Thursday, November 16, 2023

QOD:  I understand your play is full of single entendres.  ~  George S. Kaufman (né George Simon Kaufman; Nov. 16, 1889 ~ June 2, 1961), American playwright

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

QOD:  Office hours are from 12 to 1 with an hour off for lunch.  ~  George S. Kaufman (né George Simon Kaufman; Nov. 16, 1889 ~ June 2, 1961), American playwright

Sunday, October 16, 2022

QOD:  After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.  ~  Oscar Wilde (né Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde, Oct. 16, 1854 ~ Nov. 30, 1900), Irish playwright

Tuesday, September 16, 2021

QOD:  I like terra firma; the more firma, the less terra.  ~  George S. Kaufman (né George Simon Kaufman; Nov. 16, 1889 ~ June 2, 1961), American playwright

Not Ready for Prime Time?  The number in each of the theme answers is a Prime Number.  To take you back to math class, a Prime Number a whole number above 1 that cannot be made by multiplying other whole numbers.

18-Across. Automatic time-out near the end of each NFL half: TWO MINUTE WARNING.

29-Across. Guided sightseeing event in the "Gilligan's Island" theme: THREE HOUR TOUR.

37-Across. Food-dropped-on-the-floor "policy": FIVE SECOND RULE.

47-Across 1955 Marilyn Monroe film, with "The": SEVEN YEAR ITCH.

And the unifier:

62. Large-audience schedule item ... and what the four other longest answers comprise?: PRIME TIME LISTING.

Across:
1. Outer border: EDGE.

5. Soft "Hey, you!": PSST!

9. Type of bagel: SESAME.  I prefer the Everything Bagel, myself.

15. "Wuthering Heights" setting: MOOR.  Wuthering Heights is a 1847 novel by Emily Brontë (July 30, 1818 ~ Dec. 19, 1848).  It's the novel with Heathcliff and it takes place in the English moors.  That is my entire knowledge of the novel.

16. "I have a bad feeling about this": UH, OH!

17. Removed, as a pencil mark: ERASED.

21. Pay a call on: VISIT.

22. Auction offer: BID.

23. Medium-sized apple: GALA.  Everything you wanted to know about the Gala apples, but didn't know to ask.

24. Parts of an act: SCENES.  Hi, Keith!

26. Dance named for a horse's gait: GALOP.  Hand up if you knew this dance.

28. Here-there in-between: NOR.  Neither here NOR there ...

32. Biotech room: LAB.

33. Paleozoic __: ERA.  The Paleozoic area is estimated to have occurred from 541 to 251 million years ago.

34. Knocks firmly: RAPS.

43. Pulitzer author Jennifer: EGAN.  I am not familiar with Jennifer Egan (b. Sept. 7, 1962), but I had heard of her book, A Visit from the Goon Squad, which is what won her the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

44. Reuben bread: RYE.

45. LGBT History Mo.: OCT.  October is LGBT month.

53. __-rock: music: ALT.  Everything you wanted to know about Alternative Rock music, but didn't know to ask.

56. Pricey watch: ROLEX.  They do look nice, though.

57. Pooch's plaything: DOG TOY.

58. Nagano noodle: SOBA.  Soba noodles are Japanese noodles.  They can be eaten in hot or cold dishes.

60. Worksheet line: ROW.

61. Noodle shape: ELBOW.  I uses Elbow Macaroni noodles for my Mac and Cheese.

67. Anger to the max: ENRAGE.

68. Baker's appliance: OVEN.

69. Golfer Aoki: ISAO.  Isao Aoki (b. Aug. 31, 1942) makes frequent guest appearances in the puzzle.  He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.

70. Fenway team: RED SOX.  Years ago, I lived just a couple of blocks from Fenway Park.  That was back in the day when the bleacher seats were only $3, so I could even afford to go to the games.

71. Viral internet item: MEME.

72. "bye 4 now": TTYL.  Textspeak for Talk To You Later.

Down:

1. Defib expert: EMT.  As in an Emergency Medical Technician.

2. The "D" in DJIA: DOW.  As in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

3. Succeed impressively: GO OVER BIG.  I first looked at this answer and though it was Goover Big.

4. Ferret's cousin: ERMINE.  Everything you wanted to know about Ferrets, Stoats, Weasels, and Ermines, but didn't know to ask.

5. Grounds for bad behavior, say: PUNISHES.  A bit of an oddly worded clue and answer, in my opinion.

6. Close: SHUT.

7. Drunkard: SOT.

8. Law exam, familiarly: THE BAR.  The Bar Exam in Louisiana is the longest bar exam in the United States.  It is 21 hours long and takes place over 3 days.  There are nine sections of the exam and topics cover both common law and Civil Law.  By the end of the 3rd day, your brain is essentially mush. 

9. Jet Ski rival: SEA DOO.

10. Drop a fly, e.g.: ERR.  A baseball reference.

11. Did a number: SANG.

12. Lai or Thai: ASIAN.

13. __ Park: Edison lab site: MENLO.  Thomas Edison's lab was in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

14. Mystery writers' award: EDGAR.  The Edgar award appeared in a recent crossword that I commented on.

19. "That makes sense": I SEE!

20. Become limp: WILT.

24. Mo. metropolis: ST. L.  St. Louis is a metropolis in Missouri.

25. Rub the wrong way: CHAFE.

26. Chip dip, casually: GUAC.  As in Guacamole.  Yummers!

27. Run smoothly, as an engine: PURR.

30. Tram load: ORE.

31. India-born author Santha Rama __: RAU.  Santha Rama Ran (Jan. 24, 1923 ~ Apr. 21, 2009) was an Indian-born American is probably best known for her screenplays.  She adapted E.M. Foster's novel, A Passage to India, for the theater.  She is not a household name, and rather tricky for a Tuesday.

35. Story line surprise: PLOT TWIST.

36. Italian for "dry": SECCO.  Today's Italian lesson.

38. Mil. hospitals: VAs.  As in Veteran Administration hospitals.  Hi, Boomer!  Hope you are doing well.

39. Part of DOE: Abbr.: ENER.  As in the Department of Energy. 

40. African antelope: ORYX.

41. "Bill __ the Science Guy": '90s TV show: NYE.  Bill Nye (né William Sanford Nye; b. Nov. 27, 1955) makes frequent appearances in the puzzles.

42. When the story is due: DEADLINE.  I am also under a deadline to get this blog written!

46. " ... hallowed be __ name": THY.  A phrase from the Lord's Prayer.

48. Whirlpool: VORTEX.

49. "The Time Machine" race: ELOI.  These creatures make frequent crossword appearances.

50. One raising her first child: NEW MOM.

51. Takes badly?: ROBS.

52. "Eureka!": I GOT IT!

53. In accordance with: AS PER.

54. Michaels of "SNL": LORNE.  Lorne Michaels (né Lorne David Lipowitz; b. Nov. 17, 1944) turns 77 tomorrow.  He introduced us to the Not Ready For Prime Time players back in 1975.

Lorne Michaels is holding the star.

55. "Thelma & Louise" car: T-BIRD.  Thelma & Louise came out in 1991.  I can't believe it has been 30 years!

59. Amo, __, amat ...: AMAS.  Today's Latin lesson.

61. S, Am, Ac, K or Er: ELEM.  These are all Elements on the periodic table: S = Sulfur; Am = Americium; Ac = Actinium; K = Potassium; and Er = Erbium.

63. It may be inflated: EGO.

64. Ill-fated fruit eater: EVE.  Fresh new clue for Eve.

65. Vote of opposition: NAY.

66. Score in fútbol: GOL.  Today's Spanish lesson.

Here's the grid:

חתולה

Monday, November 16, 2020

QOD:  The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.  ~  Chinua Achebe (né Albert Chinualumogu Achebe; Nov. 16, 1930 ~ Mar. 21, 2013), Nigerian novelist

Friday, November 16, 2018

QOD:  It is an unwavering rule for those in power that, when it comes to heads, it is best to cut them off before they start thinking, afterwards, it may be too late.  ~  José Saramago (Nov. 15, 1922 ~ June 18, 2010), Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature

Thursday, November 16, 2018

QOD:  As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved – it’s the citizens who changes things.  ~  José Saramago (b. Nov. 16, 1922 ~ June 18, 2010), Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

QOD:  Except for a few guitar chords, everything I’ve learned in my life that is of any value, I’ve learned from women.  ~  Glenn Frey (Nov. 16, 1948 ~ Jan. 18, 2016)

Monday, November 16, 2015

QOD:  It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.  ~  José Saramago (Nov. 16, 1922 ~ June 18, 2010), recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature.