Side Salad Up!
Today's theme, provided by our blog's host, C.C., is a tossed diner salad. It's so simple we don't even need (those pesky) circles to see it. Let's take a look:17. Practical baby shower gift: DIAPER GENIE.
When the Girls were infants, we had one. Insert a soiled diaper and twist twice. It keeps the smell down and creates a twisted "poop sausage." //Apologies if you're still finishing breakfast.
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| Diaper Genie |
26. Sheer brilliance: PURE GENIUS.
36. Hidden nerdy side: INNER GEEK. I wear my GEEK on the outside.
52. Pumping device in a pub: BEER ENGINE. A hand pump developed by John Lofting, a hydraulic engineer. You can build your own.
61. Simple salad, or what 17-, 26-, 36-, and 52-Across all have: MIXED GREENS.
I love a salad with my meal. It starts with mixed greens, but then I go a little crazy.
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| One of my dinner side salads. |
Across:
1. Supports for crow's nests: MASTS.
6. In the company of: WITH.
10. Half-__ latte: CAF.
13. How ballerinas may stand: ON TOE.
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| Degas' Pink & Green |
14. In the lead: AHEAD.
16. R&B singer Lennox: ARI.
She's new to me.
17. [See: Theme]
19. Last leg of a triathlon: RUN. Swim, cycle, RUN.
20. First responder certified in AED use: EMT. An Automated External Defibrillator is used by an Emergency Medical Technician.
21. "Stranger Things" actress Hawke: MAYA. She's the daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman.
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| Maya Hawke |
22. Blacksmith's workshop: FORGE.
24. Praise: LAUD.
26. [See: Theme]
29. Put emphasis on: STRESS.
31. Monopoly players?: CARTELS.
32. Fish enjoyed on Unagi Day: EELS. There's a Unagi Day?
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| I do love me some unagi. |
33. Back out (on): BAIL.
35. "Barbie" actress Issa: RAE. She was in Thursday's puzzle.
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| Issa RAE |
40. TruTV sister station: TBS. Turner Broadcasting System. Ted Turner died last week.
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| NPR with Ted's Obit |
43. Objectives: AIMS.
44. Shawarma bread: PITA.
47. Craftsperson: ARTISAN.
50. Sides of a gem: FACETS.
52. [See: Theme]
55. Leafy vegetable rich in vitamin K: KALE. A GREEN leafy.
56. Boutonniere spot: LAPEL. A boutonniere is French for a cute pin. Madeleine Albright was a master of using them.
57. Ladder crosspiece: RUNG.
59. PC hookup: LAN.
60. Flight takeoff abbr.: ETD. Estimated Time of Delay ;-)
61. [See: Theme]
65. "It just clicked!": AHA.
66. Skirt with flare?: A-LINE.
67. Colorful striped stone: AGATE.
68. Currency in MN and NM: USD. Minnesota & New Mexico use United States Dollars.
69. "None of that is true!": LIES.
70. Living room seats: SOFAS.
Down:
1. Workers who strike poses: MODELS.2. Bring to life: ANIMATE.
RUSH!
3. Level of importance: STATURE.
4. Blouse or turtleneck: TOP.
5. Come across as: SEEM.
6. Pricey Japanese beef: WAGYU.
7. "Rumor is ... ": I HEAR.
8. Number of legs on a lobster: TEN.
9. "Yes," in Osaka: HAI.
10. Verizon or T-Mobile: CARRIER.
11. Leafy vegetable also known as rocket: ARUGULA. Another leafy GREEN. Arugula is a bit peppery and adds depth to a salad.
12. Delicate handling: FINESSE.
15. Postpone: DEFER.
18. Sings like G-Dragon: RAPS. Sings? Four letters? An educated WAG.
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| That's G-Dragon |
23. Toronto's prov.: ONT. The greatest band ever, RUSH, is from Ontario's Toronto.
//I've got one more expo before seeing RUSH's R50 (something) w/ Bro, Sis, & Eldest 30 JUN in Dallas. What I'm saying is, anything I can connect to RUSH will be posted 'cuz I'm totes pump'd.
You've been warned.
25. Place to order a Reuben: DELI. This is one of my favorite sandwiches. Only a summer-time BLT is better.
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| Now That's a Sandwich. Kenny & Ziggy's does it up. Yummers! |
27. Vaping devices: E-CIGS. I finally quit all nicotine nine months ago - I still miss it.
28. Battering wind: GALE.
30. Nine-digit ID that never begins with a nine: SSN. Social Security Number. And, I didn't know 9xx-xx-xxxx doesn't exist.
33. For the time __: BEING.
34. Blazer sleeve: ARM.
37. Flatbread often enriched with yogurt: NAAN.
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| King Arthur's Recipe |
38. Org. that banned DDT: EPA. The Environmental Protection Agency regulates dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane.
39. Punt or field goal: KICK. Did you get a KICK out of this clue/answer? //Sry - #DadJoke
40. Picturesque scene: TABLEAU.
41. Gulps of air: BREATHS.
42. Father in a blended family: STEP DAD. I've had three. Mom didn't grow moss.
45. Bit read by a fortune teller: TEA LEAF.
46. City with the world's busiest airport: ATLANTA. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International is Delta's main hub and very busy.
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| If you must go through, plan for a 2hr layover or you won't make your connection. //Youngest & classmates were stuck overnight on their way to IREland. |
48. Furious state: IRE.
49. Alabama city in civil rights history: SELMA.
50. __ shui: FENG.
51. Gets the feeling: SENSES.
53. Adler who outwits Sherlock Holmes in "A Scandal in Bohemia": IRENE. With all the interpretations of Holmes, I can't recall if she's Sherlock's sister or just "The Woman" who can outsmart him a bit. Anyone know better?
54. Some lipstick shades: NUDES.
58. Mardi __: GRAS. Years ago, I was with Krewe of Bacchus - it's not for the faint of liver.
62. Down with a bug: ILL.
63. Noon, on sundials: XII. If you visited the XIV Stations of the Cross in Catholic school, the Roman Numeral for 12 is a gimme.
64. Self-image: EGO.
C.C. delivered another gem. I had fun. You?
Here's the Grid:
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| The Grid |
WO: FuNG shui.
ESPs: ARI, MAYA
Fav: I'm going to BAIL on this one ;-).
Cheers, -T
35 comments:
C.C. has given us a pretty easy puzzle, as befits a
Tuesday. I had no real problem with it.
FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Knew it was WAGue, but not how to spell it: WAGYU. Also DElayed before I DEFERred. Hooray for Wite-Out. Never noticed the scrambled GREEN on my way through the grid. The reveal clued me in. Thanx, C.C. and Dash-T.
FIR, but cbs became TBS. Semi-guess at WAGYU x MAYA.
Should I start drinking again, I'll take my BEER propelled by CO2. And very cold.
My STEPkids and I stopped using "STEP" years ago.
I've mentioned that I grew up in a little mom-and-pop motel/restaurant/gas station/convenience store. "Honeymoon salad" was on our restaurant's menu, with the explanation "lettuce alone." Quite the simple salad.
Thanks to CC for the fun Monday-on-a-Tuesday puzzle, and thanks to Naomi-T for the fine fill-in job.
Naomi-T?
Musings
-WA_GU/MA_A was a speed bump in C.C.’s always fun puzzle
-I guess ANNIE is not the only Lennox singer
-I learned a lot about Tony in his nice write-up
-FORE!
FIW. The crossing of Maya and wagyu did me in. I knew neither and had to take a WAG. R was wrong. I feel that crossing is somewhat unfair.
I got the theme, but had never heard of diaper genie or beer engine. The reveal assured me they were real.
Overall not a pleasant puzzle.
I too FIR. MAhA crossing WAGhU. Otherwise, this CW was a simple salad. I saw the MIXED GREENS before the reveal. And we had a choice of breads to accompany the salads, PITA or NAAN. I like ARUGULA but hate KALE.
USD was a tricky fill. I can’t believe that the ATLANTA airport is the busiest in the world. Wow!
Thank you A-t for your recap. All good. I like ETD, estimated time of DELAY. 🤣
Could have sworn it was WAYGU. Which would make DIAPER YEETER an interesting and potentially useful product.
Took 4:15 today to finish the genre.
I knew the Actress of the Day (Rae), but I didn't know the other Actress of the Day (Maya). I managed to scrape (or eke) by the Japanese lessons in the top-center (wagyu & hai).
Annie Lennox continues to be the only singing Lennox I can seem to remember.
"Tableau" is a word I've not heard, only seen.
Nice Tuesday solve - needed the theme answer to see the GREENS in the others
Once the blog was touting RUSH, I knew AnonT was our blogger for today.
Thanks for filling in and CC for the puzzle
I had a little piece of WAGYU stuck in my teeth for the same reason.
I made the same spelling mistake but did not come up with your funny interpretation of the result. Well done!!!
Loved this delightful puzzle! The theme was fresh and the playful clueing added sparkle. Hadn’t heard the phrase INNER GEEK before but it is a fun one that I will be able to drop in conversation.
Thanks to CC for the pleasant start to the day, and to AnonT for the entertaining recap! Loved the photo of your side salad - the presentation is amazing. An edible work of art.
"C.C. delivered another gem." From the Emerald City? She's the Wizard of Puzzles!
I never put 2 + 2 together (Ethan & Uma) to make MAYA.
Loved the explanation for ETD - especially pertinent flying through ATLANTA.
Thanks for filling in, Tony. You're always there when needed, like all the help you gave me when starting out last year. Really appreciated that.
Annie is my preferred Lennox as well. I wanted to spell it ANI to fit.
Terrific Tuesday CW, Thanx C.C.! 12 names, only 3 DNKs. FIR in 12, and I did see the theme, but only after filling the reveal and looking at the theme fill, so no help in solving.
WEES re WAGYU spelling. Finally figured it had to be MAYA, when WAGYU rang a bell. WEES re Lennox.
During my working years I must have flown through Atlanta about once/week for many years. I always loved the airport, and their underground trains. This was all pre-911, so security didn't slow things down as much.
Selma is in the CW. I'm absolutely astonished that that bridge in Selma is still called the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It is named after the Grand Dragon of the Alabama KKK!!
Thanx -T for the great write-up. That Reuben sandwich looks like two days worth of food! I can't imagine how to eat it w/o lying it down and taking a knife and fork to it.
-T you mention quitting nicotine. It HAS to be one of, if not THE, most addictive substances on earth. I started sneaking smokes when I was 14, took it up full time when I was in college, and didn't quit until I was 35. I smoked unfiltered Lucky Strikes. GREAT tobacco. It took many attempts to finally quit, and even then I would have smoking dreams. I would dream I was inhaling, wake up and reach over to the bedside stand. When I couldn't find my Luckies I would turn on the light, see an empty space where my Luckies used to be, and remember, "Oh yeah. I quit!" I had these dreams for close to twenty years. My dad died of lung cancer at 66y.o. after smoking most of his life. My best friend in college died of emphysema about twenty years ago. In college, first thing he would do at 7am was fire up a Pall Mall Red. Oy.
I suspect if I ever smoked one cigarette, I would go back to smoking. So good for you for quitting. Tough to do. Hang in there.
IRENE Adler was both a romantic interest and his nemesis/foil; his sister as we had in a recent puzzle is Enola
The letter G is nowhere near being one of our more common letters. Yet in today's puzzle G appears in the Reveal and all four theme answers--always in the second word. Am I missing something, or is this just pure coincidence?
The Adler as dominatrix scenes with Sherlock played by Benedict Cabbagepatch would have been weird if Adler was his sister . BTW the recent Amazon Prime “Young Sherlock” series is worth a watch
Nice C C challenge. So the trick was all the clue answers contain the word GREENS 🌱with its letters mixed(up). like a mixed green salad; assume the uppity anti-🟢 crowd is delighted 😃. (Whenever I get served a mixed green salad as part of a restaurant meal I wondered if they just go outside and pull up weeds )
Inkovers: amid/WITH, delay/DEFER,
Chicago or ATLANTA? 🧳✈️
WEES: I had ANI (“The Eurythmics”) “Lennox” spelled wrong which DEFERred chomping on ARGULA only later to be force fed KALE 🥬 🤢
BEERENGINE?? DIAPERGENIE? 😳 (Grant one wish the baby 👶 finally sleeps through the night)
Junior Prom/Senior Ball time soon …Boutonnière: Fr for ”buttonhole” (perfect place to insert a carnation etc. on a LAPEL ) from bouton “button”
Why is it called RUNG when it made no sound.
“Shawarma bread” neither naan nor roti worked but NAAN eventually did find a home.
When is a gate not AGATE : when its a “colorful striped stone” 🙄
OK I’m leaving, no need to push 😃
Years ago I was an exchange student in Japan which gave me an advantage today.
Hai and Wagyu were an easy fill.
Wagyu beef is tender but fatty. I think it’s overrated and would prefer a bbq 🥩 T-Bone.
Issa Rae is becoming a common fill. We just saw her last week.
I enjoyed CC’s offering today. I especially liked “ Inner Geek” which is new lingo for me.
Thanks Naomi. I always enjoy your recaps … they give me a Rush 😉
Oops just realized the recap was -T.
My apologies.
For me, giving up tobacco was much harder than giving up alcohol.
You can use Naomi-T of you wish. No pride of ownership there. Well, maybe a little.
R-O-S, I have a similar reaction to "mixed green salad". I always think they must have just mown down the weed patch. I ask what kind of salad is included and if it's a mixed green salad, I ask if I can have just an iceberg lettuce salad. If not I pay extra for a Caesar salad.
Hola! Once again C.C. exhibits PURE GENIUS with this puzzle. I did FORGE AHEAD and finished it though I don't know if my INNER GEEK was entirely awake.
After my dad died from the after-effects of TB, I had three STEP-DADs, all of them very nice men but they all died of cancer. Many years later it was surmised that this area where we live might be a cancer zone. Since then, efforts to clean it up have apparently been effective.
When my daughter was born, one of my friends gave me a DIAPER GENIE; it's the most practical gifts one could have with a new baby.
Thank you, T, for the great re-cap!
Perfect Tuesday side dish, however wagyu crossing maya was a personal Natick. You would think that in 100 years of crossword making, this theme would have been done to death, yet I can only find 3 other mixed green themed puzzles! silly theme link...
What else would that slit in a lapel be used for?
22A FORGE forced a DE-lay to DEFER
FIW is what I meant. Sheesh.
That's right, it's Enola. Thank you!
A CC puzzle + an Anon T review = an enjoyable and fun experience. I saw the G and several EEs but I don’t enjoying parsing anagrams, so I waited until the reveal clue and filled it in in the blink of an eye. Unknowns, but easily perped ones), such as Diaper Genie, and Beer Engine added some spice, just as fresh and impressive entries, such as Finesse, Tableau, Animate, Artisan, and Stature added some sophistication. CC hit the sweet spot with this one, IMO.
Thanks, CC, and thanks, Anon T, for the chatty and informative review and commentary. You may have had the unique experience of 3 step dads but you were blessed with one Pops!
Have a great day.
The historical use was to close an overcoat from the weather, modern uses can be found here...
Always delightful to get a neat puzzle like this from C.C.--many thanks for this gift. And thank you too, Anon T, for your helpful commentary--also much appreciated.
Well, for some reason the word STEP-DAD triggered a possible story about a single man whose family asked him if he could take care of a little boy who needed someone to look after him since the rest of them were already overwhelmed with family responsibilities and things. So STEP-DAD agreed, and after their first week together the little boy said, "I'm going to call you DAD, not STEP-DAD." The man smiled, and suddenly realized he had to take this role very seriously and be a good MODEL and a stable CARRIER for this kid. How to ANIMATE good suggestions and create a healthy TABLEAU for him was not going to be easy, but he decided that the best way to start was by focusing on food. So they went to the DELI were they were offered some ARUGULA for a start, followed by some EELS, which made the little boy sad when he found out that they were actually a kind of fish. So STEP-DAD had to consider that he might have a young vegetarian on his hands here, and put together a dish of MIXED GREENS as the next course. And so it went with DAD using his best FINESSE to come up with KALE and TEA LEAF drinks and other healthy foods. And by respecting his son's INNER GEEK, they ended up as a very happy family who stayed close friends for the rest of their lives. Down the line, the adopted son married and had lovely family, and STEP-DAD had a wonderful life right up to the end.
Let's hope we all have a pretty good life like that, and take good care of ourselves and our families.
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