Pandemic Etiquette: Now that it has been a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) downgraded Covid-19 from a health emergency to a health threat and we are not in pandemic mode, do we still have to STAND APART?
17-Across. Generic choice at the supermarket: STORE BRAND. Store brands are made and sold for a specific retailer and meant to compete with
brand-name goods. Store brands tend to be cheaper than name brand goods.
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| Store Brand for Costco. |
25-Across. Emotional condition: STATE O FMIND.
50-Across. Inspire wannabes, maybe: START A TREND.
And the unifier:
63-Across. Stick out from the crowd, and what can be found in 17-, 25-,
40-, and 50-Across?: STAND APART. No circles were needed in today's puzzle to see that the word Stand
is broken Apart in each theme answer.
Across:
1. All __: medium for shouty emails: CAPS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO
YELL!
5. Meteorologist's tool: RADAR.
10. Apple tablet: iPAD.
14. Feel sore: ACHE.
15. Adler played by Lara Pulver on "Sherlock": IRENE. Lara
Pulvar (b. Sept. 1, 1980) is an English actress who portrayed Irene Adler on
the BBC version of Sherlock Holmes. [Names # 1 and 2, One fictional, one
real.]
16. Overhaul: REDO.
19. Bank lobby conveniences: ATMs. A crossword staple.
20. Sum: TOTAL.
21. __ deck: cruise ship level: LIDO.
23. Formal neckwear: TIE.
24. Sign at a packed theater: SRO. Standing Room Only.
29. Become misshapen: WARP.
30. Tortilla chip dip, for short: GUAC. Yummers! I
love a good Guacamole.
31. Alan of "M*A*S*H": ALDA. Hawkeye Pierce
from M*A*S*H was portrayed by Alan Alda (né Alphonso Joseph
D'Abruzzo; b. Jan. 28, 1936). The television sit-com ran for 11 years:
from September 1972 through February 1983. [Name # 3.]
34. Deciduous 26-Downs: ELMS. // And 26-Down. Backyard
shade provider: TREE. Living on Elm Street can be a real
nightmare.
37. Schnoz: SNOUT.
43. Hard to pick up: HEAVY.
44. "Scram!": SHOO.
45. Great Basin people: UTES.
46. Sound from a 57-Across: MEOW. // And 57-Across.
Feline: CAT. // And 53-Across. Sounds from big
57-Acrosses: ROARS.
48. Chirpy songbird: WREN.
54. Caspian __: SEA. The Caspian Sea is the world's largest
inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake and
sometimes referred to as a full-fledged sea. It is a landlocked body of
water in Eurasia. The countries surrounding Caspian Sea are five countries: Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and
Kazakhstan
58. Layered cookie: OREO. A crossword staple. You can
get the cookie in a variety of flavors, but why?
59. Birth-related: NATAL.
61. Within: AMID.
66. Puerto __: RICO. Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory. Its
capital is San Juan.
67. Data assortment: ARRAY.
68. Grain tower: SILO.
69. Otherwise: ELSE.
70. Fritter away: WASTE.
71. Big name in ice cream: EDYS.
Down:
1. __ a ballot: votes: CASTS. This is an election year.
Enough said.
2. Many an A-lister: ACTOR.
3. Camera output: PHOTO.
4. Some hydrating skin care products: SERA. But do they
really work?
5. Tease: RIB.
6. Flight status abbr.: ARR. As in Arrival time.
7. Handed out a hand: DEALT.
8. "It's the Hard Knock Life" musical: ANNIE. [Name # 3,
fictional.]
9. Clifford of kid-lit, for one: RED DOG. Clifford The Big
Red Dog is a series about the adventures of a girl named Emily Elizabeth and
her pet dog, a giant, red-furred dog named Clifford. Norman Bridwell
(1928 ~ 2014) was the author of this series. The first book in the
series was published in 1963. [Name # 4, fictional.]
10. Gershwin brother: IRA. A nice, refreshing change from
the usual Individual Retirement Account. Ira Gershwin (né Israel Gershovitz; Dec. 6, 1896 ~ Aug. 17,
1983) was the older brother of George Gershwin (né Jacob Gershovitz; Sept. 26,
1898 ~ July 11, 1937). The two brothers collaborated on many songs: George composed the music and Ira wrote the
lyrics. [Name # 5.]
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| George and Ira Gershwin |
11. Frilly garment in many a costume drama: PETTICOAT.
12. Online moderator, for short: ADMIN. As in Administrator.
13. Gave a couple of Advil, say: DOSED.
18. Olaf's creator in "Frozen": ELSA. The
musical Frozen is based on Hans Christian Anderson's story The Snow Queen. [Name # 5, fictional.]
22. Practical: OF USE.
27. Great grade: A-PLUS.
28. Topknot on a dude: MAN BUN.
29. Formal relinquishing of rights: WAIVER.
31. __ Wednesday: ASH.
32. Cell service initials: LTE. As in Long Term Evolution. Everything you wanted to know about LTE but didn't know to ask.
33. Theatrical behavior: DRAMATICS.
35. Dashboard stat: MPH. As in Miles Per Hour.
36. Writer and abolitionist Harriet Beecher __: STOWE.
Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 ~ July 1, 1896) is best known for
her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. [Name # 6.]
38. Arles article: UNE. Today's French lesson. Arles
is a city in southern France. It is best known for being the place that
inspired Vincent Van Gogh (Mar. 30, 1853 ~ July 29, 1890) to paint many of his works. It
was also an ancient Roman outpost.
39. QB goals: TDS. Think football: as in Touch Downs.
41. Japanese city whose name means "capital city": KYOTO. Kyoto, once the capital of Japan, is a city on the island of Honshu. It's famous
for its numerous classical Buddhist temples, as well as gardens, imperial
palaces, Shinto shrines and traditional wooden houses.
42. "Beep beep" maker: HORN.
47. Polish capital: WARSAW.
49. Novelist Ferber: EDNA. Edna Ferber (Aug. 15, 1885 ~ Apr.
16, 1968) wrote many novels, including Show Boat, which was later
adapted into a musical. [Name # 7.]
50. Cause to jump, maybe: SCARE.
51. Native of Sri Lanka: TAMIL.
52. Eye-catching aquarium fish: TETRA. Everything you wanted
to know about Tetra but didn't know to ask.
54. Serious: STAID.
55. Before the doors open: EARLY.
56. Choir section: ALTOS.
60. Cathedral area: APSE.
62. Mama deer: DOE.
64. D.C. MLBer: NAT. The Washington, D.C., Nationals are a professional baseball team.
65. Salon supply: DYE.
Here's the Grid:
חתולה
34 comments:
I always try to see if I can figure out the gimmick before the reveal, but I couldn’t do it this time. After the reveal, I went back and saw it, of course. Other than that, it was a typical Tuesday-level puzzle, i.e. pretty easy. FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Like Subgenius, I went looking for the theme after finishing. Found it. Also noticed that STAND APART didn't fit the pattern. Oh, it's the reveal, D'oh. DW assures me that she's got one of my TIEs stored somewhere in the house. It's been almost 30 years since I last tied a noose around my neck. If an event requires a TIE, I don't attend. Am I the only geographically-challenged person who didn't realize that Azerbaijan is split in two by Armenia? Interesting puzzle, Amanda and Katie. Excellent expo, Hahtoolah.
FIR, but erased snoot for SNOUT and snowe for STOWE.
Today is:
NATIONAL BARRIER AWARENESS DAY (Norfolk installed many crosswalk wheelchair ramps across the city. Then we tore them all out and replaced them with ramps that used concrete pimples instead of grooves for nonslip access. “Don’t worry,” said a worker I asked. “It’s all Federal money.”)
NATIONAL PACKAGING DESIGN DAY (I am in awe of what these designers can create out of a single sheet of cardboard)
NATIONAL TOURISM DAY (see the USA in your Chevrolet)
NATIONAL FOSTER CARE DAY (most are wonderful folks taking on tough tasks)
NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY (I would appreciate it if you would teach our kids to READ!)
NATIONAL ROAST LEG OF LAMB DAY (never developed a taste for lamb)
NATIONAL PASTE UP DAY (my mom used to do this for our local newspaper’s advertisements. PK too?)
If you visit Caribbean or Latin American countries, it is much easier to clear customs in Puerto RICO. Still the same ritual, just fewer tourists.
I knew a kid-lit character (RED DOG!) Jot it down - it's 2024.
Thanks to Amanda and Katie for the fun romp, and to Ha2la for another clever and funny tour. I was gonna link the Petticoat Junction theme song had you not done so. Aren't we glad that Hawkeye didn't demand to be called Alphonso, now that he's rich and famous?
Good Morning, Crossword friends. I hope everyone is safe and didn't suffer from the huge tornadoes that swept through the country yesterday.
D-O: You are too funny. You must have been asleep in class the day we studied all the "stans"!
QOD: It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. ~ Joseph Joubert (May 7, 1754 ~ May 4, 1824), French essayist
Good Morning:
I saw the split STAND right after filling in Store Brand and State of Mind, but the reveal was still a surprise and a fitting one, to boot. Red Dog needed perps (a little green painty on its own, I think) but no w/os and no other stumbling blocks. Our authors gave us two mini themes as a bonus, one with creature-centric entries of Cat, Meow, Shoo, Wren, Dog, Snout, Roars, Tetra, Doe, and Silo, and the other with a taste of show biz with Casts, Actor, Annie, Ira, Dramatics, Altos, Elsa, and Horn. (Actually, Horn fits the creature category, as well.) Elsa and Else made a cute duo, as did Cat and Dog.
Thanks, Amanda and Katie, for a Tuesday treat and thanks, Hahtoolah, for the usual fun, facts, and frolicking. Today's winning cartoons were the "Little Marshmallow" Kitties, the Chicken Roast, Dye Job, and Toiletries.
FLN
Ray O, best wishes for an uneventful and successful cataract surgery.
Took 4:39 today for me, from STArt to eND.
I didn't know today's French lesson, the Sri Lankan lesson, or the actress in the clue for Irene. However, I knew today's Polish and Japanese geography lessons.
Ok puzzle.
Great review.
FIR. Got the theme fairly early, and that got me to throw down "stand alone" before "stand apart". I soon saw the error of my ways. Silly mistake when one rushes to answer.
Nice easy Tuesday romp. Not too difficult and most enjoyable.
Unlike some others, I noticed the ST and then the ND. Finishing the puzzle was a walk in the park with only Lara Pulver and Sera unknown.
STAND APART, those goofy rules didn't apply at football games and there was no noticeable difference in outcome. No super spreader events.
Thank you Amanda, Katie, and Hahtoolah. The puzzle, (very clever) theme, and (very funny) review were HEAD and SHOULDERS above the average Tuesday.
Just a few favs:
15A IRENE. In the BBC production she went an R-rated "full frontal" with Sherlock in an effort to have her way with him. She didn't get it.
21A LIDO. Did know the island in the Venetian lagoon. Had to perp the deck.
31A ALDA. He did a lot of other stuff besides M*A*S*H.
42D HORN. ROAD RUNNER was too long.
53D RIB. Fav cartoon.
Cheers,
Bill
I have to say I couldn’t STAND this puzzle cuz I didn’t parse the theme.😕. Alls I knew wuz it started with ST cuz all the theme answers did) but “Inspire wannabes maybe” STARTATREND? Can someone ‘splain?
Didn’t realize that IRA was George’s twin (and probably good at pension investments)…. Is RED DOG another brand of energy drink? 😃
Got fooled: not ETA or ETD but ARR (“Sorry Mr. Blackbeard but your plane is delayed”…..”ARR!!”)
Inkover: stern/STAID
Caspian SEA (inland lake?) thought to be designated a SEA it had to have salt water. H2LH you beat me to the “Petticoat Junction” intro. Mom had a brother Joe and we kids and Dad used to laugh and sing along with the line
“And that's Uncle Joe
He's a-movin' kind of slow
At the junction”
Buon NATALe: a little early or late
Good Queen Bess II, often…. WAIVER
Wish my ___ line would “fritter away”….. WAIST
Generic cattle mark….STOREBRAND
Bright sunny day. Have a good one
Great toons H 😁
"Hahtoolah, you will certainly recognize this". You can just make out his famous blue to the left.
Oh rats! I forgot to look for the theme I was so pleased to have completed this puzzle without a stumble. Sacré bleu!
What I didn’t know, like LIDO, (no I’m not shouting) and RED DOG, perpped without effort.
I’ve spent quite a bit of time in Arles, indeed a lovely city.
So this was, for me, a Monday level CW.
Thank you Hahtoolah for the fun and informative recap. A “frozen” iPad. Funny.
Ray-o. Best wishes on the cataract surgery.
Nope not the only one on Azerbaijan split
Thanks for the encouragement. 🐒 & ☘️
Jinx @ 6:11 “Why can’t Johnny read”
DW, DD, DSIL and DDIL were/are all public school teachers
With absent or parents who don’t just care and/or uppity hover folks who can’t understand why their out of control kids aren’t on the honor roll and a myriad of other reason IMO teaching is one of the most difficult professions around. (What’a the issue with improving “non slip” safe public access for the disabled?)
stand apart?
WEES, (sorta...)
FIR, but like a others, could not parse the reveal properly until I came to the Blog. Although I did stare at it long enough that I think I am beginning to understand why. (Sorta...)
Ever notice that an "r" next to an "n" looks like an M?
Well I think what caused my brain fart was that I saw standapart as st "and", and then went nutso trying to get the theme to be a split ST/and just like the first themer. But when the second themer would not comply, went back to the reveal and had another brain fart trying ST/d split, and never seeing it was the complete (disembodied) word "stand."
(Like the little girl in ballet above, I've got hang ups...)
Ray-O, did you really need help with 50 Across, or am I not seeing the tongue in your cheek? Sometimes a celebrity wears her clothes a certain way (or vacations in a certain place, or espouses a certain point of view) and people who "wannabe" like her are inspired to copy her -- in which case the celebrity has STARTed A TREND.
Today's puzzle was easy breezy, and I enjoyed it. Many thanks to Amanda and Katie for constructing it, to Patti for editing, and to Hahtoolah for the entertaining review.
I believe that there can be a learning and educational component to crosswords as well as enjoyment and entertainment.
Today's puzzle, it seems to me, sometimes fell short of some learning opportunities, with an occasional overemphasis on pop culture, cosmetics, and fashion.
For instance, 4D, SERA, could have been clued as a Spanish word, or even better, as one-third of a.popular song by Doris Day, from a Hitchcock movie ("Que Sera Sera Sera").
Why couldn't 18D, ELSA, have been an actual prominent woman like Elsa Lanchester or Elsa Maxwell, instead of a Disney cartoon character?
Or how about one of the greatest established actresses in history, IRENE Dunne, for 15A?
On the other hand, today's constructors and editor showed that they were capable of educating, by showcasing IRA Gershwin, Harriet Beecher STOWE, and EDNA Ferber. In one fell swoop, IMHO, the solver was exposed to three greats of American literature.
A few nits before I completely let Amanda, Katie, and Patti off the hook:
--our old friend, OREO, seems to be back, joined by EDYS, which is quickly catching up;
--56D: each section of a choir is in the singular. In all my years of singing in choral groups, I have never sung in the basses section;
--a "non-nit"--I liked how CAT, MEOW, and ROARS were all neighbors in the SW. And in the center, ELMS crosses TREE.
Hope to see you for a return engagement, Amanda and Katie, especially if you can boycott pop culture, cosmetics, and fashion!
Fast, fun, FIR, AND, wonder of wonders, I even got the theme! Another enjoyable Ha2la recap. Thanks for the Petticoat Junction. I loved that show. (Lifelong railroad fan.) Reading: I was fortunate to have several grade school teachers who taught not only how to read, but instilled a love of reading. Plus parents who filled a house with books, and also loved reading.
Greetings! Thanks Amanda and Katie for a delightful puzzle.
No WOs today and my one fill where I relied on perps was TAMIL. We so often see SRI as a fill, but I was not familiar with its people.
I didn’t linger to catch the theme – my yard was in desperate need of mowing with chance of rain this afternoon, so I had to get to it.
Thanks, Hah2lah, for the laughs, tunes & your sparkling commentary.
Had my tongue in my cheek but bit down, ouch, 😖, thanks for ‘splainin’ makes sense now
Anon @8:17, as I understand it, the 6 foot rule had no basis in science. The only thing I've seen that seems remotely scientific is that we would have to have stayed at least 27 feet apart, which would never have been obeyed. In the 1930s, staying 3 feet apart was believed to be enough to reduce the spread of TB, but TB isn't spread by the same mechanism as COVID 19. Apparently the CDC is so science-oriented that they just didn't know how to handle a situation where no science existed.
Ray-O, how much less slippery are the orange pimples than the grey grooves? The grooves seem to work fine on airplane runways. I would rather they had spent the money adding more accessible curbs. On why Johnny can't read, in 1984 I bought a government report from the Government Printing Office in beautiful Pueblo, CO. It really raked the high school education system over the coals. I see in the GPO index that there is a "10 years after" report based on the original report, but haven't read it. One would think it would be a free download, since we've already paid for creating it, but NOOOO.
CED, the r + n = m effect is caused by kerning, and option that was valuable in the days of physical printing but only has aesthetic value today. Kerning removes some of the spacing between letters depending on the width of the character, with the logic being that using the same spacing for a W as for an I looks bad and wastes newsprint. TTP says we can't turn off kerning. My favorite is that "WV" could be either the German car or the coal mining state.
Enjoyed the STAND APART theme.
Merlie posed on top of the KYOTO rail station, with KYOTO Tower behind her.
ToKYO means "Eastern Capital". Same root.
Today I discovered the downside to doing the CW online: I don't recall enough details to post here when I eventually get around to reading the blog. Still, to FIR in 10 min is a nice improvement over my typical time. D.O. u r not the only one that didn't know Azer is split in two. Anyway, a fast solve, unknown names easily perped, fun theme that (Guess What?) I actually went back, looked for and saw! Amazing! I usually forget to look. Thanx AC&KH for this fun Tuesday level CW. And as always, Hahtoolah comes through with a fun and informative write-up. Thanx Susan!!
Hola!
Late again! But it has been a frustrating morning because my newspaper wasn't delivered and I spent too much time looking for a puzzle to print. Usually I have no problem but for some reason it would not print. Finally, I turned off the printer, waited a few seconds, then tried again and finally it printed.
Solving the puzzle took very little time. Thank you, Amanda and Katie as well as Patti Varol. I almost flew through it and it was fun to see Clifford, the RED DOG. That is a favorite book in the primary grades.
Since I was so late I didn't look for the theme and it did not jump out at me. Thank you for that. It seems like an odd theme but one we have seen before.
It was fun reading all your comments and Hahtoolah's witty review with appropriate cartoons.
Have a beautiful day, everyone! Doctor's appt. today.
KYOTO means “capital city” and its anagram TOKYO is!
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Amanda and Katie, and Hahtoolah.
I FIRed in very good time with only two inkblots.
Shea (butter) changed to SERA, and Reno changed to REDO.
And I saw the ST A ND at each end very early in the game, and filled in the endings. APART in the reveal made perfect sense.
This seemed like one of our old-fashioned CWs that we have been pining for. Thanks Patti.
That camera output was only ONE photo. LOL re that cartoon. But like TKen, I wanted a singular ALTO section (but the singers are altos).
Some STORE BRANDs are very good; others not so much.
My kids inherited some Clifford books from their older cousins.
I saw ANNIE in London in 1978 and have seen it a couple of times since here at home. Still a fun experience.
I’ll take a CSO with DOSED. I monitored and adjusted for renal dosing in my hospital experience.
Wishing you all a great day.
I believe I've mentioned before that my daughter and I saw ANNIE with Nell Carter in NYC. What a gorgeous voice she had and the experience, like the few Bdy shows I have seen, was wonderful.
TTP: I own a Rodrigue ~ from the Evangeline series ~ not the Blue Dog series which is way out of my price range.
Thank you to Amanda and Katie for a solid Tuesday puzzle! Sussing the theme helped me put the D in EDNA.
12D is a CSO to TTP!
Ray-O. Best wishes for your upcoming eye surgery.
Picard. Seeing your PHOTOs from your recent trip brings back happy memories. Thanks!
Thank you, Hahtoolah, for your cheery write-up. Fav: PHOTO comic and QOD @ 6:59.
I enjoyed this puzzle. Some cool stuff like All CAPS, Birth-related: NATAL, Handed out a hand: DEALT, Theatrical behavior: DRAMATICS, and Before the doors open: EARLY. Then there was the unavoidable yucky stuff like REDO, GUAC, ARR, UNE, TDS, and NAT.
When I saw the clue "Topknot on a dude" I guessed they said "dude" instead of "man" because MAN would be part of the answer. For a change I was right.
A nice learning moment for me was learning of George and Ira Gershwin's real names. They were not twins; Ira was 2 years older than George.
When we go to Palo Alto, our iPhones display "LTE" instead of "5G".
I've had some good teachers and bad teachers.
Thanks for the photo, Picard.
Thanks for the terrific write-up, Hahtoolah.
Jayce, LTE means you are on a type of 4G. Odd that you would get that in that city, with all its high tech businesses.
Hi All!
Thanks Amanda & Katie for another fun early-week puzzle. Thank you Hahtoolah for another chuckle-inducing expo (bad papers was funny).
WOs: N/A
ESPs: LIDO [Boz Scaggs] as clued.
Fav: Clifford the Big RED DOG. I loved the books as a kid and the Girls loved the PBS show.
Good luck, Ray-O. We'll miss your wit while your eyes heal.
Enjoyed reading y'all today.
Cheers, -T
Jinx, yeah, odd that service in Palo Alto is LTE while that in San Jose is 5G.
Bayou Tony, that entire Silk Degrees album is one of my favorites of all time. I've spent many evenings on a mooring in Isthmus Cove (Catalina Island) listening to it. Extra adult beverages flowed when Harbor Lights came up.
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