Don't You Forget About Me. Each theme answer is what one might say upon leaving a friend.
20-Across. Parting words from a hide-and-seek player?: CATCH YOU LATER.
31-Across. Parting words from a masseuse?: KEEP IN TOUCH.
40-Across. Parting words from an escape room participant?: I'M OUTTA HERE.
53-Across. Parting words from a magazine vendor?: UNTIL NEXT TIME.
Across:
1. Unit of cilantro: SPRIG. Some people find that cilantro tastes like soap. It's due to a genetic variation in their olfactory receptor gene.
6. Sasquatch kin: YETI. The Yeti is a mythical creature rumored to inhabit the Himalayan mountains of Asia. It's also the name of a company that makes high-end coolers.
10. Nursery school song subject: ABCs.
14. Massey of old films: ILONA. Ilona Massey (née Ilona Hajmássy; June 16, 1910 ~ Aug. 20, 1974) was a Hungarian-American film, stage and radio actress. She was a born in Budapest, Hungary.
15. Bring in: EARN.
16. "Don't rock the __": BOAT.
17. Unfounded stories: MYTHS.
18. Outlet store warning: AS IS.
19. City with a country within its borders: ROME. The Vatican is within the city limits of Rome. Vatican City became an independent state in 1929 when when the Lateran Treaty was signed by the Holy See and Italy. It was the result of negotiations between the Italian government and the Holy See that began in 1926. The Vatican is the smallest country in the world.
23. Country between Thailand and Vietnam: LAOS.
24. Teacher's session: LESSON.
25. Deeply devoted: ARDENT.
28. Hugo Award genre: SCI-FI. The Hugo Award is considered the most prestigious award in science fiction. It's presented at the World Science Fiction Convention. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback (Aug. 16, 1884 ~ Aug. 19, 1967). Gernsback is known as the Father of Science Fiction.
30. Filmmaker Ang: LEE. Ang Lee (b. Oct. 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. The first film that I saw of his was the 1994 movie Eat Drink Man Woman.
36. Wee woolly one: LAMB.
38. Took a load off: SAT.
39. City on Alaska's Seward Peninsula: NOME.
45. In favor of: FOR.
46. Any "Cheers" episode, now: RERUN.
47. "Sorry, pass": IT'S A NO.
49. Rice dish seasoned with saffron: PAELLA. Paella is a Spanish dish of rice cooked with seafood, meat, and vegetables, and flavored with saffron.
52. Nabe in London and NYC: SOHO. SOHO is short for South of Houston Street. It is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Soho is also a neighborhood in London's West End.
57. Schlep: TOTE.
58. Wrestling form with a salt purification ritual: SUMO. In sumo wrestling, the act of throwing salt into the ring before a match is a purification ritual. The salt is used to cleanse the area and ward off evil spirits. It is a practice deeply rooted in Shinto beliefs; this practice is called "shio-maki" in Japanese, and is considered a key part of the pre-match ceremony before wrestlers enter the ring.
59. Inner circle: CADRE.
62. Poetic tributes: ODEs. A crossword staple.
63. __ code: AREA. Area code by state
64. Church platform: ALTAR.
65. Egg container: NEST.
66. Billings' st.: MONT. You will find the town of Billings in Montana.
67. Heaviest internal organ: LIVER.
Down:
1. __ card: cellphone chip holder: SIM. SIM = Subscriber Identity Module.
2. Tissue thickness: PLY.
3. Campus military org.: ROTC. ROTC = Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
4. Take a breath: INHALE
5. Car part missing on a Tesla: GAS TANK.
6. Informal assents: YEAHs.
7. "__ peasy lemon squeezy!": EASY.
8. The Powerpuff Girls, e.g.: TRIO. The Powerpuff Girls was a cartoon series that featured three kindergarten-age girls with superpowers.
9. Hormone that regulates blood sugar: INSULIN. The history of Insulin. The importance of insulin was discovered in 1921 by Sir Frederick G Banting (Nov. 14, 1891 ~ Feb. 21, 1941), Charles H Best (Feb. 27, 1899 ~ 1979) and JJR Macleod (né John James Rickard Macleod; Sept. 6, 1876 ~ Mar. 16, 1935) at the University of Toronto. In 1923, Banting and Macleod were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery. Because Charles Best was a graduate student, the Nobel Committee ignored his contribution and he was not acknowledged for his contribution. Best was Banting's graduate student, so Banting shared his Nobel Prize money with him.
10. Scrape: ABRASION.
11. Wellingtons, e.g.: BOOTS.
12. Brief appearance in a film: CAMEO. Also a method of carving an object such as an engraved gem, item of jewelry.
13. Unlikely to approve of horseplay: STERN.
21. Dove's home: COTE.
22. Opposite of right: LEFT.
25. "__ Want for Christmas Is You": ALL I. A Christmas song made famous by Mariah Carey (b. Mar. 27, 1969).
26. 20 quires: REAM. Webster's defines a Quire as "a collection of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality : one twentieth of a ream."
27. Floor model: DEMO.
28. Hall of Fame pitcher Warren who holds the record for most wins by a southpaw: SPAHN. Warren Edward Spahn (Apr. 23, 1921 ~ Nov. 24, 2003) played for 21 years in the major league, much of that time with the Boston Braves.
29. Quote: CITE.
32. Genesis twin: ESAU. Esau was the hairy twin brother of Jacob.
33. Tucson school, for short: U OF A. As in the University of Arizona.
34. "That can't be right!?": C'MON.
35. Villain's adversary: HERO.
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| Baby Hero pose in yoga. |
37. Beefy to the max: BURLIEST.
41. Poker player's giveaway: TELL.
42. Classic Pontiac muscle car: TRANS AM.
43. Barrel of laughs: RIOT.
44. Principled: ETHICAL.
48. Mogadishu resident: SOMALI.
49. Slip into: PUT ON.
50. Battery terminal: ANODE.
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51. Plural diminutive suffix: -ETTES.
52. Summer ermine: STOAT. In the summer, the animal's back is cinnamon-colored and the stomach is white. During the winter, the stoat's fur molts to completely white, and the animal is then called “ermine”.
54. Continental capital: EURO. Did you know that each country in the eurozone has its own design on the obverse side of the euro coin?
55. Marvel Comics mutants: X-MEN.
56. 1999 satire about a reality show: ED TV.
60. Issa of "Barbie": RAE. Issa Rae (né Jo-Issa Rae Diop; b. Jan. 12, 1985) makes frequent guest appearances in the crossword puzzles. She also starred in a television comedy called Insecure.
61. Make a mistake: ERR.
Here's the Grid:
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28 comments:
Once again, Tuesday’s puzzle seems as easy as Monday’s, if not easier. FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
With entries like SPAHN and ILONA, methinks Geoffrey must be about my age -- difficult (if not impossible) for younger solvers. Cluing for C'MON was très awkward. Theme was cute, as was Hahtoolah's expo. (That INHALE cartoon seems off -- wouldn't he have to exhale to fit through the door?)
He needs to pull in his stomach by taking a deep breath.
Took 5:10 today for me to act like a pirate and get on the good foot.
I knew one of today's actresses (Rae, not Ilona), and "Spahn", but wasn't sure of the spelling. I didn't know that Wellingtons are a type of boot.
I've been to Seward, Ak, but didn't realize the Seward Peninsula was elsewhere in Alaska.
FIR. I didn't find this to be any different from what is to be expected for a Monday, an easy smooth solve. A few unknowns, but nothing perps couldn't handle.
Overall a fun and enjoyable puzzle.
Puzzle was fun. Didn't know, nor was able to suss out the Hugo award Ogenre, plural diminutive suffix., or Schlep.
FIR, but erased devout for ARDENT and real for REAM. (Thought that quires might be a currency.)
Never heard "EASY peasy lemon squeezy," Powerpuff Girls, EDTV, nor that wellingtons were BOOTS. But I did know ms. Ektorp, AKA Issa RAE.
I get escape room confused with panic room. I guess someone who can't cope with the situation goes to an escape room? Sounds like someone raised where everyone gets a trophy, and there's no such thing as a failing grade.
Thanks to Geoffrey for the fun warm up for today, which is the second Monday of the week. And thanks to Ha2La for the chuckles. I liked the very last one best. Made me shed crocodile tears.
This was a typical Tuesday - fairly quick with a few challenges on the way. Theme was amusing and helped the solve along after the first one
Synthetic INSULIN by Lilly started to be on the market around 1982 just when I was starting my adventure in medicine. Before that it had to be extracted from beef or pork pancreas and many people developed allergies to other antigens of the meat and then were very limited in their treatments.
Thanks to Susan for the blog - fun link with your title to "The Breakfast Club" final scene/song- that is a black hole of culture for me since I was deep in training and/or with littles and never saw many movies or TV shows during that time. We've been trying to catch up on some of them since they are quoted a lot like "My Cousin Vinny" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
Jinx, an escape room is a mystery -- participants are locked in the room and have to follow clues to figure out how to escape.
Good Morning:
I love a puzzle with this type of word play, especially if the themers are solid, in the language phrases like today’s. An added layer of interest was the connectivity of the four phrases. Another plus, IMO, was the lack of pop culture references. The only unknown, to me, was ED TV.
Thanks, Geoffrey, for a fun Tuesday solve and thanks, Hahtoolah, for the usual chuckles and commentary. Favorites were the Beef Wellington, the poorly designed Bird’s Nest, and the Wagging, Poker-playing dog’s tell. Learning moment was the Stoat’s seasonal coat change.
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HG, I’ll try to be more considerate of upstaging you! 😂
Have a great day.
DO, I had the exact same thought about those two entries! 😉
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Geoffrey and Hahtoolah.
I FIRed in good time and went looking for the theme. I didn’t find anything more than the “parting words” in each theme clue. (Just a little meh IMHO).
One inkblot to change Coop (that’s for chickens) to COTE.
The unknown SPAHN perped.
My first thought was TBird but TRANS AM filled the spot.
The LIVER is not only the heaviest organ, but the only visceral organ that can regenerate. (Skin would be an example of a non-visceral organ that can regenerate.)
Would Banting be considered the typical “nice” Canadian for sharing his Nobel prize money with Best, his student who probably did a lot of the “grunt work” in the lab?
My alma mater is rightly proud of being the home of insulin discovery.
Wishing you all a great day.
If you know Warren SPAHN, you should also remember Braves Lew Burdette, Eddie Matthews, Joe Adcock, and of course Hank Aaron.
I remember (during my interning year, 1975) ordering insulin (pork/beef sorce), including small numbers of the pure pork or beef insulins, directly by phone from Connaught Labs in Toronto. That was when we had the 40 and 80 unit insulins also. The advent of the human biosynthetic insulins in the early ‘80s was a huge step forward.
“ Banting famously declared that “insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world”, and he turned down subsequent opportunities to profit personally from the discovery, consistent with his highly ETHICAL belief that even the most financially destitute of patients should not be deprived of insulin by commercial forces.” (Canadian Medical Hall of Fame website)
The puzzle was EAST peasy and I couldn't see any theme, other than the first three theme fills had different words with OU- YOU, TOUCH, and OUTTA. UNTIL NEXT TIME killed that thought.
Didn't know anything about Powerpuff Girls but TRIO was an easy guess. I've never heard of ED TV-all perps.
RERUN- I've been to the Cheers bar in Boston but have never seen the show. I learned X-MEN from crossword puzzles.
Liked the themers - fun and they all matched the cluing well. Although I had UNTILNEXTyear at first because of annual subscriptions, but TIME is even better.
Even better than that? Down here in S Fla, it's common to go to a catered lunch event that features a huge PAELLA in a pan 3 or 4 feet across. Good eats!
Brought back memories of the greatest game ever pitched, Spahn vs Juan Marichal in 1963. Each pitched 15 scoreless innings until Willie Mays won it with a one-out homer off of Spahn on the 16th. Spahn was 42 years old. Legends all.
As a drug wholesaler I remember all those insulin variants, 40unit ($.99), 80unit ($1/99) , and then 100u. NPH100 was the biggest seller. Then Humulin and Humalog showed up and prices went through the roof. Novo-Nordisk wasn't a big seller then.
Musings
-A nice exercise, ILONA notwithstanding :-) on a very cold day,
- NOME: Thanks Geoffrey, now I’ll be singing North To Alaska all day.
- In 2009 it was obvious that Nebraska would need a third AREA Code and so 531 was overlaid (overlain?) on our familiar 402 code. I used to assume a 531 prefix was spam because I must not have gotten the memo.
-Do you not answer the phone when you don't see a name you recognize?
-It will take a while before I have enough confidence that an electric car I buy will not run out of, uh, electricity.
-Of all the TRIOS in the world… I’ll take the Kingston version
-A sub that is unable to be STERN at some time can be in for a long day
-SPAHN’s entry into the MLB Hall Of Fame was quite late because he just kept pitching!
-I thought U OF A might be ZONA, as it is sometimes called
-You’re eternally forgiven, Agnes!
-I have a CADRE of teachers with whom I share smart, funny cartoons, Susan, and today they all got the gator farewell.
I wasn't even born when the saying "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain" was popular. The Braves were in Boston then.
Nice and EASY puzzle this morning with a fun theme. Just a few unknowns that filled quickly like ILONA, SPAHN, EDTV.
I used to enjoy watching “Cheers”, maybe I can find some RERUNS, although so often films and series are best savored fresh. Movies I remember loving long ago, I watch today and wonder what was wrong with me. LOL.
Thank you Hahtoolah for more good info and fun cartoons.
Thanks. Hope I remember, buuuut...
Hola! This was a fun run. Thank you, Geoffrey Brown, for an EASY puzzle! Even unknown terms were easily sussed and no obscure names or places made it even more enjoyable. But having said that, I do like learning new names and places.
For many years I had a subscription to TIME magazine but then life got too busy and I had no time to read much more than my lesson planning.
Susan, I look forward to your appealing narrative and funny cartoons. Thank you for all that. And everyone, have a great day!
A nice early week puzzle, FIR with no problems. ILONA Massey visits occasionally but I hadn’t committed her to memory, had to quickly backspace out IRENE. Warren SPAHN was a gimme for this baseball fan, not only was he a great pitcher but he could also hit for power. In addition coolers, YETI also makes some really good insulated mugs. 🙋♂️ for being someone that cilantro tastes like soap, not sure what it tastes like to others. I’ve been across MONTana several times by car and Amtrak, it’s a lonnng way, but it definitely merits the name “Big Sky”. Thank you Geoffrey for the puzzle, and to Hahtoolah for another fine review!
HG ~ I never answer the phone when there is no name attached, especially when the phone says “Spam Risk”, they never leave a message.
Thanks to Geoffrey for his clever puzzle! FAV themer was KEEP IN TOUCH for the masseuse. I also liked the clue for GAS TANK.
Thanks to Hahtoolah for the added info. and smiles! I learned more about INSULIN and laughed at the poker dogs.
Tough for a tuesday, but very perpable, so i'm with Subgenius...
Curiously, instead of my usual opening the Blog on my Ipad using Safari, i trundled myself off to the basement, and opened it on my PC using Chrome on Windows 11. (my gaming computer...)
The Blog opened blazingly fast, and some of the Ads were blocked!
Unfortunately, i dont have the luxury of doing this on the go. So i wonder if I downloaded Chrome onto my Ipad, it would solve a lot of Bitchin' that i do...
(news at eleven...)
Loved the comics in the write up!
(and yes, I can appreciate them more than anyone. I know how much work is involved...)
Hand up with CanadianEh I was looking for a deeper level to the theme and didn't find it. Still enjoyed the puzzle and FIR.
Merlie and I were privileged to get up close and personal with these SUMO wrestlers.
Hahtoolah I love your Later Alligator cartoon to go with the theme! And count me as one who finds even a slight SPRIG of CILANTRO to be utterly detestable. Thanks for the explanation. And thanks for the HUGO back story!
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