#Danny of the court jester crossword series#
She released a series of disco recordings in the 1970s with Salsoul Records, most notably Dance a Little Bit Closer (1977). She is known for her uninhibited and exuberant manner, vague age, heavy Spanish accent and the catchphrase "cuchi-cuchi."Īs a musician, Charo has performed and recorded in various styles for five decades. In the late 1960s and 1970s, she became a ubiquitous presence on American television, frequently appearing as a guest star on series such as Laugh-In, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. In 1966, she married 65-year-old bandleader Xavier Cugat and moved to the United States with him. María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza, professionally known by her stage name Charo, is a Spanish-American actress, singer, comedian, and flamenco guitarist.Ĭharo began playing guitar at the age of nine and trained under the famed Andrés Segovia. Word of the Day: CHARO ( 74D: One-named entertainer from Spain). MADISON COUNT (108A: Census-taking of a Midwest capital?).FAIRY FIGHT (96A: Battle between Tinker Bell and Princess Ozma?).THREE TIMES A LAD (80A: Doctor's description of the birth of triplet sons?).GRIMY REAPER (71A: Harvesting machine that needs cleaning?).CAMPY COUNSELOR (51A: Lawyer with absurdly exaggerated humor?).COMBAT READ (29A: Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage," e.g.?).BELLY BOTTOMS (24A: Places where some belts are tightened?).So you get phrases made wacky by either by the addition or subtraction of a "Y," depending: So, an answer that should have a "Y" loses a "Y" because that "Y" (in theory) has jumped up two rows to an answer that *isn't* supposed to have a "Y," but now does. The idea is that "Y"s move "up""two" rows, four different times. or a hompohonic description of four letter shifts in this grid). THEME: "Why? Well, Why Not?" - the actual theme is expressed by the answer WISE UP TO (115A: Become aware of. Yours in puzzling, Christopher Adams, Court Jester of CrossWorld
They also do this with MEL(VIN), but in my experience it's far more common for female names. SINEAD (Irish form of Jane) - Once again, the New York Times finds a way to clue a woman's name as anything but an actual famous person with that name.DORKS (Uncool sorts) - Can we just not with these cluing angles? Like NERDS, this is not necessarily a negative thing, so why do we have to clue it as such?.COT (Trig function, in brief)- Yay for math content the only way this could be better if it were the inverse tangent, rather than one over tangent (but I'm biased).CRAIG (Bond between 20) - I am very well aware that Barry Bonds has an S in his last name, and has not played baseball in a long time, and this did not stop me from plunking in GIANT immediately.A few clues I really liked that I didn't mention above: FLINT ("lighter" in the clue talking about putting things on fire, not about weight), SWINGS ("tires" as in tire swings, and not getting tired), and the double usage of for BLUNT and CHEF.
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