2-letter dnf. The government agencies were all relatively mainstream, which also helped (no New Deal public works agencies, lol). Theme was meh, but enough just slightly harder stuff to make it a nice Wednesday.Not sure whether I'm sad or not that the Etch-a-sketch has been sold by Ohio Art to a Canadian company. Yawn Agree. It was one of those "don't mess with me look or I'll piss all over you" moments. Ditto for the unnecessary foreign words (Amigas) and of course we need a reference to Star Wars, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, etc (OBIWAN KENOBI). Then I get to 56D and I'm thinking that black widows eat their husbands after they mate, no? How sweet and sad! BUT....the minute I came home from work, he'd curl up in my lap and give me the purr from heaven. @Latke Lovers - De gustibus and all that. Find more ways to say warn, along with related words, antonyms and example phrases at Thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus. Once upon a time when I started owning Mals and doing some recreational sledding, it had some appeal. So, I took in "Brutus." . Yeah, they’re jocks, and they get paid millions, so they love it. Was it written on the red frame?DREIDEL hasn't been around here for quite a while but I saw it yesterday while doing the cryptic from Sunday's 12-page Puzzle section. This is one of those puzzles where I finished, reread the revealer and shook my head, not quite grokking the theme. I'm in the "cute," "clever," and "liked it" camp. The combination, which he called the "Telecran", gave users the ability to draw a picture and also erase it. Change half of those to non-PPP clues and the puzzle would be below the PPP line and, IMHO, more interesting. If you weren't alive at the height of Steely Dan, knowing FAGEN is rough. Yes, it was not a great puzz, but amusing and there was enough Beethoven stuff to keep me happy. It's an answer that Michael didn't know immediately upon reading the clue. Everywhere else it’s ‘teeth’.[C’mon. But one week ago (December 9), Rex was complaining that he thought LIMBO needed a "the" before it. But then again, I hear boring is beautiful now... Henry Fonda, e.g., famoUSDAd. Please work your magic asap! The term derives from the Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, "distinguishing"), from διακρίνω (diakrī́nō, "to distinguish"). OHIOART, and getting to say of course! Despite living in NY and being raised in California, Rex has two degrees from the University of Michigan. :)Smooth sailing all the way!Difficulty (1-9): 3Newly learned: "Richard III".Hazy/recalled: "Rhea"; "Hairspray"; "Haiti"; "Merck"; "yaws"; "Roseanne".Fav clues/answers: "skosh"; "tops"; "posh"; "aircraft carrier"; "peewee"; "twirl"; "screensaver"; "Crocs"; "neat freak"; "sense"; "persists"; "kefirs"; "reach"; "lead dog"; "takes to"; "amigas"; "Obi-Wan Kenobi". I agree that OHIO ART is no worse than MERCK, but, of course, that’s damning with faint praise because I don’t like either in my puzzle all that much. Tolkien (1892) (books by this author), creator of The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1955) trilogy, was born on this day in Bloemfontein, South Africa, the son of a banker and a former missionary. LEVAR. This has a lot more resonance for me during these fantastical, scary times than the bland, weak, completely uninspired "theme". Otherwise maybe a B, but not a B+. [...], In the late 1950s, a French electrician named, created a drawing toy that used a joystick, glass and aluminum powder. But I need to put the crossword puzzles and sudokus down and start living again. ... Why is “AFTS” the solution to the crossword clue "Times before eves, in ads"? For real? @kitshef - Just where did you try latkes? But it is possible. FWIW, I think either IN AREA or AREA would be acceptable. 230 REWRITE COULD HAVE WIDE-RANGING CONSEQUENCES. Agreed. Oh, it's LamAR, no it's LEVAR. Thanks this is @zephyr. At least for Lindy. Twitter is a tool like any other, but I’ve chosen to avoid it. Sled dogs are awesome. “Affect” vs. “Effect”: Use The Correct Word Every Time. I checked YouTube for etch-a-sketch TV commercials featuring OHIOART. Not much remarkable here. I think that TOOTH thing made me think of "Chomper" and Gummy Joe.I had no problem during the solve. Too much PPP? You love dogs so IDITAROD is nice???? @RooMonster - Thank you for your gratitude list. Women of a certain age usually just cringe, roll their eyes and ignore it, thinking...well, I won't bother saying. It’s a shame, really, because dogs bred to pull LOVE it, bouncing up and down when the harness and sled come out. I think that PPP means "non-vocabulary" like clues/answers:Pop Culture, Product Names and other Proper Nouns. Also agree that liking dogs and the IDITAROD isn't entirely consistent. I suppose I had some trouble with OHIO ART because I forgot about RHEA. Ever see the videos of people making actual works of art on them? No, wait... Tell us about your new kitten. Still don't know whether COS is cost or something else but I knew it would be right cause, you know, OHIO.Why do I get the idea that if it was MICHIGAN ART a whole different group would love the clue and be regaling us with entertaining tales about there cousin's or roomate's experieces working there?Yes, PPP can route in widely different solves. Just fine.Diana, LIW. And when they're simply 3-letter initials??!! Puzzleworld is peopled by fine folk as she says. No, it was to find out what connects Ed Salners and the prolific Alex Eaton-Salners. Similarly with Croce's IGOTANAME. If my cat is somehow compromising my comfort I wait for her to make a move. Quickie PPP27 of 72 for 38%. One that I think Rex is a part of. Easy. actually taste good ? Liked puzzling out INAREA. Did I enjoy this? Probably dates back to ancient times, lol.Not a bad week so far . Put me in the growing club for having OHIO ART as my first fill. I believe that's how they got their name. We still have at least two etch-a-sketches in our house.One day, Rex is gonna stop himself before he goes on and on about a knowable fact or word and say, Hey, just because *I* don't know it doesn't make it a bad thing.Nah. ... the initialisms "bond" the words in each two-word theme answer@zephyr (11:56am) ... re "who ever uses or even heard of skosh for anything?" Why does C# forbid generic attribute types? :)Smooth sailing all the way!Difficulty (1-9): 3Newly learned: "Richard III".Hazy/recalled: "Rhea"; "Hairspray"; "Haiti"; "Merck"; "yaws"; "Roseanne".Fav clues/answers: "skosh"; "tops"; "posh"; "aircraft carrier"; "peewee"; "twirl"; "screensaver"; "Crocs"; "neat freak"; "sense"; "persists"; "kefirs"; "reach"; "lead dog"; "takes to"; "amigas"; "Obi-Wan Kenobi". Rex is right that he complained about OHIO ART before. Am I becoming a curmudgeon, like OFL? Now if you never heard of OBI WAN KENOBI, ROSEANNE, The Odd Couple, LUTHOR, or RHEA, then maybe yes. We started closing our bedroom door, and when our guys starting removing the paint with their attempts to notify us that they were on the wrong side of said door, we shut the door at the top of the stairs, which finally thwarted them. Putting a "?" Stay safe. It actually comes from the Japanese, and was brought back to the States by servicemen returning from WWII. . (I would have written "nonintuitive" or "unintuitive".) I liked NEATFREAK, CRAVEN, and SKOSH. BTW - Google images show that lots of Etch-a-Sketches do say OHIO ART, sometimes in a slightly smaller font next to the words Etch-a-sketch and sometimes in a little globe logo that I don’t remember ever noticing before. ), HAIRSPRAY (23A: 2002 musical that won eight Tonys) (Internal Revenue Service), SCREEN SAVER (37A: Very picture of idleness?) @TTrimble - Is the problem with having a preposition? It means: a little bit. My dog and my cat have to deal with my whims. When that happens with anything other than a Friday or Saturday puzzle, clearly, there's something wrong with the clue, the answer or both and it's always Will's fault. Thurs. -1 again LOLPeace Síocháin 和 Paz Wo'okeyeh Paix ειρήνη Pax Fred Saimaqatigiiniq Mir Woof Meow. I'm afraid that I'm going to forget how to have a conversation and interact with other people (two things that have never come all that naturally to me anyway). Sample size is pretty small – I’ve only had them three times - but that’s been enough to convince me I don’t need a fourth time. OK. Only Trump supporters bare A tooth, that is if they ever smile. Just imagine if you put some time in. INAREA. Thought the theme was fine. Pretty smooth and clever. True that. Seems to run from the 1960s to about 1993. So can other things. Why is it important to override GetHashCode when Equals method is overridden? Yes, those dogs are well-cared for. Very interesting. on one themer and not … I think so, which I equate to his take on articles. Posted by: nerdygirl at January 19, 2021 10:25 PM (+lVUW) 130 Sharkman, you made Hillary cry!! The sourdough mascot has moved into my home. For teenagers, the need for a moratorium space is so compelling that they will recreate it as fiction. I have a photo of my dog covered in about 3” of snow, waiting like a statue for the squirrels two feet away to bury their heads in the snow.And while I’m boring you, those turnouts in the summer often led to breeding with wolves. I kinda wish I had the self-confidence it takes to never, ever doubt your own knowledge and to go on and on about a fact that you do not know and so it is just not allowed in his puzzle. Today’s constructor notes at xwordinfo add a degree of interest for post solve considerations. What day is it? MARSHALS SERVICE’S LAX COVID-19 OVERSIGHT OF SOME INMATES REFLECTS A LARGER PROBLEM, REPUBLICAN SENATORS SHOW EMOTION, BUT LITTLE EVIDENCE OF CHANGED MINDS, PROPOSED SEC. He never slept on my bed but heaven forbid if I closed the bedroom door. So about 50/50 recently. There will be many complaints, here's one: You don't grin and bare a TOOTH. We have DREIDELS and ETCH-A-SKETCH and LEGO(s) in our house as well as a HAIRSPRAY DVD ..... but dumped the CROCS long ago. Had an Etch-a-Sketch and spent years trying to draw a passable circle. p.g. This comment has been removed by the author. I needed the reveal to see what was going on. I had the T and L in place and gave TrIaL a spin for that answer but decided YArS, while sounding pirate-ish, wasn't a good answer for 26D.I also had trouble with 65A. I saw HAIR SPRAY on Broadway many moons ago and can belt out "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now" at the top of my lungs (with my sisters)....I'm a bit of a NEAT FREAK and I've bought GOVERNMENT BONDS for my grandchildren. OHIOART is definitely fair game. I also found personal meaning in HAIRSPRAY x PERSISTS, as in "thank goodness it does," as it prevents me from looking like an aging kid with a bowl cut. GOVERNMENT BONDS (59A: Treasury notes ... or what the two sides of 17-, 23-, 37- and 52-Across are joined with? He never did that to anybody else so I knew he and I were special. If you bare your teeth you also bare any particular tooth.Loved the clues for SCREENSAVER and HEIR. Just because you don't know an older reference doesn't mean it's a bad fill -- and this comes from someone who usually suffers on older references but enjoyed the Etch-A-Sketch ref. Now they wait until we're up and claim their rightful positions under the covers, sometimes with their little heads on our pillows. Knowing my lack of restraint, I instead waste my time clicking away on Reuters.com. Learn everything an expat should know about managing finances in Germany, including bank accounts, paying taxes, getting insurance and investing. Having never touched CROCS (or even seen them up close), I have no idea what they're "-like". OHIOART, and getting to say of course! This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. PPP goes both ways, if you know it the puzzle is easy, if you don’t you’ll struggle. Oho! dict_files/eng_com.dic This class can parse, analyze words and interprets sentences. I just do it. Also in the "old enough to know OHIO ART" camp. Hope all of your grins do as well. The dogs are run sometimes to death, made to run on bloody paws. @Joaquin 11:55 - Latke 1 - British father. @Frantic Sloth - Twitter is like any other social media, easily polluted. But over time, it has become clear that the idea of the moratorium space does not easily mesh with a life that generates its own electronic shadow. Never heard of SKOSH before, and can someone who speaks Irish please tell me if anyone has ever called it ERSE before? Did I chuckle at TEEPEE PEWEE SKOSH POSH? No? First thing that pops into my mind is authoritarianism from the Revolution to Putin. And if that's not bad enough, you throw in three more (non-theme) initialisms: AKC; III and NYY. These six motions all happen simultaneously and the resulting complexity of motion is the reason it takes sailors a day or two to get their "sea legs" back after leaving port. J.R.R. Back then they weren’t trying to break records, just finish. I will mention, though, that the rules of treatment are as rigidly enforced as is possible when there’s so much open trail; there are vets at every checkpoint and complaints are taken seriously.Still, I no longer pay it any attention. It was the solve for me that really made this puzzle enjoyable. I assume that they're very comfortable since they've always seemed damned ugly to my eye. Grew up in Napoleon OH just 15 miles from Bryan so Ohio Art was a big thing in my childhood. I'm in the "couldn't remember OHIOART" club, but don't think it's bad fill, as Etch-A-Sketchs were everywhere in the 80's, and still popular today. Nice moniker you got there @zephyr 11:56. Other than that I enjoyed the puzzle and kind of ignored the theme. 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