Theme: Saving Face. Some ideas about the FACE are preserved in this puzzle. Let's see how it works.
18 A. *"Attractive!": EYE CATCHING. Immediately appealing or noticeable; striking.
24 A. *"Noisy!": EAR PIERCING. A sound that is high pitched, annoyingly loud and unpleasant.
49 A. *"Amazing!": JAW DROPPING. Causing great surprise or astonishment.
64. *"Delicious!": LIP SMACKING. Highly pleasing or appealing to the sense of taste or smell
And the unifier -- 40 A. Many an emoji, and a feature of the starred clues and their answers?: FACIAL EXPRESSION. A motions or position of the muscles beneath the skin of the face. According to one set of controversial theories, these movements convey the emotional state of an individual to observers. Facial expressions are a form of nonverbal communication.
So, what's going on here? The theme fill don't really describe facial expressions - at least not in any consistent way. So we must dig a layer deeper. A verbal expression is the act of making your thoughts, feelings, etc., known by speech or writing. Here we have idiomatic expressions that relate to parts of the face, hence FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. Well done Jill Singer!
Hi gang, JazzBumpa here, with eyes wide open. Let's nose our way into the puzzle, lick our lips, and see what we can sink our teeth into.
1. Whomp, quaintly: SMITE. Strike with a firm blow. The past tense is smote.
6. Religious subdivisions: SECTS. Group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs from those of a larger group to which they belong. World wide, there are about 40,000 Christian denominations. Do they qualify?
11. Injury reminder: SCAR. A mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed.
15. Hoosier hoopster: PACER. The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference.
16. Sunlit courtyards: ATRIA. An ATRIUM is a central hall or court in a modern building, with rooms or galleries opening off it, often glass-covered.
17. Large volume: TOME. The dormant scientist in me wanted this to be the amount of space inside a geometric figure. But, alas, it is a large, weighty, often scholarly book.
20. Othello's false friend: IAGO. Iago is the main antagonist in Shakespeare's play OTHELLO, and Othello's standard-bearer. He is the husband of Emilia, who is in turn the attendant of Othello's wife Desdemona.
21. Marketplaces on smartphones: APP STORES. In the singular, a type of digital distribution platform for computer software called applications, often in a mobile context.
22. Urchin-eating mammal: OTTER. Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which also includes weasels, badgers, mink, and wolverines, among other animals. Sea urchins are spiny, globular echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species of sea urchin are distributed on the seabeds of every ocean and inhabit every depth zone from the intertidal seashore down to 5,000 meters. The spherical, hard shells of sea urchins are round and covered in spines. Yum!
23. Place to stop on an RV trip: KOA. KOA (short for Kampgrounds [sic] of America) is an American franchise of privately owned campgrounds. Having more than 500 locations across the United States and Canada, it is the world's largest system of privately owned campgrounds. It was founded in 1962 and is based in Billings, Montana, United States.
27. Replayed tennis serve: LET. A serve is called a LET when the ball hits the net cord but still lands in the service court. Such a serve is not considered a fault and the server may repeat the service attempt.
30. Not particularly inspiring: BLAH. Used to refer to something which is boring or without meaningful content. Something to which you might say, "Meh!"
31. Thin nails: BRADS. Small wire nails with small, often asymmetrical heads. The depressions caused by driving them are brad pits.
33. Fundamental: BASAL. Of or relating to the foundation, base, or essence of a thing.
36. Pulitzer winner Ferber: EDNA. Edna Ferber [1885 - 1968] was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big, Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant and Ice Palace, which also received a film adaptation in 1960.
43. Pedal pushers: FEET. Pedal pushers are calf-length trousers that were popular during the 1950s and the early 1960s. Often cuffed and worn tight to the skin. But that's not we are talking about. We are talking about the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle, used to push the pedals of, frex, a bicycle.
44. Heeds: OBEYS. Complies with the command, direction, or request of a person or a law.
45. Expert in Islamic law: MUFTI. An Islamic scholar who is legally able to rule on various religious and personal matters. In some places, people going through a divorce might need the help of a mufti. In Islamic countries, muftis are officials who are authorized to make legal decisions or help judges in deciding cases.
46. Breakfast brand: EGGO. Eggo is a brand of frozen waffles owned by the Kellogg Company, and sold in North America. Several varieties are available, including homestyle, miniature, cherry, blueberry, strawberry, vanilla bliss, brown sugar cinnamon, apple cinnamon, buttermilk, chocolate chip, and Thick & Fluffy. Wikipedia
48. Sunscreen letters: SPF. Sun Protection Factor, a measure of how much solar energy (UV radiation) is required to produce sunburn on protected skin
56. Function: USE. An activity or purpose natural to or intended for a person or thing.
59. Say "y'all," say: ELIDE. Omit a sound or syllable when speaking.
60. Without a rival: UNOPPOSED. Unchallenged.
63. Big fuss: TODO. A commotion or fuss.
66. Site with tutorials: EHOW. eHow is an online how-to guide with many articles and 170,000 videos offering step-by-step instructions. eHow articles and videos are created by freelancers and cover a wide variety of topics organized into a hierarchy of categories.
67. Water filter brand: BRITA. Brita GmbH is a German manufacturer of water filters headquartered in Taunusstein near Wiesbaden, Hesse. The company's manufacturing facilities are located in China, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Brita products are distributed in 69 countries
68. Plain text: PROSE. Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
69. Cut, as a log: SAWN. Here, "cut" is functioning as a verbal adjective rather than a verb, describing the condition of a log.
70. Meal that gets tossed: SALAD. Garden salads use a base of leafy greens such as lettuce, arugula or rocket, kale or spinach; they are common enough that the word salad alone often refers specifically to garden salads. A tossed salad is one mixed with an oil dressing.
71. More rational: SANER. The comparative form of sane, thus, more sane.
Down:
1. Bark elicitor: SPEAK. Command to a canine.
2. Breakfast brand: MAYPO.
3. Winter carnival structure: ICE PALACE. A castle-like structure made of ice.
Or this
4. Gumshoes: TECS. Slang words for detective.
5. Latin 101 verb: ERAT. Meaning “he/she/it was.”
6. Pelvic bones: SACRA. The sacrum is a triangular bone in the lower back formed from fused vertebrae and situated between the two hipbones of the pelvis.
7. Old anesthetic: ETHER. A pleasant-smelling colorless volatile liquid that is highly flammable. It is used as an anesthetic and as a solvent or intermediate in industrial processes.
8. Like potato chips but not mashed potatoes: CRISP. Firm, dry, and brittle, especially in a way considered pleasing or attractive: "crisp bacon."
9. Metal derived from cassiterite: TIN. Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn and atomic number 50. A silvery-coloured metal, tin is soft enough to be cut with little force, and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort.
10. Droop: SAG. Bend or hang downward limply.
11. Sutures: STITCHES UP. Closes a wound by sewing it shut. An oddity of the English languages that the word up is superfluous in this construction.
12. South American mammal related to the raccoon: COATI. Coatis, also known as coatimundis, are members of the family Procyonidae in the genera Nasua and Nasuella. They are diurnal mammals native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States. The name "coatimundi" comes from the Tupian languages of Brazil, where it means "lone coati".
8. Like potato chips but not mashed potatoes: CRISP. Firm, dry, and brittle, especially in a way considered pleasing or attractive: "crisp bacon."
9. Metal derived from cassiterite: TIN. Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn and atomic number 50. A silvery-coloured metal, tin is soft enough to be cut with little force, and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort.
10. Droop: SAG. Bend or hang downward limply.
11. Sutures: STITCHES UP. Closes a wound by sewing it shut. An oddity of the English languages that the word up is superfluous in this construction.
12. South American mammal related to the raccoon: COATI. Coatis, also known as coatimundis, are members of the family Procyonidae in the genera Nasua and Nasuella. They are diurnal mammals native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States. The name "coatimundi" comes from the Tupian languages of Brazil, where it means "lone coati".
13. Pharmaceutical giant: AMGEN. Amgen Inc. is an American multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California.
14. Corp. makeover: REORG. A reorganization is a significant and disruptive overhaul of a troubled business intended to restore it to profitability. It may include shutting down or selling divisions, replacing management, cutting budgets, and laying off workers.
19. Small digit?: TOE. Any of the five digits at the end of the human foot. Alternatively, could be the numbers one or two. Any of these cold also be call a low digit.
22. "You for Me" singer Rita: ORA.
25. Letter-shaped girders: I-BARS. An iron or steel beam that is I-shaped in cross section.
26. International fashion magazine: ELLE. A worldwide women's magazine of French origin that offers a mix of fashion and beauty content, together with culture, society and lifestyle. The title means "she" or "her" in French. Published by the Paris-based Lagardère Group, Elle is considered one of the world's leading women magazine, with 45 editions around the world and 46 local websites.
28. Made shorter, in a way: EDITED DOWN. To edit down is to make changes to a text or movie, deciding what will be removed and what will be kept in, in order to prepare it for being printed or shown:
29. Gp. known for travelers' checks: TSA. The Transportation Security Administration: the US government organization that checks that the activities of companies transporting people or goods are safe, legal, etc. Another cleverly misdirecting clue.
31. Buddy letters: BFF. Best Friend Forever.
32. Issa of "The Photograph": RAE.
33. Free jazz kin: BEBOP. BEBOP is a type of jazz originating in the 1940s and characterized by complex harmony and rhythms. On the other hand, free jazz is an improvised style of jazz characterized by the absence of set chord patterns or time patterns. If they are kin, it is of a very distant variety.
34. Firetruck tool: AXE. A tool typically used for chopping wood, usually a steel blade attached at a right angle to a wooden handle.
35. Intel collector: SPY. A person who secretly collects and reports information on the activities, movements, and plans of an enemy or competitor.
37. Spread of cultural ideas, e.g.: DIFFUSION. The spreading or merging of different cultural ideas. It occurs directly, indirectly, or through force and appears in various forms, including: Relocation diffusion: When people migrate to new places and influence or become influenced by the existing cultures.
38. "__ a chance!": NOT. Ain't happenin'.
39. Singer-songwriter DiFranco: ANI. Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco [b. 1070] is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums. DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influences from punk, funk, hip hop and jazz
41. Amazon's arrow smile, e.g.: LOGO. A logo is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition. It may be of an abstract or figurative design or to include the text of the name that it represents as in a wordmark.
14. Corp. makeover: REORG. A reorganization is a significant and disruptive overhaul of a troubled business intended to restore it to profitability. It may include shutting down or selling divisions, replacing management, cutting budgets, and laying off workers.
19. Small digit?: TOE. Any of the five digits at the end of the human foot. Alternatively, could be the numbers one or two. Any of these cold also be call a low digit.
22. "You for Me" singer Rita: ORA.
25. Letter-shaped girders: I-BARS. An iron or steel beam that is I-shaped in cross section.
26. International fashion magazine: ELLE. A worldwide women's magazine of French origin that offers a mix of fashion and beauty content, together with culture, society and lifestyle. The title means "she" or "her" in French. Published by the Paris-based Lagardère Group, Elle is considered one of the world's leading women magazine, with 45 editions around the world and 46 local websites.
28. Made shorter, in a way: EDITED DOWN. To edit down is to make changes to a text or movie, deciding what will be removed and what will be kept in, in order to prepare it for being printed or shown:
29. Gp. known for travelers' checks: TSA. The Transportation Security Administration: the US government organization that checks that the activities of companies transporting people or goods are safe, legal, etc. Another cleverly misdirecting clue.
31. Buddy letters: BFF. Best Friend Forever.
32. Issa of "The Photograph": RAE.
33. Free jazz kin: BEBOP. BEBOP is a type of jazz originating in the 1940s and characterized by complex harmony and rhythms. On the other hand, free jazz is an improvised style of jazz characterized by the absence of set chord patterns or time patterns. If they are kin, it is of a very distant variety.
34. Firetruck tool: AXE. A tool typically used for chopping wood, usually a steel blade attached at a right angle to a wooden handle.
35. Intel collector: SPY. A person who secretly collects and reports information on the activities, movements, and plans of an enemy or competitor.
37. Spread of cultural ideas, e.g.: DIFFUSION. The spreading or merging of different cultural ideas. It occurs directly, indirectly, or through force and appears in various forms, including: Relocation diffusion: When people migrate to new places and influence or become influenced by the existing cultures.
38. "__ a chance!": NOT. Ain't happenin'.
39. Singer-songwriter DiFranco: ANI. Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco [b. 1070] is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums. DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influences from punk, funk, hip hop and jazz
41. Amazon's arrow smile, e.g.: LOGO. A logo is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition. It may be of an abstract or figurative design or to include the text of the name that it represents as in a wordmark.
42. Texting tech: SMS. Short Message/Messaging Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile devices exchange short text messages.
47. Hurdle for Ph.D. hopefuls: GRE. The Graduate Record Examination is a standardized test that is an admissions requirement for many graduate schools in the United States and Canada and a few other countries. The GRE is owned and administered by Educational Testing Service.
49. Ballet leaps: JETES. Jumps in which a dancer springs from one foot to land on the other with one leg extended outward from the body while in the air.
50. Hilo hello: ALOHA. Hawaiian greeting.
51. Inelegant bit of typesetting: WIDOW. A widow occurs when the last line of a paragraph is not able to fit at the bottom of a page or column. Instead, it sits at the top of the next page, looking out of place.
52. Dilation target: PUPIL. The opening at the center of the iris through which light passes. The iris adjusts the size of the pupil to control the amount of light that enters the eye. It is dilated [opened wider] for certain medical examinations of the eye.
53. Place to share pics: INSTA. Short for Instagram - a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. The app allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location — via geographical tagging.
54. Wanderer: NOMAD. A member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.
55. Dean's list no.: GPA. Grade Point Average.
57. Gut feeling: SENSE. A feeling or reaction based on an instinctive emotional response rather than considered thought.
58. Tool for making neat beds: EDGER. This ambiguous clue refers to garden beds, not pieces of furniture designed for sleeping.
61. Patients' main MDs: PCPS. Primary Care Physicians.
62. Pod in Cajun cuisine: OKRA. Abelmoschus esculentus, known in some English-speaking countries as lady's fingers, is a flowering plant in the mallow family. It has edible green seed pods used in the cuisine of many countries..
64. Lots of ozs.: LBS. Sixteen ounces make a pound.
65. George Gershwin's songwriting brother: IRA. Ira Gershwin [1896 - 1983] was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century.
Here we are at the end of another Wednesday. Did you save face? Win by a nose? See you next time. I'll keep an eye out for you.
Cool regards
JzB
34 comments:
As I was unfamiliar with the cereal “Maypo,” one across was a little difficult to get at first. However, knowing about the “Pacers” helped me “crack” that. There were some other obscurities, too, definitely making this a Wednesday-worthy puzzle. But after some P&P, I managed to FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
No Wite-Out was required today; I call that a win. Is MAYPO still around? I suppose somewhere they're still drinking Ovaltine and servicing Malt-O-Meal. Did not realize that ANI DiFranco was that old! Cute theme, Jill. Very esoteric expo, JzB. (Brad pits, indeed.)
ETHER: Was still in use when I my tonsils were yanked at age four.
LOGO: That "smile" is really an arrow, indicating everything from A-to-Z.
PUPIL: Mine were dilation targets on Monday. Cataract surgery is indicated.
FIR without erasure. Hand up for not knowing MAYPO.
Today is
CHUCKY, THE NOTORIOUS KILLER DOLL DAY (doesn’t he run the Senate?)
SOUREST DAY (internet traffic would be way down without grumpy kitty material)
NATIONAL GREASY FOODS DAY (my favorite is Tommy’s Hamburgers, near the Van Nuys airport. Always open to vend their hangover preventers)
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST'S DAY (that reminds me – I need to paint my porch before winter)
APP STORE is an Apple trademark, not a catch-all name for places to buy phoneware.
I've been gerrymandered into an area where most state races are unopposed. Win the primary and you're in.
Don't our former overlords across the pond call potato chips CRISPs? Blimey!
Thanks to Jill for the fin Wednesday puzzle, even though I had to force my hand to write I BAR instead of beam. And thanks to JzB for another fine tutorial covering the grid. Except brad pits. Really? Ya gonna to stoop to my level?
FIR. Widow in typesetting was a learning moment for me.
Also I thought the plural of sacrum was sacri. When I looked it up just now I discovered I was dead wrong, although apparently it can also be sacrums. Who knew?
This was an enjoyable mid week puzzle, living up to expectations.
Good morning "y'all". I noticed the upper body parts theme after EYE and EAR and I was glad because I'd never heard of MAYPO. WIDOW was the only other unknown filled by perps.
I-BARS is very common in crossword land but I've never heard anything said but I-BEAMS.
EHOW- Never used it. I just hit YouTube and there are multiple videos on how to do just about anything but surgery.
EDITED DOWN- redundant. Just plain 'edited' usually takes care of it.
RAE, ORA, & ANI- our 3-letter girls today. We got IRA but no OTT or ORR.
PCPS-I have an Ortho, Derma, Gastro, Neuro, Cardio, Ophtho, ENT, Uro, & Dentist but no PCP. He moved to N.C. to do research at Duke and his replacement at the clinic moved to another medical group. It's hell to get old.
Took 6:45 today to win by a nose.
I didn't know Maypo, widow, Amgen, or mufti
A little clunky having crossword favorites Ora, Ira, & Ani all in one puzzle.
A little more clunky having mufti cross with sms - that was a lucky guess for me.
I knew today's actress (Rae) from her weekly appearance in the LAT crossword.
I'm with KS on sacri/sacra.
Good Morning:
I enjoyed the solve of this puzzle with a very cute theme and great reveal. I liked the one-word clues, all of which were spot-on in evoking the facial expressions. I also liked the very rare, and in this case extremely rare, feature of the top and bottom rows sharing the same first letters:
Smite Sects Scar
Sawn Salad Saner
My only w/o was Basic/Basal and the only unknown was AmGen, which I've never heard of. Widow filled in with perps and a post-solve search verified its usage which I once knew but had forgotten. Based on the review's facts, Edna Ferber and Ice Palace were ripe for cross-referencing clues. Overall, this was an enjoyable and satisfying solve, so like SubG, I'm happy.
FLN
Belated Happy Birthday to Uncle Fred. Hope your day was special. 🎂🎊🎉🎁🎈
Have a great day.
Another style booboo is an orphan. That occurs when first line of a paragraph appears on the bottom of a page, separated from the rest. Kinda a first cousin of a WIDOW.
Today is also St. CRISPin's Day (Shakespeare, Henry V, Battle of Agincourt)
My objection to EGGO is that once again their French Toast has disappeared for several months at least. I don't want French toaster sticks or bites, I want something that looks like a thick slice of bread.
Ether and Maypo are from my childhood. Is Maypo still sold? I had my tonsils out with ether, then got measles while still in the hospital. Very dangerous to have measles with open wounds in the throat as the virus can get to the brain and kill you. As you might have guessed, I survived. Which reminds me of how angry I get at anti-vaxers. They do not remember iron-lungs from polio, or that measles killed roughly 3,500 kids every year, or “German measles” caused birth defects, or any of the death, expense and misery from the pre-vaccine era. Vaccines are the most cost effective medicines available. Anyway, the CW: my only W/O was BASIC:BASAL. Lots of zoology today, which is fun, and which JzB covered admirably. Overall a fun Wednesday level CW on a Wednesday, thanx JS for the fun. Oh, and guess what? I actually saw the theme for a change! Thanx JzB for the thorough, informative and entertaining write-up. It is obvious, and appreciated, that you put a whole lotta time and effort into today’s write-up.
Mea Culpa to Jill and JazzB for forgetting to say thanks for a great offering and a great analysis. Loved the opening and closing puns on the theme, JazzB, and I also appreciated the usual plethora of facts and several related illustrations. I echo Uncle Fred's gratitude for the time and effort you expend on every write up .
Nice puzzle, Jill. Thorough analysis Jazzbumpa. Lots of facts and figures for the gristmill.
FIR. Only change of direction was IBeam to IBARS. AMGEN came out in the wash with perps.
No one in the House of Representatives is UNOPPOSED right now. They don't even have a candidate much less opposition.
Don't ask for what you deserve, you might just get it.
Hasta la vista.
This was a Wednesday workout for me. Toughest in a while, but managed the FIR after a LONG effort. Some of the clues were a bit obscure, but the perps made them manageable. Wrinkled my nose at IBAR, and widow was new to me. All in all, a satisfying solve.
I'm off my game, too many personal Naticks that I should have remembered.
Pacer/erat
Misspelling Iago crossing coati/Amgen did me in...
It doesn't help I get my pcps mixed up with my hmos...
To tell you how mixed up I am lately, 45. Expert in Islamic law: MUFTI, ( I put Rabbi...)
No, I just seem to get all my crosswords backwards these days...
Wait a sec, Jzb said:31. Thin nails: BRADS. Small wire nails with small, often asymmetrical heads. The depressions caused by driving them are brad pits. Jinx & Desper-Otto seem to indicate this was a joke? You mean brad pits are not a real thing?
(Hmm, what do I know...)
I thought depression was caused by not being as handsome as Brad Pitt...
Musings
-I even enjoyed the speedbumps today.
-“Any port in a storm” fills REORG and AMGEN were in one corner
-Not all SCARS are visible
-In the movie Hoosiers Gene Hackman’s giant-killer team is the Hickman Huskers
-After 1999, VB serves that hit the net are no longer a LET
-If politicians can “bring home the bacon” they’ll probably run UNOPPOSED
-EHOW – I used a YouTube video, not EHOW, last night to fix my Keurig coffee maker!
-An easy riddle: “What do you call plain text written by a paid author”?
-60-second commercials and “I want my MAYPO” elicit memories of my yute
-In Britain you might have a bag of CRISPS and a tin of dip
-DIFFUSION accounts for many ideas that are now accepted that weren’t in my aforementioned yute
-A very rare and now expensive NOMAD
Smart CW. A few nice misdirections and neat learning moment with WIDOW. Unfortunately I DNF. The NW defeated me. I had Amat for ERAT, I had never heard of MAYPO didn’t know PACER.
In the NE, perps helped me get AMGEN that I had never heard of and in the center, I resisted BASAL for a while.
JzB’s recap was most welcome.
Wonderful Wednesday. Thanks for the fun, Jill and JazzB.
I FIRed in good time and saw the FACIAL EXPRESSIONS theme.
No real slowdowns, although I did think of Mouth Watering before LIP SMACKING (but it wouldn’t fit).
I thought of Ado before TODO.
I waited for REORG to decide between Scab or the longer lasting injury reminder, SCAR.
I wanted Rejig before the more business-like REORG abbreviation.
Hand up for wanting I beam before BAR fit the construction site.
WIDOW perped, but I was not aware of that definition.
We had Latin ERAT, SACRA and ATRIA.
GRE, GPA plus KOA, SPF, PCP short forms.
I noted LEGO crossing EGGO, plus we had IAGO.
Great catch IM, on those top and bottom rows similarity.
I used to be able to recycle my BRITA filters, but cannot now. BLAH!
AMGEN makes biopharmaceutical products that are fairly specific to certain diseases (often autoimmune disorders), and thus, although a pharmaceutical giant, it is perhaps not as well known. Many of their products are not administered orally. You may know PROLIA for osteoporosis, or ENBREL for rheumatoid arthritis or perhaps ARANESP for anemia.
Some Canadian disadvantage today delayed PACER and PCP. We call our main MD our Family Doctor.
Wishing you all a great day.
Gary, I was gonna propose an answer to your riddle, but by the time I got here, I forgot what I wanted to propose.
C-Eh! - DW finished her multi-year Prolia course this year. Can't take that stuff forever, so now she's getting Novartis Reclast. Her anti-cancer drug can thin bones, which are already challenged by unrelenting birthdays.
HG, I was intrigued by by your mention of repairing your coffee maker. I have found them made especially impossible for the end user to disassemble, so they don't burn their house down...
So I went looking for your YouTube.
I think I found it, by the comments:
"It bypassed out this little sumbitch here."
And
"This guy needs to make many more tutorials with his clever Midwest colloquialisms "
for your amusement...
We have a Kuerig down the basement, still in the box. It was a Christmas present. DW won't allow it upstairs, or anywhere else for that matter. (Old school coffee or die!). Luckily, I have my own espresso machine...
FIR, but I didn't know Maypo, widow, Amgen, or mufti so crosses took care of those. Nice puzzle. GC
Hola!
Many thanks to Jill Singer and Jazzbumpa! I really enjoyed these, both the puzzle and the tour!
MAYPO and EHOW are totally unfamiliar to me as is the use of WIDOW in that sense. I shall, however, take a CSO at the usual meaning of WIDOW.
I first saw BRITA at the home of one of my friends.
CSO to my friend, Mark, who always roots for the PACERS since he was born in Indiana.
For those of us who like to wear earrings, EAR PIERCING has a completely different meaning.
At about age 10 or 11 when I had a tooth extracted I was given ETHER to knock me out.
Here in the desert southwest a very high SPF is recommended.
Sadly, Dame EDNA has passed away and will no longer entertain us.
Have a beautiful, fun-filled day, everyone!
In California, my sister has a Keurig coffee maker and it's nice because anyone can choose the flavor of coffee they like. I like my two-cup Mr. Coffee for my morning drink since that is my allotted quota.
Great Wednesday puzzle! It was a bit crunchy, had clever theme clues and fun mis-directions. It was fun to solve.
Thank you, Jill, and please come back.
Thanks Jazz B for the great tour.
An awesome Wednesday puzzle. I liked the fresh fill and clever misdirections. Did not know Maypo or Mufti.
Thanks Jill and Jzb for a Wednesday fun run 🏃♀️…. kkFlorida
Thank You Jill Singer, for a very nice Wed puzzle, that I enjoyed. I did not know some of the names, especially MAYPO and even AMGEN ....
Thank You CanadianEh ! as above, for describing the products AMGEN makes ... I had asked my wife, if she had come across this Pharma 'giant' in her 50+ years of medicine, and she said NO ! Then I mentioned the products, and she recollected one that I had been given, in the ICU, ..... ARANESP, for anemia, and others- PROLIA, that have been given to our relatives for osteoporosis...
As CanadianEh! put it so succintly ... these drugs, while important, expensive, and pervasive .... occur and are used in a hospital setting, by IV or IM injections, so we never remember the name of the manufacturer. Also used in very particular diseases like types of Cancer, etc.
Thank You JazzBumpa for your erudite explanations and very informative commentary, with a lot of tongue-in-cheek remarks ... trust me, that doesn't get past us either.! Thank YOu !!
As Bob Lee, above, mentioned ... I also knew MUFTI only as a permission to soldiers, to wear civilian dress as opposed to wearing the de rigueur military uniforms .... whilst at base ...probably, more a british expression.
In India, MUFTI, in general in a non-muslim setting means something totally different ... from the word 'Muft' which means 'free' ... a mufti is something given out as free, or without charge, and probably worth just as much ....
Have a nice week, all you folks.
I seem to remember that the EGGO French Toast - I’m a big fan as well - had some ecoli or similar issues and was withdrawn. I want to be wrong, but I haven’t seen the “slabs” since.
JzB delivers this Singer PZL...
I forgot that Indiana hoops are PACERs, so that tied up the opening corner for me.
Gotta have that fill to give perp aid for SMITE and MAYPO. And SPEAK.
BTW, I never understood why the "K" is used for "Kampgrounds of America."
It puts me in mind, uncomfortably so, of the spelling of "Amerika," a dictatorial version of our country.
The familiar two-word EXPRESSIONs were a key to quick solving.
~ OMK
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DR: No diags. Asym: 16Ax15D
I liked this puzzle, Jazzb's write-up, and all your comments. The only thing in the puzzle that made me think about it was the plural SACRA since I believe we each only have one sacrum. After thinking about it for a few seconds more I thought of how many SACRA a closet full of skeletons might have.
Greetings, chiming in late, but this was my first opportunity today.
Enjoyed today’s puzzle. Thanks, Jill. Lottsa body parts today with the theme to include FEET, TOEs & SACRA
It took me a while to get started with SMITE crossing MAYPO. I’m not a cereal person. Give me my half bagel & a cup of tea, and I’m good to go.
I saw the tie-in to ICE PALACES and Edna Ferber, but I had to wait for the perps to see if it would be a castle or a PALACE.
PACER. Thanks to the Indy 500 for helping me remember the team name.
WO: I-beam -> I BARS. I should had noted the plural in the clue.
Thanks, JazzB, for bringing it all together. Lotsa good info.
D-O, Cataract surgeries were the best surgical experiences I've ever had. Go laser if you can.
The after drops are irksome, but necessary. Good luck.
CED, The Youtube video showed me how to take the top cover off and then manipulate the check valve and hose to free it up. That seemed to work and I never was at risk.
Hi All!
Thanks for the grid, Jill. NW was a struggle! (Hi Bob Lee!)
Thanks for the in-depth expo, JzB! Always a fine outing and *snicker* at brad pitt.
WOs & ESPs: I left my grid at the office so I've little idea at this hour. Toss out a name and I'm sure that's one ;-)
Fav: CRISPs. I love how the Brits call chips CRISPs and Fries chips (told you yesterday, I'm easily amused.)
D-O: I have Ovaltine in my pantry. It's great on ice cream when you run out of malt.
Unclefred - Oy! MIL has the same rant re: anti-vaxers. She's, um, let's just say could be your much older sister, and remembers Polio etc. And my kids will never get chickenpox thanks to Varicella.
//and I just got my first shingles shot three(?) weeks ago :-)
Jinx re: jerrymandering. Haven't we all? They pick their voters so we don't get to pick our leaders. Texas is Open Primaries so I can vote against either party when I need.
CED - don't feel bad. My first thought was rabbi too. Took a bit to actually read the clue.
HG (and CED) - DW has a Keurig and I have my Bunn-O-Matic (makes a whole pot in 3min and built in my hometown of SPI!) Eldest thought the K-Cups to wasteful so she got DW refillables.
Enjoyed reading Y'ALL!
Cheers, -T
CED - I just watch your Keurig vid. LOL! Sounds like my Cousin fixing something.
C, -T
I liked Jill's play on FACIAL EXPRESSIONS and JzB's detailed explanations. I read them carefully because he likes to throw in a few zingers -- always fun! Thanks to you both!
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