On the Book Shelf. Today we get both books and the supports that hold the books upright.
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| These bookends are for people who read between the lions. |
17-Across. Garlic bread option: TEXAS TOAST. Text.
22-Across. Column of super-heated ash and sulfur dioxide during an eruption: VOLCANIC PLUME. Volume.
44-Across. Nightshade relish: TOMATO COMPOTE. Tome.
51-Across. Reading on a decibel meter: NOISE LEVEL. Novel.
And the unifier:
33-Across. One of a pair on a library shelf, as well as one of a pair in each set of circled letters: BOOK END.
The circles spell out another name for a book: Text / Volume / Tome / Novel. The other portion of today's theme was a bit tricky, for me at least. {Many thanks to my fellow commentators for seeing the second portion of the theme.} Note that the circles are at the beginning and the end of each theme clue, thus the circles form a sort of "bookend" for the clue. Unlike many puzzles that have circles, in this puzzle circles are integral to the theme.
Across:
1. Use for support: RELY ON.
7. PC key below ~: TAB. The Tab Key is also found under the Tilda on the Mac keyboard, too.
10. Distort, as data: SKEW.
14. Calm and Restore skin care brand: AVEENO. [Name adjacent.]
15. MLB stat: RBI. Runs Batted In in Major League Baseball.
16. Valley west of Sacramento: NAPA. Known for its wineries.
19. Site with a Craft Supplies section: ETSY. [Name adjacent.]
20. "Spider-Man" trilogy director Sam: RAIMI. Sam Raimi (né Samuel M Raimi; b. Oct. 23, 1959) has directed a number of films, including the Spider-Man trilogy, which has such original names as Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, and Spider-Man 3. [Name # 1.]
21. "Come on down!" announcer Johnny: OLSON. Johnny Olson (né John Leonard Olson; b. May 22, 1910 ~ Oct. 12, 1985) was an American radio personality and television announcer. Olson is best known for his work as an announcer for game shows, including To Tell the Truth the Match Game and the iconic The Price Is Right where he shouted out "Come on down!" Hard to believe that he died nearly 40 years ago. [Name # 2.]
25. Superficial layer: VENEER.
26. Statistician Silver: NATE. In 2009, Nate Silver (né Nathaniel Read Silver; b. Jan. 13, 1978) was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time. He is an American statistician, writer, and poker player who analyzes baseball, basketball, and elections. [Name # 3.]
27. Not here anymore: GONE. All I could think of was Away, but that was too many letters.
28. Word that can follow goal or detail: ORIENTED. As in someone may be Goal-Oriented, or Detail Oriented.
32. __-country music: ALT. As in Alternative Country Music.
36. Joey pal of Piglet: ROO. Think of Winnie the Pooh. A baby kangaroo is called a Joey. And Roo is the baby kangaroo friend of Piglet. [Name # 4, Fictional.]
37. Saddle attachments: STIRRUPS.
39. "Can't you take a __!?": HINT.
40. Flow slowly: OOZE.
41. Broad neckties: ASCOTS.
48. Geological period: EPOCH.
49. Cries miserably: WAILS.
50. Casual get-together: SESH. Short for Session.
56. Elm or ash: TREE.
57. "Noah kept bees in the ark hive," e.g.: PUN. Cute clue.
58. Act as a go-between: LIAISE. A fun word with lots of vowels.
59. Utters: SAYS.
60. 18-wheeler: RIG.
61. Begins, as a project: SETS TO.
Down:
1. Lab animal in a maze: RAT.
2. Night before: EVE.
3. Superman foe Luthor: LEX. This supervillain makes frequent appearances in the crossword puzzles. [Name # 5, Fictional]
4. Jack Black film with the tagline "Meet your ancestors": YEAR ONE. I must have missed this 2009 movie.
5. Available for purchase: ON SALE.
6. Recognize: NOTICE.
7. Rail rider: TRAIN.
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| The Caption reads: Ted did you know there's a miniature woman tied to the train tracks who looks remarkably like me? |
8. Core group?: ABs. As in the Abdominal muscles that make up one's body core.
9. Drill insert: BIT.
10. Herman whose chart is topped with a giant "E": SNELLEN. I never thought about who came up with the Eye Chart before, so this was my learning moment. In 1862, Herman Snellen (Feb. 19, 1834 ~ Jan. 18, 1908) a Dutch ophthalmologist, introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity. [Name # 6.]
11. Panko-breaded chicken dish: KATSU. Katsu is not a Tuesday word. Panko in the clue should have led you to Japan. Chicken Katsu is Japanese-style fried chicken.
12. __ salts: bathwater additive: EPSOM. The name Epsom salt came from the town of Epsom, England where in 1618 a farmer's cows refused to drink the local water because of its bitter taste.
13. Hockey Hall of Famer Gretzky: WAYNE. Wayne Douglas Gretzky (b. Jan. 26, 1961) is a former professional hockey player. He played in the NHL for 20 seasons with 4 different teams. He is considered one of the greatest hockey players of all times. [Name # 7.]
18. Actor Sharif: OMAR. Most of the movies that starred Omar Sharif (né Michel Yusef Dimitri Chaloub; Apr. 10, 1932 ~ July 10, 2015) were before my movie-going time, but I have seen Doctor Zhivago. Tomorrow would have been his 92nd birthday. [Name # 8.]
21. Chose: OPTED.
22. Starbucks size: VENTI.
23. Memo phrase: IN RE. Today's Latin lesson. It is a Latin phrase meaning in the matter of.
24. Abel's brother: CAIN. A Biblical reference. In Genesis 4: Cain slew Abel. East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Feb. 27, 1902 ~ Dec. 20, 1968) is recreation of the biblical Cain and Abel story as told through two generations of brothers who betray one another. [Names 9 and 10, Biblical.]
25. Battery unit: VOLT. In 1881, the Volt was named in honor of Alessandro Volta (né Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta; Feb. 18, 1745 ~ Mar. 5, 1827). Alessandro Volta was an Italian physicist and chemist who was a pioneer of electricity and power. He is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and the discoverer of methane. [I originally stated that the Volt is a unit of measurement regarding the strength of an electric current, however, in the comments, Jinx informed me that this is incorrect.]
27. Need for some hybrids: GAS. Best Hybrid cars of 2024 - 2025 according to Edmunds.
28. Approves: OKs.
29. Like stale expressions: TRITE.
30. Ages: EONS.
31. Ellipsis element: DOT. ...
33. Liquid diet component: BROTH.
34. Anise-flavored aperitif: OUZO. Ouzo is a dry anise-flavored aperitif that is commonly drunk in Greece.
35. Cartel whose "O" does not stand for "oil": OPEC. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Everything you wanted to know about OPEC but didn't know to ask. It came into being September 10–14, 1960, and the first countries in OPEC were Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
38. Kitchen invaders: ROACHES.
39. "On the spot" spot: HOT SEAT.
41. Part of a basic Latin conjugation: AMAS. More of today's Latin lesson.
42. Showroom pitches: SPIELS.
43. Dog with a strong herding instinct: COLLIE.
44. Battery units?: TESTS. As in a battery of medical tests.
45. Verdi composition: OPERA. Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813 ~ Jan. 27, 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. The Houston Grand Opera will be performing his 1853 opera Il Trovatore next season. [Name #11.]
46. Amble: MOSEY.
47. Yet to be paid: OWING.
51. Steve Inskeep's network: NPR. Steven Alan Inskeep (b. June 16, 1968) is a radio journalist for National Public Radio. [Name # 12.]
52. French yes: OUI. Today's French lesson.
53. Sue Grafton's "__ for Vengeance": V IS. Sue Taylor Grafton (Apr. 24, 1940 ~ Dec. 28, 2017) wrote a detective series that featured private investigator Kinsey Millhone. This was an "alphabet" series, with each book beginning with a letter of the alphabet. The series started with A is for Alibi, which was published in 1982. Her final book in the series was Y is for Yesterday. Sadly, she died before she could finish/publish the last letter of the alphabet. [Name # 13.]
54. Superlative suffix: -EST.
55. Sign between Cancer and Virgo: LEO. And a shout-out to our very own Leo III. We miss you, Leo.
Here's the Grid:
חתולה
For those in the path of the eclipse yesterday, I hope you got to enjoy the full experience. There won't be another total eclipse that crosses the United States for another 21 years. If you weren't in the path, this is what it looked like:
I had to think to come up with some of the themed answers, but after I got the reveal I went back and corrected my (mostly spelling) errors and got the win. FIR, so I’m happy.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteRealized half-way through that I'd already worked this puzzle earlier at a blogger request. I liked it. Well done, ZDL and Hahtoolah.
We lucked out on the eclipse. We drove 150 miles with only minor traffic problems. The broken clouds completely cleared a few minutes before totality. Couldn't have been better. I'm glad we made the trip.
FIR, getting my WAG at RAMI X YEARONE. avenna->AVEENO, seep->OOZE, starts->SETSTO, volts->TESTS.
ReplyDeleteToday is:
NATIONAL ERASE SELF-NEGATIVITY DAY (are you positive that’s today?)
NATIONAL FARM ANIMALS DAY (remind me to watch Animal House later)
NATIONAL LIBRARY OUTREACH DAY (Libby has made my trips infrequent)
NATIONAL SIBLINGS DAY (I have two sisters. My dad nicknamed them “the pretty one” and “the smart one.”)
NATIONAL ENCOURAGE A YOUNG WRITER DAY (some wag said something like “I don’t know who will write our generation’s history, but it will use poor grammar and no punctuation”)
NATIONAL CINNAMON CRESCENT DAY (no, doc – I won’t eat that. At least while I’m in your office)
I live a half-block from COLLey Avenue, and in Texas lived in COLLeyville.
I used to hear LIAISE a lot on IT projects where we were buying proprietary software from a vendor. We also used "ride point."
Thanks to Zachary for the fun, and to Ha2la for the terrific tour. Except that their explanation you picked for VOLT is off. Think of a garden hose. Put a pressure meter on the bibb cap the other end of the meter. Turn on the bibb. The PSI reading is your "VOLTS," even though there is no current. If you connect sprinklers to the hose with pressure meters on each side of each sprinkler, the PSI difference will be your "VOLTage drop." (If you multiply your PSI by your Gallons per Minute, you will get your "watts.")
Who had tramp before train?
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DeleteFIW. This had all the makings of a terrible puzzle: circles and enough proper names to choke a horse.
ReplyDeleteI took a WAG for Raimi crossing with Year One, both total unknowns, and was right. But the crossing of Snellen, Olson, Nate, and katsu did me in. This section was not just cruel, but absolutely ridiculous.
The theme was easy once I saw the reveal, but the surrounding clues were a bear. Tests for battery units? Come on!
Could not agree more and I finished
DeleteGood Morning, Crossword friends. We had hoped to see yesterday's eclipse, but hubby got sick so we decided not to travel. In theory, we were supposed be at 88% where we live, but it was rainy and cloudy so ... Fortunately, we did get to experience the eclipse in August 2017.
ReplyDeleteJinx: I have no idea what you are saying, but I'll take your word that my explanation was incorrect.
QOD: Always predict the worst, and you’ll be hailed as a profit. ~ Tom Lehrer (né Thomas Andrew Lehrer, b. Apr. 9, 1928), American mathematician and comedian
Fun Tuesday- with the BOOKEND theme helping to suss out the long answers. Never heard of a TOMATO COMPOTE but deducible from the perps.
ReplyDeleteJOHNNY OLSON had a distinctive voice for his "Price is Right" gig. Johnny Gilbert has been the announcer of Jeopardy! ever since it was restarted with Alex Trebek in 1984. He is 95 and is the longest running announcer of a TV game show.
https://www.jeopardy.com/about/cast/johnny-gilbert
Thanks Susan for another fun blog and to ZDL for the amusing puzzle!
Off to the grindstone- my work station has the SNELLEN chart right next to it - so there is always someone standing there naming off letters. It has pictures on the other side for the littles before they know their letters.
An entertaining exercise, for the most part. The NE slowed me down with SNELLEN, KATSU, and ETSY and friends, but wags and perps allowed me to FIR.
Delete[If someone had told me just a few months ago that I would write the previous sentence, I wouldn't have believed them. It is essentially gibberish]
Back to the puzzle: I love when crosswords reveal lovely answers, or that bring up happy memories. In today's case, I'm thinking of the great Wayne Gretzky, the talented Omar Sharif, and sublime Verdi music. This time last year I was singing Verdi's Requiem.
Thank you, Zachary, for providing an enjoyable Tuesday morning.
Thank you ZDL for the challenge and to Hahtootah, especially for the cat book club.
ReplyDeleteCrutch before RELY ON, joke/ HINT, owe to/OWING, and I really wanted booze before BROTH because then booze would cross OOZE
Does anyone ever say SESH or is this just a crossword word?
Did not know RAIMI, SNELLEN or NATE, and like most PUNs this one was a groaner.
Sunshine and a prediction of 73 today after 4” of snow last week. Ah, spring in the capital region!
Happy day, all!
Parsan, SESH it's just a crossword word. I doubt anybody ever says it.
DeleteA bit of zest in today's puzzle. Thanks, Zach. No beef about names since perps helped in most cases. Still don't like these truncated words e.g. SESH.
ReplyDeleteH2H, good job on the recap. I don't understand Jinx's reference to "their explanation" about VOLT. Did not see any reference in your review.
Have a sunny day. Don't let it eclipse your joy.
Blackout.
Ha2la, please tell me you changed your write-up! If not, no wonder my comment didn't make sense.
ReplyDeleteThe circles gave the theme away, if you knew the clues. The NE gave me fits. I knew SKEW, NAPA, ETSY EPSOM, and WAYNE were correct but had no idea about SNELLEN, OLSON. or KATSU. Glad I knew about VOLCANIC PLUMEs. I remember the games and Monty Hall but that's about it.
ReplyDeleteThe SW, well I can thank TESTS, OPERA, MOSEY, and ROACHES because TOMATO COMPOTE was another complete unknown. YEAR ONE, NPR were all perps.
SESH- just another horrible abbr.
ALT-Country- is that supposed to be music from an another country. I guess it's another Xword to go alone with EMO and SKA.
GAK! -- a Tuesday FIW! I missed my SWAG of OLSON (DNK) v. SNELLEN (DNK), despite having my cataracts removed recently and having looked at dozens of the latter's charts during the course of my recovery.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, thank you Zachary for what was after all a very satisfying puzzle.
And thank you Hahtoolah for another illuminating and funny review. You know it's going to be good when you challenged us to "Read between the Lions" from the SET TO!
Some favs:
The theme and reveal -- while one might have been able to figure it out after the fact, it's unlikely that one would have seen the theme in advance, and actually used it to help with the solve, which it did.
22A VOLCANIC PLUME. Some of the ASH is superfine and may eventually settle in deposits of a clay called BENTONITE, used in ceramics to add plasticity to coarser clay bodies and also to act as a suspension agent in raw glazes to prevent settling.
57A PUN. Favorite clue.
1D RAT. Favorite cartoon.
2D EVE. 24D's mother.
25D VOLT & 44D TESTS. Nice clecho.
27D GAS. We bought a Toyota Camry hybrid last year and it regularly gets 42 miles from a gallon of GAS, thus reducing our dependence on the whims of 35D.
Cheers,
Bill
p.s. While everyone else was watching eclipse, the Pride of Baltimore II clipper ship quietly slipped through one of the first open channels created through the remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Took 7:15 today for me to get my paper back.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know today's Japanese dish or the Latin conjugation (really?). I knew the French word though.
I knew Nate Silver's name from a website he ran/runs, but thought that he was obscure - especially for a Tuesday.
"Sesh" has to go.
Oh joy, circles!
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteThe theme itself was obvious after filling in Text and Volume, but the reveal was a surprise and quite fitting. There were a few unknowns, i.e., Tomato Compote, Year One, Katsu, and Snellen, but perps were fair. I had Rodents before Roaches but no other missteps. Sesh is becoming as common as some of the other frequent irritants, Bae, Rando, Inspo, TTYL, text-speak, in general. On the positive side, Lucina will be happy to see one of her favorites, Mr. Sharif!
Thanks, Zachary, and thanks, Hahtoolah, for the excellent review. Favorite comics today were the Monk's book club, the Cat's book club, and the Jam session and the big Rig's spiel.
Have a great day.
Musings
ReplyDelete-I had KATSU last August in a Kyle Dolan/Dylan Schiff Saturday puzzle and posted this: 30. Japanese cutlet: KATSU - Another name for something I have never heard of . I needed perps today, so I never learned it.
-Now, I’ve already forgotten RAIMI
-SKEW: 100% of people who eat carrots will die
-In 2016, NATE gave Clinton a 71% chance to beat Trump. Here he tells why he and others were wrong
-To call my lovely wife detail ORIENTED is a gross understatement
-It is said the Battle Of Hastings was won because the invading Normans had STIRRUPS on their saddles.
-The trainman’s wife was surely named Pauline
-A bag of EPSOM salts got tilled into our garden yesterday
-TRITE expression at a parent/teacher conference: “He/She could do better if he/she would only apply him/her self”
-HOT SEAT: Last year, Jimbo Fischer got fired at Texas A&M FB but will get $75M to go away.
-A bag of EPSOM salts got tilled into our garden yesterday
-Fun as always, Hahtoolah. E CLIPS got sent to my pun-loving colleague immediately!
Got the circles quickly and the theme came easily, yet DNF because I too was done in by the crossing of Snellen, Olson, Nate, and Katsu.
ReplyDeleteThank you Hahtoolah for the interesting info about Snellen. I never thought about this.
RAIMI and TOMATO COMPOTE were guesses, and so was VENTI since I’ve never been to Starbucks, I have only a vague idea of those designations.
I too had tramp before TRAIN.
OOH, crossing OUZO and OOZE.
I found this puzzle easier than yesterday's. The perps were very kind. SNELLEN and RAIMI took every single perp. For all others posers I used perps and wags. I liked the way the book synonyms book ended the theme answers.
ReplyDeleteI remember Johnny Olsen.
Sesh- It is common to dislike slang terms we and our set of acquaintances don't use.
I like ton katsu, panko breaded pork cutlet. My Japanese DIL taught me how to make it Japanese style. It is so tender and flavorful.
SKEW, distort as data. This is ubiquitous these days. Figures lie and liars figure.
Hmm,
ReplyDeleteI doubt that anyone under 50 would get that Olson clue, and having it cross as Snellen and Katsu was not very Tuesday friendly,
But it did give me an idea for what to make for dinner, and possibly lunch tomorrow!
Hmm, hmm,
DW reminds me that the reason I completely forgot I knew how to bread and fry chicken, is that we no longer fry anything for health reasons. But I guess you could bake it in the oven with a lite spritz of olive oil Pam spray. Or better yet, use an air fryer! Don't care for Miso though, to me it tastes like dishwater... (note: no space before the ellipses... I'm a rebel!)
Some noteworthy book ends:
exhibit A
exhibit B
and exhibit C...
FIR by the skin of my teeth! I was racing from one fill to another until I hit SNELLEN, KATSU, and OLSON crossing, and decided that LS made the most sense to complete them. The crossing of YEAR ONE and RAIMI was solved by deducing the R. Whew!
ReplyDeleteAs a former librarian, I enjoyed the bookends in today's theme, as well as the library related "ark hive" PUN.
My millennial stepdaughter's career is all about LIAISing, and SESH is a normal part of her vocabulary.
Jinx, I'm glad my father didn't distinguish between my sister and me as "the pretty one" and "the smart one." Who needs to be pigeonholed like that? My parents focused on our intelligence. In raising our own daughters, DH and I praised smarts, tenacity, and attractiveness. People need all three, and need to know they have them.
Many thanks to Zachary, Patti, and Hahtoolah for today's fun.
My apologies, Jinx. I did alter the Volt reference, but replaced it, so your comment now makes sense.
ReplyDeleteManaged to FIR, but the plethora of names sucked most of the fun and sense of accomplishment out of it. To quote Marie whats'ername, "It did not spark joy." On the other hand, Ha2las recap certainly did! Favorites were the scriptorium, lab rat, and E clips.
ReplyDeleteTerrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Zachary and Hahtoolah (E Clips groaner!).
ReplyDeleteI FIRed in good time and saw the BOOKS theme after TEXT and VOLUME, and the ENDS with the reveal.
Joke changed to HINT.
Mosie was corrected to MOSEY.
I waited for perps to decide Amat or AMAS.
I knew SNELLEN which helped in that area.
Of course, this Canadian knew Brantford native, WAYNE. His father, Walter, was well known in this area also. RIP.
ASCOT reminded me of OMK.
Clouds obscured some of the eclipse for us here, but we had a great neighbourhood gathering. The sudden cooling and darkening was amazing.
Wishing you all a great day.
Greetings! Thanks to Zachary for today’s puzzle. Books have gotten my attention of late. I am in the process of downsizing and have donated scads (libraries, volunteer firehouse fairs, Community Aid, etc. and sold to Books-A-Million. Still so many to go. 😜! Give me an e-book any day!!
ReplyDeleteWO: VOLCANo -> IC; WeepS -> WAILS
Perps for YEAR ONE, KATSU, SNELLEN.
I read all of Sue Grafton’s alphabet series … missing Z.
Yesterday, I didn’t have the glasses, and it was predicted to be cloudy. It was totally surprising when the skies mostly cleared. I was in the 90% range and read a clever tip. I put my back to the sun and held up a colander. The eclipse showed itself in the shadow of all those tiny holes in the colander! What a charming effect!
And so it begins … Today is my first day of mowing season. It will run to late October/ early November. (Sigh)
Thanks, Hah2lah! Loved all the fun and info you put into your blog post.
Hola!
ReplyDeleteThanks to ZDL and Hahtoolah! I finished this early this morning then returned to bed. I hate it when I wake up so early!
I love TEXAS TOAST and always have some in the freezer. It's delicious with soups and stews.
My shelves have many BOOK ENDS which were made for me by students in the welding class where I taught. Anytime they needed a project I would ask for BOOK ENDS. Some are my initials or my name. One is the Phoenix bird.
A few days ago I mentioned that I have an unopened bottle of OUZO.
We never had a COLLIE but we had a papillon and a chow mix. Though they were vastly different in size, they were good buddies.
NAPA is one of my favorite places to visit in California. The monastery at the top of the hill is home to some Christian brothers, all of whom are now retired. The youngest one, Brother Ricardo, is a good friend whom I hope to see on my next trip. He is very creative and always has several projects underway. He informed me that recently he purchased some chickens to raise for eggs, he has a mushroom garden and assorted other projects.
"East of Eden" by John Steinbeck is a modern interpretation of the genesis story.
D-otto, I'm happy you were able to observe the eclipse.
Have a beautiful day, everyone!
CED, loved your bookend exhibits. Humor is found in the most unexpected places!
ReplyDeleteCED, I especially loved exhibit 1, and my tiny creative side wanted to see the right side having first modern man, then a skateboarder, then a teen on a smartphone (ball cap backwards, maybe.) Kinda reaching our species' peak, then devolving. I think that's where the artist was going, but I like my take better.
ReplyDeleteNaomi, I agree with everything you said. I wasn't pigeonholed by Dad, but my sisters thought I was coddled, and so called me "the only one." In spite of all that, we all did pretty well. The smart one got a PhD in organic chemistry and taught college chemistry for nearly all her career. (She was an acting dean and heir apparent for the job, but realized that she missed the classroom and asked for her name to be removed from consideration.) The pretty one got a BA in business, became a stock broker, then an investment counselor. The black sheep (me) dropped out of college, returned as an adult, and earned a BS in telecommunications and an MBA. Not very common for a family in our hillbilly neighborhood, especially for children whose parents didn't have a college degree.
Aww, Ha2la, I didn't mean for you to do that. I just thought I had maybe misread the whole thing. I don't mind looking like a fool, in fact I'm kinda getting used to it.
Thanks Hahtoolah. "Battery unit" stumped me as to the meaning. You cleared that up. I enjoyed the "E clips". GC
ReplyDeleteNaomi said, "My millennial stepdaughter's career is all about LIAISing, and SESH is a normal part of her vocabulary." One woman's meat is another woman's poison. I see that SESH has been around since the 1940's. Just because we haven't seen or heard a term doesn't make it suspect. I believe almost no crossword fill is made up out of whole cloth, just for crosswords, except for the tortured words in some of the punny themes.
ReplyDeleteOften when a word is roundly dissed here, I keep finding it that same week in my reading.
I mostly liked this puzzle but liked Hahtoolah's write-up much more. And as always, I very much enjoy reading all of your comments.
ReplyDeleteJinx, you and your sisters' accomplishments are impressive. My parents made similar leaps in education and careers from impoverished beginnings. I had many more advantages, but your earlier comments reminded me of some personal stings. My olive skinned, black haired mother used to spend hours brushing my younger sister's waist-length blond hair. When I said I'd like to grow my hair long, too, my mom said it wasn't worth the trouble, and no one wanted to see more of my brown hair. I'm an old lady now, and she's older, but I haven't forgotten!
ReplyDeleteYellowrocks, I love your observations. Thanks for pointing out to Anonymous at 1:09 PM that I had already addressed SESH as a real word, and also for pointing out that SESH has a long history.
Naomi, that is very sad. I think it might be even more damaging when it's mother-daughters.
ReplyDeleteSam Raimi not only directed the Spider-Man films, he also directed the Evil Dead Trilogy. The Evil Dead was great. The Evil Dead 2 was REALLY great. Sadly, Army of Darkness was meh.
ReplyDeleteFWIW, SESH has been around since the Civil War, as a shortened form for 'seCESSionist.'
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