Happy Tuesday, everyone! sumdaze here. For those of you keeping track, the enchanting Hahtoolah (our usual Tuesday blogger) is away this month so Anonymous T (aka, -T) has been covering the Tuesday puzzles. This week, however, -T and I switched days so he could review C.C.'s and my puzzle that ran yesterday.
Theme: 
The remaining letters are the "stuffing", as seen in the grid below:
27. Sense of self: EGO.
28. More miffed: SORER.
34. Noshes: EATS. Nosh means "to eat a snack".
38. "I'm well __": AWARE.
39. North Pole worker: ELF.
40. Egyptian peninsula: SINAI.
41. Internet phenomenon: MEME. We know that a MEME is a humorous or interesting image, video, etc. that spreads quickly across the internet. This has led to the term meme stock to refer to a corporation that has a cult-like following on social media. GameStock is widely regarded as the first meme stock. Read more here.
44. Sci-fi robot: DROID. Science Fiction is shortened, so is anDROID.
46. Reuben bread: RYE.
47. Aliens, briefly: ETS. and 56 Down. Sci-fi saucers: UFOS.
50. Winter hrs. in Boston: EST. Eastern Standard Time
51. Quiet place to get a loan: LIBRARY. This was my favorite clue today! A LIBRARY loans books.
55. Arouses, as curiosity: PIQUES. Fun word!
57. Otherwise: ELSE.
58. Volcano opening?: VEE. and 57 Down. Mediterranean volcano: ETNA.
3. Courtroom fig. with a keyboard: STENO. Figure, in this case, is a human STENOgrapher.
4. Always, poetically: E'ER. a contraction for ever
5. Musical instrument named for its shape: TRIANGLE.
7. Legendary folk singer Joan: BAEZ.
8. Wrap up: END.
9. Deep-fried Japanese dish: TEMPURA. I first misread the clue as "fish" so I thought I was in deep water for a minute there.
10. Jazz sessions: JAMS.
11. Overact: EMOTE.
12. Medium's medium: TAROT. Fun wordplay! An expanded version of this clue could be a spiritual go-between's materials.
13. Fashion sense: STYLE.
18. Didn't ask for a card in blackjack: STOOD. In blackjack, once you are dealt your first two cards, you must decide if you are going to hit or stand. To stand means you are satisfied with the cards that you have been dealt and do not want any additional draw cards.
19. Limerick's land: EIRE.
24. Came close to: NEARED.
25. Warm and cozy: COMFY.
28. Waldorf __: SALAD. There are no TOMATOES in this SALAD. You can easily identify Waldorf SALADs at a buffet because they contain apples and mayonnaise. recipe
29. "Stranger Things" actor Paul: REISER. Paul is an actor and comedian. He was born in 1956 in New York, NY. You might remember him from the 1990s TV show Mad About You with Helen Hunt. In 2017-2022, he played Dr. Sam Owens in Netflix's Stranger Things. I saw Paul's stand-up show a few years back. He was very funny!
30. Los Angeles footballer: RAM.
31. Need to pay: OWE.
32. Sweet tuber: YAM.
33. Kindled again: RELIT. Def.: to light again.
35. FAQ entry: ANS. Frequently Asked Questions pages provide ANSwers.
36. Greek consonant that resembles a "T": TAU.
37. __ card: smartphone insert: SIM.
Tomatoes just might be my favorite food ever so I loved, loved, loved today's theme! Constructor Susan Gelfand has cleverly STUFFED three varieties of tomatoes with other letters to form two-word phrases. Did you see the TOMATOES? Here are the three themers:
17 Across. Fondly remembered moment: CHERISHED MEMORY. CHERRY
Close your eyes and one will appear.
30 Across. Netflix's "The Crown," for one: ROYAL DRAMA. ROMA
The Crown is a TV series that ran on Netflix from 2016-2023. It followed the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.
42 Across. Pretend to be asleep: PLAY POSSUM. PLUM
There are many stories of people who were sure a possum was dead, went to get removal tools, then returned to find the possum had run away. Tricky, tricky!
The reveal was a fun surprise:
59 Across. Rice-filled appetizers with red shells, and a hint to the words that bookend 17-, 30-, and 42-Across: STUFFED TOMATOES.
Here is a recipe for rice-stuffed tomatoes.
"Rice" might be a red herring here for some. Instead, the focus is on how three types of tomatoes are spelled out in the bookends of the phrases.
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| Left to right: CHERRY, ROMA, and PLUM tomatoes. |
The remaining letters are the "stuffing", as seen in the grid below:
Great job, Susan! If your puzzle were a movie, it would get this Rotten Tomatoes score: 
Next we will ketchup on the other clues:
Across:
1. Change back to zero: RESET. This works if you think of RESETting the trip odometer in your car.
6. Aid and __: ABET. Doing this could get you in trouble.
10. Elton John's "Bennie and the __": JETS. Here you g-g-g-g-g-go!
14. Playful furry swimmer: OTTER.
1. Change back to zero: RESET. This works if you think of RESETting the trip odometer in your car.
6. Aid and __: ABET. Doing this could get you in trouble.
10. Elton John's "Bennie and the __": JETS. Here you g-g-g-g-g-go!
14. Playful furry swimmer: OTTER.
I am going to use this as an opportunity to tell you about Rosa, a beloved Southern Sea OTTER at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Rosa passed away earlier this month. At 24 years old, she was the oldest known member of her species. (Female sea otters in the wild live between 15 and 20 years.) During her time at the aquarium, Rosa served as a surrogate mother to 15 orphaned otter pups! This is a 1:35 min. video reflection on Rosa's life. You can see her teaching a pup important otter skills. If you would like to read more about Rosa, click here then read the post below the video.
15. Source of torment: BANE.
16. She loves, in Latin: AMAT.
20. Flesh and blood: KIN.
21. The whole nine yards: A TO Z. I like how the mood of the clue matches the answer.
22. Spirited person: PISTOL. My friend named her very spirited Goldendoodle PISTOL.
23. "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer Sinéad: O'CONNOR. (1966-2023) She was a singer, song writer, and activist from Ireland.
15. Source of torment: BANE.
16. She loves, in Latin: AMAT.
20. Flesh and blood: KIN.
21. The whole nine yards: A TO Z. I like how the mood of the clue matches the answer.
22. Spirited person: PISTOL. My friend named her very spirited Goldendoodle PISTOL.
23. "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer Sinéad: O'CONNOR. (1966-2023) She was a singer, song writer, and activist from Ireland.
Nothing Compares 2 U was named the
Top World Single of the Year by Billboard for 1990.
25. Mongrel: CUR.
26. Summer in Saint-Étienne: ETE. ETE means summer in French.
26. Summer in Saint-Étienne: ETE. ETE means summer in French.
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| Its sister city in the USA is Des Moines, Iowa. |
28. More miffed: SORER.
34. Noshes: EATS. Nosh means "to eat a snack".
38. "I'm well __": AWARE.
40. Egyptian peninsula: SINAI.
41. Internet phenomenon: MEME. We know that a MEME is a humorous or interesting image, video, etc. that spreads quickly across the internet. This has led to the term meme stock to refer to a corporation that has a cult-like following on social media. GameStock is widely regarded as the first meme stock. Read more here.
44. Sci-fi robot: DROID. Science Fiction is shortened, so is anDROID.
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| These DROID postage stamps came out in 2021. These ARE the DROID stamps you are looking for. |
46. Reuben bread: RYE.
47. Aliens, briefly: ETS. and 56 Down. Sci-fi saucers: UFOS.
50. Winter hrs. in Boston: EST. Eastern Standard Time
51. Quiet place to get a loan: LIBRARY. This was my favorite clue today! A LIBRARY loans books.
55. Arouses, as curiosity: PIQUES. Fun word!
57. Otherwise: ELSE.
58. Volcano opening?: VEE. and 57 Down. Mediterranean volcano: ETNA.
V is for "volcano".
I enjoy meta clues but I know some of you are not fond of them.
62. Hodgepodge: OLIO. a miscellaneous mixture
63. PlayStation maker: SONY.
64. Unsophisticated: NAIVE.
65. Rx orders: MEDS. "Rx" was a hint that the answer would be abbreviated.
66. Whole bunch: SCAD.
67. Agrees (with): SIDES. When used as a verb, SIDES can mean "to align oneself in a disagreement".
Down:
1. Young wallaby in a Nickelodeon animated series: ROCKO. ESP for me.
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| Another word for a volcano opening is a vent. |
62. Hodgepodge: OLIO. a miscellaneous mixture
63. PlayStation maker: SONY.
64. Unsophisticated: NAIVE.
65. Rx orders: MEDS. "Rx" was a hint that the answer would be abbreviated.
66. Whole bunch: SCAD.
67. Agrees (with): SIDES. When used as a verb, SIDES can mean "to align oneself in a disagreement".
Down:
1. Young wallaby in a Nickelodeon animated series: ROCKO. ESP for me.
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| This is ROCKO Wallaby. |
2. Moral standard: ETHIC.
3. Courtroom fig. with a keyboard: STENO. Figure, in this case, is a human STENOgrapher.
4. Always, poetically: E'ER. a contraction for ever
5. Musical instrument named for its shape: TRIANGLE.
This guy is the Yo-Yo Ma of the TRIANGLE! (1:55 min.)
6. Really hate: ABHOR.
7. Legendary folk singer Joan: BAEZ.
8. Wrap up: END.
9. Deep-fried Japanese dish: TEMPURA. I first misread the clue as "fish" so I thought I was in deep water for a minute there.
10. Jazz sessions: JAMS.
11. Overact: EMOTE.
12. Medium's medium: TAROT. Fun wordplay! An expanded version of this clue could be a spiritual go-between's materials.
18. Didn't ask for a card in blackjack: STOOD. In blackjack, once you are dealt your first two cards, you must decide if you are going to hit or stand. To stand means you are satisfied with the cards that you have been dealt and do not want any additional draw cards.
19. Limerick's land: EIRE.
24. Came close to: NEARED.
25. Warm and cozy: COMFY.
28. Waldorf __: SALAD. There are no TOMATOES in this SALAD. You can easily identify Waldorf SALADs at a buffet because they contain apples and mayonnaise. recipe
29. "Stranger Things" actor Paul: REISER. Paul is an actor and comedian. He was born in 1956 in New York, NY. You might remember him from the 1990s TV show Mad About You with Helen Hunt. In 2017-2022, he played Dr. Sam Owens in Netflix's Stranger Things. I saw Paul's stand-up show a few years back. He was very funny!
31. Need to pay: OWE.
32. Sweet tuber: YAM.
33. Kindled again: RELIT. Def.: to light again.
35. FAQ entry: ANS. Frequently Asked Questions pages provide ANSwers.
36. Greek consonant that resembles a "T": TAU.
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| TAU is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet. |
37. __ card: smartphone insert: SIM.
A SIM card, or Subscriber Identity Module, is a small, removable smart card that stores information about a mobile device's network plan, contacts, and other data. SIM cards are usually made of PVC and contain an embedded chip with integrated circuits (ICs) and semiconductors.
40. Protein-rich legumes: SOYBEANS.
42. Have in one's hands: POSSESS.
43. Light refractor: PRISM.
45. Snorkeling spot: REEF.
47. English derby town: EPSOM. I would have had this one quicker if it asked about the salts.
40. Protein-rich legumes: SOYBEANS.
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| Soy in Spanish means "I am". |
42. Have in one's hands: POSSESS.
43. Light refractor: PRISM.
45. Snorkeling spot: REEF.
47. English derby town: EPSOM. I would have had this one quicker if it asked about the salts.
The EPSOM Derby is a horserace comparable in significance to the Preakness Stakes on this side of the pond in that it is the second race in the English Triple Crown. A three-year-old bay colt named City of Troy won the Epsom Derby three Saturdays ago. 
48. Sports championship: TITLE. As in, "They won the TITLE".
49. Underwater ink squirter: SQUID. why squids squirt ink
51. Fallingwater architect Frank __ Wright: LLOYD. This is a 5:10 minute vlog (video blog) about Falling water. Listening to the water takes it up a notch from just looking at a photo.
48. Sports championship: TITLE. As in, "They won the TITLE".
49. Underwater ink squirter: SQUID. why squids squirt ink
51. Fallingwater architect Frank __ Wright: LLOYD. This is a 5:10 minute vlog (video blog) about Falling water. Listening to the water takes it up a notch from just looking at a photo.
52. Steer clear of: AVOID.
53. "Superman" actor Christopher: REEVE. (1952 - 2004) He first played Superman in 1978. My friends and I had super-crushes on him.
54. Positive responses: YESES.
60. "What's up, __?": DOC.
61. __ chi: martial art: TAI. Does anyone on The Corner do this? I used to see groups doing it in parks in Hawaii -- very zen. I hope to try it someday.
53. "Superman" actor Christopher: REEVE. (1952 - 2004) He first played Superman in 1978. My friends and I had super-crushes on him.
60. "What's up, __?": DOC.
61. __ chi: martial art: TAI. Does anyone on The Corner do this? I used to see groups doing it in parks in Hawaii -- very zen. I hope to try it someday.
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| That's all for today. See you next Monday! |
40 comments:
After I got the reveal, I went back and saw all the “tomatoes.”
There was very little obscurity in this puzzle (except perhaps for the “o” of “Rocko.”) I found it quite easy; nearly as easy as yesterday’s, which is about “par for the course” for a Tuesday. FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Susan is a veteran puzzle setter, and this one was an excellent sample of her skills. D-o even managed to get the theme...after reading the reveal and searching for the split tomatoes. (When mom would lay down the law, she'd issue an "old tomato.") Enjoyed your salad skills, sumdaze.
STENO: My niece had a career as a court reporter in Mpls. In later years she struck out on her own recording depositions -- better hours, better pay.
COMFY: I'm a firm believer that clothing should be COMFY. Life's too short to spend it in uncomfortable clothes.
"Falling Water": We stopped there in the '90s. Interesting, but very impractical, house. In recent years it required stabilization to keep it from falling into the creek -- cost more than it did to build the place.
FIR, but erased crude for NAIVE. I've been accused of being crude many times, but never NAIVE.
Waldorf is also a town in Maryland. It is primarily known for being impossible to transit by automobile during the Christmas shopping season. (Amazon may have changed this.)
I get Sinead mixed up with Sade.
If you are ever in the Lakeland, Fl area, you may want to take a few hours to tour the many Florida Southern College buildings that were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Thanks to Ha2la for the fine Tuesday offering, and to sumdaze for 'splainin' it all to us.
Good Morning:
This was a clever theme, well-hidden until the reveal, at least to me. The only unknown was Rocko, easily perped, and no w/os, two sure signs of an easy and enjoyable solve. I like the word Piques and I liked the entry, Play Possum. Also like the duos of Ram/Yam and ETs/UFOs. And, of course, CC's favorite catch-all, Olio. All in all, good fun!
Thanks, Susan, and thanks, sumdaze, for the detailed review and commentary. Welcome back! I especially enjoyed the adorable Rosa and the Fallingwaters video. I would have loved to see the interior of that landmark house. I second your love of tomatoes. I'm looking forward to the summer's home-grown crop, along with the delicious sweet corn. Yummers, as Hahtoolah would say.
Have a great day.
GREetings, this took 4:54 today for me to put down my pEN.
I didn't know this Rocko, though I finally spelled Baez properly.
I liked Stranger Things, though it the subsequent seasons felt repetitive.
I loved walking through Fallingwater.
FIR. Not a lot of tricky to this puzzle, but of course it is Tuesday.
Fortunately I didn't need the theme for the solve. When I got to the reveal I was bewildered. I kept looking at the two words in the long answers and just couldn't fathom what related them. I had to come here to have it explained to me.
But overall this was an enjoyable puzzle, so there's that.
Fun theme- WEES about solving the puzzle then discovering the tomatoes! My husband loves to garden and grows several variety of tomatoes both heirloom and small cherry tomatoes that the neighbor kids love to come over and pop in their mouths for a treat.
Frank LLOYD Wright has a home and studio in Wisconsin called Taliesin just West of Madison(where we used to live) in Spring Green. You can do a little road trip in Wisconsin and see different buildings he designed. I liked to go to Spring Green for the American Players Theater in the summer - an outdoor theater that puts on Shakespeare as well as others plays.
https://franklloydwrighttrail.org/
Thanks to Renee for the blog and Susan for the puzzle
Had no issues. My kind of Tues. puzzle. Few proper names and no foreign entries. Yeah!
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Susan and sumdaze.
I FIRed in good time, but forgot to look for the theme until I got here. Found the other two tomatoes after reading CHER RY.
No inkblots today, and the only unknown to me was REISER which perped.
We almost have a pangram today. From A TO Z (that would be pronounced ZED for this Canadian) and including TAU and VEE, but we are missing an X. Too bad.
I had a slight nit with “remembered” in the clue and MEMORY in the ANS.
I noted RESET and RELIT, ETS and UFOS, ETS and EST (beside each other).
Like IM, I like the word PIQUES.
I’ll take a CSO with MEDS after years of filling those Rx orders.
Wishing you all a great day.
Smooth CW. Perfect Tuesday level. Yes, not many proper names or weird abbreviations. Super enjoyable.
My grandniece just gave me a bunch of CHERRY tomatoes from her garden.
Great review Sumdaze. Thank you so much for the Rosa video. What a lovely creature.
Good Morning! Nice summertime puzzle with all the tomatoes today! Yum! Thanks, Susan. Summer tomatoes are the best! The season is never long enough!
AMAT: Freshman Latin too many decades ago, and I still remember it!
Hand up for ESP: ROCKO
COMFY is a good place to be.
Waldorf is a favorite SALAD often on our table when I was a kid, so I go back with it a long time. Once I had lunch at the Waldorf when visiting NYC and looked forward to tasting the “real thing.” Bzzzt! I wanted “traditional” but what was served had only apples as in the classic recipe. None of the usual ingredients. No mayo, no nuts, no grapes. Very disappointing. In my own recipe I have switched out orange juice for the lemon juice & sugar for a nice accent.
LLOYD: I never saw the clue as it had been filled by the perps when I got to it. I have toured Taliesin West, another of Wright’s designs. Very interesting.
Christopher REEVE. My favorite film with him is Somewhere In Time, a wonderfully romantic tale filmed on Mackinac Island.
Thanks, sumdaze, for today’s blog and yesterday’s puzzle. Always a treat to see your contributions.
A nice, easy and enjoyable Tuesday romp. Finished quickly, and the only nits were V for Volcano, and CUR as clued. My late, lovable mongrel was definitely no CUR! Theme? Oops! Knew I forgot something. Thanks, Sumdaze, and nice job, Susan!
New to me: Taliesin in Wisconsin. Taliesin West is near Phoenix AZ.
A wonderful puzzle by Susan and great review by Sumdaze! The theme was fun to find, relying on the reveal, but it did not contribute to the solve, at least for me. DNK ROCKO, actor Paul, or EPSOM as clued.
Sumdaze, thanks for the stuffed tomato recipe. It was interesting, as I've never heard of tomatoes filled with rice. I definitely connect with the SOY MILK cartoon, as that is on the daily menu here, and a little Spanish language humor is always welcome.
Thank you Susan for your usual delight constructor skills. Appropriate for a Tuesday with a theme that will soon be appropriate for the hot Summer days ahead.
And thank you sumdaze for pinch hitting for Hahtoolah with another fun, informative, and occasionally touching review (see e.g. 14A below)
Some favs:
14A OTTER. Renee, that tribute to Rosa was so adorable that I just shipped it off to my DIL to share with my youngest grandchildren.
41A MEME. A cross between Mnemonic and Gene, a term coined by the selfish biologist Richard Dawkins (see 27A) in his book The Selfish Gene.
47A ETS & 56D UFOS -- these are varieties of UAPS, variously defined as either Unidentifed Aerial Phenomena or Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. In my explorations of the YouTuberverse, I've just learned about these vegan UAPS.
67A SIDES. When used as a NOUN, it can mean something you NOSH, like French Fries.
5D TRIANGLE. Wow!
40D SOYBEANS. Thanks for the free Spanish lesson!
47D EPSOM. EPSOM salts were first first systematically described in 1806 for an deposit of magnesium sulphate near Epsom, Surrey, England, after which it was named. In addition to their medicinal uses they are also used to thicken clay slips (liquid clays used in decorating).
61D TAI. When we visited China to "get" my adopted grandson, I saw groups of (mostly) older people doing TAI CHI in the parks in Guangzhou. I believe it can also be used as a martial art.
Cheers,
Bill
Very little trouble to FIR in terrific Tuesday time, although like KS I looked for and didn't find the tomatoes. Dang! Very nice CW, no impossible names, or worse, crossing impossible names. Thanx SG for this fine, fun Tuesday creation. Thanx Sumdaze for the outstanding write-up, and for revealing the hidden tomatoes. As others have mentioned, I, too, LOVE tomatoes, although my many efforts to grow them have proven to be laborious and fruitless. If the namatodes didn't get them, the aphids did. And if somehow they didn't, the white flies were there to finish the job. My efforts to grow tomatoes made me a great admirer of farmers.
Hola!
It is always a welcome sign to see Susan Gelfand's name on a puzzle as they are usually creative and unique. This one fit that requirement.
ROYAL DRAMA. I have nieces whose behavior is sometimes described this way.
One of our traveling buddies always publishes our photos in book form thus providing us with many a CHERISHED MEMORY of our trips.
The late author and former jockey, Dick Francis, often placed his stories at EPSOM or other racing venues. I have the entire collection of his books.
I used to love the series, Mad about You, with Paul REISER and Helen Hunt.
Even in kindergarten the LIBRARY quickly became my favorite place when I started school.
Have a lovely day, everyone!
sumdaze!! I just finished another fun puzzle by you and CC in USA Today, the parent co. of my newspaper. Congratulations!! Thanks to you both!
Lot easier ‘n faster ‘n yesterday, uncomplicated theme. Core out the middle of the answers and yah got yerself some 🍅🍅 ’s. Was listening just now while driving to an NPR biopic on Ella Fitzgerald: “You say tomayto and I say tomahto”
STENO : Had a HS history teacher: when we complained he talked too fast for us to take notes he’d say “cut off your arm and write shorthand” (what? That doesn’t even make sense)
Sin-Aid O’connor was named after a head cold/allergy treatment:? ( I remember when she tore up a picture of the pope on SNL and the following week or so Joe Pesci ripped up a picture of her)
🎼”She AMAT you, yeah yeah yeah”🎶
SumD the “Rosa” story was OTTERly inspiring. 🦦
“Silent place to get a loan”: figured ATM something “🎤The kids in Bristol are spirited as a PISTOL when they do the eponymous Stomp” 🎵
Rockies and Alps ….PIQUES
YAMS etc…but not SOYBEANS. ….SIDES
What Simon had no penny for…AWARE
Insurance company that covers folks living near volcanoes…. ETNA
A 🔥 Scorcher🔥 today 🥵…. Setting the stage for the rest of the week. ☀️☀️. Drove up to our Adirondack🌲place ,Temperature is much cooler here just an hour drive north from home. Reason why the 19th century NYC big shots built their summer “great camps” here.
This was an enjoyable puzzle, perfect for a Tuesday. Like many, I love fresh-from-the-garden tomatoes. Favorite entries were PIQUE. And NAIVE.
Somewhere in Time, with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour was the most romantic, magical movie I’ve ever seen.
When we lived in The Bay Area, we visited the Monterey Bay Acquarium so many times I could have been a docent. My favorite exhibit was the otters, and I never tired of watching them play. Jack and I occasionally kayaked in the Bay in front of the Aquarium, and we were always careful to maintain a respectful distance from all the otters cavorting around us.
Thanks, Susan, for a delightful puzzle. Sumdaze, this was one of my favorite tours ever. Cute cartoons, adorable Rosa, Falling Water - so much to enjoy.
It sounds like Susan's terrific puzzle whet everyone's appetites for summer TOMATOES!
Thanks to IM, Monkey, waseeley, Ray-O, and Wendybird for commenting on Rosa! I get choked up thinking about her. Most days, my third monitor shows the OTTER web cam. I miss her.
Thanks to RosE@11:45 for mentioning the USA Today puzzle! I liked how the title was a good fit to one of C.C.'s fun long-fills. Anon-T, if you are checking in today, there is a Fibonacci clue in there you might like.
FLN. C-Echo@2:10. I looked up the SASS website and watched a YouTube video. I loved all the costumes. You could tell everyone was having a good time. It's contagious!
A fitting puzzle for a Tuesday, straightforward clueing, sans too many proper names, very little misdirection. Managed a FIR in a little over 8 minutes, some fills entirely perped. Sussed the theme after the reveal (circles would have made it too easy). Didn’t know ROCKO, but the last O perped. TROMBONE didn’t work for the musical instrument 🙄. There’s a Frank LLOYD Wright house not far from where I live. I agree about homegrown tomatoes, can’t beat ‘em’, but alas the short season, hot-house on the vine are OK but don’t compare. You can’t buy the best ones in stores cuz they don’t ship well. Thanks Susan for your fine creation!
RosE ~ have you been to Mackinac Island? I have numerous times, beautiful place!
sumdaze ~ you are getting quite prolific, yesterday LAT, today USA, impressive! I did that one also without seeing the byline, glad RosE mentioned it. It was titled “I Won’t Stand For It” (Freestyle). Couldn’t figure a theme 🤷♂️. I liked the cartoon about the pants, “good” and “dress” are not synonymous 🤣
I am an outlier here as I don't really like TOMATOES very much. And I find them inedible if they are cooked. I am OK with raw ROMA TOMATOES. Got the theme quickly and RO-MA helped with that solve. Fun puzzle!
sumdaze Thanks for the many illustrations. Especially enjoyed the TRIANGLE and FALLINGWATER videos.
On Sunday my friend Dusty prepared Shrimp TEMPURA Sushi for those of us at the Solstice Workshop.
Very kind of Dusty to volunteer his excellent culinary skills and it was also a chance for us to donate to Solstice. The big parade is this Saturday and my professional photographer friend Virginia is coming down from San Francisco to photograph it. Yes, I will be on my unicycle again.
Sumdaze...Yes, SASS events are always great fun, and nobody takes things too seriously. (Except safety, of course!) To quote the Smothers Brothers take on "Streets of Laredo", "...and if you get an outfit you can be a cowboy too."
Musings
-My search for the gimmick was futile until the reveal.
-Everyone competes to have the first tomatoes in town. Soon after everyone has tomatoes and can’t give them away.
-There is no taste to winter tomatoes here in our part of the world
-Our TOMATOES get a healthy dose of EPSOM salts at planting
-I have KIN who has a shot to make the Olympic team in the 800-meter running for Division 2 University of Nebraska at Kearney
-The RAMS won a Super Bowl when they spent a few years in St. Louis. They name just didn’t work there.
-REEVE will always be Superman, Connery will always be 007, Sellers will always be Clouseau…
-Lovely job, Renee!
YooperPhil @ 1:35. The USA Today puzzle was themeless. I think they made an error in listing my name first. C.C. built the grid. I just helped with some of the clues. Her name should have been listed first.
sumdaze @4:02 PM I think the convention is similar to scientific publications. The junior scientist, who came up with the idea is listed first, and the senior scientist, who insures that the results were actually true is last. Or maybe not.
Delightful Tuesday puzzle, Susan, a real pleasure, many thanks. And I just loved all your fun and colorful pictures along with your helpful explanations, Sumdaze, many thanks for that gift too.
As soon as I saw OTTER I looked forward to seeing other critters in the puzzle. But all we got was that little CUR and that playful POSSUM. Maybe we'd get some EATS, I wondered, and sure enough there were some SOY BEANS and some YAM and even some STUFFED TOMATOES (I don't think we'd want any SQUID for lunch, would we?). After all that, do we watch some ROYAL DRAMA on TV, or go to the LIBRARY and read a book. Hey, I'm not NAIVE, I'll choose the latter.
Have a sunny afternoon and a pleasant evening, everybody.
When was the last time you visited your local loaning library?
Jayce, I went to my local public library just a couple of weeks ago. Libby rejected my library card, and I went in to inquire (polite for asking WTF???) Turns out my card had expired, and it had to be renewed in person.
Misty, I'll take your share of calamari if you're passing. (Why do we say "shrimp scampi" but not "squid calamari?")
Nice theme, well executed. Took until the revealer for that aha (never oho!) moment.
Never knew you could have just one SCAD. I guess they aren't like potato chips.
Waseely at 10:56 AM, thank you for the "vegan UAPS" link!
Libraries, love em, if my local library doesn’t have a title I’m looking for the libs will order it. Our library is closer than the Barnes & Noble and everything from holds to notifications are online. Plus every magazine imaginable and what left of the city newspaper, DVD and CDs . Our library is part of the Midyork system so if they don’t got it they kin git it ASAP from one of 43 others in the system in 3 counties. The hub is the Utica public library (est 1904 Natl Register of historic places) great place just to explore
Jinx and Ray-O, I'm glad you appreciate and use your local libraries. The library I patronize calls itself a lending library. They don't offer loans. Banks do.
Off topic: Can anyone instruct me on how to insert a hyperlink in a comment post? Much appreciated!
Prof M @7:24 PM: The instructions are listed in a link in the Olio section of the Main Blogger page. I copied the instructions here:
How to Create a Link at Comments Section
Link text
Copy and paste the above gibberish link syntax into the Comment section.
Then, erase letters url (keep the quotation mark), and insert whichever website you want to link (copy and paste the website from the Address Bar). Then erase words Link text and replace them with whatever words you want your link to be named. Please bookmark this page, the nerds' nerdy but accurate explanation. The "Link syntax" box under "An HTML Link" is what I'm babbling here. Also, if you want certain words/sentences of your comments to be bold or italic, here are more fancy commands for you. Use the same principle as "How to make a link". Very simple, copy and paste. Additionally, I suggest you download Firefox. It has automatic spell-check function for comments. Much better than Internet Explorer. C.C. PS: If you still have problems with the link, please email Bill. Click on his avatar, you will find his email address. Bill mentioned these instructions work on PC & Mac.
Sorry, the hyperlink jibberish text was put into it's own link which doesn't work, so you will have to go to the actual instructions in the Olio section.
Hi All!
Well that was a fun puzzle about one of my favorite foods (I have ROMAs and CHERRYs in my garden)! Thanks Suzan.
Wonderful expo, Sumdaze. I LOL'd at "these are the DROID stamps you're looking for."
WOs: ERE (duh), TEMPoRA
ESPs: only the clues I never read
Fav: the clue Medium's medium
FLN: TTP - yes, ORD. I had so much time to kill, I used one of my 2 annual lounge passes.
//BTW, if you must pay for a United Lounge pass, it's worth the $60. I spent near that on lunch b/f I went to check it [the lounge] out. There was good food (and beer) up there! And the bar-keeps were super friendly.
STENO - my Sis is studying to take live transcripts -- test sounds tough - 190wpm (IIRC) w/ 95% accuracy.
There are a few Frank LLOYD Write houses in SPI. They are amazing in the little details.
REEVE's father was Superman in the old B&W TV Supermans.
Wendybird - I've been to Monterey Bay Aquarium 3x. Such a cool place and then you can go outside and see some mammals IRL :-)
Sumdaze - I just played the The USA Today puzzle. Fibonacci clue was a gimme (it's the same answer if you start w/ Zero or not ;-))
ProfM - To insert a hyperlink type:
<a href="your link here">Text for that link</a>
To me, at least, that is the easiest way to do it. YMMV.
Enjoyed reading y'all!
Cheers, -T
*oh, and mind your spaces with the <a href="..."> otherwise, it no workie.
Your href= is something like "https://www.whatevesrs.com/path/path/source" with NO spaces between the = and "https://..."
Try it a few times and delete your mistakes. TTP won't mind cleaning up the mess :-)
//if you see a deleted post before mine, it's 'cuz I got my >: & < backwards on the 1st go. #dyslexia
-T
I forgot to mention how much I enjoy tomatoes! For me a salad must have them though most of the time I use cherry tomatoes because they are easy to cut and last longer.
And I, too, will take Misty's calamari to share. We usually get those as appetizers and they are quickly gone.
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