Happy Monday, everyone! Today's offering comes to us from OVERachiever Larry Snyder. Husker Gary introduced us to Larry on his June 3, 2023 LAT debut.
Theme: Overdoing It!
I am always impressed when a constructer can double-up on the themers. Let's take a look:
17 Across. Like structurally significant walls: LOAD-BEARING. I knew this one from watching HGTV. It'll cost extra!
- OVERLOAD. to load with too great a burden or cargo
- OVERBEARING. unpleasantly domineering
- OVERTIME. in addition to normal working hours
- OVERSHARE. reveal an inappropriate amount of detail about one's personal life
39 Across. Taking every point, in hearts: SHOOTING THE MOON. Hearts is a card game. explanation
- OVERSHOOTING. going past (sometimes unintentionally)
- OVER THE MOON. extremely happy; delighted
46 Across. Have a guilt-free conscience, so to speak: SLEEP EASY.
- OVERSLEEP. sleep past the time one intended to wake up
- OVER EASY. a way to cook eggs so both sides are fried but the yolk remains runny
Then the reveal:
64. Repeatedly, or what can come before the main components of 17-, 30-, 39-, or 46-Across: OVER AND OVER.
When something is said repeatedly it is said OVER AND OVER. Also, two OVERs are paired with the two parts of the themed answers.
Well done, Larry! I especially liked your grid-spanner, SHOOTING THE MOON. 
Hmmm.... I wonder if C.C. will pay me OVERTIME for having to write two explanations for each answer? ๐
Next, I'll go OVER the remaining clues:
Across:
1. Lettuce wrap lettuce: BIBB. Fortunately I could only think of one variety of lettuce with a 4-letter name. Here is a P.F. Chang's copy-cat recipe. It calls for ground turkey or chicken but I want to try it with tofu.
5. "Tapestry" artist King: CAROLE. Tapestry is the title track of the second studio album by American singer-songwriter, Carole King (b. Feb. 9, 1942). Here is a version with the lyrics:
11. Weaken: SAP.
14. Opera solo: ARIA. and 36 Across. Kind of soprano: MEZZO.
1. Lettuce wrap lettuce: BIBB. Fortunately I could only think of one variety of lettuce with a 4-letter name. Here is a P.F. Chang's copy-cat recipe. It calls for ground turkey or chicken but I want to try it with tofu.
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| BIBB lettuce makes nice cups for the filling. |
5. "Tapestry" artist King: CAROLE. Tapestry is the title track of the second studio album by American singer-songwriter, Carole King (b. Feb. 9, 1942). Here is a version with the lyrics:
11. Weaken: SAP.
14. Opera solo: ARIA. and 36 Across. Kind of soprano: MEZZO.
MEZZO-soprano ARIAs offer a rich vocal range for the middle female singing voice (between soprano and contralto). This is Raehann Bryce-Davis singing La Luce Langue at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Antwerp, Belgium in 2021. She will knock your socks off!
15. Soft end of a pencil: ERASER. cute
16. One more than bi-: TRI-.
19. Cherry shade: RED. not the protection from the sun provided by a cherry tree
20. Creative motivation, casually: INSPO. INSPiration
21. Floating ice chunk: BERG. not a 4-letter nickname for iceberg lettuce (See 1-Across.)
22. Actress Merrill: DINA. (1923 - 2017) Her father was Wall Street broker E.F. Hutton and her mother was cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. NPR ran this piece when she passed away.
23. Use oars: ROW.
25. "No harm done": IT'S OKAY.
27. Chew the fat: GAB. and 71 Across. Chews the fat: YAKS.
15. Soft end of a pencil: ERASER. cute
16. One more than bi-: TRI-.
19. Cherry shade: RED. not the protection from the sun provided by a cherry tree
20. Creative motivation, casually: INSPO. INSPiration
21. Floating ice chunk: BERG. not a 4-letter nickname for iceberg lettuce (See 1-Across.)
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| hanging out on the BERG |
23. Use oars: ROW.
25. "No harm done": IT'S OKAY.
27. Chew the fat: GAB. and 71 Across. Chews the fat: YAKS.
33. Beginning on: AS OF.
35. Sorento automaker: KIA. Here are the details on the 2025 model from Car and Driver magazine. When did KIAs get so large?
43. 41-Down variety: PEKOE. and 41 Down. Brewed beverage: TEA.
44. Floral garland: LEI.
45. How only two Super Bowls have ended, for short: IN OT. an Easter egg??
This just happened last February when the Chiefs beat the 49ers IN OverTime in Super Bowl LVIII. The other time was seven years ago when the Patriots beat the Falcons in Super Bowl LI.
50. Moody music genre: EMO.
51. Cajole: WHEEDLE.
53. Droop: SAG. Blame it on gravity!
50. Moody music genre: EMO.
51. Cajole: WHEEDLE.
53. Droop: SAG. Blame it on gravity!
Old 97's (You know I love them!)
No Baby I from their seventh studio album, Blame it on Gravity
"You got them tears
They fall like pearls
Blame it on gravity, yeah
Blame it on being a girl"
55. Gripped: HELD.
56. __ A Sketch: ETCH.
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| "screen time" in the 1960s |
59. Maps app output: ROUTE.
63. In need of chicken soup, maybe: ILL.
66. "Fee, __, foe, fum": FIE. I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread.
(Hand up for preferring the dead option when this happens.)
67. Make fizzy: AERATE. On my recent cycling trip in the Pyrenees I tried txakoli wine (not a type-0! how to pronounce). It is not in itself fizzy but they pour it from on high so it AERATEs by the time it gets to your glass. (See the 9 sec. video below.) You are supposed to drink it quickly, before the bubbles leave. more info
67. Make fizzy: AERATE. On my recent cycling trip in the Pyrenees I tried txakoli wine (not a type-0! how to pronounce). It is not in itself fizzy but they pour it from on high so it AERATEs by the time it gets to your glass. (See the 9 sec. video below.) You are supposed to drink it quickly, before the bubbles leave. more info
He makes this look easy!
68. Dread: FEAR.
69. Supporting: FOR. as in "I am FOR this ballot measure"
70. Bishop's neighbor on a chess board: KNIGHT.
Down:
1. Indonesian island that has more than 20,000 temples: BALI. That is about 1 temple for every 225 people. Balinese Hinduism
2. Wrinkle remover: IRON.
3. Leaning: BIAS. "Atilt" took today off.
4. Negative media coverage, for short: BAD PR. Public Relations is shortened.
5. Fair grade: CEE.
6. Part of UAE: ARAB. United Arab Emirates
7. Hard to find: RARE.
8. Egyptian god of death and rebirth: OSIRIS. ESP for me but it turns out he was one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt. more info.
9. 50 meters, for an Olympic pool: LENGTH. I liked this fresh angle! I also like a 50-meter pool. The pool where I swim these days is only 25 yards. I feel like I am constantly turning around.
10. Unit of energy: ERG. The erg is a unit of energy equal to 10−7 joules.
11. Home plate umpire's parameter: STRIKE ZONE. Great fill! I saw that "batter's box" fit but that did not seem quite right so I waited for a couple of perps.
12. Large stadium: ARENA.
13. March 14, to math fans: PI DAY. 3/14 is the day we celebrate 3.14
18. Kick (out): BOOT.
69. Supporting: FOR. as in "I am FOR this ballot measure"
70. Bishop's neighbor on a chess board: KNIGHT.
1. Indonesian island that has more than 20,000 temples: BALI. That is about 1 temple for every 225 people. Balinese Hinduism
2. Wrinkle remover: IRON.
3. Leaning: BIAS. "Atilt" took today off.
4. Negative media coverage, for short: BAD PR. Public Relations is shortened.
5. Fair grade: CEE.
6. Part of UAE: ARAB. United Arab Emirates
7. Hard to find: RARE.
8. Egyptian god of death and rebirth: OSIRIS. ESP for me but it turns out he was one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt. more info.
9. 50 meters, for an Olympic pool: LENGTH. I liked this fresh angle! I also like a 50-meter pool. The pool where I swim these days is only 25 yards. I feel like I am constantly turning around.
10. Unit of energy: ERG. The erg is a unit of energy equal to 10−7 joules.
11. Home plate umpire's parameter: STRIKE ZONE. Great fill! I saw that "batter's box" fit but that did not seem quite right so I waited for a couple of perps.
12. Large stadium: ARENA.
13. March 14, to math fans: PI DAY. 3/14 is the day we celebrate 3.14
18. Kick (out): BOOT.
Nancy Sinatra released These Boots Are Made for Walkin' in 1966.
22. Sequence before fa-sol-la: DO RE MI. 
24. Crowdsourced site, briefly: WIKI. Today's meta moment: Wikipedia's entry about Wikipedia
26. Alike: SAME.
27. Sound of shock: GASP.
28. Tennis legend Arthur: ASHE.
29. Merchant with novels, memoirs, etc.: BOOK SELLER. I recently read Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. There is a picture of a cat on the cover so I kept waiting for a cat to appear in the story. Spoiler alert: no cat.
31. Least amt.: MIN. MINimum
32. Two under par, in golf: EAGLE.
34. Tricked: FOOLED.
37. Speed (by): ZOOM.
38. "You may be __ something there": ONTO.
40. Cued (up): TEED.
42. Angry cat sound: HISS.
47. An hour before midnight: ELEVEN. 11:00 p.m. is one hour before 12:00 a.m. Whose great idea was that?!
24. Crowdsourced site, briefly: WIKI. Today's meta moment: Wikipedia's entry about Wikipedia
26. Alike: SAME.
27. Sound of shock: GASP.
28. Tennis legend Arthur: ASHE.
29. Merchant with novels, memoirs, etc.: BOOK SELLER. I recently read Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. There is a picture of a cat on the cover so I kept waiting for a cat to appear in the story. Spoiler alert: no cat.
31. Least amt.: MIN. MINimum
32. Two under par, in golf: EAGLE.
34. Tricked: FOOLED.
37. Speed (by): ZOOM.
38. "You may be __ something there": ONTO.
40. Cued (up): TEED.
42. Angry cat sound: HISS.
47. An hour before midnight: ELEVEN. 11:00 p.m. is one hour before 12:00 a.m. Whose great idea was that?!
48. "Great" czar: PETER I. (1672-1725) more info
Hand up for quickly filling in P-E-T-E-R what???
49. Three feet: YARD.
51. Faint scent: WHIFF.
52. Prefix meaning "sun": HELIO-. Helios was the Greek sun god. He drove a chariot across the sky from east to west every day.
54. Silly: GOOFY.
57. Rocky projection: CRAG. This is a 5:35 min. video about a couple looking to find a new location in Greece for sport climbing. They establish ROUTEs on a gorgeous and challenging CRAG.
58. "Thirty days __ September ... ": HATH. I useth the knuckle trick.
60. Eye layer: UVEA.
61. Flooring wood: TEAK. and 64 Down. Flooring wood: OAK.
62. Messes up: ERRS.
65. Com alternative: NET. Top Level Domains (TLDs) See #4 below. (Click to enlarge.)
49. Three feet: YARD.
51. Faint scent: WHIFF.
52. Prefix meaning "sun": HELIO-. Helios was the Greek sun god. He drove a chariot across the sky from east to west every day.
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| relief sculpture excavated at Troy |
57. Rocky projection: CRAG. This is a 5:35 min. video about a couple looking to find a new location in Greece for sport climbing. They establish ROUTEs on a gorgeous and challenging CRAG.
58. "Thirty days __ September ... ": HATH. I useth the knuckle trick.
60. Eye layer: UVEA.
61. Flooring wood: TEAK. and 64 Down. Flooring wood: OAK.
62. Messes up: ERRS.
65. Com alternative: NET. Top Level Domains (TLDs) See #4 below. (Click to enlarge.)
Here's the grid:
That's it for today. sumdaze, OVER and out!
While there were a
ReplyDeletecouple of obscure names and terms
(“inspo,” anyone?) they were easily perped. So I would say this was another Monday “walk in the park.” FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteI'm always impressed when the puzzle setter finds a double-whammy theme. Nice one, Larry. Zipped right through this one under 5-1/2. Enjoyed your expo, sumdaze. (Do you suppose La Luce Langue is related to Lucy Van Pelt?)
FIR, but erased floe for BERG.
ReplyDeleteThis weekend's Travelers PGA tournament was settled IN OT. World's number one rated golfer Scottie Scheffler won. He won six tournaments before July 1, a feat that Tiger Woods didn't achieve. Another week, another $3,600,000.
Seems like most Superbowls turn out to be one-sided romps.
Travel day today. Gotta secure things in the RV, and I've been trying to find DW's banana peel. Of course she doesn't remember where she put it, and I just hope she didn't flush it. Guess I'll be able to locate it after it bakes in the heat for a week or so.
Thanks to Larry for the fun, easy puzzle, and to sumdaze for the clever review.
Took 3:43 today for me to get over this one.
ReplyDeleteClever theme with both words being used, but I didn't see it until I finished.
I didn't know today's actress (Dina), and I wasn't so sure about the Egyptian god, the czar (seemed one letter too long), wheedle, and "inspo."
I hope everyone has a good week.
Good Morning! Nice puzzle today. I liked everything about it. Clever theme, Fun words (WHEEDLE), no obscure PPTs (people, places, things). Thanks, Larry.
ReplyDeleteThanks, sumdaze. Welcome back to Monday after your and CCs wonderful puzzle last week.
New to me: The knuckle trick – aha! Loved the penguin toon, and the music.
FIR. No problems getting through this one. What few there were had perps to help solve them.
ReplyDeleteClever theme which I didn't need to finish the puzzle, but I smiled at the reveal when I saw it.
Overall a typical Monday CW and most enjoyable.
Always have fun with the double theme answers - I always wonder how long it takes to come up with enough answers for the puzzle
ReplyDeleteOne of my first (and favorite) albums that I owned was "Tapestry" by CAROLE King. It was also one of the all-time most successful albums - 15 weeks at number 1 and 300+ weeks on the Billboard charts; and it ranks 25th on Rolling Stones magazine top 500 albums of all time.
This was a Sporcle quiz over the weekend and made me think of Jinx
https://www.sporcle.com/games/gazzso/mw-june-national-days
Thanks SD for the fun blog and Larry for the creative puzzle
Marvellous Monday. Thanks for the fun, Larry and sumdaze (great catch on that OVERtime Easter Egg!).
ReplyDeleteI FIRed in speedy time and smiled at the theme reveal Aha moment.
Inkblots to change Sniff to WHIFF, and Tide Shore to TIME SHARE (I rushed to enter the O for the beachside condo, and wasn’t happy with my corresponding Tide guess. Perps corrected me)
DINA was the only unknown, and she perped.
I had never seen the knuckle trick; I learned the Thirty Days rhyme long ago
RARE reminds me of the poem “What is so RARE as a day in June, Then if ever come perfect days.”. We have one here today after last week’s brutal heat and humidity.
Will the final hockey game tonight go into OT? Will Edmonton bring the Stanley Cup back to Canada? Go Oilers!
Wishing you all a great day.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteThis was a nice, smooth solve with a well-hidden and double-whammy reveal, which I didn't see until sumdaze explained it. Nicely done, Larry. My only w/o was Sag/Sap, then chuckled when Sag appeared later for Droop. Liked the Flooring wood clecho cluing, especially the proximity in the grid. Nose wrinkle at Inspo on general principles, but props for stronger than usual Monday fill.
Thanks, Larry, for a pleasant start to the week and thanks, sumdaze, for the interesting and informative review. Welcome back to the blogging world!
Have a great day.
I read the reveal wrong, as, "like the beginning word in etc, etc."
ReplyDeleteSo I only got the first over...
Rats!
Enjoyable CW to start the week. It was smooth and I too admire the double whammy theme.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes play Hearts with my nieces et al and one of them is very good at SHOOTING THE MOON. She’s a chance taker.
Sumdaze. Great recap. I have Days at the Morisaki Bookstore on my list of books to read. Is it worth reading, in spite of the missing cat?
I believe DINA Merrill was a long ago beautiful blond actress.
Larry, thanks for one of the best ever Monday level puzzles with interesting fill and a super theme.
ReplyDeleteOnly INSPO was new to me.
To start, 1A had to be BIBB or KALE. Next came IRON, so BIBB was the one.
I suppose many households today have neither an iron nor a thimble.
I thought of OSIRIS right off. The S in ERASER confirmed it.
I am surprised that Dina Merrill was new to people my age. She appeared frequently on the TV theater shows among others and also on film.
Having said the Thirty Days rhyme so often, "Thirty days has September, April, June and November" immediately comes to mind, faster than counting on my knuckles.
We have been working on getting Alan to verbally express his needs. He has become very good at wheedling, not a new word for me, and certainly not a new concept for parents.
I haven't played Hearts since my kids were in elementary school.
Late start today. I awoke at 7 AM and get motivated.
Nose wrinkle ! I got some INSPO from my office SESS.
ReplyDeleteOther than that a lively Monday puzzle with good fill and a clever theme.
Thanks Larry and Sumdaze.
kkFlorida
This puzzle was pure joy, and Sumdaze wrote a sparkling review. Only unknown in the grid was DINA Merrill. I especially appreciated the ARIA, the Old 97's (new 97's to me), and learning about Txakoli. Many thanks to Larry, Patti, and Sumdaze. What's not to love?
ReplyDeleteAs do others, I have a nit to pick with INSPO and other bits of fill but the puzzle was good and the recap was great. Thanks, sumdaze
ReplyDeleteFun, fast, clever Monday exercise! (Except for INSPO!) Thought I had nailed the theme, but stopped at only one OVER. Got the D'oh! When sumdaze pointed it out. Two great tunes today- Tapestry and Boots. Remembered the knuckle trick from my yute. Played a lot of Hearts in the Army, along with Spades, and Poker. (On paydays) Passed a lot of down time that way, and no batteries required.
ReplyDeleteDouble-up versions of the classic "word that can precede/follow" theme usually have clunkers, where the phrase formed with the unifying word isn't really in the language. In today's grid, every themer is solid and the OVER phrases all work very well. Neat.
ReplyDeleteWHEEDLE was new to me.
ReplyDeleteNice Monday OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Not a WHIFF of difficulty ๐
I had eggs OVER EASY for ๐ณ breakfast. Nice to get a real breakfast when I’m on vacation.
INSPO, PIDAY I’ve never seen either outside of CWs. Must be you young’uns that never heard of DINA Merrill.
Our Sanibel Island TIMESHARE was severely damaged during Hurricane Ian in September’22. Still a long way to go to reopen. Our favorite vacation of the year for more than 30 yrs. Miss it.
MEZZO “half” ”met-so” Rome south, ”med-so” north of Rome. Mezzogiorno = half day, noon, also a euphemism for southern Italy like Le Midi = south of France. Midi = midday
Doesn’t “Cued Up” refer to pool: the cue ball, not the TEED up golf ball. ๐ค. What’s a “czar”? Do you mean “TSAR” PETER ๐คจ
Hairy bovines with the gift of GAB _____…. YAKS.
Bet she likes PEKOE, ___ LEONI… TรA.
At the end of a bowling lane…. STRIKE ZONE.
Like Skype…. ZOOM
South Asian cinematic city: ___ Wood….BALI
Happy Moonday ๐
What an enjoyable start to the week with this clever puzzle, LS. Funny, informative review, sumdaze. Thanks for the aria.
ReplyDeleteYak/GAB, as in/AS TO. goony/GOOFY, Cobb/BIBB.
DINA Merrill was the daughter of Marjorie Merriweather Post, the owner of General Foods and the builder of Mar-A-Lago, now owned by a well known person. Her father was E.F. Hutton, the second of four of her mother’s husbands. MMP took over the Post cereal company after the death of her father and grew it into a major U.S. corporation, in a time when it was rare for women to be in the workplace, let alone in charge. Her career and life make fascinating reading.
DINA Merrill, once married to actor Cliff Robertson (ironically, he played President JFK in a movie), was a beautiful and very good actress. She did the commentary in a 20 minute movie about New York State that was commissioned by the New York State Museum in Albany. My husband composed and performed the sound track. It ran for many years at the museum.
Happy day, all!
Really enjoy this Monday CW. Dina Merrill was also the daughter of Marjorie Merriweather Post who’s estate, Hillwood here in DC is a beautiful museum open to the public. Ms. Post also owned Mar-a- Lago in Palm Beach once!
DeleteThanks for everyone's comments!
ReplyDeleteCanadianEh! @9:12. I consider you the authority on Easter eggs. Thanks for the confirmation!
= )
Monkey @9:28. Yes, I enjoyed the book, despite 'no cat'. It's very short -- so if you do not like it, you are not out a big time investment.
Parsan @12:03. What an interesting connection you have to DINA!
FLN. Lucina @6:34. Thank you for sharing your story. From what I can see, you have definitely "done something useful with your life"!
WEES about the nice start to the CW week, FIR in few ticks over 8 minutes, and better yet no disparaging comments! Thanks Larry for taking it easy on us with this clever themer! The only unknown for me was DINA, she had quite the pedigree. WHEEDLE is a cool word although I never hear it used or use it myself.
ReplyDeletesumdaze ~ welcome back to Mondays, your subs did a fine job in your absence. Have always liked that Nancy Sinatra video, amazing choreography! ๐คฃ๐
CanadianEh! ~ It would be a terrific comeback if the Oilers can pull off game 7 tonight, just to get there after 0-3 is quite the feat. I’d like to see McDavid hoist the Cup, he deserves it!
ReplyDeleteIn my memory "wheedle and cajole" belong together. It's gotta be a quote. Limeliters, maybe? Or Tom Lehrer? Anybody?
ReplyDeleteWe learned in elementary school geometry that the Greek letter,ฯ, stands for the circumference of a circle divided by the diameter. In every case we get the same ratio. "The first 10 digits of pi are 3.141592653, but the constant is what is known as an irrational number, meaning that it cannot be expressed as a common fraction and has an infinite number of decimal places." Rounded to 3.14, the beginning of this string is used in calculations in school. For many years, just for fun, 3.14 has been taken to mean March 14, 3/14. On March 12, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution, recognizing March 14, 2009, as National Pi Day. That was 15 years ago.
ReplyDeleteWe have a square dance caller whose initials are P.I. His logo is ฯ. We clap to honor him on Pi Day.
We have borrowed CUE UP and use it like this: The station cued up an ad to run at the next break. TEE UP also has been used outside of sports. They teed up a bill to bring before Congress.
YR, pi is often replaced with the approximation 22/7. I bet you ran into that in your teaching years.
ReplyDeleteParsan @ 12:03 ~ Did you ever receive or find my emails?
ReplyDeleteHome sweet home, after an uneventful trip. Rain held off until I got DW, Zoั and the
ReplyDeleterefrigerated goods inside.
Parsan, thanks for sharing part of your DH's impressive CV.
I tried to create this link before we left, but I was having trouble and decided to wait until we got home. This is kind of the flip side of the Larson cartoon sumdaze included showing the cows driving by the people in the field.
Telco folks tended to play spades, hearts, or cribbage. I grew up playing Rook, which my parents hoped would lead to a life of contract bridge. It took with my sisters, but with me, not so much.
Ray-o, you don't really cue up a cue ball - that would make too much sense. But a lot of people use "cue up" when they mean "queue up."
YR - Back in my imbibing days, someone gave me a thimble that was is the size of a shot glass.
It was inscribed "just a thimble full."
Delightful Monday puzzle, many thanks for this treat, Larry. And your commentary is always a great help and interesting, and so, many thanks for that too, Sumdaze.
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I saw ARIA, I knew I was going to love this puzzle. And sure enough, there was a singer getting started with DO RE MI, and especially nice to have a MEZZO soprano doing the singing in an ARENA. Have never heard of any EMO, so I think I'll just have some TEA and enjoy a bit of TIME SHARE with pets.
Have a great week coming up, everybody.
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteThanks Larry for a fun puzzle. Took me a second to see the theme - nice getting both halves of the themers apropos.
Sumdaze - you certainly do deserve OVER TIME pay. What is that, 1.5x what we get paid for this? ;-)
Thanks for the great expo; loved the comics!
WO: DO-RE-Me
ESPs: DINA, CAROLE(sp.)|OSIRIS
Fav: KNIGHT - who doesn't love chess?
I don't ever want to see INSPO again, Crypto/Yacht-Bro ;-)
Is IN OT @45a redundant with OVER TIME @30a? Sumdaze caught it too.
FLN: Jinx, I always think Walks Away is the Eagles 'cuz of Joe Walsh's guitar; I always think it but know better and have to dig hard (or Google) for James Gang. IIRC, Walsh wrote the lyrics too.
Lucina - for some reason, I thought it much longer than 15yrs in the Order. //Still longer than my stint w/ Uncle Sam -- 6 w/ Army; 5 w/ DOD (civ).
Ray-O: think ฯ-Day. 3.141592653 as per comic. ฯ-day is celebrated every year on 3/14 by every #Nerd (as is 5/4 - May the Fourth be with you, Luke).
Parsan - Did not know that about DINA. I only know of Marjorie Post from Unfrosted [Trailer]
Last weekend, while at my (Army) Bro's house in IL, I asked to use the IRON for my "no-iron" shirt that got crumpled in my suitcase. We looked all around for it. We found the IRONing board and then he remembered, "Oh, I threw it away. Hadn't used it since I retired from the Army and when I needed it once, it stank." I guess he'd left the water in it and it got rancid.
//I don't think he ever owned a thimble ;-)
That's enough from me for now.
Cheers, -T
Thank you, Larry Snyder, and thank you, sumdaze. Fun stuff.
ReplyDeleteINSPO - I get the general consensus is distaste. At least from those that have commented about it.
I don't mind slang. In fact, I think slang is often fun in casual convos :>) and crossword puzzles, but shouldn't be used in formal or business settings. It's all about propriety.
Here's a funny take (or two) on how one can react to slang:
"For The Goldberg fans"
"For the Seinfeld fans"
I liked this puzzle.
ReplyDeleteFinally found time this PM to do the CW, and after finishing raced to come here to brag about my FIR in record (for me) time of 8 minutes flat! Then read the comments. Bah, humbug! Some FIR in 5 minutes. One in 3 minutes and change. As I have mentioned before, I once printed an empty grid and a filled one side by side and just copied the fill from the full grid to the empty one, and found it took me roughly 5 minutes just to COPY the answers. So I am in absolute awe that so many people here at the blog can FIR in that time. Anyway, I did FIR quickly (for me) and did see the theme. Very clever, and it had to be a difficult to construct CW. Great job, LS, thanx for the entertainment. Terrific write-up, Sumdaze, thanx for your efforts.
ReplyDeleteJinx @ 12:58 My understanding is it’s called a cue ball cuz it’s the only ball struck by the cue. I agree “queue” (Brit) is a “line” (Amer) of people waiting something not cue
ReplyDeleteAnt T @ 1:30 I wish congress made ฯ day more specific ๐ฯ, ๐ฯ. etc. Cannot be celebrated in Europe and most of the rest of the world because 3.14.24 is written 14.3.24 …BTW “Unfrosted” one of the funniest movies I’ve seen in years,
Jayce - If it's any consolation, it always take me at least 15m to solve a puzzle. I read across and down and then contemplate for a millisecond or two before I put ink to paper.
ReplyDeleteI have solved the NYT-mini online in 32s if that's something ;-)
Ray-O: DW & I stopped Unfrosted for sleepy-time and have yet to get back to the last 20 minutes. She's not been interested so, maybe while she's out of town, and, if I can hack her Netflix password (it should be easy), I'll finish it.
//yes, everyone else writes day/month/year. And they have metric. We should try to keep up.
Finally, Ray-O, anything with an Area of ฯr² is a pie #Pizza!
Wait, no, Pie are round ;-)
I'll see myself out, -T
“Unfrosted” got awful reviews. It’s total Seinfeld nonsense without a serious bone in its celluloid. That’s why I loved it and probably the critics didn’t
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ReplyDelete-Grandson and I played 18 this morning and the temp is now 101F. Glad we went early!
-Hudson TEED up his ball and “drove” a 270 yard hole today but left his EAGLE putt just short
-A fun puzzle and write-up today!
-CAROLE King and many other famous composers worked in this famous Manhattan Building
-DINA’s mom built Mar-A-Lago
-Fun to see WHEEDLE
-Getting arrested at the PGA doesn’t seem to have fazed Scottie. The PGA and I wish he had some personality.
-I can’t imagine needing pi to any more accuracy to 3.14 or 22.7 in real life
H.Gary, Scotty did get teary-eyed up after his OT victory Sunday. But it wasn't about golf, it was when Amanda Balionis asked about getting his second win as a dad (while Scotty was holding Bennett.) I think he has his priorities in the right order.
ReplyDeleteIrish Miss FLN - No, to answer your inquiry of yesterday. Several weeks ago I sent a message to your first email address and then several days later to your second one inquiring if you had received the first. Did you receive either of those? I just read your message from yesterday. Eye doctor today and the drops are just now clearing and I am now able to write this. I hope you are well and I am happy to hear from you.
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