The Write Stuff. If you are going to write a novel, you might jot down your notes the
old fashioned way ~ with pen and paper. A nice pen might give you
inspiration. What is your favorite pen? I have a nice Waterman
pen, but that isn't an option in today's puzzle. The first word in each
theme answer it the NAME brand of a PEN. Some are high-quality pens, and
others are your everyday pen that you don't mind if it gets lost.
17-Across. * High-intensity workout regimen: CROSS FIT. A Cross Pen was a classic gift for a high school graduate. A.T. Cross
Company, LLC. is an American manufacturing company of writing implements,
based in Providence, Rhode Island. The company was founded in 1846 and
is one of the oldest pen manufacturers in the world. The company makes
fountain pens, ballpoint, and rollerball pens, as well as mechanical pencils
and refills.
25-Across. * Feasibility assessment of a large project: PILOT STUDY. Pilot pens are
inexpensive pens and good for everyday use. I have dozens of such pens
scattered about my house. The company is a Japanese manufacturer based
in Tokyo.
39-Across. * Buttery choice in a bread basket: PARKER HOUSE ROLL. The Parker House Rolls are named after the Boston Parker House Hotel, where they were first
served in the 1870s. According to their origin story, they were created
when a disgruntled hotel baker threw a batch of unfinished rolls into an over
after a fight with a guest.
The Parker Pen Company is a
French manufacturer. It's a moderate-priced pen.
51-Across. * Pattern inspired by nature: ZEBRA PRINT. The Zebra pen is probably the most obscure pen in today's puzzle.
Zebra is also a Japanese
company. I have seen them at Walmart.
And the unifier:
64-Across. Writers' aliases, and what are found at the starts of the answers
to the starred clues: PEN NAMES. Can you identify the following authors? (1) Howard Allen
Frances O’Brien; (2) A. B. Barnard; (3) George Eliot; (4) Charles
Lutwidge Dodgson; (5) Mary Westmacott; (6) Eric Blair; (7) William
Sydney Porter (8) Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski (9) David John Moore
Cornwall; and (10) Theodore Geisel
Across:
1. Cornfield cry: CAW.
4. Insect whose larvae eat clothes: MOTH.
8. Hawaiian dances: HULAS.
13. German cry: ACH. Today's German lesson. What child
doesn't like a 1000 piece puzzle. Ach, come on. It'll be fun!
19. Radio tuner: AM DIAL. The only time I listen to the
radio is when I'm in my car. According to the Buggles, , thus there would be no need to worry about the radio tuner.
20. Oodles: HEAPS.
23. Out __ limb: ON A.
24. "¿Cómo __ usted?": ESTA. How are you? Today's
Spanish lesson.
27. RN's needle: HYPO.
29. Guthrie's "Today" co-anchor: KOTB. The anchors on
the Today show seem just a little too cheerful so early in
the morning. Hoda Kotb (b. Aug. 9, 1964) and Savannah Guthrie (née
Savannah Clark Guthrie; b. Dec. 27, 1971) are the primary hosts of that
morning show. [Name # 1.]
35. "A Death in the Family" writer James: AGEE. James Rufus Agree
(Nov. 27, 1909 ~ May 16, 1955) makes frequent appearances in the crossword
puzzles. A Death in the Family is his autobiographical novel
that, ironically, was published in 1957, after his death. It's about the
death of his father, who also died young. Sadly, Agee died at age 45 of
a massive heart attack. [Name # 2.]
43. Boardroom bigwig: EXEC. As in the Executive.
44. Pink Lady, for one: APPLE. Everything you wanted to know
about the Pink Lady, but didn't know to ask.
45. Meditative sounds: OMS. // And 33-Down. Yoga
energy point: CHAKRA.
46. "Oh, now I see": AH, OK.
49. Like most fine wines: AGED.
56. Some spicy fare: THAI. Yummers! I made Pad Thai
for dinner last night.
59. Eclectic musician Brian: ENO. Brian Eno (né Brian Peter
George Eno; b. May 15, 1948) appeared in last Tuesday's puzzle. Just
last week, I mentioned that we hadn't seen him in a while, yet here he is
again! [Name # 3.]
60. Biscayne Bay city: MIAMI. How Biscayne Bay got its name ... maybe.
61. Course-reversing move: U-TURN. Last week we had a UIE.
I much prefer the more formal U-Turn.
62. Observes, with "on": SITS IN.
66. Bring down on the gridiron: TACKLE.
67. Sound like this this this this: ECHO.
68. Undivided: ONE.
69. Kid: CHILD.
70. Not as much: LESS.
71. __ race: RAT.
Down:
1. Hidden stockpile: CACHE.
2. Central Park's 843: ACRES. A brief history of Central Park. Frederick Law Olmstead (Apr. 26, 1822 ~ Aug. 28, 1903) and his
partner, Calvert Vaux (Dec. 20, 1824 ~ 1895), won the design competition to
create arguably the most famous park in the United States.
3. "Easy, tiger": WHOA, THERE!
4. Component of momentum: MASS. Today's physics lesson.
P = M x V, where P is Momentum, M is Mass and V is Velocity.
5. Not quite right: OFF.
6. "If I Had a Hammer" singer Lopez: TRINI. I think
of Peter, Paul and Mary when I hear this song. Trini
Lopez (né Trinidad Lopez, III; May 15, 1937 ~ Aug. 11, 2020) was a singer and
guitarist from Dallas, Texas. [Name # 4.]
7. Bellhop's employer: HOTEL.
8. Set out for: HEAD TO.
9. Greatest extent: UTMOST.
10. HDTV choice: LCD. As in Liquid-Crystal Display.
11. Vowel quintet: A E I O U. Old MacDonald had a farm ...
30. "Gorillas in the Mist" primate: APE. Gorillas in the Mist was a book by Dian Fossey (Jan. 16, 1932 ~ Dec. 26, 1985). It was
later made into a movie starring Sigourney Weaver (née Susan Alexandra Weaver;
b. Oct. 8, 1949) Dian Fossey studied the mountain gorillas in the mountain forests of Rwanda.
Sadly, she was murdered at age 53. One of her research assistants
was convicted in absentia, but the circumstances of her death remain clouded
in mystery.
31. Candle stuff: WAX.
34. Quick trip: HOP.
36. Ice cream brand with a truck logo: GOOD HUMOR.
37. Blight-stricken tree species: ELM. Dutch elm disease is caused by a fungus affecting elm trees, and is spread by elm bark
beetles. It has decimated the elm trees across America.
38. Trains that rumble overhead: ELs.
40. 1980s Chrysler compact: K-CAR.
41. Shutter part: SLAT.
42. Brain scan letters: EEG. Short for ElectroEncephalography. It's a test that detects abnormalities in the brain waves,
or in the electrical activity of the brain.
47. Skywalker player: HAMILL. A reference to the Star Wars movies. Mark Hamill (né Mark Richard Hamill; b. Sept. 25, 1951)
is the actor who played the role of Luke Skywalker in those movies. Can
you name any other films that he starred in? [Name # 4.]
48. Expressed a view: OPINED.
50. Blues Hall of Famer James: ETTA. It's always nice to
have Etta James (née Jamesetta Hawkins; Jan. 1925 ~ Jan. 20, 2012) visit us in
the puzzle. [Name # 5.]
51. Fragrant scraping: ZEST.
52. Room-sized early computer: ENIAC. The ENIAC was the
first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in
1945. Its name stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer.
53. Make a mess of: BOTCH.
54. Spur into action: IMPEL.
55. Dorothy, to Auntie Em: NIECE. A reference to The Wizard of Oz.
57. Portland's Moda Center, e.g.: ARENA. Portland, Oregon not Portland, Maine.
58. Map detail: INSET.
61. Chicago-style pizza chain, familiarly: UNOS. Best known
for its deep-dish pizzas.
Yummers!
Before we leave the puzzle, here are the answers to the pen names:
(1) Anne Rice; (2) Louisa May Alcott; (3) Mary Ann Sands; (4) Lewis Carroll;
(5) Agatha Christie; (6) George Orwell; (7) O. Henry; (8) Joseph Conrad; (9)
John le Carré; and (10) Dr. Seuss
חתולה
Notes from C.C.:
I met with Chairman Moe (Chris) and his girlfriend Margaret yesterday (June 12, 2023). Here we are at P. F. Chang's in Maple Grove, MN. Chris is just like he's on the blog. Margaret spent 3 years in Hong Kong and 2 years in Bali, overlapping the period when I lived in Guangzhou. Both avid hikers.
This puzzle didn’t seem terribly difficult to me. I knew all the “pen” names, with the exception of “Zebra “, but that one was easily sussed. Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
It took an alphabet run to change AHSO to AHOK. Thought Pink Lady was a cocktail, but that wouldn't fit. BOTCH looks like an abbreviated BiOTeCH. Didn't notice the pen names. Missed reading the full reveal clue. Some things never change. Still, it was a pleasant diversion. Thanx, Jamey and Hahtoolah.
CROSS: Received a Cross pen as a one-year award, emblazoned with my employer's "Z" logo. I showed it to the bartender at my favorite watering hole, and never saw it again. Her last name was Zapp.
PARKER: Parker Pen started in Janesville, Wisconsin, and for many years was the city's largest employer.
PILOT: This is my pen of choice. I buy G-20's by the dozen.
AM DIAL: My first full-time job was in AM radio. Some say it's doomed. BMW, Mazda, Volvo, Volkswagen, and Tesla have announced plans to remove (or have already removed) AM radios from their EV models. The electric drive trains generate lots of difficult-to-suppress electronic noise. Since most AM listening occurs in cars, it could be the death knell for the medium.
How nice you got to meet Chairman Moe and Margaret, C.C. (and vice versa, Moe!)
My 94-year-old mother-in-law is enjoying your Sip and Solve, C.C. She is an avid crossword solver.
QOD: No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it. ~ Fernando Pessoa (né Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa; June 13, 1888 ~ Nov. 30, 1935), Portuguese poet
FIW, missing with ECAR (AKA AM radio killer) and being careless when reviewing PAReER ROLL.
Wish I had enough hair for a NEW DO. By looking at whatever remains, I could call it a Grey Do. I've started doing self-haircutting. Local cuts have gone from $10 or $15 to $35, even for my simple buzz cut. I found a long-forgotten and little used dog grooming clipper set and had at it.
We didn't do PILOT STUDies. Instead we did feasibility studies. We did a market trial for DSL, but the marketing people ruined it by making it free. What can you learn about the market for a product if you don't set a price?
ROCHE. Maybe what the guy in last week's Metamorphosis became?
All the people in a board meeting are likely to be EXECs. Boards tend to be made of EXECs from other companies. Technical name is "interlocking boards of directors" and in part explains why CEOs make such big bucks.
SITS IN - I've been meaning to see if I can audit some classes at nearby ODU.
In Venezuela, the HOTEL's bag guy is called "senor botones," literally "Mr. Buttons."
The Food That Built America explained how GOOD HUMOR ice cream emerged, and why the trucks and uniforms were white. Good watch.
We'll be having lunch at UNOS today. They have a lunch special with any personal pizza and a salad for $10. Plenty for DW and me to share, and they make over Zoë whenever we go.
Thanks to Jamey for the fun Tuesday crunch, and to Ha2la for another stellar review. 'Cept I still don't understand how Biscayne Bay was named. By the way - Just saw on Fox that FIFA is trying to make MIAMI the soccer capital of the USA, following the defection of Messi to the Heat.
FIR, but I found this to be a tad crunchy for a Tuesday. Didn't know chakra, and never heard of a zebra pen, even though i got the theme. So a few WAG's were in order.
Nice smooth puzzle solve with a pen-ny theme in place of the often punny theme. I've been given a few CROSS pens over the years for milestones. People who do CROSS FIT for their physical exercise are usually quite committed fanatics
Like D-O I thought of the Pink Lady cocktail first and then the Pink Ladies who volunteer at the hospital (they wear pink jackets so they can be identified) A lady I know in her 90s has been a Pink Lady for over 20 years minus the pause for COVID
Thanks for a fun start to the day, Susan and for the puzzle , Jamey Glad CC and CM & Margaret had an in-person visit!
Sorry to say but this was an unheard of Tuesday DNF due to the Ah Ok/Chakra crossing. I suppose an alphabet run might have saved the day, but I just didn’t make that effort. I say Oh, Ok a lot but never Ah, Ok, but it’s certainly acceptable. I’m unfamiliar with Pink Lady apples but I knew all the pen names, except Zebra. In fact, I caught the theme after filling in Cross and Pilot. I use Pilot Gel pens exclusively. Seeing U Turn in its entirety was a rare treat.
Thanks, Jamey, for a fun, if incomplete, solve and thanks, Hahtoolah, for the usual fun, facts, and wisdom. Today’s favorite comics were Moths, Out On A Limb, Echo, and the Bear and Pup (Stand). Is The Grand Budapest Hotel worth seeing? The cast is certainly impressive.
What a lovely picture of CC, Chris, and Margaret! And how very nice they all met in person. Thanks for sharing, CC.
Have to get going as I have a doctor’s appointment at 11:30. CC’s Sip & Solve will entertain me if I have a long wait!
Good Morning! The NW was deceptively easy and then the crunch began. Thanks, Jamey, for the (ultimately) fun challenge.
The middle middle and the SW were the last to fill – slowly, with AHA moments – things I knew but forgot I knew until the fill appeared, if that makes any sense.
I had a good laugh when I saw I was duped by the theme until I read the recap. Thanks, Hah2lah! My literal mind latched onto “PEN NAME” writer/author and tried to follow the trail to the possible authors…Robert B. Parker (a favorite)??? But none of the others clicked. And right in my hand the whole time – my PILOT G2 pen!!! Duh!!
Hah2lah, Thanks for the fun and informative recap – love the gene pool toon. 🤣 Followed the trails & hope the mouse found option2 – as long as it’s not in my house!!😉
Hah2lah brought up a good point. I also only listen to the radio when I’m in my car. Is there a reason I can get FM but not AM in the house? Any new technology that eliminates the static? I seem to harken back to the old saying…."We can put a man on the moon, but why can’t we……(any number of things that would seem simple to fix)?"
P.S. Yes, I know pen name is an alias, but at that point I was grasping at straws to make a connection. Knew of the authors in Hah2lah's list but matched none to their original names.
Made up for yesterday's POOR showing but wuz confused by the theme: WEES..are the first part of each clue answers a PEN NAME like an author pseudonym? Nope, reveal says names of PENS, never heard of any except PARKER.
Inkovers: reds/AGED, look/AHOK (c'mon)
I owned a Plymouth Reliant in the 80's , I thought K-CAR referred only to Chrysler products?
It's mentioned in CWs so many times I prolly should read AGEE's novel. May be too WOKE (UP)...but Just cuz yer POOR yer not low quality.
PARKER HOUSE ROLL, wha? Sounds like a dance. Keep forgetting ENIAC, wanna squeeze in Univac
If I asked for a HYPO, the RNs would not have a clue.... OPINED, a CW classic....I am not alone, DO and Inaneh thought a "pink lady" meant the cocktail.. Not as healthy as an APPLE but way more fun.
ZEBRA PRINT: I learnt watching the series "Elementary" that the Brits say ZĔBRA (rhymes with "Debra").
Porker monikers....PEN NAMES Chef Julia's "kid" would forever be a __ CHILD HS diploma equivalent....AGED
Warming up nicely...needed rain, has arrived mostly at night which is great.
A HULA dancer with an AFRO Could make his hair wave to and fro. It caused such a stir He bought it a skir- T, and let his hip hair grow and grow!
The pet owner called out, "WHOA THERE, Rex's getting too frisky to bear! It's to the vet for a SPAY! " Rex made a clone out of CLAY, So his balls are still WHO, AT HERE!
I also have a how to book on cats whose author is "Paddy Cuts."
FLN, the XKCD spaceship comic was designed for PCs and does not work well on Apple products. I played it last night until my computer went to sleep...
No, really, something about only pressing keys inside the comic frame caused it to think no one was using it, and it shut down... (Hmm, but I could not get it started again. It might be conspiring against me...)
Reporting in today that I have a FIR in spite of a serious slowdown in the SW. Fragrant scraping and kid are my favorite clues because the intended meanings for the fill were so far from my first thoughts and took time for the Aha moment to come. Oh sure! ZEST and CHILD.
Thanks Jamey for the clever puzzle. I noticed the pen brands but the reveal was a surprise. And thanks Hahtoolah for your enjoyable review. I only knew four of the authors' PEN NAMES. Lots of learning moments as well as smiles.
Thanks for sharing the picture, C.C. Nice to see you all. Have a terrific Tuesday, everyone!
Fine puzzle. More Wednesday or Thursday level IMO. I solved all around the edges before the middle. I came upon the reveal early on. I didn't know Zebra was a pen, but ZEST and ENIAC were easy and helpful. I lose and misplace pens every day. I soon lost my Cross pen which was an MA graduation gift. I'll stick to cheap and disposable. I listen to the radio only in the car, FM classical. Unfortunately that station has a short range west of here. Susan thanks for the entertaining blog. The OMS cartoon is me. KOTB, had to wait for perps to be sure of the spelling. It took three perps to recall chakra. Only Hamill was new to me. Perps and wags sufficed. I am not a fan of deep dish pizza with the thick crust. In North Jersey we are accustomed to thinner crust. In our dining room we were served a very thick crust pizza. Most people complained and left a large portion of the crust uneaten. I have company coming for happy hour this afternoon. I must get get on the stick.
Ray-O, "Chrysler products" includes Plymouth and Dodge. Jeep too, but they didn't have a K Car. On Monday the clue might be "Mopar sedan;" on Thursday it might be "Iacocca's sedan."
Enough already with the yoga jazz. Little unfair. Most men don’t do yoga, so we are unfamiliar with components to say the least. And when you cross it with ah ok and roche, it’s a bit much. Also don’t watch much commercial television so didn’t know Kotb. A lot of feminine stuff, and that’s OK as long as it isn’t too obtuse. Give us a chance ladies!
Seeing hahtoolah 's secondary moniker "yummers" alerts me to a pleasant Tuesday write-up
Just found my FIW- I had bOCHE and gibberish on teen leader(PbE)
I grew up in Jamaica Plain, a borough of Boston. At the end of the street was the EL(Later dubbed the Orange Line) Incoming Rockets sound very similar only much louder
I have a LeCarre next to my bed. I prefer his earlier novels with "The Honorable Schoolboy" my favorite
C-Moe, nice shirt. Did Picard send it to you?
AM was the dial of choice for Sports Talk
I'm trying to think of an example of the QOD. I can't think of an intelligent idea
Eastern(vs American) massage uses CHAKRAs. The AMA wants to abolish all of that stuff(probably because it works so well*)
Ho Chi Minh worked at the Parker House(busboy?)
WC
* On believers. Skeptics, stick to your drugs). Thus "By thy faith ye is saved"
This CW started off on fire, zipping through fill. Then things slowed way down, and I ended up with a rather long time to FIR. Like RosE I use Pilot G2 10, in blue. I have them scattered around my house and a few in my Jeep. I like that you can get refills, so you don’t throw away the whole pen when the cartridge runs out of ink. I also like that they write on thermal paper, like the receipts you get in restaurants and bars. As for the CW, DNK CHAKRA. I did appreciate the scarcity of obscure names. 15A wanted to write ETCETERA but it didn’t fit and took me a while to realize (DOH!) the fill is ETCETC. Thanx for the fun and entertaining CW, JS. And thanx too to Hahtoolah for the equally fun and entertaining write-up. As for the real names of writers, jeez, I only knew Dr Seuss. That picture of the elevated train shows the disgraceful state of U.S. infrastructure.
Desper-otto, unknown if my house has a metal framework, probably some holding the rafters together (and all those nails!! - I watch HGTV & Magnolia 😂). Are you saying if I took the radio outside the reception would be better?
PEN NAMES? I filled them but never noticed the PENS; apparently didn't have the "WRITE STUFF" for that clue. With ZEBRA as a pen- new to me. Puzzle was easy with only CHAKRA as an unknown filled by perps. I don't think I've seen NEW DO before.
Alert!!!!! The CLAY courts at Roland Garros are NOT clay. They consist of CRUSHED BRICK. In the US most 'clay' tennis courts are made of CRUSHED BASALT. If they were clay they would become slick when wet. Speaking of tennis, Hoda KOTB's EX-husband (Burzis Kanga) is the tennis coach at UNO, not the pizza place, but the University of New Orleans.
ROCHE- Remember the Stone's song 'Mother's Little Helper' that little yellow pill, aka, VALIUM?
I do use a PEN to solve crossword puzzles but they usually have the name of a hotel, car dealer, restaurant, ...etc on them. Known as FREE. Drug companies would pass out pens with their new products on the side for doctors to remember. Being a wholesaler, the reps would usually give me one for each of my office staff. I haven't purchase a pen in over 50 years.
C.C.- nice picture. P.F. Chang's and Olive Garden- they do disservice to Chinese and Italian cooking. DW likes the both, I don't.
Got 'er done, but had to work at it. Clues were not on my plate today, but P & P brought it to the finish line for a FIR. Good cartoons today Hatoolah! Easiest clue for today? ECHO, of course!
RosE, joist hangers and nails wouldn't be enough to block AM radio waves. I now think the culprit is probably your radio, especially if it's part of a multi-channel "receiver." Manufacturers go cheap on the AM portion of those units. I assume you're located in (or near) a major metropolitan area. There should be plenty of listenable AM signals bombarding your home. The advantage of AM is that the signals are not limited to line-of-sight like FM or TV. But AM isn't high fidelity; it can't compete with FM for music. That's why the AM dial is mostly populated with sports, news, and talk.
Fun Tuesday puzzle, if a bit tough for me, but many thanks, Jamey. And your pictures and commentary are always a pleasure, Hahtoolah, thanks for that too.
I thought we were going to HEAD TO a party when I saw those HULAS right on top, but never quite made it to the ARENA to enjoy all the GOOD HUMOR. But it was still a lot of fun to listen to "Old McDonald" carrying that sweet kid around his farm--that music will ECHO in my brain all day.
I'm up to puzzle 45 in your Sip and Solve book, C.C. and loving every minute of it. A real gift.
I forgot to mention that I finished C.C.'s "Sip&Solve". Nice little easy mini-CWs, completed in between three and 6 minutes each. Thanx for the fun, C.C.!
Remember that classic Steely Dan tune FM? That magical work was recorded during the Aja sessions, but wasn't thought to be good enough to be included. Wrong! But to be honest, it would be hard to decide what track could have been eliminated to include FM.
Anyhoo... The chorus from the tune is:
"No static at all (No static, no static at all) FM (No static at all)"
It is in the nature amplitude modulation to be affected by (even distant) lightening, sparking electric motor brushes, and digital devices. (By its nature, digital devices use square wave signals, which are notorious for radio interference. Traditional radio devices operate on signals that are more like sine waves, and interfere less.)
I'm not an EE, but I did run an engineering group before I became a project manager. You real EEs can tell me if I got this wrong.
In the last year I am very unhappy with WORD and with typing on the blog. Sometimes when I try to highlight something to move or copy it, it disappears. Sometimes almost the whole article erases. Also, sometimes part of a line splits and jumps down to the next line. It used to be when I highlighted something the program waited for me to click to indicate, delete, copy, or move. Is there any way to get this old method back? Thank you.
I had the reveal and 17a when I figured out I need some PENs out front. Pens, pens, .... AH OK, I'm using a PILOT (G2, .05, black) to fill the grid.
Thanks Jamey for a fun start to my Tuesday. Thanks Hahtoolah for the sparkly review; sign-off image was LOL.
WOs: SiT -> SET -> SIT, drink->house -> APPLE // D-O: Cocktail didn't fit but "drink" did; then, with EEG, I went with House (thinking SFO - but those are Painted Ladies) ESPs: TRINI, KOTB Fav: GOOD HUMO(u)R - everyone, even Canadians, likes ice cream.
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Theme helped with PAR_ER-HOUSE ROLL as I've never heard of the roll but I know the pen. Unclefred - my solve was how you described. Speedin' along and then hit a wall. Little by little after that.
D-O: You are assuming AM-talk listeners are going to buy EVs ;-) Actually, I want to know, sans AM radio, how am I going to listen to the ballgames and out-of-market college games (OU Club of Houston pays to get OU games on Houston radio - AM is considerably cheaper). Not to mention the Crazy-People Show at midnight. //I have a few pocket-radios I keep around the house / near the bed. Good during hurricanes too.
RosE - LOL re-CAP [...] But none of the others CLICKED.
JJB - I don't do yoga (and neither does DW) but I've seen enough TV shows with "gurus" in 'em to know CHAKRA. IIRC, there was even an old Kojack where (#spoiler!) the killer was the guru used finding their Chakra to lure victims.
FM is a great song, Jinx. Thx.
Wonderful pic of you, C. Moe, & Margaret. Thanks for sharing!
I'm on my 3rd C.C. Sip & Solve. I gave the 1st one to Eldest, Amazon lost my 2nd one, 3rd one should be delivered by 8p today.
In the 70s AFROs were stylish and of course, I had one, too, produced by the miracle of permanent waves since my hair is totally and completely straight.
My great-grandson watches the KID channel where they constantly repeat EIEIO and other childish refrains. He is learning from it.
I just checked my pen and it's a PaperMate, not a PILOT.
After my dad died I inherited his Shaeffer fountain pen which was promptly stolen in high school. I loved that pen. It was burgundy, my dad's favorite color and petite. I don't know for sure, but I suspect it was a graduation present. I have so many questions I wish I could have asked him but he died at such a young age, 35 and I was ten. He spent a few years in the TB sanatorium in Tempe so we did not have a lot of contact with him.
Fun to have KOTB fit in a puzzle!
My late DH worked for a time on a computer which he told me filled an entire room though I don't know if it was the ENIAC.
I also buy PILOT pens in bulk, usually ten to a pack. Crossword puzzles use them up. Speaking of which, I am almost finished with C.C.'s puzzles. I'm savoring them and don't want to rush.
I'm so embarrassed that I misspelled CHAKRA!
I must tell you of my recent travail. Yesterday morning when I was in the shower a bar of soap fell on my foot, right on the bone and it has been hurting something awful. Icing it helped a bit but it's such a tender spot. I have to hobble using a cane to walk.
I hope you are all having a wonderful day! Every day is a gift!
35A AGEE. He also wrote the words to Samuel Barber's Knoxville Summer of 1915, a poignant memoir of his childhood. Here's the Divine Renée Fleming and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic to invoke it for us (lyrics)
56A THAI. Aww Cat, you didn't have to go to all that trouble for us! 😋
64A PEN NAMES. I didn't do today's puzzle with my Mont Blanc (just kidding), but with my trusty Tornado Crossword Puzzle pencil.
Just a fun anecdote to share with you: on Monday when I count the collection I come across some interesting bits of cash, like folded up two dollar bills, crushed hundred dollar bills sometimes with amusing notes on the envelopes such as "I'm visiting from ? and this is my contribution."or, "is it always this hot here?"
Ah, PARKER HOUSE ROLLs! I have made many of them in the past. Nothing better than really good breads and rolls!. In my experience,, finding a bakery that bakes really good bread is hard to find.. I miss the wonderful German, Italian, and Jewish bakery’s of the past. If you don’t eat the bread the day you buy it, it becomes tasteless and hard as a rock. Anyone else like salt risen bread?
ETTA James unhappy she wasn’t ask to sing “At Last” for the first dance for the President and First Lady at the Obama inaugural ball. Beyoncé sang it.
My radio problem is on the FM dial. I like to listen to a college station about 20 miles away on Sat.morning and some days it comes in clear as a bell and other days not a peep. And then years ago on a small radio, by chance, I had a talk show on the AM DIAL coming to me in Troy,Ny from Miami. Fla., 1,436 miles away.
AT&T finally fixed their internet in our area. It’s amazing how I have come to depend on it. Scary too.
Lovely puzzle. I like pens, so right up my alley. I too have a Cross from some graduation gift, but for everyday writing I favor Pilot gel pens. I’ve never had a Zebra.
Although I didn’t know KOTB, that was the only word that would fit, so kept it.
When I saw U TURN I immediately thought of IM☘️.
Hahtoolah, thank you for the nice reference to the French open history, a match that ended this weekend.
Lucina: I also dropped the shower soap on my foot recently and it’s unbelievable how that can hurt. It happens to be a new soap and it’s rather large, so falling from a certain height enhances its lethality.
Dash-T, the majority of AM listening is done in the automobile. If manufacturers drop AM radio in the E-Vs, it's likely they'll also drop AM in all models -- why go through the hassle of stocking/installing separate radio models. AM will become even less profitable, and stations will go dark.
Parsan, when I was growing up we could get only one TV station, WSAZ (channel 3) in Huntington, WV, some 75 miles away. Occasionally, a TV station in Texas would come in so strong that it would take over the TV for a few minutes. When I was a bit older I learned that this phenomenon is called "skip" and occurs when the ionosphere has just the right characteristics to bend the signal back to the earth, overcoming the nearly line-of-site character of TV frequencies. Ham radio operators love skip conditions because they can converse over very long distances with their low power (1 KW or less) radios. The ionosphere is also why you can receive more distant AM radio stations at night than during the day. It is also why some stations have to reduce their power between sunset and sunrise, and why some have to go off the air during those times.
A fun crossword. The kind where you think you don't know the long fills, but you do. Even those PARKER HOUSE ROLLS.
Is it true that we each have the memory & computing power of ENIAC inside a single laptop?
When I checked in to a lab this morning to do a routine blood test, I followed on-screen instructions to feed my drivers license and insurance cards into a machine that took photos of them. I must say the instructions were clear and very polite--another case of A.I. taking somebody's clerical job. ~ OMK ____________ DR: Nope, no diagonals. Sorry.
Musings -What a nice UT Longhorn Jamey Smith puzzle. -My pen: Bic cheapo. My pencil: Paper Sharpwriter, mechanical cheapo. -Crows are not a big cornfield problem around here. Now the silk beetle… -C’mon, these are PINK LADIES! -During the day our fav was KOIL AM in Omaha, 30 miles away. At night, it was KOMA AM in OKC which we could not get during the day. -Our teacher team meeting was very different when the principal SAT IN -We all know where Auntie Em’s NIECE HEADED TO -All that (and more) ENIAC ability now resides inside my iPhone -I loved your write-up and list of pen names, Susan! -Nice picture of C.C., Chairman and Margaret!
I had to solve today's puzzle without any help from the theme. I suppose I do not pay attention to pen brands. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the puzzle and the extra challenge. If you have a drawer of pens you do not use, put them in a zip-loc bag and give them to your favorite waitress. They lose a lot of pens to absent-minded customers. FAV: Momentum component
I used to live in SE Oregon where I could only catch one TV station, no daytime radio, and HEAPS of radio stations at night, thanks to the tin roof.
It looks like C.C., C-Moe, and Margaret enjoyed their visit. = )
Thank you for your pen explanations, Hahtoolah! Also, It's been a while since I've heard your 19A song. Fun!
This is becoming absurd. Truly. My posting had nothing political, religious, or even slightly risqué. I will do my best to re-create it: ____________
Hahtoolah escorts Jamey Smith on today's crossword...
This is a fun PZL, the kind where you think you don't know the long fills, but you do. Even with PARKER HOUSE ROLLS.
Is it true that nowadays each of us has more memory and computing ability than ENIAC--in a single laptop?
This morning when I checked into a lab for a routine blood test, I followed on-screen instructions to feed my drivers license and insurance cards into a machine that took photos of them. The instructions were clear and very polite, and I realized that A.I. was taking another clerical job away from a needy human. ~ OMK ____________ DR: Nope, no diagonals today. None. Sorry.
I enjoyed working this puzzle and reading all your comments. Stumbled mightily at AH OK and CHAKRA. I should have known the latter as I have heard the term chakra stones. Screwed up by entering TAMPA before being taught by NIECE that it is MIAMI.
Lucina @1:32 PM One morning I was counting for the parish and someone had donated an origami bow-tie folded from a crisp one dollar bill. I bought it for a buck and may still have it. If I can find it I'll try to post a picture.
Desper-otto @ 11:43. Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for the good AM radio info. I checked & my radios are the AM/FM variety, so that may be the problem. Reception is from either Baltimore or Harrisburg. I have explored listening AM radio on my computer. Works pretty well.
Jinx It's very late and you may not see this, however, I'll post it anyway. I did not DROP the soap. It slipped down from its little shelf. So I guess I'll have to hold onto it instead of placing it there.
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This puzzle didn’t seem terribly difficult to me. I knew all the “pen” names, with the exception of “Zebra “, but that one was easily sussed. Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
It took an alphabet run to change AHSO to AHOK. Thought Pink Lady was a cocktail, but that wouldn't fit. BOTCH looks like an abbreviated BiOTeCH. Didn't notice the pen names. Missed reading the full reveal clue. Some things never change. Still, it was a pleasant diversion. Thanx, Jamey and Hahtoolah.
CROSS: Received a Cross pen as a one-year award, emblazoned with my employer's "Z" logo. I showed it to the bartender at my favorite watering hole, and never saw it again. Her last name was Zapp.
PARKER: Parker Pen started in Janesville, Wisconsin, and for many years was the city's largest employer.
PILOT: This is my pen of choice. I buy G-20's by the dozen.
AM DIAL: My first full-time job was in AM radio. Some say it's doomed. BMW, Mazda, Volvo, Volkswagen, and Tesla have announced plans to remove (or have already removed) AM radios from their EV models. The electric drive trains generate lots of difficult-to-suppress electronic noise. Since most AM listening occurs in cars, it could be the death knell for the medium.
Good Morning, Crossword Friends.
How nice you got to meet Chairman Moe and Margaret, C.C. (and vice versa, Moe!)
My 94-year-old mother-in-law is enjoying your Sip and Solve, C.C. She is an avid crossword solver.
QOD: No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it. ~ Fernando Pessoa (né Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa; June 13, 1888 ~ Nov. 30, 1935), Portuguese poet
FIW, missing with ECAR (AKA AM radio killer) and being careless when reviewing PAReER ROLL.
Wish I had enough hair for a NEW DO. By looking at whatever remains, I could call it a Grey Do. I've started doing self-haircutting. Local cuts have gone from $10 or $15 to $35, even for my simple buzz cut. I found a long-forgotten and little used dog grooming clipper set and had at it.
We didn't do PILOT STUDies. Instead we did feasibility studies. We did a market trial for DSL, but the marketing people ruined it by making it free. What can you learn about the market for a product if you don't set a price?
ROCHE. Maybe what the guy in last week's Metamorphosis became?
All the people in a board meeting are likely to be EXECs. Boards tend to be made of EXECs from other companies. Technical name is "interlocking boards of directors" and in part explains why CEOs make such big bucks.
SITS IN - I've been meaning to see if I can audit some classes at nearby ODU.
In Venezuela, the HOTEL's bag guy is called "senor botones," literally "Mr. Buttons."
The Food That Built America explained how GOOD HUMOR ice cream emerged, and why the trucks and uniforms were white. Good watch.
We'll be having lunch at UNOS today. They have a lunch special with any personal pizza and a salad for $10. Plenty for DW and me to share, and they make over Zoë whenever we go.
Thanks to Jamey for the fun Tuesday crunch, and to Ha2la for another stellar review. 'Cept I still don't understand how Biscayne Bay was named. By the way - Just saw on Fox that FIFA is trying to make MIAMI the soccer capital of the USA, following the defection of Messi to the Heat.
FIR, but I found this to be a tad crunchy for a Tuesday. Didn't know chakra, and never heard of a zebra pen, even though i got the theme. So a few WAG's were in order.
Nice smooth puzzle solve with a pen-ny theme in place of the often punny theme. I've been given a few CROSS pens over the years for milestones. People who do CROSS FIT for their physical exercise are usually quite committed fanatics
Like D-O I thought of the Pink Lady cocktail first and then the Pink Ladies who volunteer at the hospital (they wear pink jackets so they can be identified) A lady I know in her 90s has been a Pink Lady for over 20 years minus the pause for COVID
Thanks for a fun start to the day, Susan and for the puzzle , Jamey
Glad CC and CM & Margaret had an in-person visit!
Good Morning:
Sorry to say but this was an unheard of Tuesday DNF due to the Ah Ok/Chakra crossing. I suppose an alphabet run might have saved the day, but I just didn’t make that effort. I say Oh, Ok a lot but never Ah, Ok, but it’s certainly acceptable. I’m unfamiliar with Pink Lady apples but I knew all the pen names, except Zebra. In fact, I caught the theme after filling in Cross and Pilot. I use Pilot Gel pens exclusively. Seeing U Turn in its entirety was a rare treat.
Thanks, Jamey, for a fun, if incomplete, solve and thanks, Hahtoolah, for the usual fun, facts, and wisdom. Today’s favorite comics were Moths, Out On A Limb, Echo, and the Bear and Pup (Stand). Is The Grand Budapest Hotel worth seeing? The cast is certainly impressive.
What a lovely picture of CC, Chris, and Margaret! And how very nice they all met in person. Thanks for sharing, CC.
Have to get going as I have a doctor’s appointment at 11:30. CC’s Sip & Solve will entertain me if I have a long wait!
Have a great day.
Good Morning! The NW was deceptively easy and then the crunch began. Thanks, Jamey, for the (ultimately) fun challenge.
The middle middle and the SW were the last to fill – slowly, with AHA moments – things I knew but forgot I knew until the fill appeared, if that makes any sense.
I had a good laugh when I saw I was duped by the theme until I read the recap. Thanks, Hah2lah! My literal mind latched onto “PEN NAME” writer/author and tried to follow the trail to the possible authors…Robert B. Parker (a favorite)??? But none of the others clicked. And right in my hand the whole time – my PILOT G2 pen!!! Duh!!
Hah2lah, Thanks for the fun and informative recap – love the gene pool toon. 🤣
Followed the trails & hope the mouse found option2 – as long as it’s not in my house!!😉
Hah2lah brought up a good point. I also only listen to the radio when I’m in my car. Is there a reason I can get FM but not AM in the house? Any new technology that eliminates the static? I seem to harken back to the old saying…."We can put a man on the moon, but why can’t we……(any number of things that would seem simple to fix)?"
P.S. Yes, I know pen name is an alias, but at that point I was grasping at straws to make a connection. Knew of the authors in Hah2lah's list but matched none to their original names.
RosE, does your home have a metal framework? You probably remember how the AM radio station would blank out when you drove through a metal bridge.
Made up for yesterday's POOR showing but wuz confused by the theme: WEES..are the first part of each clue answers a PEN NAME like an author pseudonym? Nope, reveal says
names of PENS, never heard of any except PARKER.
Inkovers: reds/AGED, look/AHOK (c'mon)
I owned a Plymouth Reliant in the 80's , I thought K-CAR referred only to Chrysler products?
It's mentioned in CWs so many times I prolly should read AGEE's novel. May be too WOKE (UP)...but Just cuz yer POOR yer not low quality.
PARKER HOUSE ROLL, wha? Sounds like a dance. Keep forgetting ENIAC, wanna squeeze in Univac
If I asked for a HYPO, the RNs would not have a clue.... OPINED, a CW classic....I am not alone, DO and Inaneh thought a "pink lady" meant the cocktail.. Not as healthy as an APPLE but way more fun.
ZEBRA PRINT: I learnt watching the series "Elementary" that the Brits say ZĔBRA (rhymes with "Debra").
Porker monikers....PEN NAMES
Chef Julia's "kid" would forever be a __ CHILD
HS diploma equivalent....AGED
Warming up nicely...needed rain, has arrived mostly at night which is great.
A HULA dancer with an AFRO
Could make his hair wave to and fro.
It caused such a stir
He bought it a skir-
T, and let his hip hair grow and grow!
The pet owner called out, "WHOA THERE,
Rex's getting too frisky to bear!
It's to the vet for a SPAY! "
Rex made a clone out of CLAY,
So his balls are still WHO, AT HERE!
{B, C.}
My favorite pen, has always been, one that works...
why I have a drawer full of broken pens I do not know...
I also have a how to book on cats whose author is "Paddy Cuts."
FLN, the XKCD spaceship comic was designed for PCs and does not work well on Apple products.
I played it last night until my computer went to sleep...
No, really, something about only pressing keys inside the comic frame caused it to think no one was using it, and it shut down...
(Hmm, but I could not get it started again. It might be conspiring against me...)
Reporting in today that I have a FIR in spite of a serious slowdown in the SW. Fragrant scraping and kid are my favorite clues because the intended meanings for the fill were so far from my first thoughts and took time for the Aha moment to come. Oh sure! ZEST and CHILD.
Thanks Jamey for the clever puzzle. I noticed the pen brands but the reveal was a surprise. And thanks Hahtoolah for your enjoyable review. I only knew four of the authors' PEN NAMES. Lots of learning moments as well as smiles.
Thanks for sharing the picture, C.C. Nice to see you all.
Have a terrific Tuesday, everyone!
Fine puzzle. More Wednesday or Thursday level IMO. I solved all around the edges before the middle. I came upon the reveal early on. I didn't know Zebra was a pen, but ZEST and ENIAC were easy and helpful.
I lose and misplace pens every day. I soon lost my Cross pen which was an MA graduation gift. I'll stick to cheap and disposable.
I listen to the radio only in the car, FM classical. Unfortunately that station has a short range west of here.
Susan thanks for the entertaining blog. The OMS cartoon is me.
KOTB, had to wait for perps to be sure of the spelling.
It took three perps to recall chakra. Only Hamill was new to me. Perps and wags sufficed.
I am not a fan of deep dish pizza with the thick crust. In North Jersey we are accustomed to thinner crust. In our dining room we were served a very thick crust pizza. Most people complained and left a large portion of the crust uneaten.
I have company coming for happy hour this afternoon. I must get get on the stick.
Ray-O, "Chrysler products" includes Plymouth and Dodge. Jeep too, but they didn't have a K Car. On Monday the clue might be "Mopar sedan;" on Thursday it might be "Iacocca's sedan."
Enough already with the yoga jazz. Little unfair. Most men don’t do yoga, so we are unfamiliar with components to say the least. And when you cross it with ah ok and roche, it’s a bit much. Also don’t watch much commercial television so didn’t know Kotb. A lot of feminine stuff, and that’s OK as long as it isn’t too obtuse. Give us a chance ladies!
Seeing hahtoolah 's secondary moniker "yummers" alerts me to a pleasant Tuesday write-up
Just found my FIW- I had bOCHE and gibberish on teen leader(PbE)
I grew up in Jamaica Plain, a borough of Boston. At the end of the street was the EL(Later dubbed the Orange Line) Incoming Rockets sound very similar only much louder
I have a LeCarre next to my bed. I prefer his earlier novels with "The Honorable Schoolboy" my favorite
C-Moe, nice shirt. Did Picard send it to you?
AM was the dial of choice for Sports Talk
I'm trying to think of an example of the QOD. I can't think of an intelligent idea
Eastern(vs American) massage uses CHAKRAs. The AMA wants to abolish all of that stuff(probably because it works so well*)
Ho Chi Minh worked at the Parker House(busboy?)
WC
* On believers. Skeptics, stick to your drugs). Thus "By thy faith ye is saved"
This CW started off on fire, zipping through fill. Then things slowed way down, and I ended up with a rather long time to FIR. Like RosE I use Pilot G2 10, in blue. I have them scattered around my house and a few in my Jeep. I like that you can get refills, so you don’t throw away the whole pen when the cartridge runs out of ink. I also like that they write on thermal paper, like the receipts you get in restaurants and bars. As for the CW, DNK CHAKRA. I did appreciate the scarcity of obscure names. 15A wanted to write ETCETERA but it didn’t fit and took me a while to realize (DOH!) the fill is ETCETC. Thanx for the fun and entertaining CW, JS. And thanx too to Hahtoolah for the equally fun and entertaining write-up. As for the real names of writers, jeez, I only knew Dr Seuss. That picture of the elevated train shows the disgraceful state of U.S. infrastructure.
Desper-otto, unknown if my house has a metal framework, probably some holding the rafters together (and all those nails!! - I watch HGTV & Magnolia 😂). Are you saying if I took the radio outside the reception would be better?
PEN NAMES? I filled them but never noticed the PENS; apparently didn't have the "WRITE STUFF" for that clue. With ZEBRA as a pen- new to me. Puzzle was easy with only CHAKRA as an unknown filled by perps. I don't think I've seen NEW DO before.
Alert!!!!! The CLAY courts at Roland Garros are NOT clay. They consist of CRUSHED BRICK. In the US most 'clay' tennis courts are made of CRUSHED BASALT. If they were clay they would become slick when wet. Speaking of tennis, Hoda KOTB's EX-husband (Burzis Kanga) is the tennis coach at UNO, not the pizza place, but the University of New Orleans.
ROCHE- Remember the Stone's song 'Mother's Little Helper' that little yellow pill, aka, VALIUM?
I do use a PEN to solve crossword puzzles but they usually have the name of a hotel, car dealer, restaurant, ...etc on them. Known as FREE. Drug companies would pass out pens with their new products on the side for doctors to remember. Being a wholesaler, the reps would usually give me one for each of my office staff. I haven't purchase a pen in over 50 years.
C.C.- nice picture. P.F. Chang's and Olive Garden- they do disservice to Chinese and Italian cooking. DW likes the both, I don't.
46. "Oh, now I see": AH, OK.
I don't know why I had such a hard time with this...
It bugged me, until I read it here on the the blog, and said:
Ah, ok...
Got 'er done, but had to work at it. Clues were not on my plate today, but P & P brought it to the finish line for a FIR. Good cartoons today Hatoolah! Easiest clue for today? ECHO, of course!
RosE, joist hangers and nails wouldn't be enough to block AM radio waves. I now think the culprit is probably your radio, especially if it's part of a multi-channel "receiver." Manufacturers go cheap on the AM portion of those units. I assume you're located in (or near) a major metropolitan area. There should be plenty of listenable AM signals bombarding your home. The advantage of AM is that the signals are not limited to line-of-sight like FM or TV. But AM isn't high fidelity; it can't compete with FM for music. That's why the AM dial is mostly populated with sports, news, and talk.
Fun Tuesday puzzle, if a bit tough for me, but many thanks, Jamey. And your pictures and commentary are always a pleasure, Hahtoolah, thanks for that too.
I thought we were going to HEAD TO a party when I saw those HULAS right on top, but never quite made it to the ARENA to enjoy all the GOOD HUMOR. But it was still a lot of fun to listen to "Old McDonald" carrying that sweet kid around his farm--that music will ECHO in my brain all day.
I'm up to puzzle 45 in your Sip and Solve book, C.C. and loving every minute of it. A real gift.
Have a great day, everybody.
I forgot to mention that I finished C.C.'s "Sip&Solve". Nice little easy mini-CWs, completed in between three and 6 minutes each. Thanx for the fun, C.C.!
RosE, does your AM radio have an antenna connected to it? It needs an antenna.
Remember that classic Steely Dan tune FM? That magical work was recorded during the Aja sessions, but wasn't thought to be good enough to be included. Wrong! But to be honest, it would be hard to decide what track could have been eliminated to include FM.
Anyhoo...
The chorus from the tune is:
"No static at all
(No static, no static at all)
FM (No static at all)"
It is in the nature amplitude modulation to be affected by (even distant) lightening, sparking electric motor brushes, and digital devices. (By its nature, digital devices use square wave signals, which are notorious for radio interference. Traditional radio devices operate on signals that are more like sine waves, and interfere less.)
I'm not an EE, but I did run an engineering group before I became a project manager. You real EEs can tell me if I got this wrong.
WC @ 10:50 --> nope; shirt survived the move from FL to AZ
In the last year I am very unhappy with WORD and with typing on the blog. Sometimes when I try to highlight something to move or copy it, it disappears. Sometimes almost the whole article erases.
Also, sometimes part of a line splits and jumps down to the next line.
It used to be when I highlighted something the program waited for me to click to indicate, delete, copy, or move.
Is there any way to get this old method back? Thank you.
Hi All!
I had the reveal and 17a when I figured out I need some PENs out front. Pens, pens, .... AH OK, I'm using a PILOT (G2, .05, black) to fill the grid.
Thanks Jamey for a fun start to my Tuesday. Thanks Hahtoolah for the sparkly review; sign-off image was LOL.
WOs: SiT -> SET -> SIT, drink->house -> APPLE // D-O: Cocktail didn't fit but "drink" did; then, with EEG, I went with House (thinking SFO - but those are Painted Ladies)
ESPs: TRINI, KOTB
Fav: GOOD HUMO(u)R - everyone, even Canadians, likes ice cream.
{B, ?}
Theme helped with PAR_ER-HOUSE ROLL as I've never heard of the roll but I know the pen.
Unclefred - my solve was how you described. Speedin' along and then hit a wall. Little by little after that.
D-O: You are assuming AM-talk listeners are going to buy EVs ;-)
Actually, I want to know, sans AM radio, how am I going to listen to the ballgames and out-of-market college games (OU Club of Houston pays to get OU games on Houston radio - AM is considerably cheaper). Not to mention the Crazy-People Show at midnight.
//I have a few pocket-radios I keep around the house / near the bed. Good during hurricanes too.
RosE - LOL re-CAP [...] But none of the others CLICKED.
JJB - I don't do yoga (and neither does DW) but I've seen enough TV shows with "gurus" in 'em to know CHAKRA. IIRC, there was even an old Kojack where (#spoiler!) the killer was the guru used finding their Chakra to lure victims.
FM is a great song, Jinx. Thx.
Wonderful pic of you, C. Moe, & Margaret. Thanks for sharing!
I'm on my 3rd C.C. Sip & Solve. I gave the 1st one to Eldest, Amazon lost my 2nd one, 3rd one should be delivered by 8p today.
Cheers, -T
Hola!
In the 70s AFROs were stylish and of course, I had one, too, produced by the miracle of permanent waves since my hair is totally and completely straight.
My great-grandson watches the KID channel where they constantly repeat EIEIO and other childish refrains. He is learning from it.
I just checked my pen and it's a PaperMate, not a PILOT.
After my dad died I inherited his Shaeffer fountain pen which was promptly stolen in high school. I loved that pen. It was burgundy, my dad's favorite color and petite. I don't know for sure, but I suspect it was a graduation present. I have so many questions I wish I could have asked him but he died at such a young age, 35 and I was ten. He spent a few years in the TB sanatorium in Tempe so we did not have a lot of contact with him.
Fun to have KOTB fit in a puzzle!
My late DH worked for a time on a computer which he told me filled an entire room though I don't know if it was the ENIAC.
I also buy PILOT pens in bulk, usually ten to a pack. Crossword puzzles use them up. Speaking of which, I am almost finished with C.C.'s puzzles. I'm savoring them and don't want to rush.
I'm so embarrassed that I misspelled CHAKRA!
I must tell you of my recent travail. Yesterday morning when I was in the shower a bar of soap fell on my foot, right on the bone and it has been hurting something awful. Icing it helped a bit but it's such a tender spot. I have to hobble using a cane to walk.
I hope you are all having a wonderful day! Every day is a gift!
Thank you Jamey (and thank you Patti) for an easier than yesterday puzzle.
And thank you Susan for the usual Hahtoolahian hilarity.
A few favs:
19A AM DIAL. I always have my car tuned to the FM DIAL, specifically to this station.
35A AGEE. He also wrote the words to Samuel Barber's Knoxville Summer of 1915, a poignant memoir of his childhood. Here's the Divine Renée Fleming and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic to invoke it for us (lyrics)
56A THAI. Aww Cat, you didn't have to go to all that trouble for us! 😋
64A PEN NAMES. I didn't do today's puzzle with my Mont Blanc (just kidding), but with my trusty Tornado Crossword Puzzle pencil.
2D ACRES. Olmsted also designed Sudbrook Park, which is about , which is about a mile from our house.
3D WHOA THERE. We recently saw the movie The Life of Pi, the story of a boy and his tiger. Great flick.
Cheers,
Bill
Lucina @1:22 PM You are so sweet. 🙂
Just a fun anecdote to share with you: on Monday when I count the collection I come across some interesting bits of cash, like folded up two dollar bills, crushed hundred dollar bills sometimes with amusing notes on the envelopes such as "I'm visiting from ? and this is my contribution."or, "is it always this hot here?"
waseeley
Thank you! I like to think that I got that from my mother who was the sweetest person I ever knew.
Ah, PARKER HOUSE ROLLs! I have made many of them in the past. Nothing better than really good breads and rolls!. In my experience,, finding a bakery that bakes really good bread is hard to find.. I miss the wonderful German, Italian, and Jewish bakery’s of the past. If you don’t eat the bread the day you buy it, it becomes tasteless and hard as a rock. Anyone else like salt risen bread?
ETTA James unhappy she wasn’t ask to sing “At Last” for the first dance for the President and First Lady at the Obama inaugural ball. Beyoncé sang it.
My radio problem is on the FM dial. I like to listen to a college station about 20 miles away on Sat.morning and some days it comes in clear as a bell and other days not a peep. And then years ago on a small radio, by chance, I had a talk show on the AM DIAL coming to me in Troy,Ny from Miami. Fla., 1,436 miles away.
Thank you Jamey and Hahtoolah, good stuff!
AT&T finally fixed their internet in our area. It’s amazing how I have come to depend on it. Scary too.
Lovely puzzle. I like pens, so right up my alley. I too have a Cross from some graduation gift, but for everyday writing I favor Pilot gel pens. I’ve never had a Zebra.
Although I didn’t know KOTB, that was the only word that would fit, so kept it.
When I saw U TURN I immediately thought of IM☘️.
Hahtoolah, thank you for the nice reference to the French open history, a match that ended this weekend.
Lucina: I also dropped the shower soap on my foot recently and it’s unbelievable how that can hurt. It happens to be a new soap and it’s rather large, so falling from a certain height enhances its lethality.
Dash-T, the majority of AM listening is done in the automobile. If manufacturers drop AM radio in the E-Vs, it's likely they'll also drop AM in all models -- why go through the hassle of stocking/installing separate radio models. AM will become even less profitable, and stations will go dark.
Lucina and Tante Nique, if I lived near you I would drop one of these little reminders for you.
Parsan, when I was growing up we could get only one TV station, WSAZ (channel 3) in Huntington, WV, some 75 miles away. Occasionally, a TV station in Texas would come in so strong that it would take over the TV for a few minutes. When I was a bit older I learned that this phenomenon is called "skip" and occurs when the ionosphere has just the right characteristics to bend the signal back to the earth, overcoming the nearly line-of-site character of TV frequencies. Ham radio operators love skip conditions because they can converse over very long distances with their low power (1 KW or less) radios. The ionosphere is also why you can receive more distant AM radio stations at night than during the day. It is also why some stations have to reduce their power between sunset and sunrise, and why some have to go off the air during those times.
Never ask me what time it is.
Hahtoolah escorts Jamey Smith today...
A fun crossword. The kind where you think you don't know the long fills, but you do.
Even those PARKER HOUSE ROLLS.
Is it true that we each have the memory & computing power of ENIAC inside a single laptop?
When I checked in to a lab this morning to do a routine blood test, I followed on-screen instructions to feed my drivers license and insurance cards into a machine that took photos of them.
I must say the instructions were clear and very polite--another case of A.I. taking somebody's clerical job.
~ OMK
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DR: Nope, no diagonals. Sorry.
Musings
-What a nice UT Longhorn Jamey Smith puzzle.
-My pen: Bic cheapo. My pencil: Paper Sharpwriter, mechanical cheapo.
-Crows are not a big cornfield problem around here. Now the silk beetle…
-C’mon, these are PINK LADIES!
-During the day our fav was KOIL AM in Omaha, 30 miles away. At night, it was KOMA AM in OKC which we could not get during the day.
-Our teacher team meeting was very different when the principal SAT IN
-We all know where Auntie Em’s NIECE HEADED TO
-All that (and more) ENIAC ability now resides inside my iPhone
-I loved your write-up and list of pen names, Susan!
-Nice picture of C.C., Chairman and Margaret!
Another Mark Hamill movie was Corvette Summer (I think)
Jinx @3:04 Thank you for the nice thought. They’ll put anything on a T shirt.
I had to solve today's puzzle without any help from the theme. I suppose I do not pay attention to pen brands. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the puzzle and the extra challenge. If you have a drawer of pens you do not use, put them in a zip-loc bag and give them to your favorite waitress. They lose a lot of pens to absent-minded customers.
FAV: Momentum component
I used to live in SE Oregon where I could only catch one TV station, no daytime radio, and HEAPS of radio stations at night, thanks to the tin roof.
It looks like C.C., C-Moe, and Margaret enjoyed their visit. = )
Thank you for your pen explanations, Hahtoolah! Also, It's been a while since I've heard your 19A song. Fun!
Salt risen bread!?!?
( thank you Parsan...)
I always wondered how they made bread without yeast, then I learned about sourdough.
But salt risen bread? Never heard of it...
down the rabbithole we go!
Interesting!
I will Have to try this...
Trivia from my links to comics yesterday,
How many of you know what the word petrichor means?
( No googling! This is a test!)
Why did my posting disappear?
~ OMK
This is becoming absurd. Truly.
My posting had nothing political, religious, or even slightly risqué. I will do my best to re-create it:
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Hahtoolah escorts Jamey Smith on today's crossword...
This is a fun PZL, the kind where you think you don't know the long fills, but you do.
Even with PARKER HOUSE ROLLS.
Is it true that nowadays each of us has more memory and computing ability than ENIAC--in a single laptop?
This morning when I checked into a lab for a routine blood test, I followed on-screen instructions to feed my drivers license and insurance cards into a machine that took photos of them.
The instructions were clear and very polite, and I realized that A.I. was taking another clerical job away from a needy human.
~ OMK
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DR: Nope, no diagonals today. None.
Sorry.
I enjoyed working this puzzle and reading all your comments. Stumbled mightily at AH OK and CHAKRA. I should have known the latter as I have heard the term chakra stones. Screwed up by entering TAMPA before being taught by NIECE that it is MIAMI.
Good wishes to you all.
Lucina @1:32 PM One morning I was counting for the parish and someone had donated an origami bow-tie folded from a crisp one dollar bill. I bought it for a buck and may still have it. If I can find it I'll try to post a picture.
Keith, your two posts were caught at the Spam folder. Freed now.
AM radio of my ute:
Daytime: WLAP in Lexington (featuring Nick Clooney, Rosemary's brother and father of some other Clooney who I think is some sort of actor.)
After dark: WLW in Cincinnati when the Reds were playing, otherwise WLS in Chicago, featuring Dick Biondi.
Desper-otto @ 11:43. Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for the good AM radio info. I checked & my radios are the AM/FM variety, so that may be the problem. Reception is from either Baltimore or Harrisburg. I have explored listening AM radio on my computer. Works pretty well.
Jinx, remember the submarine races?
WHDH(AM) with Jess Cain in Boston which held a limerick contest for a Cambridge hotel and its restaurant *
From Id they came
Of cartoon fame
The Wizard and the Jester
Playing a riddle game
That had no name
The Wizard posed this tester
On Charlesbank dine
With choice of fine wine
Pick of salads galore
The roast beef so tender
Good service they render
All this midst exquisite decor
Got it said the sot
With scarcely a thought
* Rib Room, Hotel Sonesta
WC
Jinx
It's very late and you may not see this, however, I'll post it anyway. I did not DROP the soap. It slipped down from its little shelf. So I guess I'll have to hold onto it instead of placing it there.
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