.
The Dosa is after all, just like a bread, or a bun. But a lot more protein.
Sorry, for the length of this article.
Chiang Rai has elephants living all over, not only in formal captivity. While they are much smaller than the African Elephants they are still pretty big. I am sure I posted a picture of Oo feeing bananas to one on the side of the road.
ReplyDeleteWell, because I misplaced (OK, LOST!) my glasses a few years ago and haven’t bothered to replace them (don’t need them for driving anymore), I had another one-square FIW. I read the clue for 2D as “Fire dept. rack,” I settled for LIEUP, thinking that might be what they do with their wet hoses. I didn’t know 23A, so…. The bad thing was that I think that I had originally had the T, but changed it to P at the very last minute. As Red Foreman would say….
ReplyDeleteI thought the theme was cute. Realizing that there had to be Y in each of the theme answers helped. I put question marks behind 13 of the clues as I was proofreading, indicating, “Huh?” Well, actually 12, because there are two behind 43A. “Huh?, Huh??” Five of them were proper names.
Arlo’s “City of New Orleans” is a favorite.
Thanks, Gary Cee, and thanks, Hahtoolah!
HBD, MM!
cozen (ŭz′ə)
ReplyDelete1. To mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; deceive.
2. To persuade or induce to do something by cajoling or wheedling.
3. To obtain by deceit or persuasion.
I know cozen by the second definition, but not by the first. Very different, yet the third ties them together.
TROJANS: My daughter in Washington state was about 8 when she wrote me she'd been on a tour of the Trojan plant! I was horrified until I found out it was a power plant, not what I feared.
Misty, I don't think ARMOUR is related to AMOUR, but that might be why the company used that spelling.