Good morning, campers, it’s RustyBrain. Summer
is upon us and Chairman Moe is taking some well-deserved time off.
I couldn’t find much about today’s constructor, Jeremy Venook, except he seems
to be a brilliant fellow. He’s published a number of scholarly articles, but this may
be his debut puzzle. If so, congrats! Let’s see if this one hits the spot.
17. Person who's always available to help: JOHNNY ON THE. The first themer is obviously missing SPOT, but instead is followed by a black square, i.e. a blank SPOT. Cool. JOHNNY ON THE SPOT is a man who is there when really needed. “Johnny” (like Jack) being so common a name it stood for “man.” Heeeere's the man:
27. Theater employee who follows the stars closely: LIGHT OPERATOR. This themer started with a black square, so I tagged SPOT onto the beginning of LIGHT OPERATOR. A SPOTLIGHT OPERATOR uses a followspot to keep the “stars” on stage well lit. So far, so good.
44. Portable Wi-Fi source: HOT CONNECTION. The blank SPOT on the last themer is at the end again, so HOT CONNECTION SPOT? No, it’s a HOTSPOT CONNECTION. Turns out the black squares were just red herrings, to me, at least. Commonly known as a HOTSPOT, it’s a physical location or an antenna that people use to access the Internet, typically via Wi-Fi.
59. Comment to a less-than-thorough cleaner, or an apt title for this puzzle?: MISSED A SPOT.
The revealer is spot on! This is a common idiom, often used jokingly, and fully explains what is happening here.
I tried to read the tea leaves hidden in the black squares, but to no avail. The SPOT could be anywhere, which is fine. But let’s see what that leaves us. A “LIGHT OPERATOR” is a real job. A “HOT CONNECTION” is a real thing. A “JOHNNY ON THE” is…? I’d like the written part of the answer to be a complete phrase on its own, then be modified by the revealer into something fun. In the end, I guess I was looking for a little more out of a Friday.
And now, see Spot run:
Across:
1. Recklessly hasty: RASH.
5. Site that calls itself "the heart of the internet": REDDIT. I thought they were "the front page of the internet." In any case, REDDIT is a clever name suggesting "I read it" past tense.
11. Filmmaker Lee: ANG. Crossword's favorite director (don't tell Spike).
14. Fundamentals: ABCS. ABCs are the basic building blocks of many learned skills.
15. Declaration from a sure-handed player?: I RAISE. Also from a bluffer. Poker is the rare game where the best hand doesn't necessarily win.
16. __ shu pork: MOO. I like to roll my own, kinda like a Chinese fajita.
17. [Theme]
19. Total: ADD. If you "total" your car, it will ADD to your insurance premium.
20. Queerplatonic orientation, casually: ARO. ARO is the shortened version of "aromantic," which refers to individuals who experience little to no romantic attraction.
21. Lets up: EASES.
22. Narratives: TALES. Tall TALES are "yarns".
26. __ and haw: HEM.
27. [Theme]
34. "The Garden of Earthly Delights" painter Hieronymus: BOSCH. The Dutch painter's macabre imagery is often interpreted as a visual translation of metaphors found in the Bible. I'd love to see the original 7ft x 13ft triptych (3 panels depicting Paradise, The Garden, and Hell) to see all the intricate details. Hard to believe it's over 500 years old!
36. Range between Europe and Asia: URALS.
37. Messenger molecule: RNA. RiboNucleic Acid, in case you want to impress someone at your next party.
38. Missouri River Native: OTOE.
39. Coke or Pepsi: BRAND. And the cola war battles on...
40. Stay out all night: CAMP. My first thought was a rave, an all-night dance event.
41. Hilton-owned hotel chain: TRU. The name came about because they leave Capote novels in the drawers instead of Gideon Bibles. TRU story.
42. Tortuga's country: HAITI. "Tortuga" is Spanish for "turtle." This island, part of HAITI, was named La Tortuga by Christopher Columbus due to its turtle-like shape.
43. Backs (away): SHIES.
44. [Theme]
47. Large deer: ELK. Similar to Moose, they often meet at a watering hole.
48. Defiant confirmation: I DID SO.
51. Lure: DECOY. I was visiting Orlando and saw this duck being attacked by a bird. On a return visit, I noticed the duck was still there. I guess the bird wasn't the only one fooled.
54. Gala, for one: APPLE. It wouldn't be a gala without APPLE bobbing!
57. Sprite: ELF.
59. [Theme]
62. The Brewers, in box scores: MIL. The Milwaukee baseball team, named after "the beer that made Milwaukee famous," sorta. CC knows much more about this than I do (about baseball, not drinking). Anyway, they have a clever logo using their initials to look like a glove.
63. Real __: ESTATE.
64. Browser button: HOME.
65. Long fish with no pelvic fins: EEL. One of many ways to clue this popular x-word fish.
66. Invisible pollution: NOISES. Good clue. Have I mentioned that RightBrain and I hate going to noisy restaurants?
67. Alma mater of many British prime ministers: ETON.
Down:
1. Indian royals: RAJAS.
2. Call off, as a mission: ABORT.
3. Cry at the beginning of summer break: SCHOOL'S OUT. When the kids were young, I cued up the Alice Cooper song and played it when they walked in the door on the last day. We'd dance a silly jig and it became an annual tradition, because that's what cool dads do (or so I'm told).
4. Sales channel: HSN. Home Shopping Network, which I now call "Amazon."
5. Capital of Saudi Arabia: RIYADH. Awesome skyline.
6. Greek matchmaker: EROS.
7. Great __: DANE.
8. Morse taps: DITS. DITS and dahs are dots and dashes. Ta da!
9. "Or so": ISH. ~ (see TILDES below).
10. Wavers: TEETERS.
11. International lawyer Clooney: AMAL. Seen here with her little-known husband.
12. Lymph __: NODE.
13. Deities: GODS.
18. Speak horse-ly: NEIGH. I used to live next to a horse farm. They were noisy NEIGHbors.
23. Tell-all sesh on 5-Across: AMA. Sesh is short for session, so on REDDIT, AMA is short for Ask Me Anything.
25. Targets of insecticidal shampoo: LICE. I have a nit to pick with this one.
26. Contained: HELD.
28. Shrouded locale?: TURIN. This relic, believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus, is shrouded in mystery.
29. Speechify: ORATE.
30. Lose one's cool: PANIC.
31. End of the line: TRAIN DEPOT. Actually, a DEPOT can be anywhere along the line, the one at the end is the "terminal." Here's one at local Tradewinds Park that we frequented when the kids were little. The models are one-eighth life-size and the track is over a mile long! Note: this isn't Gulliver's family traveling, it's the trains that are small.
32. "I'm buying": ON ME. My two favorite words (when someone else says them).
33. Performs like Ice Spice: RAPS.
34. Ideal option for the indecisive: BOTH. The eternal question - like Coke vs. Pepsi.
35. Other, in Oaxaca: OTRO. Today's lección de español (Spanish lesson).
39. Rely (on): BANK.
40. "Parasite" star Woo-shik: CHOI. I also saw him in the zombie thriller "Train to Busan." South Korea is producing a lot of popular movies, TV and music these days.
42. Some saints: HOLY MEN.
43. Record half: SIDE A. Had to wait to see which side we were on.
45. Corp. VIP: CEO. A Chief Executive Officer is a Very Important Person, that's why he/she is worth 1000 times more than everyone else?
46. Symbols indicating similarity, in geometry: TILDES. In mathematics, TILDES (~) often indicate "approximately" or "about." For example, "~20" would mean "approximately 20".
49. Sportscast tech: SLO-MO. Sloooow Mooootion...
50. Over and over: OFTEN. Not this one again!
51. Common mosque feature: DOME. A DOME, called qubba in Arabic, can improve the acoustics within the mosque, helping the Imam's voice resonate effectively. The onion-shaped ones are especially beautiful.
52. Shallowest Great Lake: ERIE. Hint: it's the four-letter one.
53. Nucleus holder: CELL. Wanted "atom" at first.
54. Italian bubbly: ASTI.
55. Unpaid TV ads: PSAS. Public Service Announcements.
56. Mets slugger Alonso: PETE. The 6'-3" first baseman is nicknamed "Polar Bear." I'm not sure why.
60. Equi- kin: ISO. An equilateral triangle has three equal length sides, while an ISOsceles triangle has just two.
61. Pronoun option: SHE.
Out, damned spot! Over and out!
43 comments:
This wasn’t terribly
difficult, especially for a Friday.
I knew what the gimmick was from the first themed answer, and that helped me solve this puzzle. However, I generally see “noise” pollution, not “noises.” And I never know whether it’s “otra,” “otro” or whatever. Anyway, in spite of those “nits,” FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Jeremy's offering was SPOT-on for a Friday. There was a reveal, but it wasn't needed. Everything filled quickly until the HOL_MEN/DECO_ cross. It took a l-o-n-g alphabet run. Thanx for a sterling expo, RustyBrain. (Interesting fact about the TRU hotel.)
HOT[SPOT] CONNECTION: I used to have use my IPhone's "hotspot" feature often. Since Tachus finished their fiber installation, I've only had one outage. A contractor had accidentally cut the underground "cable."
MIL: In my ute, Milwaukee was the beer capital of America: Miller High Life, Schlitz, Blatz, Meisterbrau were all brewed there. In those days life was simpler --there were no "lite" beers.
Where did that "have" come from?
Good morning.
Jeremy, congratulations on your LA Times debut. It was SPOT on. Well, it was actually a bit easy for a Friday, but I don't think that the LA Times editor is particularly concerned about scheduling puzzles in order of toughness. I solved it faster than Thursday's, and Thursday wasn't hard.
Today, the theme answers and reveal were not shadowed. I started smack dab in the middle with common fill ORATE and quickly got the surrounding answers. I worked to solve the theme answers from there; HOT CONNECTION was the first to drop. I knew that SPOT was missing, so I jumped to the bottom to see if that was the location of the reveal. It was. I sussed the reveal, and that made the other theme answers easier to suss. Game over, except for filling the rest of the grid.
A few notes:
- "The Garden of Earthly Delights" painter Hieronymus: BOSCH. Unknown. Perps. I know BOSCH tools.
- Hilton-owned hotel chain: TRU. I'm a Hilton Club member, but I've never stayed at a TRU. DNK about the Capote books.
- The Brewers, in box scores: MIL. MIL beat CHI yesterday, 8-7.
- Capital of Saudi Arabia: RIYADH. Knew it, but had to spell it.
- TILDES. Dash T and Splynter use them in the title line when they author blog posts here.
Thanks, Rusty. I think it was only coincidence that two of the theme answers could stand alone. I too, thought of Alice Cooper's "SCHOOLS OUT" anthem. And at "Targets of insecticidal shampoo: LICE. I have a nit to pick with this one." Funny.
"Coke vs. Pepsi?" Neither, unless there's nothing else available.
Three weeks ago I signed up for a golf tournament to be played tomorrow. The forecast is 95+, with high humidity and a heat index of over 100. Tee time is at 12:40. Intense heat and sun are no longer my cuppa. I'll be the guy with the big hat, long pants and long sleeved shirt. :>)
Took 7:06 to get a spotter for the heavy lifting while I listen to Spotify.
I didn't know the painter (Bosch), the Parasite actor (Choi), which of the Spanish others to use (otro/otra), who Tortuga belonged to, the geometric use of tildes, and how to spell "Riyadh."
There's an interesting fort (and snorkeling) in Dry Tortugas National Park, which is a part of Florida, which I'm told is a part of the USA.
Cute theme. Seemed like an easier Friday puzzle than the usual add/subtract a letter(s).
FIR, but thought I'd FIW. Rusty's grid has MIn x CEnL, but his narrative is correct. imp->ELF, bside->SIDE A, and again->OFTEN.
I heard an interview a day or two ago with Jillian Michaels, who once billed herself as "America's toughest personal trainer." She was downplaying pride month celebrations. Paraphrasing: "being gay is part of who I am. It's not a merit badge."
If not for Michael Connelly I wouldn't have heard of Hieronymus BOSCH.
I use my phone's HOT (spot) CONNECTION while CAMPing. Public WiFi is unsecure and unreliable.
I thought that Ice Spice must be a bandmate of our recent MELB, aka Scary Spice. I know just about as much about the Spice Girls as I do RAP.
Juice Newton and Eddie Rabbit recorded the beautiful ballad BOTH to Each Other way back in the 1980s, when I had hair (and a job.)
Thanks to Jeremy for the fun, easy-ish Friday puzzle, and to Rusty Brain for the funny and informative review.
After the easy NW I was thinking JOHNNY ON THE SPOT but was unsure of how to spell RIYADH or it was Great Lake or DANE, DITS or dahs, and the poker term I RAISE. SCHOOLS OUT (forever) was easy and I wanted STOIC (one letter short) and was not familiar with STOLID. The LICE taught me that word.
I wanted MISS THE SPOT but it wouldn't work. I was thinking of some type of party for Gala instead of an APPLE, took a while for the NOISES to show up, Geometry's ~ was 60 years ago for me, DNK PETE Alonso, or if it would be SIDE A or B. But it all worked out-finally. The SPOTS shifted positions from end -THE SPOT, beginning- SPOT LIGHT OPERATOR, to middle - HOT SPOT CONNECTION.
I DNK either BOSCH or CHOI.
Are Doritos equilateral or ISOceles triangles?
FIR. Certainly this puzzle lives up to Friday standards. I'm not a rap fan so Ice Spice was unknown, and the painter, Bosch, was too. But the rest of today's puzzle was fair with perps as needed.
I got the theme early on and the reveal only confirmed it.
Overall this was an enjoyable puzzle.
I knew the Dry Tortugas and have had Tortuga brand rum cake, but not the one in HAITI. I figured it was somewhere in the Caribbean.
Fairly easy Friday but it still took me 17:33 for the FIR. Had JOHNNY ON THE but had to see the reveal for help with the other two themers. DNK CHOI, BOSCH, or TILDES as referenced, first thought Sportscast tech referred to a person so that needed perps. BOSCH was a beer brand brewed here in the Upper Peninsula for almost 100 years. SHIES is a repeat from yesterday. I’ve never used or heard anyone else use the word STOLID. All in all, some good Friday fare, nice debut Jeremy! RustyB ~ you’re a good addition to the blog team, very enjoyable read today! PS - in the graphic, the middle triangle is also an equilateral, an isosceles has only 2 equal sides.
Fabulous Friday. Thanks for the fun, Jeremy (congrats if your debut) and Rusty Brain (I smiled at your dry humour).
I solved in good time and thought I had FIRed, but arrived here to discover that I misspelled RIYADH by entering STOLIc (thinking of Stoic) (hi Big E) instead of STOLID.
But I did go back and find those MISSing SPOTs after the reveal.
Dahs changed to DITS.
EKF won over Imp.
BOSCH perped. I would have known “dishwasher brand”.
I was misdirected to the party with Gala. Ah, APPLE.
I thought of Great Scot before DANE.
CHOI was all perps.
Wishing you all a great day.
In the TV series Bosch, the main character Harry Bosch has the name Hieronymus BOSCH and just goes by Harry.
Good morning Corneristas. I'm a long-time friend of CC and contributed (to CC) the picture from this year's ACPT of Tom Pepper (also, a long-time friend) and (long-time friend and LA Times puzzle editor extraordinaire) Patti Varol.
At this year's tournament, I, serendipitously, sat next to today's constructor, Jeremy Venook who, because it was his first ACPT, left his stuff (folder that he should have taken) by his seat. I grabbed it for him and set out to find him, which I eventually did.
About Jeremy: tall, young, personable, a law student at NYU, takes courses with MSNBC pundit Andrew Weissman and assists him in his research when he can, an aspiring Broadway dancer (?!) and an excellent solver. Hope this helps to fill in some of the blanks. I predict we'll hear much more from Jeremy in the future after his notable debut.
Although I left á couple of letters blank, like the C of CHOI and the P of RAP, á silly oversight in retrospect, I really enjoyed this puzzle.
I caught on to the theme with HOT CONNECTION. á few WAGS were necessary like REDDIT, PETE, and HAITI. I went to the Dry Tortuga National Park á few years ago, so wanted USA, which didn’t fit of course.
I love Gala APPLEs. Many years ago we shared á home with á Great DANE. She was á sweetheart. I have been á fan of Hieronymus BOSCH’s famous painting since the 70s when á colleague had á reproduction of it hanging on his office wall.
I too dislike NOIsy restaurants. Thank you Rusty Brain for that fine review. Nice of you to spell our Chairman.
That was me, Monkey above.
A spin-off of this series begins in July, starring Maggie Q, who appeared in the last episode of Bosch: Legacy. Bosch (Titus Welliver) will make guest appearances. To me, this is a case of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Although, there may be reasons why Bosch is no longer the main focus. ☹️
I suspect you are the notorious Mike Alpern of ACPT fame.
Good Morning:
This was a cute theme and a fun solve but I would have liked more of a challenge on a Friday. No fault of the author, though. Anyway, the clue “Declaration from a sure-handed player” was surely about baseball, so I quickly and confidently filled in I Got It. Other missteps were Tomb/Dome and needing perps for Choi. Otherwise, the fill was pretty straightforward.
Thanks, Jeremy, and congrats on your debut, and thanks, Rusty, for a fun and and fact filled review. You did an excellent job explaining the theme and all of the related photos were appreciated, especially the one of the “sitting” Duck! 😂 Thanks, also, for subbing for Moe.
Another hand up for avoiding noisy restaurants, especially the ones that think loud music adds to your dining pleasure. 😝
Have a great day.
Thanks very much for bringing Jeremy to life!
For some reason as many times as the word Aral or Ural comes up, I can’t remember which is which…have to figure out some way to remember it. Anyway, FIR…I also thought it was kind of easy for a Friday
Musings
-A great Friday puzzle with just enough “huh?” fills that required persistence.
-The HOT SPOT gimmick helped me in the BOSCH/OTRO/TRU confluence
-Clown Emmet Kelly’s famous “sweeping the spotlight” has been memorializedwith this porcelain figurine
-I have BOSCH and Bose speakers but have scant knowledge of Dutch painters
-NOISE POLLUTION: There is an unspoken rule in our neighborhood to not start mowing before 9am
-RIYADH – The placement of silent H’s ADD to solving difficulties
-An very funny intro of AMAL
-Early on, WAL~MART had its employees chant participate in this chant/cheer with another name for its TILDE
-Thanks for the info Alpernm
The theme was fairly obvious and not very inspiring. Rusty’s illustration was much more imaginative. But some of the fill was challenging, especially in the SE.
As I’ve said before, no one (especially children) has used the word “so” the way it’s used in 48A since, oh, 1925. “I did too” is what EVERYONE would say. So, I had I DID IT for quite a while. TILDES, as clued, also threw me. The ISO/equi connection was unknown to me.
I wanted to like the clue for TURIN, which came easily, but I thought it was contrived. The same was true of the “sure-handed” clue. The URALS clue made it sound like the range has no continent. Two pronoun entries? One too many.
I did enjoy STOLID, but all in all it was a forgettable Friday puzzle.
Quite easy for a Friday. The usual unusual names. Theme clues are usually starred * or end with a ? so wasn’t sure if I was missing any after I figured it was “JOHNNY ON THE SPOT”. Also a SPOT LIGHTOPERATOR (is that really a term?). Oh yeah, HOT SPOT CONNECTION.
Inkovers: hermits/HOLYMEN, imp/ELF, IDID IT/SO, dots/DITS (I never learn)
Jinx with increasing govt anti LGBT/trans rhetoric and legislation Jillian may be forced to wear a badge
Shouldn’t it be called oink “shoo pork”…. Or if made from equi-kin: NEIGH “shoo horse” ? 😀
I saw a sign on the fence at a local school last week . “Coyote DECOY on site” (wha?) I asked my teacher DIL who said the fake coyotes were intended to scare off the Canada geese. But apparently once the geese figured out the decoys weren’t moving they flew right back to messin’ up the schoolyard.
“Messenger” made it clear it was R not DNA. Usually a toss up or perp.
Indecisive decision: almost filled punt
I’ve held off on DWs “honey dew”’list till at least I finished the puzzle. Last day of vacation.
Agree, you never know if its "otro" or "otra". Kinda like "aral" and "ural". I also agree I cannot stand loud noise while dining. "Gala" had me thinking anything but apples, then the aha moment. Not overly difficult but I enjoyed it. As for Harry Bosch, which I love, I don't know why they don't continue with him. Yes, if it ain't broke don't fix it.
I liked this one. Fair cluing, lots of V-8 moments, and helpful perps for the unknowns. Also appreciated the absence of overly cutesy and extremely obscure entries. Rusty Brain added the cherry on top with a witty recap. Nice start to the first day of summer!
Hola! A nice Friday puzzle, not too easy, not too hard. However, REDDIT is unfamiliar to me and I at first had LAKE for the "great" clue. TRU is a complete unknown but it perped. OTRO had to wait for HOT since it could be OTRA or OTRO.
I don't recall ever learning that use of TILDES in geometry. For me, they are used as a modifier of the letter n.
It has been several decades since I was at a TRAIN DEPOT. My friend, Sister Martha Clare, R.I.P., and I, went by TRAIN from LA to Dayton in 1955.
Prior to learning of AMAL Clooney, I only knew it in the movie title, AMAL and the Night Visitors.
Have a wonderful day, everyone! It's already 100 degrees here.
There is a company in Michigan that rents portable toilets, a slight variation, but aptly named “Jonnie on the Spot”.
Scalene, most likely.
If there isn’t, there should be a professional dance duo in Australia named Pa and MaTILDE, who specialize in waltzes.
I was the ace follow SPOT operator for my HS musical productions my junior and senior years. Never missed.
Oh, go hug a Druid, it’s Solstice Day!
Thanks, all. I now have confirmation that this was indeed Jeremy's debut. Well done! I hope to see many more.
BTW, my origin story of TRU Hotels was a figment of my imagination. TRU story!
My favorite business name in this genre is Log House Portable Toilets (a veteran owned enterprise) of Wildwood, FL. Their phone number is (area code for Wildwood +) 500-POOP. (No puzzle connection, but funny.)
Interesting Saturday puzzle, many thanks, Jeremy, and congratulations on your debut. And thank you for your helpful commentary, RustyBrain, also an appreciated help.
Well, Saturday puzzles are meant to be tough, but having it start with RASH didn't intimidate me, and I just tried to remember that I knew my ABCS and that I would RAISE my skills for this as well as I could. Saying that always EASES my fears and worries a bit. I hoped I would know all the GODS in the puzzle but the only one I remembered was EROS, who hasn't been on my radar since I entered my senior years. But that still didn't make me ABORT my efforts, even if I no longer attend a CAMP in the summer or ORATE speeches to my students. But I still know what a DECOY is and if I still wanted to travel I could probably still figure out how to get on a TRAIN at a DEPOT. But instead of all that stuff I think I'll just be thankful that I could afford my REAL ESTATE and enjoy my pleasant HOME.
Have a delightful weekend, everybody.
Ya hafta use it often? 😎
====> D.
A rather leisurely cruise for a Friday puzzle, but I ain’t complaining — FIR in spite of reeeally wondering why I could not make JOHNNYONTHEspot fit when I just knew it was the answer. Maybe one of these days I’ll learn to check the reveal clue before I start. Duh! But nice job by Mssr. Venook, I’ll hope to see more of his creations.
SHIES two days in a row, was it?
Okay, Rusty, I fell for your TRU story, hook, line and stinker 😖 ya got me, dude! Good one. Great recap, too — nice job, lots of interesting info (presuming it’s all TRU, of course…).
And then there’s today’s commentary, to which I’ll add my JOHNNY story: when I lived in Hawai’i decades ago, there was a septic company, the Kamaino Bros., who’s pumper trucks made me guffaw — they had the motto “Your Unko is Our Bread and Butter” (“unko” is Japanese slang for poop…).
Do the Dry Tortugas have turtles that aren’t wet? Inquiring minds want to know…
Finally: Fender over a Les Paul (if I’m not playing one of my Taylor acoustics).
====> Darren / L.A.
I had a Telecaster at one time which was stolen, luckily I had it insured and I used that $$ to buy a Les Paul Standard which was my go to for a long time. Then I got a Taylor acoustic/electric and have hardly picked up the Gibson since.
I've been a Fender guy (obvious from my avatar) since I played a friend's sand-colored Musicmaster in high school. By my junior year, I'd saved up enough for my first Strat, a used '68 that I still have.
Wait, WHAT? I crashed through this one in...can it be?...12 minutes for a FIR? On a Friday? Exactly on my wavelength. 15 names, DNK 3 (which included TRU), but they perped with no effort at all. WMOS, OTRA? OTRO? OTRE? Oy. But it HAD to be "HOT...." so that solved that one. I'm still impressed with myself at completing as Friday so quickly. D-O mentioned some of the breweries in Milwaukee back in the day. Seems like there were several more, but I can only think of Pabst. I grew up in Milwaukee and still remember the aromas from the breweries. Thanx JV for this sterling CW, I really enjoyed it. I hope to see many more from you in the future. O.K., I hafta fess up, I never did see the theme. But I didn't really search, either, I was just so happy to FIR so quickly. Thanx too to Rusty Brain for the outstanding write-up. Well done!!
Many thanks to Jeremy for a SPOT on puzzle. I enjoyed it. RustyBrain's review was at least as delightful.
On our trip to Spain last month, DH and I had the privilege of seeing Bosch's "Garden of Earthly Delights" in the Museo del Prado. I have been a Bosch fan since childhood. DH had an artless upbringing, but he was just as excited by the painting. So weird, really, for its time -- or any time! One of the bazillion things I learned in Spain was that the Prado is a collection of artwork that once belonged to the various monarchs of Spain. King Philip II (1527-1598) was an ardent fan and collector of Bosch's work, and the Prado owes its Bosch canvases to him.
Mountain is spelled with a U(rals).
I liked this puzzle a lot. JOHNNY ON THE gave the gimmick away right away. I like the word STOLID. TEMPT-->DECOY. Good reading you all.
I have always been amazed by our C.C.'s ability to use the English language for word play. Now we are also benefitting from Chinese professors who have studied the Chinese Warriors and are traveling from Xian to The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana CA to lecture at the exhibit. Hooray for enlightement!
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