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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on October 27, 2012, 10:15:38 AM
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Possible Title: Farmer’s Bear
By the Way:
I wonder if kids in other cities besides New York pronounced Spalding rubber balls SPALDEENS. It brings back good memories. (They were more costly and flew farther than Pensy Pinkies.)
I enjoyed the challenge of this bear, but…
Who knew?:
TINFOILHAT can block a mind reader
LITA Ford sang “Kiss Me Deadly,” which I thought was the Mickey Spillane novel I read when I was a kid.
Operation Crossroads was an ATEST program in 1946
The Oscar for best song in 2002 was won by EMINEM
LEGHORNS are chickens named after an Italian city
PELF means ill-gotten gains
AKIO, abutting PELF, is the first name of a Japanese magnate named Morita
ARIANE is played by someone named Audrey in “Love in the Afternoon,” whatever that is
TIMALLEN was the voice of Buzz Lightyear, who/which my grandchildren already forgot
PSEC is a word
Some Nits to Pick:
Get past the bouncer GOIN [sounds like it should be “get in”; “go in” suggests ease of entry while “get in” suggests effort]
RATING: ;D ;D Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun