Hear, Hear! All ears are not used for hearing.
17-Across. Dog ears?: BOOKMARKS.
26-Across. Bunny ears?: SHOELACE KNOT.
42-Across. Elephant ears?: CARNIVAL FOOD.
56-Across. Mouse ears?: MICKEY HAT.
Across:
1. Sound of an eye-opening moment: AHA!
4. Unlikely to break the ice: TIMID.
9. Objects of worship: IDOLS.
14. Most populous city in Can.: TOR. Toronto. Hi, Canadian, Eh!
15. Pointlessly silly: INANE.
16. Inter Miami captain Lionel: MESSI. Lionel Andrés Messi (b. June 24, 1987) is an Argentine professional soccer player. He has been with Miami since 2023.
19. Windshield sticker: DECAL.
20. Smoothie bowl berry: AÇAI. This berry is a small, dark purple fruit that grows in the Amazon. And you can purchase them from the other Amazon.
21. Start for giving and taking: MIS. As in Misgiving and Mistaking.
22. Beefsteak, for one: TOMATO. A beefsteak tomato is a large, meaty and juicy variety of tomato. It is most common on burgers, sandwiches and salads. Yummers!
23. Quickly don: THROW ON.
25. Regal home: MANOR.
30. Like walruses and wild boars: TUSKED.
33. Mo. with a spooky finale: OCT. October has a spooky Halloween finale.
34. Gold, in Spanish: ORO. Today's Spanish lesson.
35. Got up: AROSE.
36. Sailor's yes: AYE.
37. New York mascot with a baseball for a head: MR. MET. Apparently there is a Ms. Met, too.
39. "Geaux Tigers!" sch.: LSU. As in Louisiana State University. If you watch college football, you know that LSU has been in the news a lot recently, and not for having a winning team.
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| Mike the Tiger, the mascot of LSU. |
40. Four-time WNBA MVP Wilson: A'JA. A'ja Riyadh Wilson (b. August 8, 1996) is an American professional basketball player. She plays for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association. Aja is also the name of a Steely Dan album.
41. Creamy chocolate dessert: MOUSSE. Yummers!
46. Software-creating professional: CODER.
47. Riled up: ANGERED.
51. "Not all __ wear capes": HEROES.
53. French sailor's yes: OUI. Today's French lesson.
54. Actress Headey: LENA. I never watched Game of Thrones, was not familiar with this actress. Apparently, Lena Kathren Headey (b. Oct. 3, 1973) portrayed Cersei Lannister on that show.
55. Greek alphabet ender: OMEGA. It's all Greek to me.
58. Inbox message: E-MAIL.
59. Hightails it: FLEES.
60. Royal flush card: ACE.
61. Knighted women: DAMES. That's Dame Helen Mirren (née Ilyena Lydia Mironoff; b. July 26, 1945) to you. She was made a Dame in 2003.
62. "The Jetsons" dog: ASTRO. A reference to the cartoon from the 1960s.
63. "Dynamite" K-pop group: BTS.
Down:
1. Chance for a hit: AT BAT.
2. Moonshine: HOOCH.
3. Thundering, as a crowd: AROAR. Mike the Tiger and the Crowd Roar.
4. Minnesota governor Walz: TIM. Timothy James Walz (b. April. 6, 1964) is the 41th governor on Minnesota. He has been in office since since January 2019.
5. Irritable: IN A MOOD.
6. "Semper fi" shouter: MARINE.
7. Signs, as a contract: INKS.
8. Jardin __ Tuileries: public space near the Louvre: DES. More of today's French lesson. The Tuileries Garden is a public garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Queen Catherine de' Medici had the garden made as part of the Tuileries Palace in 1564. After the French Revolution, it became a public park.
9. "That's all for me": I'M DONE.
10. View as appropriate: DEEM OK.
11. Formal nods from the Academy, informally: OSCAR NOMS. As in a nomination.
12. Future esq.'s exam: LSAT. As in Law School Admission Test. This appeared in Friday's puzzle, so I'll steal MM's accompanying image.
13. Rural storage tower: SILO.
18. Mall stalls: KIOSKS.
22. Diplomacy: TACT.
24. "This ride is fun!": WHEE!
25. Spice in pumpkin spice, often: MACE. Mace is a spice from the nutmeg tree. It is also a weapon.
27. Like a ride-or-die friend: LOYAL.
28. Metal-yielding rocks: ORES. A crossword staple.
29. Checkout lane bag: TOTE.
30. Anticaking agent in table salt: TALC. I was not aware that Talc was used in food products. Apparently, the FDA has approved it in foods at a concentration of less than 2%.
31. Latin for "bear" in constellation names: URSA. Also known as the Big and Little Dipper.
32. Common substitute for Greek yogurt: SOUR CREAM.
36. Slightly open: AJAR. Not to be confused with 40-Across.
37. Electronic music pioneer Robert: MOOG. The use of the Moog synthesizer was first used in the mid-1960s. Robert Arthur Moog (May 23, 1934 ~ Aug. 21, 2005) was an American engineer and pioneer in electronic music.
38. Without manners: RUDELY.
40. St. crossers: AVES. Streets and Avenues. Sounds like a game of Chutes and Ladders.
41. Nickname: MONIKER.
43. Painful head rub: NOOGIE.
44. Lofty standards: IDEALS.
45. Sink fixture: FAUCET.
48. Home update, familiarly: REHAB.
49. Put into law: ENACT.
50. Candlelit dinners for two, e.g.: DATES.
51. Cleared weeds in the garden, say: HOED.
52. Jane Austen novel that inspired the movie "Clueless": EMMA.
53. Frying liquids: OILS.
56. Iowa Writers' Workshop deg.: MFA. As in a Master of Fine Arts. Everything you ever wanted to know about the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
57. That, in Tijuana: ESO.
Here's the Grid:
חתולה
I'll be out next week, but I know you will be in good hands. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.
Happy Chanukah to those who are celebrating. May the memory of those who perished in Sydney be a blessing.
20 comments:
It took me a minute to
get “Oscar NoMs” instead of “Oscar NoDS”. Other than that, I didn’t have too much trouble with this fun puzzle.
FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Wasn't familiar with SHOELACE KNOT, CARNIVAL FOOD, or REHAB, as clued. And how is REHAB a "home update?" AJA Wilson admitted on WWDTM that she was named after the Steely Dan album. Thanx, Emily, Sala, and Hahtoolah. (Enjoy your week off.)
FIR without erasure. DNK DES, TALC and EMMA as clued. Would have known DES Plaines, TALC on a pool cue, and EMMA Thompson.
We keep seeing sts crossing AVES. Is that really the norm? I live on Westover AVE, which used to be 10th St. And in Phoenix, streets and avenues run parallel. Don't remember the layout in LA or Dallas, and Atlanta is too confusing to opine, except that whatever you're on it probably has "peach" in its name (as in "Peachtree Dunwoody road.")
That MESSI guy must be pretty good. In addition to frequent appearances in crosswords, he recently some soccer award.
Winston Churchill is commonly credited with coining "TACT is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.” But there are a lot of doubters, and no written evidence that he did so has been found.
Since Ha2La beat me to linking that wonderful song AJA, here's Amy Winhouse's REHAB.
Thanks to Sala and Emily for the fun, easy Tuesday puzzle, and to Ha2La for another fun review. We'll miss you next week.
FIR. Not a lot of difficulty today. It was mostly Monday fare.
I never saw the theme as I was solving and only got it by coming here.
Overall an enjoyable puzzle.
Never heard Oscar noms but Oscar nods is the usual reference. But that would make Mr Det.
I am in Manhattan this week and the Avenues run North-South intersection the Streets, which run East-West.
Took 4:28 today to pierce the ears.
I wasn't thrilled with all the foreign language clues/answers (ursa, oro, eso, oui, des, etc.).
I've heard "Oscar nom" a decent amount in the recent years.
I would deem this puzzle ok.
Just got back from a whirlwind trip to London, which included a side jaunt to Paris on the Eurostar train (top speed 186mph). Neither DW nor I had been there so it was quite the experience. Had a little trouble downloading the LAT puzzle and the 8 hour time differential wasn’t really conducive to fit our schedule, but I did keep up with the goings on on the Corner.
As for today’s puzzle, a nicely themed collaboration by Emily and Sala, which I FIR in 8:36, thank you both for that! About the only unknowns were LENA and DES (although I was right by there at the Louvre last week). I have a pair of shoes that I have to double KNOT or they have huge 🐰 ears 😂.
Hahtoolah ~ as always, I enjoyed your picturesque write-up today, and also a belated happy birthday to you which I know I missed last week 🎉.
Laughed very hard at that LSU caption hahaha. Lena Headey is great, she was also in the movie 300 and the excellent 2012 adaptation of Dredd. Pretty easy 6 minute puzzle
Same in Washington, DC, I believe.
OUI, OUI, Cute puzzle theme, no reveal needed. My only unknowns throughout were A’JA and LENA.
Before TALC I entered rice since just yesterday I added some to my salt shaker.
Let’s not confuse MOUSSE with mouse and moose as Hahtoolah’s review brought up. Nice review.Hahtoolah enjoy your week off.
Hola! Nicely done by Sala and Emily. Did Emily echo her name with EMMA?
I, too, thought it would be OSCAR NODS, but the dreaded abbreviation NOMS surfaced. I've never heard of LENA Headey, Lena Horne and Lena Olin are more familiar. My great-great grandmother was named LENA.
Luckily AJAR was in place to help with AJA and I immediately thought of the Steely Dan album because we have seen it often in puzzles. MOOG has also been a frequent fill.
Thank you, Hahtoolah, and enjoy your time away.
Have a lovely day, everyone! Yikes! Only nine days left before Christmas!
You just know that a puzzle that starts with an AHA! moment is going to be a piece of cake! Had no idea who AJA was, and the only LENAs I'm familiar with are Olys wife and Horne, but an enjoyable outing nonetheless. Ad in a fun review by Ha2la, and it doesn't get much better than this!
A fun fast Tuesday, thank you Emily, Sala and Susan. I had one unknowns but I watched and enjoyed Game of Thrones and continue to be surprised that milestone TV like GOT, DOWNTON ABBEY are unknown
Not everyone cares for TV. I grew up in a house without it, and never got the habit. Give me a good book, any time.
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Emily and Sala, and Hahtoolah (enjoy your break).
I FIRed in good time, and saw the alternate Ear definitions. I thought of TV antennas for Bunny Ears. That DATES me!
Yes, I’ll take a CSO with TOR (pronounced Trono by the locals). I graduated from U of T.
I smiled at Tim crossing TIMID, and ORE crossing ORO.
Wishing you all a great day.
Emily, Sala, and Hahtoolah served up a Tuesday treat today. Like others, I had to change NOdS to NOMS, and only then realized NODS was part of the clue, and not likely to be part of the answer. D'oh!
I was shocked to see that tiger being goaded to roar for the crowd, and glad to learn that doesn't happen any more.
Musings
--On December 6, I had a solo Saturday puzzle from Emily and in the write-up I mentioned she usually cocreates up with Sala and Here is a nice picture this constructing duo.
-If you examine the feet of those IDOLS, you’ll usually see feet of clay
-The map of Canada reminds me that Ontario contains the country’s most southern point: too-small-for-the-map Pelee Island which we see from time to time
-I didn’t get notified to sub today until 9 a.m., so I had to quickly shower and THROW ON something.
-Radar once told Henry Blake, “Sign here to indicate you initialized every where else”
-Do I have this right – TALC can not be used in baby powder but is okay for us to eat?
-The cartoons today were both amusing and in some cases intuitive.
Well, my ears perked up at the mention of talc in salt. (I'm allergic to it.) never heard of it. So I ran to the cupboard to check. Of course my Kosher salt has no additives, but that means no iodine either. So I checked my Superior Crystal all purpose iodized salt (what? What happened to the Morton's?) and the contents list is a bit disturbing:
Salt (well, duh!)
Dextrose (corn derived sugar, wait, what! Sugar in my salt?.?)
Potassium iodide 0.006%
Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)
Yellow Prussiate of soda talc substitute that sounds scarier than talc...
Re: elephant ears as carny food? Never heard of em! Apparently a variation of funnel cakes... but it reminds me of,,, makes me hungry for....
Australian Potato Scallops
Nearest thing I can find around here would be McDonalds Hash Brown patties. But infinitely better as unlike the tater tot interior, Aussie fish and chip shop potato scallops have a solid interior, softened only by frying. Yummers!
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