Baby Animals.
18-Across. Animated Disney film set in an arcade: WRECK IT RALPH. A KIT is the term used for a baby Fox. Babies of rabbits, raccoons, minks and groundhogs are also referred to as KITs.
25-Across. Hole in an argument: LOGICAL FALLACY. Baby animals that can be called a CALF include cattle, elephants, giraffes, whales, bison, moose, and hippopotamuses.
40-Across. Rock group with flashy outfits: GLAM BAND. A LAMB refers to baby sheep.
53-Across. "Consider this ... ": NOW LET'S SUPPOSE. An OWLET refers to a baby owl.
And the unifier:
64-Across. Feeling like age is just a number, and an apt description of 18-, 25-, 40-, and 53-Across: YOUNG AT HEART. The circles spell out the names of a baby animal which is in the "heart" of the answer.
Across:
1. Asian country that dominates badminton in the Olympics: CHINA.
6. Expert who works with both feet and meters?: POET. Everything you ever wanted to know about poetic feet and meters.
10. Cape __, Massachusetts: COD. Cape Cod is a hook-shaped peninsula in Massachusetts formed by the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the last ice age. Extending 65 miles into the Atlantic Ocean, the Cape's geography includes diverse features like salt marshes, freshwater ponds, sand dunes, and beaches, all subject to constant change from ocean currents and storms. The Cape has a very interesting cultural history.
13. Clumsy: OAFISH.
15. Sandwich cookies: OREOS. A crossword staple. We learned last Wednesday that the Oreo was preserved in a vault as part of a 2020 publicity stunt.
17. São Paulo salutation: OLÁ. São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil. The city was founded in 1554 by Jesuit priests. It is the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world.
20. Brief "I don't need the details!": TMI. Textspeak for Too Much Information.
21. "Peter Pan" pirate: SMEE. This pirate makes frequent guest appearances in the crossword puzzles.
22. In really good condition: FIT.
23. Turkey-roasting aid: BASTER.
29. __ fide: BONA. Today's Latin lesson. The term means In Good Faith and is used to describe something as real, sincere and real.
30. Replacement car: LOANER.
31. In really good condition: LIKE NEW.
34. Letter between zeta and theta: ETA. It's Greek to me.
35. Pass over: SKIP.
39. Notable time: ERA.
43. Boise's st.: IDA. Boise is the capital of Idaho.
44. Ice cream brand: EDY'S. This ice cream brand along with the OREO are frequently the desserts of choice in the puzzles.
46. Night before: EVE.
47. Knocked to the ground: LAID LOW.
49. Rise: ASCENT.
52. Boring: DULL.
58. Pencil end: ERASER.
59. "Oh wow!": GEE.
60. "__ bien!": TRÉS. Very Good! This is today's French Lesson.
63. With 31-Down, "Life of Pi" director: ANG. // 31-Down: See 63-Across: LEE. Lee Ann (b. Oct. 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker and he will celebrate his 71st birthday on Thursday.
68. Rob __ cocktail: ROY. A Rob Roy is a classic cocktail made with Scotch whisky, sweet vermouth, and Angostura bitters, garnished with a maraschino cherry or lemon peel.
69. Writer Proulx: ANNIE. Annie Proulx (née Edna Ann Proulx; b. Aug. 22, 1935) is an American novelist and journalist. She has written many books, but the only one I have ever read is The Shipping News, which takes place in Newfoundland, Canada.
70. Belgrade's country: SERBIA. The Danube River runs through Belgrade.
71. Early Beatle Sutcliffe: STU. Stu Sutcliffe (né Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe; June 23, 1940 ~ Apr. 10, 1962) was the original bass guitarist with the Beatles. In addition to playing guitar, he was a painter, which was one reason he left the band. He began studying art in West Germany. Sadly, he died at age 21 of a brain hemorrhage.
72. Auction cry: SOLD.
73. County of southeast England: ESSEX.
Down:
1. Ranch ruminants: COWS. The baby is a CALF.
2. "No __, no foul": HARM.
3. "Doing all right": I FEEL OKAY. I feel better than just Okay.
4. "Good job!": NICE ONE!
5. Request: ASK.
6. Door: PORTAL.
7. Pop singer Rita: ORA. Rita Ora (née Rita Sahatçiu; b. Nov. 26, 1990 ) makes frequent guest appearances in the puzzles. She was born in Kosovo.
8. Snakelike fish: EEL.
9. Big enchilada: TOP BANANA.
10. Terra-__ tiles: COTTA. Today's Italian lesson. Terra-Cotta is an Italian phrase that means Baked Earth.
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| Terra-cotta warriors in Xi'an. |
11. Native of Veracruz: OLMEC. Technically the OLMEC were an ancient civilization in Mesoamerica, flourishing from approximately 1500 to 300 BCE along the Gulf Coast of Mexico.
12. No-no for a vegan: DAIRY.
14. Classic LP player: HI-FI. Short for High Fidelity sound on a record player.
16. Sedimentary rock: SHALE.
19. __-tac-toe: TIC.
24. Some camera shop buys, for short: SLRs. As in Single Lens Reflex camera.
26. Crew: GANG.
27. "Stay" singer Lisa: LOEB. Lisa Anne Loeb (b. Mar. 11, 1968) first made the music scene with her hit Stay.
28. Like some programming errors: FATAL.
29. Feathered friend: BIRD.
32. Subatomic particles with a negative charge: ELECTRONS.
33. "... amber __ of grain": WAVES. America the Beautiful
36. Core muscles to die for: KILLER ABS.
37. Venerated object: IDOL.
38. Furry foot: PAW.
41. Department store section: MEN'S.
42. First queen of Carthage: DIDO.
45. "Do the Right Thing" pizza place: SAL'S. Do the Right Thing was a 1989 Spike Lee film that addressed racism in Brooklyn. Sal Fragione was the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. Non-Italinan neighbors became upset when they saw that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors.
48. Fluffy cleaners: DUSTERS.
51. Yanked: TUGGED.
53. Approaches: NEARS.
54. "... up to you, though": OR NOT.
55. Japanese cattle breed: WAGYU. Their babies are referred to as 子牛 or Koushi.
56. Word after "chick" or before "hen": PEA. A Chickpea is a legume, also known as a garbanzo bean. A Peahen usually refers to a female peacock.
57. Feathered or furry friends: PETS.
61. Cleveland's lake: ERIE. Whenever I see Erie in the puzzle, I think of our friend Abejo.
62. Lay's chips in a tube: STAX.
65. __, due, tre: UNO. Today's Spanish math.
66. Soccer zero: NIL.
67. Tee-__: HEE.
50-Down. "Toodles!": SEE YA. I will be out next week, but I am confident that you will have a fantastic substitute.
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39 comments:
With the second themed
entry I understood the gimmick, which was important because I would never have gotten “Wagyu” if I hadn’t known what was going on already.
Other than that, it was a pretty easy puzzle.
FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Failed to notice the circles. Failed to read the complete reveal clue. Grrrrr. Failed, but managed to finish cleanly. Seemed difficult for an early week puzzle -- maybe the Prevagen is letting me down. TUGGED is an unpleasant reminder that I'm off for an extraction this morning. I've tried to keep them all, but I'm losing the battle. Thanx, Kieran, Brian, and Hahtoolah. (Enjoy your week off.)
FIR. Ignored the circles completely. They weren't necessary for the solve. Despite that I did notice the baby animals immediately with kit and knew the theme, lame as it was.
We've had wagyu before, so my recollector kicked in and I was able to fill it in. But several answers definitely required well placed perps.
But overall not an enjoyable puzzle.
Did this puzzle “in BONA fide”. …but it was a close one. Almost went with LOEw/GLAMwAND but used the B to cross the answers instead. If I had solved the theme earlier it would have resolved the dilemma easily. “Young’uns”
Inkover: icon/IDOL,
This year is the bicentennial of the ERIE canal.
Didn’t know you put bananas in enchiladas. Have heard the expression “the whole enchilada” to mean “the whole thing” but not this phrase.
Prefer wildebeest meat: ____… LIKE NEW
What is Tabu…. ASCENT
Vote in Reagan and Paul … ELECTRONS
Warning to a confused dog: Don’t let your tail ____ …. WAGYU
Have a nice day
Fairly easy puzzle for the most part. The term "Big Enchilada" is new to me, but TOPBANANA filled in quickly.
My one quibble is LAIDLOW for "knocked to the ground." Typically, one would use "laid out."
"Laid low" usually refers to someone who has gone into hiding.
Took 5:02 today to get out of the CUBicle.
I didn't know the Greek letter, the Veracruz native, the Sao Paolo greeting, the English county, the Carthage queen, or today's writer (Annie), but I knew uno and the singers (Loeb and Ora) - Ora only from crossword puzzles.
I'll take a CSO at Lake Erie.
Oh joy, circles!
A nice straightforward puzzle with a few challenges along the way to make it fun.
Gimmes - We have friends who raise WAGYU beef cattle here and supply local farm to table restaurants
When I was in high school I was a part of an ensemble that sometimes sang at local community groups. Some of them were senior citizens, so we learned the song "YOUNG AT HEART" which was always a big hit. My favorite name of one of them was The XYZ club - for Xtra Years of Zest"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMLbBcTfi-c
We have been trying to catch up on movies in our personal black hole of culture (late 80s to early 90s when I was in med school/residency/babies with no VCR) and recently watched "Do the Right Thing", so SAL'S was recent in the memory banks. Such a heart-wrenching movie.
Thanks Susan for the fun blog and Kieran & Brian for the puzzle
p.s. The director is ANG LEE - not the other way around
FIR, but ascend->ASCENT.
Bob Seger had a big hit with Feel Like a Number.
Ha2la, I think your thoughts may already be focused on enjoying your next venture. A "pea hen" isn't (at least correctly) known as a female peacock, but it is often called a peafoul. Nice birds. And " __, due, tre": for UNO is today's Italian lesson. But thanks for the always-fun review. I especially liked the dog quiz. And thanks to Kieran and Brian for the fun puzzle. I thought it was Tuesday-easy with convenient perps for the stuff I didn't know.
After filling WRECK IT RALPH (never heard of it), the puzzle was a sprint until I got to DIDO. Other than Hannibal, my knowledge of Carthage is NIL. YOUNG AT HEART was also filled by perps, and I looked at the clue and went back to see the young animals.
Rita ORA and Lisa LOEB- Thanks for the pictures as I've always wondered what those crossword staples looked like. I learned long ago to NOT look up anything on the internet unless you want to be inundated with articles and ads about that person, place, or item.
STAX- I remember a lawsuit between Fito-LAY and Procter & Gamble about P&G's claim Pringles were 'potato chips. They weren't, because they only contained 42% potato and they weren't 'chips' of potatoes
Here is a hot link to your YouTube above.. For some reason the share function adds something to the url that auto opens it in YouTube...
Hahtoolah, I am jealous of all the pics you embed. I have tried on my iPad to embed in a blog, and I keep getting blocked by user/privacy issues.
Or, all the pics i want to use are for sale...
Apparently, this embroidery is $3.69 ($3.14 for club members) at AnnTheGran.com
Sheesh, all the pics online seem to be for sale these days.
I'm starting to take this to heart...
how I keep young at heart
(I steal pics from the internet, bwaaHaaHaa...)
I agree about this not being an early week puzzle. Maybe a Wednesday.
Big E @ 9:57
I was shocked! SHOCKED! at only 42% potatoes
so LIU
“Pringles are made from a dough that is about 42% dehydrated potato, with the other ingredients being wheat starch, corn, rice flour, and vegetable oils. It takes approximately three to four potatoes to make one can of Pringles.”
And then they sell them in Tennis ball cans
Yikes
Musings
-A very straight forward solve that saw visits from some of our old cwd friends
-The transfer PORTAL has changed college athletics. Players are now for sale but at least they don’t have to sit the bench for four years.
-The many options of an SLR are greatly outweighed by the convenience of an iPhone
Knocked to the ground … “laid low”. Seems the editors are lazy. 🙈
FIR in much faster time or effort than yesterday. Even some of the more obscure clues seemed to surface from my buried memory bank this morning, which happens less frequently these days. I'm sometimes amazed by the tidbits I have tucked away over the years! An enjoyable outing, and a great write-up, HA2La! I, too liked the dog quiz.
Good Morning:
I found this easier than yesterday’s offering but with an equally cute and nicely executed theme. Any animal-themed puzzle is a treat, IMO. The grid was free of dreck and the fill was fresh and, I believe, above par for a Tuesday. No w/os and no real unknowns led to a quick and smooth solve.
Thanks, Kieran and Brian, and thanks, Hahtoolah, for lots of fun and facts. I enjoyed hearing Ray Charles and my favorite comics were the Eraser, the Dog Quiz, and the self-basting Turkey. Enjoy your mini-vacation.
Have a great day.
Hola! Thank you, Jinx, for correcting the count as Italian, not Spanish.
Is it me or are the puzzles really becoming a bit more challenging? Although I finished this one in good time, I found it a bit crunchy. But I enjoyed it.
However, I forgot to look for the babies, so thank you for that, Hahtoolah.
After a friend and I read ANNIE Proulx's "The Shipping News" we decided to visit New Foundland and spent a few days there. It was an enjoyable trip and we learned a few things. St. John's has an enormous library of paperback books! And where auks nest (millions of them) their stench wafts across the bay!
I hope you are all feeling YOUNG AT HEART and having a great day!
I forgot to add that the Newfoundlanders are great storytellers and musical entertainers!
thanks CED!
I feel your pain, D-O. I had an extraction Oct 2 (a molar!) for my third implant. I keep feeling like it's largely my fault, but I'm finding I have plenty of company and it's simply part of aging.
Hey, D-O try this for your teeth: once a week water-pik your teeth thoroughly with H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide). Aim at the gum line. The H2O2 kills anaerobic bacteria, which are the main culprits in gum disease, and gum problems are the usual culprit in tooth loss. This Friday I turn 81, and still have all 32 teeth, although many have fillings, having grown up before fluoride in water and/or toothpaste. When I see my dentist he says, "Whatever you're doing keep doing it, your gums look terrific". When in Brazil a number of years ago the dentist I saw there took pictures to show at the local dental school. Anyway, the routine has worked fabulously for me, hopefully it will help others keep their teeth.
Agree on the "Laid low" comment.
Mitch on Pringles
Another namefest (22) but only 7 DNKs among them. What is up with CWs getting more and more names? I'm really embarrassed to admit to sitting there looking at 1A and having C___A and having to dredge CHINA from the depths. What the....? Anyway, FIR in 13. Easier than yesterday, but still a bit more like a Wednesday or Thursday. IFEEL(good/fine/OKAY). OAFISH made me think of an OARFISH. Thanx KB&BC for the entertaining CW. I did get the theme (GASP!) early, which didn't really help with the fill though. 6A = clever clue. Thanx too to Hahtoolah for the terrific write-up. I really smiled at that picture of an owlet hot-footin' it. Looks like he coulda had a football under his wing! Your pictures of the calf and lamb reminded me of why I avoid veal and lamb.
Pleasant Tuesday offering, Kieran and Brian--many thanks for this pleasure. And your commentary and pictures are always helpful also, Hahtoolah--so thanks for those too.
So today's puzzle words had me wondering if that POET felt YOUNG AT HEART and that maybe got him to want to join a popular GLAM BAND. He was probably hoping to be soon recognized as a TOP BANANA--not someone who was OAFISH-- so he worked hard to be considered a NICE ONE by his GANG. This took a lot of work, and soon he was exhausted and he had to assure his group that "I FEEL OKAY." To help him out a bit more, his friends got him some sweet PETS where each had a friendly PAW. Now he feels LIKE NEW, and all he needs are some enthusiastic reviews to make him that TOP BANANA that he wants to be.
Have a comfortable and pleasant and sunny day, everybody.
Spanish is: uno dos tres....
Yes, I had LAID out first. But. Guess the ground is pretty LOW.
And they have a distinct accent!
We had the French TRES, but it means “very”, not a number.
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Kieran and Brian, and Hahtoolah (enjoy your vacation).
I FIRed in better time than yesterday, and saw the Baby Animals theme early in the solve. I think of the heart as being in the centre; the YOUNG were not quite AT HEART in the last two themers. Small nit.
Hand up for changing I FEEL fine to OKAY (and thinking of that Beatles song).
I started with ASCENT, but WAVEred to ASCENd, and was TUGGED back.
I noted lots of animals today besides our babies - WAYGU cattle, BIRDs, turkey BASTER, PEAhen, PETS. (Does OA FISH count? LOL!). We had a furry foot=PAW, but the fluffy cleaners were DUSTERS (but they might have had ostrich feathers.)
UNO beside NIL brought a smile. Last night’s final score was Toronto Blue Jays - 4, Seattle Mariners - 3, with a 7th inning 3 run homer that electrified the crowd, for a comeback win. We are going to the World Series for the first time since the 1992 1993 repeat. With only one MLB team, all of Canada cheers for the Blue Jays.
Like Anon@9:13, I noted our trip around the world with “the Greek letter, the Veracruz native, the Sao Paolo greeting, the English county, the Carthage queen”, plus we had CHINA, SERBIA, the Japanese cattle, the Italian UNO, the French TRES, and the Latin BONA FIDE. Never a DULL moment.
Wishing you all a great day.
In college at the U of San Diego, our teachers were of French origin and marked our papers with TRES BIEN when appropriate.
CEh, good luck to the Jays against the mighty Dodgers. I’ll be rooting for them.
47 A could have been clued: Winner of the 2023 Ironman World Championship Sam _______________.
ELECT RONS ... NICE ONE, Ray-O!
CED@10:09. A work-around might be to take a screenshot of the pic.
Thanks to Kieran, Brian, Hahtoolah, and all the posters who added to the fun!
I'm with IM -- any animal-themed puzzle is a treat.
FAV was the dog quiz. I know one who would get an A+.
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