The computer age has not only added some ODD new words to our language like "unsend, reboot, byte, etc.", it has appropriated some existing words to be used in our Brave New Digital World. In C.C.'s lovely Sunday puzzle she reclaims the former meanings to some hijacked tech words we now find so common.
I flipped a mental coin to decide whether to post pix of the new or old use and I think you can see what I chose. Hmmm... Can I unchoose? No? Okay, let's "boot up" this bad boy!
23A. HOT SPOT : TRENDY BAR - Elaine's in NYC in in the 60's (closed in 2011) or a place to get online
25A. CACHE : HIDDEN TROVE - Where Blackbeard hid his loot or intermediate computer data storage that speeds up computer activity
38A. SPAM : CANNED MEAT - Hormel meat product made here in Fremont, NE or letters from a Nigerian prince
59A. VIRUS : FLU CAUSE - Germs for humans or a bug for your CPU
74A. HACKER : AMATEUR GOLFER - Me on the golf course or computer thief
91A. TWEET : BIRD CALL - Tweety getting a hold of Daffy or (speaking of daffy)
103A. TABLET : SCRATCH PAD - My old Big Chief from grade school or one of these
123A. STREAM : FISHING SPOT - Down by the Old Mill or watching granddaughter doing poetry live on our computer
126A. MOUSE : LAB ANIMAL - Testees in the lab or these (oldest to newest)
Across
1. Glacier Bay phenomenon : BERG
5. Bullets, in Vegas : ACES - here's four of 'em
9. Cake often laced with rum : BABKA
14. Short space-saver : ET AL - and those other guys too
18. Wet'n'Wild Hawaii locale : OAHU- Which is NOT where you find 48 A. Kapalua Airport site : MAUI
19. Winter runner : NOSE - C'mon, that's really cute!
20. To no __ : AVAIL
21. Muslim mystics : SUFIS - Here today, gone tomorrow
27. Outer area? : SPACE - My specialty
28. Two-time Masters champ Watson : BUBBA Watson - a champion and true gentleman
30. "Gotcha!" : I SEE
31. Christmas delivery : NOEL - Nix on BABY, GIFT and GOLD. Or CHIA pet ;-)
32. Time-tested : OLD
34. 24-part epic : ILIAD - First verse
36. Eur. landmark under which Zeus trapped Typhon : MT ETNA
43. "All Is Lost" star : REDFORD - I just watched his forgettable Indecent Proposal on Netflix
46. Oodles : A LOT - A LOT just north of me costs, uh, A LOT (6 figures)
47. "'__ Death": 2000s Fox sitcom : TIL
49. In the box : AT BAT
53. Kosher food brand : SABRA - Supplies Mediterranean food for Kosher consumers
55. Has coming : MERITS
61. __ message : ERROR - It took me an hour to clear a "Paper Jam" ERROR message on my HP printer
62. Like lambs : OVINE - Of, relating to or resmbling sheep according to Merriam-Webster
63. Follower : FAN - A little over the top? Waddaya think?
64. Little devils : IMPS
65. Butch Cassidy or the Sundance Kid : ALIAS -Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longabaugh just didn't cut it
67. Altercation : SCRAPE
70. Preacher's perch : PULPIT
72. ''Just __ suspected!'' : AS I - You've already forgotten the name of those Muslim mystics!
77. Winning threesome? : ENS - Just count 'em - W I N N I N G
78. View from Alaska's Wonder Lake : DENALI - Talk about your views! Wow!
80. Its prime minister historically visited Cyprus in 2012 : ISRAEL - Dimitri and Bibi
81. High dudgeon : ANGER
83. Start : OPEN - With those 4 bullets in 5 A, I'd OPEN for A LOT
84. Stand-up standard : GAG - Deadpan comic Steven Wright memorizes 360 of them for an hour set
86. Fishing basket : CREEL
88. Run the show : EMCEE - Do you remember the show he EMCEED for 20 years before this?
93. 182 Skylane maker : CESSNA - Dudley, ever taken one up?
94. Regrettable : SORRY - You just can't say SORRY, you have to fix it!
95. Unchallenging course : EASY A
96. Tiny amount : IOTA
98. Disney doe : ENA
100. Apple, for one : POME - A type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the sub tribe Malinae of the family Rosceae. Not Poe's The Raven!
101. Exasperated query : WHAT NOW
106. LP Field team : TITANS - This is what the Cumberland River did to LP Stadium in Nashville the year before we visited
109. "Gotcha!" : PSYCH
111. One of football's Mannings : ELI
112. Google Groups regular : USER
113. Uno y dos y tres : SEIS - matemáticas en español
116. "Take __!" : A HIKE
119. Unapproachable : ALOOF - Don't be ALOOF, the world already has too many LOOFS!
128. Hawk's weapon : TALON
129. Float : GLIDE - These GLIDERS dropped paratroopers in the early morning hours of D-Day
130. Savings choices, briefly : IRAS
131. Major road : PIKE
132. Game division : HALF
133. Fires off, say : SENDS - Maybe Paris should have thought before hitting SEND on that TWEET above. Hmmm.... Paris Hilton/Think, isn't that oxymoronic
134. States : SAYS
135. Locale in Dante's fifth circle of Hell : STYX
Down
1. Web crawlers, e.g. : BOTS - Software apps that perform repetitive tasks faster than we mere mortals
2. Tombstone legend : EARP - We visited the EARP residence in Pella, Iowa
3. Bird hunted by gauchos : RHEA
4. Controversial public safety issue : GUN CONTROL
5. "__ news?" : ANY
6. 1936 Cooperstown inductee : COBB - Perhaps the most hated man to play the game
7. Isaac's older son : ESAU - The family tree. Hmmm...
8. Hungary neighbor : SERBIA - If WWI hadn't started by a SERBIAN shooting the Archduke Ferdinand, it would surely have started somewhere else
9. Faith with a 19-month calendar : BAHAI - 19 instead of our 12 divisions
10. Prefix with fauna : AVI - Birds of a certain region, habitat or geological period
11. "I wouldn't advise it!" : BAD IDEA - Butch thought Sundance's idea of jumping off the cliff as a BAD IDEA
12. Rides : KIDS - Kidding can turn to the unpleasant act of riding someone
13. Downwind : ALEE
14. Fla. setting : EST - Clocks in Pensacola, FL match mine in Fremont, NE
15. Beat a hasty retreat : TURNED TAIL
16. In progress : AFOOT - "Come Watson!", Holmes cried, "The game is AFOOT!"
17. Spice (up) : LIVEN
22. Ward of "The Fugitive" : SELA
24. Take out : DELE - Is this word ever spoken?
26. Captain who said, "I have done with society entirely" : NEMO - Also...
29. Crunchy sandwich : BLT My fav!
33. "Silent Spring" subj. : DDT and 39. Banned orchard spray : ALAR are so close together
35. Pitchers, to a manager : ARMS - Most teams have 11 - 12 arms on the roster
37. __ II razor : TRAC
38. Legal work : CASE - Crossword stalwart, Erle, wrote a lot of them such as
40. Obvious choices : NO BRAINERS - C.C.: "Gary will you blog my puzzle?" Gary: "That's a NO BRAINER!"
41. Mid-morning drink : MIMOSA
42. K2's 28,251 ft. : ELEV - Only 306 people have summited K2 while over 5,000 have conquered Everest
44. __ bag : DUFFEL - From the town of Duffel, Belgium where this heavy, woolen cloth was originally made
45. Reebok competitor : FILA
50. Farm abundance : BUMPER CROP - It'd better warm up and dry up around here to get one of these
51. Defense secretary after Cheney : ASPIN
52. Battery components : TESTS - As Tom Wolfe wrote in The Right Stuff, the Mercury 7 astronauts hated the battery of TESTS they had to endure. Most proved to be worthless.
54. Sans serif typeface : ARIAL - The difference:
56. Heads for the top : RISES
57. Provoke : INCUR
58. Barbecue spot : TERRACE
60. Let out, as hogs : UNPEN - Okay
66. Guadalajara gal pal : AMIGA
68. Teen follower? : AGERS
69. Flag bearers : POLES - Here is a Pole with his flag on a, uh, POLE
71. They're hard to ignore : URGES - Get those potato chips away from me!
72. Sun-dried brick : ADOBE
73. Cuttlefish pigment : SEPIA
75. Jungle hybrid : TIGLON - Some swingin' goin' on in the jungle!
76. Lola of "The Liberation of L.B. Jones" : FALANA
79. Interview magazine co-founder : ANDY WARHOL - If he can make a soup can art...
82. Falsetto-voiced comedian : EMO PHILIPS - This weird little duck was in another blog I did
85. Came down : ALIT
87. Dept. whose initials spell an animal name : ENER - D.O.E. such as 98 A - ENA
89. Humorous Bombeck : ERMA - The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank
90. Checked out : EYED - Will Ferrell in the act
92. "Oh, the weather outside is frightful" lyricist : CAHN - Sammy CAHN
93. Sounds heard by the ears? : CAWS - Ears of corn hearing the crows. Fun! (From C.C.: Rich's clever clue.)
97. English in tennis : TOPSPIN
99. Downed : ATE - Put away the groceries
102. NRA member?: Abbr. : ASSN
103. NYU or MIT : SCH
104. "I want my baby back" chain : CHILIS - I want my baby back, baby back, baby back ribs...
105. Tartan-clad group : CLAN
106. Hair clump : TUFT
107. NBA great Thomas : ISIAH - This fabulous player has been a train wreck as a coach and front office man
108. Car at Supercharger stations : TESLA - The dashboard of this all electric car
110. David who directed the last four Harry Potter films : YATES
114. Fried rice ingredients : EGGS - These have shot up to $4.67/dozen around here with the avian flu crisis
115. Emerald __ : ISLE - Erin Go Bragh!
117. Former "Idol" judge DioGuardi : KARA - no clue/interest
118. StubHub owner : EBAY - They can get you a court side seat for the June 9, Cavaliers/Warrior game in Cleveland for $4,682.25
120. Hold, as the mayo : OMIT
121. Like some cabs : OAKY - Cabernet wines are aged in oak casks (in Marti's basement cave) ;-)
122. Show off, Mr. Universe-style : FLEX - These guys can really be an 127. Long-eared carrier : ASS
124. Like Beethoven's Sixth : IN F - Can't you tell just by looking?
A lovely Sunday exercise by our beloved leader that showcases her amazing talent and the equally amazing utility of our language. What new words/uses lie in our future?
p.s. Do you still remember those Muslim mystics? Yeah, right! ;-)
Husker Gary
Note from C.C.:
The fourth Minnesota Crossword Tournament will be held on June 14th, 2015 Saturday. Please click here for more details. Don G and I teamed up again this year. Hope to see some of you there.
