Themeless Saturday Puzzle By Craig Stowe
Today marks the anniversary of the birth of the U.S. Navy! We here salute all who served in this vital part of our national defense especially our stalwarts 2nd Class Petty Officer Tom Uttormark (Desper-Otto) and Commander Al Hollmer (Spitzboov).
Today's constructor is Craig Stowe who also had the HIGH CHAIR puzzle ten days ago so ably blogged by Hahtoolah. I last blogged one of Craig's puzzles on July 28 - The National Day Of The Cowboy. Craig is a kitchen porter in a rather large hotel in Toronto.
Today his puzzle arrives on a day that celebrates life and duty on the high seas, so let's shove off into the literary waters aboard the C.S.S. Crossword and see what Craig has laded aboard
Today his puzzle arrives on a day that celebrates life and duty on the high seas, so let's shove off into the literary waters aboard the C.S.S. Crossword and see what Craig has laded aboard
1. N.A. boundary river: ST LAWRENCE - Ah, an aquatic beginning on this Navy day. This river is part of the ST LAWRENCE Seaway that runs from Lake Erie to Montreal. The ST LAWRENCE River continues out to the Atlantic
11. Pompano kin: SCAD - Neither are in my restaurant's fish tank
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| POMPANO SCAD |
15. "I agree": WHAT HE SAID
16. Weight allowance: TARE - Can you find the TARE knob on this balance? It is used to reset the pointer to zero with an empty beaker on the pan so its weight is not included. Yeah, I know, this balance measures mass not weight but still...
17. Emergency transportation method: AIR LIFTING - Our hospital has a helicopter that costs $25,000 per trip
18. Auricular: OTIC - Using Zymox OTIC Enzymatic Solution 19. Originated: BEGAN - Our Navy BEGAN 243 years ago
20. Fragrant garland: LEI - Our cheapo Hawaii luau gave us each a LEI, took a picture and took them back for the next couple
21. Two-time Tony-winning playwright Yasmina __: REZA - Some of her work
22. Word with rain or pine: FOREST.
25. Dodo: NIMROD - In Genesis he was a grandson of Noah and a brave hunter. Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck sarcastically called hunter Elmer Fudd that name and it became a pejorative part of the culture
27. "The Quiet American" novelist: GRAHAM GREENE - A 1955 book that correctly predicted the result of American intervention in Vietnam
30. __ noir: CAFE - Je ne bois que du CAFE noir (I only drink black coffee)
33. Angela Lansbury role: MAME - I think most would think of Jessica Fletcher from Murder She Wrote
34. Cookbook direction: ADD IN
35. You can tie one on: OBI
36. Court figure: WITNESS
38. Sea-__ Airport: TAC - Once the plane sets down at SEA-TAC, it's a 23-minute drive to a Seattle Seahawk Game39. Like Loki: NORSE - Loki is a god in NORSE mythology. Loki is the son of Fárbauti and Laufey, and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. Oh...
41. Include "[sic]," perhaps: CITE - Suppose any copywriter did this to Duke Ellington: It Don't [sic] Mean A Thing If It Ain't [sic] Got That Swing.
42. Skye of "Say Anything...": IONE - Some of her work
43. "For what it's worth": JUST A THOUGHT.
46. Says: UTTERS.
50. WTO predecessor: GATT - General Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade signed in 1947
51. Recede: EBB.
54. Odorless gas: RADON.
56. Insignificantly: A BIT.
57. Bouncer's milieu: TRAMPOLINE - Not a nightclub it turns out
60. Ponderous pages: TOME.
61. Salt and pepper: SEASONINGS
62. "Dizzy-_ fury and great rage of heart": Shak.: EYED - The first part of Henry VI, Act 4, Scene 7. I read the entire passage and am still not certain what it means 😟
63. Part of a Kipling poem opening: EAST IS EAST - Also the start of a song where Frasier can't remember the lyrics and has awkward 47. Breaks: PAUSES.
Down:
1. Salt: SWAB - Our two sailors in my intro said this is not usually a term that is warmly received by members of the Navy
2. Doberman pincher?: THIEF - A Pinscher pincher
3. Key __: LARGO - Bertie Higgins' rendition of Key Largo was voted #75 by VH1 on list of best hits by one-hit-wonders
Listen if you like
4. On the run: AT LARGE - This must be at least the 4th time I've used this
5. Crybaby: WHINER.
6. Call on the field: REF - Guys with the striped shirt are said to REF the game
7. "Errare humanum __": EST - "To Err Is Human." Latin puts the words in a very different order
8. Do perfectly: NAIL - Some students NAIL every test
9. Theater: CINE.
10. Trim: EDGING.
11. Left angrily, with "out": STORMED - Delegates take turns STORMING out of U.N. speeches as we see Nikki Haley do here.
12. Humored: CATERED TO.
13. Cesar Chavez, by birth: ARIZONIAN - I had no idea where he was born or that the second "I" was necessary
14. Debauchery: DECADENCE - Some Roman Emperors come to mind
23. Arctic natives: SAMI.
24. Rustic roofing: THATCH.
26. Destinations for some PR deductions: IRAS.
28. Prenatal procedure, briefly: AMNIO - AMNIOcentesis can detect issues with a baby in the womb
29. Connect (with): MEET UP - Oops...
30. Do a tense recitation?: CONJUGATE - Today I blog, last Saturday I blogged, next Saturday I will blog...
31. Nick Hornby novel: ABOUT A BOY - As a movie...
32. There's one for everything: FIRST TIME - Don't ask C.C. about the FIRST TIME I blogged
36. Become tedious: WEAR - Teacher meetings used to really WEAR on me
37. Sonic Dash publisher: SEGA - My video game experience seriously waned after Pac Man40. Decided to keep: STETTED - Undid an edit. Ah, tell Duke we're gonna leave "don't" and "ain't" just as they were
42. "No way!": IT'S A LIE.
44. Trypanosome carrier: TSE TSE - As I've said before, this is the most dangerous animal in Africa
45. Wyandot people: HURONS - Roosevelt High School is in Wyandotte, MI at the foot of Lake HURON48. Ritzy Twin Cities suburb: EDINA.
49. Many are hits: SONGS - Ask me to name today's Top Ten...
52. Spanish for "tar": BREA - We've had the debate here about LA BREA Tar Pits being redundant
53. Meadow plaints: BAAS - The Whiffenpoof song contains, "We're poor little sheep who have lost our way, BAA, BAA, BAA"
55. Queen's domain: NEST - Here's the queen in the middle of a hornet's nest
58. Calgary winter hrs.: MST - Canadian time zones sorta follow U.S. zones
59. Islands staple: POI - "Like Grits in the American South, POI is a bland Hawaiian side dish that you serve plain and let people season with salt or pepper"
Anchors aweigh and let's hear your comments!
DA GRID
