Carl
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Like many here, Arctics was the last to fall for me. When I first moved to Florida, I soon learned that hiking here almost always includes some wading. Bought a pair of rubber hunting boots from Bass Pro Shops, soon found out that they were not the answer. Too hot and often water is deeper than the boot. Shifted to low-cut non-waterproof, breathable trail shoes. Your feet are going to get wet here. But it's not like you are wading in an icy stream. Relax and air out your feet at night or on the drive home.
First try at a Saturday puzzle for me in a very long time. I usually require some outdoor time. A steady drizzle outside kept me indoors all day long. I was ready to spend a long time, longer than almost of you, pecking away at a crossword puzzle. Surprised that the long answers came to me much faster than the shorter ones. First three and last three across answers filled in fairly early with no cheating. It was the middle area that stumped me, doing more than one lookup.
Great puzzle. Thanks. Needed to run through the list of vowels to fill the crossing of REA and MECHA. Two and done. Do the emus know they have two vowels in their title?
@Two Cents A claw hammer can both pound nails and (with some luck) pull out old nails from wood. The claw gets in the way around machinery like car or boat engines. The rounded peen on the peen hammer works better there. The peen can also be used to shape metal but I don't know anybody who has done this.
@Michael Weiland For a lion, the best parts are the organs and the brain. More calories, vitamins and minerals. Same with eagles when they catch a fish.
After about ten minutes of work, my puzzle struck me as an imperfect representation of the population density of the lower 48 United States held up to a mirror. The West, fully populated, the East with mostly wide-open spaces. Cheated once by looking up mixtape, changed EMO to RAP, and RELAYRACES became an option. Worked out the right side of the dragon, chicken, cat and turtle clues, and the rest fell into place. Fun puzzle
@John Carson On my grandfather's diesel tractor, there was both a diesel engine and and a small gas engine. You started the gas engine first with a hand crank. After it ran a while, it warmed up the diesel engine enough that it would start from the batteries. You then shut down the gas engine.
@Once a Marine During a visit to Fort Lauderdale, tried taking the two lane HOV lanes. An accident blocked both lanes. Lost an hour taking the HOV lanes. Rarely tried it again anywhere.
@Rich in Atlanta Message received. Tell them it's ok to break radio silence. We need updates. Out.
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