Happy Monday, everyone! sumdaze here with a fun, mid-summer puzzle.
Theme: Pool Your Resources
Let's dive right in with the reveal:
64 Across. Summertime backyard bash, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 40-, and 50-Across: POOL PARTY.
Late July is definitely the season for a swimming POOL PARTY here in the Northern Hemisphere; however, constructor Doug Peterson was thinking about a different type of POOL. He gave us these four themed answers with a billiards item at the end of each.
17 Across. Nonverbal signal during a conversation: SOCIAL CUE. 
25 Across. Falafel cart breads: PITA POCKETS.
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| These are stuffed with falafel (deep-fried balls filled with chickpeas and/or fava beans) and other healthy veggies. |
40 Across. Whoppers, e.g.: MALTED MILK BALLS. The simplicity of this clue can take a solver down a few roads: fish, lies, Burger King hamburgers, etc. 
50 Across. Driver's two-wheeler carrier: BICYCLE RACK.
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| Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard is followed by his team car during this year's Tour de France during the individual time trials. That BICYCLE RACK holds a lot of spare bikes for one rider! As of this writing, Jonas is expected to finish this year's Tour in 2nd place. |
Putting it all together, we have what we need for a POOL table PARTY:
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| CUE, POCKETS, BALLS, RACK I like how Doug found alternate meanings for each of these. Nice shot, Doug! |
Shall we play on?
29. Commercial suffix with Cray or Motor: -OLA.
30. Opera solo: ARIA.
33. British noble: EARL.
36. Pressed (on): URGED.
43. Hatchling sound: CHEEP. Last week we had hens clucking so this week I thought I would look for a sound bite of chicks CHEEPing. In doing so I learned something really cool. It turns out you can hear chicks CHEEPing inside the eggs before they hatch! Stay tuned to when he turns off the background fan noise. 44. Stretch across: SPAN.
45. Commuter's expense: TOLL. Anyone else suddenly craving a chocolate-chip cookie?
46. Narrow inlet: RIA.
48. Source of creative inspiration: MUSE.
55. Core muscles: ABS.
58. Lille chum: AMI. I like how the clue writer played with lil', a shortened form of little to possibly throw a solver off. Lille, France is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region in northern France, near the border with Belgium. It is also the location of Stage 1 of this year's Tour de France. When in France, one might use the French word for chum.
59. Prix __ menu: FIXE. ...more French. Prix Fixe means "fixed price" and can sometimes be found on restaurant menus.
60. Snappable chocolate bar: KITKAT. 🎵Break me off a piece of that KitKat bar.🎵
62. __ Rae: Sally Field Oscar role: NORMA. I used to know someone named Amron. Her mother's name was Norma. See what she did there?
66. Luxury Italian handbag brand: GUCCI.
67. Campaign staffer: AIDE.
68. Sickle or saw: TOOL.
69. One of 1,406 for Rickey Henderson: STEAL. Even I know that Rickey Henderson (1958 - 2024) was known for stealing bases. He had 1,406 career STEALs. His nickname was the Man of STEAL. (Haha! Good one!) Henderson's Hall of Fame page
70. Letters before a summary: TLDR. Too Long, Didn't Read
71. Novelist Rice: ANNE.
Down:
5. Too early or too late: ILL-TIMED. I liked this timely fill! Apparently the last TIME this answer appeared in an LA TIMEs crossword puzzle was in 2010.
6. Soft shoe, briefly: MOC. I first had "tap" as in "tap dance". Now I think the clue is saying that a MOCcasin is a shoe made of soft materials.
7. Integra automaker: ACURA.
8. Like items on clearance: CHEAP.
9. Nightspot for cool cats: JAZZ CLUB. I liked this fill and its symmetrical partner, 41-Down.
37. Mop & __: GLO. Here is a Mop & Glo TV commercial from 1973: 38. Pipe bend shape: ELL.
39. Broadband inits.: DSL. initials and Digital Subscriber Line
41. Magnificent blunder: EPIC FAIL.
42. Pitch that moves unpredictably: KNUCKLER. Is this a nickname for a KNUCKLE ball?
47. Boxer Muhammad: ALI.
49. Playlist option: SKIP. You can SKIP to the next song on your playlist.
50. Across-the-forehead hairstyle: BANGS.
51. "Catch ya later": I'M OUT. and 61 Down. "Bye now!": TA TA.
52. "Odyssey" sorceress: CIRCE. She is a powerful enchantress in Greek mythology.
53. One living overseas, for short: EXPAT. EXPATriot, for long
54. Tend to a pesky squeak: RE-OIL. Pesky implies the squeak has been tended to in the past but is persistent so another application is in order.
55. Ohio's "Rubber City": AKRON.
6. __ Rouge: BATON.
57. Fashion sense: STYLE.
63. Old record label: MCA. MCA was established in 1972. MCA, Inc. became Universal Studios, Inc. in 1996 then that became Universal Music Group but Universal still uses the name for its branch, MCA Nashville. Here is an artist from their roster:
65. Kind of weird: ODD. Hearing Lyle Lovett cover that 1968 Tammy Wynette hit feels kind of weird.
Across:
1. "Oppenheimer" actor Damon: MATT.
5. Apple desktop: iMAC.
9. Hall of Fame Yankees shortstop Derek: JETER. Jeter's Hall of Fame page
14. __ Eats: DoorDash rival: UBER.
15. Scottish water: LOCH. Scotland has over 30,000 fresh-water LOCHs.
16. Suspect's story: ALIBI. awesome alliteration
19. Fan mags: ZINES. magaZINES
20. Steve Harvey, for one: TV HOST. Harvey was born on January 17, 1957 in Welch, West Virginia. He has been active in the entertainment industry since 1985. His IMDb page lists his various hosting gigs.
21. Tease playfully: RAZZ. We had a fun little Z knot here.
23. Test taken by some college srs.: GRE. Some college seniors take the Graduate Records Examinations when applying to grad school.
24. "Correct": YES.
28. "A Series of Unfortunate Events" villain __ Squalor: ESME. ESP for me.
5. Apple desktop: iMAC.
9. Hall of Fame Yankees shortstop Derek: JETER. Jeter's Hall of Fame page
14. __ Eats: DoorDash rival: UBER.
15. Scottish water: LOCH. Scotland has over 30,000 fresh-water LOCHs.
16. Suspect's story: ALIBI. awesome alliteration
19. Fan mags: ZINES. magaZINES
20. Steve Harvey, for one: TV HOST. Harvey was born on January 17, 1957 in Welch, West Virginia. He has been active in the entertainment industry since 1985. His IMDb page lists his various hosting gigs.
21. Tease playfully: RAZZ. We had a fun little Z knot here.
23. Test taken by some college srs.: GRE. Some college seniors take the Graduate Records Examinations when applying to grad school.
24. "Correct": YES.
28. "A Series of Unfortunate Events" villain __ Squalor: ESME. ESP for me.
A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of thirteen children's novels written by American author Daniel Handler under the pen name Lemony Snicket. I like the surname "Squalor" for a children's book. It definitely gives off 'bad guy' vibes. This clue made me think of aptronyms then that made me think of my favorite cycling commentator, Bob Roll. "Roll" is a good last name for a former cyclist, don't you agree?
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| Phil Liggett and Bob Roll are the main NBC commentators for the Tour de France. Phil is from the UK and Bob was born in Oakland, CA. (Bob often stands with his left arm akimbo when holding a microphone.) |
29. Commercial suffix with Cray or Motor: -OLA.
33. British noble: EARL.
36. Pressed (on): URGED.
43. Hatchling sound: CHEEP. Last week we had hens clucking so this week I thought I would look for a sound bite of chicks CHEEPing. In doing so I learned something really cool. It turns out you can hear chicks CHEEPing inside the eggs before they hatch! Stay tuned to when he turns off the background fan noise. 44. Stretch across: SPAN.
45. Commuter's expense: TOLL. Anyone else suddenly craving a chocolate-chip cookie?
46. Narrow inlet: RIA.
48. Source of creative inspiration: MUSE.
55. Core muscles: ABS.
58. Lille chum: AMI. I like how the clue writer played with lil', a shortened form of little to possibly throw a solver off. Lille, France is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region in northern France, near the border with Belgium. It is also the location of Stage 1 of this year's Tour de France. When in France, one might use the French word for chum.
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| map of the 21 stages in the 2025 Tour de France |
59. Prix __ menu: FIXE. ...more French. Prix Fixe means "fixed price" and can sometimes be found on restaurant menus.
60. Snappable chocolate bar: KITKAT. 🎵Break me off a piece of that KitKat bar.🎵
62. __ Rae: Sally Field Oscar role: NORMA. I used to know someone named Amron. Her mother's name was Norma. See what she did there?
66. Luxury Italian handbag brand: GUCCI.
67. Campaign staffer: AIDE.
68. Sickle or saw: TOOL.
69. One of 1,406 for Rickey Henderson: STEAL. Even I know that Rickey Henderson (1958 - 2024) was known for stealing bases. He had 1,406 career STEALs. His nickname was the Man of STEAL. (Haha! Good one!) Henderson's Hall of Fame page
70. Letters before a summary: TLDR. Too Long, Didn't Read
71. Novelist Rice: ANNE.
Down:
1. Damp-smelling: MUSTY.
2. __ and beyond: ABOVE. While the cyclists compete on the roads in the Tour de France, there is another competition happening among the farmers along the route. These displays are meant to be captured from ABOVE by the helicopters covering the race.
2. __ and beyond: ABOVE. While the cyclists compete on the roads in the Tour de France, there is another competition happening among the farmers along the route. These displays are meant to be captured from ABOVE by the helicopters covering the race.
This 50 sec. video shows an entry from
the 2011 Tour de France Field Art competition.
The bike frame is made from hay bales.
3. Computer troubleshooters: TECHS.
4. Set of three: TRIO.
4. Set of three: TRIO.
Vince Guaraldi Trio ~ Linus and Lucy ~ 1964
5. Too early or too late: ILL-TIMED. I liked this timely fill! Apparently the last TIME this answer appeared in an LA TIMEs crossword puzzle was in 2010.
6. Soft shoe, briefly: MOC. I first had "tap" as in "tap dance". Now I think the clue is saying that a MOCcasin is a shoe made of soft materials.
7. Integra automaker: ACURA.
8. Like items on clearance: CHEAP.
9. Nightspot for cool cats: JAZZ CLUB. I liked this fill and its symmetrical partner, 41-Down.
I'm one of those people who listens to a lot of JAZZ on my smart speaker but do not know anything about the artists or music. I do know I like Esperanza Spalding's music. She is from Portland, OR. Here is her 2012 song named for Portland's nickname, The City of Roses.
10. Yale grad: ELI.
11. Trace of color: TINGE.
12. Only movie critic with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: EBERT. (1942 - 2013)
10. Yale grad: ELI.
11. Trace of color: TINGE.
12. Only movie critic with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: EBERT. (1942 - 2013)
Back in the day, I used to watch Siskel & Ebert's TV show to get suggestions for which VHS to rent at the video store. Ebert's Walk of Fame page
13. Levitates: RISES.
18. Egyptian serpents: ASPS.
22. Menagerie: ZOO. A menagerie is a collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition.
26. Blue Jays and Blue Jackets: TEAMS. Toronto's MLB TEAM and Columbus' NHL TEAM
27. Martial art featured on "Cobra Kai": KARATE.
28. Restaurant: EATERY.
30. "Mayfair Witches" cable network: AMC. AMC+ is a subscription TV channel. Mayfair Withes first aired on January 8, 2023. I am not their target audience.
31. Cheer syllable: RAH.
32. Suffix with infant: -ILE. Does anyone else watch Resident Alien? Alan Tudyk is outstanding as an alien with superior intelligence but who is immature when it comes to human SOCIAL CUEs. He looks like a normal human to other humans except for the mayor's son, Max, who can see his true alien face. This 1:41 scene is an example of his infantILE nature when arguing with a child. (Warning: foul language used in a humorous way.)
34. Tear roughly: RIP.
35. Woolly animal of Peru: LLAMA. The annual average temperature in the Peruvian Andes varies from 64°F (18°C) in the low-lying valleys to an icy 32°F (0°C) at higher elevations. I'm glad the LLAMAs have wool coats!
13. Levitates: RISES.
18. Egyptian serpents: ASPS.
22. Menagerie: ZOO. A menagerie is a collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition.
26. Blue Jays and Blue Jackets: TEAMS. Toronto's MLB TEAM and Columbus' NHL TEAM
27. Martial art featured on "Cobra Kai": KARATE.
28. Restaurant: EATERY.
30. "Mayfair Witches" cable network: AMC. AMC+ is a subscription TV channel. Mayfair Withes first aired on January 8, 2023. I am not their target audience.
31. Cheer syllable: RAH.
32. Suffix with infant: -ILE. Does anyone else watch Resident Alien? Alan Tudyk is outstanding as an alien with superior intelligence but who is immature when it comes to human SOCIAL CUEs. He looks like a normal human to other humans except for the mayor's son, Max, who can see his true alien face. This 1:41 scene is an example of his infantILE nature when arguing with a child. (Warning: foul language used in a humorous way.)
34. Tear roughly: RIP.
35. Woolly animal of Peru: LLAMA. The annual average temperature in the Peruvian Andes varies from 64°F (18°C) in the low-lying valleys to an icy 32°F (0°C) at higher elevations. I'm glad the LLAMAs have wool coats!
37. Mop & __: GLO. Here is a Mop & Glo TV commercial from 1973: 38. Pipe bend shape: ELL.
39. Broadband inits.: DSL. initials and Digital Subscriber Line
41. Magnificent blunder: EPIC FAIL.
42. Pitch that moves unpredictably: KNUCKLER. Is this a nickname for a KNUCKLE ball?
47. Boxer Muhammad: ALI.
49. Playlist option: SKIP. You can SKIP to the next song on your playlist.
50. Across-the-forehead hairstyle: BANGS.
51. "Catch ya later": I'M OUT. and 61 Down. "Bye now!": TA TA.
52. "Odyssey" sorceress: CIRCE. She is a powerful enchantress in Greek mythology.
53. One living overseas, for short: EXPAT. EXPATriot, for long
54. Tend to a pesky squeak: RE-OIL. Pesky implies the squeak has been tended to in the past but is persistent so another application is in order.
55. Ohio's "Rubber City": AKRON.
6. __ Rouge: BATON.
57. Fashion sense: STYLE.
63. Old record label: MCA. MCA was established in 1972. MCA, Inc. became Universal Studios, Inc. in 1996 then that became Universal Music Group but Universal still uses the name for its branch, MCA Nashville. Here is an artist from their roster:
Lyle Lovett ~ Stand By Your Man ~ 1989
65. Kind of weird: ODD. Hearing Lyle Lovett cover that 1968 Tammy Wynette hit feels kind of weird.
The grid: 
What a nice coincidence to have so many Tour de France connections this week! 😜 If you are not a professional cycling fan, you might be happy to know that the three-week race concluded yesterday. Crossword puzzles reference the more popular sports all year long. Fair enough but cycling is my favorite.
Have a good week!
30 comments:
This one goes in the
“walk in the park” column, although it took me a minute to figure out what “Whoppers” referred to (after all, it could also mean big lies). Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
This was a definite walk in the park with my poor typing skills the only slowdown. I wish like many of you I had a pattern to solving but it is just random. In retrospect the name Random House seems a very odd name for a book publisher.
Thank you Doug P and sumdaze
Good morning!
Missed noticing POOL PARTY as a reveal, and never caught the theme before coming here.
I often have a TOLL house cookie along with my coffee while solving the daily puzzle. Had one this morning.
Dw likes to press the SKIP button when riding in my car. I've got 500+ songs on my playlist, and she tolerates about half of 'em.
Tried to get DSL when we first moved here in '07. Infrastructure wouldn't support it, and I couldn't use dial-up for work, so we had to go with a cable modem. We upgraded to fiber this past year -- much faster, much more reliable.
We recorded the last two hours of the Tour de France. Dw likes the scenes of Paris. Apparently the video director didn't care for scenery, because there weren't any good scenes.
Thanx Doug and Sumdaze for the amusement.
FIR without erasure. Monday.
I like MALTED MILK BALLS, but didn't know the brand name. Guess we bought them in bulk somewhere.
EXPAT became well known to GTE headquarters folks when we bought the Venezuela telephone company. We probably sent 100 folks to live and work in Caracas for a few years. That ended when the socialists took over, but I'm told we received a surprisingly fair payment for the venture.
Yesterday LILLE was fill, today it's clue.
Today we had CHEAP and CHEEP.
My favorite aptronym was my high school drama teacher, Harlan Hamm. (He was also my favorite teacher.) In the little town north of us, Paul CHEAP owned the Chevy dealership, which of course was named CHEAP Cheverolet. I always suspected that he had changed his name for marketing purposes, but no one ever mentioned it. A pillar of my little community was a man named Otto Carr, but unfortunately, he wasn't in the automotive business.
Jethro Pugh and Lynn Swann were both football stars in the same era. One was a defensive tackle, and one was a wide receiver. Yup, Swann was the aerobatic receiver, and Pugh was the nose-to-the-grindstone linesman.
Thanks to Dough for the nice start to the work week. My favorite today was "commercial suffix for Cray or Motor" for OLA. And thanks to sumdaze for the chuckle-filled review.
Took 4:58 today to run the table.
I didn't know today's French lesson (ami) or "Esme", but otherwise found it to be a (SubG-certified) WITP.
This puzzle could put you to sleep with all the 💤 at the top. No EPIC FAILS (I save those for Saturdays)
My son would have a group of HS friends over to play “billiards” in the game room: a POOL PARTY (rack, balls, etc. Prof Harold Hill would have been appalled )
Inkover: fare/TOLL, exile/EXPAT.
A new film “The Odyssey” due out next year. MATT Damon is Oddysseus, Charlize Theron is CIRCE.
I actually first misread it as Lil’
The “Rubber City” rubbing up against the “Red Stick (BATON Rouge) City”
ANNE Rice: read all her stuff, my favorite was the non-vampiric “The Feast of All Saints”
I was a kid but remember the 50’s TV HOST game show, “PayOLA” scandal.
Top ‘o the week to all. 😊
May the actor Jon Hamm should have changed his name.. 🤭
Ray-O, that would be mad, man.
FIR. This was relatively easy, but of course it's Monday and to be expected. My only "wait to fill" was Esme since I'd never heard of the books.
The whopper clue had me for a while but the reveal brought everything into focus.
Overall an enjoyable puzzle.
The game show scandal erupted when it turned out that game show contestants were given advance answers to the questions. PayOLA was a different thing -- radio stations were being paid for promoting certain songs. Soon most radio stations were airing disclaimers, admitting to taking payola, even stations that didn't.
Marvellous Monday. Thanks for the fun, Doug and sumdaze (wow re Tour de France Field Art!).
I FIRed in good time and saw the POOL PARTY theme.
I wondered if we were getting a pangram with all those Zs, but we were short F,Q,V,W.
Mini baseball theme with JETER, STEAL, KNUCKLER, TEAMS. (See my comment from yesterday re our Toronto Blue Jays, who are on a roll, and at the top of the MLB standings currently.)
One inkblot to change egged to URGED. (Was I thinking of CHEEP.).
I’m not familiar with those MALTED MILK BALLS; 40A was all perps.
We had UBER and SKIP to deliver our meals.
Jinx beat me to CEEP and CHEAP.
we also had ELL and ELI.
We had DSL until last year when FIBE finally came to our location.
Wishing you all a great day. I’M OUT. TA TA for now.
Good Morning:
Doug never disappoints and today was no exception. Cute theme which I noticed early on. No unknowns, no w/os, no complaints.
Off to the retina specialist! 🤞
Have a great day.
No razzmatazz or razzle-dazzle this morning, but pleasant enough. Á few unknowns like JETER, ESME, and KNUCKLER but no obstacle to á FIR.
I’ll take á CSO for BATON Rouge the red stick city, capital of the state of Louisiana where Hahtoolah and I reside. In the puzzle the BATON might abut Akron, but in reality it’s á long way off.
This weekend we had á big POOL PARTY, the watery kind, to celebrate my grand niece’s 50th birthday. Ah! To be 50 again.
Thank you sumdaze for all the Tour de France videos.
That was Monkey above. I don’t know why every once in á while I become Anonymous.
Is it Monday?
I got the pool references in the top half of the puzzle, the bottom half slowed me down a bit. Commuter expense is not fare? (Is this clue/answer fair?). I filled it in without even thinking about it and then perpage went out the window...
Chics cheep before hatching?
I always wondered why they don't suffocate in the eggshell. Now I am wondered where the heck do they get the air to make cheeping sounds???
Sorry, I couldn't listen to the Linus and Lucy link. Great stuff, but I totally played it to death trying to learn it on the piano. (Honestly, it is one of the most fun things to ever play on piano.). And then it switches to the Jazz improv. I'm still trying to scat on the piano... (oh crap! Now I know I'm going to have to try and play it again,...!). Aaarg!
Thank you for a clever & witty review as always, sumdaze - how about Ken Miles, for LeMans driver's name~?
Weird for " Stand by Your Man" sung by Lyle Lovett? How about John Belucci and Dan aykroyd in the movie The blues Brothers.
Did you pay your internet bill? LOL
I'm a guitarist who picked up piano late in life. I love Guaraldi but I struggle to play L&L.
YooperPhil here, writing aboard the car ferry MS Chi-Cheemaun, headed south to Tobermory, Ontario from Manatoulin Island on a beautiful Canadian day! Hi CEh! 🇨🇦 🍁. Puzzle was Monday easy today, FIR with the only unknown being FIXE. Thanks Doug for the puzzle and to Sumdaze for your insights. I think KNUCKLER and knuckleball are the same, but both are misnomers as the ball is actually gripped with the fingertips and not the knuckles. Becoming a rarity as fewer and fewer pitchers use the pitch in their arsenal. Probably the hardest pitch for a catcher because they float erratically.
Doug's puzzle made for a great start to the week.
Sumdaze, you were in fine form today, mon amie! Good work tying everything together with lotsa great links.
I too like Esperanza Spalding, ever since I saw her on Austin City Limits a decade ago. Not many performers front bands as a bass player, even less those the are female. She caught my eye because she was different, but I stayed because she is so good.
Musings
-Whoppers are a treat I can tend to OD on.
-The finals of yesterday’s LPGA Scottish Open was not played on a LOCH but on the FIRTH of Clyde with spectators in hooded sweatshirts and ear muffs. The heat index here was 115F which took a TOLL on me.
-Long gone are the days where RCA (Hi Irish!), MotorOLA and Zenith were the main TV choices
-The sun will never rise on a day where my lovely bride will pay $5,000 for a GUCCI bag instead of a CHEAP one
-MUSTY: A dehumidifier (emptied daily these days) and “Wall Flowers” eliminate that in our basement
-My grandson plays in a very talented JAZZ TRIO, but I prefer music with a real melody
-This spinning magnetic LEVITATION toy fascinated my kids but they (read boys) broke two.
-We tried a DSL connection and it only worked sporadically because we were 3 miles from the phone company
-My uncle and his fastball were ready for MLB with the Cubs. After he threw out his arm, he came home and threw KNUCKLE balls in town team games.
-Bob Uecker’s famous take on “catching” a knuckleball
-Tina Turner became an EXPAT in 1993 when she moved to Switzerland
-My recliner has an annoying squeak and I don’t know if I can REOIL it
-BATON Rouge means “red stick” and Palo Alto means “tall stick”
Fast, fun FIR with a nice review by sumdaze. I too watched Siskel & Ebert back in the day...when Siskel turned thumbs down on a movie, I immediately added it to my "Must See" list. I was seldom disappointed!
Enjoy your time in Canada, YP. I am envying you the lovely breeze on the deck of the Chi-Cheemaun, as we are hot and humid here in the banana belt of Ontario. Our current humidex is 38C (100.4F) - not as bad as HuskerG’s 115 yesterday!
Yeah, I can play the main theme thru shear muscle memory, but when it comes to jazz improv, I'm totally lost...
Delightful Monday puzzle, many thanks, Doug. And your commentary and pictures are always a much appreciated help, Sumdaze--thanks for those too.
Well, I bet the TV HOST in this puzzle was able to give people an occasional SOCIAL CLUE, maybe to magaZINES where they could get some help. And I wondered if that EARL URGED some of his fans to listen to an ARIA, while they were solving some clues, and then rewarded them with a MALTED MILK BALL if they were helpful. Sounds like a set of good resolutions to me, that should encourage everybody to celebrate at a fun POOL PARTY afterwards.
Have a good rest of the day, everybody!
I thought it referred to the game show scandal too. My mistake . But hey I was only about 7 years old listening to my victrOLA
I liked this puzzle a lot.
The word "Squalor" in the clue tipped me off to ESME.
DW and I used to live in "Tall Stick."
Now that we have wireless broadband, our old DSL connection hardly seems to have been "broadband." It was extremely slow. We would never have been able to listen to Vince Guaraldi.
MUSTY made me think of Misty.
Thanks for your interesting write-up, sumdaze, and all your comments, folks.
I was in such a hurry earlier that I forgot to thank Doug for a fun solve and sumdaze for a fun and factual review.
Got a good report from the doctor, so I’m a very happy lady. I’ll be happier, though, when the dilating drops wear off and I can see properly.
In the 90’s again, so another heat wave. I think this is our third one. 👎
Stay cool!
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