Hello Cornerites!
sumdaze here. Today's theme is: Bee Happy!
Bobby McFerrin sings Don't Worry Be Happy (1988)
May I suggest you click the 'play' button for some background music as you check out the blog?
First things first, a CSO to our Crossword Corner Wednesday Queen Blogger, Melissa Bee!
Our constructor today is none other than the editor of the Los Angeles Times Crossword herself, Patti Varol. The grid shows Patti's constructing experience. Rows 3, 6, 10, and 13 all have 15-letter, bee-themed answers plus there is a "bee" Easter egg nestled in the center at 29 Down.
Here are the 4 grid-spanners:
17 Across. Bee with fabric squares: QUILTING SESSION. A quilting bee is a get-together for people who sew and quilt to work on their individual or group projects with like-minded individuals.
26 Across. Bee on TV: ACTRESS SAMANTHA. You can book her for $100-200K here.
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| multi-talented, Canadian American SAMANTHA Bee |
48 Across. Bee in a classroom: SPELLING CONTEST.
2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winning Moment (6:18 min ... but you can FFWD)
These spellers are so impressive!
62 Across. Bee near flowers: POLLEN COLLECTOR.
bees collecting POLLEN in slo-mo (1:42 min.)
At the risk of drone-ing on, let's look at the remaining clues:
1. Oxygen's atomic number: EIGHT. I could not remember the number offhand but felt confident I could work it out with just a perp or two.
6. "It all happened so fast" memory: BLUR.
My Sonic Song feat. Thora Daughn It's All a Blur
10. Sailboat pole: MAST.
American author Richard Henry Dana wrote Two Years Before the MAST about his experiences onboard the Pilgrim as it sailed from Boston in 1834, around the Cape Horn, then north to the California coast. Goodreads link
14. Philosopher Kierkegaard: SOREN.
15. Church recess: APSE.
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| APSE at the Cathedral of Sainte-Marie in Bayonne, France |
16. Beauty store chain: ULTA. I remember encountering this in one of my previous blogs but I needed a couple of perps to stimulate my memory.
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| You can find XWD favorites Dior and Estee Lauder here. Probably some aloe-based products, too! |
20. Car care brand: STP. what STP stands for
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| My big brothers told me STP stood for Super Toilet Paper. I still think of that every time I see the logo. |
21. Letting in air, as a door: AJAR.
22. Safe URL starter: HTTPS.
"Technically, the http:// (or https:// if the site is secured) is required but the browser will add it for you. This part of the address is known as the “protocol” (HTTP stands for Hypertext Transport Protocol) and it defines the communication rules that the web browser and the server use when exchanging web pages." (source: webdancers.com)
23. Grover's buddy: ELMO.
23. Grover's buddy: ELMO.
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| ELMO (red) and Grover (blue) (not a political reference 😊) |
25. Watery expanse: SEA.
34. Frock: DRESS.
35. Numero di colori on the Italian flag: TRE. Italian for 3 (colors) Italian Flag history & meaning
36. Nanny __: GOAT. So obvious but not my first thought so it took a bit.
and 67 Across. British baby carriage: PRAM.
Pram is short for PeRAMbulator, "one who walks or perambulates," which gained the meaning "baby carriage" in the 1850s.
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| This nanny GOAT is pushing a PRAM. |
37. Cacophony: DIN.
38. Shows respect to, in a way: SALUTES.
38. Shows respect to, in a way: SALUTES.
42. Fib: LIE.
43. "Insecure" star Rae: ISSA. Constructors like both her first and last name but what about her middle name? It turns out that ISSA Rae is her middle name. She was born Jo-Issa Rae Diop on January 12, 1985 but is credited professionally as ISSA Rae.
45. Longtime Dodgers announcer Scully: VIN. (1927 - 2022)
some of VIN's most legendary calls (3:25 min.)
46. Hollers: YELLS.
52. Passing craze: FAD.
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| Pet rocks were a FAD that started in 1975 and lasted about 6 months (including Christmas, of course). |
53. St. Louis landmark: ARCH. It's the smallest National Park and other fun facts.
54. Like Andean pyramids: INCAN. I was trying to think of a word to describe their "step-y" shape. Sometimes I overthink the clues....
57. Fitzgerald of jazz: ELLA. Here is the fabulous Ms. Fitzgerald singing Cheek to Cheek (Berlin 1935). Listening to this recording sent me on a tangent thinking about what else was happening in Berlin in 1935.
59. Actor McKellen: IAN.
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| Sir IAN McKellen played Gandalf in LOTR. Notice the staff, identifying headpiece, beard, wise eyes, and draped cloak. |
66. Norwegian saint: OLAF.
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| St. OLAF, Patron Saint of Norway Notice the staff, identifying headpiece, beard, wise eyes, and draped cloak. |
68. Letter after beta: GAMMA. Could "beta" be another Easter egg? Let's see what CanadianEh! thinks. She is good at spotting them.
69. Journalist Bash who co-hosts CNN's "State of the Union": DANA.
There is a new rule that limits bloggers to just one DANA per review. Please see Richard Henry DANA of 10A.
70. Not minding one's manners: RUDE.
71. Elizabeth of "WandaVision": OLSEN. WandaVision explained
Down:
1. Lawyer's letters: ESQ. This is an abbreviation for ESQuire. The other choice, ABA, would have required the atomic number for oxygen to begin with the letter "a".
2. Informal promises of repayment: IOUS. I Owe YouS
3. Stubborn determination: GRIT.
70. Not minding one's manners: RUDE.
71. Elizabeth of "WandaVision": OLSEN. WandaVision explained
Down:
1. Lawyer's letters: ESQ. This is an abbreviation for ESQuire. The other choice, ABA, would have required the atomic number for oxygen to begin with the letter "a".
2. Informal promises of repayment: IOUS. I Owe YouS
3. Stubborn determination: GRIT.
In this iconic scene from True GRIT (1969), Marshal Rooster Cogburn holds his reins with his teeth and goes after the bad guys (3:50 min.) Watch for stars John Wayne, Glenn Campbell, Dennis Hopper, and some excellent horse stunts.
4. "Look for the __": advice from Mr. Rogers: HELPERS.
Fred Rogers, an American treasure
5. Dynamite letters: TNT.
Edie Brickell sings When You Get To Ashville (2013),
accompanied by Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers
7. Lexi Thompson's org.: LPGA. Ladies Professional Golf Association
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| Lexi and her winning smile ... and shoulders official website |
8. World power in many spy-fi novels: USSR. Fiction is abbreviated, so is Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Which is your favorite spy-fi novel?
9. Drummond of the Food Network: REE.
9. Drummond of the Food Network: REE.
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| This is Pioneer Woman REE and this is her recipe for Chicken Spaghetti. |
10. Ford that's the namesake of the "pony car" class of autos: MUSTANG. Did you know... "As the automotive industry moves away from sedans and toward electric vehicles, Ford will mainly sell trucks, SUVs and commercial vehicles. Since the beginning of 2021, Ford has only been making one car: the Ford Mustang. That means there won’t be any new Ford Fiesta, Fusion, Focus or Taurus models released in upcoming years."?
11. Landed: ALIT.
12. Discontinue: STOP.
13. Shades on the beach: TANS.
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| "shades" Get it? Haha! |
18. Veterinary Formula brand: IAMS.
19. __ butter: SHEA.
24. Not as expensive: LESS.
25. "Peter Pan" pirate: SMEE.
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| Mr. SMEE did not seem the pirate sort. |
26. __ Ababa: ADDIS. the capital and largest city in Ethiopia. Its elevation is 7,726 ft. (2,355 metres or 1.46 miles), the highest of any African capital.
27. Like fresh lettuce: CRISP.
Have you heard of "salad tables"? They are simple to build, easy to tend, and provide handy greens to enhance your meals.
28. Far from relaxed: TENSE.
29. Wounded by a bee: STUNG. a nicely positioned Easter egg.
Reading The Honey Bus by Meredith May increased my (already high) appreciation of bees. According to May, a bee knows it will die upon stinging someone. It will only do so when it feels it has no other options. So who was wounded?
30. Museum collection: ART.
31. "The Power of Now" writer Eckhart: TOLLE. 4 stars on Goodreads
32. Comes (from): HAILS. as in, "Adam originally HAILS from the Garden State."
30. Museum collection: ART.
31. "The Power of Now" writer Eckhart: TOLLE. 4 stars on Goodreads
32. Comes (from): HAILS. as in, "Adam originally HAILS from the Garden State."
33. "This is only __": A TEST.
40. "His Dark Materials" actor __-Manuel Miranda: LIN. This multi-award winning writer/performer might best be known as the creative brains behind Hamilton.
41. Match, as sound and video: SYNC.
a really bad overdub (2 min.)
44. Sprouts source: ALFALFA.
47. Guided by good: ETHICAL.
49. Bowler's assignment: LANE. This is a CSO we all like!
50. Blondie hit with the lyric "Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any way": CALL ME.
Blondie CALL Me (1980) from the soundtrack to American Gigolo
51. __ hygiene: ORAL.
54. Apple gadget: iPOD.
55. Mardi Gras city, familiarly: NOLA. New Orleans, Louisiana (Hi, Big Easy!)
This year Fat Tuesday is 2/21/23.
56. Family unit: CLAN.
57. Off-white hue: ECRU.
58. Dryer capacity: LOAD.
56. Family unit: CLAN.
57. Off-white hue: ECRU.
58. Dryer capacity: LOAD.
60. Cash dispensers: ATMS.
61. Coastal Alaskan town: NOME.
North to Alaska by Johnny Horton (1960)
"They crossed the Yukon River and found the Bonanza gold
Below that old white mountain, just a little South-East of Nome."
63. "Morning Edition" network: NPR. This 2-hour radio show airs weekdays. You can listen to segments here.
64. Sense of self: EGO.
65. Skedaddled: RAN. "Skedaddled" is a fun word!
This is the last answer so...
Just a quick PSA before I sign off....
It's now tax season in the States. The IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and the Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs offer free tax help for taxpayers who qualify. This will be my 5th year as a VITA preparer. (I like putting numbers in boxes even more than I like putting letters in boxes!)
If you know someone who needs assistance with filling out and filing their forms, perhaps recommend they try VITA. We do both Federal & State income taxes. Certain complicated returns are out-of-scope. This is the link to find an IRS VITA location near you: VITA free tax prep
That's all for today. I look forward to reading your thoughts!
52 comments:
Good morning!
Hooray, a no-reveal Monday. D-o managed to figure out the theme and was showing my age thinking of Opie's Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier) rather than Samantha. Good one, Patti. Excellent review, sumdaze. (Good for you, donating your time and expertise. I volunteered as an AARP Tax-Aide for a dozen years. I opted out this year -- cataracts render those itty-bitty numbers hard to read, and mistakes easy to make. I do miss having the 4012 reference, though.)
As might be expected from Patti Varol editing her own puzzle, this puzzle had significantly more “crunch “ than the usual Monday “walk in the park.” Anyway, I managed to FIR, so I’m happy.
In ELLA's quest to become an ACTRESS,
She showed up for every screen TEST.
She knew in her heart
That her perfect part
Would coalesce from this CONTEST!
ELMO was Jo Ann's fan and beau.
To the BLUEGRASS fest they would go.
But she had too much beer,
So her playing, I fear,
Led her beau to ban Jo's Banjo!
I was thinking tiers for those INCAN Ziggaruts
I'd have to say Tinker,Tailer,Soldier Spy by Jean LeCarre. However, I like the three trilogies by LEN Deighton. He apparently embeds secret information(re. JFK assassination) in the middle series: Hook,Line,Sinker
This filled in smoothly and I never noticed Patti as constructor
WC
Sumdaze you are welcome Monday addition
Nice to see Owen's l'icks again (didn't we just have BANJO?)
Hola!
This is ne of those rare mornings when I woke before dawn and will soon return to bed. But first, the puzzle. Thank you, Patti Varol, for this entertaining easy Monday puzzle.
When I lived with my grandmother at age 7 I recall the ladies gathered in the school auditorium QUILTING. It is a strong memory.
The DANA I remember is Andrews. That really dates me!
It's been a while since I shopped at ULTA but they do have a complete COLLECTION of hair and makeup products including SHEA butter.
My first car was not a MUSANG but a Maverick.
Have a marvelous Monday, everyone! I'm going back to bed.
FIR, but erased tram for PRAM. Saw the constructor and thought "uhoh, another US Weekly puzzle, and I was right.
I thought the nanny GOAT was Gisele.
Shouldn't there bee an "abbrev" after "lawyer's letters"?
Thanks to Sumdaze for the fun review, but several of your visuals just appeared as blank windows. Maybe a compatibility problem with Firefox, or maybe my cell service..
FLN, CED I was not pulling your lanyard. Under the old RRS (racing rules of sailing), a boat had the right to protect her wind. If a boat was overtaking you (the skipper) on your windward side, you had the right to change direction violently and without warning to keep the overtaking boat from passing, called "luffing". If that caused a collision, the overtaking boat would be DQed. A couple of caveats:
1) If the collision resulted in serious damage (more than cosmetic scrapes and bumps), or if anyone was injured, the boat ahead would also be DQed.
2) When the overtaking boat reached a position where its helmsman, sighting across a right angle to the boat's direction (abeam) sees that the overtaking boat is forward of the mast of boat being passed, the helmsman can hail "mast abeam" and the boat being passed must return to proper course (or below).
Under the "new" rules, the overtaken boat can still luff, but it must try to avoid a collision. The problem is that determining whether a foul had occurred is muddled. "I luffed, they responded too slowly and I had to bear off to avoid a collision." "BS - They luffed when they were still 3/4 boat length away. I had no obligation to change course until I had to to avoid a collision. They never got that close, but that nervous nellie bore off and hailed "protest" when there was still 10 feet between us."
There were many protests and appeals over the decades the old rules were in effect, and as a result of the appeals, the onus of the parties was well understood by anyone who studied the appeals. (Most sailors at least read the rules, but probably less than 20% studied the appeals.)
Took 4:09 for me to swarm around this one.
A philosopher and some writer named "Tolle" -- on a Monday? I didn't know Samantha Bee was an actress, I only knew her from that tv show where she was a host/comedian.
Lin crossing Vin? Not an ideal intersection. I knew them, but that's the only "-Manuel Miranda" I'm aware of.
I also thought there should've been an abbr. in the clue for "esq".
FIR. No problems for this Monday solve. Cute theme. May the force bee with you!
A nice puzzle from Patti with a cute little theme to start the week, not too difficult, no obscure names which couldn’t be easily perped (See, she can be nice! 😂.) LANE could have been clued in various ways, but it is very fitting on a Monday to use a bowling reference as a nod to Boomer and C.C., nice work Patti!
Sumdaze ~ another splendid write-up! I now know what HTTPS means, where PRAM comes from, and that ISSA Rae is Jo Diop’s middle name, important stuff! Liked the quote from SOREN.
Sumdaz I appreciate your blog of today's puzzle. Lots of fun facts and music as well. However, I must point out that your picture of Sesame Street characters is of Elmo and Cookie Monster, not Grover. While Grover is also blue in color, his arms are thin like sticks.
Jinx, I also had problems with loading the log page today. Took several minutes 'till it settled in.
Fun Wednesday CW this Monday. Nice theme, fun clues. Only criticism: too many proper names, especially for a Monday. Thanx for the challenge, PV. Terrific write-up, Sumdaze, lots of good info and fun cartoons and links. I wonder if that pram has a nanny cam? Seems like if ANY place should have a nanny cam, IT should!
Nice, easy Monday. I liked the BEE theme. Very few unknown names, just DANA and VIN.
Thank you Sumdaze for pointing out Patti’s grid. Quite elegant.
Hamlet's stinging dilemma " To bee or not to bee." A fun easy Monday. Patti Viral as constuctor, editor, and executioner
"Bee on TV" Frances Bavier (Aunt Bee) didn't work. (Hello, DO)
"Number of colors" on a Pizza Margherita = TRE: for the same flag colors 🇮🇹 There is a joke that an Irish flag is just an old faded Italian flag: the Irish orange looks like faded red. ...( I know, I know... no politics or personal attacks, sorry IM, 😉)
Had QUILTINGPASSION but then realized the only 4 -letter "world power" was back in the USSR (CCCP) which changed REa to REE ergo SESSION.
"Like fresh lettuce" expensive wouldn't fit 🥬
Prohibit admission to Dimaggio & Namath....BANJOS
Tori and Aaron's family football game...SPELLING CONTEST (can you spell "nepo" 😄)
Folks who will only use checks or credit cards....CASH DISPENSERS
Alaskan nostalgic song: "Be it ever so humble there's no place like ____"... NOME
It takes GRIT to just ____ the crossword answers....INCAN
BLONDIE (Deborah Harry, 77) is considering making an updated versions of "Call Me" called "Text Me" ... to be followed by "Like Me" exclusively for Facebook. 😄
From -17⁰ to almost 50⁰... yikes, the glacier that had formed behind my house is "calving" like crazy ...🧊
An easy FIR Monday puzzle, thanks to Patti. I much appreciated the perps helping fill the names I was uncertain about. And my only WO was a letter E that I don't remember writing down which should have been an A so I blame that on a "brain blip."
I noticed the CSO to Boomer at LANE and the theme BEE referencing Melissa B. Filling in the themers was easy enough. I liked being reminded of vocabulary like HAILS meaning "come"from. My first thought for "Nanny ______" was Gate not GOAT.
Thanks, sumdaze, for a fun and helpful review. I enjoyed the cartoons, especially the DRESS one, and learned ADDIS Ababa is even higher than Mexico City and quite a bit higher than Denver. Visiting those places requires an adjustment of activity the first few days. Also the info about Ford trucks etc. makes sense since it fills a niche. Electric vehicles don't have the power to pull loads like boat trailers, I've been told.
Nice to see your contributions again today, OwenKL. I enjoyed reading them. And I smiled with KS's "May the force bee with you" and Anonymous @ 8:14 AM "swarm"ing today.
Earworm alert: Don't Worry, Be Happy today, all!
I thought the names and theme would slow me down quite a bit (themes where the answers are more like clues than common phrases tend to be harder to suss out) but not really. Still, some of the names are definitely non-Monday fill as some others have said.
Good Morning:
Sailed through this quite quickly and I liked the simple, yet playful, theme. I think newbie, younger solvers might not be familiar with Tolle, Ulta, Soren, and Shea, but Patti saw to it that the perps were fair, so all’s good. I knew Soren as a result of the many episodes of Cheers that featured Diane trying to impress Sam by quoting Kierkegaard every chance she got.
Thanks, Patti, for a fun solve and thanks, Sumdaze, for an entertaining and enlightening review. Loved all the visuals and especially appreciated the replay of Don Larsen’s magical moment. I believe I saw that game on TV, but I’ve learned recently that memory can play tricks on us. For example, I would have sworn that I’ve seen every single episode of Blue Bloods, one of my favorite shows. But, I watched a rerun the other night that I had absolutely no recollection of, not one iota. I’m almost positive that I never saw it. So much for memories!
Have a great day.
Marvellous Monday. Thanks for the fun, Patti and sumdaze.
I did not get Stung by this Beehive of a CW, and it seemed to fill in a BLUR.
And I loved the Easter Egg in the middle! (No, sumdaze, I did not see beta as an Easter Egg, but I suppose you could stretch the Beta/B relationship that far?)
I immediately thought of our melissa bee, and the CSO to our beloved Boomer(RIP) was appropriate on a Monday (as noted by Yooper Phil).
There was a plethora of names (I counted at least 11, but perps were fair (except the possible Natick cross of VIN and LIN). Patti also managed to get LPGA into the grid.
Wishing you all a great day.
Hi All!
I love it when 1st thoughts at 1a & 1d agree!
Thanks Patti for the Monday puzzle to keep me Bee-busy during breakfast & emails.
Sumdaze - hahtoolah needs to watch her back :-) Fun Monday expo ('Betty is a great magician' had me ROTFL).
WO: Hook -> SMEE
ESPs: ADDI | ISSA, TOLLE, DANA
Fav: I'll go with Boomer's LANE on a Monday.
{A, B+}
22a - HTTPS doesn't mean the site is safe - it just means the communications between client and server are encrypted (assuming there's not a proxy in the middle). Also, many browsers support other internet protocols via URIs such as ftp, dns, ldap, and gopher. The web (URI: http/https) is just one bit of the internet.
Sis loves REE's cookbooks. Chicken spaghetti, however, is a little to far. In parm or fettuccini, sure go with chicken. But for the love of good, not it spaghetti sauce :-)
ALFALFA could have been clued as a Little Rascal . Funny story: Few weeks ago, I mentioned Eddie Murphy's '80's Buckwheat sketch to one of our Jr. Analysts. When I said, "From the Little Rascals," she asked how he did the sketch before the movie. She had no idea it came from the '20's Our Gang show (nor that I wasn't alive back then - little snot ;-))
SAMANTHA BEE is married to Jason Jones - they were both "correspondents" on The Daily Show, both Canadians, and each have (had?) a show on TBS. I'd link but it's always #Politics.
Ray-O: Tell me this ain't an Italian flag on a plate.
LOL Super Toilet Paper. What are big brothers for, sumdaze?
//I was a good big-brother 'cuz I was >9yrs older than my Sises - I even changed their poopy diapers. Oh, and nobody messed with them in Kindergarten :-)
Cheers, -T
This was fun! Cute theme, and d-o@5:38 I too kept looking for Aunt Bee. Lucina@7:33 also Dana. Thank you Patti! I learned new things from the blog. And Sumdaze, “drone-ing on” -HaHa! Some days I have no idea who people are in the puzzle and blog, but today I have met three of them.
A few years ago a swarm of honey bees where building a new hive under my cedar siding. A bee-keeper in full regalia came and suctioned them up to add to his apiary. Because I was leaving the next morning on a 7 day family vacation and I saw that there were quite a few bees flying around that area, I was desperate because I didn’t want to come home to the same problem. I chewed 10 sticks of sugarless gum, plugged the hole and came home to beeless siding.
waseeley- Helen (Helene), Paris, Troy. Yes. My late husband and I had a company named Priam (King of Troy). Grandson named Troy.
Good morning Irish Miss - Engel’s —good biscuits! He delivers my Christmas tree every year.
Good Morning! What a good start to the week! Patti wore many hats for this one. Thanks, clues fair and perps were in the right place.
Enjoyed your review, sumdaze. It was fun and informative.
Bloggers have rules? A behind the scenes peek, but what a curious one... or were you spoofing us?
I was doing well as I approached the South. The tension mounted, and I inked in each fill cautiously. Would I make it through without a WO!!! Yea, I did!! :-)
Musings
-Of course, I thought of the lovely actress Frances Bavier and not the profane Samantha
-SPELLING CONTESTS are like filing taxes. It shouldn’t be that hard.
-VIN’s call of Kirk Gibson’s “one-legged” homerun ranks up there with Al Michaels’ “Do you believe in miracles?” VIN’s description takes 10 minutes and it flies by. He knew when to talk and when to let the moment carry itself, He was the master!
-That at-bat would be a BLUR this year with the new time limits MLB is going to use but I’m okay with speeding up the game.
-Glen Campbell and Ricky Nelson (Rio Bravo) were two pop stars of the day who seemed to be out of place in John Wayne’s movies
-Lexi’s flawless swing is a delight to watch
-Interesting Ford info in your fine write-up, Renee!
-Our niece is bowling for a state championship on LANES in Lincoln tomorrow.
-Finishing my taxes today. TurboTax and Trump’s much higher standard deduction makes it a breeze.
Oh. I see that I misspelled Mustang earlier. Not enough sleep, of course. Now I'm refreshed and ready.
I miss Hatoolah's joke when I see AJAR.
SAMANTHA Bee is an actress? I had no idea. I know her as a comic.
In a SPELLING CONTEST I always won. Except once.
FIW! On a Monday!
Nothing made sense to me at the Natick crossing of Addis/Issa.
(I would complain, but how do you argue with some one who edits their own crosswords?)
Oh well,
I agree with lee,
(I'm a poet, but don't know it...)
But Grover goes way back for me. I used to read "The Monster at the End of this Book"to all three of my daughters when they were little. Of course, you have to read it "in Grover's voice," to get the right emphasis.
Jinx, thanks for the sailing info!
I have never really watched sailboat races before, as it was hardly a spectator sport. But with your input, I intend to delve further now that they have drone cams that bring you right into the middle of the action.
One thing that blew me away was the maneuver you can witness at 2:12 of this video!
Lastly,
I just finished watching "Knives Out" thanks to the Blogs recommendation.
For a murder mystery plot (that has been literally "done to death,") I must say, I enjoyed every minute of it!
"A must watch!"
In the paper this morning, I read that there is now a sequel, called Glass Onion. Can't wait to see it!
Oh, I almost forgot...
what's all this hype about flag colors?
CED - I've got 6 min b/f next meeting but your last link is LOL!
IMHO - Glass Onion isn't as good as the 1st Knives Out but still a fun whodunit.
//I won't spoil detailing the nits I had...
HG - Thanks for the VIN Scully call. He and Phil Rizzuto were the best play-by-play back in the day [hey, I'm a poet too, CED ;-)]. I liked Harry Caray & Milo Hamilton but they were more color-commentators [JMHO].
Cheers, -T
sumdaze Thank you for the MR ROGERS HELPERS video. And for the chilling link to what else was happening in 1935.
I rarely find factual errors in LAT crosswords, but here's a big one: Incas didn't build pyramids!
The Aztecs did. So did the Mayas (the picture in the blog is from Chichen Itza). But that was in Mexico.
The Incas of Peru built chulpas, Machu Picchu, the temple to Inti in Cuzco, Sacsahuayman... none of which are pyramid-shaped.
Tony C... your delicious looking pasta dish is definitely a bandiera italiana...Pasta Margherita?
Queen Margaret of Savoy (Margherita di Savoia), the flag and the pizza
Agree the "Glass Onion" sequel not as good but worth the watch just for the incredible CGI.🎟
Lucina: I du knot noe Y, butt I nevar one a speling kontest, 🤔
Good pick up Philippe; so the Incas did not peer amid pyramids. I remember the start of a HS French class dialogue exercise:
Allons chez Phillipe,
Quoi faire?
Écouter ses disques.
Thank you Patti for a funday Monday puzzle and thanks for editing it too!
And thank you sumdaze for BEEing kind enough to review it with an informative and very funny recap. Loved the McFerrin song.
Favs:
1A EIGHT. Oxygen. What would we do without it? But as we'll see Thursday you CAN get too much of a good thing.
10A MAST. A CSO to Jinx.
14A SOREN. Thanks for the quote sumdaze. It reminds me of a quote from St. Augustine about the Bible: "The New Testament is concealed in the Old, and the Old Testament is revealed in the New".
16A ULTA. Hah. I only needed 4!
21A AJAR. But if it's A JAR how can it be A DOOR?
23A ELMO. It think that comment is actually "meta-bling". Quick don't think of a muppet!
68A GAMMA. You mean Greek for BEE Renee?
33D A TEST. Ah yes, the 50's when we'd duck under our desks and kiss our A***S goodbye!
And here's a bonus BEE for anybody who is still TENSE after that funny review.
Cheers,
Bill
p.s. "B" is what my youngest sister use to call me when she was about 3. And she called Teri "T". DW and I still call each other by those names.
p.p.s. I had an Aunt BEA too, on my Mother's side She didn't like my Father because he used to BEAt her at Chess. She had a college degree and he only went to the 6th grade. However he was a much better carpenter than she was (and probably better read).
p.p.p.s to Parson. And we learned today that you are a woman not a man (sexist me!). It took me a year before I found out that inanehiker is a female (and an MD to boot). You should "go blue" and tell us a bit about yourself (i.e. create a Blogger profile).
CED @ 11:16 AM
I just finished watching your drone video sailboat races. Thanks for linking them. They are the highlight of my day so far!
Lee@8:44 and -T@10:27 and Philippe Girard@12:29. Thank you for your corrections & additional information! Last night TTP wrote, "Writing crossword blog posts will make a person a much better solver." Cheers to life-long learning!
DO@5:38. I think I remember now you mentioning you had an accounting background. I do love the 4012 but a new Pub 17 makes my heart giddy. Twelve years! You have helped so many people. Plus, it's awesome that you volunteer for meals-o-wheels.
I also paused at "Lawyer's letters". IMHO, it does not need an abbreviation note because E, S, and Q are letters but I can see why others might think differently.
RosE@10:59. Yes, I was just kidding abut the DANA rule. C.C. gives us freedom to write what is on our minds. I think the only 2 hard rules are (1.) we all use Georgia font and (2.) we need to include a snip of the completed grid. I much prefer collaboration to competition. One of the things I like best about reading the Corner is the different styles of the bloggers for the different days. Waseeley once described it as a smorgasbord where readers can pick out what interests them. I like reading the comments and feeling like I connected with different people on different links & images.
Speaking of, Picard@11:59. Thx!
Waseeley@1:43. Loved the Bonus BEE!
Parsan @ 10:38 ~ I’m not into sweets so I never bought any baked good at Engel’s, but I have always been impressed with the variety of treats in the display case.
CED @ 11:16 ~ Talk about coincidence! I just finished watching Glass Onion and I agree with Anon T and Ray O that it was fun but not nearly as enjoyable as Knives Out. The different cast members/characters may have been a contributing factor, for me.
Speaking of movies, I watched the first three episodes of The Gilded Age last night and was riveted by many of the scenes that were filmed in Troy. I recognized so many of the buildings and landmarks and the many handsome brownstones, exteriors and interiors. My long-deceased aunt and uncle’s was easily recognizable and, though I’ve never been in my sister-in-law’s brother’s present day brownstone where several scenes were actually filmed, the interiors shared a lot of similarities. The production crew went to great lengths to transform the backdrop into an authentic late 19th century city. Much of the existing architecture, residential and commercial, statues, monuments, and even some surviving cobble stoned streets provided further authenticity.
I liked solving this puzzle, savoring the different bees, and reading all your comments.
Irish Miss-@2:54 Do you do the Puzzle in the TU or on line? TU now puts it on a different page.
Thank you, Patti, and thank you, sumdaze.
Buzzed through this one like a bee checking flowers for pollen. Just over 8 minutes for the win.
The other bees in this puzzle were fine, but I like real bees. Not enough to have my own apiary, but enough to leave them alone and let them do what they do. Except bumblebees. When they are preoccupied collecting pollen from my echinacea plants, I like to give them a light stroke across their back.
I very much enjoyed the review, sunmdaze. Light and cheery.
Ray-O, there was a rerun of Andrew Zimmerman's Delicious Destinations "Central New York" episode on the Cooking Channel yesterday. He was enjoying Utica favorites Greens Morelle, Chicken Riggies and Tomato Pie at East Utica's Chesterfield Restaurant. Or maybe he had the tomato pie at Napoli's. Have you been to these places ? Especially Chesterfields Tavola ? Looked like a place I would like.
You can see in the link that it will be re-aired again in March. Interesting to me about the tomato pie and the half moon cookies.
Tutti a Tavola a Mangiare!
Parson (Parsan?) @ 4:03 ~ I do the puzzle online. I cancelled my TU home delivery years ago due to the ever-increasing rates and erratic, undependable delivery people.
Anon T @ 4:18 ~ I have seen that Central New York episode at least three times! None of those dishes you mentioned are part of my local dining scene, at least not to my knowledge. Every locale has their own favorites, I guess. 😉
IM - That was TTP with the Zimmerman cuisine. //Don't worry - we're used to folks confusing us
TTP: Gramps taught me how to pet bumblebees - back of the index-finger. At his (Gramp's) eulogy, Pop nearly teared-up saying, "Now he's up there teaching the Angels how to pet a bee." Gramps loved those little pollinators in his flowerbeds.
Now I'm about to weep. -T
Philippe Girard - I've been remiss. Welcome to The Corner!
I'd argue the INCAN structures are pyramid(ish) to the casual observer, but, you are the Prof.
I'll just go to the back of the classroom now :-)
Cheers, -T
How exciting to get a delightful Patti Varol puzzle this morning! A great treat--many thanks, Patti. And your pictures were just a pleasure, Sumdaze--thanks for those too.
This puzzle offered some delightful activities this morning, like that QUILTING SESSION and taking part in that SPELLING CONTEST, and doing a bit of POLLEN COLLECTING. Hope nobody was STUNG by any of those bees, and just enjoyed a day of playing the BANJO and doing some ART work, and taking the little one out in a PRAM wearing a new DRESS, and checking out the ALFALFA in the garden. So let's just ignore all the negativity--those worrisome IOUS, and all that RUDE language we hear now and then. This puzzle gives us a great day--let's enjoy it!
Have a fun evening too, everybody.
Misty@6:11. You and your stories are delightful!
CED, beautiful sailing action. When I get to some unmetered internet I'll try to find some boat-to-boat action where they really need to know the rules.
Anon T @ 4:57 ~ I guess I just hastily saw the food reference and you automatically popped into my mind! That makes the second day in a row that I stepped on TTP’s toes! Mea Culpa, Tom!
Hi Y'all! Finally, Ms.Varol did something I actually like. Couldn't BEE a cuter theme. Puzzle was fast & easy. She still showed her bad habit of unknow name dropping, but the perps were kinder than usual.
Great expo, Sumdaze, thanks.
ALIT is a BEE action word nobody seemed to notice as such.
Phillippe, I noticed the incorrect pyramid builder, too. We had Mexican Mayan descendants as exchange students in our home one summer after my daughter visited their homes & pyramids at Chichen Itza.
-T @4:57 You go right ahead and weep. I don't know if it's learned or epigenetic, but just like you got it from Pops, I got it from my Father and passed it on to my Son. My Mother used to call it the "gift of tears."
sumdaze @2:37 PM I've been working with "computer mediated communications" since the early 80's starting with command line interfaces, and I've never encountered a group like this. It's absolutely unique in my experience and a true blessing.
Phillipe @12:39 PM There probably was enough flat ground around at the altitudes where they lived to build a pyramid.
Oh yes, and welcome Philippe. And sorry about misspelling your name above (although I'm sure you've seen that one before).
Philippe @ 12:29PM
I was inspired by your correction to Google chulpas and found pictures and more information, including the spelling which is CHULLPAS. They were round stone towers in the north and rectangular adobe structures in the south of the Andes, used as tombs by people predating the Incas. Interesting and very different from the pyramids in Mexico.
waseeley - we were still doing that in the mid 70's for A TESTs... I'd link Louis Black (we're hiding under %&*! kindling!) but Oh the Profanity. :-)
TTP - I still can't get your video of Utica eats to play. BTW, if you ever find yourself down-state and hanker for Italian - Saputos has top-notch mostaccioli. The fettuccini is pretty good too.
If you just want pizza any "not-chain" is outstanding. Gabatoni's [why does that roll off the tongue like a late-night punch-line?] is the best but, post-covid, they're take-out only.
Ray-O: Thanks for the link to my favorite pizza-pie's history. Simple, yet delicious (the pizza, not the story ;-)).
Cheers, -T
Oh, my! I thought today's puzzle was tomorrow's, so wrote another pair of l'icks for it! I hope you don't mind.
If your MAST is true and straight,
Of Saint ELMO's fire you'll partake.
The pirate breed
This sign will heed,
And gather more pieces of Eight!
It's a CONTEST I'd like to see,
Hecate's covens SPELLING BEE!
From first to last,
Each spell is cast,
And the witches YELL with glee!
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