Theme: "Double Bill" - A musical is inserted into another musical.
23. *"This should be just right, my furry friends"?: AS YOU CATS LIKE IT. As You Like It.
32. *Peculiar pair at the office?: THE ODD COMPANY COUPLE. The Odd Couple.
53. *Things that make you go hmm ... ?: THE DOUBT PRODUCERS. The Producers.
69. *Salon pro who's a genius with AquaNet?: THE HAIRSPRAY WIZ. The Wiz.
92. *Lament from a Red Sox fan?: DAMN WICKED YANKEES. Damn Yankees.
109. *Eerie Midwestern downtown area?: A STRANGE CHICAGO LOOP. A Strange Loop.
Reveal:
123. Embedded narrative, and a description of the answer to each starred clue: PLAY WITHIN A PLAY.
I chuckled at the 92A clue and entry. Immediately thought of our LalaLinda, who's an avid Red Sox fan.
Ideal Sunday grid. Great title. Great reveal. All the plays are all well-known.
Across:
5. Musubi wrap: NORI. The Hawaiian Spam musubi. We also have 21. Russian crepes: BLINI. And 29. Indian flatbread: ROTI.
9. Intel research: RECON.
14. African capital where Akan is spoken: ACCRA. I did not know Akan, the largest ethnic group in Ghana.
19. "Scram!": SHOO.
20. Germ carrier?: BRAN. Also 100. Hill worker?: ANT. 106. Drink list?: BAR TAB. Fun clues.
22. Frasier's brother: NILES.
26. Liquid-Plumr rival: DRANO.
27. Origins: ROOTS.
28. Fair-hiring initials: EEO.
31. Color that is equal parts blue and green: CYAN.
38. Has motivation for: CARES TO.
40. Bout enders, briefly: TKOS.
41. "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody" director Lemmons: KASI. Did not know her.
42. Dwarf planet named for a goddess of discord: ERIS.
43. MYOB part: OWN.
45. Dam on the Nile: ASWAN.
49. Escher museum site, with "The": HAGUE. M. C. Escher was Dutch.
52. Sleepy pal: DOC. The Dwarfs.
57. Tour guide's badge words: ASK ME.
59. Baby sheep: LAMB.
60. ABC News anchor David: MUIR.
61. Duds: TOGS.
62. Push back, in a way: RESIST.
64. Reef-dwelling Pixar character: NEMO.
67. "Be prepared" org.: BSA.
68. New prefix: NEO.
75. Butterfield of "Sex Education": ASA. British actor.
78. Work on a lawn: MOW.
79. Old-timey dagger: SNEE.
80. Breathe Right user, maybe: SNORER. Nasal strips.
84. Mete (out): DOLE.
86. Substandard: POOR.
88. Wager: RISK.
91. Many Vegas lights: NEONS.
97. 1981 cable debut: MTV. CNN debuted in 1980.
98. Teeny bit: SKOSH.
99. Skating legend Sonja: HENIE.
101. Permeate: SEEP.
102. "If the __ fits ... ": SHOE.
104. Wild guess: STAB.
107. Sneaky coward: DASTARD.
115. "Grease" actress Conn: DIDI.
116. Sand hill: DUNE.
117. "__ you for real?": ARE.
118. Hasbro game that requires quick reflexes: BOP IT.
121. Make up (for): ATONE.
128. Switchboard section: PANEL.
129. Out: PASSE.
130. Not pizzicato: ARCO. Did not know the meaning of pizzicato.
From Wikipedia: "On bowed string instruments it is a method of playing
by plucking the strings with the fingers, rather than using the bow.
This produces a very different sound from bowing, short and percussive
rather than sustained."
131. No. in a forecast: TEMP.
132. Lock: TRESS.
133. Word on a triangular sign: YIELD.
134. Exemptions for top seeds: BYES.
135. __ buco: OSSO.
Down:
2. Rather: OH SO.
3. Rock the baby, around the world, etc.: YO-YO TRICKS.
4. Comforts: SOOTHES.
5. "Night Court" TV network: NBC.
6. British pop singer Rita: ORA. Here with her husband Taika Waititi, the director of "Thor: Ragnarok".
7. Made the grade: RATED.
8. Bee or butterfly: INSECT.
9. Sac fly result: RBI.
10. Antlered ruminant: ELK.
11. Olds of old: CIERA.
12. Shallot kin: ONION.
13. __ Gritty Dirt Band: NITTY.
14. "Your point is?": AND.
15. Big top performance: CIRCUS ACT. And
16. Skeet target: CLAY PIGEON. We don't often a 10 & 9 pair in a themed grid.
17. Kidney-related: RENAL.
18. With a single voice: AS ONE.
24. Takes advantage of: USES.
25. Gander: LOOK.
30. "Eww!": ICK.
33. Short "And yet ... ": OTOH.
34. Woodworking connector: DOWEL.
35. Utah city near two national parks: MOAB.
36. Soft summons: PSST.
37. Lanikai Beach's island: OAHU.
38. Like some grilling planks: CEDAR. This cedar plank salmon looks yummy.
39. Got up: AROSE. And 71. Got up: AWOKE.
44. Confidentiality doc: NDA. Non-Disclosure Agreement.
46. Typist's meas.: WPM.
47. Curaçao neighbor: ARUBA.
48. Hard on the ears: NOISY.
50. Goad: URGE.
51. Canadian gas brand: ESSO.
53. "Intelligence for Your Life" host John: TESH.
54. Hilton competitor: OMNI.
55. Some airport rides: UBERS.
56. Attracts: DRAWS.
58. Charles River sch.: MIT.
63. Andante and adagio: TEMPI.
65. Hotmail provider: MSN.
66. La Scala performance: OPERA.
70. Flask filler: HOOCH.
72. Harness strap: REIN.
73. Homey lodgings: INNS.
74. "Big Little Lies" actress Kravitz: ZOE. Star-studded cast.
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75. Throws in: ADDS.
76. Time in the tub: SOAK.
77. "Nearly finished!": ALMOST DONE. And 81. Orchard fruit originally from Ohio: ROME APPLES. So many nice fill in this grid.
82. "Come on in!": ENTER.
83. Answered an invite: RSVP'D.
85. Puts in a Hall of Fame, say: ENSHRINES.
87. Kylo of the "Star Wars" sequels: REN.
89. Jamaican genre: SKA.
90. Sport with bamboo swords: KENDO.
93. "Hold it, horses!": WHOA.
94. Share hot goss: DISH. Hot gossip.
95. Himalayan recluse: YETI.
96. Citation abbr.: ET AL.
101. Degrade oneself by: STOOP TO.
103. Word with year or rear: END.
105. South American palm: ACAI.
108. Asian noodle: SOBA. I prefer it cold.
109. Get used (to): ADAPT.
110. Instrument in Hindi cinema: SITAR.
111. Pet in a tank: GUPPY.
112. Zhou who hosted Nixon: ENLAI.
113. Stop: CEASE.
114. Walt Disney Concert Hall architect Frank: GEHRY.
119. Alpo rival: IAMS.
120. Tit for tat, e.g.: TYPO.
122. Some city trains: ELS.
124. Luxury bag monogram: YSL.
125. Tied the knot: WED.
126. Broomball surface: ICE.
127. Denials: NOS.
A few extra notes:
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2) Happy birthday to sumdaze, our creative Monday Sherpa. Who else can ride 65 miles in one day? I'm so lucky to have you in my life, Renee! Feel better soon!
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3) Happy 16th birthday to our blog! Thank you so much for visiting and commenting.
4) Have a go at this "Farm Girls" puzzle I made for Atlas Obscura last Monday. I wish someone would blog about their puzzles.
5) My left arm still has slight twinge. I pull wide on that side and often do not pull through, but I'm so happy to be back to the pool again. I don't over-rotate anymore and my bilateral breathing continues to be good. Now I need to focus on kicking harder with my right leg. So odd since I'm right-handed. You'd think I have a dominant right leg also.
C.C.
46 comments:
I got the gimmick early and that helped me solve this somewhat challenging puzzle. One thing that made it challenging was the number of obscure names of people and things ( “nori” and “Kasi”, for two). But I persevered and got through them. FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Only needed my trusty Wite-Out to change DARES TO to CARES TO; DEDAR made no sense. Recognized all the plays (well, almost all); methinks not all of them are musicals. Those vertical tens were nice. Thanx, Taylor, Chandi, and C.C. (You really look at home in the pool.)
Had udon before soba and naan before roti.
FIW, missing ulNAL, hOP IT, and bASTARD. In my defense, I've never been called a DASTARD. Now had the clue been "Snidely Whiplash, for one," I would have nailed it.
Today is:
SQUIRREL APPRECIATION DAY (ZoΡ appreciates them, but I hold her back)
NATIONAL GRANOLA BAR DAY (great with coffee if you don’t have time to make waffles)
NATIONAL HUGGING DAY (make sure your hug is not unwanted – ya don’t wanna get cancelled)
NATIONAL HYALURONIC ACID DAY (makes you skin (crossword favorite) DEWY)
I never heard of the plays "Company," "Doubt," or "A Strange Loop." Knew the rest.
I wonder how long NEONS will light Vegas. LEDs are cheaper, are much more versatile, and last much longer.
There was a snuff brand whose theme was "Just a Skoch Between Your Cheek and Gum." Can't advertise tobacco on TV anymore, so the slogan fades. (This is one of the few vices I've never taken up.)
I only know Sonja HENIE by the Click and Clack expression "Sonja HENI's tutu."
NITTY Gritty Dirt Band - Marvelous musicians and totally rude divas to the backstage folks who make the music possible.
SITAR has become the Hindi OBOE in crosswords.
Did anyone else's nose wrinkle at RSVPD? Sounds like the enforcers (PD) of a fast-spreading virus (RSV). Are we sure Fauci retured?
Thanks to CC for the fun review of this one.
FLN - Big Easy - Mel Ott O'Pilot gave me more chuckles than all of today's puzzle.
Retired, not retured. HENIE's tutu, not HENI's tutu. Stoopid fingers.
Good Morning:
I found this an easy Sunday solve as there were only two true unknowns, Kasi and Eris, an unusually low number for the large grid, although Dastard without ly was new to me. The theme was evident early on and the only unfamiliar play was A Strange Loop. My favorite of the bunch was The Hair Spray Wiz, with Wicked Damn Yankees as a close runner up. Also liked the clecho cluing for Arose and Awoke. Unlike many Sunday solves, this was a fun and enjoyable experience.
Thanks, Taylor and Chandi, and thanks, CC, for the always welcome and appreciated professional observations and analysis and the also always welcome and appreciated mouth-watering food photos! Happy Birthday to your wonderful blog and thanks for nurturing this special place that so many of us have come to love and enjoy! Congrats on your continued progress in water world!
Happy Birthday, Janice, hope you are well! We miss you. πππππ
Happy Birthday, Renee, so glad you joined this cyber family. We love hearing about your myriad interests and adventures! πππππ
And Happy Feast of St. Agnes Day to me!
Have a great day.
I got the gimmick and that helped, but too many obscure names and ethnic foods. I thought I was making good progress and then it came to a halt with the following:
NORI, BRAN (didn't know that carries germs), BLINI, EEO (I remember it as EOE but I guess that's changed), ROTI, KASI, ERIS, MUIR, ASA, DASTARD, ARCO, OH SO (huh?), NBC (with streaming I don't even know the network of my favorite shows, and Night Court is not I watch), TEMPI (plural of TEMPO, I guess?), ORA, GEHRY, SOBA, and SNEE. Too much for me.
FIR, but there seemed to be a little bite to this Sunday puzzle. Got the theme midway but had not heard of either play, Doubt or A Strange Loop, so that slowed me down somewhat.
One slight nit. Dastard as a nown seems a stretch to me, and even spell check fought with me over that and wanted to change it to dastardly. Oh well.
Took 16:37 for me to get it wrong today with bastard instead of dastard.
I didn't know today's actress (Zoe), the director (Kasi), the Disney Hall architect (Gehry) or: arco, enlai, a strange loop, doubt, ciera (I thought all Olds were Alero in crossword puzzles).
Moab is a great, unique city, although my liking for it may be influenced by its (noted) proximity to both Arches National Park and Canyonland National Park.
Whiner, bran has the wheat germ within it. Bran is the outer covering of a plant seed. That is why it is called germination when a seed begins to grow.
Whiner, they have resurrected Night Court. Since Harry Anderson and Markie Post are dead, Melissa Rauch is the judge, and India de Beaufort is the prosecutor. John Larroquette is still Dan Fielding, but is a public defender instead of the prosecutor. If his grey hair was long and in a ponytail, he would be the perfect prototypical defense attorney. Bot the original and the reboot are NBC products. I haven't seen the new version, but I've already warmed up my "the original was much better" proclamation. After all, it couldn't be much better.
Lee, I thought "Germination" is what France was before (crossword-favorite) D DAY.
Nice enjoyable puzzle today. Hadn't heard of A Strange Loop, but thr Chicago Loop is a famous downtown center just like Times Square in New York.
FIR for a change. Nice long 10s in each corner. Thought the apples were ROMA, but SEEP said no. Liked that the clues today were not out in left field, like yesterday.
Taylor and Chandi have earned 5 stars for their submission today. Salutations to C.C. for giving her all in the analysis.
Just when you thought it was safe to come out in the open . . .
Birdbath.
Cute, Jinx, cute.
Charles Richard Moll, known as Aristotle Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon has also passed away just a few months ago in October, 2023. He was the baliff on the original Night Court.
Musings
-Wow! To come up with this gimmick, arrange the fill symmetrically and even have the reveal meet the symmetry requirement amazes me.
-Joe Hardy, who sold his soul to the devil in DAMN YANKEES, played for the Washington Senators. :-)
-Frasier and his brother NILES were brilliantly paired in this smart comedy
-A size comparison between ERIS and the most famous dwarf planet
-When I have to MOW this spring, I wonder if my 4-yr-old battery will still work
-Those Breathe Right strips were no help to me or my DW
-Water SEEPS into some basements in our town because of our high water table
-Oops, me too! I chose a “B” for KEN_O/_ASTARD
-Have you ever said/heard, “Boy, how did you RATE?”
-NDA speculation about a very high profile, current couple
-My WPM rate is very low because I can’t speed up my fingers to match my thinking and I can’t slow my thinking down to match my finger speed.
-The Stone Ponies sang, Yes, and I ain't sayin' you ain't pretty. All I'm saying's I'm not ready for any person, place or thing to try and pull the REINS in on me
-HBD to Madame and Sumdaze!
-Thanks for the write-up and the personal info, C.C.!
PALY WITHIN A PLAY- I noticed the outer plays but not the inner plays. DOUBT and COMPANY are plays I have never heard before.
I still managed to FIR with all the unknown A&E fills and words that end in I. TEMPI, OMNI, NOTI, ROTI, RBI, ACAI, Zhou (CHOU) EN LAI, BLINI- I knew those. KASI & DIDI-new ones to me. I was expecting a Frank NITTI to show up. All this from a constructor named CHANDI.
HAGUE, MUIR, ASA, DASTARD, BOP IT, TESH, ZOE, DISH- unknowns
I never knew 'goss' was short for gossip.
I've heard of dastardly but not dastard. Neither had Agnes.
SNEE- haven't seen that in years
WPM- I could never more than 30 WPM om typing class on those manual Underwood typewriters.
"Who else can ride 65 miles in one day? " Big Easy can (or could). The cardiologist told me to not get on my bike for another six weeks- had a pacemaker installed last Thursday. I've done 50 mile rides two days in a row and strange as it seems, my arms get tired, not my legs. But my speed has slowed a lot from 4:00 min/mile or less to about 4:45.
Jinx- John Larroquette's 1st cousin Dave is a friend and John's mother worked with my sister-in-law. He went with our group to Alaska 3 years ago. He was the guitar player at my daughter's wedding. For the last 10 years he's been playing bass guitar in another band, but a few months ago he told me he was going deaf. I said you are going Beethoven.
Greetings all,
Thank you for the Birthday wishes. I have been lurking, but haven't felt I had the time to write coherently. My Extension Italian class is back to being on Zoom, and I have had it with the Zoom "classroom." Poor connections, sound synchronization off, and most of all, no personal contact. So I may have a little more time in the mornings; after three years, I think (hope) I have enough background to continue on my own with reading, You Tube, and my books.
C.C., great swimming. I bet you're training for Paris this year. ;>)
Be well everyone. Madame xo
I knew Night Court was a reboot of the old, but I wasn't even sure it was on the same network. Do networks still hold ownership rights of long gone TV shows? Anyway, the previews didn't look good to me so I haven't bothered to watch. Reboots don't tend to work for me. I watched Hawaii 5-0 for a few years, and Star Trek TNG, but I can't think of any others that I watched for even one season.
What I just realized when looking back at my list of unknowns, is that I have no desire to know them or learn about them. I think ROTI comes up a lot, and I never know it until I get 3 letters because I really don't care for Indian food. I know there will always be some unknowns especially if I don't try to remember them, but this puzzle seemed to have a lot for me.
DASTARD I got from the old Dick Dastardly cartoon character, but I don't remember him being a coward. I may have missed some character subtleties when I was 5. I actually knew KENDO so Bastard was out.
Fun puzzle, well done. I actually owned an Olds Ciera in the 80s. Not a good car. It would cutoff while cruising down the freeway. It was always one sensor or the other in the 80s cars. I didn't FIR but I enjoyed it, many unknowns. Great job swimming CC. You've got it in my opinion. GC
A clever and crunchy Sunday offering.
The theme was fun but I didn’t know “A Strange Loop” so that was a difficult fill.
IMHO “dastard” was a stretch but other than that the entire puzzle was enjoyable.
Thanks Taylor and Chandi.
……kkFlorida
1/21/24
Hello,
As soon as I saw your clue for 31 across, I knew the answer you intended but it is incorrect. Yellow, magenta and cyan are the 3 primary, subtractive colors. Red, green and blue are the 3 primary, additive colors. They are complementary. Red is made up of 100% yellow and magenta, green is made up of 100% yellow and cyan, and blue is made up of 100% magenta and cyan. Since the color blue has magenta in it, it can never be used to make pure cyan. Also, since green has yellow in it, it can also never be used to make pure cyan.
It’s unfortunate that even well established, prestigious art institutions teach students that all colors can be made from various combinations of red, blue and yellow. This is false and misleading to the unsuspecting, trusting students. In fact, printers use yellow, magenta and cyan inks…not yellow, red and blue.
The color separation process uses red, blue and green filters to record the make-up of original art. An image photographed through a red filter yields the cyan negative which is used to print the cyan portion. The same holds true for using the green and blue filters, the green yields the magenta printer and the blue filter yields the yellow printer.
Sorry to bother you with this trivial imposition!
Tomas Walsh
H.Gary said "When I have to MOW this spring, I wonder if my 4-yr-old battery will still work"
Yes, if it makes it through the winter, you'll be good to go this spring. If it then makes it through summer, it should be good through fall. 'Course, stuff still happens, but it is mainly extreme hot and cold that claim an already weak battery.
Thomas, IIRC our TV cameras had red, green and blue plumbicon tubes. I guess TV is additive, since they all add up to black.
CC - Loved the puzzle on A/O. Fun that the first fill was ATLAS. I did have to erase Paul NEWMAN for NEWMANS OWN. And I was SO proud of filling it without any perps, but that was short-lived.
H.Gary said "When I have to MOW this spring, I wonder if my 4-yr-old battery will still work"
Yes, if it makes it through the winter, you'll be good to go this spring. If it then makes it through summer, it should be good through fall. 'Course, stuff still happens, but it is mainly extreme hot and cold that claim an already weak battery.
Thomas, IIRC our TV cameras had red, green and blue plumbicon tubes. I guess TV is additive, since they all add up to black.
CC - Loved the puzzle on A/O. Fun that the first fill was ATLAS. I did have to erase Paul NEWMAN for NEWMANS OWN. And I was SO proud of filling it without any perps, but that was short-lived.
"Have a go at this "Farm Girls" puzzle I made for Atlas Obscura last Monday."
Sign of Hearth Burn?!
Lizard's detachable part?!
Fun.
I liked the play within a play theme. Some excellent fill, as C.C. has pointed out.
Happy birthday, you two!
Thanks to Taylor & Chandi
FAVS: Germ carrier, Word with year or rear, and Sleepy pal (after I figured it out). I WAGed the GEHRY/ARCO crossing for a by-the-skin-of-my-teeth FIR. It always takes me a while to fil my first Sunday themer so I struggle before finding my way.
Thanks to C.C. for explaining Pizzicato. I have seen fiddlers do it but I did not know the word. Your crawl stroke is looking good!!
Thanks also for all you've done for the blog and for remembering my birthday. Happy birthday to Janice and to the blog!!
Thanks, also, for the birthday wishes from my Corner friends!
IM ~ It is lovely to have the St. Agnes Day connection with you! I always think about this when AGNES turns up in a grid.
Missed this one by one letter: Had SMEE for SNEE, the former being a wielder of the latter in Peter Pan. Shoulda' caught it as "MSM" is definitely not the provider of HOTMAIL.
Thanks Taylor and Chandi for a fun puzzle with a clever theme, well-executed.
And thank you C.C. the thoughtful and food-filled review. We've baked Salmon on CEDAR planks and they really add a nice flavor. I did your last AtlasObscura puzzle ("DRY RUN") and will give "FARM GIRLS" a try.
Cheers,
Bill
p.s. to C.C. -- you should give the sidestroke a try. Very relaxing.
C.C. ~ Thanks for the link to your Farm Girls puzzle. It was fun!
Here is an interesting birthday cake for Sumdaze, Madam defarge, and the Blog to share.
Enjoyed the PLAY WITHIN A PLAY theme. Hand up never heard of DOUBT, WICKED and COMPANY PLAYs. WEES regarding DASTARD/BASTARD. Last to fill was unknown and unparse-able BOPIT. FIR.
Here we passed the WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL with its fascinating ARCHITECTure.
From Yesterday:
AnonT Thank you for your late reply regarding TONER and PORE which made no sense to me. DW walked in just as I read your post and she indeed replied as you promised. She said she does this every day. Who knew?
Big Easy Hand up GOSS and DISH made no sense and was next to last to fill.
CED @ 4:33. I love it! Thank you!
How about dem Lions!
One more...
This Tom Lehrer song BE PREPARED is the only reason I know the BSA answer.
Jinx- disconnect the battery cables and clean the battery after every few mowings. Dirty batteries don't last long. That's the only way I've found to make a lawnmower last.
Thank You Taylor Johnson and Chandi Dietmer for a nice Sunday puzzle, that I not only completed but had a pretty good time whilst doing so. Thank YOu.
I rememeber the name 'Chandi', because it sounds so indian ... from Chand meaning 'Moon' .... generally as a part of a last name, but rarely as a first name ...
Thank You CC for your review of the CW and your blog, and the very concept of this blog that keeps us all engaged and rooted to the idea. I, for one, am very grateful ...
Good luck with your swimming lessons.
Happy Birthday Madame Defarge and Sumdaze.
Sumdaze, I wanted to comment on your wonderful MOnday blog last Monday, .... alas some medical ememrgency came over and ... I wanted to say that with your adventures as a 'cowgirl' driving cattle, and so on, and now with your tri athalons etc., you seemed to lived a very active life indeed. Keep going. Your blogs area always seemm very professional and youre as much fun as Hahtoolah ...
Thank YOu CED for your wonderful cakes, I for one, always look forward to your cakes ... they seem so special. In fact, since I am prone to pre- pre-Type II diabetes, but not yet on medication ... the pictures of the cakes, are 10 times more fun than the cakes .... which I could not / would not.... have eaten anyway ...
Picard, thank you for the picture of the Fank Gehry bldg in San Francisco. I remember him from the bldg he designed as an architect, of the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve Univ., CWRU in University Circle in Cleveland , Ohio ... and that too, looks like an unfurling ribbon. I guess that was his signature style.
The management school bldg was financed by a donation from Peter B. Lewis, ...... the son of the founder of the Progressive Insurance Companies, in Cleveland. He also had one of the largest modern art collections, for an individual, that I've heard of ...
Have a great week , ahead, all you folks,
Now to prove that Im no Robo call....
I wanted to comment on the fact ... now that 'indian' food is making headlines into the LA CW's etc., ... like RAITA ( Salad, with yogurt dressing ...) , NAAN and ROTI ... I think another puffed bread should also be considered by CW constructors...
That fried, tasty but not so healthy flat ... actually puffed up bread .. is a PURI.
It has 4 letters, and 2 vowels, and easy to spell... from Pura, meaning either 'complete' or in this context, spherical or globular or round ... as the puffed up Puri looks like for the first 20 seconds...
Thus NAAN : Highly fermented, baked, white leavened dough, like a pizza dough.
ROTI:: Flat bread, not fermented at all, baked from whole wheat flour , like a whole wheat flour tortilla.
PURI:: Whole wheat flour mini-tortilla, but not baked at all. but Deep Fried in Vegetable Oil .... or, more deliciously in Clarified Butter ( GHee) or Saturated Oils like Coconut, Palm oils, or hydrogenated Oils.
Saturated Oils make the puris more tasty, and more 'keepable' ... last longer at room temperature, and taste more 'filling'.
However saturated oils have been proven to cause precursors of heart disease and other cholestrol type problems, as we all know ...
Coincidently, on cooking ... after reading the instructions , for 6 days, in various blogs ... I just finished cooking the Schezwan Hot and Sour Soup .... once I got all the ingredients ... the wood ear black fungus, the pork slices, the shitake mushrooms, extra firm Tofu, and the chinese wine, and chinese vinegar, and bamboo shoots ... the making of the soup was very easy ...
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Jinx in Norfolk,
I wanted to comment on the link I provided, last time, a few days ago ... on the the classical singer, from a movie Katyar Kaljt Ghusli, who called for fireflies, in the evening.
I wanted to mention, that the singer, Mr. Shankar Mahadevan, is a very accomplished classical indian music, singer, who sings his own songs in the movie.
Less than 2 percent of indian actors/actresses sing their songs in the movies ... hence the plethora of 'playback' singers, in India. He is also a part of a famous band of three musicians..
And the boy ... kid, who is shown to be his disciple, in the earlier song, is in reality, his biological son, who also sang his part of the song, ... himself ! Literally a prodigy !!
Not to belabor the point....
Here is the first song I had linked with the father, and later on the son, calling out for the fireflies to appear, in the evening , in the pond...
This is the opening song of the movie, ... a prayer to Lord Ganesha, 'the elephant god' .... the god of all propritious and beneficial matters, ... the prayer, song and dance make for an easy watch, atleast once ...
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Others, please forgive the introduction of some religious matters, in this blog.
I merely wanted to introduce some light indian classical music, from a noted Marathi movie ... and you are more than welcome to ignore this ...
Hola!
I hope this post works. I've had trouble with my posts disappearing and losing all I've typed.
This puzzle, like all Sunday puzzles, was fun to work on at a leisurely pace and since I was expecting my family for dinner, I did not have time to post earlier.
I'll see what happens now with this one.
Aha! It worked. I don't know what was going on earlier that nothing was posting.
Tomas, your color mixing is accurate for paint and ink — but not light. Cyan is made with blue and green light. Any photographer is hip to this aspect of light.
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Darren (ex-pro shooter)
Although I was at first grinding my brain trying to get a foothold in this puzzle, the killer theme caught my eye and I was off to a FIR. PLAYWITHINAPLAY was the last theme I got, but by then I’d grokked what was going on, and perps slew the Broadway titles I didn’t know. Plus, did anyone else notice the “3-fer” that was in THEHAIRSPRAYWIZ? Besides “The Wiz” and “Hairspray”, you also see “Hair”! Got a good grin out of that one. But my favorite entry was YOYOTRICKS and its clue — bravo, Taylor and Chandi!
As for HAIRy clues — anyone else have Omega down before perps revealed CIERA (and yes, @Acesaroundagain, it was indeed a POS car…)? Or how ‘bout “enthroned” before ENSHRINES”? And didn’t we just have soft-summons PSST in yesterday’s puzzle? Inquiring minds, etc.… The only gripes are the usual: proper names, that bunch of musical terminology and a few too many furrin werds. And I still am scratching my head over OHNO for “Rather”…huh??
Anonymous 9:10am, wasn’t that chawin’ tabaccy tagline “Just A Pinch Between Your Cheek and Gum”? I like your SKOSH idea better, though ππ½
Finally, the “If the SHOE fits” entry made me chortle a bit; any of you ever hear the (off-color) joke about the Foo bird? π€£
Keep stroking, C.C. — next stop, the English Channel!
====> Darren / L.A.
Spent most of the day joining my neighbors in mourning those seniors dancing in a local dancehall last year who were massacred by a disgruntled senior. Should not have picked up this puzzle when I arrived home at 7p.m. Almost 3:30 AM and I tossed it. I sincerely believe that a "clever puzzle" should be one that is cuck full of clever defs, not one that allows a quirky "theme" to be the central determinant of he clues. Not a "fun" DNF for today! Sorry!!
Darren (ex-pro shooter), I sit corrected. Yes, I knew about that aspect of light but with so many decades spent in color separation for reproduction, I was wearing mental blinders.
Tomas
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