It's the Small Things in Life that Count.
18-Across. One in a snuggly pair: LITTLE SPOON.
23-Across. Office fund for odds and ends: PETTY CASH. I had a co-worker who complained that he caught his niece in an act of Petty theft. It seems she had gotten up in the night and eaten a donut that was for breakfast.
53-Across. Insignificant weakness: MINOR FLAW.
59-Across. Without much warning, with "on": SHORT NOTICE.
And the Unifier:
34. With 36-Down and 38-Across, Blink-182 hit song, and a description of
four long answers in this puzzle: ALL. // 34-Down.
36. See 34-Down: THE. 38-Down. See 34-Down: SMALL THINGS. Together we get the song: ALL THE SMALL THINGS. The first word of each theme answer describes something that can
be small.
Across:
1. Fiat or Ferrari: CAR. Both are Italian vehicles.
This article is 10 years old, but it explains a "weird" relationship
between Fiat and Ferrari.
4. Greek letter after alpha: BETA. The Greek alphabet often
sneaks into the crossword puzzles.
8. Horrified: AGHAST.
14. "Should I take that as __?": A NO.
15. Lead off: OPEN.
16. Focus of a historic New Orleans museum: VOODOO.
The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum is a small museum located in the French Quarter.
17. Cold War gp.: KGB. As in the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti. It officially ceased operations in December 1991. //
63. Hush-hush org.: CIA. As in the Central Intelligence Agency.
20. Marry in secret: ELOPE.
22. Arrive at: REACH.
25. Ties up at a pier: DOCKS.
30. Grammy-winning Grande: ARIANA. Whenever I hear her name,
I think of her donut-licking incident. [Name # 1.]
31. Soccer great Long or basketball great Quigley: ALLIE.
Allie Long (née Alexandra Linsley Long; b. Aug. 13, 1987) plays as a
midfielder for NJ/NY Gotham Football (soccer) Club. Allie Quigley (née
Alexandria Quigley; b. June 20, 1986) plays for the Chicago Sky. [Name #
2.]
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| Allie Long |
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| Allie Quigley |
32. Military advisory gp.: NSC. As in the National Security Council.
33. Ultimate: LAST.
37. Duane __: NYC drugstore chain: READE. I was not familiar
with the Duane Reade drugstore chain, but then, I don't live in New York.
You can Read(e) [get it?] all about it here.
42. Sovereign: RULER.
44. Caustic cleaners: LYES.
45. Loan application ID: SSN. As in Social Security Number. A crossword staple.
48. Clog-busting brand: DRANO.
49. Sheepish "Good point": TOUCHÉ.
52. Picture book?: ALBUM. Great clue.
56. Cobra pose, e.g.: ASANA. Think yoga. I practice yoga, but this pose is too much for me.
58. Area with trees: WOODS.
64. Game console with a Mii Parade: WII. If you say so.
65. Culture of cuteness, in Japan: KAWAII. Not a Tuesday
word.
66. Bad to the bone: EVIL.
67. French word that indicates a name change: NÉE. This
French word has been making frequent appearances in puzzles recently.
68. Bug: INSECT.
69. Legit: REAL.
70. Prom gp.: SRS. As in Seniors in High School.
Down:
1. Piece of bakeware: CAKE PAN. They can come in all shapes
and sizes.
2. Some folks who fish: ANGLERS. Cute clue.
3. Place where engineers can do some machine learning?: ROBOTICS LAB.
4. Anne who was the mother of Elizabeth I: BOLEYN.
Everything you wanted to known about Anne Boleyn but didn't know to ask. [Name # 3.]
5. Prefix with gram: EPI-. As in Epigram.
6. Aquarium fish: TETRA.
7. Initial bets: ANTES.
8. "Sans" opposite: AVEC. More of today's French lesson.
9. Dad-blasted: GOSH DARN. Mild swears.
10. Move like a bunny: HOP.
11. Hubbub: ADO.
12. "Hamilton" Tony nominee Phillipa: SOO. Phillipa Ann Soo
(b. May 31, 1990) appeared in last Tuesday's puzzle. She portrayed Eliza
Hamilton in the musical Hamilton. [Name # 4.]
13. Load: TON.
19. "Well, __-di-dah!": LAH.
21. Sch. group: PTA. As in the Parent Teacher Association. A crossword staple.
24. Summon: CALL.
26. Cassini of couture: OLEG. Oleg Cassini (né Oleg
Aleksandrovich Loiewski; Apr. 11, 1913 ~ Mar. 17, 2006) became well known as
being Jackie Kennedy's favorite designer. If I remember correctly, there was a
connection between Cassini and our Lemonade. [Name # 5.]
27. Some attention-seeking students: CLASS CLOWNS.
28. Tease: KID.
29. "Understand?": SEE.
35. Farm pen: STY.
39. List of options: MENU.
40. Fragrant: AROMATIC.
41. Analogy words: IS TO. I erroneously filled this in as As
To, which gave me the theme song as All the Small Thangs, which
could make sense.
42. Suggested intake, on some labels: RDA. As in Recommended Daily Allowance. More that you ever wanted to know about Dietary guidelines and are sorry you asked.
43. Clickable link: URL. As in the Uniform Resource Locator. A crossword staple.
46. Less reputable: SHADIER.
47. Musical with the songs "Carrying the Banner" and "The World Will
Know": NEWSIES. Newsies is a musical that is based on the
true story of the 1899 Newsboys Strike in New York City.
50. "Animal Farm" writer George: ORWELL. His given name was
Eric Arthur Blair (June 25, 1903 ~ Jan. 21, 1950). Much of his work can
be categorized is being social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and
support of democratic socialism. We all probably had to read Animal Farm and 1984 when we were in high school. I wonder
if these books are now on the banned list. [Name # 6.]
51. Blurry craft in tabloid pics: UFO.
53. Eponym of a Chinese tunic suit: MAO. Andy Warhol depicted Mao in many renditions. [Name # 7.]
54. Bury: INTER.
55. Easily duped: NAÏVE.
57. Sour mood: SNIT.
59. Winter runner: SKI.
60. __ Solo of "The Force Awakens": HAN. [Name # 8.]
61. Cries of pain: OWS!
62. Singer Carly __ Jepsen: RAE. [Name # 9.]
Here's the Grid:
חתולה
In memory of Tina Turner (Nov. 26, 1939 ~ May 24, 2023), I'll leave you with
this video.
Seemed like a pretty typical Tuesday puzzle to me. I’m not sure what a “little spoon” is, and that Japanese word (which I won’t attempt to reproduce here, in order not to give autocorrect fits) , I got only through ESP. Other than that, I didn’t have too many problems with this puzzle. FIR, so I’m happy.
ReplyDeleteREADE wanted to work in a ROBOTICS LAB.
ReplyDeleteThe family's mortuary was so drab.
Still he was inventor
Of a new way to inter --
Lo and behold, the ROBOTIC SLAB!
The starcrossed couple met cute one day.
She was K.G.B., he was C.I.A.
They tried to ELOPE
But there was no hope --
Not till Mossad whisked them both away!
{A-, A-.}
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteD-o struggled with this one. MOORS and RIB looked good, but GOSH MARN just wasn't working. D'oh. Thank you, Wite-Out. KAWAII sounds like a Hawaiian island, or a river in Burma. Duane READE seems downright unfair for a Los Angeles based crossword. Didn't notice that there was a reveal, but got 'er done, so this one's going into the win column. Thanx, Amie and Hahtoolah.
FIR, but erased ((moors for DOCKS, rib to KID)^DO), arbor for WOODS (hold that Tiger), and shakier for SHADIER. Had to wait for nsa/NSC and olga/OLEG.
ReplyDeleteKnew Blink-182, but couldn't name one song from them.
Took me a load of time to understand how load is a clue for TON.
George Thorogood said that he is Bad to the Bone. I guess that somewhat explains why he sang I drink alone.
Thanks to Ha2La for the fun, funny and interesting review.
Took 5:40 today for me to get this baby....
ReplyDeleteAll The Small Things is the only Blink-182 song I'm familiar with, or at least, could name.
I was/am unfamiliar with the "culture of cuteness, in Japan". Really? On a Tuesday? Ever?
A New York City drug store chain? [Seeing as NYC was used in the clue, should there have been an abbreviation in the answer?]
Newsies?
I was unfamiliar with the greatness of either Allie.
I was familiar with both singers (Ariana and Rae), and didn't miss any actresses today. Oh, there were none?
Fun Tuesday level puzzle. Filled in the very center, ALL THE SMALL THINGS, last with perps and wags. I heard of the song, but not Blink-182.
ReplyDeleteKAWAII was all perps, but seeing it in the grid rang a bell. Same with NEWSIES.
KAWAII, TWEE (British), CUTSEY. Not a fan. Too cute by far.
DUANE READE was news to me.
S-OON led me to think of spooning. See the picture. Perps were good for LITTLE. In the picture the front one is the big spoon and the other one is the little spoon.
FLN, UTE.is common in Australia and New Zealand. See Wikipedia article, Ute vehicle.
ReplyDeleteFIR, but it was a struggle for a Tuesday puzzle. Several unknowns and a few proper names made for what I would call a Thursday endeavor. And little spoon simply doesn't work for me. Really?
ReplyDeleteGood Morning! I found the NW deceptively quick to fill as was the rest of the west. The east was a whole other story. Thanks, Amie, for the challenge.
ReplyDeleteI never heard of Blink-182, ALLIE, NEWSIES or KAWAII, but eventually it all came together.
One WO: as in -> IS TO.
Thanks, Hah2Lah for the fun & info. Loved the pups playing poker. Nothin’ better than a happy tail wag!
FIR again today, but it was no SMALL THING to figure out the center. As usual, perps were needed and appreciated. Thanks, Amie.
ReplyDeleteInstead of SHADIER, I first put seedier, but finally remembering how to spell TOUCHÉ got me on the right track.
Thanks Hahtoolah for your enjoyable review. Learning while smiling is the best way!
Enjoy your day, everyone!
Blink??? Finally got the perps to work, same with NEWSIES
ReplyDeleteI had a Fiat. I liked it but tail gaiters would get so close I could read a newspaper from their lights. Shame on me for driving a mere 10mph over speed limit
My Fwanche(AVEC) saved me with VOODOO
Hard for a Tuesday fe. I couldn't get DRANO to perp but what else could it be?
Anne had a sister who got around
I had tsp,app/RDA,URL and seedier/SHADIER. Like Atl TOUCHE helped a lot
FIR and kudos to hahtoolah and Owen
WC
Ps, My Celtics ran out of gas last night. Better team won
DeleteI managed to FIR, but this seemed like a Thursday or Friday CW. NEWSIES? Never heard of it. Or of BLINK-182. The clue says it is a band. LITTLESPOON? Anyway, thanx for the nice write-up, Hahtoolah.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning, Crossword friends. I thought this was a bit of a challenge for a Tuesday. I hadn't heard of the expression "little spoon", either, but spooning is a familiar phrase.
ReplyDeleteQOD: After you’ve done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time. ~ Benny Goodman (né Benjamin David Goodman; May 30, 1909 ~ June 13, 1986), American clarinetist and bandleader
Oops! DNF, I didn’t go back to the SW, a MINOR FLAW.
ReplyDeleteAlthough i didn’t know the Blink-182 song, it was pretty easy to figure out the theme. Cute.
Dad-blasted threw me, never having heard that expression. But when I changed moors to DOCKS, I somehow I got the GOSH DARN.
I just read that in 2023 the average wedding costs $29,000, but in some states even more. A good reason to ELOPE.
I know that love and investment are separate concepts. But someone please tell those 20 year-olds that if they take their $29,000, invest it in a broad stock index like the S&P 500 (using a conservative 10% average return), they'll have over $2 million by the time they become eligible for Social Security. Plus their retirement/IRA/401(k). Then they can say "no Social Security? No Problem."
ReplyDeleteA fun Tuesday puzzle. I didn’t think a NYC drugstore was a fair clue. However, I am surprised that I knew Kawaii. A lot of the Pokemon characters are based on Kawaii cuteness style. My kids used to be addicted to collecting Pokemon cards. Thanks Amie and Hahtoolah.
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ReplyDelete"It's a Small World" didn't make the list? Whew! The most annoying attraction I ever had to endure in Disneyworld. A nice Tuesday level puzzle with just a few proper names today.
LAH-di-dah- Annie Hall was my grandmother's name; on her gravestone.
ASANA- the pain management MD my orthopedic sent me to wants to start doing the Cobra pose and downward dog in addition to the physical therapy exercises
Unknowns today- ALLIE, KAWAII, SOO, NEWSIES solve by perps.
VOODOO Museum in NOLA- I live here and have never heard of "The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum", Only "Marie LaVeau's House of Voodoo" on Bourbon Street. Definitely for tourists.
ORWELL & MAO- Animal Farm, 1984, and Atlas Shrugged should be mandatory reading for HS graduation and college entrance. "The Gulag Archipeligo" might be too much for tender minds. “ All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." They would learn more about the real world from those books than in four years of college.
I've got some catching up to do, as this past weekend we celebrated a grandson's graduation on Saturday and then on Monday remembered all those who gave their lives in defense of our country at a beautiful and touching Memorial Day service at a local cemetery. So first a thank you to all of those brave souls.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks to Rose and Shannon for Sunday's puzzle and to C.C. for her review. And congratulations to C.C. for your SIP & SOLVE Easy Mini Crosswords - this morning we received our 3 copies in the mail! One each for Teri and I and one for her cruciverbalist sister Rose, who lives next door.
And thanks to Mike for Monday's puzzle and to sumdaze for your fine and funny review.
And thanks to Amie for today's puzzle and to Hahtoolah for YOUR fine and funny review.
And thanks for a stroke of pure luck in getting a FIR on all of the above. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Cheers,
Bill
Too many things in this puzzle to object to. TUESDAY? Like the man said, Com’n. Blink 182 hit song? Get serious! Patterns that have existed for decades in the Times are being destroyed by these editors. No longer the fun and RELAXATION we had in years past. Clueing in this cw was marginal at best, very questionable at worst. It would be nice if the ladies cleaned up their act. Nuff said.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your puzzle, Amie. I liked it. Thank you, Hahtoolah, for your tour. I liked that, too. You always manage to combine information & laughs at just the right amounts.
ReplyDeleteHand up for MOORS & RIB but I worked it out for an eventual FIR.
OwenKL@5:05. Good ones!
I like to joke that when we lived in Japan, my dog thought her name was KAWAII because that is what people said whenever they saw her. Her ears perked up whenever she heard that word.
FLN, WC, Congrats on your weight loss!
Lucina, I hope you're on the mend soon.
This was very difficult for me, as I never heard of that band or that song. Had no idea what the "DAD" clue was about and it was essential to solve the NE with all those utterly unknown proper names. Learning moment about KAWAII. Did manage to FIR.
ReplyDeleteHere I am with my favorite EPIGRAM writer Ashleigh Brilliant.
Are people familiar with his Pot Shots EPIGRAM cards? I think he is the only person in the world who makes a living writing EPIGRAMs.
Here is his full catalog of over 10,000 EPIGRAMs!
We have been friends for almost 40 years, since I helped him set his clock at his house. We now share a page with our adjacent columns in the local newspaper.
From Yesterday:
AnonT, sumdaze Thank you for the kind words about my FOG hike photos. Yes, we indeed ended up having a good time, despite the intense bush whacking and us all getting soaking wet!
FIR, despite the now-obligatory obscurities. Perps revealed more "meh" answers than "aha" today. Favorite part by far was Ha2las review. Wish more folks would remember the real reason for yesterday's holiday. (No, Virginia, it's not about mattress sales.)
ReplyDeleteHola!
ReplyDeleteThank you, sumdaze. I still feel like something ran over me but I'm able to walk around better than yesterday.
I'm still puzzling over "culture of cuteness in Japan" KAWAII. Just never heard of that.
Oooh, now I know why my niece named her lab QUIGLEY. When first I heard it I was stymied but she and her husband are huge sports fans so that makes sense.
AGHAST and VOOVOO seem like first time terms in a puzzle but I could be mistaken.
i fell very weak so I have to sign off for now. I hope you are all faring much better than I am.
Oh, oh, VOODOO not VOOVOO. Drat!
ReplyDeleteMusings
ReplyDelete-Plenty of mustard in this post-holiday hot dog
-ELOPEMENT is what nursing homes have to prevent with patients
-The Titanic was supposed to have DOCKED at Pier 59 in NYC
-The MENU in My Cousin Vinny
I liked some of this puzzle and disliked other parts of it.
ReplyDeleteWhat I liked:
The clues for ALBUM, NÉE, UFO, and MAO.
The fill AGHAST, DRANO, TOUCHÉ, CAKE PAN, ANGLERS, CLASS CLOWNS, and AROMATIC.
What I disliked:
Soccer great Long or basketball great Quigley: ALLIE.
Duane __: NYC drugstore chain: READE.
Culture of cuteness, in Japan: KAWAII.
Prom gp.: SRS.
Sch. group: PTA.
MOORS --> DOCKS.
IOU ONE --> TOUCHÉ. Crossing it AS IN --> IS TO.
COPSE --> WOODS.
RIB --> KID.
I was able to use reasoning power (not rote memorization of trivia) to solve the rest.
As for that Andy Warhol "art," heck, I could use crayons to color a photo of somebody several different ways. That's art? It seems the Supreme Court decided that in the case of an altered photo of Prince it was not.
It seems the media do not know the difference between "raise" and "suspend."
Ray - O - Sunshine, at 10:41 AM you wrote, "Speaking of banned books our library recently had an event featuring and highlighting past and unfortunately now current newly banned books. What's included on the list is incredible." I'd love to know what some of those titles are.
Good wishes to you all.
Picard@12:29.Thanks for your EPIGRAM friend’s site.
ReplyDeleteGet well,Lucina.
Jayce, Ray, I'd like to see the list too. I'm a little suspicious that they may be conflating "banned" with "restricted." If there are rules restricting certain titles by age groups, I'm all for it. I'm also for restricting the use of tax money to buy controversial material. But to make it illegal to sell or posses any books makes me very uneasy.
ReplyDeleteMy mother told me that when she was in school (college, I think) The Grapes of Wrath was banned. I had just finished reading it as an elective in my freshman English Lit class, and opined that it was a gritty and wonderful tale.
Thank you, Amie Walker, and thank you, Hahtoolah.
ReplyDeleteWhile I'm at it, thank you, Mike Peluso, and thank you, Sumdaze for the Monday puzzle and review. That was fun, too. I have been busy with other stuff.
Didn't know of the musical "NEWSIES", but didn't have to. Ditto KAWAII.
I did know the Blink 182 song, "ALL THE SMALL THINGS." SoCal Pop Punk. It was/is their highest charting song. Quite catchy. It has more hooks than the fishing shelves at Walmart.
Even though I reside in the Midwest, I knew of DUANE READE from my working career.
ALLIE Quigley plays for the Chicago Sky of the WNBA. She's a local girl from down the road from me (Joliet, Illinois), and she played four years at DePaul before going pro. She and her wife, Courtney Vandersloot, have played together for years. They won the 2021 WNBA Championship playing with the Chicago Sky. Allie still plays for the Sky, but Courtney left at the end of the 2022 season and now plays for the New York Liberty. It was a hot topic on sports radio here if Allie was going to leave the Sky when Courtney did.
Fix It Again, Tony.
Hahtoolah, is that cat that is playing cards with the dogs in your 7D image a Manx ? "If he has a tell, I haven't found it." :>)
Hope you are feeling better today, Lucina. BTW, perhaps your niece named her lab after Tom Selleck's role in his 1990 film "Quigley Down Under"?
Amazon said my "Sip and Solve" crossword book was to to be delivered today. Still waiting.
Jinx, to your point about investing in the markets: How a Janitor Built an $8 Million Fortune Without Touching Cryptos, Stock Options or Leverage
ReplyDeleteAlways welcome here, Hahtoolah! Great to see your illustrations.
ReplyDeleteToday you bring us Ms. Walker's PZL. It provides pleasant challenges for the most part, but I found the Middle East side (the mid right sector) unfillable without a cheat or two.
I blame the proper names at 31A and 37A.
On top of those (literally) I had MOORS instead of DOCKS at 25A.
OLEG at 26D (good!) but RIB instead of KID at 28D (bad!) encouraged me to do that.
You can see how these all added up to subtract my chances at filling the right flank with a soccer great's name and the NYC drugstore moniker.
Ah, well, on to Wednesday...
~ OMK
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DR: One diagonal, near side.
Its anagram (13 of 15) is highly suggestive.
It's something you raise to suggest that you're "Holier than Thou."
Yes, it is indeed the...
"SANCTA EYEBROW"!
My copy of C.C.'s book, Sip & Solve just arrived! It has a cute shape and is a good size to travel around in my backpack. I also like that just because it has 10X10 grids does NOT mean it has a lot of 3-letter fills.
ReplyDeleteHa !
ReplyDeleteI was manning the grill and the Amazon driver just delivered mine!
You're right Sumdaze, I like the shape. Now I'm thinking I should send it to Minnesota and see if I can get it autographed!
Sip and Solve arrived today, a cute, pocket-size bundle of crosswords! Thanks to C. C.
ReplyDeleteYes! My copy of Sip and Solve also arrived today and I've worked several of the puzzles already. I was surprised by the size, though.
ReplyDeleteC.C., good job!
I, too, am mightily distressed by the banning of books! It does not bode well for our future. As has been well documented, a democracy can only survive by a well informed public.
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteThanks Amy for the grid - a little fun to my morning.
Hahtoolah, always wonderful. Thanks.
WO: as to, DOCKs from Moors
ESP: KAWAII
Fav: VOODOO museum. Eldest is into the macabre and dragged me there.
//ORWELL is a good runner-up. Everyone should read Animal Farm. Only 128p and clues you in on what the pigs are really up to.
BigE - I'm not keen on the dystopian Ann Ryan.
Jinx - no. Every kid should search out books that speak. If we had "restricted" books in 7th grade, I'd never had read "Are You There God, It's me Margret." (learned a lot about girls, I did)
Youngest made me watch NEWSIES so it filled but didn't recall the songs.
{A, A- (I don't know what Mossad whisky is)}
I have a baby-Ferrari - an '86 Alfa Spider. //and Tony's always fixin' it again, TTP :-)
DW gets back from Barcelona tomorrow and I'll finally have my snuggle-bunny back so I can sleep.
//TannteN - DW & I ELOPED; saved a lot of money to pay for college.
Jayce - did you hear this on NPR?
Lucina - one more day and you'll be on your feet again.
My new Sip & Solve (gave my original to Eldest) should already be in the mailbox(?).
Cheers, -T
Well, I messed that up, BigE... Ayn Rand.
ReplyDeleteThere was too much "beating you over the head" in her books.
//Though, RUSH's 2112 is based on her book.
What kinda band gets a kid to read?!?
Cheers, -T