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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on February 26, 2015, 09:31:34 AM
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THEME: first word of phrase means UNTRUE
GOOD ONES:
Race errors {& theme} FALSE STARTS [starts of phrases mean FALSE]
Center of excellence? ELS [spelling of EXCELLENCE]
More of that THOSE
Has a sudden inspiration GASPS
Modern art? ARE ["How sweet art thy lips."]
BTW:
Lotsa phrases I grew up with:
Rest one's dogs
Has AN OUT
Gets to
JACKED up
Told ya! SO THERE
Really dug ATE IT UP
Thanks, Mike, for the Peter Gunn memory.
RATING: ;D ;D ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun
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The Peter Gunn theme song was recorded by Ray Anthony and reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959. It was the second tv-show theme song to become a top-ten hit. The first one was also by Ray Anthony. Any guesses? The answer is below---don't peek!
Today's crossword included ESOTERY, a word I was unfamiliar with and which is not in any of my dictionaries. "Esoteric" means "designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone; requiring or exhibiting knowledge that is limited to a small group." Thanks to the good ol' World Wide Web, I learned that ESOTERY means "esoteric or secret wisdom; mystery" and is the opposite of EXOTERY which is "wisdom suitable to be imparted to the public."
The first tv theme to become a top-ten hit? Dragnet, which reached #3 in September of 1953. (The number-one song at the time was Vaya Con Dios by Les Paul & Mary Ford.)
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Thanks, Rewind, for the quiz, which I failed. I remember "Vaya Con Dios," but not "Dragnet" as a pop song. I only remember the four notes of the TV show. Oddly, this song reached higher on the charts than the jazzy "Peter Gunn." I'll bet, however, Peter Gunn out-gunned Joe Friday in sales and by a wide margin.