CURSES, CIRCLES~!
It's the way the cat looks back at the camera
18. Nerf squirt gun in the National Toy Hall of Fame: SUPER SOAKER - SORE
24. Emergency evacuation rehearsal: FIRE DRILL - RILED
51. Piano larger than a spinet: BABY GRAND - ANGRY - large piano~? Pffft
Proposed Organ for a church in Rhode Island
MAD SCRAMBLE
And Away We Go~!
1. Like a texter who sends a crying emoji: SAD - 😢 Blogger does not have a simple "sad" : - (
4. Frittata ingredients: EGGS - filled via perps; I have heard of this dish, but . . . .
...now methinks I want to make one - but eggs are pricey right now
8. Words to live by: MOTTOS - "Don't be a troll" is what us Cornerites like to say 😜
14. Green prefix: ECO
15. Simple fastener: SNAP
16. Wayward: ERRANT
17. Took off: RAN
20. Pop star: IDOL - Billy Idol, still rocking at 70; a quiet remake of his 1984 hit
Eyes Without A Face - the chorus is in Frawche ( les yeux sans visage * )
22. Grassy meadow: LEA
23. Himalayan Bigfoot: YETI - Sasquatch~!
28. Compare prices: SHOP
29. Texas team in the American League since 2013: ASTROS - I know we are into the 2025 baseball season now, and our hostess C.C. is a huge fan, but I just don't care for the sport - boooring . . . . and I did not know Huston moved to the "other" league
30. Approves: OKs
33. Dawn goddess: EOS - not the makeup this time
34. Kia crossover SUVs: SOULS
36. Instant noodles option: RAMEN
41. Wear away: ERODE
42. Place of refuge: OASIS
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43. Bioengineered food initials: GMO - Genetically Modified Organisms - the "dot gov" site
44. Sp. woman: SRA
46. On deck: UP NEXT - a little baseball lingo, as well
49. Christian period after Carnival: LENT - I 'gave up' giving a S#** for Lent - best 40 days ever; try it
54. Length x width: AREA
55. Pre-K sequence: A B C
56. Winter blanket: SNOW - CT got a "wintry mix" yesterday, but I'm putting the snow blower away
62. Responded to a rumbling tummy: ATE
63. For the time being, in some titles: PRO TEM - Literal Latin, pro tempore
64. Looks at: EYES - yeux again~!?!
65. Barely passing grade: DEE - A, B, C, and now D
66. With reason: SANELY
67. Leak out slowly: SEEP
68. Thumb drive port: USB
DOWN:
1. Stroke that some fonts are "sans": SERIF
2. National park near Bar Harbor: ACADIA
3. GoFundMe contributors: DONORS - I am contemplating starting a page like this for my board game production; I can make a prototype easy, and sell through Amazon ( or Etsy, etc. ) - BUT - if I need to "mass produce", I don't know where to turn for manufacturing, and it will cost money - I'll offer a free game to those who donate, say, $20~?
4. The last of us?: ESS - very clever; only two letters - - first you, then ess
5. Bearded beast: GNU
Gn-no Gn-news, is Good Gn-news, with Gary Gnus
6. Banana Republic parent company: GAP
7. Hex: SPELL
8. Home of two Cactus League stadiums: MESA
pre-season MLB baseball in the Phoenix, Arizona area
9. __ y plata: phrase on Montana's state flag: ORO - Gold and Silver
10. Cafeteria carriers: TRAYS
11. Pay attention: TAKE HEED - alright, there are some circles I pay attention to . . . .
How about a montage of hoop gymnastics~?
12. Low tie score: ONE TO ONE - I put in ZERO ZERO
13. Formats for funnies: STRIPS - comic STRIP
19. Move, in brokerese: RELOcate
21. "C'mon! It's time!": "LET'S GO~!"
25. iPhone alternatives: DROIDS - ANDROID didn't fit; the "abbr" didn't occur to me
26. Networking device: ROUTER
27. Land in the agua: ISLA
31. __ Kreme donuts: KRISPY
32. Building a nest egg: SAVING - I like to think I am "diversified"
35. __-mo replay: SLO
37. Tightwads: MISERS - it IS one way of "SAVING"
38. Natural brown sugar: DEMERARA - never heard of this; a unique crossword fill, too. More here
39. Like some patches: IRONED ON - I typed in IRON, but ON didn't finish the fill. . . .Ah.
40. Apply haphazardly: DAUB
43. Stays in a luxury yurt, say: GLAMPS - popular in crosswords; Glamorous Camping
Hey, they at least built a fire . . .
45. "Mamma Mia!" band: ABBA - saw them on Monday, along with "LENT"
47. Eden in Coleridge's "Kubla Khan": XANADU - no clue; filled via perps
48. Govt. securities: T-NOTES - The "dot gov"; my cash gets 4% INT at Robin Hood and Discover
50. Flavor: TASTE
52. Pinnacles: ACMES - Third time this puzzle intersected with Monday and sumdaze's very punny write-up; I like to think ACME is a singular word, implying the ONE place to reach - better yet, an online store for great anvils, bird seed, etc.
Wait~! It gets better - check out this ACME detonator~!
53. Nerdy type: DWEEB - It's not on the chart
Don McMillan, Technically Funny
55. Navy's college football rival: ARMY
58. Animation buff's collectible: CEL
59. "See ya!": "BYE~!"
60. Gymnast Suni with six Olympic medals: LEE - Learned from doing crosswords
61. Mind reader's gift: ESP - what do you call a mind reader who knows what your favorite sports teams are ~? . . . . ESPN
* I discovered while writing up this blog that it's also the title of a Frawnche horror movie - NSFW
60 comments:
I never heard or saw
the word “demarara” before but I’ll try to remember it for future cw challenges. And I had no idea as to the theme until the reveal, when I finally saw all the anagrams for “ mad” (meaning “furious”). Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
FIR without erasure. Only total unknowns were DEMERARA and LEE. Recognized ACADIA from previous xwords. I'm not fond of anagrams, so I quit pursuing the theme after a couple of seconds.
I'm still trying to get used to my iPhone 16, after using DROIDS exclusively.
Off to do a little GLAMPing this morning. This will be my first overnight respite in several years. If all goes well, I'll be back home Sunday, with DW returning Monday afternoon.
Thanks to CC2 for the fun Wednesday romp. And thanks to Splynter for another fine review. Congrats on 20; I think my 9th sober anniversary is coming up. There was a breakfast joint near Atlanta (Roswell) that served "Hot Juan frittatas." Yummers! That ACME detonator looks neat, but oh! my aching wallet.
Good morning!
This was the fastest solve so far this week. That makes a total of one thing that's improved. Our investments are diversified, but it hasn't been much help. Poof! It'll be a log time before we get back to where we were...if ever. Thanx, Catherine and Splynter. (Congrats on your 20 years of sobriety.)
DROIDS: Not too long ago we traded our flip-phones for IPhone7's. Last week Ally Bank refused my login. I need an IOS version that my phone doesn't support. Forced obsolescence, I guess. Fortunately, I seldom use my phone for anything other than calls, texts, or email. The Ally website still works fine on the PC, so it's not a major inconvenience.
Yeah, the iPhone 7 is 9 years old. That's 90 in tech years. The main reason I switched to iPhone is because they can usually be updated with the newest OS 5 times. My experience with DROIDs was that you usually get two updates after your initial purchase, and I like changing phones about as much as I enjoy moving and colonoscopies.
FIR. Circles, major YUK! Fortunately completely unnecessary for the solve. Once I saw the reveal I then unscramble them, kind of a separate game onto itself, but still yuk! And totally superfluous.
I have never heard of demerara, but the perps were kind. My one misstep was throwing down next up instead of up next. Oh well, that's what erasers are for.
So overall, save the circles, this was an enjoyable puzzle.
Took 4:05 today for me to gET AIR.
I didn't know part of today's foreign language lesson (oro), but knew another (isla). Demerara was a Bob Dylan - a complete unknown.
I loved my time at Acadia National Park, which was about 5 years ago. Hiking up (and down) Cadillac Mountain was a great family outing.
I also found it amusing that McDonalds in Maine sold Lobster Rolls.
Oh joy, circles!
ParSan
A total walk in the park until I got to 38D. No unknowns but that one-100% perps. Hands up if you have ever heard of DEMERARA. I hadn't.
I never noticed the MAD SCRAMBLE clue because it was filled by down perps, skipping by the Rolling Stones song clue.
Thank you Catherine for a workable Wednesday puzzle, however I was really NRAEGDE by the theme!
And thank you Splynter for another titillating review (even though I had to wait until 11D).
4A EGGS. A frittata is simply a baked omelet. The former doesn't require the legerdemain need for the latter.
15A SNAP. Unlike a hook it can be undone with one hand, which is very useful in certain situations. Ray -- O will tell you all about it. 😊
22A LEA. Is there such a thing as an ungrassy meadows?
38A DIGITAL DIVIDE. In theory E*** M***'s Starlink technology could close this gap, but I wouldn't count on it. Plus all those satellites disintegrating on are raining space debris all over the planet.
43A GMO. I think GMOs may be in again.
49A LENT. I don't think that Patti has given up LENT for LENT. And not to worry Splynter -- there are only 8 days left -- and I'm counting them!
5D GNU. Also short for GNU is Not Unix.
6D GAP. Is it starting to feel like a Banana Republic around here?
7D SPELL. Hexe is German for "witch".
11D TAKE HEED. For a while there I thought you weren't going to SIGN your review Splynter! 💕
26D ROUTER. The early network 53Ds pronounced this ROOTER, as it finds ROUTES to internet sites.
Cheers,
Bill
Today's challenge was time well spent. Thank you, Catherine, for another fair and enjoyable puzzle. I liked the anagram theme, and found the circles useful--or even imperative. Frankly, I don't understand why circles seem to be a source of derision and scorn by certain solvers.
The few unknowns and obscurities in the crossword proved easy prey for nearby perps. And I learned a new word for brown sugar that sounds pretty cool.
Thanks, Catherine, for a fun outing today, and Splynter for the amusing review. Well done on your two decades of sobriety.
Oh--why did you misspell "French"?
Waz I had a college GF who could smoke , chew gum, and make out at the same time and in that order of importance. 🤭
Musings
-I saw ROSE first instead of SORE in the circles and didn’t see RILED right away but LIVID sent me down the correct path
-I have participated in countless FIRE DRILLS over the years. One was a prank that sent 1,300 staff and students out on a 20F day
-If you get an email from me, you’ll see my teaching my Confucian MOTTO at the bottom
-KC Royals slugger Vinnie Pasquantino has acquired the nickname PASQUATCH
-Hybrid seed corn is not a GMO product. It is simply cross pollination without any gene work
-Willie Mays was UP NEXT when Bobby Thomsen hit the most famous HR in MLB history
-Pre-K sequence: I first thought of H I J.
-We walked around Cubbyville in Mesa a few years ago during spring training
-DEMERRA – Into every crossword a little learning must fall
-Those geeks, dweebs and nerds don’t necessarily fit the stereotypes and they can pull your technology fat out of the fire.
-72F and sunny today. What to do, what to do? :-)
Amongst all the Hump and Circle-stance, I solved this as an easy Wednesday themeless. Like Jinx & KS, I also hate anagrams so didn't bother with the "fun" part. My wife is the opposite, she reads the Jumble like they're not scrambled.
I liked Splynter's comic strip depicting the 10th circle of hell. I'd just add an 11th being in the greeting card aisle with my mom!
Piano larger than a spinet is all of them, as a spinet is the smallest. It's like saying name a planet larger than Mercury. In order: spinet, console, studio, upright, baby grand, grand, and concert grand.
I believe that there are different sizes of baby grand pianos as well. I have a 1930 Baldwin “5ft baby grand” 🎹
Raced through this one in minutes. A puzzle like IM☘️would say would be ideal for newbies. Especially if they already knew what DEMERARA is.
Inkovers: ⚪️
⚪️’s required to unSCRAMBLE the MAD words (which my 8th gr. English teacher would remind us means “insane” not angry which wouldn’t fit or make sense anyway)
I pace, and then eventually pick up the newspaper while waiting for DW to get ready. She finally comes down the stairs and says “C’mon, what are you doing? “LETS GO” 🤪
In an emergency a Spanish pilot might have to “Land in the aqua”
DAUB: didn’t we recently have “wattle”?… “Barely passing with” DEE and failing with “F”. What happened to “E” ?
It’s a __ to fasten!…. SNAP
Single song …. ONETOONE
He may believe in me, ____ don’t believe in Bigfoot …. YETI.
what you’d call your Mom or Dad’s father in drag: “GLAMPS”
"See ya!": "BYE~!"
As fast as I can write puzzle today. Demerara was totally new to me. I see that it is sold in stores and online. Like Lee, it filled itself.
We have had Oro y Plata here before.
We loved our trip to Maine. Acadia Park was lovely, especially sunrise on Cadillac Mountain. The lobster and other seafood was outstanding. Yummy.
I forgot to unscramble the circles to find the MAD word. It would have been easy.
Good Morning:
I noticed all of the synonyms early on, but the reveal was a fun surprise, especially as it is a common, familiar phrase on its own. I, too, have never seen or heard the word Demerara, but the rest of the fill was straightforward and strong, particularly the solid themers. I liked Saving‘s proximity to miser. I think the circles were necessary today, if only to maintain a Wednesday level of difficulty, rather than venturing into Friday territory.
Thanks, Catherine, and thanks, Splynter, for an enjoyable review. Good luck with your game project and Congrats on your lengthy sobriety accomplishment. Anxiously awaiting positive news on the puppy search!
DO, after you watch last night’s episode of Will Grant, I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Have a great day.
It's our way of getting revenge on all those English crosswords that contain French words that we don't know and can't even spell if we tried...
Fun and smooth CW this morning. I got on to the theme with the scrambled LIVID and loved the reveal. Well done.
I’ll join the club. Never heard of DEMERARA. I usually buy cane brown sugar but the packaging just names it brown sugar.
I was surprised to see the SOUL, such á cute little car, designated as á crossover.
Thank you Splynter for the nice review and the links. As someone said, á little learning must fall.
Lots of little things in this morning's puzzle and review to bring a smile to my face! I am a big fan of baseball, Suni LEE, and ACADIA National Park. XANADU is a wonderfully fresh fill word, and ACMES products like rocket propelled roller skates are such a fun reminder of watching the roadrunner with my brother as kids.
Loved the cartoons in the review, especially the real firefighter, and the Venn diagram.
Thanks Catherine for the fun puzzle, and Splynter for the enjoyable review. You gave me a cheery start on the day!
Not to beat a dead horse--i.e., last Saturday's travesty of a puzzle--but I think that this egregious waste of our time may have also had some benefit in raising some important issues. In our Corner there was virtually 100% contempt for Saturday's exercise in narcissism.
But as many of us pointed out, why did our editors let us be subjected to this dreck? Remember the clue "Brown bread specialist"? The answer required a couple hoops to jump through: first, that "Brown" referred to Brown University; and second, that "bread" is another word for money. With luck, you ended up with the answer, BURSAR. The only problem with
that--as a friend just informed me--is that Brown University has no bursar position! They of course have various officials handling financial matters, but no bursar.
It seems to me that a reasonably competent editorial staff would have spotted this, and stopped it in its tracks. But our editors were asleep at the wheel. In this instance, and in general for the entire puzzle, they allowed the constructors to run amok without braking them.
This episode has shaken my confidence in the competence and oversight diligence of our editors.
Oh joy! Circles! (Sigh...)
I dont get it. I did the puzzle, FIR and all that, went back to unscramble the circled letters, and had trouble!? Something is wrong! I've got to be the grumpiest old fart on the planet, and I had trouble unravelling grumpy words?!
this does not make me happy!
(I'm worried I am losing my touch...)
Ah! Here's something to grump about!
The common clothing snap, a wonder of ease at opening and closing, and yet, here is how it was clued: 15. Simple fastener: SNAP
Created in 1885, the simple snap is anything but simple. Do you have any idea how much thought went into the design of this intricate contraption! Do you have any idea of what a pain in the butt it is to manufacture! Have you ever tried to get those little wires that hold the snap into the stamped metal receptacle?! You think this was easy?!?!
(End of rant)
(Ah, I feel better now...)
Wait, one more, droid is an abbreviation! It wasn't clued as an abbreviation! No wonder it grates on the senses as not making sense! Why, what,, huh?
(It has been used so much that the abbreviation has become its own word?)
Well, that made me grumpy all over again...
HG? You out there? Still awaiting an answer to my maintainer query!
(And in other grumpy news)
I have to go back and click on that suspicious ad from yesterday again, and see if the apple App Store it took me to was legit, but how to do it? These things have to be done care-fully, so as not to harm the iPad...
(And your little dog too!)
A pretty straightforward puzzle today. Add me to those who never heard of DEMERARA, but the perps were fair. Didn't manage to unscramble the theme...not a Jumble fan, either, so thanks for that, Splynter! Nice review. The buzzards reminded me of the old poster with one telling the other "patience my a**, let's go kill something!"
Hmm, curious...
I just went back to click on yesterdays ads, and they are gone! No ads at all?
Very curious,
TehachapiKen at 9:46 AM -- Splynter explained his spelling of French as "Frawnche" in his blog post dated March 26. As I recall, you were RILED about the spelling, but did not seem to notice his explanation, which was based on a funny movie clip. The gist of it is, most Americans pronounce the country name as FRANTS, but people trying to act sophisticated might say FRAWNCE. By extension, these folks -- if unfamiliar with the language -- might pronounce FRENCH as FRAWNCHE. Splynter is teasing.
I liked this puzzle. Catherine Cetta is another masterful constructor whose puzzles I usually like.
DEMERARA is a word that was somehow buried deep in my memory. I suspect it is because I heard my mother use it.
There is a RAMEN joint not far from here that we like to frequent.
Splynter, I laughed when I saw that picture of a USB "thumb drive" you posted.
Good reading you all.
No problem here, but I never heard of Demerara. Turbinado, but not demerara. Thanks for the nice recap Splynter.
Fun Wednesday puzzle, many thanks, Catherine. And thanks for your helpful commentary too, Splynter--much appreciated.
Well, this puzzle began with some SAD remarks about an ERRANT fellow who RAN out of his place when he heard that FIRE DRILL in order to make a MAD SCRAMBLE to a safer place like an OASIS. He ended up in a MESA of sorts, where they gave him a TRAY so he could get himself some EGGS and some RAMEN and some KRISPY KREME donuts. He then sat down and ATE a good lunch that TASTED great. Hopefully they'll offer him some drinks too.
Have a good middle of the week, everybody.
It appears that Jayce and I are the only ones who have heard of DEMERARA but I may be the unique one who has some on my kitchen counter.
https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-demerara-sugar-5204675
NaomiZ @11:47 AM And here I thought it was the Cajun pronunciation of their dialect. 😃
HG @9:59 AM It's 25F in Charm City --BRR!
Hola! This puzzle was almost a SNAP to solve. Thank you, Catherine Cetta and thank you, splynter.
We've seen ORO Y plata in previous puzzles but not REMERARA and I pondered over it a while. Thank you, splynter, for the link. I use brown sugar but have never heard it called that.
Kids love the SUPER SOAKER!
In our quest to travel to all the states, my sisters and I visited Maine and the ACADIA National Park near Bar Harbor where we ate lobster. IMO, lobster is vastly overrated. Only butter redeems it.
I am one who does not mind circles; they can be helpful if the puzzle is especially difficult. Today it was not but the circles were helpful anyway.
Enjoy your day, everyone! Gary, I am guessing golf is on your agenda today!
xtulmkr@1:01, your link comes up blank.
Oops. DEMERARA. See! I can't even spell it!
They only go 'poof' if you panic and sell. I have never sold. Watched eveything go down after the dot.com bust in the late 90s, the automakers' bankruptcies in 2009, and COVID in 2020. That's the time to buy, not sell. They all went up over 100% in a few years. I'm forced to sell enough to fund my RMDs in IRAs.
My piano is an Everett spinet. Forty-five years old. My mother taught piano and organ. In the house the piano was a Hadorff and the organ was Allen. We also had a PUMP organ from the 1990's. You actually had to physically pull out and push in the stops to make changes.
Ken, it’s quite possible, even likely, that that clue, and many others, were the editor’s. Editors changing, replacing, revising clues is the norm and sometimes affects 50 percent or more of the clues submitted, and not always for the better.
IM, I assume you mean "Will Trent." We got kinda behind with all of the March Madness. There are three episodes in the "hopper." I'll try to remember to send you my thoughts when I finally get to it.
Yes, of course, Will Trent. Either autocorrect put its two cents in, or I was day dreaming about Cary Grant! 😂 It’s not important, I’m just curious to compare reactions to one scene in particular.
Hi All!
That was probably the fastest I've inked a Wednesday crossword. Only DEMERARA and LEE held me up.
Thanks Catherine for the grid. Thanks Splynter for the after-party (before LENT is over read this book[MA]).
WOs: N/A
ESPs: [See above]
Fav: ASTROS! They beat Seatle in the 12th just after midnight this morning.
CED - Google will load different ads just about every time you load the Blogger page.
Thanks for the article, xtulmkr. Maybe DEMERARA will stick with me after seeing it.
Y'all have a great day.
Cheers, -T
Lucina, even though it's blue, it's not really a link. Just highlight the blue text and [CTRL]+C to copy it. Then open a new tab and [CTRL]+V to insert it on the search line.
I think the pronunciation of "ROUTE" is regional. When I was in LA, the head traffic engineer said "root." ROUTE indexes were discussed daily. (She was blonde and very smart - both brainy and well-dressed.) I also heard someone on TV this weekend identify a highway as "root" 460.
FIR in 10, REALLY good time for a Wednesday (for me). AND I even remembered to go back and figure out the theme words. I could never have done it though w/o the circles, which so many people seem to hate. I don't recall anyone calling their cell phone a "droid". It's either an iPhone or an ANDROID. 13 names but only DNK 3, so not so bad. WEMOS on DEMERADA. Overall, an enjoyable CW, thanx CC2. Thanx too to Splynter for the terrific write-up. I knew it was you when I saw the picture of the organ, and looked forward to a nice set of legs, and was not disappointed.
Yes Lucina, Fore! :-)
Hi Dave, What maintainer question do you have?
This is what we call a maintainer:
https://live.staticflickr.com/3822/32765665156_c31e8e26f5_b.jpg
dem•e•ra•ra (ˌdɛm əˈrɑr ə, -ˈrɛər ə)
n. (often cap.)
a light brown raw sugar grown in Guyana and used esp. in the country's rum-making industry
My apologies, it has been ages since I have written in HTML. I inserted the url in the wrong spot. Thanks to Anonymous T for correcting and desper-otto for the workaround. The defunct "preview" function would have caught the error.
An experienced solver would understand that. A newbie solver would not. Obvs that this new commenter with the big ego is a rookie solver. He should try the USA Today puzzle and quit whining like a baby.
Aha, basically a snow plow. So it is a regional naming thing This specific type of construction equipment is called a "grader" here.
Thanks, Catherine! I was not DVEEX at the circles one bit.
Jinx@4:58. Best wishes for your time off.
Thanks to Splynter for his fun tour! I also started with ZERO ZERO. Good catch on the A, B, C, then D ... plus we had ESS.
Hand up for knowing DEMERARA sugar. I don’t have any in the house, but I like to use it in coffee (usually only available as an option at fancy restaurants).
I say root 66, rowt owt the enemy, abowt not aboot- definitely regional.
Wonderful Wednesday. Thanks for the fun, Catherine and Splynter. . I FIRed in good time and saw the MAD SCRAMBLE theme (like HG, I saw Rose first which held me up). But by the time I had Livid, I said to myself “ the theme is All worked up”. It even fit the space, but Mad Scramble was even better.
WEES by this hour of the day (except I had no problem with DEMERARA).
I can buy a dozen large white EGGS here for $3.83CAD.
Wishing you all a good evening.
Enjoy your break. Caregiving is exhausting.
Automakers' bankruptcies? It was the subprime mortgage meltdown. And no, they did not all go up 100% in a "few" years.
C, Eh! I met with a vendor today over lunch. The guy is from Colorado; they are paying >$10USD for a dozen eggs out there because the Bird Flu hit them harder than us in TX (~$5 for 18).
Until I heard that, I thought the late-night guys were "eggxaterating" the price of eggs.
-T
Splynter, thanks for the link to the article on DEMERARA sugar. A word that I don't recall ever having seen before, but the perps were solid so it stood. This evening, I remembered to ask my wife (the baker) while she was making lemon sandies (cookies).
When I asked her for the name of natural brown sugar, she said turbinado. Even she had not heard of demerara. So then I searched turbinado vs demerara, and then demerara vs brown sguar. I learned it's all about the processing, the size of the crystals, and the flavor intensity of the molasses in each. Some subtle, and some not so subtle differences for the three. Neat!
This morning I reminded my wife to not forget to take her lemon sandies to work. She said the were lemon tea cakes, not lemon sandies. I got one.
“One reason is that Canada’s egg farming operations are much smaller than those in the United States, and dispersed throughout the country, which has helped mitigate avian influenza’s impact on production.
Canada also has a supply management system that regulates dairy, poultry and eggs to ensure supply meets demand. The system allows for greater collaboration among farmers, explained the national organization that represents these farmers.”
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