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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on March 21, 2015, 09:23:54 AM

Title: Sat., 3/21 Barry C. Silk
Post by: magus on March 21, 2015, 09:23:54 AM

THEME:   none, but only 28 blocks   
      
GOOD ONES:        
Strikes out   DELES [oldie but goodie]      
Star movers   LIMOS [I thought, "What in heavens could it be?"]      
Opposite of "stand"   HIT ME [in poker]      
Outlet worker   ELECTRICIAN      
Fine points   PRONGS [not sure how fine their points are, though]      
      
      
BTW:      
Hail Mary   LONG BOMB [a bomb is a long pass; hence, long is redundant and probably very rarely uttered]      
      
RATING: ;D ;D      
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun      

Title: Re: Sat., 3/21 Barry C. Silk
Post by: Thomps2525 on March 21, 2015, 08:19:20 PM

STLO is one of those words that often appear in crossword puzzles. It's an abbreviated form of Saint-Lô, a French town which was almost completely destroyed during the Battle of Normandy in World War II. A detailed history of the battle is on the iBiblio site at http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-A-StLo/index.html and a history of the town is on good ol' Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-L%C3%B4