This is a SHADY CROSSWORD...
Pam Klawitter has done it again, with a solid themed puzzle with (mostly) easy perps that make this a perfect headscratcher for a Tuesday!
3 Down. Omnivorous shark with a distinctive face: BONNETHEAD.
BONNETHEAD (one word) related to the Hammerhead Shark, but smaller, with a distinctive head often called a Shovelhead Shark.
Typical Bonnet
9 Down. Horses awarded garlands of roses, perhaps: DERBY WINNERS.
Typical Derby
21 Down. Course that may be taught by the Coast Guard: BOATER SAFETY.
Typical Boater
31 Down. Collectible stuffed toy of the 1990s: BEANIE BABY.
Typical Beanie
AND THE REVEAL:
25 Down. Places where magicians' rabbits may hide, or what can be found in 3-, 9-, 21-, and 31-Down: TOP HATS.
Since all the Themers are in the downs, the hats can indeed be found "on top" of their theme answers!
Silly Theme Link.
Reality...
Onward!
Across:1. Kit prepped by many soon-to-be parents: GO BAG.
6. Hourglass filler: SAND.
10. Cruise ship amenity: SPA.
13. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spinoff: RHODA.
(Fictional) Name #1.
14. Arboretum growth: TREE.
15. Massaman curry cuisine: THAI.
16. Declare void: ANNUL.
17. Not seasonal, as an indoor ski resort: YEAR ROUND.
19. Hither and __: YON.
20. Grampa Simpson: ABE.
(Fictional) Name #2.
22. Hearty steaks: T BONES.
23. Petrol pump brand: ESSO.
25. Aromatic herb: THYME.
26. Writer/actor Rogen: SETH. Name #3
28. "Yo te __": AMO. "I love you" too...
30. Sing with a trill: WARBLE. (Reminds me of John Denver...)
34. Texter's qualifier: IMHO. In My Humble Opinion.
35. Gratuity: TIP.
36. Pants measurement: INSEAM.
37. Alphabet ender: ZEE.
38. Pheasant family members with showy mates: PEAHENS.
The male is a Peacock, the female is a Peahen.
40. Home screen icon: APP.
41. Pencil part: ERASER.
43. Writer Rand: AYN. Name #4
44. Tech review site: CNET. CNET stands for Computer NETwork.
45. Some van rentals: RYDERS. I have not seen a Ryder rental van in recent memory, everything around here is U-Haul. Have you seen any?
46. Caddie's stand: TEE. ( I question this clue, sounds like a stretch. Maybe Caddie's support?)
47. Like some skin: OILY.
48. Stockpile: AMASS.
50. Intense anger: RAGE. Imagine the golf course groundskeeper, upon finding Caddies were standing on tees, and squashing them into the greens...
52. Pass on, as an unwanted present: REGIFT. Did you know that there was only ever one fruit cake? It's been regifted ever since...
54. Forensics letters: CSI. Crime Scene Investigation.
55. Quite popular: BIG. (I wanted hot...)
58. Idaho city named for a Shoshone chief: POCATELLO. Name #5, note: I wanted to search for more info on the Person, a Shoshone Chief. But in scrolling down, was stopped by the trivia that "it is illegal not to smile" in Pocatello. The mayor enacted a tongue in cheek law after a bad 1948 winter, but the law was never repealed, and is still on the books...
60. Fixed gaze: STARE.
62. Make, as a salary: EARN.
63. Sort of blue?: TEAL.
64. Part of a regular routine: HABIT.
65. "Minions: The Rise of __": GRU.
(Fictional) Name #6
66. Class with asanas: YOGA. Body Positions, names of which are showing up in x-words more frequently these days... You had better study up...
67. Bottomless pit: ABYSS. (Or the list of asana names...)
Down:
1. Word before scale or whale: GRAY. Heard of Gray Whale, but you don't hear Gray Scale so much...
(Besides, it's a grey area...)
2. "This is really bad!": OH NO.
3. [Theme]
4. Soccer star Freddy who played for D.C. United: ADU.Name #7
5. Fancy parties: GALAS.
6. Lid inflammation: STYE.
7. "You __ My Sunshine": ARE.
8. Under, poetically: NEATH.
9. [Theme]
10. Elisabeth of "Cobra Kai": SHUE. Name #8
11. Chef's vessels: PANS.
12. Assistance: AID.
15. Products often applied before moisturizers: TONERS.
18. "Friends, __, countrymen ... ": ROMANS.
21. [Theme]
24. "The Chi" airer, briefly: SHO. ¯\_(ã)_/¯ Name #9?
25. [Theme Reveal]
26. Jeweler's gadget: SIZER.
Methinks this clue/answer should have been plural...
27. Abrasive board: EMERY.
29. The Dolphins, on scoreboards: MIA. Miami.
31. [Theme]
32. Spot for a pin: LAPEL.
33. Meaningless, as a promise: EMPTY.
38. Student driver's document: PERMIT.
39. Spud bud: EYE.
42. One with a plant- and fish-based diet: SEAGAN. If you say so... ¯\_(ã)_/¯
44. Small part of a gear: COG. Hmm, this clue/answer appears to be correct. I only question it because I learned about Cogs from The Jetsons, and Spacely's Sprockets, and Cogswell's Cogs were not small parts... (hmm, what is a sprocket anyway...)
49. First pope called "The Great": ST. LEO.
51. Hinds of "9-1-1": AISHA. Ack! The names! I've lost track!
52. Rumble in the jungle: ROAR.
53. Linen shade: ECRU.
Learning moment...
54. Soda choice: COLA.
56. Purple spring flower: IRIS.
57. Is hip to: GETS.
58. Cribbage piece: PEG.
59. Streaming hitch: LAG.
61. Bar bill: TAB.
The Grid.
Ah, how many Chapeau's could you have added?
You can toss your hat into the ring, by writing in the comments...
CE:D out...
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Hello from Portland Maine!
(Names omitted to protect the innocent....)
The irony of this photo, is that we were walking from one brewery to another.
(How did they know?)
I solved the puzzle.
ReplyDeleteThat wasn’t the problem. The problem was I kept getting kicked off the site of the crossword and onto an advertising site for Timberland shoes every time I tried to put in a letter. That happened like ten times before it finally clicked in and let me put my letters into the puzzle.
I don’t know why it did that.
I had the same problem trying to go from puzzle to comments, (different Ad tho...) don't know what platform you are using, but I bet if you tell us I am sure TTP can help. (He is a Whiz with computers.) On my IPad, it's the close Ad icon is teeny tiny, and the entire Ad is a link! I am thinking of using a stylus to navigate, as fat fingers just aren't doing it!
DeleteThat sounds awful, Subgenius, and good on you for your persistence! Maybe run a virus scan? Cheers
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the puzzle! And I love reading this blog every day after I finish! Thank you so much to all the contributors!
ReplyDeleteI signed on to add context to CE:D's question at #45 -
You don't see local Ryder moving truck rentals anymore b/c Ryder sold their consumer rental business in 1998 They focus on commercial leases and logistics now.
Thanks again!
Ah! That splains it! Thank you!
DeleteThank you, Pamela and CEDave.
ReplyDeleteHammerHEAT fit nicely in the squares but didn't mesh with the perps. Other than that, no probs. I enjoyed the theme.
Subgenius, I agree with Dash T at 6:06. I'd start with a scan because that seems like it could be a browser hijacker. Especially if is happening in other windows/tabs. Else, do a complete power down and then restart. It is not a crossword corner issue, whatever it is.
It's going to be 97⁰ here in the western burbs of Chicagoland, and 84⁰ in Midland, Texas. That too is a bit odd.
FIR, but dru->GRU, and boating safety->BOATERS SAFETY.
ReplyDeleteToday we got AYN to complement last week's The Fountainhead.
For my recent furniture move I chose Penske over Ryder and UHaul. The Ryder outlet didn't look serious, and the UHaul truck was gas powered for an obvious diesel power job.
When I was a TV engineer, we set up our cameras using a GRAY scale. Oddly, setting up a color camera (RCA's magnificent TK-44 in my case) using a GRAY scale automatically ensured that the color setup was correct.
DERBY WINNERS brought to mind Dan Fogelburg's Run for the Roses. A beautiful slide show accompanies the music.
I was OK with "cadie's stand" for TEE. TEEs are golf ball stands after all, and a caddie had best have a pocketful in case the player runs out. BTW - The Open Championship (incorrectly called "The British Open" here in the former Colonies) begins Thursday. My DVR is set to record at 4:00 AM.
Thanks to Pam for another puzzle that was a PAK of fun. And thanks to CED for another fun review.
Musings
ReplyDelete-A nice, pleasant Tuesday exercise
-My sister has had a garage full of BEANIE BABIES for decades that have not appreciated in value
-How golfers used to TEE up a ball
-EMPTY promise: Finish this one, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a…”
-I will soon be looking at paint samples because my DW wants to repaint some rooms in the house. I don’t really care and will try to sense which one she likes and agree. :-)
-Fore! Home by 1!
"...hamburger today."
DeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteThis one was about five minutes quicker than yesterday, even though I had to Wite-Out my HAMMERHEAD. SEAGAN makes sense, but is it really a diet? Hats off to Pam and CE:D.
I'm off to the ophthalmologist (Dang, that's hard to spell) this morning. She saw something she didn't like last month and requested a revisit. I hope it's not serious, but considering my family history, it probably is.
This is d-o. I'm unable to comment via Foxfire, and trying now via Edge, though it won't allow me to select my Google profile.
FIR. Still relying on a paper delivered to my door each morning I didn't have the problem SubG had. ð
ReplyDeleteWhat I did have was a rather tough puzzle for a Tuesday. I give you seagan and Pocatello as examples. Thank heavens for perps!
I got the theme early on and the reveal confirmed it.
Overall a so-so puzzle.
FIW, alas I had LOCATELLO; didn’t notice that tEG is not a thing. What does BOATSAFETY, BONNETHEAD and BEANIE BABY have in common other than the first letter? Yes the THYME, I mean theme escaped me ð§ĒððĐ
ReplyDeleteSEAGAN? C’mon! If you eat fish and meat I guess you’re a surfandturfgan
YEARlong (too short). “Hitler and” YON (Jan?) who? Let me clean my glasses. ðĪ (ohhhh, never mind)
Zee or zed ðĪ. I had a Toronto roommate in Med school and a PEI frat bro in college.
“50 shades of TEAL and ECRU” coming to a theater near you!
Gonna hit 95 in Utica . ðĨĩ. Off today so heading 50 miles north to our Adirondack place. Amazing that in that short distance the temp will drop almost 10 degrees. ⛵️
Yes, I had to hold my nose and enter ZEE. Same with GRAY ( I smiled to see that CED used GReY).
DeleteCool theme, though I needed the reveal to discover it. The NW was the last to fill since I didn’t know BONNET HEAD shark nor ADU and I guessed at GO BAG.
ReplyDeleteWe keep inventing more terms to pigeon hole people like SEAGAN. Many years ago there used to be an afternoon soap opera whose lead in announced something about our lives being like the SAND in an hour glass. I still remember the dramatic voice but not the exact words.
We had GRU, ADU, SHUE, ECRU.
Thank you CED. Loved that video of the PEA HEN and her suitor.
"Like SANDs through the hourglass, so are the Days of our Lives" . Mom watched it every day, so it must been on NBC (or syndicated.)
DeleteThat’s it. My mother watched it also.
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ReplyDeleteGee! LOL my comment jumped the gun! Blog is still acting funky sometimes.
DeleteToday's theme had the perfect reveal, and the vertical nature added an extra dimension to it. Nice job, Pam.
CED, I loved you opening title and pic! Your ECRU paint samples reminded me of buying a new pickguard for my Strat recently. I wanted "parchment" for a slightly worn look, but whites don't photograph well so ended up returning a couple on ebay that turned out to be "eggshell" or "aged white" until I got it right.
I enjoyed Pam's challenge today. Her construction was on-target, with the reveal and theme answers all symmetrical and all vertical, which I appreciate. And the themes were long--two 12's and two 10's.
ReplyDeletePeahens may often take a back seat to their flashy counterparts, peacocks, but not in today's puzzle: PEAHENS sit center stage, crossing the reveal.
I grew up fishing off the Jersey shore, and we'd occasionally catch a hammerhead shark. At least that's what we called them. But seeing CE:D's pictures of bonnethead sharks, I'm wondering if maybe that's actually what they were.
Today is Bastille Day. One of the four remaining national teams vying for the men's World Cup is France (les Bleus). And they play today, on their Fete Nationale day.
Thanks, Pam and CE:D, for together providing us a most satisfying and fun Tuesday diversion.
If the Spanish team were nice, they’d let the French team win since it’s Bastille day. . ðĪĢðĪĢðŦð·ðŦð·
DeleteHats off to Pam Amick for a clever and challenging Tuesday offering. ðĐ
ReplyDeleteA lot of fresh fill and fair cluing.
We have gone to The Museum of Clean in Pocatello. It’s a fascinating collection and artwork of “clean”. It was founded by Don Aslett and he has written several books on being clean. He was a regular guest on Regis.
Thanks for an informative recap CED.
I enjoyed Pam's puzzle and FIR but was grateful for three- and four-letter words to provide perps in several places. DNK the (former?) soccer star ADU and never heard of POCATELLO. Still, hats ð off to Pam and to CE:D! I laughed at loud at your illustration of ABE Simpson: "Old Man Yells at Cloud."
ReplyDeleteHola! I've never heard of ADU, but perps filled it and by chance at my daughter's home Sunday, GRU was on their TV otherwise I would not have known it.
ReplyDeleteI loved RHODA and watched it regularly; however, I never watched soap operas.
The only movie I recall with Elisabeth SHUE is LEAVING LAS VEGAS.
Thank you, Pam A. K. and thank you CED. Have a great day, everyone! We had rain last night!
FIR in 11. 12 names by my count, DNK 7, but they mostly flowed right in with perps. Last cell to fill was the "A" where SEAGAN and POCATELLO cross. Since I DNK either, it coulda been an "E", so the A was a 50/50 guess. Also DNK BONNETHEAD, needed perps.
ReplyDelete"Chef's vessels" coulda been POTS or PANS. Needed perps there too.
Overall an enjoyable CW, thanx PAK! I did get the theme, too. Clever that the hats were on top of each theme fill.
Thanx too to CE:D for the terrific write-up. I always enjoy Bullwinkle cartoons. You mentioned fruitcake: I must be in the extreme minority in liking fruitcake. It is so dense, though, that a very small slice is enough.
Seems like somewhere here a nun was mentioned. It reminds me that it is O.K. to fondle a nun, just don't get into the habit!
The nun in a small town has a donkey. The headline in the newspaper reads, "Sister Mary has the best ass in town!" The bishop reads the headline and almost has a heart attack! He calls Sister Mary and says, "That headline is absolutely scandalous! You are to sell your donkey immediately". The next day the headline reads, "Sister Mary sells her ass for $100". This time the bishop actually DOES have a heart attack. He calls Sister Mary from his hospital bed, and says, "Sister, buy back that donkey and take him out into the countryside and turn him loose. That way we'll be rid of him once and for all". The next day the headline reads, "Sister Mary's ass is wild and free". They buried the bishop the next day.
LOL! Nun's donkey! I think I have a piece of fruitcake somewhere, I was using it as doorstop...
DeleteI very much liked this puzzle.
ReplyDeleteF inished in 4:38 today.
ReplyDeleteE veryone else seems ok with the intersection of "seagan" and "Pocatello."
Z ipped right through this puzzle.
Nope. That was my guess cell, between "A" or "E".
DeleteNot too much to add except I’m a big PAK fan and it was a treat to see her back to the Corner. I really didn’t study the vertical themers until the reveal and was surprised by the clever theme. Pocatello, Adu, and Seagun were unknowns but discernible through perps.
ReplyDeleteIt was a fun, quick solve and, as usual from Pam, a clean and dreck-free grid.
Thanks, Pam, and thanks, CED, for the fun and facts in your review and commentary. Loved all of the eye-catching photos. I take exception, though, to what you showed as a Beanie. Back in the day, a Beanie in my experience, was more like a Yarmelke, but larger in circumference, with a button or some other ornament in the center. May be a regional distinction.
Have a great day.
In this region, south Louisiana, beanies are more what Irish Miss describes.
DeleteI am surprised at the number of cornerites who weren’t familiar with Pocatello. I remember it from an old joke that says something like “poke a teller”.
Yes, I would call that hat a toque. A BEANIE does not have that cuff around the edge IMHO. is that a Canadian thing?
DeleteHere's a .great beanie link. I hope you don't have to be a subscriber to view it
DeleteTerrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Pam and CE:D.
ReplyDeleteI FIRed in pretty good time, and saw the HATS at the TOP.
One inkblot to fix my false start with veGAN before SEAGAN (never heard that one).
Oops, I had another inkblot to change HOARD to AMASS. When you hoard, you do not have a firm purpose in mind for the objects. When you AMASS or stockpile, you are planning to use the objects in a reasonable length of time. Think of filling the fruit cellar with canned bottles every summer. Almost time for pickling.
Thanks Jinx for enlightening that Caddie/TEE dilemma.
We didn’t call them GO BAGs back in the 80s, but after my daughter was born 10 weeks prematurely, I had one packed three months in advance of due date for second child. He was only two days early. It seemed like forever!
Wishing you all a great day.
Ok CED, I’ll add a hat, a cloche. Maisie Dobbs always wore one. One of my favorite mystery book series. And I’m like KS, my puzzle is in my paper delivered each morning. I prefer a pencil and eraser to an ink pen and white out. I enjoyed this puzzle. Liked “sort of blue”. Thanks PAK and CED!
ReplyDeleteAnother learning moment! a cloche!
ReplyDeleteAw nuts! I thought I hit reply to Anarkie... and in my excitement of learning of a cloche, I forgot to identify myself....
DeleteAnybody else have OTOH before IMHO?
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pam for the topper puzzle. Thanks, CED for another stellar substitution.
WOs: NEeTH, cHAI (and then I slowed down ;-))
ESPs: ADU, AISHA, POCATELLO | SEAGAN (I did the same coin-toss on A or E, Uncle Fred)
Fav: RHODA
TTP - that wasn't me at 6:06 but the advice stands. It was overcast most of the day - that may explain the temperature difference.
LOL "The Nun's Donkey," UncleFred.
Cheers, -T
Ojai Guy. Pam's pleasurable Ruby Tuesday. Just the right amount of clean bite to FIR.
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