Thursday, May 29 - John Farmer

Gettin' DOWN with John Farmer...what a way to spend a Wednesday evening!

While I managed to figure out that I was dealing with a rebus, I originally didn't limit it to DOWN...had ACROSS in a couple of the squares. When I couldn't make sense of some of the crosses, I finally got it straightened out.

[UPDATE: I didn't really get it straightened out. See JimH's blog for an explanation...and read the right words into the blathering that follows!]

The theme answers...all good ones:

1A: First clue (one D[own]). This was the site of one of my ACROSS mistakes...since I always read 1A before 1D. Its cross at 4D: Jazz/blues monthly (D[own] Beat) was one that didn't make any sense with ACROSS in place.

18A: Spans, as a river (stretches D[own]). Again, stretches ACROSS made perfect sense, although 13D: Hit the skids didn't...until I changed go ACROSS hill to go D[own]hill.

35A: Relocate from one side to the other (move D[own]town). Another ACROSS mistake here...made obvious by 26D: Master (get D[own] pat).

[Well, hell...no wonder ACROSS made sense in so many of the answers!]

58A: Facing one's house from a short distance away, say (D[own] the street), crossing at 39D: Scorn (look D[own] on).

68A: Transect (cut D[own]), with 45D: Inverted (upside D[own]).

I definitely need to brush up on my political facts...couldn't remember 10A: Secretary of state after Muskie (Haig) until I had a few letters in place. In fact, I didn't even remember that Muskie had been a Secretary of State...in Jimmy Carter's cabinet.

I had a minor mix-up with tonight's featured connected cluing...27A: With 22-Across, order at a tiki bar (Mai / Tai). I had them switched, so the crosses were a bit difficult. Once I realized the error, I got 8D: Celt of NW France (Breton) and 11D: Handy guide for a walking tour (area map).

I spent years attending an Episcopal church, so I immediately knew 2D: Church vestibule (narthex)...it looks so good in the puzzle. I also nailed 1D: Faux fat (Olestra). Western Colorado was part of the test market for Lay's fat-free chips made with Olestra. They caused serious gastric distress in some people...I had no problem, though, and thought they were pretty tasty.

I really liked the clue at 21D: A Baldwin. Nope, not Alec or any of his brothers. In fact, it's the only Baldwin I'd want in my house...a gorgeous Baldwin piano.

Other favorites:

25A: Ancient square (Agora).

29A: "Coming to America" co-star (Arsenio Hall). I didn't know that but managed to get it with a couple of letters in place.

33A: __ Scamander, pseudonym of J. K. Rowling (Newt). Didn't know that.

39A: Title girl in a 2002 Disney film (Lilo). This was about the time the girls thought they were too old for Disney, so I didn't see it.

52A: Quarterback Rodney (Peete)...only because of crosses.

57A: St. Clare's birthplace (Assisi). We've had this more than once...St. Francis is more well known, but St. Clare holds her own in the New York Times.

63A: City on the Oka (Orel).

64A: Non __ (not so much, in music) (tanto).

7D: Sci-fi debut of 1921 (R.U.R.)...only because I've seen it in a puzzle.

9D: Doha dweller (Qatari).

40D: Like some fertility lab techniques (in vitro)...interesting cross at 51A: Some modern donations (ova).

41D: Hide in a closet? (leather)...probably my favorite clue.

49D: Stab in the back (betray). Eveb when I had BETR*Y, it still took some time to see it.

57D: "This is not __" (warning label) (a toy)...although it should have read "This bag is not __"...

Good one, John. I'm frequently frustrated by rebus puzzles, but I thoroughly enjoyed solving this one.

Here's the grid...



...and I'll see you tomorrow.

Linda G

Sunday, April 20 - John Farmer

Although he's kicked my butt on more than one occasion, I've always enjoyed John Farmer's puzzles...but he won my heart with this one.

I can't explain it...but as soon as I see circles in the grid, I get almost giddy.

Today's circles spelled out the names of the eight planets within the theme answers...and what excellent theme answers they were.

24A: 1941 Henry Luce article that coined a name for an era (THE AMERICAN CENTURY).

34A: Closeout come-on (EVERYTHING MUST GO).

52A: Novel that ends "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody" (THE CATCHER IN THE RYE).

75A: Artful deception (SMOKE AND MIRRORS).

82A: 1972 Harry Nilsson hit (JUMP INTO THE FIRE).

107A: Prime eatery (FIVE STAR RESTAURANT). This was the answer that revealed the theme...or at least part of it.

125A: Stanley Cup finalists of 1982 and 1994 (VANCOUVER CANUCKS).

138A: Head of a special government inquiry (INDEPENDENT COUNSEL).

But there's more. 9D: Center of many revolutions (whose first letter starts a bonus phrase reading clockwise around the shaded squares). The first letter of the answer...sun...starts us around the grid to form SOLAR SYSTEM. I've highlighted the letters in the grid at the end of the post.

John even found a way to include Pluto...at 131D: 2006 neologism meaning "to demote."

Most difficult answers:

29A: Tevye creator __ Aleichem (Sholom).

33A: Celine Dion's "I'm Your Angel" duet partner (R. Kelly).

45A: Truncated cones, in math (frusta).

1D: "Number 10" Abstract Expressionist (Rothko). I believe I could paint something like that.

7D: Money (lucre). Haven't heard the word, but I'm guessing that lucrative comes from the same root.

8D: Botanist Gray (Asa).

15D: Spanish sherry (Amontillado)...although I'm sure I read Poe's story, "The Cask of Amontillado."

51D: Hills of Yorkshire (Wolds).

84D: Nick Nolte movie based on a Kurt Vonnegut novel (Mother Night). I'm a big Nick Nolte fan, but I'd never heard of this.

116D: Sting's last name (Sumner). I never stopped to think that he had one.

125D: Singh on the links (Vijay). I can never remember how to spell his name...or maybe it's that I don't ever remember it.

Favorites include 4A: 1960s-'80s Red Sox legend, informally (Yaz)...along with its cross at 6D: Closed (in on) (zeroed), 67A: First principles (axioms), 97A: 1984 Heisman winner (Flutie), 101A: Laughing gas and water, chemically (oxides), 104A: Lover in "The Merchant of Venice" (Portia), 134A: He played Krupa in "The Gene Krupa Story" (Mineo), 149A: Charles de Gaulle alternative (Orly), 48D: Royal Navy foe of 1588 (Armada), 59D: Bleeth of "Baywatch" (Yasmine), 102D: __ Zagora, Bulgaria (Stara), 121D: "Into the Wild" actor Emile (Hirsch) and 122D: Home of Gannon Univ. (Erie, PA).

The best clues in the puzzle are 1A: Thing in a case (res)...think Latin, 22A: King of comedy (Alan), 23A: Going rate?: Abbr. (mph), 70A: "I'm king of the world!," e.g. (boast), 113A: You can't take it with you (estate), 2D: Made a comeback? (echoed), 76D: Like some twins (evil)...can you spot the evil twin in the picture?, 124D: Past records? (LPs) and 130D: Jaded figure (cynic).

AcrossLite wouldn't accept my solution, and I couldn't find an error to save my life. I finally checked it against Harris's posted solution...and discovered it at 114A: Upstate N.Y. sch. I had RBI (wondering why they didn't clue it in relation to baseball), giving me pab (short for pablum?) for 104D: Infant's food. The correct answer for the school is RPI (I should have known that)...but how is pap a baby food? I hope someone knows and will share.

There was just so much to love about John's puzzle, and I barely scratched the surface. Did I miss your favorite?

Here's the grid...



...and I'll see you tomorrow.

Linda G

Wednesday, January 9 - John Farmer

If you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you know I like to see circles in the grid...so John Farmer's Wednesday puzzle delighted me from the get-go.

I came up with a blank on the first theme answer, but I nailed the second one...23A: Have as a focus of one's studies (MAJOR IN). The circled letters, M-O-N, sure looked like a day of the week to me. When I saw that there were seven rows, I took the plunge and entered the three-letter abbreviations for all of them, beginning with S-U-N.

It was confirmed at 71A: What each set of circled letters spells (day). The remaining day-of-the-week answers are:

18A: Blindly (SIGHT UNSEEN).

32A: Weekly founded by Walter Annenberg (TV GUIDE).

36A: Club choice (WHOLE WHEAT BREAD). The most clever clue in the puzzle.

45A: People of Burundi (THE HUTU). I was temporarily thrown off by having the article included...good one.

55A: Import with a "cavallino rampante" logo (FERRARI). I had no clue about this, but with the F-R-I in place, it was a guess that made a lot of sense.

59A: Expose, with "on" (SHINE A LIGHT).

This wasn't an easy puzzle...by any stretch of the imagination. Even with all of those letters in place, I struggled with several answers. There were quite a few unknowns to me, often crossing another unknown. All of that made for a long, slow solve. Some of them:

22A: Filmmaker Gus Van (Sant)...although that's what I guessed when I had the SA in place. The cross at 19D: Runnin' Rebels of the N.C.A.A. was no help. I'm guessing that UNLV stands for University of Nevada at Las Vegas...or something like that.

43A: Neighbor on the 1980s sitcom "Mama's Family" (Iola). Never heard of the show...or Iola. I wanted Iona...only because I didn't follow the clue for 38D: Sub in a tub (oleo). That was almost too clever for me.

70A: Boston five (Celts). I was going to cry foul on account of two obscure sports clues...but Don assures me that both Celts (as clued) and UNLV are quite well known. Hmmph!

3D: Actress Rebecca of "Ugly Betty" (Romijn). I had all of the crosses, but I was sure that answer was wrong. Even when the Applet accepted my solution, I thought there must be some mistake. But I'm mistaken...that's her name. If only I had time to watch television...maybe a few college or professional games. I'd probably do better with crossword puzzles. But when would I have time to solve them and blog?

9D: "In America" novelist Susan (Sontag). Should have been easy enough to get from crosses, but I didn't get 32A (TV Guide) right away...had THE as the first three letters, so Sontag wasn't apparent for some time.

27D: Naturalist who appears on the California quarter (Muir). I had the UIR, but wasn't sure about 26A: Place for steamers (clam bar). Guessed the M, though, and clam bar soon fell into place.

Needed the crosses to get both 47D: Trillion: Prefix (tera) and 48D: Language family that includes Finnish and Hungarian (Uralic).

And I'm not a Harry Potter fan...so I relied on crosses for 52D: Sister of Albus Dumbledore, in the Harry Potter books (Ariana). I did, however, know 53D: Actress Laura (Linney), as well as 39D: Bert who sang "If I Only Had the Nerve" (Lahr).

Some of my favorite answers:

9A: Paintball sound (splat). That's too good.

31A: Feeling (sensate). Sensates...nothing more than sensates...

44A: Footprint or loose thread, perhaps (clue).

1D: Challenges for daredevil motorcyclists (chasms).

2D: Blood lines (aortae)...I like the clue, and there's something about that plural that I like.

4D: Ignominy (disgrace). Took forever to remember what ignominy meant. That's a disgrace.

8D: Unbroken (intact)...what my pride is not after this puzzle.

42D: Gets engaged to, old-style (betroths). A good old-fashioned word.

46D: Milk dispensers (udders)...

In addition to theme answers, I also liked the multiwords at 15A: "You know...it's...um...like this..." (I mean), 35A: "Would __ to You?" (1985 Eurythmics hit) (I lie), 49A: All accounted for (in total) and 54A: Customized (to order)...love how it looks in the grid.

I wonder if anyone else was confused by 40D: A first for Arabia? (Alif). Here's the answer to the mystery...I thought it must be something like that.

I had a massage after work, and I've been a mass of jello since then. Mary Anne is the best...she's been doing my massages for more than eight years...but she's moving to Boise in another two months. My body already misses her.

Time to wrap this up and head to bed. Here's the grid...



...and I'll see you tomorrow.

Linda G

Friday, December 28 - John Farmer

This may well be the first John Farmer puzzle that I finished...albeit with the help of Google. There were so many answers I didn't know...I could write the entire post about them.

Only a handful of gimmes. 19A: "I'm ready for the weekend!" (TGIF), 22A: "The Da Vinci Code" priory (Sion), 11D: Sound of change (jangle), 34D: 1968 hit whose title is repeated three times with "Oh" and then again after "Baby I love you" (Suzie Q), 39D: Excise on some out-of-state purchases (use tax), 40D: Mr. abroad (senor), 46D: Extra benefits (perks) and 51D: "This is disastrous!" (oh no).

With the Q and X in place, it was fairly easy to figure out 56A: Exercise animal? (quick brown fox). That started opening things up in the bottom half of the puzzle...47D: When a football may be hiked (on two)...which gave way to 46A: "A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor": Ambrose Bierce (piano)...which led to 37D: Miss badly (pine for)...37A: Constellation between Cygnus and Pisces (Pegasus).

My Indian tribe knowledge is pathetic. I didn't have a clue about 1A: Algonquian Indian tribe (Miami) or the related 2D: Home of many of the 1-Across: Abbr. (Ind.)...or 22D: Northwest tribe (Spokane). All were good guesses when I had a few letters in place. I only knew Miami and Spokane as cities.

Needed Google to answer 11A: Singer with the #1 hit "All I Have" (Jennifer Lopez). I never think of her as a singer...and I generally don't think of her as an actress, either. The exception was her role as Selena, the queen of Tejano music who was murdered by the president of her fan club. It was a tragic story...and a perfect role for Jennifer Lopez.

Other unknowns include 21A: Chalon-sur-__, France (Saone), 29A: Indian pastries (samosas), 57A: Hopscotch (potsy), 4D: Fuchsite and alurgite (micas), 12D: Mr. Rosewater in Kurt Vonnegut's "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" (Eliot), 13D: "Butterfly" actress, 1981 (Zadora) and 24D: 2004 Sondheim musical, with "The" (Frogs). I got some from crosses...others from Google.

I love anagrams, but I tore my hair out on 14A: Sci-fi character whose name is an anagram of CAROLINA ISLANDS (Lando Calrissian). I'm not a Star Wars fan so I was totally unfamiliar with this...had to Google to see how to parse it when I had all the letters in place. And here he is...played by Billy Dee Williams.

Favorites include the multiword answers at 5D: Assuming even that (if at all), 14D: Clear the way to (let at), 35D: Make hot (steam up) and 36D: Passes effortlessly (sails by)...as well as the 15-letter answer at 53A: Some licensed practitioners (members of the bar).

Also liked 17A: Have quite enough for (satiate), 27A: Climber's support (tendril), 32A: 100 qintars (lek), 33A: Hands out (assigns), 41A: They're plucked (lutes)...not brows, 44A: Star __ (anise), 50A: Stuffed with cheese, in Mexican cooking (relleno)...good guess, 6D: They'll give you the run-around (errands), 7D: Illuminati (elite)...both the clue and the answer, 10D: More than exalts (deifies), 20D: South Beach, e.g. (fad diet) and 26D: Corinthian conclusion (Omega).

That's it for tonight. Here's the grid...



...and I'll see you tomorrow.

Linda G

Thursday, December 13 - John Farmer

This is the third John Farmer puzzle since I started blogging. The first one was fairly easy for me...the second one kicked my butt. So did the third.

The three theme answers were clued identically...End of some addresses. The answers:

20A: City, state and zip

39A: Email domain name

55A: God Bless America

Clever enough...three different types of address.

I think of John Farmer as a cyberfriend of sorts...we both guest-blogged for Orange when she was globetrotting a few months ago. As such, he deserves better than the Q&D he'll get here tonight...but I'm just tired to the bone.

So here are my favorites...some are great answers, some are great clues.

14A: Detail in a Georgia O'Keeffe painting (petal). There was one of her prints hanging in my former office. That's the only thing I miss about that place. I can't find a picture of that one, but here's another I really like.

16A: "Gotta run!" (Ciao!). I remember a little girl who lived in our neighborhood about twenty years ago. She was just a year old, and that was how she said goodbye to everyone. It was too cute.

19A: James who sang the ballad "At Last" (Etta). Her name is standard crossword fill...a good one to remember.

32A: One way to get a witness (subpoena). That's one of my favorite legal words. I used to pronounce it phonetically in my head (sub-po-E-na) when I had to learn to spell it. I used the same trick for Wednesday (WED-nes-day) when I was in grade school. It must have worked...spelling is one of my strong suits.

35A: Setting for the setting of el sol (oeste). That's Spanish for west...where the sun sets.

43A: Renaissance Faire entertainer (minstrel).

44A: Some widows (spiders).

52A: Small hit (bunt).

2D: Jacopo __, composer of the earliest surviving opera (Peri). Didn't know it...got it from crosses.

4D: "Miracle on 34th Street" name (Macy's). I was running through all of the characters' names...couldn't think of one that would end in YS.

6D: Chipotle, e.g. (jalapeno). Can't eat the things and am always amazed by those who can.

8D: The Dolphins retired his #12 (Griese). I grew up in south Florida and was a Dolphins fan...mostly because my Dad was. Even though he moved to Colorado for a few years, he never changed his allegiance.

9D: "Oh! Carol" singer, 1959 (Sedaka). My mother and I both loved Neil Sedaka. For her sixteenth birthday, Elaine got a Neil Sedaka CD (which had Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen on it). She loved it and was devastated when all of her CDs, along with her backpack, were stolen. Maybe I'll get her another copy for her 20th birthday...next month.

11D: Swank (ritzy).

22D: Hose (nylons). That took me forever to see.

30D: "Timecop" star Van __ (Damme). Never saw it, but he looks pretty good in this shot.

45D: Exclamation at an epiphany (I get it).

50D: Runner-up to Ike (Adlai).

60D: Plimpton portrayer in "Paper Lion" (Alda)...one of my all-time favorite actors.

That's it for today. Here's the grid...



...and I'll see you tomorrow.

Linda G

Saturday, September 15 - Brad Wilber

I didn't recognize Brad Wilber's name, so I decided to Google him...and I found out plenty. Not only has he authored several NYT puzzles, he was one of the judges of this year's ACPT. Read more about him here.

Wilber's puzzle, by the way, also kicked butt. Just like yesterday's by John Farmer. It hasn't been a good puzzle week for me, but it hasn't been a good week all around.

We have triple stacks of 10-letter entries running horizontally in the northeast and the southwest--all excellent answers--as well as 9-letter vertical stacks in the northwest and the southeast.

Starting in the northwest:

1D: Shakespearean character who introduced the phrase "salad days" (Cleopatra). I didn't know that, but once I had the EO it was easy to guess.

2D: Tattoo remover (laser beam). I've only known one person who's had a tattoo removed. Most people are just getting more and more. I'm trying to picture a heavily-tattooed arm or leg on a 75-year-old.

3D: Coffeehouse menu subheading (espressos). I've recently switched from all caffeine Americanos to half-caff. My coffee shop refers to it as a Schizo. I'm not taking it personally.

Horizontally in the northeast:

5A: Blow-drying problem (heat damage). The easiest of the three to get.

16A: Slipping frequencies (error rates).

18A: Steering system components (front axles). I had the second word, thanks to knowing 11D: Sports champ depicted in "Cinderella Man," 2005 (Max Baer). Most clues about boxing refer to Baer. His son, Max Baer, Jr., played Jethro on The Beverly Hillbillies.

In the southwest:

51A: Factor in a home's market value (curb appeal). Are housing prices skyrocketing everywhere? Houses in our neighborhood are going for four times what we paid for ours twenty years ago...and I don't think I'm making four times what I earned back then.

56A: Carried by currents, in a way (oceanborne). Harder for me to get than it should have been.

58A: Serenity (heart's ease). I thought this would begin with peace. I had the A from 46D: Chick playing a piano (Corea)...one of only four gimmes in the puzzle...as well as an erroneous E from 52D: Symbol of industry. I had bee, rather than the correct ant.

Wrapping up the stacks were the vertical southeast offerings:

31D: "Elijah" and others (oratorios). I was able to guess that with a few letters in place, but I don't get the answer.

32D: Bridle parts (nose bands).

33D: Piercing glance (gimlet eye). I seem to remember that we had this in the not-too-distant past. Unfortunately, I didn't get it this time.

There were some really good words scattered throughout, including:

22D: Contortionist's inspiration? (pretzel). It helped to know 20D: Fitch who co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (Ezra)...a regular in the NYT puzzle.

24A: Aquavit flavorer (caraway). I don't have a clue what Aquavit is, but I had the WAY, so it was a pretty sure thing.

30A: Off by a mile (dead wrong). My favorite answer in the puzzle. It so aptly describes my often feeble attempts at solving, although I got it with only the EA in place...from 28D: Material used in making saunas (cedar) and 24D: Novelist Potok (Chiam).

37A: Setting of Camus's "The Fall" (Amsterdam)...a good guess with only the AM in place.

43A: Marina accommodations (boatel)...a word that caused a lot of comments when it last appeared. Boatels were common in south Florida, but many solvers had never heard the word.

Interesting to see 14D: Theme (essay). Yesterday we had assay, clued as [This is a test]. I had essay for that answer, as did several others...a foretelling of a Saturday answer.

I didn't know that risible (clued at 27A) meant absurd. That's worth remembering.

My favorite clue in the puzzle is 38D: It's raised after a payment is collected (toll bar). I scratched my head a few times on that one, but once I finally got it...d'oh!

And I just now saw the answer to 15A: Liner's locale (lash). I was thinking liner as in a ship.

That's it for tonight. Here's the grid...I didn't check it, so please let me know if you spot any errors.



See you tomorrow.

Linda G

Friday, September 14 - John Farmer

I haven't seen a John Farmer puzzle in the New York Times in several months, but he sure kicked my butt with this one.

If I only write about what I knew, it would be a very short post. Conversely, if I wrote about my struggles, I'd still be writing tomorrow morning.

So maybe something in between?

I knew part of 1A: What you might do at the beach (go for a dip). I knew you'd go for something...wanted to make swim fit in there somehow, and it just wouldn't. When I'm on the beach next week, I'll make sure I do that, as well as sip Hawaiian margaritas, catch up on my reading, do a few New York Times puzzles...and just R-E-L-A-X.

Just noticed that we have a pangram again today. Tyler Hinman's puzzle back in August missed it by one letter, so I always check very carefully before I label a puzzle a pangram.

25A: Brian known for 33-Across music (Eno). Didn't know that B.C. (before crosswords). Because I had that, I was able to get 3D: Like a romantic dinner (for two), with just the O in place, which then gave me 22A: Subject of interest in the question "Who are you wearing?" (gown).

41A: Miss __ (USA). I'm not a fan of beauty pageants...at all. There's so much more to life than one's looks.

54A: Spanish kitties (gatos).

4D: Big name in pest control (Orkin). That had to be a gimme for just about everyone.

I had several wrong answers that set me back, but some of them were pretty good:

18A: This is a test (assay). I had essay...it's also a test.

24A: Register (enrol). I had enter.

29A: Comment after getting something (aha). I was on the right track, but I had duh.

10D: 100 to 1, e.g. (scale). I wanted ratio, but it wouldn't work with the E in essay.

I Googled to get a few more squares filled in and was able to get several answers with just a couple of letters in place:

Once I had 2D: Moon of Uranus named for a Shakespearean character (Oberon), I was able to get 15A: Early inhabitant (Aborigine).

21A: Old-time actress Crabtree (Lotta). Did anyone know that? How about 11D: Actress Nancy of "Sunset Boulevard" (Olson). Never heard of her or the show.

26A: John who succeeded Pierre Trudeau as Canadian P.M. (Turner). The only prime minister I ever remember is Tony Blair. Once I had the T, I was able to guess 26D: "Vincent & __" (1990 Robert Altman film) (Theo). Where was I in 1990? Never heard of it.

37A: "Ash Wednesday" writer (T.S. Eliot). How many different versions are out there? Google came up with three answers before the correct one.

I liked the nine-letter stacks in the southeast. 56A: Doesn't support a conspiracy theory? (acts alone), 59A: Oslo Accords concern (Gaza Strip), and 61A: Frank Zappa or Dizzy Gillespie feature (soul patch)...I don't get it, but I like how it looks. That reminds me, I initially had double zee for that one.

17A: Choked up (verklempt). How have I lived this many years and have never heard this expression...not even once! If I knew about Linda Richman, I'd have known this one.

Great answers include 30A: Waves with long wavelengths? (tsunamis), 38A: Starry-eyed (quixotic), 42A: Spell checker? (amulet), 1D: Forced feeding, as with a tube (gavage)...never heard of it, but it's great, 35D: Whitewall, maybe (bias tire), 36D: Delays (time lags), 39D: Largest of the ABC Islands (Curaçao) and 43D: "The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao" philosopher (Lao Tzu)...is it odd that it crosses with 53A: Kip spender (Lao)? Or am I just being 9D: Small in the biggest way? (pettiest)?

Time to call it a night. Here's the grid...



See you tomorrow.

Linda G