I remember MADRAS as a popular 1960's clothing print design not so much as a fabric. Light cotton fabric.guess "seersucker" is too long. Thought Fayetteville was in NC.but that wouldn't fit.ah "filed" as in nails not I FIR. Theme: BARBERSHOP, got it, but not that there are four (quartet) items.oh well. And thanks to MalMan for the tour, and the dirty picture. Thanks to Gary for the fun, doable (except by me) Thursday puzzle. (My avatar is my former 33 foot Hobie racer with a tiller HELM.) OHH OHH! Just occurred to me that a Saturday clue for this fill might be "Dean Martin and Anthony Franciosa" (because both played Matt HELM.)įLN, thanks for the Dragnet link, -T. In Europe, a lot of large sailboats use tillers, while in the US, boats over 25 feet usually have a wheel. (BTW, most HELMS on sailboats are tillers, not wheels. I was amazed that this voyage, just from Norfolk to Yorktown, was so thoroughly planned and meticulously executed. One of the officers on the bridge would say "recommend left 2 degrees to 113," and the captain would call "course 113", and the HELMSman - an enlisted guy - would turn the wheel. Also that the HELMSman couldn't see what was in front of him. I spent about an hour in the bridge, and was surprised that the HELM was so small. I took a half-day trip on the USS Normandy as a guest on "friends and family" day. And didn't get hit by lightning doing so. That's right, I used to go to church every week. As a kid I had a MADRAS jacket that my mom made me wear to Sunday school and church every week. I thought MADRAS was the color pattern, not the fabric. I think I have been reading too much crime fiction, and BOLo just got stuck. Couldn't figure out what hair CoRE or health CoRE were, but at least it was a word. The Phoenix Suns defeated both the Clippers and the Lakers in the NBA playoffs this year.ģ6 Across: Simplicity-based problem-solving principle: OCCAMS RAZOR. Oddly, Inglewood is where the Lakers used to play. The team currently shares Staples Center (used as a clue two days ago) with the Los Angeles Lakers but the CLIPPERS are building a new arena in Inglewood, CA. One of the only two NBA teams that share an arena: LA CLIPPERS. A quick bit of web searching reveals that both one word and two words are acceptable.ġ7 Across. Here is the reveal, followed by the themed answers:Ħ0 Across: Where to find the ends of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across: BARBERSHOP. I believe that they call this a "Partial Entry, Category Member" type of theme. Today, Gary Larson returns to The Los Angeles Times with a very straightforward theme, As you probably already know from solving the puzzle or, if you have yet to complete the puzzle, from the presence of the gentlemen above, we greet this Thursday with the strains of a traditional BARBERSHOP QUARTET.Įach of the four themed answers contain a word for an item that one might find at a Barbershop. Good morning, cruciverbalists! Malodorous Manatee here with the post-puzzle recap.