Saturday, January 25, 2020

Saturday, January 25, 2020 — The Future Is In The Cards?

Introduction

Here is today's puzzle from Cox & Rathvon.

I invite you to leave a comment to let us know how you fared with the puzzle.

Signing off for the moment — Falcon
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  1. HenryJanuary 25, 2020 at 9:46 AM

    We're rained out here in the lower part of Ontario, but not too wet to scamper through today's offering from C&R. I haven't discerned much of a theme except there are a lot of homonyms and anagrams (some cute hidden ones as well).
    Best of luck to all! Solution will be posted later today.
    Henry

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  2. RohitJanuary 25, 2020 at 12:51 PM

    Playing cards suits?

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  3. HenryJanuary 25, 2020 at 4:20 PM

    Here is the solution to this week’s puzzle from Cox&Rathvon. This week was especially easy, it seemed to be a repeat of a past puzzle. I call this one “The future is in the cards?” from 18a, 23a, and to the suit references. Thanks to Rohit for spotting the theme.
    Thank you to Falcon for the early posting.
    Across
    1a {PURPLE HEART}* Anagram (erratic) of ‘help rapture’
    7a C(ASTOR) OIL ASTOR=John Jacob Astor (John Jacob Astor (July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German–American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul and investor who mainly made his fortune in the fur trade and by investing in real estate in or around New York City. There were a number of his descendants all called John Jacob Astor), contained in (in) COIL=spring
    8a BAR|ON BAR=stripe, ON=decorating
    10a U(SELES)S SELES=Monica Seles (a former No. 1-ranked women's tennis player with nine Grand Slam titles), contained in (in) US+
    11a MARTIN|I MARTIN=Martin Short OC (born March 26, 1950, is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, singer and writer. He is known for his work on the television programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live), I+
    12a _TIME SAVER_ Hidden in (through) cacTI MESA VERde
    15a A(CHE)D CHE=Ernesto "Che" Guevara (an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist was a major figure of the Cuban Revolution), contained in (seen in) AD=commercial
    16a YE(LL)S LL=fifty-fifty (Roman Numerals) contained in (about) YES=agreement
    18a CASSANDRA* Anagram (Bum) of ‘and a crass’ (Cassandra or Kassandra was a woman in Greek mythology cursed to utter true prophecies, but never to be believed)
    20a LO(GI)CAL GI+ contained in (in) LOCAL=neighbourhood
    21a PIC|AS|SO PIC(ture), AS=like, SO+ (Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France. He is known for co-founding the Cubist movement)
    23a B(L)IND L(eft) contained in (in) BIND=a pickle (a situation)
    24a A|BAN(DONE)D A+, DONE=finished, contained in (having) BAND=musical group
    25a {GARDEN SPADE}* Anagram (mad) of ‘Dane grasped’

    Down
    1d PASTE˜ Homonym (audibly) of PACED=walked around
    2d ROOMERS˜ Homonym (heard) of RUMOURS=gossip
    3d LOOPS< Reversal (backwards) of SPOOL=where thread is wound
    4d {HALL|MARKS}˜ Homonym (for the audience) of HAUL MARX=drag Groucho (Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx was an American comedian, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star. A master of quick wit, he is widely considered one of America's greatest comedians)
    5d AL(B)ERT|A B=third of February (third letter in the word ‘February’), contained in (around) ALERT=warn, A+
    6d TARN|I|SHED TARN=mountain lake, I+, SHED=got rid of
    7d COUNT|RY CLUB COUNT=Count Basie (William James "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer), RY=Ryland (Ry) Peter Cooder (born March 15, 1947, is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer and record producer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work), CLUB=bash
    9d {NEIL DIAMOND}* Anagram (new) of ‘Indian model’
    13d M|ALIGNING M=letter that sounds like Em, with (and) ALIGNING=joining forces
    14d VAC(ILL)ATE ILL=sick, contained in (taking) VACATE=leave
    17d SECEDER* Anagram (bizarre) of ‘decrees’
    19d AR(CAD)IA CAD=knave, contained in (about) ARIA=opera song
    21d PRAYS˜ Homonym (in conversation) of PRAISE=commend
    22d SENSE˜ Homonym (in the ear) of SCENTS=perfumes

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  4. JohnHJanuary 25, 2020 at 5:55 PM

    Quibble, I know, but Picasso had no interest in abstract art whatsoever.

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    1. FalconJanuary 28, 2020 at 6:55 PM

      I know some do not regard Wikipedia to be an authoritative source, but here is what it has to say in regards to the relationship between abstract art and Cubism (the school of art with which Picasso is associated), "Both geometric abstraction and lyrical abstraction are often totally abstract. Among the very numerous art movements that embody partial abstraction would be for instance fauvism in which color is conspicuously and deliberately altered vis-a-vis reality, and cubism, which alters the forms of the real life entities depicted.".

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  5. SmaugJanuary 27, 2020 at 7:51 PM

    Loved 4D

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2020 at 11:54 AM

    Breezed through this one in record time!!

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