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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on June 07, 2015, 09:16:33 AM
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THEME: Common definitions of computer terms
GOOD ONES:
Winter runner NOSE [not the usual "sled"]
Winning threesome? ENS
Run the show EMCEE [not the boss]
Flag bearers POLES [not people]
English in tennis TOPSPIN [English (it's their game) here means an unusual spin of the ball causing it to bounce oddly, but TOPSPIN is de rigueur today, so sidespin might really be English]
Sound heard by the ears? CAWS [crows in cornfields]
BTW:
Cake often laced with rum BABKA [it rarely has rum, but BABA does have rum]
SEIS is not used in English.
Like some cabs OAKY [cabs here is short for cabernets, but I knew it was wine since "smelly" didn't fit :) ]
Dept. whose initials spell an animal's name ENER [ENER is the abbreviation for Dept. of Ener. (DOE).
RATING: ;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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Merl Reagle was quite helpful today. His clues included the letters which were part of the "Wedding No-Shows." That is the puzzle's title and theme. After all, today is the first Sunday in June, the traditional wedding month.
What Eskimos do at weddings? (R) : THROWICE
What German newlyweds do? (O) : EXCHANGEVWS
Nickname for an annoying new relative? (R) : BOTHERINLAW
What a deep-voiced wedding singer might need? (F) : LOWERARRANGEMENT
What to say when the cheese finally arrives? (D) : HERECOMESTHEBRIE
Not-so-good news for a groom? (I) : THEBRIDESMAD
The clue for 36-across is "Actress Anders." I immediately thought of Merry Anders, who co-starred (with Barbara Eden and Lori Nelson) in the 1957-59 How To Marry A Millionaire tv series, adapted from the 1953 movie of the same name. (Lisa Gaye replaced Lori Nelson in the second season.) The correct answer was LUANA. I had not heard of Luana Anders. I learned that she appeared in several cult films and low-budget B-movies, including Reform School Girls, The Pit & The Pendulum, Night Tide, Demetia 13 and Easy Rider. She died of breast cancer in 1996.
The puzzle also included the over-used words ALE, ATE, AVA, EEL and EVE and the foreign words AMO, ETUI, MER, OSO and SETAE. "Philadelphia paper: abbr." is INQ. Really? I doubt that anyone in Philadelphia refers to the Inquirer as INQ. It is obvious that Reagle wound up with that three-letter sequence and could not easily change it to a legitimate word by reworking the surrounding words so he had to come up with something that could be a clue to INQ.
C.C. Burnikel's answer of NOSE for "Winter runner" reminded me of an old joke from Mad magazine: "Does your nose run and your feet smell? Uh-oh, you're built upside-down!"
Think about it.