Usually in any crossword there will be things I don't know. Often it's current celebrities whose work I haven't seen, or a word needing recondite knowledge. Today, I am surprised to learn that Sharon GLESS, who starred, apparently, in "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill," also played Christine Cagney on Cagney and Lacey. In my defense, I may have only watched the show during its first season, when Cagney was played by Meg Foster. Or maybe I only saw the original movie where Cagney was played by Loretta Swit. Anyway, I didn't know the name GLESS, and I feel that probably I should have.
The other thing I didn't know today was that there exists a ROAN leather. We all know ROAN as a horse color, and I guess it's easy enough to imagine that they use horsehide for things and that maybe they call it by the type of horse it came from, but I just never heard it before. See also: SAMSA, here it is a "Central Asian savory pastry," not a surname. And while we're on the topic - who knew that the OTTER is related to a wolverine? Not me.
Why, you may be wondering, am I telling you all these things I don't know? Well... I don't know. Ha!
Quickly now, let's change the subject.
Good Clue/Answer Pairs (C/APs) today include: "It clearly divides people" (PLEXIGLASS), "Some nudes" (BODYDOUBLES) (tricksy!), "Distinction not used in the military" (or most of Europe) (AMPM), and "Oh, the humanities!" (LIBERALARTS) (*eyeroll*). Oooh, and what about "Rocky road ingredient?" I was totally fooled, especially when I had "PEA____" in place. It just had to be peanut something didn't it? No. It did not. It is PEAGRAVEL.
The word BENDY (Like an adjustable drinking straw) always brings a smile, and although "Stingy sort" is already in our list of "Favorite Clues," I still smiled as I wrote in BEE. Hah!
The Turn continues on in fine fashion. Happy Friday, All!
- Horace
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