Happy Monday, everyone! sumdaze here with a chosen, golden, and unbeaten puzzle sure to take you straight to your own personal Eden.
Theme: EN-dive
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| Note: I could not find a pic of a diving endive on the internet so I made this image of an endive in scuba gear using Copilot AI. Is this a first? (using AI to blog on The Corner) |
Let's dive right en and take a look at the four themers:
17 Across. *Background for a scene using CGI: GREEN SCREEN.
A green screen lets filmmakers drop in whatever background images behind the subject they want (e.g., scary alien, historic castle, futuristic planet, or even a real but hard-to-access location). The GREEN SCREEN singles out the selected color and digitally removes it by rendering it transparent, allowing the other image to show through. This is why TV weather forecasters never wear green. They are standing in front of a GREEN SCREEN!
24 Across. *Meditation area with raked sand: ZEN GARDEN.
The Ryoanji Temple Rock Garden in Kyoto is one of Japan's most famous gardens. The 15 stones are perfectly arranged so that there is always one rock that is hidden from view, regardless of where the viewer stands.
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49 Across. *Broadway star who won a Tony for "Pippin": BEN VEREEN.
Ben Vereen was born October 10, 1946 in North Carolina. In 1973 he won a Tony award for "Best Actor in a Musical" as the lead in Pippin. These days he teaches classes online and in person. He also makes cameo TV appearances. Here he is performing Simple Joys from Pippin. (2:35 min.)
60. *Circle K competitor: SEVEN ELEVEN.
Both are convenience stores. This website compares them head-to-head.
Today's reveal is found mid-grid:
38 Across. Involves, or a phonetic feature of the answers to the starred clues?: ENTAILS.
This was a fun reveal! At first I was looking for some sort of rhyming connection but BEN VEREEN does not rhyme. Instead, the answers to the starred clues are all two-word answers such that every word ends with the letters E then N. In this way, E and N are tails (ends).
Seeing phonetic (Def.: "of or relating to speech sounds") in the clue threw me a bit. Some of these words are pronounced with a long e sound and some with a short e sound.
Fasten your seatbelts, we have more clues which I am keen to explore!
1. Bus destination: STOP. Oh, the bus is headed to the 'bus STOP'. Fun start!
5. Upscale place for a furry friend: PET SPA.
11. Like some Pride Month celebrants: GAY. LGBTQIA+
14. Sigh of lament: AH, ME.
15. Cold and unwavering: STEELY.
1. Wise ones: SAGES.
2. Pitched: THREW.
3. Breakfast buffet station: OMELET BAR. Perhaps you can pair your omelet with a 58A MIMOSA.
4. Leaf __: fall tourists: PEEPERS.
5. Hushed "Hey!": PSST.
6. "I could go on" abbr.: ETC. In The King and I, starring 57-Across YUL Brynner, the King shows off that he has learned the Latin phrase et cetera. (51 sec.)
7. Like a one-word reply: TERSE. true
8. Going out with: SEEING. another way to say "dating"
9. Admitted to charges in court: PLED GUILTY.
10. Author Rand: AYN.
11. Grow mold, maybe: GO BAD.
46. Lifework of a composer: OEUVRE. Def. (noun) a substantial body of work constituting the lifework of a writer, an artist, or a composer.
48. Commuter option: RAIL. I thought "computer" for too long.
49. Gymnastics balance testers: BEAMS. The Olympic balance beam is 4 in. (10 cm.) wide, 16.4 ft. (5 meters) long, and 4.1 ft. (1.25 meters) from the floor.
50. Proofreader's catch: ERROR. I do'nt has a prooffreader.
51. "Neato!": NIFTY.
52. Ketanji's colleague: ELENA. Supreme Court Justices Brown Jackson and Kagan
54. Passkey keepers: USERS. think "computers"
55. Bamboo-loving bear: PANDA.
58. Paltry: MERE.
60. Moment, briefly: SEC. SECond
61. Pickleball barrier: NET.
Here is the grid:
That's the ENd. Have a great week, everyone!
Across:
1. Bus destination: STOP. Oh, the bus is headed to the 'bus STOP'. Fun start!
5. Upscale place for a furry friend: PET SPA.
11. Like some Pride Month celebrants: GAY. LGBTQIA+
14. Sigh of lament: AH, ME.
15. Cold and unwavering: STEELY.
Steely Dan ~ Do It Again ~ 1972
16. "I __ it all to you": OWE. Thanks, C.C.!!
19. "Pow!": BAM. 
20. Moray trap: EEL POT.
21. PBS "Science Kid": SID. Sid the Science Kid was an animated TV show created by Jim Henson of The Muppets fame. It aired from 2008 to 2012.
22. Steal: TAKE.
23. Like watermelon: SWEET. SWEET, I like watermelon, too.
26. Hip-hop group A __ Called Quest: TRIBE. Wiki lists their active years as 1985-1998, 2006-2013, and 2015-2017.
28. Hindu spiritual adviser: GURU. I asked my spiritual advisor to help me understand my place in this world. He replied GEE, YOU ARE YOU.
29. Stretches the truth: FIBS.
31. Busy __ bee: AS A.
33. Val Kilmer's "Top Gun" role: ICEMAN. Military pilots use call signs as a way to stay anonymous to their enemies while on the radio while flying. "Iceman" was Val Kilmer's call sign in the 1986 movie Top Gun. He reprised the role in Top Gun: Maverick (2022).
37. 1990 civil rights law, briefly: ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
40. Pop singer Rita: ORA. I wonder if she knows that she has become a crossword regular.
41. Pointy-nosed fish: MARLIN. They use their spear-like "bills" to slash at and stun their prey.
43. Class with crayons: ART.
44. __ pump: SUMP. It can help protect your basement from flooding. more info
45. Oft-crumbled cookie: OREO. Through the miracle of co-branding, they are now selling Coca-Cola OREOs for a limited time. Has anyone tried these?
47. Lew of "Dr. Kildare" films: AYRES. Lewis Frederick Ayres III (1908-1996)
53. Eagerly took in: ATE UP. To "eat up" can mean "to listen to with enthusiasm or appreciation" as in "The audience ate up the speaker's every word."
56. Great Lake near Detroit: ERIE.
57. Actor Brynner: YUL. Yuliy Borishovich Briner (1920-1985) was a Russian-born actor best known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in The King and I. See 6-Down.
58. Champagne cocktail: MIMOSA. These are usually made with equal parts champagne and orange juice and are served at brunch.
59. Dog park greeting: ARF.
21. PBS "Science Kid": SID. Sid the Science Kid was an animated TV show created by Jim Henson of The Muppets fame. It aired from 2008 to 2012.
22. Steal: TAKE.
23. Like watermelon: SWEET. SWEET, I like watermelon, too.
26. Hip-hop group A __ Called Quest: TRIBE. Wiki lists their active years as 1985-1998, 2006-2013, and 2015-2017.
28. Hindu spiritual adviser: GURU. I asked my spiritual advisor to help me understand my place in this world. He replied GEE, YOU ARE YOU.
29. Stretches the truth: FIBS.
31. Busy __ bee: AS A.
33. Val Kilmer's "Top Gun" role: ICEMAN. Military pilots use call signs as a way to stay anonymous to their enemies while on the radio while flying. "Iceman" was Val Kilmer's call sign in the 1986 movie Top Gun. He reprised the role in Top Gun: Maverick (2022).
37. 1990 civil rights law, briefly: ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
40. Pop singer Rita: ORA. I wonder if she knows that she has become a crossword regular.
41. Pointy-nosed fish: MARLIN. They use their spear-like "bills" to slash at and stun their prey.
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44. __ pump: SUMP. It can help protect your basement from flooding. more info
45. Oft-crumbled cookie: OREO. Through the miracle of co-branding, they are now selling Coca-Cola OREOs for a limited time. Has anyone tried these?
47. Lew of "Dr. Kildare" films: AYRES. Lewis Frederick Ayres III (1908-1996)
53. Eagerly took in: ATE UP. To "eat up" can mean "to listen to with enthusiasm or appreciation" as in "The audience ate up the speaker's every word."
57. Actor Brynner: YUL. Yuliy Borishovich Briner (1920-1985) was a Russian-born actor best known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in The King and I. See 6-Down.
58. Champagne cocktail: MIMOSA. These are usually made with equal parts champagne and orange juice and are served at brunch.
"A dog park is like high school for dogs."
Marmaduke ~ 2010 ~ (1:16 min.)
62. Bon __: witticism: MOT. English borrowed this term from French. It literally means "good word" but is used to mean a clever remark. We see many examples in The Corner's Comments section.
63. Wage recipient: EARNER.
64. Mathlete, to some: NERD.
65. Texter's "Whoops": SRY. SoRrY
66. Make from scratch: CREATE.
67. Constellation bear: URSA.
Down:
63. Wage recipient: EARNER.
64. Mathlete, to some: NERD.
65. Texter's "Whoops": SRY. SoRrY
66. Make from scratch: CREATE.
67. Constellation bear: URSA.
Down:
1. Wise ones: SAGES.
2. Pitched: THREW.
3. Breakfast buffet station: OMELET BAR. Perhaps you can pair your omelet with a 58A MIMOSA.
4. Leaf __: fall tourists: PEEPERS.
6. "I could go on" abbr.: ETC. In The King and I, starring 57-Across YUL Brynner, the King shows off that he has learned the Latin phrase et cetera. (51 sec.)
7. Like a one-word reply: TERSE. true
8. Going out with: SEEING. another way to say "dating"
9. Admitted to charges in court: PLED GUILTY.
10. Author Rand: AYN.
11. Grow mold, maybe: GO BAD.
If food has mold, is it safe to eat? (USDA website)
12. Tossing and turning: AWAKE.
Bobby Lewis ~ Tossin and Turnin ~ 1961
13. Arabian Peninsula country: YEMEN. Both Yemen and its capital Sana'a make for good fill.
18. Formal denial: NOT I. If you are talking about something you did not do, "Not I." is correct. (Who ate the last piece of pie? NOT I). On the other hand, if you are talking about something that was not done to you, it is the objective case and "Not me," is correct. (Who had pie thrown in her face? Not me.)
22. __ crime: podcast genre: TRUE. Vogue recently listed the 39 best True Crime podcasts to listen to right now.
24. Citrus shavings: ZEST.
25. NBA "logo 3" paths: ARCS. I had no idea. It turns out, the term "logo 3" refers to a 3-point shot that is taken around the mid-court, near the logo that is painted on the floor. The path a ball follows when thrown is an ARC. (That last part I knew).
27. Particularly successful period: BANNER YEAR.
29. Relatives, slangily: FAM. FAMily
30. Journalist Tarbell: IDA. Ida Minerva Tarbell (1857-1944) was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer, and lecturer.
32. Level for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp: AAA. What a fun name for a baseball team! They are a Minor League Baseball (Triple-A) feeder team for the Miami Marlins.
34. Activate an image without clicking, say: MOUSE OVER. I usually say "hover over". If you MOUSE OVER the image above, you will see a message but if you click on it, it will change your screen.
35. Sleeve: ARM. Fair enough. A jacket's sleeve can be called an ARM.
36. Preschooler's snooze: NAP.
38. Limerick setting: EIRE. Not "Nantucket". This clue tries to misdirect us by taking advantage of the leading-cap convention.
39. Turkey neighbor: IRAN.
18. Formal denial: NOT I. If you are talking about something you did not do, "Not I." is correct. (Who ate the last piece of pie? NOT I). On the other hand, if you are talking about something that was not done to you, it is the objective case and "Not me," is correct. (Who had pie thrown in her face? Not me.)
22. __ crime: podcast genre: TRUE. Vogue recently listed the 39 best True Crime podcasts to listen to right now.
24. Citrus shavings: ZEST.
27. Particularly successful period: BANNER YEAR.
30. Journalist Tarbell: IDA. Ida Minerva Tarbell (1857-1944) was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer, and lecturer.
32. Level for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp: AAA. What a fun name for a baseball team! They are a Minor League Baseball (Triple-A) feeder team for the Miami Marlins.
34. Activate an image without clicking, say: MOUSE OVER. I usually say "hover over". If you MOUSE OVER the image above, you will see a message but if you click on it, it will change your screen.
35. Sleeve: ARM. Fair enough. A jacket's sleeve can be called an ARM.
36. Preschooler's snooze: NAP.
38. Limerick setting: EIRE. Not "Nantucket". This clue tries to misdirect us by taking advantage of the leading-cap convention.
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| County Limerick in Ireland (Eire) |
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| The Iran-Turkey border is 332 mi. (534 km.) long. |
42. Emotion indicated by a heart emoji: LOVE.
44. Predetermined selection of dishes: SET MENU. These are called teishoku (定食) in Japan and are very common at (but not limited to) restaurants serving lunch. It is a balanced meal served on a single tray. They are not as popular here in the U.S.; however, several high-end restaurants offer tasting menus.
44. Predetermined selection of dishes: SET MENU. These are called teishoku (定食) in Japan and are very common at (but not limited to) restaurants serving lunch. It is a balanced meal served on a single tray. They are not as popular here in the U.S.; however, several high-end restaurants offer tasting menus.
46. Lifework of a composer: OEUVRE. Def. (noun) a substantial body of work constituting the lifework of a writer, an artist, or a composer.
48. Commuter option: RAIL. I thought "computer" for too long.
49. Gymnastics balance testers: BEAMS. The Olympic balance beam is 4 in. (10 cm.) wide, 16.4 ft. (5 meters) long, and 4.1 ft. (1.25 meters) from the floor.
51. "Neato!": NIFTY.
52. Ketanji's colleague: ELENA. Supreme Court Justices Brown Jackson and Kagan
54. Passkey keepers: USERS. think "computers"
55. Bamboo-loving bear: PANDA.
60. Moment, briefly: SEC. SECond
61. Pickleball barrier: NET.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteEN seems like a weak theme, but that's fine. D-o usually can't find 'em, anyway. I remember YUL best as Ramses. He also learned a phrase in that film: So let it be written, so let it be done. Thanx, Laura and sumdaze. (Loved the Recidivists cartoon.)
Not a bit of trouble with this one. (Of course, if you’ve never heard of Ben Vereen you might have had a little difficulty but…) It looked to me like another Monday “walk in the park.” FIR, so I’m happy.
ReplyDeleteName-a-licious for a Monday, especially in some crosses. Andy
ReplyDeleteFIW, getting my WAG @ELENA x BEN VERiEN but missing OiUVRE x the same guy. I knew his name, but "surprise, surprise, sergeant" I mispeled it.
ReplyDeleteEktorps OREO and ERIE made it this Monday.
Yes, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp have a great name. But if you get the chance, catch the Savannah Bananas if they play a AAA team near you. They are the baseball equivalent to the Harlem Globe Trotters, but they play whoever the local team is, instead of just the Washington Generals. (The old Savannah Sand Gnats are not the Columbia (South Carolina) Fireflys.
Safe and sound in beautiful, downtown Advance, NC after an uneventful trip. This old laptop seems to be working fine for now, so my previous screen problems were probably thermal-related. I'll try to nurse it along with judicious use of the "sleep" button until I get back home and can set up its replacement.
Thanks to Laura for the overall fun puzzle, and to sumdaze for another fine review. Shall We Dance?
should read (The old Savannah Sand Gnats are now the Columbia (South Carolina) Fireflys.) I miss my preview mode.
ReplyDeleteFIR. This Monday's presentation seemed a tad crunchy to me. Tribe and Ayres were rough entries. Crossing ADA with Ida was nasty. And I've never used the phrase "mouse over" in my life.
ReplyDeleteBut the theme was clever enough and the reveal helped a bit. Of course I doubt all our solvers will know Ben Vereen.
So overall not a very enjoyable start to the week.
With my CW acumEN I said amEN to this one in 12:02. The unknowns of SID, TRIBE, OEUVRE and ICEMAN were nicely offset by friendly perps. I knew BEN VEREEN and Lew AYRES but not in those roles. All of the Holiday Stationstores from here to Montana have been recently bought up by ⭕️K. A fun puzzle from Laura and a sparkling review from sumdaze, nice way to start the week, thanks to you both!
ReplyDeleteTook 5:28 today for me to finish it like Bowling Green freshmen.
ReplyDeleteI know the name Ben Vereen as an actor, but not as a portrayal of Scottie Pippen in some musical.
I'm kidding, I know Pippin has nothing to with the former NBA player.
This Rita Ora person is giving Oreo a run for its money.
Oeurve isn't your traditional Monday word.
Add OTT and ORR to your list..
DeleteCount 9 proper names. 3 clues: 25 , 32, and 45 all down that I had no clue. Knew 2 of the names. Ms. Dershewitz's puzzles are always difficult for me.
ReplyDeleteI would not label this puzzle a “struggle” but it did seem a bit Wednesday-ish for a Monday. The gimmick played no role in the solving process.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning:
ReplyDeleteI, too, thought a rhyming theme was the feature, but the reveal dispelled that notion. The solve was quick and smooth, as most Mondays are, so no nits to pick.
Thanks, Laura, and thanks, sumdaze, for the fun and facts. Favorite comics were the Bus to the Woods, and the Panda Bamboo expert. Loved the video of the Dog Park hierarchy and the always enjoyable snippets from The King and I. BTW, your play-on-words talents are quite impressive.
Have a great day.
Good Morning! I found this morning’s puzzle a little tricky in parts. Either that, or I wasn’t up to speed.
ReplyDeletePretty messy with WOs: alas -> AH ME; lies -> FIBS; bay -> BAR.
I never heard of Circle K, must be a regional thing, but 7-11 perped.
ARCS crossing ICEMAN were WAGs & perps both ways.
OEUVRE: New to me, and will probably be new to me if I ever see it again…
The theme was clever and easy to spot once ENTAILS filled.
Sumdaze, thanks for a fun recap. I loved the 🚌 STOP to the woods! And I’m so impressed with your creative computer skills with the diving endive!
The Canadian company that owns Circle K made a bid to buy the 7-11 chain (US stores only) from the Japanese company that owns it.
DeleteHard to keep up with the business monopoly board games.
DeleteMore Wednesday-like, but easy enough. In the reveal, I believe that -en is just the pronunciation of the letter N. Tee = T, eff = F, etc. otherwise GREEN would not fit the clue phonetically.
ReplyDeleteI was not aware of Circle K stores. LIU. I see that there are some of them very near to me. Circle K stores are in 48 states. They seem to be associated with gas stations.
AAA: I didn't realize that Jumbo Shrimp was a team.
Thanks, TTP and DO for your advice on Thursday. I am still struggling with the monumental task .
Well, SRY, so much to do today, I didn’t devote the right amount of time to this CW to FIR. I had lies for FIBS, so no TRIBE, an unknown, left the MARLIN blank. Other unknowns: ICEMAN, SID, but perps helped. Like sumdaze, I usually think hover rather than MOUSE over.
ReplyDeleteI was a little disappointed by the theme. I expected more, but in retrospect this is fine. I see lots of Circle Ks, but no SEVEN ELEVENs anymore.
I forgot to thank sumdaze for a fine review. Good info.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was a fun way to begin the work week of puzzles, greatly enhanced by a very entertaining write-up from sumdaze. I am glad I retired because with the suggestion that blogging now is going to require the use of AI to do the job I know my time has passed. I can't even remember how to insert links in a comment. There were a couple of complete unknowns A Tribe Called Quest and LEAF PEEPERS I am looking at you. I have always loved the colors that appeared in New England in the Fall as I was growing up but never heard that term. BEN VEREEN is still active as he nears his 78th birthday with his performances in ROOTS and READING RAINBOW what I know best. RITA ORA has become a very frequent visitor, as well a judge on The MASKED SINGER . The picture of VAL KILMER is scary. The movie and Broadway play which I had the pleasure of seeing with YUL BRYNNER was very entertaining even if inaccurate. Finally, didn't we recently have a discussion of SUMP PUMP ? Have a great Monday and week.
ReplyDeleteAre you confusing Lavar Burton with Ben Vereen, or were they both hosts of the R.R.?
DeleteLemonade@9:19. I always enjoy reading your take on puzzles whether you are blogging or commenting -- no AI required!
DeleteKynda difficult for a top o’ the week puzzle . The “Hip-Hop group” clue not really Monday material. “Level for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp” huh? The perps provided AAA, either a team league or a division of the Automobile Club. I definitely wasn’t “Hooked on Phonetics” for the theme either, Lotsa “E’s”?
ReplyDeleteNever heard it referred to as an OMELETBAR. Here we call it a station 🍳. You can disassemble an OREO but “crumbling” works better with a Lorna Doone. I knew what it was but not sure how to spell OUEVRE. 🤔 a juicy “watermelon” wouldn’t perp. (Recalls IM’s infamous 🍉 incident a few years back)
Justice Brown wrote a memoir called “Lovely One” the African translation of her name: Ketanji.
FAM that arrived from Detroit for Saturday’s festivities drove “over”Lake ERIE (through Canada) to get to Rochester Friday and “under” the lake (totally stateside) to drive back yesterday (bringing back a case of local beer, so). Canada Eh’s way is quicker if there’s no long customs car line.
Dog park: A downscale place for a furry friend? 🐶
Have a great Moon Day
Yes, it is about 2 hours faster via Canada since you actually drive south from Detroit to get under Lake ERIE. But traffic on the 401 or around the Burlington Skyway, Hamilton area on the QEW can be very slow during many times of the day. And yes, you are at the mercy of the customs wait at the Detroit/Windsor and Fort Erie/Buffalo border crossings.
DeleteI hoped the FAM enjoyed their time in Canada.
Musings
ReplyDelete-I_A/A_A was an ERROR of going too fast and choosing IRA without looking at the cross
-STEELY
-AH, the smell of a new box of crayons!
-I preferred Ray Scott’s TERSE call of a Packer game rather than the word blizzard we have now. “Starr (QB), Dowler (SE) Touchdown (Result)”
-Casey’s is one of our Midwest equivalent of convenience stores
-Henny Penny’s friend’s TERSE reply
-My kids knew to find the All-Star Sports Bus STOP sign at closing time
-I share Irish’s comments and gratitude to Sumdaze.
-Always great to hear from Lemon!
Well, the reveal was borderline clever, I guess, so perhaps worth the effort. Well done, Laura.
ReplyDeleteI had trouble with SID, TRIBE, and ORA, but at least we weren't deluged with pop culture references.
I was unaware of the basketball term "logo 3," but it makes sense.
Lew Ayres' most memorable role was perhaps as the German soldier in the classic "All Quiet on the Western Front."
Thanks, Laura, for a pleasant Monday diversion.
Tik Tok
ReplyDeleteSo at some point an unknown uninvited young fellow stood up on a chair at the anniversary party and yelled “I just s—— my pants”. He was immediately grabbed and escorted out by some of the guests. He explained as he was being hustled out that it’s a thing to crash a social event and shout something outrageous, then video the shocked reactions of the guests and post it on Tik Tok.
🙄
Good puzzle, Laura; FIR. It's a little puzzling how the answers to the starred clues have a phonetic feature of EN tails, since phonetically, BEN's surname has an EEN tail. But orthographically, they all have EN tails, and that gave me a little boost in solving.
ReplyDeleteSumdaze, your review and illustrations are outstanding. Your diving endive sets a new standard! Wow.
FIR, a tad crunchy for a Monday, but fair perps made for an enjoyable solve, and sumdaze a shining review! Nantucket, indeed!
ReplyDeleteI was hoping there’d be more to the reveal than there was. Three of the theme entries had four Es, but that turned out to be beside the point.
ReplyDeleteAllthough I concur that Lew AYRES is a mite obscure, I had a neighbor who had grown up in Los Angeles near the actor, so he was a gimme. . . . Ben VEREEN was Chicken George in “Roots” after “Pippin,” so I don’t think he’s so terribly obscure for people of a certain age. . . . Huron is the Great Lake I associate with Detroit, but it turns out ERIE is much nearer. . . .When I was in grade school, Pee-Chee folders were for us poor kids. Richer kids could afford the NIFTY brand notebook. . . . I was surprised that Lemony was unfamiliar with leaf PEEPERS. It’s a common term in the part of Northern Vermont/New Hampshire where I worked early in my career. After leaf-peeping season, the Flatlanders (mostly Southern New Englanders) would come up for deer season and a brief bear season.
Channeling Chairman Moe:
There once was a woman from Eire,
Whose skin was exceedingly fair.
The summers were nippy,
Unlike Mississippi.
No sunbathing, two-piece or bare.
I enjoyed reading your comments!
ReplyDeleteSo no one has tried the new OREOs? I am not surprised. They look a bit toxic. I say this as a child of the Red Dye #3 era.
I like Coca Cola and OREOs but a Coke flavored cookie just doesn’t seem appealing at all.
Deletesumdaze, even though I won't buy them, I looked to see if the Coke flavored Oreo cookies are sold here. They are. Not only that, but they are also selling Oreo flavored Coca Cola.
DeleteTTP@3:10. "Oreo flavored Coca Cola" blows my mind!
DeleteThey probably wrinkled their noses when Reese suggested combining peanut butter and chocolate in a candy bar too.
DeleteAs WKSS @ 8:01: a bit crunchy for a Monday, and way too many names. By my count 15, of which I knew 7. The crossing of IDA and ADA burned a lot of brain cells. I DNK IDA and it took a LONG time to drag ADA outa my shrinking brain. HG@9:26, I could not agree more, that today's sports announcers seem to think it is their DUTY to fill EVERY SECOND with endless drivel. I would like to actually hear the football game: the players talking to each other as they line up, the QB's call, anything yelled in from the sidelines, the roar of the crowd, etc., all of which is blocked by the endless verbal diarrhea of the announcers. I wish there was a separate audio channel that had NO ANNOUNCERS. Cris Collinsworth is the WORST, leading many of his endless comments with, "Yeah, and...". Oy. OK, rant over. Back to the CW. DNK OEUVRE, or 8 names. I thought the theme was the "N"s at the ends of the theme answers. It took Sumdaze to 'splain "EN" and ENDIVE. I had EELNET/EELPOT. OEUVRE = all perps. Thanx for the challenging Wednesday-on-a-Monday CW, LD. And thanx for the as always terrific write-up, Sumdaze. Great AI generated graphic!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I don't understand the folks who complain there is no way to review their comments. Why? Can't they just scroll up and read/edit what they wrote before they hit the "PUBLISH" button? I usually do that to catch errors. Also I highlight the whole comment and hit ctrl-C to copy it before I hit PUBLISH just in case it disappears when I hit PUBLISH. Then I can just come back and hit ctrl-V to paste the comment back into the comments section and try again. Also, what does the "Notify Me" box do??
First of all, the composing area is nowhere near WYSIWYG. The old preview window wasn't exactly WYSIWYG either, but at least you could get an idea of how it would look when published. HTML tags are an example - it is easy to catch some errors that will disable a hyperlink. Also, errors like I made a couple of days ago where I left out a "bold off" tag are much easier to see in peview. Yeah, we can delete the post, edit our saved version and repost, but there is a certain Corner administrator who gets crotchety if there is a bunch of deleted posts accumulate in his "stuff to look at" queue.
DeleteIn fact, IIRC "Preview" wouldn't have even let me see my preview until I fixed the missing Bold Off tag.
DeleteJinx, not only deleted comments. I especially like deleting your comments.
DeleteI'm delighted to have been at your service!
DeleteOh, I wanted to add this good tip sent to me by a friend: if you should find yourself in a difficult situation and a low battery on your cell phone, record a message on the built-in "answering service" or "greeting" on your device describing where you are and what is happening. For instance, "Hi this is unclefred, I have run off the road on Highway 27 about 5 miles north of I-4 and am trapped in my car." Now even if your battery dies, that message will be there.
ReplyDeleteIsn't "oeuvre" simply the French word for "work?" Using it to refer to one's lifetime output seems pretentious.
ReplyDeleteInteresting Monday puzzle, Laura--many thanks for the treat. And always appreciate your commentary, Sumdaze--thanks for that too.
ReplyDeleteWell, I got all excited when I saw PET SPA, but I quickly realized we were in a ZEN GARDEN with a GURU, and the setting had strange items like an EEL POT, with odd critters in the water, like that MARLIN. But the PANDAS were very cute, so imagine the animals were happy there.
But I decided it was better for me to get some lunch, at a diner with a SET MENU, and it was nice to get an OMELET at the BAR, along with some OREOS that were actually pretty NIFTY as I could tell from what all the customers ATE UP. I had never had a MIMOSA before--a bit early for lunch, I guess--but still an interesting drink. Pleasant end to another busy morning.
Have a good rest of the day, everybody.
Hola! Whew! What a plethora of comments for a Monday! But they are interesting and quite different from my solving experience. I found the puzzle Monday easy and quick to solve. Of course, I could only fill in a few squares before leaving for my volunteer task at church. Then, before continuing with the puzzle I had to answer a telephone call land take care of some other business. But I returned to the solve and was done pretty fast. Thank you, sumdaze, for your hard work and I thank Laura, the constructor. This took a lot of brain work on her part to construct it. The theme? Sometimes it's evident and jumps out at me and sometimes it doesn't. Today it didn't. Oh, my goodness! My dyslexia is working overtime today. I must be tired. Luckily I can go back and correct my errors.
ReplyDeleteYou all would really laugh if I had left the mixed up errors I had!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this puzzle but enjoyed sumdaze's write-up more. Also, it's always good to read all your comments.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Laura, and thank you, sumdaze. I am impressed that you created the scuba-diving endive using Copilot! That is a first here!
ReplyDeleteLeaf PEEPERS, TRIBE, AYRES, MOUSE OVER- my unknowns today.
ReplyDeleteI set my phone to 'physically touch'. Hover would open up things you never intended.
PET SPA- a first world problem. Pamper those dogs but ignore people.
Dr. Kildare- I never watched it but wasn't it a TELEVISION SHOW, not movies?
Next month I shall join the "leaf peepers" in Charlotte when i visit my sister. It is a spectacular sight treated to us by nature. Here in the desert we have a mild sample of it since we don't have the large variety of trees that our eastern neighbors have.
ReplyDeleteI think the Arizona/Sonora desert is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI think that "leaf peeper" started out in New England as a derogatory moniker, and like Florida's "snow birds," the folks it was applied to adopted it as a badge of honor.
ReplyDeleteIt is almost time for the Leaf PEEPERS to descend by the busloads on Algonquin Park.
DeleteMangled Monday. Thanks for the fun, Laura and sumdaze (Wow re your AI endive!). Officially a FIW because I had an ERROR at the cross of ADF (Canadian disadvantage) and BAR (I had EER), l plus I had Lies instead of FIBS.
ReplyDeleteLike YR and NaomiZ, I thought the theme was just N-tails.
AAA perped, thankfully.
Ann changed to AYN.
I had enough perps to see ELENA; this Canadian had no idea about Ketanji.
I thought of Sniff before ARF fit.
We have Circle K stores associated with gas stations, as YR said.
Restaurants here have Date Nights (often early in the week) with a PRIX Fixe.SET MENU
I smiled at the clue for EIRE (almost crossing ERIE).
OUVRE was fun. (The French equivalent of the Latin Opus (work), a CW regular.
Wishing you all a good evening.