Theme: "Lend Me Your Ears!" - The first word of each theme entry ends with an EAR sound, and EAR is dropped from the start of the last word.
22. Promo for a production at the Globe Theatre?: SHAKESPEARE PLUG.
33. Sign of impending bad weather?: ATMOSPHERE DROP.
49. Essay by the author of "The Martian"?: ANDY WEIR PIECE.
67. Jewelry displayed next to keychains and fridge magnets?: SOUVENIR RINGS.
87. Polish for posh light fixtures?: CHANDELIER WAX.
102. School friends in Troy, New York?: RENSSELAER BUDS.
116. Soreness after a long day working at Sotheby's?: AUCTIONEER ACHES.
I
don't think there's any extra layer to further cohere the set, right?
49A is an exception with 3 words. All those EAR sounds have different
spellings.
Sunday debut for Ricky Sirois. Congrats, Ricky!
Across:
1. Kid around: JEST.
5. Agcys.: ORGS.
9. "The Goonies" role for Ke Huy Quan: DATA. Unknown to me. He was born in Saigon, South Vietnam. Quan is a Chinese surname. He's of Chinese descent.
13. Wind instrument?: CHIME. 45. Crash site?: SPARE BED. 35. Euro pop?: PERE. All fun clues.
18. Chapati flour: ATTA.
19. Former Ford div.: MERC.
20. Discover, as a solution: HIT ON.
21. Organ __: DONOR.
25. Cygnets' parents: SWANS.
26. Comics unit: PANEL.
27. Proprietor: OWNER.
28. Image file type: GIF.
30. Bobby honored at Boston's TD Garden: ORR. His statue.
31. Pitch tents: ENCAMP.
38. Scuba spot: REEF.
39. Pup's bark: YAP.
41. Canadian prov.: PEI.
42. Escarole kin: ENDIVE. Curly endive.
43. Doone of fiction: LORNA.
48. Madre's sister: TIA.
53. Country with the southernmost capital city in the Americas: URUGUAY.
55. "Yes __, Bob!": SIREE.
56. Rich dessert: TORTE. Graybar used to have this on their Christmas luncheon menu.
57. Fall loosely: DRAPE.
58. Memorizes: LEARNS.
60. Tennis do-over: LET.
61. "We've all __ there": BEEN.
62. Milky birthstone: OPAL.
66. "Crikey!": ACK.
72. "No seats" sign: SRO.
73. Bygone depilatory brand: NEET.
75. GPS lines: RTES.
76. Chinese tea: CHA. Yum cha is a Cantonese tradition. Cha & dim sum. Retired folks do this almost every day. Very affordable.
77. "Whichever": EITHER.
79. Bit the dust: ATE IT.
81. Invents, as a word: COINS.
83. Taurasi who was the first WNBA player to score more than 9,000 points: DIANA. I knew this!
84. Regular expense for an employer: PAYROLL.
90. Taking after: ALA.
91. Shoe reinforcement: TOE PLATE. Never had this.
93. Parsonage: MANSE.
94. Jibes: AGREES.
96. French masculine pronoun: LUI. Opposite Elle.
97. Winter Games gp.: IOC.
98. Quaint contraction: TWAS.
107. Angular abode: A-FRAME.
109. __ World Service: international news org. based in London: BBC.
110. Oil field apparatus: RIG.
111. "Bridesmaids" actor Chris: O'DOWD. Irish actor.
113. Wears: HASON.
114. Expansive: BROAD.
120. Room brighteners: LAMPS.
121. Home of the southeast route to Everest: NEPAL. And 124. Home of the northeast route to Everest: TIBET.
122. Pixar clownfish: NEMO.
123. NBA legend Bryant: KOBE.
125. Dutch cheese: EDAM.
126. Tiny particle: ATOM.
127. Wet septet: SEAS.
Down:
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2. Hydrocarbon gas: ETHANE.
3. Position: STANCE.
4. Gamble (on): TAKE A FLYER. Not famliar with this expression.
5. Sounds of meditation: OMS.
6. Bank's takeback: REPO.
7. Lost intimacy, say: GREW APART.
8. Negligible: SCANT.
9. Quick swim: DIP. I took a dip the other day and bumped into
Boomer's old colleague Steve. He said he saw me there a few times but
"is she, isn't she?". Guess how tall he is? I was wrong about Tom
Pepper's height.
10. The Hawks, on scoreboards: ATL.
11. Head-scratcher: TOUGHIE. 14. [Scratches head]: HOW ODD.
12. Harmon of "Rizzoli & Isles": ANGIE.
13. LP successors: CDS.
15. Two-time Best Director Oscar winner Alejandro González __: INARRITU. For "Birdman" and "The Revenant".
16. Liberia's capital: MONROVIA.
17. Triage ctrs.: ERS.
20. Protagonist: HERO.
23. Furniture wood: ELM.
24. Sleep cycle letters: REM.
29. Allowed to graze: FREE RANGE.
32. Funeral rite pile: PYRE.
34. __ bar: SPACE.
36. Land: END UP.
37. Austin __: Tennessee university: PEAY. Learned from doing xwords.
40. Singer DiFranco: ANI.
44. Berlin Olympics star Jesse: OWENS.
45. Part of an emergency warning system: SIREN.
46. Frilly underskirt: PETTICOAT.
47. Martin Van __: BUREN.
49. Narnia lion: ASLAN.
50. Female kin: NIECE. And
51. Male mallard: DRAKE.
52. Flag bearers: POLES.
54. Cable TV's Nat __ Wild: GEO.
57. Agnus __: DEI.
59. Player who pouts after a rout: SORE LOSER. 78. Mustang's prints?: TIRE TRACKS. Two great fill.
61. __ new: BRAND.
63. "As if!": PSHAW.
64. Place for matches: ARENA.
65. "I speak for the trees" Seuss character: LORAX.
68. Practical: UTILE. I just use "useful".
69. Zoo doc: VET.
70. Cologne's river: RHINE.
71. Heads and tails: SIDES.
74. La Brea abundance: TAR.
80. "Completely," casually: TOTES.
81. Committee leader: CHAIR.
82. Like some chocolate: SEMI-SWEET.
84. Jack of early talk TV: PAAR.
85. Ninth grade math course, often: ALGEBRA I.
86. Crafty street art: YARN BOMB.
87. "Professor Plum, in the library, with the candlestick" board game: CLUE.
88. Southeast Asian language: LAO. Laos celebrate the New Year in April.
89. Peru native: INCA.
92. Troubled greatly: PLAGUED.
95. Get away from it all: ESCAPE.
99. Nevada's second-most populous county: WASHOE.
100. Pond protozoan: AMOEBA.
101. Has a feeling: SENSES.
103. "Big Little Lies" novelist Moriarty: LIANE. Knew it before I used this clue once.
104. More than simmer: BOIL.
105. Asparagus-like vegetable in some miso soup recipes: UDO. Our local Asian store does not carry this veggie.
106. Disco legend Summer: DONNA.
108. Govt. mortgage insurer: FHA.
112. Many a helpful video, for short: DEMO.
114. Letters on a lunch menu: BLT.
115. "Spring forward" letters: DST.
117. Bk. reviewer?: CPA.
118. Flat cap: TAM.
119. __-com: ROM.
C.C.
I’m going to brag on myself and say I saw all the ear “pieces” before I came on this site. I have one caveat: I thought the clue for “Data” was unnecessarily obscure. Other than that, I have no complaints. FIR, so I’m happy.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteProudly entered JOSH at 1a. (Have I ever mentioned...?) Also stumbled over naan/ATTA and tReadS/TRACKS. Thank you, Wite-Out. INARRITU just looked wrong. WASHOE finally came to me. Same with RENSSELAER; former BIL was an alum. Congrats on your Sunday debut, Ricky. Thanx for 'splainin' it all, C.C.
Cassettes were the lps successor, not cds
ReplyDelete6down "repo"is an abbreviation just more sloppy editing
That "other newspaper" has an interesting article about Will Shortz today. Their blurb indicates that it'll be available to non-subscribers until Thursday.
ReplyDeleteI saw that…but couldn’t figure out how to get a good copy of the link to throw on here, D-O! 😖
Delete====> Darren / L.A.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteIt's a rare, perhaps non-existent, Sunday puzzle that doesn't have a preponderance of proper names/nouns and/or three letter words. Today's is guilty of both complaints with 34 three letter words and numerous (I didn't count) proper names, including several unknown to me: Andy Weir, Diana, as clued, O'Dowd, Jasper, Liane, and the spelling of Inarritu. I also didn't know Udo and as SubG noted, Data, as clued. Despite these criticisms, I thought the title was very clever and the theme was tight, well-executed and entertaining. My favorite themer, no surprise, was Rensselaer Buds. Locals never refer to the school as anything but RPI and the adjacent city of Rensselaer is commonly pronounced Renss-ler.
Thanks, Ricky, for an enjoyable solve and congrats on your LA Times debut and thanks, CC, for the commentary and critique. Enjoyed the photos of all of the culinary delights, as usual.
FLN
Tony, my condolences to your daughter on her heartbreaking loss.
Have a great day.
I see Anon at 7:07 and IM have different takes on the number of proper names.
ReplyDeleteKe Huy Quan also played Short Long in the Indiana Jones 'Temple of Doom" film, then won an Oscar in 2022 for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
We often see RPI but not the spelled-out RENSSELAER, which after a lifetime in the area I still can't keep straight how many n's, s's and l's there are.
Bill, that was Short Round in Temple of Doom.
DeleteFIW. I put in atmosphere loom thinking of heirloom. If the perps had not been so obscure, I might have caught my mistake.
ReplyDeleteThis Sunday puzzle had some bite to it, and the plethora of proper names was way over the top. And CDs were not the successor of LPs, cassettes were.
Overall I didn't find this puzzle to be fun at all. In fact it seemed more Saturday worthy.
FIW, missing YARdART and dIANE x REdSSEdAER. Guess I get a 'D' on this puzzle. But I got my SWAG at ODOWE x UDO, so I got that goin' for me.
ReplyDeleteToday is:
NATIONAL SECONDHAND SUNDAY (I used to observe it)
NATIONAL CAKE DAY (angelfood used to be my favorite, but my tastes changed as I aged)
Lorna DOONE cookies are among my favorites.
SPARE BED - AKA "the doghouse."
IIRC, in Stranger in a Strange Land, one of the characters lamented gaining a little weight by saying "a BROAD is supposed to be BROAD, but not this BROAD." Heinlein would likely be cancelled for such a line these days.
Eurythmics sang:
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I travel the world and the seven SEAS
Everybody's looking for something
Rupert Holmes sang (in his song ESCAPE):
If you like piña coladas
And gettin' caught in the rain
If you're not into yoga
If you have half a brain
Leon Russell sang:
I'm up on the tightwire
flanked by life and the funeral PYRE
putting on a show for you to see
Curt Massey sang:
Lotsa curves, you bet
Even more, when you get
To the junction
(PETTICOAT Junction)
(You are welcome in advance for the earworms.)
Lots of ships are registered in MONROVIA. Must be a tax advantage.
I knew Austin PEAY because my local college used to play football against them. GO PEAY (pronounced 'pee'.)
My little school taught ALGEBRA I in the 8th grade; ALGEBRAIi was in the ninth.
HIT ON had a different meaning in the bars of my single life.
I'm listening to Nat GEO Wild's Secrets of the Zoo as I write this. I love watching vets Pol, Oakley, and those guys in Georgia.
Thanks for what could have easily been an enjoyable puzzle, Rickey. And thanks to CC for explaining most of it.
Re Austin PEAY University, the Govs' football team lost their first-round FCS playoff game yesterday. I assume at the end of the second quarter their fans still chant "Halftime, Halftime, Let's Go Peay!"
ReplyDeleteAgree with the usual complaints about too many proper names, although Kobe did save me in SE corner. FIW though, as there were just too many of them this time.
ReplyDeleteJinx - when Austin Peay makes one of its occasional appearances in the NCAA tournament, we can count on local radio guys to ask each other "are you going to watch Austin Peay tonight."
Interesting factoid about Uruguay's capital. Surprised I hadn't come across that before (or at least I don't recall).
Took 24:54 today for me to correct my error: I had Diane (twice, apparently) crossing Renssadaer. Seemed just as logical to me as the correct answer.
ReplyDeleteI agree, as I often do, with Ms. Irish Miss.
I'm currently reading an Andy Weir book - but it is taking me a long time.
This wasn't a fun puzzle, but maybe because I didn't see the theme.
Quite a workout today. FIR, but with a caveat. I had to look up Mr Fforde's name. Tried Javier but perps didn't like it. And to think I had a cat named JASPER. Doh.
ReplyDeleteSeveral other clues had me rethinking things , but it all come out in the wash.
Caught the EAR ideer when WAX showed up. It had to be FHA 'cause FANNIE MAE was too long.
Once is usually enough. More only makes you a glutton for punishment.
Wonderland.
Good morning all. I got the 'ear' sounds but it was still a DNF. The SW slayed me. I guessed YARD BOMBS instead of YARN BOMBS (unknown), didn't know LIANE Moriarty, had no idea about the Troy school, and wouldn't have spelled RENSSELAER correctly anyway. I had REDSSE_AER BUDS and left it at that. Also wasn't sure of the spelling of PETTI(y or e)COAT or SOUVENIR and missed that square with an E.
ReplyDeleteDATA, UDO, ENDIVE, CHA, DIANA Taurasi, LUI, O'DOWD, JASPER, INARRITU-other unknowns filled by perps.
TOE PLATE- I remember them in Jr. High, which banned them. Boys would put them on their shoes. They made too much noise. Everyone call them the 'taps'. But who wears leather soled shoes these days. The last pair of dress shoes (ECCO) didn't have leather soles.
MERC.- drove one for 20 years
HIT ON- what guys do at a bar when trying to meet women.
lend me your ears?
ReplyDeletePicard, sorry I missed your birthday yesterday,
I hope you had some cake?
Don’t have access to the Sunday puzzle. Our local rag publishes a two week old NYT puzzle on Sunday but I like to peruse the corner to pick up clue/answers for future use. (Like I’ll actually remember anything!)
ReplyDelete“Take a flyer” around here means a significant trip and fall. Never heard it used in the sense of Gamble (on). “He slipped on the ice and took a flyer”
That my anonymous. Above
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading “Hail Mary” by Andrew Weir, that will be made into a movie.
ReplyDelete. His 2011 novel The Martian was adapted into the 2015 film of the same name. He received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2016 and his 2021 novel Project Hail Mary was a finalist for the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Thanks CC
Musings
ReplyDelete-The gimmick was easier than I tried to make it
-I enjoyed learning about the geography of southern South America. Montevideo is about 1 degree further south than Santiago
-Quarterbacks who get sacked ATE IT
-Many baseball pitchers put a TOE PLATE on their back or “push off” shoe
-In the picture where he towers over you, you said Tom was 6’5”, what is his real height?
- INARRITU held up the NE corner but eventually succumbed
-College FB players are sometimes not happy about where they END UP on draft day
-The noon and 6 pm SIREN in our small town told us when we had to get home
-We’ve seen Marisa Tomei’s discourse on TIRE TRACKS from My Cousin Vinny here a few times
-The Jets “took a FLYER” on 39-yr-old Aaron Rodgers this year and he got hurt on the third play of the season
-Knowing ALGEBRA is a big help in working with spreadsheets
-I have used many YouTube “DEMO” videos
-What Irish said.
Actually arrived at an FIR on today's crossNAME puzzle! I found it PERPable, SUSSable, and especially, WAGable. Unfortunately, it wasn't very ENJOYable.
ReplyDeleteCED @ 10:35 ~ Loved the Kitty and the Pooch "Pillow". 🤗
ReplyDeleteRay O @ 10:36 ~ In this neck of the woods, "He slipped on the ice and took a header!"
This was a real TOUGHIE for me. Crossed unknown proper names and terms like ASLAN, ANDY WEIR, TAKE A FLYER, ATTA, JASPER, DATA, ATL, ANGIE, PEAY (looked impossibly wrong), UDO, ODOWD. Very slow to grasp the EAR theme. Very clever. Proud to FIR.
ReplyDeleteJinx I also only know PETTICOAT from the TV show. I never watched it. But if you are a fan, I have something you might find interesting. I take an Adult Ed class with Lori Saunders, who starred as Bobbie Jo Bradley in PETTICOAT JUNCTION.
Here is my photo of PETTICOAT JUNCTION star Lori Saunders and her husband Bernie Sandler from exactly a year ago.
Does anyone here remember her? They have been married for 62 years. Quite a record for a Hollywood marriage. He adores her and he asks even more questions in class than I do.
I have been to MONROVIA, but a different one.
From Yesterday and Today:
ReplyDeleteLucina, Ray-o-sunshine, NaomiZ, sumdaze, AnonT, CrossEyedDave Thank you for the kind birthday wishes and comments on my comments and on my PAINTED LADIES photo. When I first arrived in the Bay Area, I was proud that I found and photographed the PAINTED LADIES all on my own, before knowing of their fame. A photo then cost $1 and I was living on $9 a day, including rent and food.
We drove to Solvang for lunch. A total madhouse. Solvang is a Danish village about an hour from Santa Barbara. Famed for Christmas decorations and gifts. Everyone was there shopping and eating Danish treats. We have a friend whose family owns several businesses there. We were honored that she came out to greet us in the middle of the frenzy.
We then had a festive dinner back in Santa Barbara at the Palace Grill, a Cajun-Creole restaurant where my friend Mark is a magician. He performed a new trick for us.
I am still curious to know if anyone finished yesterday's puzzle without assistance?! I forgot to note: Hand up for SALSA before unknown CREMA.
I missed Saurday’s puzzle, lots of visits etc., but from what I read this morning, it’s just as well. Therefore I also missed Picard’s birthday, happy belated birthday ����
ReplyDeleteToday was a little tough but FIR. I finally caught on to the theme when the ear wax showed up.
By coincidence during my Saturday peregrinations I was wearing a jacket I bought the last time I was on PEI.
Anonymous @ 11:36, I agree I’m surprised members of this corner have not read JASPER Fforde’s books.
I’m on a new iPad. I see that my little birthday emojis look like question marks. Bummer.
ReplyDeleteMonkey @12:43 Don't add your emojis until after you've done all your previews. The latter munge emojis. Comme ca 🙂
DeletePICARD- I remember her very well! That show was a favorite of mine back in the day. (Had quite a crush on Bobby Jo!) Was also into railroads, (still am!) so it was a win-win for me!
ReplyDeleteMy frustration with this puzzle (FIW by the way) was made less painful by the afterglow of MICHIGAN’S win over Ohio State yesterday!!! My hometown team prevailed, but both sides played an excellent game. My favorite demonstration of the Wolverines’ joy was the spontaneous back flip of one of the players as the game ended! GO BLUE!!
ReplyDeleteA few naticks made this puzzle impossible for me, crossing Liane with Rensselaer, (could have been Diane and Renessedaer for all I knew) for example. However, I did enjoy TIRE TRACKS, and the themers were clever. Maybe I’ll do better next time with Ricky Sirois puzzle.
Thanks, C.C. for the great tour.
Couldn't figure out Rensselaer spelling. "Liane" got me. Odowd crossing odu got me. And I missed "hason", duh. Otherwise it was fun. GC
ReplyDeletePicard @ 12:24 ~ As you apparently missed my birthday wishes yesterday, I offer them again. 🎂🎁🎊🎈🎉 Sounds like you had an enjoyable day. 😉
ReplyDeleteMonkey @ 12:45 ~ Hitting Preview before Publish changes the emojis to ???. You have to change them back, then hit Publish.
What Irish Miss said.
ReplyDeleteI liked the "ear" theme gimmick.
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday, Picard.🎉🎂
ReplyDeleteThat worked. Thank you IM☘️ and Jayce.
ReplyDeleteNice debut, Ricky, with a clever, entertaining theme — but take everyone’s advice and strive to eschew using proper names, especially pop-culture ones!
ReplyDeleteREPO is a common phrase used in the finance world, Anonymous 7:32am; an easy fill, don’t look a gift horse in the mouth 😎 But you’re absolutely correct about cassettes being next in line, not CDs (although lately vinyl has made quite a comeback).
FIR, so I can’t bee-atch too much about this one. Only good luck with the perps got me through the RENSSELAER conundrum. And I loved the Everest routes geography lesson with NEPAL and TIBET! Nice one, Ricky 👍🏽
====> Darren / L.A.
Charlie Echo You made my day knowing that you had a crush on my classmate! I also love railroads. Maybe I will try to find an episode to watch. Do you remember any particularly good episodes?
ReplyDeleteIrish Miss, Jayce Thank you for the reminder! I did see your birthday wishes yesterday, but missed them today when I searched back for "Picard" rather than "Robert". I should also thank PK. Thanks!
Here are my many photos from our Thanksgiving hike that we led to the Gaviota Caves.
Thanksgiving always blends with my birthday as one big celebration. Notice my friends Bernard (cowboy hat) and Li and their little boy Leo. Leo is just 2 1/2 years old, but Li told me Leo hiked the whole way up himself! It is just about 3 miles round trip, but it is very steep in places. Lots of fun as you can see!
Picard: thanks for the "Bobbie Jo" update. Yup, I crushed on her. Still looks great.
ReplyDeleteWas the Monrovia you went to out by USC and Santa Anita? One of my engineers was responsible for the telco switching systems there (which means that I was accountable for them.)
Wasn't Solvang the home of Anderson's restaurant? I learned that I liked split pea soup at Anderson's.
Anon @m 0902: Austin Peay pairs nicely with another of our sports team foes, Ball State. Freshman humor permeated the air.
Wendybird: My Big Blue team also did well. Marshall played at Kentucky and piled up 82 points. That meant the Thundering Herd lost by only 36 points. UK's 118 was the most recorded in the history of Rupp Arena. It could have been worse - Coach Cal put in the "never get to play" guys with a few minutes left. One even hit a 3-point shot!
I thought I posted my comments earlier, but I didn't and I never completed them.
ReplyDeleteSo I'll take the lazy way, and post what I had.
Thank you, Ricky Sirois, and thank you, C.C.
First off, a great title that aptly describes the actions in the theme answers.
I don't recall ever encountering an FF name or FF word before. It looked like Pf to me. I know some pf words, like pfennigs, and names like Pflug and Pflugerville.
Anyway, that was it.
Thanks, Ricky, and congrats on your debut! You are very clever to think of so many words ending in the EAR sound. I hope to see you back here soon! I needed the theme to fill in the boxes for PLUG, DROP, etc.
ReplyDeleteFAVs: Wind instrument, clue for COINS, Crash site? NEPAL & TIBET clecho, and ROMcom.
TAKE A FLYER is new to me. So is MANCE. Do only Presbyterians use that term?
DH is currently reading "Hail Mary" by ANDY WEIR but I knew his name from "The Martian". I frequently shelve his and LIANE Moriarty's books at the library.
I have eaten UDO tempura in Japan but could not remember its name. My friend's dad gathered it wild in the hills and cooked it up for us. I'm afraid I only remember that it tasted like a fried vegetable.
Thanks, C.C., for your review. FAVs today were the LAO illustration and yum CHA info.
CED@10:35. Great links!!
Hi Y'all! Thank you, Ricky, for a challenge somewhat more enjoyable than Saturday's mess. I did find the theme amusing. Lots of unknowns tho. Muddled thru it. Thanks, C.C., for the enjoyable blog.
ReplyDeleteI knew Austin Peay from NCAA basketball but not how to spell it. Why anyone would choose to go there with a name like that is beyond me.
Over 5 inches of snow here last night. Someone shoveled my drive before I woke up. Have no idea who I need to thank. Shocked to see it. Also shocked to see my niece posting pictures of her sitting in the snow covered stands for a Kansas State U football game with more snow falling on her & hubby.
I think the order was LP > 8-TRACK > Cassette > CD
ReplyDelete78->LP. (actually vinyl in 33 and 45 RPM formats.) 8 track and cassette didn't replace LPs, but CDs replaced all three. Reel-to-reel enjoyed a niche market until CDs too, and are now relegated to very small group of aficionados along with the vinyl diehards and neos.
ReplyDeletePicard @ 12:13: "I have been to MONROVIA, but a different one."
ReplyDeleteGenerally, people from Monrovia the Other, like Azusa and El Monte, just only admit to "San Gabriel Valley."
Sunday Lurk say...
ReplyDeleteJinx - Mom's 3rd Hubby had a reel-to-real. Best recorded sound reproduction I ever heard.
Nevertheless, Eldest loves her vinyls.
Cheers, -T
Hola!
ReplyDeleteMissed the party today. I had company for a late lunch so was busy right after church cooking and making preparations for their arrival. Luckily, my friend, Kathy, came early to help me. A good friend is a treasure and she is one.
I had almost finished the puzzle before I left but then failed to post. It was not as perplexing as some other Sunday puzzles we've had. However, I had DARA for DATA and ROUGHIE and did not notice the error. FW!
All else was completed though nothing stands out. I may be mistaken but I believe DIANA Taurasi plays here in Phoenix. I only vaguely pay attention to the sports news but occasionally something sticks.
For today's lunch I made turkey enchiladas which is a wonderful way to use some of the leftover turkey.
I hope you all had a wonderful day today. Tomorrow is a count day for me so I'll have to set an alarm.
One of My granddaughters requested a record player and vinyl records for Christmas last year.
ReplyDeleteI did finish the puzzle but there were 2 problems. First, the city where laws are enacted is the capitOL city, not the capital. Secondly, what the he** is Au? The chemical symbol for gold? Angstrom unit? And how does it relate to the clue? Just give me a straightforward puzzle, without the cutesy-poo tricks.
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