Sunday June 20, 2021 David P. Williams

Theme:  "Elementary" - The chemical element in each person's name is replaced by its symbol.

21A. One of four women with an EGOT: WHOOPI AUBERG. Whoopi Goldberg. AU for GOLD.

26A. "Elizabeth I" Emmy winner: JEREMY FES. Jeremy Irons. FE for IRON.

31A. Joint winner of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award: DIEGO MARNA. Diego Maradona. RN for RADON.

44A. "Long Day's Journey Into Night" dramatist: EUGENE EILL. Eugene O'neill. NE for NEON.

92A. Grammy winner for comedy and banjo playing: STEVE MARSN. Steve Martin. SN for TIN.

98A. Emmy-winning comedian/actress: SARAH AGMAN. Sarah Silverman. AG for SILVER.

105A. Rami Malek's Best Actor role: FREDDIE HG. Freddie Mercury. HG for MERCURY.

117A. First living magician with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: DAVID CUFIELD. David Copperfield. CU for COPPER.

And the extras:

2D. Fe: IRON.

27D. Au: GOLD.

40D. Ag: SILVER.

48D. Sn: TIN.

49D. Hg: MERCURY.

55D. Rn: RADON.

66D. Cu: COPPER.

113D. Ne: NEON.

I'm thinking David did not originally have those short element entries, but Rich felt those were needed for solvers to understand the gimmick. Man, they made gridding so much harder, despite the short length.

See how this puzzle differs from the "Elements of Style" Mike Peluso made a few years only? Both have David Copperfield, but this theme set is much tighter. I know you guys don't like puzzles with many names, but this extra layer of "name only" set elevates the puzzle.

Across:

1. Market division: AISLE.

6. Subterfuge on ice: DEKE.  Hockey fake-out.

10. High-quality: TOP END.

16. Makes the rounds for rounds: BARHOPS. Great clue.

18. Thick noodle: UDON. Love seafood udon.

19. "No Reservations" host Anthony: BOURDAIN. He likes cacio e pepe.

23. Early rotary-winged aircraft: AUTOGIRO. We also have 67. Whirlybird raisers: ROTORS.

24. "Winning __ everything": ISN'T.

25. Butt heads: TUSSLE.

27. "... going, going, __!": GONE.

28. Speedy shark: MAKO.

30. Give in to gravity: SAG.

36. Magic's org.: NBA.  The Orlando Magic. Chinese love NBA. Most don't care about baseball or American football.

38. Martini partner: ROSSI.

42. Foot rest?: INSOLE. 43A clue.

43. Games go-with: FUN.

47. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, e.g.: OCTAD. 8.

48. Sweet __: TEA.

49. Christmas opener?: MERRY. Another misdirecting  clue: 59. Horse trailer?: CART.

50. Court exchange: RALLY.

51. Author Silverstein: SHEL. Could have avoided "Silver" in the clue.

52. Nothing in Naples: NIENTE.

54. "The Waltons" actor: GEER (Will).

56. "Frozen" reindeer: SVEN.

57. Screen star, say: ICON.

61. Red-wrapped cheese: EDAM.

63. PC panic button: ESC.

64. __ Creed: NICENE. Adopted by the First Ecumenical Council in 325.

67. Countermand: RESCIND.

69. Scarcity: DEARTH.

71. Tokyo, before the Meiji Restoration: EDO. Edo period is between 1603 and 1867.

72. N. Macedonia is its newest member: NATO. Followed by 74. Capital of Latvia: EURO.

75. Threadbare: WORN.

76. Mo. once seventh: SEPT. July and August were added to the original 10-month calendar,  honoring Julius Caesar and his successor Augustus.

78. Immortal Babe: RUTH. Boomer just sold his Albert Pujols rookie card (ungraded).

80. Stitched again: RESEWN.

82. Whaler of fiction: AHAB.

86. Spanish bar food: TAPAS.

88. Kind of trap: BOOBY.

90. "That's enough!": TMI. Too Much Information.

91. Mild cigar: CLARO.

94. Is for you?: ARE.

95. Islands west of Lisbon: AZORES.

96. "Buss It" rapper Banks: ERICA. And 97. One-named singer who directed "Music" (2021): SIA.

100. Airport calc.: ETD.

102. In the __ of time: NICK.

104. "The Kite Runner" protagonist: AMIR.

110. Softly illuminated: LOW-LIT.

112. Obstacle: SNAG.

116. Conspicuousness: SALIENCE. Not a word I use.

119. Against the flow: UPSTREAM.

120. Galena and others: ORES.

121. Easy way to win: IN A ROMP.

122. Mortarboard dangler: TASSEL. Husker Gary knows detasseling. Have you all read this article?

123. Field protector: TARP.

124. Church cries: AMENS.

Down:

1. Fireworks reactions: AAHS.

3. It may be a long one: SHOT.

4. Prune: LOP. Oh I meant to ask, do you use a garlic press or just use your kitchen knife to smash the garlic?

5. Ideal: EPITOME.

6. Adds dialogue to: DUBS.

7. Super Bowl LIII MVP Julian: EDELMAN. Retired now. Brady is still doing strong.

8. Divided land since 1945: KOREA.

9. Official language of Belize: Abbr. : ENG.

10. Outings with buses: TOURS.

11. Make more than: OUT-EARN.

12. Teen in a tux, often: PROM-GOER.

13. Unconventional, maybe: EDGY.

14. Ingenue: NAIF.

15. Like some straits: DIRE.

16. D.C. area airport: BWI. Baltimore/Washington International Airport.

17. Sweat spot: SAUNA.

19. Main squeeze, in slang: BAE. Baby.

20. House IDs: NOS. Numbers.

22. Highway toll, e.g.: USER FEE.

26. South African metropolis, colloquially: JOBURG. Johannesburg.

29. Dad-to-tot talk support: KNEE.

31. God of Guatemala: DIOS. And 33. One of four direcciones: ESTE. East.

32. Small amount to give: INCH.

34. Net defender: GOALIE.

35. Subtlety: NUANCE.

37. Shook, in a way: AGREED.

39. Lunar plains: SEAS.

41. Least well: ILLEST.

45. Inspected: EYED.

46. "The Elephant Man" (1980) director: LYNCH (David)

52. Lack of musicality: NO-EAR.

53. Zap: TASE.

58. First TV channel with 24-hr. news coverage: CNN.

60. Swing seat, maybe: TIRE.

62. La Méditerranée, e.g.: MER.

64. Stick-y spots?: NESTS. Full of tiny sticks.

65. Think: IDEATE. Not a word I use.

68. Cosa __: NOSTRA. The Sicilian Mafia Also 99. Firenze friends: AMICI.

70. Like old timers?: ANALOG. Another fun clue.

73. Bass in a band: TUBA.

75. "In Flanders Fields" setting, succinctly: WWI.

77. Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-__: TAVI.

79. Scam: HOSING.

81. Shade of green: EMERALD.

83. Hippocratic oath prohibition: HARM. First do no harm.

84. Field or its measure: AREA.

85. One on a fo'c'sle, perhaps: BOSN.

87. Union breakers: SECEDERS.

89. __ B'rith: BNAI.

91. Kingpin: CZAR.

93. Afternoon feature: MATINEE.

94. Invite for dinner, say: ASK OVER.

95. Yellowfin: AHI TUNA. We often just see AHI.

101. Window sticker: DECAL.

103. Santa __, Calif.: CLARA.

105. Seminoles' sch.: FSU. Does anyone still stay in contact with XchefWalt?

106. Spellbound: RAPT.

107. "Lohengrin" heroine: ELSA.

108. Morse sounds that can spell "hies": DITS.

109. Fashion line?: HEM.

111. Swirl of smoke: WISP.

112. Royal address: SIRE.

114. Contents of a monk's bowl: ALMS.

115. Econ. indicator: GDP.

117. Point: DOT.

118. Blood, slangily: FAM. Family.

For blog regulars, click here to solve the "Aggie" puzzle I made this week.  There's a video clue for 1-Across. Just click on the red arrow in the clue area (on top of ACROSS/DOWN), the red arrow inside the ACROSS box does not work. Hope you have fun. There are four more Minis there.

C.C.

Saturday, June 19, 2021, Pawel Fludzinski

Saturday Themeless by Pawel Fludzinski  

I had a run of Pawel's wonderful themeless Saturday entries in 2019 and now I am so pleased to see him back again. His last Saturday puzzle that I blogged was on May 14, 2019 but in some correspondence we have had since then he said he had received notice on 1/1/21 that he had had a themeless accepted and figured with the usual six month lag time it would be a summer puzzle. Well, here it is, two days before the first day of summer.

Pawel did his doctorate and post doctorate work in organic chemistry and retired to Santa Fe, NM after 31 years of working for Eli Lilly in Pharmaceutical R and D. Eight of those years included stints in England and Japan. Since then Pawel has moved to Denver to be closer to his new work in Boulder. 

Here are his gracious and informative comments on this puzzle:

Hi Gary,

Thanks for reaching out - always enjoy your commentaries on Saturday puzzles!  Appreciate the time and effort you put into them.

Regarding the puzzle - I seem to have gravitated towards creating themeless puzzles - about 1/2 my overall effort, and probably 80% of recent efforts.  I went through a period of trying to create puzzles with rotational symmetry - the puzzle today was the 9th such effort, but the first one accepted anywhere.  Not surprising - the pandemic has led to a whole new group of excellent constructors, so the likelihood of acceptance, especially for a themeless, is pretty low.  I am pleased/humbled that this puzzle made the grade.

In constructing themeless puzzles, I build around seed entries.  Given the symmetry of this puzzle, I had a seed for each quadrant - INDEXCASE, AREWECOOL, SILENCERS and WORMHOLES - and then I completed the construction around them.  My only regret is that my favorite clue for these four seed entries is the only one that the editor did not keep - I suggested "Librarians, at times" for SILENCERS.   Perhaps my clue was too easy - I am happy to defer to the judgement of the editor.

On Thursday, Pawel added a very insightful addition about this puzzle and I have posted it at the bottom of this write-up! You will find it very interesting!!

Across:

1. Epidemiologist's "ground zero": INDEX CASE - Also called:

10. Swiss city that hosts the World Economic Forum annual meeting: DAVOS - Here ya go

15. Tourist income source for some farmers: CORN MAZES - A high tech GPS device and a low tech mower made this famous Spanish artist into a CORN MAZE

16. Isfahan inhabitant: IRANI - A 4+ hr drive south of Tehran. 

17. Emphasized: IN ITALICS.

18. Big name in skin care: ARPEL.

19. Is sweet on: LOVES.

20. Field fare, briefly: MRE - My WWII dads and uncles would probably have preferred these Meals Ready to Eat to K-Rations.

21. Mother __: GOOSE - Mother Goose headline quiz

22. River through Flanders: YSER - A 48 mile long river that empties into the North Sea that saw violent fighting in WWI.

23. Good, to Guillermo: BUENO - ¡Este rompecabezas es muy bueno! (This puzzle is very good!) 

   

25. Wee warbler: WREN.

26. Grumps: MUTTERS - The verb not the noun

28. Mil. group integrated with male units in 1978: WAC.

29. Eli of "The Magnificent Seven": WALLACH - Eli got second billing but played the bad guy in this 1960 classic.

33. Fill: SATIATE.

35. El __ Pacífico: OCEANO.

s36. Shredder: TEARER.

37. Sells to consumers: RETAILS.

39. Projecting architectural features: DORMERS - From the inside

40. Ed.'s inbox fillers: MSS - ManuScriptS (any port in a storm)

41. Genuine: SINCERE.

43. Cease: HALT.

45. Father-and-son actors: CAANS - Here is dad James working on Hawaii 5-0 as a guest star where son Scott has a role

James Caan                       Scott Caan

46. Vertical actions: BOBS - Ali BOBS and weaves

50. Chiwere speakers: OTOES 

52. Many a GI: PVT 

53. Solitaire measure: CARAT -  ~.007 oz 

54. "Glassheart" singer Lewis: LEONA - Her IMDB

55. Many a recital piece: PIANO SOLO.

57. Twain's "Taming the Bicycle," e.g.: ESSAY - A fun read

58. Depleted: EATEN INTO - Niagara Falls

59. Flute features: STEMS - Oh those flutes!

60. "All good?": ARE WE COOL?

Down:

1. How an archrival might be greeted: ICILY - Brrr...

2. Faux pas: NONO'S - Some of the group above thought certain other members of the group had committed a faux pas.

3. Initiative: DRIVE.

4. Log: ENTER - Hourly employees have to log their hours

5. 'Tis the season: XMAS - XMAS ads usually start running around Labor Day

6. __ Poly Pomona: CAL.

7. Surveyor's measurement: AZIMUTH - Astronomer's too

8. Like Superman's alter ego: SECRET - Man! The glasses really fooled me!

9. Early Judaic sect: ESSENES - They are thought to be the authors of The Dead Sea Scrolls which were written ~2,000 yrs ago near Jerusalem  

10. Laptop screen meas.: DIAG - A woman here in town bought her husband a 50" DIAG TV and then put the old TV in the new box and set it out on her porch. Some porch pirate got a big surprise!

11. Feathered flier: ARROW - There's an ARROW in there somewhere!

12. Highly touted computer product we're still waiting for: VAPORWARE - Computer hardware or software that are announced but are not and may never be available. Bluetooth was VAPORWARE for quite a while

13. Kayak, typically: ONE SEATER - This one comes with a tightly fitted "spray skirt" to keep water out of the kayak

14. Brits' mufflers: SILENCERS - In America we call that tank on the right a muffler. The Brits call it a SILENCER

23. Pastoral: BUCOLIC.

24. Figures of speech?: ORATORS - My chem teacher's lab sign

26. Salon treatments: MANIS and pedis

27. Firewood measure: STERE.

29. Sci-fi passages: WORM HOLES - Remember the recent Michael Paleos' puzzle with these WORM HOLES in the grid?

30. Nails the exam: ACES A TEST.

31. Unties, maybe: LETS LOOSE - What's in the box Pandora?

32. Trout's team, on scoreboards: LAA - LA Angel Mike Trout is proof that one very highly paid superstar can not win a baseball championship 

34. 2007 Will Smith film "__ Legend": I AM - Meh...

38. Veggie with an edible pod: SNAP PEA.

39. Like many hibiscus leaves: DENTATE - Leaves that have a dental margin

42. Blini topper: CAVIAR - Blini (Russian pancake) topped with Crème Fraîche,  smoked salmon and Hackleback CAVIAR

44. Common brunch hr.: TEN AM.

46. Simple: BASIC - Also "Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code". My first programming language

47. University town near Bangor: ORONO.

48. Heroic 1920s sled dog: BALTO - BALTO got the most credit because he arrived in Nome with the serum but the real hero was the lead dog Togo who ran much further in much worse conditions.

Balto's statue in
NYC's Central Park

49. Potter's perch: STOOL.

51. Word before or after "who": SAYS - or SEZ

53. Geometric solid: CONE - We math teachers taught about CONES and Conic sections

56. Untested: NEW.

Pawel's extra "inside baseball" comments:

Gary,

I am working on another rotational themeless and I was reminded about your "inside baseball" comment.  An FYI - here is the worksheet I created for the NW corner of Saturday's puzzle - 

indexcase	indexcase	indexcase	indexcase	indexcase	indexcase	indexcase	indexcase
goodkarma	cornmazes	cornmazes	cornmazes	cornmazes	cornmazes	cornmazes	soupmixes
loggedout	operafans	bvitamins	imonadiet	initalics	academics/ies	academics/ies	freeagent
okies	segos	maven	edwin	loves	macon	ramon	oaten
oyes	assn	seer	reno	yser	elon	elan	rhos
igloo	icosa	icbms	icier	icily	icame	icare	isfor
nooky	nopes	novae	nomde	nonos	nocal	nocal	norah
dogie	dregs	drive	drown	drive	draco	drama	dueto
edges	enron	enter	ennio	enter	endon	endon	epees
xkes	xmas	xman	xman	xmas	xmen	xmen	xman
cad	caf	cam	cad	cal	cam	cam	cig

I found eight possibilities that worked, and then compared them two at a time to go from 8 to 4 to 2 to 1.  If I don't like any of them, I go back, tweak the black squares and then start over.   8 possibilities is a relatively low number - for the puzzle I am working on now , I started with  27 combos and gradually worked my way down.   I repeat the process for every corner, but a constructor has the most latitude with the first corner (usually the NW), since there are no other word constraints already in the puzzle.

Just some more "inside baseball" for you.

Pawel

 

Friday, June 18, 2021, Paul Coulter

 Title: As we approach summer it is time for PUN IN THE SUN!

One of our friends and a regular - Paul Coulter - is back. For those who do not remember, his first LAT TIMES PUBLICATION was 6 years ago.  It makes me a bit sad to read comments all those we do not see here any longer. It was very hard introductory puzzle but we did get wonderful pics of our own Lucy Dale in her wimple. Today's puzzle was not as difficult if you have the 'proper' sense of humor; the themers are sound-alike puns. And like all of this type of puzzle, the humor is subjective, so you all might not be amused, but I was. Not to jump on the negative bandwagon, but this was not my favorite of Paul's puzzles. There were sacrifices to have the five long themers with 57 blocks dedicated to theme.  There was not much room for other sparkly fill. ISSUERS, MIDTOWN, UNCTION, NERVE ENDING and PAPER TRAILS do make the grid better but we do have an abundance of initialisms;  it is time to move to the theme.

17A. Winter wear made from tusks?: IVORY COATS (10). The Ivory Coast is both a pun and an anagram.

30A. Routines for barbecuing?: WIENIE ROTES (11). Wienie  Roast is a pun, but not an angram, but it does rhyme with 17A.

37A. Cuts back on one's livestock business?: GIVES UP THE GOATS (15). Gives up the Ghost must be the seed entry, and ta da also rhymes with...

46A. Carryalls made by Dior?: FRENCH TOTES (11). Many believe challah makes the best French Toast. 

60A. Useless castle defenses?: INNER MOATS (10). This also includes OATS, but is paired with yet a different rhyme Innermost. This an outlier, as it is one word, though I did find a clothing brand. I love that Paul found 5 different sounds that rhyme for his sound-alikes, but I am guessing some will say, "stop at four"and forget the outlier. But he would not have had the needed symmetry. Making puzzles is not for sissies. 

Across:

1. Jokers: WAGS. Unlike our Wild Ass Guesses, this goes back to the 1550s "person fond of making jokes,"  perhaps a shortening of waghalter "gallows bird," person destined to swing in a noose or halter, applied humorously to mischievous children.

5. Small ball on a string: PEARL. Our Friday cluing begins here.I needed the perps. Followed by a gimme...

10. Emulated: APED. Followed by personal poetry...

14. Classic Langston Hughes poem: I TOO. LINK.

15. Portmanteau metal producer: ALCOA. No, no, no! AL CO A, aluminum company of america is not words mashed together.

16. Alley unit: LANE. Now we upset Boomer with a bowling non-sequitur. 

19. __-FREE: contact lens solution: OPTI. Which actually may be a portmanteau.

20. Asian holiday: TẾT  Tết short for Tết Nguyên Đán, Spring Festival, Lunar New Year, or Vietnamese Lunar New Year is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. While Asian cultures celebrate the lunar new year, only Vietnam calls it by that name.

21. Publishers: ISSUERS. A bit of a pun as they issue issues. 

23. Onetime Tide competitor: RINSO. 

26. Less formal alternative to a toga: TUNIC. The toga was considered Rome's "national costume," but for day-to-day activities most Romans preferred more casual, practical and comfortable clothing; the tunic, in various forms, was the basic garment for all classes, both sexes and most occupations. various.

28. Like many AARP mems.: RETired. I guess 'mems' mean members...

29. "A Chorus Line" number: ONE. 

33. Blows it: ERRS. But it is human, unlike...

35. Mythical monster: ORC.

36. Airport abbr.: ARRivals

43. Classified ad abbr.: EEO. Equal Employment Opportunity 

44. Charged item: ION. I always pay cash when I buy ions.

45. Respectful group address: SIRS. Sexist, too.

51. PC linkup: LAN. Local Area Network. A CSO to all of our techies.

52. Long, long time: EON. The largest unit of time; era = A unit of time shorter than an eon but longer than a period.

53. Loudly laments: KEENS. We are back to Friday, not a proper noun but "lament loudly over the dead, bitterly wail," 1811, from Irish caoinim "I weep, wail, lament," from Old Irish coinim "I wail." Hence "to utter in a shrill voice" (1893). We have seen it a few times. No relation to Elizabeth Keen.

54. First signs of smoke: WISPS. 

56. Manhattan theater district locale: MIDTOWN. A MAP

58. Blame: PIN. You can't pin that on me!

59. Others, in Latin: ALII.

66. Advance: LEND. 

67. "Cool!": NEATO. With another similar made up word 38D. Smashing: SOCKO.

68. Google results: URLS. Uniform Resource Locators, more for our savvy specialists.

69. Not at all cool: EDGY. I disagree, edgy can be way cool.

70. Midas' undoing: GREED. He had the touch.

71. What boors lack: TACT.

Down:

1. Popular console since 2006: WII. The active Nintendo console which you can buy used for $60.00 or so.

2. Off-roader's purchase, for short: ATV. All Terrain Vehicle.

3. Muck: GOO.

4. Varieties: SORTS.

5. Dispute resolution: PACT. Maybe music will help.

6. "Do Ya" rock gp.: ELO. 

7. 2010 health law: Abbr.: ACA. Affordable Care Act. Not aqui.

8. Twisty pasta: ROTINI. It is Italian for twists, I believe.

9. Classic movie girl played by a boy: LASSIE. Fun and truthful clue. There are some very fun LASSIE FACTS.

10. 1966 N.L. batting champ Matty: ALOU. I can hear the grumbling already but the perps were fair.

11. Hard-copy evidence: PAPER TRAILS. If you watch Television crime drama the good guys are always looking for these.

12. Main course preceder, in France: ENTRÉE.  A typical French lunch will consist of: a starter (une entrée), such as a mixed salad, soup, some terrine or paté. A main course, (le plat principal), typically a choice of meat or fish, with potatoes, rice, pasta and/or vegetables; a cheese course (often a selection of local cheeses) and/or a dessert. Desserts are sometimes not detailed on the menu, so you have to listen to the waiter. 

13. Jefferson et al., religiously: DEISTS. The term is used chiefly of an intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that accepted the existence of a creator on the basis of reason but rejected belief in a supernatural deity who interacts with humankind.

18. "Ouch!": YEOW. So many sounds...

22. Scrawny one: SCRAG. One who is scraggly

23. "The Witches" (1990) director Nicolas: ROEG. His BIOGRAPHY;           the movie 

24. Calvary inscription: INRI. Iesvs Nazarenvs Rex Ivdaeorvm

25. Source of feelings: NERVE ENDING. No namby pamby emotion here, just the literal site of feeling.

26. Md. athlete: TERP. Maryland = Terrapin.

27. Religious fervor: UNCTION. This was very hard as I associate the word with the act of anointing, but a deep dive shows this connection for the word.

31. Chit: IOU. And I want my money now!

32. Top medals, in Barcelona: OROS. There's gold in them there Olympics.

34. Caught in the act: SEEN. Caught you.

39. Have the __ for: HOTS. This idiom has no known origin, except perhaps the literal autonomic response to extreme sexual attraction.

40. Chicago-to-Lansing dir.: ENE. Going to Michigan!

41. Trick, in a way: TRAP. In a lie for example.

42. IRS IDs: SSNS. Social Security NumberS.

46. Doe, for one: FEMALE. She is back!

47. Stirred up: ROILED. Why not riled? If you roil someone you're stirring them up but not necessarily annoying them. To rile someone is to deliberately provoke or antagonize them. Vocab.com

48. Wielding an axe: HEWING. Or a new HOTEL in Minneapolis.

49. One percent of a G: TENNER. .01 x $1,000.00 = $10.00

50. Dip: SWIM. You must get wet!

55. Two-way, as a door: IN/OUT. Important in restaurants for the servers.

57. Like some sums: TIDY.  Some HISTORY.

58. Egg on: PROD.

61. Dumfries denial: NAE. Scotland.

62. Automne preceder: ETE. Simple French seasons

63. Altar in the sky: ARA. Moe just had it in his May 28 write-up.

64. Help for a sad BFF: TLC. Best Friends Forever /Tender Loving Care.

65. Retired flier: SST. SuperSonicTransport. I hear they are coming back.

Gee, I just got started and we are done again. I sense some doldrums have overtaken the Corner, no doubt a product of too much pandemic. We must be positive and happy because this is what we get, and we appear on our way back. Paul, I thank you very much for the work that you put in. Finding 5 five letter words that rhymed but did not duplicate each other was awesome. I know it takes a lot to create a puzzle and thought the puns were great. Corner, as I continue as a part-time blogger, I appreciate all who tune in. Lemonade out. 

Notes from C.C.:

 

Here are few beautiful pictures of Lemonade's grandkids. Click here for more sweetness. And here for all the pictures Lemonade has shared with us over the years.