Theme:
Across:
1. Type of hippo : PYGMY.
6. 59-Down product : ATM.
9. Color guard accessory : SABER.
14. Child on TV for decades : JULIA.
15. Virgo preceder : LEO.
16. "I'm here" : USE ME.
17. Hummingbird feature? : SMALL BILL.
19. Enjoyed Vegas : GAMED.
20. Valley : DALE.
21. Place to live in Spain : CASA.
23. Sore feeling : IRE.
24. Purported ancestor of Ragnar Lothbrok on TV's "Vikings" : ODIN.
26. Foothills? : SHORT RANGE.
29. Crazy scene : ZOO.
30. Call-day link : IT A.
31. Value : ESTEEM.
32. Did a cobbler's job : SOLED.
34. Stain : IMBRUE.
37. Hot Wheels Volkswagen? : MINIATURE GOLF.
41. Hoedown move : DOSIDO. A wonderful CSO for our recovering dancer, YR.
42. Taking place : AFOOT.
44. Is in store for : AWAITS.
47. Pine product : TAR.
49. Maker of the GreenSaver Produce Keeper : OXO.
50. Potty-training tool? : LITTLE JOHN.
53. Absolut rival : SKYY.
54. Explosive letters : TNT.
55. Collector's __ : ITEM.
56. Reveals in an unwelcome way : OUTS.
58. Naming : ID-ING.
60. Mouthpiece for a Lilliputian horse? : TEENSY BIT.
64. Nursery supply : MULCH.
65. Psyche component : EGO.
66. Hiding __ : PLACE.
67. No longer an item : APART.
68. Oversaw : RAN.
69. Teamed (with) : SIDED.
Down:
1. Jams : PJS.
2. Good remark? : YUM.
3. Plants with sword-shaped leaves : GLADIOLI.
4. Lombardy's capital : MILAN.
5. Everyone in Mississippi? : Y'ALL.
6. Big ring name : ALI.
7. AT&T, for short : TELCO.
8. Grinder : MOLAR.
9. 1969 hit with the line "You are my candy girl" : SUGAR SUGAR.
10. Botanist Gray : ASA.
11. Candy heart words : BE MINE.
12. Show one's face : EMERGE.
13. Make amends for : REDEEM.
18. Outdo : BEST.
22. Volume measure : STERE.
24. Abbr. on some cans : OZS.
25. Hardly a happy ending : DOOM.
27. Where the Santa Maria sank, nowadays : HAITI.
28. Dined on, biblically : ATE OF.
30. Dash warning : IDIOT LIGHT.
33. "I suggest you move on" : END IT.
35. Pie makeup? : MUD.
36. Stock : BROTH.
38. Plus : ASSET.
39. Doesn't exactly help one's reputation : LOOKS BAD.
40. Stunning or cunning : FOXY.
43. One under a tree, maybe : TOY.
44. Nissan sedan : ALTIMA.
45. Start of a pitch : WIND-UP.
46. Fifth-century Roman Empire enemy : ATTILA.
48. In a little while : ANON.
51. 1996 A.L. Rookie of the Year : JETER.
52. Psi follower : OMEGA.
53. Needles : STYLI.
57. Org. whose logo features an eagle head : USPS.
59. 6-Across maker : NCR. National Cash Register.
61. Awfully long time : EON.
62. Rocks in a bucket : ICE. Look away Tinman....
63. "Ideas worth spreading" acronym : TED. Technology Entertainment & Design. LINK.
Friday, October 16, 2015
Friday, October 9, 2015
Bruce Haight
Theme: A few quick NOTES.
I knew it was Friday and we were in for some shenanigans when I saw the blank grid with the three interesting shapes from NW to SE. The asterisks and the reveal made this doable but it was a challenge. Bruce has decided to create a six themer,with a reveal, where each 7 letter word has only letters which can be notes (A B C D E F and G). This one is a visual treat, with the short theme answers leaving room for a boatload of sparkly fill. AKIHITO, A LACK OF, APOLLO I, BAGGAGE, BUSSING, DO I DARE, EROTICA, GONERIL, LATINOS, OLEANNA. ON TOP OF , RELEARN, POP-UP ADS, BICAMERAL, NATURALIST, POLICEWOMAN. These are not all easy, but they were fun. He also uses the downs to create triple stacks of 7s in each corner with the theme on the outside, intersecting with two double stacks. Add two 10 letter climbers and there is your puzzle. Bruce, I like your style. let's walk.
32A. *Vandalized, in a way : DEFACED (7). Like your street artists?
39A. *Head of the produce section? : CABBAGE (7). Lettuce dispense with bad vegetable puns, please!
1D. *Yielded : ACCEDED (7).
12D. *Place for oats : FEEDBAG (7). No horsing around.
36D. *Emotional burden : BAGGAGE (7). Looks like CABBAGE's evil twin.
42D. *Wiped out : EFFACED (7). I realize with the limitations of using only 7 letters hings will look similar, but this and 32A are really close.
and the reveal
52A. They're graphically represented three times in this grid ... and the answers to starred clues are the six longest common words than can be spelled using only them : NOTES (5).
Across:
1. Stirs : ADOS.
5. He wrote about "a midnight dreary" : POE. Now, 170 years since publication; a sample:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -
Only this, and nothing more.'
8. Gobble (up) : SNARF.
13. Die, with "out" : CONK. Like a car engine.
14. Blog entry : POST. Weekly.
15. Capital of India : RUPEE. We get both kinds back to back in this clecho.
16. Capital __ : CITY.
17. Colorful fish : OPAH. Also known as moonfish.
18. Took the wrong way? : STOLE. Nice clue.
19. Old Tokyo : EDO.
20. Haul to the kitchen, as groceries : LUG IN. I like the word lug, but no this fill.
22. Word before or after dog : SLED. I do like the challenge of before and after words. 4D. Word before or after blue : SKY.
23. High-five relative : DAP. We had this fist bump recently.
24. Poison remedy : IPECAC. Now controversial emetic. LINK. And more next door clecho.
26. Poison test site : LAB.
27. Steamy stuff : EROTICA.
30. Queen of the Goths in Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus" : TAMORA. WE get some Shakespeare almost every Friday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFQuRKo_KNs
33. Romantic activity : BUSSING. Great word, not affirmative action but "a kiss," 1560s; probably of imitative origin, as are Welsh and Gaelic bus "kiss, lip," French baiser "kiss" (12c., from Latin basiare), Spanish buz, German dialectal Buss.
34. Words of wisdom : SAWS. Generally old ones.
35. Country on the Strait of Hormuz : IRAN.
36. Ravel classic : BOLERO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dILIdREylC0 (x-rated)
43. Old-style warning : ALARUM.
44. Rather little : A LACK OF.
45. Understand : GET. Ah, I get it.
46. Deli staple : SALAMI.
49. Like Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" : IN F.
50. Horse show concern : GAIT.
53. 2000 World Series venue : SHEA. The SUBWAY Series.
54. Yearbook, e.g. : ANNAL.
56. Bakery buy : TART.
57. Newspaper fig. : CIRCular.
58. Little garden party? : GNOME. Really cute clue for an ugly statue.
59. Mazatlán Mrs. : SRA. Senora.
60. End in __ : A TIE.
61. Facilitated : EASED.
62. Suffer : AIL.
63. Squealed : TOLD. My brothers and I learned early to never squeal on each other.
Down:
2. "Is it worth the risk?" : DO I DARE. Nice letter pattern and stack.
3. Knowledgeable about : ON TOP OF. Old Smokey?
5. Online annoyances : POP-UP ADS.
6. Oklahoma county in which a 2008 Pulitzer-winning drama is set : OSAGE. Anybody? LINK.
7. Work __ : ETHIC.
8. Many AARP mems. : SRS. Seniors,
9. "Darn it!" : NUTS.
10. Ill-fated 1967 mission : APOLLO I. Sad HISTORY. HG?
11. Brush up on : RELEARN.
14. Member of the force : POLICEWOMAN. PEPPER was so spicy. 28D. 14-Down's need, at times : TASER.
21. Darwin, for one : NATURALIST. He ran around without clothes?
25. Fruit named for a Turkish town : CASABA. This MELON named for KASABA.
29. Legendary flier : ICARUS. Poor guy, it was his fall that made him famous.
31. "Morning Joe" airer : MSNBC. Do you watch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-vcFarrPPU
33. Like Congress : BICAMERAL. Two bodies.
37. 1992 Mamet play : OLEANNA. And 1994 MOVIE.
38. Fast-growing U.S. ethnic group : LATINOS.
40. Reigning emperor of Japan : AKIHITO.
41. Regan's poisoner, in Shakespeare : GONERIL. An extra Will.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBVSsDJ2d74
47. "__ luck!" : LOTSA.
48. Asteroids maker : ATARI.
51. Subdue : TAME.
53. "Buzz off!" : SCAT. I see scat for four legged animals, buzz off for two.
55. Went first : LED. In this case, out the door as another week has passed. Thanks Bruce who has been here before and has many NYTs published. Another week, Lemonade out.
I knew it was Friday and we were in for some shenanigans when I saw the blank grid with the three interesting shapes from NW to SE. The asterisks and the reveal made this doable but it was a challenge. Bruce has decided to create a six themer,with a reveal, where each 7 letter word has only letters which can be notes (A B C D E F and G). This one is a visual treat, with the short theme answers leaving room for a boatload of sparkly fill. AKIHITO, A LACK OF, APOLLO I, BAGGAGE, BUSSING, DO I DARE, EROTICA, GONERIL, LATINOS, OLEANNA. ON TOP OF , RELEARN, POP-UP ADS, BICAMERAL, NATURALIST, POLICEWOMAN. These are not all easy, but they were fun. He also uses the downs to create triple stacks of 7s in each corner with the theme on the outside, intersecting with two double stacks. Add two 10 letter climbers and there is your puzzle. Bruce, I like your style. let's walk.
32A. *Vandalized, in a way : DEFACED (7). Like your street artists?
39A. *Head of the produce section? : CABBAGE (7). Lettuce dispense with bad vegetable puns, please!
1D. *Yielded : ACCEDED (7).
12D. *Place for oats : FEEDBAG (7). No horsing around.
36D. *Emotional burden : BAGGAGE (7). Looks like CABBAGE's evil twin.
42D. *Wiped out : EFFACED (7). I realize with the limitations of using only 7 letters hings will look similar, but this and 32A are really close.
and the reveal
52A. They're graphically represented three times in this grid ... and the answers to starred clues are the six longest common words than can be spelled using only them : NOTES (5).
Across:
1. Stirs : ADOS.
5. He wrote about "a midnight dreary" : POE. Now, 170 years since publication; a sample:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -
Only this, and nothing more.'
8. Gobble (up) : SNARF.
13. Die, with "out" : CONK. Like a car engine.
14. Blog entry : POST. Weekly.
15. Capital of India : RUPEE. We get both kinds back to back in this clecho.
16. Capital __ : CITY.
17. Colorful fish : OPAH. Also known as moonfish.
19. Old Tokyo : EDO.
20. Haul to the kitchen, as groceries : LUG IN. I like the word lug, but no this fill.
22. Word before or after dog : SLED. I do like the challenge of before and after words. 4D. Word before or after blue : SKY.
23. High-five relative : DAP. We had this fist bump recently.
24. Poison remedy : IPECAC. Now controversial emetic. LINK. And more next door clecho.
26. Poison test site : LAB.
27. Steamy stuff : EROTICA.
30. Queen of the Goths in Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus" : TAMORA. WE get some Shakespeare almost every Friday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFQuRKo_KNs
33. Romantic activity : BUSSING. Great word, not affirmative action but "a kiss," 1560s; probably of imitative origin, as are Welsh and Gaelic bus "kiss, lip," French baiser "kiss" (12c., from Latin basiare), Spanish buz, German dialectal Buss.
34. Words of wisdom : SAWS. Generally old ones.
35. Country on the Strait of Hormuz : IRAN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dILIdREylC0 (x-rated)
43. Old-style warning : ALARUM.
44. Rather little : A LACK OF.
45. Understand : GET. Ah, I get it.
46. Deli staple : SALAMI.
49. Like Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" : IN F.
50. Horse show concern : GAIT.
53. 2000 World Series venue : SHEA. The SUBWAY Series.
54. Yearbook, e.g. : ANNAL.
56. Bakery buy : TART.
57. Newspaper fig. : CIRCular.
58. Little garden party? : GNOME. Really cute clue for an ugly statue.
59. Mazatlán Mrs. : SRA. Senora.
60. End in __ : A TIE.
61. Facilitated : EASED.
62. Suffer : AIL.
63. Squealed : TOLD. My brothers and I learned early to never squeal on each other.
Down:
2. "Is it worth the risk?" : DO I DARE. Nice letter pattern and stack.
3. Knowledgeable about : ON TOP OF. Old Smokey?
5. Online annoyances : POP-UP ADS.
6. Oklahoma county in which a 2008 Pulitzer-winning drama is set : OSAGE. Anybody? LINK.
7. Work __ : ETHIC.
8. Many AARP mems. : SRS. Seniors,
9. "Darn it!" : NUTS.
10. Ill-fated 1967 mission : APOLLO I. Sad HISTORY. HG?
11. Brush up on : RELEARN.
14. Member of the force : POLICEWOMAN. PEPPER was so spicy. 28D. 14-Down's need, at times : TASER.
21. Darwin, for one : NATURALIST. He ran around without clothes?
25. Fruit named for a Turkish town : CASABA. This MELON named for KASABA.
29. Legendary flier : ICARUS. Poor guy, it was his fall that made him famous.
31. "Morning Joe" airer : MSNBC. Do you watch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-vcFarrPPU
33. Like Congress : BICAMERAL. Two bodies.
37. 1992 Mamet play : OLEANNA. And 1994 MOVIE.
38. Fast-growing U.S. ethnic group : LATINOS.
40. Reigning emperor of Japan : AKIHITO.
41. Regan's poisoner, in Shakespeare : GONERIL. An extra Will.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBVSsDJ2d74
47. "__ luck!" : LOTSA.
48. Asteroids maker : ATARI.
53. "Buzz off!" : SCAT. I see scat for four legged animals, buzz off for two.
55. Went first : LED. In this case, out the door as another week has passed. Thanks Bruce who has been here before and has many NYTs published. Another week, Lemonade out.
Friday, October 2, 2015
Jeffrey Wechsler
Theme: Que pasa? Que sera sera!
JW is back with an add on theme where QUE is added to the end of a word to completely change the meaning of a word or phrase. Three add the que at the end of the phrase, with two adding to the middle of a word creating a two word answer. Four feature "I" before the add on, with one A. I love the first three in the theme. The rest of the fill is very good with ABOUND, ANUBIS, BEAT UP, EX-PROS, GULDEN, OCEANS, TAIPEI, TRIBAL, ADRENALIN, AQUA REGIA, FULL MOONS, HEARTBURN examples and some Friday fill like BIOTA and TOQUE. As alway, JW makes us work to decipher some of the fill, but is Friday, so let us have at it.
18A. Angry young man's fate? : LIFE OF PIQUE (11). The book Life of Pi became a worldwide best seller and movie after many rejections.
24A. Hercules, e.g.? : ANTIQUE HERO (11). Anti-hero (or antihero) has been a literary theme from Don Quixote through Marlon Brando, but while an ancient story, there is nothing but hero about Hercules. (1:25).
39A. Result of a Caribbean sanitation strike? : DIRTY MARTINIQUE (15). My favorite of the theme, both for the drink and a reminder of the horrible volcanic eruption in 1902 that made one PRISONER famous.
56A. Proprietary paperwork? : UNIQUE FORMS (11). Uniforms.
62A. Ready-to-hang Cubist painting? : WIRED BRAQUE (11). A really creative one, with a very famous contemporary of Picasso (Georges Braque) brought to life from an under-wire bra, which he probably never painted. IMAGE.
Across:
1. "I don't like it!" : BAH. Oddly, my first thought of which I was quite unsure.
4. Waikiki allure : SURF. There are other sights to see. LINK.(4:12).
8. Like an old jalopy : BEAT UP.
14. Chemical suffix : IDE. A compound.
15. Hesse-based automaker : OPEL. We have seen this German automaker more often than I have seen their cars. And a semi-clecho: 33A. Ingolstadt-based automaker : AUDI.
16. Reporter's coup : EXPOSE. This was harder without imagining the accent.
17. Man-mouse link : OR A.
20. Hill stint : TERM. Capital Hill for politicians.
22. Hershey bar : SKOR.
23. Bygone political entity that included Syr. : UAR. The shot lived alliance between Egypt and Syria. United Arab Republic.
28. South African golfer with four major championships : ELS. A CSO to our own Big Easy.
29. Be quite prevalent : ABOUND.
30. Polite response to Aunt Polly : YES'M. A reference to Tom sawyer's aunt, I guess, which fits with 35A. Crude carrier : RAFT..
32. Seasonal affliction : FLU.
44. Poet Sexton : ANNE. One of many creative people who could not control the demons that made them great. LINK.
45. Popular melt meat : TUNA. Yum.
46. Einstein's birth city : ULM. In southern Germany near the Danube.
47. 50-50, to Fifi : EGAL. Equal in French.
51. __ Council: "Survivor" feature : TRIBAL. Never watched an episode.
53. Rush : HIE. A nice Shakespeare word.
59. "Well done!" analog : OLE.
60. Pacific feast : LUAU. In Waikiki?
61. Drudge : PEON. So many words for the put upon.
67. Indian state that was part of a former Portuguese colony : GOA. They are famous for their beaches.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIZRxR5ySH8
68. Tamsui River capital : TAIPEI.
69. Excited about, with "on" : KEEN. A 50s word.
70. "Monsters, __" : INC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvOQeozL4S0
71. Magellan's milieux : OCEANS. He was going round and round.
72. Breyers competitor : EDYS. Yum.
73. Require : ASK. Not want your country can do for you....
Down:
1. Regional organisms : BIOTA. Not a term I am really familiar with so my start was slow.
2. Stimulant trademark : ADRENALIN. Synthetic epinephrine which has become more popular than the original adrenaline; quite the rush.
3. Jalapeño product, for some? : HEARTBURN. This is our medical corner with pyrosis, cardialgia, or acid indigestion as other names for the burning sensation in the chest. Per wiki.
4. San José sun : SOL. Spanish.
5. News org. : UPI.
6. Court charge caller : REF. Basketball court.
7. Soft tissue : FLESH.
8. In front of : BEFORE.
9. Many sports commentators : EX-PROS. Nice letter string XPR, but conflict with clues below.
10. Bee: Pref. : API. From whence comes Apiary, etc.
11. Chapeau seen in "Ratatouille" : TOQUE. A gratuitous bonus QUE
12. Quotidian : USUAL. Not one of your usual clues, this means daily. Latin comes in handy.
13. Jury members : PEERS. Such a strange concept.
19. "__-doke!" : OKEY. Okey dokey smokey.
21. Apennines possessive : MIO. Italian, a region and history I did not know. LINK.
25. Ship loading site : QUAY.
26. Word on a bill : UNUM. E pluribus....
27. Old writings mentioning Odin : EDDA.
31. Open __ : MRI. Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
32. Org. requiring milk pasteurization : FDA. Food and Drug Administration.
34. The Bronx's Jerome Ave. line is part of it : IRT. Interborough Rapid Transit. the SUBWAY.
36. Mixture that dissolves gold : AQUA REGIA. Latin for royal water; the question is why do you want to dissolve gold?
37. Rare twosome of July 2015 : FULL MOONS. The even rarer three full moons? LINK.
38. Pro __ : TEM. Followed immediately with the clecho
40. Pro's support : TEE. Then staying in the Ts.
41. 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner : TUTU. The Anglican Bishop DESMOND.
42. Regarding : IN RE.
43. Innocent : NAIF. A guileless, unsophisticated person: babe, child, ingénue, innocent. Same stem as naive.
48. Big name in mustard : GULDEN. Their spicy brown is the third largest in the US behind French's and Grey Poupon.
49. Wolf-headed god : ANUBIS. This is the Greek name for the Egyptian god.
50. One covering tracks, perhaps : LIAR. Liar pants on fire.
52. Hit on the head : BOP.
53. Book with steps : HOW TO.
54. __ crest: pelvic border : ILIAC.
55. Like H.P. Lovecraft stories : EERIE.
57. Tremble : QUAKE.
58. Oreos, say : SNACK.
63. Org. monitoring endangered species : EPA. Environmental Protection Agency.
64. Letters of proof : QED.EVERYONE must know this by now.
65. Turn that's hung : UEY.
66. Chekov's "Star Trek" rank: Abbr. : ENSign. Before he became a Captain and an Admiral.
Well another week and month have slipped away, I hope everyone on the east coast is kept safe from Joaquin. I wonder if Mr. Trump will blame that on Mexico as well? No politics. just silliness.
I am tired from the excitement of the new baby, so off to rest; lemonade out.
JW is back with an add on theme where QUE is added to the end of a word to completely change the meaning of a word or phrase. Three add the que at the end of the phrase, with two adding to the middle of a word creating a two word answer. Four feature "I" before the add on, with one A. I love the first three in the theme. The rest of the fill is very good with ABOUND, ANUBIS, BEAT UP, EX-PROS, GULDEN, OCEANS, TAIPEI, TRIBAL, ADRENALIN, AQUA REGIA, FULL MOONS, HEARTBURN examples and some Friday fill like BIOTA and TOQUE. As alway, JW makes us work to decipher some of the fill, but is Friday, so let us have at it.
18A. Angry young man's fate? : LIFE OF PIQUE (11). The book Life of Pi became a worldwide best seller and movie after many rejections.
24A. Hercules, e.g.? : ANTIQUE HERO (11). Anti-hero (or antihero) has been a literary theme from Don Quixote through Marlon Brando, but while an ancient story, there is nothing but hero about Hercules. (1:25).
39A. Result of a Caribbean sanitation strike? : DIRTY MARTINIQUE (15). My favorite of the theme, both for the drink and a reminder of the horrible volcanic eruption in 1902 that made one PRISONER famous.
56A. Proprietary paperwork? : UNIQUE FORMS (11). Uniforms.
62A. Ready-to-hang Cubist painting? : WIRED BRAQUE (11). A really creative one, with a very famous contemporary of Picasso (Georges Braque) brought to life from an under-wire bra, which he probably never painted. IMAGE.
Across:
1. "I don't like it!" : BAH. Oddly, my first thought of which I was quite unsure.
4. Waikiki allure : SURF. There are other sights to see. LINK.(4:12).
8. Like an old jalopy : BEAT UP.
14. Chemical suffix : IDE. A compound.
15. Hesse-based automaker : OPEL. We have seen this German automaker more often than I have seen their cars. And a semi-clecho: 33A. Ingolstadt-based automaker : AUDI.
16. Reporter's coup : EXPOSE. This was harder without imagining the accent.
17. Man-mouse link : OR A.
20. Hill stint : TERM. Capital Hill for politicians.
22. Hershey bar : SKOR.
23. Bygone political entity that included Syr. : UAR. The shot lived alliance between Egypt and Syria. United Arab Republic.
28. South African golfer with four major championships : ELS. A CSO to our own Big Easy.
29. Be quite prevalent : ABOUND.
30. Polite response to Aunt Polly : YES'M. A reference to Tom sawyer's aunt, I guess, which fits with 35A. Crude carrier : RAFT..
32. Seasonal affliction : FLU.
44. Poet Sexton : ANNE. One of many creative people who could not control the demons that made them great. LINK.
45. Popular melt meat : TUNA. Yum.
46. Einstein's birth city : ULM. In southern Germany near the Danube.
47. 50-50, to Fifi : EGAL. Equal in French.
51. __ Council: "Survivor" feature : TRIBAL. Never watched an episode.
53. Rush : HIE. A nice Shakespeare word.
59. "Well done!" analog : OLE.
60. Pacific feast : LUAU. In Waikiki?
61. Drudge : PEON. So many words for the put upon.
67. Indian state that was part of a former Portuguese colony : GOA. They are famous for their beaches.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIZRxR5ySH8
68. Tamsui River capital : TAIPEI.
69. Excited about, with "on" : KEEN. A 50s word.
70. "Monsters, __" : INC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvOQeozL4S0
71. Magellan's milieux : OCEANS. He was going round and round.
72. Breyers competitor : EDYS. Yum.
73. Require : ASK. Not want your country can do for you....
Down:
1. Regional organisms : BIOTA. Not a term I am really familiar with so my start was slow.
2. Stimulant trademark : ADRENALIN. Synthetic epinephrine which has become more popular than the original adrenaline; quite the rush.
3. Jalapeño product, for some? : HEARTBURN. This is our medical corner with pyrosis, cardialgia, or acid indigestion as other names for the burning sensation in the chest. Per wiki.
4. San José sun : SOL. Spanish.
5. News org. : UPI.
6. Court charge caller : REF. Basketball court.
7. Soft tissue : FLESH.
8. In front of : BEFORE.
9. Many sports commentators : EX-PROS. Nice letter string XPR, but conflict with clues below.
10. Bee: Pref. : API. From whence comes Apiary, etc.
11. Chapeau seen in "Ratatouille" : TOQUE. A gratuitous bonus QUE
12. Quotidian : USUAL. Not one of your usual clues, this means daily. Latin comes in handy.
13. Jury members : PEERS. Such a strange concept.
19. "__-doke!" : OKEY. Okey dokey smokey.
21. Apennines possessive : MIO. Italian, a region and history I did not know. LINK.
25. Ship loading site : QUAY.
26. Word on a bill : UNUM. E pluribus....
27. Old writings mentioning Odin : EDDA.
31. Open __ : MRI. Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
32. Org. requiring milk pasteurization : FDA. Food and Drug Administration.
34. The Bronx's Jerome Ave. line is part of it : IRT. Interborough Rapid Transit. the SUBWAY.
36. Mixture that dissolves gold : AQUA REGIA. Latin for royal water; the question is why do you want to dissolve gold?
37. Rare twosome of July 2015 : FULL MOONS. The even rarer three full moons? LINK.
38. Pro __ : TEM. Followed immediately with the clecho
40. Pro's support : TEE. Then staying in the Ts.
41. 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner : TUTU. The Anglican Bishop DESMOND.
42. Regarding : IN RE.
43. Innocent : NAIF. A guileless, unsophisticated person: babe, child, ingénue, innocent. Same stem as naive.
48. Big name in mustard : GULDEN. Their spicy brown is the third largest in the US behind French's and Grey Poupon.
49. Wolf-headed god : ANUBIS. This is the Greek name for the Egyptian god.
50. One covering tracks, perhaps : LIAR. Liar pants on fire.
52. Hit on the head : BOP.
53. Book with steps : HOW TO.
54. __ crest: pelvic border : ILIAC.
57. Tremble : QUAKE.
58. Oreos, say : SNACK.
63. Org. monitoring endangered species : EPA. Environmental Protection Agency.
64. Letters of proof : QED.EVERYONE must know this by now.
65. Turn that's hung : UEY.
66. Chekov's "Star Trek" rank: Abbr. : ENSign. Before he became a Captain and an Admiral.
Well another week and month have slipped away, I hope everyone on the east coast is kept safe from Joaquin. I wonder if Mr. Trump will blame that on Mexico as well? No politics. just silliness.
I am tired from the excitement of the new baby, so off to rest; lemonade out.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Amy Johnson
Theme: The joke went over like a lead balloon.
Amy J. comes to Friday after many Sunday and Monday LAT appearances. A conventional Friday with humorous clue/fill combinations based on the nature of certain professions. All are witty, but not laugh out loud for me. The puzzle also had some unknowns, and some very difficult cluing in places as well lots of longish fill like HOFFMAN, KODIAKS, RETORTS, UP TO PAR, PRISTINE, STEAMERS, FULLY GROWN, IN THE STARS. I will be interested to see what you all thought of this puzzle with no gimmicks, just challenges; so let's go.
20A. The joke at the audiologists' convention __ : FELL ON DEAF EARS (14). Is this insensitive?
26A. The joke at the chemists' convention __ : GOT NO REACTION (13). My favorite.
44A. The joke at the firefighters' convention __ : WENT UP IN SMOKE (13).This burned me up.
52A. The joke at the cashiers' convention __ : DID NOT REGISTER (14). Cash registers really do not exist in most stores.
Across :
1. Better protected : SAFER.
6. "Poppycock!" : PISH. I was surprised to learn this term came from the 1500s, with so many modern versions (pish posh, pish tosh, pish and tish etc.)
10. Badlands Natl. Park site : SDAK. Be careful of all the outlaws.
14. Coarse : CRUDE.
15. Suspicious of : ON TO. I think of suspicious as not knowing for sure, and onto as being sure.
16. Pup follower? : TENT. The HISTORY. Apparently the Civil War soldiers who used them thought when set up they looked like a kennel.
17. Up for grabs, in a way : UNLET. Really tenuous tenant connection.
18. Lit. intro : PREFace.
19. "Willard" antagonists : RATS. I thought they were the stars?
23. Solo, say : FLY. All pilots look for their first solo flight.
24. Indian author Santha Rama __ : RAU. I have never been aware of this WRITER.
25. Century-starting year : MMCI. In her NYT debut, Amy commented she did not like using Roman numerals; random answers like this are the problem.
32. Not treat lightly : STRESS.
34. Normandy river : ORNE. Just one the many four letter European rivers you need to know to do puzzles.
35. "Defending Our Nation. Securing The Future" org. : NSA. They not only protect but they create puzzles for BILL G and others. LINK.
36. __ swings : MOOD.
37. "POV" airer : PBS. My TV watching is way down but THIS has promise.
38. Extreme degrees : NTHS.
39. "The Trumpet of the Swan" monogram : EBW.
Not as famous as Stuart Little perhaps but an E.B. White children's book which is also a movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8u4hJo5stM
40. Boxed dozen : JURY. Really nice Friday misdirection as no doughnuts or bagels here.
42. Vail topper : SKI HAT. One of the many Colorado resorts.
47. Part of a friskiness metaphor : OATS. All you wanted to know about sowing WILD ones.
48. Jersey's chew : CUD. Very cute cow clue, not an old Soprano's reference
.
49. "The Simpsons" leisure suit wearer : STU.
56. Not even close : COLD. From the old, am I getting closer game.
57. Lightest meson : PION. Someone please explain to me as my knowledge is just from wiki. In particle physics, a pion (or a pi meson, denoted with the Greek letter pi: π) is any of three subatomic particles: π0, π+, and π−. Each pion consists of a quark and an antiquark and is therefore a meson
58. Ex-TV host Stewart : ALANA. Married to Rod and George Hamilton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3vTYCXPXNU
59. Kick back : LOLL.
60. Required bet : ANTE.
61. "R.U.R." writer Capek : KAREL. By now everyone after JzB's write up Wednesday should know this author and his famous play which introduced the word ROBOT.
62. Language that gave us "bard" : ERSE. If you want the 'simple' answer, wiki says Erse can be: an alternative name for any Goidelic language, especially Irish, from Erische. a 16th-19th Century Scots name for Scottish Gaelic.
63. Old Royale 8's : REOS. An impressive looking car.
64. Gambling aids: Abbr. : SYSTSems. I know many a poor man who a prefect blackjack system.
Down
1. Shining target : SCUFF. My mind went to the movies, not my shoes.
2. Journey frontman Pineda : ARNEL. How do you replace Steve Perry? Apparently with a 5'4" Filipino singer. LINK.
3. Mature : FULLY GROWN. I like this fill even if Arnel and I never got very tall.
4. Henry James biographer : EDEL. This multi-volume work was Leon's career. LINK. Having this name and Arnel crossing made getting the first theme fill very tricky.
5. Backtalk : RETORTS.
6. The Carpenters, e.g. : POP DUO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNPAM5ABhvs
7. Regarding : IN RE. Latin.
8. Mississippi travelers : STEAMERS. The river, not the state. Not sure I have heard the term used this way.
9. "Meet the Fockers" co-star : HOFFMAN. Dustin and Barbra were pretty entertaining.
10. Channel relative : STRAIT.
11. Word John doesn't want to see? : DEAR. The kiss off letter.
12. They're seen in columns : ANTS. This old trick did not fool me this time.
13. Lapidary's meas. : KTS. A lapidary is a person who cuts, polishes, or engraves gemstones and KT is the abbreviation for the purity of gold (karat) not the weight of gems(carat).
21. Some flatbreads : NANS.
22. Nero's "Behold!" : ECCE. Latin.
27. Ref. shelf filler : OED. Oxford English Dictionary.
28. Singer Rihanna's first name : ROBYN.
29. Where a love story may be written : IN THE STARS. Star-crossed lovers, the Fault in Our Stars...all too sad.
30. Workers' rights org. : OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
31. Tweed lampooner : NAST. The political cartoonist. READ.
32. Drake, maybe : SMEW. We have had this duck before, though many might of thought about Serena Williams' boyfriend who started on Degrassi.
33. Start of a dramatic question : TO BE or not to be.
37. Like new snow : PRISTINE. Such clean perfect fill.
38. End to peace? : NIK. Beat...Neat...This suffix comes from the Eastern European word meaning "one who" but some credit its popularity to the launch of the Sputnik.
40. Evita's man : JUAN. Peron...they liked poodles.
41. As expected : UP TO PAR. As opposed to over par, par value and other reasons why English is so hard to learn.
42. Complacent : SMUG. I like this word.
43. Grizzly Alaskans? : KODIAKS. Can you bear these clues?
45. Walk wearing Luvs : TODDLE.
46. Dramatic units : SCENES.
50. Principle : TENET.
51. Dividing range : URALS. They divide Europe and Asia, but my mind went to Australia first.
52. When one __ closes ... : DOOR. Another hits you in the....on your way out.
53. Hardly blessed events : ILLS. meh.
54. Till opener : ROTO. A motorized way to turn your soil.
55. Crack up : SLAY. The reactions when the jokes are funny.
56. NFL team with a home field bleachers section called the Dawg Pound : CLEveland Browns. The second generation, they often wear dog masks.
Welcome to Friday Amy, look forward to more if C.C. decides not to write every LAT puzzle. Thanks everyone and I hope you are enjoying fall.
Amy J. comes to Friday after many Sunday and Monday LAT appearances. A conventional Friday with humorous clue/fill combinations based on the nature of certain professions. All are witty, but not laugh out loud for me. The puzzle also had some unknowns, and some very difficult cluing in places as well lots of longish fill like HOFFMAN, KODIAKS, RETORTS, UP TO PAR, PRISTINE, STEAMERS, FULLY GROWN, IN THE STARS. I will be interested to see what you all thought of this puzzle with no gimmicks, just challenges; so let's go.
20A. The joke at the audiologists' convention __ : FELL ON DEAF EARS (14). Is this insensitive?
26A. The joke at the chemists' convention __ : GOT NO REACTION (13). My favorite.
44A. The joke at the firefighters' convention __ : WENT UP IN SMOKE (13).This burned me up.
52A. The joke at the cashiers' convention __ : DID NOT REGISTER (14). Cash registers really do not exist in most stores.
Across :
1. Better protected : SAFER.
6. "Poppycock!" : PISH. I was surprised to learn this term came from the 1500s, with so many modern versions (pish posh, pish tosh, pish and tish etc.)
10. Badlands Natl. Park site : SDAK. Be careful of all the outlaws.
14. Coarse : CRUDE.
15. Suspicious of : ON TO. I think of suspicious as not knowing for sure, and onto as being sure.
16. Pup follower? : TENT. The HISTORY. Apparently the Civil War soldiers who used them thought when set up they looked like a kennel.
17. Up for grabs, in a way : UNLET. Really tenuous tenant connection.
18. Lit. intro : PREFace.
19. "Willard" antagonists : RATS. I thought they were the stars?
23. Solo, say : FLY. All pilots look for their first solo flight.
24. Indian author Santha Rama __ : RAU. I have never been aware of this WRITER.
25. Century-starting year : MMCI. In her NYT debut, Amy commented she did not like using Roman numerals; random answers like this are the problem.
32. Not treat lightly : STRESS.
34. Normandy river : ORNE. Just one the many four letter European rivers you need to know to do puzzles.
35. "Defending Our Nation. Securing The Future" org. : NSA. They not only protect but they create puzzles for BILL G and others. LINK.
36. __ swings : MOOD.
37. "POV" airer : PBS. My TV watching is way down but THIS has promise.
38. Extreme degrees : NTHS.
39. "The Trumpet of the Swan" monogram : EBW.
Not as famous as Stuart Little perhaps but an E.B. White children's book which is also a movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8u4hJo5stM
40. Boxed dozen : JURY. Really nice Friday misdirection as no doughnuts or bagels here.
42. Vail topper : SKI HAT. One of the many Colorado resorts.
47. Part of a friskiness metaphor : OATS. All you wanted to know about sowing WILD ones.
48. Jersey's chew : CUD. Very cute cow clue, not an old Soprano's reference
.
49. "The Simpsons" leisure suit wearer : STU.
56. Not even close : COLD. From the old, am I getting closer game.
57. Lightest meson : PION. Someone please explain to me as my knowledge is just from wiki. In particle physics, a pion (or a pi meson, denoted with the Greek letter pi: π) is any of three subatomic particles: π0, π+, and π−. Each pion consists of a quark and an antiquark and is therefore a meson
58. Ex-TV host Stewart : ALANA. Married to Rod and George Hamilton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3vTYCXPXNU
59. Kick back : LOLL.
60. Required bet : ANTE.
61. "R.U.R." writer Capek : KAREL. By now everyone after JzB's write up Wednesday should know this author and his famous play which introduced the word ROBOT.
62. Language that gave us "bard" : ERSE. If you want the 'simple' answer, wiki says Erse can be: an alternative name for any Goidelic language, especially Irish, from Erische. a 16th-19th Century Scots name for Scottish Gaelic.
63. Old Royale 8's : REOS. An impressive looking car.
64. Gambling aids: Abbr. : SYSTSems. I know many a poor man who a prefect blackjack system.
Down
1. Shining target : SCUFF. My mind went to the movies, not my shoes.
2. Journey frontman Pineda : ARNEL. How do you replace Steve Perry? Apparently with a 5'4" Filipino singer. LINK.
3. Mature : FULLY GROWN. I like this fill even if Arnel and I never got very tall.
4. Henry James biographer : EDEL. This multi-volume work was Leon's career. LINK. Having this name and Arnel crossing made getting the first theme fill very tricky.
5. Backtalk : RETORTS.
6. The Carpenters, e.g. : POP DUO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNPAM5ABhvs
7. Regarding : IN RE. Latin.
8. Mississippi travelers : STEAMERS. The river, not the state. Not sure I have heard the term used this way.
9. "Meet the Fockers" co-star : HOFFMAN. Dustin and Barbra were pretty entertaining.
11. Word John doesn't want to see? : DEAR. The kiss off letter.
12. They're seen in columns : ANTS. This old trick did not fool me this time.
13. Lapidary's meas. : KTS. A lapidary is a person who cuts, polishes, or engraves gemstones and KT is the abbreviation for the purity of gold (karat) not the weight of gems(carat).
21. Some flatbreads : NANS.
22. Nero's "Behold!" : ECCE. Latin.
27. Ref. shelf filler : OED. Oxford English Dictionary.
28. Singer Rihanna's first name : ROBYN.
29. Where a love story may be written : IN THE STARS. Star-crossed lovers, the Fault in Our Stars...all too sad.
30. Workers' rights org. : OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
31. Tweed lampooner : NAST. The political cartoonist. READ.
32. Drake, maybe : SMEW. We have had this duck before, though many might of thought about Serena Williams' boyfriend who started on Degrassi.
37. Like new snow : PRISTINE. Such clean perfect fill.
38. End to peace? : NIK. Beat...Neat...This suffix comes from the Eastern European word meaning "one who" but some credit its popularity to the launch of the Sputnik.
40. Evita's man : JUAN. Peron...they liked poodles.
42. Complacent : SMUG. I like this word.
43. Grizzly Alaskans? : KODIAKS. Can you bear these clues?
45. Walk wearing Luvs : TODDLE.
46. Dramatic units : SCENES.
50. Principle : TENET.
51. Dividing range : URALS. They divide Europe and Asia, but my mind went to Australia first.
52. When one __ closes ... : DOOR. Another hits you in the....on your way out.
53. Hardly blessed events : ILLS. meh.
54. Till opener : ROTO. A motorized way to turn your soil.
56. NFL team with a home field bleachers section called the Dawg Pound : CLEveland Browns. The second generation, they often wear dog masks.
Welcome to Friday Amy, look forward to more if C.C. decides not to write every LAT puzzle. Thanks everyone and I hope you are enjoying fall.
Friday, September 18, 2015
Friday, September 11, 2015
Patti Varol
Theme: A pass/fail puzzle, unless you understand the variations of pass, you fail.
A new puzzle from Patti Varol, who is Rich Norris' assistant at he LAT. C.C. did a nice INTERVIEW back in 2013. This style of cross-referential cluing is reminiscent of a 2012 Friday presentation which I believe was the first of her puzzles that I blogged. In this case the single word which is the clue for the four long answers is PASS which appears as the last Across clue, but has no clue. There is room for a lot if fun fill like ANTHEM, BUTTES, (which reappears immediately after last week's duty in the theme) CONFAB, DENOTE, LOUISA, MOREAU, ONIONY, ENTHUSE, NUANCES, RAN AMOK, UTENSIL, BROWBEAT and TIRAMISU. As someone who gets to read all of the submissions to the LAT Ms. Varol has a sense of what is fresh. I know many do not like cross-references, but i think you will like this Friday frolic.
20A. See 69-Across : FOOTBALL THROW (13). The forward PASS changed football forever.
34A. See 69-Across : MAKE THE GRADE (12). Important both in school and in life. Does pass/fail stunt learning? With all of our teachers out there, does competing for a grade improve performance?
41A. See 69-Across : SKIP ONE'S TURN (12). A term familiar to all who play bridge or any other bidding game; can you skip your turn in Monopoly?
56A. See 69-Across : MOUNTAIN ROUTE (13). There are so many famous mountain passes, but did know the TOPOGRAPHY?
And the common clue
69A. Clue for four puzzle answers : PASS.
Across:
1. Some UPS deliveries : CODS. No, Splynter is not bringing fish to your home, or an outdated male garment. Historically, the term was Cash On Delivery, but UPS has repurposed it as Collect On Delivery, getting the payment and forwarding to its customers.
5. First Homeland Security secretary : RIDGE. It is impossible to not think of this MAN on this anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, and equally impossible to discuss without venturing into politics.
10. Help badly? : ABET.
14. Scott Turow title : ONE L.
15. "I don't give __" : A DARN. Even Rhett was more emphatic than that.
16. It may be hard to resist : URGE. So, why resist?
17. One in una escuela primaria : NINO. Spanish for boy or child.
18. Like two Tim Lincecum games : NO HIT. There have been six in June, July and August this year. A complete LIST.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2yMoxLyKcg
19. Senate garment : TOGA. Fun misdirection did not fool me.
23. Country song : ANTHEM.
24. __ generis : SUI. Latin for of its own kind. In the law, it is used to identify a specific party in litigation.
25. Word with band or toy : BOY. N'sync or Backstreet Boys?
28. "Peace out" : BYE.
29. Struggling with a choice : TORN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sks0x_GJIDs
32. Hardly friendly looks : SNEERS.
36. Idaho motto word : ESTO. Really needed perps to get this. Esto perpetua is Latin for let it be forever.
39. Theater funding gp. : NEA. This time it is the National Endowment for the Arts. LINK.
40. "... like __ not" : IT OR.
46. Doctor with an island of Beast Folk : MOREAU. The wonderful mind of H.G. Wells.
47. Idée source : TETE. Did anyone do David Steinberg's puzzle last week about heads? Awesome.
48. Butcher's units: Abbr. : LBS.
51. Progressive __ : ERA.
52. Gives birth to : HAS. On alert for the birth of my second grandchild. Trying hard to keep up with Kazie.
54. Enjoy the bistro : EAT OUT.
60. Home to many Indians : ASIA.
62. Indianapolis pros : COLTS.
63. Wrap alternative : PITA.
64. Staff at sea : MAST. Not much sailing talk these days, Spitzboov?
65. Food inspector's concern : ECOLI.
66. Showing wear : USED.
67. And : PLUS.
68. "Hamlet" prop : SKULL. Alas, poor Yorick...
Down:
1. Informal chat : CONFAB. A really fun word; from the Latin root that gives us fable.
2. Like some dips : ONIONY. Just an adjective.
3. Symbolize : DENOTE. A five dollar word.
4. Critter that sleeps upside down : SLOTH. Kinda cute sleeping.
5. Went berserk : RAN AMOK. Amok comes from a Malay word; this is the national language of Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. It is spoken by 270 million people, per wiki.
6. Screen VIP : IDOL.
7. "Fantastic Mr. Fox" author : DAHL. Roald wrote so many twisted tales.
8. Breakfast side : GRITS. learned to enjoy them at Skeeter's in Gainesville.
9. Speak with passion : ENTHUSE.
10. Start to focus? : AUTO.
11. Bully : BROWBEAT. An interesting word around since the 1500s.
12. Frittata base : EGG.
13. Leaves in a bag : TEA. In the bag, not left in the bag.
21. Interim software phase : BETA. There really is alpha TESTING.
22. Digital band : RING. Not music but on a finger.
26. Great Seal word : ORDO. Novus ordo secolorum ( "New order of the ages") appears on the back of every one dollar bill so you should recognize the term. If you want more READ.
27. Strategic European river of 1914 : YSER. The BATTLE.
30. Former Quebec premier Lévesque : RENE. This MAN died 28 years ago.
31. Arms control subj. : N-TEST. I wonder why I get so many bomb related fill.
33. Land with "her back towards Britain, her face to the West," in a William Drennan poem : ERIN.
Not familiar with Poem but it was an easy guess.
34. Brood : MOPE. Most teenagers do lots of this.
35. Not fancy at all : HATE. In the British sense....
36. Miss Megley's charge, in a Salinger story : ESME.
37. Chocolate-and-toffee bar : SKOR. I have seen it but never bought it and I love chocolate.
38. Layered dessert : TIRAMISU. Only the GARNISH is chocolate for this classic.
42. Waimea Bay locale : OAHU.
43. Easy things to overlook : NUANCES. Very subtle.
44. Diner's need : UTENSIL.
45. Slowpoke's place : REAR.
48. Creator of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy : LOUISA. May Alcott's Little Women.
49. Flat-topped formations : BUTTES. A gimme if you paid attention last week.
50. Places : STEADS.
53. Seller's supply : STOCK.
55. Freshen, as a drink : TOP UP. Never top off.
57. Stable diet : OATS.
58. Giants manager before Bochy : ALOU. Felipe, the oldest brother.
59. "__ be all right" : IT'LL. Do you prefer ROCK or POP ?
60. Juice unit : AMP. Juice as electricity.
61. ESPN reporter Paolantonio : SAL. I am glad I did not have to spell his last name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiLPr1heWiY
Well on that embarrassing note, I wish you all a good week end and remember all the brave people who came to the fore in 9/11 and let them inspire us all to be better people. lemonade 714 out.
A new puzzle from Patti Varol, who is Rich Norris' assistant at he LAT. C.C. did a nice INTERVIEW back in 2013. This style of cross-referential cluing is reminiscent of a 2012 Friday presentation which I believe was the first of her puzzles that I blogged. In this case the single word which is the clue for the four long answers is PASS which appears as the last Across clue, but has no clue. There is room for a lot if fun fill like ANTHEM, BUTTES, (which reappears immediately after last week's duty in the theme) CONFAB, DENOTE, LOUISA, MOREAU, ONIONY, ENTHUSE, NUANCES, RAN AMOK, UTENSIL, BROWBEAT and TIRAMISU. As someone who gets to read all of the submissions to the LAT Ms. Varol has a sense of what is fresh. I know many do not like cross-references, but i think you will like this Friday frolic.
20A. See 69-Across : FOOTBALL THROW (13). The forward PASS changed football forever.
34A. See 69-Across : MAKE THE GRADE (12). Important both in school and in life. Does pass/fail stunt learning? With all of our teachers out there, does competing for a grade improve performance?
41A. See 69-Across : SKIP ONE'S TURN (12). A term familiar to all who play bridge or any other bidding game; can you skip your turn in Monopoly?
56A. See 69-Across : MOUNTAIN ROUTE (13). There are so many famous mountain passes, but did know the TOPOGRAPHY?
And the common clue
69A. Clue for four puzzle answers : PASS.
Across:
1. Some UPS deliveries : CODS. No, Splynter is not bringing fish to your home, or an outdated male garment. Historically, the term was Cash On Delivery, but UPS has repurposed it as Collect On Delivery, getting the payment and forwarding to its customers.
5. First Homeland Security secretary : RIDGE. It is impossible to not think of this MAN on this anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, and equally impossible to discuss without venturing into politics.
10. Help badly? : ABET.
14. Scott Turow title : ONE L.
15. "I don't give __" : A DARN. Even Rhett was more emphatic than that.
16. It may be hard to resist : URGE. So, why resist?
17. One in una escuela primaria : NINO. Spanish for boy or child.
18. Like two Tim Lincecum games : NO HIT. There have been six in June, July and August this year. A complete LIST.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2yMoxLyKcg
19. Senate garment : TOGA. Fun misdirection did not fool me.
23. Country song : ANTHEM.
24. __ generis : SUI. Latin for of its own kind. In the law, it is used to identify a specific party in litigation.
25. Word with band or toy : BOY. N'sync or Backstreet Boys?
28. "Peace out" : BYE.
29. Struggling with a choice : TORN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sks0x_GJIDs
32. Hardly friendly looks : SNEERS.
36. Idaho motto word : ESTO. Really needed perps to get this. Esto perpetua is Latin for let it be forever.
39. Theater funding gp. : NEA. This time it is the National Endowment for the Arts. LINK.
40. "... like __ not" : IT OR.
46. Doctor with an island of Beast Folk : MOREAU. The wonderful mind of H.G. Wells.
48. Butcher's units: Abbr. : LBS.
51. Progressive __ : ERA.
52. Gives birth to : HAS. On alert for the birth of my second grandchild. Trying hard to keep up with Kazie.
54. Enjoy the bistro : EAT OUT.
60. Home to many Indians : ASIA.
62. Indianapolis pros : COLTS.
63. Wrap alternative : PITA.
64. Staff at sea : MAST. Not much sailing talk these days, Spitzboov?
65. Food inspector's concern : ECOLI.
66. Showing wear : USED.
67. And : PLUS.
68. "Hamlet" prop : SKULL. Alas, poor Yorick...
Down:
1. Informal chat : CONFAB. A really fun word; from the Latin root that gives us fable.
2. Like some dips : ONIONY. Just an adjective.
3. Symbolize : DENOTE. A five dollar word.
4. Critter that sleeps upside down : SLOTH. Kinda cute sleeping.
5. Went berserk : RAN AMOK. Amok comes from a Malay word; this is the national language of Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. It is spoken by 270 million people, per wiki.
6. Screen VIP : IDOL.
7. "Fantastic Mr. Fox" author : DAHL. Roald wrote so many twisted tales.
8. Breakfast side : GRITS. learned to enjoy them at Skeeter's in Gainesville.
9. Speak with passion : ENTHUSE.
10. Start to focus? : AUTO.
11. Bully : BROWBEAT. An interesting word around since the 1500s.
12. Frittata base : EGG.
13. Leaves in a bag : TEA. In the bag, not left in the bag.
21. Interim software phase : BETA. There really is alpha TESTING.
22. Digital band : RING. Not music but on a finger.
26. Great Seal word : ORDO. Novus ordo secolorum ( "New order of the ages") appears on the back of every one dollar bill so you should recognize the term. If you want more READ.
27. Strategic European river of 1914 : YSER. The BATTLE.
30. Former Quebec premier Lévesque : RENE. This MAN died 28 years ago.
31. Arms control subj. : N-TEST. I wonder why I get so many bomb related fill.
33. Land with "her back towards Britain, her face to the West," in a William Drennan poem : ERIN.
Not familiar with Poem but it was an easy guess.
34. Brood : MOPE. Most teenagers do lots of this.
35. Not fancy at all : HATE. In the British sense....
36. Miss Megley's charge, in a Salinger story : ESME.
38. Layered dessert : TIRAMISU. Only the GARNISH is chocolate for this classic.
42. Waimea Bay locale : OAHU.
43. Easy things to overlook : NUANCES. Very subtle.
44. Diner's need : UTENSIL.
45. Slowpoke's place : REAR.
48. Creator of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy : LOUISA. May Alcott's Little Women.
49. Flat-topped formations : BUTTES. A gimme if you paid attention last week.
50. Places : STEADS.
53. Seller's supply : STOCK.
55. Freshen, as a drink : TOP UP. Never top off.
57. Stable diet : OATS.
58. Giants manager before Bochy : ALOU. Felipe, the oldest brother.
59. "__ be all right" : IT'LL. Do you prefer ROCK or POP ?
60. Juice unit : AMP. Juice as electricity.
61. ESPN reporter Paolantonio : SAL. I am glad I did not have to spell his last name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiLPr1heWiY
Well on that embarrassing note, I wish you all a good week end and remember all the brave people who came to the fore in 9/11 and let them inspire us all to be better people. lemonade 714 out.
Friday, September 4, 2015
Jeffrey Wechsler
Theme: Add a little Einsteinium (Atomic Symbol ES)
Back to back weeks of Jeffrey is a new twist on Friday, but the theme of adding ES to the end of the second word of an in the language phrase to completely change the phrase is a classic. The awesome part is that each phrase also completely changes the sound of the second word as well as its meaning. The new phrases are clued with humor. The central grid spanner gives the puzzle a nice appearance. We have all the letters but Q and Z so there are many fun words in the fill plus JW's usual two word fill. CAJOLED, FEEL BAD, GENESES, NEW MATH, GAME FACE, IN UNISON, MILANESE, OLIVE PIT are the features.
17A. Affectionate moniker for a holy river? : OUR GANGES (9). This GROUP morphs into the RIVER.
31A. Duffer's nineteenth-hole litany? : GOLF GRIPES (10). The grip becomes the complaint for the golfer.
37A. Where some climbers take smoking breaks? : CIGARETTE BUTTES (15). My favorite where the remnant of a cigarette becomes a thing of BEAUTY.
44A. Highlights of the hippo ballet in "Fantasia"? : JUMBO JETES (10). Ah the 747 becomes this CLASSIC.
62A. Milliseconds? : TINY TIMES (9). Do you think of the Christmas Carol or Herbert Khaury?
Well enough of the silliness lets get to solving.
Across:
1. Big name in arcades : SEGA. They lost out to the others like Xbox and Wii in the home gaming but dominate the arcade MARKET.
5. Show pride : BEAM. When you look at a parent watching a child you can see the beam.
9. Speck : ATOM.
13. A or B, in preparations : PLAN.
14. Hard to watch : UGLY. Perhaps this might explain the CLUE.
15. Baseball commissioner emeritus Bud : SELIG.
19. Entry mechanism : STILE. For all you subway riders, this was a gimme.
20. Less prosaic : ODDER.
21. Canceled (out) : XED.
23. __-Picone: women's fashion label : EVAN. Last week it was Anne Klein.
24. Have regrets : FEEL BAD.
27. High court delivery : LOB. Tennis court in honor of the US Open going on now.
29. Storm dir. : ENE.
30. Job application ID : SSN.
34. Eponymous physicist James : JOULE. I found him fascinating, his career was not as a scientist but as a BREWER.
36. Star __: Asian spice : ANISE. And a controversial Herbal TEA.
42. "What's in __?" : A NAME? JW loves him Shakespeare.
43. Town in a 1945 Pulitzer-winning novel : ADANO. John Hersey novel.
47. WWII female : WAC.
50. "You're the __ That I Want": "Grease" song : ONE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPKtMjG5NRQ
51. Nursery purchase : SOD.
52. 1960s educational experiment : NEW MATH.
55. Spirit : LIFE.
57. 22-Down sound : YIP.
59. Vital vessel : AORTA.
60. Amazon transaction, e.g. : E-SALE.
65. Port array : DOCKS.
66. "Amarantine" musician : ENYA.
67. Kick back : REST. I see it more as relax.
68. With 6-Down, savings : NEST. Gratuitous referential.
69. It contains diamonds : DECK. Good clue.
70. Deco designer : ERTE. Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 – 21 April 1990) was a Russian-born French artist and designer known by the pseudonym Erté, from the French pronunciation of his initials, per wiki.
Down:
1. "SNL" staples : SPOOFS.
2. Loses, in a way : ELUDES.
3. Plant manager's domain? : GARDEN. Really fun misdirection.
4. Clarence Odbody, in a Capra classic : ANGEL. A wonderful character..
5. Cookout item : BUN. HBG or HD?
6. See 68-Across : EGG.
7. Author Haley : ALEX.
8. Whitman's "Song of __" : MYSELF. Last week he sent Poetry in motion, this week a POEM which I dedicate to the memory of Clear Ayes.
9. Braying beast : ASS.
10. Cabeza, across the Pyrenees : TETE. French equivalent of the Spanish for head.
11. Tapenade discard : OLIVE PIT. A discovery of southern France next to Italy and the land where they speak...
12. Lombardy dialect : MILANESE.
16. Points of origin : GENESES. The Latin plural of Genesis. A different use of ES.
18. NYSE trader : ARBitrage.
22. It may be a toy : DOG. Tricky for such a short fill.
25. Fluish symptoms : AGUE.
26. Doofus : DOLT.
28. Procter & Gamble brand : BRAUN. The razor PEOPLE.
32. Sic on : LET AT.
33. Fascinated by : INTO.
34. Entrance support : JAMB. Door jamb.
35. "Watch how wonder unfolds" snacks : OREOS.
37. Said "Pretty please" to, say : CAJOLED. Straight out of the French Cajoler.
38. Harmoniously : IN UNISON.
39. Determined countenance : GAME FACE. What a great fill; I have seen many game faces in so many different settings outside of sports.
40. Fall setting : EDEN. Oh this is devilishly clever, the fall of man.
41. Foundation : BASE.
45. Exultation : JOY.
46. Found the right words for, maybe : EDITED. I really like this clue.
47. More affable : WARMER. A tricky clue for simple fill.
48. Swear : ATTEST.
49. Unsullied : CHASTE. Not the word I would thing of for these UNSULLIED.
53. Angkor __: Cambodian temple : WAT. This is only a recent gimme: A wat (Thai: วัด wat Lao: ວັດ vad, Khmer: វត្ត wōat) is a monastery-temple in Thailand, Cambodia or Laos. The term is borrowed from Sanskrit vāṭa "enclosure" per wiki.
54. Wavy pattern : MOIRE. From the French moi·ré meaning rippled.
56. Organization name selected over "Buffalos" in a close 1868 vote : ELKS. The BPOE voted 8 to 7 They have counted many Presidents of the US in their membership.
58. Yearn : PINE. This is an interesting word because along with desire, it can signal withering away. From the Latin poena, penalty, from Greek poinē;
61. 63-Down hrs. : EST.
63. Tumblr HQ site : NYC.
64. Jaw : YAK. I guess it is time for me to stop yakking and wish you all a happy long weekend and Labor Day. Thanks Jeffrey and all the Corner. Lemonade out.
Back to back weeks of Jeffrey is a new twist on Friday, but the theme of adding ES to the end of the second word of an in the language phrase to completely change the phrase is a classic. The awesome part is that each phrase also completely changes the sound of the second word as well as its meaning. The new phrases are clued with humor. The central grid spanner gives the puzzle a nice appearance. We have all the letters but Q and Z so there are many fun words in the fill plus JW's usual two word fill. CAJOLED, FEEL BAD, GENESES, NEW MATH, GAME FACE, IN UNISON, MILANESE, OLIVE PIT are the features.
17A. Affectionate moniker for a holy river? : OUR GANGES (9). This GROUP morphs into the RIVER.
31A. Duffer's nineteenth-hole litany? : GOLF GRIPES (10). The grip becomes the complaint for the golfer.
37A. Where some climbers take smoking breaks? : CIGARETTE BUTTES (15). My favorite where the remnant of a cigarette becomes a thing of BEAUTY.
44A. Highlights of the hippo ballet in "Fantasia"? : JUMBO JETES (10). Ah the 747 becomes this CLASSIC.
62A. Milliseconds? : TINY TIMES (9). Do you think of the Christmas Carol or Herbert Khaury?
Well enough of the silliness lets get to solving.
Across:
1. Big name in arcades : SEGA. They lost out to the others like Xbox and Wii in the home gaming but dominate the arcade MARKET.
5. Show pride : BEAM. When you look at a parent watching a child you can see the beam.
9. Speck : ATOM.
13. A or B, in preparations : PLAN.
14. Hard to watch : UGLY. Perhaps this might explain the CLUE.
15. Baseball commissioner emeritus Bud : SELIG.
19. Entry mechanism : STILE. For all you subway riders, this was a gimme.
20. Less prosaic : ODDER.
21. Canceled (out) : XED.
23. __-Picone: women's fashion label : EVAN. Last week it was Anne Klein.
27. High court delivery : LOB. Tennis court in honor of the US Open going on now.
29. Storm dir. : ENE.
30. Job application ID : SSN.
34. Eponymous physicist James : JOULE. I found him fascinating, his career was not as a scientist but as a BREWER.
36. Star __: Asian spice : ANISE. And a controversial Herbal TEA.
42. "What's in __?" : A NAME? JW loves him Shakespeare.
43. Town in a 1945 Pulitzer-winning novel : ADANO. John Hersey novel.
47. WWII female : WAC.
50. "You're the __ That I Want": "Grease" song : ONE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPKtMjG5NRQ
51. Nursery purchase : SOD.
52. 1960s educational experiment : NEW MATH.
55. Spirit : LIFE.
57. 22-Down sound : YIP.
59. Vital vessel : AORTA.
60. Amazon transaction, e.g. : E-SALE.
65. Port array : DOCKS.
66. "Amarantine" musician : ENYA.
67. Kick back : REST. I see it more as relax.
68. With 6-Down, savings : NEST. Gratuitous referential.
69. It contains diamonds : DECK. Good clue.
70. Deco designer : ERTE. Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 – 21 April 1990) was a Russian-born French artist and designer known by the pseudonym Erté, from the French pronunciation of his initials, per wiki.
Down:
1. "SNL" staples : SPOOFS.
2. Loses, in a way : ELUDES.
3. Plant manager's domain? : GARDEN. Really fun misdirection.
4. Clarence Odbody, in a Capra classic : ANGEL. A wonderful character..
6. See 68-Across : EGG.
7. Author Haley : ALEX.
8. Whitman's "Song of __" : MYSELF. Last week he sent Poetry in motion, this week a POEM which I dedicate to the memory of Clear Ayes.
9. Braying beast : ASS.
10. Cabeza, across the Pyrenees : TETE. French equivalent of the Spanish for head.
11. Tapenade discard : OLIVE PIT. A discovery of southern France next to Italy and the land where they speak...
12. Lombardy dialect : MILANESE.
16. Points of origin : GENESES. The Latin plural of Genesis. A different use of ES.
18. NYSE trader : ARBitrage.
22. It may be a toy : DOG. Tricky for such a short fill.
25. Fluish symptoms : AGUE.
26. Doofus : DOLT.
28. Procter & Gamble brand : BRAUN. The razor PEOPLE.
32. Sic on : LET AT.
33. Fascinated by : INTO.
34. Entrance support : JAMB. Door jamb.
35. "Watch how wonder unfolds" snacks : OREOS.
37. Said "Pretty please" to, say : CAJOLED. Straight out of the French Cajoler.
38. Harmoniously : IN UNISON.
39. Determined countenance : GAME FACE. What a great fill; I have seen many game faces in so many different settings outside of sports.
40. Fall setting : EDEN. Oh this is devilishly clever, the fall of man.
41. Foundation : BASE.
45. Exultation : JOY.
46. Found the right words for, maybe : EDITED. I really like this clue.
47. More affable : WARMER. A tricky clue for simple fill.
48. Swear : ATTEST.
49. Unsullied : CHASTE. Not the word I would thing of for these UNSULLIED.
53. Angkor __: Cambodian temple : WAT. This is only a recent gimme: A wat (Thai: วัด wat Lao: ວັດ vad, Khmer: វត្ត wōat) is a monastery-temple in Thailand, Cambodia or Laos. The term is borrowed from Sanskrit vāṭa "enclosure" per wiki.
54. Wavy pattern : MOIRE. From the French moi·ré meaning rippled.
56. Organization name selected over "Buffalos" in a close 1868 vote : ELKS. The BPOE voted 8 to 7 They have counted many Presidents of the US in their membership.
58. Yearn : PINE. This is an interesting word because along with desire, it can signal withering away. From the Latin poena, penalty, from Greek poinē;
61. 63-Down hrs. : EST.
63. Tumblr HQ site : NYC.
64. Jaw : YAK. I guess it is time for me to stop yakking and wish you all a happy long weekend and Labor Day. Thanks Jeffrey and all the Corner. Lemonade out.
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