Bucket Hats
They go by other names as well. Our constructor Joseph Marquez, who is making his LAT debut today, calls them Bucket Hats. I've not heard that term before, but I suspect that if need be my hat could actually hold water like a bucket. 😀.
Joseph's puzzle uses sets of of circled squares arranged in the shape of buckets to contain the name of 4 different types of hats. Since this becomes obvious almost immediately, we'll start with the reveal --
65A. Headwear featured four times in this puzzle: BUCKET HAT. -- and as shown by the grid --
The classic BEANIE is of course equipped with a propeller ...
The classic FEDORA was favored
by NOIR detectives ...
PANAMA hats originated in Ecuador,
a long time ago
and were the favorite of the
5th Dr. Who, who often sported one to cricket matches ...
The eponymous BOWLER hat was designed in 1849 by the
London hat-makers
Thomas and William Bowler,
and was made famous by the great comedian of the silent era
Charlie Chaplin
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FWIW, here's a similar puzzle I blogged sometime back using circled grid
squares to depict a grid spanning bowl of clam chowder.
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Humphrey Bogart a.k.a Sam Spade |
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Peter Davison |
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Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin
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Here are the rest of the clues ...
Across:
1. "Such a pity!": ALAS.
5. Caramel custard: FLAN. Here's Mary's recipe for a Creme Caramel Custard.
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14. Quick meal: BITE.
15. Country great McEntire: REBA. She's really Somebody ...
16. "Feliz año nuevo" month: ENERO. Today's Spanish lesson: "January".
17. Ballpark figures: ESTIMATES. UMPS struck out on this one.
19. Adulated ones: IDOLS. Like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Rhianna, and ... Franz Liszt!
20. Climactic beginning?: ANTI.
21. Challenge for 64-Down students: SLANG. And IDIOMS.
23. Garden vessel: POT. Here's a nice one, complete with a drain hole, so you don't need an earthenware liner ...
24. Chromebook maker: ACER.
26. Reclusive one: LONER.
28. Mythological event depicted in a 2017 "Thor" film: RAGNARÖK. Definitely Thursday cluing. In Norse mythology, the Ragnarök is a prediction of the end of the world, including a great battle in which numerous great Norse gods will perish. It will entail a catastrophic series of natural disasters, including the burning of the world, and culminates in the submersion of the world underwater.
The trailer for the 2017 film was a bit too commercialized, camp, and violent for my taste. I think the majesty of the RAGNARÖK is much better depicted in Richard Wagner's epic Ring Cycle, a retelling of the exact same story. Here is the closing scene from the final act of the 4th opera, Die Götterdämmerung ("The Twilight of the Gods"), where the Valkyrie Brunhilde spurs her mighty steed to leap onto her husband Siegfried's enormous funeral pyre. The fire then spreads to Valhalla, the hall of the gods, consuming it and ultimately causing it to tumble beneath the waves of the Rhine. This challenging piece of stagecraft is imaginatively depicted here with a moving tableaux of Art Deco scrims ...
32. Share on social media: REPOST.
35. "Xanadu" rock gp.: ELO. The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) is an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of pop and classical arrangements with futuristic iconography. They wrote many of the songs for the musical Xanadu, including the hit single Magic sung by Olivia Newton-John.
36. Saintly ring: HALO. Most people have one, but they are much brighter on a few of those people. 😀
37. Baghdad currency: DINAR. This is how many DINARS a DOLLAR will get you.
38. Heaps and heaps: ALOT. The above may seem like A LOT, but it's still just a DOLLAR.
40. Gross figures: SLOBS.
43. __-switching: CODE. In linguistics, code-switching or language alternation occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a single conversation or situation.
44. Gold-loving king: MIDAS. In the classic version of the Greek myth MIDAS dies of hunger, but this one has a happy happy ending ...
48. Home of the world's tallest building, briefly: UAE. The Burj Khalifa. Dubai has plans to complete an even taller structure in 2025 called the Dubai Creek Tower. The Japanese are planning a structure to be completed in 2050 that will far outstrip these efforts. But then these sorts of projects have been going on for thousands of years and are one of the reasons that the Arabs, the Japanese, and many other peoples can't seem to talk to one another. 😀
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51. Enhances: AUGMENTS.
53. Different: OTHER.
55. California wine region: NAPA.
56. __ choy: BOK.
58. Like some change: EXACT. Here's an oldie, but goodie ...
63. Dogpatch name: ABNER. Here's how it all started ...
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First Li'l Abner by Al Capp for August 19, 1934 (click to enlarge) |
68. Baggy: LOOSE.
69. Like one of Picasso's periods: BLUE. The Blue Period comprises the works produced by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso between 1901 and 1904. During this time, Picasso painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green, only occasionally warmed by other colors. These sombre works, inspired by Spain and painted in Barcelona and Paris, are now some of his most popular works, although he had difficulty selling them at the time.
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Le Gourmet (The Greedy Child), 1901 National Gallery of Art, Wash., D.C. |
70. Trickster of Asgard: LOKI. Loki is a god in Norse mythology and Asgard is another name for Valhalla, the home of the Norse gods. He presumably met his fate in clue 28A.
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72. Barely noticeable: ITTY.
73. All those in favor: AYES.
Down:
1. Civil War POTUS: ABE.
2. "Abbott Elementary" actress __ Ann Walter: LISA. Lisa Ann Walter (born August 3, 1963) is an American actress, comedian, and television producer, best known for her roles as Chessy the housekeeper in the romantic comedy film The Parent Trap (1998) and Melissa Schemmenti on the Peabody Award winning ABC mockumentary sitcom Abbott Elementary (2021–present), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
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Lisa Ann Walter |
4. Staple of some plant-based diets: SEITAN. Seitan is a food made from gluten, the main protein of wheat and is used as a meat substitute in vegan diets. It is made from vital wheat gluten, a flour-like substance primarily consisting of gluten extracted from wheat flour. Here's Sam's recipe for seitan based "vegan chicken".
6. "Time to go!": LETS ROLL. "Let's Roll" were the last recorded words of passenger Todd Beamer on board United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11 attacks in 2001, just moments before he and other passengers attempted to storm the cockpit and retake the plane from the hijackers. The slogan subsequently became a battle cry for American forces during the war on terror.
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Todd Beamer Nov. 24, 1968 - Sept 11, 2001 |
7. One of Eve's sons: ABEL. ABEL was the very first murder victim in the Old Testament, but there was no mystery as to who had killed him -- there were no other suspects beside his brother CAIN.
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Cain Slaying Abel Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1600 |
9. Pretended: FEIGNED.
10. Third-party abbr.: IND. Only one Independent candidate has won the presidency.*
11. Self-identifier such as "ze" or "hir": NEO PRONOUN. Here's everything you need to know about NEO PRONOUNS, although I can't guarantee that they won't have changed by the time this review drops.
12. "My Soft Machine" singer Parks: ARLO. Here's Arlo Parks' Purple Phase from her album My Soft Machine ...
13. Played scissors against rock, say: LOST. According to the rules of Rochambeau, rock beats scissors ...
18. Book between Jonah and Nahum: MICAH. The 3 books mentioned in the clue and answer are three of the 12 Minor Prophets of the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible). MICAH lived in the region of Judah before the fall of Jerusalem in 722 BC. His prophecies were largely concerned with the decadence and corruption of the inhabitants of Israel, and like all the prophets he was rewarded for his efforts with execution. This manuscript page in the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore shows him being cast from a cliff (often a precursor to stoning) and then buried ...
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The Death and Burial of the Prophet Micah |
25. Notable times: ERAS. The most notable ERA these days seems to be Taylor Swift's Eras Tour -- it even has its own Wiki page. Here's her song Eyes Open re-released during the tour ...
27. Awesome: EPIC.
28. Paper orders: REAMS.
29. Classic TV's "Kate & __": ALLIE. Kate & Allie is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989, starring Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin as two divorced mothers who decide to live together in the same home. Here are the opening credits ...
31. Turtlelike Mario Bros. foe: KOOPA. Koopas are a category of turtle-like creatures that form the Turtle Tribe. There are many different types of Koopas, the most common being Koopa Troopas. I DNK this. Hand up if you did? They look harmless enough ...
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Anwar Sadat |
39. Not slack: TAUT.
41. Hairstyle with a uniform length: BLUNT CUT. They come in short, medium, and long lengths ...
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45. Baseballs and basketballs, but not rugby balls: SPHERES. Here's a rugby ball ...
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50. Health class topic: SEX. Since y'all have probably had that course, any further comment would probably be TMI. 😁
52. Nabe south of Pasadena: EAST LA.
54. Bar mitzvah figure: RABBI.
56. Application to chapped lips: BALM. A key ingredient in BALM is of course is ALOE.
57. Clarinet kin: OBOE. Probably the most popular work for this instrument is Gabriel's Oboe, from the soundtrack to the 1986 film The Mission. Here it is conducted by the composer Ennio Morricone ...
Click on the Watch on Youtube link to start it
59. Fringe group: CULT. They come in all shapes and sizes and there are a lot of them around these days.
61. Nautical call: AHOY.
62. Swipe: TAKE. Sometimes you have to swipe a movie scene more than once to get a good TAKE. 😀
64. Subj. for some citizenship applicants: ESL. English as a Second Language.
66. __ lime pie: KEY. Here's Sally's recipe.
67. Poetic contraction: TIS. ALAS, TIS the end of
this review.
Cheers,
Bill
And as always, thanks to Teri for proof reading and for her constructive criticism.
waseeley
*President George Washington. Click the link to see the also-rans.
61. Nautical call: AHOY.
62. Swipe: TAKE. Sometimes you have to swipe a movie scene more than once to get a good TAKE. 😀
64. Subj. for some citizenship applicants: ESL. English as a Second Language.
66. __ lime pie: KEY. Here's Sally's recipe.
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Cheers,
Bill
And as always, thanks to Teri for proof reading and for her constructive criticism.
waseeley
*President George Washington. Click the link to see the also-rans.
Once again, a number of obscurities kept this puzzle from being easy (“Koopa,” anyone?). But the fact that I figured out the gimmick with the first themed fill (“beanie”) gave me a “leg up” on this challenging puzzle. Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteI've heard a helmet called a "brain bucket," but don't think I've ever heard the expression BUCKET HAT. Nor SEITAN. Nor KOOPA. Wanted TITLE for FINAL, but Wite-Out fixed that. This one came together quickly. Thanx, Joseph, waseeley, and Teri.
Not a problem except for ragnarok which messed up seitan and Koopa. Never heard of any of those words
ReplyDeleteFIW, missing both WAGS at RAGeAROn x SEITAe and nOOPA. Didn't like this one enough to even struggle with the theme. Erased pros for AYES, asap for ATTN, and sect for CULT.
ReplyDeleteCan't help but thinking of how much better the world would be today had not SADAT and Kennedy been assassinated.
EKTORP duo ELO and OBOE stood proud today.
I wanted "page switching" and "body switching" before perps required CODE. I also wanted "implants" but settled for AUGMENTS.
FLN - Picard, the first modern piece of test gear i owned was a Heathkit frequency counter, which I still own (but don't know why.) I had a side gig as a CB radio fixit guy at the peak of the fad.
Getaway day for us. We're going camping in nearby Ashland, VA just in time for the first heat wave of the brand new season.
Thanks to Bill 'n' Teri for the fun tour through this otherwise forgettable grid.
Today we get two DAB puzzles for the price of one: Deism and Deist. Here's what David has to say about them ...
ReplyDeleteAs I’ve mentioned before, the crossword constructors of today aren’t content simply to amuse their audience—they want to improve it, to better humanity one solver at a time. Most of them can think of no more effective way of doing this than by including in their grids people and things they think good, and excluding from them people and things they think bad, in the hope that solvers will be led to adopt their own exemplary opinions. Not I — my crosswords transcend such trivial concerns. Today’s pair of crosswords, for example, force the solver to grapple with one of the most fundamental questions of the human condition: Is there a god? Solving these crosswords may not tell you directly, but it will deepen your understanding of the question and so, in a way, of the world, and of yourself.
He may be crossing the line on the "no religion" policy here, but whatever he's doing I'm sure it will be punny. 😀
Nice cross there with RAGNARÖK x KOOPA. You really shouldn’t subject your solvers to made up words crossing each other. One fictional character is fine, but you should have legit crosses available instead of crossing it with more gibberish.
ReplyDeleteFair point
DeleteTook 6:33 today for me to take my hat off.
ReplyDeleteOh joy, circles!
Didn't see the theme, nor look for it. My mind does a good job now of blocking out those pesky circles while I'm solving. I am familiar with the term "bucket hat," although I thought that was particular type of hat, not a category/classification of other types of hats.
Thanks to my children, I knew Ragnarok from the Thor movie and Koopa from the Mario Bros. games.
I didn't know Micha, dinar, or neopronoun. I guessed at Arlo, based on recent puzzle appearances (having had AR__ in place).
Is "Kate & Allie" really considered "classic tv"?
First of all, I too have never heard the term “bucket hat”, but after I saw that the circles in the NW spelled out BEANIE, I did figure the theme would be hats, although it didn’t really help with solve, the DNK’s being apart from them. Clever the way the circles sorta resemble a bucket. Was unfamiliar with BLUNT CUT and NEO PRONOUN but they perped. Second time this week LISA has been obscurely clued (at least for me). Like Jinx, I was at an impasse with RAG_AROK, SEITA_ and _OOPA, then I remembered DW has run a foot race a couple times called the RAGNAR (a multi-person relay covering a couple hundred miles), so I WAGed the “N”, which led me to an A-run, and when I keyed the “K”, voila, the congratulatory FIR messagw in 16:21. Thanks for the challenge Joseph, and congratulations on the LAT debut! Thanks also to Bill and Teri for your excellent review!
ReplyDeleteCanadian Eh 🇨🇦 ~ I hope that you can help fill your “bucket” list with a visit to Mackinac Island someday, it really takes a full day/night to take it all in. Also, did you happen to see that the Geordie Howe International Bridge was connected in the middle this week, jointly by a Canadian iron worker and a U.S. iron worker? I was In Detroit for 4 days last week and got to see the marvel, it won’t be open to traffic for another year though, but the Windsor/Detroit connection is the busiest border crossing between the 2 countries.
I understand people’s frustrations with “Ragnarok” crossing “Koopa.” In my case, like C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, I was fascinated by Norse mythology as a youth, so it was a matter of “dredging up” memories from that time. Fortunately, I was eventually able to!
ReplyDeleteAgree with Anon that a "BUCKET HAT" is what I usually refer to as a Gilligan hat, and allow that the "bucket" is just the pattern of the circles.
ReplyDeleteFIW. The crossing of three unknowns did me in, Ragnarok, seitan, and Koopa. I took a WAG at seitan and was right, but Koopa got me.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw circles I groaned. They don't belong in crosswords and only should be found in Jumbles.
I did get the theme despite having never heard the phrase bucket hat. Along with several tough clues this was more on the Saturday side puzzle wise.
Overall not enjoyable puzzle. Meh!
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteThis was certainly a Thursday level offering, with entries such as Seitan, Ragnarok, and Koopa, and some of the cluing, i.e., for Lisa, Arlo, etc. I FIR thanks to a WAG at the K of Ragnarok/Koopa. Feinted required a correction to Feigned, but no other w/os. Once again, the circles were necessary to illustrate the "Bucket" visual, and they did help with the solve, even if not really necessary. Lucina wins the prize for most CSOs with four today: Enero, Flan, Acer, and ESL!
Thanks, Joseph, and thanks, Bill, for another fact-filled review and commentary and the wide variety of musical interludes. I know very little about Reba Mc Entire, other than YR's Alan being a big fan, but she strikes me as a very likable, down to earth, attractive personality, a somewhat rare breed in today's entertainment world. (Teri's contributions are also appreciated.)
If anyone has Hulu, I recommend The Patient, starring Steve Carell. It's a very dark, intense, and disturbing story, but the superb acting outweighs any negatives, IMO. It also stars the Irish actor, Domhnall Gleeson, Brendan Gleeson's son, who was so wonderful in the poignant PBS series, Alice and Jack.
Have a great day.
Just viewed the ending of Alice and Jack. Unforgettable!
DeleteGood Morning! Thanks, Joseph, for today’s puzzle and congrats on your debut.
ReplyDeleteWell, I got a passing grade, but I didn’t ace it. I had to come to the Corner for SEITAN, RAGNAROK, and MICAH, all crossing at some point so the perps were not helping in this area. It took an alphabet run and a WO changing SnOBS -> SLOBS to then complete 6D: ROLL.
Perps filled in the unknowns: LISA, ARLO, MICAH, KOOPA, SEGA.
Thanks, Bill & Teri. I was happy to cede to your expertise in finishing this rather (for me) difficult outing.
I found this to be an easy Wednesday level puzzle, except for three Saturday level answers crossing each other, Ragnarok, Seitan and Kooba. I missed the K and the N. I had no chance of getting it. Cruel and unusual punishment. I see many of you agree.
ReplyDeleteI know buckets hats are popular and have been for along time, but not for me. The circles form the buckets. The other hats are not bucket hats.
Finding a theme like this is easier on line. In pen and ink my messy letters hide the circles. I didn't see the theme but I like it.
I had a pixie cut for years. During the pandemic with no salons open, my hair grew out. Then my hairdresser suggested a blunt cut. I love it because it adds body.
Thanks, Bill, for an interesting blog.
As freshmen at Susquehanna U. we had to wear school logo beanies whenever we appeared in public or there was a penalty. No one every transgressed, so I don't recall the penalty. The beanies were like the one pictured by Bill, but flatter. They had pie shaped sections.
ReplyDeleteAll these years I thought that was what a beanie was. Only recently I learned that for most people a beanie is a winter hat like a watch cap. There is always something new to learn.
ReplyDeleteLots ‘n lots of circles spelling hat styles but each set arranged like a BOWL or a POT: an upside down BUCKET HAT. That helped at least complete the puzzle without leaving blanks.
But I completed the NW ended up with the word SEITAN as “plant diet staple“ probabaly wrong …..sooo once finished I LIU: yesss it IS a food made FROM gluten … for the WIN 🏆
“Uniform length hairstyle”: pageboy ? Nope BLUNTCUT (Done with dull scissors? ✂️ ) RAG NOR ROCK sounds like a variant of the 🪨🧻 ✂️ game. I knew KOOPA from watching my grandson play the SuperMario games
Inkovers: secret/SETUPS. title/FINAL, (DO)
ICONS or idols? needed perps. I guess “denizens” are not just animals. NEOPRONOUN: wouldn’t that be him or he for Keanu in “The Matrix”?
The public library is a media ____ ….LONER.
Equine hybrids that don’t sound like kittens: MEWLS
The trickster Norse god is anything but ___ ….LOKI
Let’s have ____ at a Baghdad Bistro….DINAR
MIDAS well say aloha…. till tomorrow
I found this CW fairly easy. I had no trouble with RAGNAROK since I usually included Norse mythology in my world lit classes and I love saying the word.
ReplyDeleteThe last to fill was NEOPRONOUN because I was looking for a person and at first I misread Nobelist for novelist.
I’ve never heard the expression BUCKET HAT, but it’s EXACTly descriptive.
I’ll add my 2 cents to the comments on Mackinac Island. A few years ago during a trip to Michigan I spent a few days on the enchanting island. I highly recommend a visit there.
Thank you Waseely for the plethora of links I’ll return to this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteRant:
Re: Melissa Caterina Schemmenti (LISA Ann Walter)
I’ve watched and enjoyed the mockumentary “Abbott Elementary” about an inner city Philadelphia public school. The teachers are portrayed as dedicated and sensitive and the students behaved and apparently eager to learn. So I guess the show needed a classic stereotype to make up for all this niceness ergo Mrs. Schemmenti one of the teachers: “You Italian? Sicilian ? You with the cops? I gotta know!” She supplies the school with new rugs from the back of a truck (stolen). She “knows guys” (Mafia), has a brother in jail. Speaks with an exaggerated South Philadelphia/Brooklyn accent and dresses outrageously.
Comedy and laughs are often generated from stereotypes. I guess you need to play safe and choose the ones who will complain the least.
Discorso finito 😊
Musings
ReplyDelete-ME TOO: SIETA_/RAG_RÖK/_OOPA was absolutely impossible for me. This is natick village and detracts from the fun for those of us who would like to at least have a chance to get all the cells filled.
-I guessed right on the N but not on the K
-Uber secure LISA and ARLO had A LOT of help
-In Feliz Navidad, the next line is “Próspero año y felicidad”
-We are awaiting an ESTIMATE to have our old spa tub taken out and our bathroom remodeled
-Ziva struggles with SLANG and IDIOMS
-A decent used car in Baghdad will run you about 13,000,000 DINAR
-A server at our McDonalds can switch from flawless Spanish to flawless English in a heartbeat
-PLEA bargaining for ABEL?
-My alma mater has a very good rugby program
-Sonny and Cher famously featured an OBOE in I Got You Babe>
Wow, that was impressive, and I’m not talking about the sussable theme with the unfamiliar unifying term.
ReplyDeleteNo, I’m talking about that triple-natick in Wyoming that led to my FIW, with the obscure diet staple, the Super Mario turtle, and the mythical event. The latter was the only one of the three I even should have known.
No time to elaborate. I’m facing a 200-mile round trip today to visit a troubled relative.
Only DNKs this morning were actress LISA, NEOPRONOUN, ARLO, and KOOPA. Easily solved with perps. RAGNAROK was widely advertised as a recent movie and SEITAN is familiar to most vegetarians, although it's not a staple in our home.
ReplyDeleteBUCKET HAT is indeed the style worn by Gilligan, and is popular at the beach and on boats. Today's hats were buckets by virtue of the circled letter patterns, but I did not notice any of that until the reveal.
FIR and enjoyed it! A fine puzzle. Bill's expo was outstanding, with lots to learn, a wonderful SNL skit about change, the first Li'l Abner strip (published long before my time), and that lovely oboe recording. Many thanks to Joseph, Patti, Bill and Teri.
This actually seemed fairly easy for a Thursday puzzle. Quite a few unfamiliar to me items, but what didn't perp WAGged nicely. Familiarity with Norse myth and the Mario Brothers helped. Never heard of a bucket hat, but found the other headwear without noticing the bucket shape. D'oh! I like the word FEIGNED for some reason but I don't know why! A nice reference by Waseely to the Tower of Babel.
ReplyDeleteCorrecting my comment above: the billboards I remember were apparently for the TV series "Vikings," Season 5, episode 20, January 2019, billed as "Vikings: Ragnarok." I had given up watching the series by then, but apparently it was a great season finale. There were earlier Ragnarok films.
ReplyDeleteHola!
ReplyDeleteIs it really only Thursday? This puzzle felt more like Friday. Today's challenges for me: RAGNOROK (I never saw Thor), KOOPA (not a turtles fan), SEITAN (I'm not vegetarian), however, I managed to finish in spite of those stumbling blocks.
My dad wore a FEDORA. I have some photos of him sporting one.
Not in a million years would I have known RAGNAROK or SEITAN. Luckily the perps filled them.
DINAR is close enough to dinero so I can remember it.
NAPA is very dear to me and I enjoy visiting the Christian Brothers monastery there. I correspond with Brother Ricardo who is a good friend.
My friend, Kathy, sometimes wears a BUCKET HAT.
IrishMiss, thank you for all those CSOs! I love FLAN but haven't made it in a long time and it requires so much sugar which is taboo for me!
Have a wonderful day, everyone!
DNF - RAGNAROK was lurking somewhere in the cobwebs of my mind, but I had no idea how to spell it and that doomed all it's little friends in the area.
ReplyDeleteA bucket hat is as simple as it gets with a droopy brim. Many are so light that you can scrunch them up and put 'em in your pocket. As billocohoes said, think Gilligan.
FIW. As mentioned by several, RAGNOROK, SEITAN, and KOOPA were all unknowns. That left two cells I had to WAG, and got both wrong. All that time and effort, and came up short. Doesn't seem fair to have three obscurities crossing each other. Oh well, all I can say is, "Ya got me, JM", caught out my ignorance. Thanx to Bill for the nice explanation and fine write-up. Oh, I didn't see the "bucket hats", either. All-in-all, not my best day.
ReplyDeleteBUCKET HAT- I saw the hats after a few fills but it was a struggle to ultimately FIW. I managed to get all but two unknowns that crossed- RAGNORAK & KOOPA. I knew it was Ragnor-something but KOOPA- not a clue for that. RAGNORAK? Unknown to me.
ReplyDeleteEXACT change- for lack of loose coins many convenience stores now require 'exact change' on some purchases. I've seen people use a debit card for a bottle of water.
MEWL- I knew it, only because I've seen it before but never outside of a crossword puzzle.
But as for NEO-PRONOUN, BLUNT CUT and SEITAN- filled them correctly but never heard of those.
ARLO and LISA- perps for those two.
Perhaps the puzzle, and the comments here, will give me the kick in the ass I need to locate, and start wearing, my fedora.
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteThanks Joseph for the perfect level of difficulty Thursday puzzle with a topper theme. Congrats on the LAT debut.
Thanks waseely for the fine review; I knew RAGNAROK but not really what it meant.
WO: ITsY
ESPs: LISA, ARLO (as clued), SEITAN,
Fav: LETS ROLL - I say it all the time. But, if we're headed for Chinese food, I say lettuce roll #DadJoke
Enjoyed reading y'all
Gotta run.
Cheers, -T
Love the Arthur Rackham art in your posting of the final scene of Götterdämmerung, waseeley.
ReplyDelete-T @4:13 PM That's a RIPE one Tony -- fully groan! 😀
ReplyDeleteJayce @5:03 PM Thanks for that. I didn't know the name of the illustrator. Rackham is credited for art for The Twilight of the Gods in his Wiki.
I had a roommate in college named Ragnar. He taught me a lot about Norway, his place of birth, and some cultural history, so I knew RAGNAROK. He also tried to teach me how to speak Norwegian, but I simply couldn't learn it. He also taught me how to ride a motorcycle and introduced me to the Zündapp brand. A year later I bought one for myself, a "Super Sabre". Rode it back and forth between New Haven and Philadelphia several times.
ReplyDeleteOh, I liked this puzzle.
I am in awe of the BUCKET HAT theme answers. No idea how those hats are bucket hats, though. Other than that the answers are hat names in a bucket shape. Never heard that term before.
ReplyDeleteSorry, but crossing utterly unguessable SEITA?/RAG?ARO?/?OOPA is just unfair and not nice. Had RAGEAROY and that is just as good a guess as any.
From Yesterday:
Lucina Way cool about your husband building and giving away radios. Do you know anything about the details of the radios?
I’m another in the camp hating that triple natick — cruel and unusual punishment within an otherwise-fun puzzle. Pulling RAGNAROK out of my addled brain saved my arse from a FIW so I guess I can’t grouse too loudly about it.
ReplyDeleteBucket hats, Gilligan hats, call ‘em what y’want — they’ve been around forever. But give me a nice Panama any day; I’ll channel my inner Steven Bishop, wearing one of my Hawai’ian shirts under a linen suit (if I want to go formal, that is) 😎 LETS ROLL!
====> Darren / L.A.
Thanks and congrats to Joseph on his debut!
ReplyDeleteI had a one-box FIW because I went with a C instead of a K in box #31
FAV: Saintly ring
Thanks to waseeley for his in-depth review! That SNL skit was an EXACT fit.
Picard, it's been many years and for a long time I kept an unfinished one just for the memory. They were small kits which contained all the components for a radio. He could complete one in just a short time. His early training had been in repairing TVs so he knew what to do. Later in life and when he finished his education he taught school and eventually became an administrator.
ReplyDeleteI forget to say that he also taught some neighborhood children how to assemble the radios.
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