Theme: Try again?
Samantha and Katie are not new to the LAT, but I think new in a collaboration? Let's unpack what they've presented us with today.
So to the theme - add "TRY" in the middle of, or at the end of, a random phrase or noun. Hilarity ensures.
17. Feature of a jean jacket with a snowflake design?: WINTRY BACK. Win back.
24. French dessert for a romantic date?: PASTRY DE DEUX. Pas de Deux
37. Handwoven textile that's a big source of comfort?: SECURITY TAPESTRY. Security Tape
48. Group that oversees tablets?: IPAD MINISTRY. iPad Minis
60. "Go on, take a taste!" ... or an apt title for this puzzle?: GIVE IT A TRY.
Let's see what might entertain us in the fill. The long FIXED ASSET and I'M USED TO IT in the downs gave this some sparkle, but mostly I found it a bit of a trudge. See what you think.
1. Shred: TATTER.
7. Built-in part of a camisole, maybe: BRA.
10. Menu item: FILE.
14. Mark who won the Masters and the British Open in 1998: O'MEARA.
15. __ Palmas de Gran Canaria: LAS.
16. Spanish tykes: NIÑOS.
19. Nerve fibers: AXONS.
20. Big heads: EGOS.
21. Center of operations: BASE.
22. Settle a score: AVENGE.
23. "Hotel du __": Anita Brookner novel: LAC.
26. Mortgages, e.g.: LIENS. Hand up for LOANS first.
28. Bear on a star chart: URSA. A couple of constellation-related fills today.
29. Scent: AROMA.
31. Introductory offer?: NAME.
33. Plus or minus: SIGN.
41. Fifth Avenue icon: SAKS.
42. Spool: REEL.
43. Assailed: BESET.
44. Overhead projection?: EAVE.
46. Needing a sweep: SOOTY.
53. Emeril catchword: BAM!
56. Get a move on: HASTEN.
57. Actress Dunaway: FAYE.
58. Latvian seaport: RIGA.
59. Hunter on a star chart: ORION.
62. Highlander's pattern: PLAID. A Scot would call it tartan, not plaid. Each clan has its own tartan (or tartans, there can be variations within a clan). If you're not a member of a clan, you can wear Royal Stewart tartan.
63. Flamenco cry: OLÉ.
64. Places for addresses: DAISES.
65. Email status: SENT.
66. Part of a bridal quartet?: OLD. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
67. "In spite of all that ... ": AND YET.
Down:
1. Beach blanket, often: TOWEL.
2. Compañera: AMIGA.
3. Common time for local news: TEN O'CLOCK.
4. Needlework?: TATS.
5. Flub: ERR.
6. Wayfarer maker: RAY-BAN.
Tom Cruise in Risky Business apparently generated sales of more than 350,000 pairs after the 1993 movie release. He also did Ray-Ban a favor with the shameless Aviator product placement plug in "Top Gun".
7. Crater creator: BLAST.
8. Soap Box Derby entrant: RACER.
9. "Shoot": ASK.
10. Property that may depreciate, in accounting: FIXED ASSET.
11. Hole-__: IN ONE. The 17th hole at Royal Liverpool at the Open Championship last weekend featured a wicked par-three 17th hole which had scores ranging from one to six during the tournament. Great theater!
12. Feature of "butte" but not "but": LONG U.
13. London's neighboring county: ESSEX. One of the clues I have a genuine issue with. "Neighboring county" implies one, there are actually many. Essex, Surrey, Kent, Berkshire. Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Sussex. Middlesex used to be on the list, but was absorbed into Greater London along the way.
16. Pew areas: NAVES.
18. __ sax: BASS.
22. Many a "Mad Men" role: AD REP.
24. Orchard fruit: PEAR.
25. Arizona city: YUMA.
27. "Eh, this happens a lot": I'M USED TO IT.
29. Burro: ASS.
30. "Michael Collins" actor: REA. Where's the first name? The answer to the clue as written is "Stephen Rea".
31. Dec. 31: NYE.
32. Georgia airport code: ATL.
34. Wee: ITSY-BITSY.
35. Higher ed. test: G.R.E.
36. Empire St. paper: NYT.
38. Monte of the 1950s Giants: IRVIN.
39. Frosh, probably: TEEN.
40. TikTok aesthetic: EBOY.
45. Change: AMEND.
46. Lid woe: STYE.
47. Brand named for two states: OREIDA. Oregon and Idaho pototoes.
48. Restaurants with stacks: IHOPS.
49. "Je __ français": PARLE.
50. Made in Japan, say: ASIAN.
51. Woodruff's co-anchor: IFILL.
52. Hit Ctrl-S: SAVED. Tricky one - I knew "SAVE" but left me a blank square to deal with, but then realized "hit" present tense and "hit" past tense are written the same. Nice misdirection.
54. Second something: AGREE.
55. Hath permission: MAYST.
58. Bust: RAID.
60. Ooze: GOO.
61. Sun shade: TAN.
13. London's neighboring county: ESSEX. One of the clues I have a genuine issue with. "Neighboring county" implies one, there are actually many. Essex, Surrey, Kent, Berkshire. Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Sussex. Middlesex used to be on the list, but was absorbed into Greater London along the way.
16. Pew areas: NAVES.
18. __ sax: BASS.
22. Many a "Mad Men" role: AD REP.
24. Orchard fruit: PEAR.
25. Arizona city: YUMA.
27. "Eh, this happens a lot": I'M USED TO IT.
29. Burro: ASS.
30. "Michael Collins" actor: REA. Where's the first name? The answer to the clue as written is "Stephen Rea".
31. Dec. 31: NYE.
32. Georgia airport code: ATL.
34. Wee: ITSY-BITSY.
35. Higher ed. test: G.R.E.
36. Empire St. paper: NYT.
38. Monte of the 1950s Giants: IRVIN.
39. Frosh, probably: TEEN.
40. TikTok aesthetic: EBOY.
45. Change: AMEND.
46. Lid woe: STYE.
47. Brand named for two states: OREIDA. Oregon and Idaho pototoes.
48. Restaurants with stacks: IHOPS.
49. "Je __ français": PARLE.
50. Made in Japan, say: ASIAN.
51. Woodruff's co-anchor: IFILL.
52. Hit Ctrl-S: SAVED. Tricky one - I knew "SAVE" but left me a blank square to deal with, but then realized "hit" present tense and "hit" past tense are written the same. Nice misdirection.
54. Second something: AGREE.
55. Hath permission: MAYST.
58. Bust: RAID.
60. Ooze: GOO.
61. Sun shade: TAN.
I did my best with this one, but right now I'm pretty glad to post the grid and be done with it.
I hope your mileage varied!
See you all soon - Steve
There once was a BASS who wanted to play bass,
ReplyDeleteBut his mother said no, to do it would be BASE!
But he asserted his brass,
And declared, as a bass,
To abandon his dream would all bass debase!
There once was a girl from West ESSEX --
(Now for a limerick you next would expect
Something dirty and crude
In this verse to intrude,
But this poem's not about excess sex!)
{B+, B+.}
This puzzle was pretty tough, for sure, but far from being impossible. The hardest thing for me was substituting “**itsy-bitsy” for “itty-bitty.” Also “e-boy” and “Ray-ban” we’re pretty hard to suss, and there were quite a few others like that. But, somehow, I muddled through and managed to FIR, so I’m happy.
ReplyDeleteFLN-TTP and Ray-O-Sunshine: Well, there you have it, guys, “simple,” once you’ve figured it out. Thanks to both of you for your extensive comments on the issue of iPhones and avatars . Like TTP said, “team work” is the best!
ReplyDeleteI'll go out on limb and say folk will find this tough. The gals gave us perps but Wilbur wasn't on the wave length. fe. "Menu item. Wine thus those assets are wives(')
ReplyDeleteI really thought the nerve fibers were AXONS but the X in ESSEX was plenty. But…
I looked at the theme: Drop TRY and you have a saying like IPAD MINIS. Thus PAS DE _E_X. Aha, LONG U but I pronounce it boot.
Finally Pas de deux. And I was slow at top center. Certainly not QUAKE. WINTRY something. Finally BASE, RACER and RAYBAN dropped.
Then had to go back and fill TOWEL/LAC; cAnST/MAYST and realize the addresses were from DAIS(ES) and the bust was a RAID(N) not rend(V)
Phew, now to check the write-up
Oh no. 1BW strikes again. For "Shoot" I had tSK/ASK and now I "get" camisole.
Very entertaining xword from the gals. So close. BRT- aaarrrrgggghhhh!!!
WC
FLN, TTP… Isn't Paraguay totally landlocked? A haven for Nazis after WWII I believe
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteStarted right out of the gate with TEAR UP at 1a. (Have I ever mentioned...?) Sussed the WIN BACK, but what the heck is a WINTRY BACK? Stretchy, IMO. Hand up for ITtY BITtY. EBOY was a mystery, but the perps demanded it. At the end of the day, my bad spelling led to a big DNF. SECURETY/ERVIN did me in. Bzzzzzt. Thanx, Samantha and Katie. Thanx for pinch-hitting again today, Steve.
FIR, but erased or so for SIGN and sat for GRE. Very easy for Friday, meaning even my dumb mass was able to get it (after I finally got AGREE for "second something."
ReplyDeleteFLN - Big Easy, My comments were about the lyrics from I've Been Working on the Railroad, which I thought was one of those songs everyone learned growing up. Here's John Denver's version. Guess I was too clever by half.
Thanks to Steve for the fun, honest review.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteThis type of theme is not my cup of tea, mainly because the themers end up being torturous, nonsense phrases. I caught on at Pastry de Deux but that really didn’t help with the solve. I went astray at Even Up/Avenge and Ad Man/Ad Rep and I needed perps for RayBan, Rea, and EBoy. I think I may have actually winced at Mayst, and again at NYE, which is a crossword-only abbreviation. Its proximity to NYT only emphasized the cluster of three letter words in that row. Nice CSO to Yuman!
Thanks, Samantha and Kate, and thanks, Steve, for your honest and fair critique which echoes my experience with the solve. Thanks for filling in for our peripatetic Chairman who, according to last night’s post, will be back soon. Hi, Moe!
FLN
Pat, so nice to hear from you. Like Bill, I admire and appreciate your devotion to our furry friends. I hope you’ll chime in often and keep us up to date on yourself and the cuties you care for. Speaking of cuties, the photos of all the hopeful pooches pulled on my heartstrings, especially the very sad, forlorn-looking Squish! 😟
Have a great day.
Steve, "Michael Collins" is in quotes, so it's the name of the film, not the character, so no first name required in the answer. Stephen Rea portrayed Ned Broy, Liam Neeson portrayed Michael Collins
ReplyDeleteFIR, but it was a slog. Typical Friday offering.
ReplyDeleteI too got hung up on saved not realizing hit can be past tense.
And I fought the NW for too long before seeing wintry instead of winter. Then the theme clicked.
Took 11:41 for me to guess wrong at amigo/amiga crossing some novel, but hey, I gave it a try.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Steve, this was a bit of trudge. Thus, Ms. Irish Miss and I share common taste in tea.
Risky Business was earlier than 1993. Maybe 1983?
Rats. After a great deal of time and effort I still managed, through knowledge, talent and hard work…to FIW. ITTYBITTY persisted and left me with SETAT where BESET belonged, and DAITES where DAISES was supposed to be. I just thought, “Hmmm. DAITES. New word for me.” DNK REA or LAC, or EBOY so had ESOY….who knows? Well, not unclefred. Also had W/O = DIRTY:SOOTY, TEARAT:TATTER. I did finish the fill, with the NW the last to fill, but as mentioned, after all that time and effort still screwed it up. Ya got me, SPN&KH. Thanx for the excellent write-up and explanation, Steve. Oh, I wanted to mention: 31A “Introductory offer” as the clue for NAME is the best misdirection of the many in this CW.
ReplyDeleteIM, I, too, found the weird themers to be tortuous and torturous, but I sussed them and the gimmick. This took me very long for a Friday puzzle.
ReplyDeleteWintery back was slightly less weird than the others, the back of the jacket with a snowflake design.
I didn't know that some camisoles have bras, but chanced it. I see now that they are easy to find online.
EBOY, BESET, EAVE and IRWIN took the most time. Also I had trouble due to writing the answers in the wrong cells. Duh! I missed the N in NAME and NYE. I had EVE and didn't notice that section didn't fit.
FIR pretty quickly this morning, and found the theme helpful in solving. I popped in to find out what the heck EBOY means, but I'll have to search elsewhere. Thanks to Steve and all Cornerites for sharing your solutions.
ReplyDeleteWees,
ReplyDeleteGot the theme, just wasn't sure where to put it...
Couldn't for the life of me parse "ipadminis." Which made me look at the other themers twice.
(Didn't even try to parse Frawnch...)
(Hey, Spanish is enough "mucho trobajo" for me...)
And what he heck is a daises?
Is this a brand name of a Rolodex or something?
Anywho,
I'll try anything once...
Musings
ReplyDelete-A fun and clever entry where blind alleys (ALTO, EVE, LOAN, DIRTY, EVEN UP, et. al.) eventually gave way
-PASTRY DE DEUX made me think, “What am I in for today?”
-I missed Steve’s mention of the extra layer of TRY being added to common phrases
-Name the poem with this line, “This is the man all TATTERED and torn, that kissed the maid all forlorn…”
-Introductory offer/NAME was a hoot although I’d probably forget that offered NAME quickly
-Kids sometimes use “minus” for subtract. “You minus 17 from both sides of the equation.”
-“Do not HASTEN to bid me adieu.”
-I always took (but returned) a Disney TOWEL to Cocoa Beach with my 100 kids.
-Oppenheimer’s test BLAST in New Mexico did not leave much of a crater but it did melt sand into glass
-YUMA’s actual temp today will be 110°F which is less than our “feels like” temp of 115°F but we will have a high of 81°F on Monday.
-Monte IRVIN was the tenth black MLB player
Not my cup of tea, although come to think of it I dont drink tea. This puzzle was a struggle for me and like IM☘️ I’m not fond of of non-sense entries. PASTRY DE DEUX was particularly jarring for this French speaker.
ReplyDeleteThere were mercifully few unknowns names to tangle with.
DAISES is an interesting word. It almost looks like the plural of daisy.
My SIL was nicknamed BITSY as a child. As an adult she tried to discourage her family and friends from using it, but to her chagrin, her two older sisters and high school friends never used her beautiful given name of Claire.
We had a good and very talented friend named Michael Collins.
Oh, boy! Tomorrow is a Saturday CW. I wonder what kind of traps are in store for us.
Thank you Samantha and Katie for a Friday challenge. I really didn't think I was going to make it, but kept TRYing and TRYing. After solving the reveal (which I shoulda looked for in the first place) all of the white space eventually melted away.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks to Steve for the insightful and candid review.
Some favs:
1A TATTER. Had TEAR UP, but it didn't perp well with friends.
19A AXONS. DENDRITES didn't fit.
24A PASTRY DE DEUX. Here's the beautiful balcony scene PAS DE DEUX from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet.
18A BASS. Started with the more common ALTO.
52D SAVED. This was a bit of a problem for me as in Linux Ctrl-S STOPS/STARTS scrolling text. I'm more likely in Windows to mouse-click that anachronistic 5 1/4" diskette thingy on the speed bar.
58D BUST. At first I thought that this was something held up by a 7A.
Cheers,
Bill
p.s. Last evening Teri and I finally watched the kaleidoscopic Love Actually, the 2003 Christmas film with an A-LIST of British actors, including Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, and the late great Alan Rickman (who appeared in a scene from the same movie in yesterday's review). The acting was superb and the writing was very clever, especially how the seemingly separate love stories all merged at the end. We saw it on Prime for $4. Be aware that it is rated R (nudity and language).
Thank you Irish Miss for the YUMA CSO. A four letter Arizona city is usually Yuma or Mesa.
ReplyDeleteGary, this time of year our dry heat morphs into higher humidity with the arrival of the monsoon. We are looking forward to some much needed rain this weekend.
Totally missed the TRY theme, and perplexed by the phrases.
Have a great weekend, keep cool and stay hydrated!
CED @ 10:13 ~ Loved the words of wisdom in the Try link. 😉
ReplyDeleteTante Nique @ 10:18 ~ I don’t drink tea, either, nor coffee, for that matter. But I’d never say no to a Bloody Mary or Dewar’s! 😈
Bill @ 10:47 ~ Now you know why Love Actually is a favorite of Bill G. I liked it, also, being a big fan of heartwarming, schmaltzy stories. 💘
Hola!
ReplyDeleteYes, this puzzle was a brain scratcher but I solved it while my garbage disposal was being installed. No connection, of course.
Thank you, Steve, for your excellent review and for subbing.
SECURITY TAPE was much in the news last night.
BAM BAM. Wasn't that the name of the Flintstones baby?
I never took French in school but I'm acquiring a bit of vocabulary doing crosswords!
Tik Tok aesthetic, EBOY, is a mystery to me.
Lately we have used a lot of RAID as ants have infiltrated the kitchen.
I wish you all a fabulous Friday!
Yes! "Love Actuall;y" is a favorite in this household. Some of the scenes are just hilarious. Hugh Grant aced it as the PM.
ReplyDeleteNaomiZ@10:01. Come to think of it, what is EBOY?
ReplyDelete☘️@ 11:33. I’m with you on the Bloody Mary or the Dewars though nowadays my 😈 is red wine or IPA. I do drink coffee in the morning.
I also like Love Actually. We have some friends who own a copy of the CD and watch every Christmas.
Many thanks to TTP for solving the mystery of the missing blues.
ReplyDeleteI opened the Android browser and navigated to the Corner (which had been reset to the default cookie settings when I had to reinstall it) ....
Found the cookie setting and added the Corner URL as an exception to the defaults and ...
BAM! I'm blue again. Or as SG would say "I'm happy". It's the little things in life!
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteAs Irish Miss said, the "peripatetic" Chairman and his partner Margaret have indeed returned
First off, I want to say "thank you" to Steve for filling in for me whilst I was traveling. I solved today's puzzle last night, and found that my solving skills have "atrophied". Not sure just what I would've written had I been the blog-meister; I had nine incorrect letters and it took me an even 27:27 to solve
Today's puzzle was another 16x15 grid, featuring 2 10-letter entries, 2 12-letter entries, and a 16-letter entry. But unlike yesterday's Wechsler, today's grid features a long, uninterrupted diagonal from the NE to the SW, so hopefully we'll get a clever anagram from Old Man Keith
Owen, very cute limerick (the second one) @ 3:43am ... I was sound asleep at that hour ...
Just a brief capture of our trip: 21 states visited; 6,979 miles driven; $6,850 spent (averaged just under $1/mile); went to 4 National Parks; visited 3 distilleries; re-connected with some great friends AND met C.C.; saw the Rock n Roll HOF (my fifth visit; Margaret's first); spent quality time with both of our 90+ year-old Mom's; saw kids and grand-kids (I got to hit golf balls at a driving range with my 3-year old grandson!!); and along the way, managed to leave behind just one item that's unaccounted for ... what we both learned from the trip, though, is that we probably won't be making such a long, circuitous one again
So here we are, back in "Africa-hot" Arizona, "enjoying" the triple-digit heat (it was 119 on Wednesday) ...
See you on August 11 ... hopefully I won't have such a tough puzzle to tackle
C-Moe, what's so "even" about 27:27?
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteOy! Nearly 3 hours interlaced with working to finally FIR. Last bit was sussing DEUX after FIXED finally dawned on me.
Thanks Samantha & Katie for the Saturday-hard grid. Thanks Steve for kicking-off the afterparty.
WOs: ACH->ACK->ASK, loans->LIENS, DiaSES (Untie!) and, hand-up, ITty-BITtY
ESPs: Yes, a ton. And most fill took >1/2 perps to ink.
Fav: NAME misdirection.
NaomiZ - an EBOY is an Emo-boy. Looks like goth to me. WikiP
CED - a DIAS is the podium the speaker addresses the audience from.
Lucina - yes, Bam Bam Flinstone
Waseeley - I'm still prone to Alt,F,S for saving a document.
Sounds like a wonderful trip, C.Moe!
Gotta run.
Cheers, -T
Steve, I also boggled (initially) over London County. But then I realized I wasn't bothered by the "Michael Collins" clue. Obviously there was more than one actor in the movie. If I'm okay with that clue asking for one of the actors, I guess I should be okay with the other clue asking for one of the counties.
ReplyDeleteI can't decide if the Mortgage clue is clever or evil (could be both I suppose?)
I'd spell it 'Eboi' but 'Eboy' seems common enough on the Internet.
What a trip C-Moe. That’s wonderful.
ReplyDeleteA-T@12:18. Thanks for the EBOY reveal, but what’s an Emo-boy and what’s the connection to Tic Tok?
AnonT
ReplyDeleteNo, sorry, it's DAIS that's the speakers platform. Dias is Spanish for days. And thank you for confirming BAM BAM.
Welcome back CMOE! We missed ya BRO!
ReplyDeleteLucina @1:23p: LOL - my dyslexia struck again. //At least DAIS is correct in the grid.
ReplyDeleteTanteNique - Maybe this video will help. [Note: You only need about a minute of the video to get the idea]
Cheers, -T
"Bamm-Bamm Rubble is a fictional character in the Flintstones franchise, the adopted son of Barney and Betty Rubble."
ReplyDeleteYellowrocks, you puzzled me
" Torturous, with two r's, means of, related to, or causing torture. It's easy to remember because it contains the word torture. Tortuous means having or marked by repeated turns or bends. Some of its synonyms are twisted, complex, winding, and complicated.
https://grammarist.com › Usage
How to Use Torturous vs. tortuous Correctly - Grammarist"
A-t@2:05. Thank you, I think, for the EBOY illustration.
ReplyDeleteSteve brings us this Friday Nowak/Hale PZL...
ReplyDeleteFun.
But some nits to pick on this one. Why, for instance, does PASTRY DE DEUX begin in English?
Didn't know what E-BOY was, but I see it (along with E-GIRL) is a subculture of Gen-Z.
Live and ....
~ OMK
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Diagonal Report: Yet another asymmetrical grid.
16Ax15D; ergo, no diagonals.
ReplyDeleteNice job, Steve. Thanks.
I had some difficulty working out the SW because I had hustle before HASTEN, and was having a hard time coming up with answers to the intersecting down answers. After concentrating a bit on the reveal and the theme answers, I worked out IPAD MINIS TRY.
I did not know that factoid about the Royal Stewart tartan, but since I am not a member of the Commonwealth, can I still wear it without fear of being detained :>)
I read the Wikipedia article about it, and then wondered what tartan(s) Payne Stewart wore when he golfed in The Open. Looks like he got some additional liberties.
Welcome back Moe, you nomad, you. Sounds like you both had fun.
Waseeley, good to hear that you tried it and that you now can comment from your Google Account while suing the optimized mobile view of the blog.
Wilbur Charles, true that Paraguay is a landlocked country. There are 44 landlocked countries around the world. But only three of those 44 landlocked countries are completely surrounded by another (one other) country.
They are:
1) Vatican City is completely surrounded by Italy.
2) San Marino is also completely surrounded by Italy.
3) Lesotho is completely surrounded by the Republic Of South Africa.
Puzzling thoughts 2:
ReplyDeleted-otto ---> you are correct, 27 is not an "even" number; but 27:27 looked "even" to me! ;^)
OMK ---> I tracked the 15 characters starting at the SW corner, going diagonally to the NW corner, and came up with:
Adult vixens
Distally un-vex
Luxated vinyls
Study Allen XIV
Prior to integrating Monte Irvin may have been the best of the lot. OK, Campanella and Newcombe who played at Nashua, a very accepting venue. Sam Jethroe of the Braves was also highly rated. He, Jackie and another were part of a "tryout" at Fenway Park in 45. It ended when Yawkey, the owner, arrived and shouted "Get those f@#$% n%$#@ers off the field. Thus began the famous curse
ReplyDeleteHow'd anybody solve with out the TRY Trick
WC
Enjoyed the amusing theme - which helped to make a quicker than expected solve today.
ReplyDeletewatching my toddler granddaughter so not much time for comments
Thanks Steve for your continued subbing!
Fabulous Friday. Thanks for the fun, Samantha and Katie, and Steve (thanks for subbing). (Welcome back CMoe.)
ReplyDeleteI FIRed in good time (faster than yesterday), and saw the added TRY by the second themer. That helped the solve.
I’m using my iPad Mini right now. Love it (actually this is my second one).
We had language lessons today. Spanish with those NINOS (masculine) and AMIGAS (feminine) plus OLE and LAS. Then we had to PARLE francais with LAC, and of course PAS DE DEUX. Like Tante Nique, my nose curled because even with my limited French, I think it would be Pastry Aux Deux. But we will let CW licence prevail today.
I noted ASS/ASK, OLD/OLE, BRA/BUST, BASE crossing BASE.
We had both ORION and URSA in our night sky.
Hand up for Itty-bitty before ITSY-BITSY (like that bikini).
Dirty changed to SOOTY.
My first thought for 54A “Second something” was New. (Refer back to 66A if you want a smile at my thought process.)
Wishing you all a great day. (It’s hot and humid here too!)
ReplyDeleteLet’s see, horrible clueing with an incredibly dense gimmick = a puzzle that was no fun to solve.
Pretty much WEES.
ReplyDeleteLOANS --> LIENS.
OR SO --> SIGN.
DUSTY --> SOOTY. (Dusty made me think of Misty.)
HORN --> EAVE.
EVE --> NYE. (Ugly.)
NISSAN --> RAYBAN.
SIX OCLOCK --> TEN OCLOCK.
HEMS --> TATS.
ALTO --> BASS.
ANYWAY --> AND YET.
The phrase "Thou MAYST" is important in John Steinbeck's East of Eden.
Good reading all your comments. I really liked your second verse, Owen.
Weather Update From The Great Plains
ReplyDelete-5:30 - Our temp just suddenly dropped 110F (heat index) to 84F degrees and we got hail up to 5” in width. Yikes.
Husker @5:59 PM EGAD -- sounds like a Summer snowball battle with God!
ReplyDeleteH. Gary, just as I was moving to Dallas (er, Big D) circa 1991, they had a huge hailstorm, even by Texas standards. A coworker's car was totaled while parked in front of his house. Even his headlights were broken by the huge stones. I remember that one young woman was killed at an outdoor concert before she could get to shelter, and a lot of folks were hurt. The newscasters said the stones were "at least" softball-size. Hope you and yours didn't come to harm.
ReplyDeleteIrish Miss, please don't feel too bad for the dogs based on their pictures. The first ones posted are from their first day or so and the dogs aren't at all sure about what's going on. As they are with us for a week or so, employees and volunteers take better pictures of them. Case in point, look at Avani. Click on her blue name (where have I head of doing that?). The first and third pictures were taken within her first week with us. I think she's been here for 3 weeks. The second picture I took Wednesday when she was feeling more confident and comfortable. Squish won't be with us very long because small dogs go quickly
ReplyDeleteNo visible harm here but I'm sure American Family will have to "walk my roof". Another oddity was that the sun was shining brightly while the hail was coming down.
ReplyDeleteI was remiss OMK: {B+, A}
ReplyDeleteOKL - you are right Bam-Bam or BammBamm (thought I wouldn't doubt (now that I'm grown up) he's really Fred's kid ;-))
HG - I hope you and yours (and property) are safe and sound now.
Cheers, -T
Everyone must have known this already, but for my curiosity (and others?) the following:
ReplyDelete"In Memoriam: Gwen Ifill was the moderator and managing editor of "Washington Week" and co-anchor and managing editor for "The PBS NEWSHOUR w/ Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff."" She died in November 2016 of cancer.
HGary
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you are safe! Those storms do some serious damage, occasionally even here in the desert.