Unlike today’s gloomy, gray skies, the sun shone brightly, although the blustery wind and 50 degrees temp left no doubt that it was mid-November in the Great Northeast. Thanks, Lee, for a pleasant Sunday solve and thanks, CC, for the review and analysis and for sharing some of your cultural customs.įorty five years ago today, I said those ubiquitous crossword puzzle words, I Do. CSO to HG (NASA) and DO (Otto), both entries appearing quite often. Seeing Pope reminded me of a sign on an English professor’s office door, “Abandon Pope, All Ye Who Enter Here.” Like Lucina, I’m not the least bit superstitious but I wonder about the origins of such specific directives. I, like DO, am familiar with all sayings except for the one about the penny. I like this type of wordplay, especially in a larger grid which allows longer fill, resulting in fleshed out phrases. SHADE is highly prized here in the desert where the sun blazes in summer.Īs usual I enjoy seeing any connection to poetry though Alexander POPE is not a favorite of mine. I don't read romance novels but do know that AVON publishes them. I NOTICED the lack of names! LEN Bermen perped itself and I know STUART well enough that it wasn't a problem. COBOL was initially spelled COBaL but WOE changed it. That is a very good accomplishment for a Sunday puzzle. We used to play that when walking home from school.Īll my answers were INKED IN with not a single wite-out.
In the case of STEP ON A CRACK it continues with BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
I enjoyed finding the well known sayings. I am not in the least superstitious.Īs always Sunday puzzles are a bit of a slog only because of the size. However, it wasn't difficult to see the "Do's and Don'ts". Today's newspaper had no title and no constructor's name. How unusual to find only one other comment! If that velocity is zero, then the object remains atģ7. Uniform motion in a straight line unless compelled to change its state by Newton's first law states that every object will remain at rest or in When rights may be restricted: ON RED.Ģ4.