QOD: Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department. ~ David Packard (Sept. 7, 1912 ~ Mar. 26, 1996)
Friday, 7 September 2018
Thursday, 6 September 2018
Thursday, September 6, 2018
QOD: If you run from technology, it will chase you. ~ Robert M. Pirsig (né Robert Maynard Pirsig; Sept. 6, 1928 ~ Apr. 24, 2017)
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
QOD: Don’t live in the past. There’s no point. You can’t change anything. What a waste of time. ~ Bob Newhart (né George Robert Newhart b. Sept. 5, 1929)
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
QOD: Ever since I made tomorrow my favorite day, I’ve been uncomfortable looking back. ~ Paul Harvey (né Paul Harvey Aurandt; Sept. 4, 1918 ~ Feb. 28, 2009)
Monday, 3 September 2018
Monday, September 3, 2018 / Labor Day
QOD: If we can’t laugh at ourselves and the human condition, we’re going to be mean. ~ Eileen Brennan (née Verla Eileen Brennan; Sept. 3, 1935 ~ July 28, 2013)
Sunday, 2 September 2018
Sunday, September 2, 2018
QOD: I can’t take a well-tanned person seriously. ~ Cleveland Amory (Sept. 2, 1917 ~ Oct. 14, 1998)
This was my first foray into blogging on C.C. Burnikel's Crossword Corner Blog.
Division of Labor
Oh, the dreaded circle puzzle! In today's puzzle, though the circles "divide" a particular job, or type of labor. It's actually quite clever. So what jobs are divided here? the circles in:
22-A. Picnic side with Parmesan dressing: CAESAR COLESLAW, and 24-A. Seuss' turtle king: YERTLE. LAWYER. My profession.
29-A. Monopoly maker: HASBRO, and 32-A. "Bein' Green" singer: KERMIT THE FROG. BROKER.
57-A. Post production?: RAISIN BRAN, and 59-A. Logo modeled for five-month-old Ann Turner Cook [b. Nov. 20, 1926]: GERBER BABY. RANGER.
Ann Turner Cook - Then and now:
80-A. Actress' first film: MOVIE DEBUT, and 83-A. Jim Croce title guy: LEROY BROWN. BUTLER.
105-A. Successor to Canada's Stephen Harper: JUSTIN TRUDEAU, and 109-A. Bike trail hazards: THORNS. AUTHOR.
115-A. Weather map line: ISOBAR, and 117-A. Tea-flavoring citrus fruit: BERGAMOT ORANGE. BARBER.
Across:
1. Numbers on letters: ZIP CODE. It stands for Zoning Improvement Plan
8. Pester constantly: BADGER. I really wanted Bother.
14. Range: SCOPE.
19. Facetious local subject in many articles in "The Onion": AREA MAN. I have never read The Onion.
20. Classified stat: AD RATE.
21. Got misty-eyed, with "up": TEARED.
25. Place to check for prints: ART SALE.
26. Heart charts, for short: ECGS. As in the ElectroCardioGrams, sometimes called EKGs. It's a diagnostic tool for assessing the electrical and muscular function of the heart.
28. Chick magnet?: HEN.
37. Jewish Community Center component gp.: YMHA. As in the Young Men's Hebrew Association, not the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority. Not all Jewish Community Centers, however, have a YMHA.
38. "Back in the __": USSR. The Beatles!
40. Place for a stud: EAR. I wasn't fooled by this clue. We've seen it in the puzzles before.
41. Lake near the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: ERIE. Hi, Abejo!
42. Symbol of simplicity: PIE. This puzzle was As Easy As Pie.
43. Canonized Mlle.: STE. Today's French lesson, abbreviation for Saint.
44. Tehran-based carrier: IRAN AIR. I took a wild guess that the airline would include the name of the country.
47. ''Finished!'': THERE!
51. Long-necked wader: EGRET. Lots of EGRETS in my neighborhood. I live near a lake.
53. Samurai lacking a master: RONIN. No idea, but apparently RONIN is also the name of a movie starring Robert DeNiro.
55. Actress Joanne: DRU. Joanne DRU (née Joan Letitia LaCock; Jan. 31, 1922 - Sept. 10, 1996) was the older sister of Peter Marshall, the gameshow host. I had heard of him, but not her.
56. Stratford's river: AVON. Ding-Dong!
62. Thread holder: SPOOL.
63. Bus. school test: GMAT. As in the Graduate Management Admission Test.
65. Brief street sign: SLO.
66. Org. in "Traffic": DEA. As in the Drug Enforcement Administration, a federal law enforcement agency housed within the United States Department of Justice.
67. Tent entrances: FLAPS.
69. It burns in December: YULE LOG.
72. Blew away: WOWED.
74. Oktoberfest drink: ALE.
75. "Ben-Hur" novelist Wallace: LEW. Lew Wallace (Apr. 10, 1827- Feb. 15, 1905) was a Union General in the American Civil War and author. Ben Hur follows the life of Judah Ben-Her, a Jewish prince who was enslaved by the Romans at the beginning of the first century. He later became a charioteer and converted to Christianity.
77. Alien-seeking gp.: SETI. As in Search for ExtraTerrestial Intelligence. I learned about SETI from its frequent appearances in the crossword puzzles.
78. First president with a Twitter account: OBAMA. No politics, although Trump is the same number of letters.
88. Get ready: PREP.
89. Berne's river: AAR.
90. Sch. health course: SEX ED. Is one Sexed in Sex Ed?
91. Schoolyard comeback: AM TOO!
92. Place to make waves: SALON. A good misdirection.
94. Like many family-owned companies: NEPOTIC.
96. RNs' workplaces: ERs. Registered Nurses might work in Emergency Rooms.
98. Med. care provider: HMO. As in a Health Maintenance Organization.
99. Mazar of "Entourage": DEBI. I never saw Entourage, but have seen DEBI Mazar (b. Aug. 13, 1964) in other shows.
101. MLB's steroid __: ERA. According to ESPN, apparently the Steroid ERA ran from the late 1980s through the 2000s.
102. __-da: pretentious: LA-DI. Makes me think of Annie Hall.
104. Deck furniture wood: TEAK.
111. "Swell!": FAB.
112. Full of energy: GO GO. Meh!
113. CVS rival: RITE AID. All the RITE AID stores in my area have been either closed or converted to Walgreens.
124. Lassie, for one: COLLIE.
125. Pass, as time: ELAPSE.
126. Formal address: ORATION.
127. Composer Bruckner: ANTON. I am not familiar with ANTON Bruckner (Sept. 4, 1924 - Oct. 11, 1896). Apparently he was an Austrian composer.
128. Fluctuated wildly: YO-YO'ED.
129. Handle holder: NAME TAG. Cute clue
Down:
1. Efron of "Baywatch" (2017): ZAC. ZAC Efron (b. Oct. 18, 1987) was also the lead in the High School Musical, which I never saw but it certainly had a lot of publicity.
2. Tax-deferred acct.: IRA. As in Individual Retirement Account.
3. __ Wee Reese: PEE. PEE Wee Reese (né Harold Peter Henry Reese, July 23, 1918 - Aug. 14, 1999), was a professional baseball player. He played shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958.
4. Winter melon: CASABA. Yum.
5. Sydney of astrology: OMARR. No idea. Sydney OMARR (né Sidney Kimmelman, Aug. 5, 1926 - Jan. 2, 2003) was, apparently an astrologer to the rich and famous. Since I am neither rich nor famous, I guess that explains why I never heard of him.
6. Dash from hiding: DART OUT.
7. Env. add-ins: ENCS. As Enclosures to letters in Envelopes.
8. One really on her toes: BALLERINA.
9. "Doe, __ ... ": A DEER, a female deer ...
10. "House" figs.: DRs. House was a television drama about doctors. The patient always had some life-threatening disease, that only after lots of consultations, only Dr. House could properly diagnose.
11. Hoedown honey: GAL.
12. Uber approx.: ETA. As in Estimated Time of Arrival, I suppose.
13. Drop more Visine in, say: RE-WET. Visine is a brand of eye drops.
14. Deems appropriate: SEES FIT.
15. Jaguar, e.g.: CAR not to be confused with 103-D Jaguar, e.g.: AUTO. Wait a minute! Both clues refer to motor vehicles.
16. Bug B Gon maker: ORTHO.
17. Pequod co-owner: PELEG. A reference to the book Moby Dick.
18. Home of the first family: EDEN. Cute clue.
21. "Burning bright" poem critter: TYGER. A poem by William Blake (Nov. 28, 1757 - Aug. 12, 1827), the first line of which reads as follows:
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
23. State trees of six U.S. states: OAKs. I really wanted this to be Pine, but more than 6 states have their state tree as a variation of a pine tree. The Bald Cypress is the state tree of Louisiana. What is your state tree?
27. Rosy-cheeked angels: CHERUBS.
29. Overly energetic: HYPER.
30. Felipe's female friend: AMIGA. Today's Spanish lesson.
31. Sci-fi author __ S. Tepper: SHERI. Sci-fi is not my genre, so I am not familiar with the works of SHERI S. Tepper (née Shirley Stewart Douglas, July 16, 1929 - Oct. 22, 2016)
33. Vicious: MEAN.
34. Actor McKellen: IAN. That's Sir Ian (b. May 25, 1939) to you!
35. Exchange (a player) with: TRADE TO.
36. P.T. program: RE-HAB. As in Rehabilitation.
39. __-Croatian language: SERBO.
43. Paint with dots: STIPPLE. A learning moment.
45. Curly lock: RINGLET.
46. Discount tag abbr.: IRR. As in Irregular. No wonder this shirt is so cheap - there is only one arm hole.
48. Sidestep: EVADE. I initially tried Avoid.
49. Like trial judges: ROBED. Supreme Court Justices, too.
50. Singer from County Donegal: ENYA. Her given name is Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin (b. May 17, 1961). No wonder she goes by ENYA.
52. She, in Sicily: ESSA. Today's Italian lesson.
54. Air France hub: ORLY. The Charles DeGaulle is the primary international airport in France, but ORLY is a close second.
58. Word with hard or red: NOSED. As in Hard-Nosed or Rudolph the Red-Nosed.
59. Name on Pisa's airport: GALILEI. Italy's airport named in honor of Galileo Galilei (Feb. 15, 1564 - Jan. 8, 1642).
60. Hall of Fame Bronco: ELWAY. As in quarterback John Albert Elway, Jr. (b. June 28, 1960).
61. Floor-cleaning robots: ROOMBAS. I was sure these things were called Zoombas, but I knew Gerbez Baby made no sense.
64. Shook hands with, perhaps: MET.
67. Regional plant life: FLORA. The regional animal life is the Fauna.
68. Be straight (with): LEVEL.
70. Power grabber: USURPER.
71. Horror film feature, often: GORE.
73. Friendly: WARM.
74. Concert array: AMPs. As in the Amplifiers.
76. Gradually withdrawing (from): WEANING.
79. Portended: BODED.
81. Devices with earbuds: iPODS. I love my iPod. I listen to all sorts of podcasts.
82. Main squeeze, slangily: BAE. I am not familiar with this term. I have heard a main squeeze as being referred to a Boo, however.
84. Cried out: EXCLAIMED.
85. Significant person?: OTHER.
86. Many a NOW co-founder: WOMAN.
87. Secluded places: NOOKS.
90. Dutch burg: STAD. Today's Dutch lesson.
93. Margin at the bottom: NET GAIN.
95. Tulsa sch. with a Prayer Tower: ORU. As in Oral Roberts University, a Christian liberal arts school.
97. "R.I.P." singer: RITA ORA. I am not familiar with either the song or the singer. RITA ORA (née Rita Sahatçiu Ora, b. Nov. 26, 1990).
100. Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser brand: BIORE.
104. Until now: TO DATE.
105. Alexander of "Seinfeld": JASON. Jason Alexander (né Jay Scott Greenspan, b. Sept. 23, 1959) was great as George in Seinfeld.
106. Letter-shaped fastener: U-BOLT.
107. Actor Maguire: TOBEY. TOBEY Maguire (né Tobias Vincent Maguire, June 27, 1975) was in The Cider House Rules.
108. Remove all traces of: ERASE.
110. Walker on a bottle: HIRAM. My first thought was Johnnie, but that is too many letters. Hiram Walker (July 4, 1816 - Jan. 12, 1899) founded Canadian Club whisky.
111. Pay stub abbr.: FICA. As in the Federal Insurance Contributions Act.
114. Eddie Redmayne's alma mater: ETON. Eddie Redmayne (b. Jan. 6, 1982) and Prince William (b. June 21, 1982) were classmates at ETON.
116. Rain-__ bubble gum: BLO.
118. "Strange Magic" band: ELO. As in the Electric Light Orchestra.
119. Beam of light: RAY.
120. Mailing ctr.: GPO.
121. Minor gripe: NIT.
122. __ long way: GO A.
123. Coll. major: ENG. As in English. Would you like Fries with That?