Themeless Saturday Puzzle By Craig Stowe
What can be more American than celebrating National Day Of The Cowboy? Cowboys drove many herds up to the U.P. railhead at Ogallala, Nebraska from where they were shipped back east. Ogallala has maintained that identity even today as it claims to be the Cowboy Capital of Nebraska although the nickname of their hight school teams are the Ogallala Indians.
While the eastern part of my state became engaged in commerce and farming, the Cowboy Life has persisted out west but some modern vehicles have replaced some of the horses although it is said some herding can only be done by men and women on horseback.
I have searched in vain for info on today's constructor but he seems to be holed up in some box canyon somewhere perhaps looking for some little dogies.. 😙
Now let's see what cluing and fill Craig has rounded up for us in what appears to be his 20th LA Times puzzle. This one took quite a bit of time for me and it seemed like the puzzle pattern offered very few ways in or out in places
Across:
1. Torn: IN A DILEMMA - Unlike his predecessors, U.S. Grant was less torn about sacrificing men to win a battle
14. Shakes on it: MAKES A DEAL - Judge Judy usually requires a lot more proof than that
15. Andean cash crop: COCA - COCA is not the problem, it's the demand in the U.S. for the cocaine it produces
16. Parents often limit it: SCREEN TIME - SCREEN TIME is great for substitute teachers
17. GPS displays: AVES - AVES, STS and RTES
18. Worn: ERODED.
19. Dog in the Reagan White House: REX - A Cavalier King Spaniel
20. Try: TEST - Testing the waters
21. __ strength: TENSILE - The resistance to being pulled or stretched in Mega Pascals
23. Northern cruise destination: ALASKA and 47. Coastal feature: INLET - Do cruise ships sail into the Cook INLET to get to Anchorage?
25. Yeshiva reference: TORAH - A Yeshiva is an Orthodox Jewish School
28. Works like Beethoven's "Ah! perfido": ARIAS - "Ah! Deceiver!" Sure, I knew that...
29. Lean, to sailors: LIST - The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia is shown LISTING 80 degrees in 2012. 32 were killed and the captain and his girlfriend definitely did not go down with his ship. He received a 16 year jail sentence for manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship
34. "Wanna bet?": CANT I - "Captain, you can't sail that close to the island of Giglio!" Oh, CAN'T I?"
35. "My mistake": I STAND CORRECTED - "Oops, you're right. I CAN'T'"
39. Cheek, in slang: TUDE - This captain had a real (atti)TUDE!
33. 1988 self-titled album: REBA - REBA McIntire attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University and got a degree in elementary education to teach
38. Mark: GRADE - How many papers have I marked/GRADED in 42 years in the classroom?
40. Zipped (through): TORE - Danny Thomas gets fined when he TORE through Mayberry, N.C. and ran a stop sign. This was also a pilot for Andy Griffin's new TV show.
41. Comedic honker: HARPO - Here he is with his all his brothers before their only televised appearance in 1957
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| HARPO, Zeppo, Chico, Groucho and Gummo |
42. Jam: STUFF - Even at 5' 7" tall, Spud Webb could Jam/dunk/STUFF a basketball (SPUD was also in Thursday's puzzle)
46. Uncompromising types: PURISTS - Baseball PURISTS hate the designated hitter and wild card games
51. Mideast carrier: EL AL - Israeli airline
52. Took in: ATE.
55. Written creation of Michelangelo: SONNET - A genius in many mediums!
56. __ lives: NINE - Our kitty has used up a few
57. Unlikely to inherit the crown soon: LAST IN LINE - That appears to be Prince George here at the bottom of the purple line on the left-hand side of the diagram
59. 1860s-'70s Black Hawk War combatants: UTES - A prolonged war in Utah, not to be confused with the Black Hawk War of 1832 in Illinois in which Abe Lincoln served
60. Station: TRAIN DEPOT
61. Basilica bench: PEW - The ones in the basilica have the same name as the ones in the chapel
62. Some squirts: YOUNGSTERS - "You young squirts stay off my lawn!." 😡
Down:
1. "Ready?" response: I'M SET - When my lovely bride responds like this, it will still be 5 minutes before we are out the door
2. Mother-of-pearl: NACRE - Instead of being used in jewelry, here is a dragon carved in mollusk NACRE
3. Ohio university: AKRON - The AKRON Zips start their FB season this year in Lincoln. They will get a big loss and a big check
4. Exploits: DEEDS.
5. "Over there!": I SEE IT.
6. Super superior: LANDLORD - The building's Superintendent works for the LANDLORD
7. WV summer hours: EDT - Daylight savings is a waste of time and money
8. '70s Mideast prime minister: MEIR - In a Seinfeld discussion of homliest world leader, Elaine opined, "Golda MEIR would make 'em all run up a tree!"
9. Jerry Herman musical: MAME - Not my cup of musical tea
10. Amazon assistant: ALEXA - Very cool and/or very creepy
11. Makes one's residence: MOVES INTO - Several college grads have MOVED back INTO mom and dad's house around here because their lousy degrees or lack of ambition made them 27. Strapped: HARD UP for cash
12. Rockefeller Center holiday visitor: ICE SKATER - Once she gets up, ya gotta admire how she keeps from falling again before she reaches the rail.
15. Large falls: CATARACT - Cataract Waterfalls occur when large amounts of fast moving water fall over a cliff as seen here at the Iguazo Cataract Falls on the border of Brazil and Argentina. The list of waterfall types.
22. Raises: ERECTS.
24. Spike: LACE - Frankenstien spiking/lacing the Halloween punch (some of you know why I did not include the spiking scene from Hollywood Knights) and 26. Roughly: ABOUT - ABOUT one bottle seemed to be enough for Frank
29. "Chill out!": LIGHTEN UP - Sgt. Hulka delivers this advice at the end of this hilarious scene
30. Ancient Semitic language speaker: ISRAELITE - Semitic language distribution in late antiquity
31. Begin again: START ANEW.
32. Polliwogs: TADPOLES.
36. Vegas' __ Museum: NEON - Where old Vegas signs go to retire. Recognize any of the old standards that have been 13. Discard: CAST ASIDE?
37. Declining: REFUSING - Our Visa Card was declined in D.C. when they thought 10 Uber trips 1,500 miles from home was suspect. A very nice young man fixed us up in 2 minutes
43. Palm parts: FRONDS.
48. Wading bird: SNIPE - The SNIPE is an actual bird but bamboozling people into "hunting SNIPE" with silly instructions and equipment like this has become a camp staple
49. Purport: TENOR - I leave it as an exercise to the class to find TENOR among these synonyms and related words
50. Marks in margins: STETS - Ah, change it back to "Fourscore and Seven" instead of 87
53. Leaf used in the dish laulau: TARO - C'mon, with laulau, what else could it have been?
54. Genesis character: ESAU
Charlie Cowell: I gotta leave a message about that fellow Hill
Marian the Librarian: Leave word with me!
Charlie Cowell: Not on your TINTYPE! How'd I'd even know you'd deliver these letters?
Marian the Librarian: Try me!
I gotta leave word about that fellow Hill!
Leave word with me.
Not on your tintype.
How do I know you'd even deliver these letters?
Try me.
Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=the-music-manI gotta leave word about that fellow Hill!
Leave word with me. Not on your tintype. How do I know you'd even deliver these letters? Try me. Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=the-music-man
I gotta leave word about that fellow Hill!
Leave word with me.
Not on your tintype.
How do I know you'd even deliver these letters?
Try me.
Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=the-music-manI gotta leave word about that fellow Hill!
Leave word with me. Not on your tintype. How do I know you'd even deliver these letters? Try me. Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=the-mWell, I gotta check on my cayuse out in the corral and then be moseyin' back to the bunk house. Feel free to comment in the meantime, Pard! (Did I just type Pard?)
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